SailorStar9: This fic is officially neglected for too long. Time to type this chapter out. This is Chapter 4. Read and review.
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Chapter 4: Snip It, Snip It Good
"Remember, a ninja's greatest enemy is himself." Sensei began.
"Woah." Dustin gasped when clones of each of the three students appeared before them.
"You may begin." Sensei instructed.
"Oh wait, I get this. Ninja staring contest right?" Dustin interjected.
"Maybe we're supposed to fight." Shane commented.
Both Shane and Dustin fell into a fighting position and started attacking their clones.
"Are you sure this is going to work?" Ami raised a brow at the rodent.
"They will figure out what I mean." Sensei replied.
"I certainly hope so." Ami nodded.
"This can't be what Sensei meant." Tori remarked. "You guys, I don't think we're supposed to be fighting against ourselves."
"That's it, isn't it?" she asked her clone.
The clone smiled and disappeared.
Meanwhile, the two guys were still fighting.
"Why is it so hard for guys to follow directions?" Tori inquired when the two male Rangers were defeated by their clones.
"Testosterone maybe." Ami shrugged.
"Tougher than I thought I was." Shane groaned.
"Can't believe I kicked my own butt." Dustin agreed as Cam came into the training room.
"Congratulations Tori." Sensei congratulated the female Ranger.
"But she didn't even do anything." Dustin protested.
"Yeah." Shane agreed.
"Precisely." Sensei replied. "He who battles himself can never emerge victorious."
"Ninja Basics 101." Cam added.
"Oh. You're right, I must be sick that day." Dustin nodded.
"Sometimes, caution is what wins the day." Sensei advised. "That's why it would be Tori to seek the Jade Turtle."
"So, why do we need this turtle thing anyway?" Dustin asked.
"Well when we revived the Zords, several key power spheres were kept in it." Cam explained.
"Only to be retrieved when you mastered the skills to do so." Sensei added.
"I hope I don't let you down Sensei." Tori remarked.
"Trust in yourself. Your inner ninja will show you the way." Sensei advised.
"And this is in case your inner ninja gets lost." Cam added, revealing a rolled up manuscript.
"Thanks Cam." Tori replied, taking the scroll.
"Hey Tori, it'll be great." Shane told her.
"Thanks." Tori smiled and went out.
"So, what do we do when Tori's turtle-hunting?" Dustin asked.
"I'm glad you brought that up, Dustin. I have a special ninja project for the two of you." Sensei told the two.
The two males grinned at each other.
Why do I get this sinking feeling that it won't be what they think it will be? Ami wondered.
Meanwhile with Lothor, he was watching the Earth.
"An environmental conference. Everyone in the city will be there. Why wasn't I invited?" Lothor asked, sitting on his throne.
"Maybe because you want to destroy Blue Bay Harbor instead of preserving it." Choobo suggested.
"Details, details." Lothor shrugged. "They'll be sorry they didn't include me when I break up their little party."
"But what about the Power Rangers?" Choobo asked. "They'll probably be there to guard it."
"I thought we agreed nobody mentions the 'P' word." Lothor glared. "Now, I want suggestions."
Marah and Kapri stepped forward.
"Alright, what is it?" Lothor asked.
"Well?" he pressed.
"I forgot." Kapri replied. "It was really good, I swear."
"What are you smiling at?" Lothor asked Marah.
"I'm so happy. I'm as dumb as someone else was." Marah quipped.
Lothor sighed.
"Sir, I found the perfect space ninja to disrupt the conference." Zurgane reported.
"Snipster at your service," Snipster introduced himself.
"He cuts the ties that bind, making everyone he encounters unable to agree on anything." Zurgane explained.
"Good work." Lothor nodded.
"Okay let me get this straight." Dustin remarked as the two Rangers hang upside down from a tree. "We do nothing?"
"Watch. Listen and we learn. Anything happens, we react." Shane replied.
"Okay, cool." Dustin nodded.
