A/N: Next chapter! Sorry it took so long, been busy. Here you go.

Chapter 8

Conjuring a Storm

Marah and Kayla were running as fast as they could into the center of the arena to Dustin. Tori knelt down to check if he was all right. A soft groaned was heard from Dustin as Tori turned him over. Kayla and Marah finally got to them, and knelt down beside him. Hunter ran past the small crowd and faced Blake and the Thunder Students. Shane and Cam stood beside him.

"Well Bro, you don't look so surprised to see me." Blake chuckled.

Hunter glared at him, "I figured it was you." He responded. Shane couldn't take it anymore. He glanced back at Dustin then started to charge at Blake with rage.

"Shane don't!" Cam screamed out to him. Blake took a step forward, grabbing Shane's arm and tossing him into the air, behind him. Shane rolled on the ground, a bit stunned from the attack. Michelle gasped at the sight as Kelly and her stood in the bleachers while the rest of the crowds ran out of the building or found a safe place to watch. Marah slapped Dustin a bit to keep him awake. Dustin groaned once more as he slowly opened his eyes to see 3 women staring down at him.

"Whoa..is this a dream?" He softly spoke.

Marah shook him, "Dustin!" She screamed. Dustin snapped up from the loud noise. He turned to see Cam, Hunter and Blake arguing back and forth to each other.

"What do you think your doing!?" Hunter barked at him.

"I could say the same thing." He shot back and turned to see the former Red Ranger get up, "Pathetic wind rangers. Don't know when to stay down." He yelled as he shot a bolt of lighting at him. Shane quickly side flipped out of the way and got into a fighting stance.

"Is that what we are doing? Testing Ninja Skills? Fine, it's my turn." He grinned as he clasped his hand together. He summoned the ninja skills of Air and fired a gust of wind at them. Blake and the thunder students ducked and covered from the attack. The strong wind was going straight towards Marah, Kayla and Tori. Cam and Hunter quickly turned around and dived into the girls and knocked them down, as the wind blew past them and into a bunch of empty bleachers that all shattered and fell apart from the impact. Kelly and Michelle sat down, to shocked on what just happen. Gasped came from each part of the building as other people looked onwards at the conflict infront of them.

Blake stood up laughing, "Wow, such anger Shane. Sensei is going to kill you for using your powers."

Kain and the rest got up, "There's only one way to settle this. Let us fight."

Hunter smirked, "There's more of us then there are of you. You're going to lose."

"Then we shall even the odds." Blake snapped back as he pulled out his Thunder Blade. Katana and Jade both laughed as they whipped out their weapons. Jade had a long wooden staff. It had a gold lighting streaking across the stick. She used her ninja powers to electrify the weapon. Katana pulled out what looked like two lighting daggers. The metal was in a lighting shape form and she held the end of it. She snapped both wrists sideways and it formed two fans with sharp razors on it. Kain pulled out a Thunder Sword and got into a fighting position.

"Okay, they have weapons. We don't have weapons do we Cam?" Shane asked. Dustin slowly got up and walked with Tori to join the others. Marah pulled Kayla away and up to the bleachers where Michelle and Kelly were.

"Blake, don't do this please." Tori begged

Hunter nodded, "Yeah come on Blake. I'm your brother! Snap out of it."

Blake smirked, "Brother huh? More like a traitor. You're suppose to side with us."

"What are you talking about?" Hunter replied.

"Kain filled me in. The Wind rangers were plotting to destroy the Thunder Academy. Couldn't stand the fact that we were better." He explained.

Dustin shook his head, "That's crazy man." He told him. He held his side of his stomach, still feeling some pain from the hit. Luckily, it wasn't a strong attack or he would have been finished.

The girls up in the bleachers were all talking and looking onwards.

"How did he do that?" Kelly asked.

"What's going on Marah!?" Michelle added.

"This is too much." Kayla said lastly. Marah didn't respond to anything they said. She continued to watch. That was all she could do.

"Get them." Kain shouted. Katana and Jade ran forward at the rangers. Cam and Dustin took a step forward to intercept them. Jade quickly ran at Cam and tried to strike him. He dodged the weapon and flipped backwards near the edge of the mat. Jade walked forward laughing.

