A/N: I wonder if anyone else is still doing the Ars Amatoria's Ranger Romance Themes Challenge. I have always wanted to do this. I just could never find the perfect Power Rangers couple or stories for the ones I liked had already been done. Well luckily I found one with Jayden and Emily, the new Red and Yellow rangers. I knew they were perfect and I kind of get a little feeling Emily likes Jayden.

Cherish

Chapter One: Why?

Emily winced in pain as she rolled over onto her side. She couldn't get comfortable because of the pain radiating through her body. That attack against that Nighlok had taken everything out of her. She looked over at Kevin who looked like he was in more pain than she was.

Neither would say they had done the wrong thing in protecting Jayden. He was their leader and if she had to do it all over again, she still would have rushed to his aid.

She was sure Kevin's reasons for coming to Jayden's aid were different than her own. She was sure Kevin's protective instinct for their leader had flared up as it had through the course of the day.

However, the feelings she had for Jayden forced her hand. She knew she liked Jayden for some time, but never really did anything about it. She knew Jayden didn't feel the same way. He just viewed her as a friend and a teammate.

The fact that Jayden hadn't felt the same hadn't changed how she felt or what she did. She would always remember the pain during the double slash attack. She would also always remember Jayden yelling as she and Kevin de-morphed and fell to the ground.

His voice was the last thing she heard before she passed out.

Her thoughts were interrupted as Mia and Mike burst into the room along with Mentor Ji. She looked at them and they looked worried. She knew something was wrong and she knew it had to do with Jayden.

"He's gone," Mike suddenly said. His concern was slowly turning into anger. "He just left us."

"He can't be gone?" Kevin said as he sat and bed, which caused him to wince in pain.

Emily didn't say a word as she felt her heart break into tiny little pieces.

Why did he leave them?

"He left a note." Mia said in a small voice. Emily sat up and motioned her for it. Mia handed her the note and Emily began to read it. She knew it would be short and to the point.

I am sorry I left I had to protect you all. This is my fight and I can't let you get hurt again.

She slammed the piece of paper down on the bed as she fought back the tears she knew were coming. Everyone turned and looked at her.

"Are you alright, Emily?" Mentor Ji asked as he walked over to Emily's side. He tried to grab her hand, but she pulled away. She was angry.

"Why does he think he knows what's best for us?" She asked in a voice that betrayed her sadness. A few tears fell from her hazel eyes and down her cheeks. "We need him and he just leaves us!"

Her tears began to flow more freely and she didn't even try to hide them now. No one had said a word since she exploded so she kept going.

"Doesn't he realize we love him?" She cried to the others. "We're a team and we need to be together!"

She flung the blanket off her body and felt pain shot throughout her body as she stood up. Mike and Mia tried to get her to lie back down, but she pushed them aside. She needed to get out of there.

They tried to follow her, but Mentor Ji stopped them. "Let her go, she needs some time alone."

She walked out to the training are and sat on her favorite bench. She held her head in her hands as she cried. "Why did you go Jayden? Don't you realize I love you and I need you?"

She looked up at the sky and then back down at her hands. She stood up and prepared herself to walk back inside to the others. She knew they would find him or that he would come back on his own. She knew she would forget all the anger she feels at this moment. She would forget because he would be alright and back with her.

She limped back inside and into her bedroom. However, she didn't realize that Jayden had heard every single word she said.