Ji was brewing some coffee after being told the plan Serena and Mia had come up with. Normally he wasn't one to give coffee to children – he didn't even really drink it himself – but this plan did sound good enough to work. He knew that on a regular day, the grownup Samurai could run circles around him and confuse him. For the first time, he pitied the Nighlok that was going to come face to face with four caffeine and sugar pumped children.

As Ji waited for the coffee to finish, he looked to the table and smiled as he watched Emily colour two different pictures. Though this Nighlok needed to be defeated, Ji was honestly sad to see him go. Not only had the Nighlok given Jayden the chance to have a proper childhood, but he had given Ji the chance to be a better father, and Ji had gotten to see what the rest of the team was like as children, and it made him fall in love even more with his Samurai. Though knowing what was in store for their future, it was a good and a bad thing.

The coffee would be a couple minutes still, and the boys weren't going to need it until the Nighlok came back anyways, so Ji took a seat at the table and gently picked up the picture Emily wasn't colouring on.

"This is very pretty," he honestly had no idea what it was.

Emily gave him a bright and happy smile, "Fow booboos."

"Get well cards?" Ji looked again and saw that one picture was mostly coloured in pink while the other had a lot more yellow. "That's very nice of you, Emily. Serena and Mia will appreciate that."

Ji put the picture down and then saw Emily holding out a crayon. He shook his head. He didn't feel like colouring. Emily pushed her hand out again, insisting.

"Wowds. Me no."

Ji wasn't too sure what she wanted. Most of the time it was hard to understand her. After almost a week, Mia was only just starting to grasp Emily's little language, and she spent a lot of time with the little girl. Ji was still very much confused. Jayden had learned to speak at an early age, and hadn't struggled with words very much at all. But Ji took the crayon, figuring it would do no harm.

"Love," Emily pointed to the paper. "Memy love Wena!"

"Memy love…? Emy loves Serena?"

Emily looked at him like he was stupid. She had just said that.

"Liwsen!" she tapped the paper again, "Wowds."

Ji nodded and he was about to write the words for Emily when he remembered something. Unsure of how long the Rangers would be stuck as children, Serena had decided on getting a head start helping Emily with her dyslexia. If the plan worked, like it was supposed to, it wouldn't be an issue anymore, but Ji didn't think he could pass up the opportunity to help. It felt like something he had to do, even if it would seem pointless.

"How about you do it. I will help," Ji put the crayon in Emily's hand and then stood over her. With his hand, he guided hers over the paper, "Emy," he spoke as he and Emily wrote, "loves Serena!"

"Me do!" Emily squealed and clapped her hands together excitedly, "Me do!"

Now Ji understood why he couldn't pass up the opportunity. He gave her a big smile and lifted her out of her seat, "You're a very smart girl, Emily. Never forget that."

"Me do Yiya!" Emily reached down for the table and wanted to try again. When Ji reached out to help her she pushed his hand away, "'Lone!"

Ji nodded and watched over as she tried to do as he had done. She struggled and each letter was… sloppy… at best, but he could see she was working hard and she was trying her best.

"No know Yiya."

Assuming she meant Mia, he spelt it out for her and helped her with her hand because it was a new word. When she was done, she picked up the picture and smiled brightly.

"Wike?"

"Amazing, Emily."

"Dance," Emily climbed down from the chair and started to do a little dance, "Lelebate!"

"Celebrate?"

Emily nodded her head and showed Ji the celebration dance she remembered Serena doing for her anytime she did something by herself. Ji danced around the kitchen with Emily and was having so much fun he didn't even hear the Gap Sensor go off until someone turned it off and cleared her throat. Ji turned around and blushed. Serena, Mia, and the boys were watching him and holding back their laughs.

"Ji's got moves," Serena smirked. "Seems like everyone's going to have a bit of blackmail after we defeat the Nighlok."

"Wena!" Emily grabbed the pictures from the table and jumped into Serena's arms. She held out the yellow picture, "Bye, bye, booboos."

"Aw, Emy, you made me a get well picture?" Serena gave her sister a hug, "Thank you, sweetie. I love it."

"Yiya!" Emily cried as she held out the pink picture for Mia.

"Is that a princess?"

"Yiya pity," Emily smiled and then buried her face in her sister's chest nervously.

