[Kiryu]

Access 12: Showdown at High Noon! OnoRed VS ModRed

Unfortunately for Jordan, Kirstin found out about Sugoi-Con and was quite furious about it. To say that she was unhappy for Jordan to sneak out and work was an understatement, and Jordan’s escape attempt caused Kristin to go through extreme lengths to keep him locked inside the house; she tied Jordan to the bed and threw away the key. Another week passed by and the doctor finally gave Jordan a clean bill of health; an excited Jordan couldn’t wait to get back into action since he had not set foot out of his own room during this time.

Coming down the elevator, Jordan walks into the command center. “Hey guys! I’m baaaack!” he says, but he is met with silence in a completely empty room. Jordan blinks in surprise “Uh...guys?” He rubs the back of his head but then snaps his fingers. “Ooooh I get it! You must be throwing me a welcome back party! You can come out of hiding now!” Jordan walks towards the table and looks underneath it; no one is hiding there. He checks underneath the terminals, but again, no one is there. “Guys...?”

He begins searching throughout the base, which is apparently deserted. “Where is everybody?!” An annoyed Jordan steps into the training room where he finally finds Max and Ryan. “Hey, what’s going on here?”. “Jordan! You’re okay. I heard Kristin had another episode,” Max says. “She finally released you from house arrest eh?’ Ryan asks with a smirk. Jordan shutters at Ryan’s comment and grumbled something to himself. “Check it out.” Ryan points at the training room, where Jordan sees his fellow ModRangers standing on the sidelines while Tony stands in the center as ModMaster. “Wait...THAT’S Tony’s Ranger form!?” Jordan asks. Max nods. “Yeah, the guys wanted to see what Tony could do...practically begged him.” Jordan whistles, “I hear Tony’s Cyber Yamato Style is legendary...” “Why don’t you get in there and see how he fares against your self-taught Den-O Style?” Jordan hangs his head and releases a hefty sigh. “I would but Kristin’s still watching me like a hawk. She freaks if I get even so much as a paper cut...I had to beg her before she was finally able to let me leave the house!” Jordan turns towards Will and James. James is
sitting with his feet up against the monitor playing a handheld video game, while he has Will record the fight down below. “So...I see the two of you are being productive members of the team...” Jordan stands over them arms crossed “Hey give us a break. Kickback’s been working us like dogs! Besides, my Sidekick and I need a break, you wouldn’t want the reserves to be too exhausted to be of any help, would you?” Will points to James who sits beside him. “For the LAST TIME! I told you I’m not YOUR SIDEKICK!” “Shut up, Robin!” “And stop calling me Robin, damnit!” The two continue to argue until Ryan cries out “Hey. will you two pipe down!? He’s about to start!” Blinking, James releases Will from his choke hold and the two salute. “Y-Yes sir!” Ryan lets out a sigh “They’re just as bad as Reggie and Matt...” He says. “Tell me about it...but we got no choice, they know our secret and the only way to stop them from blabbing about is if we keep them on hand as reserves...”

Tony stands in the center of the room, while the ModRangers surround him, each of them armed with their weapons. Reggie and Matt are the first to attack, they rush towards him and slammed their weapons downward. Tony dodges in the blink of an eye and appears beside them, and with one swift kick, Tony sends Reggie flying into Matt. Kyle begins to fire at Tony but Tony manages to deflect each shot as he fires on him. Nathan throws his ModClawShield at Tony, but Tony catches the shield and throws it back towards Nathan. “What?!” Nathan cries out as he’s hit by his own shield. Tony once again vanishes with surprising speed and reappears in front of Kyle, Kyle lets out a gasp but Tony disarms him before he has a chance to fire. With both his Pistol and his guns in hand, he throws them behind him. “All you do is fire your guns recklessly. You need to think before you shoot Kyle!”

A frustrated Kyle suddenly throws a series of punches at Tony, but Tony easily evades or blocks the punches. Tony then grabs Kyle and throws him over his shoulder. “You all need to learn to work together better. Kyle, your footwork is sloppy! Nathan, you rely way too much on that shield of yours. Reggie, you need to train more so you can keep better pace with your teammates! And Matt, you’re way too overconfident, stop holding back!”

“Wait? You mean to tell me you’ve been holding back all this time!?” “Well...y-yeah, I mean it won’t be fun if the fight is over before it started right?” Matt smirks “Son of a bitch!” Reggie cries. “Wow...you’re strong though Tony, and you haven’t even lifted your sword yet...” Tony nods in acknowledgment to Kyle’s compliment “Now, attack me together! The five of you need to work on your teamwork!” The four ModRangers looks towards each other and nod at the same time. All four Modrangers charge towards Tony at the same time. Tony leaps out causing the Modrangers to crash into one another.

Jordan cringes, and shutting one eye he looks away. Nathan is the first to get up, saying “Maaaan! I can’t believe I fell for the same trick twice!” he says. “Master Caliber!” Tony suddenly exclaims and his sword begins to glow with blue energy. He draws a circle, and behind him the ModRanger logo appears “Submission Slash!!!!” he shouts, cutting downright. The wave of energy throws the ModRangers off their feet. They slam into the wall behind them and the transformation cancels out. Jordan blinks in surmise while James whistles. “Crap. They never stood a chance!” Will says. “Wow....”Jordan says in amazement.

“MINA SAAAAN! DAIHEN-DESSUUUUUUUU!!!!!” Jordan hears Ai screaming, followed by her body slamming right into the doors. The doors slide open moments later, showing a pained Ai rubbing her nose saying “Itaaaaaai....” Ryan lets out a sigh “Only Ai can run into an automatic door...where’s the fire?” Whipping out the remote, Ai says “Just watch!”

