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Qijuu Sentai Qidenger
I’ve completed the first chapter of my og Super Sentai and I thought I’d share it here, as a bit of thanks to some help I got from submitting the pitch on the “ideas” thread.
For the key, paragraphs in italics are flashbacks, instances of a couple of words in italics within words that aren’t are places where the words would be said in English if this were a real show, the bold segments are the equipment voice (who I haven’t fantasy cast yet) and the bolded italics are narration for next time. Hope you enjoy. 15 Years Ago. The Night of the Crimson Sky. The whole world was on fire. The skies were glowing a demonic red and the streets, almost devoid of life, were burning. A sole man, middle-aged, stood against his opponent, the demon known as Mairak, and his army of Vordoron Drones. Mairak had an appearance that could best be described as a cross between a blooming rose and a moth, while the Vordorons had a larvae like appearance. “Are you ready to surrender, human?”, Mairak asked his opponent. “This dimension is but mere moments away from falling before the might of my Vordos Empire.” “You won’t win.”, the man wheezed, holding up a wrist-mounted gadget on his left arm. “Not while I can still fight.” Mairak laughed. “What can you do? Your comrades lie dead at my feet, your world is in flames and I have taken your power for myself.” “That power, yes.“, the man said in response, as he held up a coin-shaped item with an engraving of a Wolf on it. “But I can still use another.” He inserted it into the item on his wrist, declaring “Kijuu Henge!” (Machine-beast Change) “Ookami! (Wolf)Error.” The man crackled with energy, as he charged at Mairak, who’s last sight was the man who in one move, had thwarted his path of conquest. Now. Hajime Takuto woke up, falling out of bed. “That same dream again.”, he said to himself. “What does it mean? Could it be something to do with the night of the Crimson Sky? Could it be why Father…?” “Takuto-san.”, his mother called from downstairs. “Mio-kun needs someone to take her to school. I’m too busy and Daiki is meeting with his associates.” “By ‘associates’, he means ‘criminal friends’.”, Takuto commented. He had always been suspicious of his stepfather, to the point of following him to a meeting with his “associates”, where he had found out the truth. He never said anything since Otonaru Daiki had been a fairly clean person at home, making it hard to find positive proof. “I’ll be down soon, Mother.”, he called back, reaching for some clothes. “Looks like today will be as uninteresting as ever.” Elsewhere, a large fortress, shaped like a demonic head, emerged from a portal, setting down in a chasm. Inside the fortress, a short robot, wearing an approximation of a scientist’s outfit with a panicked expression permanently formed on his face. “I’ve nearly done it.”, he stated in his squeaky voice. “I’ve managed to create a method of increasing molecular size and weight. I am a genius.” “Don’t revel in your little toy just yet, Megaro.” The small robot, Megaro, turned to see the newcomer. This was Calam, an oni-esque creature with armour an his left shoulder and right shin, a scar down his chest and a permanent scowl. “I won’t be convinced of its worth until I’m sure it can work on my guys.” “Your ‘guys’ aren’t all we should be relying on.” Both turned to the third voice that joined them. It belonged to a female monster, resembling a blue lion, wearing a dress that resembled ice cream in a cone. Her face was permanently in what could be called a smile, for someone with a lion’s face. She also had hair that resembled a punk rock haircut. “After all, remember that we’re all equals within the ranks of Voldos.” Calam growled again, brandishing his sword, which had jagged edges. “Nobody asked your opinions, Gelashi. And if you’re willing to go for it you Neko, you’ll find yourself as blood on my sword.” Gelashi tutted, brandishing her claws. “You really think you can beat me, Oni? Well then, let’s see who ends up as blood on who.” Enough!” All three turned towards the new arrival. A middle-aged humanoid woman, wearing a black dress and crown that resembled a Phoenix. She was accompanied by her servant, a humanoid Wolf bound in chain mail , a burn Mark on its left arm. This was Voldos’ leader Queen Moboroshina and her huntsman Oomikaoo. “I don’t want any of my commanders engaging in needless bickering.”, Moboroshina said, angry at the two. “Either you two work together to ensure our late leader Mairak’s ambitions are met, or I’ll allow Oomikaoo to make you his prey.” “I’m sorry, Lady Moboroshina.”, Gelashi said as she changed her tune, bowing her head. “I won’t cause arguments again.” Calam on the other hand was less quick to give up his anger. “Why should I even listen to you? You claim to continue Lord Mairak’s will, but I know you can’t possibly come from the Vordos Dimension. We don’t have creatures like you.” “I’ll point out that none of us bar you and your pets are from that dimension.”, Gelashi said in response. “Speaking of which, what better to use as a test subject for the new device?” “Indeed.”, Moboroshina nodded. “Calam. If you want to prove your worth, then you should send out one of your Vorjuu to the human world.” Calam growled. “Well, since you suggested it. Come on, VolKraken!” He slammed his sword into the ground. A reptilian monster, sporting long arms and a long neck, emerged from the darkness, snarling. “VolKraken, you will go down to the planet and begin the dimension destruction plan. Go.” The beast growled and turned away, walking off. Down on Earth, Takuto was escorting his sister, Otonaru Mio to her high school. She was technically the daughter of his father, Hajime Tatsuhisa, but because his mother had married Daiki to provide her second child with a father, she had legally taken his name. “Hey big brother, what’s got you so down?”, Mio asked. “Did you have that dream again?” “Not just that.”, was Takuto’s answer. “I keep getting this feeling. Like something terrible is about to…” He suddenly stopped, feeling a strange wind blowing. “I’m sorry.”, he said to Mio as he turned and set off running in a different direction. “Eh? Big brother, wait!”, Mio called out as she ran after him. Across town, VolKraken was causing destruction, aided by a group of Vordorons. It was firing beams from its mouth to destroy buildings, blow up cars and create holes in the pavement. It was at that moment two passers-by, a young man in a yellow jacket and a young woman, stopped to fight the two. “Hey you, stop right there.”, the woman declared as she pointed at the Vorjuu, grabbing its attention. “Your rampage won’t be allowed to continue.” “Agreed.”, the man nodded. “This ends here.” Before either of them could do anything, Takuto came running to the scene, proceeding to beat up VolKraken, who managed to defend itself expertly. “Hey, Vorjuu, I’m not going to let your rampage continue.” He then paused, realising what he had just said. “How did I know what that thing was?”, he asked himself. From the side, a mysterious onlooker observed this. “It’s him. Could he be?” Mio then came running up, out of breath from the long distance. “Brother, you shouldn’t just go running off like that. What would mother…” she paused, getting a good look at VolKraken and it’s retinue “think?” VolKraken motioned for its retinue of Vordorons to attack the four humans. Takuto, Mio and the other two made quick work of the grunts using basic hand-to-hand, but then they faced VolKraken itself. Though they tried their best, none of the 4 could match the beast in combat, being quickly overwhelmed. Having knocked it’s enemies back, VolKraken opened a portal and jumped into it, making its getaway. “What was that thing?”, the woman asked. “This guy called it a ‘Vorjuu’.”, the man said, indicating Takuto. “But I want to know how he knew that.” Takuto picked himself up. “If I’m honest, I don’t know. It just slipped out.” “I think I know someone who can explain.” The man in the shadows said, stepping out to reveal himself. “You’ll have to come with me.” Mio was in shock at the newcomer. “Kamijo-san.”, she commented. Takuto on the other hand was more apprehensive. “You! What are you doing here?” “Right now, I’m trying to help avert a great threat to the world as we know it.”, the man known as Kamijo answered him. “For now, I ask that you put aside any feelings you have for me, Hajime-san, and accompany me. That includes you three as well.” Back at the Voldos Fortress, the three Commanders we’re discussing the recent fight with their Queen. “Why did VolKraken retreat?”, Moboroshina asked. “He had those youths on the ropes.” “An unfortunate part of the intense training I put the beast through to secure its allegiance.”, Calam said in response. “It believes that in order to fight effectively, it requires help, no matter how strong it is compared to its opponents.” “Then perhaps we should send something stronger than mere Vordorons.”, Gelashi suggested. “Perhaps I should accompany VolKraken-chan in its next attack.” “Not on your own.”, Moboroshina insisted. “I’m going to lend you the use of Oomikaoo. He is viciously dedicated and will not fall until all of his opponents are dead.” “The Queen is most gracious.”, Gelashi bowed. “So, shall we go?” Back with VolKraken’s opponents, they had been taken to a mansion and made to sit in the living room, while the man known as Kamijo had left to do his own thing. “So, since we’re stuck waiting here, we might as well the discuss a few things.”, the other man said. “First off, who is the guy that brought us here? You two seem to know him.” “He’s Kamijo Ryosuke, an associate of my father.”, Mio answered. “Stepfather really. I never knew my real father, since he disappeared soon after I was conceived. Only my brother knew him and his memory isn’t that good.” “Kamijo’s also a criminal.”, Takuto stated, much to Mio’s shock. “He and Otonaru Daiki’s other associates meet to plan things such as robberies, extortion, murders and other illicit activities. I know they’re guilty, but I have nothing on them besides having seen one of their meetings.” Mio was shocked to hear about this side of her stepfather she had known nothing about. “Anyway, since we’re discussing names, we might as well learn each others’. I’m Hajime Takuto and this is my sister Otonaru Mio.” “Wataru. Shinohara Wataru.”, the other man introduced himself. “I’m a student at Science Academia, currently on a break to work on a project. I guess I’ll have to apply for a longer break, depending on what happens to us.” The other woman introduced herself next. “I’m Komaki Hibiki. I’m an assistant music teacher at an elementary school. I’m sorry to hear about your missing father, Takuto-san, Mio-chan. My own mother’s been gone for a long time. I ended up growing up in a children’s home.” It was at this point that Kamijo Ryosuke re-entered the room, accompanied by an older man. “Nice to see you’ve all made your introductions.”, he said. “But now, I’d like you to meet our benefactor.” “Oh, so you think we’re going to just help you with whatever criminal pursuit you’ve cooked up, Kamijo-san?”, Takuto said angrily. “Not likely. And who is this anyway?” “I prefer to keep my identity out of this matter, Mr. Hajime.”, was the old man’s response. “But I can assure you, my intentions are well within your laws.” “And what are these intentions?”, Hibiki asked. “What could you possibly want the 4 of us for, in addition to Kamijo-san?” “I need your help to save the world.”, the old man answered, going over to a bookcase, pulling one of the books, this caused a portrait on the walls, depicting the Shinto gods Izanagi and Izana, to retract, revealing a compartment with five cellphone-like devices, which had 5 cards next to them. “Cellphones?”, Mio said as she picked one of them up and began examining it. “Has Oji-san been out in years? Cellphones are set of… outdated.” “They are not mere cellphones.”, the old man snapped. “Perhaps one of you would care to pick up one of these cards?” Wataru shrugged. “Might as well.”, he said as he picked up one of the cards. “After all, being a scientist is about taking risks.” The card in his hand glowed, before manifesting a yellow silhouette on it. “How curious.” He picked up on of the cellphone devices, finding a slot, into which he inserted the card. “Yellow, recognition confirmed.” The cellphone announced. “These are the JuuKeitai (Beast Cellphone), a set of henshin items I created to harness the powers of animals within the human body. They work by equipping a powered suit that fuses the power of an animal within these Soul Chips.” The old man held up a coin shaped item, featuring an engraving of a lion. “Each of these Soul Chips features the life energy of a creature that exists. The suits can harness the power, but be warned. If you try to transform with a Soul Chip that has a less than 49.9% fusion compatibility, the essence of the contained animal will overwhelm your body and mind, making you a beast.” “I assume you intend for the 5 of us, Kamijo-san included, to take these up and what? Fight the invaders?”, Takuto asked. “Exactly.”, Kamijo nodded. “I hope you can put aside your animosity to me to help save the day, Hajime-kun.” Takuto fumed at this casual addressing, but before he could act on this, he felt that same wind again. “They’re here again.”, he said, taking one JuuKeitai and one of the ID cards, creating a red silhouette on it, before running out. “Well, we’d better follow him, if he really knows the way.”, Wataru stated. The others all fist-pumped and nodded, picking up the gear and setting out. In the city, VolKraken was attacking once more, assisted by Oomikaoo and Gelashi. Several people were running, looking for cover. “Yes, tremble human filth.”, Gelashi declared, laughing like a noblewoman. “Your pitiful dimension will soon be gone from existence.” “Stop it.” The attack party turned to see Takuto running towards them. “Vordos, your rampage will end here.”, he blurted out. Oomikaoo observed the newcomer, getting a flash of recognition before shaking it off. “Ah, the human youth that was beaten by VolKraken-chan before. You really think you can make a difference by yourself.” Gelashi commented, before laughing once more. “He’s not by himself.” Gelashi turned to see the other 4 appearing. “So, you’re the ones behind that monster.”, Wataru noted. “Indeed. We are the Dimension Destruction Army Vordos. And I am Gelashi, one of the Three Demon Generals that continue the will of Lord Mairak, who perished on the Night of the Crimson Sky, 15 of your years ago.” “‘Crimson Sky’? ‘15 years ago’?”, Hibiki pondered, having a flashback to the last time she had seen her mother. “Don’t worry, Hibiki-chan. Mother will make sure the red skies go away. You need to do your best to be brave. I’ll be back soon.” The young Hibiki then saw her mother go out the door, never to be seen again. Back in the present, Takuto pointed at Gelashi, Oomikaoo and VolKraken. “Like I said, your rampage will end here, at our hands.” He pulled out the JuuKeitai and his ID card, with the others doing likewise. “Everyone, let’s go.” “Kijuu Henge!” A Soul Chip appeared to each of them, which they all took and inserted into their JuuKeitai. “Shishi! Kame! Taka! Kajiki! Jaguar! Doubutsu Gashin! (Animal Fusion)” As the JuuKeitai rang out, the powered suits were generated onto the 5, with Takuto gaining a red suit, Kamijo gaining a black suit, Hibiki a pink suit, Mio a blue suit and Wataru a yellow suit. They then gained animal-themed details on their suits. Red gained lion details, Black received turtle details, with a honeycomb pattern on his arms, Pink had her suit altered with hawk-esque elements, Blue received a blade-shape on her helmet, similar to a swordfish and Yellow had gained the features of a jaguar on his helmet. The 5 all shared a stylised “Q” with teeth engraved on it. The 5 then stepped forward in order, giving their names and doing a pose. “QidenRed!” “QidenBlack!” “QidenPink!” “QidenBlue!” “QidenYellow!” Then the 5 said in unison “Kijuu Sentai Qidenger!” As the three invaders looked on in shock, a single word came out of Oomikaoo’s mouth. “Qidenger.” Gelashi on the other hand was not deterred. “VolKraken, attack!” The three villains charged into battle, engaging the newly formed Qidengers. Takuto/QidenRed went straight for VolKraken hitting it with a series of punches that caused the beast to stagger backwards. “If only I had a weapon.”, he stated. As if on cue, a sword appeared in his hand. Kijuu Caliber. “Nice.”, Takuto said as he began swinging his new weapon at VolKraken, severing part of its arm. Elsewhere, Kamijo/QidenBlack and Mio/QidenBlue were fighting with Oomikaoo. “So, you seem to be higher up in the organisation then your mindless helper.”, Black commented, summoning up his weapon. Kijuu Caliber. Blue had also deployed hers, delivering several slashes to Oomikaoo. “Tell your leaders that we”re not going to let you do what you want. And that’s a message from the Qidenger.” Hibiki/QidenPink and Wataru/QidenYellow had engaged Gelashi. “You cursed humans.”, the lion-woman growled. “You won’t succeed in saving your dimension.” “Don’t be too sure.”, Yellow said in response. “You shouldn’t underestimate the future of scientific process.” He tried to mimic the pose to summon the Kijuu Caliber, as did Pink. But instead, a gun each appeared in their hands. “Kijuu Magnum.” “Well, never look a gift horse in the mouth, to borrow a phrase.”, Pink commented as she pointed her new weapon at the enemy, firing and knocking Gelashi back. Then a slot opened in the back of the weapon. “What's this for?” “I assume it’s something that uses these.”, Yellow answered as he pulled out his Soul Chip, inserting it into his Kijuu Magnum. Hibiki took out her own and followed his lead Qiden Charge! Jaguar!/Taka! “Qiden Powered Shot!” Wataru and Hibiki stated, firing their weapons at Gelashi, knocking her back in an explosion. “You won this round, Qidenger.”, Gelashi said angrily. “But next time will be different.” She then disappeared in a puff of smoke. Across the field, Kamijo and Mio had got the better of Oomikaoo and opened and inserted their Soul Chip into the slot on their Kijuu Caliber, preparing their own attack. “Qiden Powered Slash!” Qiden Charge! Kame!/Kajiki! The two blades hit Oomikaoo, with him emerging from the blast covered in smoke. He growled at the two before teleporting out. Takuto managed to knock VolKraken into some barrels, before pulling out a Kijuu Magnum and firing shots at the creature with it. “Let’s see if these can be used together.”, he said, pressing the two weapons together, causing the sword to rest on the top barrel of the gun, forming a rifle Kijuu Buster. Takuto inserted his Soul Chip into the weapon. Qiden Full Charge! “Qiden Super Final!”, Takuto stated as he fired the weapon at VolKraken, causing a larger burst of energy to come forth. Spark! The energy hit VolKraken, causing him to explode into pieces. At the Voldos Fortress, the two commanders came stumbling in. “I’m sorry, Lady Moboroshina.”, Gelashi wheezed. “These humans were tougher than we expected.” “Qidenger.”, Oomikaoo managed to say. Moboroshina was shocked. “Oomikaoo, you can speak once more?” “That’s what you focus on, Moboroshina?”, Calam asked. “How can the Qidengers have thwarted us. Lord Mairak killed them all himself during the Night of the Crimson Sky. I saw it.” “You fool.”, Moboroshina scowled at him. “Clearly this is a new group that have inherited the same power.” She then turned to Megaro. “Can you use the machine now?” “Of course I can, Lady Moboroshina.”, Megaro nodded nervously, before pressing a series of buttons on his keypad. A red beam of energy came out of the “eye” of the fortress and headed towards the battlefield. “Good job, everyone.”, Takuto said to the others as they were celebrating. “We managed to defeat them for now.” As if on cue, the red beam hit the smouldering remains of VolKraken, causing a giant copy to emerge from the remains. “No way.”, Mio said with shock. “How are we meant to fight this thing now?” Takuto then received a call on his JuuKeitai from the old man. “You can use the JuuKeitai to summon a great beast to fight against giant creatures like this. Simply enter the code ‘5466’ in your JuuKeitai after selecting the animal icon.” “Thank you, Oji-san.”, Takuto said into the phone, before pressing the button and inserting the code. Summon Kijuu Lion. A large robot, resembling a lion appeared and lunged at VolKraken, knocking the beast back. Takuto then leapt up into the robot, taking control of it. “Kijuu Lion, Bujin Henkei!” At Takuto’s command, the lion’s head folded forward, with the neck section breaking in half and becoming a set of shoulders, with the front legs transforming into arms, the feet becoming clawed hands. The hind legs folded upwards, becoming a pair of regular legs. Finally, a humanoid head emerged from the area where the lion head had been. “Now, let’s go.” Kijuu Lion engaged in hand to hand with VolKraken, slashing at the creature with its claws and blocking the hits aimed at itself. “Tsume no Mai!”(dance of the claws) The robot began spinning at high speed, hitting VolKraken with its claws several times, causing it to fall down and explode. The 4 on the ground celebrated this. “Nice one, Hajime-san.”, Kamijo called out. Back in the Vordos Fortress, Moboroshina entered her private room, approaching a mirror. “Kagami-san, I request your presence, now.” The mirror covered her reflection in smoke, from which a different face, with glowing red eyes manifested. “I’m aware of your problems, Moboroshina.”, the being known as Kagami said. “I sensed that he is active again. Presumably a new generation of Qidengers has awakened.” “Indeed, Kagami-san.”, Moboroshina nodded. “But there’s more. Oomikaoo has recovered his ability to speak. The first stage of our agreement has been completed.” The phantom image of Kagami nodded. “Continue to fulfil my task for you and I will complete the process. That is our deal.” Back at the old man’s mansion, the inhabitant switched off a new report featuring one Kousuke Ryuota, as the 5 new Qidengers came in. “Oji-san, good news. We managed to defeat that thing.”, Takuto called out. The old man laughed at this. “You speak as if it were a great victory.” His tone suddenly turned angry. “You fool. You still have much to learn, young Takuto.” In order to ensure Hajime Takuto changes, the old man assigns him to spend time with Shinohara Wataru. Then the pair meet Voldos’ first Bukikai (weapon machine) BukiOleander, which releases a terrible poison into the city. Wataru and Takuto have to ensure the populace lives through the crisis. Next time: Inspiration! The Genius Battle. Look forward to it. |
Well, now it’s time for the second instalment.
