Yo, I said I'd get you caught up, and here's the next chapter, and so soon after chapter 11. With this we are all caught up with Samurai Ron so far, that just means I have to get back to Rise of the Red Dawn and Shinobi of Winx.

Disclaimer: I don't own Samurai Jack or Kim Possible. If I did then this wouldn't be fanfiction, and I'd be rich from the fact that Samurai Jack alone is a great show. I don't think shadowwriter329 owns either series as well, unless he's holding back on me.


-Episode XII-

Weeks have passed since the death of Master sensei and the group was walking through a valley. It hills of the mountains by them were green and many different trees and plants grew from them. They keep moving as the last time they stopped a group of bounty hunter tried, and failed, to ambush them. Only when they felt they were in a safe place would they stop to rest and relax.

They stop in the shadow that came from a large stump. Kim could only imagine what kind of tree it once held, as it was larger then a house. Tied around it was a very large rope; they could hear it straining from something, leading off a ways off. More stumps post were there, the ropes all straining and echoing around them, and all the ropes lead to a large post the size of a small skyscraper.

It was the beginning of a bridge, the bridge a simple wooden plank with rope and looked old. It was small as well and they would have to walk single file.

"That's it?" Bonnie said in disbelief. "All of this for a tiny excuse for a rope bridge. Then what was the giant post and front for? Are they over compensating for something?"

"Not now Bonnie," Kim said. She eyed the bridge. The planks seemed solid and while old it should be able to hold them. It was long however, and as it stretch into the fog se lost sight of it and wasn't sure how far it went. She knew for sure that it was to the other side as the bridge was holding up at least.

"My friends, it is a simple path and it will be our honor to walk it." Yori said as they started to the beginning with Ron in front.

"With you ninja girl it would be 'our honor' to run naked in freezing rain." Bonnie grumbled but followed behind Kim.

"Let's just get to the other side of the bridge, and then we can argue about getting from place to place." Ron agreed with Kim as he kept his pace, his training and battles made him much more confident in himself and it started to show. They moved through the mist, and their starting point was still in sight, despite the fog. They started to get quiet as they continued on, without much to say at the moment, and the hours began to pass.

"How long is this bridge?" Bonnie was the first to ask, as she had never really had walked this long before. It was one of the things that she had to adjust to as soon as she came to this future world ruled by Aku. "I don't know Bonnie, but we've got a lot more walking to do." Ron answered, and they kept walking until the sun began to set, even then they were still walking. "This is one extremely long bridge."

"Yeah Ron, but who could've built something like this?" Kim replied, as she was somewhat impressed by the length of the simple structure.

"Still in this world let's be lucky that Aku let them make a bridge at all." Ron added and they keep going.

A few more minutes then the plank under Kim's foot gave way and her leg went through. Kim was able to hold onto the rope and Yori keeping her steady. Kim followed the falling planks down pass the mist and before. She heard the faintest sound of them hitting water so there was perhaps a stream or some source of water. Kim got up onto another plank.

"I'm okay guys," she reassured them, "we just have to be careful with some of these boards from now on."

After all of that they tread on. Soon night had fallen and the full moon was the only light for them. They decided to rest. They crouched on the planks close together for warmth. Ron shivered as the wind blew against him. He faintly heard the sounds of cracking of the wood he was on before realizing the plank was giving away from under him. It broke and he fell below but at the last second he was able to have the sheathed Lotus Blade spread across the hole stopping him from falling.

The girls woke up from the breaking wood, "Ron!" they cried before they rushed and helped him up.

Ron panted as he looked down were he had hung and looked down, he couldn't see the bottom. "Thanks girls, I don't want to see how deep this was."

Bonnie slapped his shoulder, "Don't scare us like that." Then seeing their looks she quickly added, "Uh, I mean you are the only one that can stop Aku so if you dies we are as good as dead."

"Uh huh," Kim muttered unconvinced but did not push the matter.

