"Things may come and things may go, things go fast and some go slow..."
The band soon ended their song. The school had only just reopened that day and the students were ready to get back to their normal lives. the Rainbooms, a band formed by the seven magical girls who tried to fight Jark Matter, were happy to have band practice proper in the music room.
"I see we’re performing great as always," Rarity said.
"Glad to see even an alien invasion isn’t enough to get us off our game," Sunset followed as she put down her guitar.
"Nothing can stop an awesome band like us," Rainbow said as confident as ever.
"Glad to see being captured didn't hurt your conference Rainbow Dash," a male voice said. The girls turned to see Flash standing in the doorway with his own guitar. The young man was accompanied by two other boys. One of them was a large boy with green hair, an orange shirt and fingerless gloves. The other had black hair with a white vest and sunglasses.
Rainbow just put her hand on her hip. "Yeah well we're used to magic problems, not stuff from outer space," she said as her friends all let out a laugh.
"So what brings you guys here?" Pinkie asked as she leaned over her drums. "You boys want to hang with a few cute girls."
Flash let out a sigh as he walked over to a clipboard that was hanging on the wall and showed it to the girls. "It's the Flash Drives turn to use the practice room," he said as he pointed to the band's name on the timesheet.
"You girls aren't the only band here at CHS," the green-haired boy said as he pulled out his own drum sticks. "I have a mighty need to ROOOOOOOCK!" he yelled.
"Plus Drum Roll's grandma said we can't use her basement anymore to practice," the glasses-wearing boy added.
"Oh, sorry about that," Fluttershy said. "I guess we just lost track of time. Things have just been so chaotic lately, it nice to just do what we always do."
Applejack packed up her bass and was the first of the girls to rush out. "Well I hope you boys have fun but I really need to get going. I need to help my cousin Braeburn get out of his "doomsday shelter". Boy has been held up in there since this invasion thing started," Applejack said as she rushed out.
"Speaking of invasion, I'd like your opinion on something Flash," Twilight said as she walked over to the blue haired boy and pulled out her phone. She showed a news page that showed the shadow of a figure with a Scorpio tail. "I'm sure you've seen this image around."
"Oh, you mean that thing about how Micro Chip and Starbright were saved a few nights ago." Flash said.
Twilight quickly took the phone to look at the image herself. "Yeah there a lot of rumors that they were saved by a sixth Kyuranger."
"How do you know it's a sixth ranger?" Drum Roll asked.
"Each of the Kyuranger's suits has something distinct about it," Rarity explained. "I almost thought it was the red ranger but this one is slightly taller than him."
"Plus none of the five that saved us had a Scorpio tail like this guy," Sunset added. The Rainbooms finished packing away their equipment and started to leave. "Anyway have fun Flash."
“yeah, thanks Sunset,” Flash said. Wait, didn't Shou say that four Kyutama ended up crashing to Earth? Flash thought as him and his band mates got set up.
"Yo man, get your head in the game," the sunglasses-wearing boy said to snap Flash out of his train of thought.
"Right, Sorry Ringo. Let’s rock," Flash said as he started to play a few chords on his guitar.
Once Flash finished band practice and said goodbye to his friends he ran off to the abandoned classroom. He ran through the Link-tama tunnel to the ORION. When he got to the bridge he saw that his team mates were already there. Aria and Comet Tail were playing billiards on the center table, Bulk was working out with a set of dumbbells, and Sweet Leaf was brewing tea for everyone. "Hello Flash," Sweet Leaf greeted.
Flash smiled as he returned the greeting. "Hey guys, have you all heard the rumors about another Kyuranger?" he asked.
"Yeah, Micro Chip told me about it himself at lunch," Comet Tail said.
"If there's another Kyuranger we need to get them on our team," Sweet Leaf said as she placed the tray of tea on the table.
"I'm with the Eco chick, the more help we have the better," Aria said.
Bulk dropped his weights. "Well what are we standing around for? Let’s go find this guy," he yelled. The others all agreed as they made their way to the exit.
"Not so fast." The five stopped as they heard Shou Ronbou's voice speak up. They all turned to see the dragon at the console. "As much as another Kyuranger would help our cause, I need a few of you to stay behind to help upgrade some of our equipment."
