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Chapter Five: Saying Good-Bye Part II

Serena squeezed her sisterly tightly and refused to let go. She hadn't hugged her sister in literally years. It had been about a year since Emily had come to the Shiba house, and before that Serena was too sick to get out of bed. She was going to savor the moment.

Soon though Emily managed to squeeze her way out of Serena's arms. She had tears in her eyes seeing her sister healthy after so many years of illness. Serena was starting to tear up too, seeing how her sister had grown. It had only been a year, but she could see Emily was different. She seemed confident, and she seemed like the girl Serena always knew she could be. The tears were tears of joy. The sisters were so happy to be reunited that they were crying tears of joy.

The other rangers smiled at the two, happy that Emily finally got to see her sister healthy again. Whenever she mentioned the older girl, she always mentioned how her only wish was for her to get better. It seemed her wish had finally come true, and she was beaming with happiness.

"I'm so glad to see you again Emy," Serena said with a smile.

"I'm just glad you're going to be okay." Emily replied, wiping the tears from her eyes.

"Me too squirt." Serena said as she ruffled her younger sister's hair.

Mike coughed, bringing the two back to reality. Emily turned to see her friends, and dragged her sister towards them.

"Serena, this is Jayden the red ranger," said Emily as Jayden awkwardly smiled and waved. "This is Kevin, the blue ranger, Mia is pink, Antonio is gold, he's new, and Mike is the green ranger!" Emily said as she bounced with excitement.

No matter how much Emily wished to stay, she knew she couldn't. Since she couldn't she hoped that Serena could be as good as friends with the rangers as she had been. She knew it would be a different kind of friendship since Serena was older, but she could still hope.

"Hey guys." Serena said as she waved and looked over her new teammates.

They were standing in a line, and the first person was Jayden. She looked at him and noticed two things. The first thing was that he seemed slightly awkward, like he wasn't used to meeting new people. She could only assume he didn't have much social interaction living in the Shiba house. The second thing she noticed, he was cute. He seemed about her age, and although she had been sick so many years, she knew a cute boy when she saw one.

The next in line was Kevin. He seemed uptight. But he also seemed like he was neat and tidy. He was dressed nicely, and almost all in his colour.

After Kevin was Mia. She looked at the girl and noticed they seemed about the same age. She looked to be the friendliest of the group, and she had a big welcoming smile on her face.

Beside Mia was Antonio. She didn't remember there ever being a gold ranger, but she knew he must be good to have been added to the ranger team. He seemed friendly, and he looked about the opposite of Kevin. He was also dressed mostly in golds or yellows, but it seemed to be a theme. Almost everyone was dressed in their ranger colour. Antonio seemed slightly sloppy, and like Mia had a large grin on his face. But unlike Kevin's half-smile, Antonio seemed sincere. Like he honestly wished to meet her and get to know her.

She noticed at the end, with Emily standing beside him, was Mike. He seemed like he was much more interested in Emily than Serena. He looked at her and smiled, but it looked like he was only doing so to be polite. In his eyes she saw that he was slightly upset by her coming. She could understand why. It looked like all the rangers had formed friendships with Emily. She had noticed they all smiled at the young girl, and it looked like they had just finished a good-bye party for her too. She could tell Emily had finally found some true friends. She could understand that Mike was upset that Emily was leaving.

Emily walked back over to Serena and gave her sister another hug, "I am just so glad you're okay."

Serena smiled and hugged her sister tight before letting her go. She grabbed her shoulders and looked her in the eyes.

"I'm glad you're okay. I was so worried that you'd die. That's why you know you need to go back. At home you'll be safe, I won't have to worry about you getting hurt anymore." Serena said sadly.

"I know." Emily sighed. She didn't want to go home. She liked it at the Shiba house. Her friends were nice, she was having fun, and there were no bullies. Everyone here was supporting her. At home, the kids pushed her around and brought her down.

"You better go Em. You don't want to miss the bus." Serena said sadly.

"Okay…" Emily said sadly. She walked to her, now Serena's, room and grabbed her bags. She walked back into the common room, and saw a few of her friends already had tears in their eyes.

Emily walked over to them and gave each of them a hug.

"We're gonna miss you Em." Jayden said as he hugged the young girl.

"I'll miss you guys too." Emily replied sadly, the tears were starting up again.

"Remember to video call us." Kevin told her after he released her.

"I won't. I promise." Emily assured her older brother.

"I'm gonna miss my little alarm clock. Stay safe, and don't forget to talk to us. I'm going to miss my best friend." Mia told her as tears spilled down her face.

"I won't forget Mia. I'll miss you too." Emily said as she continued to move down the line with the tears starting to cloud her vision.

"I'll miss you mi amiga. Thank you, for encouraging me to join the team too. I never got to fully thank you for that." Antonio said sadly.

"It was no problem. Just don't get kicked off." Emily said with a small smirk.

Mike hugged Emily tight when she finally came down to him. He didn't want her to leave. He wanted her to stay at the Shiba house, stay with him. But he knew she couldn't. The only reason he was letting her go was because he wanted her safe. She would be much safer on her farm than off fighting evil Nighlock.

"I'm going to miss you so much Em. Don't forget me. And make sure you call or video call or anything. Just stay in touch. Promise me?" Mike said sadly. Tears were spilling from his eyes now too. But at this point, he didn't care if the others saw him cry. He was losing his best friend, and the only girl he truly ever liked.

"I promise Mike. I'll call everyday if I can. I won't forget to stay in touch. I'll really miss you too." Emily said as she hugged Mike once again.

Serena was crying by now. She saw the way the others cared for her sister, and it made her feel bad about making her leave. But she knew it was for the best. After the war was over, she would make sure they saw her again. She owed her sister that much.

Emily walked back over to her sister and gave her one final hug. By now everyone had shed atleast one tear, and Emily and Serena were both bawling.

"Bye Serena. Stay safe, I'll miss you." Emily said as she let go of her sister.

She walked towards the front door with her bags. When she got there, she turned around and saw her friends were all puffy eyed and teary. She said a final good-bye, and they all bid her farewell.

Emily closed the door behind her, and walked towards the cab parked outside the gate.

"Where too miss?" the cab driver asked as Emily got settled in the small yellow car.

"Bus station." Emily replied sadly.

As they drove away Emily looked longingly at the Shiba house, wishing she could only go back.