The small town of Canterlot was quiet this morning. Today students were excused from one of their classes to help set up a party put together by Canterlot High's favorite party animal, Pinkie Pie. Flash and Ditzy were assigned to help set up first period.
Pinkie was skipping happily as she checked stuff off her check list. Flash was helping with the audio equipment equipment on the stage. "Hey Pinkie," Flash called out as Pinkie strolled by. "What's the occasion for this party? Not that you of all people need a reason to throw one."
"Well I felt we all really needed one," Pinkie answered. "Though people aren't showing it, this Jark Matter invasion is starting to get to them. A big party like this always help distract people from problems like this. Plus I felt we needed to celebrate the Kyurangers and all they've done for us."
Flash smiled, seeing how much of a difference he and the others were making for everyone. He thought that spilling the beans about who the Kyurangers were would have made Pinkie smile a thousand times. She may have even asked them to be the guest of honor at the party. As much as Flash wanted to make Pinkie that happy, he wasn't a Kyuranger for the glory.
"Speaking of Kyurangers," Rainbow's voice announced as the athlete came into view. She was holding up her smartphone with an eager expression on her face. "You got to see what someone posted on the fansite," Rainbow said. The image on the screen was a selfie a teenager took with her and Libra Gold in it posing. "There's a gold Kyuranger now, so cool."
"Wow, that makes eight rangers now doesn't it," Pinkie said as took a closer look at the post.
Flash smirked, already knowing about the gold ranger as well as the existence of a ninth ranger. "You seem very interested in those guys aren't you Rainbow?" Flash asked.
"Of course," Rainbow said with enthusiasm. "Do you think their accepting new members? It would be so cool if I could be a space hero like them. Think of it, I could be the Rainbow Ranger," she said with a grin. Flash and Pinkie both let out a chuckle at the image of a ranger that was every color of the rainbow.
"Maybe your mech could be a space train with each car a different color," Pinkie added.
"I don't think that would work, the Kyurangers' Voyagers seem to be modeled after constellations and last I checked there's not train constitution," Flash said. "I have heard rumors of car constellations, but that could just be a joke." Rainbow let out a laugh as she walked away.
"Anyway Flash, I have a job I really need you for," Pinkie said.
"Sure thing Pinkie, what is it?" Flash asked.
"I need you to pick up some desserts from Sugarcube Corner. Do you think you can do that?" Pinkie asked.
"No problem, I can go right now if you want," Flash said as he pulled out his car keys.
"Great," Pinkie said with excitement. "Oh, and take Twilight and Spike with you to help."
Hearing this took Flash by surprise. His first instinct was to say something along the lines of "Oh no I can't with her," but there was no reason to. After all they were friends and Flash was more than capable of being in a car with Twilight alone. The heartbreak he was feeling shouldn't have mattered, yet he still couldn't figure out why he couldn't let go. As appealing as it may seem, avoiding her wasn't the way to go.
Pinkie waved down her purple haired friend. Pinkie explained that she was going to be with Flash. "Oh I'd be happy to help out, Pinkie," Twilight said with a smile.
"I've really been getting antsy just staying around here," a voice said from Twilight's backpack. Emerging from it was a purple and green dog. "Oh hey it's that Flash guy," Spike was Twilight's dog who, after going through a magic portal, gained the ability to talk the same language as humans.
Flash tried to put on a smile in front of all his friends. "Well we better get a move on," he said as he led Twilight and Spike out of the gym.
Meanwhile on the other side of the gym, Applebloom, Scootaloo, and the third girl Sweetie Belle were in the middle of working on a banner. The girls were busy talking among themselves before seeing a boy sitting against the wall. The light blue skinned boy with navy hair was wearing a baggy black and blue hoodie with shorts. The three girls noticed he had a gloomy face and decided to invite him over. "Hey Shady Daze, come give us a hand over here," Sweetie Belle said.
The boy named Shady Daze looked over in their direction. "Um ok," he said as he walked over nervously.
"Hey, what seems to be on your mind?" Scootaloo asked.
Shady looked away for a moment. "It's nothing, just..." Before the boy could finish his thought, a bucket of pink paint fell all over him.
"Oh no," Ditzy exclaimed as she put down the stack of paint cans she was carrying. "I'm so so so so so sorry," she said as she pulled out a rag to help clean Shady Daze up.
"It's fine Ditzy. I'm not hurt or anything," Shady said as she wiped off the paint on his face. "I'll just go clean up in the bathroom," he said as he ran off.
The four girls watched the boy leave with concern. "That boy has been acting lower than a pig on Sunday," Applebloom said.
"What's wrong?" Ditzy asked.
"No one knows, all of a sudden he's been all mopey," Scootaloo answered.
"Hmm," Ditzy observed the boy leaving as she tried to think of what might be eating at him.
On the Jark Matter command ship, groups of Indavers were at work loading large boxes into smaller ships. "Get your butts in gear you stooges," Yumepakkun ordered as he oversaw the operation. The Indavers gave a salute before returning to work.
"You're one to talk," Eriedrone said as he appeared behind him. "You were defeated by the Kyurangers and lost a rather important piece of weaponry. Assisting in this plan is your last chance to redeem yourself Yumepakkun."
"Of course Lord Eriedrone," Yumepakkun said as he rubbed his nose.
"The Kyurangers seem to find this little town rather important. If we threaten it, they would have no choice but to yield to my will." Eriedone said as he clenched his fist. The general walked forward to inspect the crates more closely. "Once the cargo is loaded up, your job is to set the explosives at the designated points. After that I will make my demands known," he said as he turned to his subordinates.
"Yes sir," Yumepakkun said as he ran to the ships. Once the last crate was loaded up the ships started to take off and headed to earth.
