"uh..."
Zero, our protagonist, stand akwardly in front of a very familiar building. No, no, its not miss lithra's building nor one of her property. Standing in front of him is a hospital.
That's right. It was a hospital. Like, cross at the middle surrounded by red inside of a circle. A huge sign that tells which hospital it was.
Why is he standing here akwardly at front? Well, let me take you back before all of this happened.
...
"Hello mr leader~"
Zero scoff. Not in a bad way, just annoyed. The reason was he and shira got into a fight earlier and neither him nor her is apologising.
"What's wrong? Somethings up or what?"
"My~"
She giggles, which irked zero even more. Her gentle yet bubbly personality didn't sit with that curvy hourglass sexy body of hers. Not to mention, she literally has a face who's barely thirty despite being like maybe two hundred years old or something.
Though, he didn't show it, he is annoyed. Just not as much.
"My~ Thank you for describing me perfectly."
Nope. Scrap the not as much statement. He is now annoyed.
"Pleas eget to the point miss lithra."
Though annoyed, he still have a huge respect and debt he need to pay for saving them last time.
"I'll get straight to the point~ One of our morphers finally found the right person~"
"What?"
He tilted his head, scratching his back neck while questioning what she just said.
"Can you like... Elaborate?"
She nodded.
"Of course you wouldn't know~ How silly of me~ Tee-hee~"
She strung her tongue out in a playful way as zero got another irk mark on his forehead.
"Just like last time with you, our morphers usually glows when it found its future user until the end~ A permanent mark that can also notify you when or where its rightful owner is~"
"I see. Then which one glow amongst the four?"
"Hm~ This one~"
She pulled out a new morpher. Just like his, it has the same design but instead of red, it was pink.
"Pink? The fifth and last member?"
"That's right~ If you exclude me, the rightful owner of this morpher is the last member~"
"Then why is it first?"
"When you choose something, sometimes you pick out of order~ Just like this morpher~ It found its worthy user before the rest of the morphers~"
"Seriously? Alright. Where is it? The user I mean."
She turn her chair around and pointed at a certain direction.
"Hm~ It pointed towards there~"
Zero follow where she was pointing and ended up with a single conclusion. A hospital building.
"Of course its from there..."
Usually, the pink ranger often tied with either being a royalty, or somewhere similar to where she is pointing at.
The hospital.
"Hm~? Are disappointed you figure out our fifth member~?"
"In terms of being picked in order, that's the third one so far."
"Going with your logic then you're second right~? How do you feel about that mr. Leader~? That you're not first~?"
Third irk marked.
She saw this and giggles. Despite her age, she's a very mischievous old hag who teases and poke other people's ego and emotions.
"That's why you're here~ Since you're the leader, its your decision to recruit them or not~"
"But wouldn't the 'worthy' part be useless if its up to be at the end of the day?"
"Well~ They might be worthy for the morpher, but they might not be worthy as a person to use it generally~ Its up to you whether you think they are worthy of the power their morpher give~ Plus, you'll lead them anyway~ Don't want any disobedient and uncooperative teammates now~"
She spouted as zero listen. Depsite being mischievous, she still have that wise old kind if mindset imprented on her mind.
"Understood. I'll go get them. And if they're not worthy—"
He grabbed the pink morpher and left. Before that, he stopped at the door frame and turn his head.
"—I'll give this back to you, Miss lithra."
With that, he gently close the door and left. Miss lithra watch through the security camera as zero left the building, smiling at the young boy who seems to adapt the mindset of being a leader.
...
And that's why he is currently in front of this huge hospital.
"I said that yet I didn't even know who it is..."
He sighed, clutching the pink morpher hidden in his pocket while his red morpher, acting like a regular watch on his left risk, glowed faintly with red.
...
After some slight hesitation, he gather some confidence and come in. Trying to find their fifth member that should be recruited as their last member.
"Uh... How do I find them again?"
