Valentine's Day Blind Date

by Supergal2005

Jason is tired of his best friends silence, so he decides to set them up on a blind date, but will it work out the way he plans or will it blow up in his face, mainly TommyKim, JasonKat, more pairs inside

3. V Day

Title: Valentine's Day Blind Date
Author: Supergal2005
Show: Power Rangers
Rating: M
Chapters: ?
Multipart: Depends
Time: During Dino Thunder
Couple(s): Mainly Tommy/Kimberly, mentions: Jason/Kat, Billy/Trini, Zack/Angela, Rocky/Aisha, Tanya/Adam, Trent/Kira, Justin/new character
Disclaimer: Saban and Disney own Power Rangers
Disclaimer 2: I own everything else, including characters, other planets, the plot, etc.

Chapter 4 (V-Day)

1:00pm., February 14, Reefside, CA, Dr. O's House

Tommy is pacing back and forth in his living room. He is wearing a black tuxedo with a silvery white tie. He bought a dozen white roses and a dozen pink roses; the florist claimed that those were the only two colors left. So here he is waiting for Jas to show up, half-tempted to disappear off the face of the planet, but knowing Jas would still be able to him just the same.

Knock. Knock

Tommy glances at the clock on his VCR, 1:05pm, then at his watch on his wrist, 1:05pm. "Jas is early!"

Knock. Knock.

"Yeah, I'm coming!" Tommy opens his front door and instead of a man dressed in Red, which he was expecting, there is a group of people. A teen in a Red dress-up shirt and tan pants with his hair styled, a teen in Blue formal sweater and black pants, a teen in White formal wear, gelled hair with a teen in a Yellow sundress and hair curled and pulled up clinging to his arm, and a woman in business suit with her hair curled stand in his doorstep.

"I thought I said, 'No practice today'!" The Black mentor commands.

"Dude, would we come here dressed like this if we wanted to practice?" Conner commends.

"Conner, what have I said about calling me 'Dude'? So what are you doing here?"

"We were worried about you, Dr. O! You weren't yourself yesterday. We just wanted to make sure you were all right, so we went to talk to Hayley to ask if she knew why you were acting like you were. She told us that we have to talk to you." Kira explains.

"It is a long story, which I am not going to explain." The teens sigh in disappointment.

"What is with the monkey suit, Dr. O?" Ethan asks.

"Jas, an old friend of mine, set me up on a blind date that I don't want to go on."

"Then why go and dressed like that?" Trent questions.

"Two reasons: if I don't go, Jas will kick my ass and tease or bug me until I die. If I have to go, I might as well make it as pleasant for the lady as possible. Hence the monkey suit!"

"So you charming personality isn't enough?" Ethan dares to ask.

"Not today! I afraid she may wish she never agreed to go on this date!"

"She already does!" A new voice states.

"Jas"

"The one and only, Bro, you look nice. Is it safe for the others to come in?"

"I guess . . . other?"

"Yeah, Kat, Billy, and Trini. We are meeting the rest after we pick up your date." Jason motions for the groups in the limo to come in.

Kat, Trini, and Billy step into Tommy's house. Jason and Billy are tuxedos; Jason with a Red tie and Billy a Blue one. Kat is wearing a tight Pink knee-length dress with Red roses all over. Trini is wearing a Yellow spaghetti-strap dress that flares at the waist and goes to her ankles.

"You, two, look lovely as ever. I wasn't expecting Billy and Trini." Tommy states.

"Well, I thought I might need Trini's help." Jason explains.

"With what?" Tommy questions.

"So are you going to introduce us or are we just going to ponder who the rookies are?" Jas pretends not to hear Tommy's question.

Tommy, knowing that he isn't going to get an answer introduces his current team to part of his old team. "This is Conner McKnight, Red; Ethan James, Blue; Kira Ford, Yellow; Trent Fernandez, White; and Hayley Ellis; Tech Adviser. Team, this is Jason Lee Scott, First Red (Jas bows); Katherine 'Kat' Hillard-Scott, Mightin' Morphin' II, Zeo, and Turbo Pink (Kat curtsies); Dr. William 'Billy' Cranston, First Blue and Ninjette Wolf (Billy bows); and Trini, whose first name is unpronounceable, Kwan-Cranston, First Yellow (Trini bows)."

"Hey, why don't you come with us?" Jason poses, "I mean, you will get to meet the others."

