Disclaimer: Five whole years after the series Kim Possible ended, I still don't own the rights to it and The Walt Disney Company, who do own the copyrights, hasn't officially put it out on DVD for us to purchase. What's the deal with that? Haven't they lost a ton of money by not selling it? If I owned the series I would have, and then made enough cash to buy Ted Turner or the Grand Canyon... or both. But instead, I don't receive anything from my stories except your praise or flames.
This takes place at the end of the episode The Full Monkey. Kim was almost turned into a monkey, but in the end had changed back and caught the Amulet of the Monkey King. What ever happened to that amulet? Here's one possible idea.
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Chapter 1
The Amulet
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Prologue
As Kim Possible deftly leapt into the air away from Monkey Fist as Ron Stoppable aimed the Kimmunicator and pushed the shiny red button. (He simply loved pushing shiny red buttons.) A beam lanced out and struck the young redheaded girl who had almost completely changed into a monkey, but she landed on the gymnasium floor completely changed back into an average teenage girl. (If you could call her an average teenage girl that is.)
Anyway, she neatly caught the Amulet of the Monkey King in her hand and smiled, satisfied that everything was back to normal as Monkey Fist was hauled away for impersonating a mascot.
Kim knew that she and Ron would meet Monkey Fist again, and probably sooner rather than later. The charges against him wouldn't stand and Fist would be released from custody. Mr. Barkin probably only had him taken away because Fist was disrupting the Regional Cheer Off, something the large teacher wouldn't tolerate in the least.
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One Week Later
Kim Possible, Ron Stoppable and the Yamanouchi headmaster stood guard outside the massive gates of the secret ninja school as the highly hirsute English Lord and his army of two dozen monkey ninjas boldly strolled across the wood and rope bridge that spanned the gorge guarding the hidden academy.
"Hand over the magical sword or face the wrath of the Ultimate Monkey Master," Lord Montgomery Fiske, now know as Monkey Fist, loudly announced as he stepped off the bridge and onto the solid rock that is Mount Yamanouchi. "You can not hold out against my superior force and I seek revenge for being mistaken as a... a school mascot. Lemur indeed." His simian servants, sensing that the battle was neigh, let out with screeches, hoots and hollers as their anticipation piqued.
"The Lotus Blade will not fall into the hands of such as you," Sensei adamantly declared, taking a defensive martial stance. He knew they were outnumbered. All of the regular Yamanouchi students were away on a field trip in the town of Yamanouchi, studying the history of the area around the mountain that they all called home.
"You are sooo busted, Monkey Fist" Kim added as the fiery redhead got into position.
"Uh, can I ask a question before we start the fight?" the blond boy sheepishly begged, anxiously rubbing the back of his neck. "I mean just to clarify things." Ron knew he wasn't very good at fighting, especially when the opponent came in the form of his greatest phobia, monkeys.
Monkey Fist paused in his forward momentum taken aback by the odd request. He really wanted to obtain the power of the magical sword but, being an English Lord, manners and etiquette demanded that he accede to the request.
"Very well, Pretender," Monkey Fist angrily growled at the main bane in his pursuit of ultimate power. "But make it quick. I have a world to conquer."
"Well, I was just wondering..." Ron nervously began as Sensei and Kim stood up out of their crouches and the monkey ninjas quieted down. "I mean, you just called yourself the Ultimate Monkey Master but that Monk dude from the Golden Banana told everyone that he made a mistake and that I'm the Ultimate Monkey Master. I mean that's why the monkey ninjas hung out with Kim and me for a while after we beat you on the space station."
"Yes," Monkey Fist sighed in irritation as he glared at one of his monkey minions. "Or so Chippy told me later." He turned to glare at the blond boy and growled, "So what's your question? Time is short and I have a destiny to fulfill."
"You see, that's the thing. You say you are destined to rule the world but I didn't get the memo. Where is it written that you're suppose to rule the world? I mean Sensei showed me the prophecy that sez I'm the Chosen One and the Golden Banana said I'm the Ultimate Monkey Master soooo, where do you get off saying that you're supposed to rule the world? Wouldn't that be my job since I'm the Chosen One and the Ultimate Monkey Master?"
