1Author: To everyone who keeps reviewing- Thanks a ton! And I know there are spelling and grammar mistakes everywhere but I honestly suck at proofreading, do not have Microsoft Word on this computer and my wonderful, fantastic Beta has been busy. But now she is getting the chappies sent to her and will edit them! Yay!

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Hunter opened the doors to the stables, heading past the stable hand and straight to his stallion, Glider. He smiled as Glider whinnied a hello and set about brushing him. "You know, there are plenty of eligible men and women who would love to go on a ride with you." Sighing Hunter turned to look down at his brother, who was leaning in the doorway to the stall.

"I know perfectly well what those harpies want to ride and it is not a horse." Hunter snapped, glowering at Blake as the other prince just continued to smirk at him. Blake had been pushing him toward marriage for a while, and ever since he met Tori and got engaged he had been pushing Hunter harder. It was as if he felt Hunter would be happier if he was getting laid which, well duh, but still!

"There isn't anything wrong with that." Blake said and smirked even more as Hunter glowered at him, the tense atmosphere setting Glider to shifting around. Taking a deep breath Hunter tried to calm down, an activity that should be easier since that workout and the meeting with the cute servant.

"Blake how would you react if you found out Tori only wanted a roll in the hay?" Hunter growled at his younger brother whose eyes flashed at the insult to his fiancée. "I'm not saying she does, I was there for all your bitching about how long it was taking you to woo her but imagine how I feel knowing that all they want is the Crown Prince and his male extremities instead of, you know, me." Blake nodded and the smirk soon disappeared from his face. "Now c'mon, we have had this discussion before. Grab Beetle and we can go riding together." Blake smiled at Hunter and the two of them saddled up.

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Back in the suite of rooms given to his Uncle and his entourage during their stay Cam was trying to fight off an increasingly painful headache. Having listened to Marah and Kapri natter on about how 'hot' and 'sexy' Crown Prince Hunter was for over an hour Cam felt that he might be overdue for a headache and apparently so did his Uncle. "Enough! I believe we can all agree that Prince Hunter is not incredibly gruesome but your constant chatter has given me a killer headache! Get out of the rooms and go do something productive!" Lothor shouted, towering with rage.

"Uhm, like what?" Marah asked dazedly, blinking at her father with large brown eyes. Lothor growled and nearly advanced angrily on the girl before taking a deep breath and calming down.

"Like perhaps stalking, I mean, flirting with him?" At the mention of flirting Marah and Kapri instantly perked up, giving their goodbyes to Lothor before flying out of the room. Cam let out a gust of air in relief, unable to stop his head from dropping forward or his shoulders from falling, it was just so nice to get rid of them even if it was only until their minuscule attention spans were depleted. The black haired young man stiffened however when a paternal hand was placed upon his head.

"They are such a handful aren't they? I am surprised you managed so long without screaming, Nephew." Cam stiffened beneath Lothor's hand and the dark ninja could see the boys inner battle. It was always so much done to do things like this to the boy since his reactions were always so amusing. Seeing Kanoi and Miko's son so degraded was always a source of entertainment for Lothor.

"Indeed they are Lord Lothor." Cam gritted out restraining himself from flinching away from the overly familiar touch. Lothor was always trying to find ways to provoke him, some worked and some did not but the man was always pushing.

"No need to be so standoffish Nephew! Why don't you go out and have some fun too, I am sure you can find something to do." And Lothor pushed him out the door, knowing full well the last thing the disinherited youth would want was to be out in an area where Wind Ninjas would be. After all, who would want your father's old students seeing you at such a lowly level?

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Duchess Tori was walking with her friends Count Waldo and Lord Shane while discussing her plans for the wedding. At least, that was the excuse she gave to hang out with Dustin and Shane so she could escape the numerous well-wishers and greedy suck ups that she was constantly surrounded by since she and Blake had announced their engagement. "So, how many of the Winds do you think will actually show up?" She asked Shane nervously. The dark skinned man shook his head and ran a hand through his hair.

"I don't think we can expect many. I mean, the Winds never really liked us that much, and all of them wondered just how we managed to graduate. Since the whole 'chosen to be Power Rangers' thing was top secret and all." Shane commented darkly. He had never liked the way they were treated by the academy, sure they might not have been the best of students at first but discriminating against them for that was just wrong. Even if they were late to class a lot of the time.

