Disclaimer: My first venture into the Power Ranger Fandom. I do not own Power Rangers other than my OC's. There will be slash in here. You get to guess whom! There is also the element of time travel and there will be flashback chapters (just as a warning if things get confusing). Obviously I have no BETA so I apologize for any grammatical mistakes in advance. WARNING: SLASH (BOYXBOY) in this fic. Griffin will be traveling back in time to when the Thunder and Wind Rangers have already become a Team and Cam has already gained his Samurai Powers.
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QUICK RECAP
Griffin is introduced to the others
A lot of drama involving Shane
Dustin (Waldo) storms off
The two bond
Hunter poses a new question
The "Yellow Crew" chills together
A cloaked figure plots revenge
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A group of shadows were assembled in an equally dark room. A sole light in the middle illuminated the room. The five awaited their sixth.
"The Mythic Morphers are sitting here useless at the moment. Shouldn't we use them to cause chaos?" asked the first in a high-pitched feminine voice.
"You should be more patient. We do as we are commanded," replied a slightly deeper masculine voice.
"DO YOU REALLY THINK WE COULD ACTIVATE THEM?" shouted the third, a very low masculine voice.
"I have more important things to do right now. All this darkness is draining me. It's so sad and depressing. I could be out there shopping!" stated the fourth, a bubbly feminine voice.
"ENOUGH!!" shouted the fifth in a domineering masculine voice. "We shall wait for our leader."
"Of course" replied the other four.
Just then the sixth appeared from amidst the shadows.
"I do not appreciate any one questioning my decisions but I suppose it would be expected from you five. The reason we have failed to do more so far is that it would be obvious if we activated five new morphers at once. When a new morpher is first activated it sends a signal to the Morphing Grid. Activating five at once would be unwise as I am sure the Crimson Ranger has sent his son after us. It would be even more foolish as they have not been activated by the Heads of the Academies so your identities may be compromised and your powers weakened. We need to wait and see for now. I will be able to finally have my revenge on Hunter Bradley!" cackled the leader.
"No disrespect Leader, but shouldn't there be a sixth morpher? There are always six rangers? There are six ninjas at the Wind Academy at the moment. Wouldn't it have been wise to have taken the sixth morpher?" inquired the third shadow.
"Do not worry about such trivial matters. The sixth morpher is incomplete and is useless to us as it lacks a power core to tap into the morphing grid. I would never be able to complete it as I cannot connect to the morphing grid. Even if Bradley's son finds a source his one morpher cannot with stand the other five. Not even the Wind Academy's Rangers will be able to help."
"Leader should we infiltrate the city as humans?" asked the first voice.
"That is not necessary at this point, though you may if you want to. We will need to build up alibis soon enough. It would be a red flag for the Rangers if five new individuals come into their lives at once. You will be in charge of befriending the Blue Wind Ranger. Do not fail me," said the mysterious sixth figure.
"Yes Leader" she said before disappearing in a swirl of shadows.
"Leader should we continue with THE PROJECT?" asked the fifth voice.
"Yes, it shall not be long before they fall. Soon I shall have my revenge. It is almost time to conquer Earth!" exclaimed the sixth voice in a domineering voice.
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Griffin shot up from his slumber in a cold sweat with a throbbing headache. The last few days he had to stay under observation at Ninja Ops because of his recurring dreams. They others had grown worried when he collapsed during a training session. He was not even sure if they were visions or just figments of his imagination. Griffin's patience was wearing thin. He had been here in Blue Bay Harbor for almost two weeks by now. It was Dustin who had convinced him to talk to Sensei about the dreams. He had never been one to openly seek help in moments of weakness such as these so it was quite difficult for him to do so but Dustin did not leave his side.