"No, Jas, I am sure they have other plans!" Tommy states.

Not catching his drift, the four teens scream, "Yes" "Love to" "Cool" "Really?"

"Hayley, you can come too?" Jason presents.

"No, that's ok…"

"Please Hayley," Tommy begs, "Don't let me face this alone?"

"Okay"

"Alright, to the limo, we still have one more to pick-up." Jason commands.

Tommy grabs the roses, Jason notices the colors and remarks, "Interesting color choices!"

"They were the only colors left, Jas. Don't read anything into it.!"

"Right!"

3:30pm, LA, Kim's and Daniel's Apartment

Kim is pacing back and forth in their living room in front of the couch, which Daniel is sitting on with a bemused look on his face. Kim is wearing low v-cut white dress that flares at her waist and goes past her ankles with pink roses all over the fabric; her long caramel hair has been curls and pulled up in loose bun. Daniel thoughts are that it is a perfect dress for Kim to wear for Tommy. Knowing Kim's past as a Ranger and knowing that Tommy was the Green, White, then Red Rangers, but their best times were when he was white, the white dress was the obvious choice. Tommy would be shocked and maybe a little, Hell-hoping a lot, turned on by seeing his Kim in His color.

Even though it took Kim four years to tell Daniel about her past as Ranger, he knew after two. When she took down a guy more than double her size, he started investigating more about his sweet, little Kim. He knew she was from Angel Grove and about when she left Angel Grove for Florida. One day, some of their friends were watching old battles of the Power Rangers, he noticed the fighting style of the Pink Ranger was very familiar to Kim's, and then he noticed how the style change around the time Kim left Angel Grove. He never questioned her about it; he waited until she was ready to tell him. She was shocked when he told her that he had already guessed that she was the Pink Ranger. She confided in him, telling him things that she had kept hidden or secret for years, but he also knew there were still things that she could never tell him. He figured she only would tell one person, the one person she hasn't spoken to in eight years, so he agreed with Jason to make her go on this blind date.

"Man, what is taking him so long?" Kim snaps Daniel out of his thoughts, "This is like slow torture!"

"Sweetie, you still have fifteen more minutes until four." Daniel reassures.

"Is there no way out of this?"

Daniel shakes his head, 'No'.

"Can't we run away?"

"No"

"He will never find us!"

"Yes, he will. I personally don't want to piss off a former Leader of the Rangers. You forgot, I have seen him fight, I wouldn't stand a chance!"

"Coward!"

"Chicken!"

"Wussy!"

"Fashion retard!"

"Low Blow!"

"Well, I'm not the one who wears only one color! You really should consider the other colors."

"What can I say? We, Rangers, tend to stick to our colors, besides I like Pink!"

"I know, Sweetie!"

Knock, Knock.

3:50pm, LA, Outside Kim's Apartment Building

"Trini and I will go up and get your date, Tommy! We will be back shortly; just wait by the limo." Jason commands. Trini and he enter the building and head to Kim's floor.

"So do you think she will be ready?" Trini doubts.

"If Daniel had anything to say about it, then yes, she will be ready. He is probably coming with us."

"Does he know about us?"

"Yeah, Kim told him a few years ago, but he already figured it out before she said anything."

Knock. Knock.

"Coming!" Kim opens the door, "It is only you! Why did you bring Trini with you?"

"In case, I need to get you dress, which by the way, nice choice Daniel." Jason calmly states.

"Thanks!"

"Hey! He can't take all the credit!" Kim yells.

"You are right. You ready?"

"I guess. To my doom, I go!"

"Quit being overly dramatic!"

"Says you, you are not the one going on a BLIND DATE. You know who your date is! You know there is a reason I avoid dating today!"

"Yeah! Yeah! Just get moving!" The foursome head down the stairs to the lobby; Jason leading, Trini behind him, with Daniel pulling Kim behind him.

They step outside to the waiting crowd. Billy and Kat slither away from Tommy, in hopes of avoiding his and Kim's rage. Tommy glances at them before noticing that Jason and Trini have return. Forgetting his friends' sudden movement, he stands up straighter and holds the flowers upright, ready to give them to the mystery woman. Trini and Jason step out of his view and retreat towards their lovers. Tommy sees a 5' 10" dark hair man in a light blue formal wear, dragging a 5' 3" caramel hair woman in a White/Pink dress.

