Author's Note: This series is not related to Blue Cloud Silver Lining Series. Well not until I feel like it. HEHE. Lets see oh yeah...the song is called "Back Here" by BBMAK. Also I would like to thank my friends for supporting me for writing these interesting stories. This is the Waterstar Series, though I forgot which part, since I have bad memory of things. Well if I remember I will fix it later.

Going Home
by: Starfire

The pink galaxy ranger sat staring out into space. Millions of star's breeze through the star lounge. Usually the place was crowded by lovers, but tonight it was practically empty. The blonde hair girl named Kendrix try to compose her self more. She pretty much lost everything in her life. So this is misery... She thought in pain as her sapphire eyes started to blurr with tears. Such a petite pretty thing, amazing that she suffered so much trama in her life.

Leo walked slowly toward the lounge, he use to hang out in this place. It was his place of comfort. It was pratically the place he stayed at when he lost Mike. It was the place where he was comforted by the most beautiful creature he ever say. His lips twitched in a small smile as he saw the object of his thoughts. The ranger slowly crept up to her and draped a blanket over her shoulders.

Kendrix jerked to awareness, but relax immediately, when she felt the familiar presence near her. He is so sweet. She thought. Lately since the blue ranger's disappearance, she felt a hole in her heart. She always considered Kai a brother nothing more, but for the red ranger, he was something different. "Thank you." She whispered softly barely loud enough for Leo to hear her.

"Your welcome Ken..." He felt his hands take her shoulder and wrap around her. Sighing to herself, she let herself lean against him.

He was always here. She mused in her thoughts. Always the rock for her to grip on when she needed someone. She felt her heart crack more, the sheild that she had to encompass her feelings of mourning, grief, and love came out in waves. It had been a long time for her to let them out. The pain the agony of her lose, ever since her twin Kayle died. She couldn't think about it, Kayle... Her thoughts centered to that one thought. Yes it had been a long time since she thought of her sister.

Leo rubbed the pink galaxy ranger's back, he felt the sobs and the intense emotions break from her. She buried her face into his neck and the wetness of her tear's stained his red shirt. "Let it out Kendrix...let it out...your not alone." His voice choked up with pain with this petite blonde. A few minutes later she quieted down in his arm. Slowly bring her from his chest he saw she was asleep. Feeling his heartache for her and for the rest of them. "I love you, Kendrix. I will always be here for you..." He told the sleeping girl in his arms. Leaning forward slowly he kissed her forhead sealing his ever lasting promise. I'll be here.

Kale and Akima watched Liz and Kai avoid their looking at each other. It was quite funny the guardians thought, while they watch both teenagers eat silently.

Liz felt her leg twinged a little and a ache came to her temple. She decided to push it away, after all it was just a headache. She reassured herself, while eating a dish of food that was familiar to her, and quite tasty. God I wish this ache in my head stop. Her hands trembled a little as she held the spoon.

Kai was busy trying not to stare at Liz in her silver jump suit. It reminded him of that picture of Lin Zhan. He was eating a dish that he was told by Kale to be his favorite. Though he felt sort of odd to eat food from some sort of machine, he would have rather cooked the food himself.

Akima look concern at Liz, she started to come closer to her friend. "Liz is something wrong?" Maybe it is the food.

Liz automatically replied, "I am fine." She slowly finished a dish and stood up. "I am done eating now."

Kale glanced at the petite girl curiously, her stance wa sort of slumped and she seem drain of energy. Kai he noticed also was looking at Liz with concern. As Liz was going to take a step toward the door she felt her legs weaken beneath her. She all of a sudden fell in a faint on the floor. "LIZ!" Kai shouted in panic when he saw her go down onto the floor. Quickly rushing to her side to take her pulse, he was relieved that she was alive to say the least. "She has a pulse." He said to both of the instrument.

Akima zoom toward Kai, "Quickly take her to the regeneration bed's."

Kai glanced at Liz feeling his heart pound and slow down from the shock in him. He swoop the girl tenderly into his arms and followed Akima quickly. "Will you be able to help her?" He asked in concern, when he felt himself teleported to a room.

"We can try..." Was the Er Hu's curt reply as she stopped in front of a panel it sudden open to show a bubble chamber pod. The bubble pod open it's top, "Place her inside."

