After so many KP fics up, and many of them involving the notorious Monkey Master, now I finally present the long-awaited continuation of "The Goddess and the Monkey". To keep it short, Shego and Monkey Fist establish a new partnership - and a lust-filled one at that - while the green-skinned vixen herself evaluates her relationship with the mad scientist who always fails at his schemes to take over the world.

Last time I mentioned that "Monty's Precious Lover" by ZanpaktosInLove was number one inspiration; lately I've engrossed myself in Coin of Light and Darkness' "Monkey Adventures" series, and all are inspiring, sweet, adventurous and filled with such emotion. :D

Nothing belongs to me.

Chapter One

Partners

When Lord Monkey Fist and his team of monkey ninjas came across the word getting out in regards of a valuable microchip, he'd had the false belief that it could be beneficial in some way to becoming the Ultimate Monkey Master. The problem was that others were after that thing, and what a foolish error that had turned out to be.

He had been the first to grab the chip - only to find it inside Stoppable's naked mole rat, and the little rodent was alone without his master, even if Possible herself was still in the picture. He would have painfully tore the chip from the rodent's stomach, spilled liver and spleen in the process, if that redheaded little minx hadn't jumped into his property in the French Alps.

Dare he add that the other competition was mad golfer Duff Killigan and a...a ferocious female in green and black who fired from her hands? Fiske could have sworn he'd seen her somewhere, even heard of her - and then he recognized her as Dr. Drakken's sidekick. While the azure-skinned scientist himself wasn't compared to Kim Possible in terms of defeat, his sidekick was by far exceeding of Ron Stoppable. Lord Fiske remembered her name, but decided that it did not truly matter - at least, until he returned home only to find that he had been followed.

What was it about her that set him on fire? She got in his way as well as Killigan, the both of them being toppled over by his monkeys as well as himself - yet at the same time when he stood his stance, aided with his loyal little simians, his eyes made contact with burning, dark emeralds in a pale face tinted with light green, a thick mane of ebony highlighted with shimmering green flying out behind her, and a strong body of feminine power whirled away from Possible and the rodent with the chip in its body to face him, ready to fight him over the prize. He would love nothing more than to have a personal fist combat with her - but he found himself ensnared with her and Killigan as well as the monkey ninjas in the golfer's parachute, all three of them losing to the teenager once again.

It was the green-skinned woman who got them all free, and they all would have fallen to their deaths if his monkey ninjas did not join forces and aid in pulling them all to safety at the Eiffel Tower. In his days as an archaeologist, Lord Fiske had paid work-related visits to Paris, but never did he ever bring a woman with him. Romance was never his forte; several times he bedded in university, only for it to end when their true intentions came to light in that it involved trying to bite into his inheritance. Young Monty long ago gave up on such things and concentrated on his own destiny.

However, when he locked eyes with Shego, and seethed at her audacity to follow him to his home, breaking in and then approaching him with the "offer to work together" - he had to confess that he was stunned to his body's core. There turned out to be more, as he found himself smoldered into her eyes which could have come from a volcanic element. He hissed at her, wondering why she would want to approach him like this, and what ulterior motives she might harbor. For all he knew, she might want a go at what he had left of his fortune; he wouldn't be surprised because it was all women cared about in his days. Fiske worked alone, save for his monkey minions, and Bates had long since abandoned him. He was destined to be the Ultimate Monkey Master, to rule the world; who else would understand that?

She did.

Green siren - that was what she was, and that was what he called her. Because she was; she was powerful and...dare he say beautiful? Beauty was one of life's characteristics he never paid mind to, believed it wasn't as important. Yet that was exactly what she was: a beautiful, fiery siren...and a goddess he would worship.

"You struck my fancy back in France when we crossed paths against Kim Possible and her friend's rodent."

He struck her fancy, she said. Indeed, unsaid, so had she. She struck him as an equal power unlike any force or human being in the world. He had the Mystical Monkey Power whilst she had whatever her strange powers were; it looked like fire or plasma, at least, that she emitted from her fingertips. He was intrigued and longed to know how she acquired her impressive abilities - and with those impressive abilities did she best him as soon as he learned enough from her if not everything, while he took the precaution and ordered his monkey minions to tie her down...but she stunned him by freeing herself and then taking him on.

