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Kim Possible: "Me and Shego"

Author: Namuro

Pairing: Ron Stoppable & Shego

Episodes Relation: None

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Chapter IV – "The Smile"

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17th June 20XX

Upperton Mall: 'Avalanche Men's Fashion' Clothes Shop

Inside a large, luxury shop with hundreds of racks and cabinets filled with designer attires lined across the place, one nervous Ron was struggling with some new wears. Not only were the clothes being unfamiliar to him, the thought of being seen in public with them scared him. He would rather be plain and just blend in with the crowd…he was afraid of the new territory he was stepping into.

"How is it sir?" Asked a tall and skinny tailor with a tower of clothes piled up on his shoulder.

"I, I dunno..." Ron's voice muffled behind the curtain of the changing room.

"Come on, let me see." Shego said as she casually flipped through a magazine, something that had become a habit of hers whenever she was idling. "I was the one who picked those clothes for you after all and I want to see how they look."

"But...but, no...I think I'll change back..." Ron was testing Shego's patience, and he wasn't aware. If there was one thing Ron should have learned by now was that Shego never takes no for an answer.

The annoyed Shego threw the magazine away and walked over to the thin curtain that divided her and Ron only by an inch apart and whispered in a threatening tone that would send even the toughest villain to shake in fear...a certain blue scientist in particular heard it on a daily basis, "Come out Stoppable. Or would you rather have me going in?"

Ron jumped out instantaneously in a panic, his face was beet red having imagined the idea of being in an enclosed space squeezing next to the beautiful villainess. The thought alone almost knock him out, the real thing would have killed him and he was still too young to die.

Shego circled around the stiffed boy and studied every inch and angle on him. "Not bad...Not bad at all."

Ron was dressed in a cream white long sleeved turtle neck, covered with a black jacket that has a big crimson cross on the front. He also wore a dark brown leather belt with a silver buckle head and a pair of black slim trousers on top of black trainers with silver stripes.

"I...I feel strange." Looking over his new form Ron glanced around nervously as if someone was going to jump him for looking different.

"How about we take it for a trial run then?" Shego smirked and pushed Ron out of the shop onto a crowded hall. "Show them the goods Stoppable."

Ron froze like a possum in front of an oncoming formula car, his body shook rapidly and beads of sweats began to form. Ron was about to run back inside the shop and dive into a bargain bin to hide when he saw two girls staring at him...and in a good way. He gulped anxiously.

The girls smiled when they saw Ron looking over their way and giggled shyly, then he looked the other way to see another girl blushed and looked away. Ron suddenly felt a new found confidence and he slowly stood up straight, letting his shoulders hung loose with his hand shoved deep into the small pocket of the trousers and smiled a little.

A couple of girls that walked past the posing Ron lowered their shaded glasses to have a better look at him while some other blew him a playful kiss and some even whistled at him. Ron felt like he was on cloud nine, the last time he got this much attention was when he had the cool haircut which didn't last long and it got the better of him. This time however, the only change was the simple change of clothes and it was highly effective while still retaining the Ron-ness.

Shego looked at Ron pleasingly, she knew he wasn't the best looker but with a few touch and some work, he could rival all the pretty faces out there...or even better. Ron has that natural kind and calmness about his face that the pretty boys lacked, his relax posture was better than the tense and stiff pose most people considered cool. If only Ron had noticed these qualities he possessed and perk up a little courage, he might have been living a different life style than the school loser in these past years.

Shego was lost in thought when she noticed the swarming group of girls around Ron, while it was a good chance to build up his confidence; she somehow felt irritated and had to intervene. Shego stormed in and yanked Ron by the collar, dragging the boy back with her as he was still waving to the girls.

"Let's go Casanova." Shego said as she headed back inside the shop to pay.

Later on Shego and Ron were walking through the children stores area; Ron was carrying two big bags of clothing: one of hers and the other of his in which Shego personally hand-picked them all. The new and improved Ron however was back in his old black and red themed baggy clothes.

"Thanks for the clothes!" Ron said happily, "still I don't see why you won't let me wear them straight away?"

"Go slow Stoppable, you wouldn't want to wear out your new looks too soon now do you?" Shego said with a hint of smile.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Well, I can't wait to show KP my new..." Ron quickly silenced himself with the big shopping bags and observed Shego's reaction carefully, expecting either a scold or a foot in his face.

"What's wrong Stoppable?" Shego pretended not to hear the last part which mentioned the name she hated. "Why are you stopping?"