Flash, Twilight, and Spike were driving to the cafe bakery in Flash's custom painted sports car. Spike was sitting in the back as Flash and Twilight were in the front. "Wow, this car is so cool. I wouldn't have thought a guy like you would have something like this," Spike said.
"Thanks Spike, but you better not mess up the seats back there," Flash said as he glanced towards the dog through the rear view mirror.
"He's right. A car like this must have costed a lot," Twilight added.
Flash was slightly embarrassed by Twilight's comment. "Hehe yeah, I wasn't the one who payed for it. My mom got it for me the day after I passed my road test," Flash said as he focused of the road.
"Wow, your family must be loaded," Spike said.
"It's no big deal, my mom supports my family very well with her job as a lawyer," Flash said as he turned the corner.
"I never would have expected that from a guy like you," Twilight said.
"There's a lot of stuff you don't know about me," Flash said as a smile started to show on his face. "For instance, even though I'm in a rock band I'm actually studying to go into law enforcement."
Twilight let out a chuckle for a moment. "Ya know you kinda remind me of my brother. I mean besides the fact you both have blue hair. He also wanted to be a police officer in highschool. Now he the current Chief of Police here in Canterlot."
Flash was enjoying the small talk him and Twilight were having before he had to slam on the brakes. Only a block from Sugarcube Corner the street was blocked by cars with people running away. Flash turned off the engine and got out with Twilight and Spike following. As they saw people running, laser blasters could be heard. "Is this another attack?" Flash asked.
"I don't know but we should go check it out," Twilight said as she scooped Spike into her bag and ran towards what the people were running from. Flash was unable to stop her so he had no choice but to follow. The chaos led the two humans to Sugarcube Corner. In front of the shop was a squad of Indavers being lead by a familiar looking monster.
Flash stepped back for a moment, not expecting to see Yumepakkun again. The young man moved quickly to hide behind a car, pulling Twilight along with him. The monster was too busy eating the dreams of a civilian to notice the two. "Ah, I needed that after all this hard work," Yumepakkun said before turning to his troops. "Hey lackeys, pick up the pace. We still have more of those things to set up."
"What do you think he's talking about?" Twilight asked as she overheard the monster talking.
"I have no clue," Flash answered. At this moment Flash needed to get Twilight to safety so he could transform and fight the monster. He looked to Twilight with a stern face and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Twilight, I'm going to distract the monster. You need to get inside the shop where it's safe," Flash said.
Before Flash could stand up, he felt Twilight's hand on his shoulder this time. "I can't let you do that Flash. I know you're trying to protect me but I'm better suited for this," Twilight said with a kind look on her face. Flash wanted to say that he could have handled it but not with revealing he was a Kyuranger. Twilight took off his backpack as Spike popped out before handing it to Flash. "If you want to help, please make sure Spike is safe."
Twilight quickly ran out into the fray. A purple aura appeared around Twilight's hands as well as debris in the area. The debris started to float in the air before Twilight made a motion with her hand to send it all flying at the Jark Matter troops.
The collection of rocks and trash came out of nowhere and hit the Indavers as well as Yumepakkun. "Ahh who threw that!?" Yumepakkun yelled in anger. He turned to see Twilight, preparing another attack. "Great, another one of you strange girls."
While the fight was going on, Flash was watching, upset at his inability to help. "Hey, Earth to Flash," Spike said causing Flash's attention to shift. "What are you standing around for, we need to get out of here."
Flash nodded as he ran at full speed towards the cafe with Twilight's bag in his arms. He made it through the door and locked it behind him. Spike crawled out of the bag to watch the fight through the main window. Spike watched as Twilight levitated a turned over car in front of her to block an attack. "Twilight is amazing when she's using her magic like this," the dog said as he turned to Flash. When he did he saw that Flash wasn't there before looking behind him to see that Flash was making his way to the back exit. "Hey where are you going?"
Flash let out a sigh before crouching down to the dog. "I'm going to try and get help. Twilight isn't going to last long on her own," he said before standing back up.
"Then let me come with you," Spike said.
"I can't let you do that. We both know how important you are to Twilight. Imagine how she'd feel if you got hurt or worse," Flash said in a somber tone. "The best thing you can do right now is let Twilight know you're safe."
There was a moment of silence between the two before Spike finally spoke up. "I get it, but be careful out there. You may not think it but she would be just as upset if something happened to you too," the dog said.
A smile appeared on Flash's face. "Got it," he said before he left the building through the back door.
Meanwhile Twilight was putting all her efforts into defending herself from the Indavers' attack. Yumepakkun was rubbing his nose happily at the young woman being pinned. "If I could capture this girl, Eriedrone will stop scolding me for destroying that robot," the monster said as he shot out a blast of lightning. The blast split the car in half and sent Twilight flying back. "Jeez, from what the reports said, I thought you'd be stronger," he said.
As Twilight got up, the purple aura formed around her hand again. She focused her magic on the foot soldiers. With a flick of her wrist the Indavers went flying. "Is that more of what you were expecting?" Twilight said as she got to her feet.
"A little," Yumepakkun said as he fired another blast.
This time Twilight didn't have time to block the attack, however an orange scorpion tail wrapped around her to pull her to safety. As the scorpion tail unwrapped itself, Twilight was able to see she was saved by Scorpius Orange. "Thanks for saving me," Twilight said.
"No problem," Orange said.
Libra Gold and Dorado Yellow ran forward. "Geez, I thought we heard the last of this guy," Yellow said with a groan.
"I escaped before my mech got blown up, no help from you pests," Yumepakkun said in anger.
"Well you won't be escaping this time," Gold said before he turned to Twilight. "Don't worry young lady, we'll take care of this no problem. Vamanos!" he said as he started to fire his Saiza Blaster.