Last time, 5 young warriors gathered to form a new team of heroes, Kijuu Sentai Qidenger. During their first battle, the Qidengers took out Voldos’ attack monster, VolKraken. However upon their return to the mansion where they have set up shop, the old man who assembled them calls out Takuto. After a while, the 5 newly-ordained Qidengers sat down with the old man, as an old woman came in carrying tea for them. “I assume this will do, sir.”, the old lady said to her master. “Indeed. Thank you Rin.”, the old man nodded, hurrying her out. Takuto then spoke up, for the first time in a while . “Well now, Oji-san. What did you mean when you said I still had much to learn? I took down that monster easily enough on my own.” “‘On my own’, that’s the problem you face, Mr. Hajime.”, the old man stated. “The other Qidengers all worked together to take on their opponents. You act on your own too much.” “Nii-san’s been like that as long as I can remember.”, Mio commented. “Mostly as a response to the number of people our father meets with. I think I can see why that’s a reason now.” “Indeed.”, Kamijo nodded. “Hajime cottoned on that Otonaru-san’s robberies are team efforts and given that he’s decided to avoid all things that his step-father does, thinking that’ll be what’s right.” Takuto seemed to get angry at this. “Don’t act like you know me, Kamijo-san.”, he snapped. “Antipathy aside, Mr. Kamijo and Miss Otonaru and accurate in saying that you have trouble trusting others.”, the old man interjected. “I intend to fix that by pairing you off with two of your teammates, separately. You won’t have passed until you form an understanding of them to the point you fight as one. Your first pairing will be with Mr. Shinohara.” Wataru interrupted the conversation by spitting out the tea he was drinking. “You can’t be serious.”, he said with shock. The old man merely had a serious look on his face. “I think he’s completely serious, Wataru-san.”, Hibiki said nervously. In the Voldos Fortress, Moboroshina was talking with Megaro and Gelashi. Calam was absent. “We need to deal with these Qidengers in addition to the human eradication plan.”, Moboroshina stated. “Do either of you two have anything to offer? I take it by Calam’s absence that he has nothing.” Megaro began speaking, his vocaliser stuttering as usual. “I… I do have something, Lady Moboroshina. Behold, the weaponiser.” He pulled out a controller. “This… this device will take any organism and make a Bukikai (portmanteau of “Buki” (weapon) and “Kikai” (Machine)) from its basic data.” “So, you can turn Earth’s beings into their own destruction.”, Gelashi noted. “I can already do that. What’s so special about your ‘Bukikai’?” “I am not lim-lim-lim-lim-” Megaro banged his chest. “-limited to humans. I can use the deadliest organisms on Earth, such as this plant here.” He held up a stem. “I believe humans call it “Oleander” and it can cause poisoning in most organisms that cause their bodies to react negatively.” Moboroshina smiled. “Wonderful. Megaro, create your Bukikai and unleash it on the Earth.” “As you wish.” Megaro went over to his machine, inserting the oleander sample into it and pressing the remote’s buttons. After 30 seconds, a robot, sporting flower-like, arm-mounted cannons and a predominantly green colour scheme, emerged from the machine. This was Gatleander. In a different part of the fortress, Calam was calling out. “Dimayta! Dimayta, where are you? Dimayta!” As if on cue, Dimayta appeared. She was a humanoid woman dressed in tan britches, tall boots, a black coat over a white vest, canary shirt and stock tie, a hunting helmet and a pair of black gloves. She also held a rifle over her shoulder. “Calm yourself, Calam. I’ve just returned with more Vorjuu, as you requested. I assume the VolKraken I brought you did well.” Calam shook his head. “It got blown to pieces by a group known as the Qidenger. They’re a successor to the group that defeated Lord Mairak in our last invasion.” Dimayta put her hand on her master’s shoulder. “It’s okay, Master Calam. When I’m through with the taming, this new set of Vorjuu will be especially vicious. Those Qidengers won’t known what hit them.” Elsewhere, Wataru returned to his apartment block, only to be shocked by the sight of Takuto standing there. “What’re you doing here?”, he barked. “We’re supposed to develop a strong bond, right?”, Takuto answered. “So I thought that if we spend as much time together as possible, we can both get this over with quickly.” Wataru sighed in resignation. “Well, I do have a guest bed you can sleep on. Might as well use that.” He opened the door and ushered his unexpected guest in. Takuto looked around the room and looked around. Among the features, he saw a photo of a woman in a frame, signed “恵”. “Who’s this, Wataru-san? Your mother?”, he asked. “No, she’s my teacher from the Science Academia.”, Wataru said in response. “She gave me that picture so I could have something to remember her by while I’m on my break. She’s a great woman and a great scientist. I want to be like her.” “That’s fascinating.”, Takuto said, as he stopped, feeling something on the wind. “Voldos.”, henstated. “They’ve sent another warrior to fight.” “I guess duty calls.”, Wataru said as he put his pillow down. “Lead the way. You know where they are.” In the city centre, Gatleander had touched down, accompanied by Megaro and a squadron of Vordorons. “Now, we need to get to work quickly.”, Megaro stuttered. “Those Qidenger guys could be here any minute.” “How about this minute?” Kamijo, Mio and Hibiki leapt in, kicking the robot back. “So, Vordos sent a robot to face us this time.”, the former noted. “They must be desperate to conquer Earth.” “Don’t knock us machines.”, Megaro snarled. “Gatleander, show them your full power.” The robot growled, releasing spores into the air. “Like the plant he was created from, Gatleander contains a poison, which his weapon parts can release in the form of spores. Dobutsu Gashin! The now-transformed QidenBlack, QidenBlue and QidenPink charged into battle, engaging the Bukikai. Gatleander fired on the three, who dodged out of the way. Black and Blue hit him with their Kijuu Calibers while Pink fired on the robot with her Kijuu Magnum. “Come on.”, Megaro urged. “You can do it, Gatleander. I know you can.” He was then shot back by some newcomers. Namely, QidenRed and QidenYellow, both wielding their Kijuu Magnums. “Right, I forgot about you two.” “Sorry for keeping you waiting.”, Takuto said to the others. We had to navigate a route here that was quick.” “Well it’s good that you’re here now.”, Pink assured them. “Now we can take this creep down together.” But before they could do anything else, Pink, Blue and Black all collapsed in pain. “What’s happening?” Megaro laughed. “You all ingested Gatleander’s poison, and it’s begun to affect you. Your friends might be safe for now, but the poison is spreading through your air.” “What?”, Wataru exclaimed. Gatleander then fired his cannons at the Rangers, shooting them back. “You cur.” “I’ll leave you to wallow in the fact you can’t save anyone.”, Megaro laughed as he and Gatleander teleported out. Everyone infected reverted back to normal, as Takuto and Wataru could only look at them, helpless. “In breaking news, disaster has struck the city as Tokyo’s residents find themselves being struck down by an invisible enemy. Doctors are overwhelmed by the mass numbers of patients that even now are increasing dramatically. Scientists have worked out that the infection is airborne and are advising people to stay in their homes, only go out if you have some form of face-covering. As of right now, a cause has yet to be determined.” In their fortress, the members of Voldos served this as it happened, laughing at the humans’ suffering. “We’ll have eliminated the humans in that city within a day.”, Megaro reported. I merely need to send out Gatleander to other areas of Earth in order to release his spores there.” “I must say, I’m impressed you’ve achieved this much.”, Gelashi said to her comrade. “I assume you managed to get rid of those cute little Qidengers.” Megaro began sweating, or rather, doing the motions of sweating. “Unfortunately, Red and Yellow didn’t show up ‘til after I released the spores. And they were in their powered suits, so I don’t know if they were affected or not.” “They won’t have been.”, Moboroshina stated. “The old man’s powered suits are designed to filter out anything that could prohibit the wearer’s breathing ability. Those two are still an active threat.” As Megaro began to have a breakdown, Calam merely laughed. “This just proves you should never send a robot to do a real warrior’s job. Put me in command of that Gatleander and I’ll make sure those Qiden punks won’t be a problem anymore.” “You are the only one with no field experience so far.”, Moboroshina said in response, before nodding. “Very well, agree. You will take Gatleander and attempt to remove the last of the Qidengers from the equation.” “I won’t let you down, Lady Moboroshina.” At the old man’s mansion, Takuto, Rin and the old man, all wearing protective coverings over their noses and mouths, were tending to the three downed Qidengers. “How does it look, Oji-san?”, Takuto asked. “Not good.”, was the old man’s answer. “They took a direct dosage of the same poison afflicting everyone else who was affected.” “We need to identify what compounds might have been in the poison.”, Rin noted. “Then we might be able to heal these kids.” “Wataru might be able to come up with a solution like that.”, Takuto suggested. “Come to think of it, where is Wataru? Seems like he should be here.” In his apartment, Wataru was banging his head against the wall. “Why can’t I come up with something?”, he bemoaned. “This should be easy.” He then turned to the signed picture on his table. “Apologies, Misaki-Sensei. I’ve failed as your student and as your successor.” “Don’t give up just yet.” Wataru turned around to see Takuto coming in. “We just need to find the cure for the compounds that make up the poison.” “And how do you suppose I do that?”, Wataru cried, freaking out. “I’m not exactly equipped to take air samples.” “You don’t need to.”, Takuto said in response. “That robot was based on an oleander flower, right? So it stands to reason that the poison he released was also based on the one in that flower.” “You’re right.”, Wataru realised. “I just need to find the cure for that and then I can get to work on dealing with this infection.” He went over to his computer and looked up information on the Nerium genus of plants. “Got it. The poison is based on digoxin, which can be cured using membranes from chemically treated sheep.” He then continued typing. “There’s a sheep farm in Shiga Prefecture. It’s based on some kids programme, but it may be our best bet.” “Then what’re we waiting for?”, Takuto asked. “Let’s go.” At the mansion, Rin came in with some magnesium. “I came across some medical books saying this was the best temporary treatment for this type of problem. It should help the three of you-” she stopped to see that only Kamijo and Hibiki we’re lying there, with Mio gone “-make a recovery.” She dropped her tray. At the Shiga Farm Garden, Wataru and Takuto parked up and approached the building. “We’ve got to see if they’ll help us.”, Wataru stated. “Before it’s too late.” “Oh, it’s too late all right.” The two were blown backwards by the entrance of Calam, accompanied by Gatleander and a group of Vordorons. “You two are the last of the Qidengers. Once we eliminate you two, the Earth will be ours.” “Not… on our… watch.” Everyone turned to see a weakened Mio staggering towards the scene. “I… won’t go down until the Voldos go down… even if I put myself at risk.” Takuto was worried. “Nee-chan, you should be resting.”, he urged. Wataru held him back. “I think we could use all the help we need at this point.”, he said. “Even if said help isn’t at 100 percent.” Takuto hesitated, before nodding. “Alright, let’s go.” Everyone pulled out their Soul Chips and inserted them into their JuuKeitais. Shishi! Kajiki! Jaguar! “Kijuu Henge!” The three pressed the buttons on their phones, generating their powered suits. Doubutsu Gashin! “Kijuu Sentai Qidenger!” Calam was unimpressed. “Get them.” The three Qidengers jumped into battle with the Voldos soldiers, with Blue and Yellow making short work of the Vordorons before moving onto Gatleander, who fired shots at them which they dodged, before proceeding to deliver attacks to it with their weapons. Red on the other hand was fighting with Calam. “I am the strongest warrior in all of Voldos.”, the enemy general proclaimed. “No-one in this pitiful dimension can match me in a sword fight.” “That may be.”, Red said as he managed to knock his opponent back with a sword slash. “Let’s see how you do in a gunfight.” He pulled out his Kijuu Magnum and fired at his opponent, knocking him back. He then ran in to deliver another slash to his opponent, who was knocked backwards. “Heh. You’re pretty good.”, Calam noted. “I’m going to be keeping an eye on you.” He then teleported out. Red then turned his attention to Gatleander, jumping out of the way of his shots and then delivering a slash to his chest. “Guys, let’s finish this.” Blue and Yellow nodded. Red assembled his Kijuu Buster, Blue took out her Kijuu Caliber and Yellow deployed his Kijuu Magnum. All then inserted their Soul Chips into their weapons. “Qiden Triple Super Final!” Qiden (Full) Charge! Blue ran forward and delivered a slash to the enemy, before Yellow fired a series of shots. Finally Red jumped forward and unleashed his weapon’s energy, destroying Gatleander. “Nice job.”, Yellow noted. Then the beam saw the same beam of energy hit Gatleander’s remains, restoring him as a giant robot. “You’d better take care of this one, Takuto.” “Okay.”, Red said, taking out his JuuKeitai and dialling. Summon Kijuu Lion. The robotic lion appeared, transforming into it’s warrior mode and engaging the enemy robot in battle, under Takuto’s control. However, the giant Gatleander was more than a match for the robot, overpowering it handily and shooting it down. “Nii-san’s in danger.”, Blue said with worry. “We need to help him.” Yellow nodded. “I know, but how?” Just then, the old man called in. “You two have your own Kijuu to pilot.”, he said. “Summon them the same way Takuto summons his.” “Thank you.”, Yellow responded, before leading Blue through the motions. Summon Kijuuki, Kijuuguar. Two robots, a blue-coloured Swordfish, flying through the air and a yellow jaguar, which ran forward at high speed. Mio and Wataru leapt into their respective robots, preparing to attack the enemy. “Swordfish Missile, launch!” Blue fired her Kijuu’s weapon’s, knocking Gatleander back before he could deliver the finishing blow. Then Yellow launched his attack. “Jaguar Impact!” His Kijuu tan forward with speed so great that it managed to leave a notable dent in the Bukikai. “Thanks for the help.”, Red radioed to the others. “Let’s see if we can combine our powers. We’ve got one function on the JuuKeitai unused, that might be meant to be used for that.” “Let’s try it.”, Yellow responded. “After all, when it comes to scientific process, limits are meant to be tested.” “Let’s do it.”, Mio said, joining the other two in pressing the third button. They then pressed their individual buttons for Kijuu summoning, before pressing the confirmation button. Lion! Swordfish! Jaguar! Kendo Formation! The Lion robot retracted it’s right arm and it’s left leg. The jaguar ran in to take the place of the leg, folding its hind body upwards, while the Swordfish attached to where the arm was, deploying a hand from the mouth. Finally, the back of the robot opened, folding out a helmet shaped like that of a gladiator, which attached onto the head. “KijuuOh Ken, linkup complete.” The newly formed robot engaged Gatleander, cutting off his flower cannons, before kicking him backwards. “Time to finish this.”, Takuto said, as he lead the others in inserting their Soul Chips into the robot, before depositing them by cranking a handle. “KijuuOh, Straight Crash!” The robot brought its sword down on the enemy once more, causing him to collapse to the ground in a fiery inferno. As the three began to celebrate, Mio collapsed again. “We need to get her that cure.”, Wataru realised. “In breaking news, the cure for the airborne poison has been discovered in Shiga Prefecture by one Shinohara Wataru, a student of the highly privileged Science Academia. Shinohara-san discovered that the poison was derived from the Nerium plant, thus a cure could be derived from chemically treated sheep. This comes shortly after a giant robot battle at the Sheep Farm in Shiga Prefecture. A fight that one Kyosuke Ryuota has some strong words concerning.” Moboroshina watched as the image changed to a middle-aged man in a suit, accompanied by a a group of people in similar clothes. “This is the latest in a series of giant attacks that our country has suffered over the years. We’ve suffered for too long under these types of incursions and have millions in property damage as the only thing to show for it.” Moboroshina stopped paying attention to the man, instead turning to the presence of Kagami in her mirror. “Another of our operations has been thwarted. But Gatleander managed to get captures of the Qidengers’ physical likenesses. That could be useful.” “Indeed.”, Kagami stated. “Perhaps you should go after one of them in your next scheme.” “It will be done.”, Moboroshina said as she turned back to the image of Kyosuke. “And perhaps it could be useful to have allies in the human dimension.” “…which is why it’s time to say ‘we don’t want anymore of these so called heroes bringing nothing but destruction. We need to do something about it.” Next time, Takuto continues his task of bonding with the other Qidengers, specifically Komaki Hibiki. But then one of Hibiki’s charges is turned into a new monster by Gelashi, can the Qidengers defeat the Weather Witch? Look forward to the next instalment, ‘Tempest! A Young Girl’s Anger!’ |
New chapter time. Here’s chapter 3: Tempest! The Young Girl’s Anger!, which introduces the last of our three regular monster groups.
