With a cry of exhilaration, Logan went spinning into the air before righting the board and coming back down on the wave. Leaning forward his face alive with the thrill as the barrel arms wide for balance the fingers of his hand running through the water as it roared around him. Exiting out the barrel, he pulled up to the lip and went airborne again and flipping off the board dived into the ocean surfacing near his board a giant grin on his face.

Riding another wave into the beach, he darted out of the water with it dripping from his spring wetsuit. After stabbing the back end of his board into the sand next to his chair, he snatched up his towel and dabbed at his face, neck, and back. He was just reaching for his water bottle when he heard footsteps behind him.

"Ah you know that this is a private beach?" a sly voice said, behind him.

Turning he faced a surfer teen about his age wearing a wetsuit like his. And from the look of some of the bling and shades he and his girlfriend wore, they should be able whip out a platinum card.

"Nice to know," Logan said, smiling slipping on his sunglasses.

Frowning the two looked at each other before the rich kid looked at his girlfriend. "Private as in guests only," the kid said, looking back at Logan.

Frowning Logan through the towel over his shoulder. "Just what are you getting at pal? Are these questions coming up because I'm not wearing a Rolex?" he said.

Before the kid could answer, one of the hotel bellhops came over. "Ah Logan Elivro," he said, looking from one to the other.

"That's me," Logan said.

"Sir there's a call for you from a Miss Ashley," he said.

Smiling Logan nodded muttered. "Thanks I'll take it inside, and could you look after my board?" tipping the bellhop glancing at the rich kid.

Running up to the main building, Logan heard the rich kid ask the bellhop, "He's staying here?"

"Sure is he's in The Presidential Suite,"

Entering the lobby, he was gestured to a phone on a small table. "Hello," he said, picking up the receiver.

"I cannot believe I am call you at The Hilton Waikoloa," she said, over the line.

Laughing he leaned against the wall muttering, "well imagine my surprise when I was first escorted onto first class, then picked up by a limo big as a whale, then dropped off here, and to top it all off I'm staying in The Presidential Suite the whole vacation paid for."

"Let me guess a gift from Celine?"

"Right on the button left a note and everything."

"Question is how long will this friendship last?"

"I have a feeling quite awhile…" he said, as a little girl with long blonde hair in a blue bathing suit a little younger then Dana raced by bumping into him.

"Sorry," she called back

"Don't worry about it," he responded.

"Sorry what was that?" Ashley asked.

"Sorry a kid bumped me what were you saying?" he asked, bending down when he saw something the floor.

"I said, Tommy and Kim send their love so does Billy, Rocky, Adam, and Aisha wanted me to say they say hi and…," she started again.

"Ah is it ok if I call you tomorrow, something big just came up," he said, picking up the shell bracelet she had dropped.

"Yeah sure I'll hold you to that," she said, and after they said, goodbye he hung up.

Darting to the back door, he walked out onto the beach looking left and right for the little girl. He was just thinking he should turning it into the lost and found when a hand came to rest on his shoulder. Turning he faced a woman in a two piece bathing suit and a flowing silk skirt pinned at her waist with long red hair that could who could only have been her mother.

"Excuse me but I believe that is my daughter's," she said, pointing to the bracelet.

Smiling he handed it over. "Sorry she dropped it in the lobby… I was just looking for her to give it back," he said, handing it over.

"Don't worry it happens all the time, it was a gift from her father and he wanted it to be with her for a long time," she said.

"Well lucky I was there, oh where are my manners Logan Elivro," he said, offering his hand.

She looked at him for a couple seconds before taking it. "Amanda Henson," she said, and he frowned.

"'Henson' that's not a very common name where are you from?" he asked.

"Malibu, you?" she said.

"Angel Grove…," he muttered, as the girl from before darted over from a stand with a banner declared a Youth Surf Competition in a few days.

"Mom! Mom! They're having a surf met! Can I join! Please! Please! Please!" she said, darting over.

Looking at the girl Amanda said, "well talk about it Victoria. But right now why don't you thank this young man for finding your bracelet," while Logan stared as the girl faced him.

'Sensei Tori Henson!' he gasped in his mind.

"Thank you," she said, smiling.

"No problem…, so you surf…," he muttered.

"I love to surf, now can I please join the meet?" she said, facing her mother begging.

