Parallel Realities Ninja Storm Chapter 9: Kisses Make Your Day Not You Gay, Right?, a power rangers fanfic

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Previously in Parallel Realities Ninja Storm:

Tobi confronts Hunter about his feelings and Hunter reveals his jealousy toward Tobi. They share a laugh over the fact that they were both jealous over the other. Dustin awakens to find Tobi and Hunter comparing "equipment" sizes. He passes out after Tobi's masturbation session sprays him in the face. After Dustin awakens, Hunter tells Dustin he's also in love with him (in addition to Tobi loving Dustin). Dustin doesn't freak out, but needs some time. Later, Tobi receives a letter from his dimension's version of his sister telling him to secretly meet her at the park. Before he can sneak out to meet her, though, he has a run-in with an unknown male in a dark closet…

Parallel Realities Ninja Storm: Chapter 9 (Kisses Make Your Day, Not You Gay, Right?)

Having opened the wrong door in an attempt to leave Storm Chargers, Tobi found himself in a dark closet being pulled in for a kiss. Their lips wrestled together until Tobi instinctively opened his mouth and their tongues met. It was so intense that he didn't stop to really consider what he was doing in the dark with some unseen male. He just pressed his body tightly against the figure, their excited midsections meeting...

Gasp! The figure pulled back quickly and fumbled around. Suddenly a light filled the small room.

"Blake?" Tobi realized.

"Tobi!" Blake cried in horror. "I—I thought you were Tori!"

"Oh," Tobi said, consciously willing his erection to go down. He had just been making out with his sister's boyfriend. That defiantly wasn't something he saw coming.

Blake was still red cheeked and in shock. "Don't mention this to Tori," he pleaded.

"No problem," Tobi assured him. "My lips are sealed. Speaking of which, do I really kiss like my sister because you didn't realize it was me until our throbbing—"

"Maybe, maybe," he interrupted, closing his eyes and frowning. "Actually, better. Don't tell her I said that."

"Like I said, my soft, supple, wet lips are sealed," Tobi teased him before leaving the closet with a completely mortified Blake trapped inside.

Once Tobi had found the real back exit of Storm Chargers, he raced off to make his appointment. Sure, it could easily have been a trick, but he owed it to his sister to give her a second chance. She meant more to him than anyone else in this new dimension (except for Dustin of course).

But, as he made his way to the park, he realized that he had just had his first real kiss and it had been with Blake (he didn't count kissing Mike Ferrera on the cheek in third grade). Blake was a good kisser and not bad looking. Tobi could definitely see what his sister saw in him, but he was no Dustin, that's for sure.

Before he could start thinking too much about what it would be like to kiss Dustin's tender lips, he arrived at the fountain in the park. He looked around, but didn't see his sister.

"Pst!" a voice whispered from a nearby tree. "Over here."

Tobi cautiously approached the tree. "Tori?" he asked.

"Shhh," the voice warned. "It figures you'd be late. When are you not? Anyway, I don't have much time."

Tobi walked around the tree but couldn't spot his sister.

"Up here," she whispered.

He looked up and saw her hiding in the branches of the tree. "Why are you up there?" he asked.

"Shut up and listen," she whispered quickly. "Lothor lives in space in this dimension and he's still a loser but not a pushover. He's trying to open some kind of a rift between our dimension and this one so that he can get the Power Rangers from our dimension to kick the asses of the Power Rangers in this dimension."

"But this dimension's you helped our dimension's mayor Lothor to defeat the Power Rangers back in our dimension," Tobi explained.

Tori was quiet for a moment before jumping down from the tree and grabbing Tobi by the shoulders. "Are you sure about that, Tobi?" she asked intensely.

"Yeah," he answered, confused. "Why?"

She looked off in the distance, deep in thought, before lowering her arms. "Listen up," she said, turning back to him. "I need you to do me a really big favor."

"Anything," Tobi replied without thinking.

She smiled before looking around nervously. "I need you to switch my morpher with the other Tori's," she said, removing her own morpher from her wrist. "Meet me here at the same time tomorrow with the other one."

