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Best Friends

Chapter III: Catch Me If You Can

Sky had caught up to Dru just as he started his third lap. Dru was frustrated that Sky had caught up to him even after he had tripped him. Sky started to overtake Dru.

"What's the matter Dru? Can't keep up?" Sky taunted.

Dru wasn't about to let Sky get the best of him and started sprinting. Eventually, he passed Sky. A smile appeared on Dru's face once he realized he was in the lead. There was no way Sky was going to show him up. Dru started to get a little cocky and started to run backwards.

"I'm running backwards and I'm still beating you!" Dru boasted before bumping into Boom and getting knocked to the ground.

Sky took this opportunity to retake the lead. Dru picked himself off the ground and started off to catch up with Sky when Boom grabbed his arm.

"Not so fast. I've been meaning to have a word with you. That wasn't very nice of you to leave us without a ride last night," Boom said.

Dru freed himself from Boom's grip and shoved Boom.

"First of all, don't ever touch me again! Secondly, so what if I left you four without a ride last night? What are you going to do about it?" Dru said before shoving Boom a second time.

Boom backed up a couple of steps. He had wanted to confront Dru, but he didn't intend on the confrontation to get physical. Boom knew that if it came down to that, he was no match for Dru.

"That's what I thought," Dru said before taking off after Sky again.

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Lily and Kim were just finishing up their second lap when they saw Dru push Boom not once but twice. They were appalled by Dru's actions. Just because he was the oldest doesn't give him the right to push people around.

"What a jerk!" Kim remarked.

Lily agreed with Kim, but didn't say anything. She didn't want to be involved in some team squabble. Instead, Lily just wanted everyone on her team to get along with one another. Was that really too much to ask for?

"Why aren't you saying anything?" Kim asked.

Instead of answering, Lily just took longer strides and passed Kim. Kim noticed this and started to quicken her pace. Kim was a lot shorter than Lily was, so it took a lot more work for her to keep up with Lily's long strides.

"I'm sure he didn't mean anything by it. Besides, why don't you try giving him a chance for a change? He doesn't seem like such a bad guy to me," Lily answered seeing how Kim wasn't going to let her get away.

Kim rolled her eyes and let out a fake laugh at Lily's response. Kim's first impression of Dru was that he was a jerk. Her impression of him now is that he is still a jerk. Kim was sure not going to do something stupid like give Dru a chance. As far as she was concerned, he already had his chance and he blew it.

"I can't believe you're defending Dru! What do you want to date him or something? I thought you liked Sky?" Kim asked.

Lily was shocked at what Kim had asked. Sure she found Sky to be attractive, but then again, she didn't think Dru was all that bad looking himself. She never really thought of Dru as being a potential boyfriend either. For that matter, she didn't see Sky as a potential boyfriend. Sure she enjoyed her dance with Sky last night, but they were just dancing as friends weren't they?

"I never said I wanted to date Dru. I do like Sky, but we're not exactly dating either," Lily replied.

Kim raised an eyebrow. She noticed how close Lily and Sky were last night when they were dancing. You'd have to be blind to not see the chemistry those two had. Kim found herself getting excited when Lily said that she and Sky weren't dating. If she didn't want to date him, Kim wouldn't mind dating him.

"Ok, so then it would be ok if Sky and I were to date?" Kim asked.

Lily found herself getting jealous of Kim once she asked her permission to date Sky. Lily had no idea why though. It's not like she was dating Sky or anything. Without realizing it, she started to sprint leaving behind a very confused Kim.

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"I think you're going to need to have a word with Dru. First he trips Sky, and then just a little while ago, he shoves Boom," Kat said to Cruger.

Cruger hadn't really been paying attention enough to notice that. He was still thinking about the blue light that he saw coming from Sky's hand earlier. Cruger had never seen anything like that before. It didn't make any sense to him. Humans don't have any superhuman powers, so what could possibly explain the blue light that emitted from Sky's hand?

"Doggie?" Kat said while snapping her fingers in front of Cruger's face.

Cruger was snapped out of his thoughts.

"What did you say Kat?" Cruger asked.

Kat was getting slightly annoyed with Cruger. She considered herself a fairly patient individual, but this was the second time that Cruger had completely spaced off and ignored what she was saying.

"I'd like to know what has you so distracted that you go into lala land and not hear what I'm saying." Kat asked.

Cruger wondered how Kat could not know what had him so distracted. Surely Kat saw it too right? How could you miss something so bizarre like that? Maybe Kat was talking about what she saw coming from Sky's hand too.

"Didn't you see that blue light coming from Sky's hand when he slammed his fist into the ground?" Cruger asked.

Kat gave Cruger a bewildered look. Cruger took that as she hadn't.