Yumepakkun blocked the attack with his spear but was blindsided when Yellow ran up to kick him. The monster swung his spear and knocked Yellow out of the way. Orange then ran up to deliver a combo of punches.
When Yellow recovered from being knocked aside she saw Indavers raising their daggers to attack. "Watch out," a voice said. Rushing up was Leo Red with his sword. With one swing the red ranger took down the foot soldiers. Once they were down Red extended his hand to help Yellow up. "I guess we're even now," Red said with a grin under his helmet.
"I could have handled it," Yellow said as she smacked away Red's hand. Yellow picked herself up before hitting another Indaver.
Gold kept firing at the monster before an Indaver fired at him. The goon soon ran up to him and slashed with its danger only for Gold to dodge out of the way. Another slash followed but this time Gold caught the blade with both his hands. "Um could someone give me a hand here!?" Gold asked as he struggled. Soon the magical aura covered the Indaver before he was hoisted into the air. The otherworldly ranger was just as surprised as the foot soldier when he saw that it was Twilight doing this. "My, I didn't expect to see humans with telepathic abilities today."
Yumepakkun and Orange clashed with each other with their spears. "Hit the deck," Red said as he held up his Saiza Blaster and fired a shot. Orange broke away from the monster before the red energy orb flew between the monster and ranger.
"Haha, maybe you should get your eyes checked," Yumepakkun said.
"Maybe you should pay more attention to your surroundings," Red replied as he crossed his arms.
Yumepakkun turned to see that the Kyuranger's shot hit a lamppost. Following the pole up the monster saw the lamppost starting to fall right towards him. Orange jumped out of the way as the pole crashed onto the monster. "Uff, enough of this, I have more important things to do," Yumepakkun said as he rubbed his head. He then turned around and jumped a long distance out of view.
With the Indavers running away, Orange and Red ran up to Gold. "It's a good thing you guys came when you did," Red said.
"We picked up Yumepakkun's activity on the ORION's sensors," Gold said.
Twilight quickly ran up to the rangers. "Hey, what do you think that monster meant when he said he had more important things to do?" she asked.
"I don't know," Gold answered. "I do intend to find out once I get back to our ship."
"Well I'm glad you guys are on top of it. I need to make sure my friends are alright," Twilight said before she ran toward the cafe.
"And that's my cue to go as well," Red said as he started to run in the opposite direction.
"What's up with him?" Yellow asked as she turned to Orange. The Orange ranger just shrugged.
After a few moments, Twilight was standing at the front door of Sugarcube Corner. Spike wagged his tail in happiness at the sight of his owner being alright. Twilight tried to open the door only to find that it was locked. It only took a second for her to use her magic to unlock the door. Once it was opened Spike jumped up into her arms. "Oh Spike, thank goodness you're alright," Twilight said. After a moment the young woman looked around to see that Flash wasn't there. "What happened to Flash?"
As soon as she asked, Flash came through the back door out of breath. "Oh good, you're not hurt," Flash said as he saw Twilight.
"Yeah thanks to the Kyurangers," Twilight said. "Where were you?"
"He went out to get help," Spike answered.
"Yeah but when I got back the monster was gone," Flash followed.
"Is it safe to come out?" A man's voice asked. Coming out from hiding behind the counter was tall man and a stocky woman. The man had yellow skin, orange hair, and was wearing a white apron with a bow tie and cap. The blue skinned woman had swirly meringue hair and a yellow dress.
"Oh Twilight, Flash. What a pleasant surprise," the woman said as she noticed the teens.
"Oh Mr and Mrs Cake, you're safe too," Twilight said as she walked towards the counter. She then pulled a piece of paper out of her pocket. "Um, if it's not too much trouble, we're here to pick up an order for Pinkie Pie," she said as she handed the piece of paper to Mr Cake.
Mr Cake looked over the piece of paper. "Oh right, the stuff is already done. I'll go get it from the back," he said as he headed to the back room of the cafe.
At the school it was now third period. All the students who were setting up the party had gone back to their normal classes. Bulk was on his way to his locker to get the supplies for his next class. As he turned the corner he saw something rather disturbing.
A large boy with dark brown skin and tan hair that covered his eyes was staring down a younger boy with park pink hair. The larger teen was holding up what looked like a comic book. "Hey short stack, I'm so glad you brought this for me. I needed something to occupy my time during class," the larger boy said. The younger boy was silent.
The two didn't notice Bulk as he got closer. As he did he soon found that the younger boy was Shady Daze with his hair still having pink in it from the paint that fell on him. "And what's with your hair color. Trying a new look? I must say it looks good on you," the older boy said with a grin.
The tan haired boy was starting to get on Bulk's nerves. He was gritting his teeth hard as he came up right behind the older teen. "Hey Dumbbell!" he said, catching the two of them off guard.
Dumbbell slowly turned around to meet Bulk's gaze. "Oh hey Bulk, this kid was just giving me the comic book I asked for," Dumbbell said as he rubbed the back of his head.
Bulk kept an intimidating face as he stared down Dumbbell. "Really? That's not what it looks like to me," Bulk said as he clenched his fist.
"Oh come on bro..." Dumbbell started to say before Bulk grabbed the comic book out of his hand.
"Get out of here!" Bulk said putting on a more intimidating face.
"Ok man, be cool, I had to get to class anyway," Dumbbell said as he started to run down the hall.
With the bully gone, Bulk put on a much nicer face as he kneeled down to Shady Daze. "Hey little man," he said as he presented him the comic, taking note of who was on the cover. "I herd Rockhoof is an awesome superhero. Though I'm a more of a Saddle Rager fan myself."
Shady Daze looked at the comic book before looking up at Bulk's kind smile. "Uh thanks," he said as he took the comic book.