The screen showed OnoRed in a live news broadcast. The banner on the bottom read: Hostage situation! “ModRed...are you watching this? For their sake, I hope you are” OnoRed steps away, revealing a group of people tied together by rope, causing the ModRangers to flinch in shock. “The results from our last encounter left me...quite vexed. You only won because you had help from your allies. That’s why I’m issuing this challenge...face me, ModRed! One on one. Refuse, and they pay the price for your cowardice. If you’re allies or anyone else interferes...well you get the idea...you have until 12 noon to find me...but I won’t make that very difficult for you....” The broadcast from there would then end and Ai turns the broadcast off. “Damnit!” Jordan shouts, slamming his hand on the console “Hey, hey! Watch the terminal!” Ryan says. “Jordan, you realize it’s probably a trap right?” Will asks. Jordan nods “Of course I do. I’m not stupid but I can’t leave the hostages to die...I have no choice but to face him...” Tony turns towards Ai and says. “Ai!” She nods “Already located the source of the broadcast. I’ll transmit it now.” Tony nods. “ModRangers, go with him, but don’t get too close. Back him up if he needs it. Jordan! Distract him long enough to free the hostages." The ModRangers nod and all salute, responding with “Roger!”

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Hax exhales a deep sigh of frustration. Once again held up in her lab, she is obsessively looking at her notes once more, she begins to pace back and forth, tapping some papers against her arm. “OnoRed is as powerful as I intended him to be...” She begins to say to herself. “But at the same time he’s a failure since he won’t listen to my commands...I just don’t understand why he awoke early...I mean...I had countermeasures in place and everything...” She looks over her notes once more, and in frustration throws her papers up in the air. Exhaling another deep sigh, she slumps onto her chair and rests her chin on against her arm. “All that work for nothing...poop....although he did whip that new blood good...” Hax says with a grin.

Moments later, the door to Hax’s lab opens and Ease steps inside, but Hax merely ignores her. “What do you want Blackie? Did you come here to gloat? I mean, my ultimate creation is a failure after all...” Ease merely shook her head “On the contrary...you intended to create something that could be on equal footing with the Rangers, but at the same time have no weaknesses of his own...and that’s exactly what you made: An unstoppable beast, although gloating did cross my mind on a few occasions,” Ease grins. Hax looks up from her monitor and stands up and asks: “So what did you come here for then!?” “Did you not hear the Master’s summon? Agro and I are about to attempt to capture OnoRed again...but we need a monster to keep the Rangers from interfering with our plans.” Hax lets out a deep sigh. “What’s the point when we knew he trashed you pretty good...”

Ease lets out a cough. “I...I admit I severely underestimated your creation but that won’t happen again...now create us a monster!” Ease says impatiently. “Fine, fine! Lets see what we have to work with today...Hmmmmm.” Turning back to her Monitor, Hax brings up two images, one of a cowboy and the other of a Samurai. Placing a hand on her chin, she looks over both images. “Lets see....the cowboy on the right will be a huge compliment to Agro’s fighting style and can provide cover support. Then again...” She looks over towards Ease and adds, “We already have a walking armory for that....hmmm” Hax goes back and forth between both images scratching her head, much to the annoyance of Ease, who finally yells out, “Will you just pick something already?! OnoRed’s trail is growing cold!” Hax lets out a sigh. “Alright! Alright! No need to shout...” With a shrug, Hax scans both images, and in a few moments, the monster stood before them, a strange amalgamation of a cowboy wearing samurai armor wielding a katana; a revolver’s handle acting as the hilt. Raising an eyebrow, Ease says: “Well...he’s certainly one of your more....unique creations...”

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Jordan arrives at the rooftop, with his hands held in his pockets. Kyle is positioned in a building a few kilometers away, a sniper's attachment was added to his combined Hybrid Rifle. Reggie and Nathan lay in wait by the stairs leading into the building, while Matt is in position from the shadows to rescue the hostages. “I’m here Jered! Now let those people go!” Jordan says. Jered laughs “Oh them?” Suddenly raising his gun, Jered opens fire on the civilians, causing Jordan to let out a gasp “You son of a-!!!!” Jered suddenly interjects by raising his hand, “Oh relax...take another look” The “form” of the civilians begins to static out, revealing their true forms: Spammerbots. “I thought you didn’t work with the Anons?” Jordan asks. Jered shakes his head “I don’t...I just borrowed them for this duel...now shut up and fight me!!!!” Jered says, suddenly charging forward towards Jordan. Jordan lets out a gasp, quickly inserting his ModPass into his belt, and surrounded by a red light, Jordan’s mod suit appears around his body.

With his ModCaliber in hand, he quickly begins to clash swords with Jered, sparks flying as their blades meet with one another. Their swords meet once again, and get caught in a deadlock with neither Jered or Jordan willing to back off. Jered however kicks Jordan in the stomach and laugh. He switches to rifle mode and begins to fire on Jordan. With his Mod Caliber, Jordan begins to deflect the shots but is hit by three bullets, which causes him to drop his blade.

Jordan quickly dives out of the way but Jered keeps firing. To dodge, Jordan begins to roll until he is out of harms way. Jered scuffs, “I see your skills have wavered somewhat...perhaps my blade did more of a number on you then I initially thought...” Jordan holods onto his arm and growls “He’s right…my movements are sluggish!”

Reggie and Nathan suddenly jump Jered from behind, as they grab his shoulders and punch him together. Jered defends, but bellows out a growl. “Annoying pests, this is supposed to be a one on one duel!” With a slash, he knocks Nathan and Reggie off the building “Reggie! Nathan!” Jordan cries out. “Worry about yourself!” Jered brings his sword down towards Jordan, but Jordan dives out from underneath him. With his ModBlaster he fires three shots. Each shot hits Jered’s armor and he staggers a bit, Jered growls and is about to attack when Matt and Kyle suddenly intercepts him, he clashes swords with Matt while deflecting shots from Kyle. “What part of one on one do you people NOT understand?!” A frustrated Jered exclaims “Thanks guys! Keep him busy!” Jordan cries, looking over the building, Jordan sees Reggie managed to grab onto the fire escape with Nathan hanging onto dear life by grabbing onto Reggie’s coat tails.

