Author's Note: So, guys, I am currently at London Film and Comic Con for the Turbo Reunion. I have already met Catherine, Nakia, Johnny and Blake, meeting JDF tomorrow. In the meantime, I am quickly updating this chapter as I am currently bored, I am glad you all enjoyed the first chapter. Yes, it was a change, but Casey's arc was a bit repetitive to Aliyah's overall story, and bringing her in mid-poison arc was too good of an opportunity to pass up.

Dedications: Thank you to the following: Songheart29, Grapejucie101, BigBangVIP, Paul-leymanGuy1989, Weathergirl17248, ZyudenSentaiKyroyugerisawesome, Star-The-Writer, Thunderyoshi and Taiski for adding this story their alerts.

Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended in the making of this series. I simply own my OCs and anything that is unrecognizable about from the show. Power Rangers belongs to Saban although Jungle Fury was created by Disney.

Warning: Rated T for safety


Title: Destiny Fulfilled

Summary: After the death of a Pai Zhuq master, Aliyah and Tyler are called to Ocean Bluff to help deal with the resurrected remains of Dai Shi. But as usual, Aliyah is anything but happy, be it life or death, she is determined to make this ranger team her last.


Aliyah yawned as she watched Casey and Lily attempt to overthrow Theo. The two seemed to be struggling big time whilst Theo hadn't even broken a sweat yet.

"Come on," Theo whined. "Is this the best you can do?"

"Stop your jabbering and just get out of it, already, if you can," Lilly said, clinging tightly to Theo's arm.

"If being the operative word here," Casey said.

"You've got to be kidding me," Aliyah said. "A first year ninja would be able to get out of that. You guys' aren't even trying."

"Like you could do any better," Casey puffed.

"Dude, I would've floored him by now," Aliyah said.

Casey rolled his eyes and then groaned as Theo kicked his foot out from beneath him, rolled him over his shoulder and threw him to the floor. Seconds later, Lily joined him.

"He got out of it," Casey groaned.

Aliyah snickered from her vantage point. "Told you so," she said, as Theo did a happy victory dance.

"Let's see you do better," Lily challenged.

"You don't want to go there," Aliyah said, shaking her head and standing.

"Why not?" Casey asked. "'Fraid to put your money where your mouth is?

Aliyah narrowed her eyes and jumped the barrier between her and the Pai Zhuq cubs. She wasn't that much taller than them, but she did have the advantage of looking down rather than up, like she did with most people - Cam, Conner and Hunter, for example.

Casey pulled himself up to his full height. Rebecca had warned him and the others that would was essential that they got on Aliyah's good side, but neither of them had truly taken her advice to heart, and after seeing Aliyah for the first time, they still didn't see her as much of a threat. But now, as she stood before him, Casey could feel the intimidation radiating off of her in waves. He gulped.

"Say that again," Aliyah said.

"'Fraid to -" Casey cut off as, within a flash, Aliyah had reached out, grabbed his wrist and twisted it behind his back. She held him tightly and knocked his knees out from behind him. He landed with a crash on his backside as Theo and Lily jumped to his defense.

Letting go of the tiger cub, Aliyah blocked a punch from Theo and jabbed Lily quickly in the stomach. Both Jaguar and Cheetah recoiled, but after catching second wind dived for her again. Crawling a safe distance away, Casey made it back to his feet, shook out the pain in his wrist and dove back into the ruckus to try and help.

But they were no match for the ninja warrior. Whether it was her ninja abilities, her ranger training or her ability to think quickly on her feet, Aliyah made short work of the cubs and stood proudly on the side of the training mat as the three lay in a pile in the centre.

Lifting his head, Casey glared at the brunette as she smirked.

"Don't say I didn't warn you," Aliyah said, walking out of the room.

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

Naja laughed as he held the three destroyed boxes that his fellow Rinshi had been encased in for years. "The idiots," he said. "Five a Fingers of Poison destroyed my mere children."

"I think it's rather funny," said Gakko. "For Rantipede, at least. A centipede has one hundred legs. He should have used a few of them to run away."

"You shouldn't mock a brother warrior, Gakko," Naja hissed..

"What? Is that sympathy I hear?" Gakko asked, wandering over. "Rantipede had his chance, and he lost. If it were me, we'd be celebrating a great victory right now."

"I'm sure we would," Naja said, looking to his brother.

Suddenly Gakko gasped and flipped over, landing on the ground at Naja's feet with a thud. "Whoa, what was that?" he asked, looking around for the culprit.

"Thanks for volunteering your services, Gakko," Camille said, appearing seemingly out of thin air. "Since you want it, you got it. The Rangers are all yours."

Gakko stood up quickly and bowed. "Thank you," he said, his outer shell disappearing and revealing his inner spirit. "I am grateful for this chance to show my superior abilities. I will wreak havoc on the tallest building, and when the Rangers come to the rescue, I will destroy them."

"We'll see, lizard," Camille said.

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

Casey shook his head as he watched Theo serve customers at the Jungle Karma Pizza restaurant. They had started working there on their first day out of the academy, and with RJ and Rebecca as their new masters; it seemed they would be there for quite some time.

