#zhua answers

[skzhua]

HAN IS WORKING WITH THE MEAN GIRL?! 😱

Is he? Is he not? Who knows... 👀

#zhua's note #zhua's feedback #zhua answers

[junglekarmapippa]

Robbie on Robbie #16: "I know it's coming, there's gonna be violence"

from Tripping (from Intensive Care)

RJ looked up from his working table when his boss, Billy Cranston, entered his office.

"RJ," Billy started. "You wanted to talk to me?"

"Yes," RJ said with a shaky voice.

"What is it?"

RJ bent to retrieve something from under his work table as he spoke. "I have been working for Cranston Technology for almost three years."

"I know, I plucked you out of university myself, you are exceptional."

"Thanks," RJ said from under the table. "I just wanted to say that, first of all, I honestly appreciate the opportunity to work with you, and in this level of clearance."

This was a red flag for Billy. Suspicion lit up like a Christmas tree in his brain.

"What's going on, RJ?"

RJ finally came out from under the table, with a safe box in his hands.

"I didn't mean to step on your toes," he said, putting the box on the table.

"What are you talking about?" Billy said, genuinely confused. "What's in the box?"

RJ used his fingerprint to open the box. "I call them the Solar Morphers," he said, showing Billy the content of the box: three pairs of sunglasses: one red, one blue, and one yellow.

"Solar Morphers?" Billy repeated. "You've created Morphers?"

"Well, not functional morphers," RJ cleared. "I couldn't connect them to the Morphing Grid, I don't know how."

Billy took a few seconds to look at the Morphers in the box. "How do you even know about the Morphing Grid?"

"There's a database--"

"How did you access that database?"

"Brute force," RJ admitted.

"Brute force?!"

"Yes." RJ shook his head. "That's beside the point, the point is I need to connect these Morphers to the Grid. Can you teach me how?"

"Absolutely not," Billy said, closing the box.

"Can you connect them for me?"

"No," Billy said sternly. "The Morphing Grid is not a toy, RJ."

"I know it's not. Please, Billy, I need them."

"What for?"

RJ looked at the box. "I can't tell you."

"Then the answer is no."

Billy turned to leave and RJ called after him: "Fine! I'll tell you, please, don't go."

Billy turned around and looked at him with his arms crossed. RJ struggled to pull his shirt up his arm and ended up taking it off. He showed Billy his forearm tattoo.

"I'm a part of a secret Kung Fu academy called the Pai Zhua, the order of the claw." Billy showed no response to this. "We have an ancient enemy, Dai Shi, the great death. He's an eight-headed dragon demon, and he's currently captured in the academy."

"What do you need the Morphers for, RJ, I don't have all night."

"I was chosen to train the three Protectors. Students, tasked with stopping and destroying Dai Shi, should he escape like the prophecies say. The Protectors will be sent my way, for me to train and guide them in their battle. They will be teenagers, Billy. Three teenagers armed with some Kung Fu moves to defeat a ten-thousand-year-old demon. They won't stand a chance." RJ stopped talking, looking for any reaction on Billy's face but there was still none. "They will die unless I can figure out a way to protect them," RJ continued, opening the box again. "This is the only thing I can think of."

"You want these morphers for your students?"

"Yes. Please, Billy, I'm just trying to protect them long enough. Dai Shi will escape soon. I know it's coming, there's gonna be violence. I'm just trying to find a way to protect my students."

"And you think a Morpher will guarantee their victory?"

"No, of course not," RJ replied shaking his head. "But it will at least give them a fighting chance, as their Master, that's all I need."

"And which one will be yours? Let me guess, the red one."

"No."

"No?"

"This is not my battle to fight. All three Morphers would go to my students."

Billy took a minute to consider what RJ had told him. He took one of the Morphers out of the box and inspected it. He was impressed by the craftsmanship RJ had put in them. He put the device back in the box.

"I'll connect them to the Morphing Grid for you with some conditions."

"Shoot!" RJ said, his face illuminated with hope.

"The design of these is proprietary technology of Cranston Tech, so we can put it somewhere where it won't ever see the light of day again."

"You'll have the blueprints on your desk within the hour."

"And you will make one for yourself. It's only fair."

"A Morpher for myself?"

"Yes. If you're sending your students to the battlefield, you are joining them."

RJ took a few seconds to respond to that.

"Fair enough."

"And you have to promise me you won't give them to someone unworthy. If there is a chance they might misuse them, they can't have them, is that clear?"

"Yes, sir."

"Fine. Stay after hours, so we can connect them without anyone noticing." He turned to leave, then stopped in his tracks. "Oh, and RJ--"

"Yes?" RJ said with a smile on his face.

"If I ever catch you brute forcing your way into another database, I will fire you on the spot."

RJ smirked and nodded. Billy left the office and RJ let out a small laugh of victory.

His students wouldn't be completely safe, but at least they would stand a chance. The rest was in his hands.

Dai Shi wouldn't know what hit him.

#power rangers #powerrangers #lyrics #rj #fanfic #fanfiction #power rangers jungle fury #robbie williams #robbiewilliams #powerrangersjunglefury #Robbie on Robbie

[rangerdrabbles]

Day of the Dumpster

A little what if featuring a completely out of order timeline, Virgie as the MMPR mentor, and entirely different team. No OGs hate here-we stan-but I’ve always imagined what would happen if different rangers were in those roles. Virgie’s parents will be revealed eventually if this is continued.

Wes Collins’ face was the first to appear on the large flat-screen tiv in the command center. It actually doubled as a television and a screen for conference calls-an addition Alpha 5 wasn’t sure how to feel about.

“Virgie, we’ve detected a disturbance on the moon,” Wes said. “It seems that-”

“Rita’s out,” Virgie replied. “Sensed it already. Plus my parents gave me a heads up. Tell Eric it’s time, and thanks in advance.”

“You think you can handle him?” Wes teased. 

“The question is, can he handle me?” Virgie replied with a grin. “Alpha, get everyone on the line.”

“Roger that!” Alpha replied. His fingers moved quickly on the console, and soon other faces appeared on screen.

“RJ, time to come out of retirement,” Virgie greeted the wolf ranger on screen. He’d been spending his days of late training students at the Pai Zhua academy outside Ocean Bluff.

“Yeah, I felt it too,” RJ said grimly. “Who knew that dumpsters existed back then? Though I’m not sure I would’ve put her in one.”

“Yeah, we all know what happens when you just temporarily put someone away,” Virgie drawled.

“Ahem,” Came the voice of Jayden Shiba, who was pretending to look annoyed at that statement.

“C’mon Jayden, you know that’s true,” Virgie replied cheekily. “Sealing away has never really worked, though I guess people get an a for effort.”

Jayden sighed. “I’m guessing it’s time?”

“That it is. Have you decided who you’re sending? I’d ask for you or Lauren, but I know your duties there are too pressing.”

Jayden nodded. “I’m sending Mike, actually. He’s grown as we’ve battled together, and I think he can teach everyone a few things.”

“That’s the idea,” Virgie replied. “Taylor?”

“And here I thought I’d just get to go back to what passes for normal in the Air Force,” Taylor replied with a sigh. “But I’ll be there. 

“Who’s the last?” Wes asked. “Don’t you need five?”

“I’m the last,” Virgie replied. “You didn’t think I was going to let everyone have all the fun themselves, did you?” She grinned. “I’ll have Alpha send a taxi for everyone involved. Thanks for answering the call, and I’ll be checking in often.”

“Roger that,” Wes replied cheerfully. 

Jayden meanwhile, just gave a nod and a polite smile-he was often a man of few words 

The others murmured their goodbyes, and when they’d all hung up, Virgie said, “Alpha, get Lightspeed Rescue on the line. Tell them it’s time to suit up once again.”

