Author's Notes: This chapter is shorter and I think I'll do the same with the next so that I can get it out sooner. Of course, don't get used to it. Sometimes I just start writing and writing and then I face the daunting task of typing it all up (massages fingers delicately).

Thanks Magichalo for becoming a regular reviewer. I really appreciate it! Since you say you prefer the ranger-less stories more, maybe you'll like this chapter because it deals with character interactions. Oh, and the "naughty thang" may happen again... Anyway, got to get started on the next chapter!

Previously in Parallel Realities Ninja Storm:

Lothor creates a rift between the two dimensions. The tear results in an electromagnetic pulse crashing every electronic device, including all of Ninja Ops. Once Cam fixes communications, Sensei orders the others to see what's going on while Cam works on making it so that they can morph. Hunter decides to personally rescue Blake and Tori while Dustin is caught by Marah and Kapri, who are trying to steal morphers. Tobi is able to ninja streak, but otherwise proves useless to the battle. Cam rescues them and they return to Ninja Ops. Once there, Cam concludes that the other dimension's Power Rangers have not yet been brought over to this dimension. He then monitors anyone entering while he tries to find a way to close the rift. Meanwhile, Tobi suggests Hunter and Dustin go on a date. Later, Blake and Tori return from their outing and Tobi realizes they had sex Tori is more than happy to admit to that fact...

Parallel Realities Ninja Storm: Chapter 15 (Sex and Sympathy)

Cam was the first to gasp at Tori's confession of her and Blake's sexual activity, but Tobi and Shane were quick to follow suit.

Blake looked extremely embarrassed, but still happy.

Meanwhile, Can tried to focus on his laptop, but Tobi could see the glazed over look in his eyes. His mouth was still hanging open. It made Tobi wonder about Dustin and Hunter, so he stepped away from the others and activated his communicator. "Uh, Dustin?" he asked.

"Hey, TZT," Dustin's' voice greeted him happily. "I was just thinking about you."

"You were?" Tobi asked, surprised.

"Yeah, I was," Dustin replied in a slightly lower voice before continuing. "So, what's up, dude?"

"I... just thought I'd check on you," Tobi said.

"I'm fine," Dustin replied.

"Yes, you are," Hunter's voice added.

Dustin giggled. "And Hunter's fine too," he added.

"Uh, yeah," Tobi mumbled. "So, are you two planning on... doing it together?" He gulped after finishing his question.

There was a moment of silence. "I don't put out on the first date, dude," Dustin said with a nervous laugh. A disappointed sigh could be heard from Hunter, which only made Dustin laugh more. "So, what about you?" he asked.

"Me?" Tobi asked. "I'm fine too I guess."

"Yeah, you are," Dustin giggled.

"Uh, right," Tobi replied. "What are you doing right now?"

"Me and Hunter were racing and I totally wiped out and then we were wrestling in the mud and just having fun," Dustin explained. "We're having chocolate ice cream right now and I was telling Hunter about you thinking I'm like made out of chocolate." He laughed at the thought.

"Oh," Tobi said. "Sounds... nice."

"Yeah," Dustin agreed. "I'm glad I have good friends like you guys."

Tobi felt something catch in his throat again. "So, anyway," he said, taking a shallow breath, "Tori and Blake finally did it."

"What!" both Dustin and Hunter shouted.

"Yeah, everyone's surprised here too." He couldn't help but look at Cam trying to focus on his work.

"It's possible that Blake felt like he had to rush things," Hunter's voice commented in the background, "to prove he wasn't into Tobi. Still, I'm happy for my little bro."

"I never thought Tori would lose her virginity before me," Dustin said.

"The night's young," Hunter's voice said seductively.

Dustin laughed nervously. "Not gonna happen on our first date, dude."

Even though Dustin was happy and Tobi wanted Dustin to be happy, he couldn't help but feel emotionally chocked up, so he said, "I better go."

"Okay, catch you later, dude," Dustin replied.

Tobi lowered his arm and tried to calm himself. He closed his eyes and practiced breathing the way Sensei had taught him. When he opened his eyes, he saw his sister waving a hand in front of an unresponsive Cyber Dustin.

"It's Cyber Dustin," Tobi told her, approaching. "Cam made it so he can't be distracted."

"Cyber Dustin?" she repeated.

"Yeah, Cam couldn't get Cyber Cam to work," Tobi explained.

"Of... course," she said with a confused expression.

"So, what was he like?" Tobi tried to ask casually.

"Huh? Oh!" Tori realized. "He didn't last long, but it was long enough for me!" She laughed uncontrollably.

Tobi gave her a surprised look.

"Don't look at me that way!" she demanded. "We used a condom. I don't care how much I like him. There's is no way I'm popping out a baby over him."

"Uh, right," Tobi mumbled. "You seem... different now that you two finally... did it."

"Oh, do I?" she asked, tilting her head to the side and thinking. "How should I be acting?"

"How would I know?" he asked, frowning. "I'm the virgin."

"Poor baby brother," she said jokingly, "but you'd have gotten some action if you weren't so obsessed with braniac Dustin. I mean, you are my twin brother after all and therefore good looking by default."

