Breathless

I do not own Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, though I wish I did, but I only own Claire and Emma.

With that being said on with the story

Lots of love, xo

It's morphin time 3

Before you go on:

We passed 1000 views, and you guys can't imagine how happy I am, I screamed when I saw it. So you guys made me really happy, so to celebrate that we have a new chapter, I was looking forward for this one so yeah, hope you will like it, now on with the story. :D

Chapter 9

~Peace, Love and Woe~

Kim paced around the Youth Center as she was waiting for Jason, Zack and Trini, she had to talk with them, it was almost a week since the whole punk incident and Claire and Billy were still not talking to each other and it started to reflection on the team. What if Rita attacked, with them like this Kim didn't know what to think, so she did the only thing she could thought of and that was to call her friends.

She knew it was maybe wrong of them to meddle but Kim was Kim and she knew that they had to at least try and do something. The call she got from Emma the day earlier confirmed they had to do something, the older woman told Kim that Claire wasn't herself lately, she wasn't as happy as usual, and she wanted was to be in her room whenever she was home. These things upset Kim, because out of all of them Claire was the one who was always bright, and happy, and smiling, and she noticed her friends began to act differently, they weren't as happy as always.

Claire was standing in front of her big mirror in her room brushing her long hair, that she decided to leave down today, makeup on her face minimal but you could still see the tiredness in her eyes, she didn't sleep as well these days, she was either at home, school or dance studio, which didn't leave her too much time to actually sleep, and the amount of homework she was getting didn't help at all. She wasn't stupid, but ever since she got here she found it hard to catch up with everyone and Billy usually helped.

Whenever she thought about him these days, her usual smile wasn't there, instead replaced by a frown. She understands that whatever Billy told her during his punk face wasn't actually him, the words hurt, they would hurt anyone, that's just what she has been saying to herself, but she hoped it was true. She also was sure that Billy did know also that he wasn't himself when he pushed her, but why she didn't know was why would he ignore her, or run away anytime she tried to talk to him. Her usual thoughts were interrupted by a soft knock on the door.

"Come in" Claire said putting her brush back onto her dresser.

"Hey Claire-Bear" Emma said softly as she entered the room, "How are you feeling today?"

"Good, as always Emms, what about you?"

"Come on Claire, you think I didn't see you moping around for a week, what's wrong?" Emma asked as she sat down on Clair's bed with a book in her hand.

Claire sighed and straightened her orange sundress that she had on and turned around looking at Emma who was sitting on the bed patting the spot next to her. The young teenager gave up from trying to convince her guardian everything was okay, and joined her sitting down on the bed next to her.

"It's nothing serious, it's just that Billy and I, got into a some sort of a fight last week" Claire explained.

"Oh honey, I'm sorry to hear about that, both David and me noticed that something was wrong, but we just didn't know exactly what it was" Emma admitted.

Claire nodded her head, "It's okay, I'm sure we will eventually sort it out"

"I know you will Claire-Bear, because I saw how close you were, I know you met months ago but you act like you've known each other for years"

"Really?" Claire asked looking up at Emma.

"Yes, because I can see how much you both mean to each other, but you both must remember that fights will come and go, but they will only make your connection stronger" Emma said as Claire nodded and hugged the older woman tightly.

Emma laughed and patted the teenagers back softly, "Everything will be okay, now let me see you"

Claire nodded and stood up twirling around slowly, her sundress flowing along with her, it was a perfect length falling just above her knees, and her hair was neatly brushed, soft curls bouncing as she moved.

"Beautiful" Emma said with a bright smile, making Claire blush and smile softly, "Oh yeah I have something for you"

"What?" Claire asked brightly,

"Here" Emma said giving Claire the book she had put to the side and Claire took it confused.

"What is this?"

"Believe it or not it's your mom's diary" Emma explained,

"No way!" Claire said with excitement.

"Yes way, your mom gave it to me, it's from when she was your age, she wanted you to have it" Emma said softly and Claire once again hugged her tightly,

"Thank you" Claire whispered.

"You are very welcomed, now I'll leave you to it, just don't forget you have to meet your friends at Youth Center later today okay?" Emma asked and Claire nodded.

"Yo Kim!" Zack greeted, as Jason, Trini and him entered the youth center.

