Chapter 12: Jealousy

The strange figure finally stepped out into the moons light. Kira, Conner and Trent all demorphed and stood up starring at the strange figure in front of him. He was wearing a black ninja outfit with a red banner going from his shoulder, across his chest and down to his hip. It had some kind of ninja writing on it. His arms are wrapped around with red cloth and has a red cloth wrapped around his eyes. He had a long ninja katana hanging from his back on strap. He crossed his arms and looked at the rangers.

"Who the heck are you?" Trent snarled at him.

"I am Kenshi. This is my forest. I want you out."

Conner laughed, "Forget it dude, were here and were staying. There's nothing you can do about it."

The dark ninja smirked and took a step forward, taking out his long blade. Trent took a step froward and got into a fighting position. Conner and Kira stayed back, watching and waiting to see what will happen next.

Trent smirked, circling the opponent, "There's only one villain in this story, and that's me."

Trent charged forward and tried to throw a punch, but Kenshi dodged and grabbed his arms, kicking the back of his leg while twisting his arm. Trent winced in pain, but twirled himself around and kicked Kenshi in the gut. The dark ninja stumbled backwards then dashed forward at the white ranger. Trent dodged out of the way and attempted a roundhouse kick behind his back. Kenshi swiftly turned around, blocked the attack, grabbing his leg. He then raised his katana up in the air.

"White Dino Power!" Trent shouted.

Trent transformed back into the white ranger, pulling out his white saber to block the sword. He then double kicked Kenshi back. Kenshi laughed and clasped his hand together, sending a huge dark wind at Trent, sending him flying into a tree.

"As much as I hate Trent, we got to help him."

Kira and Conner both nodded and dashed forward, transforming into their Dino Thunder Form. Kenshi spun around and fired a blast of dark wind towards them, knocking them back.

"You've been warn. Stay away from the temple." Kenshi cackled and vanished in a cloud of smoke.

Conner helped hist teammate up and Trent walked over to them. The three of them demoprhed again and looked at each other.

"We got to warn the others." Kira grabbed Conner's hand, "They could be trouble."

Conner nodded then glared at Trent, "I want a truce Trent. In till this whole thing is over."

Trent crossed his arms and shrugged, "Find by me. You still owe me battle. Don't you forget it."

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Tori stood up from the fire, whatever was left of the necklace was gone. She wiped a tear away from her eyes and slowly turned around. Blake's and Hunter's Tent were right next to each other. She sighed as she walked over to Hunter's and climbed in. Hunter was laying on his sleeping bag, half asleep. He awoke and sat up when he heard Tori closing the Tent door and crawled to her sleeping bag, not saying anything.

"What's the matter?" Hunter asked with concern.

She looked at him, clearing some hair out of her face, "Blake.. He threw my necklace into the fire." She responded.

Hunter rolled his eyes and groaned, "That dolphin necklace? Oh Im going to kill him."

Hunter crawled towards the door and was about to open it when Tori grabbed his arm. He turned and looked at her as she shook her head. She didn't want to hear them argue or kill each other right now. She just wanted to forget it all. Hunter sighed and moved away from the door and laid right next to her. She pulled herself closer to him, so her head can rest on his chest. Feeling his heartbeat, as Hunter ran his hand through her hair.

"Im sorry Tori. I'll get you another one."He whispered.

"Don't." She responded softly.

Suddenly shuffling off feats were heard outside. Tori lifted her head up and saw a few shadow figures outside the tent. She opened the door and her and Hunter climbed out to see Shane and his search party.

"Any luck?" Hunter asked.

Marah shook her head, "No where. And I haven't heard from Dustin and his search party either. I'm getting a bit worried."

"We looked everywhere." Cam sighed as he walked over to the table and took a look at the map that was still there.

Shane nodded, "And we do mean everywhere."

Tori glanced and saw Ethan among the crew. She was bit puzzled, because Tommy said for Ethan to go with Tommy's group, and Eric to go with Shane's, "I thought Eric was with you?" She spoke up.

Ethan chuckled, "Eric is a moron. He went with the wrong group, so I went with them."

Tori nodded, finally understanding the whole situation. Blake climbed out of the tent and Hunter beamed a dirty look at him before hearing a rustle in the bush. Eric popped out of the forest, helping Dustin walked towards the camp site. He put Dustin on the ground and everyone ran over to them.

