So, hey you guys. Read on. I rarely find anything to write in A/Ns these days. By the way, who else is anxiously waiting for Ninja Steel? I know I am!

This is my OTP, guys. Ship it.

(In this fandom, anyway)

Troy's POV

Gia Moran chose that exact moment to run into the restaurant, absolutely bursting with news.

"Oh my Gosei! You will never in any dimension believe what I just got to know! Never, ever! And by the way there are absolutely awesome displays here. You guys should see the pterodactyl fossil, its absofuckinlutely amazing!" She yelled, red-faced, as behind her Chase entered, his eyebrows arched pretty high.

Leave it to our much-loved Yellow Ranger to fangirl over dead dinosaurs.

"We know what you're talking about, Gia." Noah said, frowning in disapproval. "And the triceratops model is just way better than that flying reptile."

Emma looked at the Blue Ranger with raised eyebrows, then at her best friend. "Fighting over which dinosaur fossil is better? That's pretty low a bar for out team's strategists."

Jake snorted. "Ya think?"

That comment wasn't going to earn him any points with Gia. I chuckled evilly at my timely realization.

Riley had risen from his chair, a bewildered expression on his face. "You're talking. 'Oh my Gosei?' WTF, dude?"

I scowled at him and moved to defend my dear friend. "It's a running joke among us. Gosei is our kinda-sorta-not-really mentor."

Kendall looked mildly impressed. "You have good swear words."

Chase smirked, putting his hands on his hips. "So we should start saying 'Oh my Keeper'?"

"Or 'Oh my Kendall', I should say."

We turned around to inspect the new voice that had joined us. The dark haired girl, the waitress who'd served us at Dino Bite (Where, admittedly, we were right now) was standing behind Kendall, an amused expression on her face as she looked at Chase."I'm shocked to see you actually convinced a hot girl that you were not a total doofus."

Apparently, the girl was part of their team as well. Maybe yellow, considering the cocky attitude.

Gia went red in the face and attempted to utter incoherent words. Chase blushed, which I did not know he could, and slid his hands into his pockets. "She's not-"

I beat him to it. My jealousy-yeah, yeah, I know-got the best of me as I narrowed my eyes at the new arrival-her name was Shelby, wasn't it?-and crossed my arms over my chest. "She's not with him." I hissed. Quite literally. I hissed like a snake.

She raised eyebrows. "Someone's possessive. I'm afraid I didn't know you were her boyfriend."

Upon which Gia's face lit like a bonfire, red as its leaping ochre flames. My own felt like it was being pushed in front of an open furnace and slowly being burnt until only sinewy muscle was left. Emphasis on open.

Then I look back upon my analogy and think, ew. I'd look like a zombie if, Gosei forbid, that ever happens. A very good-looking undead zombie, though.

Gia spoke. "Geez, why does everyone assume I'm dating someone? Or that someone has an obvious crush on me?"-Glances not-so-discretely at Snakehead-"I'm single and happy, goddammit."

Shelby smirked. "Glad to hear that I'm not the only clueless one here."

Gia raised her eyebrows. Glances again at Jake, then frowns and shakes her head as if dismissing an idea.

I interrupted the exchange before she could assume anything else. "You're part of a two?"

Shelby blushed and opened her mouth to speak, but Chase interrupted her. "Ever since a little incident between her Tyler." He looked smug.

"She a ranger?" I asked.

"Pink." Kendall confirmed.

"And the Tyler guy?"

"The red ranger." Riley supplied helpfully.

I nodded in satisfaction. "Red always gets the girl, huh? Like Andros and Ashley?"

Chase cocked an eyebrow at me. "We'll see."

We studied each other, eyes narrowed in suspicion, like the old western movies. The tension in the air was so thick you could've cut through it with a saber.

Emma cleared her throat, clearly uncomfortable with the situation. "Um, guys? Can we just…have a 'get to know each other' session or something?" Smiles uneasily.

Shelby jumped at her suggestion. "Of course! I know what! We can take turns and speak a sentence about ourselves! Other than the whole Power Ranger thing, obviously."

"I'm Gia Moran." Said hot girl said. "Childhood best friend of Chase Randall."

I didn't approve what she'd chosen to describe herself as.

"Shelby Watkins. Waitress at Dino Bite."

"Riley Griffin. Expert with a sword."

"Kendall Jenner. Supermodel." We all looked at the bespectacled blonde. "What? Can't I kid about stuff? All right, Kendall Morgan, Gia's cousin."

"Jake Holling. Football player, part-time pure awesomeness."

I rolled my eyes.

"Noah Carver. Computer whiz."

"Emma Goodall. BMX biker and nature enthusiast."

"Chase Randall. Skateboarder, Gia's childhood best friend."

"Troy Burrows. Martial artist."

Gia sighed. "Now we've got that. Can we go see the museum now?" she said in a petulant voice that reminded me of a six-year old girl.

I frowned. That wasn't a really important thing we needed to check off our list. Especially when we, Megaforce, had discovered another set of Power Rangers not too far away from Harwood country. "I don't know, Gia…"

She bit her lip and gave me that puppy face look that she was fully aware I couldn't refuse. "Oh god. Okay. But only for a short trip or tour or something."

She grinned in delight and pressed her lips to my cheek, and skipped away before she could notice my evident, red-hot blush.

Shelby smiled knowingly.

Chase raised an eyebrow at the scene and followed the Yellow Ranger. So did the others; though the Pink Dino Charge Ranger held back and walked to me. "She likes you, you know," she said softly. I raised my eyebrows at her, disbelieving.

She chuckled and leaned close to my ear and whispered, "Speak now or forever hold your peace."

Then she winked at me and left.

And I, the great Red Megaforce Ranger, team leader, was left there grinning like an idiot, my cheek still tingling from the pleasant contact.

I know. Cheesy. But at least the romance started!