The man says, "Stop dragging your feet. You are going to ruin my perfectly designed shoes!"

The woman replies, "Sure, this is all about you and your DAMN SHOES! YOU, EGOMANIC!"

"Chicken!"

"Wimp!"

"Coward!"

"Limp Di…"

"We don't have time for our little spat!" Turning and noticing his audience, he rationalizes, "Sorry, the princess is a little grumpy!"

Daniel runs behind Jason; both Tommy's and Kim's eye follow him until they finally decide to see who their blind date is. Tommy drops the roses and Kim drops her purse.

"Kim!" "Tommy!"

They turn towards Jason; Tommy's eyes are glowing Green and Kim's Pink. "JASON LEE SCOTT, HOW COULD YOU!" "YOU ARE SO DEAD!"

They turn back to each other, and both say, "YOU DIDN'T KNOW!"

"NO!"

Kim turns to head back to her apartment, forgetting that she didn't have her keys in purse, or her purse for that matter. "DANIEL, KEYS NOW!"

"Nope"

"You don't want me to kill you 'cause I will and plead insanity!"

"Don't care. I am not going to give you the keys!"

"Fine, I will just sit out here until you all come back!"

"We won't be back until late tomorrow." Jason informs.

"And with no cell phone to call anyone, you will be struck out here until then." Daniel adds.

"What happened to her cell phone?" Jason questions.

"After you hung up on her yesterday, she threw it against the wall and it smashed into like twenty pieces." Daniel explains.

"Really?" Jason is intrigued.

"Yes, really, by the way, you owe for a new phone!"

"I'm not the one who smashed it!"

"No, not directly, but you were the reason it got broken."

Conner is only one of the teens brave enough, or stupid enough, to interrupt, "What is going on? Who is she? Why are Dr. O and her mad to see each other? I thought we were meeting all of your old teammates?"

"It is a long, complicated story, one that is best not discussed in public." Jason explains. "Please, both of you, get in the limo."

They compile, picking up their forgotten items; the rest follow the two ex-lovers into the limo. Jason starts, "This Kimberly 'Kim' Ann Hart, first Pink and Ninjette Crane and her roommate, Daniel Brooks, fashion designer. He knows about our past, at least most of it . . ."

"You told him about your past!" Tommy scoffs.

"Yes, I did, but he already figured it out before I told him." Kim defends.

Jason informs who the teens and Hayley are.

"As I remember there is another one! Black, right?" Kim questions.

"Yes . . ." Jason starts.

"Well, where is he?"

"Kim, did you ever notice something familiar about Black's fighting style?" Billy leads.

"Yes, old style like . . ." Kim turns towards Tommy, "You?"

He nods.

"How many colors are you going to wear? Which one is next? Pink?"

"Never!"

"ENOUGH! The next time either one of you argue, I will make you kiss each other!" Jason orders.

"But . . ." "You can't . . ."

"No Buts! And yes I can! Now, where was I?" Jason ponders.

"You were going to explain why they don't like each other." Conner points out.

"Right, you know about Ranger history, right?"

The teens nod.

"You know that Tommy was the Green Ranger, the White, and then Red, before he passed the Powers on to T.J."

Again the teens nod.

"Well, Billy, Trini, Kim, me, and Zack, you'll meet him later, were the first Rangers until Rita wanted a Ranger of her own and gave Tommy the Evil Green Ranger's Power, but before that happened, Tommy met me in a karate match, where we tied. This is the first time that Kim saw Tommy, Tri?"

"She said out and to no one in particular that she thought he was cute. Even though we were supposed to be studying, Kim was just watched Tommy spar with Jas, Jas?"

"Tommy didn't meet Kim until later that day, when Bulk and Skull . . ."

"Cassidy and Devon, only meaner and uglier." Tommy clarifies.

"Oh" The teens respond.

"Right, Bulk and Skull were bullying Kim; Tommy step in and stop them. Kim asked him to meet her and the rest of us at the Youth Center later because she got called away . . ."

"Only I never made it because Rita kidnapped me and made me her Evil Green Ranger. I did and said a lot of mean and evil things, especially to Kim and Jas . . ."

"We figured out that he was under as spell and Kim immediately forgave him for everything that happened and wanted to help him, turn him back to himself." Trini adds as Kim turns away and blushes.

