Chapter Twenty-One
Adam looked on as he was looking out the window. It had been a few years since he last saw RJ. From what he understood, he needed some ranger help in defeating this threat called Dai Shi, and the threat had long been defeated. It was kind of strange that he was going to see him again, along with meeting his Jungle Fury team for the first time along with reuniting with his old teammates.
"Looking forward to your Ranger reunion?"
Adam turned around, facing Cassie, who was standing next to her husband TJ.
"You betcha we are," Aisha answered with a smile.
"It'll be good to see our friends again," Adam added, "It'll be good to see RJ again as well."
"RJ?" TJ glanced up, confused.
"I known him as I helped him tap into the morphin grid," Adam explained, "that's how he was able to create morphers for his team."
"That's interesting," Cassie replied.
"Yeah," Adam smiled, "He needed help when Master Mao informed him of Dai Shi's escape."
"It seems we are finding ways to regain our powers," TJ quipped, "and keep them too ever since Adam was able to repair the morphin grid."
"It seems that way," Cassie nodded in agreement.
"That's the whole story in a nutshell," Aisha nodded in agreement.
"A couple years ago I brought in Alpha 5 to get the connection to the Morphin Grid active again," Adam said, "back when the Operation Overdrive rangers were active."
"Right," TJ nodded.
"And from what I've heard," Cassie stated, "the Jungle Fury Rangers have been active since their fights with Dai Shi."
"That they are," Adam nodded.
"We're here now," TJ announced, "and this is where you guys get off."
"Jungle Karma Pizza should be two blocks away and open by now," Cassie added, "Andros is expecting us back."
"We hope everything goes well with your reunion," TJ told the two rangers.
"Thanks," Adam replied.
"And we hope things go well with your mission as well," Aisha told the two space rangers.
"Thanks," Cassie nodded.
"Good luck," Adam bid the space rangers farewell, "and may the power protect you always."
Adam and Aisha proceeded to part ways with TJ and Cassie before making their way to Jungle Karma Pizza.
Upon arriving at the pizza parlor, Adam and Aisha found the others waiting for them.
"Look who's here!" Rocky exclaimed.
"Hey guys," Aisha greeted her boyfriend as she and Adam shared hugs with the other rangers.
"How should we go and introduce ourselves this time?" the tall blonde woman in green asked.
"I got an idea!" the short girl with long ebony hair suggested, "why don't we go introducing ourselves by color?"
"Color?" the blonde guy in white asked.
"You know, our ranger and Ronin and Guardian colors," the ebony haired girl answered, "red, blue, yellow, green, black, pink, white and other."
"You know something?" the blondish brown haired guy in red stepped forward, "I think that's a solid idea, Rekino."
"Most of us know each other already," Tanya chimed in.
"True," the blind man in black replied, "but they should get to know the Jungle Fury team as well as the Ronin Warriors and Guardians."
"Point taken," Kat nodded.
The group started with the rangers, Ronins and Guardians in red.
"I am Jason Lee Scott," Jason stepped forward, "the original red ranger."
"Casey Rhodes," the blondish brown haired guy introduced himself next, "Jungle Fury Red Ranger."
"Ryo Sanada," the raven haired boy with tiger blue eyes introduced himself next, "I am the leader of the Ronin Warriors, Ryo of the Wildfire."
"And I'm Rekino Sanada," the short ebony haired girl stepped forward, "Lady Wildfire, and before any of you say anything else, I am not short, I am fun sized."
"I think they get the memo," Tommy replied, "now those who don the blue will be the next to introduce themselves. That also applies to any master who controls a spirit ranger."
"I am Billy Cranston," Billy was the first to introduce himself, "the original blue ranger."
"Rocky Desantos," Rocky introduced himself next, "Zeo Ranger III Blue!"
"Theo Martin," an Asian boy in blue stepped forward, "I am the Jungle Fury Blue Ranger."
"Master Finn," a blonde man stood up from his seat, "I am the Shark Master and sometimes control the Shark Spirit Ranger, but sometimes Casey does."
"Rowen Hashiba is my name," a blue haired boy stood up next, "I am also known as Rowen of the Strata."
