Author's Notes: This idea struck me today at 4:00 in the morning while I was studying, and I was like this idea is too good to pass up on. So I decided to create a little sister for Kevin. Anyway, this is my very first Power Rangers Samurai fic so please be gentle with me, I am still learning how to write for this fandom.
Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers Samurai, they're owned by Saban. I do own Maya though.
Chapter One: You have a little sister?!
"Yes, I understand that she is coming to town to look for colleges but….I know it'd be a great time to bond with her…fine mom I'll make sure that I'll keep an eye on her. When is she coming?"
Kevin sighed as he leaned against the wall of the kitchen in Shiba house as he spoke with his mother on the phone. He did not normally mind calls from his parents since he didn't talk to them often, but what worried him was the fact that he would be looking after his younger sister for a whole week while she was looking at the colleges in the area. Not that he minded but his younger sister was often more trouble than she was worth.
"Ok, I'll call when Maya gets here," Hanging up the phone, he shook his head, he was reduced to babysitter, which would interfere with his duties as a samurai, While he always been trained in the way of the samurai his little sister was free to live a normal life. Which at times he envied her freedom.
"Hey Kev, who was on the phone," Mia entered the kitchen; she had finished training and was planning to cook for everyone.
"It was my mother," Kevin sighed audibly. "Apparently my younger sister is going to be visiting and well…she's a little bit of a troublemaker."
"Isn't she the one in the picture that you keep by your bed?" Mia giggled softly as she had seen Kevin look at the picture every morning before he began training. "You must have a great relationship with her if you worry so much."
"That's the thing, my sister isn't that keen on following the samurai way, our parents made it hard for us to really spend any time together but whenever she needed me I'd always protect her." Kevin smiled at the fond memories, his days of keeping his sister safe from anyone that picked on her. He did hold that near and dear to his heart, which is, what often kept him going whenever he went into battle as a samurai ranger.
"I think your sister will appreciate how much you care," Mia smiled. "In honor of your sister's visit I'll make something special."
"No!" Kevin shook his head but quickly changed his mind and said. "I mean I was hoping to take Maya to her favorite restaurant as a way to formally introduce all of you to her."
"I see, that sounds great." Mia smiled and left the kitchen as she called out to Emily telling her of the plans.
Once alone again Kevin reached into his pocket pulling out a photo, he glanced at it and smiled softly. His little sister might've changed a lot since he had last seen her but what worried him the most was now that she was older that he'd have to watch over her carefully just like an older brother should.
"Ok, the Shiba house is this way right?"
Walking down the docks a young girl with shoulder length hair tied in two low pigtails wearing a blue dress with a matching hat looked around the area; she had gotten off the bus at the terminal nearby and was trying to find her way around the city. Her mother had given her specific directions before she left but it was hopeless due to the fact she had a bad sense of direction. Normally she would have called her brother for help but she knew he was probably busy with samurai training. Looking around the docks, she caught sight of a young fisherman preparing his fishing lines. Nodding she rushed over to ask him for directions.
"Excuse me," She tapped him on the shoulder hoping he would help her.
The young man turned around and smiled gently at the young girl. "What can I do for you, pretty lady?"
Maya blushed, but quickly shook the thought away and looked up at the young man. "Hi, I was hoping you could help me. I'm trying to find the Shiba house but I think I'm lost."
The eyes of the young man lit up as he heard the name of the place where the girl was headed. "I know where that is, are you visiting someone there?"
"Yes, I'm going to see my big brother Kevin," Maya said with a giggle. "Do you know him?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I was on my way there after I finish fishing," The young man held out a hand. "I'm Antonio Garcia."
"Oh, I'm Maya Thomas, and I'm guessing you must be a samurai too if you know my brother." Maya looked at the fishing equipment a moment. "But wait, you don't look like one, are you the fishing samurai?"
Antonio laughed. "You could say that, but I'm more along the line of the light samurai."
"I see," Shaking her head Maya giggled. "well I think a fishing Samurai can be fun too, So if you are one then how come you're not training with them?"
"You see I train on my own," Antonio explained, he turned back to resume fishing. However, he would look over at Maya who was watching him curiously. "Would you like to try?"
"Fishing?" Maya tilted her head to the side but decided to give it a try at least long enough til they went to the Shiba house. "Ok."
