Dustin walked through the waterfall entrance to the academy and found
his love sleeping soundly on the soft earth. She looked so peaceful lying
in the sunlight. Even when he thought she had betrayed him, he still loved
her. He made his way over to her and sat on the ground admiring the figure
before him. He slowly bent down and touched his lips to hers. He felt her
respond softly.
Her eyes fluttered open to see Dustin's beautiful brown orbs staring at her. "Hello," she said sitting up. "Your back early from work."
"Marah- it's 3:30. I always get out then."
"It's that late! Oh my gosh! I didn't realize I was out for that long," she said embarrassed. Dustin pulled her in for a tight hug.
"What were you up to today?" he asked kissing her cheek.
"Laura and I were sparring."
"You and Laura? How'd it go? Are you alright?" She shot him a hard glare. Standing up she put her hands on her hips.
"I am perfectly capable of taking defending of myself Waldo!" he said smiling. Dustin shot up.
"Oh you're going to pay for that!" he said playfully. Marah screamed with laughter as he chased her through the grounds of the academy. Just as he was about the catch her she stopped and flipped over his head.
"Missed me!" she cried. She turned off running in the other direction. She stopped when she didn't hear him behind her. "Dustin? Dustin!" she cried turning around. He sprung out of the ground behind her and grabbed her around the middle.
"I got you," he whispered in her ear, running his lips down her neck.
"No fair," she said sweetly as she felt her body tingle. He turned her around to face him.
"I love you ya know that?" he said smiling. She kissed him back.
"I love you too," she paused. "Waldo!" with that she took off running again with Dustin on her heels.
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Laura sat on a green pillow in ops with the laptop while Cam seated nearby in front of the super computer. They were finishing the archives Cam had begun on the Rangers. Laura loved that Cam was including her in this. When she and the other students had been released they all were made aware of who the rangers were and what they had done to save them. Laura wasn't at all surprised that Cam had been chosen. He was so pure and good. She was on her last entry- it was about the samurai amulet and Cam's journey. When she had finished she settled the laptop down and walked over to him.
Cam felt a pair of warm arms wrap around his shoulders. He turned his head and kissed her cheek. "I'm almost finished here." He said. Laura didn't release her hold on him, but just stood watching him work. When he was finished he turned his seat causing Laura to let go. Cam grabbed her waist and pulled her into his lap. He planted a firm kiss on her lips.
"Can I ask you a question?" she asked.
"Anything," he replied. She tried to figure out the best way to put this.
"Was it hard for you when you went back?" she asked touching where his tattoo was on his arm. Cam sighed and knew what she meant.
"It was hard to see my mother I guess. I never really knew her. But I'm glad I did get to know her. If only it was for a little time," he said looking at her hand on his arm.
"What about Lothor?" she asked cautiously.
"That was just weird in itself. To think that my father and him shared the same DNA structure and yet they were so different is just mind boggling." He paused and smiled a small grin. "But if I never found that out, I never would have known about Marah being my cousin. I guess it was just good to know that I actually had a semi stable family. Apart from the whole, 'my uncle's an evil space ninja' thing, that is." Laura looked very sad.
"Yeah- it must be great to have your family together." Her family moved back to Taiwan a few years previous, but she decided to stay at the academy and finish her training.
"Hey," he said raising her head with his hand. "You have family here too. You have Tori, Sarah, Marah, Dustin, Shane, Blake and Hunter- and you have me." He said kissing her forehead. She smiled at him and snuggled closer into his embrace.
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"Okay- this is just weird. Blake and I knew EVERYBODY at the academy," Hunter said as he and Sarah walked back to her house.
"I didn't live at the academy- my parents taught me." He voice grew quiet on the last part. "My father was a thunder blade champion and taught me everything I know. He and Sensei Omino were great friends, and we'd sometimes go to visit."
"What about the uniform?" he asked glancing at how it hugged her body perfectly.
"A gift for my birthday from my mother." Again her voice grew soft.
"Sarah? You alright?" he asked cautiously. Suddenly he saw a tear run down her cheek. "Come here," he said drawing her into his arms. "What happened?"
