Don't own Super Sentai or anything that this fic references unless it is a fic of my own. Note: I do not own Shin Kaibutsu.

Kurayami Sentai Kageranger

Chapter 3: Beast of the night, YoruKageOh

Inside JOL's secret dark throne room, the lord of the place sat on the throne. A blond spiky haired person walked. This person wore a white robe that had an insignia of a golden cross on his chest. He looked to be sixteen though that was actually not his true age. "Locke, what is it?" The lord asked.

"Milord, our knights are ready for their missions." Locke said bowing down to his lord.

"Good, but something troubles me."

"What is it?"

The lord of JOL took out a laptop and showed the screen to Locke. "This." On the screen were two faces, Dark and Ray. "These two."

"Kagered . . . he's not strong." Locke said. "But who is that?" Locke pointed at Ray.

"Kageyellow."

"Another one?" Locke said in surprise. "And another high schooler at that?"

"Yes, and there are four more out there."

"Four?" Locke wondered what that meant.

"However, I only know three of the future Kagerangers." Three faces popped up on the screen. "I want them dealt with."

Locke looked at the screen and he was quite shocked at what he was saying. "But these are just . . . young teenagers." Locke said surprised at the fact that all five of the warriors that JOL Lord wanted to be dealt with were all teenagers.

"Do you have something against that?" JOL Lord's, though hidden by a large shadow, eyes glowed gold. "Do you not remember who was the one who took you in when you had no one?"

"I remember." Locke bowed. "I will do as you wish." Locked turned and walked out the room. He leaned on the door and had a flashback of a moment in the past. A knight's lance stabbed a man, a woman, and a sixteen-year-old girl. The girl wore a white dress with a pink jacket. She had long blond hair. Locke remember the horrifying moment. Blood splatter everywhere, the sixteen-year-old girl's corpse facing the ground right in front of him. Images flashed, all of the horrifying moment. The blood, the blood, the horrifying blood! This was what Locke could not forget. "JOL's job is to eradicate the sinful sinners. It is not their fault, they were only doing their job." Locke clenched his fists. "Humans, your sinful nature costed my sister her life!"

- -

Break time in school and Dark decided to visit Ray. Ray's class was on the second floor so Dark went up to see Ray. "Yo Dark." Ray called out to Dark when Dark entered the room. Ray was sitting at his desk which was right next to a seat that was next to a window. Ray waved to Dark.

"Um, what's that?" Dark asked looking at the way how Ray waved at him.

"This?" Ray pointed his waving hand. "It's a greeting."

"I see." Dark nodded. He then walked to Ray's area. Dark then sat on Ray's desk. Dark turned his face to look at Ray, and Dark smirked. "So . . . how's being a Kageranger to you?"

"I'm freaking out here!" Ray exclaimed. "I mean . . . seriously. I have some urges at nighttime and I can't explain them."

"Can't explain it either." Dark said putting his chin high.

"NANI!?" Ray exclaimed. "So . . . these urges have nothing to do with these powers?"

"What kind of urges are you talking about?"

"Um . . . beef and pork." Ray answered reluctantly.

"No . . . you're just hungry." Dark said. Dark hopped off the desk, then patted Ray's stomach. Dark was about to walk off, when he bumped into a pair of breasts.

"Ooh, Ark-kun!" A girl squealed, the girl being Kari. "Why are you here in my classroom? You coming to visit me!"

Dark said something but was muffled by his being in between Kari's breasts.

"EH!?" Ray stared at the two. "Dark knows Kari-san? And 'Ark-kun'?"

"It's fun because Ark rhymes with Dark and it sounds cute." Kari replied. Then Kari stopped smiling. "Wait, why does Darkie-kun know Ray-chan?"

"Men Wai um Darkie-kun, now." Dark muffled. (And I am Darkie-kun, now.)

"It's another cute name." Kari said smiling. Then she looked at Ray, who looked depressed. "What's wrong Ray-chan?"

"Please . . . don't call me Ray-chan." Ray said softly, covering his head in shame.

"Why not? You look as pretty as a girl." Kari replied.

Then Ray let out a cry. "But I'm a guy." He whimpered. Then Ray widen his eyes. "OI DARK! How long are you going to stay there!? That's sexual harassment if I ever saw it!"

Dark then emerged from Kari's chest. "Whatever." Dark shrugged. He walked off, his Rosario shining in the daylight.

Kari smacked Ray on the head. "Mou, why did you drive him off?" Kari whined.

"NANI!? You were ok with that!?" Ray shouted. Then Ray groaned. "Why are you and I in the same class?"

- -

Taki during this time decided today was . . . the 'day'. "Today's the day." Taki said. "Today is the day I ask Reika-chan out on a date!" Taki pumped his fists into the air. Reika is Rai Shishi's little sister. Taki has been trying to ask her out on a date ever since he first laid eyes on her. Only problem is . . . big brother Rai, Taki's rival, was always in the way.

Taki walked towards a girl with long beautiful hair and had some resemblance to Rai. Taki then tapped the girl's shoulder. The girl turned, revealing her beautiful face. Taki gulped and blushed.

"Um . . ." Taki said. "Reika-chan."

"What is it?" Reika asked Taki.

"Will you . . . go . . . out . . ." Taki tried to say, but then . . . two arms wrapped around Reika.

"Mine." Rai's voice sounded. He held Reika tightly in his arms.

"Onii-chan." Reika said looking at her brother.

There was a bright glare reflecting off from Taki's glasses as he dropped his mouth in shock. "Y-y-y-YOU BASTARD!" He shouted. He lunged at Rai after Reika walked a bit away from her brother. Rai defended. Taki threw fists at Rai. "Always . . .ALWAYS . . . in my way!" Taki shouted as he tried to punch Rai.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Rai said dodging.

