I don't own Power Rangers or anything associated with it. It belongs to Buena Vista and whoever else owns it. This piece of literature is simply the work of a humble fan. Also, anything else that is mentioned in this fic and isn't mine it also belongs to its respective owner.

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:::Author Notes:::

This takes place right after A Scent of a Ranger (Where CamToo is introduced and Tori and Dustin are turned into perfume). For PR: Turbo it takes place seven years after the last episode in the season, which is Chase into Space.

I know that Ninja Storm took place in the Power Rangers continuity, but it always seemed like a separate universe to me. Tori and Shane dismissing the existence of Powers Rangers in the first episode as Urban Legend was just strange. I mean the Rangers have saved the world multiple times, why would there be any doubt?

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Dancing Under Scattered Light

Chapter One: Defenders of Terra, Storm and Turbo

By: ThunderGod

Justin watched the rangers get thrown back into a building by a shockwave let out by the monster. It was easy to see why they were losing. The monster seemed know all of their moves and thus was prepared to easily stop or counter them. Justin grinned under his helmet; the monster didn't know him or what he could do. All he had to do was surprise it and cripple it enough to either destroy or seriously injure it. Breathing deep one more time, Justin ran full speed toward the battle. He was nothing more than a blue blur as his turbo powers went to work. With a running leap Justin jumped from the ground onto the top of a building that overlooked the battle.

Quickly, Justin withdrew his large blue Hand Blasters and opened rapid fire. Blue streaks of light rained down on the unsuspecting monster. It roared in agony as the energy ripped open its skin and fried its flesh. Smoke rose up around the monster as the blasts continued raining down upon it. The Wind and Thunder Rangers looked up to where the blasts came from in confusion. They couldn't make who was firing the blasts, since the smoke covering the area obscured their vision.

"Can anyone tell whose firing those blasts?" asked Tori, the Blue Wind Ranger.

Blake, the Navy Thunder Ranger, shook his head and said, "I can't see anything. All this smoke is making everything hazy."

Justin stopped firing and with a quick hand motion his Hand Blasters disappeared back into sub space. The place outside of space but not time where Justin's weapons, Zord, and Storm Blaster were located. Billy Cranston, the Blue Morphin Ranger, created the packets of sub space for all of the reactivated Rangers. The smoke covering the area provided the perfect cover for Justin's next attack. He flicked his wrist and his Turbo Sword appeared in hand. He pulled back the handle and energy flooded the sword making it glow blue in the smoke-covered air.

The Wind and Thunder Rangers regrouped preparing a counterstrike when they noticed a blue light, suddenly fall from a building and fly towards the monster. The smoke made it impossible for them to make out what exactly the light was.

"What is that?" questioned Shane, the Red Wind Ranger, pointing at the light.

Justin jumped from the building Turbo Sword out and glowing brightly, fully charged with power. His feet barely touched the ground before he ran the glowing sword through the monster's slime covered chest. Justin extracted the sword and with a yell he slashed at the monster's abdomen causing sparks to shoot up around them. Shane brought his hands forward and a sudden gust of wind cleared the area of smoke. What they saw caused them to stare in shock in stunned silence. Justin spun around on the ball of his heel, brining the sword around with a sharp swing. The monster gave one last roar of pain as Justin's last strike sliced through its neck. Its eyes rolled back in its sockets and slowly its head fell from its shoulders. Justin stood posing with his sword extended, as the monster fell backwards and exploded in a shower of orange sparks of light.

Justin felt a little unnerved at the having the Rangers watch him in stunned silence. He couldn't see their gazes but he could feel them trained on him behind the black visors of their helmets. Justin made his sword disappear into sub space. He walked forward and extended his hand to the nearest ranger, which happened to be the Red Ranger.

Shane shook the offered hand and asked bluntly, "Who are you?"

Justin smiled behind his helmet and gestured to the empty street that was slowly but surely filling with people coming out of shops and stores. "Unless you want to power down in front of civilians… I suggest we do this in a more private place."

