Disclaimer: See first chapter.

AN- This is the last chapter.

Home is Where the Heart Is

By Ravyn Jayne

Chapter 5

The first thing Cam noticed when he woke up was that his pillow was moving. However he was too comfortable, and still too asleep, to be alarmed. He was laying above the sheets, but he couldn't remember being cold during the night. Something in the bed was warm, and now the sun was shining through his window onto his back. That's when Cam realized something was off.

His room, located at the back of Ninja Ops, had no windows, as it was underground. He hadn't woken up to the sun in over a year. That's when he realized his moving pillow wasn't that soft, despite it being comfortable. Going very still, Cam cracked open one eye, but all he saw was crimson. Cam relaxed slightly. He liked crimson. Crimson was somehow comforting to him. Suddenly Cam remembered why he liked crimson so much, where he was, who he was with, and why he was there.

Hunter.

He was sleeping on Hunter. For the first time in his life, Cam felt giddy. Tilting his head up, Cam found stormy blue eyes staring back at him.

"How long have you been awake?" Cam asked, blinking his eyes sleepily.

"Awhile." Hunter answered softly. "A half an hour, or so"

"Why didn't you wake me?" Cam stretched against Hunter.

"I was enjoying watching you sleep." Hunter smiled sweetly, and without knowing exactly why, Cam blushed. Hunter smiled wider, and cupped Cam's head with his right hand, while his left arm pulled the other man closer to his body. Bending his head down, Hunter brushed his lips over Cam's. Pulling back, but not releasing the Green Ranger, Hunter said, "We should probably go down for breakfast."

"Probably." Cam agreed. Hunter didn't make any move to let him go. "You know the first part of getting down to breakfast, is actually getting up."

Hunter sighed like Cam was being difficult, but he got up anyway. Moving towards the door, Hunter announced, "I'm gonna go change my clothes. Meet you in the hall in five?"

"Sure." Cam said, getting up too. "When you see her, tell Tori I'm sorry we kinda kicked her out of her room."

"Why would I see Tori before you?"

Cam gave the second bed in the room a pointed look. It was exactly as it had been when they entered the room the night before.

"Tori didn't sleep in here last night." Cam explained. "She's probably in your room with Blake."

"Really?" Hunter grinned.

"Before you go teasing them for the rest of their lives," Cam rolled his eyes, "Remember you spent the night in here with me. The torture could go both ways."

"Oh. Right." Hunter frowned slightly, then perked up and walked over to Cam. Giving Cam a quick kiss, Hunter walked to the door. "See you in five."

Opening the door to his room, Hunter saw that Cam was once again right. Blake and Tori were curled up together on Blake's bed. Quietly changing his clothes, Hunter went back toward the door, picking up a mini basketball off the floor. Throwing it, it landed squarely on Blake's head. Blake jerked slightly, waking up, but held still when Tori shifted awake. Blake glared at his brother. Hunter simply smiled, waved, and walked out into the hallway to meet Cam, silently snickering.

"What's wrong?" Tori asked groggily.

"Nothing." Blake said pushing some of Tori's hair off her face. "Hunter was just being…, well Hunter."

"He's good at that." Tori nodded still trying to wake up.

"Come on. Breakfast is waiting." Blake said, getting up from the bed.

"Is this what you meant?" Tori asked sitting up. Blake gave her a blank look. "When you and Cam were under the love spell. You said 'It's time for her to know the truth'. Was the truth that you loved me?"

"Uh," Blake blushed, and scratched his head. "Yeah. That is what I meant."

Tori smiled, getting up from the bed. Slowly she walked over to Blake and wrapped her arms around him. Leaning in, she kissed him softly.

"You know, despite how annoyed I was at the way you and Cam were acting, I was kinda flattered. And I was a little disappointed when I found out the only reason you were acting that way was because of a spell."

"Yeah, well, I was already in love with you. The spell basically made me really unsubtle about it." Blake smiled, and Tori giggled. "You should have seen Hunter after that spell though. He was so jealous Cam was chasing after you. When he found out Cam had no power over what he was doing, Hunter nearly collapsed with relief."

"I thought Cam had lost his mind during that spell." Tori laughed. "It was so obvious he was into Hunter, yet there he was trying to win me over."

"I have to admit, I was relieved too, when I found out Cam wasn't really into you." Blake admitted. Tori gave him a questioning look. "C'mon, it was Cam! He's so smart, and you guys seemed to already have this bond even before I showed up…"

"Cam's like a brother to me." Tori assured him. "You are nothing like a brother to me."

Blake smiled and kissed Tori for a long moment. Suddenly Blake's stomach rumbled. Tori pulled away laughing softly.

"I better go change so we can go down to breakfast." Tori walked to the door, then turned around and said, "I love you."

Blake hurried over to Tori and kissed her again. Pulling away he smiled.

"I love you, too."

After breakfast, Hunter, Blake, and Tori sat watching the students train in the open field, while Sensei Omino showed Cam how the entryway/portal to the Thunder Academy worked. Tori was ignoring Hunter and Blake, who were teasing each other about where and who they spent the night with, when Tori groaned. Looking up, they saw Michelle approaching them, and the brothers groaned too.

"Hey Hunter, Blake." Michelle greeted, then turned to Tori. "You're Tori Hanson, right? I didn't get to introduce myself last night. I'm-"

"Michelle." Tori cut her off scowling slightly. "I heard."

Michelle smiled, thinking Hunter had been talking about her. He hadn't. Blake and Leanne had. But not in the flattering way Michelle obviously thought they had.

"So Hunter," Michelle focused on him. "I was thinking we could go into town. Get something to eat, catch a movie?"

"Uh," Hunter looked at Tori, whose scowl had deepened, and Blake, who simply smiled at his brother and raised an eyebrow. "I'm seeing someone."

