The rangers had just ended their battle with the white shogun ranger, who has disappeared again leaving the rangers in confusion. They were still trying to figure out what did the ranger meant when he said that they passed.
"Ok, I'm totally lost here dudes." said Dustin as he waved his hands about.
"Yeah. What did the dude mean when he said we passed?" stated Shane.
"So the fight we just had was some sort of test?" putted Blake.
"What kind of test did he give?" wondered Tori.
"Maybe sensei arranged this." said Hunter.
"If you hadn't forget that he didn't know who the white ranger is either." Cam pointed out.
Then suddenly Shane's morpher beeped.
"Go for Shane."
"Rangers, are you all alright?" asked sensei.
"We're fine but we're not sure about the white ranger though. I think he was hurt during the battle." answered the red wind ranger.
"Do all of you, really want to know who the white shogun ranger really is?" asked sensei.
"Yeah! Of course! Do you know who he is?" exclaimed Shane.
"Alright then, please return to Ninja Ops and all will be explained." and sensei ended the connection.
"Come on, dudes! Lets go and see!" shouted Dustin, as he was the first to head back to Ops.
After Dustin started to leave, everyone else started to go after him and they headed back to Ninja Ops.
The rangers arrived back at Ninja Ops in their ninja uniform and when they entered, they see sensei is standing on the table that was in the middle of the room. The rangers walked up to the guinea pig and bowed respectively.
"Sensei, you said that you know who the white ranger is. So who is he?" asked Shane.
"Patience, Shane. All will be revealed, shortly."
"Where's Kaze? Doesn't he want to know who the white ranger is as well?" asked Hunter as he wondered where his boyfriend was at the moment.
"Not to worry Hunter, Kaze is with him at the moment."
"Oh."
"Now will you all please follow me." stated sensei and he jumped off the table in a flip and onto the floor.
Sensei started to walk out of Ninja Ops and jump flip up the stairs and went outside with everyone else following. The rangers followed the guinea pig as they walked through the thick forest and headed towards the direction of the lake.
As they walked, they started to hear music and singing in the distance. As they got closer to the lake the music that was playing, came from a string instrument that was played slowly as well as plucked. The singing itself was coming from a soft beautiful male voice that was singing slowly. As they walked Cam had already a good idea of who the white ranger was, and had a grinning smirk on his face. Hunter was surprised as well of the singing, while the others hadn't heard it before.
"People with love,
Like singing songs,
Being with one.
With greatness and proud,
Also regret,
But could be also wrong.
Mirror of the moon,
Like one with beauty,
Not knowing the person I am.
Love can be can be harsh,
Hearts can be crushed,
When one not trusted."
Just like Hunter who first heard Kaze's singing, the other rangers were mesmerized. Eventually sensei and the rangers arrived near the lake. As it came into sight, they see the white shogun ranger at the edge of the lake.
The white ranger was sitting on a chair height stone and was facing out towards the lake. In front of him were two table height boulders that were spaced apart, at the length of a coffee table. Placed on the two boulders was a zheng that was evenly supported by the two rocks and the white ranger was playing it.
"Love is like a song,
People feelings are played,
And never love,
Because results will be slayed.
Red setting of the sun,
Blue hue of the sea,
With feelings that are right.
Seeing the light,
Seeing the love,
It will be worth the sight.
Mirror of the moon,
Like one with beauty,
Not knowing the person I am.
Love can be can be harsh,
Hearts can be crushed,
When one not trusted."
The rangers arrived at the lake near the end of the song and were listening to the song in a trance. This was all new to the rangers except for Cam and Hunter. Cam, who now was sure he was right about the identity of the white ranger, crossed his arms and smiled. While for Hunter, he just couldn't believe it.
'It can't be...' thought Hunter as the white ranger ended the song.
The ranger then stood up and turned around to face the other rangers. The others just stood there staring and waited to see what would the ranger do. In a quick movement, the ranger powered down.
