Chapter Two

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Sunday morning, Tommy woke up with a feeling of confusion. He sat up on his bed and looked around. 'That was some dream,' Tommy thought. He got out of bed and got in the shower. Once he was dressed the phone rang

"Tommy!" his mom called a few seconds later. "It's Kat!"

Tommy picked up the phone in his room.

"Got it mom." He waited until his mom hung up the phone. "Hello?"

"Hey, Tommy." Kat said. "Did I wake you?"

"No, I woke up about half an hour ago."

"Oh…"

"Is there something wrong Kat?"

"No, it's just…I-I'm sorry about last night," she said.

"Last night?"

"Yeah…t-the kiss?"

Tommy brought his hand up to his face.

"So it did happen," he muttered.

"What?"

"Oh, nothing. Uh…it's fine. But I gotta go."

"Alright, but we're thinking about having a picnic later on for Jason and Kim's homecoming-"

"Kim?" Tommy asked. The events from the last two days suddenly jumped back in Tommy's mind. "That wasn't a dream either…"

"Tommy are you alright?"

"Yeah, I just needed to digest everything that happened."

"Well, can I count on seeing you at the picnic later?"

"Yeah, I'll be there."

After getting the where and when, Tommy hung up the phone and made his way downstairs for breakfast.

"So, have you seen Kimberly yet?" his mom asked the second he stepped in the kitchen.

"Yeah…how'd you know she was here?" he asked suspiciously.

"I ran into Jason a few days ago. I was surprised to see him back."

"He told you Kim was coming?"

"Yes, but I don't think he meant to. He slipped up when he said he and Kim were excited to see you guys again."

"Oh…" Tommy replied. The wheels in his mind began to turn. 'What if…no, Jason would never do that to me. Besides, Jason and Kimberly practically grew up together. They're like brother and sister!' Tommy shook his head and finished up his breakfast.

"Where you going?" Mrs. Oliver asked as Tommy stood up.

"I'm just gonna see how Rocky's doing. After that, the gang is gonna have a picnic."

"Alright." Tommy kissed her cheek and headed out the door.

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The five turbo rangers, including Rocky, gathered at Angel Grove Park. The girls were fixing the food while the guys were tossing a football.

"Hey, you girls up for some football?" asked Justin

"Maybe later," Kat called.

"Come on, you two girls can be on Tommy's team," Adam said.

"Tommy? Then we're sure to lose!" Tanya joked.

"Hey, how about they go with Jason?"

Everyone looked up to see Jason's car pulling into the parking lot.

"Hey guys!" Jason cried as he stepped out his car. "Brought a guest if you don't mind."

A figure stepped out of the passenger's side of the car. He was dark skinned and wore a black shirt.

"No way!" Tommy said, smiling as he approached the original black ranger. "Zack!"

"That's right, the Zack man is back!"

Everyone gathered around to greet the two guys.

"I see some new faces," Zack said, seeing Kat, Tanya, and Justin.

"Oh yeah, this little guy is Justin, the newest and youngest ranger on the team," Tommy began.

"Blue turbo ranger!" Justin said, shaking Zack's hand.

"Tanya, yellow turbo ranger." Zack flashed her a big smile, while Jason and Tommy rolled their eyes.

"And…uh, who is this?" Zack asks eyeing Kat.

"This is Kat, the one who replaced Kimberly," Tommy said.

"Replaced huh?" Zack said, his tone changing.

Kat gave a small smile, noticing Zack's sudden change in his upbeat attitude.

"Speaking of Kimberly," Rocky said, trying to ease the awkward silence. "Where is she?"

"Yeah," Kat said quickly. "Is she okay?"

"Yeah, she's fine. She said she just wanted to stay home and rest," Jason said.

"Aw, man," cried Zack. "I haven't seen Kimmie ever since we left for Switzerland!"

"Maybe we can drop by later and see how she's doing," Tanya suggested.

