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 :).

     Ok, this is the twelfth of the requested pairings.  This one was requested by Rickey.  Sorry I haven't posted recently.  Things have been crazier than usual for me.  Oh, and Dagmar, I found and fixed the error you hinted at in my last story.  Thanks J

Kat and Justin By

Eileen (Psycho Tangerine)

     Kat sighed as she rearranged the items on her desk for what seemed like the millionth time.  She had been a counselor to the incoming freshmen at Angel Grove High School for almost two weeks.  Yet, almost no one visited her 'office.'  Perhaps that was because Mr. Kaplan had inadvertently (or maybe not so inadvertently) placed her 'office' in the back corner of the school basement behind a really loud, clanging boiler.

     "Cripes!" Kat moaned to herself as she held her throbbing head.  "I wonder if Mistress Rita has a good treatment for a headache."  She blanched slightly at this stray thought.  Then unblanched as she quickly forgot it.

     "Yoohoo!  Kat!" 

     Kat groaned as she heard the all too familiar voice calling her.  It wasn't the lack of visiting freshmen that bothered her.  In fact, she had been glad of that.  The only reason she had even agreed to work with the little deviants was because the school custodian had found her diary and given it to the Mr. Kaplan.  The shocked principal had agreed not to reveal her bizarre fantasies about threesomes with Ernie and Bert to the Angel Grove Gazette's gossip column if she took the much-maligned position of Counselor of Incoming Freshmen.  She didn't even want to think of what she'd have to agree to if the distracted principal had actually turned to page two of her diary and read about her Ranger powers. 

     "Guess what?" Justin enthused as he sat on her desk.  He held one hand behind his back.  He glanced at Kat who was groaning and holding her head in her hands.  "Kat!" he said even louder as he shook her shoulder.  "Guess what!"

     No, it wasn't the lack of visitors that bothered her.  It was the one constant, annoying visitor who bothered her.  Justin frequently came down to where she was situated just to tell her idiotic things.       

     Kat looked up at her young teammate.  "What is it now, Blue Twerp?  Do you want to show me how well your underwear matches your eyes again?  Or are you going to recite the Greek alphabet backwards again.  Oh wait, maybe you plan to give me another blow by blow play of a battle that I was actually in myself." 

     Justin smiled at her.  "No, I think I've done enough to impress you.  I can tell by the way you're using endearing terms of affection for me."

     Kat stared at him oddly.  "What are you talking about, you annoying gnome?"

     Justin grinned broadly.  "I got these for you, my sweet."  He pulled a bouquet of red roses from behind his back and shoved them into Kat's hand.

     "Yeeeeeouuuuucchhh!!!" screamed Kat.  Gingerly, she pried the thorns out of her palm.  Then she stomped over to her wastebasket and dumped the flowers in it.  She turned back to Justin.  "Are you crazy?  I already have a boyfriend.  And even if I didn't, I sure as hell wouldn't go out with a little parasitic turd like you!"    

     Justin sighed.  "Ah, yes, I'm your special turd.  I bet you don't call Tommy such romantic names."

     Kat stared at Justin in disbelief.  "Maybe I should ask Dimitria to have you checked.  I think you've taken way too much radiation to the brain.  Hmmm," she mused to herself.  "Maybe I could even convince Alpha6 to put him under heavy sedation."  She remembered how furious he had been after Justin had switched around the tough-talking automatron's wires, causing it to go into a twenty-four hour version of the 'Chicken Dance.'

     Justin laughed.  "Aw, that is so kind of you, Darling.  But, let's get down to business.  Why don't we…"   He paused and then pulled out a small book entitled 'The Nerdy Boys Guide to Dating.'

     "Why don't we just pretend this whole conversation never happened," suggested Kat.  "I'll stay here and you'll go back to the toilet you were getting swirlied in." 

     Justin, who hadn't even paid attention to this last comment, kept flipping through his book.  "Ah, here it is."  He looked up at Kat again.  "Why don't we go somewhere quiet to talk? I could treat you to a romantic dinner and maybe later you could treat me to a little bit of yourself, if you know what I mean."  He glanced down at the book again, then looked up and gave Kat an overexaggerated wink.

     Kat grabbed the book out of Justin's hand.  She opened the door to the boiler and tossed it into the fire.  Then she turned back to Justin and glared at him.  "For the last time, Bowlcut Boy.  I have absolutely no interest in you.  I am eighteen now.  You are still a shrimpy little minor.  I do not wish to end up in prison, especially not for the likes of you."

     Justin smiled sappily.  "Ah, that is so sweet.  I never knew how much you loved my haircut.  I did it myself you know.  All you need is a bowl and…"  Then something Kat had said finally penetrated into his brain.  "Wait a second.  Is my height really a problem?"

     Kat sighed with relief.  "Now you're getting it."

     "Hey, that's easy to solve."  Justin pulled out his morpher.  "Shift into Turbo!" he called.  The now adult-sized Justin leaned into her.  "I could just date you morphed.  I bet you can't resist this body now."  Just then, Justin's costume wavered and faded away.  The confused boy looked down only to see that his morpher was gone.  "What?  What the hell happened?"
     Kat snickered, unsympathetic to her former teammate's predicament.  "Looks like you just broke the rule referring to the use of the Power for personal gain."

     Justin suddenly broke down.  "I…I…I…was just doing as he said.  I was told to get you to go out with me.  I mean, do you really think I could afford those roses on my allowance?"  He laid his head down on the desk and continued to cry.

     Kat, unable to overcome her motherly instincts despite her best efforts, patted the boy on his head.  "What do you mean?  Who told you all that?"

     Justin wiped his eyes and looked up at Kat.  "Tommy."

     Kat was startled by this.  "Tommy?  My Tommy wanted you to go after me?"

     "Sure.  He said that you wouldn't take a hint even after he took that racing job just to get away from you."  Justin leaned in closer to whisper in Kat's ear.  "He said he had actually been relieved to get rid of Kim because it gave him the chance to make the moves on his one true love."

     "Aw, that's sweet.  I didn't realize he was already in love with…"

     "Bulk," Justin finished.   "Tommy's already made plans to get Skull out of the way."

     "WHAT???!!!"

     "Think about it, Kat," continued Justin.  "Do you really think that Tommy would have missed your Valedictorian speech if he truly loved you?"

     Kat's face turned red as she began to grumble and fume.  Suddenly an evil glint came to her eyes.  "Come on Justin," she said invitingly.  "Let's go talk to Dimitria about getting your powers back.  I'll need someone to help me with my revenge.  What do you think of Tommy morphing into a skimpy bikini?  In the middle of Angel Grove in broad daylight?" she asked, leading Justin out of the room. 

     "Sure," Justin agreed.  He kept his laughter to himself.  His dating guide book had be correct.  Sometimes it took a little…well maybe not such a little… fabrication to get a beautiful blonde to pay attention to you.