(Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers, it is owned by Hasbro. I only take ownership for my own characters and ideas.)
"I feel so unsure~ As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor~"
The sound of Yui's voice accompanied by the song sung by the legendary George Michael filled the rustic living room of an older suburban house hold.
Sitting on the floor, Yui played with her jacket, Santi looking at her from the opposite end of the room. He leaned against the old rustic stair case, one foot up against the wall and his arms crossed. Yume sat on the stairs, looking into nothingness.
Meanwhile, Caste stood in front of a big glass window, overlooking the old neighborhood in which the house resided in.
Low mumbles escaped the wolf's mouth as he stared at nothing. Overcast weather overhead threatened with rain over this small suburb community.
"So... what are we doing here?" Santi asked as he stood up from his place in the room. He spun around on his heel, finding nothing special about the old place.
"This is a nice house. Where'd you find it?" Yui asked the wolf who ignored them all. She rolled her eyes as she continued to hum to the tune of the music.
"Does this place hold value to you?" The sudden question arose from Yume's mouth as the two other assassins turned to her. Caste's breathing was heavy as he watched a few droplets of rain hit the window.
"What kind of a question was that?" Yui asked as she stuck her tongue out at Yume.
"A stupid one." Santi scoffed.
"Is it? Or do you only say that because you don't have a special place?"
"A special place. Hmm... what a stupid idea." Santi yelled out.
The two then began to bicker as Caste let out a heavy sigh. He watched rain begin to fall but looked at a specific house, watching two children quickly enter their garage, and running into the embrace of their mother.
"I'm never gonna dance again~ Guilty feet have got no rhythm~" Caste listened to Yui sing as he looked up at the sky. As the song seemed to intensify in his head, he let out a vicious howl the echoed throughout the room as the music got louder.
"I'll destroy the Power Rangers!" He yelled before continuing his howl.
Chapter 37: Beat Schooling
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"SURPRISE!"
Confetti shot out of small cannons as a huge banner within the base was revealed. Large letters saying "CONGRATULATIONS BLACKPINK" was read as the entire team clapped, save for a few.
To say they were shocked would be an understatement as Steel wheeled in a huge cake.
"Guys? What is this?" Lisa asked.
"It's your 4 Year Anniversary as a group right? We had to celebrate." Jazmine announced as Cynthia and Alicia began to set up plates for cake slices.
The entire room was decorated in a black and pink theme. Streamers, balloons and even photos of the girls from debut to now. The guys even wore black and pink colored party hats and some had party horns, blowing on them every chance they had.
"Aww, you guys didn't have too." Rosé felt emotional and tears began to brim in her eyes as she quickly began to fan herself.
"What are you guys talking about? Of course we had to. Not only is it your four year anniversary but you guys just released a brand new album. I know you may have already celebrated with your producers and label mates but this is our party to you. To Jisoo, a fellow ranger, as well." Saki jumped around giddily.
"Yea. I mean, who knew a pop singer could fight monsters so well. No offense." Roberto comment, eyeing the cake. He wasn't the only one.
"Gosh, your music is so good. And you girls are such hard workers. I bet you guys are proud of yourselves." Sakura mentioned.
"Yea, cuz that song about "ice cream" sounded amazing." Eduardo sarcastically spoke.
"Hey, I bet Saul liked it, huh?" Sebastian nudged the leaders side, who only glanced at him with a plain expression. "You heard the song right? You know it's talking about se–"
"Yea, I know." Saul stopped him before turning away and looking at the cake.
"Weird conversations aside..." Sakura began as she noticed the confusion and slight discomfort coming from the idols, "We girls stayed up nearly all night and made this cake for you. It's got different layers of chocolate and strawberry flavored goodness."
"Yea, so uh, blow out your candles and let's get to eating some cake." Anthony was practically waiting to pounce onto the large cake.
"Hold it! You boys won't be getting any cake." Cynthia announced, which made each guy let out a shocked "ehhhh!".
"You guys didn't help at all. What makes you think you even get a slice of cake." Alicia said as she lit up some candles as Cynthia prepared the sparkers they had placed on the top.
"Yea, all you guys did was blast your stupid music all day yesterday, not to mention all morning today, instead of helping with the preparations." Jazmine had sass in her voice.
"Hey, don't disrespect the vibe." Roberto stood abruptly.
"Yea. Hotel California is a masterpiece!" Sebastian followed.
"Nah, I think the vibe really hit with Rhinestone Eyes." Darell chimed in.
"Anything with the Strokes was better than what you guys played." Eduardo stated.
"Want to bet Rhino Boy." Luis stood up along with Mikey.
"Man shut up, the vibe was ruined the second you started playing your sorry excuse for rap." Sebastian threw shade which had clearly offended the two rangers who had stood up.
"Oh boy, here we go." Juan turned away from the commotion with closed eyes as Luis and Sebastian began to glare at each other, almost as if they wanted to kill each other.
It was as if the intensity grew into a fire as an argument ensued between the boys, all throwing in songs and artists that make the vibe. Of course, Juan and Saul kept themselves out of it while the others nearly exploded.
Cheetah Strike!
Within a matter of seconds, each boy was smacked on the head and sat down, party horns in mouths and hats on. Even Saul and Juan were shocked to find themselves sitting up straight, their eyes wide and mouths nearly ajar whilst balancing the party horn on their bottom lip.
"That should do the job." Alicia smiled to herself as she put the finishing touches on the cake, shocking the girls as well but making them laugh and high five in victory.
With that, the small celebration began. Cake was cut, slices were shared and the girls were having fun just hanging out while the boys were kept on a short leash. As time passed, Mick had come into the command center, looking to get some work done on the Zords.
"Oh, hey Mick, would you like some cake?" Alicia asked the crazy-haired mechanic.
"Cake you say? What's the occasion?" The man from another world lookedover at the cake, noticing that there was still plenty available.
"It's for the Blackpink girls. It's for their group's anniversary as well as a congrats to them on dropping a new album." Cynthia explained as she cleaned her fork with a suckle from her mouth.
Alicia proceeded to give the mechanic cake, Mick thanking her as he prepared to take a seat by his workbench. However, upon turning on his heel, he noticed the boys, all with angered looks on their face. Their eyes were pure white with rage, their mouths oozing out saliva as the cake taunted them from where it sat.
"Um..."
"Don't mind them Mick, they're on a time out for fighting." Jazmine didn't even have to spare a glance to see what was happening.
This, of course, only made the boys growl. In truth, they only held back due to Alicia's speed. They had already tried a few times to pounce for it but the yellow ranger used her spirit animal quite well.
"Ok, I think that's enough. They deserve some cake too. At the very least, for saving the city multiple times." Rosé had finally spoken up in defense of the guys, finding the way they suffer cute but unbearable to watch after seeing them nearly go rabid.
"Rosie's right, they've had enough suffering anyway." Jennie sighed as she rubbed her full belly.
"Hmm," Saki tapped her finger against her chin, turning to look at Alicia.
"Alright, fine, you guys can–"
Before she could finish, streaks of colors flew past her as the cake was nearly demolished into smaller pieces. The sounds of forks hitting plates and the unanimous sounds of relief made the girls laugh.
"Just like pack animals." Sakura commented.
"This cake tastes amazing!" Daniel commented, David humming with content next to him.
"Nothing beats good cake." Darell let out a sigh of relief as he set his plate down.
"Hey! We should listen to your album right now. I haven't had the chance to hear it yet!" Saki yelled out excitedly with stars literally sparkling in her eyes.
"Nope!" In mere seconds, nearly the entire room was gone. All guys save for Saul who was still indulging in cake had disappeared, making Alicia and Cynthia roll their eyes and Jazmine shake her head.
Saul, who was of course focused on the cake, had soon realized he was the only guy left. He looked up slowly, catching all the eyes of the girls staring at him. He seemed surprised and looked to both his sides to make sure there really wasn't anyone left.
"Hmm, I think I should get going too." Saul turned slowly and tried to walk away, however before he could...
"You will join us leader!" Saki appeared before him, scaring the crap out of him. She grabbed the hood of his sweater and pulled him towards all the girls as Alicia set up one of the base's screens.
Saul was trying to break from Saki's grip, but it proved too strong as she flung him onto the couch. Saki then snickered as she realized where she had thrown him, finding it completely coincidental... not!
Saul now found himself in between Rosé and Jisoo, both girls shyly looking away with red hues on their face however not as red as Saul's face was. Saki, proud of herself, took her seat beside Lisa, already fan-girling hard as Alicia turned on the first song.
...
"OMG!!! THAT WAS AMAZING!!!" Saul felt as if his ears would start bleeding if Saki screamed anymore.
"I can definitely jam with it. Good job girls." Jazmine commented next.
"Thanks." They said, nearly in unison and all shyly.
"Though, you girls probably get that a lot so I don't think our opinion matters anyways. Not as much as other famous celebs." Saki suddenly spoke, surprising the group.
"Saki!" Sakura suddenly yelled.
"What? I'm telling the truth. OMG! You guys must have so many famous friends. Which makes me wonder? Why are you even hanging out with us." Saki began to pout suddenly.
"SAKI!" Sakura roared.
"Please don't say that. You guys are our friends now too." Rosé intervened.
"Yea, famous or not, you guys are cool." Lisa followed.
"Plus, our Jisoo was chosen to fight alongside you so that makes an even more special bond." Jennie concluded, which made her "sister" blush and nod in agreement.
Saki then let out a loud whimper, "Ohhh~. I'm so glad I get to be friends with you!!!" She yelled, making the others laugh.
Save for...
"And what did our oh so good leader think of the album?" Alicia asked as all attention turned to Saul. However, he looked as if he were about to pass out.
"Eh! Did you really not like the songs?" Cynthia questioned.
"Ani! How could you not like that?!" Saki screamed again.
Yet, no one seemed to notice the small trickle of red coming from his nose, "What the fuck, I'm actually bleeding. That makes no sense. Huh? Am I a... weirdo! How could this happen?! Oh, but the songs. Think about the songs! HYLT was amazing and so was Lovesick– what does Ice Cream even mean!" He was whispering to himself, battling his own inner demons as he refused to look up, afraid to show this side of himself to these women.
