A/N: Well what do you guys think? Here's Kim's side of the story. Just one more chapter left. As you can figure out, I no longer use italics when typing memories or flashbacks. I figure you are all smart enough to figure out your reading one.

Kimberly looked at her friends sadly as she said to them.

"My parents had been having problems for years, it all started when I was about 5 years old..."

Kimberly Ann Heart sat in her room and listened to the bickering that had now been going on for hours, she did not understand what was going on. Tho school had just started for her, and she had no friends she wanted so badly to go back. To get away from all the fighting... She got up and tip toed out of her room and down the stairs, her parents fighting was so loud that she could not be heard opening the front door and then shutting it behind her.

She knew she could not cross any streets yet with out one of her parents so she just walked up and down the side walk. Making a turn and going to the other side of the block she saw a large van, some large looking men were lifting heavy looking furniture and carrying it into a two story, yellow house. She noticed a little girl sitting on a stone step by the truck, the little girl had long, slick, black hair and from the looks of it was upset. Kimberly walked over to her and said.

"Hi."

The little girl looked up at her and wiped away tears saying. "Oh, hi..."

Kim could tell the girl needed a friend so she said. "What is your name? Mine's Kimberly."

The young girl smiled at her and said. "Nice to meet you, my names Trini, we just moved here."

Kimberly sat next to her and asked. "Where are you from?"

Trini looked down at the ground and said softly but with pride in her voice. "Vietnam... My parents wanted us to move here to start over."

"Start what over?"

Trini shrugged and said. "I do not know. We just got here this morning."

"Well, who is this young lady?"

The two girls spun around to the sound of a mans voice. There stood Bao Kwan, Trini's father, the man was tall and slim with thin, wire frame glasses on his face.

Kimberly stood up and turned around. "Hi sir, my name's Kimberly Heart."

Bao walked down and stood beside his daughter and said kindly. "Well hello Kimberly, and where are your parents?"

Bao looked around and could not see any other adults beside him self and the movers. Kimberly looked down and said softly.

"They don't know that I left the house..."

Trini looked startled at her new friends confession. "You ran away? Why?"

Kimberly looked up at the taller girl and told her. "I just needed a break, I plan on going back home."

Bao Kwan told the girls. "Well why don't you show us where you live then young lady, this way we have a chance to see the neighborhood a little?"

Kim knew he was right and said. "Sure Mr. Kwan."

She lead them back around the block where she could see her parents come into view in the front yard. She felt like lead was in her stomach as she saw the frightened look on their faces, she knew she was in trouble now.

Mary Heart was slow to anger, but she looked down at her daughter and asked. "Where have you been? You know better then to wander off! And talking to strangers no less!"

Bao cleared his throat and said in a thick Vietnamese accent. "Hello Mrs. Heart, I am Bao Kwan and this is my daughter Trini. We just moved here this morning when Ms. Kimberly walked over and was talking to my daughter."

Mary looked up at the taller man and said in a kinder voice. "Nice to meet you, I am so sorry if she caused any trouble."

Trini looked up at the two adults and said happily. "She is no trouble Mrs. Heart, we were just talking, and I made my first friend!"

Mary could not remain mad at the child's confession, here was a new child to the block, and probably to the country who had no friends to speak of telling her that her little girl was the first friend she made.

Smiling she said. "Is that so, well, Kimberly will be grounded for the weekend for sneaking out, but after her grounding if you would like to come and play, it's fine by me. My husband will be out of town for a few days."

It was then that Kimberly noticed a bag by her father's feet, he didn't look at her, he only looked annoyed with the situation.

Bill Heart cleared his throat and said to Bao. "It's nice to meet you Bao, I have to go, but I hope to see you again."

Bao got a feeling that the other man simply did not want to be there, he watched him leave. He hoped that this new friend his daughter found would be a life long friend. Little did he know, he was right...

