Bankoku Sentai Zenranger

[Ryoutarou]

This is a fic I've been working on for a while, and I've finally had enough time to sit down and write. The first chapter should be up soon.
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Bankoku Sentai Zenranger
Universal Task Force Zenranger

Long ago when the earth was still young, a war was fought. Twelve kingdoms fought fiercely to obtain the right to rule this world. The battle raged on for nearly fifteen years before it finally came to an end. The family of the monkey, represented by fire, had won the right to populate the planet with their kind. Only a few members of the other eleven kingdoms were allowed to live, to one day ensure that this battle would return when the time was right.

Rangers

The Metal Kingdom
Ren Lore
ZenWhite
Weapon - Knuckle Horns, ZK-Blaster
Metal Ox
One of the last descendants of the metal kingdom. A quiet, yet slightly egotistical 19 year old. He hopes to one day become an archaeologist and find the lost treasure that his father never could. He has no idea what his true heritage is and is the only of the twelve active rangers not to know of the war from long ago.

ZenZero
Daishigo
Metal Rat

ZenTank
Trace Utaro
Metal Boar

The Wood Kingdom
Haden Crist
ZenGreen
Weapon - Dragon Tector , ZK-Blaster
Wooden Dragon
The last descendant of the dragon family of the wood kingdom. A fierce warrior who fights only to ensure that his kingdom is able to retake the earth. Appears to be outgoing and friendly, but in battle is a vicious fighter who will do anything to ensure victory.

ZenYellow
Wooden Tiger

ZenPink
Rina Eda
Wood Hare

The Water Kingdom
ZenBlue
Darius Aya
Water Horse

ZenOrange
Max Olden
Water Snake

ZenSaviour
Terra Mar
Water phoenix

The Fire Kingdom
ZenBlack
John Mase
Weapon - Crazy Whip, ZK Blaster
Fire Monkey - Comes from the winners of the 4th fight
A fun loving 16 year old, the youngest of the Zenrangers. Years ago his sister left home after a fight with their parents and just recently John has decided to live with her.

ZenSilver
Ally Mase
Fire Sheep

ZenRed
Mark Triston
Fire Dog

Allies
OushiOusama
The first king of the metal kingdom. Sealed his soul into the Metal Ox morpher to guide the next warrior that would harness the power of his land.

Ryuusei
A servant of the king of the wood kingdom. He was entrusted with giving the next warrior of the dragon family his wisdom and guidance. His soul was placed into the Dragon Morpher.

Youri
The greatest warrior of the last generation. With no battle taking place, he was the one that beat Aries in their final battle and saved the world. He doesn't like the way John kids around with his fights and thinks as someone who represents the entire race, that John should act more mature.

Arsenal

Metal Morpher
A small watch like device containing the soul of the warrior guide is placed on the left hand. It is a small square like object with only the symbol of the metal kingdom on it. The rangers of the metal kingdom morph by yelling "Ouchou Henshin!" and pressing two fingers to the morpher.

Saint Morpher
The morpher of the wood kingdom. It is a necklace like pendant with the symbol of the wood kingdom. To morph, the user simply yells "Saint Resurrection!"

Champion Morpher
A bracelet with the Japanese symbol for "victory" on it. It doesn't look like much but is stronger than any of the other morhpers. To morph, the user simply needs to yell the command "Blast Victory!"

Knuckle Horns
A pair of metal knuckles with two large horns sprouting from each knuckles.

Dragon Tector
A green shield that forms around the chest, legs, hands and arms of ZenGreen. Able to protect him from nearly any attack and send it right back at the attacker.

Crazy Whip
A whip that can extend to any lengths. It is nearly unbreakable and is able to break through nearly any surface.

ZK-Blaster
A small black side gun that all rangers have. It fires energy of whatever kingdom member is weilding the gun.

Enemies

The North Zodiac Family
Even though the members of the east family fight with each other to determine the fate of the world, there is another force that they must fight as well. The north zodiac family is one of three zodiac families that lost to the east zodiac family in the great war.


Aries
A man hidden in darkness. Ruler of the North Zodiac kingdom, his one and only goal is to rid the world of the current zodiac families and make sure his is the one and only to have a reign over this world from now on. Long ago when the North Zodiac kingdom was being destroyed, he only managed to save the souls of six warriors.

Taurus
The younger brother to Aries and his right hand man. Nearly as strong as his brother, he controls the current attack on the earth along with his four generals. He is very short tempered and punishes his warriors brutally for their failures.

Gemini
The first general under Taurus. She is a skilled warrior who hides among the humans. She tries to get close to the ZenRangers and kill them before their powers are activated.

Mason
Represented by cancer, the crab. He is a reserved warrior who does not like to drag fights out. He doesn't talk much with the other three generals and keeps to himself most of the time.

Leo
Represented by Leo, the lion. In a former life he was the king of the North family. Aries knows this and hides this from his memory to keep him loyal. Of the four generals, he is the strongest in brute force. He once had a lover that was part of the East Zodiac family. When they came to power, he was separated from her forever.

Mercury
Represented by virgo. She is the purest of the group, only just having had her powers awaken and her memories of her former life returned to her. She wants the North Zodiac family to rule again, but also does not want kill the East Zodiac family.


Doukai Dolls
Once they were the proud people of the North Zodiac kingdom, but know they are mere puppets used to fight the Zenrangers. Armed with a spear and shield, these warriors can prove to be a challenge in groups.

Chapters
Gemini Arc
1. The Hidden Past - ZenWhite meets ZenGreen and enters his first real battle.
2. The Dusk of the Protectors - ZenWhite and ZenGreen meet Gemini
3. Memories - ZenWhite learns of his past as Oushi tells him the story of the metal kingdom.
4. Hour of the Monkey: Part One - ZenBlack appears and ZenGreen's office is destroyed.
5. Hour of the Monkey: Part Two - ZenBlack and ZenGreen team together to save ZenBlack's sister.
6. Hour of the Monkey: Part Three - ZenBlack and ZenGreen race to escape Gemini's dimension and save ZenBlack's sister
7. Running Away - Ren is given his first class to teach and meets ZenBlue.
8. New Past - ZenGreen learns of his past connection with ZenWhite.
9. Old Future - ZenGreen finally learns to trust the other Zenrangers in battle.
10. Sonic Strike - Annoyed by her losses, Aries gives Gemini one final chance to take down the Zenrangers.
11. The lost soul - Gemini is defeated and Mason comes to power.

[ElementMaster149]

awesome story, i love it, i'll keep my eye on this

[Ryoutarou]

Thanks!
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Chapter One: The Hidden Past

"Help!" Called out a young lady, being attacked by a strange undead creature.

The creature attacked the woman under the cover of night and tripped her with his spear. His mouth drooled as he slowly crept closer to the lady, waiting to devour her.

"This is it! Ren, hurry up and save her!"

"Got it!"

Just as the creature lurked up to the woman, it stopped dead in its tracks when it heard the yell of "Ouchou Henshin!"

A shadowy figure jumped down from a nearby roof top and landed right behind the creature.

"Be on guard, Ren. These things are pretty tough for a first timer." Said a voice coming from the figure's wrist.

"Heh, no problem." Said the warrior.