Sensei was getting worried about the possibilities of evil Rangers running amuck with a possible team up with the forces of Lothor. They had their hand full enough as it is, and Griffin had brought forth an even bigger challenge for the six current Rangers. Griffin's involvement with the others were kept to a minimum by order of Sensei Wanatanable
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Flashback—connects back to chapter 3 here
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Hunter and Dustin didn't bother waking Griffin once the brunette got the hang of throwing the Frisbee. Hunter wanted to (as they had promised), but Dustin, being the considerate soul he is, decided it against it as Griffin appeared to be wiped. Unfortunately for them things were not going to go as they had planned.
Dustin and Hunter had an odd relationship in the sense they competed against each other, but were also close friends. The pair had met a while back at a race and had been friends since. Hunter still felt guilty for what he put the brunette through no matter how many times Dustin told the blonde to not worry about it anymore. Hunter's few extra years of experience (in both living and racing) were beginning to rub off on our favorite goof ball. Hunter was the only one so far that realized there was much more to Dustin Brooks than what lay on the surface.
Their competitive streaks would not let either back down. And soon it had become a battle of wills as neither would back down. Both Rangers refused to lose. As Dustin was about to throw the Frisbee once more to settle the score once and for all he heard a distinct scream followed by whimpering.
"No, no it can't be. Stop. Get away. I'm sorry I failed you. I did my best" were the stream of thoughts that Griffin was screaming in his sleep.
After the duo ran over to check on their friend Dustin attempted to wake Griffin up gently. Hunter, due to experience with having Blake as a little brother, advised against it.
"Dust stop!" Hunter barked.
"We have to do something! I can't stand here while he's suffering like that!" Dustin stated impatiently while pointing to and glancing at the time traveler.
"Dude I've learned that sometimes its better to let these things work themselves out. And like he told us he's a Ranger in training at the very least. I don't want to lose an arm or anything just to wake him up."
"How can you say that?"
"If I tell you, you have to promise to never tell another soul" Hunter said in his normal gruff manner.
"Sure dude no sweat I swear."
"You know how we told you that Blake and me are adopted?"
"What about it?"
"Well what you probably don't know is that we were both adopted. I was an orphan for as long as I can remember. Blake on the other hand had a family for the first few years of his life. I was adopted when I was in fourth or fifth grade, I forget which exactly. My parents knew Blake's so we've been brothers in a way since he was born essentially. It weird how I was told, but I was glad they wanted to adopt me. Anyways a few years I think I was ten or maybe even eleven at time, I was called to the principal's office at school… for a big announcement …" Hunter began.
"Did you do something stupid?"
"No dumb ass" Hunter said with a glare as he put his head against Griffin's chest in an attempt to gage whether Griffin's nightmare was normal or not by listening to the younger blonde's breathing and heartbeat. Dustin was doing his best to lightly restrain his charge.
After a few moments Hunter stopped and signaled Dustin to let go.
"He seems fine. His breathing is becoming more regular and his heartbeat seems to be returning to normal. Griff's body is moving less also. It's a good sign dude. I know you hate seeing people suffer Dusty, but he needs to face whatever's bothering him."
"Whatever you say Blondie."
"I'll take that as a compliment thank you very much," Hunter said with a hint of cockiness. "I very proud of my hair color. It's the one thing that will part of me: past, present, of future!"
"And here I was about to say how nice it was nice to see your soft side" Dustin said with a blush.
"You're not too bad yourself when your not acting like a total and utter dork" Hunter said with an equally red blush.
A few moments of awkward silence past between the two. The pair focused their attention at their nails or the grass or something else minute enough to be interesting in a time like this. Neither was quite able to look the other straight in the eye. The last few and next few comments would change everything.
"So you're such a fine piece of man candy that you'll never get flabby or gray?" Dustin asked in an agitated manner
"Awww Dustin I didn't know you were interested!" Hunter began with a blush. "This is so cute. Maybe when Lothor's gone my little lion we'll see" the blonde joked.
Dustin became extremely red and remained silent with his newly patented glare. If looks could kill the blonde would have been long dead. There simply too much respect, jealousy, and sexual tension between the two in no particular order.
"THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL I AM INTERESTED IN YOU HUNTER BRADLEY! I AM NOT EVEN INTERESTED IN MEN! I LIKE WOMEN!!" Dustin hollered in a very out of character moment.
"OOOOOOokkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk" Hunter said kind of frightened by Dustin's outburst.
"Let's get back to the story."
"YOU BETTER" Dustin replied with what Hunter would later 'patent' "THE DUSTIN GLARE OF DOOM."
"I was called to the office and my parents were there waiting for me. They told me they had something important to tell me. I found out that Blake was in a car crash. They drove me the hospital after. On the way they told me that his parents were killed and he was in the hospital. I learned during our visit that he sustained minor injuries. My parents knew of our friendship so they asked me if I wanted to take him home with us and make him a Bradley" Hunter said before taking a pause to wipe a lone tear from his right eye.
Dustin was so enthralled by the story that he was completely speechless.
"Anyways to this day Blake is still haunted by the crash. I've tried to talk to him about it but he doesn't want to. Ever since he officially became my brother I've seen him like this" (points to Griffin) "and the best thing to do is wait. If it gets worse we can interfere but it's more than pride that we may injure. We could possibly lose Griffin's trust by invading his privacy."
"Dude I still don't like where this is going, but if he gets mad at us its your fault. Just like how if he thanks us its all thanks to you Hunter right?"
"Wow you have a brain in there after all Dusty. I didn't know that" he said ruffling the brunette's hair. It was during times like these that the two began to cross the line between ordinary friends and something more. Hunter had a hard time restraining himself.
"Lothor killing our parents I think it really did a number on Blake. Even while under his influence Blake still had those nightmares. I've just learned to let him suffer through them as bad as it sounds. They need to face their fears in order to get over them. I don't like it just as much as you do but it's all we can do."
"I guess you're right."
"I'm always right" Hunter said before throwing the Frisbee at Dustin's head.
"Dude that was an all time…" A waking Griffin cut off Dustin.
Griffin seemed extremely disoriented when he awoke from his nightmare to his two Ranger friends, though it was understandable considering have to chase after some villain without a functional morpher to find stolen ones. He had only confided what had transpired (the bare basics) to Dustin.
"Sorry dudes. I've just been under a lot of stress," a groggy Griffin said as he wiped the sleep from his bloodshot eyes.
"Are you okay man? Hunter wouldn't let me wake you up from your nightmare or whatever!" Dustin said attempting to pin all the blame right away on his partner in crime.
"HEEEEEEYYYYYY!! That's a new low for you dude" Hunter said glaring at the Yellow Ranger.
"It's fine guys. Dustin, I am flattered you're concerned about me, just relax. I am more mad that the two of you were playing Frisbee without me" Griffin replied in a bone chilling tone with an evil glare.
"We're sorry," the pair shouted before getting on their knees before the recently shook up blonde.
"Sorry's not good enough if you were playing Frisbee. Though with those guilty looks on your faces its more likely that you two could have been having sex together for all I know while I was sleeping right near you too! You two both seem way too exhausted for playing a simple game of Frisbee! Not to mention how crimson the two of you are" Griffin said in a voice laced with humor. "Are you two sure you're not a couple?
The two Rangers face faulted and Griffin was stuck waiting for the two to regain consciousness. He knew that he shouldn't have pulled his last stunt, but he couldn't help but do so. The two were such easy targets.
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End of Flashback
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Griffin was beginning to become accustomed to hanging out with his father and his father's friend Dustin. He wasn't sure why his father had told him to seek out Waldo (Dustin), but he was glad he had met the two. It was if he had gained two brothers by spending his days with him. The pair got a long well despite making cheap shots at each other (possibly due to their sexual tension) and the constant one-upping. Blake and Tori were very similar to have how he remembered them from the future. His Uncle was much more uptight and his Aunt was way more relaxed. Griffin knew from the tales of his Aunt and Uncle that Cam would be a lot more uptight and insecure. However from his experiences in the future he did not know what to expect for the Yellow and Red Wind Rangers. It was almost as it they were taboo to the others.
