This Is Our Year: Post-Graduation Camping Trip
Chapter 1
A/N: This story begins the day after the end of, "This is Our Year: Sightseeing"
Disclaimer: all the characters of the TV show Kim Possible belong to Disney.
Kim and Ron Stoppable, along with their adopted daughter and siblings accompanied their parents to the airport. Like they agreed upon, Kim and Ron would watch over Anna, Hana, Jim and Tim while their parents were on vacation in Europe.
After reaching the security checkpoint line they said their goodbyes.
"Well, this is as far as we can go," Kim said to her parents and elder in-laws.
"We hope you have a great trip like me, KP, and AC did," Ron added.
"Bye son," Glenn, waved.
"Take good care of your adopted daughter and sister, Ronnie," Jenn, added.
"And Kimmie-cub?" James got her attention. "You and Ronald behave yourselves and keep Jim and Tim from blowing up the house."
"And make sure Annie doesn't scratch the floor," Ann added.
"Don't worry Mom, we'll keep the Tweebs out of trouble," Kim assured her.
"And Anna and Han will be in good hands," Ron added.
"And I won't scratch the floors either," Anna added.
Sometime after getting home, Kim and Ron sat back down on the living room couch and wondered what they were gonna do for the day.
"So, KP, what do you wanna do today?" Ron asked.
"It seems like a nice day out, Wanna go to the park?" Kim asked.
Ron nodded, "sure."
"Can I bring my tap board Mom?" Anna asked as she walked up to her parents.
Kim smiled, "of course you can, Anna."
"Booyah!" Anna said in excitement as she ran upstairs.
Later, Kim and Ron, along with Anna, Hana, Jim, and Tim ventured into the park. While Jim and Tim went to play on the playground equipment, Kim and Ron sat on a nearby bench with Hana on Ron's lap holding a rattle and watching Anna setting up her tap board, putting on her tap shoes, and started tap dancing.
"Well, Han, a nice day in the park," Ron commented. "Just you, me, KP, her brothers, and AC."
He then gave Hana a little tickle and she started shaking the rattle and giggled. Ron brought Hana in for a hug and cooed, "you're a cutie pie…a cute little ninja you are."
Kim giggled, "Having fun there big brother?"
"I am," Ron replied.
"Me tow," Hana added.
"Me three," Anna added while she was still tap dancing.
Kim and Ron giggled.
"Anna really loves to tap dance," Ron commented.
"And what tin feet she has," a voice Kim didn't wanna hear was heard.
Kim, Ron, and Hana turned to see Bonnie standing near them, smirking.
"I take it that's your daughter over there?" She asked, pointing to Anna.
"She is," Kim replied.
"What's going on here?" Anna asked as she stopped dancing.
"Anna, this is Bonnie, my rival from High School," Kim groaned.
"Rival?" Anna asked.
"That's right, tin feet," Bonnie taunted.
"Bonnie!" Kim shouted.
"Tin feet?" Anna asked.
Bonnie smirked, "since you obviously love to tap dance, and since your tap shoe taps are made of metal, well. And that form of dance is so lame and not my favorite."
Anna crossed her arms, "then what's your favorite form of dance you don't consider lame?"
Bonnie took a few steps back and did a ballet twirl.
After stopping she crossed her arms and said, "Try ballet."
"I already tried that," Anna groaned. "It makes you twirl and hurl."
Bonnie gasped, "how rude of you to say that, tin feet!"
"Stop insulting her!" Kim snarled at Bonnie.
"Neber mop, Anna!" Hana added.
"You kinda remind me of my old rival in Norway who was the bossiest woman I have ever known," Anna said to Bonnie. "She too was a ballerina."
Bonnie smirked, "And like your mother, father, and that little Japanese baby sister of your father's, you are so gonna be at the bottom of the 'food chain'."
"Bon-Bon," Ron spoke up, "your insults are gonna make my baby sister angry."
Bonnie chuckled, "how could I do that? She's a baby, she's too young to understand."
Bonnie then got down on her knees and came face to face with Hana, "aren't you?"
This turned out to be a mistake.
Hana, in a fit of rage, threw her rattle at Bonnie's face, hard.
"Ow!" Bonnie screamed, covering her left eye.
"Go way, Bob-Bon!" Hana snarled.
Kim and Ron were shocked at what they just saw; a bundle of joy expressing true anger.
"Stoppable, this is all your fault!" Bonnie scowled.
"For what?" Ron asked.
"For not watching your sister properly!"
"Hana's actions seemed wrong," Kim spoke up, "but they serve you right."