"Jas destroy the sword that was making me Evil and I joined the team to make up for what I did . . ."

"Even though we told him that he had nothing to make-up for, but his Powers slowly faded and he went away on vacation with his parents. He came back with his Powers renewed and recharged. Kim was the only one that kept him from feeling guilty about everything that was happening. Then there was a school dance that some of us had dates for; Tommy went around and asked all of us what would Kim say if he was to ask her to the dance . . ." Billy continues.

"He told me that he'd rather face a thousand of Rita's monsters than have Kim say no . . ." Jason adds.

Kim turns to Tommy, "You did?"

Tommy blushes, "Yes"

"We all told him that she would say yes, which she did, but I heard that he stuttered through the whole thing. They continued seeing each other until Tommy's Powers faded for good and he left to 'find himself' . . ." Jason continues.

"Hey, I didn't know who I was without my Powers! I didn't know if K . . ." Tommy starts.

"Didn't know if K . . . what?" Kim grills.

"If you would love me without my Powers, if you could love Plain Tommy, not Ranger Tommy." Tommy says glumly.

"Oh, Tommy. I loved you before I knew you were a Ranger, before you became a Ranger. Being a Ranger was a bonus; it meant no secrets."

"Really?" Tommy says with hope returning to his heart.

"Yes"

"Anyways, Kim was totally depressed and moping. Shopping didn't even cure her . . ." Trini commences.

"I WAS NOT THAT BAD!"

"YES, YOU WERE! NOW LET ME CONTINUE! We found out that Zordon, our mentor, and Alpha, a robot technician, were creating a new Ranger, a Ranger that would become the new Leader of the Rangers. We tried to figure out who the new Ranger was going to be. We all, especially Kim, were hoping it would be Tommy, but we decided whoever it was Zordon choose him or her and we would stand by that decision. The time came for us to find out who the new Ranger was; Zordon called us to the Command Center. The White Ranger stood before us and removed his helmet; Kim fainted. We went to welcome Tommy back, but he noticed that Kim had fainted and knelt down and woke her up. It was (sob) so (sob) beautiful . . ." Trini takes the handkerchief that Billy offers her.

Kira is also sniffing, Trent offers her a tissue. Kat and Jason do the same. Even Hayley is holding back tears; Kim is the only female that is unaffected.

"Kim, Sweetie, you okay?" Daniel worries.

"Fine" Kim says coldly.

"Really? Then why did it just drop ten degrees in here; 'cause I remember you weeping the last time you recalled this memory."

"Well, that was over three years ago." Kim says, trying to be brave and not cry on Tommy's too-close shoulder, to have him wrap his strong, warm, caring arms around her. The limo stops at the Youth Center. "Jas, is this your idea of a romantic place to eat? Besides we can't speak openly in front of Ernie."

"Yes, we can. He knows. He figured it out years ago, but never said a thing, but he did suggest that we quit wearing our colors. It will be just us. Let's go in and continue our story." Jason explains.

They enter the Youth Center, which has been temporary decorated for the group in shades of White, Pink, Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, and Black with candles. The rest of the team is waiting for the fireworks. Jason starts, "Alright, introductions first and then we will continue. This is Ernie, the owner and long time friend; Zachary 'Zack' Taylor, first Black and his wife, Angela Taylor; Justin Stewart, Blue Turbo and his fiancé, Krista Smith; Dr. Adam Park, Black Morphin' II, Ninjette Frog, Green Zeo and Turbo I; Tanya Slogan-Park, Yellow Zeo and Turbo I; Dr. Aisha Campbell-DeSantos, Yellow Morphin' II and Ninjette Bear; and Rocky DeSantos, Red Morphin', Ninjette Ape and Blue Zeo. Guys and Gals, This is Conner McKnight, Red; Ethan James, Blue; Kira Ford, Yellow; Trent Fernandez, White; Hayley Ellis, Tech Advisor; and Daniel Brooks, Kim's roommate and fashion designer. We were telling the teens why Kim and Tommy seem to hate each other; we stop at Kim fainting after finding out about the White Ranger's identify."

"Yeah, that was a beautiful moment!" Zack inputs.

"Anyways, Jas, Tri, and Zack left for the Peace Conference, and Rocky, 'Sha, and Adam took over their Powers. Eventually Lord Zedd/Ivan Ooze destroyed our Powers and Zords; we had to find new Power, the Ninjette Powers . . ." Kim continues.

