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It Could Always Be Worse Special - Power Rangers Decade
Vivio's Magical Adventure has been renamed to Power Rangers Decade because I'm tying in more mythology and Shinkenger/Decade stuff, as well as chronicles of Tsukasa cause I started watching the series gdi.
Akino, this isn't a full version. Shadow Crystal Mage will undoubtedly add more to it since I sent him a copy. So this is just my half of the draft.
Nanoha had a boring day. Get up, admire how saccharinely close her family was, stop a few petty crimes, go to school, visit with her friends, return home, drink from a shaking… glass… of… water…?
“Hey what is that anyhow?” asked Miyuki as everyone stared out the windows of the Midoriya.
“It’s… a… 30 foot marshmallow man?” said Shinobu in an uncertain voice.
Nanoha was halfway out the door when there was a cry from the other side. It was a mixed bag, something that made her pause.
“Ready?”
“READY!”
“Setup Cartridge! SPD Riot Enforcer!”
“Setup Cartridge! SPD Shadow Ranger!”
“Lightspeed Rescue!”
Bursts of light erupted from behind the wall and Nanoha peeked over as best as she could. “Ring-chan, what is that?”
“Unknown. It appears to be… magic?” Ring-chan seemed to be sighing at this.
“It is very powerful magic,” offered Raging Heart.
“Alright, call out the zords,” said the girl in white.
“… zords?” said Nanoha, bewildered moments before a train came out of NOWHERE and began to form up.
She gaped. There was going to be a giant kaiju battle in the middle of HER CITY!
Without a permit!
She wondered what form they needed for this before the missiles and guns began to fire.
Shaun Garin Presents… In association with Shadow Crystal Mage…
It Could Always Be Worse: Vivio’s Magical Adventure and Takamachi Nanoha of 2814 Production:
Power Rangers Decade
And Lo the Dead Rose and out from the Boiling Seas Emerged the Stay Puft
Superman stared at the mess. It was a horrible, ectoplasmic messy sticky mess that made him hungry for smores cooked over the campfire. It was rapidly dissolving thankfully but…
“Um, Green Lantern-chan, and you said that these people in brightly colored spandex suits came out of nowhere, summoned a train, formed it into a giant vehicle, did combat, blew it up, and they just… vanished.”
Green Lantern-chan nodded.
Superman cringed. This wasn’t going to look good on anyone’s resume. “New magical team?”
“I don’t think so, but they gave off this enormously powerful energy source,” said Green Lantern-chan. “Ring-chan identified it as magic.”
“What did Raging Heart say about it?”
[Whoa, was my answer, my master] said Raising Heart primly.
“Okay, so the mirror diverted our flight course,” said Chrono, munching on waffles at the local pancake house, a specialty shop in the area. “The way I see it we have a few options.”
“Situations like this needs to be worked delicately,” said Yuuno, shooting a look at Vivio who cringed. “Stop summoning Stay Pufts!”
“I can’t help it!” whined Vivio. “It’s like Gozer invaded my mind!”
“Stop looking into the trap,” warned Carter Grayson, the Senior Ranger chosen for this expedition. “You know it’ll never work.”
“What I want to know is, why Stay Puft?” inquired Yuuno, taking a bite of his marshmallow fluff covered pancakes. “Why? Shouldn’t you be summoning Godzilla?”
“The Japanese call him Gojira. And no, I’m raised on western culture Yuuno.” Vivio savagely stabbed her strawberry. It died a glorious death. “I could have summoned OOZE. Did you want that?”
“No, by all means, keep summoning the Stay Puft.”
“Eh, I don’t see why they’re all up in arms about this,” groaned Vivio as she and Sacred Heart walked down the road, her hands propped behind her head. “I mean, this can’t be too bad, right? Barely any monsters, warriors, demons…”
She blinked as a familiar form hovered in front of her, dressed in white with green markings on her outfit.
Eyes met. Instant kinship.
“Hi,” said Nanoha Takamachi aka Green Lantern-chan to Vivio Hart Testarossa Oliver.
“Hi,” said Vivio Hart Testarossa Oliver to Nanoha Takamachi aka Green Lantern-chan.
For a long moment, there wasn’t anything. And then Green Lantern-chan smiled brightly. “Adorable bunny plushie!”
