Passing the Torch: MagiRed

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Title: Passing the Torch: MagiRed
Fandom: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, Mahou Sentai Magiranger
Character: Kai Ozu, Don "Doc" Dongoier
Rating: G
Summary: Kai Ozu knew that he was right in testing the one the pirates called 'Doc'. Ep 3 related.
A/N: A random one-shot. 

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Kai let out a long sigh of relief as Lunagel finally arrived to meet him. It has been a while... and this time he needed to ask her for a favour. Seeing as this time, he had no means to do it by himself unless he asked for help from Magitopia. 

“Rin! Glad you could come!” exclaimed Kai as he walked up towards her.

Lunagel looked at him worriedly as she cocked her head towards him.

“What's wrong, Kai? Did something happened?”

Kai shook his head as he explained. “It's nothing troublesome actually.” Kai let out a long sigh before continuing.

“Rin, I'd like to ask for a favour. I'd like Flagel to come help me with something.”

Lunagel frowned as Kai spoke again. “Rin, you know, right... since that last war with the Zangyack, all five of us Magirangers, Hikaru-sensei, and my parents... including the other Sentai teams that fought during that time had lost all of our powers. That one last attack had dried up every last bit of our powers and those powers have scattered throughout the universe since then.” 

Lunagel nodded again as Kai continued. “Now there was a new team that apparently have recovered those powers and used them to fight the new army of Zangyack that wanted to invade this planet again.”

“So you needed Flagel to help you with this?”

Kai nodded. “I can't just blindly give Magiranger's grand powers to those pirates so easily afterall. I needed to test them first to see if they can understand the source of our magic. I can't do it alone without Flagel.”

“I understand,” said Lunagel as she summoned Flagel to come to her side.

Kai smiled gratefully.

“Thank you... Rin."

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He knew it, he was right in choosing the younger one of the two to test. While he knew that the older one was the leader, he believed it was the younger one who could help the team as a whole to fully understand the source of the power he once held. The power of the magicians, Magiranger!

It was not by chance that he had come to this decision. He saw it in the young one, the same light as he had. Seeing the young one from afar, he was reminded of his own younger self. He was still a high school student at that time, when a few moments after he had attracted some attention by trying to recover a balloon... he and his family had been attacked by a giant underground troll. It was then when he—as well as the rest of his siblings—learnt of the true secret his family had kept. That they were not just any normal family, they were a family of magicians!

Kai Ozu chuckled to himself. He used to be so headstrong and impulsive, how he used to argue to his mother on why have he not received that same magic powers as his brothers and sisters have. He thought that he was courageous enough to fight alongside his siblings but his mother called it reckless. He later realized the truth of his mother's words when he was struck by fear when he saw the enemy up close; unable to move. But then he saw his four older siblings in danger, about to be killed by that one enemy. His legs used to shake over his fears, he had wondered if he could summon enough courage—enough magic to fight back against that enemy. And then he received it, when he had confronted Wolzard in order to protect his siblings. He thought he had heard his mother's voice then, on what true courage really meant.

Courage... that was the source of the Magirangers' magic powers. That young one seemed to him to be the one who could understand that fact the most. For that one to happen to inherit the power of the green warrior, Kai could not help feeling amused. It used to be his older brother, the Magician of the green, who was the one that supported them—the Magicians of Five Colours. And now, that one... should be the one that was going to support the pirates, at least when they were using the power of the Magiranger.

Seeing the five pirates fight their enemies right now, he felt at ease. Even though it was still too soon for those five to master the Magirangers' powers—much less the other sentai team's powers—at least he knew that those powers were now held in good hands.

There was no need to worry about it.