Jackal Junior
Prologue
The ninja leaped across the alley, from rooftop to rooftop and Kim Possible was right behind him. The ninja leapt a story up to the roof of the next building and Kim set one foot on a protruding window sill, reached high to grab the next one and flipped up to the roof, landing in a crouch.
She surveyed the rooftop. It was the end of the line for rooftop jumping. With nothing more than air displacement as warning, Kim ducked the ninja's round house lunge. She rolled forward and spun, coming up in time to block the ninja's next flurry of strikes.
Kim brought a leg up that narrowly missed the ninja's head as he leaned back and fell to the ground, sweeping a leg beneath Kim. She double stepped and the ninja rolled away. Kim glared and charge. The ninja readied himself and couched, preparing to throw her but Kim leapt high and spun, catching the ninja in the shoulder and knocking him down.
With supernatural grace and speed, the ninja flipped back to his feet. Kim smiled. With a battle cry reminiscent of an old Japanese movie, the ninja leapt at her with an outstretched leg. Kim caught it easily, but narrowly dodged the follow through with the ninja's other foot.
Growling with both frustration and excitement, Kim stumbled back. The ninja was charging again, implementing an unpredictable array of spin, leaps, hand springs and feints before meeting her with an impressive array of punches, kicks, blocks, and sweeps. Kim managed to hook one of the ninja's arms with hers and spin him around, hooking her other arm around his neck. She had him, Kim knew. The ninja groaned slightly as she twisted his caught arm, but a tickling sensation in her ribs put her off guard and the ninja broke free and rolled away.
"Tickling? That's low, even for you." Kim said. She could tell that the ninja was grinning behind his mask and he drew an imaginary line between them with his toe and called her on with a wave of his hand. "Oh, it is on now!" she retorted.
With a full out run, Kim leaped. The ninja backed off slightly, preparing for a jump kick, but Kim landed, rolled, and came up to a kneeling position and struck him in the chest with both open palms. The ninja stumbled back, his legs hooking on the side of the building.
Before he could fall, Kim drew her grapple gun and launched, barely taking a second to aim. The grabber head latched onto the ninja's titanium laced belt and yanked him forward. Kim spun with an outstretched arm, catching him in the chest and knocking him flat.
"I'm so gonna be sore in the morning..." the ninja whined.
Kim knelt down to straddle him, pulling his mask off. Despite both of them being out of breath, Kim placed a passionate kiss on her boyfriend's lips. "You have no idea..." she grinned.
Beep Beep Beepbeep.
"You have got to be kidding." Ron said, laying his head back against the rough surface of the roof.
Kim answered the Kimmunicator on her wrist. "What's the sitch, Wade?" she asked between breaths.
"Uh, am I interrupting something?" Wade asked uncomfortably.
"Yes!" Ron shouted from off screen.
"Just working out." Kim answered with a smile.
"Riiight... Anyway, Senor Senior Senior's been spotting in Chicago's Museum of Ancient History."
"What's he stealing?" Kim asked.
"Well... nothing yet. But wherever he is, trouble is sure to follow, right?"
Kim shrugged. "I guess. How's a museum tour grab you, Ron?"
"I can think of better..." Ron began.
"We'll be there." Kim answered for him.