"Why?" Tobi asked.

"Mine doesn't work here for some reason," she replied, forcing the morpher into Tobi's hands.

"So, if Lothor did somehow free the other Power Rangers and bring them here, they wouldn't be able to morph either?" Tobi asked.

"You're getting ahead of yourself, little brother," she warned, still looking around. "Now, I have to go before I'm missed." She reached for something in her hand.

"But, wait, why are you working for Lo—" he began, but it was too late. The other Tori was gone.

Tobi returned to Storm Chargers confused and uncertain. Should he follow his real sister's request, even if it meant tricking this dimension's version of her? It didn't help that the first person he ran into was his sister from this dimension.

"Are you okay?" Tori asked, concern in her voice.

Tobi looked up. "Oh, yeah, I'm fine," he mumbled.

She gave him a skeptical look, but he smiled and quickly returned to the back room of Storm Chargers.

"Hey guys," he greeted Hunter and Dustin.

"Hunter missed you, dude," Dustin said with an inviting smile.

"What?" Hunter replied. "When did I say I missed him?"

"Chill, dude," Dustin said with a wave of his arms. "I'm just like saying you couldn't stop talking about him."

"I was only talking about him because you brought him up," Hunter defended.

Tobi's eyes widened. "Dustin, did you really miss me?"

"Yeah," Dustin admitted, which caused Hunter to begin to protest until he added, "but Hunter's good company too." He grinned mischievously.

"Well, yeah," Tobi replied, not sure how to feel. "Sorry I took so long but I..." He trailed off as he tried to think of a legitimate excuse.

"Yeah, I know what kept you," Hunter said with a chuckle.

"What!" both Tobi and Dustin asked in unison.

"You missed a spot," Hunter told Dustin, gesturing to his bike.

How did he know? "I, uh," Tobi stuttered nervously. "I mean, I don't know if I'll go through with it," he defended quickly. "How did you find out about our secret meeting?" He figured he must not have kept the letter hidden well enough and Hunter read it and then followed him.

"Wait," Hunter began. "Go through with what? I thought it was a one time thing."

"We're supposed to meet again tomorrow," Tobi reluctantly admitted, realizing he had no choice but to betray his real sister now. The guilt was burning him up inside, but he would have felt guilty no matter which Tori he betrayed.

"But he said it was an accident," Hunter said, confused.

"He?" Tobi asked, but it was drown out by Dustin demanding to know what they were talking about.

Hunter looked into Dustin's wide, confused eyes. "Dustin, can you promise to keep a secret?"

"What's one more, I guess?" he shrugged.

Hunter lowered his voice. "Blake made out with Tobi in the storage closet."

Dustin literally fell over from the shock.

Suddenly Tobi realized that Hunter had been talking about his "meeting" with Blake the whole time. His secret rendezvous was still safe. Despite how uncomfortable and red cheeked the topic made him, he couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.

"Blake told me it was an accident," Hunter continued to divulge, "that he thought Tobi was Tori." He turned toward Tobi. "But now it turns out he's scheduled another makeout session for tomorrow. Unbelievable." He shook his head. "My own brother and he never told me."

"Hold up, dudes," Dustin said, waving his hands for Hunter to stop. "You're saying Blake is like... gay too?" he looked terrified. "Everyone's suddenly turning gay?"

"Hey!" Tobi protested. "I've always been gay!"

"Yeah," Hunter agreed. "It's not the kind of thing that develops... or goes away." He looked down for a moment, leaving Tobi to wonder if Hunter had tried to make his feelings go away at some point.

The door to the back room was open, so Tobi could hear Tori and Blake greet each other with "Hey"s.

Dustin's eyes widened at the sound and he leaned back so that he could watch the exchange.

Tobi stuck his head out to see what was interesting Dustin so much.

"Where are you going in such a hurry?" Tori asked Blake.

At that moment, Blake's eyes met Tobi's and he stuttered nervously, "Ah, um, nowhere."

"Do you want to go riding after work maybe?" Tori asked in a friendly tone.