He gather his confidence to come in yes, but where the heck would he find that person? He couldn't just ask around saying 'hey, is there anyone here note worthy of being good while also responsible? With saving the world as well'.
That would be embarrassing and not benefiting of being a leader. After all, the leader shouldn't casually ask the person he is looking for. It needs to be him who should find that said person, not other people.
Yet, he didn't even know where to start.
"Jik! Jik! Jik!"
A creepy giggle can be heard from one of the rooms he passed by. It made him shivers to the point of raising his morpher and was about to transform.
"Don't tell me..."
With a grim thought, he rushes to the room where he heard that creepy giggle and forcefully open the door once he arrived.
There, a huge monster that look like an injection were standing in front of two shivering patients.
"Jik?"
The monster, who looks like you put two arms and two legs on an injection, creepily turn its face towards zero. It has that annoyed look that seems familiar to an invader. How did he know? He already encounter two, so naturally he got used to that expression they were making when interrupted.
"How annoying! I was about to suck these human's blood! How annoying!!"
Its speech pattern is very similar to the first invader he encountered when its bloodlusted.
"It seems like every invaders have different speech pattern huh?"
"Jik?!"
The monster showed its... Suprised expression as it pointed its finger at him.
"You! How did you know us?!"
He stopped, before showing the monster with a wild, energetic grin.
"Of course I know. I'm the one who dispose things like you."
With that remark, he raised his watch morpher and spin the disk facing him.
"Ready!"
[Idealizaaaaaa-TION!!!]
He did some cool gestures before the similar hologram appeared in front of him.
"Idealist sentai, Idealiger: Red!"
"Idealist?! Jik! Don't tell me you're that guy?!"
The injection monster screech in surprise yet startled screech as he pointed its finger at zero, who is now on his red ranger suit.
It has one pen and pencil mark with a vertical road embedded on top of it. Signifying his first and the leader of the group.
"Jik!!"
The injection monster now focus on him instead of the two shaking patients in front of it. Since he arrived, it probably couldn't suck any people anymore. So naturally, it shifted its focus on him instead.
"Jik!! If I kill you right here, He'll probably praise me!!"
The injection monster rushed towards him while zero pulled out his idealistic sword.
[Slash—ON]
"Let's take this outside!!"
Since an invader arrived here on this place, inside at that where there are innocent people here, he need to bring the monster outside to avoid casualties from the battle.
Zero also rushes in as he pushed the injection monster towards the window.
They broke it and were sent outside.
...
Both landed roughly as zero rolled over at the concrete while the injection monster fall at the grass.
"Jik!! Why did you do that stupid human!!"
"You're the stupid one here! You think I'll let you use those two innocent people as 'food'?!"
He pulled out his idealistic blaster—
[Shoot—ON]
—And combined the two. What comes next is that same energetic, unhinged, voice he usually hear.
[Ideaaa—LISTIC!!!]
[Idealist—Emerged!]
"Dream on!"
He fired, but the monster seems didn't care about blocking nor dodging as it raise both of its hand.
The energy blast and the two energy slashes? It got sucked up upon touching its hands.
Yes, it sucked those two massive energy like nothing which made zero surprise.
"What?! How did it—"
Before he could question what just happened, the injection monster smirked and bow. Not to respect nor apologise, no no. It bowed because it aimed the top of its head where zero was and a sudden energy full of power burst from it.
"?!"
Fortunately, zero was able to raise his merged weapon to blocked it but losing the merged in the process.
"Damn it..."
He jump back to gain some distance as the injection monster mocked him.
"Jik! Jik! Jik! Jik! Jik!"
It even giggled on its own language.
"Is that all? Human? Where did that boastful go?!"
The injection monster, as if not done, aimed both of its hands as the same energy signature lights up its hand.
"Seriously?! Another one?!"
Disbelief, and annoyed, since the last attack were powerful, zero thought he was about to block that same energy attack he just took.