"You're always able to rival me in everything!" Taki roared. Then Rai ducked from a swing from Taki and Rai tripped Taki. "WHOA!" Taki fell. But Rai wasn't finished. Rai then grabbed Taki before Taki fell, then Rai threw Taki.

Dark was walking down the hallway with his hands in his pockets. Then Taki crashed into Dark. "OOF!" Dark grunted. Dark's contacts fell out his eyes. The two fell on the ground, Taki on top of the fallen Dark's tummy.

Taki got up and sat down as he rubbed his head. "Sorry kid." Taki said letting out a moan. Then Taki looked at Dark, and could've sworn he saw Dark growl at him with blood red eyes. "Dude, is there something wrong with your eyes?" Taki asked.

Then Dark widened his eyes in shock. Dark covered his eyes with his hands. "Someone of your stature has no right to know." Dark said. Dark stood up and was about to walk off.

"What the heck?" Taki said. Then Taki noticed he dropped something. "OH!" He picked it up immediately.

Dark noticed what Taki picked up, and Dark looked at the item in shock. It was a green Kagechanger. Dark turned, still covering his eyes from anybody else. Of course, there was a small gap between his fingers showing off a red glow from the eye. "What the heck . . ." He said softly.

- -

Some guys the same age as Emi were trying to ask her out. "No." She said.

"Why?" One of the guys whined.

"Because . . ." Emi said. She then flapped her hair, today in pigtails, and pointed up. "None of you have the traits of the hot second years!"

The guys tilted their heads in confusion. "Eh?"

"For example!" She said, with sparkles in her eyes and holding her hands together. "Our school athlete, Lee Hamura." She said in awe. "He has the guts, the muscle, and he's really cool." Then she turned around and pointed up again. "Our school president! Rai Shishi." She said, sparkles in her eyes again. "He's hot, cool, and serious. He's also smart and the class president of his class. He's so cool." She squealed.

"So you would only date guys in a higher grade?" A guy ask. "What about us in the same grade as you!?"

"Well . . ." Emi pondered. "Ryunosuke Rekka seems really cute!" She squealed. "He's so small and loli!"

"NANI!?" The guys dropped their mouths in shame. "WE HATE RYUNOSUKE REKKA! Let's get him!" They ran off.

"Well, that's that." Emi said shrugging. But as she took a step, she accidentally slipped. "KYA!"

Dark, who was about to ditch school, noticed Emi tripping. Dark then dashed at an abnormal speed, and caught Emi before she fell. Emi stared at Dark's eyes, and Dark noticed Emi was staring. Dark helped Emi stand up again and covered his eyes. "You saw didn't you?" Dark asked.

Emi was too shock to answer.

"You tell no one about this." Dark growled. He then walked off, but not before noticing that Emi was picking up a blue item. "What!" Dark hissed. It was a blue Kagechanger!

- -

Dark ditched by standing on the roof. He laid back, letting his red eyes gaze at the blue sky. "Those two . . . they each had a Kagechanger." Dark then sat up. "What the heck is this suppose to mean?" He laid back again, then sniffed the air. "Rushing blood?" He sat up. "Awesome, I get some action at this time in the day." He then used the communication function of his changer.

As Ray and Kari's class lesson went on, Ray's changer beeped. Ray quickly picked up. "Why are you calling at this time!?" Ray whispered.

"We got trouble. You better come along." Dark said without softening his tone.

"WHAT!?" Ray whispered. "Right now!? But I would have to ditch!"

"So what? Ditching is fun." Dark said.

"WHAT!?" Ray hissed.

"Is something wrong Ray-kun." The teacher, a man in his fifties and in a brown suit, asked Ray.

"Um . . . no." Ray said.

"Whatever, more fun for me." Dark said at his end. Dark stood up and started building jumping away.

Ray groaned. "Man . . ." He said softly. "Um . . . Sensei, can I go outside, I'm really not feeling well?"

"Well if you need to, go." The teacher said.

"Ok." Ray said. He got up and walked out the door. He was that much close to lying to his teacher. At least Ray worded his words right, right?

Kari watched as Ray walked out, and she smirked.

- -

Ray walked towards the exit. "Man . . . this would be the first time I ditched." He said. Then he bumped into a gray suit. "Oof."

"Where are you going boy?" An old man's voice sounded. It was Ojii-chan, the school headmaster!

"EH!" Ray shouted. "OJII-CHAN!"

"I HAVE A NAME!" Ojii-chan pointed at the wall, then quickly back at Ray. "But this is not the right fic for this gag!"

"Huh?"

"NEVER MIND!" Ojii-chan pointed at the ceiling. Then he gave Ray the evil eye right in front of Ray's face. "You wouldn't be trying to ditch school now, would you!?"

Ray jumped back in shock. "Um, um, um, no, that's not . . . well actually . . . yes." Ray said, not wanting to lie.

Ojii-chan still gave Ray the evil eye. Then stopped. "Ok, good luck with that." He said skipping off.

Ray was in quite a shock. "What just happened?" He asked himself. He then looked at Ojii-chan skipping into a classroom, the classroom that was supposed to be Dark's classroom, then came out dragging a student by the name of Ryunosuke Rekka, or simply Ryu.

"WAH! OJII-CHAN! NO!" Ryu screamed as he clawed the floor. And then Ojii-chan dragged Ryu into the Headmaster's office.

Ray blinked his eyes in shock. "O . . .K." He then opened the exit and walked off.

