Five Years Later…
Hey! Thanks for the reviews…So obviously I'm gonna continue this story. But now I'm stuck, should it be a Kira/Tommy fic or a Kira/Adam fic? I know the latter may seem a bit weird, but I just finished reading a couple of Kira/Adam stories and I have to say they are pretty good. But I'm still a Kirommy fan. Give me your thoughts on this. For now it'll remain a Kira/Tommy fic.
So anyways, here's chapter 2…
Chapter 2: Living with the good doctor.
Kira looked at Trent warily, she did not like that gleam in his eye. He was planning something very embarrassing or very irritating or both. But still she had to ask, "What?"
"Well, the last couple of days I've had nothing much to do, so I've been hanging out with my dad a lot. And at one point the let it slip that Dr. O's birthday is coming up." Trent replied, he now had an evil grin to go with the gleam.
Kira's eyes lit up, "Are you serious?"
"Yeah…"
"You know in the last 5 years we never actually celebrated Dr. O's birthday. There were all of our 21st birthdays but never his." Ethan said thoughtfully.
"Exactly," Trent said, "So I'm thinking that maybe we should give Dr. O a surprise party that will make up for the last 5 or 6 that we never knew about."
"That's a great idea! It's been way to quiet around here!" Connor said.
"A party sounds great, but what does that have to do with the fact that Adam and I now have no place to stay?" Kira pointed out.
"Well, my first idea was to kick Connor out and give you his room," Trent said and Connor stuck his tongue out at his room mate, "I came up with a better idea. Dr. O lives in this huge house all by his lonesome self. And no one should be alone especially when their birthday. So and Adam should stay here."
"That's a great idea Trent except for one tiny little problem,"
"What?"
"This is Dr. O's house! Meaning we have to ask him permission…Did you even think of that?" Kira said rolling her eyes.
Trent frowned, "Good point. Ethan can ask him."
"Hey! Why me?!" He exclaimed.
"Because, it's your fault Kira and Adam have no place to stay."
Ethan looked at them embarrassed, "Right…Sorry about that."
Kira grinned at him, "Its ok. All you have to do is to ask Dr. O if he's willing to give us two rooms because you forgot to call the hotel and book rooms for us."
Ethan groaned and Connor shook his head at him, "He's all for fighting more tyranodrones and more monsters but he can't find the guts to go and ask Dr. O a simple question…"
"What question?"
The four of them jumped and saw the two ex-teammates standing behind them. Tommy stared at his four ex students. They looked like he just caught them doing something very wrong. He narrowed his eyes at them, "What are you planning on asking me?" he repeated.
"Um…see the thing is IkindasortaforgottobookKiraandAdam'sroomsatthehotelsothey needaplacetostayandTrentsaidthatseeingasyouliveinabighouseallbyyourself you wouldn't mindgivingthemaplacetosleep."
Tommy stared at him, "Ok, you wanna try repeating that slowly?"
"I kinda sorta forgot to book Kira and Adam's rooms at the hotel so they need a place to stay and Trent said that seeing as you live in a big house all by yourself you wouldn't mind giving them a place to sleep."
"You forgot to book the rooms!" Adam exclaimed.
"Yeah, look I'm really sorry!"
Tommy turned to Adam, "And you called me absent minded. The two of you can stay here. On one condition."
Kira winced, she wondered what the condition was. Would he want them to clean his house? Sort out all his stupid dinosaur notes and papers? The possibilities were endless.
"I want you, Adam, to take back your words."
What?! Kira was shocked by the strange condition and decided to take it as a blessing that he hadn't asked for anything more. Adam however looked like that was the worse condition he could ask for.
"You want me to what?!"
"Take back your words." Tommy stated simply.
"So, you want me to lie in front of your students?!"
"No, it's not lying. It's just been proven that I am not the most absent minded person in the world."
"Bu…but…" Adam sputtered.
Kira went up to Adam and pinched him, "Adam! Do you want to sleep in your car? We're gonna be here for more than a week!"
"Fine!" Adam agreed grumpily.
Tommy smiled smugly at his friend, "Say it…"
Adam rolled his eyes, "Tommy I take back what I said about you being an absent minded old geezer."
Tommy grinned at him, "Good,"
"You're an absent minded old evil geezer…" Adam muttered under his breath such that only Kira heard him. Kira suppressed her laugh. Now that they had a place to stay she wasn't going to do anything to lose it.
