Stories: The Return of the Warlord

Story Written by: Redfork2000 and PeaVZ108

Plot
''Akasha finds a shard of the Orb of Power after yet another loss to Kyoji and Starcade. After gathering the shards back, she restores the Orb of Power and brings an old threat back to life - her father, Shogo the Warlord! Taking his resurrection as another opportunity to conquer the world, Shogo the Warlord proceeds to resurrect his allies - ancient elemental ninjas that are more powerful than the regular ones! Together, Shogo and his team launch a devastating offensive against Echo Creek and the Locked Room Gang. It will take a lot more pain and suffering for Kyoji to defeat his old foe than the last time, as the ice ninja will need all the help he can get to put an end to the evil warlord and his conquest campaign.''

Cast

 * Shogo the Warlord
 * Akasha
 * Green Shadow
 * Bonk Choy
 * Re-Peat Moss
 * Grass Knuckles
 * Repeater
 * Chomper
 * Starcade
 * Kyoji
 * Takeshi
 * Sasuke
 * The Gemstones
 * Nutty the Squirrel
 * Mimic the Parrot
 * Hissy the Snake
 * Chimp the Monkey
 * Blizzard (NEW!)
 * Tsunami (NEW!)
 * Wildfire (NEW!)
 * Earthquake (NEW!)
 * Thunderstorm (NEW!)
 * Tornado (NEW!)
 * Team Hybrids
 * Ink Splash
 * Pincers
 * Crusade
 * Dyna-Matic
 * Dark Trident
 * Octo-Phantom
 * Timmy Turquoise
 * Whacker Weed
 * Magi-Knight
 * Red Fork
 * Blue Ocean
 * Red Spoon
 * Captain Red Shell
 * Coconut Crab
 * Blast
 * Tommy
 * Alice
 * Ace
 * Night Cap
 * Spark
 * Sting

Story
In the early morning, around 6:00AM, Starcade and Kyoji are in the park strolling by themselves while enjoying the breathtaking scenery of the sunrise. ''Starcade and Kyoji race each other to the top of the hill ahead, while laughing and smiling at every moment as they run together. A few minutes later, they arrive at the top of the hill exhausted but happy, with Kyoji winning the race.'' Starcade stares wide-eyed at the sunrise right in front of her eyes. ''Starcade takes out her phone and takes a selfie of herself and Kyoji with the sunrise in the background. Just as she is about to shut off her phone, Kyoji notices a fireball on Starcade's phone screen.'' ''Kyoji shoves Starcade out of the way, just before the fireball hits them.  Akasha appears out of nowhere in front of Starcade and Kyoji.'' ''Akasha and Kyoji start fighting each other, just like their previous duels, while Starcade watches. Kyoji uses his Sword of Elementia to fight Akasha, while Akasha uses her flaming nun-chucks to fight back. Kyoji is seen dominating the fight, until Akasha starts using her shadow arts on him again, toying with his body without even touching him. Akasha laughs at the sight of her being under full control of Kyoji's body. Starcade gets angry and lunges at Akasha, catching her off-guard. She deals quick punches to Akasha, before kicking her and sending her tumbling down the hill, before crashing right into a rock.'' Meanwhile, Akasha finds a strange black shard right under the rock she crashed into. ''Starcade and Kyoji track down Akasha, before finding her on the ground in pain. Akasha notices them approaching and hides the Orb of Power shard in one of her pockets.'' ''Starcade and Kyoji leave Akasha by herself. As soon as the two of them are out of sight, Akasha takes out the Orb of Power shard.'' ''Akasha uses her X-ray vision and sure enough, she finds many more similar shards. She uses her shadow arts to seize the shards, seizing all of them in under three minutes.'' ''Akasha flies to Shogo the Warlord's throne room with the shards. She pieces the shards together to restore the Orb of Power back to its original shape, before reciting the following incantation.'' ''The restored Orb of Power glows, before bringing back a large figure in Japanese soldier armor and a shogun's helm. Akasha looks overjoyed as she sees her father slowly returning to his original form.'' Akasha hugs Shogo the Warlord without hesitation. ''Shogo the Warlord activates his throne, which suddenly floats on a storm cloud. He then flies out of the throne room, heading towards a huge cave.'' Meanwhile, Shogo the Warlord arrives at the huge cave, where there are statues of ancient elemental ninjas. ''Suddenly, the statues crumble to reveal six ancient elemental ninjas of various elements. Shogo the Warlord sees that they are ready to attack at will, before maniacally laughing. The scene then cuts to Red Spoon's restaurant, where the gang members, except Starcade and Kyoji, are already having their breakfasts.'' Suddenly, Starcade and Kyoji show up at the restaurant, while looking slightly injured. Starcade and Kyoji take their seats. ''Suddenly, the gang hears people screaming and buildings crumbling. Kyoji looks out to see that people are evacuating at an alarming rate, as several what appears to be natural disasters occur at once on the city.'' Just as the gang steps out of the restaurant, they see a familiar figure approaching them in a flying throne. Shogo the Warlord shows up from the shadows as he reveals himself and stops right in front of the gang. Shogo the Warlord snaps his fingers, summoning a diamond sphere, trapping Starcade inside. Shogo the Warlord levitates the diamond sphere into the air right next to his flying throne, bringing