Theme Challenge: Conner and Kira
Series Presented By: Pink-Green-White-4ever
Challenge: Green Eyed Monster
Last Revised: February 19, 2006
Summary: Oh the difference a couple hours makes…
Disclaimer: I don't own them, wish I did.
Genre: Romance
Rating: T, for now
Ship: Conner/Kira
An: Done in response to the Ars Amatoria's Ranger Romance Themes Challenge. Yes, I know these two weren't a Canon Couple, but I liked them way too much to pass this up. The first 20 stories are set during Dino Thunder, the second 20 are after and will be mostly AU (I'm not gonna touch on the DT/SPD team up at all).
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Ethan's slinking away from me, while my anger is steaming off me. I so cannot believe Trent and that asshole White Ranger are one in the same. He's been playing us, especially Kira. I can forgive just about anything, but not what he's done to Kira. Her eyes are haunted. She looks hurt, betrayed, and yet hopeful. The fact that he has Kira thinking she can help him kills me. Of course, I didn't do much to help. I've been going non stop all afternoon about beating him at all costs.
"You're jealous," Ethan murmurs, finally working up the courage to get closer to me.
"No, Ethan, I'm pissed off," I grumble before sighing. "It's not fair. I've been here every stop of this with her and she ignores the hell out of me. He's been here this year, tried to kill us for world domination, and she's worried about helping him."
I see Ethan nod. "If you just told her…"
"She wouldn't listen," I hiss at him. "I'm just one of her friends, remember?" I remind him before I take off out of the lair's cave entrance.
I'm mad; beyond mad. I'm also hurt. She looks at him with stars and hearts in her eyes and looks at me in exasperation and annoyance. I love her, he doesn't. If he loved her, he wouldn't have done this to her.
Even as I'm raging, I'm taking my mood out on the foliage around me. I can't help but be surprised when the tree I just kicked snaps in half. 'Ok, not good' I think before I drop down and sit on the ground.
I rest my elbows on my knees and bury my face in my hands. This is so stupid. No girl has ever gotten me this messed up before, and I'm not sure I like the feeling. "Conner."
I shake my head. I really don't want to talk to her, because I know I'll be tempted to shake some sense into her. "Go away, Kira. I don't want to talk."
"Conner."
I feel her sit next to me, our shoulders brushing lightly. "Kira, now's not a good time."
"I'm scared."
And my defenses are shot to hell the second those words escape her mouth. Looking up, I see her staring at her bracelet. "Kira."
"I'm scared for him, and what this is doing to him, but I'm mostly scared for us. He knows who we are, and that's an advantage for him."
The tremor in Kira's voice shakes me to the core. Carefully, I wrap an arm around her, so that she has to lean her head against my shoulder. I feel her stiffen momentarily in surprise before she wraps her arms around my waist, burying her face against my shoulder. "Kira, we've been through a lot of weird and dangerous things the last couple of months. If there's anything I've learned, it's that when we work together, nothing's impossible for us. This is not a hopeless fight."
I feel her tremble and sigh. She knows I'm being truthful, and we both know it's what she needs to hear. Swallowing my anger, I decide to make one statement I know is going to come back to haunt me.
"We're going to help him until we run out of options, ok?"
"Thank you."
I lean my head against hers and we simply sit in silence, accepting the situation for what it is.