"I said, we'll talk about it," Amanda said, as the two walked off leaving Logan rooted to the spot.

After he watched the two walk away he glanced around, 'if she's here then…,' he thought stopped in mid-sentence.

'…then at least one of the others must be,' he finished when he spotted Sensei Shane Clarke running down the beach with his brother.

As if in a trance, he made his way back down to his board. "What was that?" he asked, turning.

"I said I was sorry man? Hey I'm having a party in my parent's suite you're welcome to come," the rich kid from before said.

"Sure whatever," he muttered, still in awe sitting in his chair next to his board.

For the next hour, he watched Tori with her mother as she continued to beg wondering where her father was. Then suddenly he watched detach from her mother and grabbing a board run into the ocean. As her mother barked after her Logan grabbed his board followed.

Running into the water, he paddled out after Tori. 'This is so weird,' he thought as he took a point and watched her catch a wave.

'You don't have to tell me,' Red Dragon said.

'Even when she was a kid she was…,' Logan started then grimaced as she easily lost her balance and disappeared beneath the water.

'Maybe not,' thought then frowned when she didn't reappear.

Springing into action, he paddled over as other people on boards started yelling and he dived under the water after her. Focusing again, he pretended to hold his breath as he looked around for her. Nearly a minute had gone by and he was getting desperate when he saw her and he wasn't alone.

Swimming over he saw she was almost to the surface in the arms of a muscular man with long blonde hair then froze in the water when he took everything in. From the waist up the man looked normal, but from the waist down he had what looked like a scaly fluke. As Logan stoked to keep himself under the man looked at him a desperate plea in his eye.

"You can do what you want with me just get her help," he said, offering him Tori and taking her Logan noticed the line of bubbles coming from her mouth and her chest rising and falling.

Looking back at him Logan smiling and let the air, he had been pretending to old out. "I'm not going to do anything to you pal, but you'd better git," he said.

The Merman looked at him in surprise then with a few strokes of his fluke and surprising speed disappeared from sight. "No wonder you were so good in the water," he muttered, to Tori before rising.

After breaking the surface, I pulled her onto my board and other surfers coming over got her to shore. Almost as soon as she was laid down on the sand, she started coughing up water to everyone's relief. Before she could fully recover, her mother came forward and swept her away back to the hotel all eyes on them.

Later that night on a secluded part of the beech Logan dressed as Shadow Tiger watch Miss Henson on her knees at the edge of the water from his hiding spot. Before her, he saw the Merman from before head and shoulders above the surface the rest of him below the surface resting on the sand. At the moment, she was barking heatedly at him.

"…thinking coming that close to shore! And where so many people could have seen you! We were just lucky that got to Victoria when he did…," she was saying

"He didn't" Logan said, and the two looked in his direction as he rose from his hiding spot and walked down to the beach.

She was silent for a couple seconds as he sat down legs crossed before asking, "Then who did?"

Looking back at her he said, "My guess would be her father," and he saw her eyes go wide.

"What do you…," she started but a voice interrupted her.

"Amanda don't play him a fool," and looking over the two looked at the Merman.

After a few seconds silence Logan looked from one to the other. "Look I'm not going to tell anyone after all…," he said, and snapping his fingers produced a flame that rested on his palm.

"…I have my own secrets," he finished fisting his hand and the flame went out.

"What are you… a wizard?" The Merman asked.

Shaking his head Logan muttered, "No I'm something else, but what is your name?"

"Hold it before we answer your questions you'd better answer ours! Now who are you?" Miss Henson.

Looking back at her, he grinned behind his mask. "I go by many names, two of which might mean something to you. But know this the boy who saved Tori is a friend of mine and neither of us will let harm come to Tori," he said, and she raised her eyebrows.

Shifting taller the Merman said, "I am Trident son of Poseidon."

At that, Logan's head whipped around to look at him. "You're the son of the God of the Sea?" Logan demanded, and Trident nodded then looked at Amanda.

Looking at them both he asked, "Does she know?"

At that, Trident looked at Amanda before looking at him. "We thought it best that we wait to tell her when she's ready," he said.

"And when will that be? When she turns eighteen?" Logan demanded.

"No sometime soon it's not something you can just tell your daughter that her father is half fish, and heir to a god's throne," Amanda said, drawing her legs close.

"Well that explains why you to aren't together, despite how you feel for each other," he said, and face falling she nodded.

