Chapter 35 - The Final Clash .2

When the dust cleared after the explosion Dayuu caused at the convention center, three Samurai stood in Battle armor. Dayuu did not get a good feeling. "I thought only one of you could do that at a time," she said hesitantly as she backed up.

"Never underestimate an over-caffeinated science nerd," Pink declared.

"Prepare yourself for the end," Blue warned her and drew his Sword. He pulled out his Swordfish Disc and slid it on to the hilt. He spun the Disc and his sword turned into a swirling glowing sphere of blue energy and water. "Dancing Water Sphere!" He threw the sphere at Dayuu. It grew larger and enveloped her in a torrential bubble. The entire imploded then exploded in a massive burst of energy.

Dayuu was soaked and steaming.

"My turn!" Samurai Pink drew her Sword and her Falcon Disc. She slid the Disc on to the hilt and spun it. It turned into a swirling pink and purple dervish between her hands. "Dancing Typhoon Revolution!" She threw it at Dayuu. It grew to a massive size that sucked the Gedoushu up like a vacuum. She screamed as she spun around. The whirlwind suddenly reversed and slammed into the ground with another explosion.

Dayuu managed to get to her feet. "I am not done with you Rangers yet," she said weakly and held out her arm.

"Yes, you are," White said. She drew her sword and pulled out her Eagle Disc. She slid the Disc onto the hilt and spun it. It turned into a fireball in between her hands. She held her hands up above her head as it grew bigger, whiter and hotter. "Dancing Soul of Fire!" She tossed the fireball at Dayuu. It became a streak came from Samurai White herself. It wrapped around and around Dayuu until she was encased in a sphere of fire. It burned white hot and then exploded with enough force to knock the Rangers off their feet.

Their Battle Modes failed as Dayuu grew into her second life. "Accursed Rangers!" she sat and began destroying the city with energy blasts.

"Origami Megazord!" Samurai Pink summoned using her Morpher.

The Zords came from all over to assemble on her command. They teleported to the cockpit.

Dayuu scoffed. She shot energy blasts at them.

They took the damage. "Crap," Lani cursed. She drew the True Character in the cockpit and activated it. The Batzord, Squidzord, Tigerzord, Beetlezord and Swordfish Zord appeared and combined into a massive cannon/shield in front of the Megazord.

A target formed on the screen in front of them that allowed them to see and zeroed in on Dayuu. The Destroy Character flashed. "Giant Power Cannon! Fire!"

The cannon fired. The energy of every one of the Origami Zords used to power the cannon shot forward, exploding into her with unimaginable destructive power.

She cracked, power exploded from her.

She didn't just explode, however. She erupted in a bright blinding beam of light that made the ground trembled ominously. The beam of light and energy continued skyward.

~*~

When the dirt and debris of the ravaged warehouses around them cleared, before Akumaro stood three Samurai Rangers in Battle Armor. Akumaro clicked his blade against his teeth. "You're right. I should have killed her instantly," he agreed.

He thrust his hand out and blasted them with energy again.

The three Rangers ducked behind whatever they could. "Ok, you great grinning grease stain, it's time for you to disappear," Green called.

"I have goose bumps," Akumaro said sardonically.

"You will when I'm done with you!" Samurai Yellow declared as he came to her feet, Sword in one hand, Fox Disc in the other. She slid the Disc onto her Sword and spun it. The Sword became a swirling ball of bright and dark yellow energy. "Earth Shaking Dance!" She jumped and thrust the ever-increasing-in-size ball into the ground. The ground trembled and cracked apart as the ball gathered earth and stone around it and whooshed toward Akumaro. It exploded into the Gedoushu with devastating magnitude.

"That was brilliant," Gold declared.

"That was...pathetic," Akumaro blustered even as he attempted to lash at them again.

Green drew his Sword and pulled out his Beetle Disc. He slid it onto his Sword and spun it. It turned into a swirling ball of green and orange energy. "Dance of Nature's Wrath!" He spun around, gathering yet more energy around before unleashing it at Akumaro. The energy turned into carnivorous plants that latched onto the Gedoushu and resulted in thousands of small but devastating explosions.

Gold didn't even give Akumaro time to bluster. She drew her Sword and slid her Disc onto it. It turned into a swirling pool of electricity in her hands. "Supreme Lightning Dance!" She held out her hands as if a discus. She spun around several times and the pool grew larger. She flung it at Akumaro. It hit him light a lightning storm. The sky around them went dark at the display of light and electricity.