Starcade along with him. ''Kyoji chases after Shogo the Warlord by himself. Meanwhile, Gary Garnet detects six distress signals on his OPhone.'' ''The gang splits up and goes to their respective locations. Meanwhile, in the forest, Team Hybrids show up from one of Magi-Knight's summoned portals.'' Unfortunately, Shogo spots the entire Team Hybrids, before flying towards them while dragging a trapped Starcade with him. The rest of Team Hybrids except Ink Splash goes to help out the Locked Room Gang members. Shogo summons a few silhouette soldiers that take Ink Splash's pony shape, but are weaker than Ink Splash, as they approach Ink Splash herself. ''The summoned silhouette soldiers perform their ramming attacks on Ink Splash. Ink Splash teleports behind the silhouette soldiers, before blowing them away with powerful magic ink blasts.'' ''Shogo summons more silhouette soldiers, this time taking Ink Splash's inkling shape. The silhouette soldiers fire ink blots at Ink Splash, dealing minor damage to her. Ink Splash turns into inkling form, and attacks the silhouette soldiers with her tentacles, quickly getting rid of them all. Shogo continues to summon more waves of silhouette soldiers, and as Ink Splash defeats each wave, she gets increasingly exhausted and injured.'' ''Shogo snaps his fingers, causing the diamond sphere to shrink into 3/4 its original size. Starcade is starting to feel uncomfortable inside.'' ''Shogo snaps his fingers, summoning silhouette soldiers that take Kyoji's shape. The silhouette soldiers slash at Ink Splash with their silhouette swords. However, Ink Splash quickly turns back into her pony form, and blasts the silhouette soldiers away with powerful magic blasts. She then levitates the diamond sphere Starcade is in, and tosses it directly at Shogo.'' Shogo jumps out of his flying throne, before snapping his fingers, causing Ink Splash to float aimlessly in the air. ''While floating aimlessly, Ink Splash attempts to aim and shoot magic blasts at Shogo. Shogo snaps his fingers, summoning a silhouette wall to deflect the magic blasts back at Ink Splash, damaging her.'' ''Ink Splash charges a powerful magic blast, powerful enough to blow up the silhouette wall. Ink Splash turns into her inkling form, and begins attacking Shogo with all her tentacles.'' ''Shogo teleports away from the tentacles, before snapping his fingers and summoning a giant silhouette sword. He snaps his fingers again, causing the giant silhouette sword to deal powerful slashes at Ink Splash, dealing heavy damage to her while she is still floating aimlessly. With one last powerful silhouette sword slash, Shogo defeats Ink Splash as she stops floating and lands on the ground, injured, before he causes the giant silhouette sword to disappear.'' Ink Splash stop talking, slowly closes her eyes, and is now seen unconscious. ''Shogo flies back into his flying throne, before levitating Starcade in her diamond sphere with him, as they fly away. Just then, Kyoji arrives at the scene with the Sword of Elementia in his hand.'' Kyoji notices Ink Splash being unconscious. ''Kyoji continues running after Shogo the Warlord through the forest. Meanwhile, Red Ruby, Grass Knuckles and Red Fork have arrived at the lake in the park, where they can see the lake itself being frozen, and the ground around it covered in thick snow.'' ''Red Ruby, Grass Knuckles and Red Fork move on, until they encounter what looks like two ice statues. One of them is in the shape of a purple unicorn while the other is in the shape of a turquoise gemstone.'' ''Suddenly, Grass Knuckles gets blasted by a continuous stream of snow and is instantly frozen. Red Fork and Red Ruby turn around to see a mysterious guy with blue hair and light blue robes floating in the air.'' ''Red Fork suddenly has an idea. He's not sure it will work, but he decides to try it anyway.'' ''Red Ruby throws several dynamite sticks at Blizzard, who counters them easily with his ice blasts. Blizzard then throws a giant snowball at Red Ruby, sending him flying into a tree.'' ''Blizzard spins his hands around, before firing icicles at Red Fork like a machine gun. Red Fork moves around quickly, dodging the icicles. He then teleports behind Blizzard, to then ram into him from behind, dealing some damage.'' ''Blizzard creates several ice walls around Red Fork, trapping him.  Blizzard creates a giant snowball and tosses it at Red Fork.'' Red Fork teleports out of the ice walls, to end up behind Blizzard again, and rams into him, dealing more damage than the first time. ''Blizzard creates several giant snowballs, before dropping them at Red Fork. The giant snowballs create a huge cold explosion upon impact which hurts and freezes. Red Fork uses his teleporting abilities to escape from the explosions, but gets hit by one of the last ones, taking damage, and feeling cold.'' ''Red Fork teleports around Blizzard, shooting magic blasts at him from different angles. Blizzard dodges most of the magic blasts, though he gets hit by a few. However, he has another trick up his sleeve, as Blizzard summons a cluster of snowflakes and throws them like ninja stars at Red Fork. Red Fork teleports above Blizzard this time, only to land on him, smashing Blizzard