A/N: I have a very serious note here... yes. There will be additional and new colors... but... please wait until the end of the chapter before some of you turn away cos' it'll all come together why.
A/N2: I came home a day early! And didn't get eaten by Big Foot... smelt him... and he sure as hell wasn't dancin' good.
italicized writing is 'ghostly' talking, you'll see what I mean.
underlined writing is whatever dialect of Chinese they're speaking in.
Taisipoo is what a female Grand Master is called.
Enjoy! yes I am peppy right now cos' I go to school in one day... and I go from a small locker... to a BIG locker! more stuff to stuff in
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Kimberly sat comfortably next to Alexis who was avidly examining her orange-brown Ninjetti uniform, "This is cool..."
"I see why you always liked monkeys... Monkey." Kimberly smiled, wrapping an arm around Alexis' shoulders, "And Xu is the gray leopard..."
Alexis stuck her tongue out, "And you're the white crane. We have all excelled in these arts..."
Kimberly smiled wider, it was true, though the three of them had completed all 8 animal sub-classes, they excelled in three specifics, Xu the leopard kung-fu style, Alexis all four categories of the monkey kung fu styles and she had excelled in the Fujian White Crane, Black Dragon Kung Fu and Tibetan White Crane styles of martial arts. Kimberly watched the Rangers slowly come back to reality, Alexis rested her head on Kimberly's shoulder while Xu and Ninjor compared fighting techniques.
Kim surveyed the groggy Rangers, "They're not going to listen to me... they'll listen to Tommy... or Jason... or any other previous red ranger... or in Tommy's case... any Christmas colors... they'll all follow... just not me... because I wasn't a leader when I was a Ranger..." She looked down, "I was the one who needed to be saved all the time..."
Alexis scrunched up her nose, "Bullshit." She muttered in Chinese, "You may have not been a leader then, but you are now. You know full well that with Grand Master Xang Xu dies you'll become the new Grand Master. If he didn't believe in your ability to lead he wouldn't have trained you."
Kimberly glared at Alexis, "For a 16-year-old you're insightful!" She growled and Alexis gave her a smug look.
"Go meditate… you always tell Xu and me that it'll 'calm our minds', so take your own advice…" Kimberly continued glaring daggers when Alexis got up to talk with Xu.
"Ugh. I hate being bested by a 16-year-old…" She crossed her legs, relaxing her body, mind and spirit.
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Kimberly's eyes fluttered open, her vision was hazy, she could make out the woman in the dark blue Ninjetti uniform, but other than that, everything else was fuzzy around the edges.
"The path to true enlightenment will come when you unleash your true potential and walk through the river of blood, white crane."
Kimberly raised her eyebrow, "You're nuts if you think I'm going to go on a killing spree."
The Ninjetti chuckled, "Just because evil is within you, does not mean that you must be evil."
"Are you always so cryptic?" Kimberly smirked.
"When it is needed."
Kimberly rolled her eyes, "Well. You haven't really… given me a reason to trust you."
"I don't ask for trust. I'm just telling you what will happen."
"You haven't told me what's going to happen!" Kimberly exclaimed haughtily, crossing her arms over her chest.
"For a Taisipoo you are not very bright."
"You're the one not making sense, so forgive me if I'm being dense."
"Fine fine fine. I'll be blunt with you. Something really bad is going to happen and you're gonna unleash the 'fire within' and go pretty psycho… especially with that virus running up through your body."
Kimberly glared at the woman, "10 years of meditation, training and centering myself is not going down the tubes because you say it is lady."
"It'll 'go down the tubes'..."
The Ninjetti bowed her head and disappeared, Kimberly felt something tug on her arm and she fell backwards.
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Kimberly gasped and opened her eyes, looking around frantically, Rangers were around her, looking worried. One of them was crouched down and taking her pulse, she ripped her arm away.
"What the fuck!" She shouted angrily.
"You were having a fit..." The woman mumbled, backing away slightly from the enraged brunette.
"We tried to stop them..." Xu exclaimed, "But they didn't listen."
"And you guys didn't listen to them?" Kimberly asked with a dumbstruck look on her face.
Jason crossed his arms over his chest, "They're just kids Kim. Dana's a doctor."
"Good for her." Kimberly muttered sarcastically, "Do you have that nice MD in meditation? Like fully bonefied(sp?) meditation where you separate your mind from your body?"
"Uh oh... mom is on a rant." Alexis groaned.