"I think I went blind," Green said and waved a hand in front of his helmet.

"Me, too," Yellow agreed and blinked several times to try and clear her vision.

"Ah, crud," Gold said as Akumaro grew into his second life and their Battle Modes gave out.

"What are you going to do now, Rangers?" he asked smugly and casually kicked through a warehouse at his feet. "Oops," he said, sounding anything but repentant.

"Time to put you back in the pit you crawled out of," Green shouted.

Gold nodded. She'd asked Billie about just such an occasion as this. She flipped out her Morpher and activated a program she preloaded. The Wolfzord grew to its full size. Eaglezord, Falconzord, and Foxzord were summoned as well. They combined to form quadruple barreled cannon. The three Rangers teleported to a cockpit within the cannon.

"Since when could you do that?" Green demanded.

"This morning when Tai let us in on the plan," Gold answered.

"Very clever, Rena-chan," Yellow assured her.

Akumaro turned back from his destruction to eye them oddly. "Really, what is that supposed to do?" he asked and fired his energy beams at them. It rattled the contraption. "Carnivore Cannon! Activate!" Gold pressed another button on her Morpher. The quad-cannon fired a swirling gold, white, purple and yellow energy blast. It slammed into Akumaro with the force of four of their most powerful Zords.

Akumaro cracked, light and power bursting out of him. He disintegrated but the beam of light slammed into the grand and shot off into the sky.

~*~

In the rubble that used to be the Valerian Complex stood two Power Rangers in Battle armor. They drew their Swords. Red drew his Tiger Disc. Silver drew his Bat Disc.

shootari shook with rage. "How dare you Rangers be so cocky!" he shouted at them and raised his staff to fire at them again.

Red slid his Disc onto his Sword and spun it. It turned into a ball of fire in his hands.

Silver put his Swords together, slid his Disc onto them and spun it. It turned into a swirling ball of purple and silver and black energy between his hands.

shootari let fly with his staff.

"Dancing Titan Spiral!" Silver threw the energy at shootari. It turned into a swirling funnel of spinning metal bats. It cut through shootari's attack, destroyed his staff and slammed into him.

"True Dancing Inferno!" Red brought his hands together and seemed to distinguish his flame. Fire exploded both upwards and downwards around shootari. The explosion was massive as Silver and Red's energies met. It blew them backwards.

"Mushroom cloud," Silver commented as he sat up.

"Huh," Red grunted. Their Battle modes failed. shootari grew to his full size. "Use the Battlizer," he instructed Silver as he sprang to his feet.

shootari wasn't paying them any attention as he used his giant staff to destroy anything within its reach.

Silver got to his feet as well. He produced the Box and held it up. "Samurai Sword Clash Power-up!"

"Revolving Power Blaster!" Red summoned the repeating laser blaster. hHe drew the Large Character over it and activated it. It grew to tremendous proportions.

Silver teleported to a cockpit in the inner workings of the Blaster. He put his Swords in a console. "Super Samurai Power Shot!" The cannon fired in eight multicolored blasts of energy. They slammed into shootari.

shootari crumbled as a giant beam of energy came from within him. It slammed into the ground and shoot off into the sky.

Red watched grimly as it connected in a singular point with two other beams of light and energy. The resulting explosion as a single beam slammed into the ground over the convergence point made the Earth rumble and shake.

~*~

Angel Grove Park split open as the beam of light and energy slammed into it. When the light vanished, a geyser of water exploded upwards. Riding the geyser was a ship. It was the Rokumon Junk . Aboard the Rokumon Junk was Doukoku.

He jumped from the deck and landed on the ground with delight. He had the Earth beneath his feet for the first since before he could even remember.

From the mouth of the geyser, hordes of Nanashi spilled out.

The Power Rangers arrived to find Doukoku surrounded by a sea of Nanashi.

"I'm out of cleverly disguised Robin-esque euphemisms," Green declared. "Just freakin' holy crap, dude," he declared.

"That is a lot of Nanashi," Gold declared.

"Ayakashi will be next if we can't send him back," Red said grimly.

"We have to get through them first," White said, gesturing to milling sea of Nanashi. Along with the usual Nanashi were many rotten Nanashi.

"Forgive my realism, but we'd need an army," Blue pointed out.

"We have one," Red said.

"We do?" White asked.

"Don't tell you guys have forgotten about us already."

