A/N: This fic starts out as a Dustin/Marah but will end up as a Dustin/Tori. There was no kissing between the two in the first chapter. It was Dustin kissing Marah. The only thing that happened between the two was dancing. Hope it cleared up any confusion.
Power Rangers Ninja Storm
A King's Life
By EarthGuardian/Dcm3387
Chapter 2: A Whole New World.
Marah walked out of her Math class, sighing with relief that it was over. She headed outside and looked around the sunny campus for any of the familiar gang, or her boyfriend. She took a few steps down the stairs and walked along the path. She mumbled as she walked towards a bench and sat down. She couldn't find them anywhere, Dustin had promise that he would meet up with her after class. The young brunette sat for a few seconds in till she felt a hand on her shoulder. Turning around, she saw someone she wouldn't have expected. Blake Bradly was standing over her, with a huge smile on his face. Marah stood up and laughed.
"Oh my god, Blake!" She squealed as she hugged him, "When did you decide to show up?"
He broke away and just smiled a bit, "I'm doing a race in the next town. I thought I visit you guys." He responded, looking around, "Where is everyone?"
Her smile faded away as she sighed, "I'm not sure. I was suppose to meet them here, but tey haven't showed up."
He slowly nodded, "Let's go look for them. I want to surprise them."
The two of them began to walk down the campus and towards the English section of the campus that the rangers were last in. Marah let the wind blow through her hair as the two of them searched far and wide for anyone.
"So still going out with Dustin?" Blake casually brought up as a conversation.
"Yeah." She responded as they stopped in front of the English building, "He's really sweet."
He smirked as he headed up the stairs and inside. Marah quickly followed behind as she felt the room temp a lot different then the outside one.
"How are you and Tori doing?" The ditzy brunette asked.
He shrugged a bit, glancing at her before looking back down the hall,"Well were just friends.." He trailed off, "I like to be a lot more but.."
"The whole long distant.." Marah finished, "That must be a downer."
Blake turned and noticed the blocked off trashed classroom, he took a few steps forward, "What happened here?"
Marah shook her head, "I have no idea."
The two of them ignore the Do-Not-Cross tape and entered the classroom. Curiosity got the best of them, as they searched around. Blake knelt down and looked at the damaged desks, he then noticed a small green light from the corner of his eye.
"Blake! Your jacket." Marah pointed, "It's glowing Blue!"
Blake stood up and pulled out his old moprher from his jean jacket. A navy light began to glow brightly as he felt a force sucking him towards the portal. He looked around and noticed Marah wasn't moving.
"Marah, is it just me or am I getting sucked in." He shouted as he grabbed onto something.
The brunette gasped as she ran over and grabbed a hold of him, trying to pull him back. The moprher was the one that was causing the rangers to get sucked into the portal. The force was so strong, that it yanked Blake away from the desk. Marah grabbed his hand, only to be lifted up off the ground and into the portal also. The green light flashed violently as it diminished away.
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The other rangers quickly followed Dustin as he lead them down the long platform road. They kept on glancing at each other, dying to ask questions. How was any of this possible, what was that portal and most of all, Dustin king? The former yellow ranger stopped at the edge of the platform and waved the soldiers to proceeded ahead. One of them laid down Tori on the ground and left with hate to catch up with the others.
"Dustin." Shane spoke up, "What's going on?"
The brunette remained silent as he raised his hand. The others watched as a giant hover car appeared from the edge and in front of them. It was slick black, with a yellow line going across the side of the doors.
"Whoa." Cam gasped at the technology, "That is awesome."
Dustin then turned and bent down, stroking Tori's hair out of her face. She muffled a groan as she began to wake up. He backed away a bit and let her sit up. She blinked a few seconds before looking up at him.
"Where am I?"
Dustin helped her up, "Come on. I'll take you to the castle." He informed them, "There you guys can rest up."
He started walking towards the car, as the others looked on with confusion. They turned and noticed a large structure building in the middle of the city. It wasn't to clear to see, with all the buildings in the way but you can tell that it was the only one made of stone. It was one of those slandered old fashion castles you'd see in a book or something. Hunter took a few steps forward, looking at his friend, and apparently King.
