Power Rangers Nitro Force

Chapter 12 Greed with Envy

AN: To calm your collective nerves, don't worry, I never had any intent on making Hinata a Power Ranger.

The rangers rode into the parking area of the flea market, intent on finding the two fragments, as well as were discussing their potential silver ranger.

"Ricky doesn't want the job, he prefers to be behind the scenes, plus his leg still acts up," Sam brought up, as he parked the RV.

"Can you think of any of your ninja pals that could help us?" Karla asked Naruto with a shrug.

"Several actually, though we ain't getting Rock Lee," Naruto shuttered in disgust. "Just the thought of him in more spandex is terrifying.

Naruto stood in awe of the several dozen stands that formed before him. "Wow, and I thought the Konoha market was cramped,"

"Now keep your head down, and ask us first if you see something you like, we don't need you getting scammed." Karla pointed out.

"Oh please, I'm great with hiding my money, I learned a few tricks from Pervy sage." Naruto brought up, adding that last part a bit sadly.

"Ah, sorry man, losing your loved ones always hurts, I lost my mom a few years ago." Sam admitted, putting his hand on Naruto's back.

"No matter, we have to find Angela before she pawns off the fragment." Naruto admitted, shaking off the bad memories.

The five rangers ran off, intent on finding the two fragments. Meanwhile, a nearby customer reached down to pick up a strange gold coin. Just then, a strange green aura covered the man. "I want it all!"

From behind a tree, a monster could only snicker in joy. He was a giant grey colored humanoid bank vault with a few coins dropping out of it. His arms and legs were gold bars with gloved hands. His head looked like a giant old fashioned adding machine. "Just wait until my cousin Gold Digger sees how I out do him."

The rangers fanned out, intent on finding Angela. Although Karla and Allen were primarily pulling Naruto away from various stands, his curiosity getting the best of him often.

"I don't care, you aren't buying WWII weaponry," Karla said firmly.

"I just wanted to look at that tank thing." Naruto insisted.

"The man was offering a very nice deal on that tank." Allen admitted.

"That may be true, but the answer is no," Karla said stressing the word no.

"Why not, Sam's got one?" Naruto offered.

"I said no, that means no." Karla said firmly.

"Killjoy," The boys said in unison.

Just then, one guy ran past them, carrying a pile of goods larger than himself. "It's mine, all mine!"

"Well, that just happened." Naruto said concerned.

"You don't think," Allen began confused.

"Would it surprise you?" Karla pointed out. Just then, her phone went off, revealing Sam calling them.

"Go ahead blue," Karla answered.

"Guess what I found?" He asked.

"Monster of the week?" She asked rhetorically.

"Step in the right direction, yes," He answered in an equal tone. "We've been having trouble finding the right guy, and we've bumped into about six people buying everything they get their hands one, and if everyone gets all greedy like this, we'll lose the fragments."

"Fan out, and find it, but keep your cells close by." Naruto ordered, pulling the phone away from the yellow ranger.

"Aye aye cap'n." Blue answered, hanging up.

"Let's move," The trio split up upon Naruto's order. However as they did, Naruto took several steps back, turning to one stall.

"No way, in hell." He gasped amazed. A vendor was selling various forehead protectors belonging to the elemental nations. He did have some American money with him, and this would get them closer to understanding Orochimaru's connections outside the veil. He cautiously approached the stand, fretful not to stand out too much. Much to his surprise, it contained goods from all over the shinobi lands. Thankfully, Naruto believed, none of it was actual weapons or maps. What he saw was mainly food, trinkets, forehead protectors, and a few puzzle boxes.

"Maybe I'll find some red bean jelly," Naruto hoped with a smile. Just then he paused and turned to see something he hadn't in almost four years, the rusted remains of the Blade of the Thunder Spirit. Naruto remembered that event vividly. Aoi, a former shinobi of Konoha tricked Ibiki's brother Idate into stealing it, then abandoned the village in favor of the Rain Village. In the process, Aoi gave Ibiki his signature scars, leaving the interrogation specialist for dead. Years later, Aoi fought Team 7, but he was defeated due to his obsession with using the blade and the combined efforts of both Sasuke and Naruto. Both Aoi and the sword were sent into the ocean from Naruto's final blow.

"See something you like?" The vendor asked, getting Naruto's attention.

"Uh, yeah, how much for this paper weight looking thing?" Naruto asked, trying to play dumb.

"Five bucks it's yours," The man behind the counter said with a shrug.

"Deal, it'll look cool in my room," Naruto quickly traded the paper. "So, where'd you get all this anime looking stuff?"

