The street around the Samurai Rangers began to flood with the toxic Sanzu River water as Master Xandred arose from his prison.

"I can believe this is actually happening!" The Green Ranger exclaimed as he watched, completely mortified.

"We can't give up now!" The Gold Ranger said as his body blurred around and fought off several grunts.

"That's right!" Jayden, the Red Ranger said.

Next to Jayden was his older sister Lauren, who was currently the only one who could save them.

"How's that sealing symbol?" Jayden asked as he sliced into an oncoming Mooger.

Lauren's helmet was reflecting the intense glow radiating off her samuraizer. If it was possible to see past her armor one would see her pained expression. "It hurts like a bitch." The twirling kanji was slowly appearing in the air in front of her.

"You call yourself a Shiba, but you are nothing but a rat!" Xandred exclaimed and fired a wave of energy towards Lauren.

The Red and Blue Samurai Rangers leaped in front of Lauren and took the attack head-on.

Jayden ignored the burning pain because he knew whatever Lauren was going through was ten times as harsh.

His vision blurred around the nightmare known as Xandred. The monstrous red creature carried a grin on his meaty lips. He was smug in the way that all hellish monsters seemed to be.

"Now!" Lauren screamed as she drew the final stroke on her sealing symbol. The flaming kanji raced across the sky and hit Master Xandred square in the chest. The smell of burning flesh floated around for an entire block, and all the nearby Moogers were instantly vaporized.

Yet Master Xandred was still standing.

"That wasn't supposed to happen," The Green Samurai muttered. "Xandred should be ten feet under by now."

"I warned you," Xandred said as he stepped onto the solid ground. His body was still smoking, but the wound was beginning to heal. "You are a weakling, a complete and utter failure to the Shiba name."

The Yellow, Pink, Blue, Gold, and Green Rangers all rushed towards Xandred at once. Their sword hit against Xandred and bounced back as if they were plastic.

Xandred laughed, "Humans, you build yourselves up to be as great as gods, but you fail to realize how minuscule you actually are." With one swing of his blade, the five Rangers were knocked away.

Jayden looked at his sister, who was on her knees with red electricity running across her. "I think I know how we can do this."

"I-I can't," Lauren muttered. "That sealing symbol was our only shot."

Her hands clawed the ground.

"We're done for."

Jayden placed his hand on his sister's shoulder. "You're the true air of the Shiba Clan, it's your responsibility to defeat Xandred once and for all."

"How?" She yelled. "He's unstoppable! Even the Sealing Symbol was useless!"

Jayden knew what he had to do. He gripped his sister's shoulder as hard as he could. "You were trained for this moment. No matter what anyone says, or how anyone feels, you're the head of this family."

Jayden let the energy leave his body. It slid away like rain off the side of a tent and was absorbed into Lauren.

Jayden fell to his knees as his armor melted away. He looked down at the Samuraizer in his hand and noticed it was broken down the middle.

Lauren stood up, flames danced around her armor.

"You're little parlor trip will be wasted on me," Xandred barked. "Nothing you can do can possibly harm me."

"Let's see about that," Lauren said and rushed towards Xandred.

The Nighlok stood with his blade out, prepared to block whatever she threw at him.

As Lauren ran her armor swelled into an inferno. He wasn't prepared for what came next.

In a flash of pure morphing energy Lauren was transformed into the bulky armor of Shogun Mode. The power of her ancestors flowed through her as she delivered a deadly blow to Xandred's body.

Sparks ran through the cracks forming in his body as he screamed out in frustration and pain.

Master Xandred exploded in an eruption of fire and electricity. The blast was so powerful that it knocked the six remaining Rangers out of their armor.

Jayden fought the pain long enough to limp over to his fallen sister and offer her his hand. "I knew you could do it."

Lauren looked up at her brother and smiled. "Thanks."

Lauren pulled herself up and tried to get steady, though she ended up leaning on Jayden for support.

"We did it!" Antonio exclaimed as he hugged Jayden.

"But what about your Morpher?" Mia asked, holding the broken device out.

"Don't worry about it," Jayden said and offered a forced grin. "With Xandred gone the world won't need us to be Rangers anyway."

Jayden took the Samuraizer out of Mia's hand and twirled around in his palm. Master Xandred was actually dead. The Nighloks were gone for good.

And Jayden was trying to convince himself that things were bound to get better.

A/N: The plot of the Samurai Ranger's final battle had to be changed to better suit the narrative.

Hope you enjoy what's to come.

-Your friendly neighborhood Shadowhenshin