AN: Okay here's a story that's similar in premise to my other story Truly Seeing as it is a PRNS/BtVS crossover/fusion thing, except this time Tori is the Key, Cam remains a guy, and it's completely AU. But it is also Blake/Tori and Hunter/Cam like Truly Seeing, but hopefully more B/T than H/C. In this story Tori is Dawn Victoria Summers, but now she's going by Tori. On Angel they said Buffy and Dawn were in Rome, so in this story they move back to California, specifically Blue Bay Harbor, which for the sake of the story is 30 minutes away from LA, but Angel and co. have no idea they're so close. In this Buffy is trying to start a school for Slayers with Giles, and they're coming to the Sensei for help. Lothor may not exist in this story (I don't know I haven't gotten that far) and the Ranger's mission is to protect the Key. Also Cam is not a Ranger but the other guys are and there is no Blue Wind Ranger, and the Thunder Brother's parents are alive. Someone please tell me their names if in fact they were ever given in the series. I'll be making references to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I may get some of the character's attitude wrong as I haven't seen the whole of Power Rangers Ninja Storm. I'll try my best though.J
Disclaimer: I own nothing herein. Don't really know who does, but it is not me.
Tori- 16-senior, skipped two grades
Blake- 18-senior
Hunter- 20
Cam- 17- already graduated college, child prodigy
Shane- 18-senior
Dustin-18-senior
Thoughts are in '…'
The Key Comes to Blue Bay Harbor
By Ravyn Jayne
Dawn Victoria Summers, or Tori as she was going by these days, stood in front of her new locker, glaring down at the latch that refused to open. She just knew this morning had been going too smoothly. Her sister and legal guardian, Buffy, had enrolled her at Blue Bay Harbor High. All her records and paperwork had been in order, a small miracle considering they came from Rome, and she had taken extensive testing last year, resulting in her being skipped two grades ahead. It was slightly weird for her, but Tori was grateful for anything that would get her out of the hell that was the school system sooner.
And the people…
The office staff had been friendly, personable. The principal even seemed like a decent guy (a point that much relieved Tori after all the horror stories she'd heard about Principal Snyder). Finally Tori had to convince Buffy that they didn't need a sweep of the school, a small argue that took five minutes, but Tori finally won by pointing out they were no longer living on a HellMouth or going to school directly over the opening. Tori had easily found her locker, the combination lock had opened without a hitch, now if only the locker itself would di the same.
"Alright." Tori said in all seriousness to her locker. "I'm gonna ask nicely one more time, then, I'm gonna throw down. Would you please open?" Tori jumped when someone chuckled behind her. Turning, Tori forgot to breath for a moment. There stood an entirely too hot, exotic looking guy. Dark, slightly unruly, black hair. Deep, dark eyes. Lips that formed the most perfect smile. Of course the hottest guy she'd ever seen would have to be standing behind her while she talked to her locker.
"I'm Blake." the hot guy introduced himself, and Tori felt a small shiver go down her spine at the sound of his voice. "Blake Bradley. I had this locker last year. When I saw you having trouble, I thought I'd come over and offer my assistance."
"Oh, thanks." Tori replied intelligently. Blake looked at her expectantly. Tori's brow creased in confusion before lightning struck. "Oh! I'm Tori, Tori Summers. It's my first day."
"I figured." Blake said stepping up to Tori's locker. Jiggling the latch, he raised a fist and slammed it against the door, which swung open neatly. Blake moved to lean on the next locker as Tori quickly put her few things up. Searching for more information, Blake offered, "I'm a senior."
"Me too." Tori replied absently, trying to find something in the bottom of her bag.
"Really?" Blake asked, raising an eyebrow. "You don't look quite old enough to be a senior. Not that you look really young-"
"I know. And I'm not." Tori cut him off with a smile. "I'm 16. Last year I went through a series of test and they skipped me two grades."
"Oh, I know a guy like that. He's 17, already graduated college. He works at the fighting Academy connected with mine." Blake said.
"Cam Wantanabe? I'm not that smart." Tori said, with a small smile.
"Obviously smart enough. How do you know Cam?" Blake asked.
"My sister has business at the Wind Academy. She might start working there as an instructor and bring all her students with her. Cam and I met when I was browsing the library, and he was researching. I helped him out with a few things, kindred spirits and all that." Tori explained, being deliberately vague. If she had told Blake she helped Cam translate ancient texts comparing the appearance of the first Power Rangers to the awakening of the HellMouth, well, then she would have to answer questions Buffy and Giles didn't want her answering. Deciding it was best to change the subject off her, Tori asked, "So you go to the Thunder Academy?"