Within the Voldos Fortress, Gelashi was observing a machine. The machine created something, which was placed inside a plastic tub, with a lid covering the top of it. “It’s done.”, she stated ecstatic at the prospect of her latest plan. “And what would that be?”, Calam, accompanied by Dimayta and Megaro, entered the room. “Don’t tell me you’re creating more of your secret weapon.”, said the former of the three. “Oh don’t be so shocked.”, was Gelashi’s reply. “You boys have had your fun, so it’s only fair that I get the same opportunity. And I’m going to need my demonic gelato to achieve that goal.” Dimayta was skeptical. “Don’t you need to find someone in order for that option to be open?”, she asked. “Oh don’t worry.”, Gelashi snapped her fingers, transforming into a youthful woman, dressed in a uniform. “I’ll find one soon enough.” Down in Tokyo, Komaki Hibiki was returning to her apartment. When she reached the door, she saw Hajime Takuto standing there. “Hajime-san, What’re you doing here?”, she said with shock. “My time with Wataru-kun has been served.”, was Takuto’s answer. “And with him on his way to get an award for curing that disease, Oji-san decided to have me conclude my task with you.” Hibiki was intrigued about this. “What about Kamijo-san?”, she asked. Takuto shook his head. “Even Oji-san knows that getting him and I together is a lost cause.”, he said. So he’s content to let us to get together and call it a successful job.” Hibiki sighed. “Well, if you’re going to be hanging around, I do need an assistant for my teaching job. It doesn’t require much knowledge, you just have to go around to each of the kids and help with whatever problems they have to the best of your abilities.” Takuto gave her a thumbs up. “I think I can do that.” In the old man’s mansion, he and Kamijo were watching Kyosuke Ryuota on the evening news. “Not another one of his speeches.”, the latter said with anger. “How does he have so much sway with his rhetoric?” “Sadly, too many people buy into the type of speeches people like him make.”, was the old man’s response. “All we can do is try and disprove his points through our actions. And talking of actions, I trust you’ll watch over Takuto and Hibiki during their time together.” Kamijo nodded. “I won’t let you down, sir.” The next day, Hibiki led Takuto to her workplace, a small elementary school in the Juuban District. “Like I might’ve mentioned, I had to grow up in a children’s home after my mother disappeared. It wasn’t the most pleasant experience, to say the least. So I became a teacher so that I could help children have the relatively problem-free childhood I myself lacked.” “You’re doing something noble.”, Takuto nodded. He then looked across the playground to see a little girl being pushed around (literally) by a group of boys. “Alright! Break it up!”, he called out as he ran forward to stop the scuffle. “Are you okay?”, he asked the little girl. “Hey, old man.”, one of the boys said with annoyance. “Don’t but in on our game.” “It didn’t look like a game to me.”, Takuto responded. “You looked like you were picking on this girl here.” “Oh, Mika-chan’s been the victim in our games for a while now.”, another of the kids said as a reply. “None of the other teachers have interfered.” “Alright, break this up!”, Hibiki interjected. “All of you, get to class now. Or I’ll have the principal call your parents.” “Sorry, Sensei.”, the boys all dropped their smug behaviour, bowing and running off. Hibiki then comforted the girl Mika. “Mika-chan, are you okay?” “Go away.”, the girl named Mika cried, pushing her teacher’s arms off. She then ran away. “Mika-chan!”, Hibiki called after the girl. But she didn’t stop, instead continuing to run away. “Not again.” “This happens often?”, Takuto asked. “About once a week.”, was Hibiki’s answer. “She’ll return soon. For now, you and I have a class to get to.” In the city, Mika stopped running. She sat down on a fence, crying once more. “Stupid boys. Stupid teachers. I hate everything.”, she shrieked. “I wish I could tear it all down.” At that moment, an ice cream van pulled up right next to the little girl. A woman in a uniform came out and sat down next to the little girl. “What’s the matter, darling? Are you feeling down?” “Go away.”, Mika snapped. “I just want to be left alone, and not be bothered by anyone.” “Now now, I’ve got something for you.” As she said this, the lady pulled out an ice cream cup and offered it to Mika. “Here, free of charge.” Mika took the cup and decided to eat it, so she could at least be courteous to this nice lady. As she began to swallow her frozen treat, Mila began to convulse, collapsing on the ground. Her skin turned green, her body changing into a more adult figure, with her clothes becoming a black minidress decorated with embroidered pictures of weather, with fishnets added to the look. She now had long claws for fingernails and her face had become more wrinkled, with a pointy chin and nose. To complete her new look, the girl had a small hat on her hair, which was now pointed outward like lightning. “Time to put all of those meanies down for good.”, the newly created monster declared. “They’ll be rewarded appropriately for what they did to me.” “Glad to hear it.” With her handiwork having born fruits, Gelashi transformed back into her monstrous appearance. “Now then, my cute little Kanjin, Weather Witch (name translated from Japanese). Destroy all of your tormentors through your rage.” “Yes, Mistress.”, Weather Witch nodded, before proceeding to release waves of energy, which generated dark clouds overhead. At her high school, Mio saw the clouds forming overhead. That’s odd, she thought. The weather should be clear today. She had herself sent out of class on purpose and took out her JuuKeitai, calling Wataru and Kamijo. “Guys, I think there’s something going on with the weather, that might be the work of Voldos. Let’s meet up to discuss it.” Takuto and Hibiki also saw the clouds in the middle of their lesson, but had to ignore it for the time being. In the park, the three available Qidengers gathered to encounter Weather Witch, who was now making it rain. “So this is Voldos’ latest plan, eh?”, Blue said with some sarcasm. “Bad weather.” Yellow nodded. “Certainly doesn’t seem as threatening as their previous plans.” “I’ll show you how threatening I am.”, the monster shouted as she moved her hand towards the three, directing lightning to hit them. Blue and Yellow managed to block the bolt with their weapons, while Black ran forward and began hitting her with his Kijuu Slasher. After he’d knocked her back a few feet, and a shot from Yellow, Black inserted his Soul Chip into his Slasher. Qiden Charge! Kame! “Qiden Powered Slash!” Black hit Weather Witch with his powered up weapon, causing her to fall down and explode. “Well, that was easy.” Takuto and Hibiki came running in short order. “You seem to have taken care of it.”, the former noted. “But if that’s the case, then why haven’t the skies cleared?” Hibiki then took notice of someone emerging from the smoke. “Mika-chan!”, she called out. “Are you okay?” “Get back!”, Mika snapped. She then transformed back into Weather Witch. “I still have to destroy them all.” The 5 were shocked at this. “The Voldos monster… is a little girl?”, Blue asked. It was then that Gelashi made her presence known. “Not just any little girl.”, she stated. “My cute little Kanjin is born from the negative emotions of Tenki Mika. As long as she feels those emotions, you’re unable to restore her to normal. It’s not all bad, I went through the same process and look at me.” “‘Negative… emotions’?”, Yellow began thinking on the enemy general’s words. “Has this girl had any experiences that could make her feel sad or angry?”, he asked Hibiki, having noticed her recognition of this girl. “Of course, her bullying.”, Hibiki realised. “Mika-chan, I’m sorry. I should’ve done something about this earlier.” “It’s too late!”, Weather Witch declared. “I’m going to destroy everything that made me angry.” She then generated a cold wind to try and freeze the Pink warrior. However, Wataru and Mio pushed her out of the way, causing both of them to be flash-frozen. “Let’s go, Kanjin-chan.”, Gelashi said, escorting her creation away with her. In the Voldos Fortress, the others watched Gelashi’s progress. “Wonderful.”, Megaro declared. “Gelashi has managed to trap those Qidengers in a stalemate.” “Either they let the girl go free and allow countless innocents to die as a result of her vendetta, or they fruitlessly try and kill her again and again.”, Dimayta added. “Quite the stalemate indeed.” “I wouldn’t be too sure.” Everyone turned to the speaker, the Queen’s huntsman Oomikaoo. “Human emotions can easily be changed. In this case, all the Qidengers need to do is calm her down.” Calam patted his ally on the back. “You’re saying a lot of good points.” Then he had a realisation. “Wait, since when do you talk?” “I’ve been learning.”, was the only thing the wolf-man said as he turned and walked off. He was hit by visions, of a human woman being kind to him, but he shrugged it off. On the old man’s house, Wataru and Mio were resting in beds. “They were in really bad shape.”, the elderly housekeeper Rin noted. “What were they doing, playing around in cold water?” “We ran into someone.”, was all Kamijo had to say. “Someone with a lot of pent up anger.” “It’s my fault.”, Hibiki lamented. “I should’ve looked more into Mika’s case, so I could provide better help.” “Which is what I’ve been doing.”, Takuto said, walking into the room with a file. “From what I can tell, Tenki Mika lost her parents in a car crash at 5 months old. She wasn’t claimed by any relatives, so she grew up in a children’s home. Apparently, those boys like to pick on her solely because they think growing up without parents makes her a freak.” “That’s horrible.”, Kamijo stated. “I mean, they are young kids who don’t know much better.”, Hibiki offered, before shaking her head. “No, that doesn’t excuse what happened to Mika-chan. Those boys need to know better.” “They will.”, Takuto assured her. “We just need to show them the better way. And I know how.” At the school, the same boys who had been bullying Mika earlier were walking home. “Hey, guys.” They looked up to see the figure of Weather Witch. “I believe I have some business with you.” “What the heck are you, you freak?”, one of the boys barked. “That’s all I am to you, ‘a freak’.”, Weather Witch snarled. “Well I’m about to show you how big of a freak I am.” She then waved her arm, causing a gust of strong wind to blow up and almost sweep the boys off their feet. From the side, Gelashi was witness to all of this. “Yes, my servant. Unleash your rage energy on those who wronged you. Let it fester and boil until it peaks.”, she commented. Before Weather Witch could fully blow the boys away, Takuto and Kamijo came running in, knocking the boys out of the way. “You’re getting in the way?”, Weatehr Witch said incredulously. “Then you’ll be punished along with them.” “That’s enough, Mika-chan.”, Hibiki called out as she ran in front of the Kanjin. “I understand that you were hurt by these boy’s words, but hurting them in turn doesn’t make you better than them.” Weather Witch growled at this. “Don’t talk like you understand me.”, she hissed. “Sensei doesn’t know what Mika went through.” “Sensei knows.”, was Hibiki’s response. “I also lost my mother when I was young.” “Listen to her, Mika-chan.”, Takuto insisted. “I grew up isolated from everyone else, much like you’ve been doing. I had trouble making friends and getting access to good schools because of my status as an orphan. But I didn’t let it get me down.” Hibiki shook her head. “Instead, I kept pushing myself to do my best. I worked hard and eventually, I became a teacher at this school, so I could help children like you avoid my circumstances.” Weather Witch stopped her winds, her face reverting to a more human one. “Sensei.”, she whispered. She then reverted back to her little girl self, the darkness floating up into the sky. Then Gelashi stepped out and plucked the strands of darkness. “No. I’m not about to let the work I put into my little Kanjin go to waste.” She then reshaped the strands of darkness into a duplicate of Weather Witch. “If Mika-chan won’t carry out her revenge, then I’ll do it for her.” She clicked her fingers, summoning a group of Vordorons and Oomikaoo, as the children all ran away. “Get them.” Takuto, Kamijo and Hibiki pulled out their JuuKeitai, inserted their Soul Chips and pressed the centre button. “Kijuu Henge!” Shishi! Kame! Taka! Doubutsu Gashin! The three were transformed into their powered suits, engaging the enemies and making quick work of the Vordorons. Takuto then chose to face Gelashi. “You used a little girl’s feelings of isolation as a catalyst to almost make her a killer. You won’t be forgiven!”, he yelled angrily. He inserted his Soul Chip into his Kijuu Magnum and fired at her. However, Gelashi moved herself out of phase before the shot hit her. “I don’t particularly care what you think about me.”, she said, as she once more held a ball of energy in her hand. “And I’ve managed to get some anger energy out of this exercise, which was all I was after. We’ll see each other again, Red-chan.” With that said, she teleported out, leaving behind an angry Red. Kamijo found himself facing Oomikaoo, whose claws matched his sword strokes perfectly. “You’ve gotten better at this since our last fight, Wolf.”, the man in Black noted. “You were like an animal last time.” “That’s because I was.”, Oomikaoo said to his foe. “But now I’ve recovered part of my intelligence. And with it, my warrior’s skill.” He knocked Black down with another slash of his claws. “I’ll leave you alive for now. But next time, your skills will truly be tested.” He turned around and teleported away. Hibiki was facing down the copy of Weather Witch. Despite being blown around by a hurricane, Pink managed to concentrate. “I call upon the power of the Falcon spirit.”, she stated. Wings of energy generated on her back, allowing her to fly the other way from which the wind was blowing and hitting Weather Witch down to the ground. Pink then landed, proceeding to take her opponent down in a fistfight until she was downed. “Pink, pass.”, Red called out as he threw his Kijuu Magnum to her. “Use this.”, Black threw his Kijuu Caliber to his teammate. “Thank you.”, Pink nodded as she connected the two weapons into one and inserted her Soul Chip. “Qiden Super Final!” Kijuu Buster! Falcon! Qiden Full Charge! With one shot of the combined weapon, Weather Witch was destroyed. However, the beam from the Voldos Fortress hit the spot where she died, restoring the Kanjin as a giant. “Everyone, summon your Kijuu.”, Red instructed the others. “Ok.”, Black and Pink used their Soul Chips to copy what Red was doing. Summon, Kijuu Lion! Kijuume! Kijuu Falcon! The familiar lion robot, now accompanied by two new robots resembling a tortoise and a falcon. “Kijuu Gattai!” Lion! Tortoise! Falcon! Blocker Formation! The three robots came together. Kijuu Lion assumed it’s humanoid form, with the left arm and right leg folding inwards. An arm extended outside of the turtle shell and connected into the slot that had been opened for it, with the flippers functioning as claws. The Falcon then folded its wings inwards and its head upward, with the back of the mecha plugging into the leg slot. Finally, a faceplate emerged from the front of the robot, covering the face of the robot. “KijuuOh Tate, linkup complete!” Weather Witch regarded her foe with anger, firing lightning at it. “Kame Shield!”, Black announced, using his arm to block the attack. “Falcon Kick!”, Pink stated as she pushed her levers forward. KijuuOh ran forward at high speed towards the Kanjin, before delivering a roundhouse kick to it. “Time to finish this.”, Red said as he led the others in placing their Soul Chips into the slot and depositing it. “KijuuOh, Shield Break!” The robot detached it’s shield, throwing it into the air and delivering a kick to it, causing it to crash into Weather Witch with enough force to destroy her. Some time later, Takuto spoke with Hibiki. “I’ve shared Mika’s story with some of my neighbours. One couple said they’ll look into taking her into their care as soon as it can be arranged.” “That’s good.”, Hibiki said quietly. “Plus I’ve helped the boys start to realise where they were going wrong with her. It’ll take some time, but they won’t be bullying her or any other orphans again.” “You’re doing some great work.”, Takuto assured his friend. “I’m sure, wherever she may have ended up, your mother would’ve been proud.” Elsewhere, Moboroshina, disguised in a business suit and glasses with a name tag reading “Mori Sayaki’, met with Kyosuke Ryuota. And he wasn’t happy. “Another monster attack that these so called heroes allow to cause damage.”, he fumed. “Someone needs to stop the, before they cause more damage like this.” “That’s the purpose of our deal, Kyosuke-san.”, Moboroshina said to him. “I’m going to provide you with the way to deal with the Qidengers and show that the people can defend themselves.” She held out a briefcase in front of him. “All you have to do is agree to the terms of our arrangement.” “I think you know my answer.” Kyosuke said this with a sadistic grin on his face. “We can soon ride this world of the Sentai menace once and for all.” The old man sends Takuto and Hibiki to locate an expert to help upgrade KijuuOh. At the same time, the other Qidengers must face Queen Moboroshina herself, accompanied by a now-empowered Kyosuke Ryuota. But during the fight, something happens to Kyosuke. Next time: Shocking! The Yellow Ally Search! Look forward to it. |
Time for our next instalment “Shocking! The Yellow Ally Search!”