"She's running late," Kevin paced around the room as he tried to stop worrying so much about his little sister but at the same time, he didn't want to go out and search for her only to have her turn up at the Shiba house right after he left.
"Maybe she ran into some friends?" Emily suggested. "You said your sister could make friends easily with anyone."
"That's the thing," Kevin said. "My mother told Maya to come straight here as soon as she got off the bus, but it's been at least two hours since her bus arrived and she still hasn't shown up here yet."
"We can go out and look for her," Mike said. "Your sister is probably sightseeing and lost track of time, maybe if we go into town we can find her."
"Good idea," Kevin stood up as the door opened and Antonio walked in carrying Maya who was soaking wet. "Maya! Antonio what did you do?"
"It wasn't his fault," Maya said giggling nervously. "I was at the docks learning to fish and then I ended up leaning too far over and fell into the water."
"Maya, you know you can't swim," Kevin said he walked over taking his sister from Antonio. "What if you were alone when that happened? You wouldn't have lived to tell what happened."
"Kevin, don't be so strict," Maya said with a pout. "I was saved by Antonio and he's really nice to carry me all the way here, even though we didn't catch any fish."
Kevin sighed shaking his head. "Did you thank Antonio for saving you?" he asked.
"Oh that's right," Maya climbed out of Kevin's arms and walked over to Antonio, looking up at him and said. "Thanks for saving me Antonio," leaning up she kissed him on the cheek.
"You're welcome," Antonio said blushing.
"Geez, Maya you don't kiss someone you just met," Kevin grabbed her by the hand and pulled her out of the room.
"So, I take you two hit it off well?" Jayden noted as he saw his friend was blushing red.
"She's a golden girl," Antonio said with a smile. "She's really talkative and really liked learning to fish; we would've caught a lot had she not fallen into the lake, but it was my fault when I didn't grab the line in time to stop the fish from dragging her off."
"A fish drug her off?" Mike asked in surprise. "Dude that had to be one tough fish to pull a full grown girl off the dock."
"Yeah but," Antonio fell silent again and blushed touching the side of his face where he had been kissed. "She's really sweet and I think she'll be fun to hang out with."
"If Kevin lets you," Jayden said. "He's very overprotective of Maya, and won't let just anyone be alone with her."
"He'll be ok with it," Antonio said.
Kevin dried his sister's hair off as they sat in his room, he sighed in annoyance removing the towel from her head. "Maya, I thought mom told you to come straight here after you got off the bus."
"I was on my way to do that but I got lost," Maya crossed her arms over her chest turning away. "And I did like you always told me, to stop and ask for directions; luckily the fishing samurai helped me."
"So instead of just getting directions, you stayed with him all day?" Kevin questioned.
"Of course, I didn't want him to stop what he was doing just to help me find my way here," Maya said as she yelped out when Kevin began taking her hair down from the pigtails. "Hey, don't do that!"
"Your hair needs to be dried fully or else you'll get sick," Kevin said he rubbed the towel through her hair and finished as he walked over to his closet opening it, pulling out one of his training outfits and tossing it to his sister. "Put these dry clothes on and I'll go put this in the wash."
"Fine," Maya poked her tongue at her brother as he shut the door behind him, he frowned. "Geez, he didn't need to make a federal case of it."
Throwing Maya's dress in the washing machine Kevin sighed as he made a note to call his parents to let them know that Maya had gotten there safely. Though he had to admit while he was glad his sister had gotten there safely thanks to Antonio; With a sigh, he began leaving the room, his mind was focused more on keeping Maya safe at least long enough til she went back home.
"Kevin," Maya called out energetically as she bounded over to him in the hallway. "I was wondering where you had gone, I was staring to wonder if you were gonna be alone and try to figure out a way to keep me from nearly hurting myself."
"Maya, you've been here for two hours and got into trouble," Kevin said shaking his head. "Not to mention you endangered one of the samurai rangers by nearly drowning."
"It was a foot of water," Maya said with a pout. "I wouldn't have drowned, and besides as I said before I had Antonio to help me, right when I fell in he dove in and saved me."
"I still think it was a stupid idea for you to even stop to fish," Kevin snapped. "Just because you are carefree about everything does not give you the choice to just go around like a tourist."