"Strong as an Ox! Grand warrior ZenWhite!" The figure yelled as he stepped out of the shadows to reveal a man in a white suit with black lining and a white cape that ran down to his knees. His chest bore the mark of an Ox and his helmet closely resembled one, with eyes above the visor and Ox horns sprouting from the sides.

The creature growled as if it were a dog and jumped at the warrior. The warrior dodged the attack and grabbed his side gun.

"ZK Blaster!" He yelled as a powerful blast of energy shot from the gun and directly hit the creature. "Get out of here!" The warrior yelled to the lady behind him.

The woman looked at the warrior with fear, not knowing whether she should run or if it was just a trap, she stayed where she was.

"Damnit, RUN!" Ren yelled.

This time the woman responded almost instantly. She jumped to her feet and ran from the area as fast she could.

"Good, now that she's gone, I can go all out..." Ren said with a bit of arrogance in his tone of voice.

The creature slowly rose to its feet and plunged itself at Ren again. Ren simply dodged and fired again.

"Ren, stop playing around, we can't be out here too long. Just finish it off already!" Oushi yelled.

"Fine."

"Knuckle Horn!" Ren yelled as two pairs of metal knuckles materialized over his hands and slowly grew two large horns. He banged his fist together and then ran at the creature.

"Mega Fist!" He yelled as he punched the creature in the head and then in the chest. The creature was dazed and almost fell to the ground before growling at Ren and running at him. "Want some more then?" Ren said as he jumped at the creature once again. "Mega Fist!" He yelled again as his fist crashed straight into the creature's chest. The creature slowly fell to its knees before quickly turning to a pile of dust.

A silent wind came along and slowly blew the left overs of the creature away as Ren looked into the sky.

"What was that?" Ren asked as he walked into an ally way and demorphed while making sure no one was around to see.

"I've no idea...It can't be a doll, I've never seen one take so many hits and keep coming." Oushi said as Ren walked out of the ally way. He took a moment to comb his short, dark black hair after reaching for a brush in his black jacket and dusting off his dark blue pants."

"You...you carry a brush around with you" Oushi said dumbfounded.

Ren ignored the comment and brought the conversation back to the creature. "Oh well, I'm not worried. I didn't even break a sweat against that thing!" Ren said triumphantly as he began walking down the side walk and made his way back home.

"Ren...you've only been a ranger for three months, and in that time, this is the first time we've not faced a Doll. You should be more cautious..." Oushi said.

"You've got to be kidding me...he's a ranger?"

"I know, I'm as surprised as you are, but it was Oushi that picked him...he must have a good reason for doing so..."

Two voices said as they watched Ren from the shadows.

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It was now early morning the next day. The Main City archeology labs were not overpopulated at such an hour. The sun had yet to rise and the streets were still empty.

Ren was hidden away in a corner working on dusting off an old rock of some sort when someone walked into the room.

"Sir, I've found the documents you asked me to look for, the ones from your father." Said the tall looking man.

Ren stopped working on the rock and starred off into the horizon from his window for a moment before putting the tools and the rock away.

"Good. Thanks a lot, I never would have been able to find any of this on my own." Ren said as he was handed the papers.

"Anytime, I'll just get going now, it's my daughter's birthday today and I want to be there for her." Said the man happily.

"How old is she now? Five or so, right?"

"Yup!" Said the man as he took his wallet out and showed Ren a picture of his daughter. "Isn't she just the cutest thing you've ever seen?" He asked proudly.

"Great...I hate it when he does this..." Ren thought to himself as he looked at the picture of the man's daughter. "Um, er, she's cute." He said awkwardly.

An immediate chuckle and a rather silly smile crossed the man's face. Blushing and rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "Today is not only her birthday, but she's also going to play a song that her mother taught her on the piano in front of her entire party. I'm so proud!" He said as he took the picture of his daughter back.

"Ah, good, well go off and enjoy your day with her." Ren said as he opened up the folder with his father's work in it.

"You know...for a 19 year old, you never spend much time with your family, right? Guess that's how you were able to get up to this level at such a young age." Said the man with a chuckle as he walked out of the room.

"See ya later, Mark." Ren said as he paused for a short moment to think about what he said.

"Don't let it get you down, Ren. I'm sure you'd be with your family if you could." Oushi said.

"Yeah...but I can't, so no use dwelling on it." Ren said as his voice began to crack.

Ren glanced at the brown folder for a moment before setting it down to grab a pen and notepad to write down anything interesting he should find.

"Alright dad, just what were you working on?" He asked himself in a low voice as he began reading through the folder. After he finished reading three pages of text, he took a short break.

"Nothing really ground breaking in there..." Ren said as he walked into the hallway and grabbed a soda from a machine just outside his lab.

"Nothing interesting yet, Ren?" Oushi asked.

Ren looked around frantically and covered his morpher.

"Shut up, shut up, shut up!" He said and he made his way back into the lab. "I told you not to talk in public, last time you did people were talking about me for weeks."

"Ehh...sorry about that, I forgot." Oushi said.

"Good for you...my coworkers won't let me forget." Ren said, slightly annoyed.

"Whatever." Ren said as he went back to looking at his father's papers. His eyes slowly made their way through all the papers his father had left. Nothing of interest to Ren, he slowly started to flip ahead into other areas of the folder until he came to one point of interest.

"Oh...hey, look Oushi." Ren said as the page he landed on caught his attention.

"What is it?" Oushi asked.

"Something about the metal kingdom. Aren't you supposed to be from there?" Ren asked as he began reading the papers aloud.

"Long before the earth had taken its current shape, long before humans lived in this world, there were twelve families represented by four kingdoms and twelve animals. The families were in an everlasting state of war with each other. Each wanting to rule the planet as they saw fit and to have their kingdom of people be the dominant ones on this planet-" Ren stopped reading as Oushi interrupted him.

"Ren, do you have any idea where your father obtained this information from?" Oushi asked seriously.

"Umm...all it says here is that it was from China...around the year 19...98..." Ren said slowly, almost in awe of the year.

"Ren...isn't that the year that you were born in?" Oushi asked.

"Yeah...but it can't be...he couldn't have been in China back then. He stayed here, in the US for that entire year. He didn't want to be away from my mom in the year that I was supposed to be born. He was paranoid after his father was away from his mother when she was going to give birth to his sister, and both of them died during the child birth."

"Could it be that he left the country for a while and you were never told about it?" Oushi asked.

"No, it's impossible. My brother told me that he stayed in the country for that year, almost never leaving my mother's side." Ren said as he turned to the next page in his father's folder.

Something fell from the folder to the floor. Ren bent down to pick it up and saw the back of it marked with the date "1998". Ren turned the item over, to reveal a picture on the other side. In the picture stood an old man in his 50's, in brown pants and work vest. His light grey hair covered by the long brimmed hat that he wore. He stood next to a tablet that had the text "OushiOusama" written in Japanese.

The smile on the face of the man sent fear down Ren's entire body. He stood in shock at what he was looking at. "There's...this can't be..." Ren murmured as he continued looking at the picture in shock.

"Ren...what is it?" Oushi asked.

"It's...my dad...he's at the temple of saviors...in China." Ren said, almost unable to finish his sentence. He had never felt anything like what he was feeling now.