6 years passed and Kimberly and Trini's friendship had grown tremendously over the last 6 years, Trini was Kimberly's outlet for when she needed some one to talk to about her parents failing marriage. Kimberly stayed with Trini when her parents eventually did get divorced, just a month before her 11th birthday. Trini tried to make her friend happy only for her to desolve into tears, now that they were older they could take long walks by them selves. So it was often that the two girls would take walks around the block.

Kimberly and Trini were walking one day when Bulk showed up and started tormenting them as he did on their first day of school.

Bulk slung an arm around her shoulder and said. "Hey sweet heart, want to hang out?"

With a look of disgust Kimberly took the offending arm off of her shoulder and said. "Uh, go away Bulk."

Kimberly could hear boy's voices coming from the other side of the house next door, she immediately knew it was Billy, Jason and Zack. She was not friends with them but she knew of them at least. Jason saw Bulk and stalked over to them and said. "Bulk, get outta here and let the ladies by, they didn't do anything to you."

Trini hated the tension and stepped in. "Come on guys, don't fight."

Bulk looked over at her and then said. "Yea, punk! You heard the little lady, she said no fighting. So come on get off my property."

Billy stepped up beside them and caught Trini's eye then said to Bulk. "Technically speaking Bulk, your on my property. There for I get the final say as to who stays or who leaves. In this case the one who needs to leave would be your sorry posterior."

Rounding on the boy dressed in blue Bulk told him hotly. "Get away from me nerd boy! Or I will wail on you again!"

Jason stepped in. "Not while I'm around you won't!"

Trini saw the red clad boy clench his fists as his anger escalated, she took his arm and said gently but firmly. "No, Jason, don't fight him. He is not worth getting into trouble over. Look Bulk, just go away, Kimberly and I were just passing by on the way to her house."

Bulk's temper was higher then Jason's and he swung at the girl, missing when she ducked and nearly hit Jason who blocked him.

"Farkas! What have I told you about fighting! Get your sorry butt into this house now!"

The group turned around to see a heavy set woman standing on the porch of the house, face red with anger from seeing her son swing at a girl. Bulk lowered his head and walked towards her, the group laughed when Bulk's mother took him by the ear and dragged him into the house.

Jason turned to Trini and asked. "Are you alright?"

She smiled up at him and said. "Yes, I am fine, I hate fighting. I just don't see the point to it."

Jason looked behind him at his two friends then back at the girls. "I know, me either, but if that's what it takes to defend my friends I am willing to pay any price."

"Wait a minute, so is this Jason's moment or Kim's?"

Every one looked over at Kira who interrupted, Kim smiled at her and said softly. "It's part of his too, I was just telling that part because its crucial to future events."

Kira nodded and said. "Gotcha, OK continue."

Shaking his head he remembered that day they all had formed a friendship, Jason looked at Kim with pride as she had told part of his story about their beloved friend.

Weeks went by and it found Trini and Kimberly hanging out more and more with Jason, Zack and Billy. The five kids quickly became friends after the encounter in front of Billy's house. Kimberly was still depressed about her parents divorce but she tried to hide her feelings from her friends, or at least the boys. Trini knew how hurt Kimberly was and would talk to her frequently about it.

Time seemed to fly, and the day came that changed their lives forever, Zordon chose them to become the worlds first Power Rangers. Trini and Kimberly became closer as the battles with Rita went on, there were times that Trini would come to her rescue and vice-verse.

One day, Rita sent down the Putties to attack the girls while they were walking home from school, in an attempt to only capture Kimberly Rita got two for the price of one. They were being held in Rita's Dark Dimension, Trini could tell her friend was trying hard to be brave as she used her communicator to call for help. Trini told her softly after many failed attempts of getting thru to any one.

"We will get out of here Kim, I promise."

It seemed like days when it was only hours until a portal was opened and Jason along with Billy came thru. Trini asked them. "Where's Zack?"

Billy answered her with. "Helping Alpha hold the portal open, come on lets get out of here."

The girls followed Billy out while Jason fought off Putties and Goldar.

