The White Falcon and the Pink Crane
Disclaimers: I own nothing of the characters or the show which belong to Haim Saban and Disney. The story-line belongs to me, everything else belongs to Saban and the Disney company.
Warnings: With this chapter it's just going to be the single song now and they're going to the lodge the following morning to go skiing. But the mission is going to just get a brief shot, as the nine switch positions in team dynamics for a bit, before we hit October and Jason Returns after that.
Chapter 20: Family Time And Explanations
Feeling her shaking he rocked her gently. "Shh, it's okay baby, it's okay." he said softly feeling her bury her head into his shoulder as he stroked his hand through her hair. "God, Carrie is going to kill the duo vocally when she hears this." Mei said to him and he nodded in agreement. "For us we can't control what our children do, because they're not even here, but the nine are bonding more tightly by the minute."
"And she needs to see us more often, alright, enough is enough, she wants to see us every day and weekend, we sign those forms, she's coming home every day, weekend and the rest of the year till the quartet get recalled." he said and they nodded to that in agreement. "Peter I know she told you guys this now, but she told us because of a simple thing that we: Preston, James, Nathan and I understand here right now."
"And as do the trio, and it's do to a simple fact now that she told us first, before she gets to Janet and Carrie now. But our bonds are the result of the five of us: Nathan, Jake, Erica, Dillon and I being with Jim, in the case of our kids with Tommy. While Janet and Preston are her godparents, but the first to know were us because we, aside from quartet, haven't known her as long as you guys have, so to us."
"She had to tell us first, before she told you, because we're with them and the duo are her family. But it's not our business what they choose in their relationship, we're just the supporting shoulders to lean on. They both said they don't want their sympathy, or them taking side sides and yet, by choosing to stay there. When she and the duo came home, they basically told us they did." Andrea said and he nodded as they stood up at that.
"They made the unspoken remark that they're taking sides in something that is absolutely none of our business?" Mei repeated with a low growl at that and Erica nodded to her. "Parent conference, right now, if they continue to refuse to come see us, because they're already here, someone is in serious trouble." Peter added with a stern tone and the eight all nodded as they looked at their kids as the duo looked at them gently.
"Guys could you head into the living room, the nine of us need to have a grown up talk here regarding your chosen decision." James said and they nodded to him as Melissa ran her hand through Kim's hair and she gave her a hug and nodded. "Mom, dad, I made my choice, it's just a step back, I'm seeing you every day. I love him and I belong to him, the duo I met out there are my brother Carter Grayson and Aisha's cousin Patrick."
"Coach is getting ready to drop the bomb on Carter, telling him I'm really his baby sister, they're family. But I'm just saying this regarding the duo, if they continue to refuse to come here when I'm here. They're just eroding away the bond we: Billy, Jason and I, once had with them, and if he turns and can not be turned back. And I lose him, that's it, it's over between us, the boys and Tommy feel the same way I do right now."
"Nothing changes the fact that they chose sides when we said to stay out of this, repeatedly. To us, it's not their love life, so but out you two, I chose Tommy, he's who I belong to, I'm not dating anyone else, so get that through your heads now. I don't have to hear the words, the quintet are ready to lay into them for us right now. And it's they're making me worse by just thinking about right now at the moment."
"To Billy, Adam, Rocky and Jason, I'm their baby sister, anything screws with me and they're letting them have it. For the girls it's the same thing right now, and Tommy he feels the same way, but his maternal tribe was a wolf tribe. And Dragon, Tiger and his wolf all imprinted in me, he'd do anything, be anything for me, to him, they break my heart and he's going to kill Zack himself, if it puts me back in the hospital."
"But the duo, Sha' and Jason, chose us without thinking twice about it, they never chose sides, they chose both of us. To them, I'm their sister they're not letting me go, and the quintet chose in advance, it's me and it will always be me. They don't know me in the way that the quartet do, but last year cemented it, we're Ninjetti, we're family. The quintet are not taking sides in this either, they choose both of us, but here's the thing."
"They know I need them more than Tommy does right now, the added side effect of our Ninjetti bond is we become empaths. They can sense everything I'm feeling, I have the eight in my head all them time now. The reason I came back to see him, is because we all know what happens when separated from our other halves here. Things were falling apart, and it's like they lost half of themselves in the same way I did here."
"To help us, all of us, to concentrate now, this was the only option, but nothing's changed between us and nothing ever will. The guys, they're my brothers and mate, I'm not letting them or the quintet go. So we're coming home every day, so I can see you, both versions, for several hours, weekends, holidays and the summer now, starting now." she said gently and the Olivers both nodded as James said it for both of them gently.
Watching as Tommy wrapped both arms around her from behind, they hid a smile as the teenage seven looked at them happily at that as they nodded. "In truth the reason I told the seven of you first was the five of you didn't know me in the way the quartet do. You'd see the lies in the letter for what they are and immediately double check. But before it arrived, I decided to come see the sextet first." she said and they all nodded to her.
"Why exactly?" Jake asked and she looked at the boys and Kat as Kat answered that one as she looked at her smiling. "Seven months separated, we'd all lost concentration to the point that if she hadn't told us this, it was likely to result in someone getting hurt. Or worse, the side effects of being Ninjetti are we're connected so the mental lock down. It has our animals visiting each other repeatedly, and she had us in her head all the time."