"Isn't that where your father disappeared?" Oushi asked, almost in shock himself.

"Yeah...in 1999. This can't be, he didn't leave for China until July of that year...but the back of this picture says that it's 1998."

"Do you think he just marked the wrong date?" Oushi asked.

"No...my father doesn't have the scar over his left eye. He got it from a crash a few months after I was born. It's impossible...but this is in 1999...and this is where you were found." Ren said.

He took a moment to try and clear his mind, but it was useless, he couldn't get away from everything he just found out.

"Oushi, don't you remember anything from then?" Ren asked.

"No, I wasn't awoken until 2015, before that, my earliest memory is from long before 1998." Oushi said.

"Still playing dumb, eh, Oushi?" A voice said behind Ren.

Behind Ren stood a tall blond man, his dark blue eyes seemed to know something that Ren didn't. The man grinned and walked towards Ren.

"Who are you? How did you get in here?" Ren asked.

"Name's Haden...and it's pretty easy to get in here at this time. I wouldn't be surprised if we're the only ones in here right now." Haden said as he glanced and the picture Ren had been looking at.

"Ah...professor Lore...the original one at least. Oushi, I'm disappointed in you. It's unbecoming of a king to lie to his servants." Ren said with a grin on his face.

"I...I don't know what you're talking about." Oushi said.

"Oh, come on. The great king of the metal kingdom...how you of all people not know any of this?" A voice said coming from Haden's chest.

Haden unzipped his white jacket to reveal a blue shirt. He took his necklace out of his shirt, the pendant bore the Chinese symbol for wood.

"Hello there, long time no see...your majesty." The voice from the pendant said arrogantly.

"You...that voice...Ryuusei! What are you doing with this man?" Oushi asked, for the first time since he had been awoken, he felt some form of fear.

"Isn't it obvious? What other reason would I be with this boy for?" Ryuusei, the pendant of the necklace said.

"Then...this man is ZenGreen..." Said Oushi quietly.

"That would be the one...I'm still surprised you haven't told this boy the truth." Ryuusei said.

"What truth? What are you talking about?" Ren asked. "Oushi...what haven't you told me? It's about my dad isn't it? What do you know that I don't?" Ren asked frantically.

"I...I don't know..." Oushi said slowly. "I...can't remember."

"Oh...now this is quite a surprise, isn't it Ryuusei?" Haden said with a smirk.

"The great king has lost his memory of those events...wonderful." Ryuusei said as he laughed.

"What's going on?" Ren asked.

"Boy...do you know why you're a ranger" Ryuusei responded.

"To...to fight the dolls." Ren said, now unsure of what his true purpose as a ranger was.

"Heh...you may have forgotten what you went through with his father, but to not tell him the real purpose of being a ranger...I'm disappointed in you, Oushi." Ryuusei said.

"Listen kid, there's more at stake here than just saving a couple of people from those dolls...a lot more. One of the last descendants of the great metal kingdom...it's a pity what you've become." Haden said as he walked towards the folder that held the papers Ren was looking at.

Haden picked up the folder and flipped through it for a few seconds. "I'll just be taking this, won't help you, but it'll VERY useful to me." Haden said.

"Hey! Give that back!" Ren demanded as Haden began to walk out of the room.

"Sorry, you've got no use for-" Haden was then interrupted by Ryuusei.

"There's been an attack, we've got to go." Ryuusei said.

"Ah well...off to save the monkeys. Can't let them die out if we're to rule again." Haden said to Ryuusei.

"Oushi...if you really believe this to be your chosen warrior, you had best tell him the truth." Ryuusei said.

"Saint Resurrection!" Haden yelled as the pendent holding Ryuusei lit up. Haden's entire body was covered in a blinding light, Ren covered his face with his arm to keep from blinding himself. After a few seconds, the light died down and before Ren stood ZenGreen. He wore black boots, a dark green suit with the mark of the dragon on the center and the same type of cape that Ren wore as ZenWhite. His helmet looked almost as if it had dragon scales with two claws coming from each side of the mouth area.

"We'll be seeing you then." Haden said as he jumped out of the window to exit the room instead of exiting through the door."

"Get back here!" Ren yelled.

"Ren! We've got to go too!" Oushi commanded.

"Right...but when we're done, you're going to tell me whatever it is you've held back from me..."

"Ouchou Henshin!"

[ElementMaster149]

nice, i like it alot. i wonder what the other 10 people are going to be?, or are their going to be none?

[Ryoutarou]

Yeah. I plan for all 12 zodiac members to represent a ranger. And I've added an episode list covering the first arc.

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Chapter Two: The Dusk of the Protectors

"Which way is it?" Ren asked Oushi while hoping from rooftop to rooftop.

"We should be there soon, just keep going straight. I'm pretty sure we'll know when we see it." Oushi responded.

Ren kept going from rooftop to rooftop as he thought about what had just happened. He remembered what the other man, Haden, had said to him. "Listen kid, there's more at stake here than just saving a couple of people from those dolls...a lot more."

"What is he talking about? What was Oushi not told me yet?" He thought as he stopped when he heard a scream.

Ren walked over to the edge of the building he was on to see a rather large crowd of people running from tons of Douki Dolls.


"Attack in the morning...when the streets are filled with people." Reb quietly said as he looked on into the crowd.

"Be careful, Ren, I don't think you've ever faced this many at once." Oushi cautioned.

"I know..." Ren responded as he stood in awe of the number of Dolls about.

Ren leapt from the top of the building into the streets where people were running. The Doukai Dolls were attacking any cars that drove by. Ren prepared to attack when he heard a loud crash. He turned to see the source of the noise, a Doll had thrown a car into a store window.

"Never knew they were that strong..." Ren remarked as he got ready to fight.

Ren pulled his ZK-Blaster from his side and started attacking the Doukai Dolls. One by one they fell, but they kept coming with no end in sight. Ren felt a tug at his cape and turned to see three Dolls clinging to it. He blasted on in the face, blowing the head right off, but it kept coming. He then felt a sharp pain at his side and fell to his knees as he had been stabbed by a spear.

"Damnit...how can there be so many of them?" He thought as his body became ever weaker. He could feel the cold, wet drool of Dolls fall on him as they came closer, with their mouths wide open ready to take a bite. His vision slowly became hazy and he soon felt that his death was near.

"Sonic Crash!" A voice yelled out.

As if blown away by the wind, all the Dolls around Ren suddenly turned to dust and were scattered in the wind. Ren looked up to see who had saved him, he saw the green cape of his savior sway back and forth in the wind.

"You..." He said weakly as he saw that the cape belonged to ZenGreen. He tried to make his way to his feet slowly by grabbing onto a light poll for support.

Haden then place his hand on Ren's shoulder and yelled "Dragon Tector!". Out of nowhere, jade colored armor materialized over Ren's chest, legs, hands and arms.

"What's this...?" Ren asked as he marveled at the armor.

"Don't think this makes us allies, if any one of the twelve rangers dies before the grand battle, then none of it will matter." Haden said.

Haden then ran into battle, with his ZK-Blaster firing at the numerous Dolls around him and started making paths for people to use to escape.

Ren blankly looked into the battle going on before coming back to his sense and charging into battle.

