Disclaimer:  I don't own Power Rangers.  Someone else does.  I don't know who because it keeps changing.  Please don't get offended if I insult your favorite character.  Some pairings are easy to write a story for while others are really tough.  So please realize that some of my stories will be better than others.  Hi to all my fellow AFPR's including my fellow female Psychos :).  And I really appreciate the reviews :).

Note:  This one is rated PG thirteen due to suggestive content.  Not sure though.  And please forgive me for the way I've screwed up the Zord timelines in this.

Dustin and Aisha

by

Eileen (Psycho Tangerine)

      "All right, Dude!" Dustin shouted as he demorphed following yet another battle in the quarries of Blue Bay Harbor.  "Dude," he said to his teammates, "like, Yellow Lion's gotten a bit dusty from this fight.  You guys go ahead, I'm gonna get him cleaned up." 

     With that, the other Rangers teleported out of the quarry.  "Heh, heh, heh, suckers," said Dustin as he leaned back against his Zord to take a brief nap.  He'd do anything to get out of training at Ninja Ops.

     "Rrrrrrrrr."  Dustin stirred at the noise.  "Rrrrrr…" A large wet nose pressed against his arm.  "Go away, Fido-Dude," Dustin murmured as he turned over in his sleep.  A sudden ROAR caused him to sit straight up. 

     "Uh, you….you…you're not a dog."  Dustin backed away in fear.

     "Of course he isn't," came a female voice from behind him.  "Come here, Bimbo.  Leave the nice Ranger alone."

     Dustin turned around and saw a young, African-American woman with braids in her hair and a big grin on her face.

     "Hi, I'm Aisha," she greeted him.  "I guess you must be the newest Yellow Ranger.  Well, at least you're not Pink."

     "What do you mean by th…uh, I mean I'm not a Ranger," denied Dustin, desperately trying to keep his secret intact.  "What makes you think that?"

     "Hello?"  Aisha knocked on the side of the large metallic Lion Zord.  "This big Zord is a giveaway."  Bimbo sauntered back to Yellow Lion and began nudging it with a soft growl. 

     Dustin looked incredulously at her.  "Dude, you keep a lion as a pet?"

     Aisha looked a bit embarrassed.  "Well, I had been in Kenya trying to find a cure for an animal plague.  But now, we're part of a traveling circus.  Seems my "hug them until they feel better" treatment made even the healthy animals sick to their stomachs.  Not sure why.  But Aunt Ashala told me it was either this or face an angry mob of tribesmen.

     "I can see why," Dustin commented.  "Just the thought of your treatment is making me queasy."

     Aisha shot him a dirty look.  Then she glanced at her pet who was now sniffing the back end of the Zord.  "Oh no, not again," she mumbled.

      "Not what again, Dude?" questioned Dustin.

     Aisha sighed.  "Bimbo's in love yet again."    

     "What?  With my Zord?  That's impossible," scoffed Dustin.  "It's just a machine."

     "No, it's very possible.  He's got a thing for Lion Zords.  Went out with one a few years ago before it got destroyed."  She pulled out a photograph.  "Want to see his ex-mate and cub?"

     Curious, Dustin looked at the picture.  Bimbo was standing proudly next to the Black Lion Zord which was wearing a flowered dress.  In front of them was a smaller version of the Red Galaxy Lion Zord.  "Uh, Dude, like isn't the Red Galaxy Lion older than that?  I mean, I remember hearing stories of the Galaxy Rangers and no way could that thing be a big Zord."

     Aisha giggled.  "They grow up so fast.  Don't they?  Problem was, Reddy (as we liked to call him when he was little) was sentient since his dad was alive.  And he got teased a lot by other cubs.  Called him 'Reddy the red metallic lion' and wouldn't let him join in any lion games.  So he ran away, found an old wormhole somehow and joined an ancient group of sentient beasts."

     "Ah, so that's how…"

     "But," interrupted Aisha, "the Wild Zords became really angry when they caught him snacking on their Gazelle Zord.  So they chased him out and he eventually joined with the Galactic Zords."

     "Ah, I see," Dustin said in embarrassment as he kept his head averted from the "actions" going on behind him.  "And my Lion Zord is his next conquest?"

      "Afraid so," said Aisha.

     "But, Dude, I always thought my Lion Zord was a guy."

     "Actually, he is.  Bimbo's got a thing for ALL Lion Zords."

     "What???!!!"