I don't own any rights to anything but this story. Someone very dear to my heart asked if I could include something for her in it and decided to write it and see how many people could or would enjoy something like this.

Chapter 8

Tommy took Kim's hand and said "I would like nothing more than to join you. Lets go." And then they entered the water together

As Kimberly and Tommy joined the others everyone welcomed them and started splashing each other. "So Kim where is the mertail?" joked Rocky

"I guess you were right and I don't have one after all" Kimberly said

As soon as she said that Tommy looked at her wondering why she was in fact hiding it again. He didn't want for her to have to hide anything as he just wished they all could be who they are around one another. He didn't see why any of them should be or feel separate because they had to keep something that was a part of them a secret. They have been through to much to start pretending with each other now.

"So what was the big secret then?" asked Jason

"I don't know" replied Kim " I told you all everything I had to. Perhaps I was just making the whole thing up."

"That doesn't sound like you" Kat said "You never wanted attention like that on you."

Kim just shrugged and started to swim around the group. She knew she was going to reveal her true form to them soon but she wasn't going to go it until she was ready. It wasn't exactly like she was plotting revenge but they did laugh at her and she didn't feel as though they deserved to see it yet. In her opinion to see something like that is a gift and one to be respected. She didn't want to show them in anger.

"Can we still call you fishy?" joked Rocky

"Do it and you will live to regret it, I promise you" Kimberly warned "Hey guys I was wondering if you in fact wanted to camp out again tonight. I could join you this time."

"Sure" was the answer all the rangers gave

"Do you have a tent? If not you can always sleep in mine with me" suggested Tommy

"TOMMY! I told you that I don't want to know anything" yelled Jason before he dunked Tommy under the water.

Kimberly laughed and once Tommy was above water again she answered. "That's okay and not necessary. I brought my own when I drove over today just in case it was a go."

Tommy nodded but he felt a little disappointed. He didn't even know if Kim wanted to get back together with him. He just heard her talk about camping and his mind went right to cuddling with her all during the night. He used to love when she would fall asleep and she would rest her head against his chest. As soon as she would enter a deep sleep she would sigh and snuggle even closer to him. It was at that moment he realized that he missed her and everything about her. If she did want him he wanted to be there for the taking. As soon as he came to that conclusion he was surrounded by water once again.

"What the heck?" he said as he resurfaced

"Don't what the heck me" Jason fired back "I don't know what you were just thinking about but with the way you were looking at Kim I figured you could use more cold water than you were already getting." With that everyone started laughing

"How about we go back on shore and you men can help me get my tent all set up." Kimberly suggested

"Alright men lets go" said Tommy "It will probably take all of us to get the tent and all the stuff she packed up for the trip."

Kimberly splashed water at Tommy playfully and said "I will have you know all I have is one tent, a backpack, and a cooler. The backpack has an extra set of clothes and other things and the cooler has some more food and snacks just in case you all wanted to do this."

"Well in that case I will get the cooler" said Rocky almost right after she finished speaking. Again everyone laughed. "Don't worry fishy I will get your cooler" As soon as he said that he started swimming as fast as he could for the shore.

Later that night everyone wanted to go for a late night swim. Kimberly stayed back on the shore and just watched them all splash around in the water. She knew that she could join them but she was at piece just watching them. Tommy looked around and saw her sitting on the beach so he got out of the water and sat next to her. "You know you could join us" he said

"I know I could but honestly I am having fun just watching all of you."

"How about I just sit with you and we can watch them together" suggested Tommy

"That sounds nice" Kim said

Kim and Tommy sat in silence together just watching their friends before Tommy spoke again. "So what all can you do being a mermaid? Is it just having a tail and being able to at times control changing or is there more to it?"

"Well having the tail is fun" Kimberly said shyly "but there is more. If I were to get surprised in the water I can turn even if I was prepared when I went into the water. Also I can choose not to be seen. If I get caught in a situation where I am in a well populated area and I get surprised so long as I stay in the water I can stay invisible."

Tommy was impressed as he had never heard of such a thing. "Are there more of your kind? Mermaids I mean."

"Yea, Noah is a merman and Tasha is a mermaid. Honestly though there are only maybe 12 left in the world. When you are clear of mind you can chose to give this up and many have, for love which is why there is so few of us left. Under duress though I guess you can't as your mind is to clouded and once it is gone I don't think you can get it back. We can also grant wishes to those pure of heart. Once we grant a wish we get these water lily flowers in our hair. They are about the size of a dime and it is like they grow out of our hair instead of something we put on. They become a part of us and they will appear every time we are mermaids and swimming. They don't come off and it hurts us if you try. You can tell how many wishes a person has granted by how many flowers are in their hair. One flower for one wish."

"Wow! I didn't know there was so much involved. So you have any powers or anything?" Tommy asked as he was really into the conversation

"Yea. I can make the water do things for me or just freeze it up. I can also control certain aspects such as the wind or to make it rain. But we all can and since we can do it with or without being transformed we always give our thanks to the elements once we are done using them."

"Are you the only mermaid in Angel Grove?" Tommy asked

"Yes. None of the others will come here and think I am crazy because I am here."

"Why is that" asked Tommy

Kimberly sighed and took a minute before answering. "Well it is because of the power rangers. The power from the power coins actually make us sick. If any one of us were standing right next to you guys when you morphed it would severely hurt us or even kill us. That is one of the reasons I swam away a few days ago."

Tommy thought about that for a few minutes before answering "I will do my best to let you get far enough away before we morph again. I don't want to make you sick."

"I know you don't Tommy. I know that you would have waited if you would have known but how about you worry about the rangers and let me worry about me? I won't let me die just so I can watch you morph. I swam away and stayed gone until the traces of the power and people were gone. You gotta understand that once I transform I can't go back to having legs until I am dry. When I say dry I mean completely dry and I can't have people around for that."

"I understand now" Tommy said. "So is there anything more? About being a mermaid I mean?"

"I don't really know" Kim answered "A lot of things are untested as the rest of the world don't know about us. I think that if we had the freedom to find these things out we would know more but for right now that is all we know."

Kim and Tommy sat in silence for a few more minutes before he spoke again. "Kim I just wanted you to know that Kat and I are not together anymore."

"I'm sorry to hear that Tommy" replied Kim "Are you okay?"

Tommy wasn't sure he wanted to hear that as he was desperately trying to not kiss her but he wanted her to know so that it would be okay once he did. "I'm fine and it was a mutual decision."

Kim looked at Tommy and asked "why are you telling me this Tommy?"

As he started reaching for her he said "because I don't think I can go another moment without doing this." After that he closed the distance and gave her a sweet and soft kiss.

"Kim are we ever going to have a chance to get back together?" Tommy asked

"I don't know. I would like to but I am not sure how it would work out right now. Let's just continue with the way we are going and see where we end up" she suggested

It wasn't the answer he wanted but he would take it "I can take that for now. I love you Kim."

"I know" she turned her head so that she was looking him in the eyes again and said "I love you too."

"I'm gonna marry you someday" he said

"I hope so" she said "because I just trusted you with my most personal secret and now you know everything about me once again. You know I am a mermaid and that is okay with you. I'm surprised Mr. Tommy Oliver."

"Don't be" he said sincerely "I would never change a single part of you and I treasure every thing and every new surprise you have. I could be really happy just holding you close to my heart everyday for the rest of my life."

With that Kimberly leaned in and kissed Tommy again.