Chapter 6, Conclusion.
Warnings: modified sexual content. Tried to tone it down. Go to my profile and follow one of the posted links if you want to read the original version.
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Located behind the Thunder Dojo a sprawling tumble of rock surrounded a hot spring, further secluded from the curious by untamed heavy foliage. The grotto was once a popular spot for the instructors and older students of the dojo, so much so it had been difficult to enjoy alone. Not so anymore. The heavy steam rising from the surface of the dark water was barely disturbed by the languid movements of its sole visitor. Watching from the crown of one of the taller boulders there were tantalizing glimpses of svelte golden limbs as teasing breezes swirled down, but the clouds of warm air never fully cleared to reveal the dark haired figure lazing across a partially submerged rock. The only detail that ruined the fantastical vision were the black swim trunks with their gold stripe hiding all the interesting bits.
"Didn't your mother warn you about what happens to pretty nymphs all alone?" Hunter called out from his overhead perch, voice briefly muffled by the shirt going over his head.
Alex laughed, appreciatively watching his love even as he stretched in a tempting ripple of wet, lean muscle. "How do you know I'm not a merman, here to tempt you to your doom?"
The answer gave the blond pause and he froze with his hands on the waistband of his shorts. "Where did you read about mermaids, the not Disney version?"
"Duh, from where I have learned all things aquatic."
"Hunh. Tori." The shorts joined sandals and shirt, Hunter wearing nothing else beneath.
"Not just a pretty face, you know," Alex called, rolling his eyes.
"You or Tori?" His boyfriend laughed and then cleanly dived into the pool twenty feet below with barely a splash.
"Shit, Hunter!" Not that his skill reassured Alex in any way. When he broke the surface a foot splashed near his head, kicking water into his face. "You didn't say we could dive here!"
Alex's foot dipped again, but Hunter caught his ankle and yanked him from his perch. With an outraged squawk the brunette tumbled into the water and his boyfriend's arms. "You can do it too, mermaid boy, but it's a small deep water target."
"Merman," Alex primly corrected, expression haughty and somewhat reminiscent of his former teammate until Hunter's digging fingers broke him into giggles. Grabbing at the blond's hands he tried to wiggle free, then changed tactics when that failed, throwing his arms about his boyfriend's neck and pitching them under the water.
"You are trying to drown me!" Hunter spluttered when they came back up. Laughing as he darted away Alex made for the diving rock, but didn't get far, Hunter lunging after him. "You're going down, merboy!"
They roughhoused the breadth of the pool, dissipating the clouds of steam and raising a tumult of laughter and shouting. When they finally exhausted themselves the two lithe ninja collapsed against the water warmed rocks. Laying on his back Alex stared up at the canopy of trees encircling the grotto, the sunlight beaming through small gaps between their entwined branches. It was beautiful and made Hunter's slicked back hair reflect golden when the larger youth rolled on top of him. Arms braced to either side of Alex's dark head Hunter stared down at him, chest still heaving from their play. For several minutes meridian blue eyes silently regarded deep topaz.
"Do you forgive me?" Hunter finally asked, the uncertainty in his voice revealing his conflict of emotion.
Alex stared up at him, fingers curling into fists against the moss covered rock. "For kidnapping me from my team and brainwashing me?"
"They didn't deserve you," the blond Ranger promptly responded. "Didn't love you the way I do."
Alex sighed, turning his face away. "I've chosen to stay with you, Hunter. To be your Alex. Isn't that enough?"
Stroking down his jaw Hunter caught his chin, drawing the stormy brown eyes back to his own. "You stay because you love me, but do you forgive me, baby?"
It hurt to say it, but did it hurt anymore to hear it? "No, Hunter. I don't. I know if you had it all to do over again you'd have done the same things. You don't regret anything you did, do you?"
"I would do anything to have you, yeah."
"Me, or the Yellow Ranger?" Alex snapped back.