"At least it's not us." Xu grinned smugly, "It's fun to watch when it's not us..."
"True." Alexis nodded and they plopped down, watching the confrontation take place.
"You don't just go an rip someone from something like that. No touching... hands off. You can't do that. You can kill someone if you do that!" Kimberly pinched the bridge of her nose, "Never mind... can we do some kinda roll call so we're not calling each other 'hey you'?" She asked with a sigh.
A man glared at her, "What makes you think you can take charge of us?"
Kimberly rolled her eyes, "Okay. Well... let's see... I'll start calling you 'jackass' since you don't want to do my idea."
"It a good idea." Kimberly's eyes shot towards the direction of the Australian voice, Katherine was standing there with a pink uniform on, the silver coin on her chest had a bobcat embossed on it.
"Yeah." Jason agreed, "Might as well do this in generation order too... it'll make it easier..." He looked at the large group, "... for everyone." Jason added as an after thought, "I'll start since I was with the first gen... I'm Detective Jason Lee Scott with AGPD. I was Earth's first Red Morphin' Ranger... the T-Rex. Then I was the second Gold ZEO Ranger... now I'm the Warrior of the Golden Ninjetti."
"I'm Dr. Trini Kwan-Taylor. I was Earth's first Yellow Morphin' Ranger, Saber-toothed Tiger. Now I'm the Warrior of the Azure Mantis." Trini smiled.
Zach grinned at Trini, "I'm Zach Taylor I was Earth's first Black Ranger, the Mastadon. Now I'm the Warrior of the Orange Coyote."
Billy rubbed his thumb and forefinger against his chin which had a bit of hair making a beard, "I am Dr. William Cranston, you may call me Billy. I was Earth's first Blue Morphin' Ranger, the Triceratops, Unicorn and I was and currently am the Warrior of the Blue Wolf." Kimberly smiled, he'd almost gotten out of the habit of speaking too smart for the average human to understand, except for the fact that he still used way to proper English.
"As a lot of you know. I'm Dr. Tommy Oliver... I was Earth's first Green Dragon Ranger... yea the first evil Ranger... Earth's first White Tiger Morphin' Ranger... the White Falcon Ninjetti... Red ZEO, Red Turbo 1..." A few of the first 3 generations snickered and muttered 'Earth's First Christmas Tree Ranger', he glared at them before clearing his throat, "I was previously the Black Bracio Dino Thunder Ranger, now I'm the Warrior of the Green Falcon." That brought about a few more snickers, they looked at Kimberly who looked down.
"I'm Rocky DeSantos second Red Morphin' Ranger, the Red Ape Ninjetti, Blue ZEO Ranger and now I'm the Warrior of the Red Ape."
"I'm Adam Park... second Black Morphin' Ranger, the Black Frog Ninjetti, Green ZEO Ranger... Green Turbo 1 Ranger... and now I'm the Warrior of the Black Frog."
"I'm Aisha Cambell. Second Yellow Morphin' Ranger. Yellow Bear Ninjetti... and the Warrior of the Yellow Bear."
Xu elbowed Kimberly who had remained silent, "I'm Kimberly Hart... Earth's first Pink Ranger... hmm... Pink Crane Ninjetti..." She looked down, "Warrior of the White Crane..." She looked at her two children who looked at her expectantly, "... Vessel of the Living Flame..." The Turbo Rangers looked at her with raised eyebrows.
Katherine took her lead, "I'm Katherine Hilliard. Second Pink Crane Ninjetti. Pink ZEO Ranger and Turbo 1 Pink Ranger."
"I'm Justin Stewart. Turbo 1 Blue. Now I'm the Warrior of the Cobalt Fox." He smiled proudly.
Andros crossed his arms over his chest, still glaring at Kimberly, "I'm Andros. Red Space Ranger. Warrior of the Crimson Burro."
"I'm Cassie Chan. Pink Turbo 2 and Pink Space. Now I'm the Warrior of the Silver Chameleon." Cassie grinned.
"I'm Ashley Hammond, I was Yellow Turbo 2 and the Yellow Space Ranger. I'm the Warrior of the Ivy Meerkat."
"Kendrix Morgan. Pink Galaxy Ranger. Warrior of the Deer."
"I'm Karone. Pink Galaxy Ranger 2. I'm the Warrior of the Emerald Sloth."
"I'm Carter Grayson. I was the Red Lightspeed Rescue Ranger. Now I'm the Warrior of the Ruby Mustang."
