An Unhappy Reunion Part 1

It's been a while since we have been with our friend Chiaki. The last time we saw him, he was making his way with great haste to he pond that he and Kotoha had ice-skated the night before. He was ducking and weaving pass low hanging branches, trying to quicken his pace with every step. As he ran, Chiaki kept repeating to himself, "Be there before 1. Be there before one." Chiaki had been running non-stop since he left the Hanaori home. He didn't break even for a second. Believe it or not, but the Quest Master managed to mischief the Go-Ongers, Goseigers and Gokaigers the whole time Chiaki had been running.

Chiaki ran and ran, ignoring the rubbery feeling in his legs until he had finally made it to the pond. Chiaki was panting with exhaustion. As he stood catching his breath, he looked around, hoping to find something, anything that will lead him to Kotoha or her captures. All was claim. Not sound could be heard save for the wind in the trees. He looked high and low till something caught his eye on the ground. It was a small black cube. Chiaki walked over to the object, crouched down and examined it. On the top of the cube was a clock that read 12:59pm. Seeing that he made it in time, Chiaki let out a sigh of relief. As the clock turned over to 1 o'clock, the little box opened and a life-sized hologram of a man in black appeared from it. Chiaki rose to his feet firmly gripping his sword, looking the villain dead into his eyes.

"Shinken Green." The figure said smugly. "So glad you could make it. I am the Quest Master and you my young…"

"Blow it out your ass." Chiaki interrupted. "Tell me where Kotoha is, NOW!" He then demanded.

"Now, now." The Quest Master replied. "No need to lose your temper."

"Don't lose my temper?!" Chiaki replied in anger. "You kidnap my girlfriend and you're telling me to not lose my temper!" The young samurai shouted.

"I can understand why you're upset."

"Upset?! UPSET?!" Chiaki's rage had now reached a new boiling point. "I AM BEYOND UPSET, PAL! TELL ME WHERE KOTOHA IS AND MAYBE, I WON'T HUNT YOU DOWN!" Chiaki threatened pointing his Shinkenmaru at the hologram.

"Alright, alright." The Quest Master said seeing that he was going nowhere fast with the furious young man. With a snap of his fingers, two Vipers appeared on the ice. They were carrying what looked to be a potato sack in their arms. The top of the sack was tied with a rope and the contents of the sack was in the fetal position. They placed the sack carefully down on the ice. "There you go." The Quest Master said to Chiaki. "Your comrade is right there."

"Kotoha." Chiaki whispered as he stepped toward the iced over pond. But before he could go any further, a spear flew passed his head. As he turned to look to where the spear came from, about twenty more Vipers appeared.

"Come now." the Quest Master said grinning his evil grin "you didn't think it'd be that easy did you?"

Chiaki looked back to the sack. The Vipers that brought it out were gone but before they left, he could see that they had planted several small explosives around it. "How good are you Shinken Green?" the Quest Master asked.

"One of the best." Chiaki stated now glaring at the hologram.

"Good to hear. You have ten minutes to get past my boys and get to your friend before the bombs go off. If you fail, then he sinks to a watery grave. Bye-bye." The Quest Master said mockingly as the hologram vanished. As the hologram switched off, the timer on the bombs activated.

Chiaki didn't waste any time as he sprang forward cutting down two Vipers as he stepped on the ice. Fortunately, the ice was still very solid and Chiaki could run across it, though he slid a few times. After parrying the blades of three Vipers, Chiaki whipped out his Shodo Phone and henshined. Putting the Kuma disc in place, he slashed through three snakes and made a mad dash for the sack. It looked as if Chiaki was going to get to Kotoha with hardly any difficulty. Then, from out of nowhere, a Viper came out of the woods from Chiaki's left, dove to the ice on its belly and tripped up the green samurai. It didn't matter to Chiaki as he was still heading in the direction of the sack. But then a Viper came jumping over the sack, flopped to its back and flipped Chiaki over the sack with its feet. Chiaki hit the ice with a thud and continued to slide till he hit the other side of the pond.

"I told you Shinken Green." The Quest Master's voice came echoing from through the tree, "This was not going to be easy."

It didn't make any difference to Chiaki. "This asshole can through all his snake at me." Chiaki thought to himself. "Nothing is going to stop me from saving Kotoha." Chiaki ran back out on the ice making a B-line for the sack. Five Vipers were now standing between him and Kotoha. As they raised their weapons to attack, Chiaki broke to the right. Placing his sword on the ice, Chiaki was able to make a sharp turn and was now sliding directly to the sack. But the enemy was ready for him as two Vipers came from the opposite direction with their blades ready to stab Chiaki. In impressive fashion, Chiaki leaped over his attackers and was now right in front of the sack. But it was not to be as a third Viper came flying across the ice and kicked him in the chest. Chiaki went sliding back and ended up knocking over the two serpents that tried to attack him. Chiaki sprang to his feet and tried for the sack to only be cut off by the Vipers yet again.

No matter what he did, the Vipers were always there in one way or another to stop Chiaki from reaching the sack. Chiaki tried going in from the left, from the right, from above and from every other way he could think of but still he made no progress. He did manage to cut down a good deal of Vipers though. Chiaki slashed and stabbed the vile creators, one after another. But the more he cut down, the more that came out of the woods around the pond. Any chance he could, Chiaki used his Wood Mojikara to create barricades of trees to try to stop them from coming but there were to many of them and Chiaki couldn't afford to waste all of his energy on writing kanjis. The Quest Master would chime in, letting Chiaki know how much time was left. First letting him know that he had seven minutes left, then five minutes and then three minutes, every time sounding ever smugger then before.

"This is your 2 minute warning Shinken Green." The Quest Master announced. "What taking so long? I thought you were one of the best." He said condescendingly.

