I return from hiatus! ... To update one of the fics that practically no one is waiting on ahahaha please don't hurt me.

Spoilers: None. Takes place after episode 21 of Gokaiger.

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SGS headquarters was always a welcome sight. As soon as Satoru got into the main area, Natsuki's voice came from the table. "Welcome home, Chief!"

"Thanks, Natsuki." He smiled, crossing to set the Precious collection box on the table.

Masumi, working on reports next to Natsuki, glanced up. "So what'd you think of them?"

He chuckled, thinking of the pirates. "Their captain reminded me of you at first, Masumi."

"Cranky and pigheaded?" That was Eiji, stretched out on the lounge chair in the upper section of the living area. He only laughed harder when the pen Masumi chucked at him bounced harmlessly off the railing.

"Shut up."

Satoru laughed, though not as hard as Eiji was. Those two never let up. "No. More like... he'd lost sight of what mattered to him."

That silenced what was left of Eiji's amusement, and Masumi's pen froze mid-character. Natsuki smiled, just slightly, but it was Sakura, rising from her computer and moving next to Satoru, who broke the silence, her right hand settling on his shoulder. "And?"

He looked at her, sharing a smile that was only half to do with the conversation at hand. "He figured it out. I think our power's safe with them."

"And what about Zubaan?" Sitting on the stairs with his guitar, Souta looked up from the tuning he was doing. "Did you ask them about his key?"

The other four joined Souta in eyeing their leader curiously. Satoru froze, his eyes darting to where Zubaan hung from a specially-placed bracket next to Mr. Voice's screen. "Uh..."

That was all the answer the team needed to let out a collective groan. "Akashi!" That was Eiji, the heel of one hand pressing into his forehead.

"I knew we should've had Sakura handle it..." Masumi sighed, exchanging exasperated, but not surprised, glances with Natsuki.

The pigtailed girl nodded, resting her chin in her hand. "Chief always forgets things when he goes on adventures."

"I do not!" Even Sakura was shaking her head at him, hand having moved to her hip.

"You do, Satoru. You really do."

Souta set his guitar back in its stand. "Sakura knows that better than the rest of us." He grinned, leaning back to rest his elbows on a higher stair. "We're lucky you remembered to bring the Precious back to base."

"Why'd we let him go by himself to begin with?" Eiji got to his feet, resting both arms on the railing. "We all know he's hopeless."

"I guess we'll have to hope the Gokaigers are better at finding Zubaan's key than Akashi is." Masumi leaned back in his chair, shaking his head like the most disappointed father on Earth.

The other four joined in with murmured agreements and sage nods. Satoru could feel his eyebrow twitching as he glared around at his friends.

"Oh, all of you just shut up!"

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It's never not fun to make fun of Satoru, right? Poor one-track minded goofball.