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Sky and Dru were both on their fourth lap around the track. Dru had narrowed the gap that separated himself from Sky, but Sky was still in the lead. Dru blamed Boom for that. If he hadn't distracted him thus allowing Sky to get a sizable lead, then Sky wouldn't be in the lead right now.

"It looks like I'm going to beat you Dru. That serves you right. This will teach you that cheaters never win," Sky shouted while keeping his eyes looking straight ahead.

Anger coursed through Dru's veins. He didn't know what it was about Sky, but there was something about him that turned everything into one big competition between the two of them. It was always a matter of seeing who could outdo the other. Sky may be taller than him, but Dru was older. He was not about to let some punk two years younger than him show him up.

"Cheating? Me? You want to talk about cheaters? You're the cheater! If Boom hadn't pulled me aside to talk to him, you wouldn't be in the lead right now!" Dru exclaimed while sprinting even harder in an effort to catch up to Sky.

Sky laughed at how much energy Dru was spending just to try to catch up to him. Dru was sprinting as hard as he could and he still hadn't caught up to him. What was even more amusing to Sky was that while Dru may be sprinting, he was not. Sky enjoyed hearing how frustrated Dru sounded.

"Oh please! I'm not the one who resorted to tripping to take the lead!" Sky retorted.

Dru had been sizing up his teammates from day one. He had no doubt in his mind that Sky was his biggest competition. Odds were that who would be red ranger would come down to either Sky or himself. Dru wasn't going to take orders from someone two years younger than him especially when that person was Sky.

"You better watch what you say or else the next time you decide to go to a party, you won't have a ride," Dru warned.

Sky rounded the final corner of the track and burst out in a full out sprint. Dru saw this and tried to increase his speed as well, but was disappointed to find that he was slowing down instead of speeding up. His body was tiring out after all the hard sprinting it had done. Dru was forced to watch Sky finish before he did.

"Seven minutes even," Kat called out after checking the time on the stopwatch.

Dru laughed as Sky had to continue to run 16 more laps around the track, while he was done as soon as he crossed the finish line. Dru took pride in the fact that the rest of his teammates had to run 5 miles whereas he only had to run 1 mile all because he told Cruger how they snuck out of the Academy to go to a party last night while failing to mention that he also went to the party. It worked out better than he had anticipated when he found out from some of the other cadets that they had stayed out past curfew.

"Seven minutes and thirty seconds," Kat announced as Dru finished his fourth lap.

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Kim and Lily had just started their fourth lap when Dru had finished his. Kim couldn't help but grin when she found out that Sky had received a faster time than Dru. For some strange reason, Lily also was happy to discover that Sky beat Dru.

"Ha! That serves Dru right. He is nothing but an arrogant, pompous, condescending jerk!" Kim remarked.

Lily was surprised that those adjectives were even in Kim's vocabulary. If the truth be told, Lily, like the rest of her team, was angry at Dru for leaving them at the party without a way home. Still though, she'd like to believe that Dru didn't mean anything personal by it. Come to think of it, those adjectives do seem to fit Dru.

"Hey Boom!" Kim greeted as she and Lily lapped Boom for a second time.

Boom gave Kim and Lily a smile as they passed him. Maybe he was only kidding himself, but Boom thought that there was something going on between himself and Kim last night at the party. There had to be a reason Kim asked him to dance with her right? Kim didn't just ask for a dance because she wanted to stick it to Dru. Or did she? At least he found a way to stick it to Dru to by intentionally bumping into him and subsequently allowing Sky to finish before Dru.

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Cruger had just got done telling Kat about what he had witnessed earlier concerning Sky and a certain faint blue light. Kat had a look of disbelief on her face. What Cruger told her didn't make any sense. It wasn't humanly possible.

"Are you sure that's what you saw?" Kat asked.

Cruger was in just as much shock when he first saw it too. For that matter, he was still in just as much shock as Kat. Cruger wondered if Sky was the only one who had powers or if there were others out there somewhere. If there were, they could not only be a danger to society, but a danger to themselves as well.

"I think I'm going to have to have a word with Sky about this," Cruger said.

To Be Continued…

A/N: I decided to continue with this story. I'm going to stick with this story until I finish it. While I appreciate getting reviews, I shouldn't base whether or not I continue with a story on the response it's getting. I should just write a story for the sake of writing a story. Whatever else happens happens. With that being said, DV2, Star Traveler, and Wisewing, thank you for reviewing my story and encouraging me to continue with it. Wisewing, thank you for listing my story as one of your favorites. It really means a lot to me to know that some people are actually enjoying what I'm writing. If you're reading this, I'd love to know what you think, so let me know in a review. No flames please.