- -

A man in a black business suit was running, holding a black suitcase in hand. He hid in an alley. He then sat down and looked at what was inside the case. Bunch of stolen money. He then closed the case. "I'm sorry." He said softly to himself. "But this is what I need to sustain me and my family." He was about to walk away, when Shiroitenshi appeared behind him.

"You . . . did you steal this case." Locke asked.

"What?"

"You . . . stole this case from someone. That makes you a sinner." Locke said. He drew his Lance on the man.

"WAH!" The man fell down in shock. The man then attempted to get away by moving back. "What do you want?"

"What do I want?" Locke asked back. "I want . . . your life!"

- -

Ark was almost there. He decided to henshin before he got there. "WAKE UP! Release the Chains of Darkness! Kage Henshin!" He pushed the crystal on the changer, then grinded the crystal through his right hand. The sky darkened, and bats flew through the sky. Dark jumped from the final building, and the bats flew onto Dark, creating the Kagered suit. "Vampire Calibur!" He summoned his personal sword. The sky quickly brightened again.

- -

The man screamed as Locke was about to stab, but then Kagered jumped out and parried the lance stab. "Kagered!" Locke shouted.

"And whoever you are." Dark replied. He pushed Locke away. The man with the case was too shock to even run away and stared at the two combatants in shock. "Your fight is with me."

"You intend to protect sinners, that makes you a sinner as well." Locke said. The two fighters then walked around in a circle.

"No, I intend to protect the humans from your blind justice." Dark retorted. Dark lunged and so did Locke. The two clashed blades then pushed away from each other.

Ray ran to the spot and he was out of breath. He saw Dark fighting with Locke, and Ray quickly recognized Locke as the one who stabbed the priest. "That guy." Ray said softly. He then pulled back his sleeve revealing his changer. "WAKE UP! Release the Chains of Darkness! Kage Henshin!" He grinded his crystal, and his changer glowed a yellow light. He then spread out his arms. The sky darkened, and the full moon replaced the sun. The light from the moon shone at Ray, and Ray howled and transformed into Kageyellow. He then pushed first button on his changer, revealing his giant claw weapons. "Wolf Beast Claws!" He announced. He then crouched in a beastly manner, and ran at Shiroitenshi. The sky brightened up again.

Dark got the blade on Locke's shoulder, and Dark sliced down, creating sparks on Locke's suit. Locke flew back in pain, but not before hitting Dark with the sharp tip of the long lance. Spark's flew off of Dark's suit. The two fell to the floor, but Dark quickly got up. "Too weak." Dark said.

Locke got up. "You." He growled. He then drew a cross in the air with his finger. "Look into the light, thou salvation is near, KNIGHT'S CROSS!" He then stabbed the ground, creating a fissure at Dark.

Dark noticed this fissure, the running Ray didn't. Ray dashed at Shiroitenshi, only to get caught in the light from the fissure. Dark jumped back but noticed Ray caught. "RAY!" Dark shouted. Dark quickly flipped his body in the air, and spun towards a tree. Dark then kicked off from the tree, and pushed Ray away from the light before the light formed into a cross shape. Dark then drew his Kagebuster and shot Locke.

"ARGH!" Locke growled. He was struck at the chest. "You think that will stop me." He growled, but then a shadowy shape from the alleyway with a scythe cut the back of Locke. "GAH!" Sparks flew off from Locke's back. He fell to the floor. "I . . . I have to retreat." He said, disappearing in a light.

Dark looked at the shadowy shape and saw a purple glowing scythe. The figure then turned and walked away. "Thank you." Dark said, but the figure seemed to ignore Dark. Ray's suit dematerialized.

"I'm sorry." Ray apologized for getting caught in the attack..

"It's ok." Dark said. "Just be careful next time." His suit dematerialized.

The two stood up and looked at the man with the case. "AHH! GET AWAY FROM ME!" The man cried. Dark then smacked the case from the man's hand. The case opened up revealing its contents.

"These are . . . stolen aren't they." Ray gasped.

Dark looked at the man menacingly. "Why did you do it?" Dark asked meanly. "WHY!?"

"AHH! Don't hurt me." The man whimpered.

"Dark, you shouldn't be so rough." Ray said.

Then the man's black cellphone rang. "You going to pick that up." Dark growled.

The man did. "Moshi moshi?" He said.

"Hello daddy?" The voice from the phone said, seeing as how the man put the call on speaker phone. The voice belonged to a little girl.

"Hello Jo-chan!" The man switch tones to a happy fatherly tone. This surprised Dark and Ray. "How are you!?"

"I'm sad." Little Jo-chan said. "You haven't come home in a while."

"Well . . . I told you I'm on a business trip." The man lied. Dark and Ray looked at each other. "And besides, I've been promoted too. So you just wait for me."

"Ok Daddy." Jo-chan said. "Mommy is worried about you too. Come home soon." Then the girl hung up. The man turned off his phone, then went back to being afraid of Dark and Ray.

Ray felt sorry for that man. Something must've happened to such a man to have to stoop so low as to lie to his own daughter. Dark felt this too, then . . . "I got it!" Dark shouted. "Our job is not to protect sinners, but the humans that JOL target. In order to prevent anymore deaths, we must reform these sinners. We'll save sinners and reform them to the best we can!" Dark shouted pointing to the sky. "Ray, you help this man out while I patrol the city!"

"What!?" Ray shouted. "Wait, why can't I patrol the city with you and what about school?"

"By the time you get back to school, school will have let out already." Dark replied.

THAT'S RIGHT! Ray thought.

