A/N: Thank you for all the kind reviews.
Of Secrets and Weddings Chapter Two
Kim's roommate Hayley entered the bedroom only to be greeted by a pair of jeans being thrown at her. The red head deftly caught it, "Kim, what are you doing? Besides making it look like a patrol of putty patrollers attacked?"
Kim pulled her head out of her dresser with a, "What are you talking about?" Hayley gestured around the room which was littered with clothes everywhere, most of them spilling out of two open suitcases. "Okay I see your point."
Her friend shook her head, picking up the clothes, "Do you need help finishing packing? Tommy should be here soon."
Kim burst out laughing, "I have plenty of time, Tommy's always late."
Just then the doorbell rang, and Kim went pale, "I can't believe it, Tommy's early for once in his life. I think I just went into shock."
Hayley burst out laughing as Kim started to throw clothes into the suitcases. "I'll go answer the door."
Tommy nodded to Hayley as she answered the door, "Hey Red, is Kim ready."
"No, she was certain you'd be late."
Tommy laughed as he headed into the bedroom, Kim was scrambling around putting clothes into her suitcases, "Hayley check the closet and see if you can't find my dress." Kim called.
Hayley opened the closet and called out, "Which one?"
Tommy had bent down and was helping Kim fold her clothes, Kim glanced over her shoulder, "The pink one!"
"Thank you, that only leaves, I don't know, your half of the closet! Jeez! I'm surprised people haven't figured out that you are the pink ranger because of your wardrobe."
Tommy burst out laughing so hard he started to gasp for air, "Can you imagine Bulk and Skull going through our wardrobes."
Kim laughed as well, "The best part is, they'll still be clueless."
Hayley threw her hands up in the air, when those two started down memory lane there was no getting them back until they were ready to come back. "Who are Bulk and Skull?"
"I told you about them, the two boys that wanted to discover the power ranger secret identities."
"The two that have a half a brain combined." Hayley asked with a snort of laughter.
"Yeah, oh, all I need is that dress, it's the pink one with white roses."
Tommy smiled as he left the free way behind, Kim had told Hayley about pranking Zack and although she didn't know the former black ranger, she volunteered to come along to help. It meant they were late getting on the road, but as Kim pointed out, with Tommy, no one would be that suspicious. He turned down the road past the youth center. Kim, who was sitting in between Hayley and Tommy, pointed it out as they drove by.
"That's the Youth Center; we spent so much time there it was no surprise when Jason and Trini decided to do their reception there."
Tommy laughed, "The wedding is in the park, by the lake."
Hearing this Kim suddenly sat up straight, "By the Lake, Tommy, they're having the wedding at our special spot. I should never have told Trini about that."
"Special Spot?" Hayley asked, obviously confused.
"We had a place we knew we could always find each other, a place we went when we were upset." Tommy explained.
"It's where we shared our first kiss." Kim added dreamily.
Tommy turned the corner and slammed on the breaks. "Kim, look, Billy is here!"
Kim looked were her boyfriend was pointing. Sure enough, a bright blue light was fading from Billy teleporting into his parents' garage. "Let's stop and say hi," she encouraged, "who knows if Zack hasn't recruit him for his Match making scheme maybe we can get his help pranking him."
Billy came out of the garage just in time to see an old white pickup truck pull into his drive way. He smiled when he saw who was in the driver's seat; it had been a long time since he last saw Tommy.
Tommy got out and embraced him, pounding him on the back, "Billy, I thought you said you couldn't make it!"
Kim and Hayley climbed out of the truck as well, "Hayley, allow me to introduce Billy, the original blue ranger and tech support of the power rangers. He's been living on Aquitar with Cestria. We weren't expecting him to make it to the wedding."
Billy pulled out of his embrace with Tommy when he heard Kim's voice. "Kim! He called out, running over to hug his little sister. He then noticed the redhead, who was a couple of steps behind Kim, "Who's your friend Kim?" He asked.