“Roger!”

[venom-mob-network]

What weapon does Simon Lee use in Life Combat?

Hello! Thank you so much for this ask! I didn’t know the answer right off the top of my head, so this was really fun to research.

So right off the bat, these are pretty unique in that they’re dual-wielded hand weapons. I searched through quite a lot of lists and through numerous images, and this was the first lead I got.

But of course this wasn’t right, seeing as how that’s a single weapon and a spear. But, the blades looked similar! So I felt that I was on the right track. I made sure to note that that polearm is called a Ji.

Then I found something called a Ji Zhua Gou, and it’s a lot like what Li Yi-Min is holding in the picture above... but like, if he was holding them upside down.

I felt like the spear was a lot closer to what I was actually looking for, so I started searching deeper into the Ji weapon. Eventually I as led to the Fan Tian Hua Ji 方天畫戟, shown below.

And I think that this is as close as I’m gonna get! The length is still a little too long in the images above (except for that last one), but at the very least, the weapon that Li Yi-Min uses is definitely inspired by these.

I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if this is basically an original weapon designed for the purpose of the film. Shaw Brothers had invented new weapons solely for use in their movies before, like the flags used in Flag of Iron (1980).

Those flags weren’t based on any actual weapons, they were just an idea that those involved thought would be an interesting narrative and action tool to work with. And they were right! So I think more often than not, some of the weapons used in these movies were made with the intent of “what is most interesting”, rather than “what is most accurate”. Again, it’s always possible that I just didn’t search deep enough, and Li Yi-Min is using an actual weapon type that exists (in which case, please do correct me!), but if it’s not then I think that a Fan Tian Hua Ji is as close as we’re gonna get.

#ask #anonymous #Venom Mob #Life Gamble #Li Yi Min #mod tiger

[feeshies]

top 5 kinds of weapons

put “top 5” anything in my ask and i will answer ok go

5. Bow & Arrow

4. Brass Knuckles

3. Zhua

2. Khopesh

1. A gun that also shoots swords and lasers

#freckledjester

[junglekarmapippa]

Robbie on Robbie #14: “I know the secret skins you alive”

from All That I want (from Take The Crown)

RJ watched Casey, Theo and Lily jump into the teleported, disguised as an exhaust that nobody noticed went nowhere, and grabbed his chef jacket.

He knew he probably should monitor their battle against the Rin Shi of the day, but it was the lunch rush hour and poor Fran was alone in the restaurant.

He ran downstairs, buttoning up his jacket.

“I’m here, Fran, where are we?” He told her when she entered the kitchen.

“Two large pepperonis, two RJ specials, one Caesar salad and one pasta carbonara,” she recited.

“I’m on the pizzas, you take the salad and the pasta,” RJ told her and got to work on the dough for the first pizza.

“Can somebody help me here?” They heard someone cry from the dining area.

“Go check it out and stay in the dining area. I’m on everything, we’ll be fine.”

Fran looked at him, incertitude showing on her face.

He looked up and smiled. “I used to move this restaurant by myself, Fran. We’ll be fine, go.”

She left and he returned to the pizza he was making.

When he was on the third pizza, Casey Theo and Lily came down from the loft, tying their aprons.

“We’re back,” Casey said. “What can we do?”

“I have a Caesar salad and a pasta carbonara pending, as well as an RJ special.”

“I’m on the RJ special,” Theo declared.

“Casey, you’re on the salad and pasta, Lily, dining area with Fran,” RJ ordered, not looking up from the pizza he was making.

Fran entered the kitchen. “Oh, you’re back.”

“Yes,” Casey said awkwardly.

Fran grabbed the two pizzas that were ready and walked out of the kitchen. As she left, Lily walked back inside.

“We should tell her,” Casey said, washing the lettuce.

“Tell her what?” RJ asked, distracted by the pizza he was timing.

“That we’re, you know…”

That made RJ pay him attention. “Absolutely not.”

“Well, she IS our friend,” Lily added.

“And we do load her with all of our work whenever we have to… you know…”

“Telling Fran will only put her in more danger,” RJ told them.

“But I just feel so bad,” Lily argued. “This is not how you treat friends.”

“I know,” RJ started, only stopping to take the pizza out of the oven. “But we’d only be putting her in more risk.”

“I don’t think that’s true,” Theo said from across the table. “In fact, I think she could be very useful to us.”

“How do you figure?” RJ asked.

“She could keep an eye on the monitors if you’re busy, for example,” he suggested.

“At the very least, she wouldn’t feel like we abandon her at the worst times and she wouldn’t feel exploited,” Lily said.

“Guys,” RJ started, keeping an eye on he door. “I know the secret skins you alive but we have to consider Fran’s safety too. I have no doubt she would take it to the grave, her loyalty is not in discussion here. But if by any chance Dai Shi captures her or reads her mind, he could kill her, and then know where to find us and kills us. She is our friend and I really love her too, but, we can’t tell her.”

“What if she finds out by herself?” Casey asked. “What do we do then?”

“I don’t know,” RJ said, grabbing another piece of dough. “If that comes to happens, we’ll figure out a way to keep her safe.”

“Then why don’t we just tell her?” Lily insisted.

RJ looked at all of them and swallowed hard. “Honestly?”

“Yes!” The other three answered in unison.

“Because we can’t tell her you guys are the Power Rangers without telling her about the Pai Zhua, and the Council will skin ME alive if I tell a civilian about the Academy.”

“What if she finds out by herself?” Theo asked, visibly confused.

RJ’s attention went back to the dough. “That’s a loophole,” he admitted. “If I were to, say, leave the monitors on while you guys are in a fight and if she were to… hear them and come upstairs to turn them off and happened to see you morph or demorph… then technically I wouldn’t have told her about you.”

The twinkle in the Wolf Master’s eyes was undeniable and the other three knew that was less of a hypothetical and more of an actual plan.

The alarm upstairs went off again. Casey, Theo, and Lily dropped everything and ran upstairs, RJ continued to calmly work on the dough he was tossing.

Fran entered the kitchen again and looked around. “They’re gone again?” She asked wide-eyed.

“Yes, I asked them to go real fast to the grocery store to get me some ingredients I ran out of.”

“So, it’s just you and me again, uh, boss?”

“We’ll be fine.”

Fran picked up the pizza RJ had just gotten out of the oven and walked out of the kitchen. RJ gave himself time to think. She could watch over the monitors if he was busy, say, fighting, as a Power Ranger himself. He smiled.

He had just solved the last issue keeping him from morphing.

And he was happy.

#powerrangers #fanfic #fanfiction #power rangers #lyrics #power rangers jungle fury #powerrangersjunglefury #RJ #robbie williams #robbiewilliams #Robbie on Robbie

[skzhua]

About Me

Zhua, she/her, 20. 🇨🇦🇨🇳

I used to write under the username obviouslykpopstuff on many platforms. My old work is mostly deleted since I was a small 13 year old child who did not know yet how to conjugate properly in English.

I aspire to publish my own book at some point in the future.

Been into K-pop since 2017-2018.

My ults are Stray Kids, of course. (Been a Stay since their debut) Biases are Hyunjin, Han, Minho, Bang Chan and Felix. Bias wreckers are Changbin, Seungmin and Jeongin.

I'm not good with interacting on social medias, so I apologize in advance if I answer days later or something. I try my best to answer to most people and I appreciate greatly every single feedback I get!