“Thanks. I like your ring.” Said Vivio honestly.
Another long pause.
“You’re magical aren’t you?” said Green Lantern-chan after a second.
“Yep. You too. Though your energies are off. Magic core isn’t developed as well.”
Green Lantern-chan blushed. “I can’t help it! So are you from the TSAB? If so, I’ll need you to fill out a report.”
“Ah no, not officially.” Vivio rubbed her head. “Would you believe I’m just a passing by Power Ranger?”
Somewhere, Tsukasa Kadoya, Kamen Rider Decade sneezed.
Inwardly, Nanoha was cringing. How did this girl figure it out? Could she sense magic? She saw the ring through the Notice Me Not Field. She noticed a LOT of things. And was smirking in that way that made Batman fidget.
“Ano… so you’re a… Power Ranger?”
“Yep,” said Vivio. “Trust me, it’s more glorious than you think.”
Nanoha opened her mouth – and suddenly the area was filled with grey forms with large Z’s on their chests. Vivio stepped in front of the Magical Girl Green Lantern-chan and said, “Putties. Why is it always PUTTIES?”
The putties surged forth.
Vivio exploded into a flurry of athletic violence.
Green Lantern-chan almost felt bad because a “civilian” was doing all of her work.
“Those were Zedd Putties,” said Chrono, folding his arms as Green Lantern-chan stood to the side, surprised that such a strict stick-in-the-mud in her world could have such relaxed body language.
Or that Ferret Lantern, ahem, Yuuno Scrya could have such a physique under those tights when he came to the rescue in his red spandex?
“We should be careful. If Zedd Putties are here, we should check the moon.” Said Carter.
“I wonder if it has a breathable atmosphere,” said Vivio thoughtfully.
“Your moon has a breathable atmosphere?” said Green Lantern-chan, bewildered. Mars she could figure but the moon? Wasn’t it supposed to be lifeless? What was all on there, a menacing evil looking man with no skin?
Lord Zedd sneezed.
“He’s going to make a monster out of a trumpet.”
“Cicada.”
“Car.”
CRACLE-THOOM.
Vivio grinned and the boys paid her. “Told you, stop sign.”
“I am Stopsignhead!” exclaimed the newly christened monster.
“Nanoha Emerald Smasher!”
WHOMP went the monster.
Boom went the monster.
“Efficient,” said Carter, disappointed he couldn’t perform his best “I’m a MAN” punch.
“GRENADE!” exclaimed Vivio as the monster grew.
Green Lantern-chan looked up. And up. And up. And she almost fell over if she wasn’t flying. “Um, this is new…”
“Get used to it,” sighed Yuuno.
"It's still a grenade, right?" Green Lantern-chan asked.
"Well, yes but you should wait for our zords, er, giant robots... why did you just make a giant hand and dentures?"
"Let's see, to activate grenade, put grenade in your teeth, pull the pin and throw it," Green Lantern read from the internet. "Simple enough."
BOOM!
"I wish we could just throw monsters into space so conveniently," Chrono said.
“We tried that,” pointed out Vivio. “Remember the last time we tried?”
“Oh yeah. Yeah, throwing a gasoline tank monster into the sun wasn’t one of Alicia’s most brilliant moments,” said Carter, shaking his head.
Ranger Yuuno stared at his counterpart. "What are you WEARING? Is that a dog collar? You're TEN!"
Lantern Yuuno glared defensively up at his mou hitori no boku. "How is my outfit any worse than yours? Besides, I'm supposed to be helping Nanoha patrol 1/3600th of the known universe, which is pretty darn big! I don't have time to deal with clothes! What's your excuse?"
"Hey, fighting monsters and giant monsters on a weekly basis is tough work!" Ranger Yuuno protested.
"We have to fight Godzilla sized things on a twice a week basis, some nuts are targeting every magical girl in Japan, my partner's intelligent weapons of mass distraction can't seem to get along except when saying 'Master, LET'S SHOOT IT! MAXIMUM POWER!', I'm behind on all the paperwork my workaholic partner is insisting I file properly, my life span might just be for the next five years, we have to MAKE our own giant roots, which is tougher than it looks, and to cap it off, everyone, myself unfortunately included, insists on calling me 'Ferret Lantern'. Don't talk to ME about tough!"