"Thank god you're all here, I really need help you guys" Kim cried and the three looked at each other.

"Is this about Billy and Claire?" Trini asked sitting down,

"Yes!" Kim yelled but quiet down when others looked at her, "Right, we have to do something you guys, it's almost been a week"

"So? Maybe they just need a little more time" Zack said casually.

"There is no more time Zack, what if Rita attacked?" Kim whispered and Jason thought about it.

"I see where you are coming from, really, but are you sure that we should meddle in their own stuff?" Jason asked as he leaned into his chair crossing his arms.

"I agree, I mean meddling isn't a good thing to do, what if it backfires?" Trini asked agreeing with Jason.

"Well, I mean you're both right but we can't let them be like this, tell me you guys haven't noticed how they were more quite than usual, and always apart, and also I noticed how all of us aren't as happy as we used to" Kim explained, the others looked at each other and Zack cleared his throat.

"I think all three of you are right, we shouldn't meddle but at the same time we should help" Zack said grabbing every ones attention.

"What do you think we should do?" Jason asked interested.

"Well for one I am sure they would talk to each other if they were alone, so I say let's give them some alone time today" Zack explained.

"How, the dance is tonight we don't have much time?" Trini asked.

"Well I'm sure we can arrange it somehow" Jason said.

"What if we set them up somewhere?" Kim suggested.

"What do you mean?" Zack asked.

"The dance is tonight, so there is no whey they can talk here, this place will be packed all day, maybe me and Trini can ask Claire to meet us in the park, and you two can ask Billy?" Kim suggested looking at her friends.

"Not a bad idea, I think that might work" Jason said.

"I still think this isn't the best idea, but if it helps Claire and Billy, I'm in" Trini added.

"Count me in" Zack smirked and Kim smiled as they high fived.

"Those two never learn" Zack said to his friends, and they all chuckled after they just witnessed Bulk and Skull making fools out of themselves once again.

"Yo Billy! Speaking of which why don't you let me teach you couple of moves for the dance tonight?" Zack asked did a little twirl, "Just to impress the ladies?"

"Ahh no thanks" Billy said, "I'm not really interested in engaging feminine attention through bodily gyrations"

"Say what?" Zack asked confused as he looked over to Trini.

"Billy doesn't want to dance just to attract girls" Trini explained looking back at Zack who laughed.

"Yeah, well, to each his own, Billy boy" Zack said walking away and Billy and Trini chuckled shaking their heads.

"So Billy, did you ask anyone to the party tonight?" Jason asked with crossed arms and a smirk on his face.

"Negative" Billy answered shaking his head.

"No way! Come on, there's gotta be some girl in your class you can ask" Kim said emphasizingyou're your class' trying somehow to suggest Claire but Billy didn't get the message she was sending

"My priority is to complete my experimental weather analyzer in my laboratory" Billy explained taking out a notebook, "See you later guys"

"Jason now" Kim said pushing him towards Billy,

"Uh Billy wait up" Jason said as Billy stopped and turned around, "Me and Zack were wondering if you want to hang out in the park later today, say around four?"

"Well I suppose I could, where to you want to meet?" Billy asked and Jason proudly smiled that he completed the first part of the plan.

"By the lake" Jason answered and Billy nodded,

"See you then" Billy said walking away and Jason went back to Trini and Kim.

"The plan is on guys" He said and high fived them.

"I can't believe I got lost in mom's diary" Claire said running towards the Youth Center, "I'm so going to be late, Kim's gonna kill me"

Claire slowed down a bit making it to the entrance she took a deep breath and stepped forward, but she didn't see someone approaching and she collided with them falling down onto the floor when she looked up she saw a familiar face, the one she had barely seen the whole week.

"Uhh, Hi Billy" She said awkwardly as she put a stray of her hair long behind her ear, "Uh sorry for bumping into you I wasn't really watching where I was going.

"Uhh no, it was my fault" Billy said truthfully.

"Here" He added as he extended her arm for her to take.

"Thank you" Claire said softly as she took his hand and allowed him to pull her up to her feet as he smiled a little and she returned the smile,

"And you wanted to give him tips on how to impress the girls" Jason whispered to Zack,

"What can I say, looks like a match made in heaven" Zack said and everyone laughed quietly,

"Let's just hope our plan works" Kim added as they saw the two finishing up their conversation.

