A/N: Here is the next story. It's AU because Conner, Kira, Ethan and Trent are seniors at Reefside even though it's set for the year 2004-2005.

A/N: I hope everyone will like this story. Reviews are appreciated, and bad reviews are welcomed as well. They help me to become a better writer.

Summary: Kimberly has moved back to California, she's accepted a teaching position at Reefside High School because Jason and Trini tell her Tommy teaches there. Over the summer, Tommy ends up getting a girlfriend. What's this girlfriend like? Will Kimberly try to talk to Tommy when she finds out he has a girlfriend? What happens when Kimberly is transported to the future? Slight AU of the 'History' episode of Power Rangers: SPD.

Chapter 1- Kim's Back at School

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Reefside High School.

Kimberly Ann Hart was inside the Principal's office of Reefside High School. Today was the first day of the new school year. She was the school's new music teacher. Since Kimberly was new, Principal Mercer called for an early morning meeting. They were discussing how things worked at the school.

Principal Mercer smiled at Kimberly. "Ms. Hart, every Monday your mailbox will have a week full of attendance sheets. If a sheet or anything goes missing, just ask the school secretary, Alana Enriquez, for an extra one. Your room is located on the east wing of school. Rm. 602. It's near the Drama Department. Here is the map of the school." Principal Mercer handed her a sheet of paper. "And, if there is anything you need just give me a call. Are there any questions?"

Kim looked at the principal. "Um…" Kimberly looked around the desk, and she stopped right on a picture on Mrs. Mercer's desk. It was a picture of Mrs. Mercer, a man with blonde hair, four teenage kids, and Tommy. Her Tommy. Kimberly's mind drifted to memory of long ago.

(Flashback)

Kimberly walked up to the Angel Grove Park. From afar she could see Tommy dressed in a green shirt, black pants, and black shoes. He was doing his kata on the rocks.

She sighed because she knew she wasn't going to see much of him now that he had lost his green ranger powers. She placed a random strand of hair behind her ear. Then proceeded to walk up to him.

Tommy continued doing his kata to clear his mind. However, he felt someone watching him. He felt their eyes piercing his back. Tommy turned around. It was Kimberly. Their eyes locked.

"They said back at the gym I would find you here." Kimberly did a little giggle.

Tommy's heart started to race a little. He nodded. He began to walk towards her. Then jumped off. He nodded. "Yeah." He began walking towards her. "I like practicing outside sometimes. You know smell the fresh air."

They stood directly in front of each other. Tommy towered over Kimberly. She was 5'1 or 2 while Tommy stood tall at 6'0.

"How are you doing?" She looked at him.

Tommy sighed. "I'm hanging. I'm doing karate. Focusing on my school work." 'The withdrawals have stopped.' Tommy added in after thought. "I'm just trying to keep busy, you know?"

Kim lightly giggled. "We miss you."

Tommy smiled back. "Yeah, but you guys were a team long before I showed up. It'll be back to normal." Tommy assured her.

She shook her head no. For her, things wouldn't be back to normal. Normal was having Tommy there by her side fighting together. "I miss you." She quickly added.

She watched Tommy's facial expressions. There was joy, relief, excitement. A little bit of shock.

Tommy grabbed her right hand. He caressed it. This was something he had been waiting for. Before he wasn't even sure if she liked him, but she did, or he thinks she did. Well, only one way to find out. Tommy stared into her brown, doe eyes, and he leaned in.

Kimberly watched as he leaned in. She did as well and closed her eyes.

Their lips touched. It was sweet, no tongue. What a first kiss should be like. They parted.

Tommy blew out a sigh of relief. He smiled. "I've been wanting to do that for a long time."

Kimberly giggled softly. "Me too." She still kept his hand. 'Probably since the first time I saw you.' Kimberly thought.

Tommy was still excited. He kept hold of her hand. "Uh, well now that's over with. I guess my next question should be a piece of cake." He kept swinging their arms left to right.

She was still smiling. "What's that?" Even though she knew what it was.

"Kimberly, will you be my date for the dance Saturday night?" There was some confidence twined in his voice because of this kiss.

'Bingo!' Kimberly thought. She let go of his hand and turned around. Fake contemplating whether or not she was going to say yes. Of course she was going to say yes. This was something she had been waiting for, for the past couple of months.

Tommy got nervous. What is it too soon after the kiss? Was she going to say no? "Well?" Still no answer. "Kimberly?"

She turned back around and giggled. She playfully punched him on his chest. "I didn't want to make it too easy for you. Of course I'll be your date to the dance!"