"Yeah," Tobi mumbled. Something about the way Tori was acting reminded him of his twin sister from back in his own dimension. But, since he knew that version of her had lost her virginity years ago, he figured that's what sex did to people. It changed them. He thought about Cyber Dustin's blow job and wondered if that had changed him.

"Don't tell me you're getting off on thinking of me and Blake," Tori said, looking down.

Tobi followed her gaze to see a bulge in his jeans. "No," he replied defensively. "I did like kissing Blake and seeing him naked, but—"

Tori gasped. "You—"

"I already told you it was all an accident," he defended. "Anyway, I was actually just... You see, Cyber Dustin gave me a blow job and—"

"What!" Tori gasped before containing herself. "I mean, what?"

"Yeah, well..." Tobi mumbled.

"Is there a robot version of me?" she asked.

"It's a 'virtual replicant,'" Tobi corrected, "like a hologram I think."

"Yeah, whatever," she dismissed, studying Cyber Dustin. "How do you get him not to be obsessed with his computer?"

Tobi thought for a moment. "I think Cam said, 'Cyber Dustin, you can acknowledge others now.'"

Immediately Cyber Dustin turned and stared at Tobi.

Tobi gasped. "I thought only Cam could command you," he said.

"I'll always have a special place in my memory banks fro you, Tobi," Cyber Dustin replied with a grin, pulling Tobi closer to him.

"Nice," Tori muttered. "So this is why you like it here so much. Can you get him to listen to me too?"

"I don't know," Tobi confessed, swatting Dustin's hand away from his crotch while he grinned at his sister embarrassedly. "Uh, Cyber Dustin, you can do what Tori says too, okay?"

"Anything for you, Tobi," Cyber Dustin replied.

"Cyber Dustin, resume your work," Cam called from across the room.

Both Tobi and Tori stepped away nervously while Cyber Dustin went back to his calculations.

"Hey, Tori," Blake said, coming over to her and Tobi, "I know you said you wanted to come here first, but why don't we head back to my place and... finish up our night."

Tori looked at him longingly. "Tempting, very tempting," she said before looking at Tobi, "but I was going to spend the night with my brother."

Both Blake and Tobi looked at her in surprise.

"It just feels like it's been ages since we've spent the night together," she continued.

"We've never spent the night together," Tobi pointed out.

"Ah, yes, well all the more reason to start!" she declared. "Blake tells me you're staying here at Ninja Ops tonight."

"Yeah, I guess so," Tobi replied.

"Well, show me to our room," she said before looking at a confused and disappointed Blake. "And then leave me and Blake alone for a little bit for a quickie before he leaves."

Blake's face lit up.

"Uh, right this way, I guess," Tobi said, leading the two lovebirds to the training room.

"Not much, but it'll do," she said, grabbing Blake and dragging him into the room.

"I'll, uh, leave you guys," Tobi quickly said, running off. He had walked in on his sister having sex before back in his dimension and she never cared, but the boys certainly had. Maybe it was all the staring and wandering eyes that had led the boys to then avoid his sister. Besides, he never cared for seeing girl parts, even if they were his sister's. And the first time she had sex was kind of... gross. Now, if two guys were going at it... That, he'd like to see!

Shane had gone home by the time Tobi returned to the main room of Ninja Ops. Cam looked tired and frustrated. "I'm not getting anywhere," he complained, removing his glasses and rubbing his eyes. "Cyber Dustin, continue trying to find a way to seal that fissure and tell me the moment you detect anything entering this dimension. I'm going to bed."

"Are you... alright?" Tobi asked as Cam stood up and stretched.

"Yeah," he mumbled. "Just overworking." He then shuffled off to his room.

"He does too much sometimes," Sensei said, hopping over to Tobi.

"And is rarely appreciated for it," Tobi agreed. "He deserves to be happy."

Sensei looked at him and smiled, closing his little eyes. "I sense your inner ninja is already taking shape," he commented.

"My inner what?" he asked. "Oh, right."

Just then, Blake and Tori came skipping into the main room, smiling. Tori kissed Blake on the lips. "Goodnight," she told him.

"Goodnight, Tor," Blake said, returning her kiss and prancing out of Ninja Ops.

Tori grabbed Tobi by the arm. "Come on! Let's get to bed now!"

"Goodnight, Sensei," Tobi said as he was dragged off.

When Tobi stepped into the training room, he saw a second cot lined up next to the first. He noticed something else too.

He was caught between horror and curiosity as he stared at the clearly used condom lying on the cot nearest him.

Tori noticed his expression and laughed. "Sorry," she said, "but I didn't see a trash. I'll go flush it unless you want to do the honors." She dangled it in front of her brother. Yes, it was definitely used—and full.

"Uh, that's okay," Tobi managed to say.

While Tori went to the bathroom, Tobi activated his communicator. "Dustin?" he asked.

"Hey, TZT," Dustin's voice greeted him.

"I... just wanted to say goodnight," Tobi said slowly. "I'm going to bed now."

"Yeah, I'm just saying goodnight to Hunter," Dustin explained, yawning. "Goodnight. See you tomorrow morning. Not early. I think I'll sleep in."