That night Kimberly could not sleep, when she learned from Zordon after her and Trini came back that Rita had planned to create an evil Pink Ranger, she was scared it would happen again. She tossed and turned most of the night, by the early morning she looked outside and saw it was cloudy. Getting up she got ready for school and walked to Billy's house to meet him and then walk to Trini's house to get her. As the two rangers walked Billy noticed how quiet his friend was and asked. "Are you alright?"

Lost in thought she had not heard him and was startled when he stopped her from walking.

"Kim? What is the matter? You seem distracted?"

Shaking her head she just said. "I'm fine Billy, come on lets go get Trini."

They walked on and finally came to her house, Trini noticed how quiet Kimberly was. Her sullen mood bothered her a lot. This was not normal for her usually talkative friend.

"Kimberly? What's the matter?"

"Good luck, I asked the same question."

Kim looked between the two and they noticed tears beginning to form in her eyes. She couldn't tell them what scared her the most, chances were Rita would be listening in and would use it to her advantage. The only place she could speak freely was the Command Center. Turning abruptly she told her friends.

"I will tell you what's going on... just not here."

Looking around Billy told her. "But we are alone here? No one is outside at this time of the morning."

Kimberly gave Billy a serious look and told him. "Billy, Rita could be listening in. Lets go to the Command Center and I will tell you there."

Billy nodded and the three teleported away in streaks of blue, pink and yellow. Once there Kim lead her friends behind the consoles to talk to them more privately once she explained to Zordon why they were there.

"Trini remember when we got captured?"

Trini nodded and said to her long time friend. "Yes, what does that have to do with..."

"Because I am a liability, Rita wanted me because I am the weakest member of the team. She knows that and thought she could turn me evil."

Billy frowned and told her calmly. "Kimberly the conclusion you have come to would be inaccurate, I am the least coordinated of the assemblage."

Kim gave him a lost look before turning to Trini for answers to 'Billy Speak' as the team has come to call it. Trini sighed and told her.

"He told you that he is the weakest not you, but, neither of you are weak. So don't put your selves down like that. Just because Rita wants to turn you evil Kim doesn't mean your worthless to the team."

Billy put his hands nervously in his pockets and nodded saying. "Precisely."

Zordon had been silent the entire time, but could not help but over hear what Kimberly had said.

"Kimberly, come before me."

Kim looked over at their mentor and looked back at her friends. On their motions she walked forward.

"Kimberly, what your friends and team mates have said about you is true, you are not weak by any means. I would not have chosen you if I felt you were going to jeopardize the planet in any way. Rita wants you to feel this way so you can loose your self confidence and there for can recapture you for her own evil purposes."

She turned to Trini and said softly. "So, what do we do if she comes after me again?"

Trini put an arm around her shoulder and told her. "She will have to get threw me first to get to you."

"I second that notion. And I know Zack and Jason would agree."

Trini smiled at the Blue Ranger and said to Kim. "See, we have your back Kim. No one messes with you while we are around."

Kim hugged her friends and told them. "Thanks you guys, I feel a lot better."

Suddenly their communicators went off and Jason's voice rang over the small speaker.

"Kim? Billy? Trini? Where are you guys? Your going to be late for school."

Trini looked at her watch and said to Jason. "Sorry Jason, we will be right there."

Kim looked up at Zordon then back to her friends. "We need to hurry."

Zordon teleported them just outside of the school.

Weeks turned into months and Kimberly began to feel more confident about her abilities as a Ranger. In that time Rita made no more attempts to turn the Pink Ranger evil, instead she created an evil Green Ranger that almost took them out, but in the end they got a new member to their team.

In the weeks that followed Tommy joining the team, Kimberly had formed feelings towards the Green Ranger. Late one night she and Trini talked about it and in the end she began to tell Tommy how she felt; their relationship blossomed from there.