No choice, as the energy blast fire, he tried to dodge from his left. Yet it still hit him. Yes, it hit him, which is why he was thrown into the walls of the hospital.
The by standards already left upon learning there was some destruction going on at the front of the hospital while they were exchanging attacks.
"This is starting to get annoying."
He said in blank tone as he pointed his idealistic sword at the injection monster. Angery and irritated, he follow up with two energy slash right at the invader.
"Jik! Jik! You think that would work on me human? You—"
A white thin line appeared diagonally across his chest, which made the injection monster stop.
"Wha—"
Then, the thin slash embedded and actually by pass its suction abilities.
"Krehekkk!!!!—"
It grunted as it fall to its own knees with a disbelief expression on its face as it look at zero.
A single cut were able to by pass his hands? These great hands?
That's what the invader thought as green blood slowly sip out of its own injection body. Evident of the diagonal cut that somehow by pass its abilities and cut it.
"You!..."
He pointed at him, panting at the sudden damage her receive while also in a mad state.
"How did you do that?! Tell me human!... How did—"
"When you were using your hands to suck my attacks, I noticed a very delayed after you were done."
Zero interrupted him as he patiently explain what just happened.
"Huh?! You think I'd believe tha—"
"Precisely 0.4 mili seconds. That's the gap I found after absorbing my attacks earlier."
"0... .4????"
The invader questioned itself. A human, a lowly human, was able to find a flaw even it didn't knew? How is that possible?! Aren't humans, incapable of such feats on their own?!
He saw the injection's face as he sighed.
"I thought it wouldn't work. How disappointing, I should still be struggling right now yet—"
The monster, having his guard down, three thin lines appeared across its body as it slowly look down. It couldn't believe what it was seeing.
Is this... It? Its about to die isn't?
Then, as if listening to its own thoughts, the three thin marks embedded on his body as more green blood sprouted on its body before collapsing on the ground.
"—you were nothing after all."
The monster widden its eyes as it exploded. Zero, without looking back, continue walking as the explosion happens behind him.
...
Now, de-transform, was about to start finding his third member to recruit. After all, byy order of being recruited, first is miss lithra, second is him, and this is the third.
"Seriously... That invader was disappointed. I thought he would be overpowered you know?"
Currently, he is talking on his red morpher as it replied. A very familiar voice answer his frustration as the voice giggled.
It was miss lithra who were on the otherside, using her own white morpher to communicate.
"Maybe you're underestimating it mr. Leader~ You might never know, its still alive~"
As he was about to retort her theory, he stopped. Thinking to himself, she was right. Today's invader, that invader, specialized in blood and suction.
"There's no way right? Don't tell me its one of those annoying monsters?!"
He panic. He now realized why it felt easier compare to the first two invaders he fought. He knows this because he was the one who killed and did the deed.
"My~ You sure are slow mr. Leader~ I suggest you check the hospital~ After all, it is the only place where blood is everywhere~"
"Shit... Well, I'm glad the hospital is empty by now thanks to you."
Miss kithra chuckles as she express back his gratitude.
"My~ Its no problem~ Didn't I told you I only do supporting at the back unless there's some emergency~"
"Ughh!!! I have to check every single room for blood?!"
Since this is the hospital, blood, whether its in pack or just at the floor itself, then there is nothing to fear from.
"Anyway, I'm going offline now. If you're right then I gotta focus on ensuring that stupid injection monster wouldn't come back on this world."
He wore a determined face as he put down the watch, ending his call with miss lithra.
"Now, how do I find you?"
Then, stopped. He remembers no one is here right now right?
"Change plans. I'll just check if that injection monster is alive."
...
Next day, he goes back to the same hospital. This time of course, there are people.
Zero watched as people walk in and out of the hospital upon arriving, trying to see if he could spot his fifth member.
"Usually, people in sentai rangers are easily recognizable. Yet..."