Blake consciously looked anywhere but at Tobi. "Nah, I got lots of work to do and, uh, I'll just... I'll see you later, alright?"

"Yeah," Tori replied and, even thought she was facing away from Tobi, he could hear the disappointment in her voice.

Blake rushed out of the store, leaving a very confused and jilted Tori behind.

"Bye," Tori mumbled, mostly to herself, since Blake was already gone.

Dustin looked overwhelmed.

"What's wrong?" Tobi asked, taking a seat between Dustin and Hunter.

"It's true," Dustin said in a barely audible voice. "He turned gay."

Both Hunter and Tobi looked at the expression on Dustin's face and had the same urge to comfort him.

"No one can turn gay," Tobi argued. "Unless of course you're thinking of turning gay," he added.

Hunter jabbed Tobi in the ribs.

"What I mean is that I don't think Blake's gay," Tobi continued before realizing, "though he did say he liked kissing me more than Tori."

Dustin gave him a wide-eyed look. It was adorable.

"But he could have been kissing anyone," Tobi added. "I'm sure he would have much rather been kissing you."

"Me?" Dustin choked out.

"Well, I can only guess," Tobi theorized. "You're a lot cuter than me." He paused. "I can't believe I had my first real kiss with Blake." He leaned toward Dustin's face and stared deep into his big chocolate caramel eyes. "I would much rather have had it with you. I'm sure you're a great kisser. Have you ever kissed anyone before?"

Dustin fidgeted nervously.

"It's really enjoyable," Tobi said seductively, leaning closer. "Blake doesn't even like me that much and he enjoyed it because a kiss is a kiss, regardless of gender. Soft, tender lips parting, pressing, touching..." By this point, Tobi was breathing heavily on Dustin's face.

For a moment, Tobi saw Dustin's eyelids flutter and his mouth open just enough to give him a signal to continue. Tobi leaned forward and pressed his lips against Dustin's. They were really hot for some reason, like they were on fire.

Then the moment was over. Hunter was pulling him back, growling, and Dustin was shaking, his eyes wide, mouth hanging open and his cheeks flushed.

"What are you doing!" Hunter yelled.

"Dustin, I'm sorry," Tobi apologized, pushing Hunter off him. "I'm not trying to take advantage of you. I just thought... I thought you were giving me signals that... I'm sorry, okay?"

Dustin still sat there speechless.

"Dustin?" Tobi asked, his eyes starting to water. "I'm sorry."

Dustin just stared back at him with that same look that he had when they first met, a look like he had never seen Tobi before and didn't know who he was. It pierced Tobi's heart.

Tobi sniffled and blinked away a few tears before wiping his face. Instinctively, he got up to leave.

"I'm okay, TZT," Dustin finally said, looking up at Tobi. "I know you like got carried away."

Tobi turned back to Dustin, a relieved smile on his face.

Dustin ran his hand through his hair nervously. "Anyone else hungry?"

Hunter and Tobi exchanged surprised looks. "Yeah," they both agreed.

"Hey, guys," Shane greeted the three as they headed for the exit. "What's u—" He stopped himself when his eyes met Tobi's. "What's... happening?" he asked.

"Hey, Shane," Dustin greeted. "We're going out to eat. You wanna come?"

"Sorry, bro, but I'm putting a new surface on my board," Shane explained. "The traction is totally worn down."

"Oh," Hunter said, realizing something. He walked over to Kelly. "Hey, Kel, did those gloves come in yet?"

"We haven't received our shipment yet today," she replied. "Maybe later."

"Cool," he said. "And we're going out to get a bite to eat. We'll be back in a bit."

"Okay, I guess," she agreed. "I'm only your boss."

"Great!" Hunter replied before saying "bye" and leaving.

She shook her head.

"I'm still really sorry, Dustin," Tobi said while the three walked.

"I said it's okay, dude," Dustin assured him.

"I hope Tobi didn't freak you out too much," Hunter chimed in. "He has a tendency of doing that." He looked at Tobi, ready to glare at him, but the look in Tobi's eyes made him change his mind. "I guess he doesn't mean to," Hunter conceded.