"Dude, Im lost." He told him, "Mind filling us in?"
Dustin spun around and looked high into the buildings, "This is Blue Bay Harbor in the next century." He explained, "It has expanded and become one of the most powerful cities ever."
"So how does this make you king?" Cam questioned, "It's just a city, inside a state."
He shook his head, "There are no longer states in the new century. The earth is divided by sectors, and each one is ruled by a King or Queen. You know, like a president."
Tori sighed, "Is there any way to get home back to our own time?"
He shrugged, "I don't know. It's been two years since I tried."
"What?" They all chorus, "We like saw you an hour ago." Shane added in.
Cam nodded, "Dustin, that makes no sense."
"Don't tell me what doesn't make sense!" He began to shout, "You left me here for two goddamn years." He then turned away, "I had spent every ounce of energy trying to find my way home, but it didn't matter in the end.."
"Why not?"
He spun around, trying to stay calm, "Get in the car. Don't worry about it."
The others did what they were told and entered the back of the car. He closed the door and watched as the driver sped off towards the castle. Tori looked out the window, watching all the tall buildings. The others remained quite, they too were a bit amazed at where they are.
"Was it just me or was he really.." Hunter was looking for the right word.
"Different?" Cam answered, "He seamed mad."
After a bit, the car had finally arrived at the castle. It landed in the giant courtyard. There were green bushes and trees everywhere. It almost made everyone forget that this was located in the middle of a large city. A man came walking out, bowing politely at them.
"Right this way please." He asked, "The King has asked me to show you around."
They nodded and followed the man as they entered the large double door and into the castle. They stood on a red carpet, looking all around. They were in a giant hall way, there were rows of stairs that lead to a balcony and other rooms. The place was huge. The man turned and looked at them all.
"You are free to roam the castle, as you are guests of King Brooks. There is a large dinning hall and a kitchen if you are ever hungry. A ball room is located upstairs and down the hall. An elevator is located at the other side of this room, and it can lead to the second floor where all your rooms will be located. On the third floor is where Dustin's room, meeting and everything else is located. Are there any questions?"
"Yeah." Shane thought it was worth asking, "How did he end up being King.. Of all this?"
He laughed, "He's always been King." He then turned, "My name is Dan. Let me know if you need anything. Enjoy your stay."
Shane gave a bewildered look at Dan's answer. He was still confused, and it really didn't answer his question. Before he could really thing about it though, a women in a strange dress walked up to them. They turned their attention to her, wondering if she had more to say that they needed to know before they go exploring.
"The King has asked me to escort you to your rooms to get you ready for the ball tonight." She informed them, "And Mr Watanabe. He has requested to see you on the third floor."
"Uh.. Alright." Cam looked at them, "I guess I'll see you later.."
"Please follow me." The women lead them to the elevator, "We will be going to the second floor."
Their eyes wondered as they looked around at all the strange paintings and antiques, on there way to there rooms. After waiting in the elevator for a few minutes, they headed down the hall where the women stopped and turned to face them all.
"Here are your rooms. Chose whatever you like, each has a bathroom, bed, closet and all your standard things you would see at your hotel. Someone will be right with you for your clothes to wear at the ball."
"Uh, we have to dress up?" Shane asked, "Do we have too?"
She nodded, "It's formal and show respect."
She then turned and began walking away, the others just sighed and looked at each other. They really wanted to go back home and forget about all this, the thing was though. They couldn't. Tori opened the door and peaked in, she felt two firm hands on her shoulder as she looked back. Hunter smiled as he looked in also.
"Nice little rooms."
She slowly nodded, "Yeah, pretty wild." She tried to sound happy.
"Are you alright?" He let go of her, "I mean you seam out of it."
She just smiled, "I'm fine."
She then turned and walked into the room, waving to the boys before closing the door. The others all split apart and entered the rooms, hoping this would be the only night they do this.
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Cam exited out of the elevator of the third floor and looked around the hall way. He walked down a bit to a large room, glancing at the paintings along the way. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door. There was no answer so Cam took the liberty of opening the door. The bight light shined in his face as he entered a large room full of computers. There were rows of consoles and workers operating them all. In the center was a large pull down screen monitor. Dustin was in the corner, talking to a few people. He turned and noticed the former green ranger standing there.