"And besides, you have a better chance reforming this guy and you'll be safe doing it too." Dark said. "Well I'm off." Dark then jumped on top of the tree and jumped off, surprising the man.

Ray watched as Dark jumped off with sad eyes. "He . . . probably thinks I'm a failure." He drooped his head in shame.

Dark thought, I'm glad Ray is ok. I don't know what I would do if I lost him there.

- -

The man's name is Jin Watanabe. Jin told Ray the story. Jin works for a successful company. He and the boss had a great friendship, but the boss was a big drunkard. One night, the boss had his savings with him, but lost it somewhere as he was really drunk that night. Jin was trying to help the boss out as the boss was drunk, but Jin only got blamed for stealing the boss's savings. Now Jin can't face his boss again, or even his own family. Ray nodded his head in understanding.

"But you can't just go stealing money." Ray said. "And lying too, those are all sins."

"I know, but I don't know what else to do." Jin whimpered.

"Well, you can start by telling everyone the truth." Ray replied.

"What?"

"Well, if you continue to live on this lie, you'll only hurt everyone around you." Ray answered. "Father used to say that a little white lie will end up becoming so large that everyone will get hurt." Ray said.

"Whose this father?"

"Heh." Ray smiled. "A person I look up to." He replied. "Now . . . where did you find this case?"

"It was at a park." Jin said. "Some old man left it so I . . ."

"It's all right, you don't have to say." Ray said. He then took the case in hand. "Let's return this to the kind old man."

"WHAT!? B-b-b-but I stole it. Wouldn't he hate me?"

"'A confession is one step closer to heaven'." Ray said. "That's what Father always said. Besides, the poor old man is probably panicking now that his money is gone."

- -

Dark stood on top of a tall building and watched. "Man, who knew being a ranger would be so hard." He said. "Especially since this team only has two members." He sat down. "Don't these teams usually have five people or so? Maybe three would suffice." He thought about it. "I wonder how Ray is doing." He changed the subject.

- -

The sun was starting to set. Ray and Jin walked to the park. Jin was nervous. "I don't think I can do this." Jin said.

"Relax, I'll guide you." Ray assured Jin.

At the park was a short old man in a white and blue robe. "So, you are the one who stole my money." The old man said in his old man voice.

"I'm sorry!" Jin bowed.

The old man looked at Jin, then smiled. "Well good job giving it back to me." The old man said. "I really appreciate it."

"Really? You don't . . . hate me?" Jin asked. The old man shook his head. "Yataze." Jin said softly walking away. Ray was about to follow, until the old man grabbed Ray's arm.

"Good job Ray." The old man said.

"NANI!? How did you know my name?" Ray was in quite a shocker.

The old man smiled. "I'm Van, Dark's grandfather!"

Ray blinked his eyes as he was trying to process the information. "HAMINA HAMINA HAMINA HUH!?"

"Oh, and make sure you watch that man for a while, he may still be in danger." Van said.

Ray nodded, still in shock. He followed Jin out the park.

Then a Black colored ranger with a suit like a Kageranger suit appeared behind Dark. This ranger had pure black armor with scythe like blades protruding from his shoulders. He had a reapers theme, and his visor is rimmed with gold. He held the same scythe that helped Dark and Ray out against Shiroitenshi. "So have you given that bag back to that man?" Van asked the ranger. The black ranger nodded. "Good. Now to gather the other three rangers up."

- -

Emi was just walking home, when all of a sudden, she was knocked out by the black ranger. The Black Ranger held her in his arms. "Sorry." He said, then ran to park.

- -

Taki was walking home growling at his failed attempts to ask Reika out on a date. Then Van ran in front of Taki. "What? Move out of the way old man, I'm already late in getting home." Taki said, but then Van did a few ridiculous martial arts move in front of Taki, one of them being a ridiculous crane stance. Taki glared at Van. "I'm not impressed."

"WA CHA!" Van karate chopped Taki's neck. Nothing happened. "Man, it worked in the movies."

Then a second hand chopped Taki. Taki was knocked out from one blow from this hand. "Ara ara, trying to be cool, Ark-kun's grandfather?" Kari's voice sounded. She was checking her nails after hitting Taki.

"Eh?" Van was shocked. "How did you do that?"

"It's a Lady's secret." Kari said. She started dragging Taki to the park.

- -

Ray almost caught up with Jin, when all of a sudden, multiple Hikishis appeared and held Jin down. "Hey let me go!" Jin screamed. Jin was brought to his knees.

The Red Knight Beast appeared holding his battle axe. "Your death, is nigh." The Knight said. "Repent."

"No, no, no I don't want to die!" Jin cried. "Somebody help!"

Ray bit his lips. "Those monsters." Ray growled. He then ran at the Hikishis, roaring a battle cry.

"What the?" The Knight beast looked, then was taken by surprise by Ray jumping over Jin's head, and kicked by Ray. Then Ray got into a martial arts stance.

"Wow, never knew I could pull this stance off." He said.

"Who dares to interfere with JOL's judgement?" The Knight beast growled getting up.

"Heh!" Ray scoffed. "You think what you're doing is beneficial! You all are selfish, and are sinners and a bunch of hypocrites! I, Ray Ookami, Kageyellow, will make sure you all repent for your wrongdoings!" Ray lifted his sleeve, revealing the Yellow Kagechanger. "WAKE UP! Release the Chains of Darkness! Kage . . . Henshin!" He grinded the crystal on the changer. After the grind, the air around Ray let out a big gust that blew the Hikishis away, and the ones pinning Jin down away as well. The sky darkened and Jin whimpered as the sky darkened. The Full Moon replaced the setting sun.