"And also why you're so hesitant about Tori being in the Surf Meet," again she nodded.

"Today we were lucky but anyone found out she was part Mermaid…," she said.

"Like Poseidon?" Logan asked, and she looked at him.

"No my father knows of her and is proud of her, but humans no offence meant but…," Trident started and Logan looked at him nodded.

"…they don't have a good track record for understanding or compassion for other races," Logan finished for him.

The three were silent for a moment then Logan said, "About the meet, she seems rather eager for it, maybe the decision should be hers," he said.

At once Amanda looking at him snapped, "No! I will not risk my daughter's safety!" and with that she got up and left.

"As stubborn as that day so long ago when I first I met her," Trident said.

Looking at him Logan muttered, "and we both know Tori has that stubborn streak in her one way or another she'll find a way into that Meet, she can't ignore her draw to the sea," he said, and after a moment Trident nodded.

The next day after a lengthy phone call with Ashley, Logan dismounted from the horse he had rented for the day drawing close to the volcano. After securing the horse, he walked out onto where the lava had cooled into rock. Crouching low, he ran his fingertips along it.

After a few seconds, he withdrew his hand and shook his head. 'Nothing, completely cool,' he thought standing.

'Well looks to me if you hadn't gone into that final fight…," Red Dragon started.

'Aisha, Adam, and Rocky could have been killed,' he thought back and as he returned to, his horse and remounted.

'Well it seems to me in the week we've been here; you should have spent more time trying to recharge our Ranger Powers. But no all you've been doing is surfing, horseback riding, motocross, skateboarding, dirt boarding, kayaking…,' Red Dragon started.

'Hey it's my vacation, having fun is a requirement,' he thought as he returned to the trail and urged the horse into a gallop.

He was just coming around a bend when the sudden roar of a motocross engine spooking his horse. After the horse reared up, he managed to start to calm him when a motocross bike raced out a side trail.

"Crazy kid!" he snapped then tore down another side trail.

After returning his horse to the hotel stables, he stormed to where the motocross bikes were. After spotting the bike the rider had been on he got the information on what the boy looked like and where had go he headed for the skate park. Once there I scanned for the rider and when Logan spotted him, he started over.

He was still wearing his motocross shirt and boots with short dark curly hair and watching a boy at the half pipe. "Shred it Shane!" Logan heard him call and he paused as he recognized Shane and looking back at the boy as he turned his head realized who he was.

He was still for a moment before shaking his head before continuing. "Hey kid!" he snapped.

At once, the boy turned to look at him as he stalked over. "What the heck were you doing out there!" he snapped.

"What do you mean?" the kid asked, looking over at him.

"Out on the trail! You spooked my horse!" Logan said, reaching him and Shane joined him.

At that, the boy recognized him. "Sorry dude but…," he started before Logan cut him off.

"No buts!" he snapped jabbing a finger at him.

At this, the boy went silent. "What if the horse had lost his footing and broken his leg! He would have to be put down then!

Or what if he had thrown me! I could have broken my neck!" he snapped hands on his hips face hard.

After a few seconds the boy's face fell. "I'm sorry I didn't mean…," he started and Logan let his face relax.

"It ok nobody got hurt, just remember, save the engine revving for the track, ok Dustin," he said, then walked away.

When he was a good distance away he heard Shane ask, "How did he know your name?"

'Man how many people can say they gave a lecture to their Sensei before they were a Sensei,' he thought.

ZEDD'S PALACE THE MOON

Zedd paced his throne room repeatedly his body pulsing red with the rhythmic metal on stone sound of his staff touching the floor. "One week, one week and no trace of him!" he snapped facing Goldar, Mordant, Squat, and Baboo lightning lashing out from his staff.

"Sorry my lord he just vanished!" Goldar said.

At that, Zedd whipped around to face them visor flashing pulsing red. "You fools!" he snapped thrusting his staff forward and they leapt back lightning striking what they had been.

"For almost two years this Red Dragon Ranger has interfered with our affairs! He is not hiding! He's out of power!" he shouted before return to sit on his throne.

"At his present state even you could finish him off you bumbling fool! Now we must find him and finish him before he finds a heat source strong enough to recharge his powers! For if his appearance means what I think it means it could mean the end!" he shouted.

