Chapter One
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The rangers were all celebrating in the turbo megazord. They finally beat Maligore by throwing him over the cliff. Tommy looked down and saw Kimberly leading the Liarians out from the jungle. Bulk and Skull followed with Jason rounding up the group. Kimberly smiled and waved up at the rangers.
"Hey guys! How about a lift?" he asked. The group entered the megazord, relieved that they were finally going home. Kimberly and Jason felt an air of nostalgia as they entered they megazord. There was no denying that they missed being rangers. Bulk and Skull stared, open-mouthed as they explored the megazord.
"Are you guys okay?" Kat asked. Kimberly smiled at her successor and gave her a hug.
"We're all alright. Thank you so much!" Kimberly told her. After pulling away, Kat went to check on the Liarians. Kimberly turned around and saw Jason giving Tommy a hug.
"Thanks man, we knew we could count on you!" Jason told Tommy. Kimberly joined the two best friends.
"He's right," Kimberly told Tommy. "We never lost hope cause we knew you'd come through Tommy."
"Thanks Kimberly," Tommy said, hugging her. Jason gave Kimberly a grin. She responded by sticking her tongue out at him. After the two pulled away, Kim exchanged hugs with Jason. Tommy looked away, pretending to shift his attention on the Liarians. He glanced at Kimberly who was looking at Jason. Tommy saw Jason mouth something, but he couldn't read what he said. Whatever it was, Kimberly replied with a small smile and a quick nod of her head.
"So," Tommy said. "Now that you guys are out of danger, why were you back at Angel Grove?"
"Well, Jason here told me about the shelter being closed down, and since I've volunteered there a few times, I just needed to help with keeping it open."
"And we wanted to surprise you guys too," Jason added.
"Definitely."
Tommy looked at Kim through his helmet. She seemed like the same old bubbly and perky Kim that Tommy knew. But he was able to sense the tension between himself and Kim. He turned to Jason who seemed to have read his thoughts. His best friend have him a nod before nudging his head towards Kim's direction.
"Kim?" Tommy said. His sudden courage of asking Kim about the letter surprised him. He felt bad for throwing questions at Kimberly shortly after saving her, but he had to know about the letter. "Look, I…I wanna talk to you about the le-"
The megazord suddenly jerked to the right. Tommy held onto the console to keep from falling. Kimberly was able to keep from falling with her balance while Jason held onto her.
"Bulk! Skull!" cried Tanya.
The two turned around and began to dance. Everyone began to laugh, happy for a comedy show. Tommy was especially thankful for the interruption while Jason looked disappointed.
"You know, Divatox made them a bit more weirder than they usually are," Kimberly said laughing.
"It's good to have you back Kim," Adam told her.
"Yeah, it's nice seeing you and Jason again," Kat said.
"Well, it was nice seeing all of you again. And it was even better being able to kick some bad guy ass!" Everyone laughed at Kim's joke. "But I gotta thank Larigot and his wife for helping me break out of the spell I was under."
"Same here," Jason said. "It was horrible fighting against you guys. I knew that I was fighting, but so much anger was fueled into me that I couldn't control my own self."
"Yeah, that's evil for you," Tommy replied.
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After dropping Bulk and Skull on the outskirts of Angel Grove, the power rangers returned to the command center.
"Zordon! Alpha!" Kimberly shrieked as she entered the command center.
"Welcome back Kimberly and Jason. I am glad to see that the rangers have rescued you from the evil Divatox and the monster Maligore."
"We lost no faith in the power rangers, Zordon," Jason told him.
"I'm proud of you both," Zordon spoke. "I see that your power ranger experience has helped you think clearly when danger arises."
"Ay yi yi yi yi," Alpha said. "I was so worried about you two."
"We're fine now Alpha," Kimberly told the robot.
"Rangers, now that you have saved our friends as well as Larigot and his family, I think that it is time for the Liarians to return to their planet."
Kat turned and kneeled in front of Larigot. She hugged the Liarians good bye and stood up, making her way to Tommy. Kim watched as Tommy gave Kat's arm a reassuring squeeze.
After the rangers all bid their goodbyes, they watched as the Liarians teleported out of the command center.
"Well, I think we should get going now," Tanya said.
"Yeah, the tournament's starting soon."
"Who's gonna be your third man?" Kim asked.
Tommy and Jason exchanged smiles.
"I should've known," Kim replied smiling back at them.
"You ready to kick some butt?" Justin asked.
"You know it!"
The group all filed out the command center. Jason purposely strode in front of Kimberly, blocking her from exiting the command center.
"Talk to him," he hissed at her. Kimberly glared at the back of Jason's neck before turning around. She saw Tommy giving a sad Kat a hug. She quickly turned away and fell in step beside Jason.
