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OK, thought I'd explain a bit now. Lothor had been destroyed… so this is set after Ninja Storm and Dino Thunder (as you'll find out later!) but all the rangers still have their powers. They just haven't used them for a while against either Lothor or Mesogog…

If you don't understand anything, feel free to ask!

Disclaimer: This is FICTION, hence the site. This is just something that has come from my twisted and warped mind. So please don't sue, as I have nothing to give you! I do not own the Power Rangers, (Well, in my dreams I do but I'd settle for just Hunter…) Oh, and the story title and some of the plot is from the song 'Electric Storm' by Delta Goodrem.

Pairings: Hunter/OC, Blake/Tori but mostly Hunter/OC.

Electric Storm

Chapter 3

One Month Later…

Hunter came out from the back of Storm Chargers and was met by the smiling faces of Shane and his brother. "What's up guys?"

"Not much, Have you finished work? Sensai wants us to go train and teach the students some more." Shane stated. He always hated training with Hunter. The rivalry between the two was so intense. They were both trying to be leaders and it obviously wasn't going to work. The Thunder and Wind Ninja schools had combined because Sensai had felt that one of the true means of a Ninja was to learn teamwork, and this was the bets way to achieve that.

Hunter nodded and he clocked out. The three of them left for the Ninja school and began to train.

Afterwards, they all returned to Storm Chargers and met up with Shamara. She smiled at Hunter and he nodded, acknowledging her. He sat down next to Dustin and they began talking.

That evening…

For the past month and half, the two teenagers had met religiously every night at 8pm in the same spot. It had become the thing to do. They enjoyed each other's company now, even if it was in just silence. Sometimes, they had loads to say, other's, they hardly spoke but neither minded. They were there; together; that's all that mattered to them.

This noteworthy evening happened on a warm night in June. It was one of the days when they couldn't shut up talking and were laughing at anything. After Hunter had said that she was a girl so had no way in hell of beating him up, she pushed him and he fell on to his back. He got up and jumped on her. They rolled over for a little while, each trying to pin the other. Eventually, Hunter's height gave him an advantage as Shamara was a petite 5 foot 4 inches. She was lying beneath him with her legs bent, while he had one leg either side of her body and her arms pinned beside her head. He looked down again. Damn, this position looked all so familiar. This time though, trying to avoid anymore tension (that was possible to cut with a knife) he started to slowly get off her. She looked confused and as soon as her arms were free, she pulled his head back down to meet hers. Their lips touched ever so slightly at first but she pulled him closer to her. He found himself being pulled head forwards and his arms moved back down to the ground. Without any hesitation, he placed his arms back next to her head and one hand slipped under her neck. He pushed himself deeper into the kiss, trying to show her that he didn't need her assistance. He was capable of making out himself, if he was with someone he liked. And he did like her. After a good ten minutes, they changed positions so they were sat up and facing each other. Hunter pulled away first and smiled at her for the first time ever. She looked at him and tried to memorise his smile. It looked so good on him. Hunter's smiles were rare and far between but when they did happen, Shamara realised, they were worth the wait.

"I guess you were thinking the same thing I was thinking…" he said finally, breaking the silence.

"But you pulled away…" she said not too sure she understood.

"Yeah, but only because I didn't think you liked me and I didn't want to do something that could complicate our friendship."

"Oh right. But it doesn't matter now. I mean, I like you and you like me, so, we can, you know, um…" she stumbled over her words.

"Are you trying to say, 'we can become boyfriend and girlfriend' by any chance?"

"Am I that transparent?"

"No, but I was thinking it myself."

"So, it's like, official?"

"If you want it to be."

Shamara's eyes lit up and she kissed Hunter again passionately.

"I'll take that as a yes then." Hunter said when they'd pulled apart. They sat there for a while longer and just stared at the open sea. Hunter's hand crept over hers and held it tightly.

"Hunter, what about Shane?"

"Oh yeah, I forgot about him. He's not going to like this."

"I know."

They decided on secrecy, both knowing too well the importance of that and how it was valuable, sometimes. He'd find out soon enough, they'd said. What would be the point in telling him if it wasn't going to work out in the first place? Yeah, I know, and I think they knew as well, they were pathetic reasons but in their own little world, it made a lot of sense, for the time being at least.

The following week…

Everyone, except Shamara, seemed to be gathered in Storm Chargers. They were just talking and hanging out, while Hunter, Blake and Dustin worked. They looked over to Kelly at the counter and carried on with their work. They wanted to know what she was saying to this guy in a red shirt but didn't want to seem interested. She was laughing with him about something and then shook his hand. The three boys looked up from their boxes when Kelly walked over with him.

"Guys, this is Connor, he's going to be working here with you from now on. Please be nice and show him the ropes, yeah?"

They looked at the brown haired male in front of them and studied him. He didn't look harmful, but why had they never seen him before? There was just something about him that told the lads that they shouldn't like him. They couldn't put their fingers on it, but it was there, somewhere.

Hunter stood up first and wiped his hand on a rag. He shook Connor's hand and smiled weakly, "Hey, I'm Hunter."

The others followed suit, shaking his hand as well. They took him into the back and started to show him how to do his job, making sure to make it as difficult as they possibly could.

Later that day…

Shamara was waiting in the clearing, in the forest, which everyone had decided to meet at everyday. This seemed the easiest way to catch up with ever thing everyone has been doing during the day and basically, just hang out together. Shane had started to be less demanding of her and she actually had some time to herself now, which she spent mostly in the park or at the beach writing songs or practising her martial arts.