The 5 Qidengers returned to the mansion from their latest battle. “Mou, that Medusa monster was a tough one.”, Mio bemoaned. “Especially the part where it turned Takuto and Wataru to stone.” “Technically, it was a gorgon monster.”, Wataru pointed out. “Medusa is simply an example of a gorgon.” “Whatever, it was really tough.”, Hibiki said in response to this. “Luckily we could still use KijuuOh Tate to fight that thing off. The shield gave us a good way to see it without looking directly at it.” Wataru seemed annoyed at this. “We’d have been able to deal with it more swiftly if we’d been able to combine all 5 Kijuu in one, then we could’ve deflected the gorgon’s rays and decapitated it.”, he said. “Then we could’ve preserved it’s petrification abilities for further study.” The old man then chose to make an appearance. “You could never hope to understand VolMedusa’s petrifying effect, Mr. Shinohara.” “Told you it was a Medusa.”, Mio said, nudging Wataru, who simply ignored her. “But, your point about the Kijuu being unable to combine more than 3 in 1 is well-founded. I have made contact with a woman who can provide us with the necessary components to create the Kanzen (complete) KijuuOh. Takuto and Hibiki will be going to rendezvous with her tomorrow.” “Only Takuto-san and Hibiki-chan?”, Kamijo asked. “Why not all of us?” “Perhaps I should catch you up on the news.” The old man brought up a tablet, displaying a video of Kyosuke Ryuota. He hen began playback of the video. “Our county has been in the grip of these so-called protectors for decades now.”, Ryuota said. “The latest in our long line is the Qidengers, who already have damage to the docks, a massive plague killing many and blizzard damage in the middle of the year to their name. Well I say no more.” He pulled out a wristwatch like device and attached it to his wrist. “Thanks to this power I’ve been given, I can fight back against them and become the protector we all deserve. I’ll be at Marunouchi tomorrow at 12:30 PM. Be there Qidengers, or I’ll be forced to take drastic measures.” The video ended as applause started in the recording. The 5 were shocked at this. “That classes as a terrorist threat right?”, Wataru asked. “The whole ‘I’ll be forced to take drastic measures’ line.” “Not without him admitting he’s committing something illegal.”, Kamijo said to answer him. “For now, drastic measures could mean just about anything.” The old man slammed his hand down. “What he intends to do is of no concern. We must secure that Genj- that brace he has before any damage can be done with it.” “Is that brace dangerous, Oji-san?”, Mio asked. Kamijo shook his head. “I wouldn’t expect an answer from him. It seems that while Takuto-san and Hibiki-chan search for our new ally, the rest of us will have to neutralise Kyosuke, recover that brace and preferably shut him up so he can’t gain any more traction.” The old man nodded and gave a thumbs up. “Okay, then how will we find this woman helping us?”, Takuto asked. “The only hint I was given was ‘I am a woman in yellow with a past history with giant robots’.”, the old man said in response. “I assume she can explain the details when you meet her. I sent a picture of you two to her.” “Well, if we’re going to be spending our time searching for a mysterious woman and actually resisting our greatest critic, then I suggest we all go home.”, Hibiki said, stretching her arms in a “yawn” motion. “We need all the rest we can get.” In his office, Kyosuke Ryuota was sitting with his new benefactor, Mouri Sayaki. “Thanks to this new item, this - what did you call it, Mouri-chan?” “The Genjuu Brace.”, was her answer. “I acquired it from an old man some time ago. I thought you’d suit it perfectly.” “You thought correctly.”, Kyosuke said. “With this device, I can finally take my revenge against those accursed Sentai heroes.” Underneath her wig and glasses, Moboroshina was intrigued by this man. “You really hate Super Sentai, don’t you, Kyosuke-san? It’s not just some act you put on to draw in those mindless sycophants. I wonder, what brought about this grudge.” Kyosuke looked at the woman with curiosity. “I see you’re sharper than you look. As a matter of fact, it goes back over 10 years. Red, tentacled creatures with large fangs for faces were appearing all over the country. My family’s home got destroyed, forcing us into a smaller apartment. We saw a person in Red with a sword and “fire” written on his face during this period. Despite what we had been through, they did nothing to comfort us. They simply left us in our suffering. Then, when I was at work, I saw a large wave of red water flowing through the city, covering almost anything. Then, a giant robot engaged in battle with a giant demon, with parts of the robot breaking off and falling everywhere. My family were in that area, my wife and daughter were taken from me. All because those so called superheroes couldn’t save them. Well now, it’s my turn to get revenge.” “I admire your drive.”, “Sayaki” said, presenting him with a Soul Chip, bearing the visage of a dragon. “You’ll need this. It’ll allow you to draw the full power out of that device.” “Thank you.”, Kyosuke said as he took the chip. “This marks the end of the Super Sentai curse.” In the Voldos fortress, the three Generals were having a discussion. “I can’t believe VolMedusa failed to defeat those Qidengers. It had them dead to rights as well.”, Calam growled “Shut up, idiot. We don’t care about your shortcomings.”, Gelashi replied. “What I’m concerned about is where Lady Moboroshina went off to. She seems to have vanished, even from her own chambers.” “I saw her going into and out of my laboratory earlier today.”, Megaro offered. “When I went back in there, one of the Genjuu Braces we’ve acquired had gone missing. I wonder what she might be up to with it.” From the side, Oomikaoo watched the three’s discussion, thinking over the words he had overheard. “Genjuu Brace.” He remembered using a brace like device, transforming into something else. Moboroshina was there, but there was something different about her. He hen remembered using a Wolf Soul Chip with his Brace, but then nothing else. “Who am I?”, the Wolf man asked. “How does Moboroshina know me?” The next day, Takuto and Hibiki both set off into the city, searching for their target. The two took separate routes, both looking for a woman in something yellow. Despite asking several women if they were expected, neither turned up any results in their search. Takuto then looked to the sky. “Who could this mysterious woman be?”, he thought to himself. “She’s certainly not making this easy for us.” It was then that Takuto ended up bumping into a middle-aged woman, carrying a bow and arrow. “Sorry about that, young man.”, she said to Takuto. “I wasn’t looking where I was going.” “It’s okay, I was distracted as well.”, Takuto admitted. He then got a good look at the woman, noting that her clothes seemed to be white with blue highlights. “Sorry, I thought you might be someone I’m looking for.” “Well, perhaps I know who that might be.”, the woman responded. “I run an archery class in Tateyama City. Perhaps you’d like to come with me and help set up.” Takuto seemed confused, but quickly nodded. “Well, if you’re sure you need the help.” Over in Marunouchi, the trio of Mio, Kamijo and Wataru walked to the centre of the business district. “He said to meet us here, didn’t he?”, Kamijo said. “And it’s been over 5 minutes since his scheduled time.” “Maybe he gave up trying to fight us?”, Mio suggested. “Not at all.” Everyone turned around to see Kyosuke, accompanied by a woman that none of them recognised. “I simply looked around for people who might be the Qidengers, settling on the ones who chose to come near the scene where I announced I’d be waiting for a showdown.” He then eyed the three, looking disappointed. “Only three of you? I thought there were 5 Qidengers.” “The others are busy.”, Wataru answered him. “Speaking of those who are present, who’s your lady friend? Considering what I’d read about you, I didn’t think you’d have a second love.” “Your sense of humour is severely lacking, human.”, the woman said, adjusting her glasses. “I assume my followers have told you nothing about me. How disappointing.” She then threw her glasses away and pulled her clothes off, revealing her normal appearance of blonde hair, a black dress and a Phoenix-shaped crown. “I am Moboroshina, Leader of the Dimension Destruction Party Voldos and the future ruler of your planet.” Kyosuke was shocked to see this. “Mouri-chan is… the ruler of our current invaders?” “Use the Genjuu Brace.”, Moboroshina said to her unwitting pawn. “Now.” Kyosuke nervously nodded, inserting the dragon chip into his brace, causing his wrist to crackle with electricity. Ryu! Error! But he ignored this pain, instead proceeding to press his button. He was enveloped by energy, transforming into a more scaly appearance, with his hair gone and his eyes having turned fully green. “This power. I can finally destroy all my enemies.” “Not likely.”, Kamijo said as he led the others in preparing their transformation. “Everyone, let’s change.” “Kijuu Henge!” Kame! Kajiki! Jaguar! Doubutsu Gashin! After the three had transformed, Moboroshina was unimpressed. “I have a suit like that too.” She took out her own Soul Chip and inserted it into a Genjuu Brace on her wrist. The voice the device produced was much deeper than that of Kyosuke’s Brace and JuuKeitai. Ho-Ou! “Genjuu Change.”, Moboroshina pressed the button, transforming into a lilac-coloured armoured form. QidenBlue was shocked by this change. “She can do that too? Since when could the bad guys do that too?” “It doesn’t matter.”, QidenBlack assured her. “We’re going to defeat her and take it for ourselves.” However, the ensuing fight didn’t go anything like that. Yellow and Black took on the transforming Kyosuke, while Blue went straight for Moboroshina. “This power.”, Kyosuke growled, knocking his opponents back with brute strength and managing to shrug off their shots and slashes. “I’ve never felt anything like it.” He unleashed a beam of energy from his mouth, knocking the two back. QidenBlue meanwhile took a swing at Moboroshina with her Kijuu Caliber. “Where did you get that henshin item, grandma?”, she asked as her opponent caught the sword and pushed it back. “You think of me as a ‘grandma’, hmm?”, Moboroshina taunted. “Well, I’ll show you what a grandma can do, you little brat.” She summoned a large arrow-like weapon onto her wrist. “Ho-Oh Shot!” She generated a string of energy, pulling it back to launch laser arrows at her enemy, who was blown back. Kyosuke had knocked the two other Qidengers down. “It’s time for me to finish you off for-.” Before he could finish that thought, Kyosuke collapsed in pain, clenching his face. “No, it’s too much.” He cried out in a primal scream, before his clothes were torn by his muscles expanding. He then growled loudly, before savagely beginning to smash up the scenery. “What happened to him?”, Yellow asked. Black shook his head. “It must be a compatibility issue.” Moboroshina was concerned with her ally suddenly going wild. “Kyosuke-san, what’s the meaning of this?” Kyosuke, or rather the feral creature that was him, turned toward the Queen and began attacking her, clawing at her face. “I’ll withdraw for now, Qidengers.”, she called out. “But next time, I will not be so lenient.” She teleported out, taking her attacker with her. “What do we do now?”, Mio asked as the three reverted to normal. Elsewhere in the city, Hibiki continued her search for the contact. “Now then, I just need to find someone with an expert knowledge of robots.”, she thought out loud. “‘Robots’?” Hibiki turned to the source of the voice, a woman, 20-something, with rounded features, dressed in a yellow cardigan and a white blouse. “I know a little on that subject.” “You do?”, Hibiki said with shock, before having a moment of realisation. “You must be who I came here to meet.” The woman tried to protest, but was stopped. “I’ll take you back with me to help with our problem. What’s your name?” The other woman immediately stopped trying to protest, instead resigning herself to coming along. “My name is Yoko, Usami Yoko.” In the Voldos Fortress, the three Generals were being tossed around by the raving creature Moboroshina had brought back with her. “This thing is tough.”, Gelashi said as he knocked her against the wall. “Where did Lady Moboroshina find it?” “I’ve never seen a Vorjuu like it.”, Calam said as he tried to keep a hold on the beast. “But I know someone who can keep this beast under control.” He then pulled out a gun and shot it into the wall, startling Megaro. “Come on, Dimayta.” Dimayta entered the room. “Ah, I can see why you need me. That thing looks pretty ferocious.” Megaro was then knocked against the machinery. “Can you make sure it’s brought under control, before it wrecks my laboratory?”, he growled. “Don’t worry.”, Diamyta said, cracking her whip. “There is nothing I cannot tame.” In her chamber, Moboroshina spoke to the mysterious entity in her mirror. “Kagami-san, what happened? Why did Kyosuke attack me?” “The Soul Chip I made for him was incompatible with him.”, was Kagami’s answer. “Like your friend Oomikaoo, he was transformed into a monster due to the DNA overload, single-mindedly focused on one thing. In his case, his vendetta against the Super Sentai and desire to destroy them. I could halt the process and restore him, like you asked for before.” Moboroshina though for a few moments, then decided. “No, I think we can use this new creation for our own purposes. And when the Qidengers escalate to giant size, I’ll take the opportunity to bring out a little something to shock those youths.” Elsewhere, Takuto had arrived at the training centre with the woman. He was now admiring the various awards and photos decorating her wall. “I can’t believe you were in the Olympics, Ma’am.” “Eh, don’t you ‘ma’am’ me, boy.”, the woman said, light-heartedly hitting him. “My name’s Jun. Yabuki Jun.” “Right, right. Yabuki-san.”, Takuto nodded. Then he realised something. “You said that the person I was looking for might show up for a class today, but it doesn’t seem like anyone’s coming.” “I never said they’d show up for a class.”, Jun pointed out. “I just said I might know them. And I needed you to help prepare for for my next course while looking for your friend with the robotics expertise.” Takuto sighed, hoping that Hibiki was having more luck. Back at the mansion, the old man sternly shook his head at Hibiki and her new friend. “I’m afraid this isn’t who I was looking for.” “I tried to tell her.”, Yoko insisted. “I’m sure I could try and do something else to try and help.” “I’m sorry.”, Hibiki bowed. “I was so desperate to complete the task I rushed through it and came out with the wrong choice.” “It’s okay.”, the old man assured her. “I shouldn’t have expected you to be able to find a woman you have no description for perfectly.” He then eyed the wrist of the woman his charge had brought. “Perhaps you can help us after all, Miss -?” “Usami Yoko.”, Yoko stated. “I’ll do anything. Just name it.” It was then that Mio, Kamijo and Wataru returned from their battle, nursing their wounds. “Things went south quickly.”, Kamijo reported. “Not only did Kyosuke turn into a monster with that brace, but Voldos’ leader Moboroshina appeared to help him.” “Moboroshina?”, the old man said with surprise. “I’ve never heard of anyone with that name.” “Well, she exists and she has access to a device similar to ours.”, Wataru stated. “She called it a Genjuu Brace and she had a Soul Chip based on a phoenix.” The old man seemed momentarily shocked by this. “No, it can’t be.” But then he composed himself. “If Kyosuke turned into a monster, it’s because he transformed with a Soul Chip that he wasn’t compatible with. He’ll be overwhelmed by the beast’s instincts and become a savage creature, causing massive destruction.” As if on cue, the news report showed footage of the now feral Kyosuke on the rampage. “As you can see, a new monster is attacking the Shinjoku Gyo-en, terrorising the people visiting there. Eyewitnesses from the Qidengers’ recent appearance at Marunouchi have identified it as anti-superhero pundit Kyosuke Ryuota. However, no clear identification can be given at this point.” “We need to get out there.”, Kamijo stated. “He’s after us and we need to make sure he doesn’t hurt others.” The others all nodded in agreement. “I’ll come with you.”, Yoko insisted. “No arguments, I know you think I can’t help you out, but I can.” The other 4 were confused by this. “Well, if she insists.”, Wataru suggested. “It’s just a matter of getting to the garden from here.” “Leave that to me.”, the old man insisted. He then performed a sutra, creating a flash that surrounded the five, causing them to disappear, as Rin entered the room. The old man collapsed. “This is really exhausting.”, he noted. “I shouldn’t be doing it again.” Elsewhere, Takuto sensed the attack on Shinjoku from afar. “I need to be out there.”, he said, getting up. “Sorry about this, Jun. I’ll be back later.” “That’s okay, Takuto-chan.”, Jun nodded. “Do what you need to do. I’ll be waiting.” Takuto turned and ran out, as she looked at a photo of herself from over 35 years ago, with 4 others. “He’s a lot like you, Shiro.” At the garden, Kamijo, Wataru, Hibiki, Yoko and Mio appeared in the middle of the scene. “How did that just happen?”, Yoko asked. “I don’t know, Yoko-san.”, was Hibiki’s answer. “For now, we should attend to the problem at hand.” The 4 Qidengers and their friend went over to the rampaging beast. “Hey, Kyosuke. It’s us you want, isn’t it? Why not leave these people alone and go after us?” “He’s not interested in you anymore.”, the figure of Dimayta appeared from behind him. “Thanks to my training, he’s now another Vorjuu solely focused on destroying everything. Nothing remains of Kyosuke Ryuota.” Yoko seemed annoyed by the woman. “I assume you’re calling the shots around here.” “I am Dimayta, Dimension Destruction Party Voldos’ huntress.”, was the villainess’s reply. She then cracked her whip. “There is no prey I cannot tame.” She then transformed into a more monstrous appearance, with her clothes becoming armour, her face becoming a devilish rictus grin and her hands becoming large claws. “You’re not the only one who can transform.”, Yoko said as she held out her left arm, on which was a bracelet like device. She pressed a button on it, causing the brace to whir into life. It’s Morphin Time! “Let’s Morphin!” Yoko pressed another button, causing a pair of orange goggles to deploy from the brace, before she was surrounded by binary code that transformed into a yellow leather uniform with a rabbit-themed helmet. The goggles in the brace detached and spun around, transforming into a visor for the helmet. “Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters’ Yellow Buster!” The 4 Qidengers were stunned by Yoko’s transformation. “Tokumei…”, Mio said. “…Sentai…”, Kamijo continued. “…Go-Busters’…”, Hibiki added. “…Yellow Buster?”, Wataru concluded everyone’s confusion. Transport! Yoko pressed the emblem on her left pec and summoned a sword that vaguely resembled a pair of binoculars. “Let’s go.”, she stated as she charged at Dimayta, the two beginnng to exchange blows. The 4 Qidengers then turned their attention to the rampaging dragon monster, inserting their Soul Chips and preparing to transform. “Kijuu Henge!” Kame! Falcon! Kajiki! Jaguar! Dobutsu Gashin! The 4 transformed into their powered suits. “QidenBlack!” “QidenPink!” “QidenBlue!” “QidenYellow!” “Kijuu Sentai Qidenger!” The monster growled and began firing its beam at its enemies. The Qidengers ran forward with their weapons, delivering a few hits with them before moving onto the more powerful attacks. “Qiden Powered Slash!” Black and Blue both hit with their weapons once more, sending the creature staggering. Pink and Yellow then charged forward to launch their own attack. “Qiden Powered Shot!” The creature was once more hit by the Qidengers’ attacks. “Let’s finish this.”, Black stated as he summoned his Kijuu Magnum to combine with his Caliber. “Right.”, Yellow Buster nodded, as she transported a red-coloured visor in front of her, attaching it to her brace. Set! Are you ready? Yellow Buster pressed the button on the side again, causing the two visors to deploy. Powered Custom! It’s Morphin’ Time! “Powered Morphin!” Yellow Buster equipped armour onto herself before pressing a button on the side. It’s Time For Buster! “Rapid Kick!” She leapt up into the air and bounced off a generated wall in the air, before spinning at high speed as she collided with Dimayta, causing an explosion. The Qidengers then assembled their Kijuu Busters and inserted their Soul Chips. Kame! Kajiki! Falcon! Jaguar! Qiden Full Charge! “Qiden Hyper Final!” The 4 fired their weapons at the rampaging creature, surrounding it in flames. Flames that quickly dissipated, with the creature absorbing them and going through a transformation. It’s back became more hunched, with small spikes on its backside. It’s face became more pointed with its mouth opening to bear fangs. The arms increased in thickness, until the hands had become claws. Finally, the legs had become much more hunched, with all traces of clothing fully removed. Dimayta emerged from her own explosion, looking gleeful at this development. “My newest work has suddenly shown more promise than before.”, she said gleefully. She then cracked her whip once more. “It’s time for you to grow.” Taking the hint, Megaro went over to work the machine. “Ask and ye shall receive.”, he commented as he worked the dials. A beam fired at the newly mutated dragon, causing it to grow to gargantuan proportions. Dimayta looked at the giant creature with glee. “Now, my VolDragon, destroy this pitiful planet.” She cracked her whip. The monster roared as it began to smash buildings. QidenRed then came running to the scene. “What happened? Did I miss anything?”, he asked. He then looked up to see the newly-christened VolDragon rampaging. “Never mind.” “Let’s go with KijuuOh Tate.”, Black suggested as they pulled out their JuuKeitai and initiated the procedure. Lion! Tortoise! Falcon! Blocker Formation! “KijuuOh Tate, combination complete!” The newly formed robot began trying to hit VolDragon with the shield, which knocked it back. KijuuOh then tried launching a kick towards the creature at high speed, only to be hit with fire breathed from its mouth. VolDragon then unleashed its full force breath weapon, knocking Kijuu Falcon and Kijuume off of Kijuu Lion. “That thing’s tough.”, Pink noted. “Perhaps we should try something else.”, Black suggested. On the ground, Yellow and Blue stepped forward. “Took the words right out of my mouth.”, the former said in response. He took out his JuuKeitai and began dialling. Summon Kijuuki! Kijuuguar! The two robots began attacking VolDragon, buffeting, but not damaging it. On the ground, Yellow Buster observed the battle in progress. “I should get in there.”, she said, preparing to place a call for RH-03. But before she could say anything, she was knocked back by a whip. It was Dimayta. “I’ll get you back some day.”, she commented, before teleporting out. In the air, the two new arrivals had managed to knock VolDragon back several feet using their own firepower. “Alright, we can win this.”, Blue said triumphantly. As if on cue, a violet-coloured jet, with features reminiscent of a Phoenix, emerged from a portal and fired on the two robots, shooting them out of the air and causing them to crash. “What’s that thing?”, Yellow asked as he recovered from the crash. “You’re not the only one with a mechanical Titan to fight for you.”, Moboroshina’s voice radioed to the 5. “Say hello to GenPhoenix.” Red looked on from Kijuu Lion in shock. “‘GenPhoenix’? Like the Kijuu?” “Exactly.”, was Moboroshina’s reply. “Complete with cross compatibility. Override Gattai!” GenPhoenix proceeded to fly over to KijuuLion, attaching onto the back and forming a helmet over the robot that resembled an iron mask. “Genjuu Lion, combination complete!” Red tried operating the controls, but to no avail. “I can’t control it anymore.”, he stated. “But I can.”, Moboroshina said in response. “Leo Laser!” Genjuu Lion fired multiple blasts at the other Kijuu, knocking them down further. “Ho-Oh Booster!” The robot flew over to VolDragon, who began clawing at it. Takuto could do nothing to defend himself and the evil Queen would do nothing. What can the Qidengers do to escape from this hopeless situation? In the next episode of Qidenger, our heroes are pushed to the edge in their battle. The Voldos Generals push them to the edge. Suddenly, the help they need appears. “Hōhei Kijuu Gattai!” Join us next time for “Completed! The Full KijuuOh!” |
Welcome to the next chapter, entitled “Completed! The Full KijuuOh!” And this will be the last update for two weeks, so if you’ve been enjoying this, I suggest you submit an idea for an episode on this thread. If I like it, I may declare it canon.
