a/n: sorry for da wait. someone wanted to know why cam and hunter got along well with tsukasa (leaving name unknown for reasons unknown to me, heh) and i'll try to explain that in this chapter... if it ever comes out.

Tsukasa stood just outside the dirt-bike track, her arms folded across her chest, her pale skin reflecting off into the beautiful blue sky and it's dazzling sun, her hair gleaming slightly, her eyes hidden behind reflective shades, and a smile quircked over her face. She was wearing a loose white shirt with blue jeans that had torn hems and a hole over her right knee. She looked like a tomboy, with her baseball cap and loose cloths.

She walked up to Hunter and Blake, straight though a crowd of boys, who whistled at her. She stopped short of the blue van and watched them packing their gear into the back. She sighed and shook her head. Again, she quirked a smile off her lips before turning around and coming face-to-face with one of the boys. He was a bit muscular and had a fiery look in his hazel eyes.

"Hey, cutie." He leaned down a little and came right up to her face.

She stared at him for a moment then made a slight frown. "Can I help you?"

Blake and Dustin watched as she slowly began to take a step back. Hunter looked ready to kill this dude. Cam just shook his head and continued what he was doing.

"Yes, you sure can. I'm Jake. Would you like to hang with me for a little while? You know, just go see a movie, go talk with some 'a my friends? Get away from the looser squad?" Jake was coming ever closer to her.

"No thank you." Tsukasa was turning around when Jake grabbed her arm. "Let me go." She twisted her arm back and forth, to no avail.

Two of the boys from the group behind Jake came up and started to hold her still. Jake took hold of her hips. "C'mon, cutie. It won't be that bad."

"I said let me go!" Tsukasa thrashed about, her shades slipping off her nose and her hat falling back, behind her. She kept wriggling under the grasp of the two boys, but wasn't able to break free. "Let go of me!"

"Not a chance! You are such a cute Asian chick, I don't think I'll let you go."

Out of no where, Shane's fist hit Jake in the jaw. Shane shook his head. "No one messes with my friends."

Tsukasa kept trying to get free, but the boys wouldn't let go. Cam poked Hunter. "Go save her. It's a damsel in distress moment. And everyone knows you like her. Be the knight for once, Hunter. Look, she's having a bit of a spot."

Hunter didn't take a second thought, he just charged and managed to get Tsukasa free. She fell into his arms and a flush ran up both their faces, but only lasted a moment before Lothor appeared. Tsukasa quickly got out of the way as the Ranger's lined up to morph. She quickly hid behind the van, her hand over her chest pocket where the amulet lay. She heard them morph.

"Ninja Storm! Ranger form! Ha!" Tori, Shane, and Dustin cried in unison.

"Thunder Storm! Ranger form! Ha!" Hunter and Blake chourused.

"Samurai Storm! Ranger form! Ha!" Came Cam's voice.

She sighed. Everything would be ok now. She wouldn't have to morph. She breathed out a breath she hadn't even realized she'd been holding. She wouldn't have to fight this time, but she did have to get away, to which she looked for an escape.

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Whilst Tsukasa looked for her escape, Lothor was sending Kelzak after lonely Kelzak to fight the Rangers.

Hunter used his Thunder Staff to fight them off, Cam used his Samurai Saber, Tori used the Wind Ranger Sword, Dustin and Shane used their Wind Ranger Blasters, and Blake was using his Thunder Star.

They were slowly being drained of energy with each Kelzak they fought.

Cam looked up to see Lothor laughing at them. He felt helpless to fight it. Then, just as things seemed a little hopeless, there was a blinding flash of brilliant green light. Came turned to look and saw a time portal opening.

Out stepped a Green, Crimson, Navy, Blue, Yellow, and Red Ranger step out. They formed a formation that was similar to the one used by Alaxander the Great, leaders held their weapons out before them, and followers held their weapons at the ready. With a swing of his fist, the Navy Ranger sent a shower of sparks upon the Kelzaks, each spark exploding on contact.

"Cam!" Tori shoved Cam down as a Kelzak near him exploded. She just managed to jump out of the way in time. "Who are those people? And where'd they come from?"

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Tsukasa saw them, the Rangers. The generations of Rangers had come down to future meeting past. She smiled to herslef, but the smile quickly faded as she watched the past Rangers get thrown far away from their original standing-point. She ducked behind the van as Hunter came crashing down beside her. Unconsious as he was, she qickly dragged him out of sight. She felt for a pulse and there it was, vibrating strong and his breath was coming easy. She closed her eyes and felt a power inside of her when she touched his bare skin.

That was it.

The reason she couldn't leave. These two men held her stead-fast. The father she'd never met and the lover she'd never known. Two things she longed for in that dreary room of white, two things she would never have again. She closed her mind off until she found just them, just her and these two lights. And she found a pure Ranger hiding inside each light.

With one hand, she made a graceful arc to them and felt them seep into her. Hunter's light was tinted red and Cam's light was tinted green, each with their color. She brought them closer to her and felt a rush of happiness and sorrow as she absorbed what little protection they had offered.

BANG!

Her eyes shot open. No more running form Lothor, no more hidding the truth, no more lies. It was time to get facts, it was time to figure out the puzzle, and she knew just what it was that would help her. She laid Hunter down and found an easy path into the heart of the battlement and took a stand, her long-awaited stand as the only White Ninja Ranger of this generation. And her moth opened and one word came out--

"LOTHOR!"