They got moving again when the sun rose and they felt like they were getting any nearer to the end. If they look forward or back all they were able to see was the bridge until it got lost in the fog. If it weren't for the fact they kept moving forward, they would say they might have gotten lost.

It was then did they hear a sound. They stopped and listen. It sounded like music, music Kim and Ron felt like they have heard before. It was an almost high pitch fast tone with even notes and rhythm. It was getting louder and coming closer so they watched the bridge ahead of them and a tall figure walked out of the mist.

Kim and Ron saw why they recognize that sounds as they heard it before, the bagpipes. The man was very tall and built like a body builder. His eyes were close as he played and step forward, showing the gang one of his legs were gone and replaces with what looked like a machine gun. He wore a kilt with a belt buckle that looked like a snarling or roaring wildcat, and a simple white shirt with the sleeves ripped a little pass the shoulder. He was bald right on top of his head with some red hair that rivaled Kim's the stretched from the side of his head to the back where he had the rest in a small pony tail. He had thick eyebrows and a mustache and his arms were and chest was slightly hairy.

He stopped in front of them and kept playing. The sound echoed and getting really loud and Bonnie and Yori were forced to cover their ears to try and block the noise with grimaced faces.

The man stopped his song, and opened his eyes to look at them. Bonnie and Yori uncovered their eyes and their faces returned to normal. The man laughed, showing crooked and missing teeth, "From the looks on your friends faces, I can tell they like the pipes." He said before he let out another laughed and play a short tone again, much to their dislike. It wasn't that long before Ron simply held his hand up.

"Yo, sorry to interrupt, are we close to the end of the bridge?" The older gent shook his head.

"No laddie, I've been traipsing across this bridge for days now."

"Great." Bonnie moaned, and Yori shook her head at her companion.

"It seems we have a long way to go still."

"Yeah, let's go guys." Kim said, and Ron started to move, but the Scotsman barred their way. He looked up at the giant man, "Um, excuse me."

"What do ye expect me to do?" He asked, and they already could tell that this would be trouble.

"We simply ask that you stand aside and let us pass."

"And risk falling over for a group of perfect strangers? You stand aside!" He countered Yori's request, and the group. Kim decided to try diplomacy again.

"Our destination is at the opposite of yours."

"And you'll get there, after you all back up, and let me pass." Bonnie was getting mad at how irritating the man was being.

"Look, we're in a rush, and we need to get moving!"

"Oh, so you think you're better then me 'cause you're in a hurry. Well guess what lass; I'm in a hurry too! Ya didn't expect that I might be an equal. Noooo, you just consider yourself superior right off! You're rude." Bonnie growled in anger,

"We're rude, we are not the idiot that is umhmma" she was cut off as Kim placed her hand over Bonnie's mouth, to keep her from making things worst "I am sorry sir but you misunderstood our comment."

"Do I?" the Scotsman asked, "You think I'm dumb too?"

Bonnie was able to get Kim's hand off of her mouth, "No just tone-deaf."

The Scotsman's eyes went wide, "Oh so you are now insulting my bagpipes lassie? You are the one that is deft if you canny hear the noble song of the highlands. It would be a treat for perfect strangers such as yourselves to even hear its tune."

Yori raised her hands to offer a compromise without adding more fuel to the fire, "Forgive my friend she has not had much sleep and is very rude to those that are not friends, and sometimes those who are friends." She pointed to a plank at their feet, "We are all in a hurry so I suggest that we hang over the side here and let you walk right over and we may be all on our way."

"And let you all at a peek up my kilt?" The Scotsman argued.

"That was not my intention." Yori tired but Bonnie said, "Like we want to see anything under there. Do you even have anything on under that dress?"

"It's a kilt!" he shouted, "And now you are saying that I am not man enough for yea? I am more of a man this is little laddie, the plucking face henute" This last part he was pointing at Ron.

Ron stared, "What did you call me?"

"So your deft too you cock-tailed curry drek?" The Scotsman asked.