"Dude, like, what about Cam?" Dustin asked and was faced with incredulous looks on Tori and Shane's faces. "What?" He asked, backing up instinctively.

"Uh, hate to break it to you Dustin but Cameron Watanabe? The sensei's son? He never liked us remember?" Shane commented dryly. It was true, Cam had always seemed to look down on them. Shane did not know if he knew that the three of them had become Power Rangers but Cam always resented them the attention his father gave them.

"And he disappeared after his Father died, no one knows where he went. His uncle came though, Duke Lothor; he took over the Wind Academy after Sensei's death." Tori commented and she and Shane began talking about the recent changes to their old academy as Dustin lapsed into silence. They would probably assume that he just did not understand what they were talking about. Which was, well, true but still! Give the man some credit!

Dustin was actually thinking about Cam and what the others had said. Sure Cam had looked down on them a little, but he looked down on everyone! And his sarcasm was actually a way of showing just how comfortable he felt with people, though it usually drove people away. Cam had also been a big help to Dustin in his training, it was odd but for a guy who was self taught Cam was really, really good. The tutoring in ninja skills had all started off a few years ago just after he had become a ranger...

Dustin had been walking around the village, just minding his own business. He had just finished up his daily ninja training and felt he deserved some downtime. Plus there was this great pastry shop he had heard was opening up and he had wanted to visit it by himself before he took Tori and Shane there, because Tori would knock his unhealthy eating habits and Shane did not really like sweet things. He had been whistling to himself, walking past an alley when he heard the disturbance. Turning towards the fighting he began to walk quickly down the alleyway, he might not have been the best of ninjas but he was still a ninja and could help out whoever was getting beaten on.

When he reached the end of the alley he discovered his help was not really needed. The lone combatant was standing panting over several groaning bodies. "I told you to stop attacking me." The victor was standing holding a much larger man by the collar. "Tell whoever keeps hiring you that I am not planning on taking over the Academy!" And then the black haired man dropped the other and turned to face Dustin.

"Cam!"

After that he and Cam had both gone to the pastry shop, it turned out Cam had a sweet tooth hidden behind his sour cynicism. In payment for Dustin never to tell anyone the fact that he was regularly being attacked by thugs Dustin convinced him to help him with his ninja training. Of course having to ignore his sexy mentor and focus on training had really helped him develop his focus. Yep, that's right, the brunet Earth ninja had developed a crush on Cameron Watanabe and even if he had not seen the other man since Sensei Watanabe's death Dustin still nursed a small infatuation for Cam. Tuning back into Shane and Tori's conversation Dustin almost missed the swiftly disappearing figure in the corner of his vision. Turning his head he caught a flash of the person's back. 'Cam?'

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Cam cursed as he avoided any ninjas in the castle who might know who he was. It was not very hard since while the ninjas might know him they did not know him well and would never expect him to be wearing servants clothes. But it was avoiding Dustin which was the most difficult. After that near brush in the courtyard the Yellow Ranger had detached himself from Shane and Tori and started to track after the elusive figure of his former tutor. Cam was quickly running out of places to hide when the idea struck him to go back to the training room. It had been fairly empty this morning and the room did not seem to be used by many ninjas at the castle, the equipment was all very new looking. Changing his path Cam had nearly reached the training room when he ran into another person he was trying desperately to avoid, looking up into sparkling blue eyes Cam cursed and hoped that Marah and Kapri were nowhere around.

"Your highness." Cam stated calmly, bowing to the royal. Prince Hunter smiled at him and blocked his path when he tried to move past him.

"Ah, I still don't know your name." Hunter stated, his voice heavily colored with his amusement. He had not been expecting to meet up with this servant again today. It had to be fate.

Cam gritted his teeth and was about to give a rather sharp retort when Dustin's voice rang down the hallway. "Cam!" He shouted, and the next thing Cam heard was the pounding of the excitable man's feet.

"Cam?" Hunter asked, arching an eyebrow at the shorter man. Cam internally groaned, it was going to be a long day.

Ah! But now you have two handsome men chasing after you. Isn't that nice? I might just be able to work this into our plans...

Cam really wanted to hit his head against a wall, this was just the sort of complication that he didn't need.