with his weight. When Red Fork finally gets away, he sees a hole created on the snow under him. Suddenly, Blizzard appears from beneath the snow, catching Red Fork by surprise. Before Blizzard can deal another devastating attack, he gets simultaneously attacked by Grass Knuckles, Red Ruby, Dark Trident and Timmy Turquoise.'' ''Grass Knuckles deals an uppercut, sending Blizzard flying into a tree. Red Ruby throws a dynamite stick at the same time, which explodes onto impact as soon as Blizzard hits the tree. Blizzard gets badly burned by the explosive damage, and falls from the tree, defeated.'' Blizzard digs himself deep into snow, before disappearing. ''Red Ruby, Grass Knuckles, Red Fork, Dark Trident and Timmy Turquoise leave the lake to go to a safer and warmer zone. Meanwhile, Gary Garnet, Green Shadow and Blue Ocean are on their way to the laboratory.'' As the three heroes arrive outside the laboratory, they see water gushing out of it, as well as hear someone screaming. The laboratory door opens, as water floods out of it at a rapid rate, carrying along with it an injured Octo-Phantom. ??? flies out of the laboratory, revealing herself to be a mysterious woman with long black hair wearing navy blue robes. ''Tsunami causes the flood the gang members are standing on to rise, submerging the shorter buildings, causing everyone but Tsunami to start floating aimlessly on the water surface.  Blue Ocean swims into the water, and attacks Tsunami by shooting magic blasts at her, while moving around quickly in the water.  Tsunami causes the flood to suddenly turn rough and wavy, as it pushes Blue Ocean, Green Shadow and Gary Garnet away with a strong current. After a while, she claps her hands, causing the flood to stop, dropping the three heroes onto the ground painfully.'' Tsunami creates another surge of water, which quickly spreads into a flood, carrying Blue Ocean, Green Shadow and Gary Garnet up again. (W.I.P.)
 * Starcade: You were right, Kyoji. Strolling in the park is great and rather enjoyable. Thanks for inviting me to be with you.
 * Kyoji: No problem. I have been wanting to ask you out to see the sunrise with me for some time, but given the numerous attacks we had to deal with recently, I just didn't have the chance to ask you out. Until now.
 * Starcade: Yeah, things have been pretty intense lately, huh? Even so, we've dealt with those attacks together and I enjoyed every moment fighting villains with you while staying by your side.
 * Kyoji: Me too. The two of us make a great duo. If only we could hang out with each other more often, without any possible distractions.
 * Starcade: Look! The sun is almost up! *points to the sun that is almost rising*
 * Kyoji: The hill over there is the perfect spot to watch the sunrise. Why don't we go there? *points to a distant hill ahead*
 * Starcade: That's a great idea! Hey, how about a race?
 * Kyoji: A race? Well, you're on!
 * Starcade: Alright, alright, you won that one, Kyoji.
 * Kyoji: Good race. Say, don't you feel great exercising in the morning?
 * Starcade: I do! In fact, I work-out every morning when I get up back at Eitbit. It feels great!
 * Kyoji: Good to know. I bet you'll feel even better once you take a look at the beautiful sunrise right in front of your eyes.
 * Starcade: I can't believe it, it is beautiful!
 * Kyoji: I can't deny that the sunrise is beautiful, but I doubt that it is nearly as beautiful as you, Starcade.
 * Starcade: *blushes and giggles* Oh, stop it, Kyoji. You're making me blush!
 * Kyoji: Am I? Well, I'm sorr...
 * Starcade: No, no, no, I meant that in the best way possible! You always make me feel happy with your words.
 * Kyoji: Oh, thank goodness. I nearly thought I offended you, which is something I would never do.
 * Starcade: Don't worry about it. Hey, why don't we take a selfie?
 * Kyoji: Sure. We should do that before the sun is fully up.
 * Starcade: What is it, Kyoji?
 * Kyoji: Incoming!
 * Kyoji: That was close! Are you okay?
 * Starcade: Yeah.
 * ???: Argh! I nearly got you that time! How did you know?
 * Kyoji: Akasha!
 * Kyoji: You! What are you up to now?
 * Starcade: And what was with that surprise attack that totally backfired?
 * Akasha: I'm going to make sure that the two of you will never be happy! You stole my happiness after killing my father, and I shall steal yours by killing the both of you! If you want to be a couple, then die together!
 * Kyoji: Oh no, you don't! I won't let you harm Starcade at all costs!
 * Akasha: Relax. I'll deal with her right after I deal with you. Prepare to meet your death!
 * Kyoji: Not on my watch, Akasha.
 * Akasha: You haven't seen the last of me! I'll be back!
 * Kyoji: Thank you, Starcade. I'm glad you saved me.
 * Starcade: I had to help. I can't bear to watch you get tortured up there.
 * Kyoji: I'm surprised Akasha is still persistent on killing me after having failed many times. I hope she learns someday.
 * Starcade: Me too.
 * Kyoji: Let's go check on Akasha and see how she's doing.
 * Starcade: Alright.
 * Akasha: What's this? *inspects the black shard* Is that...it can't be! Isn't this...a shard to the Orb of Power? I don't believe it! If I find all shards, I can bring my father back to life! I can be happy again!