"Pretty, right?" Mia whispered to Serena. "I'm not being pitied by a two year old, am I?"

"Of course you are," Serena teased. Then she felt a tug on her shorts.

"Uh, there's a Nighlok destroying the city," Antonio said. "I know she's cute, but we have more important things to do."

Serena nodded her head, "We've got to go. Stay with Ji, Emy."

Ji gave the boys their coffee and the Rangers rushed out as fast as they could, knowing they had wasted enough time admiring Emily's art. When they were gone, Ji looked down at Emily.

"What the heck, shall we dance while we have the house to ourselves?"

"Dance!" Emily cried and started bouncing around.

-Samurai-

The coffee kicked in halfway to the battle site, so by the time the Samurai made it to the Nighlok, the boys were already pumped with caffeine and sugar. In their Ranger suits, they looked like nothing more than coloured blurs as they raced to the Nighlok and pulled out their swords.

"Whoa, little Rangers!" the Nighlok cried and tried to swing at them with what looked like a teddy bear, but it wasn't soft and cuddly. When it hit, it felt like a ton of bricks smacking the Samurai and it hurt like hell.

However, the boys were so fast the Nighlok couldn't get them. He swung frantically and spun around in a circle. He was just trying to keep up with them, but they were so small, so fast, and so… infuriating, there was nothing he could do to stop them.

"Fire one!" Mia cried and summoned her sky fan as she and Serena arrived a little after the boys, "Sky Fan!"

Whipping her fan around, she struck the Nighlok repeatedly. The boys scattered in time to avoid being hit and the Nighlok was knocked off his feet and onto his butt. Before he could even think about getting up, the boys had him surrounded again and were swiping at him with their swords. He curled up into the fetal position, trying to protect himself as much as he could.

"Stop it, you little demons! Leave me alone! Ah, I hate children!"

"Fire two!" Serena shouted and pulled out a white coloured Earth Slicer. She launched it at the Nighlok and it tore through the flesh on his back before it returned to her.

"Boys, there are disks in your belt buckles. Use them to summon your own weapons and kick his ass!"

"You said a bad word!" Antonio called out while Mike, Jayden, and Kevin got their personal weapons out. Antonio just looked at his Barracuda Blade and sighed, "Aw man. Apparently I should have made myself something really cool."

Kevin took a few steps back and shot the Nighlok with arrows from his Hydro Bow. He fired them one right after the other, with barely anytime between arrows. The Nighlok stumbled back as he was struck in the chest by each one. Then he started to trip over his own feet, but before he could fall back, he felt something slam right into him and it sent him flying forward. Jayden had used his Fire Smasher (which he struggled to lift) to hit the Nighlok like he was playing ball. The Nighlok flew through the air and Mike ran to catch up with him. He wanted to get at least one strike with his Forest Spear before the Nighlok was defeated.

"A little to the left!" Antonio shouted to Mike as he watched the Nighlok fall from the sky. Mike did as he was told and saw Antonio gesturing for him to point his spear to the sky. He wasn't sure why but decided he would try it. The minute the spear was up in the air, the Nighlok came down, impaling himself on the green Ranger's weapon. Behind his visor, Mike had a look of disgust on his face for a moment, and then a look of amazement.

"That was awesome!"

"Mike was not a normal child," Mia muttered to Serena and shook her head sadly.

"He's not a normal person," Serena stated.

Kevin, Jayden, and Antonio raced over to Mike, who was struggling to pull his forest spear out of the Nighlok's dead body.

"A little help, guys!" Mike cried and the boys grabbed him around the waist and started to pull. On their biggest attempt, they suddenly felt something happen. They pulled the forest spear out with ease and landed in a pile on their butts. They groaned in discomfort as they pushed each other away and got up. Serena and Mia ran over to them. The boys were up on their feet and saw the girls running over. Instantly they noticed they were as tall as the girls were. They weren't staring at their legs or stomachs.

"It worked!" Mia jumped into Kevin's arms and he caught her and hugged her tight. The hug only lasted a few moments, though, as the Nighlok returned for his second life.

Jayden watched the Nighlok grow and sighed, "They grow so fast…"

"So do we," Antonio smirked, "Clawzord!"

