Luka hummed to herself as she finished up with the resistance paperwork. She had picked her replacement as their leader. And everything was in place. Soon maybe they would leave this world and take the fight to the Tojitendo. Maybe. She was also fond of the idea of using this world as a staging ground for them. To train and have a ready-made backup in the resistance if they needed it.
She felt that there were more who wanted to join. And that every member supported this cause...just the xenophobia and fear of breaking this peace they had built kept many from even entertaining the idea of joining them. A portal opened and out walked one of her oldest friends in all of the universe.
"Joe!" she smiled and jumped up and hugged the man.
"What are you doing being a pencil pusher?" he smirked at the papers on her desk.
"Finishing up with the resistance requires a surprising amount of paperwork."
"Finishing?"
"Yeah. There is this new Sentai called the Nagurareta Sentai Hakaiger. I've volunteered my services to them. Going by the standard power frames of a Sentai...and my upgraded key...I'm their 'sixth'. We are going to fight the Tojitendo. And bring their tin empire down." Luka smirked.
"Good luck with that. Been taking out more and more worlds from what I heard from Marvelous. Even Kamen Rider worlds are starting to fall with some regularity. Last I heard I thought he said something about them taking out an Ultraman world or something." It was then that Luka noticed the girl behind him.
"We have a few Kamen Riders on this Sentai. Weird I know but it works for all of us. And I think some of them are interested in the possibility of finding Ultras and those babies, the Power Rangers. Even if the Power Rangers use our powers but not our brains...who's she?"
"Asahina Naomi. She...she isn't from around here." Luka eyed the woman up. She could tell it without hearing it from either of their lips. She was a fighter. A survivor. A warrior in her own right. Even if she wasn't a Sentai or Rider member.
"Where are you from, girlie?" Luka asked with a smirk.
"I'm not a 'girlie'. I have a name and you will use it." she growled.
"Oooo. Look at you, have some spunk do you?" Naomi glared at her.
"Luka be nice. She belongs to that gang multiverse I told you about. I did something stupid for one of our look-alikes." He sighed.
"Funny you should bring up those that look like us. The Hakaiger has three that look like me. Chibi, a mecha given human form. And a pair of clone wives Raptor 283 and Raptor 265."
"Really?" he chuckled.
"Yup. I even got a girlfriend now. And a flowchart of a relationship." Luka smirked.
"Not touching that. Anyway, it cost her in the end. What I did to help a man named Murayama. My look-alike. Could you take her in?"
"I'M NOT A FUCKING DOG!" Naomi roared.
"Not even if we gave you a treat for being a good girl?" Luka smiled at the woman. Naomi slapped Luka. Luka turned back to glare at the woman who was glaring at her.
"I'll forgive you this time. But if you do that-" Naomi slapped her again. Luka went to hit back but Joe stepped between the two women.
"She's been through a lot, Luka."
"She's about to be through some more." Luka snarled.
"Just look after her would you? For me." Luka growled at Naomi.
"I don't know about this shit Joe. She rubs me the wrong way." Luka growled.
"Fuck you too bitch." Naomi growled. Luka lunged for her. Joe stepped between the two women.
"YOU'LL MAKE IT WORK!" Joe roared. "PLEASE?!"
This was the thing that stopped Luka more than anything else. Joe never asked anyone for anything with something as polite as a "please". "You better watch your mouth here bitch." Luka growled.
"I'll try," Naomi said snottily. Luka and Joe went to show her to a room. Along the way, they told Luka about the vampire outbreak in Naomi's home world. And that saving Murayama in another world had sent a future version of Naomi's daughter, Ichika, from a timeline that would never connect to hers to connect to her world. Which threw off the delicate balance of the world's structure that kept it from falling apart.
"So Ichika came back from the future and took over the nest. Killed a man named Cobra who was the glue of that world. And ended up killing Naomi's husband before he went into another universe where he was...dealt with." Joe explained.
"Don't expect anything fancy in the world you find yourself in girli-" Joe looked at Luka. "NAOMI...the world is still being rebuilt from a war with an interdimensional threat called the Tojitendo. So we focus on the basics mostly. Apart from memorials to those we lost. This is your room."
Naomi walked inside glaring at Luka. Luka glared back until the door closed. "Thought I'd have to get the hose," Joe smirked as they walked away.
