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A/N: I AM SO SORRY FOR THE DELAY. COMPUTER PROBLEMS!!!

Chapter 2

Take Off

Tori walked slowly along the beach, the wind brushing through her hair as she took in the sweet scent of the ocean. It made her smile but yet long for a certain thunder brother. Suddenly, the spotted someone running to her in the distance.

"Blake?" she asked in shock when he got closer.

"Hey Tor," he said, beaming at her.

"What...what are you doing here? I thought you were in Europe or something," Tori said, baffled.

"I couldn't take it anymore Tori. I had to come and tell you to your face how much I love you. I love you Tori," Blake said.

"Oh Blake, I love you too," Tori said. Blake framed her face with his hands and leaned towards her. Tori smiled and closed her eyes, ready to taste his lips for the first time. Suddenly, a loud ringing burst into her ears. Slowly, Tori opened her eyes and groaned, realizing she had been dreaming again. The phone rang again, loudly. Tori groaned again and reached for the receiver.

"Hello?" she asked.

"Tori, get to the Wind Academy now," Cam said.

"Cam? It's my day off," Tori said.

"Just get over here," Cam said before hanging up. Tori took the phone away from her ear and just rolled her eyes before hanging it up. She jumped out of bed and took less than ten minutes to get ready.

Blake sighed deeply during the long cab ride to the airport. His flight would be leaving in a matter of hours. That would a few less hours he would have to wait before he say Tori. He dug into his pocket and pulled out some pictures. One picture was of the entire ranger group, one was of just him and Hunter, the third was of him, Hunter, and their parents, and the last was just him and Tori. They were his most cherished pictures and he never went far without them.

"See you soon Tori," he said, smiling. Tori reached the Wind Academy and casually walked down the stairs.

"Hey guys, so what's the big emergency?" Tori asked. Sensei Watanabe just stood to the side smiling. Shane, Cam, and Dustin had to keep from laughing before they moved aside, revealing Hunter sitting in Cam's computer chair. He smiled at the former blue wind ranger.

"Hunter?!" Tori asked excitedly before jumping into the former Crimson Thunder Ranger's arms. They had all spoken to Hunter often but they did not get to see him that much as he was still getting used to his position at the Thunder Academy.

"Whoa, miss me Tor?" he asked. Tori smiled wide when she let go of him.

"Not that I'm not happy you're here, but what are you doing here?" Tori asked.

"I wanted to be here when the guys give you the surprise," Hunter explained. Tori's face fell.

"What surprise?" Tori asked. Dustin stepped forward and handed her the paper. Tori opened the envelope.

"A plane ticket?" Tori asked.

"A plane ticket to see Blake," Dustin said. Tori was completely shocked but her face broke out into a grin.

"Are you guys serious?" she asked.

"Your flight leaves in an hour," Cam explained.

"But I still have to go pack," Tori said worriedly.

"No you don't," Shane said, pulling out a small duffel and a book bag from under the Ninja Ops computer.

"How did you...?" Tori started to ask.

"I was outside your place when you left. I went in and packed with the spare key you gave me than ninja streaked over here....with permission of course," Shane said, glancing at Sensei Watanabe, who just nodded.

"But what about my classes?" Tori asked, worried.

"That will be taken care of Tori. After everything you and the rangers did for the school and everything since, you deserve some proper time off. Go to Blake," Sensei Watanabe said, smiling at Tori. Tori broke into a smile and engulfed Sensei W in a hug. He smiled when Tori backed away apologetically and bowed to him.

"Thank you guys," she said, getting ready to hug all the guys.

"Let's save the hugs for the airport," Dustin said. The guys grabbed her bags and ushered her out.

"Come on Hunter," Blake said to himself as his cell phone kept ringing. He was trying to call Hunter to tell him of what was going on, but he wasn't getting any answer from the Thunder Academy. He knew he wouldn't be out and about with all the work he had to get used to. He finally hung up and decided to try LeeAnn's office.

"Maybe he's with Leila," Blake said to himself as he punched in LeeAnn's number. The phone rang once before she answered.

"Hello?" she answered.

"LeeAnn, it's Blake," he said.

"Blake? Hey stranger, how are you?" she asked.

"Not bad, uh, I was actually trying to get a hold of Hunter. He wasn't answering his office phone," Blake said.

"I'm not sure where he went. My best guess is to try his cell phone," LeeAnn said.

"Flight 285 is now boarding," said the announcer.

"I'll have to try him after my flight takes off. I'll talk to you later LeeAnn," Blake said.

"Bye," LeeAnn said. Blake got in line to board his plane.

"I'm going to miss you guys, but thank you so much," Tori said to her friends.

"Just be careful Tor and call us every now and then so we know what's up," Shane said.

"You got it," Tori said.

"Flight 312 is now boarding," said the announcer.

"Bye guys, thank you," she said, hugging each of them. The guys watched her board the plane and stayed around while so they could watch her take off.

"Well now the hard part, waiting," Hunter said.

"Yea dude. You wanna go riding before you head back?" Dustin asked.

"Sounds good," Hunter said.

"Yea, but let's grab some dinner first. I'm starving," Shane said.

"You're always starving," Cam commented just as Hunter's cell phone rang.

"Hello?....Bro, what's up?" Hunter asked. He listened intently as Blake told him what was going on. The guys got worried when his face fell.

"Oh crap...," he said.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? WILL THE TWO CROSS PATHS? WILL THE MISS EACH OTHER? WILL THE GUYS BE ABLE TO FIX THE SITUATION? WHAT WILL THEY TELL BLAKE AND TORI?

A/N: I am so sorry for the delay. I had internet trouble AND school started. I'll try not to let it happen again. Just tell me what you think so far. And I'm open for any suggestions on the Hunter/Leila prequel.