HAWAII

After meeting with her mother, Logan watched Tori repeatedly try to surf from his spot by a palm tree. "Having problems?" he asked, as she returned to shore tossing her board on the sand.

Looking over at him, she frowned. "Hey aren't you the guy who saved me?" she asked.

Smiling as he walked over he asked, "and didn't your mother tell you that the two you would talk about you joining the Meet?" and her face fell.

"She said, no," she said, and Logan nodded.

"Then what are you doing out here?" he asked, and he saw her blush.

"Getting ready for the meet," she muttered.

Chuckling he looked out at the waves. "Not off to a very good start," he said, and she scolded up at him.

"Hey just because I'm a beginner…!" she started to snap.

"…doesn't mean that you couldn't use a teacher," he finished looking back at her as she looked at him stunned.

"You mean it?" she asked, and he nodded.

"I talked tom your mother come to my suit tomorrow for breakfast, after which we'll get started," he said, then walked away.

The next morning as the sun, rose Logan rolling onto his side woke from his dreams a smile on his face not wanting to rise from the comfortable bed. When he was finally able to pull himself from the bed and dress before he walked through several of the rooms and out onto the balcony. He was just listening to the sound of the waves on the shore when he heard a knock at his door.

"Just a minute!" he called making his way to the door on the first floor.

When he reached it and opened it, he smiled down at Tori. "Morning come on in I was just about to order breakfast," he said, while she gapped at the size of his rooms.

A short while later after a good breakfast of waffles and fruit for Logan and chocolate chip pancakes for Tori they walked down to the beach her yammering on. "…today, that totally cool spin you did the other day! Or what about that flip dismount!" she said, and smiling Logan's mind drifted to a time when he was asking her the same thing.

"Well we'll get to that later, first we start with the basics," he said, sitting down on the beach.

"Really what's that?" she demanded.

Smiling up at her, he pulled her down next to him. "Listening to the ocean," he said, and facing the ocean closing his eyes and crossing his legs.

For a few seconds he felt her eyes on him before he heard her mimic him. For a few minutes, they remained like that until…

"Ah not to a…," she started before he quieted her lifting his hand.

"Shh, the tide is coming in, a good grinder is about break… there," he said, opening his eyes pointing and right on cue a good sized grinder wave appeared.

"How did you…?" she started and he looked at her.

"I listened to the ocean. My teacher once told me that the ocean is a like a mother. If you listen to her, she will tell you were you need to be. And to always remember that a surfer doesn't ride a wave they ride with the wave. Don't force it flow with it!" he said, and she gapped.

"Well your teacher sounds… a little weird, but can we get to… you know surfing," she said.

Smiling he chuckled looking away. 'Yeah you did when you first said, that to me,' he thought taking up his board.

From his board in the water he watched her trying to stay on her board. "Remember what I said, Tori! Listen to the ocean! And don't force it!" he called out to her as she took another spill.

"Easy for you to say!" she snapped at him.

When they came back to shore, she was laughing and smiling at him from the few successful rides she had before she faced the beach and she froze. Following her gaze and saw her mother looking at them and she did not look happy.

"Victoria do you mind if I speak to Mr. Elivro alone," she said, and after giving him a look that said, she was worried that he might not see tomorrow before she left.

When she was gone, Amanda stalked over to him. "Now I told your masked friend and I told her that I don't want her surfing!" she snapped.

After driving his board into the sand, he faced her. "Look Miss. Henson experience has taught me that if a kid loves to do something as much as your daughter loves to surf. All you can do is love them, guide them, support them, and stay the heck out of the way," he said, taking up his board and started walking away.

She caught up to him. "You think I don't love or support my daughter! She is the most important thing in my life and I'll be dammed before she gets hurt, or somebody hurts her for being what she is!" she demanded, stepping in front of him.

"You think I want that to happen! Look weather you like it or not she was going to enter that competition! I just thought I'd help her so that nothing would happen!

However, for right I want you think on something. If you truly love someone or something, you have to let it loose every now and then. Or else you'll suffocate or break it," he said, and then walked around her.

ZEDD'S PALACE THE MOON

Walking into the throne room Goldar brandishing his sword knelt at the base of the steps to the throne. "You'd better have good news for me," Zedd snapped hand twitching for his staff.

"Yes my Lord I believe we have found him," he said.

Leaning forward on his throne Zedd growled, "Excellent."

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