"She lost concentration to the point she's collapsed when we got hit when we were working. Realizing Tommy had also lost concentration here and with him being the leader of the team. To help him and us concentrate now, it's she decided she was coming to see us every day and second just nip this in the bud, before it reached the point. That they started cheating on each other, but her sextet were me, the guys and Aisha now."
"The seven of us were now Ninjetti after the accident last year when she ended up in the hospital. But that cemented the bonds between us now, I'm her best friend now, but Allana and Kalina, get ready ready for the meowing debate now that you just figured it out. Because your animals, and ours, are going to be going into frequent debates regarding this as this continues, and the longer this goes on the more likely chance."
"That your animals are going to be showing up themselves in case she collapses, again. So one chance and choice only here, to help all of us, she had to see us and secondly head off what was to come regarding the letter. Before she told you Uncle James and with you, my mother and the quartet. So we get to see her, re-establish our bonds of friendship and that stops it, before it starts." she said and they nodded firmly to her.
"Meowing debate, are we talking that all of you are working over time now, to keep Dragon from losing his temper finally. While ours are worried out of their minds that something happens, its landing your sister back in the hospital?" Nathan asked and she nodded with a sigh. "Yeah dad that's exactly what she means right now, but she had to see us first, before she saw and told you." Billy told him and Erica answered that gently.
"You had to see our kids first, before you saw us baby?" Erica asked and she nodded. "Yeah you just met me, by that I mean you and Tanya on Monday, out of the group I knew you'd be the first to figure it out. And of the nine, only you and she had the right to look at it more closely, you just met me and you didn't know me in the way they did. So only you had the right to freak out at the moment, regarding this at the moment."
"So rather than risking it destroying our gang, our family, I decided to just tell them before hand. And Jase gave the added reprimand to add on to the point you, and our parents, were going to give to them, if this went all the way through. But coming to see you guys was the best decision I could have made, I got to see all of you tonight and we headed off what could have been a disaster if we hadn't told you all at once."
"But I'm just saying this now, but though I set things on hold with him for a bit, nothing changes and nothing's going to change in your case, but you five deserved to know this. While the Campbells and Scotts were adopted family, you seven were the first to know this, you and the Hilliards were the latest additions to the gang. You're the first to know, while the boys and Aisha were my new gang now." she said and the duo nodded to her.
"Thanks for telling us that, we appreciate the honesty, so what's the added side effect if you had to come home and see us." Ron asked and she sighed. "Our bonds as Ninjetti, they're in their infancy, lose one piece we start losing concentration, we lose another and lose concentration entirely. So to heal, the six of us decided on meeting up three times this week and we're spending the entire weekend together like we used to."
"As to that, the trio are in their initiation stage of this and it's meant to develop the bonds further, the trio need to be with us six. Because they're just beginning to develop the connection we have together. The longer this goes on the second Jason reactivates there's no reason for jealousy, because 1) he and Rocky are both Red's. And 2) by the time he reactivates, the six of them, Sha' Billy and I are now a united team."
"And nothing is getting between us nothing ever will now, and it would take a lot more Zedd or Rita to break us up now. They made their choice and they choose both, being a friend and warrior, and our connection is what's causing your animals start going at it." she said and they nodded. "So the more you show that nothing is getting between you, we start getting stronger in the same way till it breaks down the front door."
"And once in your warrior mode, it hits us at the exact same time and we're in our robes after that?" Erica asked and they all nodded. "Yeah, at the moment you, Uncle Preston and Aunt Andrea are in your initiation stage. And the more you see us together, the seven of you are going to be the same way with mom and Aunt Janet. But your team is intact at the moment, the duo are stuck in year one mid year two at the moment."
"But until they accept the fact, the boys and I belong to the quintet now, that Jason chose us and they come to terms with the fact their failure in friendship rules. And the rules of a relationship has resulted in the situation they landed themselves they're never going to reach our level. Because they stopped their martial arts training, and stopped communicating with your animals' Cubs." she said, looking at Peter and Mei gently.
"We know and we understand, for us and the Scotts, we know it's family business, but with the rest of our family out of the picture, we're taking care of it right now. But 3/4's of our group are here, all that's left is your mother and Janet that are not right now. So we're making their decisions for them here, but this is personal family business. So if it doesn't concern you, stay out of it." James said and the sextet nodded to the request.
"Don't worry we're with both of you on that right now Jim, it's not our business, we're just their supporting shoulders to lean on, nothing more. So if it's not our love life, we stay out of this, it's that simple right now." Jake said for all of them and the quintet nodded in agreement with his thoughts. "Uncle Jake, though I set things on hold with him, with you guys it's the same, we're just rebuilding our bonds now."
"By our, I mean the 7 of us, but our bond, nothing's changed for you and nothing's going to change, I love you guys like family, I'm never letting you go." she said and the adult quintet nodded in acceptance to her remark as Dillon gave her a hug and she tightened her arms around him before Jake and Nathan did the same, as did Andrea and Erica. "God I missed you guys, I'm just glad I came home, I had to see you now."