"No problem, and if that bully bothers you again just look for me. Oh and don't let the pink hair bother you," Bulk said. Shady took a moment be he let out a small smile. "There's a smile."
"You're a real cool guy Bulk," Shady said before giving a nod. Then he ran down the hall to his class.
"Hey Bulk," Flash's voice said from behind the large teenager. Turning around Bulk saw Twilight carrying a pink box ,with Flash walking next to her while carrying a large stack of the same boxes. "Mind giving me a hand here?"
"Oh yeah," Bulk said as he took the stack of boxes from Flash. "So this is all for Pinkie’s party right?"
"Yeah," Twilight answered. She pulled out her phone to look at the time, which caused her eyes to bug out. "Oh no, I'm going to be late for advanced trigonometry. See you two at the party," Twilight said as she handed the box she was holding to Flash and ran off to class.
"So Flash, why were you guys late getting back?" Bulk asked.
"I think it would be better if everyone was together to explain. Think you can wait till lunch?" Flash said as the two made their way to the gym.
"YEAH!" Bulk said out of nowhere.
When lunchtime came around Flash, Comet, Sweet Leaf, Ditzy, and Bulk all gathered at a table in the lunchroom. "So Yumepakkun is still alive?" Comet asked.
"Well he wasn't dead when I was fighting him," Flash said. "Jark Matter is planning something."
"I wonder what it could be," Ditzy asked.
"Yeah well Big Mac and Aria are scouting the town out to see if anything else is up," Flash informed his friends.
"Isn't Aria afraid to go out in public?" Sweet Leaf asked.
"Well most of the people who have a personal grudge against her or the sirens are here in school. So she should be ok if she lays low," Comet said.
As the conversation continued, a student bursted through the door in a panic. "Everyone, you need to come out and see this," he said. Everyone in the cafeteria looked at each other confused for a moment before following the student. When everyone got outside their attention was to the sky.
Appearing above the city was a huge hologram of Eriedrone addressing the citizens. "Attention lowly humans. The Kyurangers have stood in Jark Matter's way for too long and their constant interference has forced our hand. The Kyurangers have six of your Earth hours to surrender themselves or this pitiful town shall be destroyed," Eriedrone announced before the hologram disappeared. The students all talked among themselves.
"What do you think he means by that?" one of the students asked.
"I hope the Kyurangers can save us," another student said.
Flash looked at his teammates before the teens sneaked back into the school. "This is huge guys," Bulk said as the group rushed to the abandoned classroom.
"Yeah, we need to get everyone together to try to figure out what to do. We can't surrender to Eriedrone," Flash said.
When the five opened the door to the classroom they were shocked at what they found waiting for them. Sitting in front of the opened window with her arms crossed was the silver Kyuranger. "It's about time I ran into you, Kyurangers," she said.
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"You're the silver Kyuranger Time Turner told us about," Ditzy said. "How on earth did you find us?"
"Well it wasn't easy. I assumed the five Kyurangers that first appeared must have been from Canterlot High. It was just luck that I managed to find that portal in the cabinet. It was only a matter of time before I'd run into you lot here," the silver ranger explained as she pushed her finger up on her visor with a glare washing over it. "But enough of that, we have bigger problems to deal with."
"Wait, before we do anything you better tell us who you are," Comet said.
The silver ranger stood up slowly. "I guess introductions are in order but pointless. After all we have met before," she said as she removed the Kyutama from her Saiza Blaster. When the battle suit disappeared, a deep blue skinned girl with light blue hair styled in twin tails stood wearing glasses before the Kyurangers. She was dressed in a dark purple school uniform with a plaid skirt and black leggings and knee high socks.
"Sugarcoat," Flash said.
"Yes now can we get moving on to figuring out how we can save our town from imminent destruction," Sugarcoat said in her usual bored tone. The others agreed with her and led the way through the portal to the ORION.
After a few minutes the door to the bridge opened with a steaming Aria barging in. "Okay, Â I'm really peeved now. Who do those jerks think they are asking us to surrender!" she said with Big Mac following her. As she entered she soon noticed Sugarcoat standing with the others and walked up to her. "Hey, who's this chick?" she asked as she pointed to the new girl.
"That's Sugarcoat," Ditzy said. "She's a student at Crystal Prep. Our schools use to have a rivalry with them, but after the last Friendship Games we're now on friendly terms."
"Not just a student-" Sugarcoat said in her usual tone. "Ever since Twilight transferred I've become the top student of the school in academics. Though only third in athletics."
"Ok, so why is she here?" Aria asked.
"It should go without saying but anyone chosen by the Kyutama is always welcome on the ORION," Shou said. Aria looked back at Sugarcoat, who held up a silver Kyutama.
"Great, another know-it-all," Aria groaned.
"Please, don't mind Aria. We're all happy to have you on board. Now we have all nine Kyurangers," Flash said.
"I didn't come here just to be friendly. I came cause Canterlot is under attack and you need all the help you can get," Sugarcoat said as she pulled out her phone. She showed an image on the screen that looked like a cylinder shaped device with the Jark Matter logo on it. "I found this by my school. I believe this plays into the threat they made."
"My word," Time Turner said as he took a closer look at the image. "That's a class three lygon explosive unit, and a right nasty looking one at that," he said as he made his way to the console.
"Um what does that mean?" Bulk asked.
"Well first it means that Jark Matter isn't messing around," Time Turner said as he started to type. "But fortunately they have a unique power core that should be easy to track," when he finished typing a map of Canterlot appeared with red dots scattered all over it. "I have twenty-seven positive locations."
"That's good, we can take care of the bombs before they have a chance to go off," Sweet Leaf said.
"Easier said than done. Even with nine of us, we won't be able to properly locate and disarm all the explosives before the deadline," Time Turner explained.