Tobi gave him a weak smile.

"It wasn't that horrible," Dustin said. "TZT has girl lips."

"Hey!" Tobi protested.

"I think that was a compliment," Hunter told him.

"Oh," Tobi said. "So, you enjoyed it then?"

Dustin laughed nervously. "Look! McDonalds!" he said, pointing.

"Let me guess," Hunter said, joking. "You want a Happy Meal."

Dustin smiled sheepishly. "They have these little bikes that you pull back and then they go vroom and flip up on like one wheel and go..." He moved his body around like he was riding a motorcycle on just the back wheel to illustrate.

Both Hunter and Tobi laughed at Dustin's antics.

Later, after ordering, the three ate and raced their little toy motorcycles across the table, crashing them into each other intentionally and laughing.

"I had fun," Dustin said, patting his full stomach. "It really doesn't matter that you dudes are gay at all."

"I guess we'll take that as a compliment," Hunter said, grinning. "Hey, anyone else need to piss? I need to go like a race horse after that soda."

"I'm good," Tobi replied.

"Yeah, I could go like a fire hose putting out a fire," Dustin said, getting up.

"Where do you guys come up with these analogies?" Tobi asked.

"What analogies, dude?" Dustin asked.

Tobi shook his head. "Nevermind. Just hurry up or I'll leave without you guys."

Once the two were gone, Tobi picked up Dustin's Happy Meal toy. Actually, it was Hunter's, since Hunter had gotten the yellow bike and Dustin a blue one and Tobi red. So, technically, Tobi ended up with Dustin's.

It was strange how any little thing that belonged to Dustin or even that Dustin just briefly touched somehow made it special and meaningful to Tobi. Of course, nothing compared to touching Dustin himself. He closed his eyes and remembered his brief encounter with Dustin's lips. They had felt so soft and so very hot.

He opened his eyes to see Dustin and Hunter returning, both with bright red cheeks.

"What happened?" Tobi asked hastily.

"Nothing," Hunter muttered, trying to fight off a smile.

Tobi looked at Dustin, who was putting on a false innocent face (which he was actually good at, unlike Hunter).

"Spill it, now!" Tobi demanded.

Dustin grinned then shrugged. "I just wondered if Hunter... If he would be any different... in like kissing."

Tobi gasped. "You kissed Hunter!" he shouted loud enough for even people outside McDonalds to hear.

Dustin looked around nervously.

"Shhh," Hunter warned. "I just gave him a peck on the lips. It was nothing."

Tobi huffed. "It was not nothing!" Tobi insisted.

"How the tables have turned," Hunter said with a grin.

Tobi turned to Dustin. "So...?" he asked.

"So, what?' Dustin asked back.

"Don't play dumb," Tobi accused. "Who was the better kisser?"

Dustin very dramatically furrowed up his brow and cocked his head to the side in thought.

"You like teasing us, don't you?" Hunter laughed. "You know we both like you." He shook his head.

"Maybe," Dustin teased. "I'll let you know after I kiss a girl."

"Wait, you haven't kissed a girl?" Tobi asked, shocked.

"What?" Dustin asked nervously. "Did I say that? I... I like kissed girls and stuff."

"You haven't, have you?" Hunter realized, equally shocked.

Dustin's head fell. "No, dudes, I haven't."

"Which means, you're a virgin too," Hunter realized outloud.

Dustin looked extremely embarrassed.

"Don't worry," Tobi comforted. "There's nothing wrong with being a virgin. I'm a virgin. I guess I want my first time to be... special." He cringed as he realized he had unknowingly been following his sister's advice about not rushing into sex. "Not that I've really had the opportunity in front of me to say yes or no to," he added.

"Yeah," Dustin agreed.

Hunter looked between Tobi and Dustin. "Now I feel ashamed not to be a virgin."

"Who did you do it with, dude?" Dustin asked.

Hunter sighed. "It was my Sophomore year of High School. She and I had been going out for a while."