'Man, she knows how to make a guy sweat.' He thought. They both had smiles on their faces. Tommy grabbed Kim's waist and spun her around. "Yes!" They kept smiling at each other.

(End Flashback)

Mrs. Mercer looked at Kimberly. "Ms. Hart?" There was no answer. "Ms. Hart?"

Kimberly was jarred out of her thoughts. She blushed. "Sorry, Mrs. Mercer. I was looking at that picture on your desk."

Mrs. Mercer smiled. She grabbed the picture. Then she described people in the picture. "This man right here-" She pointed to the blonde man. "He's my husband, Anton. We've been married for a couple of months now. We have history." She smiled. Then, Mrs. Mercer pointed to the teenagers. A boy in white, a boy in blue, a boy in red, and a girl in yellow. "That's my stepson Trent. Remember, you met him at orientation before school started. Ethan, Conner, and Kira. They all go to this school by the way." Then she pointed to Tommy. "This is Dr. Thomas Oliver, he's a science teacher at this school. He's close to my husband."

Kim nodded.

"Ms. Hart is there anything else you need?" Mrs. Mercer questioned. She looked at Kimberly, it was as if she had seen a ghost.

"I think that's all. Oh, um when do I get a free period?" Kimberly stared intently at the picture.

"Your free period is second period." Mrs. Mercer followed her gaze. "Ms. Hart, are you alright?"

Kimberly nodded and smiled. "Yes, just first day jitters I guess. Thank you for everything Mrs. Mercer."

Mrs. Mercer chuckled as she rubbed her barely there baby bump. She got up. "Please, let's not be so formal. After all, we are working together. My name is Eileen." She went to shake Kimberly's hand.

Kimberly shook her hand. "In that case, just call me Kim. Well, I need to be going. My first class starts in about 15 minutes." Kim walked out the room.

She went through the office and found herself in the halls. She was about to head to class, but she needed to go to the bathroom. She walked in and checked her make up. Everything was still perfect, her powder, blush, lip gloss. Her eyeliner was on point, her mascara hadn't smudged no raccoon eyes here. Perfect. Okay her outfit. She turned to see if there was a full length mirror. Score. There was one. Kim looked at herself. Her white buttoned up shirt was still perfectly pressed, her high waist, black, pencil skirt was still nicely pressed. Legs shaved to perfection, she felt her legs, there was no stubble. Black heels aren't scuffed. Hair was still perfectly teased. She smiled in triumph.

This was Kim's first day as a teacher, and she also had a personal mission. A mission to seek out a certain someone. Obviously, he still taught here. The principal, former evil henchwoman, Elsa, had mentioned it. She walked out of the bathroom, and then headed to her class. She nodded her hello to the new students. Sure, some of the students there probably thought she was a student, but no she was a teacher. Kim smiled, and she walked into her classroom. She wrote her name on one of the white boards. "Ms. Hart." Then she put a tiny heart on the bottom corner by the 'T'.

The morning bell rung, and Kimberly waited as some of the students filed in. She smiled at them. She went to her bag and took out some lesson plans. She then took out her attendance sheet. There were 30 students set to be in this class. The second bell rung, and that was Kimberly's cue to get class started. The teenagers were still talking.

Kim stood straighter, and she cleared her throat. The student turned their attention to her. "Good morning, class. My name is Ms. Hart, and I will be your music teacher for the year." She looked at all her students. "Okay, so I will call attendance first, and then we will go from there. So, please just hang tight with me. Also, I don't mind chatter as long as it's not loud."

The students nodded and Kim called out their names.

A young girl was in the class, she had dirty, long, blonde hair. Brown almost honey colored eyes, and she wore yellow. She looked closer at the woman in the front of the class. The woman looked familiar. However, she couldn't place where she saw the woman.

"Kira Ford?" Kimberly called out. Kimberly looked at the girl. That girl was from the picture on Mrs. Mercer's desk.

Kira was shook out of her thoughts. "Present." Kira raised her hand. She smiled at Ms. Hart, and Ms. Hart smiled back.

Kim continued with the roll. Once she was done she looked up at her class.

"Alright, this is Music Appreciation. I have a handout that has all the activities expected in this class as well as the due dates for the assignments." Kimberly began to pass out the papers. The students each took one and the extra papers were passed back to her.

There was a knock on the door. "Come in." Kimberly called out. A young man in red stepped inside. He had bushy brown hair, brown eyes, fair skin, and was tall. Very tall. This man was in the picture on Mrs. Mercer's desk. "Yes?"

