A/N:Looks like it only needs one chapter to fill all the gaps in. Enjoy!
Chapter 11: Journey Home
The next day had come, the sun rose high and Dustin had finally returned himself to the throne. Things were pretty much getting back to normal, Cam was working hard on going home. The brunette sat in his throne, he had been thinking all day. The doors open and Tori walked in happily.
"Hey Dustin!" She exclaimed, "I talk to Cam. I think we almost found a way to get home."
He turned, "That's awesome." He sounded excited, "I bet your excited."
She moved closer and leaned on the handle of the chair, "You don't believe how happy I am. Can't wait to sleep in my bed. Do the normal things I'm use too."
He just laughed, "Yeah. It's pretty cool."
"There is one thing I did enjoy while being here." She bit her lips and stood back up, "It was the little journey to go save Sakura."
He nodded, "Oh really?" He arched his brows, "Why was that."
"Cause you were there." She admitted honestly, "And I know it seams so sudden these feelings, but after thinking that the imposter Dustin couldn't be you, it made me realized who you really were."
"Tori.." he trailed off.
"And I liked how you are the heartwarming, carefree guy. You make me happy and laugh." She tried to finish, "But again, these feelings came to sudden and even I don't know if I'm just saying this cause im crazy, or cause they are true."She took another breath, "But the great thing is, we can work on this relationship right?"
"Tori." He interuptted again, "I don't know if I'm going with you."
Her eyes widen and she grew confused, "Wait? Why not?"
He sighed and stood up, "I been thinking too. I been here for 2 years, and before I was captured. Being King was a good feeling. The people depended on me. I can't leave them now."
"But your life is with us at our time." She pointed out, "You can't possibly leave your friends for all this. What about us?"
"There was never any us." He responded, "I mean as much as I like there to be. I did have these feelings and I did enjoy being alone with you. Saving Sakura, but we know your future. You're with Hunter and besides, Marah still thinks were going out."
"But." She tried to speak again.
"As selfish as it sounds, I think it's best if I stay here. Protect Sakura and protect this kingdom. I don't want my mistake to leave a mark in this history."
"That's not fair." She brushed her hair out of the way, "Then I don't want to leave."
"You are going back." He said firmly, "You wanted to, don't make me be the reason to stop you."
"You were the reason why I came." She crossed her arm, "And I want you back. Even if it means were just friends. I can live with that, that's the problem right?"
"No!" He walked over towards her, "If I could change the situation I would. Your destined with Hunter. I have to stay here. Tori, I enjoyed that night in the woods when you fell asleep on me. I enjoyed every ounce of things. I didn't think we get so close, this wasn't suppose to happened."
"Yet it did." She muttered, "And now its not fair."
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"Hey Sakura." Cam smiled picking her up, "How are you."
"Good." She responded, "Whatcha doing?"
Cam had been working hard in the lab figuring out a way to get home. Shane was leaning on the table and fiddling with a few of the gadgets.
"So what exactly is her importance?" He crossed his arm, "I don't get why the imposter went through all that trouble just to set this up."
"Because." Cam responded setting her down on the table and removing a small necklace from her, "She holds something valuable."
Shane pushed himself off and walked over, "What is that?"
"Dustin told me it's the remains of Hunter's and Tori's ninja powers locked in a small jewel." He showed, "But this small power can mean a lot when it comes to powering machines up."
"Which means.." Shane smiled, "We can go home!"
"I'm going borrow this Sakura. Is that okay?" He looked at her, "I'll give it right back."
She nodded, "Sure."
Cam walked over to a giant circle device that was attached to the wall. He took the jewel and inserted into the side and hit a few buttons. He set the time to the appropriate year and took a few steps back. The place began to rumble as it activated.
"It's working!" Cam exclaimed, "It's really working!"
The portal in front of them appeared and the two of them looked at it in awe. Suddenly the machine began to spark and the portal faded away. Cam sighed.
"Guess not." He mumbled, "This will take a bit more work."
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Hunter stood at the edge of the balcony and looked out in the city. He sighed greatly as he idly waited to go home. Marah walked out and looked around, noticing him. She rubbed her arms and headed over to him.
