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The sun shone high in the clear blue sky making everything seem brighter; the only sounds that could be heard were the shouts and grunts coming from the little dojo in the forest.
"Good job Kevin, don't let your opponent get the upper hand, Mike, you need to try harder, you can't survive on just dodging and letting your friends pick up your slack" Mentor Ji shouted as Kevin and Mike sparred.
"I wish Mentor would go easy on Mike, he hasn't been himself lately" Emily said to the other rangers as they watched.
"A distracted samurai is a dead samurai, Mike needs to focus and I guess this is Mentor's way of getting Mike to realise this" Jayden said watching the way the two males fought.
"It is obvious something is bothering him" Mia said with concern in her voice.
"So he's got a secret eh? I think I know how to get it out of him" Antonio said before sneaking away leaving the yellow, red and pink ranger to exchange worried glances before getting up to follow him.
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"This is your great plan? Go through his things? This is invasion of privacy" Mia said worried.
"Oh come on Mia, like you don't want to know what his secret is, what if he has a crush on you, or me…or Jayden" Emily said with an excited giggle.
Jayden blushed at the comment but managed to hide it. Don't get your hopes up, she was just making a joke he thought to himself as he went through the drawer next to his bed. He looked down and saw the corner of a book sticking out from the mattress, he was about to pick it up when the sound of Mike's bedroom door opening made everyone freeze.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM? GET OUT!" Mike yelled causing everyone to scurry like mice out of the room, but not before Jayden was able to grab the book and hide it in his clothes without Mike knowing.
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Antonio, Jayden, Mia, Kevin and Emily were in the sitting room looking at the book on the table. Mike had gone to take a nap whilst Mentor Ji was meditating. "Should we?" Emily asked looking around at the other rangers.
"As I said before, it's an invasion of privacy, what would you say if you found out someone stole your diary, let alone your own team mates?" Mia said, concern evident in her voice.
"Well I think we should, we are a team and teams don't keep secrets from each other" Kevin said before getting a roomful of warning glares he looked next to him to see Jayden with his head bowed then it clicked. "Sorry Jayden, I didn't mean it like that, I just want to know what Mike's secret is" Kevin said quickly.
"It's ok Kevin, you're right, I shouldn't have kept a secret but never mind that now, are we going to do this?" Jayden said looking at the green book titled 'Mike's Diary'.
"Yes, yes we are" Antonio said picking up the book and opening to the last page that had writing on it "March 3rd 2011, Dear Diary, I don't know how much longer I can last, I've been trying to keep a straight face but I just can't, I love Mia dearly" Antonia said as he read from the diary.
"I knew it!" Emily said before Antonio could read any further.
"Actually no Emily, listen, I love Mia dearly, but her food is terrible, I don't want to say anything because she tries so hard and everyone can see how happy she is when we eat her, for lack of a better word, food but I am afraid I am going to get food poisoning, I was thinking about getting her a cook book for her birthday but I don't know if she'll take it as a complement or an insult" Antonio said as he looked up to see everyone giving him evil looks or Mia concerned ones.
"Is it true guys? Do you hate my cooking?" Mia said looking at the rangers. There was a long silence before Kevin and Emily nodded whilst Jayden shrugged his shoulders "thank goodness" Mia said with relief, to which everyone gave her confused looks. "I hate cooking, I only did it once because I was trying to be nice and then when Kevin said he liked it I thought I might try to cook for you guys as well but now I don't have to worry about the stress" Mia said with a smile.
"Ok continuing on" Antonio said before turning his attention back to the book "Kevin is so annoying, I get it he is better than me, he takes being a samurai seriously and I don't, what makes him think he knows what's going on in my life, it's my birthday in a week and no one has said anything about it and it is not like how we planned Emily's surprise birthday, I've seen them all together, not whispering or making plans just laughing and not even bothering to ask me to join them, they keep saying we're a team but it's like they're the team and I'm just the bench warmer who only goes in when there is no other choice, I tried cutting myself again, I don't feel the physical pain any more but the emotional is still there. Maybe we should stop" Antonio said. He looked up and everyone looked like they were on fire.
"This was dated on the 3rd right?" Jayden asked panicked.
"Yeah, why?" Antonio asked confused.
"His birthday is on the 7th as in tomorrow the 7th, we forgot his birthday!" Emily said hands clasped over her mouth in shock.
"No wonder he seems distracted, how can we forget his birthday?" Mia said tears forming in her eyes "he is cutting himself and we forgot his birthday, two incredibly big times that he needs us and we have done nothing but criticize everything he does"
"It's ok, it's only three now, we can go down and get stuff and make it look like we knew all along, Antonio, you, Emily and I will go get everything for tomorrow, Kevin and Mia, keep Mike occupied and try to get the diary back under his bed" Jayden said as he was about to leave.
"Wait" Kevin said stopping everyone "What do we say when he asks where you are?"
"Never mind about that now, we need to get everything ready, Just distract him whilst we're gone, this is going to be the best last minute surprise party ever" Jayden said as he left with new energy, he was going to do everything he could to make tomorrow the best for his secret crush.
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Mike woke up and looked at his wrists, thanks to the fact that his skin was bronze you could hardly see the long scars running down his arms or the little J carved where his pulse was. He looked at his clock and saw that it was 5:28 pm and knew that dinner would be served soon. He remembered the way he yelled at the other rangers when he caught them in his room and sighed, he knew he would have to be the one to apologise for going off because they would all stick together and say that he shouldn't have reacted the way he did.
Mike opened his door and he could hear Kevin and Mia talking about the nighlock they had fought the other day. When he walked into the sitting room he saw the blue ranger and the pink ranger but no one else "where is everyone?" Mike asked looking around.
"They went to get some stuff for Mentor Ji, they should be back soon" Mia said getting up and walking to Mike "sorry for being in your room earlier, I didn't want to we were just trying to find out why you've been so distracted lately, do you want to talk about it?"
"Nah, just tired thanks anyway Mia" Mike said feeling a little better.
"Hey Mike, Antonio has placed cameras around the dojo again can you help me find them and get rid of them?" Kevin asked walking towards the kitchen.
"Sure" Mike said following whilst Mia snuck back and hid the book under Mike's bed, glad to finally be rid of it.
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"Crap, we forgot to find out what he wants for his birthday" Jayden said alarmed.
"Well, he likes games, what one does he like?" Emily said looking at the map directory for a game store.
"I...I...I have no idea" Antonio said thinking hard.
"Wait it's that one with the bear and ninja right?" Jayden said trying to remember.
"I'll call Mia, maybe there is something in his diary" Emily said dialling Mia "Hey Mia we don't know what to get Mike, can you check the diary...I know you don't like doing this but it's for Mike…ok I'll wait…Mia? Hello...What?...that's it?…well that's cute…who would've thought Mike would be into that…I guess and that does explain…I know right-"
"EMILY! What does he want?" Jayden said getting annoyed.
"Bye Mia, well I know what to get him" Emily said running off to the store.
That's chapter one please R&R, flames are welcome because then I can spread my evil out to the world. Also don't know when Mike's birthday is so I made up a random one.