"My name is Mia Sanada," a brunette stood up next, "I am Ryo's wife, Twyla's half-sister and the guardian to Rowen, just as Rekino is Ryo's guardian. I'm known as Lady Strata."
"I kinda got that part with the Ronin Warriors and the Guardians," Adam replied.
"I am Cye Mouri," a brown haired guy with a British accent, "Ronin Warrior, Cye of the Torrent."
"And I am his guardian, Lady Torrent," a petite brown haired girl with a French accent stood up, "However, you can call me Amaya. Amaya Faye Blanchet."
"This is working out so far," Jason replied.
"Now everyone who dons green and black can introduce themselves next," Tommy said.
"What about you?" Kimberly asked.
"Why not?" Tommy replied, before he stood up, introducing himself, "My name is Tommy Oliver, I have four different ranger colors, but I started out as the original green ranger."
"I'm Zachary Taylor, but please, call me Zack," Zack stepped forward, "I am the original black ranger."
"My name's Adam Park," Adam greeted the group, "I replaced Zack when he, Jason and Trini went to the Peace Confrence. I am also Zeo Ranger IV Green!"
"My name's Master Swoop," the blind man in black introduced himself next, "I am the Pai Zhua Bat Master, and I control the Bat Spirit Ranger. Most other times, Theo does."
"My name is Jarrod," the brown haired guy in black stepped forward next, "I am the black lion warrior, currently an ally to the Jungle Fury Rangers."
"My name's Camille," the dark haired girl in green was the next to introduce herself, "I am the chameleon warrior, and also a current ally to the Jungle Fury Rangers."
"My name is Sage Date," the blonde guy in green stepped forward, "Ronin Warrior known as Sage of the Halo."
"And I am his guardian," the tall blonde woman introduced herself, "Hana Marie Utano, Lady Halo."
"I find this game to be quite fun!" Rekino exclaimed.
"Now those who don yellow and orange will introduce themselves next," Tommy called out.
"My name is Minh Kwan," Minh introduced herself first, "My mom is the original yellow ranger who died in battle last year."
"My name is Aisha Campbell," Aisha was the next to introduce herself, "I am the second ever yellow ranger."
"I'm Tanya Sloan, now Tanya Park," Tanya introduced herself next, "I'm Zeo Ranger II Yellow, and Adam's wife."
Adam smiled and nodded, confirming the statement.
"I'm Lily Chilman," a pretty blonde girl in yellow was the next to introduce herself, "I am the Jungle Fury Yellow Ranger!"
"I find myself in a fun situation here," the muscular blue haired boy in orange stood up, "for my name ain't Kento Rei Fuan. Yes, that's my name. I'm a Ronin Warrior known as Kento of the Hardrock."
"And I am his cousin and guardian," the tall blue haired woman introduced herself, "Josephine Rei Fuan, Lady Hardrock or Lady Diamond."
"And Kento is an annoying version of Dominic," Casey muttered.
"This again?!" Kento exclaimed, annoyed.
"Okay dudes," the hipster dude stood between the two heroes, "settle down. There's no need for a quarrel here."
"But it's true," Casey replied.
"Casey,"
"Thanks RJ," Adam replied.
"Before we get to any questions," Tommy stated as he saw Lily with her hand up, "the rest of you need to introduce yourselves, starting with the rest who don a ranger or ronin or guardian color."
"I am Kimberly Ann Oliver," Kimberly introduced herself first, "the original pink ranger."
"Katharine Hillard is my name," Kat was the next to introduce herself, "I am Zeo Ranger I Pink!"
"I'm Jillian Hart – Oliver," a pretty dark haired girl in pink introduced herself, "Jungle Fury Pink Ranger."
"My name's Robert James, but call me RJ," RJ proceeded to introduce himself, "I am the Jungle Fury Wolf Ranger, or will be when I get my wolf spirit back."
"I'm Dominic Hargan," the blonde guy in white introduced himself next, "Jungle Fury Rhino Ranger."
"And I am James Ferino," a guy with blonde, slightly curly hair introduced himself, "I am also a Ronin Warrior, Armor of the Eliminator."
