Here on After

Sorry I deleted the last one, I was re-reading it and I didn't like it to much so I decided to re-do it. It's a new edition and there are some twist and changes from the last one but still the same plot. Enjoy! (Don't own Power Rangers, you know the deal)

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It's been 7 months. Seven months since she's been officially been named, Kira Emily-Ann Ford Oliver.

7 months since her new guardian rescued her from her downhill life and took her under his wing, 7 months of her new home and 7 months to try and forget the past.

But it didn't work.

All her life Kira had been an ignored, abused, hurt child. Her parents were alcohol and drug addicts, and on top of that, parental abusers. They never paid her any attention, and when they did, it wasn't pretty.

Kira's friends couldn't count the number of times she came to school with bruises, cuts, burn marks, and she tried to play it off with lame excuses.

Well finally someone took a stand and let one of the school counselors know who alerted social services. And in the summer of Kira's freshman year, Mr. and Mrs. Ford were arrested on charged of child abuse, drug and alcohol abuse and a burglary charge of a local jewelry store.

Since her parents were sent to years in prison and she had no Aunts, Uncles, and her grandparents were unable to take care of her, Kira was sent to an orphanage.

Probably the worst summer of her life. Her parents were sent to a federal prison and on top of that she was being shipped away to a local orphanage.

She spent a month in orphanage and she officially dubbed it the worst month of her life. She had a cur view, was hardly allowed to go any wear except for school. And that made it especially hard for her to escape to do her ranger duty. (I changed the time-line)

But then her savior came, her mentor and science teacher, Dr. Oliver.

He was like a father to them all, Trent, Ethan, Conner, and her, and little did she know that while she was gone, he was suffering.

He couldn't stand that she was on an emotional rollercoaster and the social workers were doing nothing about it. The kept talking about how it was better for the older kids to get them adopted sooner, and there for they introduced Kira to at least 10 different pairs of parents not quit understanding she was still remotely upset.

And needless to say, Tommy found that he had grown quite a connection with her. Not a romantically but he found her the one he could have a conversation with most out of the group. And she was caring, giving, loving and just an overall great person. She didn't deserve any of the things that were happening to her and there for Tommy took the stand and adopted her.

It was the beginning of her sophomore year when he did and things were a bit shaky. It was a little awkward for both of them, especially since they saw each other so many times a day and rumors were floating around school like a deadly gas but things turned out for the better.

And now both of them are only trying to take it one day at a time.

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"Saturdays are boring" Kira concluded lazing over the couch upside down watching television.

She just woke up half an hour ago at noon and there was already nothing to do. Tommy was spending his time down in the lab and her cat, snow ball wasn't really fun to play with, he just liked to sleep. She was at a writers block for her music, she didn't feel like singing anyway and there was nothing on tv, so she was officially bored.

Or at least she was bored.

In no more than 10 seconds of declaring how boring Saturdays was, she found a pair of brown eyes staring at her upside down, or right side up actually but it was her upside down.

"Hey Conner" she greeted dryly knowing those pairs of eyes anywhere. "Hey Trent, hey Ethan" she added also knowing they would be at his side.

"Hey couch potato, whatcha' doing?" Trent asked helping her up.

"Nothing really, it's so boring around here." She said trying to adjust her vision.

"Well no kidding you live with Dr. Oliver." Conner joked and the boys chuckled some.

"I heard that" came the voice of Tommy coming up from out the lab and into the living room.

"Uh, I meant that Dr. Oliver is not in the room………that's why it's so boring…….man can he party?" Conner asked trying to save himself.

"Nice try Conner" he said as the red ranger gave a cheesy smile "Kira did you clean your room?" he asked.

"Yes"

"And feed the cat?"

"Yes, and I changed the litter box" she added before he could asked and he nodded before heading into the kitchen.

Ever since she moved in Tommy tried to maintain some sense of decorum and have her do at least a little of regular teenaged chores. He didn't ask for much, all he asked was that she cleaned her room, take care of the cat and do the dishes every now and then. (which wasn't a lot considering they hardly ever cooked and when they did it was only 2 peoples worth of dishes) Everything else he did himself or the house-maid who came every Wednesday did. He wanted her to try and lead a normal a life as possible.

"What are you guys doing here anyways?" Kira asked her friends diverting her attention from her father.

"We were supposed to come for training but it's raining outside so we just decided to chill" Ethan said and Kira looked out the window to indeed find raindrops pouring down.

She sighed. "Well isn't this magical?" she said sarcastically. Now it was boring and raining. "That knocks the whole swimming idea off the bat" she mumbled.

"You know w could always train in Dr. O's lab" Ethan said before 3 pairs of hands clamped over his mouth.

"Shh!" Conner said.

"I heard that you guys so don't even bother" Tommy said and they said sending Ethan glares of betrayal while their at it. "I just don't feel up to training right now, so you're lucky but next time, you better be prepared" he said and they sighed.

Before anyone else could say a word, Haley came in, holding smiles and pizza in her hand. "Hey guys, anyone hungry?" she asked walking into the living room and setting the boxes on the tables.

