"Onii-chan!!!" Tsurugi screamed in anguish as Onyx went limp in his arms.

Tears were flowing down his face as he stared at Onyx. They were gone. Dead. Never going to come back. All because of him. If he hadn't run off on his own then maybe... maybe Onyx would still be with them...

It was all his fault...

"Such a shame. I would've liked to kill them a bit more personally than that." Cuervo taunted his anguish.

"Cuervo!!" Tsurugi placed Onyx on the ground and then rushed at Cuervo.

The two clashed hard. Tsurugi was fueled on by his anger. Cuervo was unable to block him well. He was too aggressive to be dodged.

Lucky joined him in the attack, seeming equally as pissed off. Neither were holding back at all. Cuervo was getting overwhelmed by their combined forces. Nothing was going to stop them from getting revenge for Onyx. They had promised them to save the galaxy. They were not about to break that promise.

The two of them sent Cuervo flying out of the moraimars with two very brutal attacks. They both were panting. That had been an intense fight. Unfortunately, this was only the beginning. They had yet to actually take Cuervo down.

"Guys!" Stinger and Naga had arrived at last.

"Are you guys okay?" Stinger asked them.

"Where's Onyx?" Naga questioned.

Tsurugi felt the numbness rising in him again. Tears were forming in the corners of his eyes once more. The pain of remembering what had happened would haunt him for a long time. He felt so numb inside. This pain hurt even worse than anything he had gone through before.

"Onyx is..." Lucky trailed off, seeming unable to tell them either.

Tsurugi undid his transformation and walked over to where Onyx's body laid on the ground. He knelt down and picked them up, cradling them close in his arms. They were growing colder by the minute. There was no life left in them. They were gone...

"No..."

"It can't be..."

Stinger and Naga were shocked. Tsurugi looked back over at them. There was sorrow in their eyes. Sorrow and sympathy.

"Let's get out of here. We need to blow this place up before the bomb explodes." Lucky said.

The four of them made their way out of the moraimars. When they had thrown Cuervo out, it had broken the defense. The moraimars was able to be destroyed now. They just needed to get away from it.

Once outside, Lucky gave the mecha the clear to attack. In no time at all, the moraimars was hit and taken down. The galaxy was saved. All that was left was to get rid of Cuervo. Tsurugi no longer faltered in his resolve. He had no desire to save Cuervo anymore. Not when he had killed Onyx and laughed about it. Onyx had been right that this Cuervo was not the one they knew from the past at all.

The groups gathered together. Tsurugi fell behind as the four of them walked to the meeting area. How was he going to handle everyone seeing this? Would they blame him if they knew what had happened?

"Stinger! Naga!" The rest noticed the first two of their group.

"How did everything go?" The commander asked.

Neither replied. The heaviness was starting to get suffocating once more.

"Guys?" Champ prompted them for a response. "Did something happen?"

"Yeah..." Naga nodded.

Tsurugi held back. He wanted them to say what had happened before he walked over with Onyx. He didn't want them to get the news by seeing their dead body. Lucky remained by his side, trying his best to offer support. There was not much he was able to do. Nothing could make this better. Nothing could bring back Onyx.

"What happened?" Raptor asked them. Everyone seemed concerned now.

"Um... Onyx..." Stinger trailed off, his voice cracking a bit. "They... they are... dead."

There was a long silence from everyone. No one seemed to know how to react.

"This... this isn't the time for jokes." Spada said, trying to hold back tears.

Lucky nudged Tsurugi forward. Tsurugi met his gaze. Lucky gave him a sad nod. They slowly approached the others. Once everyone saw them, that was when the real anguish began. There was no denying that Onyx was gone when they could see it for themselves.

"No..." Hammie whispered.

"Onyx..." Balance said quietly.

"How... how did this...?" Kotaro asked.

"They..." Tsurugi gulped. "They protected me..."

He waited for someone to yell at him. Waited for everyone to blame him. It was all his fault that Onyx was gone. He would never forgive himself. Would the rest of the Kyurangers be able to forgive him either?

The commander walked up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "They stayed true to their word until the end."

"Commander..." Tsurugi whispered.

"They wanted to apologize for not being able to follow your last order." Lucky said quietly. "They... died with no regrets."

"Lucky, Tsurugi. Take them to the ship. Then, let's end this." The commander said.

Lucky took the lead in guiding Tsurugi back to the ship. The rest of the group went to go track down where Cuervo had landed. Cuervo... no. It was Don Armage. Cuervo was no more. It was just Don Armage left in his body.

"Tsurugi..." Lucky said quietly as they brought Onyx to the infirmary. "It's not your fault. I can see you blame yourself but, Onyx wouldn't want you to feel like that."

"If I hadn't tried to take him on by myself they wouldn't have had to die protecting me." Tsurugi replied, his voice heavy from the crying.

"They did it because they want you to live on. Don't give that up now."