"So who's staying behind?" Flash asked.
Shou made his way to the lower level of the bridge and picked up an object from the table next to the chair. He then placed the large red drum with a silver star in the middle. "We shall use the Kyulette to decide who will go searching for this new ranger," he said. The five looked at the commander questionably before deciding to go with it. One by one the rangers all dropped there Kyutama into the drum. "Now time for a Kyulette Chance!" Shou shouted as he snapped his fingers. All of a sudden colorful spotlights came on and music started to play.
"Time to choose choose a Kyu-Ta-Ma! Time to choose choose a Kyu-Ta-Ma! Time to choose choose a Kyu Kyu Kyu-Tama!"
The five rangers stared blankly at Shou who was dancing along with the music. Once the music died down Shou started to spin the red drum. "Going on this mission shall be..." he said as he stopped the spinning and three Kyutama fell out onto the table, "Flash, Sweet Leaf, and Bulk."
Comet smiled as he crossed his arms. "So that means me and Aria are performing the upgrades," he said with a smile.
"Great," Aria groaned.
"Come on guys, we have a lot of ground to cover," Bulk said as he exited the bridge.
"Have fun you two," Sweet Leaf added.
"Go easy on the guy Aria," Flash said.
The three Kyurangers started their search on Main Street. For the most part everything was normal. "I don't think we're just going to find him out in the open like this," Flash said.
"He must be like us and want to keep his identity a secret. He probably won't come unless there’s an attack," Sweet Leaf said.
"I hope we find him soon. It's getting close to sundown," Bulk added.
Flash looked at his phone to see that they had been searching for almost an hour and a half. "Maybe we should give it a rest for the day. No real point to running around on a wild goose chase if he's not going to show up."
All of a sudden screams filled the air. The three turned to see a group of Indavers marching down the road. They were being led by what looked like a Tsuyoindaver, but it had a much darker color scheme and was holding a wooden board.
"I guess this is a sign we're on the right track," Sweet Leaf said. The three quickly ran down an alley way to hide.
Once they saw that the coast was clear they pulled out their Kyutama and had their wristbands transform into their Saiza Blasters. "Cosmic Slide!" they all yelled.
"LEO KYUTAMA!"
"TAURUS KYUTAMA!"
"CHAMELEON KYUTAMA!"
"SAI ZA CHANGE!"
"Star Change!" they all yelled as they swung their arms down and pulled the triggers in the grips. The constructs of their constellations appeared before them and transformed the Rangers into their battle suits.
The Kyurangers came out firing their blasters at the troops. Black delivered an uppercut to one of the goons that sent him flying. Green jumped onto a car as she fired at the crowd of enemies. Red blasted his way through the Indavers till he got to the Tsuyoindaver in charge. "Jark Matter needs to do better than sending a Tsuyoindaver to fight us," Red said.
"A Tsuyoindaver," the monster said in shock. He put the board away and pulled out a black box with the Jark matter's logo. "I am Moretsuyoindaver. My power is on par with any of the Malistrate. That's why I'm able to own an Inrō," he said.
"Hmm I guess you look kinda different than the others," Red said.
His comment only made Moretsuyoindaver more mad. "I worked hard to get where I am. I deserve respect," the monster said as he raised his club. The monster rushed towards the red ranger. The ranger was ready to block before something interrupted the attack. Both Moretsuyoindaver and Leo Red looked to see an orange scorpion tail wrapped around the weapon. They then looked back to see where the tail was coming from.
Standing tall behind the monster was a figure who was dressed in the same suit as Leo Red, only colored orange. The design of his helmet's visor was that of a scorpion. The tail was coming from the armor on his back.
"Boy am I glad to see you," Red said. The orange ranger said nothing as he pulled the club away from the monster. "Ah, not much of a talker I see."
The orange ranger ran up to the monster and delivered a few punches. Moretsuyoindaver hit back, but that did little to the ranger.
"Don't worry, backup is on the way," Red said as he tried to help out. However several Indavers got in his way. Orange was about to deliver another punch, but more reinforcements came and attacked him.
