Mahou Shounen Teacher Tommy A's?

"When you said it would take time, you never said anything about a year," said Tommy into the holographic comm..

"Sorry, Tommy," said Lindy apologetically. "They were really putting the girls through the wringer. By the way, the official papers are going through for Alicia."

"I'm surprised she doesn't want to stay with her sister," said Tommy.

"Alicia grew attached to Chrono and they've been cute ever since as brother and sister. Fate however has been talking non-stop on how she's going to be your daughter." Tommy sighed and facepalmed. "You seem disappointed."

"No, just surprised, s'all. I'm not the most fatherly material. I save that for Jase."

"In any case, we're coming back to the planet again. There's been talk of the TSAB forming up there but the red tape is murder."

"That, and this is officially known as Zordon's Planet: Keep the Hell off the Yard," chuckled Tommy. "See you soon, Lindy."

"WOULD IT KILL YOU TO BREAK INTO MY HOME AFTER YOU PUT UP THE BARRIER?" yelled Tommy, fistshaking at the hammerloli.

Vita sneered. "You're just an old man, what can you do?"

"Oh, I'll show you old."

Zrrt. Zrrt. [Standby Ready]

Vita blinked. Wait, what was he doing? It looked like he was… flipping her off?

"ZEO RANGER FIVE RED! RAISING HEART SET UP!"

"…" Vita turned to Signum, appalled. "You never said we were going after the longest serving Power Ranger!"

"I never said anything of the sort," replied Signum coolly as Zeo Five unsheathed his sword which merged with the Mid-Childan device effortlessly, his red sheathed with pink highlights and armor. THIS would be interesting.

"Tommy can I ask a question?" said Adam Park, a long serving friend of his over the phone.

"Shoot."

"I saw the news. …Why pink?"

"It's a long story, Adam."

"And the magical girls?"

"Those are included in the package."

"Uh-huh…" Adam looked at the wine cabinet. "This is going to take a while isn't it?"

"Better sit down for it."

"How are you feeling, Dr. O?" asked Ethan, hovering over Tommy's chest.

"In a word? Like someone stuck a hand through my chest and tried to yank out my soul. By the way, OW." Tommy glared at Ethan. "You're home early for the high school reunion."

"We saw the news," laughed Conner from the corner of the room. "Red and pink don't serve you justice."

"It'd explain why his wardrobe looks like he got smashed with a bucket of paint now," said Kira. "Why tie-dye?"

"When they tried to rip out his Linker Core, it caused a massive backlash into the Morphin Grid," said Hayley, trying not to laugh. "As such, it caused a semi-permanent connection to all the previous colors."

"So that's what, Green, White, Red, Red and Black?" said Conner.

"And pink." Randall grinned fiendishly. "You're going to look like a hippie come release, Oliver."

"Sure, laugh at my expense," groaned Tommy.

"Tommy."

"Kim! What're you doing here?" asked Tommy, looking up at the woman standing there as he raked the leaves dressed in pink, the color of the day apparently.

"I just wanted to uh…" Kim shook her head as if trying to clear it. "Pink?"

"Pink," replied Tommy as Fate clutched to his waist protectively. "Fate, this is Kimberly. Kim, this is Fate. Uh, my daughter."

"You didn't marry," said Kim accusingly.

"Adopted," said Fate's soft voice. "I live with Father now."

"I see. Does this have anything to do with you being in black and pink a year ago?" asked Kim.

"Yeah. C'mon in, I've got cookies. Before the crazy hammerloli shows up and busts my house. AGAIN."

"It's never a dull moment with you around, is it, Tommy?" said Kim fondly.

It was slightly humbling to let a ferret take you for everything you had, but the men had been drinking a little.

"One pair," said TJ as he threw down his cards.

"Three of a kind," retorted Yuuno and the Red Rangers groaned. Well, six Red Rangers and two TSAB operatives.

TJ, Jason, Rocky, Andros and Carter had all showed up at his house when Yuuno and Chrono were there and it degenerated into a poker game. The stakes: most embarrassing moments.

"Did I already use the giant pizza?" asked TJ.

"YES," chorused the men.

"I haven't heard it," said Chrono who had been in the bathroom when TJ related the incident of his inglorious first steps as Red Turbo.

"It's TJ's most infamous moment," said Jason fondly. "This is why you don't send a rookie into an ongoing war."

