Dustin, Tori, and Shane were sparring off against each other in a training session. Blake, Hunter, and Cam were readying themselves for a training session. Tsukasa was in the corner, feeling very left out.

Dustin was thrown into a wall by Tori, who then tackled Shane to a wall, then used him as a sheild from Dustin's kicks. She swung Shane's body around and shoved them both back, causing a small commosion between the two. Sensei stood up and tapped his stick a few times.

"That is good enough for now. Blake, Hunter, Cammeron, you may begin now." He sat back down.

Cam took one corner, Blake in the other. Hunter went to the center and bowed to each before he got into a fighting stance. Cam and Blake immitated, but made their own stances. Tsukasa made a soft scoff that didn't escape Hunter attention. She had hidden her face when he looked. That gave an opening to Blake, who was at Hunter's back.

With a charge forward, he lunged at his brother and tackled him to the ground, but missed. Hunter had ducked under him and kicked him in the gut, causing Cam's round-house kick smack him in the chest. Hunter rolled out of the way of the jack-knife kick, which missed him by a hair.

Another scoff.

This time, Blake wasn't able to block when he'd stared at Tsukasa, who was peeking up from over her arm. Cam had Blake in a choke hold, causing him to start trying to scratch Cam's face. Hunter did a flying kick and knocked the wind out of Blake and Cam. He stood over them, his breath coming a little short.

Another scoff.

"What!" Hunter asked. "You think you could do any better?" He glared at her as he helped his brother and Cam up.

She stared him down. Hunter stared hard back. She got up and dusted herself off. She marched into the middle of the arena, where Hunter stood. With one hand, she slammed it hard into his gut, winding him hard enough to make him coil to the ground. She stared down at him. "hai. I can do better than what you did." She jumped up and was able to cling to the beamless ceiling, away from Cam's protruding punch. "nani?"

"Hey! How'd you do that!" Cam demanded.

She came down, her body shapped in that of an attacking crane, and she brought Cam down with one swift movement. Her legs came back and gripped around Tori neck and she bent herself so Tori went from standing behind her to laying flat on her back so that she was facing the top of Tori's head. She let go of Cam and stood up straigh, her feet still around Tori neck. Blake charged and Tori grabbed her legs. Tsukasa next move impressed even sensei

She spun in a graceful arc that resulted in Tori flying in the way of Blake's round-house kick, which he tried to stop and the two of them tumbled to the ground, and at the same time, while still in mid air, she swung her body around and smashed one foot into Shane's chest, and the other in Dustin's.

They were all down for the count and Tsukasa wasn't even swetting. She was simply standing back in the middle. "machigai. You could have been more alert. Anyone can be an enemy. Here." She helped them up. She marched back to her corner and plopped down, facing the wall, this time. She made a soft sigh and lay down on the floor, the other still watching her.

"Dude, we just got our butts handed to us from a skinny girl!" Dustin wasn't happy. "I mean, like, where'd she learn those moves? And why isn't she a Ranger!"

"iie." She was staring at the ceiling.

"Eh!" Blake looked at Cam. "What'd she just say?"

"I said 'no', as in not gonna happen, as in my father forbade me, as in I'm not allowed to, as in never, ever, ever gonna happen, as in no one will let me, as in it's gonna kill me." She rolled onto her stomache and stared at them. "If I do become a Ranger, it'll be a one time use because I'm never allowed near a morpher. This, however-" she pulled out a circular shaped medallion made of the purest white marble ever "-is the onlything that'll take me back to my time or make a morpher. My dad says that whoever uses the Black Lightning-Sound Ranger has to have the strength to weild their own megazord, weapons, and also able to hold their own in a fight." She tucked it back into her pocket, where she kept it. "Besides, I kinda felt left out when you were sparring, so I made a point." She pointed her finger at Shane and Blake. "Girls can fight, and it can hurt when a woman's wrath has you on the short end of it. So I wouldn't tick Tori off, that's for sure."