"Sure," Jason agreed. "I'm sure she won't mind."

"Of course she won't! After all, I am the Zack man!"

After talking and catching up Rocky's stomach grumbled cueing him to whine about being hungry. Once the rangers finished eating, they played a quick game of football. Tommy and Jason were selected as the team captains.

"Zack man," Jason called. Zack ran to Jason's side, exchanging their secret handshake.

"Adam," Tommy said.

"Tan-"

"No, get Kat!" Zack hissed.

"Why? I thought you'd want Tanya on our team," Jason muttered back.

"Just do it," Zack said, elbowing him.

"Uh, Kat," Jason said.

"Okay, that leaves us with Tanya," Tommy said.

"Hey what am I? Chopped liver?" Justin asked.

"Alright little man, you're on our team," Zack said patting Justin on the back.

On their first play, Jason passed the ball to Zack who ran as far as he could before Tommy tackled him to the ground.

"Our ball!"

Adam threw the ball to Tommy. After running a few feet, he passed it to Tanya. The moment the ball touched her fingers, Zack tackled her down to the ground.

"Our ball!" Jason cried.

Zack threw the ball to Jason who passed it on to Kat. Tommy ran after her and tackled her to the ground. The two stayed on the ground laughing.

"Are we playing a game here or what?" Zack shouted. "Hey Rocky! How about switching with Kat?"

Tommy helped Kat up and apologized for Zack's behavior.

"It's alright, we should be cleaning up soon if we want to visit Kimberly."

Tanya followed Kat towards the picnic table.

"Hey Zack what's with you man?" Tommy asked. The guys, save for Justin, all came together.

"Yeah, lighten up man, it's just a game," Rocky said.

Zack didn't answer, he only continued to glare at Tommy.

"Uh, guys is it cool if us three talk for awhile?" Jason asked Rocky and Adam.

"Sure," Adam said walking away with Rocky.

"Man, it's only been a few months since you two broke up and you're already seeing someone?" Zack cried.

"What?" Tommy replied, shocked.

"Come on, guys quit with the screaming," Jason told them.

"How could you man? I mean, with any other girl I'd understand, but with Kat?"

"What's wrong with Kat?"

"You don't get it do you Tommy? For once quit acting so dense!"

"Zack, stop it bro!" cried Jason. "You don't know the full story!"

"Kimberly leaves after you tell her to follow her dreams," Zack said, not hearing what Jason said. "And she leaves her power coin to Kat, the same Kat who tried to break you two up in the first place. Do you get it now Tommy?"

Tommy looked from Zack and Jason. Zack sighed and walked away, shaking his head.

"Jas-"

"Look Tommy, Zack doesn't know the full story about the letter. He just heard that you two broke up, and that's it."

"But what does he mean about Kat?" Jason looked at Tommy, wondering how his best friend could be so slow.

"I'm not the only one who thinks of Kim as his little sister. But the only difference is that I know all about the break up and the letter-"

"And the guy?" Tommy asked, beginning to feel betrayed.

"Well yeah, but I only found out about him after I confronted Kimberly about the letter," Jason quickly explained. "But about Zack…he thinks that you're interested in Kat and he thinks that's pretty messed up."

Tommy opened his mouth to say something, but Jason cut him off.

"I mean, she left two of the most important things in her life behind and Kat just happened to come along and take them from her."

"Come on!" Zack yelled, his mood obviously changed to a better one. "Let's go see Kimmie!"

Jason patted Tommy on the back.

"You coming?"

"Yeah, I'll meet you guys there," Tommy told him. Jason nodded his head and walked away, leaving Tommy alone to think about what he just heard.

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AN: This chapter doesn't seem to be much. But I wanted to have something posted up for you readers. Anyways, I'm gonna have another fanfic up soon. It's a crossover between PR and Soul Calibur (the game). I'm gonna put it in the PR section, so yeah. Once it's up, please check it out! Thank you!