Ranger Yuuno stared. "I've got nothing. Want a hug?"
"Yes, please."
The explosion ripped through most of the warehouse district as the group was shielded by a handy ring construct of Nanoha’s. “Forgot to mention this!” yelled Ranger Yuuno over the din of the explosion that cascaded around them. “Morphin Grid energy interferes with the use of barriers!”
“You could have told us this sooner!” yelled Nanoha, thinking of the paperwork involved in this little fiasco. What started as one monster had multiplied into ten, and the group had been chasing monsters all around town. She was starting to appreciate how strenuous being part of SPD really was, considering that after the monster went boom, it grew up due to a bigger boom. And if the giant robots weren’t cool enough, the fact that in their universe Earth was the most powerful galactic node in the universe said a lot if they had to have 18 generations or more protecting it.
“And that ladies and gentlemen is why you do not screw with Carter Grayson,” said Chrono smugly as the Ranger came walking out of the smoking ruin, looking none for the worse for wear.
Little Chrono applauded despite himself. That was the most brilliantly executed “I’m a MAN” punch ever. He had GOT to learn that, if only to get just a little respect around here.
“We have to repair this,” pouted Nanoha.
“Oh don’t worry about that, that’s what the grid is for,” said Vivio smugly as she held out her hand and white magic started to sparkle all over the place.
Ferret Lantern, aka Yuuno Scrya was having a bad day. Not only there had been numerous Ranger-related explosions as they recalibrated their dimensional jumping powers, but also there was now an enemy on the MOON. Nanoha was in favor of arresting this Lord Zedd but it was a given that things had to play out normally. But that wasn’t the worst of it as he stormed into the Midoriya, bypassing Kyouya, Miyuki and Shinobu making out on the couch, and staggering into the room where Vivio was teaching Nanoha how to gamble.
Yuuno, the Ranger one was already in ferret mode and cleaning up when he looked up and a fuzzy smirk came across his face. “I know that look. It’s a “I had a bad day and I really don’t want to talk about it but it’s driving me up the wall and—“
“I GOT BAKED INTO A GIANT PIZZA!” howled Lantern Yuuno. “I couldn’t break out of it! It was like the pizza from hell!”
Vivio reached over, pulled a slice of pepperoni from his clothing and tasted it. “Monster pepperoni. Yep, he ran into the pizza oven monster.”
“Welcome to my world o-chibi,” snickered the ferreted Ranger.
Yuuno was certain his life was about to get exponentially harder with these characters around.
“Okay, looks like I’ve figured it out,” said Chrono finally and every head looked up, expecting an answer. “Looks like our little world-hopping mirror likes to drag entities and constructs along with us. Once we go, Zedd up there gets reabsorbed into the grid. You won’t have to worry about him.”
“That sounds like good news. What’s the bad news?” inquired Superman.
“The bad news is that now due to this recalibration, I could overshoot and hit another world entirely,” said Chrono, holding up an orange and a fishing net. “Try to think of this orange as our world, and several oranges are lined up along it. And then the entire sequences of worlds are covered by this fishing net. That’s the morphin grid.”
“With that many worlds connected, I see… it would take precision and control to hit the right world, and since this is typically a magic mirror with unlimited potential,” surmised Lantern Yuuno.
“The chance of us hitting our world is 1 to 100,” finished Ranger Yuuno. “Fortunately we can narrow it down, target centers of high levels of grid energy. That’s where usually Rangers are located.”
“There’s another thing. Each world recognizes us as a foreign entity, much like Decade. Everywhere we go, the world will respond in kind, creating enemies for us to fight,” added Chrono, earning a look from his younger self. He ignored it. “Considering Decade’s history with world jumping, it’s reasonable to say that you’ll have your own home-branch of Power Rangers within the year.”
“Who’s this Decade?” inquired Nanoha.
“He’s a guy who visited our world before, according to the Shinkengers,” said Vivio, arms folded. “They’re known as Kamen Riders, powerful armored beings similar to Rangers, but they usually work in groups of one or two. The possibility of Decade revisiting our world though is high.”
