OH MY GOSH I'M BACK. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A REALISTICALLY LONG TIME AND YOU ALL PROBABLY HATE ME NOW BUT TRUST ME I REALLY AM SORRY.

Ever since Samurai ended on TV I kind of completely forgot about this site. It wasn't until recently that I remembered and then I've been spending a heck of a long time working on some new stuff. Believe me when I say I regret drifting away from Fanfiction. I had so many good friends and mentors to talk to here and now I've lost them all because I haven't done my best as an author. BUT PLEASE GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE I STILL LOVE ALL OF YOU. TO MAKE IT UP TO YOU I WROTE A WHOLE NEW CHAPTER AND IT TOOK ME A WEEK TO WRITE IT SO LET'S HOPE IT WAS WORTH IT….

Samurai Generations chapter 3- ''The Fight''

On with the story…..

After the mall, the girls all went to Marina and Ashleen's room to try their new dresses on.

''Oh my gosh guys, we all look so amazing!'' Marina gushed.

''Why are we even going to this party thing? There's really no point in this.'' Megan said.

''We're going to have some fun! Soon we won't be able to have normal lives so might as well enjoy it while we can!'' Abigail said.

''So, Ashleen, are you excited to go with Blake?'' Marina teased Ashleen

''Well, I-I mean yeah, um, Blake's my friend we'll, um, have…fun…'' Ashleen stuttered, looking to the ground nervously.

''Oh come on Ash, you totally like him!'' Marina exclaimed.

''I do not!'' Ashleen defended.

All three other girls gave Ashleen a look that told her they knew otherwise.

''How do you guys even know if I like him or not?''

Abigail raised her eyebrow. ''Seriously?''

''Seriously.''

''Okay fine, the fact that you blush when you're around him, how you can't help but smile when you say his name or think about him, how about the look in your eyes when he talks, how you stutter when you to talk to him, or when you bite your lip and look at the ground, even how you can't look him in the eye without blushing. Ashleen you like Blake and you know it.'' Marina stated.

''Wow, you really look into this don't you?'' Megan said.

Marina simply shrugged. ''I'm just doing what any best friend does.''

Ashleen sighed. ''Okay, fine. You're right. Okay, maybe, I do really like him. Are you happy?''

''YES!'' The other girls said in unison.

Ashleen just chuckled.

''Now, let's complete your look so Blake won't be able to resist you!'' Marina smiled.

THE NEXT DAY

The rangers, plus Jayden and Emily, were all eating breakfast at the kitchen table the next morning.

''So, let's discuss the plan for today.'' Jayden said, taking a bite of his waffles.

''Let's hear it.'' Jackson replied.

''Well, after breakfast, you'll train like usual, with Ashleen supervising again.''

''Yes.'' Ashleen whispered, causing Abigail to chuckle.

''Then, you'll have some time to yourselves to do whatever you want until 7. At seven, we'll be leaving to go to my old friend's party. It's pretty formal, so dress nice.''

''Ladies, in your free time, maybe you should go to the mall to pick out some dresses.'' Emily suggested.

''They already did, Aunt Emily.'' Blake said.

The girls' eyes widened.

''What? How? When?'' Emily asked, surprised.

''Well, Abigail was eavesdropping on you and uncle Jayden, and she overheard you guys discussing some kind of dance. Then she told all of us, and her, Marina, Ash, and Megan all went shopping.'' Jackson said, acting innocent.

''Jackson you little rat!'' Abigail glared at Jackson. Jackson just smirked while Blake and Seb chuckled quietly.

Emily just laughed. ''It's okay, we aren't upset.''

''Really?'' Abigail asked, feeling relieved.

''Dang it.'' Jackson muttered.

''Really. Just next time, try not to eavesdrop on your parents.'' Jayden chuckled.

''Right. Got it dad.'' Abigail chuckled.

''So, uh, is Ashleen always gonna be supervising us?'' Megan asked curiously.

''No, not always.'' Jayden replied, making Ashleen slump in her seat a little. ''Just for the first few sessions for her to see where each of you are leveled at.''

''Why does she need to know where we're leveled at?''

''So that I can assign you suitable training partners and training activities based on your strengths and skills.'' Ashleen replied.

''Why are you assigning us those things?''

''I'm the red ranger.''

''Yeah, and Abby's yellow, Marina's pink, Jackson's green, Blake's blue, Seb is silver and I'm purple. How does being the red one make you any different from the rest of us?'' Megan asked a bit too harshly.

''Um…well…''

''Megan, what's gotten into you?'' Jackson asked, defending Ashleen.