#about me #about the writer #kpop fan #skzhua #pls read my work #zhua's note

[rangerdrabbles]

Psycho raiders 4

I dunno how I’m going to wait till June for the next Bloodline of the Grid ep, but until then, here’s another ‘Not the actual plot and I don’t own it’ fanfic. XD Virgie and Zhane chat.

“Dammit, where could he be? Zhane was muttering mostly to himself as he surveyed a holographic map of the stars.

“I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.” Virgie had teleported in behind him, and she was grinning.

“What the-who are you?” Zhane spun around and looked somewhat wary, but actually didn’t get into a fighting position. “You look familiar. Have we met?”

Virgie laughed. “Heh. I told Virgil I could be his sister from another mister. He’s still denying it.”

“You know Virgil?” Zhane cocked his head at her. “Does that mean you’re a psycho ranger too?”

“Normally I’d answer that question with I’m just Virgie and say the rest is none of your business, but Andros told me I can trust you,” Virgie replied. “So I’ll say yes to that. I’m Psycho Red from another timeline. As for why I’m in this one, I’m not entirely sure, but I’ve come to like it and I’m guessing that there’s a reason I’m here.”

“Did Andros send you?” Zhane asked him. “Listen, you have to tell him that he’s in all sorts of trouble, and when I do find him, I’m actually obligated to-”

“He’s not your enemy.” Virgie interrupted. “He’s done and will likely continue to do some things you won’t agree with, but he’s not your enemy. And no,he didn’t send me, but he knows I’m here. We’re helping each other-let’s just leave it at that.”

“I never really thought he was my enemy to begin with,” Zhane murmured. “I just wondered if he’d been corrupted by something.”

“See, that’s the problem with you rangers,” Virgie said. “You think everything is all about good and evil when there’s all sorts of in betweens. Look, out of respect for Andros, I’m not telling you what he’s up to. But I will tell you once again that you aren’t enemies. I’ll also tell you something else-be careful about morphing.”

“What?” 

“Exactly that. Don’t do it unless you absolutely have to. Besides, you ought to rely on other things anyway. I’ve been studying Pai Zhua myself. Works wonders for me. Did you know I’m a porcupine? RJ says it’s because I’m prickly.”

“Pai-what?”

“Gotta go. Remember what I said. Oh, and you’re kind of cute. You’ve got that innocent face. Wouldn’t work with me though. Toodles!” 

With that, Virgie teleported away, leaving a somewhat confused Zhane behind.

#psycho red #zhane

[rangerdrabbles]

Injured wolves

Master Swoop/Billie muse mentorship. Because Master Swoop is cool.

He looked more like someone who belonged on the set of a martial arts movie than a high school, but that wasn’t the only reason Master Swoop stood out. He stood at at least 6′6, though some might argue he was closer to seven feet tall. The hallway parted for him, and he paid little mind to any stares he got 

At the end of the hallway was one Billie Cranston, who’d been shoved into a locker again. Outside were a group of jocks singing an off key version of ‘Billie Jean.’ Inside the locker was muffled pounding and cursing, which was followed by an odd glow, that might have gotten brighter and more noticeable if it weren’t for-

“Excuse me, gentlemen.” Master Swoop stood behind them, tapping two of the jocks on their respective shoulders. At the sight of him, they jumped, and the group parted. He’d open the door with ease, then extended a hand into the locker. A glow of his own flashed, meeting the blue glow Billie had unknowingly produced, and both faded.

It was with relative ease that he pulled Billie out too, and the girl found herself stumbling and holding onto her mysterious savior for support. Something in her got angry, and in spite of the shortness of breath and panic, she could only feel rage-

“Calm yourself. You’re safe now.” That was Master Swoop’s voice, but it was in Billie’s head. “Wolves are dangerous when threatened, but your strength is wasted on the inferior.” Aloud he’s simply going to say, “I believe you gentlemen have something better to do with your time, perhaps?” His tone was calm, but there was an underlying threat in it-that combined with his stance suggested that he wasn’t to be argued with.

When the group did disperse, Billie awkwardly let go of her savior to stare up at him-and stare up she did. At 5′2, she was far shorter than the Pai Zhua master. “I don’t understand. I understand many things, and yet so many things I don’t. It’s paradoxical.

“A wise man once said that the only true wisdom is in knowing that you know nothing.” Master Swoop’s lips twitched in the ghost of a smile. “Life should always be about learning. We can always be taught something new.”

“But what if someone doesn’t want to learn what you’re trying to teach them? What if no one listens? What if I’m screaming at the top of my lungs in a quiet room and no one hears a thing?”

“Then it’s their loss, and you’re in the wrong place.” That was the Pai Zhua master’s simple answer. “Come with me.” He started walking.

Billie followed him, though she probably should have questioned it. For the first time in a while, however, she thought she might have met someone who-well, got it. What was ‘it’ ? Well, things. “Where are we going?”

“Somewhere we can think.” That was his answer as he walked, slowing his strides so she could keep up.

“Oh, so far away from this and any high school in existence,” Billie replied.

Master Swoop’s response was a genuine smirk. He had a feeling she was going to love it.

#master swoop #billie

[junglekarmapippa]

Run to your mommy.

The Power Rangers crashed almost completely limp against the wall.

With a surprisingly synchronized group groan, they went through it and landed on the floor.

“You pests aren’t even worth my time!” The monster yelled. “Stay out of my way, losers!” And with that, he went away.

The Power Rangers got back on their feet with great difficulty.

“He’s gone!” Theo let this teammates know, despite it being obvious.

“We need to stop him!” Lily added, also pointing out the obvious.

“We didn’t even scratch him!” Added Dom to the festival of obviousness.

“What do we do now?” Casey asked RJ.

The violet ranger shook his head, looking down. “Let’s go home, we need to regroup.”

Once back in the loft, RJ gave each of them an ice pack and pressed his own against his ribs. He sat on his chair with a grimace, looking at the others: nothing but sad faces and broken spirits there.

Their defeat hadn’t only been hard on their bodies, it had also had an impact on their minds. They sat on the puffs around him, completely silent, except for the occasional hiss of pain.

“They keep getting stronger and we don’t!” Casey almost yelled desperately.

“Case,” RJ started, but realized he had nothing to tell him, so he just sighed.

“He’s right,” Theo added. “It’s like nothing we do gets us on their level! We even have the two of you on our side now! How are we supposed to defeat Dai Shi by ourselves if we can’t defeat a Rin Shi with your help?!”

“That wasn’t a Rin Shi,” Lily mumbled. “It was a Phantom Beast General.”

Bless her, always looking at the bright side and refusing to sink in the pity pit.

Dom looked at RJ. “Hey, man,” he started. RJ took a deep breath and tried to keep his face as neutral as possible. “It’s not that you’re not doing your part...”

The other three immediately looked at RJ with concerned faces. Not for a moment did any of them consider they might be hurting his feelings with their comments. The master took a deep breath through his nose and pursed his lips, but said nothing.

“RJ, we didn’t mean to--”

“Yeah, it’s not that you’re not--”

“You’re a great master--”

RJ raised a hand to quiet them. “I know. You are all doing your part too. You all work very hard.”

“You work hard too,” Casey insisted. “We wouldn’t be here if not for you.”

RJ raised two fingers again, nodding without comment. 

The truth was he was feeling his own spirit crushed. He felt so inadequate as a master at the moment, seeing how his students were losing the one battle he was supposed to be training them for. He wouldn’t admit it to their faces, but he felt he was failing terribly as their master.

“We don’t have time to mop about,” Casey said. “We need to do something. What should we do?”

“For now, lick our wounds,” RJ whispered so softly it was hard to hear him.

“Lick our wounds? We are the protectors of humankind, RJ, it’s not like we can run to our mommies!” Casey insisted.