In the last instalment of Kijuu Sentai Qidenger, the Qidenger’s greatest critic Kyosuke Ryuota was transformed by the Voldos advisor Kagami’s power into the Super Vorjuu VolDragon. Qidenger battled the creature, but were overwhelmed by its power. When they faced the beast at giant size, Queen Moboroshina appeared in the Genjuu GenPhoenix, hijacking KijuuLion and forcing it to take every hit from VolDragon. How will our heroes escape from this? Keep going, Qidenger! Fight! On the ground, Yellow Buster recovered to see the Qidengers’ main Robo taking a thrashing from VolDragon. “I’ve got to help them.”, she thought. “But I can’t bring out RH-03 without going back to the Energy Management Centre. And by then, it might be too late.” She then hit upon an idea, pressing her Transpod. Transport! She summoned her Sougan Blade and Ichigan Buster, before combining the two into a cannon. It’s Time for Special Buster! She aimed at VolDragon and fired her weapon. The blast hit the creature, causing it to stop hitting its target and recoil from the pain. “What?”, Moboroshina exclaimed as she witnessed the beast recoil. “This is my chance.”, Yellow noted as he had Kijuuguar claw into the backpack of the combination, damaging GenPhoenix and dislodging it. The jet reassumed its vehicle mode and flew off into a portal, taking VolDragon with it. “Another time, Qidengers.”, Moboroshina growled as the portal closed. “That was a close one.”, Red sighed as he relaxed. “Let’s get back to base.” As the Qidengers and Yoko returned to the mansion, they found the old man lying unconscious, with Rin tending to him. “What happened to Oji-san?”, Kamijo asked her. “He exhausted himself transporting the 5 of you to the garden.”, Rin responded. “He’ll be out of it for a while.” “That’s just great.”, Wataru said with some anger. “We can’t beat our latest enemy, we can’t ask our benefactor for help and worst of all, we still haven’t found that ally we were looking for.” “Wataru-san.”, Hibiki said as she put her hand on his shoulder. “Calm down, we just need to think this through rationally.” “The old man said he could use me for something.”, Yoko stated. “But he didn’t say what.” “Welcome to our world.”, Takuto commented. “We don’t even know his name, yet he expects us to trust him. It’s so frustrating.” He brushed a piece of paper off the table, causing a pair of small items to fall to the floor. Mio ran over to pick them up. “These kind of look familiar.”, she said as she examined them. “I know, these look like blank Soul Chips.”, she realised. “‘Blank’?”, Yoko asked as she went over to look, taking one into her hand. “Why would there be blank versions lying around?” As if to answer her question, the Soul Chip began to glow, with the light quickly fading to show a familiar “GB” on the Chip. “No way! It turned into a Soul Chip for Go-Busters?” “Maybe that’s what Oji-san meant.”, Wataru realised. “Perhaps that’s how we can combine all the Kijuu into one. We simply need to find the person who sent the message and have them transfer that power.” “Let me look at that paper.”, Hibiki picked up the paper that had been knocked to the floor. “It’s a note, saying that one of the Soul Chips has been given the psychic essence of the one who sent the note in the first place. It should lead us to them.” As if on cue, the other Soul Chip flew into the air and began spinning, before flying off at high speed. “Wait.”, Takuto called, reaching out his hand, to no avail. “Let’s get after it.”, he stated as he ran off, with everyone else following him. “Good luck, everyone.”, the old man mumbled, as his body began to glow. At the Voldos Fortress, the three Generals had restrained VolDragon in chains. “I wish I’d invented a reverse for the enlarge beam now.”, Megaro blubbered. “It’s hard to keep a beast of this size with our limited space.” “We won’t need to keep it for long.”, Gelashi pointed out. “The Qidengers are still reeling from the last attack. If we can strike swiftly, we’ll be able to take them out of the equation once and for all. Then VolDragon can destroy Earth for us.” “B-But will Moboroshina-sama agree to this plan?”, Megaro asked. Calam slammed his sword down. “Forget Moboroshina.”, he declared. “I didn’t take any oath of loyalty to her. So I’m going to do what I want. Can I get you to join me?” “Why not.”, was Gelashi’s answer. “We’ll join you, if only for some fun.” From the side, Oomikaoo observed them. “Damn Calam.”, he muttered. In her chambers, Moboroshina was lying on a slab, her hair fading between black and blonde as energy flowed into her from the mirror. “Now now, my dear.”, Kagami’s voice echoed. “I can’t be losing you just because you spend too much time outside. Especially since I still have a use for you.” In Tokyo, the Qidengers and Yoko made their way through the streets, still following the blank Soul Chip. “Have you still got a lock on it, Wataru-san?”, Mio asked. “Definitely.”, was Wataru’s answer. “We just need to stay on it and avoid any major distractions.” As he said this, the party was shot at by the three Demon Generals, accompanied by Dimayta and a group of Vordorons. “I just had to say it, didn’t I?” “Sorry, to disrupt you while your at your lowest, Qidengers.”, Calam declared. “But now, your end will come by my hand.” “We don’t have time for this.”, Takuto stated. “I’ll go on chasing the Chip, you battle these guys.” He knocked a few of the Vordorons out of the way, before progressing. “He’s right.”, Kamijo said as Mio also tried to run off. “We need to stay behind and fight them off, long enough to get what we need.” The others all nodded, as they commenced their transformations. Kame! Kajiki! Falcon! Jaguar!/Its Morphin Time! “Kijuu Henge!”/“Let’s Morphin!” Doubutsu Gashin! The 5 of them were transformed into their suits and began fighting the Vordorons. After they had dealt with the Mooks, the three Generals and Dimayta went for opponents of their choice. Calam crossed swords with Black, Yellow and Megaro exchanged shots, Gelashi turned her claws against the female Qidengers and Dimayta began a rematch with Yellow Buster. “This is our second round, girl.”, Dimayta stated as she threw her whip at her opponent. “And this time, I’ll come out on top.” In the middle of Black’s fight, Oomikaoo appeared, slashing at both opponents. “You’re a fool, Calam.”, he stated. “You thought you could act against Moboroshina’s will and get out undetected. Well you forgot about me.” Calam snorted. “I should’ve taken you into consideration.”, he stated. “Well now that you’re here, I might be able to turn this into a plan for Moboroshina-sama’s glory. You can help me defeat QidenBlack.” “Great, now I’m facing two opponents at once.”, Black commented. “That’s pretty bad odds, for you two.” He pulled his Kijuu Caliber out of the ground and continued running towards his enemies. Back with Takuto, he had followed the blank Chip to “Tateyama City?”, he said with shock. “Could it be?” Sure enough, the scanner led him to the same archery dojo where he had been earlier in the day. Yabuki Jun was standing outside, holding something in between her hands. “I believe this is yours, Takuto-chan.” Takuto looked at the Chip, which now bore a black circle, with a yellow ring on the inside, with a triangle with a minuet pair of lines dividing a trapezoid off the shape, resulting in the illusion of a ‘B’. “No way. Then you’re…” “Choudenshi Bioman’s Yellow 4.”, Jun finished the sentence for him. “I’ve been aware of you and your allies’ activities for some time. So I contacted your benefactor and he told me he’d send you or a girl named Hibiki, providing me with a brief description. When I found one of the two, namely you, I decided to see if you had the necessary character to inherit the power I was offering.” “And given that you’re giving it to me…”, Takuto continued, coming to the obvious conclusion on his own. “But how can I use this to combine the Kijuu?” “Insert it in your mecha.”, was Jun’s answer. “It’ll update your systems.” She then put her hand on his shoulder. “Now come on, your friends will need help.” Indeed, back at the battlefield, the other Qidengers and Yellow Buster were losing badly. Calam and Oomikaoo slashed Black backwards, Megaro managed to one-shot Yellow, Blue and Pink fell to Gelashi’s moves and Dimayta managed to catch Yellow Buster off guard and send her flying backwards. “Give it up.”, Calam stated. “We’ve managed to knock you down.”, Megaro continued. “And when you’re dead, VolDragon will destroy your world.”, Gelashi continued. Dimayta cracked her whip again. “I’d say it’s been fun, but I’d be lying.” “Wait.” Everyone looked up to see Takuto appearing with Jun. “You seem to be forgetting about me. And I have an ace in the hole.” All of the villains except for Oomikaoo laughed at this. “You think one old woman can make a difference to this battle?”, Calam said mockingly. Jun stepped forward. “I’ll show you exactly what this old woman can do.”, she stated, reaching for her Bio Brace. “Bioman!” She pressed the device, transforming into her suit. “Yellow 4!” The others were shocked to see another Sentai legend warrior appear. Even Yellow Buster. “Yellow 4-senpai?”, she said with surprise. Dimayta was undeterred. “I’ll take you down like I took down the other one.” She thrust her whip at her new opponent, who caught it and pulled the opponent towards her, throwing a punch. “Rapid Kick!” Dimayta was then knocked back by Yellow Buster, now in her Powered Custom transformation. She turned to Yellow 4. “Senpai, if you’d lease, I’d like to fight with you.” “Be my guest.”, Yellow 4 answered her. As Dimayta ran towards her, she pulled out her sword. “Yellow 4, Thunder Sword!” Her Bio Sword was surrounded with electricity, which she used to attack her foe. Takuto then initiated his own transformation. “Kijuu Henge!” Shishi! Doubutsu Gashin! He then took out the Bioman Chip. “Let’s see what this power can do in battle.” He took out his Kijuu Caliber and inserted the Chip. Qiden Charge! Bio! “Qiden Super Electron!” His sword was charged with fire and electricity, that he then directed to the three Demon Generals, who were sent flying. “Nice.” The other Qidengers pulled themselves up. “That’s it.”, Pink stated. She took out the Chip that Yoko had inadvertently funnelled her energy into. “Yoko-senpai, I’ll use your power.” She inserted it into her Kijuu Magnum. Qiden Charge! Buster! “Qiden Dimension Shoot!” Her Magnum was surrounded with green-coloured binary code, before unleashing a beam of energy. The three Generals were hit once more. To the side, Dimayta had been beaten down by Yellow 4 and Powered Custom Yellow Buster. “Time to finish this.”, Yellow 4 said as she summoned her Bio Arrow, while Yellow Buster attached her Sougan Blade to the Lio Blaster, forming the Lio Blaster Final Mode. It’s Time For Final Buster! “Bio Big Bow!” “Powered Deletion Shot!” The two attacks were launched, combining in mid air to create a powerful ball of energy that hit Dimayta, knocking her back into her human appearance with an explosion. Elsewhere the three Demon Generals and Oomikaoo were knocked back by the combined efforts of the Qidengers. “We can’t let them beat us.”, Calam growled. The 5 Qidengers assembled their weapons and aimed at their enemies. “Qiden Ultimate Final!” The 5 beams hit the Voldos commanders, causing a huge explosion. However, all of them survived it. “You’re tougher than we gave you credit for.”, Gelashi noted. “We won’t underestimate you again.” “We can still destroy you here.”, Calam declared, slamming his sword into the ground. “Come on, VolDragon!” As their enemies teleported out, the Qidengers witnessed the giant mutant that had once been Kyosuke Ryuota descend and continue its path of destruction. “We’re going to need to take things to the next level.”, Red noted as everyone took out their JuuKeitais and began dialling. Summon! Kijuu Lion! Kijuume! Kijuu Falcon! Kijuuki! Kijuuguar! The 5 machines appeared. “Kijuu Gattai!”, the Qidengers announced as they prepared a combination. Lion! Swordfish! Jaguar! Kendo Formation! With the command inputted, the lion’s head folded forward, with the neck section breaking in half and becoming a set of shoulders, with the front legs transforming into arms, the feet becoming clawed hands. The hind legs folded upwards, becoming a pair of regular legs. Finally, a humanoid head emerged from the area where the lion head had been. The Lion robot retracted it’s right arm and it’s left leg. The jaguar ran in to take the place of the leg, folding its hind body upwards, while the Swordfish attached to where the arm was, deploying a hand from the mouth. Finally, the back of the robot opened, folding out a helmet shaped like that of a gladiator, which attached onto the head. “KijuuOh Ken, linkup complete.” The robot swung its weapon at VolDragon, injuring it, but not actually causing it to fall. The monster then fired another beam from its mouth, knocking the robot back. “We’re sitting ducks without a shield.”, Yellow stated. “Takuto, did you find a way for us to combine all of our Kijuu?” Takuto then remembered something. “Of course, the Bioman Chip. Black, Pink, get ready.” He inserted the Bioman Chip into the robot, and then dialled the relevant code. “Hōhei Kijuu Gattai!” Lion! Tortoise! Falcon! Swordfish! Jaguar! Complete Formation! An arm extended outside of the turtle shell and connected into the slot that had been opened for it, with the flippers functioning as claws. The Falcon then folded its wings inwards and its head upward, with the back of the mecha plugging into the leg slot. Finally, a faceplate emerged from the front of the robot, covering the face of the robot. “Kanzen KijuuOh, linkup complete!” VolDragon fired its beam at its enemy once more, only for Kanzen KijuuOh to walk through the explosions, totally unscathed. “Shield Beam!”, Black declared, pulling his lever. The shield arm charged with energy, that it discharged at VolDragon, knocking him back several feet. “Great Revolving Screw Kick!”, Yellow and Pink used their legs to jump into the air and spin around to hit the enemy at a great speed. “KijuuKen!”, Blue announced, as she deployed the robot’s sword and used it to slash at the mutant, knocking it to the ground. “It’s time to finish this.”, said Red, as he led the others in syncing their controls. “Kanzen KijuuOh, Final End!” Kanzen KijuuOh channelled all of its energy into the sword, before delivering a powerful slash to VolDragon, destroying it and causing a damaged Genjuu Brace with a Dragon Soul Chip to fall to the ground. In her chambers, Moboroshina was fuming over her defeat. “I can’t believe those Qidengers brats have unlocked a full combination already.”, she fumed. “Worse, Kyosuke turned out to be totally useless, even as a mindless beast.” “Don’t be too sure.”, Kagami assured her. “If we can scan their robot for its specifications, we can create a suitable counter. And don’t forget, we saw just what sort of monster one Soul Chip can create on its own.” “Indeed.” Moboroshina went over to a dresser, opening it to reveal three other Soul Chips. “And if necessary, we can create another monster of equal power, using the method we used here and refining it.” “See, our shared crusade against the old man isn’t a lost cause.”, Kagami said to her in his smooth voice. “We merely need to reposition the goalposts, as it were.” Back in the city, Jun and Yoko placed their Soul Chips in the hand of Takuto and Hibiki. “These will be safe in your hands.”, Jun assured Takuto. Yoko addressed Hibiki. “We’re entrusting the Earth’s safety to you now, Qidenger. We’ve put a lot of work into it, so don’t mess it up.” She and Jun then turned and walked off into the sunset. With the job for the day done, the Qidengers then walked off to celebrate their victory. “I can’t believe we met two legendary Sentai warriors at once.”, Mio said. “From different eras even.” “Who knows?” Wataru responded. “We might see more at some point.” And so the Qidengers set off to celebrate, letting the weight of the world be lifted for a moment. |
Here’s the next time preview for the next chapter.
