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Author's Note: Alright I didn't do anything last week because I was spending every spare moment rereading all the Twilight books before Breaking Dawn came out and then I read it on Saturday, so once more I'm sorry for the delay.

Hurt and Confusion

"Hunter!" Tori smiled seeing the blonde ranger, but her smile faltered as she noticed the way he was standing; arms folded, glaring at them.

"How do you know my name?"

"Dude, you told us, like forever ago." Dustin said walking up to Hunter.

Hunter gave him a weird look and raised an eyebrow, "Right, so how come I don't know you?"

Shane and Tori exchanged glances, "You don't remember us?"

"Should I?"

"We're your friends."

"Friends who live here?"

"No, we…" Shane trailed off and looked at Tori again.

"We still live at home." Tori finished. She wondered where Blake was, but she didn't want to say anything.

"So where's Blake?" Dustin asked looking around.

Tori found it odd that Hunter's expression was that of confusion, pure confusion and she wondered what could have happened to cause Hunter to be like this. "Look, I don't know what you're talking about, perhaps you should leave."

"Dude, come on, this isn't funny."

"Do I look like I'm laughing?"

"Well no—" Dustin stopped talking after Shane nudged him.

"Can you just leave? I'm not in the mood."

"Blake." The name barely escaped Tori's lips in just a whisper.

"Not here." Hunter moved past them, not shoving into them, and headed for the door. After unlocking it he went inside shutting it in their faces.

The three rangers were stunned. Dustin turned to the other two, "What just happened?"

Shane pursed his lips together, "I'm not sure. Hunter was…"

"Different?" Tori offered.

"We better go. Something's bothering Hunter and we should let him be."

Tori and Dustin nodded and followed Shane as they slowly left the building.

Tori, Shane and Dustin found themselves in Ninja Ops. Cam and Sensei looked at each other after hearing their encounter with Hunter.

"Are you sure he didn't just want to be left alone?" Cam asked.

"No, you didn't see his face; he really had no idea who we were."

"Perhaps the two are not in control again?"

"Blake wasn't there." Shane stated with a quick glance at Tori.

"Hmmm…alright, I'll do some research, no sense in trying to talk more with him now. I'll let you guys know if anything turns up." Cam turned and headed back to his computer sitting down and working immediately.

The three friends all looked at each other and then back at Sensei who replied, "Go on. We'll alert you if anything comes up."

Blake stared out towards the water. This wasn't fair, nothing made sense anymore. Hunter wasn't even sure what to say. If only….if only the two ideas could merge. Shaking his head he realized that he was being ridiculous to even consider it. That other world couldn't be their real world. This one had to be the right one. But every time that thought would cross his mind he'd get a weird feeling inside of him. The feeling that something wasn't right. He knew what it was…Tori. Why would he remember someone like her if here he only got Kristy?

And for that matter what about Kristy? Why couldn't he remember anything about her? She held nothing over him. Was this life worth it to continue and stay with Kristy? Was it worth it to give up riding? He didn't have to sit long to figure that out. No, it was not worth it. He wasn't sure what his feelings were for Kristy, but if she cared about him enough then shouldn't she want him to do what he wanted to do? Blake wasn't going to give up riding, he wanted to race, so why not?

"Hi."

Blake looked up at the soft voice, "Hey, wanna sit down?"

"Sure." Tori sat down next to him and started looking towards the ocean, "So, why are you here? Isn't it a long way from home?"

"Maybe. The beach is quiet, peaceful. Helps me think." Blake closed his eyes for a few minutes and the two sat there in peace.

"So, congratulations on the race. I never got to see you afterwards. You left." The last two words were quiet.

"Yeah. Had to get back. You know." Blake looked over at her, "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

As the time passed with neither of them speaking Blake became more confused, this was his Tori right? His parents weren't alive? They were rangers and Lothor was after them. But it couldn't be real. Those things weren't. So how did he know Tori? That part just didn't fit into the rest of the world he and Hunter were trying to live in. Everything was weird. Nothing made sense, except Hunter…even Tori…this Tori the one who was with someone else.

All at once Blake heard a beeping noise. Instantly his hand went to his wrist only remembering that he wasn't a ranger, that was another world…or a dream. Looking at Tori he saw her lift up her hand and look at a watch. "I have to get home."

"Oh. Okay."

"Are you going to stay?"

"I think I might."

Blake saw her look down and then back up at him. She bit her bottom lip and then asked softly, "Will I see you again?"

Not that Blake minded the question, but still she had a boyfriend, "What about your boyfriend?"

Her face flushed in her embarrassment, "I didn't mean…I just thought…" She looked down, "maybe we could be friends."

Now Blake felt his face flushing, of course why would she want anything else? She had a better choice and she had gone with it…of maybe there was no choice. "Right." He looked down not wanting to see her face, "Of course."

"So then I will."

"Sure. Can I have your number?" Her head looked up at him and raised an eyebrow. "Hey, just so we can have more than just chance meetings and such."

"Right."

After the two exchanged numbers Blake watched as Tori left, and with her he felt some of him go.