Chiaki was now beginning to panic. He had tried everything he could think of to reach poor Kotoha only to have those damn Vipers stand in his way each and every time. Then he got a crazy idea. He converted his Shinkenmaru into his Wood Spear, held it as if he was pole vaulting and made a mad dash at the sack. And that is just what he did or at least tried to do. When Chiaki placed the tip of the spear on the ice and made his ascension, the ice cracked from under him. As the spear sank into the water, Chiaki, who was still holding onto it, landed on his butt with a thud. Had he not kept his grip on the spear, it would have gone straight to the bottom. As Chiaki tried to compose himself, a Viper came skating from behind and with the butt-end of his spear, took Chiaki out from the legs causing the green warrior to land on his back. Almost immediately after he hit the ice, four Vipers each took hold of Chiaki's limbs. Chiaki struggled to break free but their grip was too strong.

"What a pity," the Quest Masters voice sounded from some unknown origin "I was hoping that the two of you would have made it a little further then this." From the sound of his voice he was actually disappointed by this turn of events. "Oh well, I guess that's the way the ice breaks." He said know in a cheerful voice.

"Finish him!" The Quest Master demanded.

With that said, a Viper jumped into the air with his blade pointed down in a stabbing motion. In that instant it felt as if time had slowed down. As Chiaki saw the evil serpent coming closer, its blade poised to end him, he began thinking about Kotoha. He thought back to all the good times they had and the sensation he got from every kiss they shared. '*I failed you may darling.*' He said to himself tears forming in his eyes. '*I didn't protect* *you and now I couldn't save you. Please forgive me*.' Chiaki closed his eyes and was ready to die. But just as the Viper was about to descend on Chiaki...

"Inazuma Enjoha!" A blast of fire and lightning struck the Viper. Chiaki opened his eyes at the creature's death moan. As the four that were holding him down looked back at the origin of the attack, four more came and hit all of them free Shinken Green. Chiaki rolled to his stomach and saw who was responsible for his rescue.

"Ryunosuke!" Chiaki said having never been happier to see his comrade. Yes, Ikenami Ryunosuke was standing by the edge of the frozen banks of the pond, Water Arrow in hand. With him was a man in a uniform with a D on the upper right part of it.

This was RyuuRanger of Gosei Sentai Dairanger.

Ryunosuke had arrived in Kyoto about five minutes after Chiaki left the Hanaori house to save Kotoha. After learning what had happened from Kurando, Ryunosuke wasted no time in running after Chiaki hoping to catch up to him. Unfortunately, as Ryunosuke's luck would have it, he got lost on his way to the pond. After going around in circles for what seemed like hours, Ryunosuke finally found the pond and just in time. The Vipers had already pinned down Chiaki and after hearing the Quest Masters' orders, he quickly henshined and rest you already know.

"Chiaki, I'm coming." But before Ryunosuke could step out on the ice, Chiaki told him to stay where he was.

"Ryunosuke, I have a plan." Chiaki began picking up his spear. "When I tell you to, use your Mojikara to create a wave to send me over to you." Chiaki had another crazy idea.

"Make a wave?" inquired Ryunosuke. "How can I make waves from solid ice?"

Ryunosuke's answer came in the form of the Kabuto Disc. Chiaki placed the disc on his spear and with a powerful thrust, he plunged the tip of the spear in the ice sending a small surge of Mojikara through it. That little bit of Mojikara had a big kick to it as the ice was now beginning to crack completely.

"Chiaki!" Ryunosuke shouted out. "What are you…?"

"Not now Ryunosuke." Chiaki interrupted. "Just get ready to send that wave." Chiaki's plan was working to perfection. The stunned Vipers were scrambling to get off the ice, but they kept causing the broken patches of ice to tip over and they al ended up falling in the freezing water. What was even better is that the sack, though still surrounded by bombs, was completely undisturbed as it sat on a piece of ice that supported it's weight beautifully. Like a frog on lily pads, Chiaki jumped from one to another till he reached the sack. Once he made it to the sack, Chiaki proceeded to throw the bombs into the water to keep himself and Kotoha safe on their makeshift raft. When the last bomb was thrown into the water, Chiaki signaled Ryunosuke to send his wave.

Ryunosuke wrote out the kanji for title wave and sent it flying behind Chiaki and the sack. Just then, an eleven-foot wave rose up and was now heading in Chiaki's direction. Chiaki knelt now beside the sack and put his arms around it to secure Kotoha. But once he embraced the sack, he felt that there was something wrong. He didn't have time to think about it just then, for the title wave lift the two up and brought it right to where Ryunosuke was standing. The little ice template broke when it hit the ground and Chiaki and the sack hit face first.

"Chiaki," Ryunosuke said as he demorphed, "are the two of you alright?"

"I'm fine." Chiaki answered sitting up demorphing as well. He turned to the sack and lifted it up right all the while wearing a puzzeled look on his face.

"What are you waiting for?" Ryunosuke asked impatiently now sitting beside Chiaki. "Get Kotoha out of there."

"This isn't Kotoha." Chiaki said. A puzzled look was now on Ryunosuke's face. When Chiaki held on to the sack, he could tell that the contents of it was human, but this person was much to brad to be Kotoha. And judging by the size, this person was also much taller then her. These facts were proven when true when Chiaki lift the sack up right. He had carried Kotoha before and she was light as a feather. This person was much heavier then she was. So finally, Chiaki undid the knot that tired up the sack. He and Ryunosuke lowered the top of the sack to see just who was inside of it. To their surprise, sitting bound and gagged was indeed a fellow samurai. Chiaki was right, it wasn't Kotoha. It was Genta.