I think you all will LOVE this chapter. That's all I'm saying. Oh and there is only about 3 more episodes left in Season 2, so I don't know if I should stop writing this story and write a sequel or should I just continue. I'll think about it, but I'd like your suggestions too.
Now, I don't, nor will I ever, own Power Rangers. Lets just say that if I did, it wouldn't be a kids or teenage show, cuz Rocky would always be shirtless, and maybe pantless. Hehehe, don't judge me!
No One's PoV
It was touch and go for a little bit, walking to the castle. Kaleb was still trying to recover from the bitter cold that was still coursing through his body, even with Rocky's oversized shirt swallowing him up. Rocky and Tommy were leading the group, hoping to get to the castle faster, and Kim was with Grumble, trying to calm him down. The elf was scared of facing the magician again, and who could blame him? The guy turned Grumble, a normally cheerful creature, into someone who was bitter about everything.
Think of what else the magician could do.
But, eventually, after about a half an hour of walking, they reached the castle, which, just like Grumble had said, was big and scary looking. There was even a sign that read,
'Mondo the Magnificent Magician: Knock at Your Own Risk'
That was a red flag in all of their minds that this wasn't a joking matter. Grumble even tried running away, but the four rangers stopped him, telling him that it was the only way left, because Zedd took the toys away.
When Rocky knocked on the door, nothing happened. Grumble then tried running again, but the ground shook and the door glowed, with a voice calling out from behind it, "Who dares knock and disturb my beauty sleep? What do you want from Mondo?" It called.
Kaleb shook a bit, seeing fire from behind the door. That was just a bad sign in itself.
Tommy and Kim walked up to the door, "Um, we came to ask you to remove the spell on Grumble the Elf." Tommy stated, with the fullest confidence that the magician would fulfill his wish.
"Never!" The voice rumbled.
Kim took this opportunity to speak, "Why not?"
"Because it's not in the story, that's why!" The voice boomed back as a reply.
Tommy wasn't about to give up, "Look, if we could just come in and talk to you, I mean, maybe we could you know…"
"ABSOLUTELY NOT! Remove yourself from my door or I'll turn you and your friends into seaweed!" The magician growled out to the rangers. Grumble looked down to the ground, "Aww." He groaned, very depressed that the magician wasn't going to be any help.
Kaleb sat down on a rock, covering his face with the sleeves of the shirt and just growled loudly into it. "Gah! Why does this always happen to us?!" He screamed out, looking up. It kind of scared the other four, as they hadn't even realized that the Green Ranger could get this angry. "Seriously! When I moved to Angel Grove, I did not sign up for me to be sent back in time, have my life drained, have some evil witch offer me to become evil, get trapped in a theatre with tons of monsters or get trapped in a storybook with an angry elf who was made that way by some damn magician who won't even help us!" He listed, angrily.
Tommy looked to him, "What was that?" He asked. He had heard something that didn't sound right.
Kaleb looked to him, "We're stuck in a book with an angry elf and a damn magician who won't help us?"
The White Ranger shook his head, "Before that."
"Having my life drained?"
"No after that."
"Having and evil give me an offer to become evil?"
Tommy snapped his fingers, "That was it. When did that happen?"
Kaleb thought, "Well, it must've been when I was unconscious back in colonial Angel Grove. Some weird lady, who I'm guessing was Rita, told me that you guys never cared about me and that she was watching me. She wanted me to become her evil army leader and her right hand servant, next to Goldar to destroy Earth. I declined, because I knew you guys cared." He explained. The other three rangers looked to each other, before Tommy shook his head.
"This is bad. If Rita is after him, then who knows what she'll do." He said. Rocky and Kim nodded, with the Red Ranger showing an edge of protectiveness in his eyes. It was like he wasn't going to let anything hurt the Green Ranger.
Kim looked over to Kaleb, only to have her attention stolen by a wooden cart that suddenly appeared out of nowhere. "You guys, it's the toys."
"Where'd they come from?" Kaleb asked, standing up.
Grumble walked over, "Who cares!? Let's get them to the orphaned kids so that I can be happy again and you can get out of my story!" He celebrated. The rangers all rolled their eyes, but understood that the elf meant no harm, he was just in a hurry.
So, at record speeds, the group rushed off, past the clearing with all of the paths, through the frozen wasteland, much to Kaleb's whining, and through the forest when the group made it to the small storybook town. They all started passing out the toys, and the little kids all thanked the elf. The rangers gathered together, all smiling at the sight. Grumble was actually grinning, and he wasn't complaining at all. He was being really nice.
He walked over to them, "Now that you understand the morale of the story, you can get out of my book. I mean, go home." He told us. Kaleb laughed, but nodded, "Thanks again for everything Grumble."
The elf nodded, but didn't get a chance to speak as the rangers all disappeared in a flash of their respective colors.
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Kaleb's PoV
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After we left Grumble, we all were surrounded by a flash of our own colors. Like Kim was pink, Rocky was red, I was green and Tommy was grey/white.