He had never expected to change so much in such a short time. Griffin did not like how he went from being in control of his temper and surrounded in control chaos to biting off everyone's heads and constantly stressed. Despite all of this, Griffin was having the time of his life. Sure he may not be playing baseball with his friends, sparring with is dad, or "officially be a ranger," but things weren't too bad now.
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Training with Griffin was like any other lesson Dustin had as an Earth Student at the Wind Academy. Sure it was not as disciplined as those of the Water Students or as fun as those of the Air Students, but they still taught a lot considering how laid back, unfocused, and lazy the Yellow Ranger could be. Their first lesson would be the most mind boggling, the fifth the messiest, and so on. So it came to be no surprise to Dustin when the tables were turned on him. Griffin had yet to bother considering to train with any of the others yet.
Dustin Brooks never imagined in his lifetime that he would become a student at a secret Ninja Academy. Never did the-near-drop-out (he's doing so poorly due to his over sleeping and low attention span) ever think he would become a Power Ranger. Even more surprising was becoming a Sensei when he had not even graduated the Academy yet. Despite his goofball exterior and devilish good looks the brunette knew much more than he let on. In fact he was technically beyond what he should know (areas of skill, not skill level). And as such one will witness now in his training sessions with Griffin.
Griffin had been patiently waiting for his sensei for two hours now. By this time he had already underwent meditation for some time and also attempt to form a diamond. One of his first lessons was manipulating Earth.
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Flashback
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"Today's less is channeling one's emotions into one's element. Unlike Air and Water you need to learn to channel all of your emotions whether one is frustrated or stressed. Water and Air respond differently than Earth for while those two can become more violent under stress one's control of Earth can crumble in such a case."
"So what are we testing me in first Sensei?"
Dustin still couldn't believe he was a Sensei. His life included many twists and turns but he had never imagined himself being a Ninja (in training), Yellow Ranger, and Ninja Sensei. He was snapped out of his thoughts by a small slab of slate bopping him on the head.
"Sensei are you ok? That's the third technique I've had to use on you" Griffin said with an apologetic and sheepish look on his face. It was then that Dustin noticed he was now sporting several bruises and his outfit a lot more slimy and damp than he remembered.
"Ok brat lets kick it up a notch. You can summon slabs of stone, you can create torrents of mud, and you can control gales of sand. Now it is time to take everything you have learned so far and put it together for this lesson. Today you will be creating your own stone."
Griffin had a confused look on his face.
"There may come a time where everything left on the battlefield is out of your element. It is in times like that you will be forced to adapt what has along with one's teammates if they are with one to use one's environment to the best of their abilities. This is the first step which is the most difficult will also be the foundation of everything. Your goal is to create a diamond."
Griffin yet again donned the look Dustin had made famous. Neither said anything.
"First you need to focus on summoning some dirt. About a quarter of a ton should be sufficient."
Griffin did so after several moments.
"Second create it into a sphere about 10 m in diameter."
Griffin did with beads of sweat drifting down his face.
"Third increase the pressure and compress the sphere."
Griffin nodded and continued.
"Fourth continue to compress the sphere until it is less than 1m in diameter."
"Sensei are you sure I'm doing this right?"
"Watch out there. The bottom is beginning to drip. Fifth you need to attempt to remove the moisture from the sphere as you begin to channel some Lightning into it. Knowing whom your father is, it is no doubt you received some skill from it. The more controlled the Lightning the better as you need to evenly heat the sphere while adding carbon."
Griffin unfortunately did not have the ability to go much further than this. For in a matter of moments the sphere exploded into thousands of shards as soon as the Lightning met the surface of the sphere. What didn't become metallic or shatter into crystal shards caked onto the two. Unfortunately for Dustin he was assaulted by a torrent of mud. Griffin was assaulted by a mud like substance that was dry but refused to leave his hair. It was drier than normal mud, but caked about ten times worse. It was like clay from hell.
'It would definitely be a bitch to remove that' though the duo as they looked at the other. Little did Griffin know how true it would be just to remove what was currently caked into his hair.