Theo, Lily and Dom nodded in agreement of their leader. RJ, however, pursed his lips again, in a clear thinking expression.

“That’s a great idea, Casey.”

“WHAT?”

“Let’s do just that. Let’s run to our mommies.”

He looked around at the shocked faces of the three Chosen Protectors, and the uncomfortable expression in Dom’s face, in response to his suggestion. He understood Dom’s attitude, he didn’t feel exactly like running to his own mother either, but it may just be the soul-soothing thing they needed.

Well, except for Dom.

And him.

But it was bound to work for the other three.

“Just to be sure, did you just instruct me to run home... to my mom?” Casey asked him.

“To your mommy, yes.”

“Ok, let’s suppose we actually agree to do that--”

“Suppose?” RJ repeated with a chuckle. “It’s an instruction from your master.”

“You ACTUALLY expect us to run to our mothers?!” Casey asked him.

“Ok, let’s leave something clear here,” RJ started, sitting as straight as he could with his bruised ribs. “I may not be very good at it, but I am your master.”

Lily opened her mouth to say something but Casey interrupted her: “You realize what you’re saying, right?”

“If the instruction to go home and spend the afternoon with your mothers came from Master Mao, would you be second guessing it?” RJ asked all of them.

Lily, Theo and Dom shook their heads ever so slightly. Casey looked around, shocked.

“Are you all serious?!” He asked angrily.

“Casey, I may not wear the robes or play the part, but I AM a Pai Zhua master,” RJ said, showing Casey his stripes. “And you are my students,” Casey opened his mouth to interrupt him again, but Lily grabbed his wrist and he stayed quiet. “And I instructed you to go home and talk to your mothers.”

The other four just sat there, looking uncomfortable.

“Did I stutter?” RJ asked irritated, e was on the verge of losing his temper and they weren’t helping. “Why are you still here? Go!”

The three Protectors got on their feet promptly and disappeared in the direction of their bedrooms. RJ closed his eyes, grimaced and took a deep breath, trying to regain his calm attitude.

“RJ, man,” Dom started. RJ opened his eyes, shocked that he was still there. “I’m sorry I haven’t been very... respectful to you as a master but--”

“You’re not my student, Dom. You’re my friend.”

“I’m still a Pai Zhua student and you are a master. It’s just hard for me to see you as a figure of authority, when I left, we were equals and--”

“Dom, you are not my student.”

“I am now.” Dom got up and walked up to RJ’s chair, looking at the floor. “I... I can’t go home to my mother because--”

“I know Dom.”

“What do you want me to do, then?”

“Call her.”

“She will hang up, RJ.”

“Call again.”

“I have written to her, you know? Sent her postcards. She has never replied. I think she doesn’t want to know anything about me.”

“Dom, she’s your mother. She loves you, that’s the only certainty you’ll have in your life.”

“You don’t know that.”

“Just call her.”

“What about you?” Dom asked.

“I don’t have to run to my mommy,” RJ said with a shrug. “Nobody ordered me to,” he said, still in a somber mood. Dom walked towards his own room, leaving the wolf master to lick his emotional wounds in his chair.

Casey walked out of his room a minute later, wearing normal clothes. He saw RJ was still sitting in his chair, still wearing his training gear. He walked up to the chair and stood next to RJ, tapping his foot. RJ looked up to see he was crossed-armed and scowling.

“can I help you?”

“You told me I’m the leader of this team, right?”

“Yes.”

“And you are a part of this team, aren’t you?”

“Yes,” RJ answered hesitantly.

“Well, then, as your leader, I instruct you to run to your mother.”

“Casey--”

“You are my master and you gave me an instruction. I will obey you, even if I don’t see the point. As your leader, I’m instructing you to go to your mother too.”

“Casey, I don’t--”

“Did you or did you not make me the leader of this team?”

RJ took another deep breath and swallowed hard. “Whatever you say,” he said, getting up. “Leader.”

He walked past Casey in the direction of his bedroom.

Lily walked towards Casey and put a hand on his shoulder. “Casey, you need to stop doing that.”

“Doing what?”

“He feels bad enough,” Lily said. “Without you challenging him every chance you get.”

Casey looked at her and just shook his head, walking towards the door.

Theo and Lily left shortly after him. 

A few minutes later, RJ walked out of his bedroom, and found Dom standing by the phone, swallowing hard and clenching and unclenching his fists, looking at the device as if it were about to jump up and bite him.

“Dom,” RJ called. Dom looked up and saw RJ was wearing his best clothes. His very best clothes, and had picked his hair back in a ponytail. 

He sniffed. “Are you wearing cologne?” He asked his friend.

“Perfume,” RJ whispered, obviously embarrassed. “Dom, I know this is a hard task to fulfill, you don’t have to do it, you are not my student.”

“No, it’s alright. I... I need to.”

“Well, if you decide to do it, you can sit on my chair if you want to,” RJ offered. “Just this once.”

Dom smiled at him and sat on the green chair. “I could get used to sitting here!”

“Just this once!” RJ called from the door and closed it behind him.

He got in his delivery jeep and drove north, to the part of town where the richest of the rich lived in Ocean Bluff.

He hadn’t been in that area in a long time, and it had barely changed since he last saw it. The same exaggerated driveways, the same rows of trees lining the streets, the same peeks at the large mansions built in the middle of huge estates.

He encountered a change he wasn’t expecting when he drove up to his parents’ estate. It had a black gate that completely blocked the view of the estate and a security guard that weren’t there the last time he had been.

“Can I help you, sir?” The guard asked, approaching RJ’s jeep.

‘Yes, I grew up in this house and I’m here to talk to my mother who probably has spent the last seven years regretting the day she adopted me. Please let me in.’ RJ answered mentally.

“I’m here to see Maura James,” he told the guard out loud, trying to smile and failing.

“Is she expecting you?”

‘Not in a million years.’

“No, I don’t have an appointment,” he told the guard. “I’m here in the hopes she can spare me a few minutes.”

“What’s your name?”

“Robert.”

“Robert what, sir?”

“Just tell her Robert is here to see her,” RJ told the man, averting his gaze.

The man went back to his post and talked on the phone for a minute. He threw RJ a suspicious look and opened the gate after he hung up.

‘You must be new.’

He drove all the way to the house and parked in the driveway. He put his keys in his back pocket and, as he was walking up to the house, he saw her walk out.

She was just like he remembered her: elegant, beautiful, his mother.

His only mother.

“Robert?” She asked him as he approached.

“Surprise?” He told her, stopping a couple of feet from her.

Much to HIS surprise, Maura James took the few steps that separated them and hugged him as tight as she could.

“My boy! My baby! You’re home!” She told him, kissing him on the cheek and the forehead repeatedly. “You’re here! You’re really here!”

“Eh, mom?” RJ asked, confused. He had been expecting her to tell him to leave and never come back.

“I have missed you so much!” She told him and kissed him on the forehead again.

“Mom?” RJ asked again.

“Do you need anything?” She asked him. There it was, the unavoidable offering of money. “Tea? Water? A place to stay?”

RJ looked at her as if she were a victim of the body snatchers. “Mom, are you alright?” He asked, just to make sure. The lack of offers of money was disturbing him slightly.

“Yes! Yes! Of course!” She assured him, but she was crying.

“You’re crying--”

“Happy tears, baby,” she told him with a smile. She kissed him on the cheek again. “Let’s go to the back. You will love what we did to the backyard!”

He followed her through the manor, the house he had grown up in, the same kitchen he used to roam when he was hungry after studying for hours, the same living room where he sat faking smiles while all of his mother’s friends commented how good looking and well behaved he was.

His childhood home.