"No, nothing's wrong!" Ron sighed mentally "Whew, that was close. If she heard what I said just now she'd have vaporized me! Got to avoid saying the you-know-who name around her."

Shego walked on, musing to herself "That's right...after today he will go back to Kimmie and everything will return to the way it was. What's the point in trying to help him with his personal life problem anyway? What's in it for me!?...Nothing...and yet here I am doing it...Why?"

Ron kept his distance to Shego and tried to guess what she was thinking, he would have known the debate that went on within the woman's head if only he was a certified mind reader.

Just as the two were busily occupying themselves with personal thoughts a little girl ran into Shego and knocked her ice cream, wasabi flavor, onto Shego's legs.

"Heh he he, typical comic accident, that's cute...Wait! This is no time to be amused, Shego's gonna slaughter the little girl!!" Ron threw the bags aside and rushed up to protect the girl or die trying, his heroism pride was not about to let him standby doing nothing.

Shego stared down at the small girl below with a cold look in her deep green eyes. The girl was however not aware of the situation and only moaned to the loss of her ice cream. If was as if time had slowed down that very moment as Ron raced to the girl against a black gloved hand that was reaching for the same girl.

Shego's hand ignited into a brilliant green blaze, the extreme heat tore everything around it into ashes. A tiny scream echoed as the once adorable little girl in a pink dress was reduced to a pile of unrecognizable grey ashes. Horror and fear filled the fleeing shoppers as the enraged green villainess burst into a sphere of burning flame engulfing the whole area, obliterated all into nothing. In an instant everything was gone.

Having seen the imaginary trailer of doom in his head, the brave blonde boy jumped at the woman in front of him, "Noooooo..."

"Are you alright?" Shego asked the sobbing girl and patted her softly on the head. "You should be more careful next time alright?"

The flying Ron hurled himself over the kneeling Shego into a potted pine tree head first and dunked himself into a bin. He slowly got up feeling light headed and confused, looking at the scene that had to be seen to believe. Shego smiled at the little girl and gave her a few coins to buy a new ice cream.

"Thank you lady!" The little girl beamed with pinkish cheeks and ran off.

Ron walked over brushing dirt off his shirt and a banana peel off his head, he looked at the girl and murmured "That was umm...nice of you?"

Shego tilted her head letting the big lock of her shiny ravenous hair fall over her chest and grinned, "What? Were you expecting me to incinerate the girl and blow the whole place to kingdom come?"

"Umm...No, no!" Ron rolled his eyes to avoid direct eye contact with Shego who could seemingly see through him.

The little girl waved to Shego and she waved back before the girl's parents pulled her away and glared at Shego with nasty looks.

"I told you not to talk to strangers!"

"But she was a nice lady..."

"Look! Look at her! Does she look nice or even normal?"

"But, but…"

"She probably wants something back from us, let's get out of here."

The family hurried off and disappeared in the crowd.

Shego said nothing but taking out a tissue paper to wipe the stains on her legs.

"What's all that about!?" Ron fumed.

"Let's go Stoppable." Shego wiped off the last creamy stain and tossed the tissue into the bin Ron came out of.

Ron wanted to say something comforting, he felt bad for her. He complained all the time that he was always picked on by bullies and constantly ignored by girls...but at least there are people who care and are always there for him. But for Shego it was worst, people are scared of her and rejected her completely even when she was being nice...it was likely due to her reputation or her abnormal appearance to those who do not know her like the little girl's parents…and it was something she had to live with for the rest of her life.

What Shego must have endured all these times and yet she never show her weakness, keeping cool and calm in all their encounters. Ron scolded himself mentally for being so weak as for what he suffered all these years were nothing compared to what Shego had probably faced.

Ron took a deep breath and felt a lot calmer after thinking thoroughly, he felt better like never before. Although Shego wasn't helping him directly but if it wasn't for her, he wouldn't come to realized how fortunate he actually was.

As for Shego was still fretting from what just happened stormed off when she realized Ron was not with her and turned to see him still standing far behind, she grunted and marched back to get the slacking boy. But then the angry villainess came to a complete stop at what she saw: for the first time today Ron's face was filled with the brightest and most innocent smile she ever saw. It was so full of happiness that Shego couldn't help but smiling back and felt all the anger seeping out of her. She wanted to make him smile and succeeded without even knowing how it happened.

"W, what's wrong with you Stoppable?" Shego tried to force her smile down ineffectively and ended up stammering a little, "What are you smiling for?"