Fiske had asked her why she was a mere lackey when she seemed to have the talents to be so much more than that. "Well, Monkey Man," she'd drawled, damning him with her batting lashes, "let's say that I am tired of being an underestimated sidekick and want a man more than my current employer, but I can't leave Dr. D just yet. But it doesn't stop me from going for the goal."

Just like him - she was just like him in being eager to do anything to get what she wanted. He supposed he could use her as a...partner, after all. But there had been more matters to settle first. He tested her, wanted her to beat him - and she had. Even if it cost his dignity.

But it resulted in so much more than a simple agreement. Dare he repeat the words in correct terms without flushing in his flesh and pumping blood between his legs?

He might have wanted her, desired her as her body dared to bring his to life, but she had to prove herself one more time when it came to world domination. She might have her own reasons, however they would be, and he had the Mystical Monkey Power. Sidekicks went with the flow, so that would make it much easier if she chose to believe in the power.

Lord Fiske did not remember feeling a fire like this when he found himself bound in his own bed, letting her take the control right after he had a taste of her silken skin, her tempting breast and her succulent lips - everything about her was nothing he ever experienced before in years. In bed, she was fierce and driven as he was, allowing him to say yes to her offer, but as he said, there was more to discuss. They had all the time in the world - but there was still her employer to deal with.

~o~

"I'm not answering your offer just because of this...but I suppose we could come to an agreement. I'd be honored if you could assist me when the time comes, and I'll see if I can do the same. Mystical Monkey Power will someday soon be mine, and we will defeat Team Possible once and for all."

And she'd thought he'd never agree. She'd riled him up, revved his engine - you name it - and dominated him in bed after beating him in a personal stroke. If there were any regrets to have about following him here across the continent, she had none so far, even though it was only the first day.

She looked at him over her shoulder. His genetically engineered hands - the work of DNAmy, none other - were released from his bonds, and he was sleeping undisturbed. Just moments ago, he had been wild and raw with her, calling her his goddess, his siren - two different phrases that got her own engine going because, as she told herself before, no man ever declared her as such. Several fawned over her in the eyes, but lingering too long in the wrong way meant they were good as targets for her plasma fury. But not this one laying beside her beneath silk and fur, naked as she was, and snoring lightly. The sun was beginning to set over the landscape.

Shego turned over on her side as she continued to watch Monty Fiske slumber. His rugged features were intensified by the rays on the verge of streaming over them. He might be mostly human with a quarter of animal in him, but there was also something tender about him at the present. She never stayed in a man's bed this way long enough to warm and melt the way she was now. There was a part of her that got angry at this; she hadn't ever done this for love in any sense, because where was love when she and her brothers needed it?

She might be hard as a rock, but inside she was more than that. Drakken had seen this side of her, but she couldn't say it was more than the employer-employee relationship. In some aspects, admittedly, she looked up to him like a father. She'd recklessly left her brothers, the only family she ever had, because she was tired of being the freak outcast and only female in the Go Team, and in addition, she savored independence which she rarely had the luxury of. Looking at this man whose bed she now shared, she automatically assumed he must be the same as her.

So, this much she knew thus far: neither of them wanted to experience real emotion, only flesh-on-flesh contact.

Secondly: he might be more brilliant than Dr. D in terms of intellect, given he had powers not of the world, just like her. But while hers had been acquired via the meteor crashing onto her and her brothers - and turned her skin green, marking her as the more otherworldly one - she wondered what his story was.

And third: half of her, not dominating her reason, believed strongly she found an equal.

Lord Monty Fiske - that was his name. He was a nobleman, and a former explorer and scholar, that much she gathered. He was once respected, maybe until he got tired of his life and wanted more, like she had. They were both villains in the world's eyes now, but they were themselves now, and it mattered most. The thrill...the freedom...but also Kim Possible.