 * Kyoji: There you are.
 * Akasha: You defeated me all because of that silly girlfriend of yours! Without her, you're nothing! That wasn't even fair!
 * Kyoji: It wasn't fair that you started attacking us for no reason when we're only hanging out with each other.
 * Starcade: Yeah, we wanted peace! That's all!
 * Akasha: Mark my words, this isn't the end! I will get the both of you eventually! You won't like to see the look on my face once we meet again!
 * Starcade: I'll wait until the day when you can actually defeat us.
 * Kyoji: Well, so long, Akasha. Looks like another one of your ambush attacks have failed. Better luck next time. Come on, Starcade, let's go.
 * Akasha: That was close. I almost thought that they found out about my little secret. Well then, it's time I find the other shards. They must be nearby!
 * Akasha: I got all of them! Time to return home and finally put an end to my chain of bad luck!
 * Akasha: O mighty Orb of Power, I hereby request, of you to restore my father to his very best.
 * Shogo: At last, I have returned! No broken orb can keep me underground for long!
 * Akasha: Father, you're back! *cries tears of joy*
 * Shogo: Akasha?! Is that you?
 * Akasha: Yes, it's me, Father! I'm the one who resurrected you!
 * Shogo: Really? I thank you sincerely, my filial Akasha.
 * Akasha: I thought I could never bring you back to life, but I was wrong. I'm much more relieved now that I can see you again. I miss you so much!
 * Shogo: I miss you too, Akasha. Where's Takeshi? Has he finally returned?
 * Akasha: Yes, Father. I even went to speak to him.
 * Shogo: Excellent. What did Takeshi say? Have you persuaded him to join me in my conquest?
 * Akasha: I did, but in the end, he betrayed us and the reputation of our family. He even joined the Locked Room Gang.
 * Shogo: What?! Why that little brat...forget it. What about Kyoji? Have you killed him yet?
 * Akasha: I just tried to kill him this morning to avenge your death. I nearly had him until his girlfriend got in the way!
 * Shogo: Girlfriend, eh? That makes sense. I know just how to get rid of Kyoji and his friends! With them out of the way, I can finally conquer not only Japan, but the entire world! But first, I need to seek help from my friends.
 * Akasha: May I help you?
 * Shogo: I'm afraid not. I don't want you to get hurt out there while I'm busy conquering the world.
 * Akasha: But...
 * Shogo: No buts! You can stay at home until I return.
 * Akasha: I want to help you, Father. What can I do? I'll do anything!
 * Shogo: Well, if you insist. I do have one job for you.
 * Akasha: Anything! What is it?
 * Shogo: Stand guard and protect the Orb of Power from any enemies at all costs. I'll be doomed if it breaks again. It may be extremely durable on its own, but I just need you to help me look after it, just in case.
 * Akasha: I wanted to help you in your conquest, but if you think that's best for the both of us, then that's what I'll do.
 * Shogo: Thank you. You are truly the filial daughter I have, aren't you? Farewell now, I'll be back soon.
 * Akasha: Okay.
 * Akasha: Aw man, but I really wanted to help him. No, Akasha, just do as he says. You got this. Protect the Orb of Power, Father's life depends on you.
 * Shogo: Here we are. I can always rely on the Ancient Ninjas of the God-Elements to help me. With their help, I can finally crush Kyoji, the Locked Room Gang and reshape the world the way I want it to be! That foolish Light Sensei has trapped them for many years in the Underworld due to the sins they commited, but I shall revive them and recruit them for my attack. Then no one will be able to stop my wrath! *clears throat before reciting an incantation* To you my friends who are trapped underground, I wish for you to return safe and sound, and with our strengths and our powers, let's rise up and take back what's ours!
 * Red Fork: As I always say, nothing better than to start your day with a great breakfast! *eats thirty pancakes, a dozen-egg omelet, twenty slices of french toast, two pounds of sausages, a gallon of orange juice, and much more*
 * Chomper: FOOD!!! *starts munching away at his breakfast*
 * Repeater: Careful, you might choke. Careful, you might choke.
 * Grass Knuckles: Green Shadow was right! Red Spoon's food is great! *eats a meat knuckle sandwich*
 * Green Shadow: It is. The Locked Room Gang and I visit this restaurant very often for our meals.
 * Bonk Choy: It's true! Without this place, we would have to search for food everyday, which is rather troublesome.
 * Re-Peat Moss: If only Starcade and Kyoji were here with us...
 * Blast: Where are those two, by the way?
 * Toby Topaz: No idea.
 * Diana Diamond: They should be here any time soon.
 * Kyoji: My apologies if we're late. Starcade and I were at the park watching the sunrise together.
 * Starcade: We were attacked by Akasha again and we managed to defeat her together. Sounds great, right?
 * Kyoji: However, I have a bad feeling after we defeated her together, that Akasha's next evil plan will be much worse.
 * Green Shadow: Yikes.
 * Blast: Well, whatever she plans, we can deal with it. We've stopped her before, right?
 * Alice: Starcade, Kyoji, come and take a seat.
 * Kyoji: With pleasure.