"Just short of week and I've been guessing and second guessing this decision since I made it. I'm so lonely, I miss my flock, I just want to come home now." she said and Nathan sighed as he hugged her at that. "You five, I had to see you the most, my quintet and mate in my case. My father-in-law and aunt and uncles in yours, and with it, that's the reason I came home, I had to see you now, because the concentration."
"It's so bad, I missed a step or two, or lost my grip on the bars and barely broke my wrist. I can't focus without you right now, but that's all of it dad, that's why I came home now, to see you five." she told James and he nodded as Preston exchanged looks with Nathan as he said it for all of them at that. "At the moment though we understand that, the duo, your version, don't right now, baby as to that at the moment right now."
"And that's what we have to talk about, so give us thirty minutes, we'll deal with the kitchen clean up, but you guys take a break." James said and she nodded. "Sure thing dad, and I'm lucky we told you this now, but I followed every rule there was in a situation like this. You're my in-laws, I don't care if we're not married yet, but that's what we're telling you now guys, we're meant to be together now."
"And to protect our relationship..." she said and sighed as Tommy wrapped his arms around her. "We're just making the announcement now, so although we're cooling things down till she comes home for good. I asked her to marry me, and she said yes, we're engaged." he told them and they all nodded to him in amazement. "You're kidding, so soon?" Mei said in shock and they nodded as Kim answered her gently as she said it.
"Yeah, we're soulmates actually, my crane and his falcon are mated in the spirit animal, world, we decided that till I return home for good to put things on hold. But it doesn't matter I love him and only him, but that explains this." she said as she removed a second necklace and they saw a T and K in a heart then and they smiled at that. "Tonight, it's about making the declaration, we gave ourselves this second chance."
"And though you're all hearing it, but the quintet already heard that declaration and they also were the first to see the marriage proposal. So to them it's just made it clear, nothing's changed for them and nothing will ever change. They read the letter, and know the truth, they saw the marriage proposal, to them it's they're not taking sides, but both sides, so to them it doesn't concern them and they're staying out of our business here."
"But they know I need them more then Tommy does, as I'm still having second thoughts about putting things on hold. But that's no longer a problem, because with the fact I'm seeing you every day now. I have them at my back, Tommy and I are always together and we can focus now finally, so two things taken care when I came home. You all understand that truth now, but the duo, they're not getting it, its not their business."
"And they decided and decide not to come out, but that's just saying they're choosing sides and the longer this goes on. The more it makes it clear to us that they're choosing sides and digging it deeper, because they're slowly digging themselves into a very deep hole here. But the friendship has gone from friendship to resentment, in our: mine and Billy's, eyes, and as you five barely had a heart attack last year regarding this."
"So now that you know the truth, tell them that truth, how Kat replaced me in the gang and why I never wanted to leave. Why I chose now to come home to see you and I told you right off the bat, and took it back as fast as I sent it. I told you and mom, right after I told Zordon and the sextet. But the first to know after the gang, both sides of it, were you: dad, mom, and then came your sextet with mom and Aunt Janet out of town still."
"But first my sensei, than I talked it over with my mate, told the gang and then came to you and they came to you and you all gave the same answer. But all of this is regarding the storyline of Hinton novels and we're on the second of the 3." Kim told him and he nodded and Peter looked at her. "I'm not liking the sound of that remark, what happened?" he asked and they sighed as Jake said it for them as he looked at the trio.
"We'll tell you in a minute, but trust me you're not going to like it, but what she means is That Was Then, This Is Now', she and Billy are playing the narrator. While your children are playing his friend, before he turned into a criminal. And she's saying it's turned from friendship to resentment right now in their eyes, while Jason kept his promise, they didn't." Dillon told him and Jake finished that remark with a concerned look at Melissa.
"But do you recall when you told her to tell you when she was too exhausted to train after the accident, regarding Jenkins, because that's involved in things last year?" he said and they straightened up at that. "Oh dear god no, not again, baby tell me that's not what happened here, if you nearly decided to quit your gymnastics?!" Mei said quickly and she nodded as the teenage quartet surrounded her at that gently.
"We'll explain this, and it's connected to how she ended up in the E.R., again, but right now we need to have a talk, regarding your kids. And their attitudes toward our Cubs, mine, Dillon, and Janet's, regarding her and the boys here. And why their behavior is manifesting itself into full blown jealousy right now, Mei." Nathan said and she nodded to him as the nine turned and left the room, before Jake turned to the trio at that.
"You too boys, why don't you join your brothers and sisters. We can deal with the clean up, you guys need some sibling time right now." Jake added and the trio nodded as they went into the living room then as they went over the music lyrics as Kim exchanged looks with Kat and smiled. "Hey Jamie, you still got your guitar?" Kim asked him and he grinned. "Yeah why?" he asked, and she smiled as she answered him gently.
"Little concert, because we're making it clear now that this is just a step back, stage one, borderline two, and nothing's going to change at the moment regarding us or the gang. Come on." she said as they and Jamie, Tony and his brother went into the den and she got on the piano. "Alright we did the lyrics, now just get the melody." she said and Tommy nodded to her. "Alright here we go." she said and hitting several keys then.
