Long Time No See
One year has passed since the Gokaigers were last together. Each member of the team went their separate ways to live different lives. Aboard the Gokai Galleon, Marvelous was sitting in the main room, recollecting about the adventures he had with his crew. He felt fine being alone for many months after, but recently he started to get lonesome. He was missing the fights, the action, his friends. He wasn't used to having a calm life. His robotic bird, Navi, was the only one keeping him company. But every now and then, she gets on Marvelous' nerves.
"Marvelous, you should go out and do something." said Navi.
"Pipe down, bird." said Marvelous.
Marvelous and Navi had a stare down until Marvelous gave.
"Fine! I'll go to the city and walk around." Marvelous said.
That wasn't what Navi had in mind, but she didn't dare to argue with him. Marvelous took a walk down the nearby city streets. However, he didn't know he was being followed by someone. Later, he was feeling hungry, so he stopped at a restaurant. After he ate, he went back on his walk. There were many things to do in the city, but none of them seemed to fill in that excitement he was missing so much. However, he was starting to sense someone was following him. He often turned around, but saw no one. Feeling a little uneasy, Marvelous turned and walked down an alleyway. Knowing he was still being followed, and there was nothing to hide behind, he quickly turned around and saw who was following him. Marvelous gasped. He couldn't believe who it was.
"Luka?!"
Luka Millfy, Gokai Yellow.
"Hello, Marvelous." she greeted.
"Wow, Luka. I thought I would never see you again." Marvelous said.
"Baka. You knew you would see me again." Luka said.
"Wait, you're the one who has been following me?" Marvelous asked.
"That's the hello I get? You haven't seen me in a year and that's what you say to me?" Luka asked.
"Well, no..I.."
Luka seen that Marvelous was lost for words and she liked that.
"So what have you been up to?" she asked.
"Nothing much." Marvelous replied.
"Really? Nothing exciting has happened with you?" Luka asked.
"No, not really." Marvelous replied.
"Well that's certainly a shocker. Knowing you, I thought you've done some exciting things." Luka said.
"Like what?" Marvelous asked.
"I don't know, something." Luka replied.
Luka thought for a little bit, then sighed.
"I don't normally do this, except with Ahim, but I'll give you one anyway cause I did miss you and I'm trying to be more friendly." she said.
"One of what?" Marvelous asked.
Without answering, Luka began hugging Marvelous. Marvelous was shocked. Luka doesn't normally do this.
"Well, aren't you going to hug me back?" Luka asked.
"Oh, right." Marvelous said.
He put his arms around her and the two hugged each other for a minute. However, at that time, the hug had sparked something between them, but neither of them knew. Not yet anyway. After the hug, Luka playfully hit Marvelous in the stomach.
"Ahim. How is she? Have you heard from her?" Marvelous asked afterwards.
"Heard from her? We live together." Luka replied.
"You live together?"
"Yeah. Ahim tried living on her own, but it didn't feel right to her. She needed somebody to be with her. So we share an apartment."
That gave Luka an idea.
"You should come over. Ahim would be thrilled to see you." Luka said.
"What? Today?"
"Now."
Marvelous, for some reason, felt a little uncomfortable.
"I don't know.." he said.
"Oh, do you have something you need to do? Like something better?" Luka asked.
"Well, no-"
"Good. Come." Luka said.
She grabbed Marvelous' arm and led him to her apartment. When they got there, Luka let Marvelous walk in first then she followed behind. The apartment was a good size and nice looking. It wasn't luxurious, but it wasn't cheap either.
"One of them must have a job in order to afford this." Marvelous thought.
"Stay here. I will get Ahim." Luka said.
Marvelous nodded. Luka walked down a hallway and went into a room. Marvelous looked around and was impressed. The walls were white, the living room and kitchen were connected together, the appliances looked a little cheap, but the furniture didn't look that way. Marvelous walked into the kitchen and saw a three picture frames. Two of them were a picture of Luka and Ahim at a beach and at the city. The third picture was all of the Gokaigers when they were last together.
"Marvelous-san?" a voice said.
Marvelous turned to the left and saw Ahim.
"Ahim. Wow, look at you. Even though it's only been a year, you look like you've grown up so much." he said.
"Really?" Ahim asked.
"Yeah. But it's great to see you again." Marvelous said.
"It's great to see you too, Marvelous-san."
Marvelous and Ahim gave each other a hug.
"Well, now that our little reunion is done, how about we get dinner started?" Luka asked as she walked in.
"Oh, of course, Luka-san. Marvelous-san, would you like to stay for dinner?" asked Ahim.
"Oh, um, no thanks. That's okay. I should be heading back." Marvelous said.
"For what? What is so important? You don't want to have dinner with your two favorite girls?" Luka teasingly asked.
"Really, Luka-san, you musn't be so rude." Ahim said.
"I just don't want to intrude, that's all." Marvelous said.
Luka laughed.
"Well there's a word you don't often say." said Luka.
"Marvelous-san, are you feeling okay? You don't seem like yourself." said Ahim.
"I'll be alright. I guess being alone all this time has affected me. It's something I'm not used to." said Marvelous.
"Oh, don't worry, Marvelous. I can get you feeling like yourself again." Luka said.
She then stopped and thought what she had just said.
"What was that supposed to mean?" she thought.
"Alright, I'll stay." Marvelous said.
"Excellent! I'll get dinner started." said Ahim.
Luka sat at the dining table with her arm on the table.
"Marvelous, come sit. Let's have a match." she said.
Marvelous laughed.
"You want to arm wrestle?" he asked.
"Yeah. Why? Afraid of being beaten by a girl?" Luka asked.
"You are no ordinary girl." Marvelous said.
Luka laughed and signaled him over. Marvelous sat in the chair across the table and they both grabbed each other's hand. However, as they were, something felt different inside of them. A feeling they had never felt for each other, but neither dared to say something about it, but it was hard to ignore.
"One three." said Luka.
"One." said Marvelous.
"Two"
"Three."
Luka and Marvelous locked eyes as they were both trying to beat each other. Marvelous started to beat Luka's strength. Then he did.
"Ha! I win!" he said cheerfully.
"Yeah you sure did. But if we play a game of cards, I know you wouldn't win that." Luka said.
"I've gotten better. I might win that too if you wouldn't cheat." said Marvelous.
"Mm." Luka said, smiling.
Ahim walked over to the table with a large tray that had three plates on it. The plates had chicken, green beans, and mashed potatoes.
"Smells good." said Marvelous.
"I hope you'll like it." said Ahim.
The three ate their dinner and afterwards, they relaxed and talked some more.
"Would you like a tour of our home, Marvelous-san?" Ahim asked.
"Sure." Marvelous replied.
Ahim showed Marvelous around the apartment. Ahim and Luka shared a room, but slept in separate beds. Their bathroom was nice as well.
"Looks like you two have been doing well since we last saw each other." said Marvelous.
Ahim smiled.
"Marvelous-san, we may live separate lives now, but you'll always be our captain, right Luka-san?"
Luka mischievously smiled, but nodded.
"Yeah. I'll have to agree with that." she said.