"Gosh darn it!" Flash yelled as he slammed his fist onto the table. "We're suppose to be the saviors of the the universe and we can't even protect our home town. I mean unless we cave to their demands."
"And that can't happen. The universe needs the Kyurangers," Shou said.
"Well maybe we don't have to," Comet said.
"What are you saying?" Flash asked. Comet Tail only smirked as he pulled out his phone.
The students of Canterlot High didn't know what to do. It has only been an hour since their town was threatened and time was ticking. Pinkie and her friends were all in the gym finishing setting up for the party, but Pinkie was the only one who seemed to be working. The other six girls were just sitting around with worried expressions.
"So it comes down to this," Applejack said as she tipped her hat down. "Either the Kyurangers give up and those aliens take over, or the town gets blown up."
"I knew Jark Matter were dangerous, but I didn't think they were this dangerous," Fluttershy followed.
"Pinkie, why are you still putting up decorations? A party is the last thing we need right now," Rarity said.
Pinkie got down from the ladder to take a look at her friends. "I don't see why you guys are so down in the dumps. The Kyurangers will save all of us. After all, that's the reason why we were throwing this party in the first place," she said.
"Pinkie, I don't think this is something that even the Kyurangers will be able to face easily," Sunset said.
Pinkie put her hands on her hips and made her serious face. "Girls! When Jark Matter first arrived and beat us, hope looked pretty thin then. But then the Kyurangers came and beat those nasty aliens five ways to Tuesday. And they have been ever since. We need to do our part and have faith that they'll come through for us again." Pinkie said triumphantly.
A small smile started to form on Twilight's face. "Gosh Pinkie, I wish I had your kind of optimism," she said with Spike in her arms.
"Hey guys!" Rainbow yelled as to get everyone's attention. Everyone ran to see Rainbow Dash holding out her phone. "Something big just hit the fan site," The six girls gathered around as Rainbow opened up the notification.
It was a video posted by an anonymous user. When Rainbow hit play the video opened with an image of Leo Red standing in front of the main console of the ORION.
"Um- hello- Citizens of Canterlot," the red ranger opened. "As all of you may be aware, Jark Matter has threatened to destroy the town. I know you must all be scared, but we need your help." The screen then turned to a map of Canterlot with the points highlighted. "These are the locations of Jark Matter's explosives. Now our resident scientists, Libra Gold, created easy to follow instructions to disarm them. In order for us to make our stand agent Jark Matter we need everyone to come together help to stop this attack. And if Eriedrone is watching this, we want you to know that if you want us, we'll be waiting for you at the rock quarry outside of town."
The video ended. When Rainbow scrolled down on the post she found the instructions the ranger was talking about.
"Oh my, how bold of them," Rarity said. "I would have never thought that in this time of panic that the Kyurangers would make a declaration of war."
"Not only that but they're putting all their trust in us," Sunset said. "The only reason they can fight is because they believe we can keep the town safe."
"Oh no!" Fluttershy exclaimed. "She pointed at the map at one of the red dots. "One of the locations is right here at the school."
"Well look like we better get started," Applejack said. The other six nodded as the ran out to find the bomb in the school.
On the Jark Matter Flagship Eriedrone was not happy. Watching the Kyurangers' declaration of war and was not happy about it. "If they think they will win this time, they are sorely mistaken," he said as he slammed his halbert on the ground angrily. "Yumepakkun! prepare the troops," Eriedrone ordered as he headed straight to the launch bay of the ship.
With the video finished, Flash returned to his civilian form. "That was a great performance Flash," Sweet Leaf said.
Flash rubbed the back of his head as Comet put the final touches on the video. "I was happy to do it. But why did it have to be me on the camera?" Flash asked.
"You have the most stage expressions," Bulk answered.
"Ok then, with the bombs taken care of we can focus on bringing down Eriedrone." Flash said as he punched his fist into his other hand.
The rock quarry was silent for a moment with Eriedrone, Yumepakkun, and their troops waiting for the Kyurangers to arrive. The wind started to kick up large amounts of dust up into the air. After a moment the dust cleared, and walking towards the Jark Matter solders were the nine Kyurangers.
"Kyurangers, are you here to surrender?" Eriedrone asked.
"The opposite actually, we're here to make our stand against you," Flash said as his wristband transformed into his Saiza Blaster.
"You humans are such fools to believe you could stand up to our might," Yumepakkun said as he rubbed his nose.
"Well looks like we have nothing else to talk about then. We're going to show you what happens when you mess with our hometown," Flash said as he pulled out his Kyutama. "Cosmic Slide," he yelled as he made the image of the lion on the Kyutama complete. The others all followed with their own Kyutama and placed them all into their Saiza Blasters, before pushing the Kyutama forward.
"LEO KYUTAMA!"
"OPHIUCHUS KYUTAMA!"
"SAI ZA CHANGE"
The standby music played as the nine flipped out the grips of their Saiza Blasters. "Star Change!" they all yelled as they pointed their Blasters to the ground and pulled the trigger. Stardust filled the air as constructs of their respective constellations, including a woman with a snake wrapped around her for Sugarcoat. The constellations passed over their bodies to form into their battle suits.
"The Super Star," Red yelled as he gave his thumbs up pose. "Leo Red!"
"The Poison Star," Orange yelled as he extended his right arm. "Scorpius Orange."
"The Beast Star," Blue said as she swung his arms threw the air. "Lupus Blue!"
"The Trick-star," the Gold ranger said as he swung his arm through the air before giving a two fingered salute. "Libra Gold!"
"The Ring Star," Black said as he pounded his fists together and raised them to the sky. "Taurus Black, YEAH!"
"The Silent Star," Silver said as she ran two fingers over her visor with one arm crossed. "Ophiuchus Silver."