"Once in a life time, means there's no second chance, so I really do believe, you and me, should while we can." Tommy sang out and she smiled "Make it last forever and never give it back." she sang and he took it then. "It's our turn and I'm loving where we're a...aattttt." he said and they did the rest together. "Because this moment is really all we have." they sang together and they smiled at the melody as she looked at them..
"That sounds about right, alright Kat you got the piano, guys get the guitar, because this about to need two guitars and a set of drums and piano for it." she said and they grinned. "Danny, I have two guitars, you got one, I'll take the other and I got a set of drums in my room right now, come on." Jamie said and the other boy nodded and they collected the instruments and set up as Tanya looked at her fellow musicians.
"Alright time to combine all four instruments together now." Tanya said then and they nodded to that. "You know I think this was the best choice we could have made, I send it, I come to you honey, and instead of ending it. We choose this and I took it back so fast no one's even considering the added side effects here at the moment." Kim said and Tommy nodded, smiling as he answered her gently at that remark as he said it.
"Yeah I know, had we not chosen this the second you came to see me, I doubt we'd have pulled this off, but we did, your parents, mine, they'd agree this was the best choice now. As does Zordon and your coach, they all agree it's for the best, we put things on hold for a while and rebuild the bond. Though I think that's the mistake Rico never considered, setting things on hold in the story." he said and she nodded to him at that.
"Yeah, and with that in mind it's the act of my always being around you after school and practice now. You guys are still the men I remember when we had those eighteen months together, we added a new color to the team and we've bonded so tightly here's the result." she said as she looked at him and the quartet and they smiled at her. "Yeah and we're not letting go either sis, you're my best friend." Kat said to her smiling at that.
"Yeah and I meant that remark, you guys are my best friends, family and I love you guys, I'm never letting you go." she said, before they could answer two flashes in blue and purple beamed into the room at that as they saw Damian and Kalina, in cub and kitten form. "Hey guys, alright, I thought we discussed this, keep yourselves at this size, or your stuffed animal size for visits here, but don't over do it." Kim said and they chuckled as Kalina rubbed up against her purring and she stroked her fur gently.
"Uh why does he look like this, he looks like a gold furred Siberian huskie when he's still a puppy?" Tony asked and Billy chuckled. "As spirit animals they grow up with you, but this was me when I was nine to ten years old Tony. He chose my preteen cub size to make a visit, but my cub size tripled in height by the time I hit my 16th birthday. But they're the only ones who can do this without getting inconspicuous about it."
"As it is, he's pretending he's a Siberian huskie instead of a wolf, though dad said him coming at full size is going a little too far." he told him and he nodded as they heard Sam answer that with a bemused tone in his voice as he answered him. "I did say that and Damian, keep yourself this size, you turn yourself full size and you're stuck in the den for a week, cub." he said and Damian nodded as he answered him.
"I will dad, don't worry, but she needs me." he said and they nodded to that as she petted him and he moved to her with a smile in his eyes. "Out of all of us, I was all she had left of our childhood quintet. She didn't want to leave the team, because she does and she's all alone after that, she stays and we're still together. I was the one she had left and I was taking care of her with Jase out of town still."
"So she stays and she's got me and vice versa, she leaves and we're both the last of our quintet here in Angel Grove. She wanted to stay because I was all she had left, and for me it's the same, so her for me and me for her." he said and the trio nodded as she gave him a hug and he tightened his arms around her gently. "Well fortunately I'm seeing you guys every day now." she said and he nodded in agreement to that, smiling.
"Billy nothing's changed and nothing's going to change between us, I still need you like I always have my brother, my best friend, I love you brother, I'm never letting you go." she said and he nodded. "I love you too Crane." he said as she pressed her forehead to his and their colors intertwined gently as the seven smiled at that gently. "You know I'm beyond relieved you guys were willing to listen when I came to see you on Monday."
"Because with the fact we told you, after I sent it, to you it doesn't matter, so long as it doesn't change our bonds with each other. You're fine with it, to you, the five of you, girls, guys, you had the chance to see me for the first time in seven months now. But if I have to give the pretense to the song if Saban actually does try that. As, after I sent it, and I'm waiting for one of you to call me to confirm it, but none of you do."
"And I'm now thinking it's not just him I lost, it's all of you, 'Here I stand alone, with this weight upon my heart and it will not go away. In my head I keep on looking, right back to the start, and wondering what it was that made you change.'. That's the first lyric to this, in what if we hadn't told you right off the bat. That I lost the five of you, for good now, but not now, we gave ourselves a second chance and here we are now."
"We're putting our bonds back into place, we're back in one piece, to you it doesn't matter we chose this. Because with his concentration a lock as is mine and you're seeing us in our happiness that we're not letting go now." she told them and they nodded. "Well it's not a problem now crane. It doesn't matter you told us first, we're the ones you're soul bonded to now anyway." Adam told her and she nodded to him as she looked at Kat.
"You know I never expected to find a fellow musician or two on the team, this is great, we can express our feelings through song now. I wish you told me sooner you were a musician or that you both are, because this is perfect at the moment. Because the added side effect is that we all share one thing in common here regarding this. And it's we love to write and create songs here, though the added effect is choosing the right ones."
