Hello people and magical monkeys of Earth! Miss DJ here with another story! I've decided to make my first multi chapter Samurai story! Enjoy :)

Dear Samurai Family,

Hey, Samurais! It's us, Jayden and Lauren. Man, it has been a long time! How is everything? The Shiba House is doing great but it's been…bland. Mentor Ji got married and only makes few visits here now. There's no annoying Emily waking us up in the morning. No shooting and zombie groans coming from Mike's Xbox. No fishy fumes coming from Antonio's cooler. No mothering from Mia. No advice from Kevin.

That's just to name a few.

Jayden: I know it's been a few years since we've seen each other face to face but we can't keep living like this. We can't keep denying our family bond. I know we all come from different lifestyles but we need to compromise. Notice I keep on saying "we". It's going to take a "we" to become a family again.

Lauren: We need each other in our lives. I know I don't know you all as good as Jayden does but I would love to. Just because Master Xandred isn't causing trouble, doesn't mean we can't see each other. Like Jayden said, it's going to take a "we" to become a family again.

With much love,

Lauren and Jayden

Mia sighed. She held her little baby bump softly. She tried not to cry, mostly because her husband, Kevin, just came in their bedroom. Mia and Kevin left the Shiba House as soon as they could after they defeated Master Xandred to get married. Mia got a job at a daycare center while Kevin got a job as a swim coach. They used to send the other rangers mail but then they just…stopped.

Kevin walked over to his wife and wrapped his arms around her. Mia sobbed in Kevin's shoulder. When she finished, she broke away from his arms and showed him the letter. Kevin read it and looked back at Mia. Mia took a seat on their bed and stared at the ground.

"I feel like crap Kevin." Mia told her husband. "We used to be so close. What happened?"

"I…I don't know." Kevin replied. "We went our separate ways."

Mia looked into her partner's light, brown eyes. "Jayden and Lauren aren't lying. We can't isolate ourselves from each other when it's obvious our love is there."

"I know." Kevin sat next to Mia. He took her left hand and played with her wedding ring. "I know."

"It's just so hard to believe. We spent two years living together defeating Xandred and the nighloks. We laughed and cried together. We helped who needed help… What is today's date?"

"It's the twenty-fourth of January. Why?"

Mia looked at Kevin in shock. "The twenty-fourth?" Mia asked him loudly.

"Baby, calm down. What is so wrong with it being the twenty-fourth?"

"Kevin today makes three years. Today makes three years since we left the Shiba House. Lauren and Jayden chose this date on purpose."

Kevin didn't say anything. He's speechless. How did they…forget about their samurai lives? Why did he forget the date him and his wife left the house? Or more importantly, how did Mia remember the date so fast?

After a few minutes of collecting his thoughts, Kevin spoke up. "I think we should write them back."

Mia managed to smile a little. "I think that's a great idea."

Mike and Emily don't know how it happened. One thing leads to another and now they're a soon-to-be married couple. After defeating Master Xandred, Mike went back to his busy life in the city and got a job as a trainer at a local gym. Emily went home too. She moved back in with her parents and older sister on their family farm. Mike was the one to start the love letters. Emily happily replied to them. Soon enough, Mike asked her to marry him and they moved in a small apartment together.

"It's freezing outside!" Emily exclaimed. She put the mail that was in her hand on the kitchen counter and gave her fiancé a quick kiss on the cheek. "Hey." Emily walked over to the closet to put her coat and boots away.

"Hey you." Mike greeted her. He picked up the mail she left on the kitchen counter. "Who do we have mail from this time? He asked.

"I didn't bother looking." Emily replied. She sat on a chair in the dining room. "It's probably just bills."

"Let's see…" Mike leaned on the counter and flipped through the envelopes. "Bill, bill, bill, oh my…" The brunette stopped reading when he read the address on the envelope in front of him.

"What's wrong?" Emily walked next to him. She took the mail from him. When she read the address, she froze. The envelope read: Jayden Shiba. Emily gave the mail back to Mike. She couldn't believe what she just read. "You can open it." She said in almost a whisper.