"Ok~ Anyways, congrats girls. I want to stay and chat more but I've got business to attend to." Cynthia began to excuse herself as she gave each girl a quick side hug.
"Where are you going?" Sakura asked, catching Cynthia a little off guard.
"I've got some things to take care of. I promise I'll have my homework done soon. Go seniors!" She feint a cheer before quickly walking out of the base.
"Speaking of homework..." Sakura turned to her right only to find the place once seating Saki was now vacant. "Saki!!!"
Said girl was almost out of the base, one foot into the living quarters as she stopped in place. She turned around with her eyes closed and a huge smile plastered on her face.
"Huh? I'm not going anywhere. I'm just gonna go work on my homework?" Saki said nervously.
"Since when does she have homework?" Saul asked as he rubbed his nose with his sleeve, feeling irked at what his body had done.
"Since she began taking online college courses a few weeks ago." Sakura stated as she took another bite from her cake.
"You started college courses?" Saul asked as he finally stood up.
"Well, I was thinking about what kind of profession I want to be in when, you know, we finally defeat Axis and save the world. Gotta prepare for my future. I mean, unless I can somehow become a mega k-pop star in the next few months." Saki's eyes lit up like stars. "Oh, Unnie's, wait! Can I even call you that! Oh my gosh, help me–"
Skunk!
A cloud of green gas shot out into Saki's face, making her face contort in disgust as she began to cough loudly. The ranger girls immediately turned to Saul, who held up his blaster before flipping it back towards him. He had an amused smile as he turned back towards the screen.
"Why anyone would trust you after the bullshit you've done, in surprised we even have a little trust in you." Cynthia rolled her eyes.
Saul simply let out a sarcastic laugh as he turned his attention back to the blank screen.
"Well, preparing for your future is a good idea. Not everyone is fortunate enough to become a global superstar overnight." Alicia casually mentioned.
"Of course no one is fortunate enough! It's all about hard work!" Saki claimed.
"Sure it is." Saul's comment was clearly not welcome by Saki as she growled at him.
"Well, of course we worked hard but either way some of us were going to probably do other things in life had we not passed our auditions." Jennie finally spoke up, clearly understanding that non-aggressive tension surrounding fortune and super-stardom. She was pretty smart after all and while she knew no one meant anything by their comments, she understood not everyone had the chance to get on the track of becoming rich and famous.
"Hmph! That's right!" Saki yelled out, now suddenly appearing over Saul who was knocked down on the ground, being pinned down by his "sister's" boot. "I mean, nothing Jennie and Rosé would probably be studying law right now? Right?" She asked the two girls who seemed taken aback by the question but nodded.
"Oh~ law. So prestigious. Such a prideful job that they totally chose for themselves." Saul was still on with his sarcastic comments which were met with more force from Saki's boot.
"You've got to teach me that." Cynthia laughed at the leaders state. "Anyways, we shouldn't worry about them. They've got their futures already. I mean, they are superstars. The rest of us should focus on what we want to do for our futures and work towards it, no? Anyways, I'm off to find the idiot bull. He's got something of mine."
Cynthia took off with that last comment, "As if someone like her had a certain future." Saul mumbled.
"Anyways! It's time for homework." Sakura claimed.
"Don't worry Saki, I'll help you out." Alicia offered.
"And I'll get some yummy snacks for us all to enjoy." Jazmine followed.
"Sounds like a plan. Let's go!" Sakura began to take off towards the living quarters whilst dragging Saki along, "Congrats girls once again. We'll see you later!"
"No! Please, I still want to hang out with them! Please!" Saki pleaded but was ignored.
As soon as the doors shut, the girls remaining looked at each other, almost as if speaking silently. Within the silence, Saul let out a loud groan as he stood up and cracked his back.
"Fuck... that hurt." He said as he rubbed where the pain hit the most. He looked over at the girls who all seemed lost in thought, "What's with the long faces?"
"Huh?" They almost all responded simultaneously.
"Cute." Saul walked over to the command table as the girls tried to recompose themselves.
"Um... Saul?" Jennie spoke up as she walked up to him. Saul didn't take his eyes off what he had begun but he let out a hum after she called his name, "How is high school?"
The question certainly caught Saul a little off guard as he stopped typing on the computer and looked over at Jennie.
"You didn't go to school?" He asked first.
"Well, of course we went to school. As for high school... well, we were trainees since we were like 14 so we didn't really get to experience high school. All we have as a sort of experience were the general studies like math. As for the life of a high schooler... well..."
"It's terrible. High school is like a hell on earth if you're someone like me. So if you're looking for answers, ask someone who wasn't an outcast." Saul seemed to speak passive aggressively. He seemed to notice this by the way Jennie sort of retreated. "Look, trust me, you didn't miss much. Even with all that, what you guys did was way better." Saul tried to reason.
"Yea, because endless nights of training and being starved to death was fun." Lisa clicked her tongue.
"Wait... all that's true?" Saul asked in a low voice.
The girls sort of froze and looked at each other. Saul then shrugged his shoulders as he returned to his work. That was until...
"Hey! Leader," Saul nearly fell when Rosé said leader, "maybe... umm... never-mind." She retreated whatever she was gonna say but this interested Saul.
"Yes, miss Park?" Saul turned back towards them.
"Uh, well..." She was shy all of a sudden but it was as if Jisoo read her mind.
"Can you give us a high school experience?" Jisoo blurt out.
Saul's eyes widened and just as they did, an explosion made the base slightly rumble. They all turned to stare as the entrance of the zord bay opened and out walked Mick, covered in black ash from head to boot.
"The Zords... wanted... cake." He smiled slightly before falling over face first into the ground.
"Shit! Mick!" Saul ran over to help him as did the girls, rushing to his aid.
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"So, why are we even here? We've done literally nothing. Except for this idiot, chafing around that stupid drone." The ranting between masters was quite loud. Everyone, save for Kai, was arguing.
"If you told me I'd have to deal with them, I wouldn't have shown up." Kai looked up to see the annoyed Gemma glaring at her fellow masters.
"I'm glad you came." Kai claimed as he stood up. "We can now begin." He offered her a hand up to which she gladly took. She then split off to her seat as Kai told in front of everyone.
"Alright, can you tell me what we're doing here because quite frankly, I was enjoying that chimichanga I was getting from that nice old Mexican lady." Horn claimed, seemingly riled up from being chimichanga-less.
"Shut up with your Chimichangas. The real problems are elsewhere." Trunks stated.
"Oh yea? Don't act all high and mighty moron." Horn muttered.
"Ok, that's it." Trunks was about to grab Horn as arguments ensued.
"Enough!" Kai's voice echoed.
The two rolled their eyes and sat back in their seats. Kai took this opportunity to begin, "Well, as you all know, I've called this meeting for one reason. A reason I've been questioned on a number of times already. Our absence in the lives of these chosen rangers. This team has no mentor per se, unless you count me. Yet, I myself, am not a good mentor. We... are not worthy of the title masters. We aren't... weren't worthy of these powers. We... we should be dead."
The room was silent. Everyone was deep in thought as they listened in on their "leader's" speech.
"These rangers have grown thanks to their resilience and strength. Their dedication... somewhat. And of course, the morphing grid itself, granting them knowledge on their skills and powers. Much like we had when we first transformed."
"Ah, I remember my first transformation. It feels like a fortnight ago. I was a young boy in–"
"Delta... shut up." Speed was quick to shut the Bull Master up.
"Yes, Delta. I'm sure we all remember we were first chosen by the king of Beastial himself. We were supposed to be his warriors to defeat anyone who would seek harm upon their kingdom along with the world. However,"
"We failed." Echo was blunt. He had a serious expression, arms crossed, "We failed, Kai. Where are you going with this? What's the point of this meeting? We failed as rangers back then and now, we're failing as masters."
"That's it Echo. I figured something out from simply observing Saul. We... we were never meant to be the true heroes of this tale. We were simply a bridge." Kai began to pace.
"A bridge?" Wolf questioned.
"Saul and the others... they are the true heroes. They themselves are oddballs like we were." Kai stopped and look at the entire room, "Our story is simply a blip in the history of this team. We were... test subjects per say."
"We were never supposed to live through the final fight against him, were we?" King, the lion master, asked.
"No... we aren't supposed to even be here. And soon, we won't be." Kai's expression changed.
"What does that mean, Kai?" Trench asked as he sat up. The entire room of masters were now looking at him.
"We will soon... die."
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"I can't wait to meet your friends, babe." Yuriko was smiling as she walked through the park with Jonathan, who seemed a little lost in thought but managed to answer her with a hum.
Given that answer, Yuriko knew something was wrong. She looked at Jonathan and wondered what he was wondering about. She wanted to ask but still felt shy too. Lately, it's felt as if maybe the spark they had was gone. Not that she was totally attached yet but she felt like maybe he could be the one.
As they continued walking, Yuriko quickly spotted an ice cream stand and smiled. She looked over at Jonathan, who once again had that far away look.
"Hey," Yuriko spoke up as she spotted a bench, pushing Jonathan onto it, "let me go get something real quick. Wait right here!" Yuriko quickly shuffled away as Johnathan was left confused.
He sat back on the bench and looked around the park, seeing families and groups of friends all together. He felt a light breeze blow past him as he continued to study his surroundings.
That was all halted when, "Jonny?"
The man looked up as the view of another dude, possibly around the same age as him, wearing a grey hoodie over a green sports jersey, blue jeans and sneakers. It took Jonathan a while until he recognized him.
"Yo, is that you Emilio." He stood up as the other man came up to him. They met with a bro-five, followed by a bro-hug.
"Yo, how've you been man, it's been a while." Emilio began as the two separated.
"I'm good. Doing some mechanic work and working part-time at the zoo." Jonathan explained, Emilio's reaction a little cringy.
"The zoo? Mechanic stuff?" The man questioned.
"Uh, yea. I mean, I was originally going to go back to school but things," he thought back to the real reason he was working these jobs and knew, based on what he heard from Mikey, that he couldn't just announce his position as a ranger, even though a group of k-pop idols know the very secret, "change. Things change man. It's only temporary though."