"That fit the situation, case in point the five we chose earlier." Kim said and she chuckled at that. "Yeah well if Zack crosses the line, it's don't speak next Sis, that says everything that doesn't need to be said if he's trying to apologize later at the moment, after breaking your heart. I mean the guys, Tanya and me, we accepted this, we understand, we heard your declarations to each other, it doesn't matter to us here."
"That you set things on hold till you came home, we bonded so tightly now that you told us the truth, I read the message and I'm the first to figure it out after Jason. So to us, it doesn't matter you set things on hold. We're your Ninjetti team now, but them, they took off on you, I mean, 'you and me, we used to be together..., everyday together, always, I really... feel, that I'm losing my best friend.'."
"I can't believe this could be..., the end. And looks as though..., you're..., letting go, and if its real, well I don't want to knooooowwwww'." Kat said to her gently as she sang out the opening lyrics and she nodded as she sang out the chorus line as the boys took the melody then as Jason leaned across the piano. "Don't speak, I know just what you're saying, so please stop explaining, don't tell me cause it hurts."
"Don't speak, I know what you're thinking, and I don't need no reasons, don't tell me cause it hurts.'." she sang out and they smiled at that as Jamie said it. "God I never get tired of that, you're still the best singer I've ever heard since we were kids, Kim." Jamie said and she grinned at him. "I think you started something here girls, because the girl talk has the eight of us getting overly protective now with you guys."
"And with that, they gave it up, she's right though, it's not their damn business what goes on between you guys right now. I mean the ones that deserved to know are the quintet they're with him, you told them to take care of him and we've been doing that since you left. And the duo, yes and because they're your family, but Justin, and them. No, it's not their business, we're your team mates, your family now."
"Our parents all said the same thing, you made the right choice, if it's not their business than but out. You told us because of one reason, and one reason only, we're your own kind, the first to be told we're us and our adult versions. Because we're your own kind and that's that, not your business so but out of this. While I'm also family and the twins are part of the quintet with him, so all the bases are covered right now."
"I mean it's simple common sense here, why else tell us first, but it's because of our bonds of connection. Of family, of a new team we all share the same common factor we're Ninjetti." Jamie added as his medallion glowed cherry red as the twins glowed a bright red at that. "You keep talking like that and your abilities as Ninja's are going break something next guys, take it down a notch boys." she said to him bemused at that.
"And she was right, we got to stop pretending now in who we are, we're Ninjetti, we're power rangers, this is who I am, I'm not turning my back on that. He's pretending he's not who we chose to be when we took on these powers. But if he's regretting he made that choice, than who's fault is that exactly right now. I came home, because it's not just because of the letter, my heart was calling me home, my duty as a power ranger."
"That came first now, if we can't concentrate that could get us hurt or killed, that's the next few lyrics in the song. 'It's all ending, we got stop pretending who we are, you and me, as I see us dying, are we.'." she said singing the next few lyrics as the piano and the drums did the beat to that. "That wasn't us this time." Kat said and she nodded as the guitars and the piano finished off the tune to that as she hid a chuckle.
Before the answering response caused a loud branng to come off the piano in answer to that remark. "Somebody call for a chain reaction in that remark." Tanya added as she started laughing at that, before they heard a loud branng come from the symbols at that as they all jumped, before the girls started laughing. "No, but I think that Rocket and Ricky caused that if we had a chain reaction to that statement they gave off."
"But guys cool it already, before this gets our parents attention." Billy said to them, before they both went off at once as she said it again. "Alright guys that's enough of that you keep that up its going to sound to like the band is in here." she said, before their parents answered that remark. "Does someone have the radio going on in there right now you guys?" they heard from Preston as he called out from the kitchen at that.
"No dad, we're just running a practice run in here right now, but that was the trio you heard playing in here." Jason called back as the twelve of them tried to keep from laughing at that. "Which trio exactly, is it your brother and the twins or someone else here?" Alicia called back and he tried to keep from laughing as he answered her. "No it's their animals, they possessed the piano and the guitars, as well as the drums."
"Which explains why you're hearing the instruments doing the tune to this song in here mom." he said and he heard his fellow adult red answer him with a bemused tone in his voice. "Yeah well it sounded like the band was right there in the living room, so wait till we get in there, would you please." Jake said as he called back in answer to that as Kim switched subjects as they exchanged looks at they were trying to hold it in.
"I think you better hold off guys, or we got the papa gorilla coming in here next." Adam said as he started laughing at that. "Hey I'm the gorilla, so watch it Kermit." Rocky said as he grabbed the pillow and smacked him in the head as they heard an irritated croak in answer to that. As the second pillow on the couch jumped off the cushion in answer to that as the trio started laughing at the chain reaction response to that response.
"There a reason we keep hearing animal sounds come out of you guys every time you start rough housing like this?" Jamie asked and she chuckled. "At times our animals start taking control of our reactions, so he smacks him and in response we hear Tobin give an irritated reaction to it. But that was Jesse, he starts the pillow fight, and Tobin is not in the mood for that right now." Kim said and he nodded as Kat did the same to Aisha.
Before Aisha smacked her back in response as they heard an irritated growl and annoyed meow at that, before it start going back and forth. Before Kim and Tanya ended it then as Jason said for the three of them as he tried to keep from laughing at that. "Alright guys break it up already." he said, before Kim smacked him and they heard annoyed roar at that as the trio were shaking in laughter at the reactions between them.
