Passing the Torch: AkaRed
Muse not letting me get my mind of this one...
Title: Passing the Torch: AkaRed
Fandom: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger/Mahou Sentai Magiranger
Characters: AkaRed, Kai Ozu
Rating: G
Summary: Kai could not have expected to receive a visit from someone...
A/N: It was an afterthought after watching 199, and looking back at the past episodes and pieces I wrote. And I wondered what could have happened prior to episode 3.
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Kai Ozu looked up towards sky to where Magitopia should have been. It has been a while now, since that legendary great war. Indirectly, the aftermath of that battle had forced all of them-the thirty-four Super Sentai teams-to retire from being Super Sentai members permanently.
Losing his magical powers was not really that bad, he could always do things the way he used to... before they became Magirangers. And it was not as if they could not still watch over the peace of this earth. Yet, the remaining problem that remained was... how on earth he should continue maintaining the matters and relationship between the people of the Surface World and Magitopia, with Infershia. He felt it awkward to have to exchange words between Magiel, Lunagel and Sphinx only through his Magiphone and have them personally come to see him directly whenever the need arise; just because he could no longer go to either Magitopia or Infershia. As that was the only thing left that he could use his Magiphone for.
His father had told him not to mind it much, but he could not just let it slide so easily. Yet...
Perhaps he was over-thinking this too much, he better get back home. People might get worried, and knowing his family...
"Kai-kun! Finally...!"
Kai turned around in surprise as Nai and Mea ran towards him. He stared at them in confusion.
"Nai, Mea! Why were you two here? Did something happened back at Infershia?" Kai asked as Nai shook her head.
"We were looking for you!"
Kai blinked. "Eh? Why? How did you guys even found me?"
Mea looked at him as if he had sprouted horns suddenly. "Blagel-sama told us you'd be here..."
"But why-?"
"Let's return to your house, we'll explain properly later," said Nai as Kai was dragged along by them towards home.
Back home, Kai was met with an unlikely visitor.
"AkaRed?" he gasped. He had heard about AkaRed from Tsubasa few years ago, when he had gathered some of the members of different teams-his brother Tsubasa, Tetsu, Miss Nanami and Asuka from Dekaranger, Hurricaneger and Abarenger to help Eiji; BoukenSilver, save the rest of the Boukengers. But why on earth AkaRed had appeared again now?
Nai explained. "Sphinx-sama detected his presence from Infershia, so she sent us to check on it. And we found AkaRed. So we thought we should bring him here."
Isamu walked up towards his son. "Those Zangyacks have appeared again. They've recovered their strengths ever since the last war."
Kai frowned. "Eh? But all of us have lost our powers already, how could we fight-?"
"There is hope," said AkaRed. "There would be a new team, the Gokaigers. They would fight the Zangyacks."
Kai looked at him skeptically. "Just one team? How did that can help? Last time it took all of our powers just to-"
"It's not impossible. Since the last war, I have searched far and wide to recover all of the Super Sentai powers that have been scattered since. Because there was still a need to protect the people of Earth and beyond, from evils and anyone who seeks to harm others; that was why I have awoken again from my slumber. The Gokaigers will have the power to fight the Zangyacks. Since they also could use the powers of the previous thirty-four teams alongside their own. Still, I needed you and many others from the previous teams to help out."
Kai stared at AkaRed in wonder. If what he was saying was true...
"Then what do you want me to do? And-who are the Gokaigers? If they could use the lost powers of the previous Sentai teams, what else could we do to help?"
"They are pirates. Even though I do not know of who would become the members of the team, I trust the leader, Marvelous, to be able to find the suitable members to join his team. Before this, I, through the identity of the leader of the Red Pirates, have travelled all over to recover the lost powers. Those powers have now changed into the form of Ranger keys. Thus I created the Gokaigers to be able to utilize the Ranger keys in order to allow them to use the powers of the past teams."
AkaRed turned towards Kai. "Yet, that was still not enough for them to fight the Zangyack. They would still need to unlock the grand powers of the past teams. That was what I needed you and the others do. Help them understand the nature of the powers that once belonged to all of you. That way they could be able to obtain the grand powers of the past Super Sentai and find the thing they have been searching for."
"The grand powers?" Kai asked suddenly. "But I thought the powers we had have already dried up during the last fight..."
AkaRed shook his head. "No. Even if you and the others can no longer transform and fight like before, you still have your grand powers remaining inside of you. Don't you still have your courage, MagiRed? Wasn't that the source of Magirangers' powers?"
"Of course I still have my courage! Even if I could no longer use magic, I still have my courage!" said Kai before pausing. He wrapped his arms around himself. "Well, I guess it won't hurt for me to do what you asked... but I'm not sure the others would be so willing to trust them so easily. You said they were pirates. How sure are you that they will come here? How could we be sure they would even help us?"