"Ah, I bumped into these cultists and they had all sorts of this junk." The man said, giving Naruto a bag for the paperweight. "They had all sorts of crap, so I'd thought I'd sell it dirt cheap, that and to get away from those freaks."

"Where'd you meet this people?" Naruto asked, confused by this.

"Not too far away from the Wyoming boarder," The man said with a shrug. "I almost swore they were ninjas or something, worshiping some big three headed dog creature."

"You don't say," Naruto said interested. Secretly, he hoped it wasn't what he hoped it was.

Rebecca and Sam however managed to find half of what they were looking for, they had found the presently for sale sixth fragment of the Amulet of Eternal Visions. The gem was partially forged onto a new bracelet for a bargain.

"There's one, where the other?" Sam asked confused.

"According to my scanner, nowhere near here." Rebecca said in an equal tone, looking at her phone.

"I see our least favorite person, without her fragment piece," Sam said, turning around, seeing Angela frantically searching for the gem she dropped.

"This works for us," Sam whispered to Rebecca. She then noticed her scanner, and that the stole piece was moving somewhere behind where Angela was.

"I'll buy the new one, you get our old one," Rebecca said in a quick whisper. Sam nodded, and activated the scanner app on his own phone.

Naruto was off, admiring the blade he had purchased, barely noticing the others around him. Just then, he saw the monster who was sent to get the two fragments. One of which, was presently in his hands.

"Quiet lucky of me to find this on the ground," The vault said with a smirk.

"Oh no," Naruto groaned, dashing away to hide and call the others. "Guys, I've found our mystery monster, and he's got one of the fragments,"

"I'm closest, I'll be there soon." Sam said over the comms.

"I'm buying the other, I'm not too far behind," Rebecca said, her phone wedged between her shoulder and ear.

"We're on the way!" Allen and Karla said in unison.

"Now let's get Morphin'!" Naruto declared, getting the other excited for the mission. Being he was so excited for the event, Naruto was unaware his eyes took on a dark orange shade.

"NITRO FORCE KICK IT UP!"

In a flash of red light, Naruto's arrival was noticed by the monster. What Naruto wasn't aware of what the Blade of The Thunder Spirit was now clipped to his belt.

"Ah, I knew I could flush out a ranger," The vault monster smirked. "I'm Gold Rush, and you're in debt to Master Damocron," The monster pulled out a large whip made of debt collection pages. "And your fragments will be down payments."

"And you would be?" Naruto asked confused, completely unaware the blade was slowly beginning to be restored.

"I'm Gold Rush!" The monster sneered, "And I'm cashing in those fragments." The monster threw his whip forward, forcing Naruto to dodge. He quickly pulled out his Accel Saber and slashed the next swing, severing a large portion of the weapon.

"The thing about debt, it never really goes away," Gold Rush smirked, as the whip regrew its length.

"Oh no," Naruto groaned, unaware the Blade was now being covered in the Nine Tail's chakra. "Nitro Weapon on!" Naruto turned his belt buckle and summoned his tanto blade.

"I'll take that!" Gold Rush shot out his whip and grabbed Naruto nitro weapon. Gold Rush quickly shot the weapon into his vault. "Chilly," He said, now being able to see his breath.

"That can't be good." Karla said as she and the other rangers ran up. Gold Rush began to cough, then a series of frozen coins shot out of the monster's mouth as he did. The attack's embedded into the ground before the rangers.

"Oh no," The rangers gulped as Gold Rush looked victorious. He pulled his head back and shot out a blizzard of frozen coins.

"SCATTER!" Naruto ordered. He and Karla were able to get away in time, however the other rangers weren't so lucky. The attacks absorbed themselves into the rangers.

"Well, that can't be good." Karla pointed out concerned.

As if to prove the yellow ranger's point, the visors of the blue, white, and green rangers turned a glowing green.

"Oh don't tell me," Naruto gulped. Sure enough, the trio began to mutter.

"Mine, mine, mine!" Their muttering got louder, eventually on screeching levels. They lunged at Naruto, intent on taking everything he had.

"Not today," Naruto said nervously, throwing Sam off as he grabbed Naruto by the arm. Karla tried her best to restrain Allen, who was fighting with Rebecca over a penny left behind.

"Well this works out well," Gold Rush smirked. He was evidently enjoying the rangers essentially fighting one another. "Alright you two I'll cut the lot of you a deal, I'll return the rangers to normal in exchange for all of your fragments."

"No deal," Naruto said firmly, struggling to hold off his friends.

"So be it then," Gold Rush smirked, "You have one hour to reconsider." He vanished, taking his fragment piece with it.

"So, this is happening," Naruto admitted annoyed, throwing Sam off.