"What are you talking about Baka Swordsman?"
"Just that the only people you ever let get under your skin like that you ended up fucking back in the day."
"New day, new me," Luka smirked at him.
"Not so new. Look after her. And yourself."
"You too. Baka Swordsman." They hugged before he made a portal to leave. As he left Luka sighed. Her friends are all gone again. But she heard her new friends approaching. And smiled when she saw the face of her girlfriend. Along with Chibi.
"Who is the girl in the empty room near ours?" Asuna asked.
"A new pet. A friend wants me to look after her." She explained Naomi's past and why she was here.
"Aw...she lost everything," Chibi whined sadly. Luka smirked as she heard someone with her face whine. That was something that she never thought she would see.
"She'll live. She's a warrior, just not one like us." Luka smirked.
"You like her!" Asuna sing songed at her newest girlfriend.
"Why does everyone keep saying that?" Luka chuckled.
"It shows. So...what is our future? Are we going to be allowed to come back or once we are off we can never return?" Asuna asked.
"I don't know. We have to talk to the person who replaced me." Luka said.
"Boo!" Chibi whined again. This caused Luka and Asuna to giggle.
"Who did you appoint as their next leader?" Asuna asked.
"Prince Geki. He is the TyrannoRanger from the Zyuranger. Or what's left of them. Most of them died. I think the only ones that are left alive was PteraRanger." Luka said softly. "He understands this fight better than most and will guide these people as well as anyone could."
"Shall I talk to him then?" Asuna asked.
"Unless you want to abandon this place altogether," Luka smirked.
"I like it here." Chibi groaned in a very childish voice puffing out her cheeks.
"You heard the lady. We must stay." Asuna said with a giggle.
"How does she have my face?" Luka chuckled bemusedly.
"Hmm?" Chibi asked innocently.
"Never change my dear one. I have a Prince to talk to." Asuna went off to find Geki.
"What do you both mean?" Chibi asked innocently.
"Nothing, my sweet innocent angel. I have to talk to a few people that I think would like to join the Hakaiger. There are a couple more that I think would want to join us." Luka chuckled.
After a moment Chibi huffed. "Everyone treats me like that." She sighed and thought about it for a minute and decided to do something. "This...Naomi...I should do something for her." She thought about it for a minute and then snapped her fingers. "FLOWERS! Every woman likes flowers." She smiled as she went off to find some flowers.
"No. I don't want to go off and start a fight with them. Not after what they did here." Alata said to her. Luka looked at the angel. He sighed. "I'm not scared. If they come back I will fight with my life. But...I ain't going and poke them."
"I wish I could say something that would change your mind...but I can't lie to you. All I can say is that I think this is just the eye of the storm here on this world." She sighed and he nodded and walked off without another word.
"How is the recruiting going?" Woz asked the woman.
"Slow going," Luka said, looking at the man. "...I overheard you with Asuna...point me in the right direction?"
"Why should I?" Woz asked with a clenched jaw.
"Because if this picture is fact then no matter what you do if there's another person here that will join us they would. And if there isn't you are saving me time and energy with the rest of those I think would join us."
"But what about those that won't join us...do you think they would forgive you for not telling them that they could very well be going to their doom?"
"I can't believe that."
"Believe what?"
"That everyone here is going to die. We have fought too hard here and are too strong to just die altogether."
"Maybe Plex shows up." He knew she wasn't an idiot who thought that it was impossible but he also couldn't understand why she wouldn't believe that it was possible that that could happen.
"Maybe," she said softly. "Still blame yourself for not telling people before about this picture?"
"Maybe."
"I'll make you a bet," Luka said to him. "You tell me if there is someone that is going to join us and I won't do anything to get them to join us. And you tell me someone who isn't going to join us. And I will do everything in my power to recruit them."
"What will that show?"
"Maybe it will show that that picture isn't fate. Maybe it will show it is. But it will show you that you can't control anyone's fate." she said softly.
"Tsuruhime," he said softly.
"Tsuruhime? Only she is left to join us?"
"So if I am right...over 20 Rangers will die."
"And if I am right, over 20 Rangers will live here and continue to do so."
"I hope you prove me wrong. I really do." He walked away. She saw Tsuruhime nearby.
"Welp. That's one name off my list as she walked past the daughter of the Ninja White that had died in the attack."
