Greetings, one and all and welcome to the next chapter of Power Rangers: Legacy. I hope your going to enjoy it as much as I had writing it and now on to the story.
"So Gosei, can you explain to us why Emma was so amazing?", Jake asked as the Rangers where in the Command Center, just after the Pink Ranger was done standing on a rotating platform, having her body scanned.
The giant tiki head pondered his words before speaking up, "It appears that Emma has awakened to her Semblance. Damn it..." he added that last part with a faint whisper, but not quite enough as the Ranger picked up on it.
"Why the 'damn it' part?", Gia asked.
"Well, Tensou and I had this bet going on about who of you would first achieve your Semblance and which one would follow. I had bet on Sky, while Tensou had his money on Troy would achieve it first.", Gosei said.
The Rangers exchanged unsure looks with one another before Gia spoke up, "Good to know."
"Yeah, why didn't you tell us? We would want in on those bets.", Jake added with a smile.
"Oh, no. Only mentor's, robot sidekicks and those who have awakened to their Semblance are allowed to bet.", Emma said with a cheeky smile before turning to the giant tiki head, "By the way, Gosei. What is my Semblance exactly?"
"From the scans, it seems your Semblance allows you to absorb energy based attacks from an enemy and project it into energy based attacks, like blasts and shields. It should work great against the energy attacks of the Armada.", Gosei said and the others agreed.
"I hope it will. But at least I am capable of using a pink Kamehameha against Loogies.", Emma said with a smile.
"And don't forget that your Semblance gives you an amazing singing voice.", Sky added with a smile of his own, "Or is that a natural talent?"
"No, its not part of my Semblance, but thanks for the compliment.", the dark haired girl said before the group left the Command Center retiring after a long day of fighting.
A few days later was the day of the camping trip. After a short bus ride to the nearby woods, the students had just finished setting up their tents, enjoying a day out of the classroom. "Attention, please.", Mr. Burley tried to get their attention but to no avail, "Attention! Attention! Attention! Silence!", the teacher shouted, finally reaching the students, "Finally. Everyone find a study buddy to partner up with."
Emma glanced at Troy and smile, even the young man gave a soft one as he gave a small nod. Sky spots Noah but before he could walk over to him, Gia grabbed him by the arm, "Oh, no you don't.", the blonde said with a teasing smile, "You don't need another A, and I could use your help getting a B+."
"Alright! Your assignment for today will be to collect interesting plant samples.", Mr. Burley said, "So that we can bring them back to school for analysis! Away you go!"
Students begin to walk off in different directions. Some of the students pick up various hand rakes, shears, shovels, and buckets as they walk along. "Remember keep your eyes peeled. If you don't really watch where you're going, you might miss something important."
"Like that rake?", Sky asked just as Mr. Burley steps forward onto the rake and it hits him on his forehead, "Told him."
The field trip was going well with the students working in pairs. Sky and Gia were walking through the grass field, enjoying the sunny day. "This is nice. We have been so busy fighting aliens, we haven't had a chance to get outside and really relax.", Gia said as she sat down in the open field.
"Our lives are different now. I haven't been able to keep up with my fencing training... Maybe that's the reason I got my ass kicked by Vrak or that I haven't awaken to my Semblance yet...", Sky said as he laid on his back in the grass, his arms placed behind his back, enjoying the sunshine.
"Don't be so hard on yourself. It's like Gosei said, Power is born within the heart. When the time is right, you just need to look inside yourself and you will find it there.", she said laying down next to him.
"I guess your right...", Sky continued as he looked up to the clear blue air above, "Do you regret it? Being a Ranger I mean.", he looked over to his blonde friend as she thought about her answer.
But she agreed that she had no regrets about it at all, "I'm proud of what we are doing."
"Yeah, I wouldn't trade this for the world. And one of the best perks about being a Ranger is having you as my partner...", Sky said with a smile which turned into a slight blush as he realized what he just said, noticing the surprised look Gia was giving him, "I-I mean having you and the rest as my best friends... Don't look at me like I didn't have any friends before! Though to tell you the truth, I don't remember what we all used to talk about. Can't really call them friends... Harwood County suits me just fine, I got something I need to do there."
A short silence followed as the two just sat their, enjoying the scenery.
"Hey, did you know there is a lake nearby? On the second day of the camping trip, we usually go for a swim. You did bring your swimming trunks right?", Gia asked.
"I thought about going all natural, but if you insist I wear swimming trunks.", Sky said as the two stood up, "Now lets go find some plants."
The blonde nodded, "Then I am looking forward to tomorrow."
Suddenly they hear a scream. "Oh, come on! What is it now?", Sky said as they hurried towards the source of the sound.
