| Burai was eight years old when his baby brother
(Geki) was born. His father was the Black Knight, a man
with a little too much pride and didn't sit well with the
Yamato King. The king took his second-born son Geki. He
decided that was a bit too much and went to war to
retrieve his boy, only to end being killed by the Yamato
King. Dying, he swore his eight year old son to
vengeance. And so Burai trained, every day of his life.
He lived with Gnome and Ryota, his promise to his father
was not the only thing he wanted. He also wanted to be a
hero, to fight the monsters that were destroying their
lands. Only he never had the chance. The war was over too
quickly and the Yamato King was already dead by the time
Burai was mature. Then later on Geki and the others went
into suspended animation. There was no other way to get
revenge but to follow them. The first time the
Zyurangers had a clue to his existence was when they had
to rescue Ryota from Gnome and Barza. Ryota, Gnome's
young grandson found the key to the cave Burai slept in,
and was intent to open it because that day was the last
day. If Burai was not released, he would die. Ryota had
no idea why his grandfather seemed determined to let that
happen, and Burai had been his friend. Back when, Burai
saved Ryota's life. Bandora seeing all this excitement
(determined to do was to make sure the little boy got
where he was going), she sent her forces to stop Barza
and Gnome. Ryota opened the cave and released Burai. And
the first thing the Dragon Ranger did was attack the
Zyuranger. Our heroes retreated to base and demanded an
explanation of Barza. At last the story of Geki's real
parents was told and Geki was in shock and also had the
greatest sympathy for his tormented brother.
There was nothing would do but to befriend him and
Geki did his very best every chance he got. Burai,
meanwhile, had ran afoul of Bandora. When he wouldn't
work for her, she pointed out that he did not have the
power to defeat the Zyurangers and told him she knew
where a legendary sword--the Hellfriede sword--was, that
would give him the strength he needed. And she sent him
after it. What she did not mention was that the sword
would drive its wielder crazy. Since Burai was so long is
suspended animation, he was still not stable. And so he
ended up working for her, growing increasingly insane
under the influence of the evil sword. Geki tried to
befriend Brai and refused to fight him. Daijujin
intervened to protect him and ordered him to kill Burai.
When Geki refused, the god punished him. But his
continued refusal only enabled Bandora to use Burai to
deal the Zyurangers a devastating blow. She managed to
trap the Zords underground in lava. Geki retreated into
depression and Bandora and her people partied on the
moon.
But Burai could not stand still and he attacked
Bandora, meaning to take her power and rule the world.
She threw him out down to Earth and would have killed him
if he wasn't for a tiny person in white (Klotho), who
dragged him off to a cave and told him it was his new
home. She also told him that in 32 hours he would die.
Brai's life-force was burning out, in the form of a green
candle. As long as he stayed in this cave (Lapseless
Room), time would not pass for him. And she had a gift
for him: a green dagger that doubled as a flute
Zyusouken. She told him if he went out and played it,
something marvellous would happen. So she left him and he
went out and played the dagger. Out of the depths of the
ocean, through the harbor, came Dragon Caeser. Though
Burai would soon die, he had his own companion beast. He
used to Dragon Caeser destroy the city. It attracted the
attention of the Zyuranger and Bandora. She sent Lamia
and Gryphoza down to fight Dragon Caeser. Barza used a
combination of prayer and magic and managed to get the
companion beasts out of the lava hole. They lead Burai
and Dragon Caeser out of town, and the Tyrannosaurus
fought the newcomer by itself.
Too many helpless humans had died or merely been
injured because he had let Burai run wild. He knew this
and for the first time he fought his best and defeated
his brother, blasting him out of his armor. The companion
beasts formed Daijinju, who punished Dragon Caeser for
fighting against them, then demanded that Geki finish off
Brai. His teammates were horrified. They knew what this
would cost him but he moved to obey. Burai was exhausted
and unable to get to his feet. When he found Geki over
him, about to run him through, there was nothing he could
do. He did not want to die. But instead, Geki stabbed his
sword deep into the ground. "I won't do it. You
can't make me." And he turned to walk away. Burai
got a surge of mad energy, snatched up the madness sword
and went after Geki, as the others cried out. But Geki
did not turn. "Strike!" he said, and Burai
stumbled to a hault. In the continued silence, Geki spoke
again. "Go ahead and strike. If it will help: if it
will take the pain away, kill me." And Burai could
not do it. When Geki turned, tears streaming down his
cheeks, Burai's madness broke and he fell to his knees,
begging his brother's forgiveness. Tears fell from his
own eyes and touched the evil sword, which turned to
dust. Daijujin was stunned. "The evil is gone!"
it exclaimed. And Burai asked Geki, "All I've ever
had was my duty to take revenge. What do I do? What place
is there for me, now?" Geki said, "Stay with
us." The Zyuranger welcomed him to their circle.
Daijujin demonstrated how it could join with Dragon
Caeser now that they were together. But Burai
disappeared, without explanation. And for many adventures
afterwards he and Dragon Caeser would only show up if the
battle was too hard.
Eventually though, the others were sent to his cave
and the little girl in white explained, despite Burai's
protests, what was going on. You see, during his long
sleep there had been an earthquake. Boulders fell from
the roof and crushed Burai. He died. But the girl is
Klotho, who sets the lifespan, and Daijujin had prevailed
upon her to give Brai new life, so that he could get the
Dragon Caeser and pass it in turn to Geki with his death.
Things were complicated by Geki's refusal to kill Burai,
but now things would work out fine. He would die, and
Daijujin would still have Dragon Caeser. Though the god
was happy, this arrangement did not suit Geki at all. He
started to get antsy about Burai coming out of the cave
and Bandora started to make certain that this would
happen. Eventually Klotho appeared to warn the Zyuranger
that Burai was down to 4 hours and the next time he came
out of the cave would be the last. Burai was having
dreams, where in he would get in a rickshaw cart and the
driver would tell him he was riding to the Land of the
Dead. And there was a little boy waiting at the next
stop. Bandora found Burai's cave and destroyed it,
leaving him out in the cold with only four hours left. He
set off to find the boy he was always dreaming about, and
did. The kid was a big fan of Dragon Caeser and was
ecstatic to meet Burai. Meanwhile, the other Zyuranger
found out about the Water of Life. It was in a special
fountain, and all you had to do was drink it and it would
renew your life force. Between Bandora's attacks and the
time limit, they had to split up. Goushi and Dan went off
to find the Water. The others stayed, to join with Burai
and fight Bandora's monsters. The boy was injured by
falling rubble and hospitalized. He was dying. Burai knew
it and left his coin in the boy's palm. They fought and
at last defeated the attacking monsters. But then Burai
vanished from the cockpit, to the dismay of Geki, Boi and
Mei. Goushi and Dan made it to the water, fought their
way past the Guardian and at last got the water, only to
be informed that they were too late for Burai.
Geki and the others searched until they found him,
lying as though dead on the beach. Dying, he passed his
shield and Zyusouken and Dragon Caeser to Geki. Then he
vanished from his brother's arms. The Zyuranger gave the
water instead to the little boy, and he was fine but
wondered what had happened to Burai, whose coin vanished
the moment he opened his hand. And Burai, riding on the
road to the Land of the Dead, looked out and smiled when
he saw that the stop the boy had been at was empty.
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