The backyard was different and he did like it very much. They had redone the pool and had planted a lot of trees. It was not the same backyards were his mother held the never ending tea parties where she paraded him around like her favorite public relations tool.

“Wow...” He whispered.

“Yes, it’s lovely, isn’t it?” She told him. “It makes the tea parties harder to hold but at the same time so much fresher.”

“You still hold those?”

“Of course, it’s good to have the friends over every now and then. Everybody asked about you for a while but then they understood we just--” she shut her mouth and licked her lips, the same RJ did when he was nervous.

He smiled. “Didn’t want to talk about it.” He told her.

“Well, it wasn’t exactly a fun topic, was it? Our only son leaving us because he didn’t feel loved enough.”

RJ looked at her and realized he had been wrong when he had first seen her. She wasn’t the same. She looked the same, but she had changed a lot since he had last talked to her.

“Mom, I didn’t--”

“Yes, you did. You felt unloved and forgotten, like an old toy. I heard you say I hadn’t adopted you, I had purchased you.”

“Those were the meaningless words of an angry teenager, mom.”

“No,” she took his hand and kissed it. “Those were the honest words of a hurt boy,” she caressed his cheek. “A hurt boy who wasn’t all that wrong.”

“Mom, you and dad loved me, I know that.”

“We still do.”

“I know. Haven’t you talked to dad lately?”

“He mentioned during breakfast he was back in touch with you,” she said, letting go of his hand. “I must admit I had never felt so jealous in my entire life.”

“I didn’t look for him--”

“I know. It had to do with the kung fu thing,” she dismissed with a hand gesture. “But you got in touch with him. You saved his life.”

“Well, he’s my father. I would have saved you if I had had the chance.”

She smiled at him and he smiled back.

She walked to the patio furniture and sat on the couch. He sat next to her, looking at the sun glistening on the pool water.

“So, did you find her?” She asked after a short silence.

“Find who?”

“Your mother,” she said, also looking fixedly at the water. “Isn’t that why you left? To find your real parents?”

RJ shook his head. “Mom, I only have two parents,” he turned to look at her and took her hand in both of his. “Maura and Albert James are my parents, I don’t have any other parents.”

“Well, there’s your--”

RJ took her hand and kissed it. “I don’t have any other parents,” he repeated. “You are my only mother and dad is my only father. I never had the intention of finding the woman who made me a heroin addict before I was born and then abandoned me in a hospital. She’s not my mother in any way. You, the woman who heard me cry over all the other noises in that ER, the woman who moved Heaven and Earth to give me a chance in life, are my mother.”

Her eyes had welled up and he hugged her tightly.

“I left to find myself, mom, who I was without the last name, the connections, the fortune,” he let go of her and looked into her eyes. “I left to find who Robert was, once all those things were gone.”

“Your father said you graduated from college but you never touched your trust fund--”

“I got a scholarship, mom, my grades were perfect.”

“Where have you been living? Working? What have you been eating?”

“I found myself a great place to live. I own a pizza parlor and I eat food, like everybody else.”

She ran her fingers through his hair. “This is...” She let her fingers slide over his stubble.

“It’s Robert, once everything else is gone.”

“You are not fooling me,” She told him, running her hand over his shirt. “This isn’t who you are, you don’t wear this shirt often.”

“No,” he admitted with a chuckle.

“Or those pants.”

“Nope.”

“Why are you here, Robert?” She asked point blank.

He took a moment to answer. “I had a terrible few years and I just wanted to run to my mommy in hopes she can kiss the terrible things away.” He shrugged and she laughed.

“Is that so?”

“Yes.”

“Well, then, why don’t you put your head on my lap like you used to and tell me everything about it?”

“You promise you won’t be upset?”

“It depends on what you have to tell me.”

“Promise me.”

“Fine, I promise.”

RJ sat on the floor and put his head on her lap. She took off his scrunchie and ran her hand through his hair. He told her everything he could think of about his life since he had walked out of the mansion with nothing but a backpack full of clothes. He told her about the time he spent in college, the training to be a master and then to be the Chosen Protectors’ master, the setting up the restaurant and how hard he had had to work to make it take off. He told her about his students and how he was now training Casey with his father.

She kept stroking his hair, asking questions to make him keep going when he stopped.

He finally told her about the last battle and the last conversation he had had with his students.

“Do you think I’m a terrible master?” He asked her, looking up at her.

“No.”

“Mom.”

“Well, fine, there’s room for improvement since you don’t seem to be meeting your goals, but I’m sure you’ll figure it out, you’re very smart.”

“I don’t want to push too hard but--”

“Perhaps the worst you can do is not push hard enough, baby.”

She had lemonade brought to them and RJ just sat there, feeling his mother caressing his hair until he felt everything was going to be alright.

It was night when he returned to his loft and he felt a lot better. It had been a great idea to go and talk to his mother. He opened the door and found the other four talking animatedly.

“There he is!” Lily said when he walked in. She hugged him. “Thank you! That was a great idea! I didn’t know I missed my mother so much!”

“Yeah, it was a good plan,” Theo said.

“You really know what you’re doing,” Casey told him with a smile. “I’m sorry if I came off as defiant or disrespectful, I didn’t mean to.”

RJ smiled. “Thank you, Casey” he said with a nod. “I hadn’t noticed how much I needed to see my mother again.”

“You went to see your mother too?” Theo asked in absolute disbelief.

“I was ordered to,” RJ pointed at Casey. “By my leader.”

Dom approached RJ and hugged him. It took him all but two seconds to start sobbing. RJ hugged him back but said nothing.

“She didn’t hang up,” Dom told him. “She was happy to hear from me.”

“I told you.”

“How did it go for you?” Dom asked.

“She was very happy to see me too,” RJ let go off Dom and rolled up his sleeves mechanically. “Now, we need to come up with a plan to stop that Phantom Beast once and for all.”

“Yeah!” The other yelled as one.

“We can do it, guys!” Lily said. “I know we can!”

“Yeah, we are the Chosen Protectors!” Theo said.

“No,” Casey said, his eyes moving from RJ to Dom and back. “We are the Power Rangers.”

#Fanfiction #fanfic #power rangers jungle fury #mommy dearest #run to your mommy

[junglekarmapippa]

Kindred Spirits

She smiled at him from her side of the bed. He smiled back, even though he was still half asleep.

“Good morning,” she whispered and kissed his shoulder.

“Good morning.”

He kissed her lips and they smiled after.

“I could wake up to this every day of my life,” he whispers, caressing her hair away from her face.

“Me too.”

“Is Robbie up yet?”

“No, but it won’t be long.”

He pulled her closer to him and kissed her again deeply. He loved her so much, and it had happened so fast. He loved her and he loved her child, who was not his flesh and blood but he loved him as if he were.

“Can I ask you something weird?” She asks with a smile.

“Of course.”

“Are wolves common to this area?”

“Wolves?” He repeats. “What? To this area of the country?”

“Of the city, actually.”

“Hmm, not really,” he said with a chuckle. “Wolves aren’t even native in this country.”

“Well, that’s very weird, then.”

“What is?”

He thought he knew what she was talking about but it was important for him to know if she had experienced the same thing he had. The previous night hadn’t been their first night together but it had by far been the most intense and passionate. He knew he had devoted his entire attention to being with her and she seemed to have been just as engaged in it as he was.

“Well, I could swear I heard wolves last night, while we were making love,” she admitted and blushed.

“You heard wolves?” He asked back, trying hard to repress a smile.

“I know it’s weird, you don’t have to mock me,” she comments, slapping his chest softly. “I’m just telling you what I heard.”

“You heard wolves doing what? Howling?”

