DISCLAIMER: Okay, so I DO NOT own Power Ranger Ninja Storm, related material, and characters. I DO own Kaylee Brookes, Niki Thomas and others I create, as well as my plot line. It is entirely mine, if it seems like your plot, or the plot of another story you've read, chances are its either complete coincedence, or I was inspired by that story/author. I do not intentionally steal/borrow/take others ideas. Please do not sue me, am only 14 with maybe 3 whole pennies to my name...

Three Little Words

Chapter 1: The truth can hurt, and possibly kill

"Why'd I let him go?!?!"Tori cried as she sank to her knees in the middle of her apartment. "How could I let him leave with out telling him!" She continued to rant. "Why does he have to be the one engaged? Why not Hunter? or Shane? or Dustin? or Cam? WHY HIM!" Tori continued to rock back and forth in a fedial postiton in the middle of her floor. "Why couldn't I tell him?" She asked herself. Tori then heard a knock on her door. She began screaming at who ever it was. At the moment, she didn't care. "GO AWAY! LEAVE ME ALONE! WHO EVER YOU ARE! JUST GO AWAY!" Tori's Landladie opened the door and walked in to see Tori sitting with her knees in her chest.

"Tori, dear? are you alright?" The kind elderly Mrs. Rider asked.

"Leave sniffle me sniffle alone, please!" Tori said as controled as she could be.

"Tori, what is bothering you, perhaps I can help?" Mrs. Rider said soothingly getting closer to a very shaking Tori.

"JUST GO AWAY!" Tori screamed at the woman. Mrs. Rider sensed that this was not the Tori she had housed for three years. She knew of Tori's Ninja training, and was slightly afraid to provoke the disturbed woman. She left Tori where she found her, and left, locking the door behind her.

Four hours earlier: Hunter stopped by at the Wind Acadamy after classes. He had some rather intresting news to pass on. As the four friends and Sensi gathered in the newly restored Ninja Ops, Hunter was sitting their with an amusing grin. It was half excited, half disappointed, and completely ready to cry. The 5 gathred around Hunter to here his news.

"So, Hunter, what's the news that 'just can't wait'?" Cam asked making air quotes as he chuckled. When Hunter had called and said he was coming, he said that this news could not wait, and had to be delivered in person. Cam was a little worried about what that could mean, and from the current look on Hunter's face, they all sensed something was wrong, yet not totally.

"Actually there's a couple parts to this, and I think you should all sit down." Hunter suggested, his face still grim.

"Hunter? What is so important?" Sensi asked.

"Okay part 1: Blake's coming home, for good..." Hunter said with a small smile. Half the group sighed with relief, they thought it was something horrible. Tori's eyes lit up and her smile was a broad as ever.

"Okay part 2: Blake's going to be teaching with me..." Hunter continued. Questioning glances were now being given. 'Why was Blake giving up racing?'

"Part 3: coughingBlakesengagedcoughing..." Hunter said staring at the floor. He knew that would be the most confusing thing, and that it would hurt Tori, very much. Tori's jaw began quivering, her vision became blurry as tears formed. She found her breathing was getting harder. She got up and ran out the door of Ops. She ran all the way across the Acadamy to the portal. She started to run through only to collide with another body once she was on the other side.

"Tori? Are you alright?" A fimiliar voice asked. Her vision was so blurred she couldn't see who it was, but she knew in her heart that it was him.

"Leave me alone, Blake!" Tori said as she jerked away from his hand that he placed on her arm. Before he could reply, she ninja streaked of to her van at the edge of the forest. Tori made it to her van and dropped to her knees. She began crying, more than she was. She was sobbing, it sound as if she had lost her soul.

A very confused Blake turned to the person Tori hadn't noticed. She looked at him questoinally with deep concern for the girl. Blake just shrugged his shoulders and made his way into Ops.

"Woah, nice job... I should've come home sooner." Blake said as he walked through the renovated Ninja Headquarters. Rather than hugs, hellos, or hand shakes, he was met by five vicous stares. Shane, Dustin, and Cam looked as if they were ready to kill him. Even Hunter and Sensi did not look pleased with him. "Okay, no welcome home Blake?" Blake asked rather confused. When he recieved no reply, he only remembered about Tori. "This wouldn't have anything to do with Tori crying histerically and practically ignoring me would it?" He asked guess that he had something to do with her crying.

"Yes, Blake. It does. But I do not believe that the boys wish to speak about it right now." Sensi said sternly causing Shane, Dustin and Cam to screw their faces trying to hold back their anger. "Why don't you boys rest, you've had a long day of teaching. Hunter, would you mind showing this young lady around the Acadamy, while Blake and I have a friendly little chat." Sensi said. The five ninjas did as they were told. Blake neverously followed Sensi into his office.

"Sensi, what is this about?" Blake asked as he was instructed to sit.

"Blake, we heard of your pending marriage." Sensi said calmly, ignoring his question.

"Oh.." Blake said slumping into his chair a little.