"Poor, Poor Green Ranger. Defenseless and powerless. This is unfair don't you think?" She ranted. Cam looked to the side and noticed a broom stick laying on the floor. Jade lunged forward and he side flipped towards it. Jade quickly spun around and attempted to hit him again. Cam grabbed the broom stick and blocked the attack. Lighting began to spark from the impact. When Cam broke away, he noticed the edge of the broom was on fire. Jade's lighting staff must have ignited the thing on fire. Cam swung the burning broom stick at her and she started to back away. He put out the fire the best he could, leaving only the stick part of the broom. He twirled it around and grinned at her. Jade laughed as she began to strike at him again. He blocked the attacks and jumped over her. He slammed the staff into her leg, making her fall. She recovered and smacked Cam across the face, knocking him on the ground. She then charged forward at the fallen samurai ranger. Cam used his stick and pushed himself back up and blocked the attack. He then kicked Jade's staff into the air. As she looked up at it, he took the time to hit her in the stomach, knocking her back. She got back up and started to get irritated. She ran forward and kicked Cam back and picked up her weapon and continued to fight. Dustin on the other hand was running for his life. Katana was chasing him with her sharp fans. She stopped and tossed one at him. It began to spin around faster and faster as it closed in on him. Dustin couldn't endure the pain of his previous attack and began to slow down. He noticed the thing coming right at him. He used all his strength to back flip behind a table. The fan missed him by an inch and into a wall. When Dustin looked up he saw Katana jumping at him. Dustin rolled out of the way as she hit the ground.

"Fight me. Don't run Yellow Ranger." She growled. She grabbed Dustin by the throat and tossed him into a wall. She then tried to fire a lighting shot at him . He moved out of the way, and it hit the wall, blowing a hole in it. Dustin turned and ran out of the hole and outside onto the dirt ground. Katana followed as he continues to run into a field. He turned around and faced her.

"You're on my territory now." Dustin grinned. He used his Ninja Earth ground attack and dived into the dirt. Katana looked around, a bit shocked on what just happened. Dustin came out from the ground behind her and kicked her in the back. He flipped over her and kicked her in the arm, making her drop her other fan.

Dustin backed away, trying to catch his breath. "Man, I'm so out of shape." Katana got into a fighting stance and began to circle him. Katana began to do roundhouse kicks at Dustin. He blocked each of the attack and grabbed her foot. She kicked with her other foot, to free herself and then slammed her knee into Dustin. Dustin went flying back into the dirt. He rolled around and stood back up. Dustin began to feel dizzy and disorientated. She slowly walked over to him and grabbed him by his shirt. Katana tossed him into the air and back onto the ground. Dustin groaned, trying to get back up. He rolled onto his back and saw her looking down at him. He pulled her down with him and they began to wrestle on the ground. They started to roll down a hill. They hit rocks and roofs on their way down. Meanwhile, Kain was facing Hunter and Shane. Kain twirled his sword around and kept his guard up. Shane jumped into the air at him, while Hunter ran at him from the ground. Kain laughed as he spun around in a circle and then shot a lighting blast at Hunter. Hunter jumped out of the way, and looked up to see Kain jumping into the air and slam Shane back to the ground. Shane rolled away as he saw a sword coming down at him. He quickly got up and released another gust of wind at him. Kain lost grip of the sword, and it went flying into a wall. Hunter got back up and snuck up behind him and grabbed him.

"It's over Kain." Hunter whispered into his ear.

"It's not over, till I say it's over." He barked back as he slammed on his foot, then flipped him over his back. Tori and Blake were busy having their own battle in a corner. Tori dodged all of Blake's attack, not wanting to strike back.

"Blake, stop it." She begged as she ducked from the incoming Thunder Blade. She charged into him, making him drop his Thunder Blade and fall to the ground. She pinned him down and looked into his eyes. She brushed her blonde hair out of the way and held him down tightly.

"Blake. It's me. Tori." She told him, "They brain washed you. They did something. Try to remember!" Blake's head started to hurt. He couldn't stay focus, everything began to blur. Memories and thoughts began to rush back into his head as he looked at her.