“Yes,” she looked at him and saw he was smiling but not in a mocking way. He seemed happy to her. “It was like two of them, howling at each other.”

“Well, there are no wolves in this area,” he pushed her back softly and got on top of her, kissing her lips and jaw. “But if I had you hearing wolves howling last night, then I feel very proud, to be honest,” he whispered between kisses.

“I suppose you should feel very proud of that,” she whispered, her eyes closed.

He continued to kiss her passionately, enjoying her very existence, the fact she was in his arms, kissing him back, loving him back. He had been alone for so long.

The baby started crying in the next room and they both sighed in resignation. He moved off her and she gave him one last kiss.

“Time to be mommy, I’m afraid.” She whispered and got out of the bed, picking up his shirt from the floor and putting it on.

He watched her leaving the room to care for her son and smiled, leaning back on the bed. She had heard the wolves too.

Their wolves.

His wolf spirit, calling out for a partner as it usually did when he was in a relationship.

And her wolf, answering the call.

He had heard them the previous night and his heart had skipped a beat when he had heard the howl back. 

She had a wolf animal spirit too. He had found one. Or another one had found him, actually.

She came back into their bedroom with the baby and he smiled at them.

“He’s hungry but I have to prepare his formula,” she told him. He showed her his hands to offer to take the baby from her.

Robbie, he still couldn’t believe they had the same name, threw his arms in his direction and he picked him up and held him close to his chest.

She grabbed the baby bag and pulled out the clean bottle and the formula while her boyfriend softly cooed and caressed her son back into calm.

“It’s like magic how you calm him down,” she commented as she prepared the formula.

“I love kids,” he said with a smile, rocking the baby softly.

When the bottle was ready, she asked for her son back. She held him and started feeding him, with a bright smile.

He looked at them and smiled. “I lied,” he admitted.

She looked at him and raised an eyebrow. “About what?”

“About the wolves,” he caressed the baby’s feet. “I heard them too.”

“They were very loud, like they were in the room with us.”

“You could say they were,” he started, sitting up next to her. He showed her the tattoo on his right forearm. “In the academy where I learned kung fu, we believe every person has an animal spirit. These spirits are not archetypes, each person literally has his or her own animal spirit that guides them and helps them. My spirit is a wolf.”

“And I could hear it howling last night?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“Because it was howling at your spirit, calling it.”

“Why?”

“There is another tradition or legend in the academy,” he started, kissing her shoulder. “It’s the legend of the Kindred Spirit. According to it, the best thing that can happen to a Pai Zhua master is to find a partner with the same kind of animal spirit.”

“And why is that?”

“According to legend because they will be happy forever.”

“Is that why we are together, then?” She asked. “Because we both have wolves as animal spirits?”

“Of course not,” he said and kissed her forehead. “We are together because we match, because we love each other. The legend is not like the soulmates one. Being Kindred Spirits doesn’t make you fall in love, it only makes everything better once you do.”

She moved the baby so she could make him burp. He kissed her lips and the baby’s back. “I love you both so much, Bit.”

“I love you too, RJ, so very much,” she kissed his lips and he smiled. “I’m so glad I found you.”

“I’m so glad you found me, too.”

#RJ+OC #Power Rangers #Jungle Fury #Part of a larger something #I don´t know maybe #Jungle Fury ten years after anyone #fanfiction #fanfic

[junglekarmapippa]

“Just because you got something wrong, it doesn’t make you a bad person. It makes you human.”

(prompt by @dialouge-prompts)

RJ sat next to Master Finn on the sand. The older master was staring out at the sea. His son was staring at his feet, now bare after he had taken his shoes off.

“Thank you, RJ,” Master Finn said after a long silence. “You saved my life.”

“No problem, dad,” the Wolf Master answered with a smile. “It was the least I could do.”

“You didn’t have to do it.”

“Of course I did, you’re my father!”

“I came into your home, shamed you...”

“Threw away a pair of perfectly good socks...”

“I took your student from you. I was arrogant and cruel, RJ, and yet, you saved me.”

“Of course I did. You’re my father, what happened 7 years ago doesn’t change that.”

“I didn’t realize how much I was hurting you,” the older man said in a broken voice.

RJ wrapped an arm around his shoulders, affectionately. “I wouldn’t be where I am if you hadn’t done what you did.”

His father looked at him with a pleased smile. “You have changed so much since I last saw you.”

“When you last saw me, I was an arrogant seventeen-years-old who thought he knew better and wasn’t willing to listen. I was also very mean and unfair to you. I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be so hard on yourself, you were just a kid.”

They fell silent again. RJ looked back at his father’s beach shack, where he stayed when he was building a boat and remembered something he had wanted to tell him if they ever started talking to each other again.

“Do you remember that story you used to tell me all the time? The one about the magic shark and the fisherman?” he asked.

Master Finn smiled. “I never thought you actually listened to it.”

“I always listened but I was too young to understand what it meant.”

Master Finn turned to his son and smiled. “What do you mean?”

“You always changed the details. Sometimes it was daytime, sometimes, night. Sometimes the fisherman was alone, sometimes he was with others but refused to let them kill the shark,” RJ remembered him with a smile. “But there was one thing that always remained the same. When the shark offered the fisherman eternal life, the fisherman always asked if those he loved would get it too and the shark always said no. So the fisherman refused the offer. He always refused the offer.”

“It was a story I made up when you were a little boy, you used to love it.”

“But you didn’t make it up out of nowhere. You were trying to tell me something you couldn’t tell me. That’s why you kept retelling this to me, even after I was too old for bedtime stories,” RJ said. He turned to his father and the older man turned to him. “I understand now, dad. And I’m sorry.”

“Sorry for what?”

“I’m sorry you had to go through that.”

“Through what, exactly?” the Shark Master asked, looking at the ocean again.

“Losing your loved ones to immortality.” RJ whispered, turning to the ocean as well.

“Oh, son...”

“No, I mean, it must have been terrible,” RJ insisted. “Because your shark didn’t ask if you wanted eternal life, it just gave it to you.”

“As did your wolf, I guess.”

“Yes.” RJ swallowed hard and blinked back tears. “I always wanted to be a Pai Zhua master, it was always my dream. There was nothing I wanted more than to be like you.”

“Why would you want to be like me?” The older man asked, surprised.

“Because you were an amazing father,” RJ said honestly, turning to him again. “What happened seven years ago doesn’t change that. You always cared for me, gave me everything you could. Under your care, I was never scared, I was never cold and I was never hungry. I received a formal education. You taught me how to swim, how to surf, how to sail. You taught me to be kind and respectful to others and to love nature and animals. You were a fantastic father and I was very fortunate to have you.”

It was Master Finn’s turn to have tears in his eyes as he pulled his son to him for a hug. “I was just so desperate not to lose you,” he admitted. “So desperate, I drove you away.”

RJ pulled away from his father’s embrace. “I did want to be a Pai Zhua master, dad, I just felt the shark was not my spirit, that was all,” he pulled his sleeve up and showed him his master stripes. “I am a Pai Zhua master now. The Wolf Master. But just because I’m not a shark it doesn’t mean I will leave you. We are in this together, we are both immortal now.”

“I am sorry, RJ.”

“For what? For not wanting to lose me too?”

“Immortality is not a gift,” Master Finn scoffed. “It is a curse.”

“Only if you are alone. And even when I start losing friends, lovers and children to immortality, I will have my father there to support me. You have been through that, you can guide me.”

“I didn’t know you needed me so much now.”