“Legend puts him as the Destroyer of Worlds,” added Chrono, much to the horrified expressions of the assembled allies. “BUT he’s not dangerous, at least to the forces of good or so far at least. From what the Shinkenger tell us, he is a powerful ally, even without zords or extra weapons. The profile on him is weak at best, but he can access the powers of ten Kamen Riders, which is why he’s called Decade.”
“He has no control over where he appears though,” added Vivio quickly. “So if he does appear in your world, treat him well. You can usually find him in a place that originally seems to be part of your world but is known as the Hikari Studio.”
“Wherever he goes, the prophesized Rider War will follow, and just be forewarned that the worlds will respond the same way it’s responding to us, seeing us as foreign elements and will create a Kamen Rider in response.” Said Ranger Yuuno. “It’s a nice little concept we like to call Duality. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
“That explains something, why that villain on the moon wasn’t there before,” said Nanoha, rubbing her chin. “And why any attempts at arresting him results in us being unable to find his moon base, even though we can SEE it.”
“Grid magic, gotta love it,” snickered Vivio.
[ne, ne,] squeaked Sacred Heart in his child-like voice. [Vivio-han, we’ve got a reaction in the Grid. There’s a materialization coming up shortly!]
[Confirmed,] stated Riot 1 and Durandall grunted his agreement too. [There’s going to be another manifestation of enemies.]
“Ring-chan, can you detect anything?” said Nanoha.
“A strange level of energy is building, but I cannot confirm what it is,” said Ring-chan. “It seems to be the same energy pattern as the Rangers however.”
“Grid Magic,” chorused the travelers as Chrono added, “It has a very distinct level of energy. Most people who travel through worlds surf the grid. You’d best fine-tune your Ring and Raging Heart in order to detect this level of disturbance. Most of it winds up close by, and giant sized to boot.”
“Monster of the week, gotta love it,” said Ranger Yuuno. “You guys ready?”
“READY!”
“Setup Cartridge! SPD Emergency!”
“Lightspeed Rescue!”
In a blast of light, four Rangers emerged from the eruption of power which took out a few bushes and plants in the suit vent. The monsters already huge in nature numbered in the tens as they rampaged across the cityscape. “Okay this stands to reason we really need the giant robots now.”
“We’ll need more than four pilots then,” said Riot 1, turning to the others. “Green Lantern-chan, how many more people can you gather with strong magic powers or strong spirits?”
“Let me make a call.”
“You know this is a lot more complex than I thought it would be,” grumbled the native Chrono as he threw his zord, Rail Rescue 2 into a spin. “Shouldn’t we form up these, what do you call them?”
“Megazords,” said Carter from Rail Rescue 1. “And no, we’ll need all the firepower we can get right now. Several smaller robots do the job better for the time being.”
“Awfully pragmatic for someone who is a hero of justice,” remarked Asuna who was piloting Rail Rescue 5 with some skill.
“I’m a military man at least,” replied Carter with a shrug. “Alright, we’ve whittled them down enough. Form Megazord. I’ll walk you guys through the process.”
“I’ve been wondering something,” said Negi who had stubbornly followed the group in response to the call. “Shouldn’t Asuna-san negate this form of magic instead of being able to use it?”
“The Grid is wiggy like that,” said Vivio, Negi blinking at the surprise. “You see, the Grid is eternal, unending. It’s less of a magical power than it is a unlimited magical power supply. That, and the energies itself are insulated by the human being, and there’s a lot more metaphysical stuff involved in it, but the basic idea behind it is that it cannot be negated. Ranger powers are like valves, you turn them on and off, and the Grid is still there. That and it totally chooses the wielder.”
“I see,” said Negi with a nod. “So if we could tap into the grid, then we could use a magic that even Asuna-san couldn’t negate?”
“That’s about the size of it,” said Vivio. “Though I’d have to study this further, but I think we’re out of time. The mirror is charged up again, and we’ll have to be off.”
She smiled, rubbed his head and added, “You’re kinda cute. If you were ten years older I’d totally date you.”
Negi blushed.
They came as quickly as they vanished, all traces of their battles following with them. For a while, peace reigned in Unimari and there wasn’t anything to be said about it.
Time passed, people prepared for another assault on their magical people. And then, something happened that they least expected.
“Excuse me sir, but you’re radiating Grid energy,” said Green Lantern-chan as she and Ferret Lantern hovered overhead. “Can I ask who you are?”