 * Starcade: Thanks. We can use a nice breakfast after a fight in the morning.
 * Green Shadow: Great, the whole gang's here!
 * Starcade: *to Red Spoon* Eggs and bacon, please.
 * Kyoji: *to Red Spoon* Just a sandwich, thanks.
 * Red Spoon: Got it! I'll have your food ready in a minute! *goes to the kitchen*
 * Bonk Choy: So, how was your...?
 * Starcade: It was fun! Just me and Kyoji alone, we were having a great time hanging out at the park. Heck, we even had a race to the top of the hill where we took a snapshot of us with the sunrise up close! *shows everyone the photo she took*
 * Alice: That's nice! You guys sure are lucky.
 * Starcade: I know, right?
 * Kyoji: I just hope Akasha isn't going to attack us anytime soon. One attack is enough for today.
 * Kyoji: I stand corrected.
 * Green Shadow: What's wrong, Kyoji?
 * Kyoji: It appears that there are several natural disasters happening at once! Given by how they're happening at the same time, I don't think those are even natural, unless someone created them.
 * Starcade: Looks like it's up to us to save Echo Creek again!
 * Red Fork: Let's go! *devours everyone's breakfast*
 * Red Ruby: Are you kidding me?!
 * Blue Ocean: Red Fork!
 * Red Fork: What? I wasn't going to let the food be wasted.
 * Blue Ocean: *facepalms* Let's just go save Echo Creek.
 * Green Shadow: Blue Ocean's right! We got to move!
 * ???: Greetings again, Locked Room Gang! It's been a long time since our last confrontation.
 * Toby Topaz: Who said that?
 * Kyoji: Oh no...it...it can't be!
 * Shogo: I have returned!
 * Kyoji: Shogo, it's you!
 * Shogo: Of course it's me, Kyoji! I must thank my filial daughter for giving me a second chance to live!
 * Kyoji: No way, Akasha revived you?
 * Shogo: Yes indeed. And with this second chance, I will make use of it to ensure that the entire world falls into my hands! And I shall start with Echo Creek!
 * Kyoji: No! I won't let you take over Echo Creek!
 * Tommy: Uh... excuse me, who is he?
 * Kyoji: That's Shogo the Warlord, Akasha's father. Akasha has been trying to kill me just to avenge him.
 * Green Shadow: We had an experience meeting him before too.
 * Kyoji: You can trust me on this, but Shogo isn't like any other foe we've ever met.
 * Shogo: You're absolutely correct! As of now, my team and I are unleashing destruction on your city. Once we conquer it, we'll move on to other cities of the world! And I'll finally be able to gain full control of Earth the way I want to be!
 * Kyoji: You'll never get away with this!
 * Shogo: Oh, brave and innocent Kyoji, you're still the same after all these years. You've been a tough ninja, having fought through all of my obstacles, but you're just nothing without your friends, are you?
 * Kyoji: Shogo, what are you talking about?
 * Takeshi: Just leave, Father! We're defending this city at all costs!
 * Shogo: So there you are, my son! Being a traitor and refusing to help me conquer this city, are you?
 * Takeshi: Of course I am! I won't let you have your way!
 * Sasuke: Yeah, you don't scare us!
 * Shogo: Now who's this crazy friend of yours?
 * Takeshi: That's my best friend, Sasuke! And he's one of the greatest...
 * Shogo: Enough! I shall end this once and for all! Kyoji, you may have beaten all of my obstacles, but there's one obstacle which you'll never beat!
 * Kyoji: And what will that be?
 * Shogo: Just watch.
 * Starcade: Hey, let me out!
 * Blue Ocean: Starcade!
 * Red Fork: Hey, let her go!
 * Kyoji: Shogo, let her go! I'm the one you want, not her!
 * Shogo: No, I won't. Akasha told me that you could never win without your girlfriend here. Now Kyoji, if you want to save your girlfriend, you better come alone! And I'm not to expect any uninvited guests either!
 * Kyoji: Starcade...
 * Shogo: And as for you, Locked Room Gang, good luck saving your hometown while it's being inevitably destroyed!
 * Green Shadow: We stopped you once and we'll stop you again!
 * Grass Knuckles: Your threats aren't going to hold us back, mister!
 * Repeater: Yeah! Yeah!
 * Red Fork: You can say whatever you want, Shogo, but you're going down just like every other villain who thought they could defeat us.
 * Shogo: Oh? Perhaps you'll like to end up like Starcade over here? *points at Starcade who is still trapped in her diamond sphere* Now then, remember Kyoji, come alone or you'll never see her again! Farewell!
 * Kyoji: I'm sorry, Starcade...
 * Takeshi: Don't worry about it. We'll make sure Father won't get away with this.
 * Sasuke: Yeah, and once we're done, I'll deal with Akasha next! Water!
 * Kyoji: Thanks, but I really need to save Starcade. Takeshi, Sasuke, go with the rest of the gang.
 * Takeshi: Understood.
 * Sasuke: Water!
 * Kyoji: The rest of you, split into teams and stop Shogo's forces. I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
 * Red Fork: Got it, Kyoji!
 * Blue Ocean: You can count on us!