"He's amazing," Tyler said, wandering over with a slice of pizza.

"That's Theo," Lily said, nodding in agreement. "When he does something, he does it better than anyone."

"Except sparring, from what I heard," Tyler said, biting into his pizza slice. "What?" he asked, noticing the looks on his team-mates faces. "You didn't actually think you could beat her, did you?" He scoffed. "Guys, Aliyah may have taken a few years to graduate the Lightning Ninja Academy, but it wasn't her fighting skills that held her back. You should've thought better before challenging her."

"Guys, make yourselves useful," Theo said, walking by. He grabbed a receipt from Fran and slapped it down onto booth one's table, walked to booth two and took their money and returned to the register. He jostled Fran aside and run up the order as RJ sidled over to the others.

"I wonder if he's the only employee I need?" RJ mused, impressed by what he was saying.

"Hey!" Casey, Lily and Fran yelled, turning on their boss.

"A joke," RJ replied, nervously. "It was a joke."

As the others chuckled along, Tyler rolled his eyes and demolished the last of his pizza. He hadn't even swallowed the crust when Aliyah burst through the doors leading to the pizza kitchens and rushed out of the JKP doors. The others frowned as, following the hasty exit of the white Ranger, their morphers beeped.

Throwing down their items, and ripping off their overalls, the four rangers bolted after their team-mate, leaving behind a very confused Fran and a slowly escaping RJ.

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

"Look at them run," Gakko cackled. "They look like ants. They know they're about to meet their end, and no one can save them."

"Think again, lizard lips," Aliyah yelled, running into view.

"How predictable you are," Gakko laughed, looking down at her. He jumped from the side of the building and landed on the ground, just as the others arrived. "What a joke!"

"Let's ranger up," Theo said, taking the lead. The others nodded and slid their sunglasses onto their face. It was strange for Tyler, who had only been a ranger once, to go from a cell-phone type morpher to a pair of sunglasses.

Aliyah, on the other hand, was staring at Gakko curiously. There was something about him that just didn't add up.

"Huh, Aliyah, are you with us?" Casey asked.

"You go ahead," Aliyah said, her gaze never wavering from Gakko. "I'll catch up."

Lily frowned and opened her mouth to reply, but was stopped by Tyler's hand on her shoulder. The yellow ranger sighed and raced off to fight Gakko along with the others.

"I got it!" Theo said, rushing in and aiming a punch for Gakko.

The poison blocked, and tossed Theo aside before setting his sights on Casey, Lily and Tyler. "Bring it, kiddies," he scoffed and walked towards them, batting aside their attacks like flies.

Casey groaned as he hit the ground hard, Lily rolled to a stop beside him and Tyler landed on his back a few feet away. The last poison hadn't been this tough to beat, he had been strong, yes, but it seem Gakko was a little stronger, even if he was vain about his power.

"Hey!" Theo shouted, jumping in to defend his friends. He held up his tonfas to deflect an attack. He rolled Gakko over and dived under his arms, but the poison still stood tall.

"C'mon!" Gakko yelled, turning to face the others. He noticed the white ranger standing behind the others, she had yet to morph and was still staring at him, almost analysing him. "What's the matter pretty, cat got your tongue?"

Aliyah scoffed. "Hardly," she snapped.

"With the spirit of the tiger - jungle chucks!" Casey yelled, jumping forward and firing several fire balls at Gakko using his nunchucks.

Gakko jumped into the air to avoid being hit, and landed on the side of a building again. "Come up here, kiddies!" he challenged.

"Come and fight on the ground, coward!" Casey yelled.

"What's the matter? Did you lose your roar?" Gakko asked. "You may be able to fight on the ground, Rangers, but on the side of a building, that's where real warriors battle."

"Fine! I'll come to you!" Casey shouted, holding up his nunchucks. He swept them around behind him and jumped into the air, but before he could become level with Gakko, the lizard kicked him out of the sky.

Lily gasped and run forward, reaching the red ranger as he hit the ground. "Are you OK?" she asked.

"Just a little sore," Casey replied. "How can we fight him up there?"

"Now, pay close attention," Gakko said. "Geckos have an uncanny ability to stick to anything they walk on."

Theo growled and held up his tonfas. "If you want to fight up there, tell you what - I'll bring it on."

Aliyah rolled her eyes as Theo kicked off from the ground and swept up towards Gakko. "Really?" she murmured, watching as the lizard kicked the blue ranger out of the skies, just as he had done the red. "Not even close."

"Apparently you have no stick-to-it-ness," Gakko said, holding up a shuriken. "Here, catch!" he threw the star at Theo, who had barely managed to grab onto the side of the building, and sent him crashing back down to the ground below.

"Theo!" Lily yelled, running towards her friend. She knelt beside him and helped him sit up, whilst Casey and Tyler stood before him.

"I'm clearly superior," Gakko said, folding his arms. "You're lucky, Rangers. Cause us no more problems, or I'll return and show you no mercy." He turned his back on the team and started to walk up, towards the roof. "Bye-bye."

"Another day, Ga- uh - what's that?" Casey asked, pointing at a disturbance on the side of the building.