Michelle's smile fell. "Oh. Who?"

Hunter saw Cam quickly coming up behind Michelle and he smiled brightly. Michelle looked over her shoulder at the approaching Samurai. Slowly, Michelle figured it out.

"Oh." she said, eyes wide.

Cam finally reached the group and stood beside Hunter. Hunter smiled at him and wove his fingers through Cam's. Cam smiled at him, looked down at the ground, then took a deep breath. Looking back to Hunter, Cam kissed him soundly. By the time they pulled away from each other, Michelle was heading off in the opposite direction, and Tori and Blake were poorly concealing smiles.

"Didn't take you for a PDA type of person." Hunter smiled.

"Just getting my point across." Cam answered.

The rest of the two weeks passed quickly, the couples becoming more and more comfortable around each other. Finally it was time for Tori and Cam to return to Blue Bay Harbor. The for once Ranger's stood outside the portal/entryway, with Sensei Omino and Leanne. Blake and Tori were wrapped around one another, while Hunter and Cam merely stood close, holding hands. Hunter wasn't sure he liked how well Cam was taking their separation.

"You are both welcome to come back, anytime." Sensei Omino announced. "And Cam, please give your father my regards."

"I will." Cam shook hands with both the Sensei and his daughter. Cam turned to Hunter. "See you soon?"

"As soon as possible." Hunter replied.

Tori pulled away from Blake with a final kiss and she and Cam moved toward her van. Tori got into the driver's seat, but Cam hesitated before getting into the passenger's seat. Turning around, Cam rushed back to Hunter, and kissed him firmly. Hunter would have smiled if his mouth wasn't engaged in more important matters. Their arms wrapped firmly around each other, and the onlookers all smiled. Cam pulled his mouth, but not his body, away.

"Is it completely stupid that I miss you already?" Cam whispered. Hunter's face would crack if he smiled any wider.

"I love you so much." Hunter whispered back.

Considering how busy things became when Tori and Cam returned to the Wind Academy, it amazed them how much of the time they missed Blake and Hunter. Before they knew it another week had passed, and Tori was quickly reaching the end of her last class of the day. As she called the class to attention she was about to release them when she caught a flash of navy out of the corner of her eye. Whipping her head in that direction Tori saw Blake standing by the door a smile on his face. Tori let out a small scream of happiness and ran towards her boyfriend. Blake caught her tightly in his arms and gave her a kiss.

"I missed you!" Tori said coming up for air. Suddenly a throat cleared behind her. Tori started in surprise. She turned around and looked at her class sheepishly. "Class dismissed!"

Blake moved Tori and himself out of the doorway as the students filed out shooting amused glances at the couple. Tori bowed her head in embarrassment, but couldn't keep the smile off her face. When they were alone Blake kissed her again.

"I missed you, too." Blake said.

"Is Hunter with you?" Tori asked.

"Yeah. He ran off to find Cam." Blake answered.

"So?" Tori asked.

"So?"

"Did you take care of your business at the Thunder Academy?"

"Yeah. We're home now."

Epilogue: Almost one year later

Hunter entered his and Cam's apartment at the Wind Academy. Cam was taping closed the last box.

"All finished?" Hunter inquired.

"Yep." Cam nodded. "We're all packed."

"Wanna come tell me 'hello' then?" Hunter asked with a smile and Cam smiled back moving towards Hunter and wrapping his arms around Hunter's neck. Hunter held Cam close. "You sure you're okay with this move? I know you and your dad are really close, and-"

"And I'll be able to visit him whenever I want. The Academies aren't located that far away from each other." Cam said, somewhat exasperatedly. "If you don't stop asking me if I'm sure about this, I'm gonna start thinking you don't want me coming with you."

"Well, then I should definitely shut up. I want you with me." Hunter kissed Cam.

For the last year Hunter had been living with Cam at the Wind Academy, and working at Storm Chargers. Sensei Omino had been dropping hints that he wanted Hunter to come teach at the Thunder Academy. When he also offered Cam a job, Hunter began to seriously think about it. Cam, deciding it was best for them and Hunter couldn't spend the rest of his life working for minimum wage, accepted the job offer. Now they were packed and ready to move over the weekend. All the Rangers were coming to help them move.

"How's Blake?" Cam asked.

"More nervous than that cartoon cat that hangs from the ceiling." Hunter smirked. "But he finally got the ring. He's gonna ask Tori tonight."

"I suspect Tori will be calling me with good news." Cam said.

"Maybe you can call her." Hunter said.

"Wouldn't that ruin the surprise of Blake's proposal?" Cam asked.

"You wouldn't tell her about that." Hunter said.

"Then what would I tell her about?" Cam asked. Hunter pulled away from Cam and got down on one knee. Cam smiled disbelievingly. "Hunter?"

"I know we can't really get married, and we don't even have to have a ceremony, I know how shy you are. It means the world to me that you're willing to move with me to the Thunder Academy. We made that decision together, and that was an amazing feeling for me. I realized I want to spend the rest of my life with you, and I hope this symbolizes that." Hunter pulled out a ring. It was a simple platinum band with an emerald and garnet stone embedded in it. "Cameron Watanabe, will you marry me?"

Cam took the ring from Hunter and slowly placed it on his ring finger. Finally a huge smile broke out over Cam's face.

"Yes, Hunter Bradley, I will marry you."

The End

AN- Alright that's the end of Home is Where the Heart Is. Now to finish Truly Seeing. Then it might be a month or two (or possibly much longer) 'till I post a new story. I'm toying around with the idea of finishing a story before I post it. Besides, this whole writing two stories at once is seriously screwing with my brain. It also might be a while until I update Truly Seeing, I think I want to finish it before I post any more. But I'll try to make it soon. 'Till then.