 * Blast: We'll stop Shogo's forces!
 * Kyoji: Thank you. I need to get going, Starcade depends on me.
 * Gary Garnet: It appears that there's six disasters occuring at once. One is occuring at the lake, another one is occuring at the laboratory, another one at the junkyard, another one at the docks, another one at the forest, and another one at the carnival.
 * Red Ruby: If I know Shogo the Warlord, he's one powerful foe who is not to be underestimated. To defeat his forces, we have to split into teams in which he'll never expect.
 * Toby Topaz: Red, you know about him?
 * Red Ruby: Yes. Back in the first war at Japan, Kyoji's province and the Ruby Kingdom had an alliance to take down Shogo's empire. That's why I know a lot about Shogo the Warlord. Anyway, we need to split into six teams. I'll be heading to the lake with Grass Knuckles.
 * Grass Knuckles: Fine with me.
 * Gary Garnet: I'll be heading to the laboratory.
 * Green Shadow: I'll follow you, Gary.
 * Toby Topaz: I'm scared...
 * Amelia Amethyst: Don't worry, Toby, you can come with me and Takeshi to the junkyard.
 * Toby Topaz: Okay...
 * Emma Emerald: The forest depends on my assistance. Nutty and the other advisors might already be in trouble there.
 * Bonk Choy: I'll follow you, Emma!
 * Re-Peat Moss: Me too! We'll take down the TRICKY threat together!
 * Sean Sapphire: The sea is my calling. The Crab Empire might be in trouble as we speak, I have to assist them.
 * Sasuke: I'll go with you, Sean.
 * Sean Sapphire: Great!
 * Diana Diamond: I guess that leaves me to go to the carnival. I think I'll bring Repeater and Chomper with me.
 * Green Shadow: So that's six teams. How about you, Red Crystals? Which teams will you be joining?
 * Red Fork: I'll be going to the lake.
 * Blue Ocean: I'll go with Gary Garnet to the lab.
 * Blast: I can go with Amelia to the junkyard.
 * Tommy: I'll go with Diana to the carnival!
 * Alice: I guess that means I'll be going with Sean to the docks.
 * Blue Ocean: Talking about that, has anyone seen Captain Red Shell or his allies recently?
 * Red Fork: Last time I saw him was when we fought King Squidmir.
 * Blast: Knowing him, he's probably pretty busy guarding the Crab Empire.
 * Sean Sapphire: That makes sense.
 * Bonk Choy: I guess that leaves Night Cap and his sidekicks to go with us to the forest.
 * Green Shadow: Now let's go stop Shogo and his forces!
 * Timmy Turquoise: Echo Creek is in trouble?
 * Dark Trident: Yes.
 * Timmy Turquoise: Can't the Locked Room Gang handle this themselves? Why should we get involved?
 * Magi-Knight: Threat levels are extremely high in this city. I foresee that the gang would never be able to stop these threats themselves. Hence, I suggested to Ink Splash that we should help, and she agreed.
 * Ink Splash: They need our help more than ever. We can't leave them alone in such a problematic situation.
 * Pincers: You're right about that.
 * Magi-Knight: I'm getting distress signals. Six of them! Apparently some disasters are happening, but I doubt they're natural.
 * Pincers: Well, what are we waiting for then?
 * Shogo: Well, well, well, if it isn't another team of troublemakers ready to make my plans backfire.
 * Pincers: Who are you?
 * Shogo: How rude of me, I'm Shogo the Warlord, soon to be emperor of the entire world. You must be Team Hybrids. I've heard all about you.
 * Timmy Turquoise: Umm...
 * Ink Splash: Wait a moment... you must be Akasha's father. Captain Red Shell told me all about it some time ago. Now I know who you are. I'm surprised that Akasha was able to resurrect you.
 * Shogo: So you do know a bit of me? Yes, Akasha is the filial type of daughter, isn't she?
 * Ink Splash: I've heard different things about her. Some good, some bad. Mostly bad, though.
 * Dark Trident: So, you must be the one behind all this!
 * Shogo: Of course! My team and I are taking down Echo Creek at the same time. I figured that you will show up eventually, so of course I have to deal with you creatures first.
 * Whacker Weed: Oh yeah? We'll show you, you TRICKY guy!
 * Octo-Phantom: You don't spook any of us!
 * Crusade: But we don't have time for a confrontation right now!
 * Dark Trident: Ink Splash, would you mind handling him alone while the rest of us go and assist the Locked Room Gang?
 * Ink Splash: With pleasure.
 * Dark Trident: Great. Team Hybrids, let's move out!
 * Ink Splash: *moves slowly towards Shogo* Shogo, let's see what you've got. You and me, one versus one. How does that sound?
 * Shogo: Fair duels are nothing but an unnecessary waste of time and energy. You may be the strongest hybrid in your team, but your power is nothing compared to mine!
 * Shogo: Now, soldiers, take her out! This will be fun.
 * Ink Splash: You might be right. This battle might be fun.
 * Shogo: I was expecting you to take out this first wave of soldiers this easily. But can you survive an endless wave? Let's see how long you'll last against me, Ink Splash.