Moretsuyoindaver snuck away from the fight to retrieve his club and aimed it at the red ranger. "This will show you to give me the respect I deserve," he said. He pulled the trigger, causing a fire ball to fly towards him. Orange took out the goons before he took off running. The ranger jumped to shield Red from the attack. When the fireball hit it sent the orange ranger flying into a pile of garbage. "Haha one down and another to go," The monster said as he readied his cannon again.
"Hey garden weed," a female voice said. The monster turned to see both Green and Black coming at him and delivering a punch at the same time. The hit knocked the monster back, as well as causing the board he had earlier to fall to the ground.
"Prepare to be punished for your disrespect Kyuranger," Moretsuyoindaver yelled as he escaped the battle. The Indavers soon followed, only leaving the Kyurangers.
"Hey is the orange guy alright?" Black asked.
Red ran to the pile of garbage to only to find that the orange ranger has disappeared. "Looks like he got away," he said as the Rangers transformed back to their civilian forms.
"Hey check this out," Sweet Leaf said. The two guys turned to find the girl holding the wooden board the monster was carrying. Upon closer inspection, Sweet Leaf saw that is was an octagon shape with symbols all over it.
"What is that thing?" Bulk asked.
"I'm not sure," Sweet Leaf said. "But I think I know someone who might know. You guys try and find the orange ranger to see if he's ok," she said as she ran off.
"Well we better split up then to try to get some more searching done," Flash said. Bulk nodded in agreement. "I'll heads towards the mall while you head toward Sugar Cube Corner." The two agreed and went their separate ways. Flash walked down the road for a few minutes, trying to find any clue to the orange hero.
All of a sudden Flash herd a loud groan. He turned the corner to find a man with pale red skin and orange hair. He was dressed in work jeans and a red jacket. The man was trying to carry a large box of gardening supplies.
"Oh Big Mac it's just you," Flash said. Big Mac just gave him an acknowledging wave of his hand before going back to loading the box into his truck. Flash noticed that Big Mac was occasionally setting the box on the ground and going to hold his back. "Hey are you doing alright?"
Big Mac went to answer before doubling over in pain. "N-Nope," he said.
"Do you need some help?" Flash asked. Big Mac just nodded. Flash crouched down to help with the box. "Did you pull your back working on the farm?" he asked. Big Mac nodded again. "Well do you mind if I help you out here? I know Applejack’s not around and I don't think you should be doing all this work on your own."
The two managed to get the box into the truck. Big Mac grabbed his back again before he answered. "Alright." Flash gave him a smile as they entered the truck. "It won't take long to finish things up back at home," Big Mac said as he started the truck.
At the ORION, Comet Tail was wearing goggles as he used a soldering gun on what looked to be the belt all the Kyurangers wore. "The upgrades are almost done," he said as he worked.
"I hope so," Aria followed. She was sitting at the table with a laptop which was connected to a bunch of wires. "I'm no good with this computer stuff."
"Oh come on, we're having fun here," Comet Tail said as sparks flew from the tool he was holding. Aria was about to deck him before the doors opened with Bulk and Sweet Leaf coming in. "Oh hey guys, did you find the guy?"
"Nope," Bulk said with his arms crossed.
"But we did find this," Sweet Leaf said as she held up the board she found earlier.
"What is it?" Comet Tail asked.
"My friend Sandalwood told me it's a luopan." She said. Everyone looked at her in confusion. "It's a compass that is used in the art Feng Shui. Sandalwood told me that this specific one is used to determine the location of Lay Lines."
The others still gave each other confused looks. "What's a Lay Line?" Aria asked.
"Lay Lines are the the lines of energy that flow through the earth," Sweet Leaf explained.
Shou Ronbou entered the room. "That must be part of how Jark Matter extracts Planetium," he said.
"Planetium?" Bulk asked.
Shou slowly walked up to the teenagers. "Planetium is the lifeblood of a planet. Jark Matter has been draining many planets of their’s and ultimately killing them."
"That's awful," Sweet Leaf said. "How could anyone be so heartless to do something like that?"
"Jark Matter is the ultimate evil in the universe," Shou said as he tightened the grip on his cane. "That's why we need the upgrades done quickly so we can keep fighting them."
A big smile appeared on Comet Tail's face as he lifted the goggles from his eyes. "Well the good news is that upgrades are finished."