"Hey Hunter." She smiled, "What are you doing?"
"Figuring out where I screwed up with Tori." He mumbled, dropping his head on the rail, "I just want to go home."
"Yeah." She leaned on the edge of the rail and looked out, "Looks like we both lost someone."
"To each other." He added, "Which I find funny."
She shrugged, "I can accept the fact that it happened though." She spoke honestly, "Dustin wasn't same person before this all happened. Even if it was the imposter, the major time difference did do impact. He doesn't feel the same way."
"Aren't you hurt?" Hunter asked, "I mean this is all sudden, while he had 2 years."
"Yeah I am bit." She responded, "But I can't change it right?"
"Tori and I are suppose to be destined together." He forced a smile, "The way that sounds, it makes me happy but it also makes me mad."
"Why?"
"Cause it makes me feel that we didn't fall in love by choice, but because we were forced to. Destiny makes it sound like it's suppose to happened Makes it sound wrong."
"Destiny can be a scary thing, but you can also change destiny." She patted him on the back, "Maybe things will be different."
"Which brings me to my problem. I don't want it to change. But knowing it wont makes me sound selfish. I guess I have to accept the fact that Tori and Dustin will be together. Look on the bright side or something.." He sighed, "Must be easier for you."
"It's never easy to see someone you love, love someone else. But I have to deal with it, and hope that my love for him will never die and maybe he will return to me. We don't know what the future holds."
"We saw it though."
"Screw the machine. If Dustin comes back to our time, doesn't this universe disappear anyway?"
"You're right. As long as Dustin comes with us, then we don't know our future." He began to see the lighter side of things, "Thanks Marah."
""Come on. I wanna get out of here."
Hunter and Marah walked back inside and ran into Blake. The younger brother looked up at Hunter with a concern look. He glanced at Marah who smiled and wave to Hunter before walking off.
"What's up bro?" Hunter asked, "Not psyched that were leaving this crappy place?"
"I am. Just. The whole finding where I end up thing bothers me." He rubbed his arm, "I mean, I'd never kill my own brother. You got to believe me."
"I know." He whispered, "Don't worry about it. Im sure when we restore time, none of this will happened."
Marah peaked around the corner, "Guys! Cam said we can go now! Hurry up!"
Hunter and Blake nodded as the two of them dashed along with Marah into the lab room. They saw the portal opened and stabled. Tori walked in, sighing as she headed towards them.
"Where's Dustin? This won't hold any longer." Shane exclaimed, "I want to go!"
"Also." Cam stated, "Just to inform anyone. As soon as we return to our time period, we wont remember anything."
"What." Everyone chorus, "No." Tori added.
"What's wrong?" Marah rubbed her shoulder, "It wont matter anyway. Who needs to remember this dump."
"Dustin isn't coming. If we forget, I can't forget Dustin." She wiped her watery eyes, "I can't do that."
"Wait a minute." Hunter stepped forward, "Why isn't he coming?"
"He feels he needs to stay here to preserve this time period."
"That would make sense." Cam looked at it logically, "That's why Tori and Hunter got together. Cause Dustin wasn't standing in the way. His actions here is what causes the future."
"He has to come." Marah insisted, "Him gone, I don't want to go through that."
"He won't come." She looked away, "No matter what I say."
"Then we have to go." Shane responded, "We only have one shot. Dustin knows what he is doing."
Tori nodded as Blake and Hunter sighed. They walked into the portal, with Shane and Marah going after. Cam stopped, glancing at Tori before going in. She turned to Sakura and smiled.
"I'll miss you." She whispered, "I love you. Be a good girl okay?"
Sakura slowly nodded, "Okay."
Tori looked back, hoping Dustin was standing at the door. She shed a tear, wishing that circumstances would be different. Waving to Sakura, she walked in. Dustin came into the room, he looked around and realized they left. He walked over to Sakura and gave her a big kiss on the head.
"I have to go." He told her, "Everyone is right. This is not my place."
"But.." She looked up at him, "Who will take care of me? Uncle D! I don't want you to go!"
