A/N: Hey, guys! Guess what! I'm not dead!

I would highly implore you guys read "Top of the World" first, as it will have some clues to that story in here, and this is basically a sequel to that story. But, I suppose you could read this by itself. Some parts will be utterly confusing, but you could.

Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers. Mr. Saban does and always will.

Those of you, who have followed along since Top of the World, thank you for reading and following me! It is highly appreciated. And those of you just joining us, welcome! We hope you enjoy your stay.

Ages: Jayden Shiba ~ 21, Kevin Hamasaki ~ 22, Mia Watanabe ~ 20, Mike Hayashi ~ 20, Angela Hunter ~ 20, Emily Suzuki ~ 19, Terry Watanabe ~ 18, Kaitlyn Chan ~ 18

Angela Hunter portrayed by Karen Gillan

Kaitlyn Chan portrayed by Kim So Eun

Ryan O'Reilly portrayed by William Moseley

~These actors/celebrities are as close to what I had in mind for the characters' looks as they can get. The voices, however, are far from it. Naturally, you know who the Rangers, Jii, Cody, and Terry look like, so, I see no explanation needed.~

By the way, the pictures in the preview image above, those are their Super Legendary modes, if you didn't already figure that out.

By the way, I'm sorry this is so late.

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"With Serena coming back into the picture, Emily now faces her latest adversaries: Serena's shadow and Serena's boyfriend, both of whom Emily hates with a passion. But what are her reasons?"

Power Rangers: Samurai Legends

Top of the World ~ Sequel: Comebacks and Intermissions

Chapter 4: Sisters by Blood, Friends by Choice

February 5, 2015

Shiba House

The Gap Sensor table map was open, with various small, yellow, pulsating dots in many areas of the bay and the nearby sea.

Emily was the only one sitting, with Cody and the other four Rangers standing around her and the table. Jii was pacing, softly hitting his little staff against his hand. "Are you sure, Emily?" He repeated for the fifteenth time.

Once again, Emily sighed and replied, "I'm not crazy. I know what I sensed, and I know what I saw. The Nighlock are down there, plotting something."

But she wasn't telling the entire truth.

She sensed something else, something she didn't tell Angela.

She continued, "And as Rangers, it's our duty to see this through. It's up to us to investigate this."

She tried with all of her willpower not to look at Jayden for help, like she's always done in the past. Instead, she looked at Jii with her pleading eyes.

After a moment of silence, she heard Jayden say, "I believe you, Em. I've sensed something down there for a while now as well, but the image I got was too blurry to connect any of the dots."

"We all do, Em," Mike spoke up, Kevin and Mia nodding beside him. "But there's just one problem before we head down into the deep blue sea. We don't have any underwater zords."

"We have the Swordfish Zord," Kevin pointed out.

"We all need to investigate," Jayden cut in. "Five pilots, not one. That's why, as Emily said, we need to build ourselves a submarine."

"Cool, what should we call it?" Mike asked, and Kevin rolled his eyes.

"Mike, we need to actually build it first," Mia replied, trying to insert reason into the conversation. "The next question is who is going to build it."

They all thought for a moment. "I've called Antonio," Jayden said. "He and Lauren are on their way home from Hawaii. Once he gets here, I'll ask him if he'd like to collaborate with Kevin."

Kevin's head snapped up at the sound of his name. "Me?"

"You are the best at Megazord combinations, Kevin. You did create the blueprints for the Battlewing Megazord and Gigazord, after all," Jayden explained. "Antonio programmed the Black Box. If you two work together, I have no doubt we'll have the best, state-of-the-art submarine to explore in."

Kevin seemed rather flustered by Jayden's praise, but he nodded, "Of course. I'll do my absolute best."

You always do, Jayden silently, mentally added.

Kaitlyn came running into the room. She bowed when she saw the Rangers and their two allies, and softly, kindly said, "Emily, you have a guest."

From her seat, Emily raised an eyebrow. A guest? Her mother would have called first. Who could it be?

Angela came in with a young woman at the age of twenty-three. She had dirty blonde hair, straight, with a few bleached-blonde highlights, and dark brown eyes. She was as tall as Jayden, but the sweet smile she was wearing was identical to Emily's.

The mentioned girl had big, happy smile on her face.

"Emily," Mia softly called out. "You know this woman?"

"Of course," Emily replied, cheerfully, but also with a tone of sadness hinted in there. "Guys, I would like to formally introduce you to my sister, Serena."

Serena Suzuki waved and greeted them. "Hi. It's such a pleasure to be here and finally meet all those whom Emily talks about in her Christmas emails."

The ones Emily calls true friends. The ones Emily calls her family.

The ones who saved Emily.

It is truly an honor.