"They will come. Because they were searching for the greatest treasure of the universe, and that treasure is on this Earth. They will come here to find that treasure and if they need to fight the Zangyack for it, they will. And there would be no other way for them to get it unless they acquired all of the grand powers of the past sentai teams."
"Are you sure about that? I might as well just get back the Magiranger's powers from them instead and not help them."
AkaRed was quiet for a moment. "It was all right if you or the others cannot trust them yet. See who they are yourself and make your decision. I only request for you to point them to the right direction, if you could. The rest would be up to them."
Kai finally nodded his head. "Very well. I'll see to it when they finally arrive. I'll reserve my judgement on them until I decide if I could trust them with the Magiranger's power. You can put your trust on me about that at least, AkaRed."
"Thank you... MagiRed," said AkaRed before his body started to disappear. Kai frowned as he took a moment to fully understand the things he had just heard.
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Many months later, the pirates finally arrived. Just as the second fleet of Zangyack's reached here to try invading this Earth again after the last attempt failed. Kai had observed them from afar, it was best that the pirates did not know about him as yet. He was not sure as well on how those guys would react to him being around. So if there was any chance to see the true colours of those pirates, this was the time to do it.
The first day they arrived, the pirates did not look as if they even bothered about helping out to fight Zangyack to protect the people living here. As it happened, they only ended up fighting the Zangyack commander that had attacked on that day purely by chance. Seeing that they were not really concerned about saving people, a thought crossed Kai's mind to just forget about his promise to AkaRed and find an opening to reclaim Magiranger's powers from them. But he decided to wait first.
Several days after that, Kai observed something interesting. It seemed that the pirates were looking for someone. Kai looked down at his own robe as he wondered if they were looking for him. Still, he decided to continue observing them as he watched the leader; presumely the Marvelous Akared was talking about, chased after a young boy.
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Somehow, as the day grew late and the pirates defeated another Zangyack commander... Kai noticed that the pirates did not appear to just be ordinary pirates. He had half expected the pirates to avoid fighting the Zangyack fleet and just concerning themselves with finding treasure. But they did not do that and fought the Zangyack whenever they happened to clash with each other.
Perhaps AkaRed was right. Those pirates were their new hope. Even if he was still unsure of where those pirates stand, at least he knew that the pirates were enemies with the Zangyack.
Perhaps it was time for him to reveal himself to them.
Title: Passing the Torch: AkaRed
Fandom: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger/Mahou Sentai Magiranger
Characters: AkaRed, Kai Ozu
Rating: G
Summary: Kai could not have expected to receive a visit from someone...
A/N: It was an afterthought after watching 199, and looking back at the past episodes and pieces I wrote. And I wondered what could have happened prior to episode 3.
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Kai Ozu looked up towards sky to where Magitopia should have been. It has been a while now, since that legendary great war. Indirectly, the aftermath of that battle had forced all of them-the thirty-four Super Sentai teams-to retire from being Super Sentai members permanently.
Losing his magical powers was not really that bad, he could always do things the way he used to... before they became Magirangers. And it was not as if they could not still watch over the peace of this earth. Yet, the remaining problem that remained was... how on earth he should continue maintaining the matters and relationship between the people of the Surface World and Magitopia, with Infershia. He felt it awkward to have to exchange words between Magiel, Lunagel and Sphinx only through his Magiphone and have them personally come to see him directly whenever the need arise; just because he could no longer go to either Magitopia or Infershia. As that was the only thing left that he could use his Magiphone for.
His father had told him not to mind it much, but he could not just let it slide so easily. Yet...
Perhaps he was over-thinking this too much, he better get back home. People might get worried, and knowing his family...
"Kai-kun! Finally...!"
Kai turned around in surprise as Nai and Mea ran towards him. He stared at them in confusion.
"Nai, Mea! Why were you two here? Did something happened back at Infershia?" Kai asked as Nai shook her head.
"We were looking for you!"
Kai blinked. "Eh? Why? How did you guys even found me?"
Mea looked at him as if he had sprouted horns suddenly. "Blagel-sama told us you'd be here..."
"But why-?"
"Let's return to your house, we'll explain properly later," said Nai as Kai was dragged along by them towards home.
Back home, Kai was met with an unlikely visitor.
"AkaRed?" he gasped. He had heard about AkaRed from Tsubasa few years ago, when he had gathered some of the members of different teams-his brother Tsubasa, Tetsu, Miss Nanami and Asuka from Dekaranger, Hurricaneger and Abarenger to help Eiji; BoukenSilver, save the rest of the Boukengers. But why on earth AkaRed had appeared again now?
Nai explained. "Sphinx-sama detected his presence from Infershia, so she sent us to check on it. And we found AkaRed. So we thought we should bring him here."
