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Megaforce

Emma groaned at 7 in the morning. She knew what day it was, her birthday, specifically her 18th birthday. Being the youngest in the group, the others would sometimes tease her. But Troy wouldn't. He knew how it felt to be hurt by others and avoided spreading the physical disease.

Emma smiled at the thought of his sincerity and jumped out of bed. Realizing that Troy had woken up before her and she was alone made her really curious. If he was getting any funny ideas, might as well call the Fire Department before the incident. But he wasn't doing anything suspicious. Instead, he was on the couch, watching a game from the past Sochi Olympics. Today was their last day in Russia.

Troy smiled and walked over to her, Emma still looking really tired. Her hair was pretty neat, but one look at her eyes that were usually very awake and you could tell that either she was up late watching a TV marathon, or she was sleep deprived.

"Happy Birthday."

"I want to stay younger for once."

"Yeah, but think of all the good things. Like, you can get your license…"

"Anything else?"

"Uh…"

"That's what I thought."

"You know what? Since you don't look so pumped about being 18, I'm going to take you out the whole day."

"Really? But we have to get packing."

"Not me, but you do."

"Rude much?"

"It's my signature move." He chuckled at her upset expression and she walked to the restroom to get ready for her birthday with Troy.

Samurai

Jayden yawned and proceeded to the restroom, but bumped into a wall because he was headed the wrong way.

Mia woke up startled to the sound and started laughing when she realized the sound was because of Jayden's clumsiness. He frowned at her and her eyes went wide.

"It's Emma's birthday today."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I forgot to get her a present."

"I didn't know I had to get a present."

"Well, we can quickly head to the mall across the street."

"Count me in."

After an hour of shopping, they finally found something that could be used as a present. Jayden yawned again. He hadn't gotten much sleep lately due to the recent Nighlok attacks that Kevin and Antonio had to deal with in China.

Jayden smiled at the thought of the two mortal enemies in an extremely foreign country. It must've been torcher for Kevin. Mia looked up to see him smiling and wondered what was making him act so strange. He was being very overprotective of her, but she shooed him away everytime by saying that she was a ranger too.

But she still loved the feeling.

Megaforce

Emma waited for the elevator in the hallway, while Troy went to a cash exchange counter. It just wouldn't make sense to pay for everything with the wrong currency!

She smiled as he seemingly tried to understand what the man at the counter was saying. Today was a big day, but there was just one thing that bugged her. Her loved ones were all the way on the other side of the world and scattered out everywhere. Little did she know that Troy was just prepared for that.

"Well, today's your birthday, not a funeral. I would just forget it and spoil myself."

"Spoil myself?" Emma was taken aback by his dramatic expression.

"But first, how about I take out my morpher to call everyone?"

"What the heck are you thinking? We're in a hotel!"

"Which is also the host for every guardian. You know- Power Rangers, Super Sentai, Kamen Rider."

"Alright, but don't blame me if it gets awkward."

"I'll just say it's my dad's phone. Those phones were so big."

"Alright, Superman."

After 5 calls to their friends and one unexpected call from Emma's parents, Troy gave her the 'I-told-you-so' look.

"Back to the subject. Just forget everything that could put you down and spoil yourself."

Again, she was taken aback.

"You know… tell me every store you wanna go to."

"Well, I don't know. I guess it's your choice."

"Your birthday."

"Your money."

"Logic. Well played. Then we'll start off at the mall."

Samurai and Megaforce

Emma gaped at how big the mall was compared to their local one in Harwood. The entrance was like a grand palace! She smiled and Troy smirked at how she was being pampered. He slung a casual arm around her shoulder and they walked inside the first store that was in sight.

Emma bumped into something when she entered the next shop, more of someone. Her eyes widened when she saw Mia and Jayden holding shopping bags. They were just as surprised as her and Troy.

"Uh… hey… you guys," Jayden tried to say casually and leaned against the closest object behind him. He fell, for they were in the middle of the wide hallway. Emma and Mia exchanged glances while Troy just smirked at the chaos today was.

"So, what're you guys doing in the mall?" Emma asked innocently. Mia couldn't help but note that Emma must've been in the same position as Emily- the fragile one. Troy could definitely relate, but was glad that he could help his Pink Ranger.

Flashback

One day, Emma was in the forest, just walking around. It was as if she was thinking about something. As a coincidence, Troy was jogging in that area, too. He stopped when he heard something moving in the trees.

There was Emma, sitting on the grass, with her head buried in her hands and all huddled up. Knowing this meant she was either sad or confused about something, he stopped and walked towards her.

She looked up and one look at her watery eyes made him want to see someone kill the one who was the cause of her sadness. But that wasn't Troy; he would just try to walk away from it. He thought that he was a bit more involved in this situation since she knew him much better than the others for being the one to convince the others to open up to him. It simply wouldn't work for the girl to leave someone she knew behind.

He immediately went into giving her a hug and she shifted, for all she wanted was someone with her there. She started to sob and now Troy wanted to kill the one who upset her himself. She let go and he felt the tiniest bit sad that she did.

She gave him an assuring smile that she was better and she could throw everything away.

"Emma, I want you to tell me why you're sad."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. And if you don't, I'm not letting you leave." To test his threat, she got up, but he just pulled her down by the hand.

"Alright. So remember the monster we just defeated?"

"Yes. Did he hurt you? Should I call Gosei and Tensou?!"

"No, I'm fine, but remember how he insulted all of us?"

"Yeah, but just ignore it."

"But remember what he said to me?"

"Well, you took the hardest hit."

"Yeah. He said that my mom was the best pink ranger- and I agree with that, but when he said that I didn't deserve to be a ranger or even worthy of her daughter, that hurt. Then, he had to figure out what was going on between me and my mom."

"Oh, Emma. In my eyes, you'll always be my favorite pink ranger."

"Thanks Troy. Yeah, I could say you're the best red ranger, but that would mean you're better than my dad."

"Fine, your dad can be better."

"Silly, I'm just kidding. You'll always be the best red ranger, even the best ranger itself."

"Thanks, pinky."

"Don't push it."

The memory raced through his head one more time before they finished shopping and he and Emma drove back home.

In his eyes, she was the best pink ranger there would be.

But in her eyes, he was the best ranger there would be.