Tommy laughed, "This is Hayley; she knows our secret."
Billy nodded, before asking guardedly, "Which one, our big secret, or the fact that you and Kim are back together?"
Kim laughed, "Both, but how did you know we were back together, we haven't even told our parents."
"The fact that you were sitting next to him in the truck," Billy stated, "That and the fact that you're holding hands right now." Tommy and Kim jumped apart, keep this up and all of Angel Grove would know.
"We think that Zack, Jason and Trini might be trying to set us up." Kim explained the two phone calls and how Zack had been at the coffee shop.
"I came along to help throw suspicions else were." Hayley commented.
Billy looked thoughtful for a moment, "I know someone else who's showing up to the wedding unannounced, I helped open a time portal for her."
Kim let out a squeal of delight, before glancing down the street towards the Campbell's house. "Aisha's here, today just got better, see y'all later. I've got some catching up to do."
Tommy nodded, as Kim dashed down the street, "Well, we lost Kim for the rest of the day." He laughed, shaking his head, knowing all too well that those two would head straight for the Mall.
Kim rang the Campbell's doorbell, almost dancing in place with excitement; she couldn't wait to tell Aisha her good news.
Mrs. Campbell answered the door, she smiled when she saw Kim standing there, "I take it you're here to see Aisha." Kim nodded, and Mrs. Campbell let her in, "She's upstairs in her room."
Aisha was in her room putting away her clothes when she heard someone say, "Knock, knock."
Aisha whirled around, eyes round, "Kim, girlfriend, what are you doing here?" She demanded, dragging her friend into her room and shutting the door.
Kim plopped down on the bed, grinning wickedly, "I was on my way to Tommy's parents' house and we run into Billy, and he told us you were back."
"So you dropped everything and came on over." Aisha stated, sitting down next to her best friend.
"You got it sister." Kim replied, laughing, "So, are you here for the wedding?"
Aisha, "Nope, I'm coming back to modern times." She stood up so she could face Kim, "Don't get me wrong, I loved working with the animals, but the people were so old fashioned. They kept getting after me to marry and settle down."
"They kept throwing you at possible matches, hey?" Kim asked, giving her friend a knowing look, "I totally understand Jason and Trini are throwing me and Tommy together. Zack was supposed to be the best man, but last week they suddenly decided that Tommy would be the best man. I bet Zack was behind the change."
"To be fair, I always assumed that you and Tommy would be the first ones to get married."
"We broke up, soon after you went to Africa."
"I heard about that, but I never believed it." Aisha stated, "Sounded like a lie to me."
Kim nodded, her eyes glowing with mischief, "Yes, it was, but he forgave me, and now," Kim leaned forward, "I'm about to tell you something that we haven't even told our parents, Billy's figured it out, but he's the only one who knows. Tommy and I got back together a month ago. At first we were going to tell everyone at the wedding but then Jason and Trini tried to set us up. So instead we aren't telling them and are going to see who figures it out first. They think that we're bringing someone special."
Aisha laughed, "How did you guys get back together in the first place?"
"Remember what Zordon used to tell us?" Kim asked with an equal laugh.
"'Let the Power protect you?'" Aisha asked.
Kim shook her head, "The other one."
"'Once a Ranger, always a Ranger?'" Aisha guessed.
"Exactly, boy was I shocked when I learned that he meant that literally. As in suit and helmet."
"What happened?"
Kim was at the library studying with Hayley. "We better head back; I don't like walking in the dark." Hayley stated, gathering up her books.
The two girls were walking home in the twilight. As they pass a bar, several men lumbered out, obviously drunk, "Well what do we have here?" one of them asked, eyeing the two young women.
Kim instinctively dropped into a fighting position, "I much warn you, I grew up in Angel Grove, home of the Power Ranger."