"LUKA!" Tsuruhime yelled after her but Luka pretended like she couldn't hear her.
Tsukasa was walking nearby and stopped. "Tsuruhime?"
"Yeah. I don't get it," she said to herself.
"Get what?" she asked, nudging the young leader of the Kakuranger.
"Luka...she was just recruiting for the Hakaiger. Has she gotten to you yet?"
"Already joined. Long story. But yeah I am part of their team now. And whatever happens, if we are allowed to come back here or can't...I am leaving with them."
"Great...you and Luka helped me a lot when I started this journey as Ninja White. A spoiled brat who was supposed to lead a team of middle-aged ninjas. I was sure she was going to try and recruit me. But she just ignored me. Maybe she thinks I would mess it up."
"Not possible. You have been a huge part of this fight for us. Maybe she just wanted to make sure that you stayed here. Do you want to come with us?"
"I don't know. The Tojitendo killed my mother...if they hadn't I wouldn't be here. I want to take revenge. I want to smash them in every way possible."
"Then come with us."
"But the Kakuraner..."
"We will be fine." They heard and they turned to see Sasuke standing there looking at the young ninja leader.
"Sasuke?"
"Sit my dear Tsuruhime." Tsukasa left them alone. "I remember the day that my Tsuruhime had you. I was the first one to hold you in my arms. Eight pounds three ounces...and wouldn't stop crying." He started making a bunch of goofy faces. Tsuruhime giggled. "You giggled just like that when I made those faces."
"Why did she give me her first name?"
"It's tradition. Each one of us when we have a child will name that child using the names Tsuruhime, Sasuke, Seikei, Saizo, and Jiraiya," he said softly.
"It's a lot to live up to." Tsuruhime sighed.
"And you do. She would be so proud of you. You went from a simple model to a ninja."
"You think so?"
"I know so. If you want to go off and join them, do it. We will be here waiting for your return my sweet Princess." he kissed her forehead.
"But the mission."
"The mission died with so many of the heroes of this world. The Yokai aren't a threat anymore. And when you return as the conquering hero that has smashed these bots that tried to kill us all. You will be the ninja princess your mother always dreamed you could be."
A tear formed in her eye as she heard that. "Thank you Sasuke-Ojisan."
"Anytime my princess." He held her as she cried.
"So you would like to use this world as you retreat between missions and to recover?" Prince Geki asked Asuna.
"In short, yes. I know this world has been in a state of peace since the Tojitendo locked out this world of their systems...but I also know that all of you want to see those pieces of tin smelted down for scrap. And if we keep coming back here you will know for sure that you are safe. And we will have a backup if we need it."
"I get the need for both things. But you must understand that if they find out you are attacking them from this world they will unlock this world. And maybe bring this fight back to us." he said looking at her.
"True...but we both know that this is the eye of the storm. The swirling chaos is all around you. And when they are done out there they will come back here." Asuna said.
"I have never before heard something that I so agree with but hated hearing it in my life." he sighed.
"Does that mean we can come back? Use this place to train. To grow stronger." Asuna gulped. He thought about it for a minute.
"You...you were a dinosaur warrior? Before this all happened."
"Yes...but what does that have to do with this?"
He smiled thinking about how true that statement was. "Just an observation. You are a dinosaur warrior who, like me, is older than you appear. 209, right?" Asuna nodded. "160...million for me."
Asuna's eyes went wide. "No, I didn't explicitly LIVE that long. But yes I was born so very long ago. In a world that is so unlike the one we had before the fall. I have seen the death of so much. Dinosaurs, kingdoms...and warriors. I understand better than most what will happen at the end of things." He smiled at Asuna.
"How are you that old if you didn't live that long?" He chuckled.
"I was put in a magic sleep. I woke up when the Zyuranger was needed once more. And stayed awake after we beat our enemies once and for all." He looked down and back up. "I was watching the training sessions that your Kamen Riders have been doing with our resistance."
"Yes?"
"It has been most illuminating...be sure to continue that training every time you return." He smiled.
"YES SIR!" She smiled at him.
"Good. Keep up the good fight kid."
"Yes sir."
"What do you want?" Naomi growled seeing what she thought was Luka at her door.
"Rude." Chibi sighed but her smile never left her face. She then brought out a bouquet of flowers. "You've been through a lot. I hope these brighten up your mood," she said cheerfully.