"Fine, I'm sorry for being myself," Maya said glaring. "It won't happen again, big brother."
"Are you trying to be cute?" Kevin asked noticing the smirk on her face.
"No, I know I'm cute."
With that Maya skipped away and headed to the living room where the other Samurai rangers sat. She giggled and waved happily. "Hi, I know we all didn't meet properly but from what my brother has told you, I'm the sister who's always giving him grey hairs because I apparently can't take care of myself but don't worry he's wrong about that ninety percent of the time."
"Maya!" Kevin shouted glaring.
"What, it's true dear brother," Maya said she sat down next to Mike and looked around the room. "I think I know most of you cause in Kevin's letters he normally talks all about samurai training, but he does mention a lot of you including Mia, I think he has a crush on her."
"Maya, isn't it time for you to go get ready for dinner?" Kevin asked.
"Why I wanna talk to your friends and besides you shouldn't be so shy about your Mia love," Maya began giggling watching Kevin turn a whole new shade of red. "Ha, admit it, you love Mia!"
"Stop it, Maya," Kevin said blushing more.
"Kevin and Mia sitting in a tree," Maya began she stopped her teasing when she saw Mike. "Hey, you're green right? I think that's cool because it's my favorite color and cause you have a good sense of humor, that's what Kevin says in his letters, he really thinks you're funny."
"He thinks I'm funny?" Mike asked he looked at Kevin and said. "Ha, I knew I'd win you over!"
"And, he says that Jayden's really awesome as a samurai leader," Maya said brightly. "Which is why he trains every day to make sure that he lives up to your expectations."
"What does he say about me?" Emily asked.
"He says you're sweet and that you're always there to help everyone," Maya explained. "In his letters, he didn't mention that you have such pretty hair, can you teach me how to do that?"
Emily nodded. "Alright, you're staying with Mia and me anyway." She said.
"Really? I get to bunk with pink and yellow?" Maya squealed out. "This is so cool, I can't wait to stay up all night gabbing about which boys are the cutest!"
"Maya true samurai doesn't stay up late," Kevin said. "You'll be sleeping at the same time as everyone else, your planning to go look at colleges right?"
"Yes," Maya made a face; she looked up and made eye contact with Antonio. "But you know Kevin; I thought you didn't want me to be alone, so maybe you should let someone go with me?"
"You're right," Kevin said he saw the person that Maya was looking at and said. "But I will choose who you go with."
"No need, I don't want the others to be distracted by me," Maya said. "So I want Antonio to take me tomorrow, after all, you did say you trusted him more than anyone in your letters."
Kevin went silent and nodded. "Fine," he went silent when Ji walked into the room.
"Kevin your mother just called and told me to ask you if Maya is here." Ji went silent when he saw Maya sitting with the others.
"Mentor!" Maya squealed happily leaping up, she hugged Ji and giggled. "Eek, you are much nicer in person, Kevin says you're strict but you look like a nice person!"
Ji stared in shock at the younger girl but hugged her. "It's nice to see you, Maya," he said. "I take it Kevin has shown you around already?"
"Well not really," Maya said with a pout. "Will you show me around the house? Unless you're too busy."
"I can show you," Ji said he took Maya's hand and began showing her around.
"Your little sister is full of energy," Jayden said shaking his head. "I've never seen mentor like this since I was a kid."
"It'll be good that she can depend on more than one person," Kevin said with a sigh, he looked up at Antonio and said. "Antonio, you're going to take my sister out tomorrow but I want you to promise me that you'll keep an eye on her, she's my only sister, and I don't want anything to happen to her."
"You can count on me," Antonio said with a smile. "She'll be with the golden tour guide; I won't let her miss anything."
"And keep her away from the docks, she can't swim," Kevin said. "And I don't want a repeat of what happened today."
"Don't worry Kev, I'll keep her safe," Antonio promised.
Author's Notes: ^^; my first Power Rangers Samurai fic and I think I wrote it well…I really wanted to do a story like this since I had the idea floating in my head for a couple of weeks now and I thought it'd be fun to introduce a little sister for Kevin. That and cause I see him as the big brother type who's overprotective. I am still working on her personality and how the other characters will view her. However, one thing is for certain she'll be with Antonio in the end; anyway thanks for reading!