Before they started going at it as the animal noises started getting worse, till Kat smacked Jason in the head as they heard a second roar at that. "Guys we keep this up and our parental animals are going to lose their tempers next. So I think we better cool it now, before the adult 7 lose theirs next." Jason said, before they heard his father call out at that, his tone beyond annoyed at the animal call outs as he said it to them.
"Alright I hear another dinosaur roar come out of that living room and you're really going to get it guys, now that's enough of that already!" They heard in response from his father to his reaction as the twelve of them tried to pull themselves together at that. "I'd like to know how he knows what's going on in here?" Tanya said as she started laughing at that. "Because your animals are causing a bounce back effect to us, young lady."
"The adult quintet is getting annoyed in here right now, and they want you to quit it, before you blow that pot right out of the sink and break a window next. Whatever you're doing in there to cause your animals to start losing their tempers. It's every time you do it it's hitting us in the process right now guys, so stop screwing around in there and with that. So enough of the horsing around, will you please, enough already Cubs."
"And I mean it, I hear another growl, meow or roar come out of you and you're all grounded for a week, so enough already." They heard from her mother in answer to that and they nodded. "Boys don't encourage them right now either, understand." Jake added and they nodded as they tried to keep from laughing at the explanation they just got at that from their parents as they tried to focus then as Jamie switched subjects.
"Were you guys doing the dishes in there if you said that, Aunt Erica?" Kim called back and she heard her godfather call back to her. "Yes, we just cleaned up in here, but that doesn't meant that crock pot is not still in the sink right now. But you guys keep that up and you're going to blast that pot right out of the sink, so stop screwing around in there." he said and they all nodded as Jamie looked at her and Jason at that remark.
"What the heck are they talking about in there, if they're having a conference in there?" Jamie asked and he sighed. "It's regarding her choice of putting things on hold right now with Tommy, Angela broke up with Zack and in their eyes. It's he should have done what they did and put things on hold. So he starts holding resentment, and he's in serious trouble and so is she for going along with it." Kat told him and Kim nodded in agreement.
"You just read my exact thoughts Kitty, you guys, you're my best friends, in eighteen months things change and the changes were good for us, but bad for them. But they start holding resentment, and they're in big trouble with the entire family here right now. Because in eighteen months the changes reveal something they don't expect and it's their neglect results in resentment at the time here right now."
"They keep talking about Tommy's loss of powers and you guys start getting more irritated by the day by that. Why, well it's because Tommy's power coin wasn't stolen, Tommy wasn't kidnapped by our biggest enemy and they're not the ones who were blackmailed and so on, so though they say they understand your feelings. To you it's don't insult your intelligence, they don't get it, they could never understand right now."
"Why, well it's because they stopped trying and you never let go, the bracelet you made for me, the necklace, the fact we could open up to each other this easily at the time." she said and the quintet nodded in agreement. "And while we're on the subject, they're not the ones who were turned into a plant to get close to you. So they could destroy our team, by destroying the heart of our team, you." Kat said with a firm growl at that.
Pulling her into a hug, she heard a gentle purring start at that as she heard Shalimar start cooing gently in response as they hold on to each other, before Kat let her go as they looked into each other's eyes then. "That's exactly my point, they don't understand, they never suffered the amount of guilt you showed when you broke out of it. You immediately told me after I woke up finally and we confided in each other regarding it."
"Regarding this, you had no control over your behaviors at the time because you were under Rita's influence, but they never were. They never saw me collapse off the damn thing, and they weren't the ones who were fighting to keep from losing both of us. Changing of the Zords to A New Shade Of Pink, nine episodes that reflected our story arc. And how I went from being the pink ranger to you taking my place at the time."
"So again don't insult our intelligence right now, they don't understand and never will at the moment. These last eighteen months were more than traumatizing, I mean after Billy gets cloned we nearly lose Zordon, because they unleashed a monster, we lost our second upgrade because of her brother. I nearly have to move and your parents take me in at the time Sha', and then comes the supposed love triangle at the time."
"Before my power coin gets stolen, they nearly kill me, and then comes the biggest change for all of us. I belong to a new quintet, it's the four of you, and a completely new sextet, that's you six, they gave it up. They left, you were here, I grew up and moved on with you, you're my friends, and my team, I belong to you guys now." Kim said as she felt her anger shoot through her and they heard a bird screech of anger at that.
As Rocky moved to her and wrapped both arms around her as he heard a gentle cooing start at that, as they heard the cooing skip several beats. As her cooing settled as she leaned her head against his chest in response and he smiled as she burrowed into his arms at that as he answered her remark as he hold her. "Not that I blame you for losing your temper right now sis, but if she loses it, and something could explode."
"Or get thrown across the room, so try to calm down, Crane." he said and she nodded as she sighed as she buried her head into his shoulder as he hugged her and she nodded as she went further as she said it. "I take it you were the only one who could calm her down now after I left Rocky?" Jason asked and he nodded. "Yeah that's the automatic response and I did it when Fire and Shal were ready to explode." he said and Jason nodded softly.
"It's simple right now, but so long as we wear the medallions and our bracelets and communicators we stay friends forever. It's that simple, we're active so long as we continue to wear our communicators, guys, it's that simple. So they break orders and it results in nearly killing us both, and they're being charged with treason for it." Kim said and she nodded as Rocky stroked his hand through her hair gently.