They turned to see that there was an army of black clad figures spilling out from behind Taylor Hicks, Alex Roberts, Kyousuke Singuji, Sam Callen, Sissy Elliot and Reese Grayson. "Sensei sends his regards," Tay added and put his mask up. He'd barely been on the new job two weeks before he was summoned here. Luckily he was good at sneaking off when he had to.

"Wind Ninjas!" He led a large group of the black clad figures as they jumped, literally running on air as they swarmed into the group of Nanashi.

"Earth Ninjas" Alex and another group of black clad figures sucked down into the earth only to reappear in the midst of the Nanashi.

"Water Ninjas!"

"Thunder Ninjas!"

"Fire Ninjas!"

All around the black clad figures sprang into action. Great waves of water, bursts of fire, and arcs of lightning erupted.

"It's good to be the Lord, no?" Silver commented to Red.

Red shrugged. "I take what life gives me," he declared. "Rangers! To Doukoku!" he said, drawing his Sword.

The others drew their Swords as well and plunged into the Nanashi.

Even with the help of the Academy Ninjas, the Nanashi continued to spring forth from the mouth of the geyser.

Red was discombobulated to find that many of the Nanashi allowed him to pass without actually trying to hard to engage him in an actual battle. He soon realized that they were allowing him to reach Doukoku. That did not make him less worried.

He arrived in the area around Doukoku where the Nanashi guarded him without crowding him.

"Ah, Red Ranger. Or should I call your Lord Shiba? I've been expecting you," Doukoku declared and drew his wicked looking Sword.

"Why is it my job to vanquish every demented Shiba that loses his way?" Red asked.

"Vanquish me?" Doukoku asked, incredulous. He laughed. "You have it wrong," he said and rushed toward Red to attack. Red brought his Sword up and rushed forward to meet. Their Swords met in a sparking clash of steel on steel. They strained against each other for a long moment before breaking apart to trade a volley of blows. They broke apart and came together, each time more fierce than the last.

Samurai Silver did not have such an easy time getting to Doukoku. He lost his Swords somewhere along the way. A Nanashi with a rifle fired on him. He took the brunt of the attack and his morph fizzled out. He fell to his knees. Shaking his head, he called on his genetic ability and coated his skin in a metallic substance and put on a burst pf speed, barreling through a line of Nanashi.

Samurai Yellow made an attempt to use her Fox Claws but before she could, the teeming mass of Nanashi knocked her Disc from her hand. Sensing vulnerability they slashed at her with their swords. She sparked as her Morph failed. She kept a death grip on her Sword and sucked into the ground.

Samurai Blue thought he was making progress until a ground of Nanashi suddenly decided to dog pile him. He was suddenly jumped. They piled on top of him and slashed wildly. His only saving grace was a water attack from a black clad figure.

Kyou helped his now morphless brother to his feet. They needed no words as they teamed up and continued toward the center.

Samurai Gold was fast, but when there wasn't enough room to run between the hulking figures, she had to rely mainly on her Sword. Luckily it was short and she didn't have to draw it all the way. There were still a lot of Nanashi surrounding her. She used her blade to mark them with electron but before she could ignite them, several rifle wielding Nanashi fired on her at once. She cried out as her morph failed and she was flung back.

A black-clad figure jumped between them and with a quick spin, a blade of air topped the Nanashi for several yards around them. Taylor knelt and helped her to her feet.

"Thanks," she said. He nodded and kept a hold of her of her hand as they began running, occasionally he would jump and run on air, holding her against him as he did so.

Samurai Green had long since lost his Morph and his Sword but he was who he was. He fought dirty. Literally. He raised big hunks of dirt and occasionally upset the land around him.

"Nice to see you haven't gone soft playing with pointy things all the time," Alex comment as she saved his bacon, throwing a plug of dirt at a rotten Nanashi failing to sneak up behind him.

"Can't you see we're busy?" he demanded and made a face at her, then returned the favor and saved her bacon in return. She gave him a peace sign and they both sucked down into the ground.

Samurai White managed to get her Eagle Disc out and even made the Dancing Phoenix appear. The smell of Rotten Nanashi was almost her undoing. Using her distraction to their advantage, the Nanashi knocked her Sword aside and slashed at her several time. With a cry her morph failed. Luckily, she wasn't completely dependent on the Morph. She jumped, fading herself slightly then used the Nanashi heads as actual stepping stones as she ran.

