Disclaimer- I don't own Power Rangers, but if I had any connection what's so ever, I would try to get Disney to seriously think about this.

Authors note: Just a heads up, this story is going to go on for a while and will feature many other past rangers then the red ones

The Never Ending Cycle

A Surprise and a Decision

By Wiffyboy2003

"And then I ordered Medivisan to enter the Cave of Eternity and claim the Shield of Fire and get the powers of the god's along with it," Ethan James enthusiastically told his video game friends.

"Wow," a few of the people who were listening awed Ethan's story. "Then what happened?" a girl that Ethan didn't know very well asked?

"Then my-" but before he could finish, a loud, obnoxious voice interrupted him from the seat behind. "Then his mommy called down for him to get outside and get a life, but he wouldn't listen."

"Who asked you for your opinion, Cassidy," Ethan shot at the snobbish blond reporter?

"No one, but I just was so tired of hearing how you beat that stupid game. You have been talking the whole way up," Cassidy replied, not about to let the King of All Geeks embarrass her. She may have gone out with him once and become his friend, but that doesn't mean that he wasn't still a geek. "Aren't I right Devin," the blond asked her best friend for support.

"Actually, Cass," Devin answered his friend, "I really was interested, seeing as how I have know idea how to get pass the golems and into the Palace of the Pirate Queen, and I would…," Devin trailed off after seeing the look on Cassidy's face. "Sorry."

"See, Cassidy, not everyone wants me to stop, just you," Ethan said, a huge grin of victory on his face. Turning back to his "fans" Ethan continued his story; all the while Cassidy was chewing Devin out a good one.

"Can you believe that," Trent asked the Red Ranger, after witnessing the argument between Ethan and Cassidy.

"What," Conner jumped. He had caught himself looking at her again and prayed that Trent had not noticed. 'Man why do I have to be thinking and staring at a girl when the other guy who likes her is sitting right next to you' Conner thought as he answered "I mean can I believe what?"

Apparently Trent didn't notice anything unusual about his friend and continued. "Ethan just total told Cassidy off. I have never seen him do that before."

"Really," Conner replied, trying to sound interested while not.

"Yeah," Trent continued, "it was rather weird but cool at the same time."

"Cool," was all Conner could say before he turned back toward the window, getting one last glace at Kira in the process. 'I have to stop this and soon. She will never think of me as more then anything but a friend and the guy in the red suit that stands next to her in battle. Snap out of it Conner!' Conner yelled mentally at himself.

Up in the front of the bus Kira and Dr. Oliver were having a discussion that involved Conner in a great way.

"He's looking at me again," Kira told her teacher.

"Who is," Tommy asked her?

"Conner," was her answer.

"Conner," Tommy said in his voice with serious doubt. "I have to see this." Tommy started to look a few rows behind him when Kira smacked him lightly on the head.

"Ow," Tommy whined, rubbing the spot where the teen hit him. "What did you do that for?"

"Don't turn around. Then he'll know that I was watching him," Kira told the black ranger, speaking as if it was the most obvious answer in the world.

"You know students aren't allowed to hit their teachers, right," Dr. Oliver asked? Apparently Kira had hit him harder then she had realized. "And what did you say? You were looking at him too?"

Kira looked as if she were a deer in caught in a headlight. Finally finding words again the yellow ranger answered, "So what if I was?" as if tempting Tommy to continue his thought.

"Nothing, it's just I don't think it is good for you two to keep information such as this from each other," Tommy explained to the girl.

She was caught. Kira didn't know what to do. Her feelings for Conner had developed not long after their first mission as rangers. When he was contemplating on leaving the team that one time, and then changing his mind because he knew that their job's as rangers was more important than a soccer carrier really made her change her mind about him. Before she had thought he was a self-absorbed, cocky, jerk of a jock and was just doing the ranger thing because he thought it was fun. After his decision to stay on the team though, a new light had cascaded upon him and it was if he was a whole new person.

But her feelings for Trent were also a problem. He was the cute, adopted son of a wealthy paleontologist, not that that mattered to her. His charming smile and kind personality made it hard for her to not have feelings for him. And then the whole White Ranger and White Dino Gem thing came around. The guys were pissed at the thought of someone they thought they could trust going behind their backs and kicking it, and while Kira was mad as well, she also felt sorry for the boy. After he broke from the grip of evil and became a good ranger, she started getting close to him as much as she got close to Conner, and now she had to figure out which one she liked more.

"Kira," Dr. O called her name, waving his hand in front of her face trying to get her attention," Kira are you in their?"

"What," Kira snapped out of her thoughts, "What's going on?"

"You zoned out there for a second and I just want to know what's going through your mind," the teacher asked his student. Obviously what he had said before had really gotten to her and now he is curious to find out what she had been thinking.

"I…," Kira started. She was unable to get out what she wanted to say.

"It's alright, Kira. You don't have to say anything. Just relax," Tommy comforted the Yellow Ranger. She didn't have to say anything that she didn't want to and no one could make her do otherwise.

"But I want to," Kira said in a hurry. "I just need to talk to the guys. Excuse me," and with that Kira stood up from her seat and began to walk toward the two boys that she had been torturing herself over.