Upon arrival they found all the students are gathered in a circle, around a patch of mud with two very large footprints in it. Mr. Burley arrives and gets quite excited to see the foot prints. "Big Foot! Big Foot was here!" he exclaims then quickly covers his mouth, "N-Nothing to see here, continue with your plant searching."
The Rangers give each other a meaningful look, "So... Big Foot?", Troy asked as they walked away.
"Nah, there is no such thing. Must be some kind of hoax.", Jake said as the group gave one last look to the foot print.
"Or it could be an alien. We should be on our guard.", Sky pointed out, and the others agreed.
Later that night, the Rangers were sitting down for dinner as Sky was working at a small cooking station. "Whoa, that smells so good! It's making me all hungry...", Emma said as she and the others watched him work his magic.
"Indeed it does.", Gia added, she had to admit, her friend looked cute in that apron as he began to serve dinner.
"And a special plate for Emma.", Sky said placing the last plate in front of her, much to her surprise and Troy's annoyance.
"Why a special plate for me?", she asked.
"Troy mentioned that your a vegetarian, so I made a vegi version of my chicken curry for you.", Sky explained as he sat down himself.
"Not that I am complaining, because it taste good, but why did you decide to make your chicken curry?", Noah asked as the Rangers began to eat.
"Well... Gia liked it so much last time... I thought I could make it again.", Sky explained, as they began to talk over various things over their meal.
"This reminds me of my mom's cooking.", Noah said.
"Is there enough for seconds? My stomach is like a bottomless pit.", Jake asked, which Sky affirmed there was.
The next day at the nearby lake, Sky was dressed in green swimming trunks with a white floral pattern and a pair of dark sunglasses on as he laid down on a towel with his male friends nearby. "You notice how we always have the same color schemes in our clothing? Like how I always wear something black, Troy always wears something red, Noah something blue and Sky something green. Even our swimming trunks are those colors."
"I resent that.", Sky said lazily as he continued to lay on his back, "I also often wear white."
"I don't mean anything by it. But it just seems weird.", Jake pointed out.
"I-Is that so?... I don't really put much thought when I pick out my outfits... I just like the color red.", Troy muttered, it was then that the girls came walking up to them, Gia wearing a yellow bikini while Emma was wearing a pink bathing suit.
"What are you guys doing out here? You should be in the water!", Gia said.
"I think they were waiting for us.", Emma asked with a cheeky smirk.
"I guess... Uhm, shouldn't we get into the water?", Gia said as she looked over Sky's muscular chest as the group went over to the lake.
"I am surprised they can get this worked up over just some swimsuits...", Sky thought until he heard a voice, taking him out of his thoughts.
"Hey, Sky... Just a random question...", Gia whispered, "So uhm... How do I look?"
Taking off his sunglasses and placing them on his towel, "You look great.", Sky said, not noticing the small smile on her face as they entered the cold water, going into it until their lower bodies were submerged.
"Let's play chicken fighting!" Emma said while they stood in the water. She grabbed Troy, climbed up onto his shoulders, "Bring it on, Sky and Gia!"
Sky looked uncertain at his friend, but she gave him a nod and climbs on his shoulders. "Let's do this.", Gia said as Noah and a slightly jealous Jake cheered them on.
The two guys walked towards each other, Gia and Emma are trying to push the other off of the guy. "Take this!", Troy said, not fully understanding the rules, he aimed a swift kick to Sky's shin through the water, but he miscalculated his kick and instead landing the kick to his friends groin.
Sky let out a high yelp as he fell over in pain, dropping Gia in the water. "You can't attack Troy! Only the people on the shoulders can attack!" a wet Gia yelled as her friend sat doubled over from the pain, while Noah and Jake looked worried to their friend.
"Oh... Right... S-sorry, Sky, I meant to aim for your legs.", Troy said a little awkward.
"Well, you hit one!", Sky said with a pained voice.
"Either way, we win!" Emma said raising her arm, as she low fives with Troy.
"I am so getting you back for this...", Sky managed to get out with a painful groan.
Late that afternoon as the sun began to set, the students had come back from their camping trip. The Rangers were walking home together, "Good times never last.", Troy said as he looked at the setting sun, "I wonder if our high school days will end that way too."
A smirking Sky put a arm around his shoulders, "What's with the doom and gloom all of a sudden? Were still young! If anything our lives are just getting started!", Sky said, "Hey, why don't we go skiing during winter break?"
"Talking about winter already? A little jumping the gun there, Sky.", Noah said, "I am looking forward to it."
"So wait, your not mad at me about the groin attack?", Troy asked.
"How can I stay mad at my best friend?", Sky said with a smile, "But you might not become an uncle... You got one hell of a kick."
There ya go, another chapter, hope you enjoyed. Many thanks to everyone who reads, reviews, favorite or follows this story, you beautiful bastards! For now I wish you all a fantastic day and I will see you ladies and gents, next time.