“Nathan! Reggie! You two alright?” Jordan asks. Nathan and Reggie looks up. Nathan is the first to speak, saying, “Yeah, we’re hanging in there just fine!” Both Reggie and Jordan lets out a repulsed groan and looked away from him. Nathan shrugs “What?” “Dude...that’s lame...even as one of Nossan’s old man jokes.” Wings suddenly sprout from Reggie’s back and he lets go of the fire escape. Nathan reaches up and grabs Reggie’s coattails. Gasping, he asks, “Dude...since when can you fly?!” Reggie chuckles. “Matt isn’t the only one who held back!” he says. “Guess that makes you one fly guy! Get it? Fly...GUY?!” Nathan snarks. Reggie lets out another repulsed groan and starts to shake him off. This action forces Nathan to let go of Reggie’s coat tail, Nathan shouts “Wait, what are you...whoa..whoa. WAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!” till he hits the garbage cans down below. A faint yet pained, “I’m okay....” can be heard from Nathan, and Jordan exhales a sigh.

With one swipe of his sword Jered knocks both Matt and Kyle off their feet. “Stay out of this!!!!” Jered shouts in anger and frustration. Reggie and Jordan join the rest of the group, along with Nathan seen climbing up the fire escape and covered in garbage. “You’re still mad about me ruining your date with Ai aren’t you?” Nathan asks brushing some bits of garbage off his suit. ModSpinSword appearing in hand, Reggie replies, “Yup”. Turning to Jordan, Jered bellows out: “ModRed!!!! You’re a coward!!!! Are you really so weak that you can’t even challenge me alone?!” Jered’s words hits Jordan hard. He lets out a gasp and looks away from Jared. A bunch of shots are suddenly fired at the ModRangers, and Jered turns around; he sees Ease arrive with Agro and a squad of Spammerbots. “You again...” Jered lets out a sigh. “I won’t ask you again, OnoRed...lay down your weapons and come with me!” Jered shakes his head. “Fine...I’ll come with you...I was getting bored here anyway...” Jered backs away allowing the Spammerbots to swarm the ModRangers “W-wait!” Jordan cries but he is blocked by two SpammerBots and the hybrid monster. “Whoa, what the hell?! Who are you suppose to be....WHAT are you suppose to be?!”. The monster suddenly poses like a Kabuki actor, with his open hand outstretched as he rolls his head and says “Buri.Za.Kidoo KENZAN partner!” He says. The monster then suddenly charges.

The ModRangers stops what they’re doing and just stare at the monster “Man, nothing about this monster makes sense!” Nathan throws his shield at the monster, but the shield merely bounces off the monster’s thick armor. Nathan lets out a gasp and cowers but the monster didn’t make a counter attack, much to his surprise “Huh? A...aren’t you going to attack?” Nathan asks. Buri responds, “It would be dishonorable to attack an unarmed opponent...go ahead.” “Uh....o...okay?” Nathan says as he bends down to pick up his shield when Buri suddenly fires on him. Nathan is knocked off his feet and says “Hey, what happened to hitting unarmed opponents being dishonorable?!” The Monster laughs, saying “I said it would be dishonorable...too bad I ain’t got none to begin with! I can’t believe you fell for that!” Jordan strikes his blade down across the monster’s back, but much to his shock, the monster seemed to barely feel his blade at all.

“Attacking an enemy from behind...have you no sense of honor?!” he says, turning around. He swipes his sword at Jordan. "Don't talk about honour when you said you had none to begin with!" The monster parries Jordan’s sword and strikes him twice. Jordan lets out a gasp as he lands on the floor, rolling. “Jordan!!” Matt cries. The four ModRangers stand in front of the monster him and draw their ModPistols. Each ModRanger inserts his own ModPass into the gun, and the gun responds with, “Log in accepted...charging.” All together, the Rangers cry out, “Submit Burst!!!!” and fire. Each of the multi-colored shots come together into a single, larger ball which flies towards the Monster. But with a single swipe of his sword, the monster manages to cut the energy ball in half. “Tch...this is startin’ to bore me!” The monster’s sword begins to charge up with energy and the creature swings down, a wave of energy travelling along the ground, cutting through the solid rock, until it finally hit the Rangers, knocking all four back. The impact causes the Ranger’s transformation to cancel out. Buri laughs as he advances towards the helpless rangers. A white blur suddenly appears in front of the monster, which lets out a gasp as the white clad woman appears in front of it. She swings her sword upward and then again to the left causing the monster to stagger back. The woman’s sword begins glowing, and she swings down, unleashing the energy at the creature. The attack hits; with his armor still smoking, the monster lets out a growl. “I’ll get you next time, partners!” he says, retreating back into cyberspace. The woman sheaths her sword once more. “You...you again...” Reggie says, getting up, holding onto an injured arm. The woman is about to leave when Reggie stops her, placing a hand on her cold armor. He shouts “Wait! This is the third time you’ve saved us now...won’t you at least tell us who you are?” Reggie asks.