"The Stealth Star," Green yelled as she took a fighting stance. "Chameleon Green!"
"The Speed Star," the pink ranger said as she threw her arms back as if she was flying. "Aquila Pink!"
"The Blade Star!" Yellow said as she cut through the air with her arms. "Dorado Yellow!"
"We're the stars of rebellion," Red announced as he drew a circle in the air. "Uchuu Sentai..."
"Kyuranger!" they all yelled.
"Alright guys,Let's Rocket!" Red said as he pulled out his sword and led the charge.
"Indavers, I want those rebels in chains!" Eriedrone ordered as he pointed with his halbert. The soldiers followed in greater numbers than the Rangers.
Orange swung his spear around to knock out a group of soldiers. Yellow joined in by tackling one of the Indavers. She blocked an attack a Tsuyoindaver tried to perform with her dagger held with an underhanded grip. Blue assisted as he used his claw weapon to thin out the crowd.
Green used her rapier to fight back the troops before a bolt of lightning hit the ground and caused her to jump. She looked up to see Yumepakkun walking closer with his spear in hand. "You may have beat me before, but I'm going to prove to Eriedrone I'm not useless," the Malstrum said. He lunged at her with his spear, but Green caught it with her saber.
The ranger and monster pushed back and forth before Gold snuck up from the side and fired a few shots at him from his crossbow and knocked him to the ground.
"That will be the last sneak attack you'll pull on me, "Yumepakkun said as he picked himself up. He unleashed a fury of lighting at the two.
Silver swung her scythe around her body to clear a circle around her. A large group advanced towards the lone Ranger. "Charging with all your troops at once is a horrible strategy," Silver said as she turned to the Indavers and ran her fingers across her visors. This was followed by a flash of light that came from the eyes of the snake image on her helmet, and stunned the troops.
Black then charged in with his axe and sent the stunned aliens flying. "OH YEAH!" Black yelled before turning to his team mate. "Hey that was a cool trick you did there Sugarcoat."
"It was an ability granted by the Ophiuchus Kyutama," Silver said in her usual bored tone.
Red swung his sword with Eriedrone blocking each attack. The KarÅ lunged his halbert forward to push the ranger. With some distance between the two, Eriedrone formed a bow and arrow from his weapon, pulled back, and unleashed a storm of arrows.
Before the attack could hit the red ranger, Pink flew in and carried her teammate out of harm’s way. "Don't worry, I got ya Flash," Pink said.
"Thanks Ditzy," Red said. Pink gave him a nod as she started spinning Red around before throwing him at Eriedrone.
As the red ranger got close, he raised his sword and slashed the alien general. With Eriedrone's guard down, Red was able to get several swings in. Eriedrone was too busy with the Red ranger that he didn't notice Pink landed behind him and let out several shots from her Kyu Shot. Eriedrone fell to the ground after the shots hit. Red tried to deliver the finishing blow but Eriedrone shot an arrow of energy at him.
A rainbow blur flew through the hallways of Canterlot High. When it started to approach Rarity and Twilight in the hallway, Rainbow Dash slid to a stop. "I still haven't found anything!" Rainbow said in a panic.
"Where on Earth could it be?" Twilight asked.
Soon Sunset and Applejack joined the conversation. "It has to be somewhere. According to the site posts it’s the last bomb yet to be defused."
"Hey girls!" the five turned to see Applebloom calling to them with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo following behind.
"Applebloom, we don't have time to joke around," Applejack said.
"I know, that's why we're here," Applebloom said. As she turned around the older girls saw Shady Daze coming up from behind with the bomb in his arms.
"That's amazing, girls," Twilight said. She rushed over to the explosive. Using her magical powers, Twilight opened a panel on the side and got to work disarming it.
"Where did you girls find it?" Sunset asked.
"Oh we didn't find it, Shady did," Sweetie Belle answered.
Shady Daze looked to the side for a moment. "I-I found it by the tennis court," Shady said.
Rainbow smacked herself in the forehead. "Dang it, I knew I forgot to check somewhere," she said.
"Rainbow Dash, the school is being threatened. How could you let something like that slip by?" Rarity asked.
Sunset walk over to Shady and placed her hand on his head. "You did a great thing today Shady. A lot of people were saved become of what you did."
"It wasn't that big of a deal. I'm sure anyone could have done what I did," Shady said.
"True, but it was you who did it, be proud of that," Rarity said as she put her hand on Shady's shoulder. "And once Twilight finishes disarming the bomb I'll help get all that pink paint out of your hair," she said with a smile.
Shady looked up at the girls who were singing his praise, and after a moment he let out as big of a smile as he could.
"And finished," Twilight said as she closed the panel on the bomb.
"Excellent, that was the last one," Sunset said as she pulled out her phone.
With the last if Indavers fallen, Yumepakkun and Eriedrone stood before the Rangers. After a moment, a communication message came to the KarÅ that only made him even more furious. "What do you mean the last of the bombs have been disarmed?" Eriedrone asked.
"That's what you get for underestimating Earth, especially when we all work together," Red said.
"Now this is your last chance to surrender," Blue joined in.
Eriedrone groaned before turning around. "I guess this is a situation I need to take care of personality."
"Um, Lord Eriedrone, where are you going?" Yumepakkun asked.
Eriedrone looked back at him for a moment. "Just make sure those pests don't get in my way," Eriedrone said before he teleported away.
Yumepakkun turned to see the Kyurangers shoot at him with their blasters. A few of the shots hit the monster only for Yumepakkun to retaliate with his own blast.
The ranger ran forward before the blast hit and caused an explosion behind them. Once the dust cleared all nine Rangers took positions around the monster. "You're going down for good," Yellow said as all nine rangers pushed the Kyutama on their Saiza Blasters back twice.