“I’m no one. Just a passing through Kamen Rider.”
Akino, this isn't a full version. Shadow Crystal Mage will undoubtedly add more to it since I sent him a copy. So this is just my half of the draft.
Nanoha had a boring day. Get up, admire how saccharinely close her family was, stop a few petty crimes, go to school, visit with her friends, return home, drink from a shaking… glass… of… water…?
“Hey what is that anyhow?” asked Miyuki as everyone stared out the windows of the Midoriya.
“It’s… a… 30 foot marshmallow man?” said Shinobu in an uncertain voice.
Nanoha was halfway out the door when there was a cry from the other side. It was a mixed bag, something that made her pause.
“Ready?”
“READY!”
“Setup Cartridge! SPD Riot Enforcer!”
“Setup Cartridge! SPD Shadow Ranger!”
“Lightspeed Rescue!”
Bursts of light erupted from behind the wall and Nanoha peeked over as best as she could. “Ring-chan, what is that?”
“Unknown. It appears to be… magic?” Ring-chan seemed to be sighing at this.
“It is very powerful magic,” offered Raging Heart.
“Alright, call out the zords,” said the girl in white.
“… zords?” said Nanoha, bewildered moments before a train came out of NOWHERE and began to form up.
She gaped. There was going to be a giant kaiju battle in the middle of HER CITY!
Without a permit!
She wondered what form they needed for this before the missiles and guns began to fire.
Shaun Garin Presents… In association with Shadow Crystal Mage…
It Could Always Be Worse: Vivio’s Magical Adventure and Takamachi Nanoha of 2814 Production:
Power Rangers Decade
And Lo the Dead Rose and out from the Boiling Seas Emerged the Stay Puft
Superman stared at the mess. It was a horrible, ectoplasmic messy sticky mess that made him hungry for smores cooked over the campfire. It was rapidly dissolving thankfully but…
“Um, Green Lantern-chan, and you said that these people in brightly colored spandex suits came out of nowhere, summoned a train, formed it into a giant vehicle, did combat, blew it up, and they just… vanished.”
Green Lantern-chan nodded.
Superman cringed. This wasn’t going to look good on anyone’s resume. “New magical team?”
“I don’t think so, but they gave off this enormously powerful energy source,” said Green Lantern-chan. “Ring-chan identified it as magic.”
“What did Raging Heart say about it?”
[Whoa, was my answer, my master] said Raising Heart primly.
“Okay, so the mirror diverted our flight course,” said Chrono, munching on waffles at the local pancake house, a specialty shop in the area. “The way I see it we have a few options.”
“Situations like this needs to be worked delicately,” said Yuuno, shooting a look at Vivio who cringed. “Stop summoning Stay Pufts!”
“I can’t help it!” whined Vivio. “It’s like Gozer invaded my mind!”
“Stop looking into the trap,” warned Carter Grayson, the Senior Ranger chosen for this expedition. “You know it’ll never work.”
“What I want to know is, why Stay Puft?” inquired Yuuno, taking a bite of his marshmallow fluff covered pancakes. “Why? Shouldn’t you be summoning Godzilla?”
“The Japanese call him Gojira. And no, I’m raised on western culture Yuuno.” Vivio savagely stabbed her strawberry. It died a glorious death. “I could have summoned OOZE. Did you want that?”
“No, by all means, keep summoning the Stay Puft.”
“Eh, I don’t see why they’re all up in arms about this,” groaned Vivio as she and Sacred Heart walked down the road, her hands propped behind her head. “I mean, this can’t be too bad, right? Barely any monsters, warriors, demons…”
She blinked as a familiar form hovered in front of her, dressed in white with green markings on her outfit.
Eyes met. Instant kinship.
“Hi,” said Nanoha Takamachi aka Green Lantern-chan to Vivio Hart Testarossa Oliver.
“Hi,” said Vivio Hart Testarossa Oliver to Nanoha Takamachi aka Green Lantern-chan.
For a long moment, there wasn’t anything. And then Green Lantern-chan smiled brightly. “Adorable bunny plushie!”
“Thanks. I like your ring.” Said Vivio honestly.
Another long pause.
“You’re magical aren’t you?” said Green Lantern-chan after a second.
“Yep. You too. Though your energies are off. Magic core isn’t developed as well.”