"Shalimar tended to lose her temper at Jesse, so why is she reacting like this to you now, you calmed her down pretty fast." Tanya asked and he sighed. "Because that wasn't Shal that lost her temper, it was Fire'. Firebird is a Phoenix, and she, like Dragon is her alter ego. But she and Dragon, until Rita and Zedd got their hands on them. Has always been good and doesn't want to be evil, so she's ticked." he said and she nodded to him firmly.
"Guys though I wanted to live my dreams, I never wanted to let you go, I've come to regret making this choice, I miss you guys so much. I was ready to resign and return home so I could be with the six of you again." she said and the sextet nodded. "We understand, we missed you too sis, but I'm glad you decided to come see us, it gave us a second chance and with it was in case something ever happened out there."
"I've been scared out of my mind that some guy like Jared would try it for real, and we weren't there to protect you. I mean yes you're capable of defending yourself, but that's still a danger I'm still worried about right now." Rocky said as he pulled her into a hug and she tightened her arms around his neck gently at that. "You're my family, my best friends, why would I let you go that fast, why exactly?" she asked and they nodded.
"You wouldn't, that's the point, though you have set things on hold with him, you'd never do that to us. Us Ninjetti can hear the truth in another Ninjetti's words, though you're right, had we not chosen this now, that song coming out next would be the punchline. 'What If', I mean you're reflecting on your happiness with him, as we got older, and you're wishing you could take it back, but now that you did take it back."
"And decided on putting things on hold and rebuilding your relationship by coming to see us after practice every day. We just fixed the entire connection, we're your family, your best friends and we stay that way for life now." Billy said and she hugged him and he tightened his arms around her waist at that smiling. "Billy's right, we have the chance to put our bonds as a team, as family, back into place and we're like we were then."
"Though Billy and I can't control what's coming out of our mouths when you're not here, that doesn't change the fact. That we chose in advance from the very beginning and we chose our friendship over being a warrior. Your relationship is none of our business, we're just your supporting shoulders to lean on. Though I think that's the message in the training at the moment, the key lesson in our training our sensei wanted us to learn."
"We can be a warrior, or we can be a friend, but if we choose to be both, and we're the strongest warriors in history. Case in point our powers are strengthening right now and if we keep this up our powers are going to do a lot of damage later to the opposition." Adam said and she chuckled and nodded to that. "Yeah that's an understatement the physical blasts of us coming together is getting stronger by the minute right now."
"Though the unexpected side effects is we now have our animals showing themselves to us finally." Aisha said smiling and he nodded. "Yeah and we basically proved the point to being a true friend, and it's a true friend doesn't take side, but both sides. A true friend would keep in touch, a true friend would be there when you needed them the most. And look at us, we are a true friend, because we nailed all three." Jason said and she nodded.
"We got a chance to fix things in our portion of the team, the guys and I lost our way after you and Sha' left. 'What if I never let you go, would you be the man I used to know', and the answer is yes. With you just coming straight to us to talk this out, with us opening up to each other and realizing the reason we lost our concentration. We're still the men you know and we get that second chance now at the moment."
"Our friendship with you was always what mattered to me, Kim, they may say they understand what we went through regarding your loss of powers. But no, how could they, because Tommy never ended up in the hospital for collapsing. Tommy wasn't almost killed when his power coin was stolen. They're not the ones scared out of their minds that you were going to work yourself into a collapse, so they don't get it."
"They're not the ones who are scared that their team mate is going to drain herself down so dangerously she's going to collapse out of exhaustion. That's what's scaring me right now, once was enough, twice and I'm going to have a heart attack if you end up back in the emergency room for draining all of your energy. Because of their stupidity at the moment, they don't understand and never will." Rocky said and she nodded to him.
"We're the Ninjetti quintet now, but we added a new color after you ended up in the hospital and we created a sextet after that. But to us, you were what mattered, you came to the four of us first to tell us about the letter and we chose without thinking twice. We chose both sides, but you need us more right now, you're my baby sister, I love you, I'm not giving you up." he added as he hugged her and she smiled at him.
Looking into his eyes and she pulled him into a hug and he tightened his arms around her. "That's exactly the point of this situation right now, Rock, that was then, this is now, though you never wanted me to leave. You still encouraged me to follow my dreams here, you guys were and are my best friends. If anyone could understand my fears it's the five of you and vice versa now." she said, looking between the quintet gently then.
"Wait, if all of our powers are at full..., we call upon the power of all of those combined, Dragonzord" Tommy snapped and getting what he was doing Jason and Billy gripped their medallions as Adam and Aisha did the same as Adam took it from there. "Mastodon" "Triceratops" "Sabretooth Tiger" "Tyrannosaurus!" Jason snapped out to finish it as five jolts of power started flying into her medallion and they smiled in delight.
"Well that's the demonstration now at the moment, we can use what you did. Just after Zordon channeled too much power into my power coin that day, to recharge you now, with you not being at full power. We can recharge you when your powers get too low here, just to keep you involved now, but we get you a replacement power coin. And every few months in between fighting the cogs or whatever troops we have."