"I... but..." Monkey Fist flustered for a moment before he regained his bearings and his ego took over. "Those titles don't matter. I am and English Lord and therefore destined to rule. It's in my lineage."
"But the British Empire is so over," Kim smugly cut in, arms defiantly crossed over her chest. "Your so-called Empire lost its control over India in 1947 and Hong Kong in 1997. The British Commonwealth is down to like, 15 countries now and most of those are in dispute; Gibraltar and The Falkland Islands are only two that come to mind. Even Scotland and Ireland have always given you some grief over sovereignty."
"And besides," Ron said with a wicked grin. "Don't cha need to be the Queen to rule over an empire, like Queen Elizabeth?"
"I'm not talking about ruling over only a quarter of the Earth's surface like the British Empire, where the Sun never set," the hairy English Lord blustered. "I'm talking about reigning over all things simian as their King! And since ape and man are genetically related, that means I will rule the Entire WORLD!" Fiske screeched, arms raised in triumph. He let out with his usual, maniacal chittering laugh which set off the monkey ninjas again in a frenzy of howling outpouring.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me," Ron said as he began to search through the multiple pockets in his cargo pants. "Hey Rufus. Where'd I put that king thingie?"
"Here ya go," the naked mole rat chirped as he popped up out of his normal pocket resting place and held up a triangular piece of stone strung on a leather thong and handed it to his big buddy.
"Thanks, Rufus," Ron said as he took the object and tossed it to Monkey Fist. "Here ya go your King-ship. KP and I thought you should have this since you you were kinda jonesing for it last week."
The hirsute Lord held up the object by the leather strap, gazed at it in awe and wonderment and declared, "The Amulet of the Monkey King! Now I shall rule over all!" He let out with another raving laugh as he placed the amulet around his neck. A yellow beam of light lanced down from the sky, illuminating the stone as it magically raised Monkey Fist into the air. The eerie echoes of screeching monkeys came from all around even further setting off the monkey ninjas into a howling furious frenzy.
"I thought the Amulet of the Monkey King was supposed to be a piece of Chinese history?" Sensei indignantly begged as he turned to the two teens. "Why did you not return it to the museum and instead give it to Lord Fiske?"
"Yeah, about that," Ron deadpanned as the three watched Lord Fiske immediately grow hairier and start to shrink down a bit in size. "When we returned it to the museum and told them what happened to KP, they suddenly didn't want it anymore."
"The Chinese Museum curator told us," Kim continued the explanation, "that they would really like to study the amulet, but that it wouldn't be worth the possible safety of their employees; So they let Ron keep it."
"What's happening to me?" Monkey Fist screamed as he saw more and more fur cover his arms, chest and legs and he stopped shrinking. He was now only twice as large as the other monkeys around him. "I'm not suppose to be turned into an actual monkey! The amulet is only supposed to make me their ruler!"
"Hello! Weren't you paying attention when Kim wore the amulet?" Ron laughed. "It took a whole day to almost turn Kim into a real monkey when she had the darn thing around her neck. Since you've already changed your hands and feet, it happening quicker."
"And since DNAmy genetically altered your hands and feet with actual monkey DNA," Kim smugly said, "I would guess that it'll take less than an hour to fully alter you into a full-fledged monkey; At least according to Wade's calculations."
"And as your Ultimate Monkey Master," Ron chuckled to the two dozen monkeys plus one person who was almost a full monkey standing in confusion before him, "I'm ordering you to forget about ruling the world and to live out your lives like ordinary monkeys. I know most of the monkeys in the area like to live in and around the hot springs down near the town at the base of the mountain so I order you take off all of your ninja clothes and do the same while totally forgetting to rule over anything. Just worry about where your next meal is coming from."
The monkey ninjas and Fist looked at each other for a few seconds before they stripped off their shozoku, the typical sung-fitting black garb of a ninja, and scurried off.