"Yeah, my brother and me, both." Blake answered. "Our parents work at the Academy, and both are graduates. Are you gonna enroll at the Wind Academy?"
"Probably not. My sister teaches me what I need to know mostly." Tori explained closing her locker and pulling out her schedule. "Do you know where Ms. Thompson's AP Science class is?"
"Yeah, that's my first class too. Follow me." Blake said turning around, and hitching his backpack up on his shoulder. Tori very willingly followed. Arriving at the class, Tori went up to the teacher and handed her the paperwork, as Blake went to the back of the room and sat near two other boys, one in red, and the other in yellow.
"It's nice to meet you, Dawn." Ms Thompson said, grabbing Tori's attention from Blake.
"Huh? Oh, um, I'm called Tori. After my middle name." Tori corrected.
"Alright Tori. Why don't you take a seat in the back, next to Blake Bradley." Ms Thompson said, with a wink. Tori blushed, hating that she was so obvious. Moving to the back of the room, Tori saw Blake smile as he saw her coming.
"Hey, you banished to the back of the room, too?" Blake teased.
"Guess so. Can't complain though. Anything to minimize having to answer questions." Tori joked.
"I can so totally relate." the boy in yellow said. "I'm Dustin Brooks. This is Shane Clarke." Dustin said gesturing to the boy in red.
"I'm Dawn Victoria Summers. Everyone mostly calls me Tori." Tori returned.
"These guys go to the Wind Academy." Blake filled her in.
"Cool. I'll probably see you all around. Which desk is mine?" Tori asked.
"Oh, this one." Blake pointed to the one in front of Shane, smiling. " Right beside mine."
Tori couldn't think of anything witty to say so she smiled back and took her seat as Ms Thompson called for attention to start the class.
"Hey, how was your first day?" Buffy asked when she picked Tori up after school.
"Pretty good. BBH High seems to be like most schools. Met some cool guys, one of which-" Tori was cut off when Dustin yelled her name from across the quad, and she looked over to see him, Shane and Blake all waving at her. Tori waved back. "One of which, the one in navy, is really hot."
Buffy craned her neck to get a good look at the boy.
"Ooh, he is cute. So are the other two. " Buffy pointed out, then started the car and pulled out of the parking lot.
"Yeah, but there's just something about Blake…" Tori trailed of in a daze for moment.
"Blake?" Buffy prompted, snapping Tori back to reality.
"Yeah that's his name. Blake Bradley. He and his brother go to the Thunder Academy. The other two, Shane and Dustin, go to the Wind Academy." Tori explained.
"Good. Maybe you and Cam can hang out with them when I'm working." Buffy suggested.
"Maybe. Cam doesn't strike me as real sociable, and I don't exactly have the best track record with friends." Tori pointed out.
"Hey, try to remain optimistic. I know it hasn't been easy for you to make friends, what with the way we live, but the kids at the Academy seem like good people. Anyway, Giles and I have a meeting with Sensei Wantanabe, he wants to introduce us to the other students. You wanna come with, see Cam? Maybe the two of you can figure out the mysteries of the universe?" Buffy teased.
"Sure." Tori laughed. "Sounds like fun."
"How's it going?" Tori approached Cam as she found him in the library. Cam looked up and smiled at her in greeting.
"Pretty well. Things are pretty slow around here. Not much to look up or figure out." Cam responded.
"Well, your father is about to introduce Buffy and Giles to the rest of the students, so the whole school should be abuzz in a few minutes." Tori tried to look casual. "Do you know much about the students at the Thunder Academy?"
"Some. The schools work pretty closely together, and a lot of the students hang out together." Cam gave a wry look. "If you haven't noticed, the other students don't hang out with me much."
"Their loss." Tori said, and Cam smiled at the certainty of her voice.
"Was there any Thunder student in particular, you were wondering about?" Cam inquired and his smile widened when she blushed.
"Blake Bradley." Tori mumbled.
"Ah, the other Bradley brother." Cam nodded.
"So you know them?" Tori was confused when Cam blushed.
"Well, not exactly, but Hunter, that's Blake's brother, he, uh…" Cam stuttered. Suddenly it all clicked in Tori's mind.
"Hunter wouldn't happen to be the guy you were discreetly staring at the first time I met you, would he?" Tori asked, knowingly. Cam simply blushed harder. "You like Hunter?" Cam nodded. "Does any one else know?"
"My father." Cam answered.
"Well there's a big hurtle cleared." Tori noticed Cam was looking everywhere but at her. "Hey, I think it was really brave of you to tell your father. And you're still my friend. No matter what."