He walked in. "Sorry." He looked at the board. Usually teachers put their name on the board. He saw it. "Ms. Hart, but um, I guess I'm registered for your class."

Kim went to look at his schedule. "Conner McKnight?" He nodded. "Funny, you're not on my class attendance sheet. Let me pencil you in, and I'll get that straightened right away. Go ahead and take a seat anywhere." Kim smiled at him.

Conner looked around the class. He noticed Kira. He sighed a breath of relief. He was glad to see her here. She was the reason for him taking this class.

Kira smiled at him, and he went to take his seat next to her. "Hey." Conner whispered to her.

"Hey." Kira said back. They continued listening to Ms. Hart. Kira kept thinking where she had seen her before. She looked to her left where Conner was. Conner was practically drooling at the teacher. Kira tapped his arm. Conner looked at her. "Don't you think she looks familiar?" Kira whispered.

Conner squinted his eyes to look at her. He shook his head. "No. I would definitely remember someone that hot."

Kira rolled her eyes. "Whatever. I swear she looks familiar." Kira read over the handout. There was expected to be three singing performances done, two music performances of choice, and two compositions as well. Kira was starting to like this class.

It took practically all class to go over the handout. "So, if there aren't any questions, then the rest of the period is yours." A girl in class rose her hand. Kim noticed. "Yes, and please state your name, so I can get familiar with you."

"My name is Brianna McDonald. And I was wondering, did you compete in the Olympics?" Brianna asked.

Kimberly looked at her wide eyed. "Yes, I did back in '96. How did you know?" Kim queried. She did the math, this girl would have had to be around 9 or so. Kimberly did compete in the Olympics, and she won gold. After that, she didn't do much with the sport. Something or somebody was missing.

"I remember watching the Olympics that year. Your floor performance was amazing." Brianna replied.

Kim smiled. "Thank you. I stopped doing gymnastics a long time ago though."

Kira raised her hand. Kim pointed to her. "My name is Kira, and I wonder, why did you stop gymnastics?"

Kim went to sit on her desk. She crossed her legs. "I stopped because I lost the passion for it. After the Olympics was done, I basically opted for retirement." Then Kimberly thought why she lost passion again, it was because she lost her biggest fan, Tommy.

A boy rose his hand. Kim pointed to him. "My name is Larry Lopez. My girlfriend is trying to start a gymnastics club here. They need a teacher. Would you do it?"

Kim looked at him. She wasn't sure what to say. However, she couldn't exactly say no. "Um. Maybe. Have your girlfriend come see me at lunch, and I'll discuss it with her and Principal Mercer."

"Awesome! I'll tell my girlfriend." Larry said.

Conner looked harder. It clicked. Conner shook Kira. Kira turned her attention to him. "She knows Dr. O. Look at her she's from the video he showed us when we were-" Conner looked around. "power rangers." He whispered.

Kira gasped. "That is her." She whispered back.

The bell rung. All the students began to file out the classroom. Kira and Conner took a harder look at Kim. They looked at each other and nodded. They were in the halls. "Should we tell her, we know she used to be one?" Conner asked.

Kira shrugged. "I don't know. We shouldn't really bother her about that." Kira walked up to her locker. Conner, as fate would have it, had a locker right next to hers. "I mean, Dr. O hasn't really said much about the other ones. I know he keeps in touch with a some, but we haven't heard anything about Ms. Hart."

Trent and Ethan came up to their friends. "What's up!" Ethan bumped fists with Conner. He then gave a hug to Kira.

"We are talking about the new music teacher." Conner informed them.

Trent whistled. "Isn't she hot?" Trent smiled at the thought.

Conner nodded with him. "When did you see her? She just started today." He asked Trent.

"Didn't you know my step mom is the principal?" Trent chuckled. "I get to see all the new teachers and stuff."

Conner and Kira leaned in. "Well, she used to be a power ranger." Kira muttered.

Trent looked at them quizzically. "Really?" Conner and Kira nodded. "How do you know?"

Ethan was surprised. "Yeah, how did you guys figure that out?"

"The video Dr. O showed us. She was in it a lot." Conner answered. Trent looked confused. "You weren't there when he showed us. Like you weren't even one yet."

Trent nodded in understanding. Ethan checked his schedule. "Is her name 'Hart. K' room 602?" Ethan asked. They nodded. "I have her fifth period. I'll take a look for myself."

"Yeah, dude you're taking music appreciation?" Conner asked.

Ethan nodded. "It looks good on college applications. Why are you taking it?" Ethan interrogated him. He knew the answer to that one though.