"Wait a minute," Tobi interrupted. "She?"

"I like girls too, you know," Hunter reminded him.

"Oh," Tobi replied. "That must be weird, liking girls and all."

Dustin and Hunter laughed. "Totally weird, TZT," Dustin said.

"So, have you ever had mansex?" Tobi asked Hunter.

"Not yet," he replied, looking at Dustin a little too suggestively for Tobi's tastes. "But I've always wanted to try it." Drool began to run out of his mouth.

"So, I guess we should be heading back now," Tobi offered in an attempt to break Hunter's concentration.

"Sure," they both agreed.

Tobi wasn't sure whether he should feel jealous of Hunter kissing Dustin or excited that Dustin even liked kissing guys. If Hunter can like girls too, why can't Dustin also like guys? It opened up a whole realm of possibilities.

Back at Storm Chargers, Hunter entered first. "Hey, Kel!" he greeted way too happily.

Dustin and Tobi followed him in and went straight to work while they heard Tori say, "Look, there's Hunter. I'll go ask him."

"Here they are," Kelly said, handing a pair of gloves to Hunter.

"Thanks," Hunter replied as Tori pranced over to him. "Hey, Tori," he greeted her, still smiling like a love struck puppy.

"So, you going riding?" Tori asked quickly.

"No, just making sure I have spare gloves for the weekend," Hunter replied, nodding.

"Cool," Tori said, pausing. "So, how's it going?"

Hunter shrugged. "Fine." He couldn't help but let a nervous smile slip out as the thought of kissing Dustin crossed his mind.

"Good. So, how's the riding? Are you guys going racing this weekend?" Tori asked, hurrying through the words.

"No," Hunter answered, giving her a confused look.

"How's the track?" she continued.

"Are you alright, Tori?" he asked.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" she replied like she was high on caffeine or something.

"I don't know," Hunter said with a nervous chuckle. He walked over toward his bike and gave a quick, panicked look to Tobi and Dustin. They both knew what he was thinking: She knows about Blake kissing Tobi, doesn't she?

She ran around the counter and over to Hunter. "So, tell me," she pleaded. "Come on."

"Uh... well, it's a sand track so I'm gonna try out these new tired," Hunter replied nervously, sitting on the bike, labeled #11.

"That's great!" Tori said with fake enthusiasm before pausing and getting to what she had been obviously beating around the bush about all along. "How's Blake?"

"Uh, fine," Hunter mumbled, groaning and giving Tobi a quick, panicked look.

"Have you seen him around?" she asked.

"Uh, no," Hunter said quickly. "He's been kinda busy."

"Doing what?" Tori snapped back, failing to completely hide her accusing tone.

"Hmmm..." Hunter pretended to think. "Now that you mention it, I don't know. Weird, huh?"

"Yeah, weird," Tori mumbled, looking over her shoulder toward the door. "I better go," she announced before running off.

"But don't you want to know about the new..." Hunter began as Tori left the store. "...tires?" he finished.

"What's up with Tori?" Dustin asked.

"She must suspect something's going on with Blake and Tobi," Hunter theorized.

"Hey!" Tobi protested. "Nothing's going on between us! So, is Blake really busy with secret stuff all the time or were you just lying to cover for him and his kissing preferences?"

"No, Blake has been busy a lot lately," Hunter explained.

"Oh," Tobi replied, thinking. "I'm gonna go see how she is."

Dustin and Hunter exchanged confused looks.

When Tobi reached the door, Blake was entering.

"Tobi," he greeted nervously. "Well, I better get to work. Those bikes won't set themselves up."

"Uh, right," Tobi said, rolling his eyes before exiting the store.

Tori was standing outside, staring off into space.

"You okay, Tori?" Tobi asked, walking up to his sister.

"Oh, hey Tobi," she greeted. "Yeah, I'm fine. Why?"

He gave her a skeptical look.

She sighed. "It's just that Blake has been acting weird and then I see him dropped off here by some girl—some woman," she corrected, "and he says 'I've just been really busy lately, no big deal.'"