The walk felt like it was taking place in quicksand to her, as she continued to put one foot in front of the other and moved at a pace that seemed so slow to her, even though she was moving at a normal speed. People surrounding her were talking to each other normally, not knowing that she was going to hurt a friend tremendously with the brutal reality of the truth and words. Choosing one of her friends over the other was definitely not something she had planned on doing when she got up this morning and it was tearing her up inside.

Finally reaching Trent and Conner, Kira made her presence known with an awkward cough. It got Trent's attention right away, but Conner was too caught up in his thoughts to hear her. It was only Trent's "Hey Kira," that got his attention.

Turning his head, Conner looked at Kira and said, "Kira, hi. What's up?"

"Hey guys," the yellow ranger nodded at the two. "Can I sit down?"

"Sure", "Yeah, that's fine with me," the two boys answered, scooting over as much as they could to give Kira her room. When she was settled in, Trent enquired about her move from the front of the bus to the back. "Why did you come back here when there is more room and comfort up where you were?"

"Because we need to talk, and I didn't feel like waiting until later so I am having it now," was her answer.

"What about," Conner responded confused?

Kira sighed in sadness. This was it. 'I might as well get it done now.' But what she had to say would have to wait. For at that moment the three teens, along with the other passengers and driver of the bus, were thrown forward in their seats, colliding with the one in front of them. Accompanied with the force was the sound of metal crushing metal. All those who were three to a seat had the teen on the end thrown to the ground from the force, Kira included.

Once the bus had stopped creaking, voices of teens were throwing out questions and complaints.

"What the hell happened?"

"What's going on?"

"Did we get hit?"

"Devin, get off my foot!"

"Alright everybody," Tommy shouted, trying to reclaim control of his class, "Settle down." It wasn't working. The kids were either to scared, hurt, or the ones who were trying to answer were getting drowned out by everyone else.

"This is no use," Tommy conceded. Turning to the bus driver, Tommy asked, "Could you?" pointing at the kids.

"Sure," he replied, wanting to be able to get off his own bus without getting run down by scared teenagers. Standing up, he reached above the windshield and pulled out a megaphone. A few of the students in the first few rows noticed the object in the man's hands, and instantly clamped their hands to their ears.

Just in time to, because a few seconds later, the driver was shouting into the machine, "Everybody be quiet!"

That shut them up instantly.

"Thanks," Tommy said after removing his hands from his ears.

"Not a problem," the driver nodded his head at Tommy as he said this.

Turning to his class once again, Tommy called out to his students, "Is everyone all right." The response was all positive. "Good," was his reply. "Now, it seems that we have hit another car." Gasps of horror and whispers started as soon as Tommy finished his sentence. "But," he added in quickly, getting everyone to quiet down again, "It seems that no one on board was hurt. I am now going to go see if the person we hit is alright." And with that, Tommy pulled the door lever and went out the door onto the street.

Already people had begun to crowd around the vehicles. Not a lot, but enough so that Tommy didn't have to ask himself what was wrong with people. One of the people in the crowd noticed him get off the bus and went over to him. Tommy studied her as she got closer. Years as a Power Ranger taught him to be careful around strangers. She was an Asian woman with shoulder length black hair. She was a little bit shorter than himself, going up to his nose at least. Wearing a black blouse and blue jeans, the woman was quiet attractive to Tommy.

"Are you alright?" the woman asked when she reached the bus.

"Yeah, were all fine," he said, pointing with his thumb to the bus.

"That's good," the woman looked relieved at the news. "Some one has already called 911, just to be safe."

"That's good. I'm Tommy Oliver," he said extending his hand. Taking it the woman said, "I'm Jessica Kwec. I am glad you and your passengers are alright, Tommy," Jessica said, letting go of his hand at the same time.

Nodding silent thanks, Tommy looked in the direction of the car he had hit, a green convertible. It seemed that it was the back that was hit, and no damage was visible to the front of the car. "Is that guy alright," he asked, starting to walk over their?

"I think so," Jessica answered, following him. "He's just in shock. Not standing up and not saying much. We haven't even gotten a name out of him yet."

Walking through the small crowd of people, Tommy was able to emerge on the other side of the circle; the man that was hit was leaning against his car. People were looking at Tommy as he passed, saying as how he shouldn't be allowed to drive and that he should be ashamed of himself, hitting this guy and endangering the kids. Tommy wanted to tell those people to lay off, but fought the urge to do so.

Getting on his knees, Tommy found that Jessica had been right. The man had no visible injuries, but that didn't mean that he wasn't internally bleeding.

"What do you want," a man crouched beside the one Tommy wanted to apologize to asked harshly, hand clasped to a shoulder.

"I just want to see if he is okay, that's all," Tommy shot back, anger in his voice. It seemed to have worked because the man had backed off.

Grabbing the unconscious man by the shoulders, Tommy turned him so he could get a look at his face.

Tommy jumped back instantly, shock clear on his face.

"What is it," a concerned Jessica asked?

"I know this man."

"Who," one of the crowd people asked?

"Rocky DeSantos."

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That's it for chapter 7. I was going to make it longer, but I know it has been a while since I last updated, and I decided to post this part now and save the other part for chapter 8. I promise to put in more Ethan next time; I just wanted to focus more on Kira's dilemma and the car crash. He will have a bigger role than just the geek in the beginning of the chapter.

Authors note/ Spolier: Just a heads up, this story is going to go on for a while and will feature many other past rangers then the red ones.

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