The blue galaxy ranger lay her inside the pod that had cushions inside. The bubble chamber closed and sealed it self, beeping and machine sounds came out of it. He stood there watching as a light quickly started to appear on the side and move it self over Liz's body. He watched it jealously, and supiciously for anything that he didn't understand.

Kale checked the readings and sighed, "It seems we detect a certain concussion that is partly healed, also some scars on her ankle. The muscles seem kind of weak, I am amazed that she was able to stand up that long."

"It seems there isn't anything wrong except for those few things. Only thing she needs right now is sleep. There are signs of exhaustions in her body, she just needs time to gather her strength." Akima said in relief.

Kai felt a pulse at the side of his cheek, his face was instead a mask. Kale noticed his distress and floated over to him. "Kai are you alright?" He asked in concern.

"Yes...no..I. This was my fault, I should have made her sleep, I knew she was still weak after her ordeal, which was my fault." He felt his heart pound, heart ache was coming to him and the only thing he was thinking about was to keep Liz safe at all cost. The only solution he could come up with was to stay away from her. He slowly look up at Kale with torture eyes. "I can't stay with her...I just result in her being hurt more."

Kale and Akima both look taken back at the blue ranger's announcement.

Kai stood outside Liz's doorway, staring at her sleeping form. He couldn't stay long, the guilt and fear of hurting her was driving him away. He had just brought her from the regeneration chamber, Akima reassured him that Liz just needed rest, and recuperate from her injuries.

Kale informed him of a way for him to get back to the galaxy ranger's, by using a teleporter, that was reconstructed. He knew that he had been away from a long time, and that others were waiting, and worrying about him, since his disappearance. She was curled up in a ball in the middle of the bed, hugging herself and the pain in his chest was becoming more unbearable with each passing moment.

His feet felt like lead as he slowly approached her bed. He prayed that she wouldn't wake up, because he didn't think he could go through with this if she did. The starlight from her window creep into the room, and found each shiny strand of her hair, he ached to run his fingers through it one last time. He knelt by her bed, staring at her face. She was still the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. He felt his hands clenched in her silk bedspread in an effort to keep from touching her. There were tear streaks on her cheeks, her brow was furrowed in a frown, her dreams were restless as she shifted in her sleep in distress, the sounds, and sight made him die inside a little more.

Some how inside his heart he felt her essence beckon and plead with him not to leave her alone in this cruel world. "I love you, Angel. Always." His voice was barely more that a whisper and thick with unshed tears. He placed his blue-silver bracelets onto the pillow, they flashed once and merged into one bracelet. Looking back at her, he repeated the promise that was written on the piece of paper that lay next to it: "Forever, your love." He knew that there was no possible way, he would come back. He was just to dangerous to be near her.

Kai slowly walked toward the teleportation room as he came closer to it. He look around once and enter it and breathed a sigh. "You of course are making a mistake by leaving her." He heard the voice behind him say with a sad tone.

"If I stay with her, she would be in more danger Akima." He felt his body stiffen, when he felt the instrument come near him.

The guardian felt quite irked by this young man. She knew that he was somehow running away and that this was not a good time, especially, when everything was critical. "Really...blue ranger...?"

Kai felt himself freeze, he should have realised that if Kale knew that meant Akima also knew. "Yes...she was hurt, when a monster attacked us. She would never had been hurt if it weren't for me being a ranger." I should have kept away from her. He thought.

"Well Kai my boy." That sentence irritated him more then anything. "How can you abandon your mate when she is in need of you?" Akima thought only way to get through this clock head was to punch under belt, figurative of course. She knew from experience, that to win a bet you gotta fight dirty.

She knows nothing. Liz isn't my mate, she is just consider my intended, by engagement. He thought, but a little voice was disagreeing much more clearly. "She is not my mate." He instead decided to say.

"Why are you running from your destiny?" The guardian finally said after a few moments of silence. You think he loves her enough to stay with her. She felt exasperated, I guess his father did a job on him.

Kai felt hurt and anger come through his cool mask. "You don't understand!! She almost died because of me!! I couldn't protect her, what sort of mate would that had made me?" He yelled out at the Er Hu.

"Ahhhh...so instead of trying to redeem yourself you intend to break her heart. Wouldn't that also be hurting her in the process?" The guardian begin to feel her emotions steam up, it would have been a really funny thought had not the whole conversation more based on drier principles.