"Cameron." He walked over, "Glad you came."
Cam looked around, "Whoa, this place is like an advanced Ninja Op's."
Dustin laughed a bit, "Yeah it is." He then turned to look at what he was looking at, "Pretty nice place huh."
"You needed to see me?" Cam got down to the point, "What can I do for you."
Dustin walked over to a wall and pressed a few buttons on a nearby console. The wall opened up and it revealed a large computer and a holding tube. Cam walked a bit, looking up and down at it all.
"What is this?"
The brunette pulled out his moprher, "I want to restore our powers." He explained, "I've been researching ways to re-alter the power source and get this thing going."
"When did you get so smart?"
Ignoring his 'witty' comment, he continued to explain, "I just can't seam to stable enough power though. Perhaps you can find what's wrong?"
"First of all, what do you need them back anyways." Cam wanted to know, "I like to know what I'm helping you for."
Dustin nodded as he pulled out a remote and turned on the large screen monitor. A large blue print of the entire Blue Bay Harbor City was shown. He zoomed in, Cam watched as red circles were formed in different parts of the area.
"We've been attacked by an unknown enemy for the last few days." He explained, "We've seen massive weapon assaults in these vicinity." He pointed, "I want to find out what is going on, but with such power, I wont stand a chance. I need my ranger powers back."
Cam sighed, "Why don't I just try getting us all home instead? I mean, this isn't our place. We don't belong in this time."
The brunette shrugged and turned off the image, "Look, going to help me or not? I mean, you're here. You're stuck for a while, mind as well help me right?"
"I guess." He caved in, "Just, promise after this. We find our way back home?"
He nodded, "If you say so."
A young female entered the room. Cam turned and watched as she made her way over. She had dirty blonde hair, and stood not much taller then 4 feet. The little girl made her way over to Dustin.
"Uncle D." She murmured, "I'm bored."
Dustin turned and lifted her up, and just chuckled a bit, "The ball will be an hour. You should get changed."
Cam glanced at her, she reminded him of Tori a bit. The way she looked, her baby blue eyes and all. He was curious on who she was.
"Uncle D?" Cam finally spoke up, "How does that work?"
Dustin turned slightly, "She's not really my niece." He explained, "I just took her in after her parents died."
"Hi." She waved to him, "What's your name?"
"Cam." He tried to smile, "Your's?"
"Sakura!" She giggled.
Cam laughed a bit then turned to the king, "Hey, I should get going."
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Tori sighed as she fell back on her very large bed, starring up at the ceiling. She turned a bit to see the dark sky outside her window. A faint knock was heard on the door, but she ignored it. Hunter was on the other side, checking up on her. He slowly creaked open the door and walked in.
"Hey." He spoke to get her attention, "Watcha doing?"
She sat up, "Nothing. Waiting for some lady to come in with a dress I guess."
He went over and sat on her bed, looking at her. She smiled as he laughed a bit. Arching her eyebrow, she gave a dumbfounded look.
"What's so funny?"
He shrugged, "This whole thing."
She cracked a small smile, "I know what you mean." She then stood up, "I just want to go home. Dustin's so different around here. And I still don't understand 2 years if we followed him like an hour after in that portal."
"We'll see what happens." He responded, "No sense in getting all worked up now."
He stood up and yawned a bit as he looked around the room at the paintings. Tori pulled back her hair.
"So, you going to that ball?" She asked, "Sounds kind of fun."
Shrugging a bit, he faced her, "I don't like suites."
She marched over to him and laughed, "Oh come on. It'll be fun!" She nudged him, "Is it cause you can't dance?"
"I don't have to prove anything to you." He smirked.
Scoffing at the comment, she stuck her hands on her hips, "Are you trying to start something."
His smirk faded away and was replaced by a grin. Tori continued to wrinkle her forehead, wondering what crazy thing Hunter was scheming.
"Let's just say, you had like what? 2 years of dance practice, and I can still wipe the floor with my moves." He laughed.
She crossed her arms, "We'll see about that. I'll be seeing you one the dance floor."
End Chapter 2
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