Gakko groaned as something barreled into him, knocking him off of his feet and causing him to roll across the side of the building. Luckily for him his ability covered from head-to-toe and not just his feet, which meant he remained on the side of the building. "What was that?!" he growled, looking around for the source.

"Up here, lizard lips."

Gakko looked up to see Aliyah standing above him on the roof. He was surprised and a little curious to know how she had managed to get up there without alerting him, but he was angrier at that she had the audacity to attack him on his own turf.

"Don't make me come down there, Gakko," Aliyah warned.

"You think you're so tough," Gakko said, standing up. To Aliyah it was strange talking to him while he was hanging over the city, but she had seen enough strange things in her life to know this was only half. "You won't even morph."

"I don't need to morph to take you out," Aliyah said. "They may not have listened, but I sure did. Next time it is you that won't be so lucky."

Gakko laughed. "You cannot beat me on the side of a building," he said. "You're weak, just like your pathetic little friends."

"I wouldn't be so confident, Gakko," Aliyah said. "I have tricks up my sleeve that you don't know about, and an attack that will leave you feeling less than sticky."

Gakko snarled and quickly disappeared, leaving Aliyah staring down at the other Rangers, all of whom were licking their wounds.

"That went well," Tyler said, dropping his morph and turning to the others. They followed his lead and Casey turned to put his hand on Theo's shoulder.

"Good job, Theo, you almost got him," Casey said.

Theo shrugged off his friend. "No, he made a fool of me," he groaned.

"What?" Casey asked.

"Aliyah didn't even do anything and she beat him," Theo complained, looking up at the white ranger. She had left the roof and was now standing behind Lily.

"Theo, this isn't a competition," Tyler said. "No one is counting points on how many monsters they get in a day, and Aliyah didn't beat him, she only threatened him."

"Maybe not to you," Theo said, turning his back on his friends. "You don't get it. If I'm not good at beating monsters, what am I good at?" He shook his head and walked off, leaving his friends to watch him leave.

Aliyah crossed her arms as she watched Theo trudge away, and was severely reminded of Xander.

"What was that about?" Casey asked, sharing a confused look with Lily.

The cheetah shrugged, she had no idea.

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

Rebecca frowned as she looked up from the register and spotted Theo sitting in booth one, playing with the pizza he had ordered. "What's up with Theo?" she asked a passing Tyler. "He ordered that pizza an hour ago, and he still hasn't taken a bite."

"He lost to a poison today," Tyler said.

"Yeah, I saw," Rebecca replied. "But that doesn't explain his behavior now. If he's not going to eat it, then he needs to get back to work."

"Maybe a little less tough love and a little more understanding is what's needed here," Tyler said, putting his hand on Rebecca's shoulder.

Rebecca scowled at her cousin and then turned back to another customer as she saw Lily approach Theo's table. If anyone was going to get through the jaguar cub it would be his best friend.

"What's up, Theo," Lily said, happily. "You wanna do something, have some fun, go for a -"

"Go... away," Theo said, dropping his pizza slice and lifting his head to look at Lily. He wasn't in the mood to entertain anyone today.

Lily sighed and stood up. "Your turn," she whispered to Casey as she passed him.

Casey sighed and sat opposite his friend. "Hey, you know, Lily drives me crazy sometimes," he said, trying to sound honest and sincere, "always trying to be so peppy. Oh, by the way, can you show me how to spin pies like you were doing this morning?"

"No," Theo said, curtly.

Tyler rolled his eyes and made his way towards the booth. "Theo, message from the boss woman, if you're done eating then you need to get back to work," he said. "She's not paying you to sit around and sulk."

"Then maybe she should fire me," Theo said.

"I don't think that's on the cards," Tyler said.

"Maybe it should be."

Tyler sighed and leaned forward on the table. "OK, here's the deal," he said. "You lost a fight. We lost a fight. It's not a big thing. You can't just fold your tent up and go home just because you made one mistake."

"Yeah, I can," Theo said, looking up at the green ranger. "Just watch me." He stood and made his way towards the kitchens.

"Uh, I wouldn't go up there if I were you," Tyler called, but Theo ignored him and disappeared. "OK, then, but don't say I didn't warn you."

Casey and Lily frowned. "Why shouldn't he go up there?" they asked together.

"Because Aliyah is up there," Tyler replied. "If she finds out that he wants to quit, she'll rip him a new one."

"She can do that?"

"Aliyah doesn't want to be here in Ocean Bluff, much less be a Ranger again," Tyler explained. "If she finds out that Theo wants to quit, and trust me, him quitting will play a big deal in her plans of going home sooner rather than later, then she'll rip him a new one."

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

"Gakko," Naja yelled, approaching her warrior brother. "Dai Shi is angry that you did nothing with the Rangers."

"Nonsense! I made fools of them," Gakko said, triumphantly. "Except that pesky white Ranger, what's her deal, anyway?"

"What's the point in making fools of them?" NJa asked. "They're still around. They can still cause Dai Shi problems, and the white Ranger plays a big part in Dai Shi's plans, she should've been the first to fall."