Trini had always been there for her, as time passed Trini told her about having to leave for the Peace Summit. It hurt Kimberly more then any one knew, when the choice came to remain a Ranger or go to Florida for the Pan Global Games she left. Kimberly was having a hard time letting go of her childhood friend.

While in Florida Kim had a hard time adjusting to life and being so far away from her boyfriend that she wrote him a letter... she lied to him about finding some one else, all she ever wanted was for Tommy to find some one to make him happy...

"You what?"

Kim looked at Tommy startled and said softly. "Tommy how could I have told you that being so far away hurt? I knew I has holding you back, I didn't want that. I see that being away took its tole on our relationship but not our friendship. I still care about you Tommy."

Tommy smiled at her and said. "So that is why you looked me up a couple years back?"

Kira rolled her eyes and asked impatiently. "So what happened after the letter?"

Kim looked over at her and continued.

"After I wrote the letter Billy called me and asked what the real reason behind it was... I never told him, I told Trini tho..."

After sending the letter to Tommy and getting a call from Billy a few days ago she got a surprise visitor, Trini came knocking on her door one morning.

"Kim! Its so nice to see you!"

Kimberly was surprised to see her best friend at her door, she enveloped Trini in a hug and said.

"I have missed you! How was Switzerland?"

Trini came in and sat down with Kim saying. "Great, I am glad to be home tho, I have missed every one so much. Billy told me what happened with the Pink Ranger powers."

Kim looked down and said softly. "Yea it was hard, and even harder to give them up to come here, I am just happy to have done it."

"He also told me what you did to Tommy... Kimberly I know you better then that, why did you really break up with him?"

Kim looked down at the coffee table and then back to her friend, she could feel tears welling up inside of them with untold emotions.

"I could not tell him the truth... I don't want to hold him back... to have a chance at happiness while finishing school. I don't want to be the reason he doesn't find some one."

Trini knew she was rambling but told her sternly. "Kimberly Ann Heart, Tommy WAS happy... Billy told me how crushed he was when you broke up with him. Kim Tommy was happy knowing that you were following your dreams. You hurt him bad... Billy also told me Tommy has not been the same."

Kim looked down again this time tears flowing freely. "I can't write another letter... it would be too confusing..."

"No, what you need to do is talk to him in person. It's what you should have done from the beginning. Jason and Zack agreed with me, they sent me to talk to you."

She knew those two crazy boys could have a stubborn streak in them when something they felt strong about was being jeopardized, in this case, her relationship with the former White Ranger.

"You still love him don't you?"

Kim wiped a tear away and said softly. "About as much as you love Billy..."

Trini froze then, she had never told Kim that, from the look on the former Yellow Ranger's face Kim saw she had hit the nail on the head.

"You didn't have to tell me Trini, Jason, Zack, Tommy and I could all see it. Even Zordon and Alpha saw it, that is why Zordon paired you two up so much. He's an intergalactic match maker; I also know that you hurt Billy by moving away to Switzerland. He never had to tell me... I could see it in his eyes. The hurt was there and very real, he loves you Trini. He has dated maybe one other girl but that is all I know of. And it didn't even work out, they were just not 'compatible' as he put it. So before you go and tell me I should fly back to Angel Grove and tell Tommy what is really going on, maybe you should consider doing the same for Billy."

Kimberly's tone had changed saying that last part. Trini looked at her best friend, knowing she had a good point.

"When will you tell him Kim? Don't wait until its too late. You need to tell him."

Kim nodded and said. "I will, one of these days."

A few years passed and Kimberly got a phone call from Billy saying that he and Trini were together, she only wished she could have had the same news about her and Tommy.

When she received word that Trini and Billy would have their first child in August she couldn't have been more happy. But her world shattered and came to a screeching halt on the morning of September 3, 2001... She had just talked to Trini just hours before Jason contacted her about the accident... who knew that the last conversation they would ever have would be about Kim telling Trini she was going to go talk to Tommy later that very same day...

