A/N: I know its been FOREVER since I updated this one, but when I got very little reviews I didn't think anyone liked it...so you see REVIEWS ARE IMPORTANT!!!

I know this may seem like AU now cause Ninja storm ended...but I am going to tie it into now. Trust me, I'll make it work.

Thank you Linds (Giannola) who e-mailed me to update, I was actually going to remove this. Let's see if people review more this time.

Chapter 3

"Dude that was totally stellar!" Dustin yelled at Blake who was coming towards the stands with his new trophy.

That smacked hands and gave their half hugs. "Thanks man. Where's my bro by the way? I'd think he'd want to see his little brother cross the finish line."

"Like he's never seen that before, though I must say you royally smoked them. But he had to go pick up Cam and Tori. You know it's Shane's surprise party tonight?" they began walking towards Blake's bike and techs packing things up."

"Yeah I know."

"Well you're here, and I think everyone would like to see you." Dustin gave him an expected look.

"Yeah, well...I guess I could go for a couple of hours." Blake answer hesitantly.

"Great! Listen I gotta jet I'm suppose to go pick up Kelly. Nobody apparently trusts me to get the party ready. I'll see you later." He said as he walked off.

"Yeah later." Blake replied to the disappearing figure. He hadn't seen them in 3 months. Why? Simple...a kiss...a kiss to end all kisses...something he thought would lead the rest of his life...but that's not what happened.

****3 months ago****

"Well, Well, Well if it isn't my little mermaid." He commented with a smirk as Tori ran out the water to where he was sitting.

"What are you doing here? I thought your flight was this morning."

"It was, but I had some unfinished business, so I switched for a bit later."

They looked at each other and a familiar blush crept on both faces.

"Tor listen...we've been dancing around all this for a while now...and I'm leaving soon...and I don't want..." he was cut off by Tori's hands pulling his head towards her.

The kiss was rather hungry. Months of pent up frustration came pouring out, and Blake found himself wrapping his arms around her as they maneuvered themselves onto the sand.

He couldn't tell whether it was minutes or hours. But it felt like he was flying...and he never wanted to land. But he did come down, or should it be said PUSHED down.

"No, No, No!" she exclaimed as she shoved him off her. "We...I...it can't happen." She stood up and started inching backwards.

"What? Tor, why?' he stood to go near her, but she moved.

"You're leaving, for only God knows how long...Shit...I thought I was over this." She asked herself as she pressed her hands to her face.

He put his hands gently on her wrists and started slowly moving her hands away. "Tori, c'mon, we..." she turned her wrists to get out of his hold.

"NO!" she picked up her board and started back towards her van. "You've got to go...this can't happen now...it's too late."

He tried calling after her, he even tried trailing her with his bike. But she wouldn't stop; she rode that van away from his sight, and over his heart.

****Present****

Blake walked into the store hesitantly. It hadn't changed much. To his amusement there was a poster up that said, "Blake Bradley worked here!" with his picture.

"Oh MY GOD BLAKE!!" screeched Marah and Kapri as they almost tackled him as they hugged him. "Nice to see you to." He said with a sweet, but almost sarcastic, tone.

"BRO! I didn't think you were coming." Said his brother he walked up to him and gave him a quick hug.

"Yeah, Dustin met up with me at the meet. Thanks for coming by the way." He said as they began to mock fight.

"Yeah, yeah quit your crying. I had important stuff to take care of before the birthday boy arrived. Why? Did baby brother miss me?" his mocking tone was only fueled by the boys roughhousing. They laughed it off and Blake began his rounds saying hi to Kelly and some other familiar students and old classmates. But he noticed, much to both his relief and chagrin, that a certain blond surfer was no where to be found.

"Hey guys kill the lights I see the car." Hunter yelled as everyone ducked into some obscure, but almost obvious, hiding place.

"Shane chill, Kelly just needed me to get something for her." They walked Shane into the dark store. Dustin hit the lights and the raucous of 'SURPRISE' began to sound.