"I uh, have to go" Billy suddenly said and walked away and Claire looked at his direction and frowned, "Bye" she whispered with a sigh before turning around and walking towards her friends.

"Oh thanks for the books by the way" Kim said to Claire as they were sitting at the bar, along with Trini.

"No problem, I did promise I would bring them" Claire said with a smile as she zipped up her backpack.

"So Claire who are you going to the dance with?" Zack asked appearing behind her and putting an arm over her shoulder.

"Uhm, actually I was thinking of not going" She admitted looking down at her drink.

"What do you mean thinking of not going, it will be so much fun" Kim said excitedly.

"I know, but I've never been to a dance before, and I have no one to go with" Claire said.

"So? You can come with all of us, plus it wouldn't be the same if all of us are not there" Trini said and Claire sighed.

"Trini is right" Zack agreed along with Jason and Kim.

"Oh fine, I'll go" Claire said and Kim cheered.

"Want to meet with me and Trini at the park around four to hang out for a bit, talk about dresses and accessories?" Kim asked.

"Sure why not"

Claire sat on a rock by the lake enjoying the scenery waiting for Kim and Trini to show up because she got there a little earlier, just so she could have a little bit of quiet time. She was sitting peacefully, when she felt wind pick up around her,and she looked over her shoulder and saw a monster, she quickly stood up turning around.

"Who are you!?"

"I am your worst nightmare" The monster said.

"We'll see about that" Claire barked back as she took her morpher out.

"I'm gonna get rid of you, you pathetic little Power Ranger" The monster taunted swaying her hand around.

"You can try!" Claire yelled but felt her morpher tugged out of her hand by the wind, "No!" She cried trying to reach it but the monster laughed capturing Claire in her crystal.

Claire stumbled with her feet and landed on the ground hard, "Umph, what was that and where am I" Claire asked as she stood up and looked around, she tried to used her communicator but failed, "I just hope that Kim or Trini find my morpher or I'm done for"

Billy got to the park and looked around trying to find Jason and Zack but they were nowhere to be found, he sighed and walked over to the rock that Claire was on just few minutes ago and looked around. He looked down and saw a familiar thing, he bent and picked it up and his heart dropped when he noticed it was Claire's morpher, he wondered how it got there because he knew she wouldn't just leave it lying somewhere on the ground.

Billy stepped forward to go and find his friends when the putty patrol showed up, there were too much for Billy alone to handle, and the worst thing was that he was cornered on the rock, one wrong step and he'll be swimming with the fish.

He lifted his arm and turned on the communicator trying to reach his friends, "Jason, Jason do you read me?"

"Jason, come in" Jason looked to his communicator hearing Billy's voice, which couldn't be good, he looked around and went to his friends.

"Guys, guys" He whispered and they all gathered.

"Do you read me?" Billy asked.

"Go ahead Billy we read you" Jason answered quietly.

"Guys, where are you, I need help fast, I'm surrounded by putties"

"Alright, hold on, we'll be there as soon as we can buddy" Jason said, and all of them ran off to go and help their friend.

The gang quickly got to the park to see Billy struggling with putties, they all nodded to each other running into fight. Thankfully it didn't take them long to beat the putties, and they were getting better and better at it every time they faced them. As soon as the putties left they all ran to Billy who picked up Claire's morpher that he earlier dropped on the ground.

"Those putties are a total pain" Kim complained as she saw the putties disappear.

"Thank again guys, but I'm afraid it's not over" Billy said and everyone looked at him confused.

"What do you mean?" Kim asked but deep inside she knew what was coming as soon as she saw the morpher in Billy's hands.

"Well I came here to meet with Jason and Zack like we greed, but you guys didn't show up and all I found was this" Billy explained holding up Claire's morpher.

Everyone just looked at each other not knowing what to say, anyway what could they say, that it's partially their fault that Claire was kidnapped. Jason went to say something but the sound of the communicator stopped him, and he was thankful.

"Yes Zordon" Jason said.

"Rangers I need you at the command center immediately"

"We're on our way" Jason answered and they were gone leaving behind the trail of color.

Once they got there Billy stepped up looking at Zordon, "Zordon can you tell us what happened to Claire?" He asked, wanting to know what happened to his best friend, and why was she in the park in the first place since he was going to meet up with Jason and Zack.