"Bon-Bon, you owe Anna and Han and apology," Ron said with a serious face.
"Tin feet here trashed talked my favorite form of dance and H here gave me a black eye," Bonnie pointed out.
"For insulting them!" Ron calmly, but angrily said. "No one! Insults! Ron Stoppable's! daughter and/or sister!"
"Or brudder an/or KP!" Hana added.
"Now, tell Anna and Han you are sorry."
Bonnie sighed, "Fine."
She turned towards Anna, "I'm so very sorry."
"Apology accepted," Anna said with a nod, even though she knew the apology wasn't sincere.
Bonnie then turned toward Hana and knelt down, "I'm so very sorry, H."
Sensing the apology wasn't sincere, Hana stuck her tongue out and blew Bonnie a raspberry.
Bonnie backed away and stormed off.
"I could tell Bon-Bon's apology wasn't sincere," Ron pointed out.
"How did you know?" Kim asked.
"Han and I felt it," Ron replied. "It's a monkey power thing."
"I knew her apology wasn't sincere," Anna admitted, "but I decided to forgive her anyway."
"How can you forgive someone who greatly insulted you?" Kim asked her daughter.
Before Anna could respond a voice from Kim's old cheer squad interrupted, "hey, guys."
Bonnie walked away in anger, her head hanging down, and her left eye swelling up. "Imagine, being hit by an infant and insulted by a ten-year-old!" Bonnie thought.
"Bonnie?" A voice brought the brunette back to reality.
Bonnie looked up to see her best friend, Tara King, "Hey."
"Bonnie, what happened to you?" Tara asked worriedly, noticing the black eye.
"That little baby sister of Stoppable's gave me a black eye."
"What for?"
"I so don't wanna talk about it," Bonnie huffed as she walked away.
Tara looked at her friend worriedly before shrugging her shoulders and noticing Kim and Ron sitting on a bench with Hana on Ron's lap and Kim and Ron's daughter standing on a wooden board. Tara smiled at the sight. "Kim and Ronnie look so cute with those two," Tara thought. "I don't wanna disturb them, but it would be nice to pay their new daughter and Ronnie's baby sister a visit."
The blond-haired teenager then walked up to Kim and Ron and got their attention, "Hey guys."
"Hey, guys," Tara said as she walked up to Kim and Ron.
Kim and Ron turned and noticed Tara and smiled.
"Hey, Tara," Kim said with a wave.
"Hi, Tara," Ron added with a wave.
"Who she?" Hana asked.
"Yes, who is she?" Anna asked.
Ron looked at both Anna and Hana, "This is, Tara, one of me and KP's friends."
Anna and Hana looked at the blond-haired woman and smiled.
"Hi, Tara," Anna said with a wave.
"Hi, Tora," Hana added.
Ron then turned to Tara, "So what's up?"
Tara looked at Ron, "I was just in the park and noticed you two sitting here with Anna and Hana. I didn't wanna disturb you two but I wanted to pay Anna and Hana a visit."
Tara then looked at Hana, got down on her knees and smiled, "you are a cute little baby aren't you, Hana?" She then tickled Hana's chin, causing the latter to giggle. After pulling away and getting back up, she turned to Anna, "it is also nice to meet you, Anna."
"It's nice to meet you too," Anna replied with a smile.
Tara soon noticed Anna's footwear and what she was really standing on.
"You tap dance?" Tara asked.
Anna did a time step before replying, "I love it!"
"That's so cool!" Tara commented. "I use to tap dance myself!"
"Wow," Anna commented. "Looks like you and me have something in common."
"Tara, I didn't know you could dance, let alone tap dance," Ron spoke up.
Tara turned to Ron and said, "Yes, you did Ronnie."
Ron became confused, "I did?"
Tara raised an eyebrow, "you mean you don't remember?"
"Remember what?"
"I was in your tap class."
Ron shrugged his shoulders, "It's been a while since my mom made me take dance classes."
"You got banned from the Middleton Dance Academy after puking on Bonnie during ballet class," Tara pointed out.
Kim was shocked at what she just heard. She looked at Ron and asked, "Ronnie, why didn't you tell me Bonnie was in your ballet class?"
"I didn't know it was her," Ron replied defensively.
"I still remember those days," Tara sighed happily, "and it was nice making music with my feet."
"I'm glad you enjoyed it," Anna said.
Tara's smile then faded as she turned back to Anna, "but, when I got more in to taking gymnastics I moved on from tap dancing by my freshman year of High School."