''Just because Ashleen's the red ranger she thinks she's better than us? More important than we are? I had to work for my powers. My parents weren't even samurai. Ashleen just had everything handed to her!''

''That's not true.'' Ashleen whispered, hurt.

''Yes it is! Here you are bossing us around, telling us how to do our job when you're no better! You think you're all that? Well guess what Ashleen? You're not. You're only in charge because we need you to do the sealing symbol since you're the only one who can. Other than that, you're pretty much useless.'' Megan said harshly, storming off to her and Abigail's room.

There was a big silence after Megan left. Nobody really knew what to say. Everyone just looked to Ashleen, who was looking down, tears rolling down her cheeks. Everyone felt terrible.

''Ashleen…'' Emily said, wanting to comfort her oldest daughter.

''Excuse me.'' Ashleen whispered, getting up and leaving the kitchen in tears.

''That was extremely harsh.'' Jackson said, upset.

''I'm really mad at Megan now. How could she say that about Ashleen? Ashleen works way harder than everyone else does. She's the leader because she knows what she's doing and because she has leadership skills and knows what's best for this team. She's anything but useless.'' Abigail said, upset. ''I'm gonna go talk to Megan.'' With that, she left the kitchen to find Megan.

''Megan's just jealous because Ashleen is the best teammate anyone could ever have.'' Marina said.

''We should all go talk to Ashleen. She could use some real friends right now.'' Blake said, as he, Jackson, Marina, Seb, Emily and Jayden all got up to look for Ashleen.

They finally found Ashleen in the dojo, continuously hitting the dummy with a lot of force, knocking the dummy down.

''Hey Ash.'' Marina said softly. Ashleen turned her head sideways to see almost everyone standing at the door frame.

''She's right. I don't deserve to be in charge.'' Ashleen said.

''Honey, that's not true.'' Emily said.

''Mom, just stop. It is true and everyone here knows it. I haven't been working hard enough. I don't even know why I'm the leader. It just sort of happened.'' Ashleen replied.

''Ashleen, stop it right now! You're-'' Marina started.

''No, she's right.'' Jayden cut Marina off.

''What?''

''Jayden!'' Emily said in shock.

''What you're doing now is letting your emotions control the way you fight. If you do that on a real battlefield, that's unacceptable.'' Jayden said, now standing in front of Ashleen, who looked heartbroken.

Emily suddenly smiled as she figured out what her husband was trying to do.

''Yeah…yeah you're…right…'' Ashleen said quietly, looking at the ground, hurt that her dad had said those things.

''I bet you're hurt. You're crushed inside.'' Jayden said as he and Ashleen began to spar.

''Okay, yeah, I get it dad. Let's just train.'' Ashleen mumbled.

Jayden internally smiled at this. He was trying to get a rise out of his eldest daughter. He wanted her to release all of her emotions on him while they sparred. He wanted her to let everything out so she would feel better after. Of course he didn't mean anything he said to her, but Jayden knew that once she let everything go, she could focus on finding her peace and making amends with Megan, without her anger holding her back.

''You're hurting inside. It hurts you to know that Megan doesn't think you're good enough. She doesn't think you should lead the team, she must not trust you enough to.'' Jayden continued on as Ashleen noticeably started getting more and more forceful and aggressive towards her father while they fought, releasing more and more anger and pain as her father spoke on. It wasn't long until she would break, and Jayden wouldn't stop until she finally cracked.

''Dad, what are you trying to do?!'' Ashleen exclaimed, frustrated, as she put more of her anger into the match.

''I'm trying to get you to see something. If Megan doesn't think you should be leader, maybe there really is a reason you shouldn't be.'' Jayden replied.

That was it.

As soon as the words left Jayden's mouth, Ashleen lost it. She opened up all her hidden feelings inside and let everything she had out onto her father until she felt numb. All Ashleen saw in that moment was red. She felt betrayed that her own father would go against her for something she's been working hard on for her entire life. It wasn't until Ashleen heard the sound of glass shattering and someone scream that she broke out of her trance of anger and returned back to normal.

At least, she felt normal until she saw the scene in front of her.

''Oh my god…no!''

WELL, THAT'S THIS CHAPTER…SORRY FOR THE CLIFFHANGER…HEHE.

But seriously guys, I am SOOOO SORRY to keep you waiting and I hope nobody has given up on this or any of my other stories. I love you guys sooo much.

SAMURAI RANGERS,

THE NEXT CHAPTER HAS MORE DRAMA HAHA

~GleekyLittleDirectioner

Ciao!