He scratched his head. For him, his clothes made that statement possible.
Wearing red jacket, red shoes, and a very not so hidden watch that turns into a morpher. So in his expectations, he is recognizable as the red ranger.
"Hm?"
As he was about to sit and observe more people, a sudden ambulance arrived. It was probably an emergency, obviously as much considering the noise maker was on to indicate its importance.
He didn't pry what happened as he was about to look away when he spotted a very not so obvious person.
That person, a woman in her thirties, were wearing a white lab coat but inside, you can see her wearing a pink t-shirt. Not to meantion, those pink shoes.
"Yup. She's the one. Before she even became one, she's already representing her color huh?"
Unaware of his criticism, the woman quickly bought the patient who arrived, inside and do what must be done.
"Guess I'll watch and see."
Miss lithra said he has the authority, not the morpher. Despite that woman who look like a doctor, probably is, might be not worthy of the said power.
After all, zero knows what kind of power the morpher gives. Not only it gives superhuman strength, it also gave the user knowledge of everything that it has and how to use it.
What he felt when he first transformed, it was undescribable. He felt like he could grasp the world, or destroy any country at will. That's how good and powerful these morphers give to their users.
"If that falls on the wrong hands..."
He didn't want to imagine the consequences it could give. Not to mention, it would go against what they were doing in the first place.
Protecting earth from those invasive bastards.
...
"Thankfully he's out of trouble now. He will be fine in a few days, miss kritani."
"Ah..."
The same woman were talking to someone, maybe the patients' relatives as zero saw the relief she made.
"I recommend for him to not do heavy activities after being discharged for a few weeks in order to not reopen the wounds he received from the crash."
The woman in front of her frankly nodded as she shake's her hands. Very thankful and happy at the same time to the point of crying.
"T-thank you doc!... Thank you for saving his life!..."
She gently grab her hand and humbly replied.
"Don't worry. You should be thanking him miss kritani. He has enough courage and braveness to tackle the pain he just received. Your son is strong, that I can promise you."
She then flash the lady with a gentle yet warm smile. Seeing this, zero didn't immediately conclude she was safe and trustworthy.
He needed much more stronger evidence to prove she will be just like him. A person who can have the responsibility of protecting this world and not misused it.
Even though he was picked all of a sudden to be a sentai ranger, he already proved himself that he can tackle whatever those invaders throw at him just to protect mankind and its planet.
...
*Crunch*
"Hey zero... Seems like she's proven herself no? Why are you still hesitating?"
Shira asked her childhood friend who tried looking cool. Though, she admits he look cool right now, but that's beside the point.
Earlier when she visit miss lithra, she thought zero would be there. Since zero wasn't on school nor his house, the only place he could be at is at miss lithra, discussing about the monster who will 'revive'.
Yet, it seems like she was wrong. Only miss lithra is present at her office, no zero. She asked her where he could be at, and that's when miss lithra said one possible place. The hospital.
The same hospital where the monster first appeared and the third user of the idealizer morpher.
Once she got there, she immediately spotted her childhood friend, looking suspiciously at a lady wearing a white coat. Probably a doctor, and the candidate miss lithra discovered, she assumed.
"Not enough... Those things could be for formalities. Anyone could do that and definitely anyone could say those words."
"Really?"
She pondered as she pull her right arm at her chin.
"But it seems legit enough... I could feel her sincerity on those words..."
"You wouldn't be an actor if you don't know how to act."
He slowly stared at the lady as she calm down her patients and continue.
"The same goes for being sincere. You have to know how to be polite and kind in order to be sincere enough."
"What does that even mean? I—"
"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!"
"Run!!! There's a monster!!! A monster!!"
"Save yourselves and leave!!!"
"Mama!! Hold me I'm scared!!!!"
Loud screams can be heard as people rush out of one of the hallways. This alerted everyone, confusion etched on their faces as they see people running away.
"Invaders?!"