"But he can't keep recharging you, but we can, but with four more added to the team we can channel all four powers together. And we have you back at full power until the time delay on his charges quits when they create our power coins now." Tommy said and they nodded in agreement. "With the fact they gave it up, we're the ones holding on to their ex powers, but they cut the cord, we're doing the recharge, ourselves."
"But if that becomes necessary and I'm beating the crap out of him for nearly landing you in the E.R., because your powers drop below 25% and it could put you on the mat. Once was enough, I'm not going through that again, you scared me once too often regarding your situations, if I have to deal with you collapsing on us. And after we freed Tommy and I'm going to beat the heck of out Zack for that if he comes back."
"He left, I was here, you grew up and moved on with me and Aisha, it's that simple, so if he wants someone to blame for the destruction of his friendship with you. He can blame himself, they didn't have to leave, but they did, they didn't have to ask us to take care of you guys when they left, but they did. And they certainly didn't have to pass their powers and positions to us, but again they did and here's the result now too."
"But you grew up and connected to us, and made two new friends, was offered a life changing decision and in the middle of it got hurt. It's no use fighting over it, you made your choice and we're it now, we took care of you and our bonds are so strong you'd never give us up. They want someone to blame for their friendship with you falling apart they can blame themselves here." Adam said to her gently and Aisha nodded to that.
"That maybe, but we built the bond they lost, they gave you up and you belong to Adam and me as our pink ranger now. You're our original pink ranger, our best friend and sister, we love you, and we're not letting go now Crane." Aisha said and she nodded. "Of the four of you, the only one who acts like they really gave a damn were you three. Jason took his position back, and you created your own place in my heart Rock."
"But I need you, like I always have, nothing changes and nothing's going to change we're family. The medallions mean family, we just create the team bonding bracelet and that takes care of that. But it's their own fault they gave this up, we wear our communicators we're still active." she said and Adam and Rocky nodded as they looked at the trio and Jason at that as they heard the adult seven walk in at that remark gently.
"Wait, so long as you continue to wear these watches, you're still active baby?" Nathan repeated and they nodded. "Yeah, the five of us are retired, supposedly, but Zedd threw an interesting question into it when the guys and I joined the team. 'When is a ranger, not a ranger?'. To him it's when we lose our memories, but to us its when we decide to stop wearing our communicators, we keep them on and we stay Rangers."
"Forever, the quartet, Kim and I are still active, and the four of us know this, but they don't. But Kim, Jason, Billy and the duo are the original quintet, and now that you and Uncle Preston know that truth, Uncle Nathan. I took Trini's place, but as a result, I'm the one now soul bonded to her and Billy, Adam and I took their places as did Rocky, in the case of Jason, and we created the Ninjetti quintet." Aisha said and he nodded to her.
"But the role of the red ranger is he leads the team as the colonel, she's the lieutenant colonel. So they break orders Kim, and the duo, give them and it results in nearly killing them both. It's treason against earth and Angel Grove and here's the added bad news, with you being the adult version of us Uncle Nathan. We've just entered officer's training now, but cherry red and white with gold mixed into it is the highest rank, below general."
"Her color is the symbol of the omega, Rocky, he's dressed in the color of the beta, that's lieutenant colonel and it goes down the list from there. The nine of us are officers, they're non coms now." she said and James and Preston sat down at that. "We're matched to you, the gold is the symbol of the colonel. Hot pink, near violet colored is the symbol of the lieutenant colonel for the girls, light red also L.C. for the boys now."
"You're a major, as is Billy, but..., oh god, it's going by who you're mated to now, but first it was my son and you baby, next comes you and Rocky, Kitty and Billy, Tanya and Adam and Jason and Trini. But the nine of you are officers. And they're non coms now, you mean to tell me your organization is based on military tactics, you're working as a single team, but you're running it in the way we do?" James repeated and they nodded.
"And they're getting the riot act by you as our adult versions, if they break orders and if she gets worse right now, but you and dad are colonels, Uncle Jim. But next comes L.C., major, captain and first lieutenant. But that's the reason and I don't blame you for getting worried. Once the bond is activated, suddenly breaking it feels like you're having heart pain which is just what we told him." Jason said and they all nodded to her firmly.
"And this doesn't give them the right to start choosing sides, when we never asked for their sympathy or anything else. You're just our supporting shoulders to lean on, but this is family business only. You're my best friend, you understand that, and though you can't control your behavior when I'm not here, it doesn't matter. You're fully there taking care of him for me and Billy imprinted on you Kitty." Kim said and Kat nodded in agreement.
"Kim I never wanted what happened last year to happen anyway, having you bring me into your circle just weeks after we met. That was great, the me you know, this me, I was glad I had friends now, you six became my best friends. To make up for the fact they turned me into a plant, I was doing what needed to be done to help you recover. You're my sister, I love you sis." she said and Kim nodded as she hugged her gently.
As she pressed her head to Kim's, they heard a gentle purring and Kim smiled as Kat tightened her arms around her gently. "That's the strength of our bond now, nothing's changed and nothing's going to change now. I have you seven and you're my strength, so they start getting jealous it's their own fault. But they stopped trying and here's the result, I moved on with the six of you." she said and the sextet nodded softly to that.