Anna's smile faded, "I'm so sorry to hear that."
"Even though I moved on from tap dancing," Tara continued. "I still enjoy wearing my old tap shoes."
Anna looked down at Tara's shoes and asked, "You wear tap shoes?"
Tara nodded, "yup, the high-heel shoes I've been wearing since high school are, in fact, my old tap shoes."
Anna became confused, "wait, if they are your old tap shoes, how come I don't see any taps, straps, and/or bows on them?"
"I had them customized so they could pass on as regular high-heel shoes," Tara replied.
"Wow," Anna commented in amazement, "I wish I had a pair of tap shoes customized to pass on for regular shoes."
"We'll stop by the dance store and get you a pair and screw the taps off when we get home," Kim said to Anna.
Anna turned to Kim and smiled, "that would be great."
"Say, you don't mind if we could all get together for lunch sometime, do you?" Tara asked Kim.
Kim smiled, "not at all. How about tomorrow?"
Tara smiled and nodded, "That sounds perfect, Kim. I'll see you then."
"You too, Tara," Kim replied.
After that was said, Tara walked out of the park. And for a moment, Anna could've sworn she saw tap dancing in Tara's steps.
"Anna?" Kim asked her daughter.
"Yes?" Anna replied.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm alright, I'm gonna go tap some more."
Anna then started tap dancing again.
Unbeknownst to her and the others, Tara watched Anna perform from a distance and thought, "why did I give it up? Maybe in college, I could take up tap again. Why not?"
She then walked back to her car and drove home.
Sometime after arriving home, Kim and Ron were sitting down on the living room couch with Hana on Ron's lap, again. Jim and Tim were in their bedroom while Anna was in her bedroom.
"Well, KP," Ron sighed happily, "It's great to be home."
"Mmm hmm," Kim agreed, "and aside from Bonnie, we had a great day."
"Brudder and KP," Hana said, getting their attention.
"Yes, Han?" Ron asked.
"Flippies!"
"You wanna watch the 'Flippies'?"
Hana nodded.
Ron turned to Kim and asked, "KP, will you please hold Han for a second while I get the TV started?"
Kim smiled and nodded, "sure."
Ron put Hana on Kim's lap and went over and put in a "Flippies" DVD and turned on the TV. As soon as the video started, Hana jumped off of Kim's lap and began bouncing off the walls and running on the ceiling.
Ron walked back over to his wife smiling and sat down next to her.
Kim giggled, "Hana has really gone Flippy again, has she?"
"Whenever the "Flippies" are playing," Ron replied.
Kim put her head on Ron's shoulder and he pulled her into his embrace.
The next day, it was lunch time and the gang walked into Bueno Nacho and met up with Tara for some lunch.
"Hey, Tara," Kim said with a wave.
Tara waved back, "Hey, Kim."
Ron looked at his sister and daughter and said, "Well, Han and Anna, time for some Bueno Nacho and you are gonna love it."
"Yeah!" Hana cheered while clapping her hands.
"Booyah!" Anna cheered.
Soon, the group ordered their lunches and sat down at a couple of booths; one for Jim, Tim, Anna, and Rufus; and another for Kim, Ron, Hana, and Tara.
"Which college are you gonna be attending?" Kim asked Tara after sitting down.
"Hudson River University," Tara replied.
Kim smiled, "wow, what a coincidence."
"Coincidence?" Tara asked raising an eyebrow.
"Ron and I plan on going to Hudson River too."
Tara's jaw dropped, "You two are going to Hudson River too?"
Kim nodded, "We sure are."
"That's great," Tara commented. "What do you two plan on studying?"
"For me, Martial Arts; and for Ron, Cooking."
"And we have every class together as well," Ron added.
"Even cooking?" Tara asked.
Ron held up his hand, "don't worry, I've been teaching KP and she's been improving greatly."
"I sure have," Kim added before asking, "What do you plan on studying, Tara?"
"I wanna study to become an elementary school teacher," Tara replied. "And I might study a little dance on the side too."
"You wanna get back into dancing?" A voice asked.
The four turned to see Anna standing near their booth.
"I heard what you said," Anna said to Tara.
"I saw you tap dancing from a distance and it made me miss it," Tara admitted. "And I'm gonna take up tap again in college."
"But won't that interfere with other stuff?" Anna asked, concerned.
Tara shook her head, "it won't. And I will be looking forward to cheerleading with your mother."
"And I'm sure that will be awesome," Anna commented.