"Ah, temporary. Nah, that's cool man. I just started work at a start-up tech company though I'm barely a year into my college courses. I think there's a real further though." Emilio explained.
"Yo, that's cool. Yea, I'm hoping after all this, I'll be able to find something for myself. Anyways, enlighten about me bro. How're the others. How's... Anahi?"
"Eh? Are you still into her dude?" Jonathan suddenly went red.
"What? No! It's just... I haven't seen you guys in a while. How're Trevor, Stacy and Luke doing?" He asked, masking his embarrassment.
"Ahem." The sudden noise made both men jolt, turning to see that someone had joined them.
"Yuriko." Jonathan looked at the girl who held two cups of ice cream in her hand.
"Uh, a friend of yours?" Emilio asked.
"Um, actually she's my girlfriend." Jonathan chuckled nervously as he wrapped an arm quickly around her. His head had suddenly begun to overthink. "How long was she standing there for? Did she hear me mention Anahi?"
"You? Have a girlfriend? Please!" Emilio let out a "pft" as he looked at them. When he realized it wasn't a joke, "oh, I'm sorry I was just fucking around."
"It's all good man. This is Yuriko, and Yuriko, this is Emilio, an old friend from school." The two smiled as they bowed their heads at each other.
"So...I got to go. I'll be off. It was great to see you bro." Emilio quickly left without another word, running off.
"Well, that was weird." The two watched as he ran until he came to a stop in front of a group of people. Jonathan watched carefully as two of the groups members turned their heads slightly. He instantly recognized them as two of his friends, something Yuriko picked up on from the boys facial expression.
However, just for conversation, she decided to ask, "Hey, are those your–"
Suddenly an explosion erupted behind them, causing them to duck as they quickly spun to see what was happening. They had their suspicions immediately and almost instantly they got their answer.
"Yo yo! Listen to my beats. I'm the best DJ in town coming at you mornings, noon's and evenings! Yow!" Appearing from smoke was a large beast.
The creature's visage bore a striking resemblance to that of a serpent, its head adorned with the iconic features of a cobra. Two imposing red fangs protruded from its maw, accompanied by a forked tongue that darted out with each menacing hiss. Its hood, a large oval shape, was adorned not with scales, but with two imposing speakers on either side. Additional smaller speakers adorned its limbs, while crimson claws curled like talons on its arms and legs. Its body boasted an olive green hue, accentuated by bold black and white stripes that traced down its back and torso. And its eyes, a vivid, luminous yellow, seemed to shimmer with an otherworldly glow.
"Monster." The couple commented as they watched people run and scream, fleeing for their lives.
"Help civilians and call the others. I'll distract him!" Jonathan didn't wait for a response as he began to dash towards the monster.
"Yo Yo, listen to my sweet jams!" The monster yelled out as the speakers in its hood began to produce supersonic waves of noise, striking trees and the ground around him.
He continued doing it until he was facing two parents with their child trying to flee, the child crying. He began to power up this supersonic attack, however before he could even fire–
"Hiyah!" He was kicked from behind, making him stumble forward as Jonathan rolled on the ground, getting up just as the monster spun around. Jonathan halted to a stop, almost falling face first into the ground.
"Ah, a little pessssky human. Here to sssspoil my fun?" The monster sneered as Ravagers appeared from the ground, "Get him!"
The minions roared as they ran towards Jonathan. He was on high alert as the first attack came. He used his arms to block off the first attack from his left before using the same force used against him to push back the Ravager. He then kicked the Ravager to his right and jumped back, spinning around and kicking another minion.
He proceeded to hop backwards, prompting a Ravager to try a low sweep kick but the ranger managed to jump just in time to avoid it before turning on his heel and kicking the monster back. However, in doing so, he failed to see the Guards that had appeared. He felt the powerful kick come from one of the terminator looking monsters, making him slide and fall back, doing a full barrel roll before standing up.
"Guard Ravagers. Fuck... you guys need a better name." Jonathan commented as he pulled his left arm up, revealing his morpher. He pulled his battery out and slipped it into his morpher.
"Thunder Strike! Spirit Unleashed!" He yelled as he pulled his arm back before shooting it forward. His Jaguar spirit quickly shot out and attacked the foot-soldiers before flying back towards the man. His suit quickly formed and he began to run forward. He pulled his staff off his back before the Jaguar spirit's head flew onto his head, forming the helmet. He quickly struck four ravagers as he passed by them before using force to jump up and towards the monster.
"Hiyah!" Navy struck the monster who hissed as he took steps back. Navy pushed himself forward, swinging his staff towards the monster who did his best at dodging the attacks. He then managed to punch Navy, dazing him before more Ravagers appeared.
More attacks came in but Navy managed to dodge them all, blocking some with his forearms before punching back. He continued with his efforts to fight back, not noticing as the big monster behind him began to prepare an attack.
"Yo yo, this is your DJ, Vibroserpent. And th-th-these are today's top hits!" The monster slammed its feet onto the ground, positioning himself so his speakers were all straightened out and pointing at Navy. Navy had just finished off the final Ravager before turning to see the monsters charge up. The rings around the speakers began to glow, preparing to shoot out some sort of wave.
However,
"Not today DJ!" Red hadsuddenly appeared, jumping up and, using his right leg, kicked the monster from the side, making it roll across the ground before he hit a bench.
"Saul." Navy ran over to Red as he landed from the kick.
"What kind of a name is Vibroserpent?" Saul asked as Navy regrouped with him.
"It's my totally cool and radical DJ name. Yo yo." Vibroserpent stood up, fighting position ready.
"Kinda stupid if you ask me." Red shook his head, crossing his arms as he turned away.
"Yo! Don't call my name stupid!" The monster roared as it began to charge towards the rangers. The two quickly reached for their Strike Sabers, swiping and striking the monster as he ran past them.
The two rangers spun their swords in their hands as he pivoted and ran towards Vibroserpent, who had stumbled before spinning around to see where the rangers were.
"Hmm, looksss like I'm going to have to ussse my sssecret weapon. Gentlemen, it'sss time to face the musssic!" Vibroserpent had once again positioned himself so his speakers were all on even levels. The rings began to glow once again and just as the rangers came close to striking him...
"Coming on first... Kill This Love! By the very popular Blackpink."
Loud horns began to blare as the speakers shot out sonic waves that immediately struck the two, halting them and making them drop their weapons. The two put their hands up to their heads as the sounds got louder while the songs vocals began to play.
"Blackpink In Your Area!" The two fell to their knees as they groaned, feeling like their skulls were vibrating.
"Hahaha!" Vibroserpent jerked his body forward as a burst of larger sonic waves shot out and struck the two launching them backwards, falling onto their backs.
Soon, the song began to play with Jennie leading it off. Meanwhile, both rangers continued to hold their heads, screaming in agony while squirming like animals.
"Come on. At least lassst until the chorusss!" Vibroserpent laughed as he began to walk towards them.
"Fuck! My... my... head!" The two tried in so many ways to relieve the pain they were being dealt, with Navy slamming his helmet repeatedly onto the ground. Meanwhile, the serpent monster continued to chuckle as it walked closer and closer to them.
"Hey! How dare you use that song to attack them!" The waves stopped producing as Vibroserpent was shot by three blue energy arrows, stumbling back as Dolphin appeared alongside Blue, Yellow and White.
"You guys alright?" Blue asked as he and White helped the two up.
"I feel like my head is gonna explode right now." Navy answered as he kept one hand on the right side of his helmet.
"Geez, were the songs that bad?" White joked.
"It wasn't the song that caused this. It's whatever wave he emitted when he began to play the song." Red groaned as he shook his head slowly, still feeling it pulse slightly.
"Alright, then we should attack him before he has another chance to play a song." Dolphin proclaimed as she and Yellow prepared their Strike Sabers and Blasters. The two took a running start with Blue and White following.
"Ohh, new fans? Thisss is your DJ, Vibrossserpent, ready to play you all the top hits that took over the globe. Next up, a familiar favorite."
Suddenly, the sonic waves shot out again as the beat to Blinding Lights, by The Weeknd, began to blast from the speakers. Dolphin had come to a skidding halt as she fell to one knee, holding her head as she felt the pain vibrate through her head. Blue and White did the same, however Red and Navy had seen this coming and jumped out of the way. The two dashed on opposite sides of the waves, with one goal in mind.
"Hmm, ssseems like I need to take care of you two firssst!" Vibroserpent had stopped his attack, allowing the other three rangers to recover as Red and Navy closed in. "Hmm, maybe this one."
The snake-themed beast began taking steps back as he held his arms out, his hood began to rattle as his eyes glowed. Suddenly, a happy beat began to play alongside a sweet voice that said, "Hey boy! I'm gonna make this simple for you. You have two choices."
Red and Navy came to a halt near the beast and both jumped up, swords in hand, ready to strike. The monster in their sights, they came down as fast as the could... however it wasn't fast enough as the voice continued, "Yes or... Yes!" The beat intensified and shockwaves shot out at a rapid pace striking the two rangers straight on the torso, flinging them back. Red was sent flying into a tree while Navy slammed against a park bench, completely breaking it.
"No! Not Twice... too!" Dolphin pulled out her Strike Blaster however the serpent aimed his speakers at her, making her scream as the vibrations once again attacked her. White and Blue dodged out of the way and tried to run towards him but the serpent was fast.
"Let's see how you like this move." The serpents head had suddenly detached as it shot forward. White and Blue, caught by surprise, were struck by the head, nearly dodging its fangs as it opened its mouth.
Vibroserpent had then begun to laugh as the rangers all groaned, stopping his music as he admired how easily he defeated them.
"Pathetic. How did everyone before me lose to you all. Guessss my powersss are just that incredible." The snake laughed.
"Eagle Slicer!" However, that laugh was short lived as the large weapon crashed into him, the blades striking him repeatedly before it pushed him back and returned to its owner.
"Hey! The only snake-based power freak around here is me!" The slicer returned to Eagle, who gracefully caught as Snake and Delta Omega appeared next to her.
"More rangers!"
"You bet your ass." Delta Omega and Snake jumped from their positions and landed next to Vibroserpent, punching and kicking him, engaging in a fight. Meanwhile, Eagle ran towards the others.