Samurai Pink was in a bad shape. She'd lost her Sword and Nanashi were closing in on her. They slashed her, and her morph failed. Thunder erupted around her.

A figure in black helped her to her feet. "Up we go," she said.

"Thanks, Randi," Lani said. She wasn't given anymore opportunity to say more to her former teammate, Randi Scott. She relied on her life-long martial arts training and her genetic ability to fight her way through the Nanashi.

Samurai was tiring. The battle with shootari, for all its quick end, hadn't exactly been easy. He summoned all the strength at his disposal and made another furious go at Doukoku. The Gedoushu was surprised at the sudden turn around and found d himself completely on the offensive. He'd underestimated the boy. He would not make that sound mistake again.

He used his legs to kick Red in the stomach. He jumped back and thrust out his left arm. Red lightning exploded around the Ranger.

Red cried out and went to his knees, his morph failing.

Doukoku laughed and looked around. "Look! Your allies are falling, your Vassals are barely alive," he gloated, gesturing to the shabby group of Samurais who finally made it into the circle.

Tai looked at them. They all looked like hell warmed over. There were also less and less explosions of the elements from within the teeming Nanashi Horde. "Then, there's only one thing left to do," he said and got to his feet. He flipped his Morpher out in Pen-mode. He began to draw the Sealing Character.

Doukoku guffawed at him. He grabbed himself around the middle he was laughing so hard. "That old trick? Didn't you know? It never worked and now I'm a thousand times more powerful than I was when my pathetic brother tried that trick on me," he said. "The Sanzu River can no longer contain my power!"

"So you remember that. By the way, Ryouichi sends his regards," Tai said and finished drawing the Character.

"Authorized by Provide and the Power of Fire, I chain your soul to the Sanzu River!" This did not come from Tai. Saeko activated the Seal she'd drawn while Doukoku's attention was on Tai.

"Authorized by Provide and the Power of Metal, I chain your soul to the Sanzu River!"

"Authorized by Provide and the Power of Light, I chain your soul to the Sanzu River!"

"Authorized by Provide and the Power of Earth, I chain your soul to the Sanzu River!"

"Authorized by Provide and the Power of Wood, I chain your soul to the Sanzu River!"

"Authorized by Provide and the Power of Water, I chain your soul to the Sanzu River!"

"Authorized by Provide and the Power of Heaven, I chain your soul to the Sanzu River!"

Tai activated his Seal. "Authorized by Provide and the Power of Fire, I chain your soul to the Sanzu River!"

Doukoku tried to lash out and attack him with energy blasts but the eight Seals circled him in a mad tornado of energy. Each Ranger channeled all they had into their Seals.

The Seal, attached to Doukoku like leeches. He screamed as the water of the Sanzu River was sucked into the gaping hole. The [Rokumon Junk] went with it. Nanashi began being sucked into the gap as well.

As the vacuum effect grew, damage that had been done to the city within the last few days was slowly repaired as if it had never happened. Leaks from the Sanzu River dried up. Weaknesses in the barrier between the dimensions strengthened.

The last thing to be sucked into the gap was Doukoku himself. The last thing the Rangers remember after everything went dark was a massive explosion that shook the very foundations of the Earth. Doukoku had been right. The Sanzu River could no longer contain his power.

~*~

Tai woke to find himself in his room with Beta Z hovering over him. He blinked. "Beez, what the--what are you doing?" he asked and sat up groggily.

"You've been out for a week," she answered. "We've been taking care of you here. You're the first to awaken," she explained.

Tai nodded and got to his feet. He ignored Beez's protests that he should continue to rest. He went to his study and demanded to know the state of things from Billie's screen.

"Well, you won. Of course you used up all the power in your Zords, your Discs, your weapons and even your Swords. None of it works anymore. Oh, and the fact you've all been comatose for over a week," Billie answered.

Tai scrubbed a hand through his hair. "Oh," was all he managed to muster up.

"On the brightside, we think that when you guys sent Doukoku back to the Sanzu River, his power exploded with enough force to destroy the entire dimension," she said helpfully. "Oh and the arsenal will eventually recharge on its own as well."

"That's good news," Rex said as he walked in. Mel was following him, telling him he needed to go back and rest some more. She'd been hovering at his side all week. He sighed and pulled her his side and gave her a kiss to shut her up.

"Could you not stand in the doorway and do that," Rena said grouchily. She pushed them aside and came into the study, seeking answers as well.