-Samurai-

The Rangers' victory finally brought the city back to normal, though as the Rangers returned to solid ground from the cockpits, they were sure they heard a few disappointed groans from the people in the city. It was bittersweet that the Nighlok needed to be defeated. So many kids meant there were so many cute faces to run into every day.

Still a little buzzed from their coffee high, Mike and Antonio especially were bouncing excitedly on the way home and were teasing Kevin over how stuck up he was even as a boy. Serena and Mia watched and laughed, knowing they had a lot they could say about the boys as children.

But they were suddenly stopped when Jayden grabbed their arms, telling them he wanted to talk with them alone for a minute. Jayden told the boys to go ahead without him and then he walked slowly with the girls.

"Thanks for… you know… taking care of us."

"You would have done the same for us," Mia said and then pinched Jayden's cheek, "Besides; you were too cute to kick to the curb."

"I'm serious," Jayden looked to both Mia and Serena, "I mean, Mike, Kevin, and Antonio might appreciate it… but it means a lot more to me. The last time I had a mom was… well, when your moms were at the Shiba House. It was nice having a regular childhood for once, with Ji acting like a normal dad and brothers and a sister, and a mom. Two moms, even."

Mia wrapped her arm around Jayden warmly, "You're not six anymore, but you know if you ever need to talk, you do have a family."

"A family of oddballs, but what family isn't," Serena chuckled. "And trust me, this family is weird!"

"Seriously, guys. This was probably one of the best Nighlok ever. Thanks for really stepping up."

He gave both girls a quick kiss on the cheek and then ran over to the boys. Though he was back to his normal age now, he still felt very much like a kid and wanted to join the others teasing Kevin.

When the Samurai got back to the house, Jayden hurried in to find Ji. He remembered everything about being a kid and knew Ji had used that time to give Jayden everything he had missed out on the first time around. He also remembered the talk he had with Ji the day before at the park, where he told Ji he loved him and that Ji made him miss his dad less – in a good way. Jayden wanted him to know it was all very true, and that he appreciated everything Ji had done for him in in his second childhood and his first.

Emily greeted the Samurai outside and jumped into Mike's arms when she saw him. Serena stayed by the gate and watched for a minute while Mia and the boys teased Emily about almost everything from the way she talked to how cute she was.

Serena reached into her pocket and unfolded the picture Emily had made her before the battle. She looked to it a little sadly, but there was a smile on her face. She was going to miss her baby sister and the way she had been Emily's entire world – the way she was the only one who understood Emily, and the only one she ever called for when she was scared.

"I'll always be your baby sister."

Serena looked up from the picture and saw Emily had come over to her. Emily looked down at the picture and laughed, "I'll just be your baby sister who draws a little better. And who calls you Serena instead of Wena."

"That was cute."

"Yeah, when I was two. I don't think I can pull that off anymore. I would sound ridiculous."

"Speaking of ridiculous, when you were two, you mention something about Serrator being a goggie and a hosey."

Emily nodded her head, "That's a really funny story."

"Any funnier than your fiancé pantsing every mannequin in the store?" Serena wrapped her arm around Emily and looked to Mike, after speaking loud enough so he could hear her. "Mike, you were one perverted child."

"Not perverted. Curious. I was curious! That's normal for kids. Unlike Kevin, who was apparently born with a stick up his ass."

"Hey, Kevin was adorable," Mia smiled and gave him a kiss.

Kevin stuck out his tongue at Mike, "Ha, hear that. I was the adorable one."

"Uh, Kevin," Mia leaned into him and cuddled him, "I said adorable. You were more adorable than Mike but…"

"But?" Kevin frowned and looked down at Mia, "I know it's a little twisted, Mia, but who can be a cuter kid than your fiancé?"

"You know how badly I want a daughter. Besides, two is still adorably cute. By six you put a different adjective in front of the word cute."

"Annoyingly," Serena started counting on her fingers, "irritatingly, frustratingly…"

"Okay, okay, I get it," Kevin held up his hands, "You can stop."

"Infuriatingly…"

"Serena…"

"God, you kids were a pain in the ass," Serena let go of Emily and walked to the house, "Fortunately that's all over with. I hate kids."

"You remember you're actually a mother, right?" Mia said with a small laugh. "You know, your son Terran."

"Dammit! It never ends!"

Emily, Mike, Antonio and Kevin all gasped and pointed an accusing finger at Serena, "You said a bad word!"