She felt the warmth from his body and relaxed a little. "My parents are gone," she breathed softly. "They died about six years ago in a plane accident. This is the last thing they ever gave me." She said referring to her uniform. Hunter pulled her closer as the tears fell freely against his black top.
"My parents are dead too," he said. Sarah brought her head up to meet his cool eyes.
"Really?" she asked shakily. Hunter nodded his head slowly. "They passed away when I was nine and Blake was seven. They were thunder ninjas too. Sensei Omino took us in and raised us." Her face softened.
"So it's always been you and Blake?" she said as they continued walking. Hunter held her hand in his.
"Basically. Until we came here and met the others." Sarah smiled and thought about her friends and how they had become like a family to her as well. "But wait. If you and Blake lived at the academy then that means that when that Lothor dude attacked you were captured." Hunter stopped dead in his tracks. "How did you know about the school being attacked by Lothor?" "Lee Ann- Sensei's daughter called me when I was in Maui. We were always good friends. That's when I started really training with this," she said twirling her staff. "Just in case the need should arise." Hunter felt his heart beat faster as he saw her spin the staff with ease. "You and Blake should defiantly go at it sometime. He's pretty handy with one of those things." Sarah stopped and faced him. "We'll see," she said. "So you didn't answer my question. Were you captured?" Hunter grew nervous. Should he tell her? She had a right to know- she was a thunder ninja after all. "Yea- we were, but we got out." He said as they reached her house. Hunter picked up his discarded clothes and sat on the porch. "How'd you manage that?" she asked sitting next to him. Hunter gathered up his courage and removed his wrist guard on his left arm. He pulled back the sleeve and turned his inner arm so she could see his tattoo. Sarah's hand flew to her mouth. She remembered seeing the insignia before- the Thunder Rangers, well one of them, bore that symbol.
"You're a ranger?" she asked breathlessly. Hunter nodded his head. "But how? I mean I had heard from Lee Ann that two of the rangers fought in the style of the academy, but how is that possible?"
"When the school was attacked Sensei gave the morphers to Blake and I. Then we were captured. Lothor made us think that the other rangers' Sensei killed our parents, so we used our powers against them. We found out later that Lothor killed them." His face fell. Sarah moved over and wrapped her arm around his shoulder. He looked up at her and gave a sympathetic smile. "After that, we joined up with them and we've all been together ever since."
His last sentence made something click inside her head. She remembered seeing Tori's tattoo. And Shane's and Dustin's, and Cam's as well. She had asked them about them, but they never gave her a straight answer. It all made sense now.
"So you, Blake, Tori, Shane, Dustin, and Cam were the rangers?" Hunter nodded his head in agreement. "Who else knows about this?"
"Well, everyone at the academies, that includes Laura- and Marah." She looked a bit hurt.
"Why didn't she tell me?" she said sadly.
"Who?" he asked curiously.
"Tori- she knew I was a thunder ninja. Hell she found my staff in my closet when she went looking for a shirt! I told her everything and she didn't even mention it." Hunter then put his arm around her waist.
"I'm guessing she didn't tell you because she didn't want to bring up any bad memories about her and my bro. I mean that's how they met, and they weren't in the best shape at the time."
Sarah nodded her head. "I guess that's why every time I asked her about her tattoo she got all upset," she trailed off.
"Yeah," Hunter said. She still had her arm around his shoulder and he had his around her waist. "Do you want to go out tonight?" he asked suddenly turning to her. Sarah's eyes met his.
"Um, sure," she said nervously.
"I'll pick you up around 8?" he asked. Sarah nodded her head.
"Great," she said. They both laughed nervously realizing that they had rhymed. Hunter tightened his arm around her waist and leaned in. She met him halfway and they met for a soft kiss.
Sarah felt her heartbeat increase as she felt his tongue against hers. Hunter felt her arms go around his neck and he put his other around her waist. They were deeply involved when Sarah heard her phone ring from inside. She pulled away.
"Fuck," she said causing Hunter to laugh lightly. "I have to get that- it could be my sponsor or something."
She got up and went to the door. "I'll see you tonight," she said disappearing into the house. Hunter put his street clothes on over his uniform and hopped on his bike.
Sarah picked up the phone and found Tori on the other end.