"Yamanouchi is once again indebted to you, Stoppable-san," Sensei said as he bowed to the blond teen boy after watching the twenty-five monkeys disappear from sight, "for defeating Lord Fiske and saving the Lotus Blade. You truly are a Warrior Hero."
"Nah," Ron waved off the praise as he hitched a thumb at the redhead standing beside him, "Kim's the real Warrior Hero. She came up with the idea."
"Is that true, Kim Possible?" Sensei asked, slightly confused as they slowly made their way back onto the school grounds.
"Yeah, well, it's no big," Kim shyly tittered as all of the attention suddenly turned to her. "Ron didn't want the amulet and after what happened when I wore it, I didn't want it in my house either. After the the Chinese Museum rejected it, we tried to donate the amulet to the Middleton Museum, but they said they didn't want to put it on display because someone could get changed into a monkey and they soooo didn't want the liability; so we had to think of some way to get rid of it. After consulting with Wade, Ron suggested we give it to Monkey Fist and let him get turned into a real monkey."
"I figured he'll live out his life as the king of his immediate pack of monkeys," Ron shrugged, not really sure if it would be true or not but not really caring.
"A most logical conclusion to a perplexing puzzle," Sensei sagely nodded as the three headed inside one of the buildings of Yamanouchi to enjoy some tea. "But will not Fiske try to rally all of the monkeys in Japan to his cause?"
"He might have," Kim agreed with a pleased-with-herself smile. "That's why I told Ron to order Monkey Fist and his ninjas to forget about ruling the world and to live like normal monkeys."
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Two Days Later
Yori, the young lithe Yamanouchi student, walked up to the wise old teacher, bowed and said, "Sensei, I have just returned from purchasing supplies in town and I wish to report something very... odd."
"Odd?" Sensei begged. "What did you witness?"
"Well, there is a group of monkeys just outside of town."
"That is not unusual."
"No, it is not," Yori agreed. She would occasionally stop to watch the local monkeys groom and bath in the nearby hot springs for a minute or two while running errands in town. "But they are not the usual breed of monkeys normally seen here in Japan, and they are putting on a show to procure food."
"Ah, that would be Lord Fiske and his monkey ninjas," Sensei said in realization, like it was almost expected.
"Lord Fiske?" Yori queried in confusion before she quickly looked around the training are and warily came on her guard, snapping into a defensive martial stance. "I did not see Monkey Fist, Ron-san's nemesis, anywhere around. Is the Lotus Blade secure? Has he returned to acquire the sacred blade?"
"He did try to procure the blade," Sensei calmly informed his prized student, pleased that she had quickly snapped into battle mode in order to guard the Lotus Blade. It showed that she was not afraid to fight to keep the sacred blade safe. "But that happened a few days ago while all of the students were in town on the field trip. You need not fear for the safety of the Lotus Blade."
"Oh, the Blade is safe," Yori said in relief as she stood down from high alert status. "But what about the monkey ninjas? If they are around then Monkey Fist is surely close by also."
"He is, and you saw him," Sensei cryptically answered. When he saw that Yori wasn't following him, he asked, "Did not the largest of the monkeys look different than the others, or seem somehow familiar?"
"Now that you mention it," Yori said as she thought back to the group of monkeys that she'd seen, "his head did seem to be almost... human-like. The chin was more pronounced, the jawline square, and the hair was styled like..." It suddenly hit her as she gasped in a most un-ninja-like fashion. "It was Monkey Fist!"
"Yes, it was," Sensei nodded, pleased that his prized student came to the correct conclusion with only a subtle clue. "Lord Montgomery Fiske has finally achieved his lifelong career goal, to become the Monkey King. Unfortunately, his kingdom is not very large."
"So I had witnessed," Yori giggled. "Some of the local monkeys tried to join him and his group to obtain something to eat. Monkey Fist and his ninjas chased them off, hording all of the food for themselves."