"Are you ok?" Blue was getting up, looking over at her. He felt as if she was running towards him, whether it was because he was the closest to her or because they had shared some sort of connection, he didn't know.
"Yea, I'm–" However, she ran past him and ran over to Red, who now stood against the tree, holding his side. Blue definitely felt confusion hit him for a moment but he didn't really seem to care too much as he looked at White helping out Dolphin.
"You rangersss are annoying me! Take this!" The snake aimed at the two after having pushed them back. "Blinding Li–"
"Sorry, but unless you're playing something from The Smiths," Delta Omega appeared before him suddenly, shocking him, "then I don't want to hear your trash ass taste!" Delta used his morpher, pulling out the handle and reving it, his hand glowing green before he closed his fist. He then thrust his fist forward, punching right into the monster who roared before being sent flying.
He came crashing down a few feet away, Delta dusting his hands as Snake ran up to him.
"Argh! That hurt! Hmm, looks like I'll have to retreat for now!" The monster spun around and in an instant, a black cloud enveloped him.
"Hey. We didn't even fight for that long. Get back here!" Snake yelled out, running forward a bit.
"Did you seriously tell him his taste is, "trash-ass"?" White asked Delta who looked at him for a slight second before looking away. However, their sights then fell upon Eagle who was helping Red stand.
"You called her music trash-ass dimwit." White casually mentioned.
"So, I don't care." He began to walk away as he demorphed.
"Dick." Slipped from White's mouth in a whisper as he and the others also demorphed.
"Argh, I can still hear the ringing in my ears." Saki complained as she cupped her ears.
"It should subside on itself but maybe we should have Mick look into it. We don't want any unwanted aftereffects to take us by surprise later." Alicia rubbed Saki's back as she tried to soothe her companion, despite being in pain herself.
"You guys go do that. I have other things to do. Let's go." Saul motioned to Jisoo as he spun around and began walking away, flicking his earlobe as he did. Jisoo looked at the others before following.
"What's he got to do that's so important." Eddie pout before wincing in pain and touching his ear.
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~2 Years ago~
"What the hell was that dream?" Saul thought to himself, annoyed at feeling his shoulder shoved for the nth time. He took in his surroundings, watching as people ran around him, all preparing for the award show.
They had arrived relatively early. Sakura had taken Yuki and Saki to their seats and as for Teddy, he had left right away because he had work to do. However, he left the car and called in a favor from a friend to pick him up. Of course this prompted Saul to ask him why he even came but Teddy never bothered to answer.
However he had no interest in thinking about that as the continued flashbacks of that 'nightmare' flashed in his mind. Xeno had called himself a being from within the Morphing Grid. Saul's knowledge of that was still scarce but he was slowly learning about it based on a book Kai had gotten him.
As he continued to stare blankly into nothingness, he felt a nudge against his arm. His head snapped immediately as a scowl appeared on his face, but upon seeing the innocent face of Jisoo, he sighed.
"Sorry." He quietly apologized to the older woman who smiled softly as she held his hand. She had a strange feeling he was suddenly stressed but she didn't press the matter.
"Oppa, we've found our seats." Rosé spoke as the group was gathered.
"Not your oppa." Saul said with a click of his tongue, "Ok, so I guess I'll be waiting for you... where do I go? Wait! Don't tell me. I can figure it out. You girls go sit down, stay calm and visualize how you want the night to be. Go." Saul quickly pushed them to go to their seats, surprising them a bit however they did as they were told and bid a temporary farewell to their manager.
Saul sighed as he backed up a bit, watching them disappear as one of the shows directors showed up alongside with a few other employees the entertainment company had sent in to help.
He took a quick leave, walking towards the direction he thought he'd have to go to. Within minutes, Saul found himself lost and in a bright hallway with tons of doors. He was thinking about whether he was backstage or in some weird part of the arena they were in.
"Where the hell am I?" I asked myself as I continued to drag myself around, wandering.
That was until I heard a strange growling. I stopped in my tracks and looked up before turning my head, looking out behind me. At first, I didn't see anything, so I decided to continue on my way.
Turning back around, I was ready to walk until my body had frozen. A bright glare looked down at me as I looked at what stood before me. An oversized stuffed animal, its bright yellow eyes glowing.
"What the–"
"We finally meet, Red Ranger." Saul didn't know what was more shocking. The fact that there was a humanoid animal speaking to him or that it even knew that he would soon be the red ranger.
"You must be mistaken. I am... Chul-San of Gangnam Style, I must be going now." Saul felt stupid as he said it but he turned after making the excuse and began to scurry.
However, the monster did not find this pleasing. He grabbed his sword and lunged forward. In a sudden display of defense, Saul spun around, grabbing the beast's arm, keeping him at bay as the tip of the blade was inches from his abdomen.
"Alright. What the hell are you and what the hell do you want?" Saul said as he felt the struggle of his muscles pushing back against the surprisingly strong wolf that stood before him.
"Stop!" The sudden intrusion of a third voice, prompted both Saul and the wolf man to look toward the voice.
"Yurina?" Saul quickly recognized her as she looked panicked. "You promised you wouldn't hurt him!"
"Why do you care?" The wolf asked before pushing and then punching Saul, making the boy hunch over as the wind was knocked out of him. The wolf then proceeded to throw a punch upwards, striking him in the forehead making him lunge backwards, hitting a wall and then falling on the floor.
"Caste!" A second woman appeared besides Yurina, who seemed to scream in horror into her palms.
"What now?" Caste turned to them however this left him open to attack. An attack that came quick as Saul struck him from behind with his foot, making the wolf tumble forward but not fall.
Immediately, the two broke into a fight as the wolf came back to slam into Saul, something the latter saw coming as he dodged the quick attack and threw his fist into the beasts snout.
The two quickly got acquainted with hand to hand combat as they traded blows one by one, both grunting and groaning as the attacks continuing. In between blows, the two ended up switching sides, however with an upper hand, Caste went for a under hook shot, striking Saul in his jaw slightly, stunning him before kicking him back towards the girls.
Yurina and the newly appeared Mizusaki caught Saul, holding him up and keeping him from falling. Saul was quick to push off of them. In haste, he turned to them, memories of their faces flashing back into his head.
"I thought I said I never wanted to see any of you again."
"You did." Yurina was quick to shout out.
"And yet here we are?" Saul spat.
"Look, we can talk about this later now let's run!"
"Betraying me?" A quick blast rang out as Yurina was struck in the shoulder, making her shriek in pain. Saul's eyes widened before he turned towards the wolf with a glare. The wolf held what seemed to be blowdart up to his mouth.
The end of the weapon then seemed to glow as he prepared another shot. In a quick instinctive action, Saul pushed Mizusaki down to the ground, going down with her to break her fall.
"You two pop out of nowehere and bring danger along for the ride. Why am I not surprised?"
"Eh! That's rude!"
"Yah! It hurts!" Yurina shrieked as blood seemed to trickle out of her wound.
"You two are not my concern. You come first, red ranger." Saul quickly got up onto his feet, squatting down as he helped Yurina and Mizusaki up.
"Go. Find Sakura. I'm pretty sure if you've been doing what I think you've been doing, you know everything by now," Saul paused as he glanced at Mizusaki who gulped and nodded, "I don't know what your relationship with this monster is but find Sakura and tell her what's going on. And tell her she needs to evacuate the entire building. I don't care what's going on out there. Go!" Saul yelled as he burst into a dash towards Caste, who had only let out a 'hmph' before dashing forward as well.
The two quickly came into contact, as they struck each other, a fight of full strength. Fist to fist.
"You're weak ranger. I don't even think beating you will be satisfying, but my morals do not allow me to just overlook you and the mysterious circumstances that have brought you here." Caste explained.
"What?" However, for Saul, this was just a ramble of words.
Caste pushed Saul back before striking him again, making him slide back. He was able to hold his balance but he felt like he would lose if he took any more frivolous attacks. Saul turned behind him for a quick second to see that the two girls had finally left. This allowed him to smirk as he quickly slipped his hand into his pocket and yanked out a wristband.
"Fuck Kai. I never thought I'd have to fight a monster stronger than that last guy here and now." Saul quickly slipped on the bracelet and pushed the center on top of the bracelet. Within a second, a flash of light allowed the wristband to transform into a clunky looking transformation morpher. He then pushed his hand into his other pocket and pulled out a battery-like item, flipping it up into the air before swiping his hand across to catch it.
He quickly insert it into his morpher and quickly prepared to transform.
Caste couldn't help but let out a chuckle as he slowly grabbed ahold of the sword he held on his back, pulling the blade out slowly.
"Animal Strike! Spirit Unleashed!" Saul shouted out.
"Let's dance, Red."
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A loud groan escaped the lips of a frustrated Eduardo, who continued to use cotton swabs in his ear, trying to figure out a way to make the slight ringing go away. This, of course, drew irritation from Sakura, who was standing beside him.
"You know those actually harm your ears more than help." Sakura yanked the swab from Eduardo's hands.
"Aren't you supposed to be working?" Eduardo asked as he dropped his hand to his side.
"In case you forgot, we're already approaching the end of the year. Classes are shorter while plans for seniors graduation are underway." Sakura explained, despite feeling as if she didn't need to.
"Ah, well. I did forget honestly." Eduardo let out a chuckle as he turned and walked towards the couch in the living quarters. Quietness fell upon the room as Eduardo pulled out his phone, looking through a search query on old ninjas. Raiyu has really gotten on his nerves as of late so he decided he'd look into anything that could give him a lead into learning more about him. Better yet, learning how to defeat him.
After a few minutes of silence, Sakura had finally broken it as she finished stacking the papers before her. However, the question was very abrupt, "Eddie... where's my brother?"
"Abroad." Eddie felt himself jump as the answer escaped his mouth more quickly than he intended. Sakura turned to him, glaring ever so slightly at him. "Um, I should probably go find Saul. Especially since he probably, you know, still has ringing in his ears... or sumthin. Bye!"
The boy ran for it, rushing out the automatic doors to at closed behind him. Sakura sighed as a somber expression graced her face. She pulled out her phone, quickly unlocking it and opening a photo of her and her brother, a picture taken on the Golden Gate Bridge, Sakura hugging her brother from the side as he had on a derpy smile.