"Uuhhhh finally," Aria said as she leaned back in her chair. "I couldn't stand another second of your nerd talk."
"Hey what happened to Flash?" Comet Tail asked.
"Me and Flash split up to find the orange ranger," Bulked answered.
"He better not get into trouble again," Aria groaned.
Bulk grinned. "Don't worry, this is Flash's home town, not some alien planet. He knows the people here."
"I just hope he checks in soon," Sweet Leaf said as she looked at her wrist band.
Once Big Mac pulled into the driveway of his house Flash wasted no time unloading the truck. Big Mac told Flash that all he needed to do was to put the supplies into the shed and he'll take care of it in the morning.
"Well that seems to be everything," Flash said as he closed the door to the shed. Big Mac was taking it easy on the back porch. He was holding two bottles of fizzy apple cider and threw one of them to Flash. The toss took him by surprise but he caught it. "So is this your way of saying thanks?"
"Eeyup," was all Big Mac said as he opened his own bottle. Flash just smiled as he walked onto the porch. The two clanked their bottles together before taking a big swig of their drinks. Once they swallowed the fizzy soda they looked out over the apple orchard behind the house.
However their moment of peace was interrupted by a loud crash. Out of nowhere one of Jark Matter's Needles landed in the middle of the orchard. Flash stood in place in shock as Big Mac started to make his way out towards the Needle. Flash saw this and quickly ran to stop him. "I wouldn't do that if I were you. You still have that bad back and I don't want to see you hurt. Why don't I go check it out," Flash said. Before Big Mac could say anything Flash bolted towards the needle.
It didn't take long for Flash to get to the crash site. Indavers were already patrolling the area with Moretsuyoindaver standing close to the tower. "Hey it's you," Flash yelled as he pointed his Saiza Blaster at the monster. "What are you creeps doing here?"
"What does it look like, we're preparing to start draining the Planetium from this planet." The monster answered.
"Not on my watch," Flash said as he pulled out his Kyutama and placed it into his Saiza Blaster.
"SAI ZA CHANGE!"
"Indavers, get him," Moretsuyoindaver commanded. The Indavers all aimed their weapons at Flash and fired.
"Star Change!" Flash yelled as he pulled the trigger on his blaster. The energy construct appeared in front of him and blocked the attack. When they stopped firing, the lion constellation passed over his body and he transformed into Leo Red holding his Kyu Sword. "Let's Rocket," he said as he pointed the sword at the monster. Moretsuyoindaver signaled his troop to attack. Leo Red blocked one of the attack with his blade. The mass of enemies soon started to overwhelm him. He held up his Saiza blaster to activate its communication function. "Guys I really need backup here..."
Shou Ronbou and the other Kyurangers were currently watching the fight on screen. Comet Tail was the first to speak up. "You’re at Sweet Apple Acres, it will take us awhile to get there."
"Just hurry, it's like a hornet’s nest here," Leo Red yelled through his communicator. The four just nodded as they ran to the exit.
"Don't worry Flash, I have something that may turn the tides," Shou said as he pulled a deep green colored Kyutama. He placed it onto the center table and grabbed a pool cue. He rubbed a block of chalk on the tip and lined up his shot. He hit the white cue ball, which broke the racked balls on the table. The balls bounced around the table till one of them hit the Kyutama into the hole. When it fell in a bright light came from the hole.
The Red Ranger managed to throw one of the goons away before he pressed the button on his belt. A small door opened to reveal the deep green Kyutama. Leo Red was confused as he looked at the new Kyutama. He slid the surface to reveal an image of two twin children. As he replaced the red Kyutama with the green one and pushed it back, he didn't notice another enemy ready to attack.
"GEMINI KYUTAMA!"
"SAI ZA ATTACK!"
When he pulled the trigger, a construct of the twins appeared before it transformed into an exact copy of the red ranger. The copy lunged towards the original with his sword, only to hit the goon instead. "Hey, how's it going good looking," the copy said as he looked at the original and brushed back what would be his hair under the helmet.
"Ok, I can work with this," the original said as he and the copy fought the Indavers.