Mike opened the envelope and read the letter that was inside of it out loud. He finished at looked at Emily. "I hate to say it but they're telling us the truth." Mike said.

"Yeah…" Emily nodded. "We should write them back. It would be the right thing to do. We have a lot to catch up on."

"Yes we do." Mike gave Emily a smile and shared a kiss with her.

"Welcome to the Garcia Seafood Restaurant." Antonio greeted his costumer. He wore a white apron around his waist, a buttoned up shirt with a gold tie, black pants, and black and gold high tops. He also has a small notepad in hand along with a pen.

Antonio left the Shiba House five months after Mia, Kevin, Mike, and Emily did. His family opened up a seafood restaurant on the first floor of their house where he now works. So far the business has been good. Antonio has been living a decent life.

After taking his costumer's order, a mailman came through the door.

"Are you Antonio Garcia?" The mailman asked Antonio.

"Yes I am." Antonio told him.

"This is your mail." The mailman handed Antonio his mail.

"Thank you sir."

"No problem." The mailman left.

Antonio gave his father the costumer's order by the bar and sat on the barstool and tore open the mail. He read the letter.

"Who's it from son?" Antonio father asked him. He could tell the letter is important by the look in his son's eyes.

"It's from Jayden." Antonio answered. "I haven't spoken to him in two years."

Mr. Garcia nodded. He knew enough about Jayden to know how much he meant to Antonio. Jayden and Antonio are childhood best friends. Mr. Garcia had to break them up at a young age because the family moved to a new state. After 16 years, the Garcia's moved back to where they started and Antonio became the first gold samurai.

Antonio ran his fingers through his thick black hair. "Dad?"

"Yes?"

"Can I take the rest of the day off? I'll be by the docks. I think I need to clear my head."

"Alright but don't be gone for too long. You know how your mother is when you miss family dinner night."

"I know. See you later." Antonio grabbed the pen he was using and a few pieces of paper. He took off his apron, put on his gold headphones and walked out the door.

Back at the Shiba House, Jayden and Lauren were playing a checkers game in the living room, trying to keep each other entertained. Ever since defeating Master Xandred, they didn't have much to do. Sometimes when the boredom really started to kick in, they volunteered somewhere. Lauren inherited their father's money. The Shiba siblings have a lot of money and not much family to share it with. A year ago, both of them decided to start going to college. Jayden and Lauren were home-schooled when they were younger so they thought college would be a good idea.

"Do you think they got our letters?" Lauren asked her little brother. She moved her red checker closer to Jayden's black checker that she would attack later.

"I think they did." Jayden told her. Jayden stacked his black checker on another. "Yes! All hail King Jayden!"

Lauren shook her head and smiled. She made another move on the checker board and stole a black checker. "Ha! You may be King Jayden but soon enough you'll be scrubbing our dishes!" She looked at Jayden. He made contact with her too. "I hope they got our letters."

"Yeah, me too. I really miss them."

"I'm sure you do. It was just you and Mentor Ji. It's great you made some friends. I didn't make any friends. I didn't get to." Lauren frowned a little. She never got to make any friends as a samurai. She had to focus on the Sealing Symbol in hiding for years on top of years with no distractions.

"Well, you have friends now, friends that care about you. They just got…busy. Mentor still visits when he can. Mia and Kevin are married, Mike got a new job, and Antonio's family has their own restaurant. Emily lives with Mike now so I'm guessing their married. How do you keep up with all of that?"

Lauren thought about it for a while. How do you keep up with all of that? The samurai's lives were basically just getting started. They had no time to talk to friends. They used to email, text, call, or even meet up somewhere. But with everything going on, they sadly forgot about each other. Two years ago Lauren stopped getting messages from Kevin, Mia, Mike, and Emily. Antonio was a little closer. He stopped messaging the Shiba siblings one year ago.

Lauren sighed. She looked at Jayden with her soft eyes and gave him a big smile.

Jayden smiled back. "What are you smiling about? Are you up to something?"

"Let's hope for the best." She stated.

"Let's hope for the best."

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