Ray's Henshin Sequence: The sky is dark, the full moon shining. Ray opens his eyes. There is a small pathway in front of him. Where does this path lead? Ray does not know. He still walks towards this path. As he walks, moonlight swirl around him. They form into the Kageyellow suit. Then a mechanical wolf bites onto Ray's head, creating the Kageyellow helmet.

The light surrounding Ray scattered, revealing Kageyellow with the Wolf Beast Claws in hand. Jin stared at Ray in surprise. "I will not let you take anymore lives!" Ray shouted. He dashed at the Knight Beast. The Knight Beast swung its Axe. Ray used the large grip of his Wolf Beast Claw to block the axe, then swung his free claw. He struck the Knight Beast hard on the chest. Ray then continued with a flurry of claw slashes. Then one final uppercut slash. Ray jumped high into the sky, then dived down spinning fast. He drilled the Knight Beast.

The Knight Beast struggled to get up. "What are you!" He shouted.

"I am a Kageranger, protectors of humans from hypocrites like you!" Ray declared. "I will not disappoint my leader anymore!" He then dashed in a blur. The Knight Beast couldn't see Ray.

"Where are you!" The Knight beast shouted.

"Kage Ougi, Lunar Claw!" Ray's voice announced. Then yellow claw slashes all of a sudden slashed around the Knight Beast, leaving the Knight Beast nowhere to run.

Jin was quite shocked. Then he cheered on Ray. "Go Ray! Beat him to submission!"

Ray stopped and looked at Jin. "Don't have to be so fierce." Ray commented. Then he went back to slashing the Knight Beast with claws.

- -

Taki and Emi woke up at the park on the ground. "Eh!" Emi sat up. "What am I doing here? And why is Taki-san here too?"

"I really don't know." Taki said getting up and dusting himself. "All I remember was some stupid old man acting stupid in front of me." Then he stopped and looked straight ahead. Emi did too.

Kari was sitting on a bench. "Yo." Kari said waving her hand. She got up and walked to Emi and Taki.

"You have any idea why we're here?" Taki asked.

Kari shrugged. "I just woke up a few minutes earlier. I don't know what's going on." She lied. "Oh, and you two better watch out for that monster behind you two." Kari said calmly.

"What monster?" Emi stood up, then looked. "KYA!" It was . . . the Red Knight Beast! But, but . . . isn't Ray fighting the same Knight Beast right now!?

"My mission is to kill you three." The Knight beast said. "Those who wear those must die." He pointed at the Kagechangers that are on Taki, Kari, and Emi's wrists.

Emi and Taki jumped back when they noticed the Kagechangers were on their wrists. "When did this get here!?" Taki shouted.

"I don't remember putting this on!" Emi cried. Kari was calm through this. The Knight Beast ran towards the three.

Then a bat flew in front of his face. "What?" The Knight Beast watched as the bat flew off. Then more bats flew by. "What is this!?" Then Dark jumped out and scissor kicked the Knight Beast away.

Dark flipped once in the air and landed. "Ara ara, so patrolling really helped me find you." Dark said. Kari applauded Dark. Dark then turned to face the three. "Eh, what are all of you doing here?"

"We don't know." Taki said. "And dude, your eyes are . . . glowing."

Dark realized he never did put on new contacts to hide his eye color. "Heh, guess the secret is out." He said, then took notice to the three Kagechangers on the wrists of the three. "Wait, you three are . . ."

"The other Kagerangers." Van said walking out with his hands behind him.

"EH!" Taki shouted. "This is a henshin device!?" He shouted smiling. Van nodded. "I don't care if you're that weird old man I met today, just tell me how this works!"

"Well um . . . the call is Wake up release the chains of darkness Kage Henshin. Then you grind the crystal." Van replied. "But . . .um."

Taki let out the call and grinded the crystal. Nothing happened. "Hey, what gives." Taki said.

"You need to make a blood pact with my grandson." Van directed attention to Dark. "A blood pact with vampires."

"EH!? Dark-kun is a vampire!?" Emi shouted in surprise.

Taki was quite shock. "You're . . . not human?" Taki asked. Dark nodded.

"You foreign blood sucker!" The Knight Beast shouted.

Dark turned to face the Knight Beast. "Hey! I'm only a quarter English from my Father's side, and my Grandfather changed his last name into a Japanese one, and he has a Japanese appearance too." Dark retorted.

"Aiya, do you have to tell him everything." Van asked. The Knight Beast charged. "Hurry up and make the pact!" Van ran off.

"LOCK!" Dark announced putting his hands together then spreading them out. A red magic circle appeared and enlarged to push the Knight Beast away. The magic circle surrounded Emi, Taki, and Kari. Then three smaller circles surrounded these three, a blue around Emi, a green around Taki, and a pink one around Kari.

"Within this circle, you three will now make the pact." Dark started. "Kari Mitsukai, what is it that you want to fight for?"

"I want to fight to protect the people from the light that is evil." Kari replied.

"Is that your final response?" Dark asked. Kari nodded. "Now, Emi Mizuki. Do you have what it takes to fight the light?"

Emi nodded. "I will fight to protect the people from this fake light, this light which does not shine to a new tomorrow." She had no idea why she was saying this.

Dark nodded. "Good." He turned to look at Taki. "Taki Kogane, do you want to fight alongside us and fight against this evil?"

"Yea, yeah, whatever, I do." Taki muttered. "Just hurry up."

"That is not an earnest answer, answer truthfully you liar!" Dark scolded.

"Ok, ok." Taki calmed Dark down. Taki breathed in. "I want to fight these monsters. There, that's it."