Ren spotted an elderly man being attacked by a Doll and ran to the scene as fast as he could while calling his Knuckle Horns and preparing to attack.

"Mega Fist!" He yelled as he gave a swift and forceful blow to the head of the Doll.

The creature then slowly turned around and walked towards Ren as its body started turning to dust. It reached out to Ren as its arm slowly became dust and the creature fell to its feet before becoming nothing more than a pile of dust.

"Sir, are you okay?" Ren asked as he rushed to help the man up off the ground.

"Oh, I'm fine young lad, not too sure about you." The man said as his skin began to peel revealing a hideous black frog like monster that jumped at Ren.

Ren jumped out of the way as quick as he could and landed on his knees with his ZK-Blaster drawn and ready to fire. Just as he began to fire, he felt something restrain his arm and was struck by a massive energy blast from the monster that stood before him.

"Ahh!" Ren yelled in pain as he his body collapsed, it could no longer take the strain being put on it. The Dragon Tector seemed useless in protecting Ren as it simply disappeared.

Just as the Doll that had grabbed him approached for the kill, a blinding light shot from Ren's morpher and engulfed his body. As the light slowly faded, Ren stood at his feet once again. He then ran towards the Doll and jumped straight over it, attacking it from behind with his Iron Knuckles in a flash. The Doll turned to dust and now nothing stood between Ren and the monster.

"I...Impossible!" The monster yelled as he began to back away. "There's no way your body could have survived that attack!"

"Oh, it survived alright, the boy was knocked unconscious because of it, so I've had to borrow the body for a bit."

"You...you're that boy's partner! How did you take control of his body?!" The monster asked in a panic.

"You needn't worry yourself with those minor details." Oushi said as he took his ZK-blaster in his hand. "I'll make quick work of you." He remarked as he ran towards to monster.

"Titanic fist!" Oushi yelled as he jumped into the air, inches in front of the monster. Moments later, Oushi came crashing down and slammed his fist into the ground, causing a shock wave that destroyed all the Dolls in the surrounding area and knocked the monster off its feet.

"ZK-Blast, gamma shot!" Oushi yelled as the ZK-Blaster sucked air in and began charging.

The monster then rose to its feet and charged towards Oushi before being struck down once again by ZenGreen who had attacked from behind.

"Thanks for finishing those Dolls up for me, but I could have done it just as easily." Haden said.

"We do not need to waste time with dramatics." Oushi said.

Haden noticed that this was not Ren's voice and simply give a quiet laugh. "That kid can't even keep up in a battle like this? You sure blew it..." Haden said.

The monster then rose once again and Haden effortlessly knocked it off its feet.

"That charge of your's done yet?" He asked, slightly annoyed at the amount of time needed for the gamma shot to work.

"FIRE!" Oushi yelled, not giving Haden any warning.

Haden jumped out of the line of fire just moments before the blast would have hit him. The just as the attack was about to destroy the monster, there was a bright flash that knocked away the attack.

Before Oushi stood a tall woman dressed in a short purple skirt and a form fitting spandex shirt with chest and shoulder armor. Her purple hair began to blow around in the wind as she walked towards Oushi

"You...you're that girl Ren saved last night..." Oushi said as he began to back away.

"Gemini's the name, my master wanted me to make sure that the boy was worthy of the fight, so he set up that little show last night. Had he not been worthy, we could have just taken your powers." She said.

"Wait...Ren saved her? He couldn't even tell that she was a fake?!" Haden said as he stood up and ran to attack Gemini.

"Please boy, don't be so cocky." Gemini said. She then flung her arm up into the air.

Haden was then lifted up high into the air and was then dropped.

"You best save him, I'm not sure his body will survive a fall from those heights." Gemini said arrogantly as she and the monster vanished into thin air.

"Damnit..." Oushi said, jumping into the air to catch Haden, moments before his body would have hit the ground.

"You idiot!" Haden yelled ferociously as he pushed Oushi away from him.

"Your stupid chosen one wasn't even able to pick her out? You had better smarten up, both of you. This is a war and we don't need anyone like you two slowing us down." Haden said as he jumped to a rooftop and went out of sight.

"That kid is too arrogant" Oushi said before pausing to take a look around him.

The streets were littered with glass and ruined cars, it had looked as if a bomb had just gone off.

"Guess I should get out of here before anyone comes along thinking we caused this." Oushi said as he jumped to a rooftop and left the area.

Oushi returned to Ren's home, a small one room apartment, it was rather empty, no chairs, no couch, only a TV on some boxes in the living room.

"Guess I'm going to need to tell him the truth when he wakes up..." Oushi said as he made his way into the bedroom and let Ren's body sleep. A flash of light emitted from Ren's body and back to his morpher, letting Oushi return to his proper place while Ren slept.

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"Damnit!" Haden yelled as he fell to the ground. He was in his apartment, a slightly more decorated one that Ren's, but still rather bare.

"I can't believe she was able to beat me so easily!" Haden yelled in a rage as he struggled to stand up, using the wall to get his balance.

"You musn't be so upset, Haden. You were defeated rather fast, yes, but you've only been a ranger for a few months. You can't expect to be able to defeat someone of her caliber by yourself." Ryuusei said.

"It doesn't matter, Ren's body was able to put up more of a fight against all those monsters than I was..." Haden said as he took his blood stained shirt off to reveal a deep, bloddy wound on both his shoulders.

"I didn't even seen her attack, I didn't even feel it until after it happened..."

"Do not worry, your wounds will heal, you just need to be more catious in the future." Ryuusei said.

Haden punched the wall out of rage. "Damnit! I'm the last dragon! We're supposed to be better than this! We're supposed to be unbeatable!" He yelled. "...and that guy, he doesn't even realize what is. That he's one of the last of his kind, it's pathetic. Even my armor rejected him, that only happens when two incompatiable powers mix...meaning his a greater strength than mine. Damnit!" He yelled as he punched the wall and fell to his knees. "I've trained to be a ranger for all my life, and in a few months his power develops more than mine did twenty-two years..."

"You musn't get so upset, the more it happens, the weaker your powers will become." Ryuusei said.

"Let me guess...you know from experience?" Haden asked.

"Yes. Long ago, when I was still a ranger, my powers failed me in battle. My sister was attacked, I returned the favor, but I was driven by rage; not the need to save someone. The moment I let the rage control me, my powers failed me..."

"That won't happen to me though, I've got no one to protect, I'm the last of my kind, remember?" Haden said.

"That is not true, young master, you were given these powers not out of lineage, but because it was seen that you had the potential to save more people than any dragon member before you ever could. This is a very different earth than the one I fought in, or the one Oushi fought in, this, the fifth earth is where all powers are magnified. These powers though, they will only be brought to their full potential if the right user is chosen. I picked you over your mother because I thought you were the right user, not her."

"Yeah...and look what that got me..." Haden said as he let himself drop to the floor on his back. "Whatever...I'm going to sleep..."

[ElementMaster149]

nice scne, i like how Haden is jelous of Ren

[Ryoutarou]

Thanks.
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Chapter Three: Memories

Long ago when the earth was still young, a war was fought. Twelve kingdoms fought fiercely to obtain the right to rule this world. The battle raged on for nearly fifteen years before it finally came to an end. The kingdom of the monkey, represented by fire, had won the right to populate the planet with their kind. Only a few members of the other eleven kingdoms were allowed to live, to one day ensure that this battle would return when the time was right.