Shane laughed and began to hug and say hi to people. Behind him Cam and Tori came in and hugged him as Shane congratulated them on the rouse.

"I'm a genius." Dustin said as he sighed and plucked his shirt in self- appreciation. The others rolled their eyes and Marah ran up to his side.

"Hey Bro, Happy Birthday." Blake said, catching the attention of the small crowd.

"BLAKE! Holy Shit! Dude what are you doing here?" Shane went up to him and gave him a brief hug as Blake explained the local race.

Tori looked at him for a long moment and walked out the front door. The bell from the door indicated someone leaving, and all turned their attention as they saw Tori walk out, Dustin not far from her feet.

"What is with you?" Dustin screamed to her retreating figure.

"What's up with ME? You knew he was coming didn't you!?!" she yelled turning back at him.

"Being as I invited him, yeah."

"How could you?"

"How could I what, ask a friend to a mutual friend's party."

"You could've at least warned me."

"Why? SO you could say you couldn't come cause of some shit excuse? You have been avoiding him since he left, and we are ALL tired of hearing your excuses for not going out to see him."

"What does it matter? You see him, you're happy. Why is it I HAVE to go?"

"Cause we're a family Tor."

"No we're not. We are a bunch of people who were put together for circumstance, and that circumstance has been over for quite a while."

"I can't believe you said that."

"What do you want me to say Dustin. I can't face him okay. What do you want from me? I've tried to go with you, tried to put things behind me. But they won't DIE.

Dustin was a bit confused, but he was use to the feeling.

"Tori, we like you there cause you're part of us. It's not the same without you. We all know it, Blake sure as hell knows it, and I think so do you."

They were face to face. She refused to cry, she was not girlie enough for that. But she sure was frustrated. She let out a sigh as she sat on a flat hydrant and looked at him.

"I just...I don't think I go in there. You don't know some things Dustin."

"I don't know a lot of things Tori, I'd think you'd be used to that by now." He said with a smirk. She had to laugh. He was right; this was all silly. She had been fine, or at least okay, for a while. The only way to really get over him was to make her peace with it.

"Alright let's go back." Dustin held out his elbow and she linked her arm. Just as they were going back in someone stopped them.

"I'm looking for a few good Power Rangers. Know of any?" the figure came from the shadows.

"Excuse Me?" Asked Tori as he came closer. And she recognized him.

"Well you are the yellow and blue NiNja Storm rangers aren't you?"

Dustin's eyes widened, "How'd you..."

Tori turned to him, "Dustin go inside and get the guys, and let them know the party is cancelled." He looked at her, and knew that face. He nodded and walked into the store.

"Tommy Oliver, right?" she asked as she turned back to him.

"Someone did her homework. Tori Hanson I presume." He said as he held out his hand.

She shook it, "What tipped you off, the blonde hair, or the being the only girl thing."

He smiled; she was definitely a Power Ranger

****NASADA**** "YOU ARE NOT GOING!!!" Rocky yelled as he pulled Aisha's bag from the storage compartment.

"YES I AM!" she yelled back as she put her bag up again.

"NO YOU'RE NOT!" the tugging continued.

"Aisha, if you haven't noticed YOU ARE PREGNANT!!"

"REALLY!? I thought I ATE TOO MUCH!"

"WOULD YOU BOTH STOP FIGHTING!?!" Kimberly yelled as she pulled the bag from both their hands.

"Kim, tell her she can't go."

"Kim, tell him that cavemen went out with the Stone Age."

"OKAY! Both of you need to stop shouting. Rocky, Aisha is not your little woman. She can make up her own mind." Kim said pointedly towards Rocky.

"Thank You." Aisha replied as she crossed her arms and gave a satisfied smile.

"And YOU! Are you nuts, you're rounder than basketball? You're not going anywhere."

"KIM! Karone's going, and she is just as pregnant as I am."

"And she is being chased by intergalactic aliens with attitude problems."

Kim took the bag and exited the spaceship with the couple at her heels.