"That's good enough." Dark nodded. Dark then clapped his hands together. "Kari Mitsukai, Emi Mizuki, Taki Kogane. You three . . . are all the servants of the night!" Dark then scattered the magic circle. Dark faced the Red Knight Beast.

"I will make sure I destroy you four!" The Knight Beast shouted. Many Hikishis appeared around him, wielding swords.

"Well . . . you'll have to deal with all of us." Dark said.

"So what do we do now?" Taki asked.

"There's only one advice that I'll give you all: Listen to your instincts!" Dark commanded. Dark, Kari, and Emi prepared their henshin by getting ready to grind the crystal. Taki took a while before he realized how it worked.

"WAKE UP! Release the Chains of Darkness, Kage Henshin!" The four announced. They grinded the crystals.

Taki, Emi, and Kari's henshin sequence: A Quarter moon is seen in Emi's, a Gibbous moon in Taki's, and a waning crescent moon in Kari's. They open their eyes and a path is present in front of them. Where the path leads them, even they do now know. They walk on regardless. Black succubus wings emerge from Kari and engulf her to form the Kagepink suit. Water flow around Emi, forming the Kageblue suit. Green Lighting emerged from Taki's body, and formed the Kagegreen suit. A mechanical raven bit Kari's head to form the helmet. Similarly, a mechanical dolphin and rhino respectively bit Emi and Taki to form the helmets. The females' suit has open skirts compared to the males'. Kari had a raven and succubus theme to her suit, and had little wings on her back. Emi's skirt was different as the back flowed down in the shape of waves and she had a dolphin and mermaid theme. Taki had a Rhino and Frankenstein theme and heavy shoulder pads. Each of them had black gloves for hands with colored gauntlets, but unlike Dark and Ray's hands, these hands were claw-less. The Kagebuster was present on all the suits.

Dark's Henshin Sequence: A crescent moon is seen behind Dark, bats fly from the moon. Dark sees the path, and he knows what is beyond that path: The path of the messiah. He walks through the tunnel like path. The bats fly onto Dark, creating sonic pulses as the bats entered Dark. These pulses slowly created the Kagered suit. A mechanical bat flew around Dark. Dark's Rosario glowed a red light. Dark closed his eyes, then opened them sharply revealing his blood red eyes, and the Kagered Helmet flew on in an instant. He made a motion with his arms, swinging them as if to swing away a cape. A flaming cape shortly materialized behind him, but disappeared.

The four Kagerangers appeared. Taki and Emi were in awe at their suits. It seemed Kari already knew quite a bit. "You think that will help, I'll still defeat you sinners!" The Knight Beast shouted.

"You're the sinner here, you hypocrite." Dark pointed at the Knight Beast. Then . . . a red Knight Beast flew over the four rangers' head! A second red beast! "Looks like our fifth one is here." Dark said triumphantly.

Two giant claw shaped sonic booms flew at the Hikishis and the two Knight Beasts. The strikes struck, and Ray jumped out. Now all five were assembled. Ray looked at the three new rangers. "Who are they?" Ray asked.

"Ray, say hello to Kari, Emi, and Taki." Dark said.

"EH!?" Ray looked at the four. "These are our schoolmates!"

"What did you expect?" Dark asked.

"You'll pay for that!" The Knight Beast that Ray fought shouted.

"Minna, Ikuzo!" Dark shouted.

"The Dark Lord of the moon, the Dark Messiah of the blazing sky, Kagered!" Dark started Roll Call.

"The Beast of the night, the howling fighter, Kageyellow!" Ray next.

"The Golem of lightning, the punishing hammer, Kagegreen!" Taki next, saying what came first to his head.

"The Maiden of the sea, the fierce mermaid, Kageblue!" Emi shouted, saying what her mind told her to say in the situation.

"The Mistress of the shadows, the queen of the shadows, Kagepink!" Kari said it like she knew what she was doing, which really, she did everything as if she had been a Kageranger for a while.

"Darkness within." Dark said.

"Darkness release." Ray continued.

"We call upon the powers of darkness, to cast judgement on evil!" Dark finished.

"Kurayami Sentai, Kageranger!" The five of them shouted.

Shiroitenshi emerged from the ground. "You all are taking too long, I'll join this battle." Locke said.

"The more the merrier." Ray said.

"Um, Dark-san, do we have weapons like Ray?" Emi asked.

"What did I tell you, listen to your instincts!" Dark said. "Vampire Calibur!" He brought out his sword.

Emi, Kari, and Taki pushed the first button on their changers. "Franken War Hammer!" Taki announced bringing out a green long handled War Hammer that had the shape of a fist, which could open up by a switch on the back of the hammer.

"Mermaid Sonic Shooter!" Emi brought out a blue sonic gun.

"Succubus Tonfa Blade!" Kari brought out a pair of pink bladed tonfa like weapons.

"Attack." Locke commanded. The warriors charged at each other.

Ray and Dark took on Shiroitenshi and the two Red Knight beasts while Kari, Emi, and Taki fought the Hikishis. Taki slammed the Hikishis on and on with the hammer. "HUH!" Taki grunted. "Man this thing is heavy yet so easy to use." He commented. "HO!" He slammed a Hikishi down. "Man I'm finished with you all." He held the switch on the back of the hammer. "GOLDEN PRESSURE!" He pulled the switch, opening the fist. The hand of the hammer glowed and released a golden aura, paralyzing the Hikishis around. "For the finish!" He then push the switch back in, closing the fist. "Hah," he got ready to swing, a green projection of the hammer head appeared making the hammer look much larger. "HAH!" He swung smashing the Hikishis around to bits and pieces. "SUGE! I wish Reika-chan could see me now!" Sure, but then Reika-chan would be more impressed by her brother as Kodengreen, hint, hint.