Conner blushed. "I like music." He covered for himself, but the real reason was Kira. She was the motivation for why he wanted to take the class.

Trent and Kira danced around each other last year, but nothing came out of it. Krista and Conner didn't work out either. He realized he liked Kira more. He just didn't have the courage to tell her though.

"Come on, we should head to our next class." Kira said. They compared their schedules.

"So, who's going to tell Dr. O that another former power ranger works here?" Trent questioned them. They all had Dr. O next period. They had physics with him.

All four of them started walking towards the science building.

"I don't think any of us should say anything." Kira said. "We don't know anything about Ms. Hart or what her relationship is like with Dr. O."

Trent nodded. "Dr. O is a pretty private guy. I doubt he would tell us anything." They arrived in front of his class. The name plate had 'Dr. Thomas Oliver.' Trent turned to his friends.

"We don't say anything, agree?" Conner shook his head yes. All of them agreed.

They walked into the room and took their seats in the front table. It was the exact same classroom as last years.

The bell hadn't rung yet. Tommy noticed his former teammates. He walked up to them. "Good morning, so I can't get away from you guys huh?" Tommy teased.

They laughed. "Hey, Dr. O." Kira said. She looked at him. He was wearing a black dress shirt, beige slacks, black dress shoes. He had on a white and green stripped tie. His hair was spiked, and he was sporting his Versace eyeglasses. "How was your summer?"

"It was good. I had a nice vacation. I liked the break." Tommy replied. He had an eventful summer, but he decided not to tell him what happened over the summer. Yet. He looked at his students. "So, how was your first class?"

Conner and Kira looked at each other. "Fine." They said simultaneously.

Tommy nodded.

"Boring." Trent said. "I have Government first period."

"I have advanced trigonometry." Ethan said. "The teacher's so hot. I might like that class."

Ethan smiled at the thought of his math teacher. She was exotic looking.

Tommy already knew who Ethan's math teacher was. He smiled. "Conner, Kira, what class are you two in?" Tommy asked. Trent and Ethan mentioned their first class, so they should too.

Conner and Kira looked at each other. Trent and Ethan looked at them as well.

"We are taking music appreciation." Kira replied. Hoping he didn't ask anything else.

Tommy's eyebrows rose. "Both of you?" Conner and Kira nodded. Conner had never shown an interest in music. Why now? "That's interesting." Tommy thought about it. "Wait a minute, Mrs. Wallace retired from teaching."

The four of them looked at each other. "There's a new teacher." Conner mentioned.

Tommy was about to open his mouth, but the bell rang. "Well, have a good rest of the day. I'm sure I'll see you guys after school." Tommy went back to the front of the class.

Conner, Kira, Ethan, and Trent breathed a sigh of relief. They were saved by the bell.

The students in the class were seated. "Good morning. I'm Dr. Thomas Oliver. This is second period Physics." Tommy looked at his students. "Please, make sure you are in the right class. As soon as I call your name, please come to the front of the class with your schedules so I can sign it off." Tommy looked at his students and smiled. He was walking towards the back of the counter when he saw a woman pass by his door. He heard the call of the Crane. He stopped for a moment. Tommy stayed put for 30 seconds, 30 seconds too long in his students opinion.

Conner noticed. "Dr. O?" Conner called out and raised his hand.

Tommy cleared his throat and turned around to Conner. "Yes, Conner?" Tommy took a deep breath.

"Are you okay? You look like you seen a ghost." Conner observed.

Tommy shook his head to clear his thoughts. "Yes. I'm fine. Thank you, Conner." Tommy walked behind the counter. "Okay, let's begin the roll call."

He began to call names, and students would come up to get their schedules signed. Conner, Kira, Ethan and Trent were talking amongst themselves. "Do you guys think he saw her?" Ethan whispered.

They all shrugged. "Why would he have that kind of reaction though?" Kira questioned. She looked at Dr. O. "Listen, we aren't even sure he saw her." Her name was called, and she went to the front of the class.

"It's just weird that he would just freeze like that." Ethan viewed. "What do you two think?"

"There's only one person to talk to this about." Trent added.

Conner, Ethan and Trent looked at one another. "Hayley." They chorused at once.

Kira came back to her seat. "Whoa, what did I miss?" She put her schedule back in her folder.

"We are going to talk to Hayley after school. We want to know what she knows about Ms. Hart." Ethan updated her.