Gakko growled. "This is my fight," he snapped. "I will do it my way. Tell Dai Shi -"

"Tell Dai Shi what?"

Gakko jumped and spun around to face his master "That the Rangers will be destroyed the next time we meet," he said, changing his tune.

"Good," Dai Shi said, stepping into the light. "Cause the alternative is using your skin for a new pair of boots."

Camille laughed and Dai Shi turned sharply to her.

"Your's too," Dai Shi snapped, slicing the chameleon.

"But, I didn't do anything," Camille protested.

"Exactly," Dai Shi hissed, leaving the room.

Camille sighed and followed him, leaving Naja to look towards his brother. "Told you he was mad," she said.

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

Aliyah bobbed her head to the hip-hop music playing throughout her headphones. She and Rebecca had come to the agreement that if she were to become a Ranger again, and join the Jungle Fury team, she didn't have to work in the pizza parlor above which their home base lay. Instead, she was allowed to spend her time doing whatever she pleased, as long as it benefitted her ninja and ranger skills.

Which was why, after the battle with Gakko, Aliyah had been perfecting her parkour and urban climbing. There had finally come a time where she could put them to good use in battle; since Gakko was a Gekko and could walk on the side of buildings, the ability to scale a building in a matter of minutes was essential.

Normally she would have preferred practicing outside, but with Gakko still on the loose, Aliyah didn't want to overstep her mark and give away her secret ploy in defeating him too early.

Setting her sights on her mark, Aliyah bounced on the spot, warming herself up, and then started off at a run. When she reached the edge of the floor, she jumped into the air and latched onto the side of the loft. She dug her fingers into the grooves and started to scale the wall.

Muttering under her breath, Aliyah felt a tingle wash over her and carefully bent her knees so that the soles of her feet were pressed against the surface of the wall. Unsure of whether this was going to work or not, Aliyah straightened up. She held her breath and then looked down. Her feet seemed to stick to the wall whilst she balanced above the ground.

"It worked," Aliyah said, grinning triumphantly. She looked down and gingerly lifted her foot, she wobbled slightly but didn't fall, instead she set her foot down again and lifted her other, taking her first step. "Thank you, Claire," she muttered. The spell had worked. She was officially a human gecko.

"How are you doing that?!"

Aliyah gave a start, but thankfully didn't come away from the wall. She looked down, or rather up, seeing as he was already hanging horizontally, and so Theo standing beneath her. He was watching her with what appeared to be an angry look on his face. "What does it look like, idiot?" she asked. "I'm trying to figure out a way to stop Gakko."

"I know what you're trying to do," Theo snapped, "but how are you managing to do what he does?"

"What, this?" Aliyah asked, gesturing to her current position. Theo nodded. "It's a little thing called magic."

Theo scoffed. "Very funny," he snapped, walking over the soft area. He climbed up onto a rubber ball and huffed, resting his chin on the palm of his hand.

Aliyah frowned at him, folded her arms and walked across the wall to his area. "Uh, aren't you supposed to be working?" she asked.

"Yeah, so, what's it to you?" Theo asked.

"You know that righteous stick you've got shoved up your arse," Aliyah snapped. "You can pull it out when you like. I don't appreciate being talked to in that tone, especially when I've been brought in to help. I don't want to be here anymore than you want me here, OK, Theo?"

"Mhm," Theo said, turning away from her.

Aliyah growled and jumped down from the wall. She landed with a light thud and padded across the floor to the blue ranger, kicking the ball out from underneath him. Theo landed on a pile of cushions and glared up at Aliyah.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Theo asked.

"Me? What the hell is wrong with you?" Aliyah yelled. "You're the one acting like what happened today is a big deal, but I've got news for you, Theo, it's not, and it's not the first fight that you're going to suck at or lose, for that matter. This is only just the beginning, there's a lot more battles to come. But you can't let this one little hiccup stop you."

"Why can't I?" Theo asked. "Everyone keeps telling me that I can't let this stop me, or that I can't fold my tent and go home, but no one has given me a reason to keep fighting or told me why I can't just quit. So, unless you can give me a good enough reason as to why I should even bother next time, I'm done."

Aliyah growled and grabbed his arm as he tried to walk away from her. "Now, you listen to me, cub, I've been on enough ranger teams to know that not all battles are easily fought. You win some, you lose some, that's the way it is when you're a Power Ranger, but as long as you keep fighting for what is right and important, and that is all that matters."

Theo shrugged out of Aliyah's grasps, stared her in the face and then walked away.

Aliyah seethed, waited a few minutes before following after him. She was going to get him to see sense, even if she had to make him see it.

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

Gakko patrolled the city with a small army of Rinshi at his side. The bouncing foot soldiers were a lot more hyperactive than the Triptoids had been in Reefside, and Aliyah had already shown her dislike for them. Unfortunately, when the alarms had gone off at the ranger base, neither Aliyah nor Theo were anywhere to be found.

"Go without them," Rebecca insisted.

Tyler, Casey and Lily nodded and took off, leaving the black Ranger and RJ to try and locate their missing Rangers.

"You don't think she ran off to deal with Dai Shi, do you?" RJ asked, knowing full well of his future sister-in-law's history.