"...What is your deal?" Naomi asked, looking at Chibi like she had three heads. "First you belittle me. Treat me like a dog. And now you are giving me flowers?"
"Huh?" Then it hit Chibi. "Oh...I'm not Luka." Almost as if on cue she transformed into her tiny mecha form and she dropped the bouquet. "Ah, mou." Chibi groaned. Seeing this made Naomi laugh. It was the first real laugh in so long. When she started to come down she scooped up the flowers and Chibi.
"What exactly are you?" she smiled at the mecha.
"I'm a Kishiryu. My name is Chibigaroo. Everyone calls me Chibi."
"Chibi? You seem so innocent. How do you fit in around here Chibi?" Naomi asked, setting her down on the bed and the flowers on the desk.
"My Mama...she was killed during the attack that killed the rest of the Kishiryu. I miss her." Naomi looked sadly at the mecha on the bed. "We had a fight. You see, for a Kishiryu, I am still young. Just a few hundred thousand years old. And I fought with her. She was taken, put in this little safe thing in an enemy. Asuna...she was trying to save her."
Naomi felt the sadness radiating from Chibi as she told her story. "Then the Tojitendo attacked. Killed everybody. Asuna and I left to find strong Nakama. She was given a RyuSoul that turns me into that form. Turns out there is a lady that played us in other universes and that was the same lady. So we look alike."
"How are you so innocent if you felt so much pain?"
"Don't know, don't care," she said with a giggle as she started to bounce on the bed completely carefree. It made Naomi smile seeing her so innocent.
"Well, anyway, I'm dating people now. Asuna, Kanon, and two women that look like me. Raptor 283 and 265. I'm happy again." She said while bouncing.
"And what do you all do?"
"We fight the Tojitendo. We are going to turn them into scrap," she said seriously, stopping her bouncing to look at Naomi.
"You keep fighting?"
"Of course. They are all warriors that will fight no matter the odds," she said softly.
"I knew a few people like that." Naomi smiled thinking about the men of SWORD. Her husband Yamato and Cobra mainly but the rest of SWORD would also fit that build too. They heard a knock on the door Naomi went to open it and found Luka and Asuna standing there.
"ASUNA!" Chibi cheered jumping on the bed again. This caused all three women to giggle.
"NingenSoul! Change. Human. Human. Human. Human. Henshin Human!" The NingenSoul said as she turned her back into her human form. Chibi twirled as she was returned to her human form.
"We'll leave you two alone. We'll go tell everyone else." Asuna smiled as she took her girlfriend's hand and led her out of the room.
"Will we get to come back?" Chibi asked as they left.
"Yup."
"YAY!" Both Naomi and Luka smirked at how innocent Chibi was.
"So...you're leaving this world soon?" Naomi asked Luka as she finally put the flowers in some water.
"Yeah. We want to do something."
"Defeat the Tojitendo?" Naomi asked.
"Chibi tell you?"
Naomi nodded. "So you are leaving your dog behind after getting her?" Naomi asked with a smile.
"I thought I wasn't supposed to treat you like that?"
"You do...I will kill you." Naomi smirked at Luka.
"Like to see you try." Luka got into her face with a matching smirk. They stared at each other for a few moments that seemed to last a lifetime. Their mouths are mere inches from each other now.
"Think I can't take you in a fight?" Naomi asked in a purr that sent a shiver down their spines.
"I think I'd have you at my feet before too long," Luka growled. Then their mouths crashed together in passion. As they kissed they fell on the bed as their passion took over the two women.
Naomi lazily kissed Luka as she lay in her arms. "Didn't see your surprise coming." Naomi sighed feeling Luka's penis pressed into her thigh.
"Most don't," Luka smirked, holding her closer. "You...you seemed distant for a minute after...you know."
"I was thinking about my husband." Naomi held Luka close. "I watched him die less than a day ago."
"I get the feeling that finding yourself with someone new wasn't in the cards?"
"True...we talked about it. Living in a world where vampires could kill you at any given time means we expected to lose each other. Almost a self-fulfilling prophecy. He'd understand...the ugly bastard would've loved watching seeing as it was a woman that I took as a lover next." She smiled sadly.
"So you were thinking about how he'd like to watch or..."