"As for the rest of us," the reddish blonde haired woman spoke up, "My name is Twyla Ferino. I am Mia's half-sister and James' wife."
"My name's Fran," the brown haired girl with pigtails introduced herself next, "I am a good friend to the Jungle Fury Rangers."
"My name is Hayley Ziktor," the red haired girl introduced herself next, "I am an ally to Tommy and the Dino Thunder Rangers, but any friend to them is a friend of mine as well."
"And I am Flit," the guy with sunglasses introduced himself last, "I am close friends with RJ, and I announce the battles."
"That he does," Twyla nodded, "something like an announcer would do in a sports event."
"Right," Adam nodded before walking over to RJ, "It's been awhile, hasn't it, RJ?"
"That it has," RJ nodded in agreement.
"You know him?" Casey asked.
"That I do," RJ answered, "Remember when you, Theo and Lily first became rangers?"
"Yeah," Theo answered, "you said you knew this guy, who knew this other guy, who had an uncle...who tapped into the Morphin Grid."
"That would be me," Adam raised his hand, "I don't know where he got the uncle part at, unless he's implying Cam Watanbe, but I did mention him as well as Tommy over here."
"And that's how our morphers came to be?" Lily asked.
"Exactamundo," RJ replied.
"That's quite interesting," Rekino crossed her arms.
"I assumed RJ was the smart one from the beginning of this journey," Rowen stated, "you know, despite his current status."
"So, what happened where you are unable to be a ranger?" Adam asked.
"I caused it," Jillian answered.
"Huh?" Adam looked at her, confused.
"Kartras placed her under a spell and made her an evil pink ranger," Casey explained, "and a lot of trouble ensued, where RJ was nearly drained to death and we all lost of animal spirits due to an eclipse."
"Something similar to my days as an evil green ranger," Tommy added.
"You can't blame yourself for that," Adam told Jillian, "Kartras and the Dark Elite are the ones who made you do those terrible things."
"I'm going to help RJ fix the morpher to where Kartras can't try anything on you as part of any revenge she might want to seek," Billy announced.
Jillian nodded.
-Through-Dangerous-Times-
RJ sighed, as he could tell Jillian was feeling guilt for hurting him and the rest of the Jungle Fury rangers.
She has nothing to worry about, RJ thought, As soon as I get my wolf spirit back, I'll be able to fight as a ranger again. Besides, James said he has a plan to get my spirit back.
"Is there a Robert James here?"
The Wolf Master turned around to see four figures have just entered the pizzeria. One wore red and had brown hair, the second wore yellow and had blonde hair, the third was African American and wore blue, and the final one wore white.
"That would be me, can I help you?" RJ stepped forward.
The guy in red stepped forward, "So, you must be my long lost younger brother."
"That he is, Conner," Tommy quickly stepped forward. He faced the rest of the rangers, "These are the Dino Thunder rangers. Conner...James, the red ranger, Kira Ford, the yellow ranger, Ethan James, the blue ranger, and Trent Mercer, the white ranger."
"I'm going to have to get used to addressing Conner's last name as James," Kira stated.
"As will I," Ethan added, "Conner James."
"It wouldn't be the first time we have adopted rangers," Trent muttered.
Master Finn walked over to the Dino Thunder Rangers.
"So," Kira stated, "this must be your biological Dad."
"If he's RJ's dad," Conner replied, "that must be the case."
"That I am," Master Finn spoke up, "I want to apologize for what I put you through."
"Yeah," Conner nodded before he sighed and spoke up, "Listen...Dad. What happened before is in the past, it's done. I think it's a good idea to move forward, focus on the present and the future moving forward."
RJ looked relieved after that tense moment, watching his older brother hug his father. The Red Dino Thunder Ranger seemed to be taking things well. He wondered how his other brothers would be taking the news at this point. Would he be seeing them anytime soon?
"I contacted Eric, my twin brother," Conner told the others, "he and the other Ninja Storm rangers are on their way to Ocean Bluff as well."
"I thought Eric flunked out of the Wind Ninja Academy?" Tommy asked, confused.