"Oh right," Shane said sheepishly.

Cam tore his gaze away from Justin to look down at his Samurai Saber that had a remote access to the main computer of Ninja Ops, their secret headquarters and also his current home.

"This is not normal procedure, but I can get the computer back at Ninja Ops to teleport us all directly there," voiced Cam.

Normally, Cam would have been the first to voice his disagreement with just inviting random strangers back to their base. Even if said stranger was a Power Ranger and had just saved their asses. There was just something about this guy that he instinctively trusted… Even the other Rangers looked at Cam in surprise at his sudden suggestion. All except Justin who was wondering if this was even a good idea to trust these Rangers.

Cam patched into Ninja Ops as soon as Shane gave the go ahead. With a flash of white light that enveloped each of their forms, they disappeared from the street. Justin felt the familiar sensation of teleportation energy rush over him. A moment later he was standing in the middle of a large room, which had a computer and monitor built into a wall along with different other consoles. On the floor was a circular symbol that Justin didn't recognize, assuming that it was their group affiliation symbol. Basically the room was a secret high tech dojo.

"How about you demorph first," said Hunter, the Crimson Thunder Ranger, gruffly. He winced as his brother elbowed him in the side sending him a pointed glare. Behind his helmet Hunter rolled his eyes, simultaneously crossing his arms.

'What an asshole,' thought Justin. He brought his arms across his chest in an 'x' and muttered "Turbo down", while bringing his arms down as a blue light shielded him from view. A sighed exhaled from his lips, as the Turbo Power left his body going back to the Morphin Grid where it waited to be called upon again. Justin ran a hand through his hair that was still tied back. It was a gesture he found himself doing often when he was nervous. A second later the Rangers also demorphed leaving them in their true forms.

"I guess we'll start first," said Shane hesitant. "I'm Shane Clarke, Red Wind Ranger, the leader of this group." Shane was good looking and of Hawaiian descent. He had black hair and rich brown eyes. He radiated friendliness as well as a sense of wariness.

"I'm Tori Hanson, Blue Wind Ranger." Tori was a blond and had very light blue eyes her whole aura seemed bright and open. Justin felt like she was someone who would always be there for a friend.

"Dude, I'm Dustin Brooks, Yellow Wind Ranger. Nice to meet you man," smiled Dustin, his floppy brown hair fell around his ears curling slightly. His brown eyes seemed to twinkle as if there was some hidden joke that only he knew.

The Crimson Ranger, Hunter, stared stonily at Justin with jade green eyes. "Hunter Bradley," he said coolly. Light blond hair fell across his forehead and covered his ears. His arms were still crossed as he stared. Justin could plainly see that Hunter didn't trust him one bit. Justin couldn't blame him for being overly cautious; he would have been too if in his shoes…

'Still though--- What a bitch,' Justin thought flicking his eyes to the guy next to Hunter. He was shorter and was of Asian descent. His short hair was coal black and his eyes were very dark brown.

"Blake Bradley, Navy Thunder Ranger," he said neutrally, shooting Hunter a look before giving Justin a polite half smile. But there was thinly veiled distrust swimming in his dark eyes.

Justin returned the smile mentally thinking, 'They must be related or something. They have the same last name and both have the whole caution thing going.'

Cam fixed his glasses upon his face and Justin felt his something in his stomach flutter as the Ranger settled his gaze on him. "I'm Cameron Watanabe, Green Samurai Ranger." He raised his eyebrow giving Justin a curious look. "And I believe it's your turn."

"Cam, manners," said a deep voice.

Justin spun around, head snapping from side to side not seeing anybody. He found his gaze traveling downwards till they landed on a guinea pig clothed in light gray colored clothes and a small cap. In one of its fur covered paws was a cane.

Justin blinked as the guinea pig began speaking. "I am Sensei Kanoi Watanabe. I am the teacher of the Wind Rangers and father of Cameron. It was I who gave the Wind Rangers their powers. Although I was in a much different form at the time," said Sensei.