"So says the man who just can't keep out of the field of valor," ribbed Carter.

"Hey go easy, Carter," said Andros. "Last thing you want to do is kidnap a local and convince them they're under alien attack."

"I only did that once!" Glance. "Twice." Glance glance stare. "Okay a few times."

"Alright, aces up. Let's bring it home. My kids are due back soon," said Tommy.

"You're really domesticated Tommy," said Rocky with a grin. "Maybe Kim's rubbing off on you?"

"Hey, just 'cause she's single and I still am doesn't mean we're going out. Again."

"De-nile, not just a river in Egypt!" chortled Jason and Tommy hit him on the shoulder.

Chrono looked confused. "What does a river have to do with it?" Somehow, Jason found that funnier.

"Hey you're the hammerloli right?" said Jason.

Vita FUMED. "Oliver! You're so dead when I get my hands on you!"

This was Tommy's current nemesis? A tiny girl with a hammer, a swordswoman and that help they had lurking in the corner? Even with upgrades to Raising Heart and Bardiche, would it be enough?

It would have to be enough.

"Tommy's occupied so why don't you dance with me," said Jason, flexing his muscles.

Vita had to admit, he was bigger than Zafiria. She smirked. "You're on! Graf Eisen!"

[JAWOUL!]

"Tyrannosaurus!"

Vita wanted to scream. Why did she manage to attract the legends?!

Signum couldn't say. But she was being triple-teamed by Carter, Andros and TJ so she couldn't do a damn thing about it while Zafiria took on Rocky, Yuuno and Chrono.

Yeah, it was a bad night all around.

"You're drunk," accused Kim as Tommy showed up with Chrono and Yuuno in tow. Fate and Alicia peeked around the corner and skittered off to bed. "And you were in a fight."

"Kinda-sorta," said Tommy with a lazy grin.

"We won, by the way," said Chrono, all pretext of dignity stripped away after having the most glorious battle alongside a pack of Red Rangers and one ferret.

"I hope we won't see it on the news." The men looked at each other. Kim's expression fell. "PLEASE?"

"Sorry," said Yuuno. "On the upside, magic's scrambling the broadcast so Chrono and I aren't identifiable."

"We need to get those barriers fixed," muttered Chrono. "Damn Morphin Grid messing with Mid-Childan magic…"

"Belkan too, just fyi," pointed out Yuuno.

"I don't care if it's the power of El Hazard itself! We shouldn't have done that!" Chrono moaned. "My career is over."

"Hey don't worry. Claim it as Ranger Collateral," said Tommy, slapping the distraught young man on the shoulder. "We always do. Right, Yuuno?"

Yuuno would have nodded, but lightweight ferrets were already sleeping it off.

"How was your day at school?" asked Tommy, getting a kiss and hug from his daughter and a polite bow from her sister before she hugged him too.

"We had fun," said the more outspoken Alicia and Fate nodded. "We met these nice girls named Arisa, Suzuka and Nanoha."

"Arisa-chan and Suzuka-chan are from rich families, and Nanoha-chan is a family friend," said Fate softly, adhering to honorifics.

"Well you'll have to tell me all about it," chuckled Tommy. "Rich, huh? I'll give Anton a call, see if he doesn't know their parents. What's their last names?"

"Arisa Bannings, Suzuka Tsukimura and Nanoha Takamachi," said Alicia.

"Oh. I know the Bannings and Tsukimuras. They're business partners of Anton's. The last I don't know."

"Nanoha-chan moved in this month, from Japan," said Fate. "She's… nice."

"And pretty too," added Alicia and Fate fidgeted.

Tommy smiled. "We'll have to meet them. For now, Dad's got a headache."

"Did you drink too much?" asked Fate, worried.

"Naw…got slugged by that girl in the green dress."

"Fate-chan!" exclaimed Nanoha, running up to the girl who was getting ready to set up her device. "What's going on?"

"Oh dang," groaned Fate as Nanoha watched the skies light up with offensive magic and a body crashed to the ground in front of them with a loud impact. Fate sheltered Nanoha from the impact as Tommy groaned.

"A… Power Ranger?" gasped Nanoha. "Fate-chan what's going on here?"

"Fate…get Nanoha out of the barrier," said Tommy, groaning as he picked himself off the ground. "Vita's coming in fast."