"I think we've had enough training for today. I did not expect any less of you as you are your father's son." Dustin received a glare for this. "However even I did not expect you to make it to the fifth stage. It is a symbol to how talented you are with your Earth affinity. No come on kiddo we next to get back to Ops. I may be your Sensei, but I still have my own to train under."
The two were resigned to the fate that the others would see the mess they were. Sensei would have a heart attack at the current state of the training field the two had just occupied. Griffin's inability to completely remove the moisture created a weird reaction. What would normally remain mud had become a clay-like substance. They would never be able to learn what it did other than give Griffin brunette hair for several days. Cam knew it was harmless and studied it, but his results always became inconclusive. All he learned that it was a tackier than normal clay and that he never wanted to see it again (as Griffin and Dustin tracked it in and they spent days trying to remove it. Getting it off of their clothing and hair was a completely different and more hilarious story.
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The two arrived at Ninja Ops after what seemed like an eternity. The clay-like substance that was created as a result of the backlash of Griffin's lesson would not wash off. They lacked the time to truly try to wash it off as Dustin was close to running late for his own lesson with his Sensei.
"Was there a monster attack Dustin?" was what Griffin heard first as he enter Ops. Dustin decided to attempt to clean up a bit more before heading in.
Griffin turned around to see if Dustin was anywhere near him and saw nothing.
"Dustin dude are you ok?" Blake asked.
"I'M NOT DUSTIN!" hollered Griffin slightly agitated.
The other rangers were shocked when they recognized the voice. They knew he resembled Hunter but this was starting to get creepy.
"Training was ok until Sensei told me to add Lightning to a sphere of Earth."
"What was the doofus thinking?" asked Shane.
"You should give him more credit. He's a really good Sensei."
"If you say so," Shane muttered to himself.
"So any reason you're here right now resembling a mud monster and Dustin is nowhere to be found?" Hunter asked concerned.
"He said an I quote 'I don't want my favorite blonde to see me a complete and utter mess.' Who he meant I don't know but I don't think it matters." And in a flash Hunter was gone.
"You don't…" Blake began.
"Don't you even dare" Tori chimed in.
"Anyone have an idea how to get this off? I can't get it out of my hair at all."
"Let me have a look. Dad can train Shane, Tori, and Blake for now. Let me have a look" Cam said as he directed Griffin to another room while the other three followed their Sensei.
"So Griffin what did you do exactly. I know you're usually more careful," Cam asked with a glare while attempting to take a sample of the clay substance.
"I didn't do it on purpose," Griffin said with a pout.
"Sure. I've never seen anything like this before. What were you two doing anyways?"
"He was teaching me how to make a diamond"
'WHAT!"
"What's wrong Cam?"
"That's a SIXTH YEAR TECHNIQUE! THERE IS NO WAY DUSTIN COULD KNOW THAT!"
"I guess none of you know the true Dustin then after all. Now do you have a way to get this off or not? It is wicked itchy and I would like to see my blonde hair sometime soon in the near future. I don't think I can take anymore clone jokes."
"I think we'll need Hunter though and possibly Blake. I think the clay is electromagnetically attracted to your body though I can't fathom why it's attracted to your hair. We'll need them to get it off you"
"Just hurry it up! Though I don't think I'll stop being a Dustin Clone anytime soon at this rate. If Dustin and Hunter aren't making out by know, I am pretty sure the two of them are most likely trying to get it off. There is nothing like good ole' clean fun" Griffin said with a grin.
"Please do not put any ideas in my head. I would rather not imagine their sex lives right now Griff."
"Sorry Cam! I just can't help it. Those two are always annoying me and making everything sexual! I can't help it!"
"Ok I have another idea, but it may hurt and take a while since we don't have either of the Thunder Rangers…" Cam was cut off.
"GET THIS OFF NOW!!" Griffin said in an out of character burst in a full-blown tantrum.
"This may sting a bit," Cam said as he powered on a few creepy looking instruments that looked as if they belonged in Frankenstein's lab.