Justin gave him an easygoing smile. "My own mentor who gave me my powers was not entirely human. In fact he was interdimensional being caught in a time warp. So a talking guinea pig, once human, who hands out powers isn't all that surprising."

"Would you share your story with us…" asked Sensei pausing.

"Its Justin Stewart," he clarified. "Well this is going to sound strange no matter how I say it… So here it goes. I come from another dimension an alternate universe to be precise. I was fighting a monster when it opened a portal with its blood. The only way to close it was for me to jump into it and I did and I ended up here. In this world."

"Why are you so sure this is an alternate reality?" inquired Tori.

"I did some online searching earlier so I could get some information. Well, what I found was really surprising. It seems Powers Rangers weren't anything but a legend and myth until you guys were called. In my world the Power Rangers have been protecting the universe for years. I can tell you that right now there are at least thirty active Rangers on my Earth. That's just on Earth," he smiled at their astonished faces.

Cam shook his head at the sheer number projected. "Why are there so many Rangers on your Earth?"

Justin sighed and sat down at the wooden table that was low to the ground, a traditional Japanese table. The others joined him kneeling down around the long table. Sensei stood on the table and they waited as Justin struggled within himself for the best place to start his tale.

"Earth hasn't been truly peaceful for thirteen years now. Don't get me wrong there hasn't been war or anything like that. I'm talking about attacks of the not so ordinary kind. Whenever the evil mastermind behind the attacks would be defeated the current team of Power Rangers would become inactive, as I'm sure you will be too after you defeat the guy responsible for sending the monster earlier. Anyway, when I was eleven I was given the Power. I became the Blue Turbo Ranger— "

"Eleven!"

Justin nodded. "Yeah, I was eleven. The Blue Ranger before me was seriously injured during a training match. I was chosen strictly because they didn't have anyone else at the time. But I eventually proved my worth and I kept the Power. After a while, our time was over and it was another team's turn to protect the Earth. And so it went in a cycle for years. One team formed then becoming inactive making way for a new team. During the current team's watch something happened… Instead of centralizing their attack in one place this new evil is sending monsters all over the world. All Red Rangers from every team gathered together and came to a decision. All Rangers who were inactive were to be put back on active duty. If they lost their powers or if they were destroyed it was reconstituted. I was one of those who were put back on active duty. That's why I gotta get back home if there even is chance of getting back. There is no telling what this new evil is planning."

"Hmm… We too are hard pressed by an evil threatening to take over the Earth," Sensei sighed. "I give you my word that we will do everything in our power to help you get home. In the meantime you are welcome to stay here at Ninja Ops."

"Thank you, Sensei that is very kind of you," replied Justin, somewhat surprised at how trusting the guinea pig was. Although the animal did seem wiser than most of his professors at the university.

Tori smiled at Justin. "We should be thanking you. You are the one who saved our butts earlier."

Dustin nodded beaming. "Yeah bro, those were some serious moves you pulled."

"It was nothing," said Justin waving the praise off. "Rangers help people and you needed help."

"Lothor's newest monster was a little on top of its game," remarked Shane. "I can't believe that it knew all of our moves and practically turned them back on us. If Justin hadn't come along we would have been seriously thrashed."

Hunter huffed indignant. "We would have kicked that monster's ass without him."

Cam rolled his eyes and sarcastically said, "Unless you can come up with a whole new fighting style off the top of your head then I doubt it."

"Whatever," muttered Hunter, getting up and leaving the room.

Blake stood up after him. He smiled at them apologetically. "Sorry about that guys. He's just a little irked that not a single of his attacks worked against the monster. He was really giving it his all and then Justin came along and seemed to beat it so easily…"

Justin shook his head. "It was only because I took it by surprise. Trust me when I say that is the only reason why I beat it quickly."

"I'll go and tell him that," replied Blake leaving the room, after tossing a "See you guys later."