Thinking quickly, Naruto and Karla confiscated their weapons and locked the corrupted rangers into the RV.

"Good thing I've got the key to this place," Karla said relieved. It was here, she noticed something. "What's that thing?" She pointed to the Blade of the Thunder Spirit.

"Oh, this thing, I bought it from one of the vendors, and believe it or not, I think I know of our next lead to Orrochimaru." Naruto admitted, unclipping the weapon from his waist. "The weird thing is, I had it in a bag, and it was a lot more rusted then this,"

"Weird," Karla pulled out her phone and ran the scanner over it. "And it looks like it's got equal parts your roommate's powers and part of the Morphing Grid in it." As she worded everything, Karla was evidently more and more confused.

"Weird," Naruto admitted, taking the sword back. Just then, it began to change. The hilt expanded, giving it a more streamline claw. Then the grip shifted downward, increasing its length and produced a trigger. The claw portion opened up, revealing a brand new electric blue blade. The blade was a more jagged version of its previous form, and Naruto could feel it was rather light.

"Damn, that's cool," Naruto said astonished. As he admired the new weapon, Karla ran her scanner over it.

"And it might just be what we need to stop Gold Rush." She said with a devious smirk.

An hour later, Gold Rush was waiting on top of a nearby hill, happily tossing up the lone fragment piece happily up in the air.

"Alright, I've got our fragments," Naruto said, walking up with a case with the rangers' three fragments. He opened it up, revealing the three containers.

"Good, now I'll be in good graces with Master Damocron!" Gold Rush reached out to collect them, only for Naruto to quickly close the container.

"Undo what you've done to my friends now, or you don't get these pieces," Naruto said firmly.

"You're in a bad position to make demands." Gold Rush pointed out.

"You'd be wrong," Naruto smirked, tossing the case. Gold Rush extended his whip, catching the case. Only it was here the three containers were covered in smoke, revealing them to be ordinary pieces of gravel one would find on a nature trail.

"You tricked me!" Gold Rush pointed out.

"Yup, now meet my new friend, the Electron Blade!" Naruto cackled, shoving the newly reformatted weapon into the monster's back. As electricity coursed through Gold Rush, everyone affected by the coins were reverted back to normal. Naruto smirked as he remembered Karla's plan. The Electron Blade, her name for it, would be able to short out Gold Rush's connection to the coins, making it so the rangers would be back to normal. Using the sonic on Karla's phone, Naruto was able to use the transformation jutsu to fake the switch.

In the same motion, Naruto grabbed the new fragment, and placed it into the container he brought with. "Bad guys 2, Power Rangers 4." Naruto said victoriously, teleporting the fragment away.

It was here, the remaining three rangers walked out of the RV, slightly confused.

"What happened?" Sam asked confused.

"You three became green with envy, in more ways than one," Karla said, as she was the acting bodyguard. "Anything else?"

"You're end rangers," Toximora smirked, coming up with a small army of Oni Knights.

"Well, I feel kinda fuzzy, so anyone up for our favorite hobby?" Rebecca asked rhetorically.

"To quote a friend of ours, let's get morphin'." Karla smirked victoriously. Naruto meanwhile, had a similar idea in mind.

"NITRO FORCE, KICK IT UP!"

-BEGINNING MORPHING SEQUENCE-

As the five rangers hand their arms crossed, then threw them off, releasing their respective zords. As the vehicles raced around the rangers, each gained a tire treaded belt with a steering wheel based belt buckle. Their suits raced up their bodies, just as the zords crashed into the back of their heads, creating the helmets to the Power Rangers. A lightning bolt went across their chests, as the five heroes took a fighting stance.

-END MORPHING SEQUENCE-

Naruto took a fighting stance, Electron Saber in one hand, and his Accel Blade in the other. He ran at the vault monster, swords crossed over his arms, and spun delivering a devastating slash.

Taking several steps back, Gold Rush fired a blizzard of coins at Naruto. Using the energy from his new weapon, Naruto successfully blocked the attack.

"Now this, is going to be awesome, both beating you, and getting my sword back." Naruto said happily with rising excitement. He charged again, intent on destroying this monster.

Back with the other rangers, the remaining four were having trouble keeping up with the army Toximora brought with her.

"We need to help Naruto, and to get some room," Sam pointed out.

"I noticed," Karla pointed out, slashing away at an Oniknight with her katanas. "But maybe if a tornado hit, we could be done sooner.

"Coming up," Rebecca said, putting her claw to the side. "Armor Weapon on, Aero Tonfas!" Summoning her weapons, the white ranger created a small cyclone to blow away the various Oniknights. Using both his Nitro Weapon and his Accel Blaster, Sam shot the airborne grunts into submission.