Her body might be tired, but her mind was restless, and her curiosity to explore the castle before its owner woke got the best of her. She'd never been afraid of anything - except that one time she found herself in the unknown when she decided to leave her family. She'd never been on her own before, but it had been a risk worth taking. Drakken found her, took her in, and gave her everything she needed - and in return, she was his sidekick. Sometimes she regretted it because they were often taken down by the little wannabe herself and that dopey sidekick who kept losing his pants.

Shego found a red fabric laying over a chair; picking it up, she saw it was some kimono, and it was an exquisite red trimmed and stitched with gold. The feel of it settled over her skin like fresh rain.

His monkeys weren't around when she stepped out of the bedroom and looked around the hallway, the shadows becoming greater as the sun continued to vanish beneath the horizon. He liked to live the old-fashioned way, which irritated her a little. But it wasn't like she couldn't find a flashlight or something around. This place had minimal electricity, in addition. He needed to be made a little more up-to-date.

Surprisingly, she found a very old book lying on a table against the wall, showing a Japanese-styled sword with so many words nearly washed out but otherwise clear enough. Interested, she found herself tenderly turning the pages and becoming captured in this fine piece of weaponry. She never really needed this kind of defense because of her powers, but this...

"The Lotus Blade."

His voice sounded behind her, and she raised her head, not surprised that he would have awoken eventually. The sight of him - he was in a black silk robe that was opened to show enough of his abdomen. He smirked when he took in her glimpsing at his finding. "The Lotus Blade," he repeated, marching her way until he was directly beside her, "is the vital key to what I am striving to accomplish. It unlocks the Mystical Monkey Power which I have spent a lifetime pursuing."

"Oooh, I'd love to hear more," Shego cooed, turning her whole body around to face him, watching as he carefully picked up the book in both hands, cradling it like it was his child, the adoration in his eyes matching. "Can you trust me enough to tell me the entire story about the monkey magic?" She batted her lashes at him.

He chuckled. "Will you at least promise not to laugh? The last thing I want is to be called crazy, like my old valet used to."

"Oh, what did he say? That you wanted to grow yourself a monkey tail, hands and feet and swing from tree to tree?" She had to make the joke just for the fun of it, but that was not what he wanted to hear. His eyes darkened along with the line of his mouth. Apparently he did not have much of a sense of humor - or so she thought until his lips twitched from the corner of his mouth. A rumble escaped his lips.

"Not quite, but close enough. Anyway, the legends of the Mystical Monkey Power have been in my family for generations, but never quite taken seriously until I happened across them one day following the death of my father. He taught me everything I know, but it was all myself when I found myself enchanted by Tai Shing Pek Kwar - Monkey Kung Fu," he told her with an ear-to-ear smirk that she couldn't help but admire, and that was as far as she would go.

She had to laugh. "You taught yourself...Monkey Kung Fu?"

Monty closed the book and held it close to him. "I did, but I happened to gather the basics at a very old school in Yamanouchi, Japan - which I intend to return to very soon," he told her with a little gleam in his eyes. "I would love for you to accompany me there, if you are up for a trip - and so we can get to know each other more."

~o~

Over the next couple of days, he and Shego poured over his texts and everything he had. She was more hungry for knowledge than he expected she'd be; he never knew very many women in his life to actually share his passions, but she wasn't an archaeologist like he. What she told him, she had a degree in child psychology, but she didn't get the chance to apply for a position when she was discovered along with Dr. Drakken and was placed on the wanted list in a total of eleven states.

What had he been thinking when he thought she might not match up to him?

Spice, fire - everything he knew he had in himself, he told her. He was not sure what was happening now, and it had only been a couple days, but somehow, he thought his soul recognized hers from the very first day. She was his match, and she proved equal to him even if she did not master the art of Tai Shing Pek Kwar as he...but she did have the nasty occasional habit of attempting to kick him where he was most vulnerable as she did the first time. That was the man's most sacred place, and Monkey Fist was not sure how much longer he would be able to take that.

There were a few times he watched her practice with the monkey ninjas, and even formed a bond with a few of them; Chippy was one of them. It was amazing how they had been the ones to restrain her when she broke into his castle, but now they seemed to like her because she was a fantastic sparring partner and teacher to them.