"I'm afraid that Rita is behind this" Zordon explained, "She sent a trap to capture you Billy, but Claire was somehow there already and she got her instead"

"It's all my fault, I should've been there earlier" Billy said defeated and everyone looked at each other.

"Billy you shouldn't blame yourself" Alpha said trying to comfort Billy at least a little.

Kim looked at her friends and sight putting a hand on Billy's shoulder, "Alpha is right Billy, it's not your fault, it's actually ours"

"What do you mean?" Billy asked confused, looking at his friends who all had a shameful look on their faces.

"You weren't supposed to meet me and Jason" Zack started.

"You were supposed to meet Claire at the park" Trini finished.

"What?" Billy asked, he didn't know what or how to feel hearing this, but he tried to stay calm.

"It was our stupid plan, to give you guys some time so you can talk things out" Kim explained.

"We are really sorry Billy we thought we were doing the right thing" Trini said apologizing for everyone.

"What do we do now?" Billy asked, "We have to get her back"

"And we will, I can promise you that" Jason said putting his hand on Billy's shoulder.

"You'll need to be careful Power Rangers, for you must face a powerful foe, I call your attention to the viewing globe" Zordon said and they all gathered around the globe.

"She is called Madam Woe, for she brings Woe of trouble to everyone she touches. She controls wind, rain, heat and cold with the energy of her crown jewel, which also has the power to send people into other dimensions. The only way to defeat her is to combine your powers"

"How do we do that?" Jason asked as they all turned around.

"By combining your six power coins. Any one of you can assume the power of the entire group"

"Well then, I'll be the one. I volunteer" Billy said stepping forward, he wasn't about to let his best friend stay trapped in that dimension any longer, and he was going to help her get out with all that he's got.

"Let the Power protect you, Billy"

"Okay, guys. It's Morphin Time!" Jason said.

"Mastodon!"

"Pterodactyl!"

"Triceratops!"

"Saber toothed Tiger!"

"Tyrannosaurus!"

"Power Rangers" They all yelled as they teleported where Madame Woe was.

"Now you will join your friend" Madame said with an evil laugh as she teleported all five of them to another dimension.

"Madam Woe's warped us to another dimension" Jason said as they all looked around.

"Apparently so" Billy said "Huh, hey, Claire" Billy said before running to her.

"Billy!" Claire yelled as she hugged him tightly, "Oh you guys have no idea how happy I am to see you" She said happily hanging onto her best friend.

Billy softly pulled away and looked at her, "We're getting you out of here I promise" Billy said to her,

"Not without my help" She added.

"Here" Billy said tossing her her morpher which she caught easily.

"Thanks Billy" She said with a smile, "It's Morhpin Time!"

"Stegosaurus"

Claire morphed and joined her friends just in time as Madame Woe arrived, it was easy for her to bring all of the Rangers to the ground. Like always the rangers got up quickly fighting back, but everything in this dimension worked against them, not to mention Madam Woe's powers, hitting them with everything she got.

"You weaklings will never defeat me" Madame Woe taunted with a laugh, but the gang was not going to give up anytime soon.

"Wave blasters up!" Billy said and he, Trini and Kim aimed at the Madame Woe, "Fire!"

As they fired the hit's missed Madame Woe who just continued to laugh, "Your weapons are no match for the power of Madam Woe" She said sending water at them, and them back on the ground.

"Our weapons don't seem to work on her, but there must be some way to beat her. Man, we've got to figure out what to do" Zack said to his friends as they were kneeling.

"We need to move fast" Trini said, translating something that Billy said just a moment ago.

They all got up only to get shoot back down hitting the ground hard, "Now, which one of you wimps is the first to suffer my wrath?"

Billy stood up and took out his Power Lance going at the Madame, giving it his best shoot, she blocked his hit and took him by his neck. "No!" Claire cried as she saw Billy struggling.

"We can't beat her here, we've got to get back to our dimension. The only way to do that is by combining our Power Coins" Billy said to his friends as they all got up.

"Good thinking" Jason said, "Ready when you are!"

Billy got free of Madam's Woe hold and jumped kicking her away, he joined his friends "Let's do this"

"You little brats!" Madam Woe yelled as they all got ready.

