Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers: (Super) Samurai. This is purely fan-made.

Jayden couldn't sleep knowing Ji wasn't home. He blamed his worries on the fact that they had been through quite a bit. Though they hid it well, so as not to freak out the town, they still carried the scars from their doubles, and from Nighlok Kevin.

Truth be told, bubbling deep down inside him, he didn't like the thought of Ji seeing another girl. Whether it was a one night stand, or a long-time relationship, it was inappropriate. Ji was a Samurai mentor. His one and only focus needed to be caring for the Samurai. Jayden couldn't imagine someone on the team getting hurt, and Ji not being around to care for them because he was on a date with the mystery girl. The team could die because he couldn't keep it in his pants. Jayden knew it was a bit of an exaggeration, but he felt that wasn't far from the reality.

He checked the clock in the living room and saw it was three in the morning. With a sigh, he shook his head and decided enough was enough. He headed to bed, but he didn't sleep.

-Samurai-

When morning came, Jayden looked and felt like a zombie. An angry zombie. He made Terran cry just by looking at the little boy, and made Emily switch to the other side of the breakfast table.

"What?" he asked her when she got up to move. She shook her head and shrugged.

"I can see the TV better from here," Emily gestured to the TV, where the morning cartoons were playing for Terran, but he was too busy screaming from the sight of his seemingly undead uncle.

"Jay, go back to bed," Serena told him when she saw he looked dead tired… mostly dead.

"No," Jayden refused to take orders, "Time for fun is over. Everyone outside in five minutes. We need to get back to our routine."

"Uh, Jay, if you haven't noticed, there's a farm outside that needs…"

"Everyone. Outside. Training. Five," Jayden snatched a piece of toast from Emily's plate and made his way outside to get started on his lesson.

"He didn't get much sleep last night," Antonio explained, hoping he could earn his boyfriend a little sympathy, seeing as Jayden was failing to do so for himself. "I heard him up and about until the early hours of the morning last night. Probably waiting for Ji."

"Who still isn't home," Emily whispered and then pointed across the table, where her big bear was sitting on one of the chairs, "but Big Bear can oversee training today."

"Your challenge will be carrying Big Bear," Serena's laugh was cut short as the doorknob rattled and the door opened slowly. All eyes watched as Ji tried to sneak home. Everyone crossed their arms over their chest and had a look of disappointment. When Ji saw he was caught, he tried to search his brain for an answer.

"Traffic?"

"Sit down," Serena gestured to the chair at the table. Ji sighed and took a seat. Emily glared at him and shook her head.

"Where were you, mister?" she asked.

"I met up with an old friend last night…"

"Was she pretty?"

Ji's jaw dropped: busted, "How did you know?"

"Nothing happens in this town that we don't know about," Emily smirked and looked over to Serena for confirmation. The older Earth Samurai nodded her head. Emily turned her attention back to Ji, "Now, I have no problem with you having a fun time and catching up with old friends, however, in this house, if you are not going to be home on time, you must call."

"She's heard mom and dad give me this speech several times," Serena whispered to Mia and the boys, who were trying to hold back a laugh as their youngest gave their mentor the talk about being responsible. "I'd say she's got it down pat."

"Emily…" Ji started but Emily held up a hand and shook her head, silencing him.

"I know you're getting older, and I can understand you want your freedom and your independence, but we are a family. The rules aren't just in place to keep us safe. We have rules so we know to be respectful of others. This isn't your world, Ji. You're a Samurai mentor. You have little eyes watching you. You need to constantly remind yourself to set a good example. Am I understood?"

"Yes," Ji lowered his head and decided to just go with whatever was going on now.

Emily nodded her head and pointed to the door, "Good. Now, we have a list full of chores that need to be done before sundown. I don't want to hear any complaints that you're tired or that you had a long night. Self-inflicted pain gets no sympathy from me or from the rest of the team. Next time you meet up with this friend of yours, maybe you won't forget to bring a watch. Chickens are waiting, mister."

Ji breathed a heavy sigh, got up from the table and grabbed a steel bucket before heading out the door to get started on his list of chores for the day. Emily got up from the table and took her plate to the sink.

"That takes care of that for now," she looked over her shoulder at the other Samurai, "Tonight, I think someone needs to give him the talk. If he's going to be spending the night with pretty girls, we'll need to make sure he knows exactly what he's setting himself up for. The last thing we need is another Serena incident."

"You labelled it the Serena Incident?" Serena crossed her arms and did not look happy, "Seriously?"

"I could have said the last thing we need is another Terran," Emily shrugged, "but he's so cute, I wouldn't mind if he multiplied."

"I would," Serena shook her head, "I'm glad there's just one of him. Two kids, no drugs, freezing cold snow… no, thank you."

"You know, I'd like to meet the girl who kept Ji out all night," James mused, "I mean, the man walks around in a kimono. He's pretty dedicated to this Samurai thing. The girl's got to be pretty amazing to distract him for a full night."

"Hmm," Mike nodded and scratched his chin, "It would be interesting. I never imagined Ji ever getting a girl."

The door swung open and slammed against the wall, taking the Rangers' attention away from Ji and over to Jayden, who seemed furious no one was outside training with him.

"Five minutes were up a long time ago," Jayden growled, "For that, all of you are doing laps around the farm until you collapse."

"But first, we appease the walking dead," Kevin groaned, "C'mon, team, we've got our work cut out for us today."