DISCLAIMER: Still not mine but I sure wouldn't mind.

SUMMARY: Kim's awake. Tommy wants an explanation. What are they going to say?

A/N: For those of you who are actually reading this, thank you. I wasn't sure that this one would go over very well. To those who have reviewed, you are so good for my ego. And JD's just thriving on the feedback. Thank you.


Jason, Trini and Zack sat down in chairs near Kim and Tommy. "Well, about six months ago, all of us had come back to the Academy after graduating college. We were going to be instructors here. Shortly after coming back, we heard of a creature that was trolling the waters off the coast here. We tried to stop it as just us but basically got our butts handed to us."

Trini picked up the story. "When we got back on our feet, Sensei handed us the morphers and we became the Spirit Ninja Rangers. Dulcea and Ninjor had visited each of us in our dreams and revealed to us our Ninja spirits. Two days later, we went after the thing again. We defeated it but discovered that it was a part of something much bigger. Apparently, there's a new version of Lord Zedd out there and he's not happy."

"Lord Zedd? But I thought he was turned back into a human when Zordon was destroyed?"

"Was, man. Apparently, some guy named Mesogog got his hands on him and changed him back. Only he added a few things." Zack was looking rather disappointed about this fact.

"Yeah…. Tommy, are you okay, bro?"

"Even after we defeated him, Mesogog comes back to haunt me." Tommy shook his head. He looked up to see his former teammates looking at him, puzzled. "I'll tell my story later. Go on."

"Anyway, Kim here collapsed shortly after we finished the battle and we carried her back here. That's when Sensei warned us that each time Kim morphed without finding the other half of her heart, she would grow weaker and eventually it would kill her. We were able to keep her from morphing too frequently, not willing to lose her like that." Jason had now picked up the story again. "She fought us of course. Told us that there was no way she could stand to sit on the sidelines and watch this go down. So I told her that if she wanted to fight beside us instead of with us she needed to call you. She said…"

"I said that you had moved on with your life and didn't need me anymore," Kim said softly. She had bowed her head, ashamed that she had been so selfish.

Tommy turned to Kim. "Kim, look at me, please." When she finally lifted her head to look into his warm chocolate gaze, he took her hands. "I will always need you. No matter how many years pass. When I lost touch with you after you left, I was heartbroken. I spent years trying to convince myself that it was for the best. That the others could take care of you and protect you in a way that I couldn't."

"Tommy, I was scared. I had just lost one of my lifelong dreams. I was afraid of losing the other." When he looked at her puzzled, she explained. "My White Knight. I had always dreamed of having my very own white knight. You may not have ridden in on a white horse to carry me away but you saved me. You saved me many times and I was afraid that, with time, you wouldn't want to save me anymore. I was afraid that you'd eventually learn to hate me if you had to constantly take care of me."

"Never, beautiful. Never happen. I loved being able to protect you. I knew that you could take care of yourself, but I loved that you let me do it sometimes. It was something that I enjoyed doing." He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her in close but not holding her as desperately as he wanted to.

She simply relaxed into his hold. She had missed this. She would be lying to say otherwise. "I missed you, handsome," she whispered.

"I missed you too." He pressed a gentle kiss to the top of her head and felt a peace steal over him.

"The Heart is whole again." Sensei's voice floated on the breeze to the friends. "Tommy is the other half of her heart as she is the other half of his."

"Sensei!" Tommy looked up at the man who was standing in front of him holding out a device which was all too familiar to the young man. Tommy reached out his hand and took the morpher from the sensei's hand and placed it on his left wrist.

"The Falcon and the Crane once again soar as one." The Rangers looked toward the sky to see a falcon and a crane soar overhead together. Tommy stood up to watch the amazing sight. As he was standing there with his eyes turned skyward, he felt Kim's small hands pull herself up against him. He wrapped one arm around her, holding her close.

Sensei smiled as he watched the two together. The team was whole. Now, they stood a chance.