"If we are it is because of our ragged pipes." Bonnie said.

"Oh now you are in for it." The Scotsman muttered with narrowed eyes, "I'll tell you what we're gonna do. We'll fight for it, to the finish."

"I don't think that's," Ron started but the Scotsman got into his face.

"Listen you booming blithering numfink, the only way across this bridge is ta beat me in combat! Are you man, or a worthless boy like I know you are?" Ron didn't answer for a moments, and the Scotsman added, "I'm calling you a coward!" During this, a bit of spit got on Ron's face, and at this, the changes that came from battle and training showed. With his hardened face, he answered, "I fear no man."

"Neither do we!" Kim added, and they all readied their weapons, but the man said, "Put those away lassies, it's a one on one fight, and that's tough talk coming from a lad that wears a basket on his head." Referencing the straw hat that Yori had made, and in her spare time teaching the others to make them. "I carry my haggis in a basket. You might even make me shiver, if ya weren't dressed in a nightgown. You look like me nanny." Another jab at Ron's attire, and Yori was starting to boil with anger. She worked hard to sew, and remake, that very outfit. "You call that thing dangling on your hip a sword? Looks more like a butter-knife. You'd be better off using your slippers as a weapon!" More insults, and this time, everyone was starting to feel their anger rising. The Scotsman then began to draw the claymore from his back, "Now this is a sword."

"Someone's overcompensating for something. I guess if you had a small one downstairs you'd need something to make you feel big." Bonnie added lightly getting giggles from the other girls, and the Scotsman getting red. The Scotsman growled out. That lassie was ruining his form. He now had forgotten the insults he was going to say to the weak laddie. Deciding that to take his anger out of Ron he lifted his sword and swung it down onto his head.

Ron drew the Lotus Blade and was able to block the claymore. But it wasn't without effort. The Scotsman was very strong and the claymore was slowly being pushed towards his head. It sliced into his straw hat before Ron was finally able to stop it. The Scotsman chuckled at cutting at hat before it fell off Ron's and flew down in the wind.

The Scotsman laughed harder as he pulled his sword away, glad to be able to deal a blow to the man's/boy's pride.

"Aww you gonna weep now?" he asked mockingly before laughing harder. "Shall I pause as you morn your hat? I can play a melancholy tune to go with your weeping."

Yori stared down at where the straw-hat fell, she work hard to make that hat and it was now destroyed. Ron narrowed his eyes at the laughing Scotsman. Yori made that as a gift and he felt bad he was not able to save it. Well if the man was going to play hardball then he can play as well. He and knew how to hit a man in his pride.

The Scotsman was shocked when Ron stabbed with his sword. But he was not the target. He looked down as the Lotus Blade went right through the bagpipe under his arm and out the end. Ron pulled his sword out with a smirk as air escaped the bagpipe. It deflated as air escaped like a leaky balloon as the pipe let out a drone before the musical bag was broken and limp. The Scotsman's face turned from a shock to a cross between a frown and a scowl.

"Oh, now you done it." he said in a low tone before he toss his favorite pipes over the side and down below.

The Scotsman lifted his claymore with both hand as he said angrily, "I'm going to turn your head into a floor shifter."

Ron had no time to comment before the Scotsman yelled and attacked with overhead swings. Ron blocked the first two blows before he was forced to side step as the Scotsman stabbed at him many times. He changed tactics and swung his sword different ways at Ron.

Ron side steps the blows as they missed before he ducked under a swung that nearly took his head off. Ron then jumped up, surprising the Scotsman before he blocked the blow. Seeing as he was able to stop the attack the Scotsman smirked at Ron. Ron presses the attack with many fast strikes. The Scotsman blocked them all with ease with his claymore as he shifted it on front of the blow with both hands like a shield. Finally the Scotsman lifted his sword again and attack.

Ron stepped back and the claymore hit the plank of wood where Ron was just on. Everyone looked shocked and worry but the bridge held. Bonnie shouted at them, "Watch where you two idiots are swinging those swords before you kill us all."