She smiled as a tear welled up in her eye before slowly escaping. She didn't let out a sob but the sadness within her grew ever bigger as she looked up at the ceiling.
Meanwhile, in the other room, Eduardo leaned against one of the walls within the stronghold. He sighed as he pushed his hand into the inside of his shirt before pulling out the rhino head necklace he wore, the last thing given to him by Yuki himself. He studied it before looking up. As he did, he caught view of something on one of the screens by Mick's workbench.
An image of the silver ranger, spinning around with various orbs filled with information being connected by threads around his body. Suddenly, something inside him ignited. He gripped the necklace as he stared dead at the image before the image of the rangers identity was shown.
"I will avenge you... my brother."
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Music blast throughout the lair, Zaku walking angrily as he looked for the source of the dreadful music that played.
"Who the hell is playing that trash!" He roared as he looked straight a Vibroserpent, the music cutting off sudenemy.
"Aww, why did you stop!" Semilus ran up to the monster. She then looked at Zaku, who glared and growled at her. Turning her attention back to Vibroserpent, "Play 'What You Waiting For' by Somi now!"
"Another peep out of you," pulling out his sword, rhe dig-like beast held it up against Vibroserpent's neck, "and I'll kill you where you stand."
Semilus stomped her foot and crossed her arms as she turned away, knowing that Zaku was far more feared than her.
"Not a fan of music?" Lozari chuckled as he and Vixarus walked over to them.
"Byxis' creation seems to have been nothing but a noise-making nuisance." Zaku sheathed his blade as he pushed past them.
"Actually, you foul dog, it was a creation built to Master Axis' specifications. He specifically asked for a monster to make some noise in the city." Byxis walked in, stating proudly with a chukle.
"I'm pretty sure he meant a monster who could cause the most destruction, gathering the attention of media outlets everywhere." The ninja Raiyu, spoke.
"Eh?"
"Aww, but I like Vibroserpent. He's like a cool personal boombox." Semilus hugged the monster from its side, making it "blush" as it rubbed the back of its head nervously.
"Boombox?" Zaku repeated to himself, "I never put much thought into it but who are you three?" Zaku turned to them. Raiyu and Byxis included.
"Followers of Axis. Those who have seen his true plans and follow him, assiting him in creating a perfect world. A world ruled by those who should be ruling it in thenfirst place." Vixarus answered.
"The Animal Kingdom has so many tiers in it but humanity has no right to be at the top. They're the reason the planet is dying. Wars, sicknesses, even going as far as destroying the Ozone layer, the practical only thing keep us– I mean them alive." Lozari stumbled at the end, something noted by Raiyu.
"We just want humanity to evolve and become the best version of themselves." Semilus finished.
"Perfect Blood DNA. Is that even possible." Zaku sighed.
"Of course it is." The monsters all turned to see Axis arrive. "I've been researching for nearly a century and it's almost at ny grasp. You! Serpent! Go and cause mayham. You three! Bring me the fresh blood. As for the rest of you, find Caste!" The monsters immediately obeyed as they all began to fill out, however, "Zaku! Stay behind for a bit."
The dog beast obeyed as he stopped, turned towards master and bowed before him. Raiyu looked back but continued forward.
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"Shit... damn it..." Saul was letting out small swears as he stuck a finger in his ear, trying to "fix" his ringing problem.
"Are you ok?" Jisoo's question spooked Saul a bit as he turned to see the girls sitting at desks. He wouldn't explain how, but he managed to "rent" a classroom of sorts, which was really just a meeting room at the Beast City Community Center, for his "class".
"Yea I'm fine." Saul said as he turned towards his own desk which was bigger than the girls desks.
"Ok, we're ready for class then... uh... professor." Rosé called out which made Saul go red a bit.
"Yea, we're ready but why aren't we in an actual classroom?" Jennie asked.
"First of all because it's practically the end of the school year, it being June and all, so I can't take you to a traditional classroom. And second of all, having said that, I'm sure it'd cause a frenzy if you were all seen at a high school where I can guarantee a good chunk of the student body knows who you all are." The teacher explained as he turned to the white board present in the room. "With that out of the way, let's begin our les–"
Before Saul could even begin, a knock was heard on the door. The girls manager, who stood by the door, quickly checked to see who it was before opening the door. Shuffling in quickly, more bodies joined the room before the manger exit the door and closed it, standing right in front of it.
Saul was left sort of dumbfounded as the girls quickly got up to interact with all the new bodies in the room.
"We hope you don't mind Professor, but we've invited a few others who want that high school experience." Rosé commented.
Saul looked at every single one of them, recognizing them all as idols. Some recognizable faces and some new faces.
"25...26...27?!" Saul leaned back against the whiteboard, thinking about what he had gotten himself into.
"The more the merrier I always say." Turning his head, Saul found that Steel stood next to him, overlooking the room.
"Did you know about this?"
"Yes I did. After the girls told me that not every idol gets to complete a perfect high school education, I helped them organize this. It'll be fun for everyone. So boot up that translator Saul, you've got work to do." Steel laughed as he turned towards a stack of boxes that stood next to him.
"Oh boy. I didn't sign up for this shit." Saul sighed as he watched them all interact. He took in a deep breath before, "OK! EVERYONE TAKE YOUR SEAT!"
He yelled, practically roared, so loudly, catching the attention of the girls. They all just stared at him as he stared back before feeling a little shy. Red tint appeared in his cheeks, flustered by all the attention.
He made a sudden move, pulling his wrist up and poking the bracelet he wore, "Is this thing working?"
A few chuckles were heard before the girls all chose seats. Steel then began to pass out notebooks and pencils to each "student" as Saul rummaged around the books left on his desk. He pulled paper after paper until he found what seemed to be an attendance sheet, something he quickly realized Alicia due to the little cheetah drawing he found.
That and the fact she had written a note that said so. He read the names and figured he'd probably have a hard time with a few, but once again Alicia came in with the rescue by helping with some of the pronunciations.
Saul began to take attendance, each girl raising their hand when their name was called. Some of them were playful with their "here", as if they were a part of a variety show, which was noted by Saul.
"Alright, so I've been told that most of you if not all of you had either not finished your education, had a semi-decent education or a rushed education. Quite honestly, from what I read you all seem to have done fine for yourselves. However, I've been told what you want isn't to learn curriculums but to learn how life is like for a normal high schooler who isn't going to become a pop star someday." Saul began as he paced slowly around the front of the room. "However, before I can truly show you such a, in my opinion, stupid experience, you must first learn the curriculum that was taught to us. My friend... Steel here has passed out some books."
The girls attention were put to the books placed on their desks, looking at all four of the thick textbooks representing a different subject.
"I'm sure you girls know math so let's start with that." Saul said as he picked up his own math book. However upon opening it, he immediately closed it, "Nevermind, I'm bad a math and this looks too complicated. I'm sure you all know what Pora– no, Pythagorean Theorem is, right?"
Saul leaned back against the board as he looked at the girls. They all looked amongst each other until one of them raised their hands.
"Hmm... yes, uh..."
"Mina." Steel whispered.
"Mina! Yes Mina?" Saul looked toward the shy girl who immediately brought her hand down. She didn't know why she did it but no one else was doing it so she had to ask.
"W–What's Pythagorean Theorem?" Saul immediately pumped a fake fall forward, sighing immediately.
"Yup. That's what I was afraid of." He said to himself as he grabbed a marker. "Steel... help me!" He began to draw on the board.
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Jonathan once again found himself at the park, this time by himself. He had one earbud in his left ear, hoping to drown out the noise that had yet to stop ringing with some soft music. He played with a yo-yo as he watched people walk by. He mostly focused on bigger groups of friends who walked by.
He didn't know why but seeing them made him feel a bit of envy. He took this time to reminisce on how he got his powers. Chosen by the Jaguar Spirit and linking up with Jason. As he rummaged through his thoughts, a soda can appeared before him.
"I believe in these instances, one would ask 'Penny for your thoughts?', but I'm don't like that shitty phrase." Jason stood before Jonathan, waving the can of a carbonated drink before him.
"Thanks." Jonathan took the drink as Jason took a seat beside him, opening his own drink and taking a sip.
"So, what the fuck is wrong with you?" Jason asked, as Jonathan himself opened his can and took a sip.
"Nothing much." Jonathan tried to work around the problem at hand but Jason looked over at him with a raised eyebrow. "It's just... ever since I became a ranger, I've sort of just, lost contact with those I was close with before. My friends."
"You have friends?" Jason smirked as he took another sip, Jonathan bumping his shoulder against the former's.
"Shut up dude. I'm serious. Like, I haven't seen these guys in months. Yet, I know they're planning things cuz I can still see the group messages. Seeing my friend today made me realize that I haven't been spending much time as, you know... a civilian?" Jonathan sat with his elbows on his legs as he held the soda in both hands, looking down at the ground.
"What's so good about being a civilian?" Jason asked, making Jonathan look over at him, "Look, my life hasn't been the bright beacon of hope in sure my parents wanted it to be. I was a delinquent... pretty sure I still am. I've done time–"
"You've done time?" Jonathan was caught off guard.
"Yeah. I don't know what this spirit was thinking when it chose me. Wherever that master is, he has some answers to give." Jason took a sip of his drink. "Yet, I still can't believe I'm saving the world. Don't know where I'd be if I hadn't been chosen."
"Probably rotting in a cell?" Jonathan muttered the question, however Jason caught it as he kicked his partners leg.
"Probably. Well, that concludes this. I'll tell Yuriko I've had success." Jason stood up.
"Should've known it was Yuriko. Success in what exactly?" Jonathan sat back.
"Who knows. I quite frankly have some other things to do. Point of the conversation is... there's two things you can do. Talk to your friends, or–" Jason stopped as he looked up at the sky.
"Or?"
"Or let it go. Sometimes, you've just gotta let go of the past. It's sometimes the best option." Jason saluted him as he walked away, disappearing into the crowds of people.
Jonathan watched his retreating figure as he took a final sip of the drink. He bit his lip as he looked around and caught view of his friends from earlier. He didn't notice his leg bouncing up and down, a sign he was nervous. After a few minutes, he got up and walked over to them, throwing his can into a bin as he did.