That night, Kim and Ron announced to their siblings and daughter that they were gonna go out for dinner and Yori would babysit. Anna was looking forward to sparring with her Aunt Yori. Since learning they were both professionals at Martial Arts they thought it would be fun to spar together.
When Yori walked through the front door she saw Anna walk up to her and bow.
"Konnichiwa, Aunt Yori," she said during the bow.
Yori smiled and bowed, "Konnichiwa, Anna-san."
"It is good to see you."
"It's good to see you too, and where are Jim and Tim-san?"
"They're in their bedroom working on some experiment," Anna replied. "So, do you wanna go upstairs with me and spar?"
Yori smirked, "you're on."
Later, while Jim and Tim were working on an experiment in their bedroom, Anna and Yori were standing on the blue mat in Anna's bedroom wearing white gis and facing each other. Hana and Rufus were in the bedroom on the mat's sidelines watching them.
Anna and Yori bowed to each other.
"So, Anna-san, show me what you've got," Yori said with a smirk.
Anna smirked, "with pleasure, Aunt Yori."
Rufus hit a small gong in the bedroom and squeaked, "Begin!"
Both sides carefully stalked each other, waiting for the right moment to move in for the attack. Anna held out her arms in a fighting position as Yori did the same. Then, with no warning, they both charged in and attacked each other. Yori unleashed a punch, only for Anna to dodge it. Anna tried a round-house kick but Yori dodged it.
"Looks like we're evenly matched," Anna said before unleashing a palm strike upon her opponent.
"We'll see about that," Yori replied as she blocked Anna's strike.
Yori then unleashed a karate chop upon Anna only for the latter to block it.
An hour later, Anna and Yori were sitting down on the mat resting after a series of sparring sessions.
"Wow," Anna commented.
"What?" Yori asked.
"You did great," Anna commented.
"You did great as well Anna-san and showed you have fighting skills that are incredible," Yori commented.
"Years of practice."
"Same here."
Just then, the phone rang. Yori got up and headed for the phone on Anna's nightstand.
"Hello?" Yori answered.
"Yori?" Kim on the other end asked.
"Kim Stoppable."
"I was just calling to see how you are getting along with Anna and company and vice versa."
"We are doing great," Yori said. "Anna and I just got done with sparring."
Quite the fighter, isn't she?" Kim asked.
"She's a remarkable fighter," Yori commented.
"Well, I'm glad you two are getting along well, Ron and I will see you when we get home."
"Okay, Kim Stoppable."
"Bye."
"Bye."
After Yori hung up the phone, Anna asked, "Who was it?"
"It was your mother," Yori replied. "She wanted to see how I was getting along with you, Han, Jim and Tim-san."
Suddenly, a loud bang was heard. Yori and Anna, still in their gis, ran downstairs to find smoke coming from Jim and Tim's bedroom.
Yori opened the door and saw Jim and Tim with soot on their faces.
"What's going on here?" Yori asked.
"He did it," Jim and Tim said, pointed at each other.
Yori then gave Jim and Tim a serious face.
"We were trying to develop an improved version of our Dad's J-200 rocket fuel," Jim said.
"As a birthday present for him," Tim added.
Yori crossed her arms and said, "You know the rules, no developing fuels or conducting experiments that could destroy the house. Understood?"
Jim and Tim nodded.
"Now you two clean up this mess."
"Fine," Jim and Tim groaned as they went to get the cleaning tools.
"You know, Mom, was right," Anna said.
"About what?" Yori asked.
"This is what happens when a rocket scientist and a brain surgeon reproduce," Anna replied.
"Come, let's go do something."
"Like?"
"You could show me your dancing skills, your mother told me about them and I wanna see you perform if you wish."
Anna smiled, "Aunt Yori, I will be more than honored to let you watch me perform."
Yori smiled and bowed, "thank you, Anna-san."
"Just give me a minute to get changed," Anna added. She then went up into her bedroom and closed the door.
After a few minutes, Anna called down to Yori.
Yori then walked up the stairs into Anna's room and what she saw made her jaw drop. It was Anna standing on a wooden floor where the mat was, wearing the red glitter dress and black patent tap shoes she was given to her on her birthday.
"Anna-san, you look gorgeous," Yori commented.
"Thank you, Aunt Yori," Anna replied.
"You can call me just, Yori."
"Okay, just Yori."
Yori laughed, "Oh, Anna-san, you and your Norwegian-style jokes."
Anna giggled, "I know, Yori. Now, I'm gonna do a tap dance for you."