"Jase, it's no use anymore," Kimberly told him. "Tommy seems to be fine without having any explanation from me about the letter."
"If you say so Kim, if you say so."
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"Angel Grove scores again! One more point and they clinch the championship!"
The crowd screamed and cheered.
"Come on Jason!" Kimberly screamed.
The crowd watched as Jason bounced from his feet to his hands and back again. He blocked his opponents punches and delivered a kick to his stomach. He did a spinning kick which brought his opponent to the ground.
On the other corner, Tommy kicked his own opponent towards the ropes. He then delivered a series of kicks before bringing his opponent to the ground. Jason received the final point for Angel Grove when he kick himself off his opponent and serving another kick.
Everyone began to cheer as the announcer entered the ring.
"After seven minutes and ten seconds into the competition, the national champion title goes to the Angel Grove Champions!"
Jason, Adam, and Tommy all jumped and congratulated one another.
"Come on!" Kat cried as she led the rangers, Kimberly, and Ernie towards the ring.
Kim approached the ring, with her hands in the air. Jason ran towards her, grasping her hands.
"You guys did it!" Kimberly cried.
"Yeah, we did!"
Despite the crazy atmosphere, Kat stole a quick glance over at Kim and Jason. 'They seem closer,' she thought. She pushed the thought away as Tommy came running towards her. He dropped down to his so that he could give her a hug, a sweaty hug, but a hug nonetheless.
"Well, looks like the shelter isn't closing anytime soon," Tommy told her. Kat could only smile as she looked into his chocolate brown eyes. The three guys returned to the center of the ring to accept the check and the trophy.
"Victory Party at the Youth Center!" Ernie cried.
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The rangers all gathered at Youth Center, celebrating Angel Grove's win. Many of the guests already went home, leaving the youth center all to the rangers and Ernie.
Kim made her way over to the bar.
"Strawberry milkshake please," Kim said. Ernie nodded his head and turned to make the shake. Kimberly sat on the stool, surveying the youth center. Adam and Rocky were at one table arm wrestling while Tanya and Justin were playing video games. Kim turned her head towards the mats and saw Jason and Tommy sparring like old times. And then there was Kat, standing and watching the two. She clapped and cheered as Tommy flipped Jason to the ground.
"Here ya go," Ernie said, handing her the shake.
"Thanks Ernie. I missed your shakes like crazy!"
"I can tell," laughed Ernie as Kimberly downed half of the milkshake almost immediately.
"My coach had me on some strict diet while I was training."
"Isn't that dangerous?"
"Don't worry Ernie," Kim assured him, seeing the concern on his face. "I was only on it for a few weeks. After that, my coach loosed up a bit and let me eat what I wanted from time to time. And now that I'm away from my evil coach, I can eat what I want all the time!"
Ernie laughed. Like everyone, he missed Kimberly's smile and her bubbly personality.
"When are you heading back to Florida?"
"In about two weeks."
"You must be missing out on a lot of training time."
Kimberly's eyes turned into a saddened expression.
"Yeah," she said softly. Ernie heard the sadness in her voice. He was curious but he didn't want to force Kimberly to tell him anything she didn't want to.
"You know, you've always loved practicing on the beam," Ernie said.
"Yeah."
"No one's ever touched that beam ever since you left," Ernie told her. Kimberly looked at Ernie and knew what he was trying to say.
"Well, I don't know…" Kimberly began.
"Come on Kim! It'll be just like old times! You'll be there practicing on the balance beam while Jason and Tommy are sparring."
Kim had to smile. She put down her milkshake and hopped off the bar.
"Alright you talked me into it. Let me just change."
Ernie nodded before returning to cleaning up the bar.
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"Come on Tommy!" Kay cheered with her Australian accent.
Tommy threw a punch at Jason, who easily blocked it.
"Come on, bro!" Jason cried, smirking at him.
Their sparring match quickly attracted the rest of the rangers, save for Kimberly who walked back into the center, wearing a gymnastic outfit. She wore a black halter unitard with hot pink stripes racing down on the sides. She was glad that the others were too busy to notice her get on the balance beam.
She took a deep breath as she got on her feet, balancing herself. She felt her knees start to shake and she quickly sat back down on the beam. Kimberly brought her hands up to her head and told herself to focus. 'Quit being a scaredy cat! It was just one mishap, it can't happen again.'
Kimberly stood up again and took small steps to the other side of the balance beam. After getting used to it once again, she began to do simple tricks to warm herself up. She quickly glanced at the mats and saw that Jason and Tommy were still sparring. The scene triggered memories of the original six hanging out at the youth center. Then the memories turned to ones of when she received her ninjetti powers.