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(Meanwhile—Ties in to the flashback though Griffin has no knowledge of this part)
"Dusty we need to hurry up. They're going to worry."
"But Hunter I don't want to go back this stuff is really annoying! It's itchy like hell everywhere!"
"Everywhere?" Hunter said raising an eyebrow.
"Don't get any ideas you PERVERT!!"
"How am I a pervert? You're the one who put all those thoughts in your own mind!" said Hunter triumphantly.
"Hunter do you think you could use your Ninja Powers. Whatever Griffin did it happened when we added the Lightning to the sphere of Earth it kind of exploded."
"And you were having him add Lightning because?"
"It's part of the process to create a diamond, one of the first symbols of being a master over Earth."
"Sure… are you trying to impress me or something Dusty?" Hunter said with an air of cockiness and mock affection.
"No…" Dustin replied with a severe blush.
"Aww does little Dusty have a crush on me, the Hunky Ranger?"
Dustin blushed and didn't respond right away due to embarrassment. "Why would I have a crush on you? You look like nothing like a woman!!"
"Sure Dustin keep telling that to yourself. Whatever let's you sleep at night. So are we going to get this started or what?"
"Sure. Can you hurry it up?"
"STRIP!"
"WHAT??"
"You heard me. Most of that clay is on your suit. So let's start with getting it off your body. There is nothing to be ashamed of Dust. It's not like I haven't been naked with you before" Hunter said with a grin.
"THAT WAS DIFFERENT!! Showering in a locker room is one thing. You getting off at my discomfort is low even for you!"
"I guess you don't want my help then?"
"NOOOO I NEED IT!"
"OK strip now!"
"Fine Hunter." Inside Hunter's mind a chibi Hunter was doing a victory dance.
"Everything Dusty!"
"Nope! The clay never got down there so I don't need to strip you pervert. We can't having you losing consciousness due to my hot bod now can we?"
Hunter became as crimson as his Ranger suit but proceeded to shock the scantily clad Dustin (Dustin is just in a pair of boxer at the moment).
Both had to fight back the major nosebleeds over the scene though neither would admit it to the other. It was yet another scene of sexual tension of the two, but maybe one that would turn the tides toward a romantic relationship.
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End of Flashback
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Griffin was waiting patiently for his Sensei to appear. He was growing quite impatient. It was not like Dustin to be this late. And if he were going to be late he would have let him know by some means of communication. He did not let it bother him as he treated it like a test. This time he once again tried doing step 5 of the diamond technique. Though after the first few tries he was growing more afraid of his use of Lightning. After an hour Griffin headed back to Ninja Ops. The sight he would see there would definitely rattle his boots. Griffin was never prepared for something like that.
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Author's Note
Hey everyone. Here is the latest chapter. I am just letting everyone know that the chapters will probably shift to once a week within the next few weeks, as I have to go back to work. This level of slashy-goodness is going to increase like crazy soon! I want to thank Whispering Ranger for her help with this chapter and most of the other ones. She isn't my beta so don't blame her if there are any grammatical mistakes. SHE IS FRICKIN AMAZING. AND WICKED SMART! Please review.
The MYTHIC MORPHERS are not the MYSTIC MORPHERS! They are two completely separate sets of Morphers. Eltarprince mentioned this in a review so I thought I would clarify it now.
The Mystic Morphers of Mystic Force draw upon the power of magic and the Mystic Titans.
The Mythic Morphers of the future Wind and Thunder Academies draw upon the power of nature as well the power of ancient mythic creatures.
THANKS AGAIN TITANIUM LION FOR POINTING OUT GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES.
Mini Poll
Why didn't Dustin show up for training? What does Griffin find when he arrives at Ninja Ops? - Will appear as flash back in Chapter 6. (CLOSED)
Monster attack, everyone injured
Ninja Ops under attack by Marah and Kapri
Seeing Cam watching Porn at Ninja Ops (3)
-Griffin
UPDATED August 3, 2008