The Qidengers are tasked with protecting a new transformation item created by the old man. However, Voldos sends Drillsame to take it and the Soul Chips kept with it for their own purposes. A desperate race begins, with Kamijo Ryosuke at the centre. Next time, look forward to “Heist! Protect the KijuuSlasher!” |
Here’s the newest chapter, entitled “Heist! Protect the KijuuSlasher!”
Calam was blasted back by Moboroshina. “You fool! You dare to think you could betray me with no consequence?”, she declared. “Because of your attempt at defiance, the Qidengers have unlocked a new combination with their giant robot.” “Not only that.”, Oomikaoo said angrily. “But now we have the attention of at least two Super Sentai teams, who have bequeathed their power to the Qidengers. It’s likely that more will show up in the future.” Calam weakly grovelled. “I’m sorry, Lady Moboroshina. It won’t happen again. Just give me another chance.” “Pfft, like you deserve another chance.”, Gelashi tutted. “You’re nothing more than a relic trying to cling onto the day of Mairak. We need a field commander who has their loyalties straight.” “I know what you’re insinuating.”, Moboroshina said with a stern look on her face. “But need I remind you that you created a Kanjin without my permission shortly before this incident? No, I am going to go with a loyal field commander, but it’ll be Oomikaoo here.” “Yes, mistress.”, Oomikaoo bowed. “What do you wish of me?” “The old man has his research facility up to something.”, Moboroshina stated. “Recover whatever the current project is and bring it to us.” In the mansion, Kamijo was talking with the old man. “You wanted to see me, sir?”, he asked. “Yes, Mr. Kamijo.”, the old man answered. “Now that KijuuOh has reached its full power, we need to be pushing our artillery further to prevent Voldos from getting the edge over us. Which is why I’m having the R&D group working on a new transformation item, the KijuuSlasher. I also intend to scout a new member to join the Qidengers and give them their own Kijuu, which is currently under construction.” “I sense a ‘but’ coming.”, Kamijo said. He knew the old man all too well, aside from his name. “Voldos knows the location of the laboratory.”, the old man continued. “They’re likely to go after the KijuuSlasher and repurpose it for their own ends.” Kamijo was intrigued. “What would these ends be?” The old man shook his head. “I can’t tell you that yet.” He stood up and walked over to a scrapbook with profiles of several people, including Hajime Takuto, Otonaru Mio, Shinohara Wataru, Komaki Hibiki and several others. “Just know that it involves the reason I singled Hajime Takuto out to be a Qidenger. It’s vital that we use the KijuuSlasher to bring others like him into our confidence.” Kamijo was confused, but he accepted the reasoning. “I’ll get ‘round to asking the others tomorrow.” He then turned around and left. In the Voldos Fortress, Oomikaoo entered Megaro’s lab, manhandling the robotic scientist by his neck. “I need a Bukikai for my raid on the Qidengers’ scientific facility.”, he stated. “Something that can get me in and out of there quickly by going under.” “‘Under’, is it?”, Megaro responded as he was tossed to the ground. “I’ve got some data on an Earth creature that could possess the necessary abilities, plus a tool that could be useful to create a pathway.” He brought up diagrams of a shark and a drill, which were superimposed into an image which was rearranged into the shape of the latest Bukikai. The machine then generated a humanoid shark with a drill where his left hand should be. “Drillsame at your disposal, Oomikaoo-sama.”, the robot said, doing a flamboyant gesture. It spoke with a fairly campy voice. “What’s the biz we’ve got today, boss?” “We have a facility to break into.”, Oomikaoo stated, drawing his sword. “Let’s go.” Elsewhere, Kamijo was escorting Mio, Wataru and Hibiki on a tour of the scientific facility. Takuto was ‘conveniently’ unavailable when Kamijo had asked him. “I didn’t know Qidenger had a sophisticated setup like this.”, Wataru said with awe. “If only Misaki-Sensei could see this. She’d be kicking herself to know I’m seeing this.” “I’m glad you’re enjoying this, Wataru-san.”, Hibiki said with some boredom. “I’d just like to know what was so important we were all pulled away from our lives to come here.” “I’m glad you asked, Hibiki-san.” Kamijo then led the other 3 into a room, with a middle-aged man working on machinery. “This is Dr. Furuya, our benefactor’s resident technology expert, on loan from Cambridge University.” Dr. Furuya looked up from his work. “Oh, Kamijo-san, it’s nice to see you.” He then turned to the other three. “And these must be our boss’s chosen Qidengers. I thought there were 4 others.” “My brother isn’t available to come here.”, Mio stated. “He said that if there’s an emergency, we should call for him then.” She then looked over to a cupboard in the centre of the room. “Is that your latest invention, Furuya-Hakase?” “I see you’re a very intuitive young girl.”, Dr. Furuya said in response. He then opened the cupboard, revealing a knife-like object, with a fist protector built in. “This is the KijuuSlasher, the next evolution of your transformation items. Though it’s ready to use, we’re waiting on someone compatible with this.” He held out a Soul Chip, featuring the likeness of a tiger. “Until then, this can only be used as a weapon.” “A weapon you say?” Everyone felt a rumbling, which was then followed by Oomikaoo and Drillsame emerging from the ground. “I think we’ll be taking that for ourselves.”, the former stated. “Like hell you will.”, Wataru stated, launching himself at Oomikaoo, who merely swatted him aside. Hibiki then launched a kick at the enemy, only for him to block the hit and punch her backwards. “Drillsame, go.” “Yessir.”, the Bukikai saluted before going over to grab the KijuuSlasher, picking it up with his hand, and causing it to lock into his grip. “I’d better secure that Soul Chip while I’m at it.” He turned towards Dr. Furuya and began pointing his drill at the man’s heart. Kamijo jumped in front of the enemy robot, shielding the Doctor. “You’ll have to go through me if you want to get to the Doctor.” “Okey-dokey”, Drillsame said as he plunged his drill into the human, who didn’t seem to react to receiving a drill to the heart. “Hey, how come that didn’t hurt you? Oh screw it, I don’t care.” He threw Kamijo to one side and continued his advance. “Okay, I’ll give you the Tora chip.”, Dr. Furuya took the chip out and gave it to Drillsame, bowing his head. “Just don’t hurt anyone.” Drillsame put the KijuuSlasher down and took the Soul Chip into his hand. “I’d better put this somewhere it’ll be safe. I know, in that slasher thingy.” He inserted the Chip into a dispenser on the blade and clenched the blade. Tora! Denchaku! Doubutsu no Kiba! (Tiger! Electroplate! Fang of the Animal!) “Eh? What the?” Drillsame barely had time to react as he was surrounded with an aura, which dispersed to reveal he was now red-orange coloured and had black stripes on his body. “Whoa! This is so cool.” He commented, his voice now much deeper. “That’s as far as you go.” Drillsame turned around to see QidenYellow, QidenPink and QidenBlue standing in his way. “We’re going to be taking that KijuuSlasher back.”, the latter of the three declared. “I’d like to see you try.”, Drillsame said brashly. He engaged the three in a battle, wherein his new weapon managed to overpower Blue’s Kijuu Caliber and black shots from Pink and Yellows’ Kijuu Magnums, knocking all three of them down in the process. “Now to finish you off.” He began pressing the trigger on the handle of the KijuuSlasher. Beast Slash! The blade extended and surrounded itself with red energy, before delivering a series of energy slashes to the Qidengers, knocking them out of their powered suits. Oomikaoo was observing, impressed at all this. “Drillsame, enough. Let’s get out of here with your new toy.” He and Drillsame leapt into the hole, teleporting away once they were out of sight. Mio got herself back on her feet and approached Kamijo, who was being tended to by Dr. Furuya. “Is he…?”, she asked, fearing the worst. “I’m sorry.”, Dr. Furuya confirmed. He moved aside to show the hole in the man’s chest, going straight through his heart. “He’s dead.” As if on cue, Kamijo regained consciousness, shocking everyone. “What? Did they get away?”, he asked. “Why are you all staring?” “We’d better call Takuto-san in.”, Wataru suggested. In his laboratory, Megaro observed the power output levels for Drillsame. “Oh no. The Bukikai’s fuel cells are increasing beyond its safety parameters.” “I’m going to guess that’s bad.”, Dimayta snarked. “Indeed.”, Megaro said in response. “This power level could override the AI and send the Bukikai into a mindless rampage.” Out in the city, the powered-up Drillsame began to convulse, as if in pain. “What’s happening?”, Oomikaoo asked his servant. “Must… destroy…”, Drillsame growled, before brandishing his KijuuSlasher and sending several slashes of energy that knocked Oomikaoo down. The robot then growled and began attacking the city entirely of its own accord. From within his mirror world, Kagami observed this. “So, it seems that the Soul Chips have similar effects on machines as they do organics. “Fascinating.” In the Qidengers’ research lab, Takuto had joined with the others, taking similar interest in Kamijo’s gaping hole in his chest. “This isn’t a fresh wound.”, Takuto noted. “You’ve had this for some time.” “What?”, Hibiki said with shock. “This sort of injury isn’t something you can walk away with. How are you even alive?” Kamijo sighed. “Well, I suppose this was going to come out sooner or later.” He stood up and went over to the window. “It all happened two years ago…” “I was just a common thug back then. A university dropout who wasn’t able to hold down a steady job. I found a place in Mio’s father’s gang, mostly as a lookout. One day, during a bank robbery, I saw a woman being assaulted by a mugger. Even though I knew it could cause problems for the gang, I stepped in to help the woman. For my troubles, the mugger shot me right through the heart. I thought I was dead. But I woke up some time later, in the house of the old man. He revealed that the woman was himself in disguise, having put himself in danger to find someone who could be depended upon to do the right thing. I had been revived from my death specifically to assist him in gathering the warriors to defeat Voldos when it returned.” The other 4 Qidengers were shocked to hear this. “And all this time I thought you were just another two bit hug.”, Takuto said with little emotion. “Don’t think we’re friends now, just know that I don’t utterly hate you anymore.” “I understand.”, Kamijo nodded. Wataru decided to kill the moment. “I’d hate to break up this little party of yours, but we need to focus on finding the stolen KijuuSlasher and Soul Chip from that robot.” “I can handle that.”, Dr. Furuya spoke up. “In case something like this happened, I installed a tracking emitter in the KijuuSlasher. We should have the location right about…” a few seconds later, a marker appeared on the screen. “Now.” “He’s in Sakura City.”, Hibiki noted. “That’s not far from here.” “Then what’re we waiting for?”, asked Mio. “Let’s go.” Sure enough, the berserk Drillsame was causing mass property destruction in Sakura City. “Burn it all. Burn it all down!”, the rampaging Bukikai growled. “HahahaahHahHaHAhaahHaah!” The 5 Qidengers came running forward to the scene of destruction. “That’s far enough, Voldos.”, Takuto stated. “Your destruction ends here.” In Drillsame’s insanity, he was confused by the newcomers. “Who are you people? What do you want with me?”, he said in fear. The 5 took out their Soul Chips, inserting them into their JuuKeitais. Shishi! Kame! Falcon! Kajiki! Jaguar! “Kijuu Henge!” All pressed their buttons. Doubutsu Gashin! After their transformations were complete, the 5 began to pose. “QidenRed!” “QidenBlack!” “QidenPink!” “QidenBlue!” “QidenYellow!” The 5 then posed together. “Kijuu Sentai Qidenger!” Drillsame was now terrified. “Get back.”, he cried out, swinging his KijuuSlasher and mashing the trigger. “Keep away.” Beast Slash! The waves of energy hit the the pavement behind the Qidengers, causing explosions behind them. From the sidelines, Oomikaoo leapt into the fight. “He may be going crazy, but the Bukikai is still an asset I won’t allow to be defeated.” He summoned a group of Vordorons with a wave of his hands. “Get them!” As the other Qidengers took out the Vordorons, Black took on Oomikaoo once more. “I’ve been thinking on my own origins with our benefactor lately.”, Black said as the two parried their swords. “And I’ve been wondering why someone like you would serve someone as twisted as Moboroshina.” “If you must know the truth, I don’t fully know myself.”, was Oomikaoo’s response to this, followed by him spinning around knocking his opponent backwards. “Moboroshina keeps me around because she sees me as her confidant. I should’ve been gone long ago, but she has me kept around to help fulfil her plans.” “So, you’re just like me.”, Black noted, hesitating to continue the fight. Taking advantage of the confusion, his opponent knocked him down and teleported away. The other 4 Qidengers were facing Drillsame, dodging his hits and firing and slashing at him with their weapons. Red then leapt into the air, inserting the Bioman chip into his Kijuu Calibur. Qiden Charge! Bio! “Qiden Super Electron!” The attack collided with the Bukikai’s hand, separating it from the arm and sending it and the KijuuSlasher flying over the railing, before using the sword to impale Drillsame, causing it to explode. “What happened?”, Drillsame asked as he was restored as a giant, now back to his original colour scheme. “Let’s deal with this problem.”, Black said as he and the others began dialling for their Kijuu. Lion! Tortoise! Falcon! Blocker Formation! The Lion, Falcon and Tortoise mecha combined into a robot. “KijuuOh Tate, linkup complete!” “Let’s go.”, Drillsame declared as he launched his drill at the enemy robot, which blocked the hit. “In that case, I’ll test just how effective that shield is.” He began drilling underground, vanishing into the hole he created. “He won’t escape the two of us.”, Yellow radioed, as he had Kijuuguar feel the ground below them for a pulse. “He’s moving that way.” He had his mecha point in the direction he was indicating with its paw. “On it.”, Blue responded, jamming Kijuuki into the ground, using the force to knock Drillsame out of the ground, its drill severed. “Nii-san, you can finish it now.” “‘Kay.”, Red said as he operated the controls. “KijuuOh Shield Break!” KijuuOh detached its shield and kicked it towards Drill same, hitting it with enough force to destroy the robot. In her chambers, Moboroshina bowed in front of her mirror. “Apologies, Kagami-sama. We failed to retrieve the KijuuSlasher from the old man.” “That is of no concern.”, Kagami assured her. “The KijuuSlasher was merely a toy of that old fool’s, being used to shroud the presence of the Ultimate. With it out of the way for now, our search can continue unabated.” Back at the lab, Kamijo was speaking with Dr. Furuya. “I’m sorry we couldn’t retrieve the KijuuSlasher.”, he said. “That’s okay.”, Dr. Furuya assured him. “Nobody without compatibility with the Tora Chip can use it to transform into a Qidenger. And anyone who doesn’t will simply end up as a monster. Either way, we’ll find it eventually. But for now, the plans are safe in our hands and can be used to create a new one.” “That’s good to know.”, Kamijo breathed a sigh of relief. “But I just wonder who’ll find it. And I can only hope they have a strong compatibility, otherwise we’ll have a monster problem on our hands.” In an alleyway, a mysterious figure picked up the KijuuSlasher, equipping it to their wrist and pressing the trigger. Dimayta’s VolNojaku is going around altering personalities. Not even our Qidengers are immune to it’s effects. Hurry, Wataru. You must reverse this effect before it becomes permanent. Next time, look forward to “Big Shock! Hibiki is an Idol?” |
New chapter time, so here’s chapter 7: Big Shock! Hibiki is an Idol?