"Too late!" laughed Vita as she smashed her hammer into Tommy who went tumbling, demorphing as he did. "Hah! So much for the vaunted Zeo Ranger Five!"

The gem bounced once, twice, and rolled to Nanoha's feet.

"So this girl, Nanoha, picked up Raising Heart, set up a barrier jacket… and blew Vita into the next county?" exclaimed Chrono. "With no training, no apparent magical power… and just by imitating Dr. Oliver."

Clearly he didn't have enough to drink as he began to headwall.

"Yeah. In my state, I can't support two colors for now," groaned Tommy from his hospital bed. "I'll support Zeo Five but Nanoha'll have to use Raising Heart for now."

"I'm surprised the device let her use it," said Yuuno.

"It probably sensed the good heart deep within," said Hayley, earning a look from the pair. "Ranger powers are the same way. You don't choose them, they choose you. Either way, Raising Heart is pumped so full of pink energy from the Grid, anyone could use it provided they wanted a severe wardrobe change."

"Either way, it adds another fighter to the list. Nanoha is progressing rapidly in her studies too," said Tommy, groaning as he sat up. "Damn, I'm getting old."

"Fate-chan!"

"Nanoha-chan, what is it?"

Nanoha's eyes grew big and wide with fear. "I can't stop wearing pink!"

"…Oh." And Fate sat her friend down and started to explain the process of Morphin Grid energy to the girl.

"I've almost gotten accustomed to you wearing pink with the red spandex," pointed out Kimberly as she watched the yellow-clad Fate and pink-clad Nanoha play. It was like watching a miniature Trini and her play.

"Hayley says if I take back Raising Heart now, it'll cause problems later," said Tommy. "Something to do about the tie-dye ranger."

"Sounds about right," said Kim with a chuckle. "What do Yuuno and Chrono say?"

"Something not fit for print and getting elementary school kids involved in a battle." He rolled his eyes. "Heroes get younger and younger every day."

"Drew. Jo. Roland," put in Kim.

"…They're still younger," defended Tommy.

"That's the plan. THAT. IS. THE. PLAN?!"

"Simple, effective, and they want it full, correct?" said Hayley as Chrono looked like he was about to explode into a messy pile of body parts. "And it will save a life in the process."

"DENIED! This is a bad idea!" howled Chrono. "How in the world are we supposed to fill it with GRID ENERGY?"

"Oh that's a doozy." Hayley grinned as Jason held up a sword.

Yuuno nearly drooled. "Is… that…?" his voice was nearly reverent.

"The Sword of Power," fffirmed Jason. "I went and dug it out of the ruins of the Command Center."

"…Can I touch it?"

"I figured there was someone pulling the strings," said Tommy as he and Chrono stared down Admiral Gil Graham and the Liese Twins. "Everything seemed TOO convenient."

"An awfully pragmatic stance from one of Zordon's chosen," said Gil with a sneer. "But you're too late. Yagami and the book will be sealed away."

"Not when I've got backup," said Tommy and Chrono blinked.

"What backup? You said nothing about backup!"

"You never asked," said Tommy with an infuriating smirk.

"No one's gotten in or out of this barrier," boasted the admiral. "You're wasting your time."

"Are we? We'll see about that. READY!"

And a chorus of morphing calls echoed across the landscape as Rangers of all colors came out of the woodwork, a massive explosion of energy erupting across the landscape in all colors.

Chrono couldn't help but feel impressed. Score one for you, Dr. Oliver.

"In short, we've managed to A) readjust the program thanks to some timely hacking by Hayley, B) apprehended the Admiral and his cohorts, C) let the TSAB take the glory for it to restore Chrono's honor…"

"You can thank us for that, rookie," chuckled Jason, nudging Chrono who was deep in his cups already.

"And as promised, the Sword of Power is yours, Yuuno."

Yuuno if he was in private, would have danced. Instead, he bowed.

Tommy turned to Nanoha. "Nanoha, you've been a great help. And I can't think of someone better to wield Raising Heart than you."

"Really?" gasped Nanoha. And she hugged Fate and Alicia.

"Dr. Oliver, your device is almost ready," said Amy as the mechanical item floated there, a gem similar to Raising Heart.

"Hi there," said Tommy. "You don't know me, but I know you. We'll be good friends, I promise."

"What's its name, Father?" asked Fate.

"…Raging Heart."

"…Tommy you suck at naming things," said Hayley decisively, the assembled people laughing.