"No, she wouldn't," Rebecca said. "Besides, that doesn't explain where Theo's gone."

"Maybe he went to stop her."

"Then more power to him," Rebecca said before shaking her head. "No. Aliyah knows that Dai Shi's temple is surrounded by dark magic, she wouldn't be foolish to go there with her prophecy still intact."

"Maybe she went home?" RJ suggested. "Maybe you should call Cam or Tori to see if she is there."

Again, Rebecca shook her head.

"Well, if you're going to keep shooting down my ideas, I don't know what else to say," RJ said, tuning into the CCTV cameras and monitoring the fight between Tyler, Casey, Lily and Gakko. So far the Rangers were holding their own, but not for much longer.

Rebecca bit her lip and reached deep into her pocket. She held up her Mystic Morpher and considered using it to locate Aliyah, she knew it would've been an invasion of privacy, and they had promised each other to never use the locator spell, but this was an emergency.

"3...5...8... Lleolwch Aliyah," Rebecca muttered, pushing the buttons on the keypad down. The LCD screen lit up brightly and two sets of coordinates appeared. "She's still in Ocean Bluff, thankfully, I'll contact her now - Aliyah, come in."

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

Aliyah ripped open her mystic morpher as Rebecca's voice echoed out of it. "We had a deal," she snarled, angrily into the phone. "You promised to never use this spell! How could you lie to me?! Although I'm not that surprised, lying to me is all you're ever good at."

"I'm sorry, but we have an emergency, you need to head back to the city, Tyler and the others need your help," Rebecca replied. "Oh, and if you don't want me using locator spells, maybe you'll let someone know where you're heading before you run off next time."

"I am not a child!" Aliyah snapped. "I don't need a babysitter, and I definitely don't need to tell you where I am going every second of every day."

"I'm trying to keep you alive."

"By suffocating me?!" Aliyah yelled. "Get over it, Rebecca; I don't need a full-time guardian on my hands. I'm a big girl. Just worry about yourself and be done with it." She hung up and turned back to Theo, "and just where do you think you're going?" she asked.

"You heard Rebecca," Theo said. "The others need help."

"And what exactly are you going to do to help?" Aliyah asked. "Cry to Gakko and beg him to let you win?"

Theo glared at her. "No, I'm going to fight him," he said, "and beat him."

"Like you did last time?" Aliyah asked. "Oh, wait, that's right, you didn't beat him last time, and he wiped the floor with you."

"You're not helping my situation, you know that?" Theo asked.

Aliyah shrugged. "I'm not here too," she said. "I'm here to make you realise that you can't win them all. Now, where were we? Oh, yes, confidence building. You know, it's funny, I've never had to run this course, my confidence has never really faltered as a Ranger, my pride has got in my way a few times, but never my confidence."

"You've never doubted yourself?"

"Nope," Aliyah said. "Maybe because I believe in my abilities as both a ranger and a ninja. So, which do you doubt? Your ranger skills or your Pai Zhuq skills? Essentially they're both the same, but if what Rebecca tells me is true then the Power Rangers aren't a part of the Order of the Claw."

"What are you getting at?" Theo asked.

Aliyah pointed at a nearby tree. "You can start by climbing all the way to the top," she said. "Go on, what are you waiting for?"

"How is this going to help again?" Theo asked, approaching the tree.

Aliyah shrugged. "I dunno, but I wanna see if you can actually do it," she said.

Theo sighed and looked up at the platform way above his head. There was no way he could climb to that thing without falling. "What about the others?" he asked, turning back to Aliyah. "Are they in trouble?"

"Oh yeah, big trouble," Aliyah said, nodding. "But, like I said, what are you going to be able to do to help them? You lost your confidence in that last fight."

"I'm willing to try," Theo said.

"Fighting without confidence is what I like to call dumb luck," Aliyah said. "Now, enough chit-chat, get your ass up that tree, and then we'll consider you joining them."

Theo sighed and looked back at the tree. He still didn't have a clue how this was going to help, but if it meant getting back to his friends then he'd do anything to help them.

After a good ten minutes, or maybe it was longer, Aliyah wasn't sure, Theo finally reached the top platform.

He stopped to catch his breath and looked down at Aliyah. "There," he called. "I made it."

"Good - now, walk across," Aliyah said, pointing at the beam.

"Walk across?" Theo asked.

"What do I look like to you, a bloody parrot?" Aliyah asked her hands on her hips. "Yes, walk across, come on, we haven't got all day."

Theo sighed and carefully stepped out onto the beam. It was suspended above the ground by thin wires and had no barriers either side to hold onto in case he should fall, and, to make matters worse, the beam shifted under his full weight.

"Oh, and remember, if you fall," Aliyah called watching Theo wave his arms around as he tried to balance himself. "You'll do it again, and again, and again, until you reach the other side."

"I could be out here all night," Theo protested.

Aliyah shrugged. "Then you're out here all night," she said. "Come on, chop-chop."

Seething, Theo fixed his gaze on the other side of the beam, and focused his mind on making it across. If he looked down now he was sure to lose his concentration and plummet to the ground.