"Wait, you think he's cheating on you with another... woman?" he asked, surprised.

"I don't know," she sighed.

"Maybe you should follow him," Tobi suggested. It's what he would do if Dustin and Hunter went missing together.

"I can't do that," she objected.

"Sure you can!" Tobi insisted.

"Okay, you convinced me," she relented.

"That was easy," Tobi said with a laugh.

She glared at him.

"So, anyway," Tobi continued nervously. "I've slept at Ninja Ops, at Dustin's and so... why not tonight sleep at your place?" He knew that, if he did go through with switching morphers, she would need to take it off, which she probably only did when she showered or slept.

"I don't think that would work," she argued.

"Come on!" he insisted. "It'll be like a sleep over! We could gossip about cute guys."

She giggled briefly. "I'm surprised you don't want to stay with Dustin again."

"I don't want Hunter's head to explode," Tobi said before realizing that he might be leaving the door open for Hunter to spend the night with Dustin. Helping neither of his twin sisters would be worth that!

"Alright, I'll think about it," she finally said.

"Yeah," Tobi mumbled, distracted. "See you tonight." He then ran back into Storm Chargers. He was relieved when he saw Hunter working with his brother Blake. Had he really expected to find him making out with Dustin?

He looked around for Dustin and noticed that the back room door was closed. He was about to open it in his quest to find Dustin when he heard voices talking.

"You remember when you said you... loved me?" Dustin's voice asked.

"Sure, dude," Shane's voice answered.

"So, you love me?" Dustin asked nervously.

"Yeah. You're like a brother to me," Shane replied.

"So, you're not... gay?" Dustin asked.

"Huh?" Shane said. "I'm not gay, bro."

There was a moment of silence, so Tobi snuck around to the side of the closed room where there was a sliding window over a counter. He carefully slid the wooden panel open just enough so that he could climb up on the counter and peak in on the two without being seen.

Dustin was looking down, deep in thought.

"You're not gay, man," Shane said confidently. "If you were, you would have told me a long time ago or you would have told Tori and she would have told me. So, this must be about Hunter being bi and having a crush on you."

"Twilight Zone Tobi's gay too," Dustin mumbled.

"That I figured out on my own," Shane said, "but Hunter? I never saw that coming."

"And Blake," Dustin added, a shutter running up his spine.

"Blake?" Shane repeated in disbelief.

"Yeah," Dustin replied. "He was making out with TZT, but TZT says Blake wanted to be kissing me instead."

"You?" Shane asked, shocked.

"And both TZT and Hunter said they like... love me," Dustin added. "You know, like like me."

"Oh, man," Shane muttered. "I see why you're kinda freaked, dude. I've had fantasies about a bunch of girls after my body, but a bunch of guys... Even if one does kinda look like a girl."

"You're not helping, dude," Dustin said.

"Sorry," Shane replied before giving Dustin an intense look. "Don't worry, bro. I'm not gay and I won't try to jump your bones."

"Thanks, dude," Dustin replied, smiling. "I don't like... hate the attention, you know?"

"Uh, no I don't," Shane admitted. "Maybe you should talk to Tori. She always knows what to do. Oh, but definitely leave out Blake," he added quickly.

"Yeah," Dustin replied quietly.

"Oh man," Shane repeated before Dustin interrupted him.

"There's more, dude," he said.

"What?" Shane asked. "Don't tell me Tori's a lesbian."

"No," Dustin replied, briefly losing his focus. "But I think I'm like..."

"You're what?" Shane prompted.

"I think I'm like..." Dustin stuttered, taking a breath. "... turning gay," He finally finished.

At that moment, a loud crash echoed through Storm Chargers as Tobi tumbled down from his hiding place.

To be continued...

Author's Note: My longest chapter yet! Some of the dialog/events in this chapter (Tori/Blake and Tori/Hunter scenes) are from the opening scenes of the episode Double Edged Blake, which is the episode that follows The Wild Wipeout. Obviously I changed the perspective, but I'm trying to keep things linear. Anyway, stay tuned and please...