"Really?" Cam was uncertain.
"Really. Besides I have experience with gay friends. It's no big. I won't tell any one either." Tori assured him.
"Thanks." Cam said sincerely, then smiled at Tori. "So you like Blake, huh?"
"It's just, well…, I met him in school this morning, and I, he's…, well you've seen him. And he's really sweet." Tori said. Cam nodded.
"You should probably know Blake is the Navy Thunder Ranger." Cam blurted out. Tori blinked.
"You mean one of the guys that are here to protect the key?" Tori's hand automatically went to the choker on her neck and the blue jewel hanging off it.
"Yeah. Hunter's the Crimson Thunder Ranger, and the Wind Rangers are-"
"Shane Clarke and Dustin Brooks." Tori cut him off.
"Yeah, how'd you know?"
"Once you know who two of them are it's easy to figure out the others. The color coding kinda gives it away." Tori explained and Cam laughed. "What about the Blue Wind Ranger?"
"There isn't one. Father never could find anyone he thought should bear the power, so there's just the two of them. Or four of them." Cam shrugged. Suddenly there was a rush of voices from out in the hallway.
"Guess the assembly is over." Tori said, as the door to the library opened, and in walked Buffy and Giles, with Sensei Wantanabe, Sensei Amano, Blake, Shane, Dustin, a tall blond guy, a curly haired blond woman, and a tall man with sandy blond hair.
"Tori?" Shane asked seeing her. Blake and Dustin looked surprised.
"Hey guys." Tori greeted. Buffy came over and stood beside her sister.
"Hey, Cam." the blond guy said with a smile. Cam blushed and returned the greeting, and Tori figured this was Hunter.
"I know some of you already met, but this is my sister, Dawn. Everyone calls her Tori though. She has the key." Buffy announced and Tori looked at her in alarm. Buffy laid a hand on her shoulder, and squeezed gently, silently asking her to go along with the story.
"You gave the Key to your little sister?" The blond woman asked.
"Tori knows how to take care of herself. I trust her. Besides, anyone that wants to get to her has to go through me." Buffy warned.
"The Key is quite safe, I assure you." Giles spoke up.
"Where is the Key?" Hunter asked. Tori looked uncertain as what to tell him, so Buffy intervened.
"Tor, this is Hunter Bradley, and hisand Blake's parents." Buffy introduced the three blond people.
"The boys here are Rangers, Dawn, you can trust them." Giles explained not knowing Tori already knew. Tori smiled at Giles, the only one who still called her Dawn all the time.
"The Key, is this necklace." Buffy said pointing at Tori's neck. "Or the jewel is." Everyone in the room looked intently at Tori's neck. Tori started to feel self conscience under the scrutiny.
"Well, that's easy enough." Dustin said. "We put the Key in a vault, and nobody will ever know where to find it."
"That won't work." Buffy informed. "The Key stays with Tori." The others started to object but Giles cut them off.
"I agree. It's very important the Key stay with Dawn. Just trust us on this." Giles tone of voice left no room for argument. Sensei Wantanabe nodded.
"We will trust you. But the Rangers are still the protectors of the Key. They will need to keep an eye on Tori. If that is alright with you?" Sensei asked.
"You mean like bodyguards?" Tori didn't like that idea.
"In a sense. The Key needs protection. Just in case." Sensei explained. Tori looked at Buffy who nodded.
"Alright." Tori gave in.
"Dustin, Blake, and I all have classes with Tori. Keeping her in sight at school should be easy enough." Shane said.
"And she should be coming here after school." Buffy announced, looking at her sister. "Right?"
"Yeah." Tori nodded. "Cam and I are gonna work on some of the older scrolls, see what we can come up with."
"Good. And the rest of the time, she'll be with Buffy or me." Giles assured them. "The Key will be constantly protected. Nothing to worry about." With that the adults cleared the room, leaving the Rangers, Tori and Cam in the library. Blake walked up to Tori and smiled.
"So, sister of the Slayer, huh?" he asked.
"Power Ranger, huh?" Tori shot back. The two smiled at each other, silently flirting as the others resigned themselves to seeing more of Tori and Blake's flirting in the future. However Tori was aware enough to notice Hunter kept shooting shy glances Cam's way, and she decided this whole bodyguard thing could work in both her and Cam's favor.
End Ch1
AN: Once again if anyone could tell me the names of Hunter and Blake's parents, I'd appreciate it. Hopefully I'll get the next chapter up by next week, but I make no promises. The other chapters might not be this long either. Also in case you're wondering, in this story the Academies are located right next to each other.