The woman pauses for a bit before turning back towards Reggie. The armor around her retracts, revealing a woman wearing a cleric’s robe, with blond hair long and flowing behind her, she wore a choker with a cross at the end of it and her her eyes were glowing a bright icy blue. The Rangers was shocked, for the woman looked just like Ease. “My name is Harmony...and I am indeed your savior!” The woman now called “Harmony” bows gracefully as she introduces herself. “Why are you helping? What do you gain out of saving us like this?” Matt asks. “Dude! Try to show a little gratitude, she just saved our butts!” Reggie exclaims. Harmony shakes her head. “You’re companion’s distrust isn’t without reason, but know that while I cannot interfere with your mission, I was created to help and assist you in anyway I possibly can.” Jordan was the next to speak asking, “Created? By whom?” Harmony’s eyes narrow, her expression changed to one of sadness and she looks away, shaking her head.. “I....I’m afraid I don’t know, my memory is how you say...incomplete, but I remember my mission clearly,” she says. “So...you have amnesia then?” Reggie asks. Harmony nods “Yes...I believe that is the proper term for it...but I must leave you now, we shall meet again someday...” Harmony closes her eyes, the armor around her encases her body once more and a storm of white feathers appear around her. “Wait! We aren’t done talking yet!” Matt cries out, but Harmony was already gone...

*Insert Internal eyecatch here*

“ModRed!!!! You’re a coward!!!! Are you really so weak that you can’t even challenge me alone?!” Jered’s words echoed and still hung heavy within Jordan’s mind, as he flashed back to his attack that did little on the monster they had encountered. Meanwhile, Tony reviewed the footage of Harmony, arms crossed. “She claims she’s an ally, and that she was made to help us...but can we really trust her?” Ryan asks. Tony nods in agreement “Still...she does seem like an ally. For now we’ll just leave her be...dismissed!” Tony says. Reggie gets up when he notices Ai leaving, and he walks with her out of the room and says “So Ai...you wanna catch a movie tonight?” Blinking at the sudden request, the group could hear Ai responding: “Eh? Ano...I have to run errands I’m sorry, Reggie-san” “That’s okay, I’ll help you! Wouldn’t want a repeat of what happened last time you tried to carry groceries on your own...” Reggie says. Jordan blinked. “Hey, since when were they a couple?” Nathan smirks “Oh yeah...you weren’t here when Reggie and Ai had their first date, were you?” Nathan asks. Kyle stretches and yawns “Well, I’m calling it a night...the Princess needs her nap, and so do I,” he says. Tony is about to leave when Jordan stands up. “Wait!” Jordan cries. Tony looks up towards Jordan as he approaches him. Jordan bows his head and says, “Tony, I want you to teach me your Cyber Yamato Style!!” Turning to face Jordan, Tony crosses his arms. “I normally don’t make it a habit of passing on my techniques to people...why the sudden interest?” Jordan looks Tony in the eye and says, “Because I want to get stronger Tony! And there’s no one I know stronger than you! So please...teach me!” Tony looks into Jordan’s eyes, and saw them bright and intense. He smiles “So you want to learn my Cyber Yamato Style eh...? I warn you...I will be a difficult taskmaster!” Jordan nods. “Whatever you dish out, I can handle it Tony!” Tony chuckles and nods “Good...we begin tomorrow bright and early then” Tony places a hand on Jordan’s shoulder before stepping out of the room.

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Restrained and escorted by a group of Spammerbots, Jered is brought before Viralindas. Stepping forward, Ease bows. “Mission accomplished, Master...the rogue has been captured” Hax giggled in delight when she saw OnoRed brought to the throne room in chains. “Good! Good! Good! Bring him to my lab. I must begin installing the obedience program immediately!” If Jered’s face could be seen one would notice the gigantic smirk that he had on his face, which stayed even as the Spammberbots brought him into Hax’s laboratory. His pod was open and next to it he could see four other pods closed. “Now hurry and step in!” Hax demands, snatching a staff from one of the Spammerbots and using it to roughly push OnoRed closer towards the pod.

Jered, however, could only laugh hysterically. “Hey, hey, HEY! What’s so funny mister?!” Jered turns towards Hax and replies: “Do you honestly think you’ve won? Fools…I wanted to be captured.” To demonstrate his point, Jered suddenly wraps his leg around Hax’s staff, and before Hax has a chance to react he slams Hax down onto the ground. The Spammerbots surround him, but Jered breaks free from his restraints. Tendrils come out of his body, connecting to each of the Spammerbots. They seem to power down for a moment.

Struggling underneath Jered’s heel, Hax screams out, “What are you bucket of bolts waiting for?! Shoot him! Shoot him!!!!” But the Spammerbots remain still. Jered laughs, his tendrils retract and he says: “They don’t follow your orders any more Hax..restrain her!” The Spammerbots reactivate, their eyes glowing crimson red. Two spammerbots reach down and grab Hax by the arms. OnoRed releases his heel and the two Spammerbots force her onto her feet. “What the hell are you nimrods doing?! When I get free I’ll....I’ll turn you into scrap!” Jered chuckles at Hax’s struggling. “You four, take a pod and follow me.” The four Spammerbots lift a pod up. “Damn you OnoRed! When I get my hands on you I'll-" “Do what? Delete me...as if you could...” Jered begins laughing hysterically. Tendrils leave his body once more and connect with Hax’s personal terminal. With the information he wants downloaded OnoRed blows a hole in the wall and makes his escape, which makes alarms begin to sound. Moments after Jered’s escape, Buri and Agro both arrive on the scene. “W@t’s goin 0n in ere?!” he says. “OnoRed tricked us is what happened!! Buri, go after him!” Hax shouts pointing to the hole in the wall. “You got it partner, I’ll round’em up for ya! Yee haw!” Buri leaps through the hole and gives chase.

Buri’s chase with OnoRed was short lived, as a few well placed shots was able to stun Buri long enough to take control of him. Now under his command, Buri and the Spammerbots arrive at the ruins of a fortress. “This place will do” Jered steps inside and multiple tendrils escape his body. Within seconds, crimson light surrounds the facility, restoring the place to factory condition. The tendrils retract, and “Set those pods down over there!” Jered then clenches his fist. “ModRed...I will prove which one of us is stronger!”