Tsurugi knew that, but it didn't make the pain any less. Onyx shouldn't have had to die for them. He should've done a better job at keeping himself safe. They had already given him so much to keep him alive and then he took what was left.

"We need to get going... Don Armage is going to pay for what he did." Tsurugi said. He was going to get revenge even if it killed him. Don Armage was going to pay for what he had done.

...

Tsurugi and Lucky met back up with the others, transformed, and approached Don Armage. He looked like he had been waiting for them. He still seemed injured from the previous fight they had done.

"You still wish to challenge me when one of you has died doing so?" Don Armage taunted them.

Tsurugi took a step forward from everyone else. "It's over, Don Armage! I... We won't let onii-chan's sacrifice end in vain! You're dying here today!"

Everyone started up their finishers. Tsurugi took hold of the Kogitsune kyutama. He placed it in place of his own and used its power to finish off Don Armage. It was one little thing to make it seem like Onyx was still there to help them.

Don Armage fell to the ground as the fire cleared from their attacks. His form reverted back to that of Cuervo's. Tsurugi felt a mix of emotions seeing his face after everything that had just gone down.

"This can't be happening..." Cuervo spoke, mostly to himself.

Tsurugi approached him. "Cuervo. This is all my fault for not realizing what was in your heart. Just as I had failed to notice how everyone had despised onii-chan, I failed to see how you were envious of me. I am sorry."

"Shut up!" Cuervo got to his feet. "The galaxy... the galaxy belongs to me!"

He raised his weapon and charged at Tsurugi. Tsurugi didn't move as Cuervo approached. Had it really come to this? He truly had been driven mad by the power he had been given.

As Cuervo reached him, Tsurugi pulled out his sword and sliced Cuervo down the chest. He turned to dust and crumbled.

"Farewell. Despite all this... you are my dear friend."

"Fine work, everyone." The commander spoke. "I'm sure Onyx is proud of you all for what you've accomplished. We saved the galaxy."

"Saved?! You fools!" A voice spoke.

Tsurugi looked up. The purple form of Don Armage was above him. He had predicted there was more to it. Don Armage was more than just what was possessing Cuervo. And now, it began to try and possess Tsurugi.

"This is where the real Hell begins!" Don Armage yelled as he began to consume Tsurugi. "I had one goal... your body! The Houou's power of immortality! That's why I needed that pesky demon to die."

Tsurugi was struggling to fight against it. "I knew this would happen."

"What?!"

"It can't be..."

"I planned for this the whole time. If Cuervo were defeated, he'd seek a new body. This is our chance." Tsurugi stated. "Everyone, kill Don Armage together with me!"

"What?!"

"I don't want to do this anymore... I don't deserve to be here without onii-chan. That's why I'm willing to do this."

"Onyx didn't give up their life just for you to die too!" Lucky yelled at him.

"Sorry... everyone... this is my decision."

"Tsurugi!" Lucky screamed his name.

"If you consider yourself a friend, then hear out my request!" Tsurugi yelled back.

"I refuse!" Lucky replied firmly. "I can't allow this. I promised Onyx I'd watch over you for them! I'm not letting you die here!"

"You idiot!" Tsurugi yelled before Don Armage consumed him.

...

Everyone stared in shock at the new form of Don Armage that stood before them.

"This is... Tsurugi?" Spada said.

Don Armage spoke in a voice eerily similar to Tsurugi's, "I am Ohtori Tsurugi. In other words, Don Armage. I have obtained the ultimate body."

He began to pull weird pink orbs toward him. He began to form something in his hands. Everyone was on high alert. Just what was going on now?

"The Planesium!"

"I'll use Planesium to restore this body's immortality. Become part of my body!"

Don Armage sent an attack their way.

"No!" The commander yelled and rushed in front of everyone.

He held back the attack.

"Lucky! You're right." Shou spoke to him. "Friends must not be abandoned! That's the Kyuranger way! As long as you don't give up, it's not over!"

"Commander!" Lucky yelled his name and reached a hand out toward him.

"I know dying in a cool way like this isn't my style... forgive me, everyone!"

The attack dissipated. As the light faded, they all could see the aftermath. The commander fell to the ground. He wasn't moving as his body crashed into the pavement below.

"Commander!" Everyone yelled.

His body was sucked into Don Armage along with his kyutama.

"The power of a savior, most impressive." Don Armage said, "I'm overflowing with power."

"You bastard!" Stinger screamed at him.

"Now, the legend begins!" Don Armage flew off, leaving the rest of the Kyurangers to realize just what had happened now.

Onyx was dead. Tsurugi was possessed by Don Armage. The commander had died protecting them. Things were going horribly wrong.

"It's not over..." Lucky spoke to everyone. "Lift up your heads, everyone!"

"Lucky..." Garu said.

"This is where it really starts!" Lucky stated, "We'll fight as many times as needed. That's what the ultimate saviors do!"