Standing with her friends three days later she looked on as the sun stood high in the sky, she had tears running down her face as she held on to Jason standing at Trini's grave side. The former Pink Ranger told her friend.

"Trini, I am so sorry... I should have listened to you sooner... I should have told Tommy while you were still with us... I wish I would have been with you when this happened..."

Tommy walked up behind them and put a hand on Jason's shoulder, stepping away Tommy wrapped an arm around his ex girlfriend.

"Kim... I'm so sorry..."

Kim looked up into his brown eyes, despite his hair being cut short now, he still was the same old Tommy. She hugged him and said.

"I miss her so much..."

A small cry could be heard, Kim looked over at Billy who's blue eyes were brimmed with tears, holding in his arms a new born baby. Kim left Tommy's side and walked over and looked at the small bundle in Billy's arms. The dark headed baby cried as he clenched his small fists.

"Hey little guy, it's going to be alright."

She looked up at Billy and said. "That goes for you too, all of us will help you take care of him."

She looked down at little Jason Joel and knew that he was a strong little boy like his father, and would be a worrier like his mother. She saw that Billy had dressed the child in a yellow sweater and knew it was in honor of the woman he loved and the mother of his child.

Kim turned to the stake she had put in the ground, and attached to it were 6 yellow balloons with their names and a message to Trini on each one. Turning she handed two to Billy, one for him and one for Joel. Then passed the others out to the remaining former Rangers.

Kim spoke in a hoarse voice. "To Trini, gone but not forgotten. We love you."

She let her balloon go and then the others let theirs go as well... They watched as all six balloons floated above their heads and floated off into the grey sky.

Billy handed Kim a napkin to dry her eyes, no words were spoken yet as they sat silently as Kim cried for her best friend. Even the Dino Thunder Rangers had tears flowing at the end of her story, Conner and Ethan had moved closer to Kira during the end of the story. They could not imagine what it would be like to have to bury Kira. They knew now why Trini had been so important to the original team of Power Rangers.

With his voice lased with emotions Conner asked. "What ever happened to the other driver?"

Billy looked over and told him softly but with some heat to his tone. "She is a paraplegic now."

Conner looked down sadly after Billy told him the other drivers fiat.

Ethan looked at his former leader and said softly. "She's paralyzed..."

Conner looked over at the former Blue Ranger and told him quickly. "I know what that word means..."

Every one was silent for several minutes before Jason spoke up, his normally firm and confident voice was laced with emotions.

"She was a true warrior as a Power Ranger, I could not have asked for a better Yellow Ranger then her. No offense Tanya... or Aisha..."

Both former Yellow Zeo Ranger and Yellow Ninjetti Rangers nodded in respect and Aisha spoke for them both.

"It's OK Jason we know what you mean."

Jason was silent for several moments before looking around at the former Rangers, his eyes landed on the three former Yellow Rangers in the room. He knew Tanya well, but he did not know the other two. He thought about what he would say and then told them all.

"I guess my story begins not with us being children, but as Rangers... We were facing a mantis monster and Trini's confidence was extremely low."

Kira looked at him questioningly. "Why? What happened?"

"She felt guilty because she was the only one that could defeat that monster, the fiat of the world really was in her hands."

Tommy, Ethan and Conner all three bowed their heads and looked at Kira with side ways glances. Kira told Jason softly.

"I sort of know what that's like... I made a mistake when I was a ranger... and I let the team down..."

Tommy's head shot up and he said to her sternly. "Kira Ford, we talked about that. You were under a spell, I was not upset with you then and I am certainly not upset now. Its over and done with."

Kira looked over at Jason who told her gently. "Kira, we all make mistakes as Rangers, especially when a spell is involved. Billy did something similar and so did Tommy, neither one had control over their actions. Listen to Tommy when he tells you it's alright, any thing that happens when your under a spell is not your fault."

Tommy nodded to his friend and said. "Thanks Jason."

Jason nodded to his friend and then said to Kira. "With that being said, my story begins with a lesson Trini had to learn about confidence..."