Wataru and Hibiki were walking down the streets, having a discussion. “It’s strange how a lot of our members have something strange going for them.”, Wataru pointed out. “I mean, Takuto-san has his ability to sense when Voldos sends out one of their monsters, Kamijo has the fact he’s still alive after already being killed once.” “Not to mention that old man.”, Hibiki added. “We don’t know anything about him, other than that he has a large organisation, the power to teleport people and resurrection abilities. I wish we knew more about him, but…” She was interrupted by a large crowd of girls lined up outside a theatre. “What’s going on today?” “A talent search.”, said a middle-aged man in a fancy suit, walking past them. “Kirihara Kunio, record producer. I’m looking for a new idol to represent my talent agency.” He then took a good look at Hibiki, having a look of surprise on his face. “You there, young lady. How do you feel about an audition for my agency?” He handed her a business card. Hibiki took the card with a sheepish smile. “That’s nice of you to offer, but I don’t think I’ll be stopping by. Now then Wataru-san, how far is it to this friend’s house?” She dragged her friend away, to carry on to their destination. In the Voldos Fortress, Dimayta was standing in front of Moboroshina with a new Vorjuu, one resembling a humanoid melon with horns protruding from his head. “This is VolNojaku, a beast with the power to take the core of what makes a person themselves and corrupt it, changing their personality. Imagine if we used it on the Qidengers.” Moboroshina seemed intrigued. “We could alter their hearts of justice to make them thralls of the darkness.”, she said with some slight interest. “But if I’m to give you the go-ahead to unleash this monster, I need some assurance of its usefulness. Namely, a demonstration of its talents.” “As you wish my Queen.”, Dimayta bowed. “Servant, you can come in.” As if on cue, Calam entered the room, weakly tripping over the floor. “Apologies, Moboroshina-sama.”, he whined. “I’m not worthy to appear in your presence, being as cowardly as I am now.” “I knew you’d ask for a test.”, Dimayta laughed. “So I deliberately chose your least favourite of your minions and put him through the process.” “A good show indeed, Dimayta.”, Moboroshina smiled. “You have my permission to begin the plan.” Back down on the Earth, Wataru and Hibiki had arrived at their destination, with the former knocking on the door. It was answered by a young man, wearing a red shirt with a white jacket, who Wataru didn’t recognise. “I’m sorry, I thought that this was the Miyashita residence.”, he said with confusion. “It is.”, the man assured him. “I’m simply staying with the family until I can get back on my feet.” He held out his hand for a shake. “I’m Tanjo Takumi. You must be Shinohara Wataru. Hiroshi-kun’s told me about you.” “Hey Onii-san, what’s holding you up at the door.” A younger boy, the source of the voice, came to the door. He then got a good look at the one outside and gained a smile on his face. “Oh, Wataru-Onii-san, you came like you said you would.” He then saw Hibiki. “Is this the friend you said you’d bring?” “Yes.”, Wataru answered the boy. “Hiroshi-kun, Hibiki-chan will be helping tutor you through your weak points. Now, shall we go inside?” The 4 proceeded to enter, with neither Wataru nor Hibiki noticing the way Takumi eyed them. In the park, VolNojaku appeared, proceeding to use its powers on the unsuspecting populace. A woman went from happy to receive a ring from her proposing boyfriend to slapping him away and demanding diamonds. A police officer ceased his patrol and sat down on a bench. A woman who was jogging intently suddenly stopped and began robbing an ice cream stand. From nearby, Takuto sensed the presence of the Vorjuu, calling the others. “Everyone, I can sense Voldos from the park. Meet me there.” At her school, Mio received the message, as did Kamijo at the mansion. “Roger.”, the two responded. They then set off. At the Miyashita house, Hibiki and Wataru were on a break, talking with each other. “So, how do you know this family?”, Hibiki asked. “My landlord is Hiroshi-kun’s uncle.”, came the answer. “He comes over to visit sometimes and recently, his grades at school have been slipping. So I mentioned that I know a teacher who works with kids of his age and she might be able to help him.” “You’re not wrong there.”, Hibiki said to him. “If there’s someone in trouble, I’ll put everything else aside to help them out.” Then their JuuKeitais began beeping with an alarm sound. “Looks like there’s trouble out there.” “From this message, it seems to be at the park.”, Wataru noted. He then called out to Hiroshi and Takumi. “Sorry guys, but we have to extend our break a little longer.” The two then set off running out of the house, as Takumi looked on from above. “Interesting.”, he said as he took out something from his pocket and looked at it. “I look forward to working with you two in the future.” Wataru and Hibiki made it to the park, where they found their three comrades waiting. But something was off: Takuto was hunched on the floor, Kamijo was inspecting blades of grass and Mio was kicking over trash cans. “What’s going on here?”, Wataru asked. “Why aren’t you dealing with the Voldos problem?” “What’s the point?”, Takuto asked glumly. “We tried taking it on and it managed to get a hit on us before we could’ve ven transform. We might as well give up.” “I’ve found something more interesting.”, Kamijo said, his voice having become more strained, as if he was still going through puberty. “Did you know that blades of grass that grow under the trees are shorter than the ones growing away from the trees? I think it’s fascinating.” Mio on the other hand, seemed to be getting angry at the two. “I can’t believe you two. That thing gets the drop on us and you’re willing to just give up.”, she yelled. “Well I’m going to get that thing. It can’t be too far away by now.” Hibiki breathed a sigh of relief. “At least one of you’s still willing to fight with us. Let’s go.” She set off walking, with Mio following her. Wataru, on the other hand, was more hesitant. “Mio isn’t normally this aggressive… Takuto isn’t this cowardly… Kamijo isn’t this boring…” He had a realisation. “Hibiki, don’t let the monster make contact with you.” Hibiki turned around to react, resulting in her being hit by a tendril from VolNojaku. She collapsed from the hit as the Vorjuu revealed itself. “That’s him. The punk who got us before.”, Mio declared. “It’s time I got even with him.” She took out her JuuKeitai. “Kijuu Henge!” She transformed into QidenBlue and began beating up the Vorjuu, who pushed her back by shooting seeds from his mouth. “I’d better get in there.”, Wataru stated, pulling out his JuuKeitai and commencing his transformation. “Kijuu Henge!” Blue was knocked to the ground by VolNojaku, who continued to advance on her. Yellow then jumped in and punched the monster, causing it to tumble backwards. “Geez, I was handling that jerk before you came in.”, Blu complained, slapping Yellow on the back. “Didn’t look like that to me.”, Yellow responded. “This thing’s spell has made you violent and short-tempered. And he’s no genius, but he’s smart enough to use that against you.” During this moment of distraction, VolNojaku tried striking Yellow with his tentacles, only for nothing to happen. “But fortunately, he doesn’t realise that he needs to make contact with my skin in order to use his powers on me.” “Oh that’s just too bad.” The two were knocked back by a blast of energy from Dimayta. “If I can’t get you now, then I’ll have to hide my time. VolNojaku, go about your business elsewhere.” With a crack of the whip, the monster leapt into the air and landed within the city. Dimayta them made her exit. “Geez.”, Blue fumed as she reverted back to being Mio. “Now I have to keep hunting that thing down.” “How about you do that?”, Wataru suggested as he also returned to normal. “Meanwhile, I’ll make sure our friends are put somewhere they can’t create much of a ruckus. Now then Hibiki-san, let’s assess…” He turned around to see that Hibiki had vanished. “Okay, I’ll have to find her and do something about these two.” In her private chambers, Moboroshina noticed Kagami’s face convulsing in pain. “What’s happening, Kagami-sama?”, she asked, desperately. “Part of the Ultimate has been corrupted.”, Kagami said, cringing as the mirror world glowed red. “If this continues, then the power will be destroyed. And when that happens, I too cease.” Moboroshina had a realisation. “Dimayta’s Vorjuu. This must be its doing.” She then bowed to the mirror. “Don’t worry, I’ll take out the source of the disturbance.” She stood up and teleported out. In the theatre, Kirihara Kunio was going through multiple failed wannabe idols, including a middle-aged overweight man, a little girl and someone with no singing talent whatsoever. “Too many failures… Am I ever going to find some new talent for my agency?”, he thought to himself. “Send in the next one.”, he called out. To his shock, the next contestant was the woman he thought was a good choice when he saw her earlier that day. She was now dressed in a pink minidress, purple stockings and had her hair done in a ponytail. “Hello, I’m Komaki Hibiki, and I’m going to bring a smile to everyone’s hearts.” She then proceeded to give a show stopping performance, to the astonishment of everyone present. Kunio was happy at this performance. “Hibiki-kun, how would you like to be our next idol?” Hibiki was ecstatic at this. “For everyone’s happiness, I’d love to put smiles on their faces with music. I’ll do it.” Kunio stood up and shook her hand. “Good. We’ll make our announcement soon and sign the contract tomorrow.” Out in the Tokyo city centre, Wataru was still looking around for his friend. “Come on, Hibiki. Where could you have gone in your altered state?”, he thought. As if to answer his question, he saw the face of his friend, performing her song, appear on the jumbotron. “Earlier today, Nihon Lancaster located their latest act in the form of Komaki Hibiki, an elementary school teacher from Hakone Town. She is expected to sign the contract tomorrow.” “Oh no.”, Wataru stated. “I’d better tell Oji-san.” He took out his JuuKeitai and called the old man. “Yes, this won’t be good.”, the old man said over the phone. “If Hibiki-chan does become a full-time idol, then it could cut into the time she spends as a Qidenger. You need to restore her and the others to normal before tomorrow. I’ll take care of Takuto.” Takuto reacted in fear when Rin tried to touch him. “No, keep away!”, he cried, cowering into the corner. “Don’t worry about Kamijo-san.”, Wataru said over the phone. “I’ve put him to use somewhere he won’t cause a ruckus.” At the Miyashita place, Kamijo was educating a confused Hiroshi, as an equally confused Takumi looked on. “The sum of the square roots of two sides of a right triangle are equal to the square roots of the remaining side.”, he recited monotonously. Hiroshi was upset over his new tutor. “What happened to Komaki-sensei? She made this seem fun.” Elsewhere in the city, Mio came around the corner to see more chaos, seemingly caused by VolNojaku. A mother was throwing a baby in its carriage into a river, a pair of thieves were giving out their loot to the people and a doctor was ignoring a man dying in the street. “That thing’s been through here.”, Mio’s tasted, cracking her knuckles. “I’m gonna find that jerk and beat him senseless.” As if on cue, VolNojaku leapt out from an alleyway and began launching its tentacles at the populace, causing them to run amok. “So there you are, Vorjuu. Well I’m going to stop you.” Kajiki! Doubutsu Gashin! “Kijuu Henge!” Mio transformed into QidenBlue and began hitting VolNojaku with her Kijuu Caliber. “I’m taking you down, because all those personality changes you inflicted on the others are just annoying.” She then delivered a kick to the Vorjuu, knocking it backwards. “Time to take you out.” VolNojaku tried to reach out with his tendrils and hit her again, only for Wataru as QidenYellow to jump in, grab the tendril and turn it on its sender, inverting its personality. VolNojaku suddenly stepped forward and opened its arms to take a hit. “Just as I thought. The creature can’t protect itself against its own abilities.” “And now it’s letting itself get killed.”, Mio stated. “I wish I’d thought of that.” She took out the Bioman Chip and inserted it into her Kijuu Caliber, while Wataru inserted the Go-Busters chip into his Kijuu Magnum. “Qiden Super Electron!” Qiden Charge! Bio!” Wataru aimed his weapon at the same target. “Qiden Deletion Shot!” Qiden Charge! Buster! The two attacks hit the monster, destroying it upon impact. Dimayta then appeared from the shadows, holding a Soul Chip bearing a Roc. “I think I’ll give you some extra power when you come back.”, she commented, throwing the medal into VolNojaku’s remains. When the beam from the Voldos Fortress hit the creature, it now bore a pair of wings. “We’d better stop that thing.”, Yellow said, pulling out the Lion chip. “Luckily I took this from Takuto before I set out.” He inserted it into his JuuKeitai. But before he could do anything else, something was thrown at him. He looked up to see Moboroshina standing above him in her armoured form, before looking down at the object to see that it was the Phoenix Soul Chip. “Don’t get any ideas, boy.”, she said. “I’m merely as desperate to get rid of that thing as you are. I want that back when you’re done.” “Okay then.”, Yellow nodded as he and Blue continued with the summoning. Summon: Kijuu Lion! Kijuuki! Kijuuguar! The three mecha appeared and began the combination into KijuuOh. “Kijuu Gattai!”, the two Qidengers declared. Lion! Swordfish! Jaguar! Kendo Formation! The three came together to form a robot. “KijuuOh Ken, linkup complete!” The robot began swinging its sword at VolNojaku, who continued to cower in fear from the effects of its own spell. It then summoned its new wings and took off into the air. “Damn, we’ll never catch up to it now.”, Blue fumed. “Don’t be so sure.”, said Yellow, taking out the Phoenix Chip. “Let’s see how compatible this is.” He inserted it into the JuuKeitai Ho-Oh! The voice was much lower than the norm “GenPhoenix, summon!” He then activated the summon function. Summon, GenPhoenix! The mechanical jet flew in from its pocket dimension, flying towards the robot. “Genjuu Busou!” GenPhoenix! Connection Engage! GenPhoenix attached to the back of the KijuuOh in much the same way it did to Kijuu Lion before. Only this time, the helmet had the face split in half and fold backwards, so that it resembled a flight helmet more than the iron mask it had before. “Sore KijuuOh, linkup complete!” The newly formed robot quickly jetted upwards to meet with its opponent, delivering a slash to it that knocked it down. “Let’s finish this. KijuuOh, Straight Crash!” The robot delivered a slash to VolNojaku, vanquishing it for good in a fiery inferno as the Rok Soul Chip fell down to the ground. In the robot, Mio had a flash over her face, before getting confused. “What happened?”, she asked. “How did I get here.” “The spell’s been broken.”, Wataru answered her, breathing a sigh of relief. From the top of a skyscraper, a figure in a red and white suit with a tiger motif and the number “0” on his chest. “So this is the Qidengers’ powers.”, he noted. “I look forward to working with you in the future.” In the old man’s mansion, Takuto returned to his normal confident self. “What’s happening?”, he asked, as he began inspecting himself. “And who took my Soul Chip?” At a press conference, Hibiki also returned to normal. “What am I doing in front of all these people?”, he asked. “And in these clothes”, she said with shock at her own outfit. Wataru appeared in an alleyway. “Hey, Moboroshina. I’ve got your Soul Chip right here if you want it.” Moboroshina appeared in front of him. “I’m surprised you’re so willing to give it back to me.”, she said. “I would’ve thought you’d wanted to keep it for your own use.” “I don’t need it if I want to do that.”, Wataru stated. “I’ve got the data catalogued inside my JuuKeitai to recreate it if I need to. Plus this gives me a chance to ask you some questions. Who are you really? You’re obviously human like us, so what caused you to join with Voldos? And why did you help us with this Vorjuu?” “You’re right.”, Moboroshina said with a smirk. “I was once like you. Working as a Sentai for that old man who recruited you and made you a warrior without telling you why. People got hurt because of that, so I became Moboroshina to avenge those who were lost to that fool’s poor mentor ship. Take my advice, don’t trust him, or anyone who devotes themselves so loyally to him.” She picked up the Soul Chip and began to walk off. “As for your last question, let’s just say that you losing would’ve negatively affected me as well.” She then vanished, leaving Wataru lost for words. Sometime later, Hibiki was sitting in her classroom, marking papers. “I can’t believe I almost decided to become an idol.”, she thought to herself. “Even if I had the time for that, I wouldn’t do it.” She then received a call on her phone. “Hello.” “Hibiki-san, it’s me, Takumi. You know, the man living with Hiroshi-kun. I got your number from Wataru-san.”, came the voice from the other end. “Oh, I’m sorry about that.”, Hibiki said profusely. “I had something come up and it took up too much time, so I couldn’t -.” “Oh, don’t worry about that. The substitute Wataru sent in ended up saying so much seemingly random facts that Hiroshi managed to pass his mathematics retest with the knowledge he gained.” Hibiki smiled at this. “I don’t know who he was, or what his number is, so I’m passing on Hiroshi’s thanks to you.” Hibiki smiled at this. “Well, I’ll be sure to pass on his thanks to that friend.” 4 of the Qidengers are sent off on a training retreat with a warrior from another space altogether. When the warrior’s old enemy manifests, the 4 must show that they can create their own legends. Join us next time for “Training! The Legendary Saviour and the Space Shogun!” |
Time for chapter 8 of this fic.