It wasn't much different from teleporting, and just like teleporting, we landed in the Command Center in record time. Aisha, Billy and Adam were there, and they were just as happy to see us, as we were to see them. Aisha took one look at me in Rocky's shirt and gave me a smirk, before they explained that Zedd and Rita let Mondo the Magician out of the storybook and into downtown Angel Grove.
Since it wasn't necessary for me to go, I decided to stay back, as a back up. I'd help Alpha back here, so I could watch the others, and see if there were any problems. I didn't want to waste using up my Zord's power, if I didn't need to.
And, turns out, I was right. The others, after about ten minutes of fighting with Mondo, the rangers used the ThunderSaber to destroy the magician, making me happy that this fairy tale was over, for good. Maybe this book wasn't the perfect story for my little niece. Oh my god! My niece, my brother, they'll be over soon! I have to get home quick!
I was just about to teleport out, when the rangers teleported in and Rocky looked to me, "Kaleb, where are you going?" He asked.
I smiled, "I gotta get home. My brother should be arriving sometime soon." I explained.
He smiled back, "Let me come with you." He told me.
I shrugged, "Whatever." I then pressed my teleporter, and soon, both me and Rocky were soaring through the air and we landed right by Rocky's car at the Youth Center. I smiled, seeing this development. I guess I was getting a ride from Rocky. Eh, it could be worse.
So, Rocky and I both got in his car, and even sooner, we were on the road, heading to my house. I turned to Rocky, "Why did you want to come with me?" I asked him. Seriously, it wasn't like I needed protecting or anything. I had my morpher and I could fight on my own. Adam and Tommy have been teaching me a lot.
He gave me a nervous look, "Um, well, I wanted to ask you something. Something I've been wanting to ask for a few weeks now, but I never really had the right way of saying it." He rambled. I raised an eyebrow at him. He was normally so composed and never worried about anything, unless it was Ranger related.
Rocky sighed, "I guess I should straight up just say it." He suggested, most likely to himself. I was still confused as to what was going on. He stopped the car, thankfully at my house, and looked to me, "Okay, here I go." I heard him mutter under his breath, before taking a giant breath in. "Kaleb, I was wondering if you'd like to, I mean, that is, if you aren't too busy and if you are, that's totally fine, but I was hoping that you'd wanna, I don't know maybe…"
I laughed, "Rocky just say it. I'm not getting any younger." I told him. It was really adorable, watching him stumble over his words. And was that a blush I saw on his face? What could be so embarrassing that it would cause Rocky to blush? It couldn't be anything that bad. I mean, seriously, how horrible could it be?
"Kaleb, will you go out with me?" He bluntly asked.
Maybe not that horrible, but yeah, he could ask me out. Wait, that was my inner voice that asked that right? Not Rocky?
I looked to him, and sure enough, his face looked like he was nervous and it was like he just asked a question and he was waiting for an answer. Well, damn, he did ask me out. Wait, he asked me out. ROCKY DESANTOS JUST ASKED ME OUT!
The level of shock that spread across my face was unimaginable. Here I was, sitting in Rocky's car, waiting for him to ask this weird question that had him stumbling over his words, and it turns out, he was going to ask me out? The guy who I've been crushing on basically since I've met him, was wanting to go out with me? This had to be some sort of joke. There was no way he'd like me like I like him.
"Kaleb?" I heard him ask, concerned. I shook my head, looking back at him. His eyes looked worried and he was moving around a lot, telling me he was anxiously waiting a response.
"Is this some sort of sick joke?" I asked, genuinely wondering it was true.
He looked hurt, "No, it isn't. I really like you, like a lot, and I want you to go out with me. That's why I'm asking." He told me. Ooh, that made me feel like, in lack of a better term, a dick.
"Oh, well then, yes." I said, simply. Wait, no! I needed to know for sure! Seriously, damn you heart! Stop taking control of my mouth!
Rocky's face lit up, "Really?" He asked.
Once again, my heart took over, and I nodded, "Yeah. To tell you the truth, I've kinda been crushing on you since we met. It was like love at first sight, except instead of love, it was instant attraction." I babbled. Really Kaleb? Stop making a bigger idiot out of yourself. This is the fantasy that you've been dreaming of since you moved here and met the gang. Stop now, before you ruin it!
Rocky's face just kept brightening. "Really?" He asked again. I nodded, not saying anything.
I think Rocky was trying not to do anything stupid too, but he failed, and so did I, as all of a sudden, as if some weird force unbuckled us and pushed us closer, we had each other's lips on the other. The kiss wasn't like the one in Australia, as this one was on instinct, while the other one was a freak accident. This one was us actually doing something, while the other one was just lip on lip, no moving whatsoever.
He pulled away from me, blushing, "Um, can I say something?" He asked.
Me, I was in a daze, so I just nodded.
Rocky smiled sheepishly, "That was my first actual kiss with a guy." He told me. Really?
My eyes widened, "I'm sorry! I didn't know." I told him.