That is what our story is, from the outside. But it goes much deeper than this, deeper than anything you've ever imagined. Long...long ago, this world was known as Hadeyna, it was a lost planet. Peace was something not yet heard of, war was fought to have this planet belong to the East Tribe, and war was fought to have a member of that tribe rule this planet. Before long, the world started to die. Soon enough it would not matter who won this war, for this world would be a relic. The fire users destroyed the crops and burnt homes, the water users flooded the cities and animal habitats, the wood users made much of the world barren and dead...and the metal users, we made our part of the world unnatural.

In the twenty-seventh year of this war, the family elders had finally had enough. They called upon the power of the avatar of their god, Agito. They asked for guidance and for their people to be able to live together, but this was not to be. Once the people learned of this, the elders and their followers were cast out. Ironic that the ones that wanted peace would be the ones fighting the next war.

Agito saw the fighting and thought deep about what the elders had asked of him. So for the first time in existence, the god helped those that asked for his help. But just how did he help? He killed those that still fought, the water kingdom, the fire kingdom, the wood kingdom, the metal kingdom...all reduced to nothing but a faint memory. Those that died are the ones that did not wish for peace within their own tribes or with other tribes, those that lived are the ones that wanted peace. Agito knew how humans were, of course he did, he created them. He knew eventually greed would defeat their good willed hearts, so he developed a way to make it so that a war the size of the Hadeyna war would never be seen by mankind again.

He placed a tournament upon the humans, it was really very simple. All that would happen is that would fight...and fight...and fight until only one warrior from one tribe was standing. The first winner was the kingdom of water. The winner would take control of the world, but the plan was still imperfect. What was to stop the other tribes from rising up against the champion? Surely they would not stand for it...so Agito thought deeper about this. He needed a way to ensure that all the humans would be satisfied, and he found one.

From the fire tribe, thirteen members lived, from the water tribe, seven members, from the wood tribe, twenty-five, from the metal tribe, five. He would let the rulers of the world shape the world as they saw fit, with one condition, that that the DNA of the tribes that lost be imprinted into nine people, three for each tribe. The water tribe was hesitant at first, as were the other tribes, but they remembered how terrible the first war was and never wanted to see anything like that again, so they reluctantly agreed.

So the people went on living, the world kept turning and war stopped, people were happy. For the first time in all of existence, the word peace had a true meaning...for a time. What Agito feared would happened did indeed happen. After two thousand and twenty years, humans from the tribes that did not win wanted to take Hadeyna back. Once again, the world was dropped into war. People fought, and people died, all of it seemed in vain in the eyes of Agito.

He thought about what he should he do. Should he let this war go on? Should he kill the ones that started it? Should he simply restart everything from scratch? That last idea, while not the one he wanted, lead him to another one. For two thousand and twenty years the humans of the water tribe had ruled, for two thousand and twenty years, the other tribe envied them and thought of a way to bring their own families and kingdoms to power. It seemed like this would go on for an eternity before the humans could come to their own resolution...so Agito's grand plan was set into motion.

He picked the twelve greatest warriors, three from each kingdom, and ten people from each kingdom. He then purged the world of everything, all technology, all animal life, everything was gone. The world was a blank slate just as if it was the first time Agito had created the world.

The humans that he picked were puzzled, why would Agito purge the world of all but them? What purpose could they hope to serve? These people did not know of the great tournament from years ago, they only knew of the war. The real meaning of the war had long since been lost and people only fought because it was what they were told to do all their life. Agito hated this, he created humans to live in peace and to love each other and cherish each other, but this was not meant to be so.

Agito still had a slither of hope for the humans, he did not want to see them go the way of the North, West and South tribes, the East tribe, the humans, were alive today because their destiny was to be the chosen ones of Agito. After learning of this, the humans were still unsure of what the great god asked of them.

"You will fight." He said, the humans were still puzzled. Why would he purge the world simply so they could resume fighting?

"Two thousand and twenty years, that is how long the reign of the water kingdom lasted, and that is how long each reign shall ever last."

He granted the twelve warriors he chose some of his power. The power was known as Zen, the all knowing peace, perfect understanding. He told them to fight, to fight until there was only one left. This time to stop war and make sure there would be no "pure" humans, he only allowed a single human from the losing tribes to stay around in the world.

So they fought, the twelve zen warriors fought and fought until there was only one left. The metal kingdom had won. The world was now theirs to shape as they saw fit. They could do anything they wanted. Make it a utopia or plunge it into another never ending war. They were gods...for two thousand and twenty years.

This worked, for two thousand and twenty years, humans were relatively peaceful. Small wars broke out, but nothing on the global scale of the old world wars. Humans no longer cared about who came from which kingdom, the world was at peace. But alas, as with the second world, this third world was not to last.

Somehow...someway, members of the North family lived. There was an uprising, and once again there was war. It was odd though, the North family had somehow remained pure. How was this possible? How could they continue living without breeding with any of the normal humans? This just couldn't be, thought the people. Then they found out the truth.

An evil man known as Aries lived in the old world, he wanted nothing more than power. He had unsuccessfully tried to kill his great and benevolent king whom he saw as nothing but a hindrance to the true greatness of the kingdom. He was eventually removed from the country, but he had his followers still inside the country. His will was their action, they did what their master could not, they overtook their king.

This is how the wars started, before this, the North, Easy, South and West tribes all lived in peace. They all had the same amount of land, it was a blissful place with no war and no fighting. It was like this for nearly five hundred thousand years before the one greedy man ruined it. Before he set into motion what would become the true history of this planet. The reason that we fight, the reason that many gave their lives...was because of him. The selfish man that could not stand to see his country on equal footing.

Sadly...his will that there be war was indeed carried out. When the king was killed, ruled the country from the shadows. He asked for war and he received it. This would be his greatest mistake, his country was truly the weakest of the four. He did not see how this could be possible, the great North kingdom...the weakest? It was not possible, they were the first to live and surely they had to be the strongest.

He could not have been more wrong.

His country was obliterated, he was only able save a few souls. He took them along with himself and sealed himself away into the very makeup of the planet. His country was now gone...but it had been taken by the West kingdom. They now had more land than the other kingdoms, it was not long before jealousy began to eat away at the minds of the other countries. Why do they get to keep that extra land when they killed so many people? It's not just.

It's not right.

It would not last.

The countries were soon all at war with each other. Of course, from this, the East kingdom won. Then they would be at war.

Now...where was I? Oh, right, somehow, Aries revived in the era of the third earth, then called Edina. It was odd, his hate and lust for power actually brought the world together. They hoped to defeat him swiftly...but it was not to be so. Again, somehow...he had an army. It was an army of undead citizens from his former homeland. Nothing but dolls now, doing his bidding, unable to ever truly rest in peace.

The third world was the closest to the first world in the way that it was ruled. Aries and his forces caused strife within the countries. No longer did they work in peace for the one greater goal, we were at war again. Because we were at war, the world could not be blanked for the next tournament to begin. The world must be in perfect harmony now for this to be so. Otherwise the souls of the humans wouldn't be reborn correctly...don't ask me how this worked the first couple of times. Agito works in strange ways.