"She talks about all of you, very fondly, I may add," Serena continued, as she shook Mentor Jii's hand, to which Emily blushed.

"Do we really mean that much to you, Em?" Kevin asked the red-faced Yellow Ranger. A gentle smile came to the girl's face, and she nodded, before turning back to her older sister.

"This is Jayden, Mia, Mike, Kevin, Mentor Jii, and Cody," Emily pointed out the respective characters out as she announced their names. "Sorry I didn't tell you about Terry, Kaitlyn, and Angela, but they got here not too long ago. That and unfortunately, Antonio and Lauren aren't exactly here right now."

"That's alright, Emmy," Serena replied, rubbing the top of her little sister's head. "I need to introduce you to someone too. You see, he discovered our little family secret not too long ago, and the amnesia symbol didn't exactly work on him." She turned to Terry. "You can let him in now."

When Terry came back, behind him stood a young man a couple inches taller than Serena, with dirt blonde hair with a tint of brown, and blue eyes. He also appeared to be around the same age as Serena, age twenty-three.

Seven-year-old Emily clung onto Serena's pant leg, her shy disposition causing her to shake and tremble behind her older sister.

"Would little Emily like some ice cream too?" The boy behind the counter asked.

"Yes, please. She likes cookie dough," Serena answered for the girl. After a short amount of silence while the boy worked, Serena spoke up, "Sorry about that, Ryan. Emily's just really shy."

That and she didn't want anyone to know about her curse. But Serena couldn't say that out loud. She wouldn't dare.

In the present day world, nineteen-year-old Emily shook her head, as her sister introduced the man. "Emily, you remember him, right? He's the boy who worked at the ice cream parlor back home. Ryan O'Reilly, remember?"

Nine-year-old Emily was curled up into a tight ball on the ground as the middle school kids kicked her and spat on her. Emily cracked her tear-filled eyes open just enough to see Ryan just standing there watching it all happen, doing nothing to stop it.

"Y-Yeah…" Emily sounded like she just got hit by a big rig, weak and soft. Too soft. "I-I remember…"

Boy, she remembered all right.

But neither Serena nor the others could understand the sudden change in her voice tone.

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Shiba House, Indoor Dojo

Donning her black and yellow-striped training uniform, Emily clutched the bamboo sword in her hands tighter as she imagined a Nighlock in front of her, ready to strike, which was really just a dummy.

She was ready to strike. She found her footing as her mind found an opening in her "opponent".

"Hey, Em," and Emily lowered her guard and turned to who just spoke to her. It couldn't be any of her fellow Ranger friends. They would have understood the situation and let Emily make the shot first before they spoke aloud.

It was Ryan.

"Don't call me that." Ryan backed up at the coldness in her voice.

"How about 'little Emily', instead?"

"No," she nearly yelled aloud. But she held back. "I'm not a child anymore. I am nineteen years old and a grown woman. Now, please, let me be. I need to train."

"Is that all you Rangers ever do? Train?" Ryan asked.

"You are obviously new to this," Emily shot back. "Evidentially, Serena didn't tell you a thing about the Samurai business. We train every day to help keep our skills as the best we can do. We are Rangers and we cannot let our skills become rusty. I know it's not your cup of tea, but for us Samurai, winging things is not how we succeed. We train day after day to get certain moves right and we train our Symbol Power like crazy to keep it under control. So, please, the next time you come to talk to me as I train, do not speak to me until I am completely done."

And with this, she turned and walked back to the kitchen, leaving Ryan to wonder what he did wrong.

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Shiba House, Living Room

Serena came up to Emily as the latter was reading a book to enhance her Symbol Power. Serena sat down next to her, but Emily did not glance up.

"Emmy," Serena began, "I don't know what's going on between you and Ryan, and it's none of my business, but…please, give him a chance."

No reply. Emily kept on reading.

"I'm not saying this because he is my boyfriend, but as –"

"What?!" This got an answer from Emily, but not exactly what Serena expected. "I know you had a crush on him when we were kids, but you come back into my life, expecting me to be friends with that jerk?! I mean, living your shadow was bad enough, but now…he's your boyfriend?!"

"Emily, why do you think he's a jerk? He's the sweetest guy I know."

Emily didn't answer right away, but when she did, her voice was really soft, wavering like she was about to cry. "I was in fourth grade, Serena…do you really expect me to forget what he did to me?"

Or rather, lack thereof.

Without another word, the little sister got up and headed straight for the kitchen.

Serena placed her head in her hands, trying to connect the dots with the clue Emily had just given her. Fourth grade? What happened to Emily when was in fourth grade?

But no matter what, she couldn't think of the right answer.