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Hunter and Blake were heading to Storm Chargers to pick up the gang when they passed a fancy resturant and heard a clang and yelling following it. They looked and saw Tsukasa being scolded by a customer.

With eyes like steel plates, Tsukasa simply ignored him and picked up the trey. They heard one of the workers say that that rich guy deserved a good smack across the face. He got all kinds of treatments here, he was feared by most waitresses, but Tsukasa must have been braver than the last. One reason for this is what she did when he shoved her back down.

She stood up straight, turned around with the metal trey and smashed it over his head, a metal clang echoing in the now silent outdoor resturant. He stood up and stared down at her.

"How dare you!" he practically yelled, pointing a finger at her.

"How dare you!" she shot back.

"You shouldn't touch the customers this way!"

"You should keep your hands to yourself, you perv!"

"You are going to be fired! I'll see to it!"

"Be my guest! Most of the workers will agree with me!"

"I don't care what they think!"

"I do! I work with them! Do you even know what you've done to this place!"

"Who cares!"

"I do!"

"Do I look like I care what you think!"

"You will! Now sit down and don't say another word!"

"I will not sit in that chair anymore! I want a new one!"

Since Tsukasa had turned her back, the moment she wheeled around, her eyes were fires and she smashed the trey harder on his face and forced him into the chair. "YOU will STAY in this CHAIR until I say you can leave! I don't CARE if you have OTHER places to be! You inisit on keeping ME from things I want to do! Now sit and shut up!" She smacked him hard enough with her hand that he collapsed into the chair. "Don't say ONE word, or I will PERSONALLY come and cut your TOUNGE out of your mouth! Do you hear me, baka!"

Hunter and Blake looked at each other. They'd been past here long enough to know when someone didn't follow Mr. Greene's orders, they were fired. When they were yelled at, they crumbled. When they stood up to him, they were usually to scared to finish an argument, and Mr. Greene was as tough as nails, but Tsukasa was tougher, apparently, because he stayed put, his mouth sealed as shut as a tomb as she stormed away.

Applause broke out as Tsukasa stood up with the first mess she'd made of the milkshakes and ice creams. She blinked at them and then a smile broke over her lips when she saw Hunter waving at her. She waved back and bowed to the applause.

"-she's really tough!" Blake was saying as he and Hunter finally came into Storm Chargers.

"She scared the living daylights outta him. Hey." Hunter nodded to Dustin and Shane.

"Who?" Tori asked, coming out from behind the counter.

"Tsukasa. Do you remember Mr. Greene?" Blake asked.

"Oh, do I ever!" Kelly said.

"Tsukasa just gave him a verbal beating, man!" Hunter said. "She scared him half to death when she started arguing with him. You said he was as tough as nails?"

"Yes, I did." Kelly leaned on the counter. "And? What'd she do?"

"She took those metal trays they got up there at Outside Inn resturant to the guys head a couple a times," Hunter said. "She's got nerves of steel that woman! She argued with him and she won the argument and intimidated him pretty quickly. It was like nerves of steel vs. tough as nails, looks like steel won."

The door tinkled open and there stood Tsukasa, a look of exasperation on her face. "I do not see how he is so frightening." She crossed her arms. "I am done now. I left him there, to teach him a lesson."

Hunter smiled a little. He followed Tsukasa to a corner of the store where the couches were. Tsukasa was leaning back against the soft cushions. "Hey. I heard about the argument with Mr. Greene."

Tsukasa peeked out of one eye. "arigato, Hunter. Oh!" She covered her mouth. "I mean thank you." She tipped her head slightly as he sat down beside her. "What is the matter?"

"You are pretty tough fora girl, ya know?" Hunter said.

"Eh?" She stared at him.

"Standing up to him like that."

"arigato." She made room for him on the couch. "Can I talk to you?"

Blake and Shane watched Hunter seat himself next to her. Tori's jaw dropped. Cam and Dustin's mouths fell open slightly and Kelly laughed lightly. Hunter was definately getting along pretty well with Tsukasa.