"Ninja form!" and the ranger uniform disappeared in a shatter.
After the ranger gear was gone, the rangers just gawked in surprise.
"Ha! Kaze dude, its you?" Dustin said in a surprise.
Standing in front of them was Kaze in a ninja uniform like the others but of a different style. It was black like the others but had white trimmings like the wind ninjas. The top was similar to the thunder ninjas, with a zipped up like vest with collar with a flap folded over it to his right like the others. On the left side of his chest was his symbol like the others, the white Trinity.
The shoulders were colored like the thunder ninjas except they were a white triangular shape. Unlike the thunders, the top goes pass the waistline like the wind ninjas making his uniform looking like a gi. The pants and boots were the same as the others, as well as his hand and armbands but without symbols. Wrapped around his neck was a long white scarf, just like his ranger form with the ends behind his back.
"I can't believe it! You were the white ranger all along, bro?" Blake laughed a bit.
"Who did you expect? Santa Claus?" smirked Kaze.
"If you were the white ranger, then why did you act like you don't know who he was?" asked Shane.
"Because I had to, it was part of my mission."
"Like when you fought again us?" stated Tori.
"Yes, that too."
"Wait a minute. Why did you attack us anyways?" asked Cam curiously.
"Maybe I should explain from the beginning. After I told my dad about you guys having the ninja and samurai morphers, he needed to make sure if all of you are ready for the powers. So he had me battle against you with my own ranger powers to test you guys. If you guys beat me in both ground and zord battle, you guys passed." explained Kaze.
"So that's what you meant, when you said we passed." stated Dustin who understood now.
"Then how did you get your ranger powers? I thought you said they were lost." questioned Tori.
"Actually I lied to you guys about that. The shogun powers weren't lost at all; it was kept at the Storm Ninja Academy just like your own morphers. After the attack that Lothor launched on the schools, my dad gave me the powers to help fight against him." and from inside of his ninja uniform, he took out something that looks like Cam's samurai amulet.
"This is the Shogun Crest. Its like Cam's Samurai Amulet, which I get my powers from." Kaze held out in his hand was some sort of Japanese badge like crest, attached to a cord like necklace.
"Although I won't be as powerful as before, when I fought against you guys. So I won't be that much powerful from now on." continued the storm ninja.
"What do you mean?" asked the air ninja.
"In order to match up to your powers in a six against one battle, my powers were given a power boost that would last through three morphs. After the third morphed battle, my power would return back to normal equalling to you guys." finished Kaze.
"No matter, you are still a ranger like us." said Shane as he patted Kaze's back.
"Yeah, dude. Besides, now there are seven of us to fight Lothor's goons." grinned the earth ninja.
"So welcome to the team, bro." smiled Blake.
Everyone started to give back pats, hugs, high fives to Kaze to welcome him to the team, all except for Hunter who hadn't moved or talked during the whole thing. After the group greeting, Cam noticed that Hunter was just standing in his spot staring.
"Alright guys, lets get back to Ninja Ops and leave these two alone for awhile." suggested the samurai ranger as he was referring to Hunter and Kaze.
Everyone looked at Hunter, then at Kaze and agreed and started to head back to Ops. Once everyone was gone, Hunter sprinted forward and pulled Kaze into his arms in a tight embrace.
"Hunter, as much as I like you holding me like this but I can't breathe." breathed out Kaze as Hunter loosened his grip.
Still in his boyfriend's arms, Kaze pulled his head back a bit and looked at Hunter with a smile and with a bit of worry on his face.
"Are you hurt from the battle?" asked the crimson thunder ninja.
"I'm fine, my arms' a bit sore but otherwise I'm okay."
"That's good to hear."
"What's wrong?" asked the storm ninja.
"I just realized that I could've lose you in the battle." stated the crimson ninja.
"Lose me? What do you mean?"
"I mean, what if we really destroyed you in battle. I could have lost you."
"But you didn't, see I'm still here."