Using his ax, Allen parried with Toximora, the scorpion having the upper edge. She tried to strike her with her stinger, but the green ranger rolled to the side, dodging it.

"Try this," Allen used the advantage and hit Toximora's stinger, shattering it.

"NO!" Toximora bellowed in agony.

"Alright rangers, time to end this," Karla suggested, the rangers agreed, then switched their weapons to melee mode.

"HIGHWAY CRASH ATTACK!" Quick as a race car, the four rangers got into a fighting stance and lunged at Toximora.

"See ya!" Rebecca said, slashing Toximora with her claw.

"Buh bye!" Allen said, striking her with his ax.

"Later," Karla said, delivering an x-shaped slash.

"Goodbye!" Sam said, delivering a powerful uppercut. The force and speed from this combination sent Toximora flying.

"DAMN IT ALL!" The scorpion declared annoyed, being sent into the forest.

"That was weird, she practically gave up in that fight," Sam pointed out.

"We can worry about that later, right now we have to help Naruto." Rebecca reminded.

The four agreed unanimously, and ran out to help the red ranger. Unaware, Toximora slowly walked out of the clearing, evidently annoyed.

"Dear god, I hate playing decoy," Toximora groaned annoyed, shaking off the brush.

The four quickly found Naruto holding his own against the vault.

"Naruto, we're coming." Allen pointed out, only for Naruto to hold up his hand.

"Ricky called over my helmet visor thing, there's something I wanna try first." Naruto said twisting the base of the Electro Saber a bit, causing the claws to expanded, allowing Naruto to insert his Accel Blade. The combination allowed the electricity to cover the main blade, then doubled in length. "Electron Blade," He rotated the configuration 360 degrees, "Raging Spirit Slash!" With incredible power, Naruto swung the blade, releasing a mighty current of blue electricity. The attack rushed at Gold Rush.

"I've been overcharged!" The monster declared, as the attack connected. As the monster was destroyed, Naruto's weapon shot out.

"The new one maybe awesome," Naruto said, picking up his Nitro Weapon, "But nothing beats this sword."

"Time pay with interest, make my monster grow!" Toximora declared, tossing her energy sphere. In a quick flash of lightning, Gold Rush was reborn as a giant.

"Your debt's only gotten bigger rangers!" The monster boomed victoriously.

"Guys, big guns please!" Naruto called into his morpher.

"No worries red, they're gassed up and got a new set of tires," Alpha said, activating the zord launcher. The five zords were summoned through the energy portal. As the rangers ran off to get into the zords, Angela had recovered from being trampled on by the crowds of corrupted people. She was covered in muddy footprints and bruises.

"Ow, I hurt everywhere," Angela groaned, walking with a limp. She turned to see the RV the rangers came in, "Huh, Karly's friends own a similar jalopy, small world,"

"Alright Rangers, I'm tired, so let's make the big play and get this done, I've got something to tell you all," Naruto ordered from his cockpit.

"You got it, it's time for the Megazord." Sam agreed.

(Insert Go Go Power Rangers 2014 by Pellek)

The cannons on Naruto's firetruck shifted down and around as it folded in half at the middle, giving it the appearance of a torso. The cherry picker shifted to where the left shoulder should be. The front of the girls' zords flipped around, revealing connector ports. The yellow zord attached to the right side while the white attached to the left. The fronts became shoulders as they folded down. The rear ends shifted back revealing black hands. The bulldozer zord split down the middle vertically as the back shifted up, taking on the appearance of lower legs. These two portions went on the ends of the tank zords treads, as the claws shifted around, becoming shin guards. This configuration stood up, becoming the lower legs. The tank cannons folded up, and slipped into the ice cannons of the fire truck zord, becoming a full body. A head shifted out of the firetruck. It had a silver grill facemask with yellow colored eyes. It had a red sports car like helmet with two wheels on either side of its head. On the front of the helmet was a signal light going from left to right red, yellow, green.

"RACEWAY MEGAZORD!" The five rangers said in unison, while the mech took a fighting stance.

(End Song)

"I may not be able to shoot blizzards out of my mouth, but I've got enough money to crush you multicolored freaks." Gold Rush declared.

The megazord responded by summoning the Raceway Saber and charged at the vault monster.

"If the red ranger's blade gave me minty fresh breathe, imaging what would happen if I took that one." Gold Rush summoned his whip and launched it at the sword. As it connected, the rangers smiled.

"Grinder Kick!" The Raceway Megazord launched into a flying kick as the bulldozer treads ran at full power. Using the whip, the mighty robot was able to deliver a barrage of kicks, essentially stomping on the vault monster.