A moment later, the cheerful moment ruined Shane, Tori, and Dustin expressed their thanks again then departed Ninja Ops also, each saying they had classes tomorrow. That just left Cam, Justin, and Sensei left in the secret underground dojo. Cam mumbled something and excused himself from the room. Justin still felt that odd feeling again in his stomach when he looked at Cam but squashed it down each time.

"They sure are a fun bunch," remarked Justin dryly.

Sensei chuckled under his breath. "Do not let them get you down. Cam is naturally the solitary type so don't mind him. Hunter well… He and his brother, Blake, both have had troubling times recently."

'Troubling times?' wondered Justin leaning forward. "What happened if you don't mind me asking?"

The guinea pig breathed deeply balancing his cane in both paws. "I'll start at the beginning. That is always the best place. On this Earth there are secret Ninja Academies where select people are taught the ways of the ninja. I am the Sensei of the Wind Ninja Academy, where students learn different fighting techniques only mastering one. Tori, Dustin, and Shane are students of mine. Not the best mined you, but I saw potential in them. Potential to be the best. One day, the Wind Ninja Academy became under attack by an evil ninja master from space. The ninja master is Lothor. When he attacked the academy, he captured all the students and trapped them on his spaceship. Not before turning me into my present form. Shane, Tori, and Dustin were late to classes that day and thus were not captured. When Lothor found them unaccounted for he set out to capture them. I had no other choice but to give them the power to protect themselves. I made them Wind Power Rangers.

"Lothor then raised the stakes by sending the Thunder Rangers—"

"Blake and Hunter!"

Justin blushed realizing that he had interrupted the Sensei. "Sorry," he mumbled. "I was just surprised that the Thunder Rangers worked for Lothor."

Sensei nodded understanding and continued. "The Thunder Rangers were students of the Thunder Ninja Academy which had also been attacked by Lothor. He captured them along with their Sensei and all other students, holding them captive inside his spaceship orbiting the planet. He released Hunter and Blake and told them that it was I who killed their dead parents. Using the Thunder Morphers that their Sensei gave them before the attack on their Academy, they transformed into the Thunder Rangers. Under full control of Lothor and the promise of vengeance gave them an edge over the Wind Rangers. Eventually, Hunter and Blake found out the truth—Lothor killed their parents. They saw the error of their ways and joined our side, seeking a way to bring an end to Lothor's conquest of evil."

"Whoa," said Justin shaking his head. "That is a quite a story. An evil ninja from space, secret ninja academies, evil rangers…"

"It does sound a bit unbelievable," agreed Sensei smiling.

'Now that is just plain creepy,' Justin thought seeing the guinea pig smile. Sensei excused himself telling Justin he had to meditate leaving the teen alone by himself.

'I wonder where Cam went?' Instantly at that thought heat began rising to Justin's cheeks as he thought of the other boy. 'Get a hold of yourself, Stewart,' he chastised himself internally. 'Now is not the time to let my hormones go crazy. Even though Cam is quite attractive… very attractive… fine as hell.'

"What the hell is wrong with me," Justin moaned softly. "Even my own thoughts are running away from me."

Justin wasn't upset by the fact that he was attracted to a guy. He had got over that fact years ago when Justin found he liked staring at his soccer teammates, more than the girls cheering the team on. Being gay was no problem for him, since he had made peace with that part of himself when he started having confusing thoughts. The problem he was having now was his flustered thoughts. Every time the name Cam was even mentioned butterflies immediately started flying around in his stomach, and it was all he could do to prevent himself from blushing. He hadn't felt his way in years. The only time had been when Justin had a crush on one of his male friends at school. It was one of his very first crushes. He felt like he was in his early teens again, the way his thoughts ran away from him.

"Still here I see," said a voice.