He walked up and noticed many familiar faces however Emilio was the first one to notice him as the group seemed to stop talking when Emilio signaled with his hand. Jonathan recognized them all instantly and smiled as he spoke, "Yo, what's up guys. Damn, haven't seen you all for a hot minute."
The response was silence as the group gave each other nervous glances before one of the guys spoke up, "Yo Jonny, been a while."
The one named Trevor stood up and gave him a fist bump however Jonathan could feel it was almost out of pity.
For a second he stood there as he tried to wrap his brain around what to say, "Listen, guys, I'm really sorry to–"
Just before Jonathan could continue, "Hey guys!!" A young woman ran up to them, wrapping her arms around Emilio's. Jonathan stopped for a minute as he felt the world go still.
The first crush he ever had was the first person he met in high school. Anahi was her name and she had caught Jonathan's attention the second he opened his locker, when she popped in to say hello to her "locker neighbor" as she called it.
However, what he did not expect was the kiss on the cheek Emilio received from the girl, a smile on her face as everyone greeted her. He was slightly taken aback but in that moment he realized something. He took a good look at everyone as they began to chatter, almost forgetting his existence.
He didn't know what to do or say so he simply excused himself, "Nice seeing you guys. Sorry for bothering you. I gotta run. See ya." He practically mumbled all that as fast as he could before he spun on his foot and walked away as fast as he could. The girl watched Jonathan's retreating figure and it almost seemed like a flicker of regret flashed in her eyes.
She once knew that boy as a charmer, a good friend... and her first crush.
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~2 Years Ago~
Red ran through the hallways of this unknown building. He was being chased by the crazed wolf beast that he had never seen in his life. He didn't know why but that beast clearly had something out for him.
As for the wolf, he used his sense of smell, using an ability granted to him as an apex predator and searched for the tiger. He had secrets, just like everyone else, however he wouldn't reveal why. Only that the red ranger was connected to it all.
Caste came to a halt, the loud noise of the crowds from within the large venue inside ringing throughout the halls. He once again used his sense of smell and confirmed that Red was now traveling alone. He doesn't know where the two girls went nor did he care. It's been nearly a thirty minute hunt and he couldn't let the chance of killing the symbol of his hatred escape him.
Meanwhile, out in the venue, Yurina and Mizusaki were running around the arena trying to find Sakura. The only reason either of them even has an idea of what she looks like was because of the stalking Caste had them do.
Yurina looked around and felt hopeless knowing that Saul was probably fighting off Caste right now. Mizusaki could immediately tell that Yurina felt hopeless when she wouldn't even make a comment about her favorite boy group being no less that a few meters from her.
The two weren't in Saul's life for very long however they knew a connection existed between them. Whether it's something from a past life or the cruel red string of fate tying them together, something was there and telling them to never leave his side.
"Come on Yurina. We need to help get all these people to safety." Mizusaki looked and did a whole 360 as she looked at the entire venue filled to the brim.
"W-We... we can't do it..." Yurina said hopelessly. Just as Mizusaki was about to say something she spotted a beautiful red top. She admired it, knowing it was wrong at a time like this but it was beautiful. That's when she realized that the beautiful top was being worn by a beautiful woman. Jisoo!
Her eyes widened in disbelief as she scanned and caught view of a hidden Sakura alongside two teens. She then also caught view of who sat behind the blackpink girls and an idea lit up in her head.
"Yurina!" The frightened girl turned to her senior, "We have to do this. We can do this. Do it for Saul... do it for the people... do it for, Jungkook." She pointed towards the BTS member making Yurina look immediately. As if a small boost of energy filled her, Yurina began to run. Not only for Jungkook, but she had also spotted Sakura. Mizusaki followed as they pushed staffers aside, jumping over the security barrier, garnering shouts from guards. They ran past idols they'd normally fangirl over and bolted straight for Sakura.
As soon as Sakura turned and laid eyes upon them, they came to a halt, nearly toppling over in front of idols, who eyes were on them. All eyes were on them but they didn't seem to care as they looked at Sakura and Mizusaki said, "We need to get everyone out of here!" Sakura seemed dumbfounded and confused but she was on alert.
"Who are you?" Sakura asked as Yuki and Saki appeared, the Blackpink girls and the BTS members standing behind them on alert.
"Saul... he's fighting... a wolf!" Yurina spat out as she tried to regain her breath. "Oh my God! It's BTS!"
"Hold on, go back! Saul's fighting a what?" Yuki asked.
Back in the back rooms of the venue, Saul continued to run until something burst through a door before him. Another wolf-like monster, however this one seemed more like a small fry, a minion if you would. The monster tried to attack Saul but he caught its arm, twisting it and then kicking him to the side.
However that wasn't the only beast. A handful more poured out of nowhere and began to engage Saul in battle. As music played from the venue, Saul struck and kicked any beast in his way.
"Geez, how many of you are there?!"
"They were once souls that belonged to those of lower and middle classes. However their get-rich quick scehemes and manipulative natures landed them to nevoke bothing but mindless beasts, suitable to be my army of sacrifices!" Caste, who had appeared a few feet away from Saul, spoke very calmly, his prey in sight as a beast was thrown his way.
No hestitstion, he had slashed right theoigh him and tossed him aside, his blade shining under the lights as he began his charge toward Saul. Caste lifted his sword, expecting a counter. He was not disappointed as the tiger's blade was bright uo behind Saul's back.
The blade's clashed as Saul spun around and the two began to clash their swords, thebkther beasts surronding them as they pushed against their blades.
Ultimately, Saul was the weaker of the clash, being forged back, his legs barely able to keep a steady hold as the two crahed through a door. Eventually, Saul tripped iver a wire, Caste pulling back as Saul, using one of his hands, laid it flat on the ground and oushed himself back up.
The two glared at esch other as an announcement was made on stage. The two hadnt realized they were even on a stage, despite the scream of an unsuspecting roadie. The two growled as they ran towards each other, swords raised.
Again, a clash ensued as the annoucement announced a winner, yelling out "Blackpink!"
The two could care less as it seemed their rage became more and more evident. The voice in Saul's head began to laugh as the two struck each other's swords. The battle intensified as they began to run through the backstage area.
Back outside, Sakura was dealing with the constant pestering of Saki, who continued to tell her that they shouldn't have let the girls go up. The girls began giving a thank you speech to their fans.
All while the two fighters arrived where the largest crowd of backstage workers were. Screams ensued as they all broke, dropping whatever they had as Saul was flung, crashing into the directors rolling desk, making the ranger groan as he felt the pain strike up his back.
"You're weaker than me red. Concede. Return to your normal life and perhaps I'll spare you. After all, my true target is your master." Caste pulled his sword towards his body as Saul used his to support himself.
"What are you after?" Saul questioned, pushing himself up, but barely able to stand as he fell again.
"It's more complicated than you can understand. All you need to know is that the true monsters of this world are those who reach elite status without honor. You are one of lady luck's many victims and I shall persecute you."
"You're... as confusing... as a fortune cookie!" Saul stood up, swiping his sword as he ran towards Caste, who simply scoffed as he gripped his sword tighlty, awakiting an attack.
As the girl group returned to their seats, careful to not disturb the view for their seniors, Sakura hurried them. Jennie, noticing something was wrong, asked Sakura. Just as Sakura began to answer, albeit reluctantly, another celebrity got on stage. They began to speak before the sound of two beasts roaring was heard. The man standing on stage paused as he looked around before looking behind him.
All eyes looked towards the large screen when sparks blew through the wall. Two figures came crashing through the wall, the large screen breaking into pieces as they landed on the stage. The man ran, screaming as guards came to protect him. The roars continued as it seemed like there was a tiger and a wolf on stage, fighting each other.
Saul and Caste clashed in the middle of the stage, striking their swords against each other, trying to best one another as the arena was filled with screams. Fans began to evacuate the arena as guards and managers were deployed towards the idols.
"I'll destroy you!" Rang throughout the venue as the two practcally fought with the intent to kill. Sakura, hearing the guards asking for instruction, felt stuck. Mizusaki, noticing this looked at the others.
"Hurry! Get the idols to safety. All of us too! Lets go!" She grabbed Sakura's arm as they began to run. No one turned back as the venue was emptied. The two managed to push eachother back. Saul then pulled out a battery and insert it into his sword as Caste spun his blade arlund in the shape of the moon.
Their swords were set ablaze as they prepared to attack. Both with a foot forward, they pulled their bodies back. Saul almost leaned down like an animal waiting to attack while Caste grabbed ahold of his hilt with both hands. Growling echoed as they began to launch themselves.
However...
"You two are having plenty of fun!" The roof of the building burst open. The two attackswere stopped, the fires dispersing as both of them looked up.
Appearing from the light above, a new figure behan to decend. Both fighters gasped as a new monster hovered above them. The monster chuckled as he looked at both of them.
"Axis." Caste let out in a whisper. Saul looked at him before looking back up at the monster.
"Axis." He repeated as the monster cackled, orbs of darkness appearing in his hands. The two could only stare as he brought his hands together above his head, combining both into a bigger orb.
"It's wonderful! It's WONDERFUL!!!" The beast yelled out before swinging its arms forward, throwing the orb straight towards the ground, a huge light appearing as the orb struck, breaking and unleashing complete darkness.
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"So, let ke get this straight. You havent debuted yet, but they already moved younoutnhere bevause you debut in November?" Saul sat on his desk as he spoke to the girl named Giselle.
"Yes, that's correct." The girl answered as she sat back in her seat.
"Ah. I see. Very very... irresponsible. Oh well, onto the next subject!" The girls that would soon form a new group gave each other nervous glances. "Alright Steel, where's the science book." The robot walked up to the "teacher" with some books, however Saul began to freak as Steel showed him something in one of the books.
As this happened, the girls began to silently chatter, "Girls, are you sure about this guy?" Wendy asked. The pink girls gave eachother some glances before looking at Saul who slammed a book into Steel's chest before looking down at something.
"He's definitely someone who'll he fun to learn from." Jennie commented.
"However we know a lot of this already." Nayeon mentioned.