He held his hand out, "And it was probably the best kiss I've ever had." He finished. I grinned, blushing a lot. Man, this guy has that effect on me, doesn't he? Rocky always seems to know how to make my face turn as red as his ranger suit.
Rocky gave me a small smile, before leaning over and kissing my forehead, "Kale, may I have the honor of calling you my boyfriend?" He asked me.
I blushed a bit, looking away, because I hated it when people saw me blushing in this situation. I hated getting complimented and people looking at me. It just made me feel really weird about myself. I however, nodded.
Rocky made a small little 'Yes!' and pumped his fist, before grinning over to me. "Well then, boyfriend, I hope you are free sometime tomorrow, because we are going out, the two of us." He told me.
I giggled a bit, which was the first sign of me being lovestruck. I nodded to him, "I'm free in the afternoon around two. But I have to be back by six as that's when dinner is and my brother is going to be here for a few months and it's going to be the first dinner." I explained, quickly snapping out of my stupor for a second.
Rocky gave me a warm smile, before nodding, "Then leave everything to me." I then heard my front door open, "Kaleb! Come on, we have to help Mom!" I heard Rosa call out.
I sighed, looking back over to Rocky. "I have to go." I told him, sadly. He gave me a small smile, "Hey, we'll see each other tomorrow, won't we?" He asked.
I nodded, "Yeah. We will."
He then lifted my chin up to face him and he gave me a light peck on the lips, "Then don't worry about it. We'll always have tomorrow." Rocky told me.
I nodded, opening the car door, "Bye Rocky." I told him, waving. He said goodbye, and then, waited until I was at my front steps to drive away. I smiled lightly, before looking to Rosa.
She had this smug grin on her face, making me drop my smile, "What?"
She poked my shoulder, "Kaleb's got a boyfriend." She sang, teasing me. "I just never thought it would be Rocky. Adam maybe, and I had a thought once that it would be Billy, but never Rocky." She told me.
I blushed a bit, before pushing her out of the way. "Drop it!" I groaned.
She didn't, as she just followed me into the house and kept teasing me. I got into the kitchen, where my mom was sitting at the table, looking through some papers. I opened my mouth to greet her, but Rosa beat me to speaking, "Kaleb's got a boyfriend Mom!" She chanted.
Mom looked up at me with wide eyes, "Really? Who is it?"
Once again, I open my mouth to speak, but my devil older sister started speaking, "A boy by the name of Rocky DeSantos." She giggled.
Mom beamed, like it was the best news ever. "Kaleb, you have good taste. I already approve. That Rocky is a fine young man, and if you ask me, not that bad of a looker either."
I glared at her, "MOM!" I yelled, embarrassed. Seriously, this was just too much for one night. Rocky and I haven't even been an item for ten minutes, yet my whole family already knows it. I sighed, "Please, stop talking about it. He just asked me out, so leave it!" I requested.
Mom nodded, though I knew she'd be teasing me later. She always did that, even when she was in her depressed mood. Rosa however, shut up completely. While I couldn't do anything to my mother, my sister was another story. She knew that I would actually go into her room as she slept and slice her throat open, given the chance.
Well, I would actually do that, but once, as a prank I did wake up in the middle of the night, grab a steak knife and woke her up with me looking like I was going to stab her. Yeah, she never messed with me when I was angry ever again. It's wonderful.
"Hello? Anyone home?" The familiar sound of my brother's heavy Spanish accent sounded throughout the house. I grinned, looking into the entrance room. I saw my brother in all his glory, standing there. His hair was about the same length as mine, maybe a little shorter, only he had his down and brushed neatly. He was the tallest person in my family, Rosa being second. He was maybe seven inches taller than me now.
All I know is that this was my brother, and that meant… "KAWEB!" I heard the adorable cry of my little niece call out.
I bent down, seeing her running to me, "Hey! It's my little princess!" I cooed. Yes, I did have a soft side for kids. Well, more so, little kids. Like, under five years old. They were just so cute and innocent.
It was so nice to see her again. I picked Sofia up and held her in my arms, "How are you doing?" I asked her. She giggled and held up her fingers, "I'm free years old!" She told me, holding up four fingers. I laughed, and pushed one of them down, and she nodded.
I loved my little niece. She made me really want to have a daughter someday. Someday maybe, but not anytime soon. Right now, I need to focus on my life in high school. You know, school, friends, Power Ranger, dating Rocky, the usual stuff.
THEY ARE A COUPLE! I'm so happy that I wrote this! I have so many feels that it isn't even funny! Watching the episodes after this, I always see Kaleb's role in it and I write it down, so I have up to one of the final episodes in season 3 already planned out.
Now, please Review, or else you won't get anymore Rocky/Kaleb action!
Next Time: Rocky and Kaleb go on their date, while Kim is sent back in time to the old west. There, she meets some familiar faces, or at least, they look familiar. (Warning! This chapter will contain minimal Kaleb/Rocky action, as it needs to focus more on the episode, and Kim is back in time!)