The men laugh, amused by her defiance. However that laugh quickly died on their lips when she threw two men down the alley way. She straightened up, "Just like dealing with Putties back home," she stated sweeping another man off his feet.
Kim knew she couldn't keep up; there were fifteen of them and only one of her. She was slowly being overwhelmed. Back in Angel Grove by now she would have morphed and sent those Putties back where they came from, or at least call for help. She paused for a brief moment to turn to Hayley, who was on the phone with the police. She glanced at her communicator, still on her wrist despite the years since she last wielded the power of the pink ranger. She quickly dodged a blow and pulled another one away from Hayley. If only her communicator worked, but the Command center had been totally destroyed. She kicked a man hard in the place a man should never get kicked.
Billy had been working on an alternate signal for the communicators in case something ever happened to the command center, but Kim didn't know if he had figured something out yet before moving to Aquitar. Several of the men had recovered from the shock of a girl that knew how to fight, which only meant that the fight was getting harder. Kim frowned, remembering so many fights like this one when she was a teen.
Kim suddenly stumbled, tripping over one of the ones she had already knocked unconscious. The others were on her in seconds, unfortunately for them, Kim's training kicked in at that moment. Her training of course was to call for help, morph, and do some heavy damage.
Kim raised her wrist to her mouth, "Tommy! Guys! I need help at the corner of fifth and Elm."
She shouted, before closing her eyes feeling deep inside of her, the way Ninjar had taught her the first time she transformed into the pink Ninja Ranger. She heard her Crane call out to her. She called back, reaching out towards it until she felt the rush of power that she use to feel every time she used to morph. It was as comfortable and welcomed as snuggling up with your favorite blanket on a cold winter's night.
The men had gotten excited, the girl had finally given up, or at least they thought so until she actually opened her eyes. They stepped backwards, tripping over themselves, as they tried hard to get away from the girl with glowing pink eyes. Know you would think if the girl you were attacking suddenly turned into the Original Pink Ranger you would turn tail and flee. These men however were so drunk that they didn't have enough sense to get out of there.
Hayley put down her cell phone, "The police are on the way," she announced turning to her roommate. "You're a power ranger!" she yelled.
Kim nodded, still trying to get the drunken idiots to leave her alone. Suddenly there was a flash of light and the white ranger was there, helping to knock them carefully unconscious. As the sound of sirens could be heard in the distance, Kim knocked out the last one.
"Power down," she said, demorphing. She spun around to where Tommy was, "You can demorph; Hayley was with me when I morphed."
Tommy nodded, demorphing, "Well now we know what Zordon meant by 'Once a Ranger, Always a Ranger'."
Kim however was staring at his head, "You cut your hair!" she exclaimed.
"Do you like it?" he asked, running his fingers through his short locks.
Hayley cleared her throat, "Can someone please tell me what is going on."
Kim stepped forward, "Hayley, may I introduce Thomas Oliver, the best and longest serving power ranger ever. Tommy this is my roommate, Hayley."
Kim and Aisha were sitting on Aisha's bed, Kim smiled, "We went out to coffee the next day, and ended up getting back together." She finished.
"Whoa, I've heard crazy getting back together stories, but taking out a gang of drunken idiots has to be a first. Especially since he just joined you, by the time he arrived you had gotten the upper-hand."
"I was still glad for the help, especially explaining everything to Hayley. And convincing the police that we weren't power rangers, just two adults from Angel Grove that know Karate. You see, there was one that insisted I was a power ranger. He kept telling the police as he was being arrested that we were the power rangers. Luckily the police passed it off as him being drunk and he couldn't remember anything the next day."
Aisha nodded, "Sounded exciting, you can count me in." She stood up, "Come on, Mom told me of a really good sale going on at the mall."
Kim was out the door in a flash, "You had me at sale, let's call the others. Let them know you're in town."
A/N: I am so sorry that this took so long, but here it is. Next time the girls are going shopping for bridesmaid dresses.