Emi fired her gun at Hikishis around, shooting pressurized balls of water striking them. She then drew her Kagebuster and started dual wielding firearms to shoot the Hikishis. She then unsheathed her buster, and got ready with an attack with her personal gun. Water surrounded her. "Mermaid's Storm!" She then charged water into her gun. The tip of her gun started spinning, then fired a large water tornado, blowing the Hikishis sky high.

Kari tonfa slashed each Hikishis that came along. She stopped and the Hikishis were stepping back. Then a Hikishi tried to slash her, only for her to parry, then slash with the free tonfa blade. She was a force to be reckon with. She then crossed her arms, careful not to be cut by the blade of her tonfa. "This is the end." She said. The little wings behind her enlarged into large black wings. "Succubus Fury!" She shouted, then spiked tails appeared behind her and started piercing each Hikishi, trapping them. She then slashed the air with her tonfa blades, slicing the wind into shape and the shape cut through the Hikishis. "That's done." She said.

Ray and Dark were facing off against the big three bosses. "Heh, now that we are together we are unstoppable!" The Knight Beast that had earlier attempted to kill the three new Kagerangers. Then Ray slashed this Knight Beast down.

"Heh, not good enough." Dark said, cutting the other Knight Beast down. Ray was fighting Locke right now.

"You don't understand, this is what we were talking about." The other Knight Beast said. Two magic circles surrounded the two.

"Combine!" The two announced. Then the circles merged and so did the two Knight Beasts.

Out of the combination, came a scarlet Knight Beast holding a double sided Battle Axe. His black cape now opened up and revealed four golden wings. His knight's helmet now had red eyes and a sharp teethed mouth. The rest of the armor become more beast like.

"Ok, I see what you mean." Dark said. Dark charged at the new Scarlet Knight Beast.

Ray was parrying Locke's thrust, but then Locke turned and tripped Ray. Locke stomped on Ray. Ray let out a cry of pain, only to be slashed up by Locke. "You still only a novice fighter." Locke said. "Not worth my time."

Dark heard this. "Don't listen to him Ray!" Dark shouted. Dark was parrying a chop from the Scarlet Knight Beast.

"You don't even deserve to be a warrior." Locke taunted. "You can't even protect those that are dear to you."

Ray thought, He's right.

"RAY!" Dark shouted, cutting the Knight Beast. "I chose you because I believed in your abilities as a natural fighter! Now fight, my second in command!" Dark screamed.

"What." Ray said.

"DON'T CARE IF YOU SUCK OR NOT!" Dark screamed louder. Then Dark kicked the Knight Beast down. "JUST FIGHT! You are Kageyellow! The howling fighter! You do not care if you can protect or not! You only care to fight to protect, and that is how you'll protect everyone!" Dark then drew his Kodenbuster and switched the buster to blade mode, then used the tonfa like slash on the Knight Beast, then one more from the Calibur.

"Dark, he . . . believes in me." Then Ray straightened up. "All right then, this is the end!" He crossed his claws. "Howling Finish!" He then spread out his hands, and the full moon shine brightly behind him.

"Fine, then you die!" Locke stabbed the ground with the lance. "Knight's . . . CROSS!" He announced. Then a fissure cracked towards Ray. This was the same move.

"I can see it!" Ray announced. "You're open!" Ray jumped over the fissure.

"What!" Locke shouted.

Ray then unleashed a quick flurry of clawing from the claws. Then Ray howled to the moon. Then kept slashing. The claws glowed, then Ray slashed Locke away. Locke went flying out the park. Ray wasn't done with the attack, and Dark knew it.

"All right then, let me set this up for you!" Dark shouted. "Darkness Awaken, Night Waltz Kick!" Dark shouted. He kicked off of the knight, then flew high into the sky upside down. Flaming wings appeared on his kicking leg. "HAH!" Dark flew down, and kicked the Knight. As he kicked, the wings started cutting up the knight. Dark flew past the Knight. "Finish it Ray!"

"YAH!" Ray roared to the full moon. "Darkness Awaken! Wolf's fang finale!" He then dashed and sliced the Knight Beast in a blur.

"NO!" The Knight Beast fell and exploded.

"YEAH!" Ray and Dark high fived. The other three ran up to the two.

"That was pretty cool." Kari commented on Ray.

Then the Scarlet Knight Beast grew to the size of a building. "I'm not done yet!"

"HOLY COW!" Dark yelped. "Ojii-san, what do I do!?"

"LISTEN TO YOUR OWN ADVICE!" Van shouted.

"Oh, right." Dark said.

"THINK OF SOMETHING FAST!" Taki shouted.

"Damn it, I don't know." Dark said. The Knight beast was about to step on the rangers, but then the changers glowed. Five shapes emerged from the changers, and combined into one large being. A giant robo, which consisted of a red bat for the torso, head, and wings. A pink raven for the right hand and a blue dolphin for the other hand. Green rhino as a left leg and a yellow wolf as a right leg. The head resembled a crowned king with yellow eyes and red fangs on the mouth. "This is . . . YoruKageOh." Dark gasped.

"HOLY COW!" Van exclaimed.

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Locke got up. "I have to kill those five." He growled, then a scythe struck the ground in front of him. Locke looked up. "You . . ."

"Sorry, but I can't let you kill them, they are needed." The Black Ranger said to Locke, Shiroitenshi.