"That's fine," Tobi agreed. "And... tell Hunter I said goodnight too."

"Sure," Dustin agreed, surprise in his voice.

"Bye," Tobi whispered before deactivating his communicator. He decided to briefly pay a visit to the main room of Ninja Ops.

Cyber Dustin was still busy working, but Tobi walked up to him and gave him a light hug. "I know you're not real and you're not Dustin, but... goodnight." Cyber Dustin continued to work uninterrupted. Tobi thought about telling him to pay attention to him, but it wasn't' worth it. When it came down to reality, he wasn't the real Dustin.

When Tobi returned to the Training room, Tori was making herself comfortable. "Why the long face?" she asked when she noticed her brother's expression.

"Nothing," Tobi mumbled, sitting on his cot.

"Liar," she accused playfully.

Tobi sighed. "Ever since Dustin chose Hunter, it's like I'm back in my own dimension."

"Huh?" she asked, confused.

He laid down on the cot next to her. "I never fit in there."

"Sure you—I mean, why do you think that?" she asked.

"They only put up with me because the Tori from my dimension made them," he continued. "They were afraid of her."

Tori couldn't help but let out a laugh.

"I'm serious," he insisted. "She used to beat up the kids that picked on me when we were growing up. I got picked on a lot for being... different."

She stopped laughing. "So, what does not fitting in there have to do with how you feel here?" she asked. "You don't fit in here either?"

"No," Tobi disagreed. "I actually feel like I fit in better here. It's just that I never thought I had a chance with the other Dustin and then I come here and this Dustin is actually attracted to me... but chooses Hunter instead."

Tori gave him a surprised look, but didn't say anything.

"It's strange," he added, "but I think it was actually easier with the other Dustin because he was mean to me. This Dustin is so nice and... caring. It makes me love him more. In fact, I've been wondering if I ever really loved the other Dustin because I never felt such intense feelings. I mean, I thought they were strong before, but... now it's just out of control. I could never even admit to myself that I actually loved Dustin until this Dustin. Now I just feel... lost."

Tori continued to watch her brother speechlessly.

"What?" he asked her.

"Nothing," she said quickly.

"Liar," he accused, repeating her words from before.

She grinned. "It's just that... you've changed so much and yet... it's like this is who you've always been. On the inside, I mean. You were always trying to act tough, but you were a wimp." She laughed. "You belong here. I don't know why I didn't see that sooner, but you do."

Tobi watched his sister with a hint of confusion in his eyes, but he smiled.

"Anyway, let's get to sleep!" she declared.

"Yeah," Tobi agreed, settling in and thinking about her words.

During the night, Tobi felt the need to get up and urinate, so he reluctantly stumbled out of bed. But, when he looked around, he noticed that the other cot was empty. He figured that his sister woke up with the same urge to visit the bathroom, so he waited for her to come back.

When that didn't happen after a while, he figured he'd get up and give her a friendly knock on the bathroom door. Girls always took so long in there.

He left the training room and was about to head for the bathroom when he heard voices coming from the main room. He decided to briefly check it out, so he followed the sound.

When he entered the main room, Tori was talking to Cyber Dustin. "And, so that will mask the echo thing you mentioned when someone enters the dimension?" she asked Cyber Dustin.

"Yes," Cyber Dustin agreed.

"What about someone leaving this dimension?" she asked.

"Cam isn't scanning for that," he admitted.

"Hmmm," she thought. "Well, set up a second masking program just in case and, remember, you are to wipe your memory of my being here the moment you're done."

"I understand completely," Cyber Dustin replied, smiling. "Give Tobi a kiss for me."

"Of course," she agreed, making a face.

"What are you doing?" Tobi asked.

Tori turned around, startled. When she saw Tobi, she let out a sigh of relief. "Tobi, you scared me. I was... just telling Cyber Dustin the information that Cam told me to give him."

"Why didn't he do that himself?" Tobi asked skeptically.

"Well, you know what a workaholic Dustin is," she replied. "He wore himself out and didn't even want to get out of bed."

"You mean, Cam," Tobi corrected.

"Isn't that what I said?" she asked.

Tobi stared at her with a suspicious look.

"Now, let's get back to bed," she quickly added, leading Tobi away.

"Don't you want to call your mom to tell her you're staying over somewhere so she won't stay up all night worrying?" Tobi asked.

"What are you talking about?" she asked. "Blake said that too, like—"

"Because your mom's alive in this dimension," Tobi reminded her.

Her eyes widened. "Uh, yeah, of course. I knew that. I just meant that I already told her a long time ago."

Tobi watched her as they returned to the training room. The moment they both entered, he grossed his arms. "I know who you are," he accused. "You're my sister—my real sister from my dimension. Where's this dimension's Tori?"

Instead of looking afraid or nervous at being caught, she just broke into a wide grin. "Congratulations," she said. "I was getting tired of acting so stupid around you. But I know who you are too and I know you won't tell the others."

"Why not?" he asked.

"Because you'd never betray your real sister," she replied, holding up her morpher-covered arm.

To be continued...