"Yum, pizza!" Conner said as they three boys shot up and dove for the boxes.

Haley smiled as Tommy and Kira rolled their eyes.

"Hey Hail" Tommy greeted.

"Hey Tommy, hey Kira" she said sitting down on Tommy's sofa. "No practice today?"

"It's raining?" Ethan said while Kira got up to fetch some paper plates and napkins.

"So, you guys can practice in the rain, builds strength……..and character………..and all those other things that comes along with martial arts." She said not sure what it would really build.

Tommy only chuckled. "It's alright Haley I'm not really in the mood to train anyway." He said as snowball mad his way onto the couch, purring and rubbing his way onto Tommy. "Alright, beat it cat" he said picking up the white ball of fluff and setting him on the floor.

"Oh Tommy Look at him, he looks so skinny, aren't you feeding him?" Haley cooed at the animal picking him up into her arms and petting him before he scurried away.

"Haley he's 6 pounds overweight" he stated.

"Wow, you have a fat cat Dr. O" Conner said after swallowing.

"Oh nonsense, don't listen to them, I'll get you some food you poor darling." The red head said to the cat, carrying him to the kitchen.

Tommy only sighed, shaking his head. "That's Haley for you, the only way to a persons heart is with food. Or a cat for this instance."

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Later on that night it was about 11:30 at night and the team had left hours ago leaving Kira and Tommy in the house alone.

Basically Tommy spent the rest on his day in the lab while Kira spent hers on her music. But now it was bed time and Kira was heading up to his room to say goodnight.

Walking down the hall toward the light of an open door, Kira was about to knock until she saw him lying on his bed, looking through some sort of scrap book. Deciding she'd rather not disturb him as he took a trip down memory lane, she turned around about to head to her room.

"Oh hey Kira, you needed something?" he asked looking up and noticing she was about to leave.

"Uh, I was just going to say goodnight but of you're busy I could…………."

"No, no, it's ok, come on." He said waving her in.

Playing with the long sleeves of her yellow pajama top, Kira sat down on the bed next to Tommy, taking a peep at the book.

"What's that?" she asked glancing at it again before looking back up at him.

"Oh just an old scrap book from my teenage years." He said moving over some so she could see.

From the page that it was opened to it was scattered with pictured of different people and group pictures, some with Tommy in it and some without. People smiling, hugging, hanging together at the park, they just looked over all happy like they hadn't a care in the world.

"Whose this?" she asked pointing to the first group picture.

"That's the original team, back when I was the green ranger. This is Jason the leader………"

"Was he anything like Conner?"

Tommy chuckled. "No, not really, Conner's unique in his own way." He said and she smiled before looking back at the picture. "Anyway, that's Zack, nice guys with a good sense of humor. And that's Billy, he's like our Haley he knows everything." Tommy said and Kira chuckled. "And then there's Trini, she was the only one who could understand Billy, and she was probably the nicest girl on the planet. And last there's………..Kim" he said with a pause.

Kira looked at him then the picture. "You liked her didn't you?" she asked making a connection from his actions. "I hear you talk about her a lot" she added.

"I don't remember mentioning her……."

"You talk in your sleep Dr. O" she said giggling and Tommy made a confused expression. Did he really talk in his sleep.

"Alright since you're going on something there I'll let you in, yes I did like her. She was very special to me. She's beautiful, has a great personality, and just………amazing."

"So what happened?"

"She loved Gymnastics and was introduced to a famous couch who helped train her. Then she realized that soon she'd have to leave for the Pan Globals in Florida and eventually………she did, and that was pretty much the end of our relationship." He explained depressing himself a little with the story and deciding to leave out the part about the letter.

"I'm sorry Dr. O, but there has to have been some one else right? I mean it was your senior year wasn't it? You lived in Angel Grove for a couple more years before you moved here right?" she asked and Tommy sighed again pointing to another girl in the photo.

"That's Kat, after Kim left, she took her place as the pink ranger." He said.

"Wow you dated a model?"

Tommy chuckled. "No she wasn't a model she was a dancer, a really good one too. At first I didn't think I could date her because Kim just left, it felt wrong you know. But soon enough we opened up to each other and the next thing you know we were together"

"What happened?"

"After graduation she was offered a scholarship in England for a dance academy."

"So she took it?" Kira asked and Tommy nodded.

Kira sighed before yawning, suddenly feeling the sleepiness dawn upon her. Laying herself on her father's bed, she looked up at Tommy giving him a tired smile.

"Well I promise you, I won't be like your girlfriends Dr. O, I'll never leave you. As long as you promise not to leave me." She said feeling her eyes drooping lower and lower by the second.

Tommy smiled setting the scrap book down and pulling the blanket over her.

"I promise you Kira, I will never" he said and she smiled yet again.

"Good, nighty……night Dr. O" she whispered before drifting into a peaceful sleep.

"Good night Kira." He said brushing some of the brown locks out of her face. "I love you so much, never forget that."

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