The two men glared back at each other and went at it again. The Scotsman swung his claymore rapidly surprising them with the speed and drove Ron backwards. The girls were forced to move back should they get caught in the action. Both faces in a fierce glare as they traded blows.

Ron then shifted and went on the attack as he went at the Scotsman with rapid-fire blows. The Scotsman was shocked at the action and the fact the little laddie was forcing him back. They glared at each other as they kept at it. Ron then leapt high into the air and screamed, "Boo-yeah!" getting a groan from Bonnie, and slammed his sword on the Scotsman's with great force. Yori was surprised when the claymore remained whole.

"That was the tremendous horse cut technique, it should have shattered that sword." Strange writing appeared as the Scotsman smirked.

"Magic Runes lass, all those fancy tricks will get the wee lad nowhere. Now get to fighting!" And fought they did. They continued fighting for so long, that the three girls were starting to lose interest. Bonnie even had one of those small make up kits with the portable mirror.

"How did you get one of those, and why would we need it?" Kim asked as Bonnie decided to check for any blemishes on her face.

"Oh, this is so I can keep looking good, and it doesn't hurt that I can check for suspicious people or bounty hunters without them noticing." Ron and the Scotsman's fight continued, well into the night. The next day, the two were tired from fighting all night. "This is taking forever."

"I agree, this battle is wasting time." Yori added, and noticed that both Ron and the Scotsman were tired. Ron was almost unable to stand, and his foe could barely lift his own sword. The Scotsman gave a short pant before he said, "Prepare to meet your doom." he tried to lift up his sword but all he did was drag it around the bridge and slightly higher with each tug as he groan from the effort before he gave up. He panted before saying; "I will give you on last chance to give up."

Ron breathed heavily, "I'm not beaten, and I'll hold my ground."

"H-hold your ground? You can barely hold your sword."

"Then come get me."

The Scotsman was shocked at the taunt.

"Wha? You? I? Ah? Grrrr!" he growled out before he muttered, "Seeing as I'm a sportsman, I will give you a moment to recuperate."

Ron narrowed his eyes and the two men glared at each other. A short ways off the girls were sitting crossed leg, elbows on their knees and palm and their cheeks on strong planks bored out of their minds. "This is just sad," Muttered Bonnie.

"Agreed a fight of honor it may be, but it is dragging on too much." Yori added.

"Boys and their egos." Kim muttered.

Bonnie eyed how tired the two were and said, "I say we push the Scotsman off the edge and be on our way. If Ron complains then we can tie his ass up and drag him away."

Both girls considered it as the men rested. Then the whole bridge shook and they all could hear the roaring of engines. They looked at the two sides of the bridge, and saw that two vehicles were coming towards them. They were coming in fast, and they two men suddenly got their energy back.

"They're after us/me!" They glared at each other once more as they got into another argument. "Aku's got a price on me head."

"Aku's got a price on our heads!" Ron countered the Scotsman, as they both pointed to themselves. Suddenly, a few handcuffs were shot from one of the two vehicles, one that had a pig mutant in a sheriff's outfit. Causing Ron and the Scotsman to be chained together. Kim, Yori, and Bonnie went for their own weapons, but more shots came, chaining the three girls together as well.

"Great, it's a repeat of being stuck to Kim again!" Bonnie complained, but Kim was getting mad. "At least you're not chained in the middle of the group!"

"Let's get out of here!" Ron exclaimed, hoping they didn't need to fight as such.

"How?" Bonnie asked, and the Scotsman came up with an idea.

"We jump from the side, now!" The five of them tried jumping, but they all went in different ways, canceling the other's jump. The Scotsman sat up before muttering at Ron, "Leave it to a pajama wearing ninny to jump left instead of right."

The girls however were having their own argument, "Why didn't you follow me Kim? If it's stupid pride then I will-"

"You jumped right and Yori jumped left. You try jumping when you're being pulled around like a doll between two arguing sisters."

