Power Rangers: Zodiac Fury

Chapter 2: Burning Team

Jessica and Christine were fighting with each other in a wide room in the temple while Xin was watching them, her face was covered by her hood. Christine slashed with the wooden swords that she was holding, only to be stopped by a wooden shield holded by Jessica. The two were fighting for space until Christine won, making Jessica drop her shield. Christine raised the end of the sword to Jessica's neck. "Okay you won." Jessica said while trying to push the weapon aside. "I know you don't like me, but you don't need to be so harsh."

"Really? I liked to have a sword on your throat." Christine said, sarcastically.

"You two need to be more friendly with each other. Now you will have to work side by side." Xin said

"With this goth? never!"

"With the evil queen here? never!" The two answered harshly, scaring Xin, making her flinch. Christine and Jessica went toward Xin.

"Now that you two know how to fight using your weapons, I will explain to you about chi." Xin said as the two girls sighed.

"Another lecture about ancient China story? This is the third one today, and it isn't even ten in the morning." Jessica said, sighing again. "Why the others aren't here, so you could torture them too."

"I hate to agree with Jessica, but why aren't the others here?" Christine asked.

At the Fury cafe, Flynn and Ryan were being punished by leave in the middle of their expedient on the last day. "You two will learn to not leave in your expedient again!" A short and old asian man shouted. "Now, I want this floor shining before we open today!"

"Yes, Mr. Mikata" Ryan and Flynn shouted in unison, answering the asian man. They were mopping the floor with everything they had.

"Now can you say to me why did you leave yesterday?"

The two stopped to think about what to answer him. They couldn't tell the truth, so they needed to lie to him. "We had some problems with the..." Flynn tried to invent a lie but nothing came to mind.

"Apartment." Ryan said, trying to free his friend from the situation. The two men received some suspicious looks from the old man.

"I know you two share the same apartment, so couldn't only one of you go to solve the problem?" The two looked to each other trying to find a plausible excuse.

"To be honest, there were two urgent problems. One was a problem with the rent that Flynn took care of and the other was a problem with the..." Ryan said until his mind became blank.

"Was a leak. A leak in the plumbing." Flynn said, receiving again the same suspicious looks from Mr. Mikata.

"Fine." The old man said suspiciously. "If this happens again at least tell me before you leave or you two won't need to come back." He said the last part in a menacing tone. The two sighed in relief. They were thinking about how the others were going at that moment.

At the Diyu, Siwang was meeting with one of her special yaoguais. "Houdou!" She called.

The yaoguai kneeled toward his mistress. "How can I show my loyalty for you today?" He asked.

"I think at this point all the yaoguais on the Diyu know about my attempt to free us. But there are five little problems in my way."

"Let me guess, you want me to burn the root of the problem." he said

"Right on the money my loyal warrior. I will use my power and give you a chance to open the way to my kingdom. If you triumph in your mission I will guarantee your position right by my side."