Back with Tori, she was leaping in a forest near Ninja Ops.
Pausing for a while, she dug out the scroll Cam had given her.
"Okay Tori, you're not lost. You're just slightly off course." Tori assured herself.
Taking a quick look at the map, she took off again.
With Shane and Dustin, Shane managed to get them out of the conference hall when Cam paged them.
Cam then told them about the Kelzacks that attacked the conference.
"Cam I don't see anything." Shane reported. Then the two stepped outside to see the above-mentioned Kelzacks.
"Note to self, never doubt Cam." He muttered as the two started battling.
Snipster grinned when the two Rangers were kept busy and ran into the conference.
He slipped into the conference hall and as if time stopped, he began snipping away.
Grinning evilly, he sneaked out.
Time resumed and the delegates started arguing among themselves.
Back with Tori, she eventually found herself lost.
"Sensei, I came to the conclusion; I'm lost." She admitted through the morpher.
"Remember Tori, the conclusion is simply in place when you get tired of thinking." Sensei advised.
"I knew you'll say that." Tori remarked.
"Good luck Tori, remember to use your inner ninja to guide you." Sensei reminded.
"Time for me to cut out." Snipster grinned when the two Rangers floored the Kelzacks.
"What was that?" Dustin asked.
"The conference." Shane pointed out.
The two nodded and burst into the conference room to find the delegates fighting among themselves.
"You don't happen to see any aliens with big scissors lurking around?" Cam's voice came over Shane's morpher.
"We're just checking out his handiwork." Shane replied.
"This is great." Snipster grinned at his work.
Two ropes came round his wrists.
Snipster growled and fired shots at the two Rangers with his eyes.
Appearing behind them, Snipster snipped at the space between them, causing the two to argue.
"Wonders, wonders. Your plan seems to be working General." Lothor remarked when he saw the arguing Rangers.
"I live to serve." Zurgane replied.
"Look it's the blue ranger, she's so pretty." Choobo remarked, turning his attention to the screen on the main frame.
Lothor finally gave his permission to Kapri and Marah to attack Tori.
Meanwhile, Tori scooped up some water from the nearby stream and an image of a shrine solidified on her palms.
She tossed the coagulated water in the air and congealed water showed her the way to the temple.
"Where is it going?" Tori pondered when the water entered the shrine outside the forest.
"Got it." She beamed, taking the turtle from the memorial.
She turned to go when Marah and Kapri appeared.
The sisters attacked and when she was defeated, Tori called for the two guys for help.
Too bad, the two were still arguing.
Receiving no response, Tori decided to fight this battle on her own and morphed.
Though transformed, she was no match for the sisters.
"This is bad." Cam reported. "Tori needs help and it looks like the Snipster got to Shane and Dustin."
"I need to use my telepathic ninja powers to break his hold on them." Sensei remarked.
With Sensei's help the two managed to break Snipster's spell on them.
Working together, they finally defeated Snipster.
Meanwhile, Tori was in a cat fight of her own.
But when the fight got into a stand-still, Tori managed to trade the Jade Turtle for a couple of designer clothes.
Ami raised an amused brow.
"I just hope that Lothor's joons are as stupid as those two are." She remarked.
"Doubt that." Cam replied.
Enraged, Lothor set down a Scroll of Power to revive Snipster.
"Break the Jade Turtle, Tori." Cam instructed.
"Okay." Tori nodded and smashed the Jade Turtle on a rock. A scroll fell out.
"What's this?" she asked. "Cam, you getting this?"
Cam nodded and inputted the new codes into the Zords.
The Rangers finally defeated Snipster with the Megazord and the new weapon, the Turtle Mace.
"The Turtle Mace. I really missed that tortoise." Ami mused.
"I wonder if Marah and Kapri are getting anything out of this adventure." Tori mused.
As it turned out, Lothor punished the two by having them wash the Kelzacks' outfits for giving up the turtle.
SailorStar9: Phew, this chapter is long overdue. Read and review.