"Yes, I have been told by other students who have witnessed them, that his group has tried to take over the other monkey's territory, and failed. Fiske may be the Monkey King, but his realm consists of only two dozen monkeys and the single hot springs they now occupy."
"A small kingdom, indeed," Yori laughed. "Does Stoppable-san know of the situation his former nemesis has gotten into?"
"Ron Stoppable and Kim Possible were present when the former Lord Fiske was transformed into what he has become," Sensei informed his student. "As a matter of fact, it was Stoppable-san who gave the Amulet of the Monkey King to Fiske, transforming the former Lord into what he is today."
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That Same Day
Kim Possible, accompanied as always by her good friend Ron Stoppable, walked up to her Middleton High School locker, rapidly spun the combination and opened the door. The Computer screen inside the locker immediately came to life.
"Hey Wade. What's the sitch?" Kim briskly asked, going into mission mode out of habit.
The short, overweight boy on the screen smile brightly at the two teens as he said, "There isn't anything that needs your attention Kim, but I thought you might like to see something that I ran across on the world news while surfing on the web."
The image of the tech guru disappeared and a wooded scene appeared with a reporter in the foreground. The reporter started his story, "I'm standing here just outside the town of Yamanouchi in the northern part of Japan where you can normally see monkeys bathing in the local hot springs to stave off the chill of winter. But now an unusual thing has happened. It seems that a pack of monkeys has banded together for their daily food gathering."
The reporter stepped aside to show a single monkey holding up a crudely hand-painted sign. Although the two 'F's were backwards, the sign clearly read: 'WILL DO MARTIAL ARTS FOR FOOD'.
The reporter's voice could be heard over the image of the monkey as it suddenly started to flip and spin the sign as it somersaulted around, obviously trying to gain attention from the tourists. "No one has stepped forward to claim to have trained these... martial arts monkeys."
The picture changed to show a group of twenty-four monkeys sparring hand-to-hand, twirling nunchakus, breaking boards and running through what seemed to be katas with long sticks that appeared to be crude, homemade Bo Staffs. The reporter's voice-over continued, "And I'm told that they are quite proficient in a number of martial arts forms. What's strange is that they are not the usual species found here in Japan, but one that is normally seen in the jungles of South America. Stranger still is fact that the apparent leader of the group has sideburns..." the picture changed to show one particular monkey that was clearly larger than the rest. True enough, the monkey had a set of perfectly groomed sideburns and the hair on it's head was longer and swept to the side like a normal person would groom theirs. "...something that's never been seen on any species of ape in the wild."
The picture changed again to a wide shot of the group of monkeys putting on a show with the reporter standing off to the side, but still in frame. He held up what appeared to be an apple and said, "This fifteen minute martial arts demonstration happens every hour on the hour, like clockwork, and all they ask for is something to eat." The reporter tossed the apple close to the simian performers and added, "But they won't stop their exhibition to gather and devour their reward right away. No, they wait until the demonstration is over before they pick it up and distribute it equally amongst themselves, with their leader taking an extra portion as if he's entitled to it." Again, the monkeys ignored the apple until they finished fighting. Then they scurried around to pick up all of the fruit and other items that the large crowd of onlookers had tossed to them.
The shot zoomed in on the leader of the troupe, the one with the sideburns, as the reporter said, "In Yamanouchi Japan, I'm Densuke Mifune reporting."
The image on the computer screen changed back to a beaming Wade, obviously having too much fun bringing this information to Kim and Ron. "Well, what do you think?"
"I don't know what to say," Kim laughed, tears of mirth rolling down her face. "But I guess we have one less villain to worry about."
"Yeah," Ron chuckled along. "But at least Monkey Fist is making an honest living, now."
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Author's Query: Can anyone tell me where I got the reporter's name, Densuke Mifune? A KP Cookie goes to the first person who identifies the anime series it came from. (Without having to look it up on the web. That's cheating!)
This turned out to be longer than I had anticipated. It was only going to be a quick one-shot but too many ideas kept popped up so I'm splitting it into two chapters. Chapter 2 will be posted in a few days.