Green Lantern-chan blushed. “I can’t help it! So are you from the TSAB? If so, I’ll need you to fill out a report.”
“Ah no, not officially.” Vivio rubbed her head. “Would you believe I’m just a passing by Power Ranger?”
Somewhere, Tsukasa Kadoya, Kamen Rider Decade sneezed.
Inwardly, Nanoha was cringing. How did this girl figure it out? Could she sense magic? She saw the ring through the Notice Me Not Field. She noticed a LOT of things. And was smirking in that way that made Batman fidget.
“Ano… so you’re a… Power Ranger?”
“Yep,” said Vivio. “Trust me, it’s more glorious than you think.”
Nanoha opened her mouth – and suddenly the area was filled with grey forms with large Z’s on their chests. Vivio stepped in front of the Magical Girl Green Lantern-chan and said, “Putties. Why is it always PUTTIES?”
The putties surged forth.
Vivio exploded into a flurry of athletic violence.
Green Lantern-chan almost felt bad because a “civilian” was doing all of her work.
“Those were Zedd Putties,” said Chrono, folding his arms as Green Lantern-chan stood to the side, surprised that such a strict stick-in-the-mud in her world could have such relaxed body language.
Or that Ferret Lantern, ahem, Yuuno Scrya could have such a physique under those tights when he came to the rescue in his red spandex?
“We should be careful. If Zedd Putties are here, we should check the moon.” Said Carter.
“I wonder if it has a breathable atmosphere,” said Vivio thoughtfully.
“Your moon has a breathable atmosphere?” said Green Lantern-chan, bewildered. Mars she could figure but the moon? Wasn’t it supposed to be lifeless? What was all on there, a menacing evil looking man with no skin?
Lord Zedd sneezed.
“He’s going to make a monster out of a trumpet.”
“Cicada.”
“Car.”
CRACLE-THOOM.
Vivio grinned and the boys paid her. “Told you, stop sign.”
“I am Stopsignhead!” exclaimed the newly christened monster.
“Nanoha Emerald Smasher!”
WHOMP went the monster.
Boom went the monster.
“Efficient,” said Carter, disappointed he couldn’t perform his best “I’m a MAN” punch.
“GRENADE!” exclaimed Vivio as the monster grew.
Green Lantern-chan looked up. And up. And up. And she almost fell over if she wasn’t flying. “Um, this is new…”
“Get used to it,” sighed Yuuno.
"It's still a grenade, right?" Green Lantern-chan asked.
"Well, yes but you should wait for our zords, er, giant robots... why did you just make a giant hand and dentures?"
"Let's see, to activate grenade, put grenade in your teeth, pull the pin and throw it," Green Lantern read from the internet. "Simple enough."
BOOM!
"I wish we could just throw monsters into space so conveniently," Chrono said.
“We tried that,” pointed out Vivio. “Remember the last time we tried?”
“Oh yeah. Yeah, throwing a gasoline tank monster into the sun wasn’t one of Alicia’s most brilliant moments,” said Carter, shaking his head.
Ranger Yuuno stared at his counterpart. "What are you WEARING? Is that a dog collar? You're TEN!"
Lantern Yuuno glared defensively up at his mou hitori no boku. "How is my outfit any worse than yours? Besides, I'm supposed to be helping Nanoha patrol 1/3600th of the known universe, which is pretty darn big! I don't have time to deal with clothes! What's your excuse?"
"Hey, fighting monsters and giant monsters on a weekly basis is tough work!" Ranger Yuuno protested.
"We have to fight Godzilla sized things on a twice a week basis, some nuts are targeting every magical girl in Japan, my partner's intelligent weapons of mass distraction can't seem to get along except when saying 'Master, LET'S SHOOT IT! MAXIMUM POWER!', I'm behind on all the paperwork my workaholic partner is insisting I file properly, my life span might just be for the next five years, we have to MAKE our own giant roots, which is tougher than it looks, and to cap it off, everyone, myself unfortunately included, insists on calling me 'Ferret Lantern'. Don't talk to ME about tough!"
Ranger Yuuno stared. "I've got nothing. Want a hug?"
"Yes, please."