"If the Wind Ninjas had had a dozen Yellow Rangers and you were just the janitor, I still would have stolen you. If you'd known nothing about Power Rangers at all and just been the cute little hottie on the track, you'd have been mine the first day we met."
"Yeah, and what if I'd thought you were just some arrogant jerk?" Alex challenged, denying the flush climbing his cheeks.
"You like me being an arrogant jerk," Hunter said confidently, leaning down to teasingly brush their lips together.
"Do not," Alex mumbled, tilting his head to follow his boyfriend's mouth.
"Yeah," Hunter chuckled, "you do. You like that I know what I want." A quick kiss to affirm it was Alex he wanted. "You like that I make sure everybody knows what's mine." A longer kiss.
"What you stole," Alex gasped when he was let up for air.
Hunter grinned, shaking his head. "Worked for Lothor, remember? I have never claimed to be a nice guy. Or even one of the good guys, so I'm not ever going to apologize for taking what should belong to me." Hunter was dead serious and Alex shivered to hear his words, unconsciously drawing the blond's warmth closer with the hand he curled about Hunter's nape.
"And if I had chosen to return to the Wind Ninjas?" he breathed against Hunter's mouth. "What would you have done?"
"Taken you back."
"Arrogant and conceited," the smaller ninja grumbled.
"Only about what matters," Hunter agreed, kissing his Gold Ranger, long and deep, hips undulating against the crotch trapped beneath his own. Alex moaned, pressing up into that maddening touch, hungry for so much more.
"Hunter," he gasped, reaching down to grab his boyfriend's ass and grinding them harder. "Hunter, please." Two hardening cocks rubbed against each other with only the thin barrier of Alex's swim trunks between, the boy beneath spreading and bending his legs to bring them closer still.
"You want me, Alex?" the blond husked, rearing back on one arm to reach between them and pull Alex's shorts down to free him into his calloused fist. Alex hissed and arched into the rough touch, tearing brown eyes squeezing closed. The rock was uncompromising beneath him, but he didn't care, thrusting into Hunter's confident grip. "Tell me what you want, Alex."
When the gasping brunette took too long to answer Hunter rubbed his thumb over the head of his lover's penis and then pressed down, hard. Alex cried out sharply, spine bowing, fingers clawing into the blond's shoulder. The pressure relented and Alex's eyes slit open, chest heaving from the intense wave of sensation Hunter had forced from him. He couldn't even say if it had been painful or pleasurable, it had taken him so suddenly.
"I want you all the way, Hunter," he said when he could find his voice, nails digging painfully into flesh. "No more games, I just want you to fuck me."
Hunter's eyes lit up, but still he hesitated. "Are you absolutely sure, baby?"
"Oh yeah," Alex whispered, wrapping his legs around the blond's waist. "You want to keep me? Then I want everything you've got."
"Everything, huh?" Hunter grinned goofily. Glancing around at their rocky surroundings he briefly frowned before his gaze went upward. "Back in a flash."
The Crimson Ranger streaked to the top of the boulder he'd earlier leapt from and Alex slowly sat up as he heard his boyfriend cursing. A familiar t-shirt came fluttering down and he shook his head, wiggling out of his own shorts. Was everyone sure he was supposed to be the goof? Rolling over onto his stomach on the moss heavy rock the Yellow Gold Ranger put his cheek to the warm earth, smiling at the welcoming thrum that traveled through him. Knowing now of his Child of Earth abilities his Gold powers were expanding them, complimenting and paralleling the nature of his Ranger essence. He could not only move through earth, but he could sense it, its deep peace and remote curiosity, and it could sense him. As another article of clothing floated down the damp moss and hard stone beneath him softened marginally. The stone really didn't understand why he wanted it to loosen, but it tried, and Alex grinned in triumph.
"Aha!" Seconds later the ground thumped softly behind him and Alex rolled over on one hip to laugh at Hunter's hungry expression, the blond brandishing a small tube and a foil packet in one hand.
"Over confident much?" Alex teased.