She sat herself down on the floor and started to think of new lyrics for a song she was working on. It wasn't going too well and she was having total writers block. She didn't know if it was still called writers block if you were a song writer. It could be called lyric block, but it didn't have a nice ring to it. She gave up thinking about her problem and procrastinating and tried to think of words again.

She was lost in her own thoughts and didn't notice someone start to stare at her. She only noticed when they came and sat next to her. She turned in their direction and nearly fainted. She shot up and stood, facing the person, still sat on the floor.

"What are you doing here?" was all she could muster in words. She didn't want it to sound so harsh and instantly regretted it as the words left her mouth

"Oh, I take it I'm not wanted…" he said, standing up and starting to walk off.

"No!" she yelled, running after him. She grabbed his arm and pulled him to face her, "I didn't mean it like that. I don't know. It's just a shock that you're here I guess."

He smiled at her. His trade mark smile that could make Shamara's knees weak, and still did, even after what they've been through. He held out his arms for a hug and she obliged, squeezing him tight.

"OK, Button, I need to breathe…" he said, pulling away slightly.

"I'm sorry." She said, blushing.

"Don't worry," they looked up when they heard the sound of voices approaching, "I better go…"

She nodded and he kissed her forehead, turning and walking into the forest.

Two Days Later…

"Hey Kelly, What's up?" Shamara asked as she walked into Storm Chargers.

Kelly looked like she was ready to blow a fuse and have a mental breakdown.

Kelly looked up from where he head rested on the counter, "Oh, hi Shamara. I'm in so much trouble."

Shamara looked at her and she continued, "Blake's got to do more training for motocross with Factory Blue which means he had to cut his hours, which I totally understand but now I'm left short staffed."

"Oh, I'm so sorry. If there's anything I can ever do to help…"

Kelly shot up, "Well, actually, would you be able to fill in for him? When he can't work?"

Shamara looked shocked and was about to say no, that she didn't know the slightest bit about motocross but then she looked at the desperate expression on Kelly's face and found herself saying, "Sure. I can do that."

"Really? Thank you so much! You'll get paid of course! Oh this is brilliant. You're a real friend Shamara…" She carried on like that for over ten minutes, while she showed Shamara around the back of the shop and the track and told her, her working hours and told her what to wear, etc, etc, etc.

The next day…

"Hey," she said, walking into the back and placing her bag down. Dustin, Hunter and Connor looked at her. Kelly walked in afterwards and smiled at her.

"Well, I could get used to this, an employee that is actually on time. Well done Shamara. Blake's jobs are on the board. They're simple enough but if you need any help I'm sure any of the three guys here would be able to give you a hand. Thanks again for doing this, I really appreciate it."

Kelly left and Shamara turned to the others. She merely shrugged at their confused expressions and went to look at what she had to get on with.

Later that day…

Shamara was able to get all her work done faster than any one else and was just having a break when she felt hands on her shoulders. She looked up, expecting it to be Connor and found Hunter stood there.

Hey, Shamara, who's Hunter? Isn't he your boyfriend?

What? Of course he is. Have you missed like half a chapter or something?

No, but the way you've been acting, you wouldn't have thought you even knew him, let alone was dating him.

Oh, yeah, that… I have been ignoring him, haven't I?

Just a little bit.

Damn…

She smiled at him wearily and he sat down next to her. He didn't look at her. He didn't even say anything to her. He just drank his drink in silence.

"I'm sorry…"

He continued to look down and she sighed, knowing he wasn't going to make this easy for her.

"I'm sorry for the way I've treated you this past week. I've totally ignored you and I shouldn't have. I just, I, ok, I have no excuses to even justify what I've done but I'm sorry and I hope you can forgive me."

He looked at her finally and placed his drink down. He looked into her eyes and pulled his hand through his hair, "I forgive you…" he said softly.

She smiled and hugged him, "I'll never do it again, I promise."

They sat there again in silence for a while, but this time there wasn't any tension in the room, just a peaceful tranquillity. At long last, Shamara spoke, "I think we should tell everyone."

He looked at her shocked.

"What?"

"I think we should tell everyone," she repeated.

"I heard you but why?"

"Well, I don't want to ignore you again and the easiest way to do that is if, we come out about everything. We can be together as much as we want then and no-one would even bat an eyelid. I don't want to keep this secret anymore." He looked at her and nodded, "But you have to promise me, even if Shane says he doesn't like it, you're going to ignore him and just do what your heart tells you." She continued.

He leant over and kissed her for the first time in a week, "I promise. Do you?"

She kissed him back, "I promise."

A few days later…

Shamara was sat on her bead, strumming chords on her guitar. Maybe this would sound good in my song… maybe not. She heard a knock on her door and told whoever it was to come in. She placed her guitar down when she saw Shane and braced herself.

"Sha-Sha, can we talk?" she nodded and he moved forward and sat next to her on the bed, "Hunter told me about, you know, you and him."

"Oh."

"And, um, why you didn't tell me straight away. You thought I'd flip out."

"Yes."

"Ok, to be totally honest, when he did tell me, I did flip out so don't be concerned when you notice he has a black eye…"

"Ok." She began to curse herself silently for only mastering one syllable words. It's my brother for god's sake…

"But, I guess, I've calmed down now and I just want to say that, if you're happy, then I'm happy for you. I mean, you're my sister and I love you and want the best for you. So if you want to be with Hunter, I'm ok with that, just as long as he treats you right."

She looked at him and smiled at the sincerity in his eyes, "Thanks."

"You're welcome. You're my baby sister and I just want to look out for you, you know that?"

She nodded, "Yeah I know." Wow, three syllables Shamara.

Shut up…

He hugged her and left her room. She smiled and picked up her guitar and began to play the chords again, suddenly uplifted in her thoughts.