"He did," Conner explained, "but after Shane was killed in battle, Eric found himself with the task of retrieving Shane's wind morpher which the Radical Ninjas stole, and he became the new Red Ninja Storm Ranger."
"From what you said he's nothing like you," Ethan stated.
"Eric also finds himself at the wrong place at the wrong time," Conner interjected, "or right place at the right time, if you will, given the situations that happened."
"So," Tommy asked, "how are the other Ninja Storm rangers taking this?"
"They were in shock at first," Conner answered, "but it took some time, and Eric was proven to be trustworthy of the power, despite the fact that he's still an airhead at times. He told me how he's given Cam a headache multiple times."
He chuckled thinking about those texts.
"So we'll be seeing the Ninja Storm rangers, soon?" James asked, glancing on with excitement.
"Pretty much so," Conner answered, "Dustin was very reluctant to come, but it took a lot of persuasion to get him to come to Ocean Bluff with the others."
Glancing up, Conner smiled and looked at RJ, "Since we're brothers, does that mean I can have free pizza here?"
Ethan and Trent chuckled while Kira gave Conner a slap on the arm.
-Through-Dangerous-Times-
Dustin was looking outside the window, with a lot on his mind. Two years ago, he found out that he was adopted and that he had three younger brothers. One of them was with him right now, and the other two were also rangers. Yet, he found this out two years ago, but didn't really want to see his biological father for the reason he felt betrayal, anger, and confusion at the revelation given to him.
Sensei Watanabe gave him the revelation and asked him to go and reunite with his real father and his brothers shortly before he passed away. When Sensei passed, he used that as an excuse to not see his real father as he wanted to help Cam, Marah and Kapri cope with the grief they had to endure at that time.
Last year, he gave off another excuse to not see his biological family, but not this year, Kelly found out what was going on and insisted that he go and meet his biological family at Ocean Bluff. Eric also got the call from Conner a week afterwards and they made their way to Ocean Bluff.
On a side note in Dustin's mind, Storm Chargers went out of business last year due to the city cutting corners, and Kelly Halloway, the former boss of that business, had mysteriously vanished from the face of the Earth since, so it appeared to be. He wondered what happened to her and where she could have been?
"Are you okay?" Tori asked, pulling Dustin from his thoughts.
"I think so," Dustin answered, "these past two years have been insane."
"With the deaths of my uncle, and Shane," Cam sighed sadly, "you found out about us being rangers, and Eric becoming Shane's replacement."
"Leanne Omino found out we were rangers too," Tori interjected, "and that was after she became the new Yellow Lightspeed Rescue ranger after their original yellow ranger died in action."
"She wasn't as surprised when she found out," Blake glanced at his wife, "in fact, she understood."
"I can tell Dustin here is anxious about meeting his biological father and his brothers for the first time," Hunter spoke up.
"One of his brothers is my twin brother Conner," Eric chimed in, "and therefore, I'm also is brother."
"I've met Conner before," Dustin spoke as he looked down, "back then though, I didn't know we were brothers. It's my biological father and my youngest brother I haven't met yet."
"The oddest thing is you four are rangers," Tori said, "not really strange as there has been sibling rangers from what I understand."
"Nervous about meeting the youngest brother and your real Dad?" Blake asked.
"Pretty much," Dustin nodded.
"Listen," Tori placed a hand on her friend's shoulder, "I have known you for a long time now, and I'm not sure why your Dad put you up for adoption all those years ago, but I'm sure he has a good reason behind it."
"I'm not really mad anymore. I don't feel the betrayal and anger I felt before," Dustin admitted, "I am just confused."
"I helped Dustin with getting past the betrayal and anger part," Cam raised his hand, "with some good meditation, and he came to terms with him being adopted."
"Now with everything said and done," Dustin said, "it's now a matter of meeting my long lost father and my youngest brother, who is also a ranger."
Author's Note: On November 20th 2018, we lost another ranger actor Grant McFarland, who played both Sensei Kanoi Watanabe and the villain Lothor on Power Rangers Ninja Storm. He also played a guy named Daisuke in Power Rangers Samurai. He will be sorely missed by all fans of Power Rangers.