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Late into the evening, a time where most “normal” people would be sleeping. Such was the case for Jordan, who slept next to Kristin, snoring loudly. He had his face buried in the pillow, and half his body was dangling over the edge of his bed. His snoring is interrupted when he hears his cell phone ringing. Groggily, Jordan, without even trying to get up, reaches over his phone, knocking over a few things in the process. Groggily, Jordan says, “Harrroooo.....?” with a yawn. “Jordan, grab your stuff and let’s go.” Sitting up, Jordan asks, “Tony, is that you? Do you know how late it is?” he asks, rubbing the sleepiness out of his eyes. “I’m aware of the time. Now grab your stuff and lets go!” Tony cuts off the call there. Grumbling, Jordan climbs up from bed. Kristin looks up from the clock, and yawning she says: “Oh my! Jordan...it’s 3 am! Where are you going at this hour?” Still half asleep, Jordan found himself struggling to even put on his jeans. He answers: “Out with Tony...I asked him to train me.” Kristin grumbles something unintelligible, yawning once more as she goes back to sleep.

Several large cups of extra decaf coffee later, the two hit the road. Tony, who seems more peppy then Jordan, offers to drive. Jordan, meanwhile, sleeps in the car. Arriving at their destination, Tony drags the sleeping Jordan and places his body near a tree. Grabbing a bucket of ice cold water, he throws it, causing Jordan to shoot up awake “Huh?! Wha?! I...I’m awake...I’m awake..I’m.....” He yawns and falls back asleep. Sighing, Tony throws another bucket of ice water over Jordan and he shoots awake. “T-Tony? Where are we?” Jordan asks rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. “Training, remember?” Now more awake, Jordan looks around his surroundings: they were inside the Base, the simulation chamber was set to resemble a mountain region in Japan, with a little Japanese-style house in front of them. Tony is wearing a Japanese robe like the ones seen worn by swordsmen in movies. “Put this on” Tony tosses Jordan a robe similar to the one he is wearing. Without arguing, Jordan places the robe on. “Ugh. I feel silly wearing this...” he says getting up. “First lesson...forget everything you know about swordplay.” Blinking Jordan says, “Done and done!” Tony nods “Good, now grab those buckets of water and follow me.” Tony picks up two buckets of water hanging over a long pole that is just about average shoulder length. Jordan bends down and picks the bucket of water up then he runs after Tony. Hours later, and the sun is just beginning to rise. Tony is the first to make it up to the mountain looking as though he hadn’t even broken a sweat. “Hey Jordan, hurry up! You’re missing one hellofa view.” Jordan,on the other hand, was gasping and wheezing for air, he was drenched in sweat and was reduced to crawling on his knees. When he catches up with Tony, he collapses on the ground. “C...C...Can we...take...a break?...Please...” Jordan asks in between gasps of air. Sighing, Tony nods and sits down. The two sit down to a quick breakfast. During this time, Jordan asks “So...who taught you how to use a sword?” Looking up from his drink, Tony smiles. “My grandfather.” “Your grandfather’s Japanese??” he asks, but Tony shakes his head. “No, but he did live in Japan for a while, and he picked up a few things...Cyber Yamato is my own custom style that took me years to develop…okay break's over” Getting up, Tony picks up the buckets of water again. Jordan watches as Tony runs back down the mountain and lets out a groan. He sighs, stands up and runs after him.

Now back at a shrine, Jordan stood in front of a blank training dummy. Tony passed him a wooden Katana and paces back and forth saying: “Don’t think of the blade as just another tool. You and your blade are one: think of it like another limb and the rest should come naturally...” Tony’s eyes go wide, and he turns around to see Jordan wildly attacking the dummy shouting “Haaa! Haaa! HIYAAA!!” He turns to Tony and says “O-oh...were you saying something?” Tony facepalms, snatching the katana from his hand as he smacks Jordan on the head. Jordan goes “Ow!” and rubs the spot he hit. “That is what is called disrespecting the blade...disrespect the blade and you disrespect me! Now drop and give me fifty!” Tony says smacking him again. From there, Tony has Jordan doing pushups on his knuckles “45, 47, 48, 49...50...”

The two are now sitting cross legged in a meditation pose. They sit near a stream with a rushing waterfall near them. “The key to mastering Cyber Yamato is the ability to control your emotions in battle and channeling them through your blade. This makes it harder for your enemy to predict and read your movements, and meditation is key to make this possible...breath in through your mouth, and exhale through the nose...breath in....breath out, empty your mind.” After a few minutes of this, Tony says, “Jordan..? Jordan!” He opens one eye and hears Jordan snoring, his head bobbed down. With a sigh, Tony splashes Jordan with another bucket of ice water, causing Jordan to go, “Gyaaah! I-I’m awake! I’m awake!” Tony lets out a sigh and hits him on the head with a wooden katakana. Jordan then found himself doing more push ups on his knuckles counting “145...146...147...148...149...”

Now inside the shrine, Tony and Jordan stand in front of two towering blocks of ice. Tony has a wooden katana in his hand. “Precision, power, and speed is another key to Cyber Yamato. Master these and you’ll be able to cut through anything with anything....observe.” ” Tony stands in front of his ice block, closes his eyes and begins to breath through his nose. Letting out a fierce “KYAAAAAAAAAAAAH AYE!” Tony makes three lightning strikes on his ice block before sheathing his Katana again. The ice block seemed to stay intact for a moment, but pieces begin to slide off and it becomes a sculpture of a swan. Jordan lets out an impressed “Whoaaaa!” and claps. “You try.” he says. Katana in hand, Jordan lets out a fierce “KYAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!” and charges at the ice block. He strikes the katakana against the block but ends up breaking his sword in half. A look of surprise and ‘’Oh shit!’ came to Jordan’s face. He turns to Tony, and sees him glaring at him cross armed. “Ah...hah..hah......ha...the sword...was given to me this way?...” Jordan says. Once again he found himself doing push ups, counting from “251, 252....256.....257...” Smacking his arm with the katana and forcing him to drop to the ground, Tony shouts “You skipped a set! Start.again!”