Isamu walked up towards his son. "Those Zangyacks have appeared again. They've recovered their strengths ever since the last war."
Kai frowned. "Eh? But all of us have lost our powers already, how could we fight-?"
"There is hope," said AkaRed. "There would be a new team, the Gokaigers. They would fight the Zangyacks."
Kai looked at him skeptically. "Just one team? How did that can help? Last time it took all of our powers just to-"
"It's not impossible. Since the last war, I have searched far and wide to recover all of the Super Sentai powers that have been scattered since. Because there was still a need to protect the people of Earth and beyond, from evils and anyone who seeks to harm others; that was why I have awoken again from my slumber. The Gokaigers will have the power to fight the Zangyacks. Since they also could use the powers of the previous thirty-four teams alongside their own. Still, I needed you and many others from the previous teams to help out."
Kai stared at AkaRed in wonder. If what he was saying was true...
"Then what do you want me to do? And-who are the Gokaigers? If they could use the lost powers of the previous Sentai teams, what else could we do to help?"
"They are pirates. Even though I do not know of who would become the members of the team, I trust the leader, Marvelous, to be able to find the suitable members to join his team. Before this, I, through the identity of the leader of the Red Pirates, have travelled all over to recover the lost powers. Those powers have now changed into the form of Ranger keys. Thus I created the Gokaigers to be able to utilize the Ranger keys in order to allow them to use the powers of the past teams."
AkaRed turned towards Kai. "Yet, that was still not enough for them to fight the Zangyack. They would still need to unlock the grand powers of the past teams. That was what I needed you and the others do. Help them understand the nature of the powers that once belonged to all of you. That way they could be able to obtain the grand powers of the past Super Sentai and find the thing they have been searching for."
"The grand powers?" Kai asked suddenly. "But I thought the powers we had have already dried up during the last fight..."
AkaRed shook his head. "No. Even if you and the others can no longer transform and fight like before, you still have your grand powers remaining inside of you. Don't you still have your courage, MagiRed? Wasn't that the source of Magirangers' powers?"
"Of course I still have my courage! Even if I could no longer use magic, I still have my courage!" said Kai before pausing. He wrapped his arms around himself. "Well, I guess it won't hurt for me to do what you asked... but I'm not sure the others would be so willing to trust them so easily. You said they were pirates. How sure are you that they will come here? How could we be sure they would even help us?"
"They will come. Because they were searching for the greatest treasure of the universe, and that treasure is on this Earth. They will come here to find that treasure and if they need to fight the Zangyack for it, they will. And there would be no other way for them to get it unless they acquired all of the grand powers of the past sentai teams."
"Are you sure about that? I might as well just get back the Magiranger's powers from them instead and not help them."
AkaRed was quiet for a moment. "It was all right if you or the others cannot trust them yet. See who they are yourself and make your decision. I only request for you to point them to the right direction, if you could. The rest would be up to them."
Kai finally nodded his head. "Very well. I'll see to it when they finally arrive. I'll reserve my judgement on them until I decide if I could trust them with the Magiranger's power. You can put your trust on me about that at least, AkaRed."
"Thank you... MagiRed," said AkaRed before his body started to disappear. Kai frowned as he took a moment to fully understand the things he had just heard.
xxx
Many months later, the pirates finally arrived. Just as the second fleet of Zangyack's reached here to try invading this Earth again after the last attempt failed. Kai had observed them from afar, it was best that the pirates did not know about him as yet. He was not sure as well on how those guys would react to him being around. So if there was any chance to see the true colours of those pirates, this was the time to do it.
The first day they arrived, the pirates did not look as if they even bothered about helping out to fight Zangyack to protect the people living here. As it happened, they only ended up fighting the Zangyack commander that had attacked on that day purely by chance. Seeing that they were not really concerned about saving people, a thought crossed Kai's mind to just forget about his promise to AkaRed and find an opening to reclaim Magiranger's powers from them. But he decided to wait first.
Several days after that, Kai observed something interesting. It seemed that the pirates were looking for someone. Kai looked down at his own robe as he wondered if they were looking for him. Still, he decided to continue observing them as he watched the leader; presumely the Marvelous Akared was talking about, chased after a young boy.
xxx
Somehow, as the day grew late and the pirates defeated another Zangyack commander... Kai noticed that the pirates did not appear to just be ordinary pirates. He had half expected the pirates to avoid fighting the Zangyack fleet and just concerning themselves with finding treasure. But they did not do that and fought the Zangyack whenever they happened to clash with each other.
Perhaps AkaRed was right. Those pirates were their new hope. Even if he was still unsure of where those pirates stand, at least he knew that the pirates were enemies with the Zangyack.
Perhaps it was time for him to reveal himself to them.