Ryan carefully walked into the room. "Serena?" She glanced up at him. "Should I be hurt that Emily would treat me like this? After all I did for you and your family?"

Serena sniffed and she shook her head. "I'm not entirely sure. But, listen, I know I forget to tell you this, but I didn't think I'd need to tell you so soon. Emily has always been a little sensitive. She's very big on emotions and her feelings can easily be hurt. So, watch what you say around her."

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Shiba House, Kitchen

Jayden, already in the kitchen when Emily walked in from her little tiff with her sister, grabbed his girlfriend's arm before she could walk past him.

"What just happened out there, Em? I mean, I know siblings fight. I've been down that road before with Lauren, but that sounded like it was more than just a minor disagreement between sisters…"

Emily glanced straight into Jayden's blue eyes. Oh, Jayden. She was about to retaliate to Serena's "sweetest guy" comment but using Jayden as her example, but she didn't have the heart.

"It's probably best that you don't get involved, Jay," Emily quietly replied, her eyes lowered to the ground.

"If it will affect the environment of this House, Em, it is my business. If it will deeply affect the way my girlfriend and my only family left feels, then it is definitely my business."

Only family left…

His father was gone, literally. His mother was probably still in hiding, and now with the Nighlock back, contact between mother and son was now forbidden once again. Lauren was still in Hawaii with Antonio, his childhood friend.

Of course he was close to the others, but not as much as he was to Antonio, and he didn't exactly know Terry, Kaitlyn, Angela, Serena, and Ryan well enough to call them friends.

So that just left Emily.

She didn't have the heart to get Jayden involved, but he cared so much about her that he chose to get involved.

She didn't look into his eyes, but continued on to explain the situation, "The crux of mine and Serena's fight is Ryan. My childhood wasn't exactly the best, you already know, and Ryan didn't exactly make it any better. However, Serena is not entirely convinced."

"Em…" Jayden softly spoke.

Ryan. That sure explained her sudden change of tone when they first met Ryan. She already had a history with Ryan, but it wasn't exactly the best.

And Ryan didn't make Emily's life as a child any easier on her, when it was already so bad.

Jayden's temper flared, Emily could feel it, with anger, but she placed a hand on his arm. She knew he was being protective, but she couldn't let Jayden hurt anyone.

"Don't hurt him, Jay, please. I know he hurt me in the past, but I can tell that the problem can only be fixed by talking it over. Fighting him won't solve anything."

In this moment, Jayden realized that she didn't want him to interfere, not just because she didn't want to hurt him, but also because she didn't want to hurt Ryan either.

Emily still cared about people in general. She still had her heart, and she still had that special emotion-reading ability. Even if Ryan hurt her, she was willing to forgive him, whether he apologized or not. Him not apologizing, though, would take her a lot longer, but she would eventually forgive him.

Jayden supposed, that was another reason why he liked Emily so much.

And he smiled. Boy, he was so proud of her. She really had matured since they all separated.

"Alright," and Emily was relieved when Jayden let his anger go. "I'll leave it to you."

She sent him a little smile before walking outside, probably off to find Ryan.

But right as Emily left, Serena walked in.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't realize someone was already in here," she said, turning to leave.

"No, it's fine. Stay if you like," Jayden replied. "I talked to Emily, and I found something interesting about her just now."

"Which is what exactly?"

"No matter how cruel her history is with certain people, she's always willing to forgive anyone. Whatever went on between her and Ryan, it will take a while, but it can be fixed."

"All that's needed is time." Jayden nodded. "That gives me hope. I talked to Ryan just now, and I realized something too."

"What?"

"Ryan has just a big a heart as Emily does. Whatever happened, he never meant to do it."

And that gave them even more hope.

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Shiba House, Front Yard

Emily was now sitting on the bench, waiting for Ryan to interrupt her flute song. Only when she was done with the song did she finally hear his voice. "Emily?"

No Em. No little Emily. Just Emily.

And this made her crack a little smile.

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but I just wanted to wait until you finished your song. You play an excellent flute, by the way."

"Thank you. I learned it all from Serena."

Ryan continued by bowing to her. "Whatever I did to offend you, Emily Suzuki, I deeply apologize for it."

Emily's sadness returned and grew. "Fourth grade, Ryan. I wasn't being bullied. I was being abused by eighth graders. You called yourself a family friend, but you didn't do anything to stop them. I forgive you, but…that's something that can't be easily forgotten…"

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A/N: Well? What do you think? Tell me how I did! Review! How do you like the Jemily twist I gave it? Here's a little preview for the next Chapter:

Chapter 5: Stranded

"Ryan and Emily have been stranded somewhere in the forest. Communications have halted, and the two must set aside all of their differences in order to get out of there alive."