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Best Friends
Chapter I: The First Day
For five teenagers, it was their first day at the S.P.D. Academy stationed on Earth. These five teenagers were the new D-squad cadets. There were three guys and two girls.
The oldest of the five was seventeen year old Dru Harrington, an alien from the planet of Tangar. He stood about six feet tall with brown hair and fair skin. He had three moles over each eyebrow.
The two other guys were both fifteen years old. The first was Schuyler "Sky" Tate. He was about six feet two inches tall with brownish blonde hair and fair skin. The other guy was Boom. That's it. No last name. Just Boom. He stood about five feet eleven inches tall with brown hair and fair skin. He was a little on the husky side.
The two girls were both fourteen years old. The first was Lily Marshall. She was five feet ten inches tall with blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail and fair skin. The other was an Asian girl named Kim Jiang. She stood about five feet four inches tall and had long black hair that reached her back.
A tall blue alien dog stood before them. "Welcome D-squad to S.P.D. Academy. I am your commander Anubis 'Doggie' Cruger," Cruger said.
"Who knew dogs could talk?" Sky whispered to Dru. Lily and Kim giggled, Dru smiled and Boom burst out laughing.
Cruger glared at Sky. "Is there something you'd like to share with us cadet?" Cruger asked Sky.
"No," Sky answered.
"Then I suggest you stay quiet," Cruger replied harshly. "Now I will give you a tour of the Academy and then afterwards, I will show you to your rooms."
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A couple hours later, the new D-squad were in their rooms. Kim and Lily shared a room. Sky and Dru shared a room. Boom had a room to himself since there were an odd number of cadets on D-squad.
In the room that Sky and Dru shared, Sky and Dru were getting to know each other.
"You don't look like you're from Earth, so where are you from?" Sky asked.
"I'm from a planet in another galaxy called Tangar," Dru responded.
"So then why did you come here?" Sky asked.
"I've spent my whole life this far on Tangar. I wanted to go someplace different where there were people other than Tangarians," Dru replied. "What about you? Why did you come here?"
"Because my dad was a power ranger and ever since I was a little kid, I've wanted to be just like him," Sky answered.
"Isn't it hard to live in the shadows of your father though?" Dru asked.
"Yeah I mean my father was the best of the best of the rangers," Sky replied.
"So tomorrow starts our first day of training," Dru stated.
"Yeah well if it's anything like that tour was, I'll be bored out of my mind," Sky remarked.
"The girls on our squad are pretty hot," Dru commented.
"Tell me about it. The blonde one especially is oh so fine," Sky said.
"I bet $100 I can get one to go out on a date with me before you can," Dru remarked.
"You're on," Sky answered.
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Over in the room that Lily and Kim shared, they were chatting away.
"I can't believe this place is so huge," Kim commented.
"Yeah I know. I'm probably going to be lost for the first month or so," Lily replied.
"You and me both," Kim added.
"I'm really not looking forward to training tomorrow," Lily remarked.
"Why did you have to remind me about that?" Kim replied.
"Oops. Sorry," Lily apologized.
"It's not a problem," Kim said.
"But I thought you said…" Lily started to say.
"Lighten up will you? I wasn't that serious," Kim responded.
"Oh ok. Hey, are you hungry? Do you feel like coming to dinner with me?" Lily asked.
"Sure. Let's go see if the guys want to come with us too," Kim answered.
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Moments later, Boom heard a knock on his door.
"Come in," Boom said.
The door opened and revealed Kim and Lily standing in the doorway.
"Hey, we were going to grab something to eat. Want to come with us?" Lily asked.
"Yeah sure. I'm starving," Boom answered.
"You don't mind if we stop by and ask the other guys do you?" Kim asked.
"Not at all," replied Boom.
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Soon, there was a knock on the door of the room Dru and Sky shared.
"Yeah what do you want?" Dru asked.
"Geez what's your problem?" Kim asked.
"You are so not going to win the bet if you keep on like that," Sky whispered to Dru.
Dru rolled his eyes. "Are you going to come in or what?"
The door opened to reveal the other three members of D-squad.
"Hey we were going to get some dinner and we were wondering if you guys wanted to tag along?" Lily asked.
"Sure. Let's go," Sky said.
"I can answer for myself," Dru remarked.
"Go ahead," Sky said.
"Yeah, I'll come with you," Dru answered.
The five D-squad cadets made their way to the cafeteria.
"Um…ok. Where's the food, the cooks, and the line?" Boom asked.
"We have to use that food replicator over there in the corner," Dru said. "Weren't you paying attention?"
"Why are you being such a jerk?" Kim asked.
"What did you just call me?" Dru replied.
"What are you deaf?" Kim remarked.
"You didn't answer my question!" Dru commented.
"What makes you think I have to?" Kim replied.
"Don't answer a question with a question," Dru stated.
"Don't tell me what to do!" Kim shouted.
In the meantime, Boom, Sky, and Lily had already gotten their food and were enjoying the showdown between Dru and Kim.
"I'm older than you," Dru said.
"So what?" Kim remarked.
"So that means you have to listen to me," Dru responded.