"What happened?" Shane shouted.

"We got to get the temple fast. Dr O and Hayley will continue the search, but he's running of time." Eric filled them in.

"So we should leave now?" The navy ranger spoke up.

Cam nodded and turned to the map, "I think it's best. We can keep the campsite in tack. Let's just get moving."

Dustin winced in pain, as the ground slowly begin to rumble. Everyone tried to gain balance as they held on to something. Marah helped Dustin up as the shaking halted to a stop.

"Let's go." Ethan waved everyone to a pathway that lead to the temple.

Cam grabbed the map and everyone dashed after Ethan into the forest. Hunter and Blake entered in last. Before Hunter took another step he turned around and pointed a finger in Blake's face.

"You better watch yourself bro. I won't let you hurt her again." He warned before turning to chase after the other.

Blake glared, standing there for a few seconds. He rolled his eyes and looked back at the camp fire before running after them.

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Trent, Conner and Kira had been walking for hours. They didn't know which direction they were going and felt as if they were going more lost by the second. They remained mostly quiet as they kept on walking, the forest must have been huge, it just never seamed to have an end. They walked down a path and came to end, where the path broke into two.

"I think we should go this way." Trent pointed to the left path.

Conner shook his head, "Then were going this way." He looked at the right path.

Trent turned and stepped forward till he was in his face, "Why would we want to get more lost?"

Conner pushed him off, "Im trying to avoid ourselves danger, so were going my way. If you got a problem, you can leave."

Trent glared at him, they both looked like they wanted to kill each other. Kira broke them apart and knocked them both back.

'Why don't you two stop being immature? I'll pick."

Kira looked at both paths and choose the left one and began walking. Trent chuckled and smirked at Conner before catching up with Kira and putting his arm around her. Conner watched, hoping she would knock him away but she didn't. Conner shook his head as he chased them.

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Tommy and Hayley had finally found a way down the cliffs and towards the edge of the river. They used their flashlights to guide them as they ran across the bank. They ran a long way till they found the area where Trent and Conner were battling. Hayley shined her light around, looking at the distraught rocks.

"They were here Tommy." She whispered.

"Conner!!!" Tommy shouted.

"Kira!!" Hayley shouted after.

Tommy took a step forward and sighed. He knew they were too late and that Conner and Kira probably decided to go wonder around. He shined his light over to a path and waved Hayley over. She dashed over to the path and shined her light through. The path looked long and narrow, but she noticed a few branches were broken.

"They must of gone this way." Tommy stated the obvious and moved in.

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The other rangers continued their walk towards the temple. It would be a while before they get there, and it was late at night. Hunter held Tori close as they continued through the dark. Marah was holding Dustin's hand as Cam lead the way for them. Blake followed from the back, watching as Tori and Hunter talked. His jealousy was getting the best of him. The rangers past a stream, that had a small waterfall.

"I'll catch up guys. I want to get a drink." Tori told everyone.

Hunter stuck by her side, "I'll make sure she catches up." he chuckled.

Cam nodded and they all continued forward. Tori bent down and cupped her hands for a drink. Hunter was about to go down to get a drink also when he felt a hand on his shoulder. Before he could look up to see who it was, he was thrown back onto the dirt. Tori turned around and saw Blake stepping down and walking towards Hunter.

"Blake! What are you doing!" She shouted.

"Doing what I should of done a long time ago." Blake grinned.

Hunter stood up and brushed the leaves off of him, "You know, you really just love pissing your brother off don't you?"

"You're the one who took Tori away from me. You knew she was my girl."

"Im not your girl Blake! Stop it!" She stammered.

Blake charged forward and tackled his brother to the ground. Tori ran over trying to get him off, but Blake elbowed her and she fell to the ground.

"Stop it!" Tori pleaded.

Hunter and Blake continued to wrestle on the ground, Tori tried to scramble to her feet. Blake and Hunter stood up and Hunter threw a punch, hitting him across the face. Blake stumbled backwards and grabbed Hunter by the shirt and threw him back on the ground. Hunter grew angry and stood up, tackling his brothers into a bush. They didn't realize they were on the edge of a hill and began rolling down, hitting rocks and roots on the way. Tori screamed as she ran towards the edge of the hill.

"Hunter! Blake!" She gasped.

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