"Now is not the time," Yori said as she watched the two big wheel bikes, as that was how she saw them get closer to them. "We need to get off this bridge."

Bonnie notice they needed to leave soon or they would get caught or worst. She turned and noticed the two males were arguing still. "We have to find a way to get them to stop being stupid and get off."

Kim looked down at the boards and got an idea. "C'mon, we can all drop together by the guys."

They moved together, which was hard on the tiny bridge and tied together and got close to the boys and started to break the planks under them. The Scotsman held his sword in front; "We'll fight them here."

Ron looked at the girls wondering what they were up to, "Ah what are you girls doIIIINNNNGGGG?!" they manage to break the last board and the group of five fell from the bridge into the mist below.

The two bounty hunters fail to see this and crash their ride into each other end they exploded.

They fell, and fell and fell before they landed into a deep river. They quickly swam up to the surface and looked around. They had no idea where they were nor anyway of finding out. "Perfect," muttered Bonnie as the two guys argued again, "Now what?"

"For now, we're safe from the bounty hunters." Kim said, "We need to find some shelter for now."

The guys stopped fighting before the Scotsman started laughing. They turned in time to see half of Ron's straw-hat float by. Yori and Ron scowled at the Scotsman at that reminder. But his laughter stop and the group smirked at him as his bagpipes floated pass them as well. Seeing their look the Scotsman yelled, "Shut it!" in their faces. They had quickly gone to land, and hid before the beach they landed on was swarmed with bounty hunters, all of them bringing robots that looked like crocodiles. The mutant pig had blasted a bottle of booze out of one of the other bounty hunters, and started fussing at him in an unknown language, or at least one that sounded like gibberish. "Let's get out of here quietly."

"Aye." The Scotsman agreed to Ron's idea, and all five of them, keeping each other in sight, started sneaking away, and the hunters never noticed.

"I still don understand, how a lass like you got mixed up with this group of ninnies." The Scotsman said to Kim, after noticing her red hair. "I already told you, I'm not from the Highlands. Ron's been my friend since we were kids." Ron sighed as that little argument was going for the last ten minutes ever since the Scotsman actually got a good look at Kim's hair and thought she was Scottish. "So why did Aku put a price on your head?" Ron decided to ask.

The Scotsman got a smirk on his face as he began, "You mean what didn't I do laddie? I got into more fights in nearly every town I been too. I trashed bounty houses and different places where people got on my nerve. And if they go and try to mess with me well they are not talking much anymore, especially those that messed with me pipes. Which remind I still got a bone to pick with you laddie for that little sniveling stunt you posed.

"But yeah I got a huge price on my head. Huge. I am the most wanted man on this planet. Bounty Hunters of all types are after me skin. My face is plaster on wanted posters on every town in seven countries. I stole from Aku private storehouses for his stock of best alcohol. That pissed him off and really drove me bounty up. No idea why though I heard the drink was to die for and it tasted my watered down ale without barely any alcohol in it. Sake, HA! More like sucky. Then I busted a few head that work for Aku and was his go to guys or whatever they were.

"But as I was saying there is no bigger bounty bigger then my own."

They cut through a thicket when they stopped and the Scotsman stared in front of him. "No, I don't believe it." he mumbled.

The other could not help but feel smug at his reaction. What he saw was some wanted posters of Kim, Bonnie, Yori and Ron with Ron the biggest on of the group on a steel wall. The Scotsman growled out while gritting his teeth before he ripped the posters down. He then cut a large round hole in the wall and kicked it down.

They walked inside and found several raised huts around, all having more wanted posters on the sides of Ron and the group.

"Well, looks I'm the most wanted man on the earth, and these are the most wanted women." The Scotsman was getting a little cranky at Ron's words, but they didn't have time to start arguing again. Yori quickly made a movement that signified 'hush' and they heard the bounty hunters coming, and coming towards them fast. They quickly hid away, and as soon as they had successfully hidden themselves, the bounty hunters came. The mechanical gators sniffed around, and their handlers searched with rifles and shotguns at the ready. They saw many posters, but no sign of the five. The only thing of note was a fairly small outhouse. After they made the sweep, they left. A few minutes passed before a voice was heard.