"Then Rita wanted to rid herself and Zedd of Tommy and Kim, so she turned me Evil and made me steal Kim's Power Coin . . ."

"Like your Dino Gems" Tommy enlightens.

"Yeah, well (sob) it (sob) hurt (long sob) Kim (sob) really bad . . ." Not able to continue, Kat seeks comfort from Jason.

"It was bad. One of my worse experiences, then Zedd kidnapped me and drained me of my Powers, which was the worst. It took Tommy hours to get to me; it hurt so much. It felt like my heart, my soul, and my animal spirit were being ripped from my body. When I thought it couldn't get any worse, it did." With tears flowing down her face, Kim continues. "Zordon said that if Tommy didn't (sob) didn't get me (sob) when he (sob) did (weep) I (weep) I would (cry) have (bawl) . . ."

"Died," Tommy completes, whose face is flooding with tears. "I disobeyed a direct order from Zordon and a Ranger Rule, Never Compel a Battle. But it didn't matter; all that matter was getting Kim back. She was glowing Pink because the Powers in her were unstable. When Zordon told us that she could die, I nearly die right there. We eventually got Kim's Power Coin back and she returned to normal. A coach from the Pan Globes saw Kim perform and offered her a spot on the team, but she would have to go to Florida. Before she decided, she fell off the balance beam and hit her head . . ."

"I broke free of Rita's spell and called for help and got Kim to the hospital." Kat adds.

"Tommy told me that if Kat had not act as quickly as she did, Kim could have died . . ." Jason interposes.

"I didn't know that!" Kim states.

"Whoops!"

"Nevertheless, we encouraged Kim to follow her dream and train with the coach . . ." Tommy continues.

"Tommy said that putting Kim on that plane to Florida hurt him more than any monster could . . ." Jason imparts.

"Really?" Kim questions Tommy.

"Yes"

"Why didn't you tell me that?"

"Because I wanted you to be happy!"

"But I was happy with you. I only went because you all seem so intent on me following my childhood dream and I didn't want to disappoint you or the team."

"You could never disappoint me." Tommy starts the story again, "Kat became the new Pink Ranger."

"But none of this explains why they acted like they hated each other. This only explains why they should still be in love with each other." Conner points out.

"We are getting there, but you need to know everything that lead up to this moment. On February 14, Kim's Birthday and Valentine's Day, Tommy received a letter from Kim. It was sent here; Ernie handed it to Tommy, and Tommy handed it to me to read out loud. It was a 'Dear John' letter; it basically stated that Kim found someone new and went into detail about him. I stop reading it and told Tommy that he should read the rest of it himself, but he continued to read it out loud . . ." Adam begins to explain.

"That is not what happened! Tommy sent me a letter stating that he had fallen in love with Kat that she was my replacement in every way!"

"I never sent a letter stating that!"

"Well, I never sent a letter stating that I had met someone knew!"

Kim pulls a worn, folded, and torn piece of a paper from the secret compartment in her purse. Tommy plucks out a similar looking piece of paper from the secret pocket in his wallet. They switch the Letters.

"This looks like my handwriting, but something is off." Kim states.

"Mine, too. I would never any of this."

"Me, either."

"Okay, if you didn't write that Letter and I didn't write this Letter, then who did?" Tommy ponders.

"Guys, I remember Rita saying something about a back-up plan, in case turning me Evil didn't work. I just never thought . . ." Kat clarifies.

"But Mondo was on the moon at this time . . ."

"Yes, what a better time to tear apart the strongest Ranger couple, then when there were two villains and the couple were mile apart . . ." Kat points out.

"But you did go out with Kat, right?" Kim wonders.

"Yes, months after The Letter, but after the Murianthias incident, we both realize that we loved other people. Her-Jas and me-you . . ."

"Yeah, you should have seen him, all logic went out the window. The moment he saw that you were in danger, all he could think about was saving you at any cost. I mean, he took off his God Damn helmet to reach you . . ." Kat tells.

"But I saw you two hugging after the tournament . . ." Kim persists, not willing to believe that after all these years her fears and doubts were unsubstantiated.

"It was a good luck hug; she was going to tell Jas how she felt and I was going to tell you the same and beat up the other guy for even thinking that you were available, but . . ."

"I left before you had a chance."