Justin spun his head around seeing Cam walk into the room with a circuit board held in his hand. The green clad teen walked to the computer console along the wall without even a backward glance at him. Justin felt a pang in his heart but firmly shut down on his feelings and locked them away. Now wasn't the time. His number one mission was to get home and help the other Rangers. This was not his world. Getting to close to these people would do nothing but cause conflict later. Justin found his interest piqued seeing the board in Cam's hand.

"Are you interested in computers?" asked Justin. Instantly he regretted his question. 'Could I sound anymore geekier?'

Cam gave Justin a look. "Gee, how could you tell? Is it because I'm sitting here trying to fix this one," he replied sarcastically.

Justin wasn't the least bit offended by the tone. He had a feeling that Cam was sarcastic and sharp-tongued to everyone but his father. Justin just smiled breezily and Cam found himself blinking a little surprised that the other boy didn't snap at him.

Justin just smiled and said, "Well I'm interested in computers." He reached behind his back making a motion with his hand. Instantly from his sub space he pulled free his laptop. "Tada," he said bringing his laptop forward, sitting it on the table.

"How did you do that?" questioned Cam walking from the computer to sit beside Justin.

Justin shrugged. "Another Ranger invented these pockets of space for each Ranger that could be used for storage. He calls it sub space pockets. All the Rangers on my Earth can't have a Zord Bay near them, so the pockets are used to store our Zords and other useful things like weapons. Pretty handy to have."

Cam nodded seeing the brilliance in the idea. He picked up the silver laptop running his fingers along the smooth surface. "I've never seen one like this before."

"That's because it's custom made," replied Justin smiling a little proudly. The Power Rangers on the planet Aquitar made the computer especially for him when he had visited their world months ago. Justin, Billy, and Andros went to the planet to get a device that would recreate lost Rangers powers. When there Billy's friend Cestria had offered the computer to Justin as a gift. "That is latest model on Aquitar. You won't be able to find a better computer on Earth. Its light years ahead of the stuff we have. I call it Fox 8.6 even though its really called System zero-three-two."

Cam looked absolutely fascinated by the specs. Justin felt a little thrill go through him seeing Cam so impressed by his laptop. He began telling Cam the computer's stats from memory, which he had memorized perfectly because of his photographic memory. " It's a special field model. One point two pounds, variable flexibility. Capacity is thirteen terra-bytes, binary mode. Both Binary and Minary supported. Quad-Processor design. Class twenty. Power is one solar amp per day. Body heat and solar recharge. All ports and links supported via Web-Port-Scan."

Cam looked at Justin eyebrows raised high in surprise. "I never would have figured you were…"

"What—" laughed Justin as he trailed off. "Smart? A lot of people don't think I am either. Of course they don't know that I entered high school when I was only eleven. Most people think that highly intelligent people are nerds that wear glasses and always have a book in hand… You should see the looks I get when people hear anything remotely intelligent come from my mind. Its like surprise times ten."

"No, it's not like that… It's just that you're—"

Justin immediately tensed getting defensive. "What?"

"You seem like a guy who models or plays sports rather than read books. When people hear intellectual things come from beautiful people's mouths everyone is of course thrown a little off."

'Beautiful?' wondered Justin feeling warmth spread across his cheeks. Cam didn't notice it because he was too busy turning the laptop on questioning Justin on the computer's Internet speed. Justin kept up in the conversation enjoying the tech talk. He felt his heart speed up in his chest, as Cam gave him a real smile. Not a smirk. But a smile. A smile that was bright and real. The two Rangers had found a common ground on which to bond in that moment. As the hours passed and they talked on, Justin couldn't help but remember in the back of his mind:

"He called me beautiful."

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I made this chapter longer since you guys gave me such positive feedback last time. The information from the laptop came from a friend of mine who told me that I just had to stick it in there. He got it from somewhere else, but I can't remember where at the moment. Justin came off wrong to me in this chapter, almost too perfect. But trust me he won't be. This was just a set up. I know that Sensei was a little off in characterness too, but I couldn't be helped. Every time I wrote him he came out wrong. Anyway, don't forget to scroll down and review!