"How did you keep up with him?" Tori breathed wondrously.

Sensei smiled, "I had help or I would not have lasted a minute."

"He's changed a lot." Dustin remarked as Cam screamed joyfully.

"When his mother..." Sensei trialed.

Cam came running up to their table, "Dad, where's the ball pit?"

Sensei drew his son closer and hugged him close but didn't answer.

"They don't have that here." Dustin lied for him. There used to be one, until they remolded the Micky D's.

"Oh," Cam ran back to Hunter and the blonde led them into the colorful tubes.

"Bye, guys." Dustin bid as he checked his watch, "I gotta meet Shane at the skate park."

They waved the yellow ranger off and stared back at the massive, colorful plastic that would rid Cam and Hunter of their excess energy.

"How much longer do we need to stay here before he gets tired enough for us to go shopping?" Blake asked.

"Another ten minutes." Sensei answered immediately.

---

"Let's go down da big slide." Cam proposed excitedly.

"Are you sure?" Hunter asked.

Cam nodded and climbed up another large rectangle step, "We'll go together."

They finally reached the top and they stopped to rest before going down. Hunter leaned against the net and looked down at his brother.

He wasn't sure if the man was really his brother, but he was nice enough and he was here. That must mean something. Hunter felt like Cam seemed more like a brother than Blake. Blake was just too old to be his brother.

"Whoa." Cam hugged Hunter around his middle tightly, "Dis high."

Hunter hugged the smaller boy back, "Don't wowwy, we safe. Still want to go?"

Cam nodded against his chest and walked to the opening of the slide. He looked down the dark blue tunnel and motioned for Hunter to follow with a determined face.

Cam sat down and Hunter sat behind him, holding the younger boy securely, "Weady?"

Cam scooted up the slide but paused when it started to slope downwards. Hunter gave the younger boy a small nudge but did not rush. He could hear someone else climbing up the stairs and stop behind them.

Cam clutched his shirt clad leg and pulled a little more ahead balancing precariously on the slope.

"If you don't want to," Hunter explained, "We can climb down."

"Hurry up!" a girl yelled.

Cam abruptly turned and lost his balance, tumbling backwards into the tunneled slide. He yelped and Hunter automatically reached out and tried to snag Cam back. He caught nothing but air and lunged after the younger boy. Together they flew through the slide crashing into the curved walls in a tangled mess of arms and legs. They tried to stop themselves but the sides were too slippery for them to hold onto. The dim tunnel curved and sloped but they were going too fast. Hunter managed to turn so that Cam would be on top just as they toppled out of the slide and onto the padded floor.

They lay still for a moment as Cam's dad and Hunter's new brother along with his friends rushed to their aid. Hunter couldn't help it and started giggling, "Cam, you ok?"

Cam sat up quickly and drew in a sharp breath, "Let's go 'gain!!!"

Cam's weight was suddenly removed from his stomach and he swung into the air.

"Hunter?" Blake asked as his brother peered into his eyes, "Are you all right? Did you get hurt?"

Hunter shook his head.

"Are you sure?" Blake asked again as he set Hunter down on one of the red tables and began checking his neck and arms.

"I'm okay." Hunter watched Cam as he tried to assure his father that he was unhurt as well. Blake and Cam's dad were acting alike.

His mom never worried about him like this. Maybe Blake wouldn't be so bad after all. It was still hard to think of Blake as his brother though. Maybe Blake was his father. But why would that be a secret?

Blake continued his check up but finally accepted that there was nothing wrong. "Be careful, okay?"

Hunter nodded as Blake put him back on the ground. It could be possible. It wasn't as if he had ever known his dad. The last time he had asked his mom about him she smacked him and sent him to their room without dinner, then went a few days without a meal. So he decided that it wasn't worth it to know.

Cam pulled his arm and led him back into the maze of colorful tunnels.

---

Kenoi watched his son run back into the playground. It had been a lifetime since he had seen that carefree little boy, forever even.

Amazing what one event could do to a young heart. The devastation and misplaced hope. But watching his son now, when all that didn't affect him, it was magnificent. Cameron held nothing back. He yelled and laughed with everything he had. Impulsive and open, it threw him off for a moment. But just for a moment. He wished his son could have grown up like that. Without a care in the world and all the love he could handle and then some.

His son followed Hunter through a tunnel that bounced up and down and into a netted bridge. They stopped there and jumped for a few moments before Cameron caught a look through the bridge. Cameron froze and lunged towards Hunter, grabbing the older boy as if his life depended on it.

His son had always been terrified of heights and had never exactly gotten over the fear.

Kenoi checked a clock and decided that they should leave. He quietly suggested the idea to Tori and threw away the trash while she and Blake gathered the two children.