All the students in the class had their scheduled signed. Tommy continued to talk. "Here is a syllabus of what I expect for this semester in this class." He passed out the papers to the students. "Please take out a highlighter or mark the important dates on the paper. "There are three major projects due in this class." The students groaned. "Your ending grade in the class will be based on three things. There's a term paper, a science project and a science related visit. There will also be extra credit. Are there any questions so far?"

The students shook their heads no. Tommy continued his class going over the syllabus. It took all class to go over the syllabus. The bell rung, and all the students filed out the class.

Conner and Trent had their next class together, geometry. They walked together to class. Trent needed to get something off his chest. "Just ask Kira out."

Conner gawked at Trent. "What?" he asked.

"Dude, if you like Kira so much. Then just ask her. I don't have any hard feelings. It just wasn't meant to be with us." Trent confessed.

They took their seats in the classroom. "You think so? Do you think she likes me?"

Trent looked at him. "Are you stupid?" He couldn't believe it. "Hello! Why don't you think it never worked out between us." Conner's mouth dropped open. "Besides, I've like Krista for some time now. I think I'm going to ask her out."

"Go for it." Conner urged. "Okay, so I have early dismissal. What about you?" Conner wanted to talk to Hayley before Tommy got out of school.

"I do too, for work experience. We should definitely ask Hayley then. Do you know if Kira or Ethan do?" Trent asked as he got out his book for the class.

Conner shrugged. "Who knows. We gotta ask them."

The bell rung and class started.

Xxxxx

Lunch Time.

Kira walked out of the cafeteria, and she saw Conner, Ethan, and Trent at one of the tables outside. She went to sit with them.

"Hey, Kira." They called out.

Kira smiled. "Hey guys. Man, my teachers are all boring this semester. Well minus Dr. O and Ms. Hart. What about you guys?"

They all said thing about their teachers, except for Ethan he still kept talking about his math teacher.

Trent looked at the cafeteria, and he noticed Ms. Hart had just walked out. "Do you know if Dr. O has first or second lunch.?" He asked.

They shrugged. "Last year, he had second lunch." Conner answered. Then looked at Trent. "Dude, your step mom is principal, why don't you ask her."

"She's too far!" Trent whined. His friends laughed. "Plus, she's pregnant, and she gets all moody."

"Why are you asking anyway?" Ethan took a bite of his pizza.

"I saw Ms. Hart walk out the cafeteria. I think she was looking for someone." Trent said.

Kira took a bite of her salad. "If she was looking for Dr. O, why would she check the cafeteria. Wouldn't she check the teacher's lounge or maybe even his classroom."

"Well, remember in class Larry asked if she would meet with his girlfriend for the gymnastics thing?" Conner reminded her.

Kira nodded.

Then they kept talking about what they had done this summer. Once again, they took out their schedules. Kira had government next with Conner. Ethan had language arts, and Trent had child development.

Conner and Ethan snickered. "Since, when are you taking child development?" Ethan smirked.

"O man, Mom must've put this in my schedule." Trent groaned. It makes sense. She was now pregnant, and he was going to be a big brother. "Great, I'll be surrounded by all girls." A light bulb went off in Trent's head. "Hey, that wouldn't be such a bad idea."

Conner looked at Kira. "Hey, would you like me to walk you to your next class?" He asked her. He smiled.

"Um, jock, we have the same class together." Kira added. She blushed though at the thought of him asking. "Of course, you can though."

Ethan and Trent exchanged looks. It was time for their two friends to start going out. They were tired of them dancing around each other.

The bell rang. That signaled the end of lunch. Conner and Kira walked off to their next class. Ethan and Trent walked together, since their classes were near each others.

Xxxxx

Ethan's Fifth Period Class.

Ethan was so glad to be out of his language arts class. He approached Ms. Hart's class. He walked in and took a seat near the front. He saw the teacher, and he, too, could confirm that she was the same person from Dr. O's video.

Kim introduced herself to the class. Then she took the roll. She saw another person from the picture of Mrs. Mercer's desk. She gave them the syllabuses, and she went over it with them.

That took most of the class time. Ethan kept smiling at her. He couldn't believe he was face to face with one of the 'originals'.

The bell rang, and Ethan walked out to the parking lot. He, also, had early dismissal. He walked up to the parking lot of the school. There, he met up with Conner, Kira, and Trent. "That is her." Ethan confirmed. They nodded. "She was one of the 'originals'. Come on we should head to Hayley's."

"For sure. Kira you can ride with me." Conner said. Kira smiled.

Trent and Ethan rolled their eyes. "Ethan, you can ride with me." Trent stated.

They got into their respective cars and headed out.