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

Tyler flipped over Casey and Lily and blocked a punch from Camille. "Go after Gakko," he told his friends. "I've got this one."

"Right!" Casey said. "Come on, Lils." He tore off, taking the cheetah with him and leaving the green ranger to deal with Camille.

"I never did like foxes," Camille hissed.

"Can't say I am particularly fond of Chameleon's, either," Tyler said, grabbing her wrist as she grabbed his shoulder. He twisted it and Camille jabbed him in the stomach with her free hand. Instantly he let go, and both stumbled backwards.

"You'll pay for that," Camille hissed, rushing forward again. She was light on her feet, Tyler noted, and easily spun under his punch. She tiptoed around him, kicking him in the back of the legs and rendering him to his knees. "I got you now..."

"I don't think so," Tyler said, dropping to the floor. He rolled to the side and kicked up, catching Camille in the chest and knocking her away from him. Quickly scrambling to his feet, Tyler growled and charged at Camille, matching her blow for blow.

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

Toppling forward, Theo latched onto a wire and clung to it for grim death. He had very nearly lost his footing on the last lap and fell to, what could've been his death. "There, I made it," he said. "You happy?"

"Sometimes," Aliyah said, rolling her shoulders. She pushed herself up from where she had been sitting and walked over to a duffel bag. She opened it to reveal a load of soccer balls. "But not now. Incoming," she added, dribbling a soccer ball away from the others and kicking it towards Theo.

The blue ranger gasped and ducked to avoid being hit, and nearly lost his footing again due to it. "What are you doing?" he asked, lightly fingering the wire for safety.

"Dodgeball?" Aliyah asked, smirking. She toed another soccer ball from the pile and kicked it high. Again, Theo had to dodge it to prevent it pushing him off.

She did this a third time... and a fourth... a fifth... and even a sixth time before Theo yelled for her to stop.

"I can't do this!" Theo snapped, latching again onto the wire and glaring down at her.

Aliyah sighed and moved her foot away from the seventh soccer ball. "Two days ago, before you lost the fight to Gakko, you had all the confidence in the world. You could fight with the best of them, but you also had strength, balance and control. You could do anything you wanted because you had confidence, including challenging me."

Theo lowered himself down onto the support beam, still clinging to the wire for grim death. "But I was beaten," he said, dejectedly.

"So what, dude?" Aliyah said. "We all lose at some point in our lives. Remember when I said that I've never doubted myself?" Theo nodded. "That's not entirely true. Back before I became the Lightning Storm Ranger in Blue Bay Harbour, I never wanted the morpher because I doubted that I would never amount to anything other than a Ninja drop-out. I doubted that I had the skills of being a fully-fledged Power Ranger because I had never graduated the Lightning Academy."

Theo stared, dumbstruck at his fellow teammate.

"But look at me now," Aliyah continued. "It's been five years, and I've been a Ranger four times, five, if you include this team. You know what makes a great warrior, Theo? It's not winning every fight - it's what you do with yourself when you lose. You had what it takes before that loss, and you still have it. You just don't know where to look for it. But I'll give you a hint: it's not a thing. It's a state of mind."

"What if I can't find it again?" Theo asked.

"Can't or won't?" Aliyah asked. "Because if you can't, I'll do everything I can to help, but if you won't," she shrugged. "You're on your own. The choice is yours, Theo; I can't make up your mind for you. Just remember that confidence is a state of mind. It doesn't choose you, you choose it. I've always chosen it. Casey, Lily and Tyler - they may not."

Theo sighed and looked down at the ground. He had to find the confidence inside him if he was ever going to help his friends again, but how did he find something that he was certain that he lacked. How could he go back to being something that he had lost?

Aliyah watched Theo closely, her foot tipped against the side of the soccer ball at her feet. She was waiting for the right moment, the moment that would tell her all she needed to in the case of Theo's lost confidence. If he remained sitting for a minute longer, she knew that he had lost all confidence in himself, but if he decided to take a stand, then she would know he was willing to keep trying.

Biting the inside of his cheek, Theo gripped the support beam and carefully made his way to his feet. His fist tightened around the support beam, which was cutting into his palm, but he ignored it and the pain. It was now or never, and he chose now.

As he regained his footing, Theo jumped forward, swinging the beam behind and flipping over in the air. He landed in front of Aliyah and tossed the soccer ball in his hands back at her.

Aliyah smirked and caught the ball. "Nice save," she complimented. "Now, are you ready to give Gakko a taste of his own medicine?"

"But how?" Theo asked. "None of us, other than you, can walk on the side of a building."

"Au contraire, mon ami," Aliyah said, dropping the ball and leading him away from the training grounds. "That's where you're wrong."

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

Lily groaned as she and Casey hit the floor alongside Tyler. The three were panting heavily and starting to lose confidence in their own ability to withstand any more hits. If Theo and Aliyah didn't show up soon, they were done for.

"I'm getting tired of this," Lily said, rolling onto her knees and looking at both Tyler and Casey.

"Me too," Casey agreed.

"I hope you're thinking what I think you're thinking," Tyler said, pushing himself back to his feet. He reached into his pants leg pocket and pulled out his green shades.