The explosion ripped through most of the warehouse district as the group was shielded by a handy ring construct of Nanoha’s. “Forgot to mention this!” yelled Ranger Yuuno over the din of the explosion that cascaded around them. “Morphin Grid energy interferes with the use of barriers!”
“You could have told us this sooner!” yelled Nanoha, thinking of the paperwork involved in this little fiasco. What started as one monster had multiplied into ten, and the group had been chasing monsters all around town. She was starting to appreciate how strenuous being part of SPD really was, considering that after the monster went boom, it grew up due to a bigger boom. And if the giant robots weren’t cool enough, the fact that in their universe Earth was the most powerful galactic node in the universe said a lot if they had to have 18 generations or more protecting it.
“And that ladies and gentlemen is why you do not screw with Carter Grayson,” said Chrono smugly as the Ranger came walking out of the smoking ruin, looking none for the worse for wear.
Little Chrono applauded despite himself. That was the most brilliantly executed “I’m a MAN” punch ever. He had GOT to learn that, if only to get just a little respect around here.
“We have to repair this,” pouted Nanoha.
“Oh don’t worry about that, that’s what the grid is for,” said Vivio smugly as she held out her hand and white magic started to sparkle all over the place.
Ferret Lantern, aka Yuuno Scrya was having a bad day. Not only there had been numerous Ranger-related explosions as they recalibrated their dimensional jumping powers, but also there was now an enemy on the MOON. Nanoha was in favor of arresting this Lord Zedd but it was a given that things had to play out normally. But that wasn’t the worst of it as he stormed into the Midoriya, bypassing Kyouya, Miyuki and Shinobu making out on the couch, and staggering into the room where Vivio was teaching Nanoha how to gamble.
Yuuno, the Ranger one was already in ferret mode and cleaning up when he looked up and a fuzzy smirk came across his face. “I know that look. It’s a “I had a bad day and I really don’t want to talk about it but it’s driving me up the wall and—“
“I GOT BAKED INTO A GIANT PIZZA!” howled Lantern Yuuno. “I couldn’t break out of it! It was like the pizza from hell!”
Vivio reached over, pulled a slice of pepperoni from his clothing and tasted it. “Monster pepperoni. Yep, he ran into the pizza oven monster.”
“Welcome to my world o-chibi,” snickered the ferreted Ranger.
Yuuno was certain his life was about to get exponentially harder with these characters around.
“Okay, looks like I’ve figured it out,” said Chrono finally and every head looked up, expecting an answer. “Looks like our little world-hopping mirror likes to drag entities and constructs along with us. Once we go, Zedd up there gets reabsorbed into the grid. You won’t have to worry about him.”
“That sounds like good news. What’s the bad news?” inquired Superman.
“The bad news is that now due to this recalibration, I could overshoot and hit another world entirely,” said Chrono, holding up an orange and a fishing net. “Try to think of this orange as our world, and several oranges are lined up along it. And then the entire sequences of worlds are covered by this fishing net. That’s the morphin grid.”
“With that many worlds connected, I see… it would take precision and control to hit the right world, and since this is typically a magic mirror with unlimited potential,” surmised Lantern Yuuno.
“The chance of us hitting our world is 1 to 100,” finished Ranger Yuuno. “Fortunately we can narrow it down, target centers of high levels of grid energy. That’s where usually Rangers are located.”
“There’s another thing. Each world recognizes us as a foreign entity, much like Decade. Everywhere we go, the world will respond in kind, creating enemies for us to fight,” added Chrono, earning a look from his younger self. He ignored it. “Considering Decade’s history with world jumping, it’s reasonable to say that you’ll have your own home-branch of Power Rangers within the year.”
“Who’s this Decade?” inquired Nanoha.
“He’s a guy who visited our world before, according to the Shinkengers,” said Vivio, arms folded. “They’re known as Kamen Riders, powerful armored beings similar to Rangers, but they usually work in groups of one or two. The possibility of Decade revisiting our world though is high.”
“Legend puts him as the Destroyer of Worlds,” added Chrono, much to the horrified expressions of the assembled allies. “BUT he’s not dangerous, at least to the forces of good or so far at least. From what the Shinkenger tell us, he is a powerful ally, even without zords or extra weapons. The profile on him is weak at best, but he can access the powers of ten Kamen Riders, which is why he’s called Decade.”
