Author's Note: I'm beginning every one of these updates with apologies about the delay; it's beginning to be a trend. Real life has been hell, a lot of family illnesses, and school totally kicked my ass. But summer is here, and my load is lighter, so I will attempt to update on a regular basis. Now, on with the story.

Kira shouldered the phone as she picked Talee up to feed her a bottle, "Kim's been really great Tori, there's just something about her that I can relate to. But it's so weird… last week her friend Zack was up…"

"I remember you talking about him," Tori said as she thumbed through the pictures Kira had sent of her and the baby. "These pics are so adorable," she had to add.

"Thanks, aren't they," Kira laughed, "Anyway… so we had a fire in their backyard the last night he was here, and they were singing, it was this song that Kim wrote in high school, it's a beautiful song. But I sware on my life Tor… I've heard it before."

"What?"

"I know!" Kira exclaimed. "I even told her that, and she said that was impossible because the there are only 11 people in existence that have a copy of that song on cassette, including herself. So how could I have heard it?"

"Maybe you know one of those 11 people," Tori had to suggest, it was a possibility.

"How? The only people I know around her age are Dr. O and Hayley, and what are the odds that one of them would know Kim? There's no way," Kira stated firmly. It was impossible to think that her life now could ever be connected to her life as a ranger.

"True… that is pretty coincidental that you would just happen to move next door to someone that Dr. Oliver knows on a personal basis…" she paused, "That would be really freaky," she added with a shiver.

"Anway… it's weird, that and I just feel like I know her from somewhere, it's driving me crazy," Kira said as she shifted Talee to burp her. "So how are things in California?"

"Crazy as ever, the new students are as clumsy as I was, hapless as ever," Tori laughed. "At least I know none of them will ever get chosen to be rangers in the near future, I'd fear for the world's safety if it was the case."

"I'm sure the same thing could have been said about you," Kira pointed out while trying not to laugh.

"Maybe… oh!" she exclaimed suddenly remembering what she'd wanted to say before the thoughts of her students crept up, "Dustin's been asking about you, he knows you still talk to me and he's been trying to eek out where you're 'hiding'," Tori groaned. "Do you have any idea how persistent he is?"

"Don't tell," Kira nearly whined. "Not yet anyway, maybe once I'm settled in here," she said thoughtfully.

"I won't tell, I promise…" she said just as Dustin walked in. "Oooh who are you…" he saw the pictures. "Baby pictures!" he cried and snagged the pictures away from Tori before she could react.

"Dustin! Give those back," Tori dropped the phone and jumped after him.

"Tori?" Kira called from the other end, wanting to know what was going on.

"Who's ba…" he trailed off at the picture of Kira holding Talee, "Kira's baby! Kira has a baby! Dude! That's like… Dude!" He exclaimed. "Dude!" He ran around the ninja ops, keeping away from Tori. "When'd she have a baby?"

"Dustin! Gives those back!" Tori cried chasing him around futilely. "I'm not telling you!"

"You kept it a secret! My fellow yellow had a future yellow and you kept it from me! Dude! Not cool Tor," he said continuing to flip through the pictures till he got to the envelope, he stopped, causing Tori to run right into his back and fall to the floor.

"Dustin!" She yelped as she hit the floor. "You…" she trailed off, glaring at him.

"She's in Florida! Dude!" Dustin dropped the pictures and ran out of ninja Ops.

"Dustin! Don't you dare!" Tori followed him in vain, for she saw the streak of yellow bouncing off into the distance as she excited the academy. "Dammit," she ran back inside and grabbed the phone. "Kira… I hate to say this…"

Kira groaned, "Oh no… what hap…" she trailed off when she heard a knocking on her back patio, she turned around to see Dustin, grinning his head off. "Baby! Baby! Baby!" He exclaimed. "Oh god," she sighed. "Tori," she whined into the phone as she went over to let Dustin in.

"I'm sorry Kira, he ran into Ops before I could hide the pictures," she said apologetically.

"Dude! She's adorable! Lemme hold her… gimmie, gimmie, gimmie!" He exclaimed holding out his arms. "I want to see the baaaaby."

"You're worse than a five year old," Kira told him. "Hold on a sec Tori," she said into the phone before setting it down and handing Talee, who was studying Dustin with intense curiously, over to him. "Now be careful," she warned.

"I'm good with kids, babies love me," Dustin informed her, holding Talee up to his face. "You're such a cute baby… I'm your Uncle Dustin, and I'm gonna teach you everything you need to know to be a future yellow ranger," he said with a grin, as she laughed and chattered to him.

"Her name is Talee… I call her Talee, and what you do mean future yellow," Kira wanted to know, crossing her arms.

"Oooh Talee, its obvious, you're gonna be a future yellow dudette, and you're gonna save the world," he said bouncing her in his arms, causing her to squeal with glee. "Baby! Baby! Baby!"

Kira couldn't help but laugh, Dustin was obviously in his glory. She picked up the phone, "Well… this is unexpected," she told Tori with a sigh, watching Dustin bounce around the kitchen with a very happy and excited Talee.

"I'm sorry Kira," Tori said again, kicking herself for not putting the pictures away after she was done looking at him.

"It was bound to happen, I just need to make it crystal clear to him that he can't tell anybody, or I'll skin him alive," she said firmly.

Tori laughed into the phone, "You be sure to tell him that."

"Did you hear me Dustin?" She called over to him.

"Dude! Don't tell… skinned alive, gotcha," Dustin said distractedly as he made googley noises to Talee and blew raspberries on her belly, causing her to squeal with glee.

"He's completely caught up by the baby," Kira said with a laugh. "I'll let you go, I have to go hammer it into Mr. Brooks here that nobody will be told about my ware-abouts."

"Good luck, and hey think of it this way, Dustin loves babies… he'll probably be more than willing to Ninja Streak whenever you need a babysitter," Tori told her before saying her goodbyes.

Hmm, Kira thought about that last bit after she hung up. Talee did seem to be taking to Dustin rather well, and she could always use a babysitter. She'd have to think on that one. "Dustin," she said walking over to where he was holding Talee up over his head and making flying noises. "I meant what I said, you can't tell anybody where I am, especially my ranger team," she told him.

"Why not? They talk about you ya know," he told her. "The guys feel like idiots about the whole wedding thing," he said dropping Talee down to blow raspberries again.

"They should," Kira said tartly. "I don't want them to know yet, because I'm not ready to deal with the 'I told you so's' coming from them about Caleb. I just need time to settle into my nitch before I go dealing with my past, so you can't tell anybody, I mean it, swear it Dustin." She said firmly.

"You really should talk to them," he said and in response to her glare added, "Dude! I swear I won't tell them, relax," he said holding Talee up on the air again, "Dude! You're flying baby girl," he said walking around the kitchen.

"If she gets sick, you're totally cleaning it up," Kira informed him as she set about to do her dishes.

After she'd sent Dustin back home with the promise that he could come see Talee whenever he wanted too, and she would indeed call him when she needed a babysitter, and after Talee was in bed for the night, Kira sat down in front of her computer. "What a day, what a day," she said to herself. "I'm glad it's over," she sighed as she logged into her inbox. "It can't get any…" she trailed off. The latest new email, from the one person she'd figured would probably find her, but hoped never would attempt it.

Hayley

Author's Note 2: Yes, I'm leaving you there, wondering what Hayley would have to say. I'm cruel I know. But no worries, I'm already working on the second chapter of this Revealing arc, so don't fear, it won't be 2 months like before. I hope you enjoyed this interesting twist I've thrown in. Erin… it's for you. :D