"Nah," Hunter dismissed, kneeling astride his hips to lean down to draw him into a toe curling, passion igniting kiss. "Just hopeful."
Alex had propped himself on one elbow to give as good as he got, his other arm roping Hunter's neck to keep him in place this time. His love didn't seem to mind, lightly running his fingers down Alex's arm, across his back and down to his bottom. Somehow when those clever fingers stroked his cleft they were slippery, but Alex could hardly be blamed for not paying attention with Hunter sucking on his neck that way. He whimpered a little when the blond left off with his throat, kissing his way down Alex's golden skin. An agile, too sexy lift and slide and Hunter was kneeling between his splayed legs, tonguing his navel.
"Hunter," the brunette gasped, "Please, Hunter, stop teasing."
"Like that?" the blond murmured, giving him one last nibble before re-directing himself to Alex's pebbled nipples. First one than the other he laved with voracious attention, slowly stirring his boyfriend back to writhing arousal while his fingers continued their preparations. It kinda hurt, but in such a good way that Alex had to cover his mouth to muffle the embarrassing little squeaking noises he was making.
"Hmm, tha ep," Alex managed, language center not quite firing on all cylinders. Not that Hunter seemed to mind.
Hunter laughed again and pulled his hand away. "Don't. I want to hear every sound you make." The fingers left and something significantly larger was pressing inside. Alex threw out a hand and Hunter managed to catch it while holding onto his hip with the other. He wanted up, he wanted to see and he gripped Hunter's shoulder as he arched up and down, a wail keening out of him as Hunter slid all the way up inside. "God, Alex, so damn tight," Hunter grunted, his hands squeezing Alex's slender body hard enough to guarantee a patina of bruises tomorrow. "So beautiful, baby."
"Hunnn . . ." There went his speech again. Alex wrapped his legs around Hunter's kneeling figure. Kisses rained over his face, his neck and shoulders, words of love and praise falling as heavily. Alex grunted with each thrust and mewled out a whimper of loss with each slow drag out. So embarrassing and he buried his face in Hunter's neck.
"Up and over," the blond grunted, shifting Alex onto his back and guiding his legs over his shoulders. Thank goodness for hours and hours of ninja training because Alex didn't feel the strain at all being folded practically in half. Alex shoved a hand into his mouth.
"Please," the brunette Ranger gasped when his boyfriend snatched up both of his wrists and held them over his head in his larger hand.
"I want to hear you scream, Alex," Hunter rasped, his other hand going to Alex's neglected arousal. At his gentle squeeze and stroke Alex did scream, long and loud. His vision whitened out as he jerked in liquefying pleasure, the very earth beneath him trembling in reaction. Distantly he felt Hunter moving inside, of warmth, but it all fell away.
Minutes or hours later, he couldn't say, he came back to the cradle of Hunter's arms, the Crimson Ranger breathing hard and clutching him tightly. "Ehmm," Alex hummed, forcing his leaden arms to circle Hunter's broad shoulders so he could snuggle closer. His body was aching in a few places he had never felt before, and he was going to be feeling them even more later, but right now, as cheesy as it sounded, he felt loved.
"Next time, we're doing this on a bed," Hunter declared. "You started to melt into the rock."
Well that explained his feet swaying in the air. Though he was still kneeling Hunter had him up in his arms bridal style, insuring not a toe touched the still bubbling stone behind them. "Sorry. Did you?"
A finger curled under his chin so Hunter could buss him. "Trust me, gorgeous, if I hadn't we would be in that bed right now. Just gave me a scare is all."
Alex smiled, impish and far too alluring. "Well then, don't you think we should make sure the bed is safe?" He even went so far to bat his eyelashes. "You know, for the sake of your nerves?" He stroked a finger down his own chest, thrilled to see Hunter's intense gaze zero in. "And we should test the tub, too, yeah? Wouldn't want to give you a scare in such an accident prone area."
"Can't have that," the blond purred, leaning in to start their dance all over again. "Can't have that at all."