 * Shogo: You're doing well! You don't wish to be as weak as her, do you? *points to Starcade inside her diamond sphere*
 * Starcade: Let me out of here, you jerk!
 * Shogo: No can do. Not until Kyoji decides to surrender to me.
 * Starcade: Just give up this charade! Kyoji will never surrender to you!
 * Shogo: I doubt that once he sees Ink Splash laying on the ground defeated.
 * Starcade: You have to do better than that! In fact, your efforts will be futile, because if I know Kyoji, he will never surrender to his enemies! So give up already!
 * Starcade: Hey, what are you doing?
 * Shogo: Teaching you a lesson for being a nuisance. Silence or I will remove another quarter of the size of your sphere. *to Ink Splash* Now where was I? Oh yes, here comes yet another wave!
 * Ink Splash: Stop being a coward, and fight me yourself! I dare you!
 * Shogo: As you wish.
 * Ink Splash: Get ready Shogo. I will end you.
 * Shogo: They don't call me "Warlord" without a reason. I'm one of the most powerful shadow ninjas out there, even without the gauntlets my daughter usually wears. But looking at you, you're not doing so well yourself. Are you sure you want to continue fighting me?
 * Ink Splash: Of course I'm sure. You might be one of the most powerful shadow ninjas to ever exist, but I'm one of the most powerful hybrids to ever exist. I might not be the first, nor the last, but I'm Ink Splash. Leader of Team Hybrids, Dr. Zack's most powerful creation to date, the only hybrid that has sweeped the floor with Galaximus and Bright Spark with no effort. I will not give up!
 * Shogo: Dr. Zack? Galaximus? Bright Spark? Those villains are nothing compared to me. Perhaps this is your first time fighting me. Allow me to demonstrate my powers to you.
 * Starcade: Ink Splash, NO!!!
 * Shogo: You're a good fighter, I must admit. How does it feel to have your first taste of defeat?
 * Ink Splash: You will pay for this... Perhaps I won't be who makes sure of it, but someone will. This isn't the end...
 * Shogo: Well, I'm sorry, but I don't have any more time for you. Come along, Starcade, we have some unattended business ahead of us.
 * Kyoji: I saw him coming by this way! Where did he go? Huh?
 * Kyoji: Ink Splash?! What is she doing here lying unconscious? Could this possibly mean...Shogo was here? This isn't good. I have to hurry!
 * Red Ruby: What is this?!
 * Grass Knuckles: It's pretty sunny in Echo Creek today, so why is there snow here?
 * Red Fork: Hm... I suspect there's something really cold going on.
 * Grass Knuckles: I guess so.
 * Red Ruby: Whatever, let's go blow up whoever caused this!
 * Grass Knuckles: Yikes!
 * Red Ruby: What is it? *notices what Grass Knuckles yelped about* Dude, those are just ice statues. What's wrong with that?
 * Grass Knuckles: I doubt those are actually ice statues, Red. Those figures look a little real to me.
 * Red Fork: They look like Dark Trident and Timmy Turquoise, two members of Team Hybrids.
 * Grass Knuckles: Hmm...maybe we can thaw them and see what happens?
 * Red Fork: It's an ice ninja!
 * ???: Darn right you are. And you can even say I'm a "cool" one too!
 * Red Ruby: Who are you?
 * ???: I'm Blizzard, the Ancient Ninja of God-Ice! You must be the Locked Room Gang, according to what my leader told me.
 * Red Ruby: God-Ice?!
 * Blizzard: Specifically, that's ice but much more powerful and it's super-rare. But enough with the trivial details. Let me guess, you're wondering why you see two ice statues in front of you?
 * Red Fork: Let me guess. You froze them?
 * Blizzard: I had to. Your friends Dark Trident and Timmy Turquoise showed up and started fighting me. Of course, they were of no match for me so they ended up getting the cold treatment. Do you have a problem with that, you couple of red pests?
 * Red Ruby: We do! Because you work for Shogo the Warlord!
 * Blizzard: Ouch, so you do know what's going on. Yes, we're going to take over Echo Creek. My other friends are taking care of other areas. I figured I'll give this beautiful park of yours a frozen landscape. Now beat it or you'll be frozen too!
 * Red Fork: So, you just follow Shogo's orders without a single doubt? Are you guys afraid of confronting him or something? *smiles confidently* I don't know, but if I had God-Ice powers, I wouldn't let anyone boss me around.
 * Blizzard: I respect Shogo as a leader! I can confront him if I could, but I won't. This is called loyalty. If you're trying to trick me into turning against the Warlord himself, it won't work! How about a little chill to end this?
 * Red Ruby: I say we end this with a big explosion!
 * Red Ruby: Hey! *faints*
 * Blizzard: Looks like it's just you and me now, Red Fork. I told you you're of no match for me, didn't I?
 * Red Fork: You can say anything you want, but I guess a true fight is the only way to figure it out. So give me the best you've got! *heroic pose*
 * Blizzard: With pleasure.
 * Red Fork: Hey, don't blink or you'll miss it!
 * Blizzard: I shall say the same for you. Time's up!
 * Blizzard: There's nowhere for you to run, nowhere for you to hide! I have you surrounded, so good night!