"What if it did happen, I don't know what I'll do without you."
"Find yourself a new boyfriend?" joked Kaze.
Hunter glared at him, "That wasn't funny."
"Sorry." Kaze apologized.
Hunter softened his expression and took a deep breath, "Kaze, I have something to tell you."
"Okay, what is it?"
"I know that we just started our relationship and we haven't been together for long but what I'm about to say, I mean it." started Hunter and he took another breath, "I love you."
After saying those three words, Kaze just stood there staring at Hunter. After a minute or so of silence, Hunter started to talk.
"Kaze..."
"No...Don't say that." interrupted the white ninja.
"Uh?"
"Don't say those words unless you really mean it."
"But.." the crimson ninja continued but was stopped when Kaze covered his mouth with his hand.
"Don't say those words just because you could have lose me or you think you love me but later you realize you don't. Only say it if you really mean it and you are sure that you're in love. Saying those words could change everything, so please think about it before you say it." and the shogun ranger removed his hand from his boyfriend's mouth with tears in the corner of his eyes.
"Kaze...I know that what happened before in your first relationship, you got hurt badly. And made you not to trust a person's love for you but I really mean it, when I said that I love you and I do." Hunter placed his right hand against Kaze's cheek and softly rubs it.
Kaze leaned his head into Hunter's touch, "Do you really mean it?"
"With all my heart."
Kaze then buried his face into Hunter's chest and he said in a muffled voice, "I love you too."
After hearing the words that sounds like the words 'I love you too' but he knew they were, Hunter smiled and pulled Kaze closer to him. A couple of minutes later Kaze lifted his head and leaned up towards Hunter as Hunter leaned down towards him. Their lips met with a soft kiss, then into a more passionate one as Hunter's tongue seeks access to Kaze's inner mouth. After a few minutes of tongue intertwining the two broke apart and smiled at each other. Hunter kissed his boyfriend on the tip of his nose and Kaze laid his head against the other's chest.
Then suddenly Hunter's morpher beeped, "What is it?"
"Sorry if I interrupted anything but we need you guys back at Ops." said Cam.
"Alright we're on our way."
After a minute more of cuddling they reliantly let go of each other and Kaze walked over to his instrument and picked it up into his left arm. He turned back and Hunter was holding out his left hand, which Kaze took hold of with his right and they started to head back, hand in hand.
Back at Ops...
Hunter and Kaze walked in from the entrance and the white ninja set his instrument down on the table and walked over to where Cam and the other were, at the computer.
"So what is it?" asked Kaze as he and Hunter stood behind the others.
"The monster you destroyed came back and with an upgrade as well." informed Cam as he referred to the screen.
It was the monster Karpstin again but this time he was sort of metalized with armour and its fish fins became shark like. It was down by the beach, terrorizing people.
"Rangers, go and intercept the monster. Kaze, you will stay here since you're injured from the battle before." said sensei.
"But..." the white ninja started.
"Sensei's right. We can take care of him, just get some rest ok?" interrupted the crimson ninja to stop his boyfriend from arguing.
"Oh, okay. BUT if you guys are in trouble I'm helping no matter what, got it?"
Hunter nodded and everyone got into position and morphed.
"Ninja Storm, ranger form! Ha!" "The power of air." "Water." "Earth." called out the wind ninjas.
"Thunder Storm, ranger form!" "The power of thunder." called out the thunder ninjas.
"Samurai Storm, ranger form!" "Green samurai power." called out Cam.
At the beach...
The rangers arrived at the place where Karpstin was and they pulled out their swords and staffs, ready to fight.
"Rangers, where is that white friend of yours. I have a score to settle with him." stated the fish.
"Sorry but you're only getting us, dude. Besides we're too much to handle for you." said Dustin.
"We'll see about that! Kelzaks!" and a dozen of Kalzaks appeared around the monster.
"Attack!" and both side rushed towards each other and started to attack.