The greatest champions of each kingdom...oddly enough, the ones most hungry for battle, were the ones that formed a party to defeat Aries. The war against him had now gone on for nearly five years when his castle was infiltrated by the warriors. They fought brave and valiantly. But it was not enough, one by one we fell.

We?

Yes, I was one of those warriors, as was Ryuusei. The power that Aries had was incomprehensible. It was immense, I had never seen anything like it before. I'm guessing that Agito wasn't too fond of this power. He stepped into human affairs, more directly than he had since the first world. He sealed Aries away, but not without a battle. It's amazing that the god could not defeat him easily. The two fought long and hard, eventually Agito was at his end. He could no longer keep up with Aries.

Aries truly had become a god, stronger than even the creator. How is that possible? We'll never know. So myself and the other warriors joined forces with Agito and in one final strike...we could not defeat Aries. His power was too much, the most we could do was seal him. So we did...and after that had been done, our powers had died. Agito saw our sacrifices and created the ZenChangers, morphers as you call them now.

Agito knew that since we could only seal Aries, that seal would eventually break and that one day our power would be needed again. The power to unite the lands, it was Agito's hope that through this, humans would live in peace one day.

So, the battle came and went and it was time for a new fight. Once again to decide the fate of this planet, it was purged and the battle was held. It made the battle that we went though against Aries seem useless...either way the world was purged.

The battle was fought for the fourth world, this time it Metal kingdom that won. The metal kingdom...the Ox warrior. You are the last direct descendant of that warrior, that is why I chose you to be a Zenranger, but that comes later on in the story. We still have more history to get through.

Because of what we, the original Zenrangers, did to save the world...Agito let us live once again. We were happy this way, I had a family, a child, a wife...none of that should have ever happened. When the time for the battle of the kingdoms had come...I did not want to fight. I knew that if I did, both my wife and child would be purged, possibly reborn...but they would forget who I am. My daughter's smile, my wife's embrace...I did not want to lose that.

I had become weak.

I set out to defeat the other Zenrangers one year before the battle of kingdoms was to begin. That would be the worst mistake I had ever made. In Agito's rules...there must always be twelve fighters left alive. Anytime one should fall, a horrible fate shall await this planet. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, it was amazing how much one person can do to change the destiny of an entire race, of an entire planet.

In this life I was an archaeologist, much like you are right now. One of my partners was a warrior...and I relcutantly had to kill him. It was not enough to take his changer, I had to kill him. Make sure that his vessel could not be used to fight again.

That was the beginning of the end.

The world fell into chaos after I killed the original ZenYellow. The others came after me...I fought, and naturally, being the representative of the metal kingdom, I was the strongest.

Then it happened, the one thing that we had feared so much.

My treachery had let the seal on Aries break, he was once again free. Now I had to fight him once again like I had done so long ago. In his slumber, he had grown stronger, much stronger. He defeated us once again...one by one, until there was only one left. ZenBlack, a truly courageous man. He fought long and hard against Aries, I know I would have fallen in half the time it took him to defeat Aries.

After Aries had been defeated, I had been freed of my evil thoughts. But alas, it was too late. Agito was furious with me, but he was truly a better being than I was at the time. He gave the chance to redeem myself. He sealed my soul, along with the eleven other warriors, into the ZenChangers. We were to help out the next set of warriors. To guide them, let our mistakes not happen again. Since ZenYellow was gone, his morpher was sealed away, along with Aries. ZenBlack was declared the winner and the world was once again purged. My wife and daughter were saved, allowed to live in this new world...but I've never found them, I can't, I can't search.

Agito then gave us a mission.

We were each given one chance to pick a human. I picked you, one of the last descendants of the metal kingdom. That's what all the Zenrangers are, we picked people that came from our kingdoms, not just random people we felt good about. It was your destiny to be ZenWhite. ZenBlack's seal was not nearly as strong as the seal Agito and the others had place upon Aries...so Agito knew Aries would rise. That's why he told us to be ready. In that time though, when we waited, I forgot many things. What my mother looked like...my wife...my child...what I looked like. It was so long ago.

"...and what about my dad? What about where he found you?" Ren asked.

"I...I don't know. I'm sorry Ren, I've told you all that I know. What happened with your father will have to be found out some other way."

[Ryoutarou]

Chapter Four: Hour of the Monkey: Part One

"So...I guess this is the city, right?"

"Yeah, my sister lives somewhere around here...just not sure where."

It was still early morning, people were rushing to get to work. The sun had not yet fully risen and there were traffic jams as far as the eye could see. Not something uncommon in this busy metropolitan. The area was surrounded by giant buildings and small street level stores.

A young boy in a brown coat and dark blue pants crossed the street. He wore a cap as to not have his long black hair sway around in the powerful morning gust.

"She said it was somewhere around 9th and Main, right?" Asked the boy as he came to the other side of the street.

"Yeah, so it shouldn't be too far from here." Said a voice emanating from a small black bracelet on the boy's hand. It was a rather plain bracelet with a single black stone in the center.

"Great! Youri, since she doesn't know about you, you'll probably have to not talk when we're around here." The boy said as he made his way down one of the busy sidewalks.

"Sure thing...though, shouldn't you also be worried about the fact that people are looking at us weird right now?" Youri asked.

"What? Here, come on, people will just think I'm some nut. Not something the big cities are new too!" The boy said with a chuckle.

"Sure, John, that's just what we need...more people thinking you're crazy." Youri said with a sigh.

John finally came to a small apartment building. The sky blue paint was chipping, revealing the red brick in random areas. There were seven windows, all going straight up. The boy then checked a piece of paper from his coat to make sure this was the right place and made his way up the stoop to the apartment entrance.

"Well, it's not like I actually care what they think of me." John said in a light tone.

"Sigh...but you ARE ZenBlack, not only that, but you're the representative of the monkey, of this entire race. You should have some dignity." Youri said as they entered the building.

There was a small white hallway with a flight of stairs that lead up to the seven different rooms, each one level above the other.

"Oh come on, you need to learn when to have some fun, Youri." John said as he started up the stairs.

"You didn't have that stick up your ass when you were still in your own body, did you?" John asked.

Youri just groaned and ignored the question from John.

John came to the sixth level, the stairs lead straight to an old black door. John was about to knock when he noticed a slip of paper taped to the door.

"John, I left the door open for you. I probably won't be home by the time I get here, so just make yourself at home. You're room's the one on the right, next to the kitchen.

- Ally" The note read.

"Ha...guess you won't have to keep quiet for a while." John remarked.

"Of all the people to be chosen...you had to be the one." Youri said as he took a deep sigh.

"Oh, come on, you know we make great partners." John said with a light laugh.

John locked the door behind him and took a look at his new home. There was a small kitchen with a bar that lead into the living room which in turn lead the restroom. There was one door next to the restroom, which belonged to Ally.

The dull white paint gave the apartment an eerie atmosphere. The living room was rather empty, aside from a few open food packages and empty cans of soda and beer and an old crimson colored couch in front of a average sized black television set.