"GALAXY!!!"
"GALAXY!!!"
"GALAXY!!!"
The nine Rangers pointed their blasters at Yumepakkun. "Shooting Star Crush!" the Rangers said as they all fired a large blast at the single point. When the blasts hit the monster was was destroyed in a large explosion.
"I hope that was the last of him," Ditzy said.
I wouldn't bet on it," Blue said as he noticed the purple smoke starting to form around the remains of the monster.
After a moment Yumepakkun was resurrected and grew into a giant. "Bow your heads!" the monster yelled as he towered over the Rangers. Two Tsuyoindaver grew to giant size and joined the monster.
"Is this normal for you guys?" Silver asked.
"Eeyup," Orange said. Everyone looked at each other for a moment before pushing the Kyutama on their blasters up.
"SAI ZA GO!"
The ships all flew in from the sky as giant Kyutama formed around the Rangers. A sliver portal opened to allow a ship modeled after a snake head to fly through. The giant Kyutama docked onto the ships and flew into battle. The ship opened fire on the giants before a fleet of flying disks flew in to attack. "Alright guys you know the drill," Red said as he pushed his Kyutama down.
"SAI ZA DOCKING!"
KyurenOh started to form up, with the Lupus and Chameleon voyagers forming the legs and the Ophiuchus and Libra voyagers forming the arms.
"KYURENOH!!!"
With the giant robot complete the remaining four ships focused on the flying disks. Yumepakkun lunged at the robot with his spear but KyurenOh stepped to the side and caught it with its snake arm. KyurenOh then swung its other arm and hit the monster. "This Guy was a pushover when he was small and he's still one now," Blue said.
As the Rangers were focused on the monster, this gave the Tsuyoindaver an opportunity to get into position. "Everyone, watch your six!" Silver said.
"What!?" Red asked.
KyurenOh raised its arm over its head before the Ophiuchus Voyager detached and flew towards the enemies behind them. The snake head soon transformed into a humanoid form holding it's fangs like daggers.
"Looks like I'm not the only one that can pull off that trick," Gold said.
The humanoid robot jumped before kicking one of the Tsuyoindavers, before jumping towards the other one to strike with its daggers. When the robot finally landed on the ground it performed a backflip and returned to the port on KyurenOh.
"Wow Sugarcoat, I didn't know a snake Voyager could do that," Green said.
"The Ophiuchus constellation is of the snake charmer. It only stands to reason that my ship would have a human form as well," Silver said as she pushed up on her visor. "Now then, stop playing and finish them off."
"You just read my mind," Blue said
"Alright guys, let's put our all into it," Red said as he pushed his Kyutama back twice. The others followed.
"SUPER GALAXY!!!"
The Kyutama on KyurenOh's body lit up before colored energy flowed into its arms. The arm formed by the Libra voyager launched out its disk attached by a cable. "Meteor Break!" the five Rangers yelled. With a swing of its mighty arm, KyurenOh used the yo-yo to take out the Tsuyoindaver. After that the yo-yo wrapped around Yumepakkun and threw him into the air. As the monster became airborne, the arm formed from the Ophiuchus Voyager lit up with energy before it extended like a mighty serpent. The snake head's mouth opened as it got closer to the monster then bit down hard, causing the monster to be destroyed.
"Yes, we finally beat that creep," Blue said.
"But Eriedrone is still out there," Red followed.
Soon the screen of the cockpit appeared with an image of Shou on it. "Kyurangers, there's an emergency. Eriedrone has started moving his fleet. It looks like it's an all out attack on your position."
"I don't like the sound of that," Pink said through the communicator.
"Canterlot will certainly get caught in the crossfire," Gold added.
"Then we need to make the first move while they're still in space," Red said. The others nodded as KyurenOh separated into the five voyagers before all nine ships took off into the sky.
Once the Kyurangers got to orbit, they were met with a huge battalion of Jark Matter ships with a large battleship that looked to be made from three Needles leading the charge. It didn't take long for their enemy to notice the Kyurangers and start opening fire. The Voyagers returned fire as they flew to the mass of ships. The Libra and Ophiuchus Voyagers transformed into their robot modes for the attack.
"Come on guys, let's break out the big guns," Red said. The others nodded as they pushed their Kyutama down again.
"SAI ZA DOCKING!"
"KYURENOH!!!"
KyurenOh formed again. This time Yellow and Orange formed the arms with Pink and Black forming the legs. The scorpion arm started to charge with energy before firing a large blast that took out larger amounts of energy ships. Using the boosters on it's feet, KyurenOh flew through space as it took out ships with its sword.
Eriedrone was not happy at the sight of his forces being destroyed by the Kyurangers. "It seems I need to teach you pests a lesson in power," he said.
The large flag ship started to transform into a robot form. The giant robot fired several laser blasts at the Kyurangers' ships. KyurenOh flew at full speed towards the robot and raised its sword for an attack. Before it hit the robot, it used its lance to block the attack and push KyurenOh back with ease.
"This isn't like the other robots we fought," Black said.
"Nope," Orange added.
"Kyurangers!" Shou's voice said through the communicator. "Remember what I've said. Only when the nine saviors come together will their true power be revealed."
"Shou's right everyone," Red said. "If we want to save the Earth we all need to put our all into it."
"Yeah, uniting our powers gave us KyurenOh. It will take all of us together to stop this evil," Green added. All the Kyurangers agreed as the four remaining voyagers formed up around KyurenOh.
"Your feeble rebellion ends here. With this victory Jark Matter will control the entire universe," Eriedrone announced.
"Ya know Eriedrone, you're wrong about one thing. The universe doesn't belong to you..." Red said as he pointed at the giant robot. He then pushed the Kyutama back twice with the other Kyurangers following. "The universe belongs to everyone!"