 * Red Fork: There's no need to run, when you can teleport!
 * Red Fork: Seriously though, I had already teleported once. You should've seen it coming.
 * Blizzard: So you can teleport, huh? Well, how about this?
 * Red Fork: *shivers a bit* Wow, talk about giving someone the cold shoulder...
 * Blizzard: Argh! How did you four...?
 * Red Ruby: Did you really think you could've knocked me out cold with just a single snowball? Think again! While you were busy dealing with Red Fork here, you gave me enough time to thaw my friends!
 * Dark Trident: It's over!
 * Timmy Turquoise: You can say that again!
 * Grass Knuckles: It's time to shine!
 * Blizzard: You will all pay for this! Once Shogo the Warlord finds out about this, all of you will be sorry!
 * Dark Trident: I doubt that, Blizzard.
 * Red Fork: Yeah, just chill out. Stay cool, dude.
 * Blizzard: Whatever, now leave me alone! Just wait until the other ancient ninjas take care of you and your friends soon enough. I need some time alone now.
 * Red Fork: See ya.
 * Grass Knuckles: All I can say is that this battle has been a real cold one.
 * Timmy Turquoise: You're telling me, I'm already freezing!
 * Dark Trident: Why don't we go to a warmer zone? We won't have to worry about the cold anymore that way.
 * Red Fork: *sings* The cold never bothered me anyway. *stops singing* But we can go if you want.
 * Dark Trident: *rolls his eyes* Let's go before we freeze to death.
 * Grass Knuckles: Yeah, the others should be taking care of these disasters by now. Besides, our job here is done.
 * Red Ruby: Just go already!
 * Green Shadow: So, what's happening at the laboratory, Gary?
 * Gary Garnet: My OPhone is detecting a flash flood in the laboratory. We should hurry.
 * Blue Ocean: Let's get going then.
 * Gary Garnet: Looks like the flood has already severed the laboratory!
 * Green Shadow: Hey, I hear someone screaming!
 * Gary Garnet: Me too. It kinda sounds...spooky.
 * Blue Ocean: Hm... Who could have done this? Only something like a water ninja would be able to cause a flood like this.
 * ???: That's more like it. Now scram, you spooky thing!
 * Green Shadow: Octo-Phantom?!
 * Blue Ocean: What happened, Octo-Phantom?
 * Octo-Phantom: It was really spooky! I was spooked by a spooky spook!
 * Gary Garnet: Can you be more specific?
 * Octo-Phantom: I meant to say I encountered a water ninja in there. She's really spooky, I got to warn you! She must be stopped and uh...spooked! Now I need some time to recharge my ink...*falls unconscious*
 * ???: Well, you heard her. She was one persistent spook though, and it took me a while to take care of her.
 * Green Shadow: Who are you?
 * ???: Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Tsunami, the Ancient Ninja of God-Water! Are you pleased to meet me?
 * Blue Ocean: Not really. Why are you flooding this place?
 * Tsunami: Because it's fun. Why do you think I wanted to be the water ninja I am now?
 * Green Shadow: To do good? That's what elemental ninjas should do!
 * Tsunami: Doing good? I'm afraid not, that's been past my prime. Before I became the water ninja I am now, I was sick of being stuck with the same duties over and over, having to protect the weak and help the needy. I mean, can't they provide for themselves? Sheesh, it's not like they're nothing without heroes like you.
 * Green Shadow: Well, I feel sorry for you, but that's the way it should be, Tsunami.
 * Tsunami: I don't think so, Green Shadow, if that is your name. Because I failed to abide by my duties, I was turned into stone by the Light Sensei!
 * Green Shadow: Light Sensei?! Who's that?
 * Gary Garnet: It appears we'll need to find out more later.
 * Tsunami: And thanks to Shogo the Warlord himself, who has freed me from my captivity, I finally get to taste the freedom to do whatever I want. Which is to conquer your little city here. And I shall start by washing my enemies away. Any final words before your imminent death?
 * Blue Ocean: How about the fact that we're not going to let you get away with your plan, and that you should go away unless you want to end up defeated by the Locked Room Gang?
 * Tsunami: I beg to differ actually. Your efforts to fight me are about to go down the drain!
 * Green Shadow: It's a good thing I brought Octo-Phantom to safety on a high-rise building. I feared this might happen.
 * Tsunami: It appears you're not much of great fighters while you're struggling in the water, aren't you?
 * Blue Ocean: Well, they do call me Blue Ocean for a reason.
 * Tsunami: And next, they'll call you "dead" for this reason!
 * Gary Garnet: Well, someone already said that, you know. But I'll let it slide.
 * Tsunami: Enough! So you want to slide, eh? I'll give you a slide!
 * Gary Garnet: Ouch. Now that's powerful!
 * Tsunami: Of course, I'm the most powerful water ninja you'll ever come across!
 * Blue Ocean: Whoa... we need a plan, guys.
 * Tsunami: Okay, break time is over. It's time for the second wave!
 * Green Shadow: I have ice powers, so I will be able to freeze water pretty quickly. We'll need to find a way to lure Tsunami into the water though, before I can freeze her.