Before Kai could answer a voice came over the com, "Akima we have a emergency..." Kale's voice was recognized instantly, his voice was grim. "It's Liz..."

Kai felt his whole heart freeze, "What about Liz?" He asked hoarsely in fear. Did I do something wrong? Is she alright? What did she do? He thought in panic.

A silence was over the COMM for a second, "She's dying..."

Kai felt himself stiffen. "No...it can't be...LIZ!!" He screamed as he ran down the cooridor to the last place he saw her. He burst into the room, lucky for him the door was quick enough to open in his presence, or else he would have run smack into it. He felt his whole being cry out, *LIZ DON'T LEAVE ME!!* He felt his heart burst into pain, when he saw her on the floor right next to her was a puddle of blood. Medical devices were near, and were trying to heal her. He saw a slash across her wrist and felt his heart twist. "No..." He scrambled near her and grab her head, which was on the floor, her skin was pale. "Liz why? Why?" He asked her in panic, her eyes slowly fluttered up, tears were in them yanking on his heart more.

Liz's sweet tinkle voice was so weak to his ears, "Because...you don't want...me..." Her breathing became more shallow to him, he look desparately at Kale.

"Please save her..." The blue galaxy ranger felt his heart bleed more in pain and agony. The look of desolation was enough to break the guardian's self stance. He felt sorry by all standards, after all these were his charges, but it was up to their love to help her. He had done all he could, he managed to stem the bleeding, but it all remain on if she had the will to live.

Kale glanced up at Akima sadly. "It is up to her if she wants to live."

Kai tighten his hands on Liz's face and made her look at him. "Liz come on...stay with me." Terror was not one thing that the blue ranger like to live with. Right now he felt like he was losing her at each passing minute and it was tearing him to bits.

*Why? You don't want me anymore. You broked our engagement.* Her mind tiredly told him, all she wanted to do now was sleep.

"Liz...I am sorry. I if you stay with me you be in danger..." Kai felt desparated, he didn't know how to convince her to stay alive. Let alone he didn't suspect that she would try to kill herself.

Liz blinked feeling her eyes grow weak. "Sooo...tired..." She whispered.

"No Liz look at me stay with me." He shook her head a little to try to get her attention and for her to focus solely on him. "Please...stay. I love you, I never wanted to hurt you. I just didn't want to place you in anymore danger." In his subconscious it was in chaos screaming at him for running away from his destiny. He felt lost, "I don't want to lose you. You are the one that bring me from being lost."

Liz felt her lips dryly in her, "I'm...sorry...Kai." She try to keep awake, but it was a hard struggle for her. *I love you...* Her voice faded.

Kai look in sheer panic. "NO!!" He could feel her slipping from him, he felt his hands touch over her face and slid to her wrist. Feeling the clank of the metallic cool surface. I don't want to live with out her. He thought as he felt his eyes clouded. "Oh god what have I done?" A thick sob was coming into him. His hand went down and felt his wrist touch something cold on the ground near the broken glass. Sudden a surge of light glimmer and a warm glow came over him, his eyes widen in surprise at the glowing bracelet. "I accept..." He whispered, he finally accepted his destiny. A tear fell down the bracelet and it slip into two and appeared on his wrist. He glanced at Liz and lean toward her lips. "I am yours forever..." He then kiss her, a bright explosion erupted in the room.

BANG!! A sudden crash woked Kai up from his sleep, he felt his breath coming in gasp and his eyes look widely around in panic. His hands went to his forehead, he look down at himself and saw that he was in his pj's that he borrow from the closet of his predeccessor. Memories started to come to him and he breath in relief, "Just a dream..." He murmur to himself for reassurance. Slowly his mind clear, and he remembered after taking Liz from the bubble chamber he brought her to her room. He then felt exhausted and crept to his room and fell into a deep exhausted sleep, though guilt was with him. "Kai oh boy...you gotta lay off the burritto." He slowly got up and winced in discomfort, when his feet felt something uncomfortable, he felt glass on the floor and a little piece of paper that said. "Forever, your love." Could it be? He look around the room in panic, he had to be certain. Quickly throwing a robe over his pj's he ran down the corridor bare feet and to Liz's quarters.