"Well...I'm pretty sure I won't be in this part of the apartment all that much." John said as he was surprised by the mess. Not something he'd expect of his sister, an outwardly tidy and organized person.

He sat down on the ouch for a moment and looked around at the room. "Yikes...guess that whole "clean and ready to go" side that Ally shows is just a front." John said.

"It could be, but I doubt it. Your sister was always an organized person. I suspect that it's just because she has long hours at her job and doesn't have much time to cook or clean." Youri said.

"Yeah, that's probably it." John said as he stood up. He noticed a black picture frame on the floor and picked it up.

In the picture stood a tall woman with long blond hair and dazzling blue eyes. Her skin was tanned, probably from too much sun. Next to her stood a child that looked to be seven years old or so in blue overalls holding two ice cream cones.

"Wow, she actually kept it..." John said.

"What is it?" Youri asked, his interest piqued.

"It's a picture from ten years ago. One of the last times that I actually saw her." John said as he set the picture above the television.

"Before that fight she had with your parents?" Youri asked.

"Yeah, it's going to be so good to actually get to see her again. I was just a kid last time I saw her, and she was only fifteen at the time." John said as he made his way to his room.

It was a small room with one window leading out to an empty alleyway. There was one small closet for his things, which he would have sent later from his parents. There was also an old red mattress on the floor, with no frame.

"I'm guessing that's the whole theme of this place..." John said, a little surprised.

"Ah well...home sweet home." John said.

"I'll never understand why you chose this place over your parents." Youri said.

"Come on, I haven't seen her in such a long time and she's the only family member that I actually got along with. I missed her." John said, he was serious for the first time today.

"Well, it must be important if you dropped your dumb happy boy act." Youri said in a calm manner.

"...I hate you." John said sarcastically.

"And I you." Youri retorted in the same sarcastic tone.
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"Find it yet?"

"Shut up!" Ren said as he looked around for people.

Ren and Oushi were in the area from the battle a few days ago. Ren was dress in pure black, trying to hide himself from anyone looking around the area.

"They closed this area off to the public, so we have to make sure no one finds us here." Ren replied as he hide behind a ruined red car.

Ren took a quick glance to make sure no one was around and came out from behind the car. He glanced around at the ruined city block. Stores windows were ruined, some had cars thrown into them, traces of blood stained the streets as well.

"Wow, I can't believe they actually attacked in daylight like that..." Re remarked as he went from car to car, searching for something.

"Ren, that's what they're like. They're not camera shy, they will attack whenever and wherever they see most fit." Oushi said, trying to keep as quiet as he could at the same time.

"I know, I guess with it being my first real battle...I never thought they would be that strong." Ren said as he took another look around the area. "...and that's also the last time you get to use my body." He remarked.

"What? But, Ren! BOTH of us would have died there had I not done something!" Oushi taken aback.

"Yeah, and I didn't need you to show that green guy just how weak I was." Ren replied. He scratched his head and let out a sigh of frustration. "I guess that guy didn't drop the papers then..." Ren remarked.

He let out another deep sigh and then morphed and jumped to the top of a building.

He gazed out into the gigantic city, he could hear car horns and the hustle of people moving about.

"Great...how am I going to find him in this mess?" He pondered.

"It won't be that hard." A voice said from behind him.

Ren turned to see ZenGreen standing behind him, holding the brown file of papers that he had stolen from Ren a few days ago.

"Here, take these." He said, holding out the folders for Ren to take. "I couldn't find anything useful there, just useless myths. I doubt you'll find anything useful in there either." Haden said.

"...that is if Oushi actually told him the truth." Said a voice coming from the dragon emblem on Haden's chest.

"Shut it, Ryuusei. I don't need your bitterness getting in the way right now." Haden said, annoyed at his partner.

"But master...!" Ryuusei protested.

"I'd hate to interrupt this touching moment between the two of you..." Ren said as he came closer to Haden. "...but why did you save me yesterday?" Ren asked.

"Ren...I already told you this, all warriors must be alive for the final battle to take place." Oushi said.

"Oh...right, heh, guess I forgot." Ren said with a sheepish smile.

"That's about it." Haden replied. "From now until our enemy falls, don't get yourself killed. I'll take that pleasure for myself." Haden said.

Ren was shocked at the reply and for a moment there was an awkward tension between the two before he began speaking again.

"But why? Why do we have to fight like this? Can't the world just keep on going?" Ren asked.

"Great...don't tell me you're are a pacifist." Haden sighed.

"Well, no, but I'd prefer not to have to fight you guys." Ren replied.

"Well then, that's just too bad. You don't have a choice in this thing." Haden replied. "If not me, then one of the other warriors will finish you off. You're far too weak to be a ranger." Haden continued as he started walking towards the edge of the roof top. "You couldn't even face those dolls." He said.

"And as I recall, you were not even able to face that woman." Oushi remarked.

"You ingrate! We saved you!" Ryuusei yelled.

"...that may be true." Haden said as he took a glance over the building's edge. "But at least I can face those dolls. That woman is on a whole different level, those dolls are play things."

"But..." Ren said quietly.

"Listen, kid, you aren't cut out to be a ranger, just wait for the end of the battle and I'll give you a swift mercy killing." Haden said mockingly as he leapt off the building.

Ren ran towards the edge of the building and looked over the side, he could see nothing. Haden was gone.

"How...did he do that?" Ren asked.

"It's part of his blood, he's a dragon, so he can fly." Oushi replied.

"Can...can I do that?" Ren asked.

"No, but if a car ever hits you, all you'll have to worry about is getting a headache." Oushi said sarcastically.

Ren then side and leapt onto the next building top close by.

"Guess I should get to work now." He said as he continued hopping from building to building.

"So what's on the schedule for today then?" Oushi asked.

"Remember my old lab partner?" Ren asked.

"Oh...the blond, I liked her." Oushi replied.

"That never stops sounding strange..." Ren remarked. "Anyway, she's coming back into work today. The job she had at the other place is over and she's being transferred back to my section. " Ren said.

"Ever going to ask her out on that date you wanted to go on?" Oushi said.

"You know...for a relic, you sure do say some weird things." Ren said.

"I may be old, but the world you live in now and the one I lived in aren't actually that different. Our technology was a bit more advanced, but for the most part, this world reminds me of my world."

"...I guess that makes sense." Ren said as he came to the top of a certain building and powered down.

"Time to head into work." Ren said as he came to the top of an old brown building. He checked to make sure there were no people watching and jumped to the ground from the backside of the building and demorphed. "Now, time for you to shut up." Ren said as he took off Oushi and shoved him into his pocket.

Ren then entered the building taking extra care to make sure no one noticed him coming in from the back. He entered a long hall with some stairs at the very end of the hall. Ren began making way to the stairs when he heard a voice call out his name.

"Ren!" said the voice.

Ren then stopped dead in his tracks trying to come up with an excuse for using a restricted entry way. He then turned around to see his lab assistant, Mark. Mark looked rather pale and messy, his usually well combed hair as messy and uncombed today. His clothes were the same as when Ren had seen him last, and a foul oder followed Mark as he came closer to Ren.

"Oh, Mark, I didn't see you yesterday..." Ren said, trying to draw attention away from the fact that Ren was using a prohibited entry way.

