Power Rangers Mystic Knights

A Little Subtlety

Power Rangers Mystic Knights, Episode 6: A Little Subtlety

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As she read the Sentinel article, Yumi's face showed more and more interest. The article was about the massive animals and robot that appeared in Orlando yesterday. These robots couldn't have been connected to the Power Rangers, could they? She wasn't obsessed with the story; just interested. There's a difference between interest and obsession. This wasn't something that was going to take up her entire life. Why is it not an obsession? Here's why:

"Hey Yumi?" Kaz called from the apartment kitchen. "Can you get the rice for me?"

"Okay!" She said as she got off Kaz's computer and ran into the kitchen. There she took some rice from the cupboard while Kaz worked on some chicken teriyaki. She poured the rice in the cooker, closed the lid and focused on the vegetables. "So where are Javier and your other roommates?"

"Javier went out for the night and Taylor and his boyfriend are out on a date. So it's just me and you." He smiled, earning one from her. Damn, she's amazing. D

inner didn't take much longer. The chicken was finished and the rice was done around the same time. Yumi scooped some rice out of the rice cooker while Kaz tossed the chicken and vegetables together. Yumi set up the chopsticks on the table and Kaz brought the chicken and rice to the table, eventually sitting down. Yumi finished up with two glasses of milk. "Itadakimasu," he said.

"Itadakimasu!" Kaz chuckled. He never really liked saying that loudly, but when she did it, it warmed his heart.

Dinner was quiet, but that's not a bad thing. It was not tense, but relaxed, like these two have been together for a long time (they've really been together for 6 months). It sort of helped that they had known each other before (but only short meetings. They went to different Orlando-area high schools). They ate slowly, just enjoying each other's presence.

"I saw Nimue again today," said Yumi, breaking the silence. "We had a nice conversation. We didn't mention you, though, just our classes."

"I wasn't expecting you to talk about me," said Kaz.

"I know," said Yumi. "Anyway, she told me she's here to study English."

"She's an English major?" She never told him that.

"M-hm," Yumi replied. She had some chicken in her mouth so she couldn't talk. She swallowed. "She really likes this King Arthur stuff. She told me her dad named her Nimue because he likes that stuff, too." Nimue really has a good cover story.

"Aren't we going to talk about things besides Nimue, though?" Kaz asked.

"Sure," said Yumi. "Did you see that big lizard two days ago?" That was not what he was thinking about.

"No," said Kaz. "I heard about it on the news, but I wasn't downtown."

"I was," she said. Kaz's eyes widened. "There were these monsters running amok. I think I saw a dragon and somebody riding it."

"A dragon?" She saw him? "And someone riding it?"

"I just said that," said Yumi. This wasn't what he was expecting.

"Did you see anything else?"

"I didn't see much else," she replied. "We were evacuated by the police."

"Oh," he said.

"We couldn't return until those monsters left," she said. "But then I saw the dragon change colors... and they combined or something."