"How did you meet?" Sensi asked.

"She's a fellow motorcrosser." Blake said with a slight smile. Sensi hadn't begun to lecture him, yet.

"You've known her for how long?" Sensi asked.

"6 months." Blake said a little ashamed. He knew Sensi's lecture was defintetly waiting.

"And you believe you love her after 6 months?" Sensi asked still showing no sign of emotion or an oncoming lecture.

"Yes, Sensi. I do." Blake answered straight foreward. "Sensi, if you're goin to lecture me, please do it already."

"I am not there yet, Blake. Paitnance, my son. You remember that you claimed to love Tori from before you knew her. I do not see you still in love with Tori." Sesni said trying to get through to the boy, without a lecture.

"Yeah, well, a. nobody said I don't love her. and b. she doesn't love me. If she cared, she'd have been there for me when I asked her to be." Blake snapped back at the Sensi. Sensi just kept a cool head.

"Blake, Tori did have a life here that she needed to take care of. You asked if this was about Tori crying, and why the boys looked as if they could kill you. You have hurt Tori in more ways than you currently know. I am sure she has hurt you too, but fooling another making them believe you love them when you have just relvealed to me that you do love Tori is wrongful and does not up hold the way of the Ninja." Sensi said before leaving Blake to sit there and ponder his lecture.

Tori calmed herself enough to drive. After driving to the beach, Tori sat down in the warm sand. After deciding that sitting there was doing her no good, she started walking down the beach. She found herself at a bar. She dragged herself in, hoping they wouldn't ask for ID. She was only19. She was able to order drinks from a cute bartender. Unfortunatily, he let her get drunk off her ass. After 2 hours of drinking, she walked home, not remembering where her van was. She was talking to herself as she walked. When she got into the apartment building, her neighbor's heard her talking rather loudly to herself. Once she dropped in her living room, she started yelling at herself. That caused her landladie to come and see what was wrong. But Tori simply told her to go away.

Blake finally got up from the office seat after sitting still for an hour. He made his way out of the Acadamy, figuring Hunter took Niki back to her hotel. He made his way to his car. When he got there he saw three figures sitting on it. He knew who they were and what they wanted.

"Not Now!" Blake growled at his former teammates.

"No, now, Blake!" Shane barked back.

"Fine, what do you have to say that Sensi didn't already yell at me for?" Blake asked in a half caring tone.

"You saw the aftermath of Hunter telling her..." Dustin began.

"But you didn't see how much it hurt Hunter to tell her..." Shane continued.

"And you didn't see her heart break right in front of you!" Cam finished.

"IF SHE LOVED ME SO FUCKING MUCH,WHY DID SHE NEVER TELL ME?" Blake screamed at the three.

"Dude, you've been gone for 6 months, how long have you known your fiance? 6 months right? Never told any of us you had a girlfriend..." Dustin said completely surprising Cam and Shane that he knew that.

"That's because I didn't in the beginning! I was waiting for Tori, but 3 months and no three little words came from her! So I gave up on her!" Blake said was ranting.

"Man, forget this!" Shane walked off, followed by Cam.

"You never said them to her either, YOU were too scared, YOU didn't want to lose her like everyone else, well guess what, YOU LOST HER!" Dustin said about to head off when his cell rang. "Mrs. Rider? Hello?" Dustin said confused at why Tori's landlord was calling him. "She what? --- Man, I know what's wrong with her, I'll be there in a few, and beware, the problem's coming with me...---- Bye Mrs. Rider." Dustin hung up his cell, turning back to Blake. "Can you give me a ride to Tori's?" Dustin asked fully sincere. He wasn't mad at the moment. He was scared. Tori was drunk, and very upset and unstable.

"Why, what's wrong with Tori?" Blake asked as he felt his heart in his stomache.

"Thanks to you. She is drunk off her fucking ass! Yelling at herself! Mrs. Rider already tried to talk to her, but it didn't work. She's not very stable at the moment.." Dustin said trying not ot blam him too much.

"Fine, get in." Blake said walking around the car to the driver side. After Dustin got in, Blake took off like a bat out of hell. He was doing 80 at 9:00 in the evening. Dustin just held on for dear life. After about 5 minutes they arrived at Tori's place. They got out and were met by Mrs. Rider.

"She's gotten quite, she may have passed out from the amount of acohol she had." Mrs. Rider said sternly.

"Can we just make sure she's alright, I think I am the last person she wants to see at the moment..." Blake suggested.

"Ahh, you must be the problem..." Mrs. Rider said stiffly and dryly.

"Not now Mrs. Rider, Sensi already lit into him." Dustin said politely.

"Fine." Mrs. Rider unlocked the door and let the boys enter. As they enter the hallway, they turned into the living room to see Tori

Cliff hanger...It keep you interested, if you even are interested. And just so you kno, this is my first PR fanfic, but I have written fanfiction before...so I am but Im not a newbie...anyway tell me what you think..

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