“I’m sorry I was arrogant enough to walk out of the home you gave me,” RJ said, looking at his father’s eyes. “And I’m sorry I was too arrogant to say I was sorry and come back.” He loooked down at his master stripes. “When I got my stripes, when I was told everything you couldn’t tell me, I only wanted to taalk to you and ask for your guidance,” he looked at the ocean again. “But I guessed you were really hurt and didn’t feel like talking to me anymore.”

“Seven years for me are a heartbeat, RJ,” Master Finn whispered. “But those were the longest years of my life. I had lost children to death before but never to my own stubbornness and unwillingness to listen to them. Knowing you would rather carry on with your life away from me was harder than losing you to death.”

“Dad, you are an amazing father,” RJ told him, his face serious. “I can only hope that when I have children, I can be as good as you.”

“You won’t be as good as me,” Master Finn said. “You will be better, because you won’t make the same mistakes.”

“No, I will other mistakes. Maybe worse ones,” RJ said. “We all do,” he shrugged. “But from this I learned that just because you got something wrong it doesn’t make you a bad person, or erase all the good you did before that. It only makes you human.”

Father and son hugged tightly where they sat and smiled at each other when they let go.

“I am so proud of you, Robert.”

“Thank you, dad.”

“Maybe you can teach me how to make a pizza? I know what I taught you didn’t stick, but perhaps you will prove to be a better master than me, as well as a better human being.”

“What you taught me did stick, dad,” RJ said, getting up and brushing the sand off his pants. “I know the shark technique almost to perfection.”

“Your moves were very sloppy the last time I saw them,” the Shark Master reminded him, imitating his son.

“Yeah, well, I didn’t like the speed,” RJ admitted with a shrug. “And I was sort of rebelling against the technique in general. But I missed you so I kept going back to it, until I got it right.”

“You kept practicing a technique you despised?” Master Finn asked, wrapping an arm over his son’s shoulders as they made their way back to the shack. “After you left my side?”

“Yes. While I learned the wolf technique.”

“Why?”

“Because it’s the technique of my father and my father’s father, I am proud of it,” RJ explained. “Besides, what if I am the odd one out and my child has the spirit of the shark and not the wolf?”

“That sounded very close to you saying you’re proud to be my son.”

“I am,” RJ said with a smile. “I’m very proud to be your son, dad. I take with me everything you ever taught me and I live by it.” He vowed his head respectfully. “And I am honored to work with you in Casey’s training.”

“Ah, yes, Casey.” The fisherman said, taking his armor off and leaving only his shirt and pants. “He’ll be our new father and son project, like when you used to help me build boats.”

“Oh, trust me,” RJ said with a mischievous smile. “This will be much more fun than building a boat.”

#Power Rangers #Jungle Fury #Fanfic #Fanfiction #Fluffy #I have daddy issues #but so did RJ #RJ #Master Finn #Writing prompt #Imagine little boy RJ growing up on the beach though #that is so cute

[rangerdrabbles]

A tale of two masters

Another loose interpretation of “One Master Too Many”. In this version, AJ meets her brother while traveling with her father.

It was both AJ and her father that assisted the rangers in their fight against Camile and the Ren Shi.  The battle was not without ‘suggestions’ from father to daughter, causing the latter to break her concentration, get hit a couple of times, and break out into a post fight argument/lecture with her father.

When it was suggested by Casey that AJ shouldn’t talk to a master like that, AJ might have sent him flying were it not for a warning glare from the man the rangers had yet to figure out was her father, despite the resemblance between the two. 

Upon reaching the loft, it was the rangers who chatted excitedly with their father while AJ lagged behind.

And then came something AJ hadn’t expected.

“RJ, you’ll never believe it!” Casey exclaimed. “I found my new master!”

The one addressed as RJ drew AJ’s eyes instantly. “Hello, Dad.”

While the rangers grinned at each other, AJ looked at RJ for a long moment. At some point their eyes met, and AJ could swear his gaze softened. Finally she turned to her father and spoke. “You never told me I had a brother.”

At this point, Casey, Lily, and Theo had the grace to excuse themselves. Master Finn shook his head. “You didn’t need to know. Like you, he was a troublesome student. He left my teachings for...this.” He gestured around him. “Potato chips and comic books...a fine place for a master. At least you learned something from my teachings-though I had to drill it into you-”

“Don’t ever compare us like that,” AJ snapped. “He had the bravery to go and make his own way. And you neglect to tell him that you gave me little choice-though being that he’s my brother, he knows how you teach.”

“That’s true, I kinda do,” RJ said. He was almost cheerful in his response, though AJ could somehow sense there was a lot of tumultuous feelings going on beneath the surface.

“I don’t think I’ve ever read a comic book or had potato chips,” AJ mused.

“Really AJ, now isn’t the time-” Master Finn broke in.

AJ ignored him for the moment, and glanced at looked at RJ. “Big brother, when you fight, why do you fight?”

RJ might have asked her why she did, but looking at their father behind her, he was pretty sure he knew the answer. So he said, simply, “to protect people. That’s what Pai Zhua and the Order of the Claw is all about.”

“What’s the Order of the Claw?” AJ asked.

“You didn’t tell her?” RJ flicked his gaze to their father.

“I was going to when she was ready.”

“Something tells met there are a lot of things you didn’t tell me,” AJ said. “The fact is that you can say all those things about big brother RJ here-but he’s still a master, isn’t he? He’s a master and I’m not, and I’m the one you made follow in your footsteps.” She shook her head. “If big brother can look for a new master, then so can I. Big brother, will you train me?”

“Akula Jane Finn, this is not the time for one of your rebellious phases-” Master Finn interrupted.

“Leave my student alone,” RJ said, putting an arm around AJ.

“And it’s not Akula Jane,” AJ said. “It’s AJ.”

The smile on RJ’s face said it all.

#ending here #jungle fury #aj #rj #master finn

[junglekarmapippa]

RJ has a crush

Fran smiled as she put the dough on the table. “Guys,” she called to Lily and Dom, in a secretive way. The others approached her around the cooking table and she smiled cheekily. “I think RJ has a crush on one of the regulars.”

Dom grimaced in doubt. “RJ? A crush?” He shook his head vehemently. “No, RJ doesn’t have crushes.”

“Oh, come on, Dom,” Lily said sweetly. “Everyone can have a crush, and RJ is such a hopeless romantic...”

“Which is exactly why he doesn’t have crushes,” Dom insisted. “Why do you think he has a crush?” he asked Fran.

“Well, this girl comes over at least twice a week, I’m sure you’ve seen her, you can’t miss her, she’s a strawberry blonde, big green eyes, always sits with elegance and poise?” “I think I know who you’re talking about,” Lily said, nodding. “She eats a different pizza every time she comes.”

“That’s her!” Fran said. “I think she has tried the whole menu by now.”

“I haven’t seen her,” Dom said, his face showing how hard he was thinking.

“No, she hasn’t been here since you joined the staff,” Fran said. “She hasn’t been here for a couple of weeks, and RJ keeps eyeing the dinning area, looking for her. He always looks downcast when he sees she’s not here.”

“And this means he has a crush on her?” Dom laughed off.

“Not just that. He always makes sure to serve her personally and I think he created a pizza on the spot for her once.”

“And what about her?” Lily asked.

“Well, she always smiles at him and asks for a recommendation,” Fran shrugged. “And she always waits until he is around the register to pay, so they can have a small chit chat.”

“So, let me see if I get this right,” Dom started, raising both hands to stop the talk. “Not only does RJ have a crush on this mysterious regular, she has a crush on him too?”

“Well, yeah,” Fran said, putting sauce on the dough Lily had just passed to her. “And I think it’s rather cute.”

Dom shook his head again. “RJ doesn’t have crushes,” he insisted. “No way. A crush would seriously damage his coolness levels and he wouldn’t risk that.”

