Power Rangers Samurai

Jayden/Antonio Pre-Slash and Slash

Fallling Hurts But Love Heals

Summary: Set during "The Blue and the Gold". Instead of helping Antonio up the hill Kevin lets him fall. And when the other rangers find them they learn what/why it happened and Jayden realizes something he's been feeling for awhile.

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Chapter 1: An Accident on Purpose

Antonio's Pov

Kevin and I had just defeated a sworm of Moogers and were now going to find where they were coming from. And walking side by side with him made me feel like for the first time that I felt I was tolerated or even accepted by him. But I knew that I had more work to do if I was to prove to Kevin that I am a Samurai Ranger.

I came out of my thoughts when we came across a small hill and a stream. Climbing it would be hard due to the fact that my arm was tied to my body but I would have to try, I don't want Kevin to see me as being weak.

So I started climbing slowly up the slope and it was harder than I thought. It was slippery with mud and tree roots were sticking up everywhere.

Suddenly my feet couldn't stay steady, I reached up towards a fallen tree branch but I couldn't keep my grip so I reached higher for a weed but I still couldn't get steady or pull myself up.

"Kevin!" I shouted up at him. He looked down at me while I looked up at him with pleading eyes but he didn't do anything. He just stood there as my grip kept getting weaker.

Then it was gone and I could feel myself falling. And I landed in the water hard, my whole body inflamed with pain, especially the back of my head. As I slowly started to black out I could hear Kevin's voice. It was muffled due to the ringing in my ears and the sound of rushing water but I could hear clearly what he said.

"I'm sorry Antonio but you don't belong here, you're not a Ranger and you're not my friend. This better show you that"

Then it was gone. And as my eyes drifted shut there was only one person I wanted to find me.

"Jayden"

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Jayden's Pov

We were searching Kevin's morning jogging trail when we heard the sounds of clashing blades and explosion.

"This way guys"

We all turned and ran towards the fighting and then we saw Kevin. He was powered up and fighting off a hoard of Moogers surrounding two Nighlok.

"Kevin! We're coming" Mia shouted. We all grabbed our morphers.

"Go Go Samurai!" We drew our symbols and transformed.

"Rangers together, Samurai forever!"

*Skip battle scene, sorry*

We had won the battle and were now walking back, listening to Kevin explain what had happened when I remembered something. I pulled him back as the others kept moving ahead.

"Hey Kevin, did you run into Antonio?

A brief look of fear crossed his face but was then replaced with a look of worry which I knew was fake.

"No, why would I be with him?"

"Because he said he was going to look for you this morning"

"Well I didn't see him so lets just catch up to the others" He pushed past me and I could tell he was trying to hide something. He never treated me like this, everyone knew that he respected me too much.

Grabbing his shoulders I turned him around to face me and the fear was clear on his face. 'Gotcha' I thought.

"Kevin, where is Antonio?" He was going to tell me, I knew that because I was asking as his leader and not as a friend. He opened his mouth and...

"Jayden!"

Kevin and I both turned to see Emily and Mia running towards us and they both looked worried and scared.

"What's wrong guys?"

"We found Antonio but..."

"What Mia?"

"He's hurt"

Pushing past them I ran in the direction where they came from. The sight before me brought me to my knees and made my eyes water.

Antonio was laying motionless in a small creek, you could see his blood flowing with the water. Dark bruises were starting to appear on his already darker skin. Mike was leaning over his checking for breathing. He looked up and me and nodded. I leaned against the tree near me.

"I'm so glad he's alive. I don't know what I would have done".

Feeling hands on my shoulders I looked up to see Emily and Mia looking at me with concern.

"I'm fine, let's just get him out of here"

They nodded and together we all lifted Antonio carefully and led him back to the Shiba house.

"Hey, has anyone seen Kevin?"I heard Mike ask. Looking back I saw that he was gone.

"Why would he leave after what happened?" Emily asked.

"Don't worry about Kevin, he's probably back at the house to catch up on his training. Right now we need to get Antonio back to the house so we can take care of him.

"Right" they all said.

"If they only knew" I thought.