"Yea that sounds good. C'mon over. The waves are really pounding," she said looking out her window. She saw hunter on his bike. He pulled a wheelie and drove out of sight.
"Sorry, Tor- listen we'll talk when you get here."
Her eyes fluttered open to see Dustin's beautiful brown orbs staring at her. "Hello," she said sitting up. "Your back early from work."
"Marah- it's 3:30. I always get out then."
"It's that late! Oh my gosh! I didn't realize I was out for that long," she said embarrassed. Dustin pulled her in for a tight hug.
"What were you up to today?" he asked kissing her cheek.
"Laura and I were sparring."
"You and Laura? How'd it go? Are you alright?" She shot him a hard glare. Standing up she put her hands on her hips.
"I am perfectly capable of taking defending of myself Waldo!" he said smiling. Dustin shot up.
"Oh you're going to pay for that!" he said playfully. Marah screamed with laughter as he chased her through the grounds of the academy. Just as he was about the catch her she stopped and flipped over his head.
"Missed me!" she cried. She turned off running in the other direction. She stopped when she didn't hear him behind her. "Dustin? Dustin!" she cried turning around. He sprung out of the ground behind her and grabbed her around the middle.
"I got you," he whispered in her ear, running his lips down her neck.
"No fair," she said sweetly as she felt her body tingle. He turned her around to face him.
"I love you ya know that?" he said smiling. She kissed him back.
"I love you too," she paused. "Waldo!" with that she took off running again with Dustin on her heels.
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Laura sat on a green pillow in ops with the laptop while Cam seated nearby in front of the super computer. They were finishing the archives Cam had begun on the Rangers. Laura loved that Cam was including her in this. When she and the other students had been released they all were made aware of who the rangers were and what they had done to save them. Laura wasn't at all surprised that Cam had been chosen. He was so pure and good. She was on her last entry- it was about the samurai amulet and Cam's journey. When she had finished she settled the laptop down and walked over to him.
Cam felt a pair of warm arms wrap around his shoulders. He turned his head and kissed her cheek. "I'm almost finished here." He said. Laura didn't release her hold on him, but just stood watching him work. When he was finished he turned his seat causing Laura to let go. Cam grabbed her waist and pulled her into his lap. He planted a firm kiss on her lips.
"Can I ask you a question?" she asked.
"Anything," he replied. She tried to figure out the best way to put this.
"Was it hard for you when you went back?" she asked touching where his tattoo was on his arm. Cam sighed and knew what she meant.
"It was hard to see my mother I guess. I never really knew her. But I'm glad I did get to know her. If only it was for a little time," he said looking at her hand on his arm.
"What about Lothor?" she asked cautiously.
"That was just weird in itself. To think that my father and him shared the same DNA structure and yet they were so different is just mind boggling." He paused and smiled a small grin. "But if I never found that out, I never would have known about Marah being my cousin. I guess it was just good to know that I actually had a semi stable family. Apart from the whole, 'my uncle's an evil space ninja' thing, that is." Laura looked very sad.
"Yeah- it must be great to have your family together." Her family moved back to Taiwan a few years previous, but she decided to stay at the academy and finish her training.
"Hey," he said raising her head with his hand. "You have family here too. You have Tori, Sarah, Marah, Dustin, Shane, Blake and Hunter- and you have me." He said kissing her forehead. She smiled at him and snuggled closer into his embrace.
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"Okay- this is just weird. Blake and I knew EVERYBODY at the academy," Hunter said as he and Sarah walked back to her house.
"I didn't live at the academy- my parents taught me." He voice grew quiet on the last part. "My father was a thunder blade champion and taught me everything I know. He and Sensei Omino were great friends, and we'd sometimes go to visit."
"What about the uniform?" he asked glancing at how it hugged her body perfectly.
"A gift for my birthday from my mother." Again her voice grew soft.
"Sarah? You alright?" he asked cautiously. Suddenly he saw a tear run down her cheek. "Come here," he said drawing her into his arms. "What happened?"
She felt the warmth from his body and relaxed a little. "My parents are gone," she breathed softly. "They died about six years ago in a plane accident. This is the last thing they ever gave me." She said referring to her uniform. Hunter pulled her closer as the tears fell freely against his black top.