---

"It's around here somewhere." Tori muttered quietly.

"We've been driving around the same street for half an hour," Blake wined, "Let's just go to Target."

"But I know its here somewhere." Tori persisted as she made another u-turn.

Blake glanced in the rearview mirror at his sleeping brother and friend. They both slept peacefully, half of Cam's body against Hunter as the older boy kept a protective arm around the younger one.

"They are going to be full of energy when they wake up." Sensei Watanabe said with experience.

"Fine we'll go to Target," Tori conceded.

Blake smiled, "Finally, my legs were starting to cramp."

"Yeah, yeah," Tori turned into the parking lot and found a space somewhat close to the entrance.

---

Hunter was still sleepy but he never really been shopping before and he wanted to know what it felt like, since people on tv do it all the time.

Blake carried him into the store and Tori pushed along a cart. He wanted to sit in it, with Cam but it only sat one.

Tori stopped the cart near some pouches of boxers and Hunter wiggled around in Blake's hold, "Down."

"You know," Blake said grimly, "Just because you're about three and a half feet tall doesn't mean that you can boss me around."

Hunter wiggled around a little more and bounced his feet off Blake's thighs, "Down."

Blake sighed and lowered him to the floor. Hunter walked to the cart and looked up at Cam. He wanted Cam to come down so that they could play but he didn't know how to get the younger boy down.

Cam slid one leg out of the hole and was about to climb out of the cart when Cam's dad grabbed him.

"Cameron," Sensei Watanabe said lowly, "It is dangerous to do that. You might fall."

At that, Cam had clutched onto his father as if afraid that he might be dropped. "Sorry. Promise, I'll be good."

Cam's dad sighed, not entirely believing his young son but set him next to Hunter anyway.

---

"Daddy, where DK?" Cam looked up to his father hoping that he knew where DK was.

"I do not know." His dad stopped for a moment, "Do you want to try this on?" his dad held out a green shirt with a cartoon character he had never seen.

"No, I want DK." Cam pouted and crossed his arms over his chest.

His dad kneeled next to him and put his hand on his shoulder, forcing Cam to look his dad in the eyes, "Cameron, DK is with your mother, remember?"

Cam usually kept DK with him at all times but whenever his mom went on a long, long trip, like one that took three days, he would make her take DK so that she would remember to come back soon.

Cam solemnly nodded his head; he missed DK more than usual for some reason. His dad put the shirt back and picked up a pair of jeans, inspecting it carefully.

Cam glanced around the next row of clothes and spotted Hunter in the aisle. He quietly crept into the clothes rack and onto the next aisle. He motioned for Hunter to follow him.

Hunter checked that Blake was busy and ran quietly towards him. Cam led them into another rack of clothes and they sat on the metal bar between the two rows.

"Wanna play hide-and-seek?" Cam asked hopefully.

"Only if I get to hide fiwst." Hunter answered almost demandingly.

He supposed it was fair, Cam nodded, "Ok, this is safe." Cam patted the metal bar and closed his eyes, counting in his head.

---

"Sensei, that will never fit him." Tori picked up another pair of jeans and handed it to him.

Sensei looked it over and gave it back to her, "This is only temporary, how much more clothes will we require?"

Tori shrugged, "We can always donate the clothes after this." She picked up a yellow long-sleeved shirt with dark red flames running up the arms and threw it into the cart. "Blake, they still need shoes, do you want to take them?"

Blake dropped two pairs of pjs into the cart, "Huh?"

"Do you want to take-" Tori picked up the top pj. The red pajama shirt had little motorcycles all over the arms and in the middle was a large motorcycle that looked a lot like Hunter's. "This is nice, where did you find it?"

Blake shrugged, blushing slightly, and pointed to a display behind Tori, "Over there, I thought maybe…"

"He'll love it," Tori said confidently and folded up the shirt, and then placing it above the bottoms. She picked up the light green pair and studied the little designs, "Ducks? Why ducks?"

"The other green one had flowers on it." Blake explained hurriedly, "Ducks are much better than flowers."

"I do not know if Cameron likes ducks." Sensei said with a frown.

"There was a monster truck one but it's a really dark green." Blake walked around Tori to go and retrieve them.

"They might be better." Sensei took the light green pajamas and followed Blake as Tori tailed them.

Blake walked around the display, "Looks like they ran out." he dug through a pile and pulled out another green set. Spaceships and aliens covered the true green cotton.

Sensei took a long look at it and then dropped it in the cart.

"It doesn't have to be green." Tori thought they had enough clothes and started to push the cart out of the department. "We have to get them shoes."

"Where are they?"