Shira stand up as she stared at the people running away, her body stiffened as she guesed what might cause such commotion.
"Probably."
He stand up and quickly make a call.
"Make sure everyone evacuates. I'll handle the rest."
"Mhm!"
She nodded as she start to help people out and guiding them carefully to cause less panic.
Zero watched for a few seconds before running towards the chaos.
"Hey! Young boy! Stop!"
The lady, candidate of the idealizer morpher pink, shouted at the young boy who headed towards the commotion instead of running away from it.
Feeling guilty of leaving a teenager boy into danger when her profession is literally saving lives and healing people, she naturally couldn't handle letting the young boy die on her watch.
With her logic, she followed him and head towards where the chaos is.
...
After arriving at the scene, zero saw the same injection monster from yesterday, doing the samething again.
"Hey!"
The injection monster invader stopped as it was about to inject on of its finger into a civilian who was shaking with fear.
"Why do you guys always like to target by standards!"
[Idealizaaaaaa-TION!!!]
"Pick someone your own size!"
He shouted as he pulled out his idealistic sword.
[Slash—ON]
The same weird voice ramg as zero launch himself at the invader.
"Ahhh!!"
The injection monster blocked his strike but not strong enough to handle the collision as they flew on the other side.
Both immediately seperate from one another as they stare each other.
"Jik! Jik! Jik! Jik! You again human?! You're starting to annoy me!!"
"I could say the same thing to you! How are you back anyway?"
He pointed his idealistic sword at the invader as the injection monster chuckled in themost disturbing way.
"Jik! Jik! You want to know why? Of course! As long as there is blood, I will be able to revive myself! Jik! Jik! Jik! Jik! Jik! Jik!"
"Ugh... Why do you have to laugh like that?... Anyway, your telling me I have to get rid of every blood to stop you?"
"Jik! Jik! Jik! Jik! Of course! But its impossible for you!"
He lowered his idealistic sword, making it grin. It seems like the monster thought he give up and now offering himself.
Yet contrary to its own expectations, zero did the opposite. He didn't give up, rather he was motivated as he look on his side.
There, he could see the same lady in a white coat escorting a shaken civilian out of the room before staring at the two of them.
"Hey miss."
He spoke, calling out to the lady who finish safely escorting the civilian.
"Um... Me?"
She pointed at herself which made zero nod.
"I now know why you were chosen. I approve."
"Eh? What are you—"
"Catch."
Zero didn't let her finish as he throw something at the lady. It was her idealizer morpher. Thereason why she was worthy enough to use it and protect this world from those invaders.
"W-what is this?..."
She catched it, flustered and confuse that she almost let go.
"Attached it to your right risk and the rest will be explain."
While this was happening, the monster got angry. How dare they ignore him, an invader who killed thousands among thousands of different species.
"Jik!!! How dare you humans ignore me!! You both will pay for that!!!"
It crouched on the ground and stabbed it with both of its hand. The ground shaken before a pure energy blast errupted from the ground.
"Tch... Will you let us explain some things!!!"
He jumped towards the lady and carry her in a princess style, which made her blush. Unexpected and was done by someone like him, a young teenager boy.
But zero didn't have enough time as he dodge every blast while making sure she was fine.
"Behind you!"
She shouted and quickly notify him, but it was too late.
The energy blast hit him, and was thrown outside. Landing rough while still holding the lady.
"Damn it... That hurt..."
He completely forgot that he didn't mastered this form yet, hence why he still receive damage from outside.
"Are you okay?"
Being a doctor, someone muttering 'it hurts' means there is something wrong with their body.
"No its fine. Just focus on activating your morpher."
With that, he heads towards where the invader is and prepare to battle. She watch zero bravely fought on the frontlines while she watch pathetically despite having the same power as him.
"Then I must try! To protect that boy!"
She clenched the morpher as she found her resolve to do what he instructed.
"Let's do this!"
Since zero explain to her on what to do, she recall what he said and try it out.