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A few days pass and Jordan’s rigorous continues. True to his word, Tony would indeed prove to be a difficult master. One training montage later, by the end of the week, Jordan was exhausted. The team walks into the room but stops in their tracks when they see Jordan, sitting on the chair, fast asleep, his arms dangling over the armrests, snoring rather loudly. “What’s with him?” Reggie asks in a low but still audible voice. “Tony’s been working him like a dog all week. Poor guy’s exhausted,” Ryan replies. A mischievous smirk comes to Matt’s face. “Now where did I put that permanent marker...” he says rummaging through his pockets. “Leave the guy alone, Matt...” Nathan says. “And miss this opportunity to mess with Jordan?! Hell no! This is payback for making me wear that embarrassing dog collar!” Matt removes the cap from the marker end and Reggie snarks “But the collar went so well with your eyes, Matt!” Glaring, Matt says. “Shut up doofus!”

“This ought to be good”, Will says. James brings out his camera and begins recording. Matt
moves in closer with the pen in hand when Jordan suddenly springs up, Matt lets out a girl-like shriek as Jordan twists his arm behind his back causing Matt to shout “Ow, ow, OW! U-uncle...uncle! UNCLE!” Opening his eyes, Jordan blinks and sheepishly says “Oh...it’s only Matt...” With a yawn, Jordan releases Matt and stretches. “Aaaaaaaand recorded! This is soooo going up the on the channel!” James says grinning “Like hell it is! Give me that!” Matt says, trying to snatch the camera out of James hands. James manages to avoid Matt and shouts, “Yo Reg, heads up!” He passes the camera to Reggie, who fumbles with the camera for a bit but then presses upload. “Aaaaand uploaded!” Reggie says, much to Matt’s frustration “Serves you right, Matt!” Ai says sticking her tongue out at him. He then feels his cell phone vibrating in his pocket. He reached down and sees a call from Kristin. Answering it, he says, “Kristin, honey..what up?” “Can you hear this...ModRed?” Jordan lets out a gasp “Jered!” Matt tries to get his hands around Reggie, while Kyle and Nathan hold him back. Upon hearing Jordan cry out OnoRed’s name, they quickly settle down. With a push of a button, Ai bring up the audio on speaker. “Yes it’s me..and you’ve probably realized this but...I have your wife. I realized that you lacked the proper...motivation for a one on one duel the last time,” he says with a chuckle. “If you hurt her I’ll-!” Jered interjects and says “Relax hero...she’s still in one piece for now, but if you or the other Rangers interfere, I’ll cut her into tiny pieces. So...let me reiterate my point: ONE.ON.ONE! You and me at high noon...if anyone else interferes, I won’t hesitate to kill her, then destroy the city...oh and just to make sure the other Rangers won’t interfere...I sent them a little playmate.” At that moment, alarms sound and Ryan shouts “Viral signal detected from Point A-6!” Jordan is about to rush out of the door when Tony stops him. “Tony, what are you doing?! I have to save Kristin!” he says. “Do you think you’re ready to face him? We’ve barely even covered the basics of my technique!” Jordan shakes his head “I know, and I wish we had more time to perfect your technique, but there isn’t any time any more! I...I’d never forgive myself if anything happened to Kristin...Tony, I WON’T loose to someone like him!”.

The two stare at each other intensely while the group remained silent around them. Closing his eyes, Tony raises his Master Caliber and passes it to Jordan. “Tony...you’re!” Tony nods. “You’re angry. That’s good. Channeling your emotions in battle is one of the basic fundamentals of Cyber Yamato. Use that anger, don’t let it consume you...and you will win against him.” Jordan takes Tony’s weapon and bows “Sensei!” He says. “Now go!” Nathan gives Jordan a thumbs up and says “Don’t worry about the small-fish, we got it covered. You just go save your wife!” Jordan nods. “Thanks guys!”

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Wearing a pair of sunglasses and a red hoodie with the hood up, Jordan arrives at the designated coordinates that Ryan managed to trace through the phone. He was in some kind of construction yard on the outskirts of town, and strapped around his back was the Master Caliber. The place looked much like a typical canyon from Toei’s sets. He raises his head to see Kristin in chains dangling precariously from a construction crane, and standing beside it was Jered, slinging his sword over his shoulder. “It’s about time you showed up...I was starting to think you weren’t going to show,” Jered cudds. “Well I’m here now. Let her go!”

Jered laughs “Last time I made the mistake of executing the hostages before our duel...this time I won’t be making the same mistake twice. You want your wife back, you’ll have to go through me!” Jered says driving his sword down into the ground. Jordan ask, “Why are you so obsessed with proving that you’re better than me?!” “Because I AM your better! I was created to be better than you! Stronger than you! Anything less just...infuriates me!” Jordan shakes his head with a sigh. “You don’t just don’t get where my power comes from...do you?” Jordan pulls his hoodie back “Strength is more than just pure power...the bonds I share with people...with my Master! That’s the difference between us! And that’s why I’ll ALWAYS be better then you!”Jered laughs “Do you have any idea how corny and lame your whole speech sounds!?” Jordan grins “As corny as it might sound...I’m about to put it to the test.” Putting the Master Caliber in his hand, Jordan strikes the blade down onto the ground and straps his Mod Belt around his waist. With his pass in hand, Jordan tosses the sun glasses into the air shouting “MOD ACCESS, LOG IN!” The ModBelt responds with: “RED ACCESS GRANTED.DOWNLOADING...” The glasses land as ModRed’s suit appeared around his body.

