Author's Notes: I'd just thought you'd like to know what the pairings are going to be in this story.

Jason/Kimberly (eventually)

Billy/Trini

Zack/Angela

Rocky/Aisha

Adam/Tanya

Andros/Ashley

Justin/Cassie (hey, he's an ADULT now. Besides, I never liked the way Phantom Ranger kept toying with her emotions.)

TOMMY/KAT

Yes, this is a Tommy/Kat fic. I was hesitant about doing this, since I'm afraid I'll immediately lose 90 percent of my readers, but I decided to go for it. If you don't care for this relationship, there are gazillions of excellent Tommy/Kim fics on this site for you to read.

Where do I stand on the great Kim/Kat debate? Both sides, actually. I firmly believe that, at different times in his life, Tommy was in love with both of these extraordinary women...and, at different times in their lives, they were in love with him. Having said that, I do feel that the Tommy/Kat relationship was the more mature one, since they were closer to be being adults. The fact that they seem to have broken up sometime between Turbo and DinoThunder does not change this--I can certainly understand their reluctance to try a long-distance relationship.

As for The Letter (deep breath): I believe it's genuine, that Kim wrote it, and that she meant what she said. Kim loved Tommy--but it was a teen love, a high school love, a first love. First loves seldom last forever, especially a long-distance one. Kim hadn't seen Tommy for months, and wouldn't for many months more. I think that makes it entirely plausible that she stopped loving Tommy.

So, there you are. Tommy and Kat are going to try to reignite their relationship. Will they succeed? We'll have to see.

Please, don't flame me about this relationship choice.

Tommy hadn't been this busy since he retired from Rangering--again. With the destruction of both Mesogog and the DinoThunder powers, things had calmed down considerably. While Tommy appreciated the peace and quiet, he was planning to disrupt it--at least temporarily--by doing something he'd been wanting to do for a long time: introduce his present to his past.

Tommy had organized a Ranger reunion.

Only three things still concerned him about it. None of them were worry about whether his latest teammates would get along with his first ones. The DinoThunder teens hero-worshipped their predecessors. And all of Zordon's former Rangers he'd talked to had been eager to meet their successors.

Worry number one was Kimberly. It had taken a long time for him to get over their painful breakup, and to be honest, some pain and anger still lingered. He'd thought long and hard before inviting her, but the team wouldn't be complete without her. Their phone conversation had been brief and uncomfortable, but at least they'd talked at all. His old friends had strongly encouraged them to put finally their feelings behind them. Neither of them was looking forward to this confrontation, but they saw the neccessity of clearing the air.

Then there was Katherine. Where Kim created trepidation in her ex, Kat created anticipation. Unlike Tommy's first break-up, theirs had been mutual. Neither had felt up to the challenge of a long distance relationship, especially after all the damage Kim did with hers. But Tommy had come to realize as time went by that he hadn't stopped loving Kat. It was just that the time had never been right for him to pick up where they left off. First there was Tommy's racing career, then going to college for his paleontology doctorate, then dealing with the fallout of the island explosion. Meanwhile, Kat had become a prominent ballet star, touring all over the world, making any prospect of a renewed relationship even more remote. But now she had just finished a tour, and had a two-month break. That was the main reason Tommy had scheduled the reunion for now. He was tired of waiting. While he would never want to take Kat's dream away from her, he was going to tell her that he still loved her, and that it was now or never.

The third problem was something the other Rangers didn't know about. Tommy had invited the Astro Rangers.

The eleven other Rangers who served under Zordon were going to be VERY unhappy about this. And Tommy didn't care.

Well, that wasn't quite true. He DID care. Cared enough to be determined that if he had to face his ghosts of the past, so did they. He knew they were exasperated by his never resolving things with Kim, but in his eyes they were committing the same sin about a much bigger issue.

Zordon's death.

Zordon's Rangers, with the exception of Tommy, still blamed the Astros for Zordon's death. And Tommy was sick of it. They WOULD see reason, he felt. He had never, and would never, use the authority of his leadership of the Power Team lightly, but he was going to use its' full extent now.

He just hoped it would be enough.