"Aisha, I need you to stay and take care of the kids." Kim said as she turned around.

"AND I have to be the designated babysitter?! Why don't you just make me barefoot now!"

"If something happens to us we need someone we can trust to take care of them. We need one of us. ."

"How many kids are there?"

"Well from our group, Leah, Sam, Ronnie, and my little Lily. Then you got Andros and Ashley's little girl Analey, Cassie and TJ's baby Theo, and Angela and Joel's twins. The Mirinoi kids are staying put I heard."

"Why not add in all of URAGUAY while you're at it. I can't take all those kids by myself. I have enough trouble with just him." She said as she pointed to her not so amused husband.

"You won't be alone. You'll have BOTH Angela's taking care of you and the kids. And you'll be staying at the base with Mr. Collins and Commandant Mitchell. You'll be fine."

"But Kim, who's going to take the yellow ranger powers. You need all the help you can get."

"I already arranged for that. And here she is now."

As the buzzer sounded they all looked up to see none other than the original yellow ranger, Trini Kwan.

****Ninja Opts****

"He wants us to WHAT?!" Dustin asked stunned.

"He wants us to go to a planet called Eltar to help him and the other rangers fight against

They all stared at her as if she were insane.

"Tori, let's put aside the fact that this sounds crazy, we don't have our powers 'member? They were destroyed. Finito, nada, gone." Shane said.

"HE said that he has a friend who could help get them back. And with the new morphers Cam's been working on..."

They all turned to look at him with shocked expressions.

"What? It's not like you asked." He said simply as he walked from his back corner. "Guys I heard the plan, and I agree with Tori. We should help. Dad would want us to." His father had been on a 6 month trek through the Spirit mountains."

"No one would be left to run the academy." Shane pointed out.

"Oh, Oh, we could...yeah we could" said Kapri and Marah said as they started jumping.

"Umm, maybe I could call Sensei Omino to lend a hand." Hunter muttered as he turned away from the girls.

"NO! This is ridiculous. We are not Power Rangers anymore. We don't even know these people, and we're suppose to get killed for them?" Blake interjected.

"We help BLAKE because that's what we do. When I became a Power Ranger that was a lifetime commitment for me. And I know if we ever have kids and something like this happened I'd want their help in return." She looked at him and began to blush when she realized the implication she just made. 'I hope he didn't hear that.'

He did, but he was too focus to dwell on it at the moment. "Tori it's to dangerous. We've done our time. We have lives now, responsibilities..."

"Oh go back to your bike. Obviously that means more to you than saving people's lives."

"You know what I..."

"OKAY, OKAY, TIME!" Hunter said as he walked between them.

"Are we doing this or what?' she asked looking around the room. She saw all of them bow their heads at her looks.

"I can't believe you all. FINE, I'll go alone. But I'm disappointed in all of you."

She ran out of Ninja Ops leaving them all to ponder their cowardness.

****Tori's house****

She finished packing her van and was ready to go when a trio of yellow, dark blue and red motorbikes came down her driveway.

"You're not changing my mind, so don't try" She said as she closed the back and began walking to the driver's side.

They pulled of their helmets and Blake walked into her path. "If you think we're letting you go get yourself killed, you're out of your mind." She glared at him and was about to say something when he interrupted her. "At least, not without us."

Her glare turned into a smile. "We better hurry we still gotta pick up the others." said Hunter as he revved up his bike again. Blake and Tori looked at each other before they went to their own vehicles and all drove off together.

****NASADA**** "Tommy I think we should go. They're not going to show." Zack commented as he walked up to Tommy.

"No, I have a feeling, they'll be here." Just as he finished his sentence the doors to the gate opened to show six people.

All the rangers and helpers stopped their work to check out who just came in.

"Holy Shit." They looked towards Dustin.

"Dustin what's wrong?" Shane asked as he turned towards him.

"The Yellow Rangers..."

They all looked around and Tori let out a laugh when she saw. 0 Dustin gulped and finished his sentence, "they're ALL girls."

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Thanks again Linds!