"Ren! Thank God you're okay!" Mark exclaimed as he ran up to Ren.

Ren had no idea what was going on and then noticed that Mark had cuts all over the back of his now dirty white lab coat.

"Er...what happened to you?" He asked in a puzzled voice.

"I thought you knew, isn't that why you came in this way?" Mark asked.

"Um...about that-" Mark interrupted Ren's sentence.

"There was an attack here just a few hours ago, the same as from three days ago." Mark said.

"What?!" Ren said, shocked by the news he had just heard.

"It's the same people that attacked three days ago. The entire building's closed off to anyone that doesn't work here right now, I was unsure of what happened to you, but I'm glad to see you're safe." Mark said as tried to embrace Ren, Ren then slowly made his way towards the door and dodged the attempted hug.

"Where are you going?" Mark asked.

"Um...I've gotta get home, I'll be back later." Ren said as he ran outside and pulled Oushi from his pocket. "Time to go to work!" He said as he put Oushi on and yelled "Ouchou Henshin!"

A shining ray of light emitted from Oushi, first covering his legs and shoulders, then slowly extending to his entire body. Then in a sudden flash, Ren stood at the back of the building, fully transformed.

"I can't believe they'd do this again." Ren said as he jumped to the top of the building.

"Odder yet...I can't believe you missed it." Oushi sternly.

"Shut up, I wasn't paying attention." Ren said as he slowly made his way to the front side of the building from the top.

Once there he saw that the entire front end of the building was destroyed. Cars ruined and hurt people littered the ground as ambulances and medics scrambled to help them.

"Those bastards...I can't believe they'd actually do this..." Ren remarked, stunned as he looked the vast amount of hurt people.

"Monkey Tail!" Yelled a voice, Ren the felt a grab at his legs and was tripped.

"What in the world?!" Ren yelled.

Just then, a figure jumped down from an arc in front of Ren. The man was dressed in a suit similar to ZenGreen, this suit though, was black lined with dark green a bore the symbol of a monkey on the chest. The helmet looked plain and had no symbols, just a long visor that encircled the entire length of the eye area on the helmet.

"I've got you now! Tell me where you took my sister to!" Said the figure.

"Knuckle Horns!" Ren yelled as he called for his weapons. Once on his hand, he broke the hold that the figure had on his legs with a long black whip.

Ren then came to his feet and jumped back to a safe distance.

"Who the Hell are you?!" He yelled. "Are you one of the guys that did this?!"

"I'm not falling for that trick! I'm ZenBlack and there is no way I'm going to let you hurt my sister!" The figure said as he jumped at Ren.

Ren dodged the attack, the figure once again kept jumping at Ren. He tried to dodge the attacks all he could before he threw a punch to the figure, who the used his whip to grab one of Ren's arms.

"Mega Fist!" Ren yelled as he continued the attack with his one free hand, causing ZenBlack to fall, and take Ren with him since his left arm was still tied to the whip.

"Damnit! Where did you take my sister?!" ZenBlack yelled again.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Ren yelled as he tried to attack once more.

"Ren! Stop!" Oushi yelled, making Ren stop, mid attack.

"What?!" Ren questioned.

"Didn't you notice what this boy called himself? ZenBlack" Oushi replied.

"I noticed that...but I also noticed his crazy ass attack on me." Ren said hastily.

"OushiOusama...is that you?" Said a voice coming from the chest of the other warrior.

"Youri? It is you!" Oushi said in excitement.

"John, there's no need to attack this warrior, he didn't take your sister." Youri said.

"What?" John asked.

"He's ZenGreen, one of the Zenrangers, there's no way he would attack these people." Youri said.

"Oh...oh...sorry about that then..." John said slow as he took his hold off Ren.

"He may not attack people, but I do." Said a voice from behind the two.

Ren turned to see Gemini standing with a pair of dolls.

"Hello boys." She said with a grin as she ordered the dolls attack.

[Ryoutarou]

Sorry for the delay, been very busy these last few weeks.

Chapter Five: Hour of the Monkey: Part Two

"Guess we'll have to finish our introductions later." Ren said as he quickly pulled his ZK-Blaster from his side and prepared to attack the oncoming dolls.

The dolls came at Ren and John, the two jumped out of the way of the attacks as a group of four dolls ran into each other.

"Not the smartest things..." John remark as he pulled his ZK-Blaster from his and began firing on the dolls.

John target five dolls and hit them all almost simultaneously. Ren watched in awe as John continued firing, not missing a single doll that came at him. A doll took this opportunity to attack Ren and gave him a swift punch in the back, knocking Ren to his knees and knocking his ZK-Blaster away from him.

"Son of a...Knuckle Horns!" Ren cried as he banged his fists together. He then got to his feet and began attacking the dolls.

One after another they came, soon Ren was tired of fighting off these grunts and made his way towards Gemini, picking up his dropped ZK-Blaster on the way.

John looked on as he kept firing at the dolls around him. "He doesn't seriously think he can take her, does he?" He thought to himself.

Ren came to a wall of dolls standing in front of Gemini and simply grinned as he drew his ZK-Blaster once more and fired upon the dolls guarding Gemini.

"Now it's just me and you, lady." Ren said.

"Eager to die, aren't you?" She playfully asked. "Very well...I'll grant that wish." She said.

Gemini's right arm then began to glow an eerie blue and also began growing in size until a loud burst of energy revealed a gigantic blue claw on her arm.

"Well...this might be a bit harder than I had originally though." Ren commented as he put his ZK-Blaster away and came to a fighting stance.

"Be careful Ren, she's going to be VERY difficult to defeat in your current state." Oushi said.

"Sure...that's going to make me feel better." Ren remarked.

"If you're done talking over there, I'd like to start this fight." Gemini said.

"Sure thing." Ren said as he ran towards Gemini.

"Idiot." Gemini said with a grin as she simply swiped forward with her claw, causing a huge gust of wind to knock Ren off his feet.

"Is that all you've got?" Gemini said with a laugh as she swiped at Ren again, moments before he got to his feet and dodged the attack.

"Not even close!" Ren yelled in a fury as he stormed towards Gemini once more. "

Gemini simply chuckled and swiped once again, this time though, Ren jumped above the attack.

"Same trick won't work on me twice!" He yelled as he jumped above gemini. "TITANIC FIST!" He cried as he came smashing down, Gemini dodged the attack and once more stood in front of Ren.

"Nice try boy, but your-" Gemini stopped mid-sentence as a large cut suddenly appeared on her right arm.

"Didn't see that coming, did you?" Ren said with a smirk as he once more launched himself at Gemini.

"You bitch...!" Gemini yelled as she dodged Ren's attack while still holding her hurt arm.

"Magma Burst!" A voice from behind yelled as a powerful burst of energy hit Gemini in the back. Gemini fell to her knees, with blood dripping from her back and staining some of her clothes.

"Yo!" John said as he landed next to Ren, with his ZK-Blaster in hand. "Thought you could use a hand...and I guess this will be payback for tripping you." John said.

"You fools! I'm tired of playing around!" Gemini yelled, her eyes began to glow a sinister looking red and the sky grew dark as she lifted herself into the air. "Let's play in my world." She said as a portal opened up behind her, sucking both Zenrangers in with it.