As he would watch her move, compared to the way she moved in bed, how driven she was, aggressive and yet careful - much like himself - Monty had to wonder once more why he decided to allow himself to be charmed by her. Maybe it was the animal inside him; she didn't have anything genetically primal acquired from doing the business he had with DNAmy. Or was it something else...?

That was not the only matter bothering him. It was the fact that she knew his name - the one he was given at birth - and he did not know hers. But she would not tell him. "Why not?" he'd asked her at the end of the first day, to which she shrugged with one shoulder.

"You might laugh at it. It was laughed upon when I was younger, but just because I've grown up does not mean the memory goes away just like that."

A part of him was angered that she did not trust him enough with her birth name, and he wanted to know so badly in spite of himself, but he did not push her. Instead, they carried on the way they would: daily training, a session in bed at the end of the day, but that was not all. At times he would sit by the fire going through various books that were not related to ancient history, but from classic authors of the day. They were content with a relaxing cup of tea and each other's embrace, not worried about impressing each other.

"I think I enjoy your company more than Drakken's," Shego told him as she leaned her head against his chest. At the contact, his heartbeat began to pick up faster than its normal pace.

Monty Fiske could not remember the last time anyone told him they enjoyed his company, so to avoid sounding sappy, he relished the compliment - if you could call it such. He only exhaled in response and leaned into her, capturing the rich and spicy scent of her, earthy toned and intoxicating his senses. By God, this woman...this was nothing along the lines of those sweet-toned fairytales his mother used to read to him; no, this was perfect and real in its own way.

It seemed he truly did find a soul mate in such a fierce female. Whether it was fate or not did not matter now, nor did the episode with Possible and the rodent truly have anything to do with it; she made the right choice to come to him.

~o~

She was in her jet when she finally contacted Drakken after numerous ignoring of his calls. He loathed being ignored, had the temper tantrum like a child, but she put up with him enough. "Sorry about that, Dr. D," she mocked, leaning back in her seat. "To say I was hung up would be an understatement."

"Well, do me a favor and come back?" he barked. "That was not nice to leave me hanging like that, Shego. Who was the one to take you in, and who have you repaid by leaving for three days?"

She laughed, but it was not meant to be funny. "Like I said, I was sorry. I couldn't get the damned chip because of Kimmy again, and there was a little competition."

His face fell. "Please don't tell me Duff Killigan was involved."

"Sorry to disappoint you, but yeah. And so was a very...interesting monkey mutant man whose attention I got now," Shego told him slyly, winking suggestively that it made him reel back with both hands before him.

"T.M.I, yo! Too much for me to imagine!" She burst out laughing; she hadn't even explained further, and already he figured out what she had been up to. "So, was that why you've been ignoring my calls? Punching around and sleeping around with - what's his name, if I may inquire?"

"Well, he goes by the name of Monkey Fist." In her mind, Lord Montgomery Fiske otherwise known as Monty to her. That was all Drakken needed to know, at least for now. "So, is there a reason you're calling me?" she asked impatiently, crossing her arms over her chest. "Another of your stupid schemes?"

Drakken's jaw dropped, and he gasped in outrage. "Shego, my schemes are NOT stupid! You just got to keep trying until one day you succeed, remember?" he reminded her, and she tried not to roll her eyes. His insufferable goofy grin was back on his face. "I actually do need you, my tough little sidekick. Meet me back at the lair. We are packing up and taking a little trip...to Canada."

When Shego makes the joke about growing a tail, hands and feet was a reference to a moment between Bates and Fiske in "The Monkey's Valet" by VampireNaomi, after the lord himself injures his hand in the process of getting the third jade monkey and decides he wants to become something that a normal man never would - and we all know what that is. ;)

Shego and Fiske are really becoming drawn to each other, sparring together and delving into his research together - and all these little simple things of bonding before the fire. It shows more to their sides, doesn't it? They really are fighting what's obviously growing between them. I'm doing my best not to rush anything even though it was there from the beginning. If no one read "The Goddess and the Monkey", I recommend it because it takes place before this one.

The details about Shego and her brothers as well as her and Drakken are also in thanks to Coin of Light and Darkness' "Monkey Adventures" series.