“He has no control over where he appears though,” added Vivio quickly. “So if he does appear in your world, treat him well. You can usually find him in a place that originally seems to be part of your world but is known as the Hikari Studio.”
“Wherever he goes, the prophesized Rider War will follow, and just be forewarned that the worlds will respond the same way it’s responding to us, seeing us as foreign elements and will create a Kamen Rider in response.” Said Ranger Yuuno. “It’s a nice little concept we like to call Duality. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
“That explains something, why that villain on the moon wasn’t there before,” said Nanoha, rubbing her chin. “And why any attempts at arresting him results in us being unable to find his moon base, even though we can SEE it.”
“Grid magic, gotta love it,” snickered Vivio.
[ne, ne,] squeaked Sacred Heart in his child-like voice. [Vivio-han, we’ve got a reaction in the Grid. There’s a materialization coming up shortly!]
[Confirmed,] stated Riot 1 and Durandall grunted his agreement too. [There’s going to be another manifestation of enemies.]
“Ring-chan, can you detect anything?” said Nanoha.
“A strange level of energy is building, but I cannot confirm what it is,” said Ring-chan. “It seems to be the same energy pattern as the Rangers however.”
“Grid Magic,” chorused the travelers as Chrono added, “It has a very distinct level of energy. Most people who travel through worlds surf the grid. You’d best fine-tune your Ring and Raging Heart in order to detect this level of disturbance. Most of it winds up close by, and giant sized to boot.”
“Monster of the week, gotta love it,” said Ranger Yuuno. “You guys ready?”
“READY!”
“Setup Cartridge! SPD Emergency!”
“Lightspeed Rescue!”
In a blast of light, four Rangers emerged from the eruption of power which took out a few bushes and plants in the suit vent. The monsters already huge in nature numbered in the tens as they rampaged across the cityscape. “Okay this stands to reason we really need the giant robots now.”
“We’ll need more than four pilots then,” said Riot 1, turning to the others. “Green Lantern-chan, how many more people can you gather with strong magic powers or strong spirits?”
“Let me make a call.”
“You know this is a lot more complex than I thought it would be,” grumbled the native Chrono as he threw his zord, Rail Rescue 2 into a spin. “Shouldn’t we form up these, what do you call them?”
“Megazords,” said Carter from Rail Rescue 1. “And no, we’ll need all the firepower we can get right now. Several smaller robots do the job better for the time being.”
“Awfully pragmatic for someone who is a hero of justice,” remarked Asuna who was piloting Rail Rescue 5 with some skill.
“I’m a military man at least,” replied Carter with a shrug. “Alright, we’ve whittled them down enough. Form Megazord. I’ll walk you guys through the process.”
“I’ve been wondering something,” said Negi who had stubbornly followed the group in response to the call. “Shouldn’t Asuna-san negate this form of magic instead of being able to use it?”
“The Grid is wiggy like that,” said Vivio, Negi blinking at the surprise. “You see, the Grid is eternal, unending. It’s less of a magical power than it is a unlimited magical power supply. That, and the energies itself are insulated by the human being, and there’s a lot more metaphysical stuff involved in it, but the basic idea behind it is that it cannot be negated. Ranger powers are like valves, you turn them on and off, and the Grid is still there. That and it totally chooses the wielder.”
“I see,” said Negi with a nod. “So if we could tap into the grid, then we could use a magic that even Asuna-san couldn’t negate?”
“That’s about the size of it,” said Vivio. “Though I’d have to study this further, but I think we’re out of time. The mirror is charged up again, and we’ll have to be off.”
She smiled, rubbed his head and added, “You’re kinda cute. If you were ten years older I’d totally date you.”
Negi blushed.
They came as quickly as they vanished, all traces of their battles following with them. For a while, peace reigned in Unimari and there wasn’t anything to be said about it.
Time passed, people prepared for another assault on their magical people. And then, something happened that they least expected.
“Excuse me sir, but you’re radiating Grid energy,” said Green Lantern-chan as she and Ferret Lantern hovered overhead. “Can I ask who you are?”
“I’m no one. Just a passing through Kamen Rider.”
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I'm gonna have to officially have Carter shout out "I am a MAN!" in the Elementverse/JLAC.
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After that, I totally mess this series up like crazy.
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