Emily awoke to a bright light shining in her eyes. She looked out the window to be welcomed by a shining sun and smiled to herself. Only one day remains before the special "Welcome Dinner" she had planned for her cousin. She quietly snuck into Antonio's room to wake him up, but of course, he was already awake playing with Octozord.
"Psst," she whispered. Antonio looked up to see Emily motioning for him to come to her. He set down Octozord and followed her as they walked down the hallway. "What's up, chica?" he asked. "Antonio, I need your help to wake Jayden. You know how heavy a sleeper he is on Saturdays."
Antonio smirked as they arrived at Jayden's room. He nodded before opening the door, motioning for her to go ahead. "Después de ti, mi amiga."
Emily smiled and giggled as she stepped inside. "Muchas gracias, mi amigo." Together, they walked up to the sleeping red ranger and counted to three. On three, they both jumped on Jayden and screamed in his ear. Jayden tossed and turned, trying to shut them out and chucked a pillow at them.
"Ugh, gracias divina" groaned Antonio, "this is like waking up the dead. Es difícil creer que él es el guardabosque rojo."
Emily sighed before deciding to play her trump card. "Jayden Shiba, if you do not wake up right now, I will go wake Mia and have her cook your breakfast!"
Jayden's eyes snapped wide open before he shot up like a rocket. "I'm awake!"
"Good. It's 8:00 am, and we have a very busy day ahead of us. With mentor's permission, while he's away, we need to get everything we need for the welcome dinner. And before you ask, yes, Antonio, we can get ice-cream at Joe's."
"Yes! Gracious, Emily," exclaimed Antonio, excited. Emily giggled. Just then, a thought appeared in Jayden's mind, and he frowned. "Wait...when exactly is your cousin coming again?"
"Her flight is delayed. She was supposed to come at ten this morning but instead, she will be here by noon."
"Is she coming alone or with friends?"
"She said that she is bringing a few of her friends. Don't worry though. They're staying at the Maximum Hotel, and it's not far from the dojo either. It's about a ten-minute drive from the dojo. They will be a bit jet lagged, so the dinner will be tomorrow. It will give them a chance to just rest and get settled. I do plan on giving her a visit later tonight though. And no need to worry about the food. I got everything under control. Oh, which reminds me, where's the box of decorations you let me keep hidden in here." Emily turned to get ready but tripped on Jayden's Lionzord and fell. She yelped as she tried to stop the fall only to drag a box full of decorations down with her.
"Um...a little help," she said, embarrassed. Jayden and Antonio shook their heads and helped Emily up, untangling her from the decor. "Thanks, guys. Now, let's get ready to go. Remember, we got a big day ahead of us. Let's start off by picking up those fish you always talked about, Antonio."
"Yea, mi amigos! Let's do it!" exclaimed Antonio as he danced around the room. Then he started to sing, "Uno, dos, tres, cuatro..."
Suddenly, Jayden covered his mouth with his hand. "Quiet!" he hissed, "Do you want to wake Mia up and have her cook her PB&J oatmeal?" "Oops," replied Antonio, sheepishly.
While Antonio, Jayden, and Emily went shopping, Mia woke up and checked the clock. Seeing how late it was, she quickly got dressed and, knowing that Kevin was not in his room, went to look for him. After a couple hours of looking for him, she had finally found him training downtown.
"Come on, Kev. We are going to be late. We were supposed to pick up Emily's cousin at the airport an hour ago."
"Calm down, Mia. Emily texted me saying her cousin's plane got delayed. It should be landing at noon which in exactly in an hour."
"Well come on, Kev. Let's at least get Mike and be there on time for when Emily's cousin gets off the plane with her friends. Speaking of which, where is Mike?"
"He left a note on his bed saying he went to get his skateboard fixed after the incident with, and I quote, 'Emily's clumsiness'."
"Oh, Mike," said, Mia, exasperated, "well, let's go, Kev." After a while of driving in silence towards the skateboard shop, Mia spoke up. "You know, I can't help but think that I have heard of this girl before."
"You mean besides of four months of Emily talking and planning this visit for her cousin?" Mia let out a laugh.
"Yeah, but there's something familiar about her cousin...like we all should know her."
"What's her cousin's name?"
"I believe Emily said that her cousin's name was Kira...Kira Ford."
"Well, from what Emily has said, her cousin is twenty years old and has never visited Japan before. She grew up in California and moved to New York after she graduated from high school. This is her first time visiting Emily in two years. Besides, isn't Kira also a singer-songwriter who made her debut sometime last year. I think Mike actually used to blast her songs all the time."
"Yeah, I guess you're right," said Mia, and not taking her eyes off the road, kissing Kevin on the cheek. "But still…"