"Ready!"

"Ready!"

"Ready!"

"Jungle Beast, Spirit Unleashed!"

Camille yawned and turned to Gakko. "Finish them," she ordered, before disappearing from sight.

"Gladly," Gakko said, setting his sights on the three multicolored nuisances. "Catch me if you can, kiddies!" he taunted, jumping over them and running towards one of the city plaza buildings.

Casey growled and looked up. "Come down and fight like a monster," he yelled.

"You come here," Gakko said, mockingly. "Oh and where are your little friends?"

"Right here!" Aliyah yelled, running across the side of the building towards Gakko. She collided with him and sent him tumbled onto his back. "Surprised to see me?"

Gakko hissed and made it back to his feet. "How is this possible?" he asked. "You're human. Humans can't walk on the side of buildings."

"Normal humans can't," Aliyah said. "But those infused with magic can do what normal humans can't."

"You're a witch!"

"My, aren't you bright for a lizard," Aliyah taunted. "Oh, and speaking of our little friend, he's got a bone to pick with you."

Gakko snarled. "To bad he's not here," he said. "I'd humiliate him just like I did last time."

"I doubt that, you walking handbag," Theo yelled, appearing at the top of the building. He jumped over the ledge and held on tightly. He was a little nervous in his plan, but Aliyah had assured him that he'd be safe.

"I see you need another lesson about fighting on my turf," Gakko said, turning to face the blue Ranger. "Do your best." He charged forwards and Theo let go, he toppled over Gakko and landed safely on his feet beneath him.

Aliyah jumped up and double kicked Gakko in the side, knocking him back towards the edge of the building. "You're not so tough now, are you, lizard breath," she scoffed, leaping towards him. Theo followed her, each of them kicking at Gecko's feet and causing him to jump over their attacks.

Gakko laughed as they missed him. "You're history," he said, but before he could land safely on the side of the building, Theo kicked him in the chest and knocked him into the air.

"Not even close," Theo taunted, throwing his own words back at him. "You want to know a secret, Gakko? The only reason you beat me before was because I didn't have confidence in myself. Well, I do now."

"This is impossible," Gakko yelled as he started to fall. "This was supposed to be my domain, my specialty, how dare you take it from me."

"That's not all I'm taking," Theo said, jumping from the building. He aimed a well-placed kick at Gakko's stomach and drove him all the way down to the pavement below.

Aliyah laughed as she jumped into the air and ninja-streaked towards the ground. "What do you think guys?" she asked, running towards her team as she landed safely. "You think that'll take the fight out of him?"

"Where've you been?" Tyler asked, grabbing her shoulders.

"Oh, you know, here and there," Aliyah said looking up as Theo joined them. "Way to go, cub."

Theo nodded in thanks just before he was bombarded by Lily and Casey, both of whom were excited to have him was back.

"You were great," Lily gushed.

"Great isn't the word for it," Casey said. "Awesome is more like it."

"Thanks, guys," Theo said.

"Just don't let it go to your head," Tyler said. "There's a fine line between confidence and cockiness, you don't want to cross it, trust me."

Aliyah grinned and folded her arms. "He's right, Theo, you don't want to see my training grounds for cockiness," she said.

Theo shuddered at the thought and shrank away from the white Ranger. Her confidence building training had been hard enough on him, he hated to imagine what she'd put him through for being too cocky.

"That does it!" Gakko yelled angrily as he picked himself up from the ground. "Now I'm mad. I'll get you, blue ranger, and your little friends, too!" He held up two shurikens and threw them at the team.

"I wouldn't count on it," Aliyah said, taking a stand forward. She reached for her sai's and threw them at the shurikens, knocking them out of the air. "You're gonna have to be quicker than that to get by me. You poisons think you're so smart with your ninja tricks, but I've got a secret for you, you're not the only ninja here."

She held out her hands and her sai's came zooming back, she gripped them tightly and rushed towards Gakko.

"You're mine!" Gakko yelled, meeting her blow for blow.

"Sorry, but I'm spoken for," Aliyah said, twisting her wrist up and dropping her sai. She caught it with her free hand and drove it into Gakko's side. The lizard doubled over and stumbled backwards, leaving Aliyah to spread her arms wide. "Go for it, Theo!" she yelled. She felt a pressure on her shoulder as Theo used them as a springboard and jumped into the air.

He spun his tonfas in his hands, and brought them together, smashing them down onto Gakko's head. "Come on!" Theo yelled as he leaned forward and allowed Aliyah to roll across his back; she swiped her sai's across Gakko's stomach and, using the hilt of her weapons, hoisted him into the air.

"Seeing as you like history so much, Gakko, we'll help you write yours," Aliyah said. "Ready, Theo?"

"Ready," Theo said, nodding. He held his tonfas at his side, jumped into the air and kicked Gakko twice. Once in the head and second in the side. The force of the double kicked drove the lizard into the pavement again.

"Had enough?" Aliyah asked.

"Had enough?! Had enough?!" Gakko yelled, jumping to his feet again. He was more than angry now, he was furious, and he was using that rage to fuel his will to fight. "I'm just getting started."