"Now!" Billy yelled and all of his friends took out their Power Coins.

"Tyrannosaurus"

"Mastodon"

"Stegosaurus"

"Saber tooth Tiger"

"Pterodactyl"

"Triceratops"

"Morph to the power of one" Billy said as they all lifted their coins.

"Power Rangers" They all yelled and together they used their coins to bind the power and send Billy back to their dimension.

"Your parlour tricks cannot save you" She told the others before disappearing.

"No one escapes Madam Woe" She said with an evil laugh as she attacked Billy.

Billy tried to it her, but she would always block the hit, or disappear and reappear somewhere else. She attacked him with everything she had striking Billy every time, with fog, lightning, anything she had up her sleeve.

After a couple of rough attacks Billy was finally close to Madame Woe and used the opportunity to trip her to the ground. He caught her from behind as she struggled to get away from him but without success, Billy finally was able to grab the crystal on her forehead and take it off. Madam Woe cried in despair as he crumbled the crystal in his hand letting the dust that was left of it fall from it.

While stuck in her dimension Claire was wondering if Billy was alright, she also got apologies from everyone. At first she was confused, then understood when they explained everything to her. She knew that someone else would be angry for them doing what they did but she wasn't, sure she wasn't happy about it but she knew that her friends only tried to help her. But at the end she made them to promise her they won't try to meddle anymore to which they all agreed, accept Kim.

"I'm just saying that I can't promise something that I will probably break and neither should any of you, I think the best that I can do is try my hardest and not meddle in stuff like this" She explained and everyone laughed quietly at her until they heard Billy's voice.

"She's weakening you'll be free in a second"

"Awesome" Claire cheered.

"Alright guys we're almost out of here, everyone ready?" Jason asked and everyone gave a positive answer.

The world shook again and soon they were all back to their own dimension. "We're back, let's go!" Jason said and everyone followed after him.

"You escaped!" Madam Woe cried still weak from Billy destroying her crystal.

"But you won't Madam Woe!" Billy said clenching his fist.

Jason and Zack attacked first, then Kim and Trini and finally Billy and Claire who punched Madam Woe together sending her on the ground.

"Let's bring them together!" Jason said as everyone took out their power weapons and combined them.

"Power Axe" Zack said throwing his axe in the air.

"Power bow" Kim yelled as she threw her bow, which landed perfectly on Zack's axe.

"Power Guns" Claire called throwing both of them, which landed on either point of Kim's bow.

"Power Daggers" Trini said as her daggers fit perfectly next to Clair's guns.

"Power Lance" Billy said as he threw his lance which landed next to Trini's daggers.

"Power Sword" Jason called and put his sword on top, directly at the middle.

Their weapons combined and Jason stood in the middle holding it, on his right side were Kim, Billy and Claire, and on his left side were Trini and Zack, they all had one last look at Madam Woe who was terrified of what's coming next.

"Fire!" They yelled all together and the beam hit Madam Woe destroying her and everyone cheered.

"Hey Claire" Billy said as he walked to Claire as they all demorphed.

"Hi Billy" Claire greeted with a smile.

"I was wondering if you wanted to go home together?" Billy asked and Claire smiled and nodded.

"I would love to"

Billy smiled at her answer and looked at his friends who were already waving and giving him thumbs up, which had something to do with him asking Claire to go to the dance with him but he was scared to do it.

"So…" They both said at the same time while they were walking back home to get ready for the dance, once they heard each other they both smiled.

"Billy, what are we doing?" Claire asked with a laugh.

"What do you exactly mean?"

"I mean this, this as in the last week, listen I understand that it wasn't you when any of those stuff happened, and I'm not angry with you or anything" She explained, "I mean I don't know if you thought I was angry with you but I'm not, did the words hurt? Sure a little, but it wasn't you, and I really don't want to do any of this without my best friend"

Billy listened to what she said, he was relieved that she wasn't angry at him, he still was disappointed in himself a bit, "I'm glad you're not angry with me" He said with a small smiled, "Thank you for not being angry, but I would understand if you are anyway, I guess what I really want to say is that I don't want to do this without my best friend too"

Claire's eyes lighted up and she grinned, "Good now I don't have to do all of that boring homework by myself"

"Homework is not boring" Billy said, "It can be fun"

Claire laughed, "Uh I don't think so" She said as she stuck out her tongue at him with a wink.

