Morphinominal
By KnightMysterio
All characters save for my originals copyrighted to their original owners and used without permission for non-profit amusement purposes. Takes place before Lord Zedd's arrival and before the Phoenix Mountain arc.
Tokyo Airport…+++
"We thank you for flying Tokyo Air! We hope you enjoyed your flight and will fly with us again!" said a disgustingly cheerful voice in Japanese as the six Americans came off the plane, giving the loudspeaker a disgusted look.
"'We hope you enjoyed your flight,'" said a lanky young black man in a black t-shirt and jean shorts, his voice dripping with sarcasm, "Screaming babies, lousy food, a bad movie… And I swear that guy next to me was sweating chicken grease…"
"It could have been worse, Zack," said a tall, athletic man in green, brushing his ponytail off his shoulders. He dropped his voice several octaves and whispers, "Rita could have attacked."
Zack shook his head. "Thank goodness for small favors…" he muttered, "Still can't believe that we got talked into this exchange student program…"
"If you're worried about Angel Grove," said a tall young man in red, "Don't be. My guess is that Angel Grove was only ever threatened because we were there. We'll most likely have to deal with Rita and her monsters even here."
"That's not the most comforting thought I've had today, Jason," said a slender young woman in pink.
"Try this then, Kimberly," said a slightly out of shape young man with glasses, "We have a chance to learn about another culture, to gain knowledge and experience to help better ourselves."
"Speaking of shortcuts to learning," said the ponytailed young man in green, "You DID bring the universal translators Zordon made with you, didn't you Billy?"
Billy shook his head, sighing. "I still don't see why you asked me to bring them, Tommy. After all, how can you learn if…"
"We're going to be here for a year, Billy," said Zack, "Trini's the only one of us that speaks Japanese, and I don't intend to look like a fool lookin' up words in a book when I can't bring her with me somewhere."
"Zack's ranting aside," said their sixth companion, an Asian woman in dark yellow clothes with an amused expression on her face, "It would be simpler to have them."
Billy rolled his eyes and sighed. "Very well. They're in my suitcase. C'mon, let's go to the baggage claim."
The six of them walked over to the baggage claim, chatting idly. While they waited for their suitcases to come down the line, Billy gave them a quick lesson on what honorifics to use and when, as well as some basic cultural notes.
After a moment, Kimberly asked, "Hey, what school are we going to, anyway?"
Billy thought for a moment, and pulled out a slip of paper in the pocket of his blue coveralls. "Ah, here we go. We're going to Furinkan High School, in the Nerima district."
Jason nodded. "What about living arrangements?"
"My great-aunt on my father's side lives in Nerima. She's agreed to let us all stay with her in exchange for helping out around the house," Trini said.
"Sounds reasonable," Tommy said.
Trini nodded. "Also, apparently there's a dojo nearby. The Tendo Training Hall."
"Excellent," Jason and Tommy said, trading high fives.
"It'd be nice to have a little normalcy before Rita finds us again," Kimberly said.
Somewhere, an irony god started laughing uproariously.