“Why would having a crush damage his coolness levels?” Lily asked, working on another ball of dough. “I think it’s very sweet that he has a romantic’s heart.”

“Sweet, yes, but cool?” Dom shook his head. “I don’t think so.”

“Would you deny having a crush to maintain your coolness levels?” Lily asked him and he blushed furiously.

“We are talking about RJ,” he whispered looking at the table.

The door opened and RJ walked in with a smile on his face. He crossed the kitchen with a spring to his step and grabbed a ball of dough. He started working on it happily, not even looking at the other three.

“Did Dai Shi defeat itself while we were in the kitchen?” Dom asked him.

The chef looked at them with a surprised expression, as if he really hadn’t seen them yet. “No,” he answered in his usual kind voice. “But it’s a beautiful day anyway.” He shrugged and kept working on the dough very carefully.

Fran smirked knowingly and nodded at the other two. Lily snickered and Dom rolled his eyes.

RJ finished with the dough and looked around the kitchen for ingredients. He returned to the table with a collection of ingredients the others couldn’t recognize from any recipe.

“New recipe?” Dom asked.

“Just trying something new,” RJ answered as he put the cheese on the pizza.

“Is that for you?” Fran asked.

RJ looked at her, stunned for a moment, as if he was trying to find the right answer to the question. “Not really.”

“Not really?” Fran repeated at him. “Who is it for, then?”

“A customer,” he said, pointing in the general direction of the dinning area.

“She finally ran out of pizzas from the menu, then?” Fran asked nonchalantly, putting the pizza she had been working on in the oven.

“Well, yes, she’s in the mood for something different,” RJ answered distractedly, for he was arranging the ingredients in the pizza very carefully.

“I wonder how she eats all that pizza and is still thin as a stick,” Fran commented, throwing a glance at Lily and Dom, who looked at each other and had a hard time not bursting out laughing.

“She has a fast metabolism,” RJ answered mechanically, taking the pizza from the table to put it in the oven.

“Who is this ‘she’ we are talking about?” Dom asked.

That seemed to bring RJ out of his reverie. “Sorry, what?”

“who is this ‘she’ who has a fast metabolism and is in the mood for something different today?” Dom insisted.

RJ pointed in the direction of the dinning area but said nothing.

“Cat got your tongue?” Dom mocked. “Curious, because you seem to be always full of things to say.”

RJ looked at him and took a deep breath. “I’m not going to let you ruin my perfectly good day,” he said in a dignified tone and walked out of the kitchen.

Fran, Dom and Lily ran to the door to peek through the glass as he carried a soda over to a table where the aforementioned regular customer was sitting. As Fran had mentioned she looked up at RJ and smiled at him as she took the drink from his hand before he had the chance to put it on the table.

“No wonder he has a crush, she’s gorgeous!” Dom whispered in awe. Fran hit him on the ribs with her elbow.

“You just said RJ doesn’t have crushes.”

“Well, he doesn’t have a crush,” Lily said as the three of them ran back to the cooking table, because RJ was coming back to the kitchen. “He’s in love” she whispered hurriedly before RJ opened the door. 

The chef looked at them from the table and sighed. “Alright, what is it?” He asked, glancing at the clock.

“Fran thinks you have a crush,” Dom admitted immediately. Fran slapped him on the shoulder.

“Really? On who?” RJ asked, amused.

“Oh, come on!” Fran moaned. “You might as well admit it! It’s very obvious you have a crush on the red head.”

“Her name is Trixie,” RJ answered. “And I don’t have a crush on her.”

“Trixie?” Dom repeated.

“Yes, why?” RJ asked.

“She doesn’t look like a Trixie,” the rhino ranger said, shrugging.

“It’s a nickname,” the chef informed him.

“Well? How can you say you don’t have a crush on her?” Fran insisted. “It is obvious.”

“It is quite obvious,” Lily agreed.

“I don’t have a crush on Trixie,” RJ repeated. He opened the oven to take Trixie’s pizza out. He put it on a wooden tray and grabbed the tray by the handle. “I’m madly in love with her,” he said as he walked out.

The others ran to the door to spy on him again and she received the new pizza with an excited expression, as RJ, presumably, explained the recipe to her.

“I hope you like it,” they heard him say as he turned back to the kitchen, catching all three of his employees spying.

Trixie answered something from the table and he smiled as he walked into the kitchen.

“So,” Dom started. “What’s the plan?”

“Plan?” RJ sounded stunned again.

“To get her,” Dom said, as if it was obvious.

“There is no plan.”

“You can’t fall in love one way forever, RJ,” Dom scolded.

“It’s not one way,” RJ said, brushing the flour from his jacket. “She loves me too.”

“And you know this because?” Fran asked.

“She tells me every night before we go to sleep,” RJ answered, pointing at the phone.

“She calls you every night?” Dom laughed. “Come on, RJ, you haven’t told her you like her.”

“I did. I asked her out and it went really well and now we are together.”

“Whatever,” Dom said, leaving the kitchen with a scoff. Lily walked out after him, the pizza she had been making with Fran in hand.

Fran approached RJ and bumped against his side. “Hey.”

“Yes?”

“You can tell me,” she said. “Have you told her?”

“Yes,” he insisted, looking at her with a smile. He glanced at the kitchen door and then looked at her again. “Fran, she’s not a stranger, I’ve know her for a very long time,” he licked his lips. “Her name is Beatrice and she studied with me at Pai Zhua. Just like me, she is a Pai Zhua master.”

“Then why don’t the others know who she is?”

“They probably would recognize her master title,” he shrugged. “Beatrice, and technically me, belong to a sort of secret kind of Pai Zhua masters. Our styles hadn’t been created when Dai Shi was captured, so he doesn’t know we exist. Well, he obviously knows I exist, but not Beatrice, and many other masters. This gives us an advantage, because there is a second line of defense, should I fail in the training of Theo, Lily and Casey.”

“But you will not fail, will you?”

“Well, I don’t plan to, but you never know. In cases like this, it’s better to be prepared.”

“So she really calls you every night?”

“No really every night, she has been out of the country for a while, lately,” he said. “But we call each other when she’s in town.”

“And you what? Go out to meditate in the forest?” 

“No, Fran, we usually hang out at her place, where we have more privacy. We don’t want to be seen in public together, in case Dai Shi’s minions see us. It would put her at risk of getting kidnapped to hurt me, and that would mean she’d have to blow her cover.”

“That must be really hard,” Fran said sympathetically, putting a hand on his shoulder. “Having to sneak out to see your girlfriend.”

“It is hard. I have an entire life you guys don’t know about and I have been very careful to keep it that way.”

“Why? Don’t you trust us?”

“Of course I trust you, but Dai Shi could capture any of you, or put a spell on you, read your minds, or Heaven forbids, torture you for information. And he can’t find out anything important if you don’t know anything important.”

“You know I would die rather than give you up,” she assured him.

“That won’t be necessary,” he looked at the clock and then at Fran again. “I have to say goodbye to Trixie.”

He smiled and walked out into the dinning room to take the bill to Beatrice’s table. 

The war against Dai Shi won’t last forever, she told him through the psychic link all Pai Zhua masters shared.

I know.

I missed your stupid mug.

I missed you too, dear.

I love you.

I love you too.

She got up and walked out of the restaurant with a small smile on her face and RJ stared after her.

He looked around at his students and wondered how he could have an entire life hidden from them so easily. Was he a really good liar or were they really just that oblivious?

#power rangers #jungle fury #fanfiction #fanfic #bored at work #yes I created one OC to be RJ's non-canon love interest in all possible fanfic scenarios