Meanwhile on the sidelines Moretsuyoindaver was readying a new weapon. It was a large space age canon that required both arms to carry. "This will teach you to respect my authority," he said as Leo Red was in the canon's crosshairs. However, before he could pull the trigger, several orange orbs hit the weapon out of his hand.
Both the monster and Leo Red turned to see where the blasts came from. In the distance a tall figure started to walk into the fray with the sunset at his back. After a moment it became clear who he was. "B-Big Mac," Red whispered under his breath. He was about to yell at him to get out of the way, but stopped when he saw a Saiza Blaster on his wrist.
Big Mac pointed his blaster at the monster. "Y'all got five seconds to get off my property," he said.
"The forces of Jark Matter won't yield to a lowly human," Moretsuyoindaver said as he pulled out his normal club.
Big Mac was silent as he pulled out an orange Kyutama. He then slid the top layer to form an image of a scorpion and placed it into the blaster.
"SCORPIUS KYUTAMA!"
"SAI ZA CHANGE!"
He then flipped out the grip, then pulled the trigger. A construct of a scorpion constellation appeared before passing over his body. It then formed into an orange colored Kyuranger suit.
"So he was the orange ranger this whole time," Red said. His copy performed a slash to one of the Indavers before disappearing. "Looks like it's just the two of us," he said.
"Eeyup," the orange ranger replied.
"The Super Star, Leo red!" the red ranger yelled as he gave the thumbs up.
"The Poison Star, Scorpius Orange!" the orange ranger yelled as he held out his right arm.
"We're the stars of rebellion," Red said as he drew a circle in the air. "Uchuu Sentai, Kyuranger."
Moretsuyoindaver stamped his foot several times on the ground in anger. "I'm going to destroy you, Kyuranger," he yelled.
"You can try," Red taunted with his sword. Moretsuyoindaver grabbed his normal club and charged to attack. Red stopped the attack with his sword.
Several Indavers ganged up on Orange but he bobbed and weaved between the attacks. He then delivered several punches to each of them.
Red tried to land a hit but was blocked each time. The Monster then pulled out a whip and used it to attack the ranger. He was soon hit to the ground. "These guys are hard to fight without some help," Red said.
Orange saw this and ran towards the battle. He quickly performed a sneak attack on Moretsuyoindaver with a punch that tossed him to the ground. Orange then pulled out his own Kyuza weapon. He attached the single blade to the handle and flipped out the rod on the other side.
"KYU SPEAR!"
Orange tried to stab the monster with his spear. Moretsuyoindaver knocked it away, only for the ranger to hit him with the other end of the weapon. When the monster was knocked back, Red came in to slash with his sword. Orange then spun struck him from the side. "Alright Orange, finish him off," Red said.
"Eeyup," Orange said as he pushed the Kyutama on his blaster back twice.
"GALAXY!"
The Orange ranger then pointed the blaster at the monster. Moretsuyoindaver was too distracted by the Red to notice the large sphere forming. Orange pulled the trigger on his grip to fire the attack. Red ducked out of the way as the orange energy orb flew straight for its target before exploding.
"Oh yeah," Red said as he ran up to Orange with his hand raised. Orange was still for a moment till he shrugged and gave his team mate a high five. However their celebration was cut short.
"Enough!" the voice of Moretsuyoindaver yelled in frustration. The two looked to see that the monster survived, yet was badly damaged. "I am a Malstrum. As long as Jark Matter lives on I shall keep fighting," he yelled as he ran towards the Needle. After a few moments the whole tower transformed into a giant robot holding a lance. "You Kyurangers shall all pay." Moretsuyoindaver's voice said through the robot’s speakers. The robot tried to stomp on the Kyurangers, only for the two to jump out of the way. A second stomp was about to come, only for it to be interrupted by a blast of yellow energy. The two turned to see four Voyagers flying in, with the Taurus Voyager pulling ahead to bash into the robot.
A call tone came from Red's communicator. "Come on Flash, we need you in this fight," Blue's voice said.
"On my way," Red said as he pushed his Kyutama to the side.
"SAI ZA GO!"
The giant red Kyutama formed around Leo Red before docking into the Leo Voyager. "Alright guys, you all know the drill," Red said as he pushed the lever on his controls forward. The five ships flew through the sky before forming their own giant robot.
"KYURENOH!!"