A loud sound woked up Liz from her sleep. She glances around the area in disorientation. A figure was leaning over her and she felt scared. Quickly using her reflex she kicked out and heard a crash, quickly getting to her feet she started to run for the door. But felt the stranger catch her foot and trip her a hand clam over her mouth hard. "Liz stop it...it's me Kai." He felt the girl stop struggling against him, her breathing was coming out in large pants.

"DAMN IT KAI!! You scared the daylight out of me!!" She yelled out and felt her heart start to calm down.

The blue ranger didn't care about what she had to say at this point. Not caring to think what she thought, he grab her and brought his lips down onto her's kissing her passionately as he dared. The terror of that dream was to real and he didn't want to risk losing her. Even if he was that stupid to do such a thing.

Liz felt shocked at his display of behavior, but felt herself melt into his arm. She stifled a moan and wrapped her arms around his neck, her heart began to pounding more faster then she ever took a job. She felt the urge that it was coming to a crashing end to a wall. The emotions of desparations were in their kiss, there were no playfulness that were in their previous kisses. In her mind she heard his deep husky voice in her head. * I love you...I am not afraid anymore...your my destiny.* She felt confused by those words, but she felt certain that he finally came home to her.

Perhaps he will stop his ridcules doubts. She thought. Nah! Knowing Kai like she does the certainty that he would not stop his doubts were quite ludicrious.

Kai managed to pull himself away, the absence of her lips on his made him feel chilled to the bones. "Thank god your safe."

Raising her eyebrows at Kai she felt perplex. "Yeah I am fine. Kai are you alright?" She asked while she place her hand on his forehead to take his temperature. Her engagement ring glisten in the dark with her bracelets.

The blue galaxy ranger felt his heart full and content, he took her hand from his forehead and press it to his lips. "Yes I am..." He knew it was time to tell her the truth about himself. "We have to talk Liz. Sit down." He said in a serious tone.

Liz shrugged her shoulders and sat on her bed curling her legs underneath. She was wearing a simple white gown, her feet were bare. "Alright spit it out."

Licking his lips in anxiety, Kai didn't know where to start, so he felt the blunt approach would have to work. "I am the blue galaxy ranger." He said with nervousness at her reaction.

Akima and Kale both were at the doorway watching everything transpire between the couple. They had so much hopes placed in these two individuals. That obviously needed each other deeply, they sincerely hope that they both would be able to not lose that glow of love in their special bond.

Liz sat their and blinked at Kai for a second before she slowly got up and walked toward Kai. "Your the blue galaxy ranger. " She asked in a quiet voice, gauging from his reaction, he slowly nod his head. For any common sense, she would have laugh it off, but she could see his serious tone and knew that he wasn't pulling her leg. Somethings began to make sense to her, the unexpected cancel dates to him running out on her in a few seconds. The color coded friends of his, the constant tiredness he was in, the attack on him.

Kai didn't know what to say from her reaction. It seems one side she was analyzing things, or either she would be pulling away from him. He hoped it wasn't the later option, he knew he took a big chance on her, but he had to tell her the truth. "Liz...?" He asked in a simple plead of understanding.

"So does that mean Kendrix, Leo, Damon, and Maya are galaxy ranger's too?" Liz asked calmly while raising her eyes to his. She could see that there was fear in his dark eyes. Fear of her, and her reaction to him, and his friends. She smiled a reassuring smile to help him calm down and to tell him that she accepted him.

The blue galaxy ranger felt the air rush out of him and he nod his head. "Yes they are...I also wanted to apologizing for not introducing you to them and for not telling people that you were my girlfriend." He said quietly.

Liz cocked her head in curiousity, "Why didn't you tell him?" She waited patiently for his answer.

"Because I was fearful that they would think that you were to good for me. That I should go for someone else." He took a deep breath, "Also that I would be rejected by you because of my friends. You see they aren't all to common people. They are more like my family Liz...and I need acceptance from them." He saw her nod her head in understanding.

He felt his body tremble as she approached him and glanced up at him with those ebony eyes. "Kai..when will you ever realize that I accept you and so do they." She stood on her toes and lean up toward his lips, "Because...we all love you." She then came closer and sealed her promise of love and everlasting trust.

Akima if she could would have smiled. Knew that dream would wake him up.

Kale gave a knowing glance at his old friend. Welcome home...Waterstar's...welcome home He thought with a smile.