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Spike's New Start

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JellyBean Productions

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Chapter I - Bye Spike

This is the second story in the 'Earth's Defenders' Series. This will be much shorter than Megaforce United, around four chapters. I will return to writing Megaforce United after writing this story.

This fanfic will have a much more mature Spike in it as well as a AU ending to the Super Samurai Season. It will start after 'Fight Fire With Fire'. When Skull returns to pick up Spike he reveals a secret, a secret which gives Spike a chance to be something greater that he ever thought he could be. This fanfic will contain a Spike/Mia pairing.

-Samurai-

(Panorama Cafe)

In a bustling cafe, Josh 'Spike' Skullovitch sat at a table sipping on a cola with dejected look on his face.

Spike as set his drink down, he couldn't help but think about a blonde-haired girl around his age he been staring at the day before. When she realised what he was doing she come over to him and given him a verbal assault, telling he was weird and creepy. He could only vaguely remember her friend had been calling her - Gia.

She was right, he was creepy and weird. He'd begun to wonder why his father had sent him here, to learn from Uncle Bulk. He now knew that was not the case.

Spike took another sip of his cola and looked up at the news on the TV. It was saying how the Red Ranger was suddenly female.

Spike sighed and cast eyes on the other patrons of the cafe. They landed upon a oriental girl clad in pink - Mia. He had formed a crush on her from the second he saw her. But he now knew she was out of his league, she was about twenty-two and he was sixteen.

From where he was sat he could just hear their conversation.

"I can't believe Jayden upped and left like that," said Mia.

"It's not like him," agreed he friend, Emma, Emily? Spike wasn't quite sure what she was called.

At that moment Mia just so happened to look his way. Spike's eyes widened and darted away. But the damaged was done. Mia quickly said something to her friend, stood up and began to walk his way.

"Hey Spike," said Mia as she slid into a seat across from him.

"Hi," muttered Spike, staring at his drink, mentally reprimanding himself. Now he was going to get shouted at again.

"I was just wondering if you wanted to come over and sit with me and my friend?" asked Mia.

Anger rose in Spike's body, pity, that's all. She wasn't interested in him, she pitied him. Besides who would like him, awkward and weird him.

"I don't need your pity," growled Spike, his grip on the glass in his hand increasing.

"What?" said Mia, confused.

"I said I don't need you pity!" shouted Spike, losing his temper.

"I wasn't-" started Mia.

"Don't lie!" interrupted Spike, "Pity's all I get!"

"I was just trying to-" defended Mia.

"No! I understand," cut off Spike as he stood up, "No girl could ever like me, I the weird kid in the corner!"

Spike slammed the money for his cola on the table and pulled his leather jacket on over his red t-shirt.

"I like you!" admitted Mia.

"Stop with the pity!" said Spike. He than proceed to turn away and walk towards the exit.

"Bye Spike!" called Mia as he reached the door. Spike pulled it open as a lone tear ran down his face. He stepped through and shut it behind him. He took a breath and set off back to his Uncle Bulk's house.

Back in the cafe Emily sat down in Spike's recently vacated seat, across from an upset looking Mia.

"I can't believe how lowly he thinks of himself," said Mia sadly.

Emily nodded.

"I really though I could get through to him, I really did like him," whispered Mia.

The two rangers stood up and walked out of the cafe, heading back to the Shiba House and their lives as Rangers.

-Samurai-

(Bulk's House)

As Spike trudged in through the front door he could tell some thing was off. He walked quickly over to the lounge door and opened it. He was met with the sight of his Uncle Bulk and his father, Eugene 'Skull' Skullovitch, dressed in an expensive looking suit.

"Hey Spike!" said Skull as he stood up and pulled his son into a hug. He wasn't surprised when Spike hugged back, Skull hadn't seem his son in nearly two years, he'd sure grown a lot.

"Hey!" said Spike.

"How are you?" asked Skull.

"I'm fine," replied Spike, "Am I going home?"

"Yes," answered Skull, "Your mother and I feel it's not safe in Panorama City due to all these Nighlok attacks."

"Nighlok?" questioned Bulk.

"The monsters that are terrorising the city," explained Skull.

"Oh!" uttered Bulk.

"Okay, let me pack my things," said Spike excited to be going home, maybe this could be a new start for him. Spike bolted up the stairs and into his room. He ran around his room, collecting and packing his possessions. He was pleased that he was all packed in under 15 minutes.

Dragging his case down the stairs he saw that his father was on his phone in the hallway, probably speaking to the driver, telling them to pick them up. As an professional pianist Spike's father was very rich and influential.

"The driver's just arrived," informed Skull as Bulk walked out of the lounge, with a dejected look on his face.

"It's okay," said Spike, "I'm sure I can come and visit sometime, can't I."

Skull nodded, with a oddly knowing look on his face as he stepped forward as opened the front door.

"Time to go," said Skull as the driver, Geoffrey, came in and picked up Spike's case. Then both Spike and Skull gave Bulk a hug, the latter of whom cried the whole way throughout.

When Geoffrey had finished loading the limo, which Spike thought was a bit extravagant, the father and son climbed in, with one final look at Bulk, who was stood in the doorway. Geoffrey also climbed in and started the limo.

As the limo pulled away Bulk said, "Bye Spike!"

-Samurai-

Just to clear this up Spike is 16 and Mia is 17, I know these are probably not canon but are true for the purposes of my story. Anyway I hope to have Chapter 2 up soon.