The Qidengers were engaged in battle, being thrown around by a Kanjin that resembled an overtly attractive woman. “I hate it when these things pose a threat.”, Takuto commented. “I agree.”, was Kamijo’s response. “It makes it much harder to defeat them.” He then pulled out his Kijuu Caliber and turned to Wataru. “I need you to give me some covering fire while I charge at that thing.” Wataru looked concerned, as he remembered the words Moboroshina said to him earlier. ‘Take my advice, don’t trust him, or anyone who devotes themselves so loyally to him.’ He shook the thought from his head. “Ok.”, he said with some hesitation. As Kamijo went in to strike, Wataru aimed his weapon, but ended up being frozen with doubt. “Yellow, what’re you doing?”, Hibiki called out. She aimed her own Kijuu Magnum, shooting quickly. But due to the timing being messed up, Kamijo was hit by the shot, while the Kanjin remained unharmed. “See, I could’ve avoided doing that if you’d made the shot when signalled.” “I panicked!”, Yellow cried out. “What if I killed the Kanjin’s host?” Takuto seemed angered by this. “Have you forgotten? They can’t die as long as their emotional energy exists.”, he yelled. Only Mio seemed to keep a cool head. “Shouldn’t we be focusing on actually destroying the Kanjin?” As if on cue, an explosion protruded from the Kanjin, causing it to fall backwards and begin to revert to her human identity. Wataru took this opportunity to run forward and undo his transformation, going over to the poor woman. He’d been doing his research and knew this woman’s vice was her inability to find a new boyfriend after her last breakup. “Hey, baby.”, he said to her in his most smooth, seductive voice. “Call me later for a good time.” He threw a card with his phone number to her, causing the dark cloud engulfing her to disperse. Wataru then got up and turned around. “Okay, who fired that shot?” The question was soon answered when everyone turned around to see a figure standing there. It resembled VolKraken, the Vorjuu they had defeated during their first battle, with parts of the arms, the torso and one of the legs from Gatleander. A pair of cannons on the shoulders completed the look. Wataru promptly retransformed as a man in a suit came close to them. “How did you like our latest project, Qidengers?”, the man asked. “We’re going to be showing it off on the news tonight. I hope you’re watching.” He then turned and walked off with the unholy hybrid creature. That night, at the old man’s mansion, the 5 watched the news, which showed the creature unloading it weapons on the Kanjin they were fighting, destroying it. Thankfully, any image of Wataru’s efforts to quell any further appearances was obscured by the smoke. “This is exclusive footage of Koga Konzern’s latest creation Epithmeus, which proved effective in the destruction of the latest monster to attack our country. We spoke with the CEO, Koga Tetsuya, about his latest creation.” The picture changed to a middle aged man. “As you all know, there are people possessing issues with the Super Sentai, especially the Qidengers. Kousuke Ryuota was one of them, and we all know what happened to him. Which is why I want to offer something for the protection of those people. And thus, from the remains of two recent threats, I created Epithmeus, named for the brother of Prometheus who was tasked with power that could be dangerous in the wrong hands.”, he said. “But don’t worry Qidengers, I have no intention of putting you out of business. Epithmeus will merely be lightening the load, so to speak.” Kamijo turned off the television. “I don’t trust this. He obviously doesn’t know his mythology, or he’d realise Epithmeus failed in his duty, leading to evil being unleashed on Earth.” He punched the wall. “We wouldn’t have had to depend on that thing to defeat the monster if someone had made the shot when told.”, Takuto commented, eyeing Wataru. “What happened out there? Why didn’t you take the shot?” “Weren’t you listening?”, Wataru yelled defensively. “I just panicked. And at least I didn’t hit my own friend by shooting.” “I wouldn’t have shot him if you’d taken the shot when you were supposed to.”, Hibiki snapped. “Enough!”, Mio shouted, much to everyone’s shock. “We can’t let infighting tear us apart. That could severely cost us if Voldos were to attack now.” “Precisely.”, the old man entered the room, nodding. “Mio recognises that the 4 of you are going through problems of your own. So while she stays behind to handle the Epithmeus problem, you’ll be spending time in Kyushu, at the Shittoshishi-Onna’s Rock, near Mt. Aso in Kumamoto.” The 4 were shocked to hear this. “N-no, we can solve this.”, Takuto insisted. “We don’t need the break.” “This isn’t a break.”, the old man insisted. “You’ll be going there to learn a lesson about caring for yourselves.” He pulled out some plane tickets. “Your plane leaves tomorrow, now get going.” In the Voldos Fortress, Gelashi had been called to Moboroshina’s throne room. “You wanted to see me, Moboroshina-sama?” “Yes, Gelashi.”, was Moboroshina’s answer. “Calam and Megaro are working on a plan to deal with the human’s new toy. I on the other hand, what you to deal with the Qidengers. The 4 of them are on their way to the Shittoshishi-Onna’s Rock. I have it in good information that you’re familiar with this locale.” Gelashi looked slightly unnerved. “I think I know it.” She then took out two balls of negative energy from her pockets. “Wrath and Lust. Combined with my own envy, I can attain the power of the ultimate dark god.” “You’ll have to put your collection of negative eneries on hold.”, Moboroshina stated. “For now, focus on defeating the Qidengers.” “Yessir.”, Gelashi saluted as she turned and departed. In Kyushu, a day later, the 4 Qidengers that had been sent on the retreat arrived near the rock. The sight had buildings that were all, to some extent, ravaged or destroyed. Not a single person still lived there and what looked like a lake nearby was now dried up. “This place has seen better days.”, Takuto commented. “The brochure has quite the legend behind this place.”, Wataru said, reading from said brochure. “This place was once home to a young, rich maiden. She had everything she could ever want. Wealth, beauty, respect. Everything except for a man to love her for who she was. Every man in the village that could love her genuinely was in love with other women. The woman left the village in envy, wishing for every other woman in the village’s deaths. Soon after, her envy transformed her into a lion who destroyed the entire village, along with everyone in it.” “Seems a little fantastic.”, Hibiki commented. “But something about it seems familiar.” “Can’t be any less fantastic than an old man who can teleport people elsewhere, or being brought back to live from being shot through the heart.”, Kamijo pointed out. “If anything, this seems rather tame.” Takuto looked around. “Well, there doesn’t seem to be much to suggest anyone’s going to teach us anything.”, he noted. As he said this, he saw an object falling from the sky, heading towards their area. “Take cover.”, he yelled. Everyone dived down, as the object hit the ground, creating a small fireball, which dispersed to reveal a figure. It was a humanoid man, in his mid-thirties, wearing a red leather overcoat. Everyone was shocked to see him pull himself up. “Who are you?”, Takuto asked. From afar, Gelashi also observed the object crashing. “That’s interesting.”, she noted, before getting a reaction. “I sense a great evil is about to awaken, one with a strong sense of pride.” She perked up at this. “I can make use of this.” Back in the clearing, the man finished brushing off what little ash was on him. “My word, looks like these landing aren’t any easier to make than in normal space.” He then looked around and saw Takuto, Kamijo, Wataru and Hibiki standing around him, all looking shocked. “So I seemed to have arrived back on Earth at least, going by the local fashions.” “I’ll ask you again.”, Takuto stated, feeling a twinge of something within him. “Who are you?” “Oh, forgive me.”, the man put his hand on his chest. “I am Ohtori Tsurugi, the Space Federation President and the Kyurangers’ Houou Soldier.” He looked around and saw that they had no idea what he was talking about. “My word, it’s my experience with Lucky and the others all over again.” “‘Kyuranger’.”, Wataru thought for a moment, before having a realisation. “You mean, like another legend Sentai?” “‘Sentai’?”, Tsurugi asked, with some confusion. “Ah, like the Lupinrangers and the Patrangers. I probably ended up back in their space as a result of the distortion.” “What’s this about a distortion?”, Hibiki asked. “I think we should know about this?” Tsurugi sighed. “Well, I suppose I should establish an alliance with you by discussing my reasons for being here. My organisation detected a distortion in the universal fabric from these coordinates on Earth. I decided to investigate myself, as everyone else was off on their own tasks. When I got near the distortion, it messed with my instrumentation, causing me to crash. Who knows what other effects it had on me -.” Tsurugi suddenly felt a pain in his chest, causing him to interrupt himself. “This power.”, a new voice, much deeper than Tsurugi’s admittedly already deep voice, emerged from his mouth, as his eyes glowed purple. “I can use this.” He began to suck a black energy out of Takuto, which then merged with purple energy from inside Tsurugi and reformed into a new figure. He resembled an archangel, with skeletal wings, his brain covering his head and chest, with a skeletal face that possessed glowing red eyes. He wielded a scythe. “I am Don Armage, the one who rules the universe and the Earth.” “We don’t care about who you are.”, Takuto stated. “You’re still going down.” He had everyone pull out their Soul Chips and JuuKeitais. “Everyone, let’s go.” “Kijuu Henge!” Everyone inserted their Soul Chips and dialled their respective numbers. Shishi! Kame! Falcon! Jaguar! Doubustu Gashin! The 4 transformed into their powered suits. Tsurugi recovered in time to get a good look at them. “My word. So this space has its own legendary saviours.” The Qidengers charged in, with Red and Black hitting Don Armage with their Kijuu Calibers and Yellow and Pink shooting at him with their Kijuu Magnums. However, none of these seemed to affect him. “You fools. I am the power of darkness itself.”, he declared, charging his Dark Scythe with energy and swinging it at the 4, knocking them back. “It took more than you to defeat me before. You don’t stand a chance.” He swung his scythe at each of them, as they tried to defend, in what turned out to be a futile effort. “And now to finish all of you.” Choushinsei! A blinding light covered the area, obscuring Don Armage’s vision. When it cleared, he saw that everyone was gone, including Ohtori Tsurugi. Then a female creature resembling a lion appeared before him. “So, it looks like you and I have a common opponent to deal with. How about we work together to resolve our problems?”, she asked. “I don’t have good experience with lions.”, Don Armage commented. “What makes you think I will trust you?” “Because I can give you this.”, the lion-woman took out a melting substance contained in a pot. “If you consume this, you’ll become even more powerful than you were before. So, ‘Don Armage’, do we have a deal?” Don Armage huffed. “I suppose I can do to increase my power. I’ll accept your offer.” Elsewhere, Hibiki tended to the wounded Takuto, while Kamijo placed a call to the old man. “The thing we’ve been worried about has proved true, Takuto has the power of Kuroki (note: intended to be written with the kana for “Qi”) in him. It was used by some creature calling itself ‘Don Armage’.” “This is bad.”, the old man stated. “In the wrong hands, Kuroki can lead to the destruction of an entire civilisation. I’ll send Kijuuki to your location as soon as I can.” The two were unaware that Wataru was listening in. “So that old man took in Takuto-san to be sure if he had the power of this ‘kuroki’. This must be what Voldos is after on Earth.”, he said to himself. “Talking to yourself is the first sign of madness.” Wataru turned around to see Tsurugi standing behind him. “I assume you’ve been having some doubts about this old man who scouted you to be a saviour.” “You’re correct.”, Wataru stated. “Recently, I found out that the old man might not be entirely trustworthy. He had others battle our enemies before us and people got hurt in the process. One of those warriors that proceeded us is now our enemies’ leader and part of me thinks ‘What if she’s right? What if the old man and his followers aren’t doing this for a good cause?’. It caused me to mess up earlier and because of that, we’re all here.” “My word, that is quite an internal struggle.”, Tsurugi commented. “I’ll admit, I am not the best person to talk about concerning personal problems. In fact, I’ve been in the position of putting my trust in someone I shouldn’t.” He thought of his former ally Quervo, who he had believed to be a friend, but was in fact the greatest enemy he ended up facing. “But I do know, sometimes your gut instinct can let you down when you fail to listen to it. I almost doomed the universe because I wouldn’t let the other Kyurangers be more than my shield.” Wataru thought for a moment. “You’re right. Thank you, Tsurugi-san.” He then went over to the others, where Takuto was beginning to recover. “Guys, I’m sorry. I should’ve taken the shot when Kamijo-san wanted me to. That failure was on me.” “No, it was my fault.”, Hibiki insisted. “If I hadn’t been angry at you when I covered for you, I wouldn’t have hit Kamijo-san.” Kamijo was next to apologise. “I should’ve been clearer. That would’ve prevented any of the problems that resulted in Epithmeus having to bail us out.” “Well, we seem to have resolved that little problem.”, Takuto noted as he pulled himself up. “Now then. All that’s left to do is have our friend here enlighten us. Who is this ‘Don Armage’ and what does he want to do with our world?” Tsurugi sat down to begin his explanation. “Don Armage is the personification of all the sorrow and despair in the universe. He thrives on despair and sorrow to become more powerful. He once conquered the whole of my universe, but I stopped him, with the help of other legendary saviours. However, it seems that Kuroki stuff the red one of you possesses, combined with some lingering remnants of him within me, were enough to bring him back to wreak havoc in this new world.” “Oh, I’ll be doing more than that, Ohtori Tsurugi.” Everyone turned around to see Don Armage and Gelashi, flanked by an army of Indavers and Vordorons. Don Armage had now transformed into his ultimate form from his final battle with the Kyurangers, which sported a white armoured robe with a loincloth bearing the emblem of his organisation, Jark Matter, in addition to large white rings surrounding his head and adorning his back respectively. He wielded a pair of small blades, known as Armaswords. “I’ll restore my Jark Matter empire here, with a stronger hold than I ever held over your space.” “My word.”, Tsurugi said with shock. “It took you years to get this kind of power before. How do you have it now?” “I’ll answer that.”, Hibiki responded, pointing at Gelashi. “She did it. Gelashi can enhance emotions within people using her abilities. Don Armage must’ve seemed like an ideal choice for a target.” “Indeed.”, Gelashi declared. “Don Armage-san’s pride was particularly potent, fitting for one who once held control of a whole universe. And it was fitting that I found a suitably strong emotion here. After all, I was the one who gave the Shittoshishi-Onna’s Rock its name.” The Qidengers were shocked to hear this. “Then… you’re the maiden from the legends?” “I preferred to go by Kasumi.”, Gelashi then transformed into a young woman, dressed in a more traditional attire. She also adopted a more antiquated style of linguistics. “As your legends say, I was the most beautiful woman in all the land. Yet only one man ever loved me for who I was, rather than my physical appearance. And then he went to fight in a battle, a battle from which he never returned. I saw that without him, every other girl in the village was receiving the love I myself was not. And so I left the village behind, consumed by my envy.” She then transformed back into Gelashi. “That was when a man offered me the power to revenge myself on those in my village. Power I gladly accepted and turned on the fools living there.” She laughed at her own carnage. Hibiki and Wataru both got angry at this. “You allowed your entire village to be destroyed… just for the sake of your own petty grudges?”, the former said angrily. “That’s unforgivable.”, Wataru growled. “Everyone, let’s transform.” The 4 Qidengers pulled out their JuuKeitais while Tsurugi summoned his own transformation item, the Houou Blade and Shield. Everyone too out their individual transformation items and inserted them into their devices. Shishi! Kame! Falcon! Jaguar! Houou Kyutama! “Kijuu Henge!” “Star Change!” In a flash, the 5 were transformed into their suits. “QidenRed!” “QidenBlack!” “QidenPink!” “QidenYellow!” “Space Bu-star! Houou Soldier!” “Kijuu Sentai Qidenger!” Houou Soldier then stepped forward. “Bear witness. A legend is about to start!” Neither Gelashi nor Don Armage were impressed. “Get them!”, both declared. The 5 heroes began charging into the combined army of Indavers and Vordorons, with the swordsmen cutting down several enemies, and the two gunfighters shooting down the rest. Soon, QidenRed, QidenBlack and QidenPink took on Gelashi, while QidenYellow and Houou Soldier fought against Don Armage. Gelashi blocked Pink’s shots, before matching matching the other two’s swords and slashing the three down. “None of you can hope to match me.” She took out two balls of negative energy. “Lets see what happened when I combine the anger and lust I extracted from my Kanjin with my own envy.” She consumed the energy, being subsumed with the energy and growing to a giant size, that now had armour on the left arm bearing the symbol for wrath and on the right leg bearing the symbol for lust. Her chest now bore the symbol for envy. “Behold my new power.”, she declared, her voice now much deeper. “We need to stop her.”, Red stated, pulling out his JuuKeitai. “KijuuOh, launch!” KijuuOh appeared in its Tate formation and began fighting off their enemy, to no avail. Gelashi managed to overpower them handily. Across the ground, Yellow and Houou Soldier were fighting Don Armage. “You fools, you should realise my new power is beyond your abilities.”, he declared as he delivered a slash with his Armaswords which knocked the two back with an explosion. “I’d suggest you begin to despair, knowing you were beaten by the strongest being in the universe.” “We won’t give up.”, Houou Soldier stated. “Not until the universe is free of people like you.” Yellow pointed at Armage. “Those heartless people who take the Galaxy into their hands and make the inhabitants cry, that won’t be allowed. There will always be people who stand up to take it back. Those who will take the Galaxy back.” Suddenly, energy from the two warriors came together, forming into a small coin-like object. Yellow took it into his hand, seeing that it had the same emblem as Houou Soldier’s suit. “It’s a… Kyuranger Soul Chip?”, he said with shock. “Alright, lucky.”, Houou Soldier stated, to his comrades bemusement. “Sorry, something a friend said in situations like this. Anyway, let’s end this.” He inserted his Blade into his Shield as Yellow inserted the new Soul Chip into his Kijuu Buster. Galaxy! Qiden Full Charge! Kyu! “Qiden Star Crash!”, Yellow declared as a star field effect surrounded him, before he fired at Don Armage. Don Armage tried to defend, but found the energy to be more than he could handle, barely holding it back. “This power, It’s… too much.” His Armaswords were shattered, as he was reverted to his regular form. “You cur.” “Tsurugi-san, now. He’ll regain his new power if we don’t destroy him now.”, Yellow called out. “On it.”, Houou Soldier pulled his Blade, now charged with energy, from his shield. “Phoenix End!” He delivered a series of slashes to his old enemy, critically damaging him. “Even with my new power… I was defeated.”, Don Armage cried out as he collapsed, exploding. “The legend starts now.”, Houou Soldier reverted to Tsurugi. “The legend of the Qidengers.” His negative energy floated upwards to Gelashi, who used it to form a claw at the end of her arm, bearing the symbol for pride. “Thank you, Don Armage-san. Your strong greed has helped increase my own strength.” She used the claw to tear the shield off KijuuOh, before knocking it down. “We’re sitting ducks.”, Black noted. “We need to power up.” As if on cue, Kijuuki appeared, firing its lasers on Gelashi, who was caught off guard. “Looks like Oji-san pulled through.”, Red noted. “Oi, Wataru. Care to join us up here?” “You know it.”, Yellow pulled out his JuuKeitai and began dialling. Summon Kijuuguar! Yellow’s own Kijuu appeared and launched itself at Gelashi, biting down on her unprotected arm. “Get back, you mangy kitty cat.”, she declared as she threw the robot to the ground. “Let’s link up.”, Pink urged. Lion! Tortoise! Falcon! Swordfish! Jaguar! Complete Formation! “Kanzen KijuuOh, linkup complete.”, the 4 declared, as they piloted their fully powered robot. This time, the fight was a lot more evenly matched, with both sides managing to block and land hits on each other. “Let’s finish this.” “Right.” Red began charging the sword with energy. “KijuuOh, Final End!” KijuuOh charged its sword with energy, before bringing it down on Gelashi… Who caught the blade. “You really are impressive, Qidengers.”, Gelashi stated as she noted her armour beginning to spark. “However, I think I’ll cut this short for today, since my negative energy is weakening after a battle this long. When I gather all 7 types of negative energy I need, then we’ll settle this.” She then teleported out. “Well, that was certainly ominous,”, Yellow noted. “We’ll get her next time.”, Pink said in response. “I’ll make sure of it.” Back at the Voldos Fortress, Gelashi, back in her original form, was meeting with Moboroshina once more, to apologise. “My apologies, my Queen. I ran away to preserve my energies instead of staying and finishing off the Qidengers. I accept any punishment you wish to deliver.” “Your punishment…” Moboroshina raised her hand “is not necessary. Compared to the lack of success the other two went through in their task of choice, you came close to actually winning. Plus you’ve discovered a source of Kuroki, which will be very beneficial to our success. As such, I will overlook all of your solo undertakings. For now.” “Thank you, Queen Moboroshina.”, Gelashi bowed gratefully and left the room. “Know that I will always be as loyal to you as your lapdog Oomikaoo.” As soon as Gelashi left, Moboroshina began talking to herself. “Kuroki, the vey essence of the Ultimate when used by a dark soul. QidenRed is the first real hint to the location of the Ultimate. If I can bring his power over to our side, I can begin to undo the harm the old man caused.” Back in Kyushu, the 4 Qidengers had gone to Aso Town to relax. “It’s a shame Tsurugi-san couldn’t stick around.”, Takuto lamented. “I thought he’d enjoy a little break.” “He said that the Space Federation couldn’t hold up without him.”, Wataru said in response to this. “Plus, he didn’t know how long the distortion in space would stay open, so that cut into the time he had with us.” Hibiki smiled. “At least it’s reassuring to know that there are heroes out there, saving the people from despair, just like us.” “They have their own legends.”, Kamijo stated. “And who knows? Maybe one day, we’ll be legends.” The 4 then made their way to the hot springs, taking a rest from their weary battle. While the other Qidengers are in Kyushu, Mio is tasked with protecting Tokyo and dealing with the accusations of Koga Konzern’s supporters. Things get worse when Calam and Megaro hijack Epithmeus, sending it on a rampage. Can Mio do anything to defend the city. Next time, enjoy “He’s Here! Birth of the New Generation Warrior!” |
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