"Do you?" The girls all let out yelps as Saul popped up in between them. "School is more than just lunch time hang outs and after school activities. You must learn about everything!" Saul exclaimed.
The girls all looked at eachother before Joy raised her hand, "Does that include everything about the Power Rangers?"
Saul didn't seem to acknowledge this however as they began to talk about them, he looked down at his wrist. He then looked over at Jisoo who looked back at him and smiled.
"Maybe after we're done, but first a pop quiz! Steel!" The robot immediately ran around the room, dropping off pieces of paper. "Let's see where you guys are all at knowledge wise."
"Ah come on Saul! That's not what school is only about!" Loud music began to play as Eduardo burst through the door holding a speaker. He held his hand as he greeted the class with Sakura entering behind him.
"What are you doing here?" Saul rolled his eyes as Eddie walked up to him.
"I'M here to take over." Sakura was the one that spoke as she pushed Eddie aside. She looked Saul straight in the eye, as if challenging him.
"Why?"
"Because I am the fully licensed teacher here. Make that the youngest teacher in the city as well." Sakura smiled almost triumphantly.
"That still doesn't answer my question." A shake of the head made Sakura scoff. "And why are you in a peppy mood?"
Eduardo smirked as three more people entered behind him, "Roberto bet i couldn't run in here with a boombox and act like a hype man."
"I did. I was wrong." Roberto, Daniel and David behind him, pulled out some cash and slapped in Eduardo's hand. Sakura rolled her eyes as she walked in front of them.
"You, my little nightmare, are unqualified to teach these girls anything. While I do acknowledge they asked you to teach them, I figured that the only way to help is if I helped. So I will be taking over class from now on and you, my dear little freak, will become one of my students." Sakura spoke confidently, almost glaring at Saul as they met in a staring contest.
"Well, I don't need the help?" Saul turned away as he began to stack books.
"Actually," Sakura looked over the class as they all watched silently, "You do. For one simple reason... you didn't graduate high school."
Silent gasps filled the room as Saul froze. Sakura strolled by as she sat in the swivel chair that Saul sat in. She looked at Saul, who's emotion was difficult to decipher.
A sigh of content escaped Sakura's lips, leaning back in her chair, "So here's whats gonna happen. I'm gonna show the girls what the academics are like here while you show them the student side of things." Saul almost did a double take as he looked over at her. "You heard me right. You will he taking the course as well, and at the end of it all I'll have you take your GED test. It's the least I can do to help you... leader."
A wink cake from Sakura folowed by the laughter of the four guys behind him. Saul was seething as the laughter began to echo but thej Sakura cleared her throat.
"You four will be joining him." The laughter suddenly subsided as the four guys stood still.
"What?"
"You four have clearly shown me you have the intellect of chimps, so I'll have you study alingsjde everyone else." Sakura's smile never disappered as she leaned forward onto the desk, hands clasped together, chin sitting atop her hands. The "chimps" stared at her with dead eyes."
"I'm not studying under you." Saul turned away, finding a classroom full of women staring at him. He scanned the class and clicked his tongue as he turned his head to the victorious Sakura.
Just then, their communicators rang. An urgent message frim Saki informing them of a monster attack. They turn to look at Sakura.
"Well, I believe thats lunchtime. You all have an hour to enjoy lunch." The guys immediately ran, Jennie nodding to Jisoo as she snuck out behind them. They piled out the door, Saul and Eduardo helping Jisoo blend in as they pushed past the bodyguards that were set up around them.
The classes attention was on the guys but then Twice's Sana's attention turned to Jisoo's empty seat.
"Where's Jisoo?" She asked.
"She really needed to use the restroom so she ran out in a hurry behind those guys." Jennie came up with the excuse quickly and easily.
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"Listen to my music!" Vibroserpent yelled out to a plaza full of people who were lining up to buy Blackpink's new album. He cackled as he fired his beams at them, "Thnks fr th Mmrs" by Fall Out Boy blasting out at them.
Onna higher level of the plaza, Caste overlooked the attack. His three minions standing behind him.
"So all he dies is attack with music?" Santi questioned.
"Music is a powerful weapon." Yume answered, Yui smiling as she hugged the girls arm.
"Isn't Careless Whisper just such a romantic song?" She asked the girl.
"Isn't that a song about heartbreak?" Yume aswered with a question.
"Does it matter. It blows anyways." Santi commented.
"It's a classic!" Caste suddenly spoke, "Don't ever disrespect it." He turned to Santi, walking up to him making the boy almost fall back.
"Well well well, I finally found you." Caste sneered as he turned, finding the banished ninja Raiyu appear.
"What are you doing here fool. You're worthless!" Caste's anger practically boiled.
"You have got to take it easy you damned beast. Axis wanted me to find you. Any idea why?" Raiyu took a seat on a pillar, looking over at Caste whos breath was ragged.
"Don't mention that name around me. He'll pay for what he's done in due time. For now, the rangers must pay." He turned back towards the monster attack.
"Ha ha ha! How about a classic!" The sound of "Bangarang" by Skrillex blasted even more powerful attacks, the people screaming in agony.
"Stop playing trash-ass music!" Delta-Omega and Silver jumped up and struck the monster, making it stumble and fall.
"Nice kick bro." The ranger from the future held up his fist to Silver who only looked at him before turning back to the monster and bolting towards it. "Heh, what would Lui– Edu–, fuck what was his name? How did I forget."
"Let's go shit for brains!" Purple and Green ran past Delta, the rest of the rangers helping civilians escape.
"A team of 20... what the fuck were you thinking author." The ranger ran into battle after the others.
Back with the monsters, Raiyu stood up, glaring at the rangers, looking out for Crimson and Navy. He then looked at Caste, standing straight.
"The time is almost here. Those who step on those below them shall pay, starting with that damn Red Ranger!" Caste growled. Raiyu was confused but didn't push the conversation further.
"Fuck's sake, I'll fight you some other time." The ninja turned away and disappered in a flash.
"Shall we attack now, master?" Santi asked as he oreoared for battle. However Caste held his arm up, holding them in position.
The rangers traded blows with the monster, trying tk destroy it's speakers. Yet, the serpent was tricky as it would shoot out its head to strike the rangers.
"This is why I hate snakes!" Dolphin yelled out as she ran in blindly, firing her weapon at the monster.
"Hate isss sssuch a ssstrong word! How about love?" As the serpent said this, Dolphin froze in her spot. The familair beat of a song she knew all to well, as she called it her "love anthem" began to play. She turned to run however the loud "What is Love?" rang throughout the plaza, striking her immediately as she was sent flying. Green managed to jump up and catch her but they both went tumbling down stairs to the lower level of the plaza.
"Hahaha! Weakling. Now, what wasss it you were sssaying about my lame music choicesss. How about thisss!" The monster prepared for yet another attack, however it was soon shot at, making it stumble slighlty. Snake, who was firing from a kneeling position, stood yo, holding his gun up and to his side.
"Nice shot." Lion and Bat ran in, both running, boots slamming against the ground before both jumping, ready to attack.
"No!" Suddnely, vibration bursts were released, shooting at the two and sending them flying back.
Red and White, dodging them, jumped besides them and sprinted forward. Their blades were already out, rhe Tiger Sword and Rhino Scythe charging up. Vibroserpent saw the danger and prepared yet another song however he soon felt another presence as Navy jumped in from behind him, striking him with his staff. Red and White then connected their attacks as they blew the monster into the nearby music shop.
"Did that do it?" White asked.
"You already know the answer." Red smacked him aside.
"Ravagers!" The beasts appeared and began to attack.
"Fuck, play me some good music to boost my flow son!" Delta-Omega yelled out as the standing rangers boost themselves forward.
Down with Green and Dolphin, Yellow and Pink were helping them up, Black standing watch. Dolphin was a bit dazed and then looked at Pink. For some reason, she felt the urge to hug her so she did. Then she blurt out an onvious statement, regarding to things perhaps not seen by others, "Just ask the idiot out already!" Dolphin pointed at Black who looked shocked.
"What? What the fuck are you on about? I don't even like him. I have a boyfriend regardless."
"Ex-boyfriend. I saw your status." Yellow chimed in, Pink glaring at her.
"Why do I still use stupud facebook." She muttered under breath.
As they began a commotion, a photo was being taken. Not to far from them stood two girls who probably should've been hiding better.
"See! I told you Minnie, they're easy to find!" The girl with the phone, now recording in place of taking pictures, nudged the woman beside her.
"Yah, I never doubted you Yuqi, but we shouldn't be here!" She practically slapped her friends arm. The two began to bicker as two trucks whirled by. Something the rangers heard, the girls hiding as the group looked over.
Hunter Ruiz stuck his head our the window of the car, chewing on gum. Two other trucks appeared from another angle as they surronded rhe rangers.
"Great." The army men began tk exit their vehicles, the girls from afar gasping at the large guns being pointed at the rangers.
"Once again causing a ruckus and nearly getting civilians killed. You all just don't rest." Hunter cracked a smile.
"Yea, just like you old man. Give it a break already and fuck off to your nursing home." Black waved him off however the cocking of guns made him freeze.
"Record it Yuqi!" Minnie slapped rhe girls arm as she ripped the phone from her hand and recorded it.
"Fuck, where's Wes when you need him." Green sighed, frustrated with this.
"The Silver Guardians have no jurisdiction here. Now put your hands up and prepare to taste true justice." Hunter quipped, a few of the guys on his side looking at him strangely.
However before anything could proceed futher, Vibroserpent was sent flying, falling onto the cars, sparks flying off as the engines and batteries blew. Eagle flew high above before landing before the others. Crimson then used a shadow ninja ability as he appeared, destroying all their weapons.
The men were all left staggered snd confused however upon realizing they were unarmed and rhe monster was standing up, they all retreated.
"FUCK!" Hunter yelled out as he ran behind them, in krder to hide from a safe space to watch.
"Nice one Jisoo." Dolphin complimented as the two high-fived.
"That hurt!" The serpent stood up, staggering as he looked over the stairs. In a suddne flash, all twenty rangers stood on the stairs, each in different positions hiwever almost in number descending order, Red being at the top while Eagle stood at the very botrom.
