So, here is the second part of the Mirror of Regret. I don't own Power Rangers, la di da, Rocky having more screen time if I did, blah bliddy blah blah!

Adam trained with both me and Sean equally, having us get the routine right. It took a little while, but after about a half an hour, we both got most of it down. Sean was a little shaky still. Adam then had us do it with him, without stopping for mistakes. We'd just have to keep up.

All three of us remained in perfect sync, kicking and moving together. When we were finished, Aisha and Rocky, who were sitting at a table by the railing, looked on with pleased faces. Aisha even clapped, "Looking good guys!" She called out.

Rocky nodded, "Yeah, you're getting it. Keep it up." He complimented. I smiled at his words, though I'm pretty sure it was mostly praise for Sean. Speaking of, said boy tried kicking a little hard and high and ended up falling to the ground. I went to go help him, but Adam stopped me. He gestured for me to go to the other two rangers in the Youth Center. I sighed, but nodded.

I did as he wanted and walked to Aisha and Rocky. Aisha grabbed a small towel from my bag near the table and handed it to me. "Here, wipe off all that sweat." She said, laughing.

I did the same, while getting all of my face clear of the sweat. "You know, this is getting really easy." I told them. Rocky smiled, "See, told you you'd get it sooner or later."

Turning around to watch Adam and Sean, I also didn't want Rocky or Aisha to see my face turn a very dark shade of red. Oh come on Kaleb! Stop being a little girl with a crush and stop blushing everytime he says something nice!

I heard shrieking coming from the entrance, breaking me out of my thoughts and clearing the redness from my face. I looked to see two weird looking guys standing there in white Karate suits. I turned to Rocky, "Who invited the bozo's?" I asked.

Rocky laughed, "That's Bulk and Skull. They think they are all that and a bag of chips, but really, they just embarrass themselves." He explained. I nodded, watching the two roll and try to karate chop over to Adam. I rolled my eyes, thinking that these two were just the nuttiest people ever. I know nutty, because I live with my sister. These two take that and multiply it by ten.

Aisha seemed to question them too, only she did it out loud, "What are you doing guys?"

The larger one walked over to us. I assume that his name was Bulk. "That should be obvious. We are working on or karate skills." He then proceeded to kick the air.

His buddy, who I thought was Skull, did the same, only adding an obnoxious scream to his kick. It almost hit me in the face, if I didn't grab his foot. "Watch it!" I seethed through clenched teeth.

He laughed nervously, before turning to Aisha, "Yeah, we gotta be well trained, so we can keep up with the Power Rangers. That way we can find out who they really are." He explained. I noticed Adam's eyes widen a bit at that, but the went back to normal the second they widened.

I ignored what Bulk and Skull did next because all they did was annoy me. I didn't like them at all. I heard a chair move from behind me, so I turned, "What's up?" I asked, seeing Aisha and Rocky standing up. Aisha just smiled, "We're meeting Kimberly and the guys at the basketball courts. You wanna join?" She asked.

I shook my head, "Nah, I think I'll stay here. I want to practice a bit more, just incase." I told them. Adam shook his head as well, "Yeah, I want to teach both these guys a few more moves. Maybe later?"

Rocky shrugged, "Alright. Keep up the good work you guys!" He said, before both of them left. I watched, as did Sean and Adam, Bulk and Skull make complete idiots out of themselves. They ended up knocking each other to the ground, which in my opinion, was the best move they made so far.

Adam chuckled moving across the mats, towards me. Sean followed. "I think we need more space. Let's hit the park." Adam suggested. I nodded, "Sounds good."

We left the Youth Center and walked towards the park. It took a little while, but Adam talking to Sean seemed to make the time go by a lot faster. "You know, when I was a kid, I was always getting teased for being too small."

Adam, being teased because he was small? He wasn't small now. Now, he was a fighting machine.

Sean spoke up, "You were?"

Adam smiled, looking down to the ground, "Yeah, but a teacher got me interested in Karate and it really made a difference." He turned to Sean, "It didn't make me taller, that happened as I got older, but it changed how I felt about myself." He held a hand to his heart, "It gave me confidence that I could succeed in things."

Sean grew excited as he dropped his bag, "Okay Adam, I'm ready. Let's do it."

Adam looked to me, but I shook my head. "No, I'll watch right now. He needs your full attention. Later." I told him. My friend nodded, before turning to Sean. I sat back, leaning against a tree, watching them work together. The way Adam would fix Sean's posture without any sign of frustration, it was remarkable. It was actually really cute how he was with the younger boy. How he got so into training Sean was astounding. He was so serious, like this was his own child.

After fifteen minutes, Sean and Adam finally had everything down pat. It was really incredible how quickly Sean got it. I clapped a bit, "Yeah, that's the way Sean. Good job!" I said.

The boy smiled, "Thanks Kaleb. You know for a newbie, you aren't so bad yourself." He told me, before grabbing his stuff and leaving. Hmm, he seemed to be in a hurry. Whatever, Adam came over to me, "So you ready for your turn?" He asked.

I nodded, but before we got started, an evil laugh was heard and a bunch of Putties surrounded us. I quickly stood up, going into a fighting position. In front of us, instead of a Putty, was a gold bat warrior thing. He pointed at Adam, "Stay right there Black Ranger." He then pointed to me, "You too human."

Adam glared at the monster, "No chance Goldar! You can't defeat me and you know it."

Goldar smirked, "Big talk, but I have a surprise for you and your little pal. Attack my Putties! Teach the humans a lesson!"

The grey clay creatures moved in on us, and I moved to attack. One went straight in front of me, making me punch it hard. I grabbed another one and flipped it over, off it's feet. Two came at me from different sides, but I jumped out of the way and landed on their shoulders. I pushed my feet together, making them bash heads. I smirked at my handy work, before my hands and arms were grabbed by two more putties. Adam was pushed next to me, the same thing happening to him.