Reaching out, Jordan grips the handle of the Master Caliber and pulls it loose “I am a disciple of the Cyber Yamato Style! Ore Sanjo...MODRED!” Jordan starts by doing Den-O Sword Form’s pose, he then gets into a fighting stance, legs stretched outright with his blade over his head, two fingers touched the tip of his blade. Jordan laughs at the sight [COLOR="DarkRed"]“What kind of a fighting stance is that?!” [/COLOR]“Don’t. Mock. Cyber. YAMATO!” Jordan replies. “Cyber Yamato eh...fine...show me this “strength through bonds” you were preaching about!” Grabbing his sword, Jered charges forward. With a battle cry, Jordan does the same.

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The team arrives on the scene to see the Buri monster on a rampage tearing up the city with his sword as the crowd of people run in panic. “Hey. Something about him feels...off,” Nathan comments. Reggie nods. “He’s in total rage mode, which means he might be more dangerous than he was before.” Nathan slams his fist into his palm. “We can take him guys!” The four ModRangers strap their Modbelts around their waists. Inserting their respective passes, each ModRanger exclaims: “MOD ACCESS! LOG IN!” The belt responds by announcing:

BLUE.ACCESS GRANTED, DOWNLOADING...

GREEN.ACCESS GRANTED, DOWNLOADING...

BLACK ACCESS GRANTED, DOWNLOADING....

VIOLET, ACCESS GRANTED, DOWNLOADING...

The suits materialize around their body and the team gets ready to do their roll calls:

“Spiky Courage! Shield of Tokunation! ModBlue!”

“The Princess of my Desires is my Hope in my Delusions! Newbie Mod! ModViolet!”
“Striking from across the Atlantic, the logic defying Moderator! ModGreen!”

“I am the one who will protect the pink haired Princess! ModBlack!”

Together, the group exclaims: “Banning scum and villainy across Tokunation! Tokunation Sentai...” The group poses heroically with an explosion appearing behind them, shouting: “MODRANGER!” The monster finally notices them, and letting out an enraged roar, he charges towards them, trying to bowl them over. “Whoa!” The Modrangers dive out of the way just as the creature runs past them. He turns towards Nathan, and with a gasp Nathan shouts “ModClawShiled!!!!” The monster slams his sword down and Nathan brings the shield up to defend from the attack. “Yup...he’s totally in rage mode...” Matt says watching Nathan fending off the creature. “Which means we can use that to our advantage.” Reggie says with a nod. “Uhh...guys! Little help!? GUYS!” Nathan looks up from his shield to see the other Modrangers huddled together. “So Matt, you go here...then Kyle circle around and....” Reggie suddenly feel his phone vibrating in his pocket and goes “Oh! A text!” Matt nearly falls down anime-style. “Dude, you actually brought that WITH you?!” Kyle tilts his head and says “Where the hell did you pull that out from?” Looking at Kyle, Reggie responds “Uh...my pockets...obviously.” Kyle smacks Reggie’s arm gently “I know that smart ass! But HOW did you grab it when you HAVE no pockets in Ranger form!?” Reggie places a finger on his chin and responds “Huh...good point....I’ll get back you on that” He turns his attention back to the text.

Meanwhile, the monster manages to knock Nathan off balance and he drops his shield, a desperate Nathan meekly squeaks out “GUUUUUUUUYS!?” Reggie reaches for his phone and takes it out, but in doing so he drops his ModBlaster which was tucked in between his armpit. “Oh it’s from Ai! Aaaaaah Kawaiii-desu!!!” The ModBlaster dropping then accidentally fires, with the laser shot hitting the out of control Buri Monster The shot is enough to stun the monster briefly, allowing Nathan to grab his shield and dive out of the way. He throws it at the monster, the shield hits it’s target and the Buri Monster is knocked down to his feet. “Ooooor that works too...okay break!” Reggie says clapping his hands together.

Letting out a roar, the enraged Buri charges towards Reggie, Matt and Kyle. Reggie grabs his ModBlaster and dives out of the way as it swings its sword, while still in mid dive, he turns around and fires at the monster. The Monster cries out in pain as the shots ricochet off its armour but before the monster has a chance to react to this, Nathan leaps out and kicks the monster, followed by Reggie and Matt who both strike him with their signature weapons

Staggering back, the creature bellows out a roar. He fires at the ModRangers, but the Modrangers quickly dive out of the way. “Let’s end this guys!” Reggie says. Exclaiming “ModBlasters!!” each Ranger whips out his own side arm. Inserting a ModPass into the blaster each one comes to life, responding “Login Accepted, charging...” Energy begins to gather at the nozzle of each gun, and when it reaches a certain point, they fire, shouting, “Submission Burst!!!” With the push of the trigger, the energy leaves the nozzle, the balls of energy collect together forming a much larger energy ball. It travels towards the monster at high speeds until it connects,and the monster is knocked back. It quickly explodes, the team poses heroically behind the fireball it leaves behind.

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Groaning, Kristin slowly begins to come too. Her eyes open and she lets out a gasp as she finds herself hanging for dear life. The chain shakes a bit as she struggles to get free. She can hear metal clashing against metal and in the distance, Kristin sees Jordan and Jered moving so fast all she can make out are red blurs and sparks when the blades clash. “J-Jordan!” Kristin cries out. Jordan’s blade is locked with Jered’s, and neither swordsmen is willing to move away. Jered suddenly kicks Jordan in the stomach sending him flying backwards. He strikes the Master Caliber down into the ground, which manages to stop him. Jered, however, rushes towards him. With a gasp, Jordan dodges out of the way, dodging Jered’s sword by mere inches. Jordan then grabs Jered’s arm, causing Jered to shout, “What?!” as Jordan flips him over his shoulder.