"Record it Minnie!" Yuqi slapped the woman back as she jacked her phone back and pointed it at the rangers.
"The last time we'll see them together like this." Elsewhere, Kai commented as he and a few others watched. Caste and his crew watched as well as Yume felt a strange surge. As if something big would go down soon.
"Let's finish him off!" Red jumped down as the others lined up behind him, save for Blue, Black, Yellow and Pink. The first five rangers summonded their weapons and combined them.
The guys got on their knees holding up the Animal Strike Blaster by the barrel as the two girls stood behind Red, their hands on his shoulder's and back. Red then insert his battery as the blaster began to power up.
"Final Strike!" The twenty yelled together.
"Come on, I barely had any time to ssshine in the ssspotlight." The snake pleaded.
"Animal Strike Spirit Destruction!" They yelled as they blaster fired an energy bullet that soom transformed into the first five animal spirits, striking the minster five times.
"Thisss is DJ Vibrossserpant! Signing off!" The momster stumbled, turned and then fell to its knees, falling forward and blowing up. Red held up the cannon as the rangers shone in the victory.
"Oh my God! We've got footage of the rangers!" Yuqu squealed. However Minnie seemed concerned, especially since part of the video included the rangers being comfronted by armed men.
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"No! Not my boom box!" Semilus, having just returned from assignment, began to cry at this.
"Don't worry about that. We have buisness to do." Axis stood from his throne as his three followers walked behind him. Axis then stopped as Raiyu stepped into the room beside him. "Next time you don't take down your target, I'll kill you myself."
The four then left, Raiyu looking at their retreating figures. He then stepped into the room as Byxis pushed the laser's button. Raiyu then looked over at Zaku who looked out of the lair's window, looking uo at the sky. Raiyu wondered what he was told but he could care less about asking.
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"Is this our first victory as a 20-ranger group?" Dolphin squealed. The others mumbled and began to seperate. That's when, in a sudden move, Caste appeared, taking one of the monsters speakers and disappering, only catching the attention of Red.
"What the–" he couldn't finish his sentence as the laser shot down from the sky, striking the place where the monster died.
In standard momster fashion, the momster grows to become a giant. The city's alarms begin to sound as buildings are shut down. The monster now towering over the city as he reintroduced himself, "Yo yo, this is your DJ, Vibrossserpent, prepare yourselves for an encore!"
Vibrations shot from its speakers, the monster not noticing its even missing one. That mattered little as the sound waves managed ti strike buildings, making the ground shake. Minnie and Yuqi shook however a piece of debris came flying towards them.
The two looked at the debris, their lives flashing before their eyes. They were already too late to run and stood frozen. Just before the debris could hit them, they let out a scream. That's when they felt an arm around their waist, being rushed out of the way as the debris hit.
Red stood out of the danger, holding the two women. He stood them up, making sure they were ok, "You two shouldn't be out here."
Yuqi was blushing hard, as was Minnie. Red then looked around, "Looking for me my king?" Neo appeared out of nowhere next to Yuqi, scaring hear easily.
"Take them to safety. Now!"
"As you command. Let us go my que–" Neo looked at Red who looked back at him. Neo's smirk had a secret hidden within, "my ladies." They then disappeared.
"Always saving the hot ones." White shook his head.
"So who's going?" Lion asked.
"Let's go with Animal Strike and Thunder Strike." Saul commanded as he shot his battery. The others looked amongst each other but the selected rangers followed suit.
Vibroserpent was busy trying to target what seemed to be a record building, "Dirty Hollywood bastards!" He tried to fire sound waves at the building however the Tiger Zord struck it, making him stumble.
The zords gathered as the rangers entered thejr cockpits and began the transformation sequence.
"Animal Strike Megazord!"
"Thunder Strike Megazord!"
The two giant robos stood before Vibroserpent. The serpent hissed as it began to another song. A more revent song, "How you like thisss!" He shouted out as he fired his ability.
The robots felt the crushing blow of the waves, vibrations running down them. They stumbled, being attacked by the monster as it ran past them.
"Shit. What do we do about his attack." The robots turned as they saw the monster preparing another attack.
They were attacked yet again as the monster cheered in content. The rangers were stuck. Yellow watched the movement of the monster and then had an idea.
"Hey DJ! Bet you can't dance!" Not the best idea, she knew, but if this DJ has any pride.
"How dare you. I've got the movesss like jagger." This line made the rangers cringe a bit but the monster began to dance as it blast another sound wave at them. However the two robots dodged as the Thunderstrike ran up to it, jumping sideways, almost like it was dancing before it punched the monster back. The Animal Strike robo looked at its arms and crossed them before looking up.
"Are they gonna do– no way!" Raptor yelled out from below as the robot did, indeed, begin to do the Gangnam Style. It moved forward towards a dazed monster before throwing two punches.
The monster once again fell but quickly got up, "Enough. Feel the power of heartbreak!" The speakers lit up as a familiar sax beat began to play. The robots stopped in their tracks. Red watched the monster as it listened to the music.
"Yesss, feel the power of knowing you and that ssspecial sssomeone will never ever dance... again!" The monster once again shot at the robots, making them fall.
"Why are we having such a hard time!" Black slammed hisnhands against his wheel.
"Man, y'all need a battle booster! Hey! You stupid DJ! I bet you can't play the opening to Power Rangers SPD!" White yelled out.
"What the hell isss that?" The monster, confused, didn't notice the zords get back up.
"Geez! Would you all stop breaking the forth wall! Let's finish him off. Now!" Red pulled out a battery and slot it into his dashboard. Crimson did the same as the two robots crossed arms.
"Hmm, what a ssstrange requessst." The giant robots crossed arms as they looked towards the monster.
"Thunderstrike!"
"Animal Strike!"
The giants began to bang their arms together making their own sound. The monster turned towards them as the animal spirts all roared. Thunder and lightning struck as the two disappered.
"What the!"
"Time for a ninja special. Thunder Cloud Strike!"
"Plus Animal Spirit Strike!"
The two appeared as lightning struck the ground next to the monster. The Thunderstrike used its staff weapon and threw it at an angle perfect for it to cut through thr air as it struck the monster, lightning following the attack as it struck the serpents speakers.
"No!"
The Animal Strike then swung its sword down across the monster's chest, before pulling its sword back and then thrusting it into the monsters chest. The Monster flew back, trying to stand but the battle was over.
"And after the top 10 DJ list wasss about to be revealed!" The monster called out before falling back and blowing up. The two robots met as they slapped hands in a five, looking over the city.
"Nice. Now lets go and listen to actual music." Navy commented. However in the Animal Strike's cockpit, the five rangers stood. Yellow and Pink looked out and then back at Red, who remained looking forward.
Farther out, Kai smiled as rain began to fall. He smiled, weakly, as he watched them. He knew he and his friends served no true purpose. However he thanks the Beastial King for the chance to pass on the powers he created to the proper saviors of this world. Soon, the team would he truly complete and they would all be gone.
Tsume turned away, Trunks sighed and Horn laughed almost nervously as the small rhino drone flew around him. The four then left, knowing this could bery well be their kast time. A sentiment shared with Axis.
Axis sat in an office, looking at the gaint robots as he turned back to his desk. He picked up a polaroid picture of him and Kai, the very same master, posed in a rainforest deep within Mexico.
"The time for goodbye is near old friend. I will complete our dream... for us... and for the world." He claimed as he looked down at other pictures and files relating to a "Project Beastial".
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"Now class, the Pythagorean Theorem is simple," Sakura exolained as she drew on the white board. Rhe girls dedicated themselves to doing this work for oke reason or the other. All of them payed attention as well as a new addition to the class.
Jonathan wrote in his notebook while trying to focus on the board and trying to keeo up with the teacher. Danny also did this as did David meanwhile Roberto drew soccer balls on his notebook. As for the remaing two students, they were soon due for a rude awakening as Sakura stopped her teaching.
"Class, here's a great teaching moment for those who want to learn the first lesson about the student life. Lesson one, the delinquents. As you can see, these two are clearly not interested in class," Sakura's lips could only curl so far as she picked up a thick textbook and walked over to the desks of Saul and Eduardo. "They're the ones who don't do homework, who don't follow the rules and who, on tendency, ruin everything for everyone."
Sakura walked over to the two, smiling as she saw their peaceful, sleeping faces. Even some of the class can tell these two were enjoying their sleep. That was until Sakura lifted the textbook high in the air before letting it drop with an "oops."
The textbook slammed on the ground as she yelled, "Wake up!"
The two shook awake, jerking upwards and screaming as they began to breathe heavily, looking around their surrondings.
"The World Cup?" Eduardo said as he tried to calm himself.
"Scary, beautiful and hot women?" Saul asked before studying the classroom and gulping.
"You know this won't end soon if you don't put the work in." Sakura walked away as the two watched her, "With that being said, here's how the deliquents ruin it for everyone. Everyone in this class must write a five page essay on the importance of the Pythagorean Theorem. Single spaced."
A collective groan was heard as everyone turned to look at the two. Eduardo smiled nervously while Saul glared at Sakura.
"And in most cases, some deliquents are chased out by those who have better things to do."
"I'm gonna kill you!" Jonathan lunged at them as they both ran out of their desks, Roberto, David and Danny behind them as they ran out the door, screaming.
"So... you were just kidding about the essay... right?" Jennie asked however Sakura chuckled. That chuckle slowly turning into a laugh as she grabbed her bag.
"I expect them on my desk by next week. Have a good weekend girls." She waltzed out without hesitation. The guys ran past her again, screaming filling the community center hallway.
"I told you all high school sucks!!!" Saul yelled as he ran one last time past the room.
"You're dead Alvizo!"
"Quick, someone play his soothing playlist!" Eduardo yelled out.
"Turn on any song! He'll listen to it!" Saul finished.
"Well, you girls wanted to learn about school." Steel spoke up from his corner where Sakura sent him for punishment after spilling water on the floor. The girls all looked at him but the pink girls knew he was specifically talking to them. He then got up and walked to the front of the class.
"Alright, let's learn about my favorite subject... me!" A collective groan was heard as the class dropped their heads.
"HELP!!!!!"