"I'm Dr. Dana Grayson. Pink Lightspeed Rescue Ranger. Warrior of the Scarlet Lemur." Dana smiled when Carter took her hand.
"I'm Eric Myers. Quantum Ranger." Kimberly nodded her head to him and he nodded back, he had volunteered to help fight the new threat to Earth, in her book, that put him way at the top, just under Merrick.
"I'm Cole Evans. Red Lion Wild Force Ranger. I'm the Warrior of the Magenta Lion." Cole smiled proudly.
"Max Cooper. Blue Shark Wild Force Ranger. I'm the Warrior of the Turquoise Shark." Max bumped fists with Cole.
"I'm Lieutenant Colonel Taylor Earheart. Yellow Eagle Wild Force Ranger. Now I'm the Warrior of the Amber Eagle."
Merrick cleared his throat, Kimberly had met him a few years back when he traveled to Shanghai when he was traveling around the world with Zen-Aku. Merrick and Zen-Aku had fought off a bunch of modern day slavers with a few Monks and Kimberly's help.
"I am Merrick Baliton. I was the Lunar Wolf Wild Force Ranger. I am now the Warrior of the Lunar Alligator."
Another blonde smiled, "I'm Tori Hanson. I was the Blue Wind Ninja Ranger. I'm the Warrior of the Teal Dolphin."
"Conner McKnight. Red Dino Ranger, Triassic Dino Ranger. I'm the Warrior of the Brown Puma."
"Kira Ford. I was the Yellow Dino Ranger. Now I'm the Cosmos Orca." Kira finished off for the Rangers.
"I am Xu Huang Li. Son of Kimberly. Warrior of the Gray Leopard." He bowed his head to them.
"'m... Alexis Hart... daughter of Kimberly... Warrior of the Bronze Monkey..." She mumbled.
Andros turned to Tommy, "So, what are these things attacking Earth?"
Tommy turned to Dulcea, "They're the remnant of the rebels from the Great War on Eltar... we were on every planet in every galaxy. During the war... all but 5 Ninjetti died. Ninjor, Zordon, Dimetria, myself and Zordon's daughter... though we haven't seen her since the end of the War she disappeared... now Zordon is dead... Dimetria is still on Eltar, making sure that there isn't a rebel uprising." She turned to Kimberly, "You fought off the Grand General on your own..." Kimberly shrugged, "I'm still interested in how. Zordon couldn't even defeat him."
Kimberly huffed, "I told you. After living in Shanghai for 10 years you pick up some self defense." She shrugged.
"Zordon was our best fighter Kimberly." Ninjor interjected.
Merrick stayed silent, he had promised the brunette he would never divulge her secrets, "I'm sticking with my answer."
"We deserve to know why you dropped off the face of the Earth." Trini whispered, "At least the first and second generations of Morphin' Kim... we were your teammates..."
"You betrayed me. I should--" Tommy started but Kimberly cut him off.
"I. Can't. Okay! I just can't tell you guys! I'm not allowed to!" Tears sprung to her eyes, "If I could I would..." Kimberly ran off and Merrick ran after his friend, shocking his fellow Ninjetti.
Carter cleared his throat, "So... why are there so many new colors? Don't Ranger Teams usually consist of 5 to 6 Rangers... Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, sometimes Black and a few other off norm colors?" He asked and Ninjor laughed lightly.
"Rangers are average people who get infused with the Power. Ninjetti Warriors are those who are born with the Power within them... you were all pre-destined to become Ninjetti Warriors."
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"Kimberly." Merrick gently touched the brunette's back as she stared off at the Monolith.
"I really can't do this... I just want to go back to Shanghai... it's so simple..." She whispered, "I wish I was never chosen to lead them... I can't. I was pink. I should never had been a Ranger."
He gripped her shoulder, "I know you can't tell your old teammates what happened but... I can..."
Kimberly nodded quietly, "Yeah... that sounds good."
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A/N: In Wild Force, I don't know if Taylor was Second or First Lieutenant because technically they're both addressed as Lieutenant. So. If she was Second she got promoted 4 Ranks... 3 for First. After First it's Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel which is represented by a silver oak leaf.
Thanks for the reviews... I'll update soon... but with the rate that my Algebra II teacher gives us homework... it might not be as fast as normal.
Mind you... last chapter was short cos' I had to leave... and here is the finished product of all my note taking for this chapter, granted... may have pissed some reviewers off... but you can't please everyone.
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