"Stop it, stop it!" The monster bellowed in agony.

"Now to end this quickly, Raceway Saber, Full Power!" Naruto ordered. The Megazord responded as the lights on the helmet lit up, going red, yellow, green. Quickly going down the racetrack, the Raceway Megazord delivered a powerful swing of its sword, ending Gold Rush.

"You're debts cleared, but mine's just begun." Gold Rush said, as he died.

"That's just grim sounding." Karla said with a shudder.

"Either way, that's how we do it, Power Ranger Style!" Naruto declared victoriously.

Meanwhile, Toximora was grunting as she walked through the halls of the warship, the attack from the green ranger did a number on her, and the pain wasn't going away any time soon.

"Problems," Toximora looked annoyed at Techniclaw.

"Nothing I can't fix myself, but is that new monster of yours Wavelength taking care of it?" Toximora demanded in pain.

"Of course, we've found the next mutation." Techniclaw said, putting a friendly hand onto her shoulder. Had Toximora been in less pain, she would have felt the small pricking sensation as Techniclaw injected her with something.

Back on Earth in the RV, Naruto was giving the others the rundown on the Blade of the Thunder Spirit and his hunch on the three headed dog. Ricky, Alpha, and Ariel were listening in through Skype.

"About a month after I met Sora, this old geezer framed me for attacking his village, the Village Hidden Among Dreams, by creating a fake version of the nine tails, all so he could get ahold of the Three Headed Guardian Beast," Naruto explained. "This thing was massive, and it could absorb others into itself."

"The real one's destroyed right?" Sam asked confused. Naruto nodded.

"Then one of these cultists must have met Orochimaru, and he made his own version of the damned thing." Rebecca pointed out.

"Well then rangers, you have your next target, go for it." Ariel said signing off.

"Good thing I had to shut the restaurant down for some plumbing repairs, best of luck you guys," Ricky said with a smile.

"Well, first to the gas station, then to Wyoming." Allen said, driving off. "I'm kind of craving burritos."

"What's a burrito?" Naruto asked confused.

"Something I pray you never get hooked on like you have with ramen." Karla said honestly, as she began to sketch a blueprint on her tablet.

Meanwhile, in a remote part of the Land of Fire, an old man was calmly walking out of his hut. This was home to Hiroshi Matoi, the teleport master, and former student of the first Hokage. He wore a faded grey kimono and sandals. The balding mage was surprised to see a girl in his yard.

"Can I help you girl?" He asked Hinata Hyugga.

"Please sir, I need your help getting my fiancé back," Hinata said, putting on a false sense of her old self. "You're teleportation jutsu is the only thing that can help me."

"Of course my dear, I just need to get a few small things in back." He turned, then mumbled under his breath, "Dumb girl," Hiroshi had already known about Hinata's ploy from a letter Tsunade sent via carrier bird. So now, he had to play it dumb and keep her here for a while.

Next time on Power Rangers Nitro Force: Silver Charge: The rangers find the caravan, and the sonic monster Wavelength, looking for Orochimaru's second mutation. Meanwhile Naruto learns the reason behind his lack of control, and a potential silver ranger.

And here's a little Christmas present to you all. Sorry it's taken so long, but as a New Year's Resolution, I plan to update more often.

Now before I go, I have some interesting news for you all, next year's sentai season, might be the last one. I was looking around the ranger wiki's posts and found one guy claiming that the Lupinranger vs Patoranger toys have sold incredibly poorly. If the next season doesn't go off well, it might be the end. I'm not certain how much of that I believe, but hey we've had one hell of a ride for nearly 50 years.

Secondly, next season is going to be called Kisshiryu Sentai Ryusouger, a Dinosaur and knight themed team. The suits are knight and dinosaur outfits based on the Hyperforce rangers with more silver in it. Personally, I wish they waited a bit longer for another Dino team, but hey, what can you do. The original five rangers are Red T-Rex (Big surprise), Blue Triceratops, Pink Ankylosaur, Green Smilodon, and Black Miragaia (same genus as a stegosaurus). The gimmick is a new version of the ranger keys from Gokaiger, but more fossil based called Ryuusouls.

The mecha system is primarily focused around the red rangers zord called Tyramigo. And I mean that a lot more so than usual. It can become the primary mech by itself, like with the upcoming Beast Racer Zord, or the Red Dragon Thunderzord's Warrior mode. But this time, each ranger's zord can make up the chest component, but the primary combination is called KishiRyuuOh Three Knights, which has the t-rex in warrior mode, and the blue and pink zords become the arms. It's actually kind of cool looking.

So, leave a review and I'll see you next time.