Jered stops himself from falling by planting his hand on the ground. He then pushes himself upward, and in the process of back flipping, he fires at Jordan. Mod Caliber materializing in hand, Jordan deflects the shot that was fired, as he runs towards Jered pulling the Master Caliber free from the ground. Both swords came down at Jered but the Onoranger manages to block, then parry and counters with his own sword.

This pattern of parrying and blocking continues until Jered and Jordan once again locked swords. “You’ve improved…ModRed!“ Jered said. “I...have...a...name...” Pushing Jered back, Jordan manages to knock his sword away and shouts “AND.IT’S.JORDAN!!!” Jordan slashes towards him, but Jered leaps up, jumping over Jordan’s shoulder to catch his blade. Jordan quickly turns around and charges towards Jered. Both warriors bellow out another hot blooded battle cry as they strike at each other with their blades and arrive at opposite ends of the battlefield.

For a moment, both warriors freeze in place, and it seemed as though the attack had little effect on either, until finally Jered falls onto one knee, using his sword as a support. He gasps for air as his armor begins sparking. “Bonds between friends and allies...that’s what gives you your strength, eh?” Jered laughs hysterically. “Don’t make me laugh! The only thing that matters in this world is power...pure, unadulterated power!” Staggering, Jered stands to his feet, holding onto his shoulder and slouched over slightly. “You win this round, ModRed...no...Jordan...but make no mistake; next time will be different, that I guarantee you.” “Wait!” Before Jordan could do anything, however, Jered’s form vanishes and breaks apart as bits of data. “Tsk...got away...”

Turning his attention back to Kristin, Jordan takes aim with his ModPistol. “Hold still honey, I’ll have you down in a moment!” “W-Wait! Jordan! Do you really think that’s a good idea, maybe you should think this through and...” Before Kristin has the chance to finish her sentence, Jordan has fired. The laser cuts through the steel like a hot knife through butter. As Kristin plummets down towards the earth, she shrieks “JOOOOOORDAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!” But Jordan, moving like a red blur, catches her at the last second. Setting Kristin down he snaps her chains apart, and the two embrace in a huge embrace. After a moment, the two break apart, though Kristin still had her arms wrapped around him. “Hey there beautiful, aren’t you going to give your mysterious masked savior a kiss?” he asks, grinning underneath his helmet but a cross look comes to Kristin’s face. She grabs him by the horns that decorate his helmet and begins to shake him furiously, before spinning him around. She points to the construction vehicles behind her, and shouts, “KISS you?! I ought to run you over with one of those bulldozers for putting me through something like this! Tsk, why on EARTH did I let you talk me into letting you do something this dangerous and reckless?!” Kristin turns away from her husband, crossing her arms. “Uh...c...c’mon baby! It comes with being married to a superhero and...” Jordan lets out a defeated sigh “I’m sleeping on the sofa tonight, aren’t I?” he asks. “What do you think, Mr. Superhero!? Now take me home!!!” She begins to stomp off, leaving Jordan sighing and following after her.

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Bowing, Jordan passes the Master Caliber back to Tony “Thank you for loaning your sword, Sensei.” Tony smiles and takes the sword back, bowing in return. “You did me and my style proud, Jordan...I wasn’t sure at first, but I think I choose the right student...that is if you're willing to keep with it.” Jordan nods. “You bet I am!” The two of them shake hands. “Oh, and guys...let Matt’s example be a warning to you all: don’t mess with Kristin unless you wanna end up in a dog suit”. Blinking, Kyle looks at Matt and says, “She made you wear a dog suit?” Reggie holds back a laugh, trying to imagine Matt in said costume. Waving his hands back and forth, Matt says, “Will you keep quiet about that?! It’s bad enough you’re wife is blackmailing me with those photos but now you are too?!” Waving his camera, James says “You mean these photos right here? Your wife let me borrow them.” Getting up from their seats, Reggie goes “Oooh, THIS I gotta see!” quickly followed by Ai who says “Me too! Me too!” A desperate Matt tries to grab the camera but is blocked by the wall of bodies surrounding James and the camera. While Matt cries out a desperate “NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!” Jordan and Tony both sigh at the scene.

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As usual, Ryan and Max’s work carried on late into the night, far later, when everyone else had already left. “Wanna call it a night man?” Ryan asks, yawning. Max nods “Yeah. I’m bushed...” Max suddenly feels his phone vibrating and reaches into his pocket to pull it out. “What’s up?” Max asks. “It’s from Tony...he wants us to meet with him at the old quarry ASAP. He says it’s urgent..” Ryan says. “Why there of all places? Oh well, better not keep him waiting them.” Ryan and Max both enter the elevator, and the door closes just as Tony walks past

The two arrive at the destination and see Tony standing still. “Hey Tony, what’s so important that it couldn’t wait till morning?” Max asks, walking up to him, but Tony doesn’t respond, and merely stares at them blankly. “Dude...you’re starting to freak us out...” He moves to put his hand on his shoulder, but Ryan gasps when his hand moves through Tony’s body, which immediately breaks into static. “We’ve been had!” Max shouts, before turning to see Ryan falling to the ground with a dart stuck in his neck. Max lets out a gasp but finds himself also shot. The sedative quickly takes effect, and feeling wobbly and dizzy, Max collapses. The world around him grows dark and blurry, but he sees Ease standing over him, with her rifle slung over her back. She giggles, and Max blacks out, unable to fight the sedative any longer.

Next time on Tokunation Sentai ModRanger:

Jordan: It’s a trap!
Hax: They won’t fail us!
Nathan: WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!
Tony: The unstoppable swordsman! Master of the Cyber Yamato Style!

Access 13: Rangers Clash