"Agile Kimberly, light as a feather, you are the Crane!" Dulcea's voice echoed in her mind. Kimberly opened her eyes and drew in a shaky breath. She did a short running start before performing a few flips on the beam. She spun around and raised her leg way up high and landed in a split on the beam. She grabbed hold of the beam and lifted herself up. She did another small flip which ended her up at the other side of the beam again. She performed a back flip followed by a somersault in the air. She prepared herself for the finale and did a twisting flip.
She waited for both her feet to meet with the mat, but instead, she felt left ankle twist a wrong way.
"Ahh!" Kimberly screamed.
Tommy's head quickly whipped to the right to see Kim fall down on the mat. Jason's fist suddenly met with his cheek. But Tommy ignored the pain and made his way to Kimberly.
"Kim!" Tommy kneeled down, ready to scoop her up.
"I'm fine Tommy. I think I just sprained it slightly."
"Are you alright Kimberly?" Adam asked.
"Yeah," Kim told her friends. Tommy helped her stand up.
"Are you sure?" Tommy asked.
"Yeah, I've had falls much worse than this, I just need to walk it off."
"No, I think you need to rest," Jason said. He knew about the mishap that Kimberly had back in Florida and he didn't want her to injure herself again. "Come on, we should go home."
Kimberly nodded.
"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine!" Kimberly laughed as she forced the tears of pain to go away. "I will be up and about by tomorrow again."
Everyone bid goodbye to Jason and Kim. Tommy felt jealousy rise up as Jason put his arm around Kim to help support her up.
"Tommy?" came Kat's voice. "Everything alright?"
"Yeah," he replied.
"Well all of us are getting ready to go home," she said in a sweet voice.
"Do you need a ride?"
"Yes please."
Kat smiled and Tommy had to smile back. The two made their way to Tommy's car, silence possessing them the whole time.
"Good night Tommy."
"Night Kat."
Kat stayed sitting at the passenger's seat. She studied Tommy's face. He turned to see why Kat hadn't gotten down yet when her lips pressed against his.
"I'll see you tomorrow," she said, seemingly embarrassed for her forward advance.
Tommy could only nod, not because he was blown away by Kat's kissed, but because it only made him even more confused with his feelings. He backed out of Kat's drive and drove home.
Once inside his room, Tommy flopped down on his bed. 'Kim…Kat…Kim…Kat.'
Tommy covered his eyes and then sat up. He opened the drawer beside his bed and pulled out an envelope. He opened it, like many times before, and unfolded the letter inside.
Tommy, you know I would never do anything to hurt you. But I feel like I found the person I belong with. He's wonderful kind and caring. You'd really like him. Everything would be perfect if it weren't for hurting you, but I have to follow my heart. I will always care about you Tommy. Please forgive me.
Tommy threw the letter back in his drawer and began punching at his pillow. He wanted to scream, but he knew that his parents wouldn't really like it. 'I gotta talk to her,' he told himself for the millionth time after saving Kimberly. 'But I should go to Jason first.'
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Kimberly was getting ready for bed when she heard a knock on the door.
"Jason it's your room, you don't have to knock!"
Jason walked in with a grin.
"Just wanted to check up on you," he told her.
"Oh really? You already checked up on me five times in under ten minutes. What's up Jason?"
Jason ran his fingers through his hair and sat on the edge of the bed.
"Are you ever gonna talk to Tommy?"
"Yes! I am, I will! I'm here for two weeks Jason, I have plenty of time to talk to Tommy."
"The sooner the better."
"I'll talk when I'm ready," she said.
"He deserves an explanation."
"Yeah he does, but with what I saw, he seems fine without one."
"Are you talking about him and Kat?"
"Jason, he's obviously moved on. So why should I just suddenly bring up the past?"
Jason didn't say anything. He was beat.
"But if he comes to you and asks for an explanation?" he asked.
"Then I'll gladly sit down with him and tell him everything."
Jason thought her answer over before nodding his head.
"Good night."
"Night."
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AN: First chapter. I'm only going with the flow on this story. I had to rewrite Kim and Jason's conversation a few times since I didn't want Kim to seem weak about breaking up with Tommy. But then again, I didn't want her to seem too over him. I have thoughts about bringing in some of the original rangers, but it's still a concept I'm thinking about. Thank you for those who have reviewed!
Demons-Heart: I know what you mean about losing focus…I just hope it won't happen to me, at least not for this fanfic!
C.H.: Well, not sure what I'm gonna do about Kat yet, but we'll see.
ChrissyKat: Thanks! I always wondered what happened after the Turbo Movie, so I decided to write a fanfic on it!
Kimberly, Psych3, love everyone but me, Lavonne Adams, Slytherin-Angel44: Thank you for reviewing, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!