"You wish!" Kim retorted.
"Dru is so going to lose the bet. He's already ruined his chances with…uh what's her name again?" Sky thought to himself.
"Guys. Let's not fight here," Boom said.
"Butt out!" Dru yelled.
"Don't talk that way to him!" Kim warned.
"Oh, who's telling who what to do now?" Dru replied sarcastically.
"Haha. You're so not funny," Kim answered sarcastically.
Sky turned to face Lily. "Hi. I'm Sky and you are?"
"Lily," Lily answered.
"I heard there's this great party tonight downtown. Would you like to come with me?" Sky asked.
Lily blushed. "Like a date?"
"Well yeah if you want to call it that," Sky replied.
"I don't know. We have our first day of training tomorrow," Lily said.
"Oh come on. That's not until tomorrow. We have the whole night ahead of us," Sky said.
"Who am I kidding? I'd love to go out on a date with you!" Lily answered.
"Did you hear that?" Sky asked Dru. "It looks like I won after all!"
"Oh, hey can I come too?" Kim asked.
"Didn't you hear them? They're going on a date! You can't tag along!" Dru remarked.
"Was I talking to you?" Kim snapped.
Dru was silent.
"Yeah I didn't think so," Kim said. "By the way, I'm Kim."
"Nice to meet you Kim. I'm Sky. Sure you could come with us," Sky replied.
"Yeah the more the merrier," Lily added.
"In that case, could I come? The name's Dru," Dru said.
"Like I care what your name is!" Kim commented.
"Aw, let him come," Lily said.
"No way! He'd totally ruin the night!" Kim exclaimed.
"Can I come? By the way, I'm Boom," Boom said.
"Sure," Kim said.
"Oh, so he can go but not me?" Dru questioned.
"You got that right!" Kim remarked.
"So, what time does the party start?" Lily asked.
"It starts at eight," Sky answered.
"I can't wait!" Kim shrieked.
"Hey, so wait. Am I going?" Dru asked.
"What part of 'no' don't you understand?" Kim asked.
"Fine. If you want to come, then you're welcome to," Sky said.
"Are you kidding me?" Kim shouted.
"No, I'm not. Just avoid each other all night and you two shouldn't have a problem," Sky stated.
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After they had finished eating dinner, they all headed to their rooms to get ready for the party later that night.
In the girls' room, Kim was carrying on about how Dru's being there is going to ruin the night.
"I can't believe Dru's coming too!" Kim exclaimed.
"Did you really think we would leave him out?" Lily asked.
"Yeah, he'd probably leave us out if situations were reversed!" Kim commented.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you like him," Lily stated.
"Ewww! No way! Like him? I can't even stand him!" Kim remarked.
"Yet you've been talking about him nonstop since we got back from dinner," Lily said.
"That's because I don't want him going, not because I like him," Kim answered.
"Just do what Sky said and you should be fine. Just avoid Dru all night," Lily suggested.
"I guess," Kim said.
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Over in the room that Sky and Dru shared, Dru was also carrying on about how Kim's being there would ruin the night.
"Why did you say she could come?" Dru asked.
"Why does it bother you so much?" Sky asked.
"Don't answer a question with a question!" Dru stated.
"Look, you're never going to get a girl like that," Sky said. "That reminds me. Pay up!"
"What?" Dru asked.
"You lost the bet, so pay up!" Sky explained.
"Fine," Dru said handing Sky a hundred dollar bill.
"Why does Kim get under your skin so much?" Sky asked.
"She doesn't get under my skin," Dru commented.
Sky laughed. "You two were practically at each other's throats the whole time we were at the cafeteria!"
"What's your point?" Dru asked.
"Methinks it's because you like her," Sky answered grinning.
"No way!" Dru replied.
"Whatever. Be in denial all you want," Sky said.
Dru rolled his eyes. "This conversation is over."
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Later that evening, the five D-squad cadets were at the party. Some slow music started playing.
"May I have this dance?" Sky asked Lily holding out his hand.
"I thought you'd never ask," Lily replied.
Dru walked over to Kim. "Hey, want do dance?"
"Yeah, but not with you!" Kim replied before walking over to Boom and dragging him out to the dance floor.
"I can't believe this," Dru thought to himself looking at the dance floor and seeing everyone had a dance partner but him.
Dru looked at his watch. "It's already eleven o'clock? I better head back to the Academy," Dru said. Moments later, Dru was driving back to the Academy in the car that the five of them had come in together.
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After the party had ended at midnight, Sky, Lily, Kim, and Boom went out to the parking lot.
"Hey, where's the car?" Sky asked.
"Have you guys seen Dru lately?" Boom asked.
"He didn't!" Kim commented.
"It looks like we'll have to walk back to the Academy," Sky said.
To Be Continued…
Note: I know that my other fanfic "Dissension within the Ranks" is still incomplete, but I'm still thinking of ideas for it. In the meantime, I had an idea for another fanfic, so that's how this came about. This is only my second fanfic, so please be nice. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't review because I don't want to hear from you. I'm not saying you can't give me constructive criticism, because you can so long as it is constructive criticism and not just plain criticism.