"You were the one who cut me this afternoon, this is payback!" Locke stabbed at the black ranger, but the black ranger disappeared in the shadows. Then a few more slashes at Locke. Course, Locke parried these slashes.

"Hm, found me out already." The Black Ranger said.

"Won't work on me again." Locke said. Then the two slashed each other's shoulders, slicing down creating sparks on the suits. Locke was hit out of his suit while the Black Ranger stayed in suit. "Damn it!" It looked as though the black ranger was about to finish Locke off, but then . . .

"It isn't right to kill an unarmed opponent. Run away and rest till next time." The Black Ranger said.

Locke growled at the ranger, but then disappeared.

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YoruKageOh was having trouble with beast. "Damn it." Dark growled. "Ray! Throw me high into the air!" Dark jumped.

"OH!" Ray let Dark use his claws as a boost for jumping. Dark jumped high into the sky and landed on top of YoruKageOh's crown.

Dark then held his Calibur at ready. The Knight Beast charged. "ATTACK!" Dark shouted, then YoruKageOh kicked the beast away. "Now . . . Darkness Awaken! Endless Night Waltz, Giant Calibur Version!" YoruKageOh made a head butt motion, boosting Dark at the beast. Dark's Calibur extended. Dark sliced down and cut the Knight Beast in two.

The Knight beast exploded and Dark landed fine. YoruKageOh disappeared. "Finally, Checkmate." Dark said.

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Anyway, Ray continued to help Jin out after. Ray helped Jin go back to his (Jin) family, and Jin told his family the truth. His boss then called him and told him that he (boss) was sorry for blaming Jin for stealing the money. Someone found the money for the boss and gave it back to him (Most likely a certain black ranger), and he hopes that there isn't any hard feelings. Jin said no, and he now lived his happy life again. Ray was happy he had helped.

"Wow, Ray-san is so cool!" Emi said hugging Ray.

"So . . . I guess this is what we'll be doing from now on?" Taki asked.

"Yep." Kari replied.

Dark still held the Vampire Calibur. "Oh well whatever." He said. "Next time Ojii-san, leave the martial arts to the martial artists like Ryu." Dark said as he found out from Taki that Van tried these weird moves in front of him (Taki).

"They worked in the movies. And also I saw this Ryu person, she's quite cute." Van chuckled.

Dark sweat dropped. "He's a guy."

Van paused. "MY EYES! They burn with delight!"

"Whatever." Dark then walked off.

"Where are you going?" Ray asked.

"I smell rushing blood, I'll be right back." Dark said. "No need for your help." Dark jumped off.

"He's so cool." Kari squealed.

"So, our leader is a vampire?" Taki asked. Van nodded. "You're one too." Van nodded. "This is going to take some getting used to."

- -

What Dark was jumping off to was another vampire in the city, about to feast on a human. Dark and this vampire, wearing jeans and a black jacket, were fighting right now. "You! You're a vampire! Why do you fight your own kind!" The Vampire shouted.

"Sorry, but I won't allow any humans to be sucked of their blood!" Dark shouted.

"What kind of vampire are you!"

"I'm a Kuragari!" Dark shouted. Dark pushed the Vampire's claws away. Dark was about to stab the vampire, but then the vampire disappeared and then reappeared to claw Dark's chest, also knocking Dark's Rosario off.

"Hmph, too weak." The Vampire said. "And you're supposed to be the grandson of that traitor too." He was about to walk off, only to find Dark rising like a vampire from its coffin.

Dark was in quite a shock. He checked his chain. "You . . . you knocked my Rosario off." He then looked down, then looked up with an insane look on his face. "How could you!?" He said laughing maniacally.

"What the!?" Then the Vampire was grabbed on the head, and Dark rubbed the Vampire's face on a wall.

"HEHEHEHE! I want to see some blood from you!" Dark said insanely. "Hehehehe, hehehe, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Dark laughed insanely.

The Vampire's screams could be heard from afar, as well as Dark's maniacal laughter.

- -

Dark placed his Rosario back on. "So scary." He whimpered. He limped off with his Calibur in hand, leaving the spot . . . and the ashes flew with the wind.

- -

Dark was near his school the next day, then found Van with a young man wearing sunglasses. Dark walked up to Van. "Who is this?" Dark asked.

"This, this is a young acquaintance, Shin Kaibutsu. Shin, my grandson Dark."

"Nice to meet you." Shin said extending out a hand. He had two bracelets, one on each hand, a white one on the right and a black one on the left.

"Likewise." Dark said. The two shook hands, but Dark felt a small jolt from Shin. Shin had abnormal powers, and Dark was in such a shock.

"Well he'll be attending Yatsude from now on, so be nice." Van said. Dark nodded, and walked into school.

Shin was calm, but Van knew Shin was thinking about something. "What is it Shin?" Van asked.

"Your grandson . . . he feels . . . strange." Shin said. He knew Van was a vampire who married a human so logically, Dark should have some humanity inside him. Yet . . . Shin felt no humanity whatsoever inside Dark. Shin sighed and lifted his sunglasses, revealing his inverted colored eyes. "He is interesting."

"I guess." Van shrugged.

- -

Ray looked out the window, then Dark barged in. "So, feeling good?" Dark asked.

"I guess." Ray replied.

"Well I'm gathering everyone for a training session, you should come to." Dark said.

"Ok."

"Course, I already trust you to be really strong so you don't need to come." Dark smiled then walked off.

"WAIT! I think you're trusting me way too much!" Ray shouted.

Van watched through the window. "Ah, the ray of light and the dark. Two opposites become such friends." He sighed with a smile. Moments later, Ojii-chan drove Van out of the school grounds.

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