"SUPER GALAXY!"
The Kyutama on KyurenOh started to light up as well as the Kyutama on the other voyagers. Nine blasts of energy were fired from the heads of all the voyagers. "Meteor storm crush!" all the Kyurangers yelled as the nine beams spiraled into the robot. In a bright flash of light the giant robot exploded.
"We did it!" Pink cheered.
"YEAH!" Black followed as he raised his arms.
"We actually beat one of Jark Matters' generals," Blue said.
"Of course we did, those jerks didn't stand a chance," Yellow added.
"We're another step closer to freeing the universe," Gold said.
Red looked over the remains of the destroyed flag ship before looking at the planet below. "Hey guys, I think this calls for a celebration and I have a good idea on how to do it," he said with a smile under his mask.
The party at Canterlot High had just started with everyone in attendance. Pinkie Pie was looking through the crowd with an unusually worried look on her face. Sunset saw this and decided to talk to her. "Hey Pinkie, what's wrong?" Sunset asked.
"I'm looking for Flash," Pinkie answered. "Some of Vinyl's equipment got messed up and we need some new entertainment for the party. I figured Flash and his band would help."
Just as Pinkie finished talking, her phone started to ring. She pulled her phone from her big poofy hair and answered it. "Hey Pinkie," Flash's voice said on the other side of the call.
"Where are you Flash," Pinkie said. "Vinyl's equipment is down and we need your band."
"Can't the Rainbooms play?" Flash asked.
"Well between setting up the party and the alien attack we don't really have the energy to perform," Pinkie answered.
"Well I can't really get back to the school, like you said the whole town is crazy after the threat," Flash said. He could hear Pinkie's disappointment through the phone. "But I did run into some friends and invited them to the party. I think they'll make it a real hit," As soon as Flash finished there was a knock at the door.
Pinkie ran to the gym doors and opened them. When she saw who was on the other side, a huge smile took over her face. Standing in the hallway where the nine Kyurangers. "We heard there was a party going on," Red said.
"Oh my GOODNESS!" Pinkie screamed. "Thank you, thank you, thank you Flash," Pinkie said.
"No problem," Flash's voice said through the phone before hanging up.
A few minutes earlier.
Outside the gym, Flash looked around to make sure no one was around. When the coast was clear pulled out his Saiza Blaster and the Gemini Kyutama.
"GEMINI KYUTAMA!"
"SAI ZA ATTACK"
He pulled the trigger and a clone of himself appeared. "So you got the plan?" Flash asked.
"Of course I do, I am you after all," Clone said with a smile. "All I need to do is call Pinkie and tell her you're coming."
It didn't take long before everyone at the party knew that the Kyurangers had made an appearance. Many of the students were just as existed as Pinkie when they saw the special guests. "Alright girls, time to strike a pose," the blue ranger said as he posed alongside Green and Pink.
"Ya, fantastic," said a girl with white hair, wearing a black and white dress and sunglasses as she took their pictures with a perfect looking camera.
Libra Gold was taken by surprise when Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo all attacked him at once.
"Are you really an alien like the rumors say?" Scootaloo asked.
"Are you really the Kyurangers' scientist?" Applebloom followed
"What kind of mech do you pilot if you're themed after a scale?" Sweetie Belle added.
"One at time young ladies," Gold said as he got overwhelmed by their questions.
Shady Daze was standing on the side of the party. Rarity cleaned the last of the pink from his hair. He was looking down at the floor before a light tap on the arm took his attention. He turned to the side then up to see Taurus Black. "Hey little guy, I heard you were the one to find the bomb. I'm real proud of you," the ranger said as he gave a thumbs up.
Shady was silent for a moment before smiling and returning the thumbs up. If Bulk’s face was visible, he would be beaming with pride.
Rarity was focused on examining Ophiuchus Silver's costume. "My my, the hexagon pattern paired amazingly with your serpent theme. And the sliver is absolutely brilliant," Rarity said as she tried to take in every detail. "The ideas for new dresses just keep coming. They shall be elegant yet dangerous."
"Um thanks," Silver said.
"So how are ya'll enjoying the party?" Applejack said as she walked towards the Yellow and Orange rangers.
"It's fine I guess," Yellow said with her arms crossed.
Applejack stayed silent as she gave the yellow ranger a sour look. She then turned to the Orange ranger. "what about ya?" she asked. Orange just gave a thumbs up and nodded.
"Haha man of few words, I can respect that," Applejack said.
Red just finished signing autographs for two girls with pink and gray skin before he was pulled by Sunset Shimmer. "Hey, I just wanted to thank you- again- for saving the town- all the time," Sunset said awkwardly.
"Oh it was nothing," Red replied as he rubbed the back of his head. "I should be thanking you. You and your friends looked for the explosive in the school. If you didn't do that, Jark Matter would have won and we wouldn't be here."
"Well I'm flattered that you have so much trust in us. Even though you don't really know us," Sunset said.
Red was silent for a moment before a warm smile appeared under his helmet. "Don't sell yourself short. You and your friends were the first to make a stand against Jark Matter. That action alone told me everything I needed to know," Red said. What he said was only half true. Even before Jark Matter first attacked, Flash knew Sunset was capable of great things, even when she was still queen bee of the school.
Now a smile appeared on Sunset's face. "Wow, that's pretty amazing for you to say," she said.
Before Red could respond he felt a tap on his shoulder. When he turned around he saw two more girls, One with mint hair and one with pink and blue hair, Wanting to ask for his autograph as well. "Looks like I have more fans to tend too," Red said nervously.
"Go get 'em," Sunset said with a chuckle. Red turned around to start signing the girls note books. The party continued late into the night, with everyone leaving happy to have been able to meet the masked heroes of their town.
To Be Continued...