Some of the rangers got pass the Kelzaks and went right for Karpstin. Dustin and Blake swing their sword and staff right down at Karpstin but the fish monster wasn't even phased by the attack. He just pushed them off and hit them both with a swing of its stick.
Cam quickly jumped in and started to attack the monster with his samurai sabre, slashing him over and over again but no effect. Getting annoyed the monster with its fist, punched Cam away. Getting angry, the samurai ranger stood up and detached his gold vest from his uniform.
"Super Samurai mode!" and swing his top half of his helmet around and started to attack the monster like crazy.
The green samurai ranger jumped at Karpstin and started attack it and slashed it all over the place. The attacks only manage to damage the monster barely. The fish monster started to countering the sword attempts with its staff and manages to hit the samurai ranger away.
Then with a quick movement with its hands, large silver fish scales came flying out of nowhere and hit all the rangers. Shane and Hunter pulled out their blasters and fired at Karpstin and hit him directly on but it didn't do any big damage on it.
Karpstin then thrust one of his free hands forward and a giant tidal wave from the ocean came tumbling in with metal fish riding it, and hit all the rangers. As the rangers' tries to get up, the metal fish monster rushed forward and started to attack them with its staff as it went pass them.
Back at Ops...
"Sensei, that monster is just too much for them, I have to go." stated Kaze as he watched the battle on the screen.
"Alright Kaze but be careful, you're still recovering from the last battle."
Kaze nodded and left Ninja Ops.
Back at the beach...
The rangers were all sprawled out in the sand, injured from the battle with Karpstin who was still standing with Kelzaks around him.
"Say good-bye rangers!" and the monster advance towards the fallen rangers.
Suddenly a streak of white bounced into the area and Kaze came flying in and kicked Karpstin but nothing happened. After the kick Kaze quickly rebound off of the metal fish and twist flipped through the air and landed where the other rangers were.
"You guys okay?" asked the white ninja.
"What are you doing here?" asked Blake.
"You were having a bit of trouble, so I decided to help."
"Who the heck are you?" Karpstin asked seeing the ninja.
"Forgot already? Maybe this will refresh your memory." and Kaze took out his crest, which immediately grows palm size.
"Shogun Storm, ranger form!" holding the crest in his right hand, he thrust it out to his left then back to his right, then up above him.
Then we see Kaze in his ninja uniform, floating in mid-air with his arms out. A blast of water gets picked up by a blast of wind from under his feet and swirls around him. The cyclone of water then bursts apart and Kaze was wearing his white ranger uniform along with helmet and the visor closes over his face. From above him a bolt of lightning shoots down and strikes Kaze and electricity is all over him. The lightning formed into the gold parts of the uniform and helmet and a gust of white energy wind flows around his neck and becomes his scarf. He takes hold of his Shogun Blade and slips it in his belt and stood with his feet together and with his arms crossed, on top of a mountain.
"The power of storms." called out Kaze.
Now standing with the rangers was the white shogun ranger.
"You!" shouted the koi carp.
"And they say goldfish have short memory spans." stated Kaze and he pulled out his blade.
Now seven rangers stood in front of the Karpstin and the Kelzaks and they all charged into battle.
In space...
"So that student from the Storm Ninja Academy is also the white shogun ranger. This is not what I need, a ninja from the Storm academy who is a power ranger as well." said Lothor as he watched the battle on a screen.
Back on earth...
Kaze had changed his blade into staff mode and Blake and Hunter extend their staffs to full length. The thunder and shogun rangers attacked the monster while the wind and samurai ranger attacked the Kelzaks. Blake and Hunter started attack Karpstin with their staffs with Blake slashing one side and Hunter the other. While Kaze jumped in and slashed right at the monster and then starts to twirl his blade staff around to hit and slash the monster some more.
