Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers: (Super) Samurai. This is purely fan-made.
Antonio held his head in his hands. This was all twisted – it was wrong.
He was all for letting people love whoever they wanted to love. As long as there was no harm done to the couple in the relationship or those around them, Antonio saw no problem with letting two, three, or even a group of people be. If they were happy, he was happy.
But this wasn't right.
He had gotten to the battle late. It seemed Serrator, or Octoroo, or Xandred, or whoever was in charge of the Netherworld at this point had decided the Rangers had been between Nighlok for far too long and had sent one to attack the city. Antonio had been out fishing by himself in the stream not too far from the house when he got the call and had arrived late to the battle (he had been right in the middle of catching a fish and couldn't let it go).
By the time he got to the fight, it was over. The Rangers hadn't won, but the Nighlok had dried out and disappeared, leaving the Rangers to nurse their wounds. At first, as Antonio helped them home, he thought the Nighlok had only left the Rangers with a few cuts and bruises, but now that he was home, he could see exactly what the Nighlok had done.
According to Ji, the Nighlok was a love inducing Nighlok. As cheesy as it sounded to Antonio, it was turning into a lot of trouble.
Love had already bloomed in the Shiba House. Kevin and Mia had been a couple for longer than Antonio had been in the house. Mike and Emily, while they had their highs and lows, had also been a couple for a long, long time. He and Jayden were also in love, and had even recently talked about when they would take the next step.
But that wasn't the case anymore. The Nighlok had overridden the Samurai's emotions for each other and messed it all up. Mike no longer loved Emily; he thought he was in love with Mia! And Mia was no longer in love with Kevin, she loved Jayden.
And that wasn't the end of it. Jayden didn't love Antonio anymore. He was going after Emily. Serena, meanwhile, was following Mike around like a lovesick puppy.
Then, to make things even more complicated, Emily was also in love with Jayden, and she was furious at Mia for also liking him. Mia too hated Emily for actually winning over Jayden's heart. Antonio tried his best to keep the girls from going after each other, and to keep the boys from putting their hands on the wrong girl.
Finally, to top it all off, Antonio hadn't been excluded from this crazy love triangle, or square, or pentagon or whatever the hell it was. Kevin was madly in love with him! Kevin! Antonio hadn't believed it when he first realized it, and he couldn't believe it now. The blue Ranger, who had openly hated him when he first joined the team, was now clinging onto him, begging they go somewhere a little more private.
"Get your hands off!" Antonio cried as Kevin reached for him again. He looked the blue Ranger in the eye, "If it'll get you to shut up, we'll play a board game or something later. But for now, no touchy!"
"Antonio," Mentor hurried into the room with a book in his hands, "I'm trying to look for a way to reverse whatever the Nighlok did, but until I do, you'll be on your own if he comes back."
"Why?" Antonio frowned and then grabbed Mike by the back of the shirt as he was about to sit down next to Mia. It was for the green Ranger's safety, after all. Mia didn't like him, and had no problem letting him know she wasn't interested.
"They are in no state to fight," Ji shook his head, "Until this is reversed, all they will want to do is win over the one they thing they love."
"Or make out," Antonio growled when he saw Jayden and Emily in the corner swapping spit. He knew neither of them could help it, but rage against Emily and feelings of betrayal from Jayden burned inside of him. He let out a cry as he broke them both up, "Touch him again, Emily and you're sleeping outside!" he shouted as he let go of Mike's shirt and stomped over to Jayden and Emily.
Mike took advantage of his freedom to sit down right beside Mia. Mia was staring at Jayden and Emily, fuming as she watched the man she was madly in love with make out with another girl. Mike put his hand on her leg, a smirk forming on his lips. He knew he needed to win Mia over, and he had just the way to do it.
"Make him jealous," he was hoping he could convince Mia to fall in love with him by first having her pretend to be his girlfriend. While that was happening, he would show her just how much he loved her and she would change her mind. The plan was foolproof in his head.
Mia turned to him, "You just want to make out."
"Well, yeah," Mike nodded his head, "but think about it, men want what they can't have. Once Jayden sees you're off the market, he'll get jealous and he'll want you. He'll be chasing after you."
Mia shook her head at first but then the idea sunk in and she grinned. She put her hand behind the back of Mike's neck and pulled him in for a deep kiss.
Just as Antonio filly pulled Jayden and Emily apart, he turned around to see Mike and Mia making out. He turned to Ji, who just shrugged, unsure of what to do at this point.
"MIKE!" Serena let out a hellish scream, seeing her crush making out with another girl. As she lunged for Mike and Mia, Ji grabbed her and held her back. In her right mind, Serena could kill with nothing more than her fist and the right amount of determination. Ji didn't know what Serena could do when she was under a spell and literally out of her mind.
"I'll take care of her," Ji announced to Antonio as he lifted Serena over his shoulder, "You make sure the others don't… reproduce."
"What?" Antonio frowned and turned around. Mia and Mike were still making out on the couch and Jayden and Emily were gone. He looked to Kevin, who was waiting patiently for the alone time Antonio had promised him. "Where did they go?"
"Does it matter?" Kevin said. He tapped the spot next to him on the couch, "Come here, Antonio. We can have a little fun too."
Antonio groaned and shook his head, "That Nighlok did so much more than make you guys fall in love with the wrong person."
"Jayden!" Antonio heard Emily giggling from down the hall and his blood boiled even more now. He clenched his fists and turned to Kevin.
"Could you do me a favour?"
Kevin nodded excitedly, "Anything!"
"Well, really, do yourself a favour and keep Mike off Mia!" Antonio pointed to the green and pink couple on the couch. "I've got to go find Jayden and Emily before… I can't even think about it."