He shook his head, "No!" He screamed as he pushed her off. She went flying off him and onto the ground. He stood up and brushed himself off. He picked up his Thunder Blade and pointed it at Tori. She tried to crawl away.

"Blake.." She whispered. She turned and saw Cam and Jade locking weapons. Cam broke away and Jade tried to fire a lighting shot at him. He moved out of the way, and the surge of lighting hit a water fountain. The pipe bursted open and water began to pour everywhere. Tori looked back at Blake. She got up and kicked him back and ran towards the flooded part of the room. Blake was chasing him as she stopped and turned around.

"I call upon the ninja skill of the rising water." She shouted as she moved her hand. She summoned the water around her into a ball and fired it at him. Blake went flying back and into a wall, hitting his head. He was knocked out by the impact. Tori spun around and fired another shot into Jade's back. Cam moved out of the way as she hit the ground. She then looked over and noticed Dustin dragging Katana in the room. He was breathing heavily, all dirty and exhausted. Kain looked around and noticed everyone was down. He grew angry as Hunter and Shane closed in on him.

"You're the last one standing Kain. Give up." Shane told him.

Kain shook his head, "Plan B." He replied as he jumped high into the air. He grabbed a hold of a ceiling beam and pulled himself up onto a ledge. Everyone looked up at him as he stood upon it. He pulled out a small device and hit a button on it. The whole roof began to open up, revealing the bright blue sky. Blake began to wake up. Tori ran to him and knelt beside him.

He groaned, "ugh..Tori..is that you?" He softly said as he opened his eyes.

"Yeah. It's me." She responded with a smile.

"My head hurts. What happened?" He asked. Before Tori didn't get a chance to answer, they both looked up to hear Kain laugh. Kain used all his energy and clouds began to form in the sky. He was brewing up a large thunder storm. Lighting began to flash immensely, striking the ground and causing fire upon impact.

"How is this possible? A Thunder Ninja can never be this powerful. Shane shouted.

"He must know some shadow ninja skills. Just like Lothor, that kind of power can amplify and make him stronger." Cam guessed.

"So what does that mean?" Dustin asked.

"Means, we have a miniature Lothor to deal with." Cam put in simple terms.

"Let me handle this. I can talk some sense into him." Hunter told them.

"Will you be okay?" Shane asked.

Hunter nodded, "Get everyone else out of here. This might get dangerous." With that said, Hunter ninja streaked up to the ledge were Kain stood. Shane, Dustin and Cam quickly ran up the bleachers to the girls. They were waving them to follow. Marah ran down and lunged into Dustin's arm, giving him a big hug.

"I'm so glad your okay." She said to him. He nodded and lead her down the stairs. Shane grabbed Michelle's hand and followed.

"What's going on!?" Michelle asked.

"See! This is why I didn't want you to go! I'll explain later!" Shane responded. Kayla refused to go. Cam tried to grab her but she slapped his hand away.

"I'm not leaving without Hunter!" She stammered.

Dustin stopped at the bottom and turned to her, "He'll be fine! Come on!" Cam grabbed her arm and dragged her down the steps. She struggled to pull away but Cam was holding her hard.

"No! Please, let me go! Please!" She begged.

Dustin pushed Marah towards the door, "Since when did you care for Hunter, Kayla?" He asked. She didn't answer. Kelly ran down the stairs and out the door with Marah. Hunter slowly walked across the beam towards Kain. A bolt of lighting shot past his head and into a wall, making him nearly lose his balance.

"Stay away Hunter." He shouted to him. Hunter kept moving forward towards him. Refusing to listen. Kain grew angry, firing multiple lighting shots at him. Hunter moved the best he could to dodge the attack. He lost his balance started to fall.

"HUNTER!" Kayla screamed out. She saw him began to fall, but was pushed out the door by Cam and Dustin before she could say anything to them. She began to scream some more, as they dragged her outside. A giant lighting from the sky hit a car next to them, causing a huge explosion that knocked them off their feet. The smoke cleared away and Shane looked up at the dark sky above him.

"Damn." He whispered to himself.

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A/N End Chapter. Very action pack huh. Kain's getting craaazy.