The others had finally got rid of all the left over Kelzaks and now joined in the battle against Karpstin. Cam dashed in and started to slash at Karpstin then jump out of the way as Dustin quickly slams his Lion Hammer at the ground. The slamming of the yellow ranger's hammer launched the carp into air where Tori changes her sword into blaster mode and shoots at it. Then Shane jumps into the air and slashes down right at the monster and sends it flying into the ground.
As Karpstin stands up, Hunter and Blake comes running at him with their thunder staffs powered up.
"Thunder staff, full power!" and both slashes at the monster.
Then Kaze comes running in with his blade staff above him, twirling it with both hands as it powers up into an energy disc.
"Storm Blade!" and Kaze launches it at Karpstin, which slashes right through him and flies back to the shogun ranger.
After those attacks the koi monster was badly damaged and the rangers quickly pulled out their weapons to form the Thunder Storm Cannon.
"Thunder Storm Cannon!" the rangers took aim and Shane pulled the trigger, "Fire!"
A blast of energy flew out and destroyed Karpstin.
On Lothor's ship...
"Those blasted rangers, time to make this guppy into shark. Scroll of Empowerment, descend!" and the magic scroll was activated.
The scroll unravelled itself and it super sized Karpstin.
"Whoa! Its zord time." called Shane.
Then more Kelzaks appeared around them as the zords were called.
"You guys go ahead, we'll take care of these guys." said Cam as he referred to himself and Kaze.
The rangers nodded and jumped into their zords and form the Storm and Thunder megazords while Cam and Kaze battle the new set of Kelzaks.
Karpstin walked forward and quickly launched out its large silver fish scales again and they flew through the air and hit the megazords.
"Locked and dropped. Ram Hammer! Turtle Mace!" called out those two, they formed the Ram Crusher.
With quick movements of its megazords hand, they slammed the Ram Crusher at Karpstin but didn't do much damage.
"Locked and dropped. Spin Blade!" the Thunder megazord's pinwheel weapon was called out and it was attached to the navy antler zord horns.
The Thunder megazord quickly powered up and slashed at the monster hitting him. Karpstin just walked forward and started to attack the two megazords with its staff multiple times.
"Blizzard Storm!" and the Storm megazord fired its ice attack and forced the monster back away from them.
After he was pushed away to a fair distance, Karpstin launched out its metal fishes at the megazords and they were hit.
"Dudes! This isn't going anywhere!" stated Hunter.
"Let use the Minizord." replied Shane.
"Locked and dropped." after inserting their power discs, the minizord was called out and quickly formed the Thunderstorm Megazord.
"You think that will knock me down!" and the monster ran at the new megazord and attacked it with its staff.
Of course not much happened and with its fist, the Thunderstorm megazord punched Karpstin away from it.
"Fish sticks anyone? Lion Blaster Activate!" called out Shane.
The Thunderstorm Megazord, launched out its attack and destroyed the metal fish.
Down with Cam and Kaze, they had got rid of most of the Kelzaks and now the white ranger has his weapons out and formed his blaster.
"Trinity Cross Shooter! Fire!" and energy attack from the blaster destroyed the rest of the Kelzaks.
Back at Ops...
The rangers were back from the battle with Karpstin and they were standing around Kaze and Hunter was behind him with his arms around his waist.
"Good thing you were there or we would never defeated that fish monster so easily." said Blake.
"Yeah and now being a part of the power rangers, how do you feel?" asked Shane as if it was an interview.
"It was okay." Kaze said plainly.
"That's it? Okay?"
"What do you expect me to say? It was exotically thrilling?" joked the storm ninja.
"So Kaze, are there anything else you want to tell us?" asked Tori.
"Like what?"
"Like are there anymore rangers perhaps? Dude." stated Dustin.
"Maybe and maybe not. That's for me to know and you guys to find out."
"Oh come on bro, tell us." begged the earth ninja.
"Yeah we want to know." added Hunter.
"We don't want anymore surprise rangers showing up." added Cam.
"Sorry, no can do."
And the rangers kept on asking Kaze but he doesn't answer their questions.
There you go, another chapter. As always read and review!