"My parents are dead too," he said. Sarah brought her head up to meet his cool eyes.
"Really?" she asked shakily. Hunter nodded his head slowly. "They passed away when I was nine and Blake was seven. They were thunder ninjas too. Sensei Omino took us in and raised us." Her face softened.
"So it's always been you and Blake?" she said as they continued walking. Hunter held her hand in his.
"Basically. Until we came here and met the others." Sarah smiled and thought about her friends and how they had become like a family to her as well. "But wait. If you and Blake lived at the academy then that means that when that Lothor dude attacked you were captured." Hunter stopped dead in his tracks. "How did you know about the school being attacked by Lothor?" "Lee Ann- Sensei's daughter called me when I was in Maui. We were always good friends. That's when I started really training with this," she said twirling her staff. "Just in case the need should arise." Hunter felt his heart beat faster as he saw her spin the staff with ease. "You and Blake should defiantly go at it sometime. He's pretty handy with one of those things." Sarah stopped and faced him. "We'll see," she said. "So you didn't answer my question. Were you captured?" Hunter grew nervous. Should he tell her? She had a right to know- she was a thunder ninja after all. "Yea- we were, but we got out." He said as they reached her house. Hunter picked up his discarded clothes and sat on the porch. "How'd you manage that?" she asked sitting next to him. Hunter gathered up his courage and removed his wrist guard on his left arm. He pulled back the sleeve and turned his inner arm so she could see his tattoo. Sarah's hand flew to her mouth. She remembered seeing the insignia before- the Thunder Rangers, well one of them, bore that symbol.
"You're a ranger?" she asked breathlessly. Hunter nodded his head. "But how? I mean I had heard from Lee Ann that two of the rangers fought in the style of the academy, but how is that possible?"
"When the school was attacked Sensei gave the morphers to Blake and I. Then we were captured. Lothor made us think that the other rangers' Sensei killed our parents, so we used our powers against them. We found out later that Lothor killed them." His face fell. Sarah moved over and wrapped her arm around his shoulder. He looked up at her and gave a sympathetic smile. "After that, we joined up with them and we've all been together ever since."
His last sentence made something click inside her head. She remembered seeing Tori's tattoo. And Shane's and Dustin's, and Cam's as well. She had asked them about them, but they never gave her a straight answer. It all made sense now.
"So you, Blake, Tori, Shane, Dustin, and Cam were the rangers?" Hunter nodded his head in agreement. "Who else knows about this?"
"Well, everyone at the academies, that includes Laura- and Marah." She looked a bit hurt.
"Why didn't she tell me?" she said sadly.
"Who?" he asked curiously.
"Tori- she knew I was a thunder ninja. Hell she found my staff in my closet when she went looking for a shirt! I told her everything and she didn't even mention it." Hunter then put his arm around her waist.
"I'm guessing she didn't tell you because she didn't want to bring up any bad memories about her and my bro. I mean that's how they met, and they weren't in the best shape at the time."
Sarah nodded her head. "I guess that's why every time I asked her about her tattoo she got all upset," she trailed off.
"Yeah," Hunter said. She still had her arm around his shoulder and he had his around her waist. "Do you want to go out tonight?" he asked suddenly turning to her. Sarah's eyes met his.
"Um, sure," she said nervously.
"I'll pick you up around 8?" he asked. Sarah nodded her head.
"Great," she said. They both laughed nervously realizing that they had rhymed. Hunter tightened his arm around her waist and leaned in. She met him halfway and they met for a soft kiss.
Sarah felt her heartbeat increase as she felt his tongue against hers. Hunter felt her arms go around his neck and he put his other around her waist. They were deeply involved when Sarah heard her phone ring from inside. She pulled away.
"Fuck," she said causing Hunter to laugh lightly. "I have to get that- it could be my sponsor or something."
She got up and went to the door. "I'll see you tonight," she said disappearing into the house. Hunter put his street clothes on over his uniform and hopped on his bike.
Sarah picked up the phone and found Tori on the other end.
"Yea that sounds good. C'mon over. The waves are really pounding," she said looking out her window. She saw hunter on his bike. He pulled a wheelie and drove out of sight.
"Sorry, Tor- listen we'll talk when you get here."