She put the morpher on her risk as it immediately transform into the same watch as zero has.
There are four icons mention on it as she examine it with total confusion. Then, sudden and foreign informations flooded her mind as things become clearer and clearer.
This was an [Idealizer Morpher]. A tool to protect humanity and its homeland.
But eith billion of people, only five possible candidates win.
"I get it now... To turn into one is..."
She akwardly spin the disk as a green hologram appeared her, which made her jump in surprise.
"W-what is this—"
[Identify, new host.]
[...]
[...]
[...]
[Identification complete.]
[Accepting...]
She heard a weird voice ring inside her mind as she look aroundshe was unaware of such mechanics that she was caught off guard and tried identifying where it is coming from.
"U-um... Accept?..."
[Accepting..... Approved]
[Idealizaaaaaa-TION!!!]
As she step forward, trying to examine it since she has a habit of examining things before trying them out, she accidentally hit the hologram and starts transforming.
She undergo the same transformation sequence as zero as she slowly transform into a sentai ranger.
"H-huh?..."
The transformation stop and what came out is her wearing a pink theme of idealiger. Meaning, she was the pink ranger. The fifth and last member yet the third one to be recruited. How ironic.
"Um..."
She didn't know what to do as she inspect her new suit and the watch that gave this suit.
"Urgh!..."
Zero was push back and ended up right beside her as he landed roughly, rolling over until he stopped just about her foot.
"Hm?..."
He grunted as he tried to get up when he noticed she was finally transformed.
"Woah... That ranger suit really did suit you huh?"
"P-please don't look too much."
Thinking he was checking her now exposed curves that she desperately tried to hide ever since, she tried to make zero look away.
"Ah... Ahem... Sorry if that made you uncomfortable. Anyway, since you already transformed, you can just familiarise with it first before you head out and help me."
Resolving the misunderstanding, she nodded as she immediately start.
"Jik?! T-there's two of you now?! How!! They say the protector is always alone?!"
"Sorry pal but not anymore. Though, we're not complete yet unfortunately."
[Slash—ON]
"Huh?—"
"Eat this!!!"
Relief she transform perfectly and safely, he didn't hold back anymore. He stretched his arm in an unatural way before spinning it back to where it was originally.
As he was doing this unfamiliar attack no one ever seen, a massive amount of energy formed at the tip of the blade before it was unleashed when zero moved back his hand.
"[Dream Weaver]!!!!!!"
He shouted as a huge slash made out of unstable energy that look like space launch itself towards the injection monster.
"Jiiiiii—"
The monster was unable to cry before it got slashed right at the middle. Green blood spurted right away as its body, now slashed in half, fall to the ground before exploding.
"Huh? That worked? Wow... I just imagine doing that and it actually work?..."
He look down at his idealistic sword, the unstable energy were slowly dissolving as it was turning back to normal.
That attack he made is no joke, he could feel it. The power behind that attack was like slashing the space itself.
Or maybe it's just him. We never know.
"Um..."
Feeling useless, she tried to speak to zero who were still in disbelief that his attack work.
"I-is it done?..."
Her question made him snap out of it and turn towards her.
"Its not yet done. It will be back. Though we need your miss..."
"Ah... I forgot to introduce myself, sorry."
She bow her head before introducing herself in such a lady like manner.
"My name is [Kiara Daisku]. Nice to meet you!"
"Ah... Likewise. Mine's zero suimin. I might look old with this suit but I'm still a highschool hehe..."
He embarrassingly scratched his helmet before coughing.
"Anyway, congratulation on becoming a [Idealiger] miss kiara and welcome."
He extended his right hand at her. She look at it, hesitant, before finally having the resolve to accept it.
She has no choice, the monster she saw were real, and the power zero showed her were no joke. He's the real deal.
"I-If you're fine with me then thank you..."
"Mhm."
He nodded before the scene cut.
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To be continued
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