Anna walked over to the big stereo and turned on the music. Then, the song, "The Way You Look Tonight" began to play. Anna then took to the center of the dance floor and as the music played, Anna danced to the rhythm.
After the dance was over, the doorbell rang.
Yori and Anna walked downstairs and opened the door to see Kim and Ron back from their date.
"So, how was your date?" Yori asked Kim.
"It was great," Kim replied.
"Badical," Ron added.
Kim soon noticed Anna and smiled, "Hey, Anna, I see you've been tap dancing, again."
"I just finished doing a tap dance for Yori when the doorbell rang," Anna said.
"It was amazing," Yori commented. "She's a remarkable fighter and dancer."
"She is," Ron agreed.
"Well," Anna yawned, "I'm going to bed."
"Okay, goodnight, Anna," Kim said with a wave.
"Goodnight, AC," Ron added.
Anna then turned and headed upstairs, but half-way up she turned and smiled, "Goodnight Mom and Dad."
"Goodnight," Kim said, again.
Anna resumed her walk upstairs and to her bedroom.
"How were the Tweebs?" Kim asked Yori.
Yori sighed, "They made a mess trying to make a present for your father, Kim Stoppable."
"I knew they would do something like this," Kim groaned.
The next day, everyone in the Possible house was eating breakfast when the phone rang.
Ron answered it, "hello?"
"Ron-man," Felix said on the other end.
Ron smiled, "Felix, was up?"
"I'm doing great," Felix replied. "Zita and I just rented an apartment in Boston."
"We are going to the University of Massachusetts together," Zita added, joining the conversation.
"Hey, Zita," Ron said with a smile, "and congrats to the both of you."
"Man," Felix spoke again, "we should get together for a camping trip with friends since we are all gonna be going away to college in a few weeks."
"We definitely should," Ron agreed. "I'll talk to, KP, and we'll discuss on where to go."
"Okay, Ron-man."
I'll talk to you later."
"Bye."
"Bye."
After hanging up the phone, Ron turned to Kim and explained what he was talking with Felix about over the phone.
"I think a camping trip would be a great idea," Kim agreed after Ron explained everything.
"We just have to figure out where," Ron pointed out.
"I have a suggestion," Anna spoke up.
"And what would that be?" Kim asked.
"Why not Yellowstone National Park?" Anna suggested. "My old family and I went there once and it was beautiful."
Kim shrugged her shoulders, "why not?"
"I'll tell Felix where we could go," Ron said as he grabbed the phone and dialed it.
Later, Kim informed her parents and elder in-laws about the trip and they approved, but only if they have someone to stay home and watch Hana. Soon after, the people at the Possible house began packing for the trip that would begin the next day. Kim managed to reserve two campsites in advance at the Canyon Campground where they would be staying. Yori offered to watch over Hana in their absence.
The next day, Kim and Ron finished packing up the Sloth for the week-long camping trip they would be going with their friends, as well as some of the family, on.
After climbing into the Sloth, Kim, Ron, Jim, Tim, and Anna drove on over to Monique's house where they would meet up with their other friends.
After parking in front of Monique's house and climbing out of the Sloth they walked up to their friends who were standing beside a van.
"Hey, guys," Kim said getting their attention.
"Hey, girl," Monique replied.
"Hey, Mon," Ron waved as he got out.
"Ron-man," Felix said with a smile as he rolled up with Zita on his lap.
"Felix and Zita," Ron said with a smile as he gave them both knuckle touches. "Are you two ready for the camping trip?"
"We sure are," Zita added.
"Hope and I are so excited!" Tara said excitedly as she and Hope walked up to the group.
"We are gonna be having a great time at Yellowstone," Anna said as she walked up.
"Kim, is that your daughter?" Hope asked with a smile.
Kim nodded, "she sure is."
"Cool," Hope commented.
"Well," Monique sighed happily, "now that we are all here, let's go to Yellowstone."
After that was said, the group climbed into three vehicles; Kim, Ron, Jim, Tim, and Anna in the Sloth; Monique, Felix, and Zita in the van; and Tara and Hope in a pickup truck. All three vehicles were packed with tents and other camping gear. They then started the engines of the vehicles and drove off for Yellowstone National Park.
To Be Continued...
A/N: Well, that's the end of Chapter 1 of my new story.
Also, Canyon Campground is a real place in Yellowstone National Park.
I wish I could've added the lyrics of the song, "The Way You Look Tonight" to this fanfic but I couldn't do to copyright concerns. If I was allowed to put the song's lyrics on I would've also described Anna's tap dance for Yori as well.
Also, a Time Step is a tap dance move.
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