"It's quiet." It was the Scotsman speaking from inside the small outhouse.

"Yeah, hopefully they left." Bonnie was even more cranky by now, hiding in an outhouse was the last thing she wanted.

"Let's wait a few more moments before we exit." Kim suggested, but Ron almost immediately had a thought.

"This might be a really bad question, but how are the five of us even able to fight in here?"

"Eep!" Ron had moved his elbow a bit and unintentionally touched one of Yori's breasts. The outhouse then blew up, with the five of them in plain sight, and their hunters as well. They were surrounded on all sides, and they had large guns pointed at the team. Bonnie growled out, "I hate you two right now."

"Jump!" cried Ron. They all jumped high into the air as they bounty hunters fired at them. They avoided the blast as the group drew their weapons. They landed and all of the smirked. They charged ready to fight. But their bonds still chained them, causing their weapon fell short of their targets and Bonnie's shot was off target and missed completely.

"This isn't working," Kim muttered.

"Of course it will work we're a lethal team." the Scotsman said.

Ron then shouted "behind you!"

The Scotsman turned and pulled his bond hand and Ron came swinging around and smacked the bounty hunter in the face. After that Ron stabbed the Lotus Blade into the ground and was able to swing the Scotsman around and knocked three bounty hunters flying through the wall of a hut.

Yori then spoke over them all. "The arrow relies on the bow, the bow relies on the arrow but they are not tied together."

"That would be pointless now wouldn't it?" the Scotsman mumbled.

"Yeah why are you saying that Yori?" Bonnie asked as she tried to aim her gun with the moment that Kim made.

"That is what I mean," Yori said as they hunters closed in, "Together we are all formidable. But shackled our power is pointless." She held her bound hand to show them. "We must be free."

"Aye free," the Scotsman agreed. "And we'll take them together."

"Any idea how we can even get them all?" Bonnie asked. It was right then that the answer came, not from a careful plan, but from a couple of shots from a large gun.

"I think we have our answer!" Ron said as the two still shackled teams jumped towards the extremely large bullets, with Bonnie and Yori getting close to each other to make sure that Kim was freed as well. The bullet then passed by the groups safely, and broke the chains that kept them shackled. With the explosion occurring behind them, the five warriors immediately countered with their weapons. Kim's bladed tonfas were smashing or slicing hunters and mechanical gators right and left. Bonnie made lethal head shots with her guns, her accuracy restored. Yori was using her ninjato to slice through the enemy with ease. Ron and the Scotsman were enjoying the tag-team as they sliced, stabbed, bludgeoned, and shot the large group of bounty hunters and mechanical alligators. Explosions occurred, and corpses were left, but the bounty hunters had fallen, leaving the team panting from the rush. After they all caught their breath they replaced their weapon and looked at the damage they had done. Not only did they kill/destroy all the bounty hunters they destroy all the buildings around them as well.

"Looks like we took care of our bounty hunter problem." the Scotsman said.

"For now," Ron reminded them.

"Aye for now," agreed the Scotsman.

The guys look at one another and laughed. The girls stared as they kept laughing before the Scotsman said, "I was wrong about you."

"And I may have been wrong as well."

"No hard feelings aye? I'll bye you a refreshment," the Scotsman offered.

The girls smirked seeing as they had a new friend and one willing to pay for a drink. Ron then said. "Please I'll bye."

"No I insist."

"Let me bye you one to make amends." Ron said as the girls groaned aloud as they knew where this was going. The group all headed off while the guys kept at it.

"It's all right I'll buy."

"I'll bye."

"No, I will."

"I will"

"No, I'll bye."

"No me!"

"Oh shut up already!" Shouted Bonnie as they started off again.