Aliyah glanced at Theo from the corner of her eye. "Be ready to call for the Megazord," she said. "He's angry now, he'll try and use that anger to fight and that's when we can turn the tables on him."

"How can you be so sure this will work?" Theo asked.

"Because I know anger," Aliyah said. "It doesn't always do what you want it too."

"But -"

"Just trust me, OK?"

Theo sighed and nodded. "OK. I'll trust you," he said.

"Mind if we play too?" Tyler asked, running up with Casey and Lily.

"More than welcome," Gakko said, crossing his arms over his chest as purple energy rippled off of him. The strands covered his entire body and Gakko started to grow.

Aliyah smirked. "So predictable," she said. "But if that's how you want to play... call to beast inside! Unleash the White Tiger!"

"Unleash the Fox!"

"Unleash the Tiger!"

"Unleash the Cheetah!"

"Unleash the Jaguar!"

"Animal Spirits unite as one!"

As Tyler and Aliyah's Zords stood idle beside the Jungle Pride Megazord, Casey, Lily and Theo were inside their own cockpit ready to play.

"Let's cut him down a size or two," Lily said, swinging her fist around in a punch. The jungle pride Megazord copied her actions but missed its intended target.

"You missed me," Gakko laughed, ducking under a kick and rolling into the path of the fox.

"FOX TAIL INFERNO!" Tyler yelled. The four tails on the back of his Zord stood on end, each one alight with a small ball of green fire.

Aliyah looked impressed and nodded. "Interesting," she said. "But I think I'll stick with lightning, I have enough fire power without adding actual fire to it."

"You're dangerous without real fire," Tyler said.

Aliyah laughed. "Hold him steady, guys," she said, calling to Casey, Theo and Lily. All of whom had managed to gain the upper hand on Gakko and had him in a chokehold. She stepped forward inside her cockpit, and her tiger pawed the ground outside. "LIGHTNING STRIKE!" she yelled.

Lightning clashed overhead and spiraled downwards towards the battle. The Jungle Pride Megazord instantly let go of Gakko and he was hit with the lightning strand. It fried him deeply, but didn't destroy him.

"He's not going anywhere after that," Tyler said. "So let him have it."

"With pleasure," Theo said.

"SPIN ATTACK!"

Arms spread wide and turning in a complete circle, Casey, Lily and Theo commanded the Jungle Pride Megazord to do the same. Aliyah and Tyler watched from the outside as the upper body of the Megazord spun in rapid circles and moved ever closer to the deep-fried Gekko.

Gekko glowed purple as cracks started to appear all over him, within seconds the cracks became bigger and soon Gekko exploded, covering the city in dust from his demise.

"Oh yeah!" Casey, Theo and Lily cheered.

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

Dai Shi roared with rage as he stood before the poisons, only three remained out of the designated five, two of which had already been defeated by the Power Rangers. "I have never witnessed such weakness!" he said, facing his supposed-to-be powerful warriors. "Not one of you steps forward and carries out my wishes. I don't know why I don't take care of your myself, and spare the Rangers the trouble."

"Fine with me," Camille said, appearing out of nowhere.

Dai Shi swiveled around to face her, a look of utter disgust etched into his features and a snarl upon his lips. "Silence!" he yelled, startling her. "You're within an inch of getting exterminated yourself."

Camille whimpered as Dai Shi brushed past her. In all the years she had known and served him, she had never been so scared. What had happened to her beloved Master?

~*Destiny Fulfilled*~

Casey, Lily and Fran watched as Theo tossed pizza dough into the air. Thanks for his little confidence training session with Aliyah he was back to his usual confident self, which was why he wasn't throwing just one pizza dough into the air, but two.

"Looks like he's back to being Theo," Fran said, leaning in close to Lily.

"Confident..." Lily said, smiling.

"Self-assured..." Casey listed.

"Working," Rebecca said, walking in off the floor and adding another order to the stack of them on the table. "Which is what you three should be doing."

"We're waiting for the dough," Lily said, pointing at Theo. The blue ranger had just tossed the two pieces of dough into the air and held out his hands, one landed safely in his palm but the other landed on his head.

"You forgot," Theo said, lifting the dough up and looking at his friends as they tried to contain their laughter. "Only human."

Rebecca smiled and nodded. "Glad to hear it," she said. "Now, get to work, we've got hungry customers."

"Yes, ma'am," Theo said, saluting her and setting the pizza dough he had saved onto the table whilst the one that he had lost as put straight into the trash.

Watching from the loft above was Tyler and Aliyah. The green ranger smirked as he leaned on the railing and glanced at the white Tiger beside him. "So, confidence training?" he asked.

"Wait until they see my cockiness training grounds," Aliyah said, walking away from the railing.

Tyler chuckled and followed her. "Watch out, cubs," he said. "You thought Pai Zhuq training was hard, you haven't seen anything yet."


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Lleolwch Aliyah – this is Welsh. It means Locate Aliyah.

Chapter written by xXxKaraBeckerCutterxXx

Chapter updated Saturday 30th July, 2016 at 4:00pm