Billy laughed and shook his head, they were getting closer to their homes and he wanted to ask her to the dance, but didn't know how, it was hard for him. He wasn't the most open person in the world, he didn't know what to do when it came to his stuff.

"So, are you going to the dance?" Claire asked hoping that he was.

"Mhm, what about you?" Billy asked looking over at her.

"Yup, I think that Kim would kill me if I didn't" Claire answered and they both started to laugh because they knew that's exactly what Kim would do.

They walked for a few minutes in comfortable silence, just enjoying each others company until they got to Claire's house first.

"I guess I'll see you at the dance later?" Claire asked.

"Affirmative"

Claire turned to go to her house when she heard Billy calling her name, she turned around and looked at him.

"Uhm, I was just wondering, I mean if you're not going with anyone, I uh" Billy started but got caught up with his words, "I mean you don't have to if you don't want to"

"I would love to go to the dance with you Billy" Claire said cutting him off and Billy looked at her with a smile.

"I'll see you later then"

"Affirmative" Claire said mimicking him, "Oh gosh I'm turning into you" She cried and Billy laughed along with her.

For the dance Claire left her hair down, her small curls showing, she didn't want to dress too formally or fancy so she put on a white dress with short sleeves, and she had orange cardigan over it and white flats. She looked herself in the mirror once more when she heard a knock at the front door, she knew that Emma would open it so she didn't rush.

"Claire! Billy is here" Emma called out as she let Billy and David in.

"And I'm not?" Claire heard David ask as she laughed, she smiled and looked at the diary she got from Emma that belonged to her mom and smiled at it.

"Oh, and David is also here" Emma added as Claire walked down the stairs happily.

"Hi guys" Claire greeted.

"Young lady you look beautiful" David commented.

"Thank you" Claire said and bowed like a princess.

The others started to laugh and Claire joined in, Emma ran to the living room and back, "Pictures I need pictures"

"Emms, it's just a dance" Claire tried to say but Emma wouldn't here it as she started to take picture after picture.

"Come on guys, just one good picture" Emma begged as both Claire and Billy stood there awkwardly.

"Well what do you want us to do?" Claire asked confused.

"I don't know, hug, make a funny face, anything really"

Claire and Billy both thought what to do, and Billy had an idea as he swept Claire off her feet. Claire shrieked and wrapped her arm around him as she hit him on the arm playfully.

Emma captured some more pictures and smiled proudly "Good, thank you both, now you are free"

Claire laughed and her and Billy left to the Youth Center to meet with their friends.

"Oh I didn't tell you, Emma gave me my mom's old diary" Claire said as they both sat at the table drinking smoothies.

"Really?"

"Mhm, she said that it was from the time my mom was our age, I read a page or two, it was really funny" Claire said.

"That's actually totally awesome" Billy said and Claire nodded.

"Well I'm glad that this day has a happy ending, didn't think that I would get scammed into going to park, then getting kidnapped, but if it wasn't for you guys I don't know what would I do, oh and thank you for my morpher" Claire said with a smile.

"To be honest I was a bit angry at them for doing it, but they just wanted to help, and thankfully we were able to get you out of that dimension" Billy admitted.

"You were the real hero today" Claire said and Billy blushed not knowing what to say.

Claire laughed when she heard one of her favorite song and took Billy's hand, "Come on"

She pulled they boy to the dance floor and they slowly started to dance together to "I want to dance with somebody" by Whitney Huston, they were soon joined by their friends and they all had fun for the rest of the night.

Well there it is, the next chapter, thank you all for reading. Right now we are close to 1100 views and i'm soooo happy about that. I want to thank brankel1 and of course AvalonBay for the reviews, and also to thank Avalon for all the help and suggestion what I could do to make my story even better. Anyway love you all, also song suggestion if you haven't heard it yet "All I want" by Stevie McCrorie, original by Kodaline, his voice is just soooo uhhh 3 Anyway it's getting colder here where I'm from, I don't know if it's cold where you guys are from but dress warmly, drink loads of tea, and stay warm.
Untill the next chapter,
Love you all 3

Oh almost forgot, if you like the story please follow, favorite, and of course review if you can I would love to know what you guys think 3