Goldar was holding some sort of mirror in front of us, and on it, I saw something that I didn't ever want to see again. It was that day when the whole school found out I was gay. It was me, sitting in a seat, when all of a sudden, one of my so called friends bursted into the room, loudly saying that I had a crush on the school's star football player, Jason. I didn't deny it and everyone laughed at me and tormented me for the rest of the time I was there.

When I saw this, I nearly broke into tears. I couldn't tell what Adam was seeing, but it probably wasn't good. He tried staying strong, but for me, it was too hard. I fell to my knees, feeling all that despair I did before. Then the scene changed to my dad, and the day he left for work, and never came back.

I felt tears dripping from my eyes, not wanting to see this anymore. I heard Goldar laughing, "You see, it is happening already! You cannot escape your pasts!" He laughed maniacally. I really wanted to punch him in the face, but this mirror wasn't letting me. It had shown me the parts of my life that I never wanted to experience again. Those were the times when I was the most weak and vulnerable. I was too shy to speak up or to defend myself. Maybe I was just trying to hard to be strong. Was that really me? Was I really ever confident in myself?

Goldar laughed some more, "Haha! Resistance is futile you Power-Punk and your friend! Soon you won't have the energy to be able to help the other rangers!" I felt Adam fall to the ground like me, and he looked helpless.

The golden evildoer started speaking again, "These final images with destroy what little confidence you all have in yourselves!"

The image for me was a happy one. It was when I finally came out to my family and they accepted me. It then changed to an image of my new friends. Maybe telling them wouldn't be so horrible. I mean, really, they've already accepted me as a friend. The least I could do was trust that they'd respect my preferences.

Goldar seemed shocked when these happy scenes appeared, "Hey, how did that get in there?" He asked. Adam and I both stood up. I looked to him, "I've had enough of this walking chicken!"

He nodded, before turning to Goldar. "I've had it Goldar. I'm not falling for this anymore. Sean does have confidence. He'll be fine, just like me. I'm strong enough on the inside, to handle all your mocking."

I nodded, "And my family and friends have accepted me before, and I'm sure my new friends will too. My Dad may be gone, but I am still here, and I'm thankful for what family I still do have. You can't take that away from me." I proclaimed.

Goldar backed up a bit. "You're both supposed to be getting weaker!"

Adam smirked, "You better run and hide then, because we're back!"

We then began to move forward, brushing aside all of the Putties that attacked us. Goldar disappeared in a fiery light after saying his final words, "You win this time Black Ranger and human friend, but the war is still going strong."

Adam turned to me, "You okay?"

I nodded, shaking my head to get those images out of my head. "Yeah. That mirror though, what a nightmare."

He nodded in agreement, but turned to me, "What did you mean by being sure that your new friends were going to be accepting of you?"

I opened my mouth to answer, but Zordon's voice sounded from Adam's communicator. "Well done Black Ranger, however, your friends are in trouble at the other end of the park. You will need extra power to defeat this monster."

I smiled, "You should hurry up and go. It's ranger business. I'll head back to the Youth Center to make sure Sean's doing okay."

Adam nodded, before getting his morpher out.

Mastodon!

I watched as Adam ran off, looking for our friends. I sighed, turning away. I wish I could be a ranger. I didn't like this part of being their friend. I was only useful for Putties, not the real monsters.

Maybe someday, but that day wasn't today. I walked to the Youth Center in record time, and saw that Sean was sitting there, reading a book and writing stuff down. I sat by him, and he looked up. "Oh, hey Kaleb. How'd your training with Adam go?" He asked.

I laughed, "Well, we got kind of distracted, and then he had to leave for some personal business." I told him. Sean nodded, before going back to his book.

"Hey Sean, how do you feel about yourself now?" I asked him.

He grinned at me, "I feel like I can do anything! Adam was right, if I just believe in myself, I can succeed." He exclaimed. I smiled, happy that Adam was successful as well. He got Sean to see the value in himself. Now, if only I could do the same with my friends. They deserved to know the truth about me. Sure, it was risky, but they were my friends. I'm sure they'd understand.

"Kaleb? How about you try doing the kicking move Rocky was teaching you earlier?" Sean suggested. I frowned, not sure I could even do it. I wasn't able to last time I tried, but maybe I can do it.

I went down to the mats, and centered myself. I took in a large breath, before jumping up and swiftly kicking my right foot a little and then fully kicking out my left. I then landed, but my knee gave out. I quickly used my brain and used my leg that gave out to do a sweep kick as I landed. I stood up to see Adam, Rocky, Tommy and Sean clapping. I smiled, happy to see that my friends were alright.

Rocky gave me a thumbs up, "It wasn't how I taught you, but that move will certainly come in handy. Nice one!"

Tommy nodded, "You're going to have to teach me that one. I don't think I can do that without losing my balance." He said. He was the leader of the rangers, so a compliment from him scored me some major brownie points. Adam was talking with Sean, but the boy left, heading towards the juice bar. Adam turned to me, "Our class doesn't meet again until later today. He's just resting."

I nodded, feeling my stomach twist around for what I was about to do. I turned to Tommy, "Hey, Tommy, can you transport us to the Command Center and call for the girls and Billy? I have something I want to say, and that seems like it's the most private place available." I asked.

The long haired boy smiled, "Sure K. We have to go outside, and go where no one is looking, but I think we can do that."

I smiled, happy that it would be done, but nervous about what the reaction would be when I actually do it.

So, Kaleb's going to tell the rangers the truth about himself. How will the rangers reactions be? Will they accept him, or will they shun him? What about Zordon and Alpha? They have reactions too you know. Just read on to find out! Oh and review while you're at it!