"I just want to thank you for all you've done for me today." Ron continued to smile warmly, "So...Thank you Shego."

Shego felt her face went hot and she blushed like mad, Ron's childish face was irresistible and she had to turned away to keep anymore blood from rushing to her normally pale face.

"This is...just weird!" Shego thought nervously as her heart drummed in a frantic beat. "Why do I feel like this? And why with him? This is not right!"

Ron noticed Shego's sudden awkwardness and laughed quietly to see her cute side.

"W, Whatever. Let's get going, c'mon." Shego quickly walked off as she tried to get rid of the image of Ron's smile out of her head but found it quite impossible.

"Right behind you." Ron grabbed the two bags and ran after the woman in an upbeat skip.

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17th June 20XX

Middleton: Bueno Nacho

So he hasn't been here at all?" Kim anxiously asked the nerdy Mexican restaurant cashier.

"Nope, not since you asked me half and hour ago." Ned shook his head and sighed deeply, not because of the concern for the missing customer of the year but because the questioning girl was cutting in the queue. "I'm sorry but you have to look elsewhere, you're bothering the customers here Miss Possible."

Kim walked out of the fast food joint and switched on her Kimmunicator to revealed a blank screen. Apparently Wade was called in by Global Justice to help on one of their top secret projects and all outside communications were cut off, even with the Kimmunicator was no exception. Kim had been relying on her own in the search for her best friend so far with no luck and it seemed she was only getting colder in his track.

"Great time to be out Wade..." Kim grunted, tightening her grip on the small device that cracked slightly from the pressure. "I guess this is one of those days when things just don't go your way..."

"Kim!"

Recognizing straight away the irritating voice to whom she knew it belonged to, Kim turned to face the person with a forced smile, "Hi Bonnie. What's up?"

"It's your goofy friend." Bonnie looked pretty mad (but when had she never been especially around Kim?) as she filled the girl in on what happened earlier, "And next time you better keep a leach on him or I'll call the cops for harassment, got it?"

As if she was not pushed around enough already with how the day had been but now Bonnie was having a go at her for something she was not responsible for. Kim felt her fist trembling as it begged its master for permission to launch and strike down the enemy in front, but the enraged girl managed to keep her cool and let the hazel hair cheerleader lived for another day.

"Sure Bonnie...I'll keep that in mind..." Kim said as she took a deep breath and relaxed her fist. "So, do you know where he might be by any chance?"

"How should I know!? Some hero you are, you can't even find your pet!" Bonnie sneered.

The instance Bonnie closed her lips, a fist came hurling and hit her right in the face sending her to the ground with a trail of red liquid from her reddened nose. Kim stomped her foot down on Bonnie's stomach and squished it as she leaned down to grab the victim by the hair and whispered "You know? I had just about enough of you...I don't care anymore even if I have to go to jail and face a life sentence...!"

"W...What are you doing?" Bonnie trembled as she looked upon her squad leader's grimace face and screamed "Ahhh...!!"

What followed after was too horrified beyond imagination as the former teen heroine let loose her inner demon and went berserk on the defenseless girl. Blood splashed across the street they were on everywhere, the street lamps, the parking cars and even deepening the already red color of a fire hydrant. Soon after a squad of polices came to the scene armed with heavy firearms as they surrounded the blood bathed red headed girl who was standing in the middle of a red pool. She was still smiling even as she was being taken away in an armored car...

"What's wrong with you Kim?" Bonnie waved her hands in front of the girl who was still dreaming away in her blood-filled fantasy. "Why are you smiling like that? That's just plain creepy...I'm outta here."

Momentarily after Bonnie left, the Kimmunicator beeped taking its owner back to reality as she quickly switched the gadget on. But instead of seeing the face of the young brown skinned boy, it was of a mature lady with an eye patch.

"Oh hi, Dr. Director." Kim greeted her superior. "Where's Wade?"

"He's still busy helping us in the la...sorry, I can't tell you anymore than that, confidential stuff you know?" The Global Justice leader then turned to the monitor behind her. "Anyway, there was a hit on your website and Wade had asked me to relay the information on to you. I'll mail the details and the coordinate along with the ride to you in a minute."

"Great..." Kim sighed. She was on an important mission to locate her missing friend but a real mission had to come first and as a hero she cannot skip on her job. "Looks like Ron'll have to wait."

"Wait a sec." Suddenly an idea came to Kim. "I'm talking to the GJ here, just because I can't get Wade to search for Ron, why don't I just ask them instead? They have all the hi-tech equipments that they bound to be able to track Ron down in no time!"