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Alex blocked Hunter's fist, ducked, slid his weight to his opposite foot and executed a smooth backward flip that put him in place for the next sequence. In perfect rhythm Hunter and Blake were there to meet him, bodies moving in a swift dance of violence that allowed little room for error. The trio fought with complete control, without the intent to win, but rather to indulge in the exercising of their unity as teammates, brothers and lovers. In a tight circle of no more than twelve feet they vibrated the air with the force of their exchanges, the energy limitless as their Ranger power harmonized, flowing between them in an endless seeming loop of give and take, pivot and return.
"That was awesome," Cam said, clapping softly from where he crouched at the edge of the mat when they finally broke apart. "Do you guys realize you were breathing together?"
"It happens," Blake shrugged, lifting a hand to catch the water bottle Alex threw at the back of his head. Cam watched Hunter snag his boyfriend about the waist, reeling him close for a kiss. The two moved into each other with a grace Cam could only admire, a blush staining his cheeks. "Get a room, you pervs!" Blake shouted back at them, amused smile belying his words.
"Don't be mad that I won't share, baby brother," Hunter laughed.
Blake snorted. "I'll keep that in mind. Sooo, Cam, to change the subject, what do you think of the dojo?"
"Pretty cool," the Asian grinned, shaking his head at the brothers' antics, "thanks for letting me come." It seemed the brothers were unconcerned with Alex having two morphers, but maybe they hadn't yet realized that made the adorably goofy brunette the strongest and most powerful of them all. Not so long ago his father had said the greatest warriors were often those hardest to see. Not that Cam was going to point that out to them.
"Uh-huh. Alex said we should trust you with the whole computer know-how. And those Tsunami bikes you designed were sweet." The hint wasn't subtle in the least, but Cam had his own reasons for being there.
"Yeah, they are," Cam easily answered, absently fingering the bauble at his throat, "but I've been thinking of ways we could combine our Zords into a Megazord. Really take it to Lothor."
"Really? Hunter, stop molesting Alex and come listen to this," Blake called, brusquely waving his teammates over.
Cam smiled. The storm was coming.
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The End. Possibly. I debated on whether to end with the following scene. Ultimately, I decided it was redundant and a little confusing. I've attached it so you can decide which ending you prefer. It's intended as a flashback scene. The italics may not paste. Thanks to everyone who reviewed! This was a fun story to write!
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Dustin gasped, eyes popping open as he came back to himself, sprawled on the forest floor. A cool hand swept his hair off his forehead, drawing his attention to the teenager kneeling next to him. His chest hurt, his back felt like he'd been whipped, and his fingers and toes were tingling. For the first time in too long, however, he knew who he was, who he really was. Who the young Asian man sitting next to him was.
"Cam?"
"Hey, buddy. Here, let me help you sit up." With Cam's strong supporting arm Dustin sat up, rubbing at the back of his head.
"Thanks. What the hell happened? Last thing I remember was being late for practice."
Cam frowned, nervously rubbing the bauble that hung from his neck. "Near as we can put together, the Storm Rangers kidnapped and brainwashed you to become their Gold Ranger. Look at your wrists."
Doing as bid, Dustin blinked owlishly. "Dude, I've got two morphers!"
"Gold and Yellow. Dustin. Dustin, look at me. Hunter told Shane they took you to win the war against Lothor, to activate their Gold Ranger, but it's more than that. Hunter loves you." He smiled at the younger teen's dumbfounded look, ruffling his hair. "Yeah, you. The Thunder Rangers are out of control and we could really use them as an ally over an enemy. We can't wage a war on two fronts and Hunter and Blake are hotheaded enough to attack us and Lothor. Sensei fears they would do anything to win against Lothor and avenge their parents. He's been afraid for a while about what they would do without a balancing influence. Your alter ego, Alex, he provides that balance."
Dustin looked back at his wrists, then lifted his eyes to Cam's black ones. "What are you telling me, Cam?"
"That you get to make a choice, Dustin."
The End.