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Kira let a out a breath of relief as she leaned against the door of what was to be her room for the next days. It was a decent room, blue walls, a simple bed, a desk and a bedside table with a lamp. She threw her bag and her guitar on to the floor next to the bed and flopped on to the comfortable bed. It had been a long...afternoon. After a long three hour drive with the man who made Connor's driving look fun, she had to endure the 'Oh My God!'s that came when she met her friends at the café and they saw her new look. On top of that there was the whole telling them that she got her powers back. And then there was seeing Dr. O or Tommy as he asked them to call him, again.
It wasn't as hard as she expected it to be but was still hard. She still remembered the look he gave her the last time they saw each other. How painful it was to say goodbye and even though they promised to stay in touch, they hardly did. But the memory that was still fresh in her mind happened right after they defeated Mesagog.
Kira was confused. It finally happened, they defeated Mesagog but it came at a price. They had all lost heir Dino powers. They were no longer Power Rangers. It seemed weird to not think of herself as the yellow ranger. After complaining non-stop about how they wanted normal lives they finally got it. Only to her it didn't seem as appealing as before. She expected the grass to be greener and the sky bluer, but everything was still the same. Everything except her. Sure she was no longer a high school student or a power ranger, but she felt the same. It was as though a part of her was missing.
"Kira, what are you doing here?" came a voice behind her. Startled she jumped out of the bench she was seated on. She saw that it was only Tommy behind her. She gave him a small smile, "I usually come here to…think."
Tommy sat next to her, "Really, and what are you thinking about now?"
Kira sighed, "I was just thinking about the last year. How being a power ranger changed my life and all that sentimental nonsense." She said trying to make a joke out of it but even as she said it she could feel the tears forming in her eyes.
"Kira look at me," Tommy ordered. Kira turned to him; he lifted his hand and brushed away a stray tear. "When I gave up my powers it was hard, it wasn't what I wanted to do but it was necessary. But I felt like there was something missing now. Like part of my purpose in life was gone." He smiled at her, "But you know what my friend Jason told me, 'Once a Ranger always a Ranger' and it was the best advice I ever got. Those of us who believe it will come back. It could be 1 month from now or even 3 years but if you believe it you once again be a ranger. I'm like the advertisement for it, the only person who was a ranger 5 times."
Tears were still falling from her eyes but Kira smiled, "Thanks Dr .O. That really helped."
Tommy smiled back at her.
And then she didn't know how but they were kissing. Ok, so maybe it had something to do with him leaning towards her and her leaning into him, but it wasn't something either of them planned on doing. When it sunk into her mind what it was they were doing her first instinct was to deepen the kiss but instead she gently pushed him away.
"Kira…I'm sorry! I…" Tommy stammered.
"It's ok, it my fault as well."
They both looked at each other nervously.
Kira sighed, "Well this is gonna be awkward." She commented. Tommy laughed.
"Not if we don't want it to be…" he said.
"Never mention it again?" she asked.
"Yeah…that's it."
And that was how they left things before she left for New York to make it big as a singer. This obviously didn't turn out as she planned, but still. He was right though, once a ranger always a ranger.
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Tommy let out a sigh of relief when he was finally alone. He had gotten the shock of his life when he saw Kira and Adam. Shock wasn't the only thing he was feeling. He had gone through a whirlwind of emotions when he saw his ex student and old friend again. Well, there was the obvious shock at first which gave way to confusion and when Adam said he had come with Kira Tommy had suddenly felt like punching something. But when Adam clarified that they were just friends he felt much better. But the question on his mind now was, why was he feeling all these things? Kira was his protégé of sorts, so it would be obvious he felt a little protective of her.
Tommy shook his head, who was he kidding. What he felt for Kira was more than a little protectiveness. Ever since that day he saw her crying. Actually it was well before that, but she was his student and he did not want to get her into any trouble nor did he want to get into any trouble himself. But when Kira had said to forget about the kiss it was like knife through his gut. He had been hurt, but he did his best not to let it show. He didn't want to be an obstacle to Kira. He didn't want to burden her with his feelings. So for the next five years they kept in touch through letter mostly.
He was sure that after a long time of not seeing her all those feelings would on their won fade away. But he was wrong, seeing her again today had brought them all back. Maybe over the last 5 years he had suppressed them but they were never fully gone. He ran a hand through his hair in frustration. What was he going to do?
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Ok, after writing out this chapter I've decided that this is with out a doubt a Kira/Tommy fic. I can't stand to tear them apart. Maybe I'll just say that Kira and Adam have a little…history. It'll add a little drama into the two dino rangers friendship.
Oh and dino rangers mighty morphin power rangers. It'll be weird to go around saying "Hi! I'm the white Mighty Morphin Power Rnager".
And Dino Thunder ranger well you know who they are.
I just wanted to clarify that.
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