"Umm...Dr, Director?" Kim asked in a tone that the woman can tell she was after a favor. "I was actually looking for Ron but I can't find him anywhere...you think you could look for him while I'm on the mission? I mean if you're not too busy or anything...please?"

Dr. Director crossed her arms and nodded "Well, we're always busy here at the Global Justice headquarter but we're never too busy to help out a friend. You can count on us Kimberly."

"Thanks!" Kim felt better now that she found help. "Okay, time for the mission!"

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17th June 20XX

Atlantic Ocean: Skull Island

In the middle of the Atlantic ocean, thunder storm started to roll in and heavy rain poured down drumming the once calm surface of the sea. The icy cold droplets beat down against the hard, rough surface of a gargantuan skull shaped rock formation on the mysterious Skull Island.

Inside the rocky fortress's many hollowed chambers was a large cave teeming with nocturnal life of albino insects. Amidst the total darkness of the cavity, a faint beam of light shone through illuminating a bat coated ceiling. The ray came from beneath a deep green colored pool of sea water, an opening in the cave floor that connected to an underwater tunnel leading to the open sea. The waves crashed and sprayed white foams onto the damped rocky ground, followed by a big splash as a submarine surfaced and slowly made its way to the edge of the pool to dock. The hatch flung opened and a combat suit clad girl climbed out with a man in uniform behind her.

"Thanks for the ride, Captain Jack!" Leaping to the gravel floor in front of her, Kim turned around to salute the sailor in a formal gesture.

"Oh this is the least I could do Miss Possible." The older man smiled and saluted back at the girl, "After all you did saved me and my crew from the giant squid when we were trapped 20,000 leagues under the sea!"

"No big, that squid wasn't that bad. You should have seen the mutant one I fought!" Kim chuckled.

As the captain stayed behind to wait for Kim's return, Kim took out a lipstick which turned into a small flashlight and proceeded into the dark cavern maze. The whole place was quiet, too quiet for comfort and Kim found herself constantly looking left and right at all times, anticipating some kind of hidden traps or an ambush...but nothing came up. Through the darkness, Kim felt her ways around the slimy moss pasted wall that sent a sickly shiver down her spine on contact.

"Let's see..." Kim breathed a fog onto the communicator's glowing screen as she hugged herself tightly to keep the cold, damp air out. "According to the data that Dr. Director gave me...it seems GJ received a threat e-mail to surrender the base or something bad will happen...and they managed to trace the sender to this island..."

BONK!

"Oww!" Kim fell to her knees and winced in pain when she rubbed the bump on her forehead. She glanced up to see a pillar of rock hanging from the ceiling and growled in annoyance "Who put that there?"

Kim trekked on after having cut down the stone beam down to size and complained about how she hate dark places. Suddenly Kim spotted a blink of light far ahead of the narrow corridor, hurriedly she stuffed the device back into her pocket and sprinted forward, "I see light! That must be the exit!"

The eager teen was glad to finally be out of the dark and launched herself out of the cave, only to be blinded by the glaring neon light above her. The sightless Kim tried to stop before she run into something again but it was too late as she noticed a blurry figure in front of her and crashed into it.

"Ow...Not again..." Kim sat up and rubbed her eyes repeatedly to regain her sight back. "What did I ran into anyway?"

Finally Kim managed to see once more and looked down when she felt something soft beneath her. Kim stared at the object for a while before her brain registered, her eyes went as wide as dinner plates and gasped in a shock.

"Ron!?"

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From the author

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I should have submit this chapter up for ages now but I've been busy with my university works so there was a huge delay there. Anyway, Shego managed to make Ron smile again and good feelings are beginning to develop between the two...And as things are starting to look up Kim ran into Ron...

What will happen next..? How did Ron came to be there..? How will Kim react..? Who was Kim hunting..? And what is the captain and his crews are doing to kill the time while waiting for Kim?

Stay tuned and find out in the next chapter "Reunion"! (Whenever I hear the word "reunion" I keep thinking of FF Advent Children!)

Also, thank you everyone who read my work and especially those who gave me reviews! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I'm really glad that not only my story was enjoyed by the Rongo fans but even by those who are not regular fans of the show itself.

I would really like to hear reviews from everyone so if you have any comments at all please let me hear them! So Please REVIEW! Thank you.

P.S.

To one-village-idiot: Yes, this fic is a fluff, so expect a lot of fluffy moments later in the story!