The Hidden Ranger

CH 6 Kims Discovery

<The Next Day>

~Angel Grove High~

    The following day classes started off the same as the day before, David had given Dari a ride to school. Bulk and Skull were waiting out front for her and immiediately came over to help her get to the school causing David to grin, knowing his kid sister was in good hands.  Dari laughed and joked with the boys as they make their way into the school building unaware of how many eyes were watching her, some hopeful, some calculating, others just observing the truth they knew.

 

    The day passed just as quickly as the previous, everyone in school going out of there way to make the halls hassle free for the new student. Finally it was time for the last class of the day, Gym, Dari walked into the locker room and set her books down  in the locker she shared. As she waits for the bell to ring to tell them its time to enter the gym, she sits in front of the locker, eyes closed as she takes a few deep breaths getting ready for class.

    As she is occupied her locker partner comes in and changes clothes before sitting next to her, "Having a good day?" Kim asks.

    Dari nods, "yes, its gone alot better coming back then i thought it would." Dari replies opening her eyes and glancing in Kims direction. Kim raising an eyebrow as she gets a better look at Dariannas eyes, vivid baby blue, before the girl gets up and walks towards the class doors, leaving Kim beside the locker watching her with a thoughful look.



    As the class starts Dari is allowed to do Freestyle participation as long as its something physical. The teacher beackons Kim forward when Dari asks for the practice mats, "Kim can you show the new girl the mat area, please."

    Kim nods, "Sure thing, its this way Darianna." She says glancing at the girl,

    "Please just call me Dari or De." Dari says as she walks over towards Kim, following the girl to the mats. Once there she kicks off her shoes and walks onto them. Kim stands on the sidelines and watches to see what will happen as does the coach.  

    

    As her feet touch the mats, Dari smiles before asking, "how wide of an area?" the Coach rattles off some numbers and Dari nods, turning around as she takes a deep breath her toes on the edge of the mat before she bends her legs and launches herself into a backflip.

As she lands she slides into her Kata moves, slowly mixing them up with dance and Gymnastic moves that Kim recognized right away as stuff either her or zack had taught their friend.  Kim slowly moves towards another mat and starts to do some gymnastic warm ups so that she could watch and keep busy at the same time. The coach, confident now that the new girl could handle the class, went back to working the rest of the students.



    As Dari hears them move away to their own things, she starts to speed up her pattern, flipping in more moves that she was taught and had perfected over the years blending into her Kata pattern, Kim watching as the girl moves fluidly through gymnastic moves that she herself had created for her floor patterns. Kim walks to the edge of her mat and tilts her head thinking before humming a soft tune, one she knew Dari would recognise and if she was right change her patterns to the beat of it. As Kim hums, Dari closes her eyes and smiles shifting her weight in her patterns to adjust them to the beat, shifting more into a dance kata then the regular patterns.



    As she moves to the tune she is hearing, 5 other people walk into the gym, 4 of them looking for Kim, the 5th coming in to use the mats himself. They stand along the sidelines as they watch the blind girl move to the tune Kim is humming with a smile. The four all grinned recognizing the tune as one Kim and Dari both would dance and do gymnastics to. They galnced at each other and nodded before moving to stand by Kim each one taking up another note to hum in the tune as Dari moves. Tommy, walks over to  different practice mat and starts his own workout, keeping an eye on the girl he believed was his cousin.  Time passed by quickly while the group watched her move to the tune, before long the bell rang and everyone jumped.



    As they all leave, Jason turns to look at the practice mats where Dari was still doing her katas, "Hey Deanna, come on bell rang." he shouts over at her.

    She pauses and nods, "Ok I'll be out in a bit."

Neither realizing just yet that Jason had used her old nickname nor that she had responded to it.