KyurenOh clashed its sword arm with the Needle's lance. The Needle used its weapon to stab the KyurenOh several times. "I know what to do, just like last time," Green said. The Chameleon arm opened its mouth to activate its whip and swung it at the lance. However before the whip could wrap around the weapon, it started to spin like a drill and knocked the metal tongue out of the way.
All of a sudden a swarm of Jark Matter fighter ships flew in and started to open fire on KyurenOh. The Rangers’ robot tried to fight back but kept getting fired at. "Great, this is the last thing we need," Blue said as his screen lit up red.
"We're can't fight these small fries and the robot at once," Yellow added.
"Don't worry guys, we have a new friend to help us out," Red said.
"You don't mean," Black asked.
"Oh yeah," Red said as he activated his communicator. "Hey Big Mac, we need you and your Voyager to come and help us out."
"Big Mac!" Blue, Black, and Green all said in surprise.
"Who's Big Mac?" Yellow asked.
Scorpius Orange heard the request and nodded. He did what the red ranger did earlier and pushed the Kyutama to the side.
"SAI ZA GO!"
"SCORPIUS VOYAGER!"
A portal opened up and a scorpion-themed space ship flew out. A giant orange Kyutama formed around the ranger before docking on the back of the scorpion. The scorpion ship raised its tail up and fired a large blast of orange energy at the flying ships. The Voyager the then dug into the ground only to pop out a few moments later and surprise the robot. The scorpion ship hit the robot with it's claws to cause more damage.
"Here's our opening, team," Red said.
"Right," the others said as the five pushed their Kyutama back twice.
"SUPER GALAXY!"
KyurenOh's sword started to glow a mix of its five colors as it raised it above its head. The robot then performed a mighty slash that split the Needle in two before it was totally destroyed.
"Haha, another one bites the dust," Red said.
"And we got a new team mate too," Blue added.
After the battle, the five Kyurangers were sitting on the back porch of the farm house. Big Mac came through the door with drinks for everyone. "Wow, I still can't believe Applejack's older brother is our Orange Ranger." Flash said as he grabbed his drink.
"Yeah! Glad to have you on board bro," Bulk said as he put his arm around Big Mac's shoulder.
"I just have one question though," Comet led on. "How did you get your Kyutama?"
Big Mac let out a smile as he started to tell his story.
Day of Jark Matter's Invasion
It was noon as Big Mac was hard at work in the orchard. He had just finished fixing the irrigation system, wiping the sweat off his brow. All of a sudden Indavers started to march through the trees. Big Mac didn't really know what was going on, but he knew these guys were trouble. He grabbed a pitchfork that was nearby and was ready for a fight. What he wasn't ready for were the Indavers to open fire on him with laser blasters. After seeing one of the barrels catch fire, Big Mac made a beeline for the orchard. The aliens gave chase as Big Mac tried to think of what to do next. He was so lost in thought that he didn't notice the huge crater in his way that he soon tripped and fell into. He turned around to see the aliens closing in, as well as an orange light out of the corner of his eye.
He looked to find the Orange Kyutama at the bottom of the crater. Not knowing what it could be, Big Mac picked it up only for his arm to be taken over by orange energy. After a moment a Saiza Blaster appeared in his arm. With the Indavers closing in and not knowing what else to do, Big Mac placed the Kyutama into the blaster.
"SCORPIUS KYUTAMA!"
A bright light soon blinded the Indavers before they saw Scorpius Orange was standing before them. The orange clad man looked himself over for a moment before turning back at the Indavers. The troops aimed their blasters, only to be knocked back by the ranger's scorpion tail.
"So after that you saw us fighting Jark Matter as well and wanted to help us," Sweet Leaf guessed.
"Eeyup," Big Mac said.
"But since we kept our identities a secret, all you could do was fight Jark Matter on your own and hope to cross paths with us," Aria added.
"Eeyup," Big Mac repeated.
"Well it's a good thing we ran into you when we did," Flash said as he stood up and held his drink to the sky. "I say we have a toast. For Big Mac, the newest Kyuranger and member of the rebellion."
"Yeah!" they all yelled as the six clanked their bottles together. They all gave their drinks a sip in celebration to the new ally in the fight against Jark Matter.
To be continued