The others shuffled in not long after. Tai waited impatiently. When he finally saw Lani he went over to her and pulled her into his arms and held her close. She wrapped her arms around him. He looked at his team over her head. "We did it, people," he declared.

They cheered. "Three cheers for Tono-sama and his crazy plans!" Kane called. Much to his chagrin, they actually gave him three cheers. Lani laughed and kissed his cheek at his consternation. He squeezed her again. They had really done it. What now?

~*~

Tai watched as people milled around in his front drive. He realized it was going to be quiet in the house without all of them.

Kane lashed a duffel bag stuffed with his clothes and CyberCam to the back of his bike. "I'll be back for the rest of my stuff after I get settled in," he said.

"It was great of Tay to give you his apartment," Lani said.

"Great nothing. He's charging me almost twice what he pays the landlord to sublet," Kane complained. He walked over to Kii. She'd be staying with Tai and Grandpa for awhile. "Me and you will have a private house warming party soon," he said and leaned down to give her a kiss.

"Yes," she agreed. She would miss Kane not being under the same roof, but she understood his need for a place of his own. She suspected she'd be spending plenty of time over there as well.

"Don't think just because you live in the city now you have an excuse to be late for work. I expect you in at seven sharp," Tai warned him.

Grinning, Kane bowed. "Of course, O Tono-sama," he said.

"You'd better get going now kid, before you get yourself killed," Res said. He held out an arm. "It was a pleasure to work with you," he said.

Kane nodded and gripped his forearm. "Same here," he agreed.

Lani gave him a hug and kissed his cheek.

"Don't look at me, I'm not hugging you," Saeko told him. He grinned at her. He expected nothing less.

"Neither am I," Daiki declared. He was packing his things into the trunk of a town car. The University provided him with an apartment. He found, after so long he was eager to start a life not dedicated solely to Bushido.

"Wouldn't dream of it," Kane declared.

"I'll hug you," Rena volunteered.

"Hey, I'm not Tay," Kane said as he hugged her. That earned him an elbow to the ribs. He grunted. "You ready for your big ninja adventure?" he asked.

"Yep and for some reason, I'm on the road tomorrow," she declared. For some reason, Randi Scott had volunteered to take her to Blue Bay Harbor.

Kane finished saying his goodbyes and was off. After a few more minutes, Daiki had finished running in and out of the house. "Well, I'm going to be going now. Rena, Rex," he bowed to them, "It was an honor to serve beside such esteemed warriors," he said.

Rena and Rex bowed back to him.

He gave a bow to the others. "I'll forward my contact information as soon as I have it," he explained.

"Yeah, we know," Saeko told him grumpily. "Just go already. You're moving to the University campus, not another planet," she said.

Lani held back a smile. "We'll look forward to coming to visit, Daiki," she said.

"Yep," Tai agreed.

"Bye, Dai-kun," Kii said and waved to them.

"That just leaves us," Mel said to Rex as she came out of the house. She glomped Lani, Rena, Kii and Saeko with hugs.

"I'm coming, dear," Rex said with a grin.

"So we're -finally- getting rid of you?" Rena asked hopefully.

"I'll miss you, too, Rat," he said and hooked an arm around her and gave her bear hug. She said something that was muffled by his chest. He suspected it was a good thing he couldn't understand her.

He set her on her feet. He hugged Lani and kissed her cheek.

He and Tai gripped forearms. "So Destiny's blowing you to New Tech City, huh?" he asked.

"Yep. Time to start being a grown-up," Rex said. They clapped each other on the back. He then startled both Saeko and Kii by dropping a kiss to both of their cheeks before joining Mel. She took her pink bug, he took his silver sedan and they drove away.

Saeko rubbed her cheek. Rex was lucky he was handsome and likeable.

Rena draped her arms around Saeko and Kii's shoulders. "Ok, girls. Let's go. We're having a good old fashion, girl's night out. To the Bushidomobile!" she cried.

"To the Bushidomobile!" they echoed and rand off toward the studio, laughing.

Tai chuckled. Lani wrapped her arms around his waist. "You're staying. I'll beat up your brothers if they object," he told her.

"I'll help," she said.

He grinned and leaned down, kissing her.

Things may have changed a lot in the past few months. One of the biggest changes was in himself. For one thing, he never imagined he'd find himself realizing that it was good to be the Lord.

~*The End Power Rangers Samurai Clash*~           

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