Chapter One – Duty Calls

Jayden Shiba was shocked because he had found a letter from his dad that was telling him he had an uncle who when the time was right would be here to meet him. He tried to put it out of his memory because he knew that Ji had just summoned the other samurai rangers so he kept training until it was time to go meet them in town.

"Jayden, your uncle will be here when you get back but you must go now." Ji told him.

He used his symbol power and drew the symbol for horse before mounting the horse and riding off into town with thoughts of what his team would be like and what his uncle would be like. He only hoped that he could make his dad proud of him and try to get to know these new people in his life.

Kevin Ferguson was competing in his final swim meet before giving it up to fulfill his samurai duty and follow in his father's footsteps as the blue samurai ranger. He knew it was his destiny but he also knew he would miss this life he had and the dreams he would be giving up. As he got up on the post getting ready for the dive he saw a blue arrow with the samurai symbol for water tied to it. He jumped down and grabbed his stuff before running out on his dreams.

"I hope I'm doing the right thing." He muttered to himself as he ran.

Playing video games at the local arcade Mike noticed the arrow with the forest symbol sticking out of the wall across from him. He banged his fists against the game knowing that he would now be leaving his life of slacking and fun behind for the life of a disciplined samurai. He would also be missing his family thanksgiving and that is what upset him the most. It seems that the life of a samurai would be a pain for the forest ranger but he had a duty.

"Guys I got to go. Can one of you hand this to my dad?" Mike held out a green envelope with the forest symbol on it knowing that his dad would understand.

Mia Wanatabe was playing in the yard at the children's shelter that her parents ran when she saw the wind symbol on a pink arrow. She quickly ran inside and got her mother to watch the children and got in the black SUV with the samurai symbol on it. Mia had been training to be a samurai her whole life but she was still a fun loving girl as well.

"I'm coming team." Mia smiled to herself.

Emily arrived in Panorama City mid-day and ran to the SUV where Mia and Kevin were standing; they were all trying to figure out where the red ranger was when Mike appeared behind them claiming to be the mighty green ranger. All four rangers turned their heads at the sound of a horse riding up.

"With an entrance like that you must be the red ranger." Mike pointed out.

"Yes, I am the red ranger." Jayden said while holding up the red lion folding zord. "These are your samuraizers; I will only give these to you if you are committed to the cause. We will either fight as a team or the nighlok will destroy us."

"Without hesitation." Kevin answered.

"I've been training for this my whole life." Mia spoke.

"I'll give it all I have." Emily determined remembering her promise to Serena.

"Enough with the formal; let's do this." Mike groaned.

Jayden nodded his head and gave the four remaining samuraizers to the rangers before they rushed off to stop the nighlok. After the battle with the nighlok the rangers followed their new leader back to his home where they would all stay until Master Xandred is destroyed. Kevin was walking side by side with Jayden getting to know what the red ranger was about and how his schedule runs on a daily basis. Mia and Emily were getting to know each other as well; they were talking about shopping and Mia's family life. Meanwhile, Mike was walking behind them in a grumpy mood but Emily was hoping it would fade before they got to Jayden's home. Sadly, they were closer to the Shiba house than Emily had expected. When they walked into the yard two men walked out from the house, one Emily didn't recognize but the other she knew in a heartbeat. How could she not after living around him most her life. Jason Scott.

"Uncle Jason?" Emily heard her own voice say.

"Uncle?" Jayden rounded on Emily. "You know the rules of samurai. You can't tell your family. How could you be so foolish?"

"Jayden, you should know that Jason is not Emily's biological uncle. He's yours. This is your father's twin brother and the original red ranger." Mentor Ji told the rangers.

"Wait, we can have family contact?" Mike questioned.

"This is a special circumstance. Jason was only to be notified about his true heritage if Master Xandred awoke again. Jayden was to meet his uncle the day that the rangers were called to duty due to Jason's past history with the rangers himself." Ji answered.

Kevin looked confused, "if he wasn't suppose know about his heritage then what could he know about the power rangers?"

Emily suddenly started laughing at this comment without intentionally meaning too. "Wait, are you guys saying the samurai rangers are the only power rangers you know of?"

They all nodded except Kevin, "I knew of the space rangers but what I mean is what could he know of the power rangers personally. Ji is making sound like he is supposed to be a guide of some sort."

"If you only knew." Emily muttered.

"Enough Emily, Kevin; the reason I know about the rangers is because I was the original red ranger. I only came here today to meet my nephew and talk with him for a while. I will probably be popping in to check on you every once in a while but right now I'm just here for my nephew. So please, Ji will show you to your rooms and then I believe you all have training and records to work on."

"Yes sir." Kevin spoke before leading the other three rangers inside.

Jason stood looking at his new found nephew for a few minutes before leading him to the far end of the yard. He knew Jayden had a lot of questions ranger related or not Jason didn't want to be overheard.

"So, I don't know much about the samurai part of being a ranger but I do that being a red normally means leadership and you often feel like everything is your responsibility. Any questions?" Jason asked just to give them something to start with.

"I don't know, I've always worked alone. I've been training since I was 6 years old and since I was homeschooled I didn't really know any people my age."

"I'm not saying it's going to be easy for you Jayden but I can tell you this; being the red ranger doesn't mean you have to do everything alone. You are part of a team now and as team leader you will have to know when to lead and when to let someone else take control of the problem. I don't know much about your team members either but I know that you guys will come together to destroy Master Xandred. If you ever need someone to talk to you can call me or even talk to Emily. She may be the youngest here but she has a kind heart and doesn't like to see people upset. Trust her."

"What if I mess everything up and someone gets hurt because of it? How am I supposed to live with that?"

"Mistakes will happen, people will get hurt, but the point is that you do your best and work with your team. I have to go but I left my number with Ji should any of you ever need a ranger to talk to. Even if it isn't me that comes to help with the problem; rangers are forever Jayden."

Jayden said his thanks to his new uncle and walked him to the gate before going inside to see what his team was working on. He saw them working on their symbol power and decided to join them before getting to know them all later. He took up his easel next to Emily and began to work on his fire symbol power; all he could think about was that he had a family now.

A/N: This is the sequel to Finding Family and Finding Family Thanksgiving One-shot. There will be random ranger pop ups throughout the story and a couple twists along the way. Hope you enjoy and review.