"Not that. Just my world was turned upside down because my daughter that I wanted to have came back to a timeline she shouldn't have been able to travel to. Then turned upside down again by having a Tokusatsu hero save me and bring me to this world. And now I want it to be turned upside down again."
"Huh?"
"I can't sit back and just wait for you to return. And this isn't my home. I was just dropped off here. It feels weird to stay here without you. So my world will be turned upside down again...because I WILL travel with you."
"Are you going to follow me like a good dog?" Luka smiled at Naomi.
"I will kill you." She smirked at Luka. Luka leaned in and kissed her softly.
"Welcome to the flow chart?" Luka smirked.
"Huh?"
Woz was in his room. He wasn't sure what he wanted to happen with this bet. All he knew was that the outcome would show him if Parado's death was fate or not. Either way, he wasn't sure it was a good thing. If it was fate then everyone here was doomed if it wasn't then could he have saved him? As he thought about this he sighed. Then he spotted it. The book.
"You have forgotten me all this time you..." he sighed. He opened the book. He found the picture. "Huh?" He smirked to himself seeing that it had changed. "I guess fate can change." He thought about Parado. "I'm sorry I couldn't save you. But I will never let another friend die because of this stupid picture again." He smiled at the new faces hope finally returning to his heart.
"Are we ready to go?" Naomi asked as the members of the Hakaiger gathered in the courtyard.
"Who are you?" Soujii asked her.
"Naomi. My freebie dog." Luka smiled at her.
"I will kill you," Naomi smirked at her.
"Shut up, baka." Luka smiled at Naomi before leaning in and kissing Naomi.
"So a grand total of six new members. And a home base for us to return to." Asuna said looking at Luka, Soujii, Asa, Tsukasa, Tsuruhime, and Naomi. "Not bad. Where is Kaito?"
"No idea. He disappeared when he heard that this was our home base." Woz said. Luka caught his eye.
"Anything changed?"
"Maybe. New girl for the 'flow chart'?" He smiled at her letting her know that Naomi wasn't there in the original picture but was there this time.
"Shut up, baka." She smirked at him.
Then a portal opened and out walked Kaito...but he wasn't alone. An elderly man holding a two-year-old was standing next to him. "Kaito?" Asuna asked him.
"This is Hikari Eijiro. And Hikari Daiki...my son."
"I thought..." Asuna went up to the little boy who looked at her with innocent eyes that matched his father's.
"They survived. They were in the photo studio when the attack happened and...it's a clever old thing. It whisked them away. Now that this place is our base...and for now the Tojitendo are locked out of here I wanted them to be here. I already worked it out with Geki."
"You the ones that have brought the spark back to Kaito's eyes?" Eijiro asked, looking at the people gathered.
"Will you ever forgive us?" Urara joked. Eijiro chuckled.
"Thank you," Eijiro said, clutching his grandson. "It means more than you would ever know." Kaito blushed and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Want me to show you around sir?" Geki asked, smiling as the Hakaiger prepared to leave.
"Thank you sir. Be safe, Sneak Thief-in-law." Kaito felt a tear in his eye. He leaned in and kissed his son.
"Don't give Ojisan a hard time huh, kid." Little Daiki had a defiant look in his eyes that matched his father's at times. Kaito smiled at them and then opened the portal.
"We could stay a little longer for you to be with them," Asuna said softly.
"If I stay for too long...I won't be able to leave," he said firmly. They slowly walked through the portal. "And now the journey continues."
First and foremost I have included a character from another story that I recently wrote in this chapter. Naomi from Dark Fate. I have been enjoying writing that series with my sister and best friend. And when I was writing that story with her I liked the idea of bringing that Naomi over here and having ideas for her in the future. Which leads to the change I made in this story. I have been trying to keep up with the number of the team I set a long time ago. And for the most part, I have managed to do so. But at times I have struggled to overcome some new ideas that I have had for the team. Originally it was just Sentai one of each color they have used with regularity. Then I decided to add Kamen Riders. Then decided to add Power Rangers and Ultraman. (Even have an idea for a Makai Knight.) I have dropped and brought in new characters along the way to keep to that number I set. Which I won't stray too far from. I just wanted a little more wiggle room. So I figured introducing Naomi to this could bring in that wiggle room. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. And sis...thanks for being the best pseudo-twin sister ever.