He slide the jewel necklace off her and grasped it in his hand, "I will never forget you. Even if the future does change. Good bye Sakura.."
He walked to the portal and hit the timer for it to closed. He looked back and waved, glancing at the busy city through the window. He took a deep breath and walked through it.
With a flash of light, Dustin awoke from the sound of his alarm. He bolted up and realized he was in his bed. Shane walked out of the bathroom, brushing his teeth.
"Yo dude." He spoke up, "Come on, the others are visiting. We cant be late."
"Oh crap! That's today!?" He arched his brows and turned to the date on the calender.
It was the same day that Dustin had fallen in the portal but only an hour before. He rushed out of bed and got dressed.
"I'm going to head to Tori's," He pointed out, "Meet you at class?"
"Whatever man." Shane laughed and left.
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The brunette scratched his still messy brown hair as he knocked on the door of Tori and Marah's room. He took a step back, adjusted his yellow and white plaid shirt. He had a big grin on his face as he waited for someone to answer, but it eventually faded away when the door didn't open. Deciding to take matter in his own hands, he swung the door open. His eyes gazed upon the figure in front of him. Tori was dancing around the room. She was wearing a white tang top, and for some reason, a yellow poke-dotted boxerd. The brunette tilted his head as the beautiful blonde swayed her hips to the music and head banged to the drums. Dustin couldn't help but burst out laughing, but the music was so loud she couldn't hear him. The sneaky boy crept in and tip toed in and towards the boom box. He hit the power button and watched as the room went silence and the former blue ranger spun around with a distraught look on her face.
"Morning." Dustin spoke casually.
Tori's jaw dropped as she brushed her messy blonde hair back and behind her ears. She looked around as she bit her lips, she felt so embarrassed.
"How long have you been standing there?" Her voice cracked a bit.
The brunette had a huge grin on his face as he crossed his arms, "Long enough to realize that those are my boxers."
Tori looked down and swung her hips from side to side, with a huge smile on her face. She laughed a bit as she made her way over to him with a devil look on her face.
"Well, it's not like I haven't worn them before." She smiled as she twirled herself around before facing him, "Besides, maybe you shouldn't leave them here." She said with a huge smirk on her face, nudging him a bit.
The brunette chuckled a bit as he walked over towards Marah's side of the bed. He could tell it was her's, because it was less blue then Tori's side. He spun around and sat down on the bed.
"Whatever." He laughed, "Keep them."
"Very funny." She made her way to the boom box and glanced back at him, "Aren't you still going out with Marah?"
"I'm not sure" He responded, "But that has nothing to do with wanting my boxers back."
She kept her eyes narrowed on the brunette sitting on her roommates bed. She pressed the play button without looking away, letting the music surround the room once more. She then turned her body around till she completely faced Dustin, heading towards his direction. The former yellow ranger arched his eyebrows, wondering what kind of trick the blonde had up her sleeves.
"Come on, dance with me." She laughed.
Dustin laughed, about to shake his head. He then stopped and just nodded, "Sure. What the heck."
He grabbed a hold of her, and the two of them danced gracefully to the music. He spun her around and the two of them laughed real hard. Tori stumbled backwards and grabbed her pants sliding them on. She then grinned.
"Let's get going. Class will start soon."
"Alright." He spoke.
The two of them left the room, Dustin stopped and closed the door. He turned and watched Tori go down the stairs before pulling out the necklace. He sighed, knowing that he was the only one that remembered everything that happened. Even though he got his life back, the memories were still fresh in his mind. It upset him that he couldn't share those feelings with her anymore, but thought it was for the best. To take things as it is and accept the facts. Hey at least he has second chance to say the right things. He forced a smile and heard Tori shouted for him.
"Come on Dustin! Hurry up!" She called out, "We can't be late!!"
"Coming!" Dustin smiled, "Hold your horses."
He dashed with her, grabbing her and pulling her outside. Tori laughed as the two of them looked up at the bright sunny sky and smiled at each other. It looked like it was going to be a great day.
The End
A/N:Notice the slight change from the scene of Tori dancing in Dustin's boxer from the first chapter? If not, there is a difference. Thank you for reading! Hope you watch out for my new story.