Car Alarm Surprise

AN: Ever wonder what might have happened if Ron hadn't lost his courage in the episode "Car Alarm?" Well, wonder no more.

Chapter 35: Monkey Crazy Days

(Middleton, USA)

Kim was laying in the arms of her fiancé when her Kimmunicator goes off and for the first time she didn't immediately reach for it. It wasn't until it went off again that she pulls herself back and pulls it out of her pocket, turning it on with her thumb as she says, "What's the sitch, Wade?"

Wade says, "The wedding planner just called to see if you were held up in a mission or something. I told her I'd check on your E.T.A. and get back to her."

Kim's eyes go wide as she gasps and grabs Ron by the collar of the shirt as she says, "Ron! The wedding planner! We forgot about the appointment!"

Wade says, "Kim! It is ok! You aren't that late and the wedding planner is still there and I'll just inform them that you're on your way ok?"

Kim says, "Thanks Wade, you rock!" before she closes the connection, running out of the house with Ron following her the best as he can while being tugged by his shirt.

Kim hops into the car and activates the GPS within it so as to know where and how to get where she needs to go.

Ron is barely in the car seat with the seatbelt in his hand before Kim activates the turbo for the car and is pressed into his seat for a moment at the zero to 75 in 3 seconds. As soon as the initial boost is over, he quickly straps on his seatbelt and cries out, "Kim! Aren't we going a little fast?" Looking outside the window as speed limit sign they pass wobbles back and forth.

Kim says through her teeth, "Ron, we are not going to miss this wedding planner! Do you have any idea how many sleepless nights and how much stress the planner has saved me from? I don't want to start going through it all over again!"

Ron just sighs and grips his chair tightly as he knew that Kim wasn't going to stop until they got to their destination right outside the door, or through it. He wonders which Kim would opt for giving her hurried state.

(Meanwhile at the Yamanouchi School located somewhere in Japan)

Yori walks through the gates along with her 'partner' Joss Possible and they are greeted to the sight of many ninjas moving about in the large courtyard.

Joss says, "Wow, I have never seen so many ninjas before! This is cool!" Her eyes shine in awe before she finally notices something and says, "Hey Yori, what's going on here? Why are they all running around like that?"

Yori is calm on the outside as she says, "I do not know, perhaps Sensei will enlighten us when we meet him."

Joss smiles as she says, "Cool! I finally get to meet him in, like person! This is totally great!" She tugs on Yori's arm excitedly until Yori is able to break the grip.

Yori says, "Please calm down Joss. Pleasant visit, this is not. We are here on a mission."

Joss nods quickly as she says, "Yes, yes… I know that and I promise to be totally professional when we meet him!"

Yori highly doubts it and says, "Um… thank you." She leads the way to where she knew Sensei would be and observes the actions of her other ninjas and notices that they seemed to be securing and packing things up as if preparing to leave.

Joss nearly squeals with joy as they enter the main temple where Sensei would often train his best and brightest students.

Yori glances at Joss, remembering for a few moments when she had been much younger than her, eager to prove herself to the world and to surpass her limits. What she had found was a lot of falls to the mat as she learned the hard lessons she would need to become the skilled and graceful ninja that she was today.

Flashback

A very young Yori is led by hand up to the doors where she meets Sensei for the very first time. Her eyes are wide in awe with her mouth hanging open as she watches a man in red robes with gold trims of a master. He had black hair that was already turning white. The white hair did not make him old just yet, but more distinguished.

Yori is led right up to the man and says excitedly, "Who is that man? Is he my new teacher? Oh! I can't wait to start!" She is quickly shushed, causing her to pout with her lower lip jutted out as she thinks, "I just wanted to know!"

The young Yori tries to wait but it isn't long before she becomes fidgety. Fortunately, Sensei claps his hands together and says, "Very good everyone. Now if I can have attention please. We have a new student, her name is Yori and I want you all to give her a warm welcome so that she will feel at place here."

Yori's eyes grow wide as she makes an "Ahhh!" sound when almost as one, the entire class turns to face Yori, clasping their hands together as they say, "Konnichi wa Yori, Irasshai!" (Hello Yori, Welcome!)

Yori smiles and waves a hand happily into the air since her other hand was still being held by the adult and surprises everyone with the level of volume as she shouts, "Arigatou!"(Thank you!)

Sensei beams proudly at his students and their willingness to accept a new student. He turns to the young Yori and kneels to her level before he says, "I am sure you will enjoy your time here and that you will become a great ninja."

The adult smiles at Sensei and says, "Thank you, you don't know how much this means to me."

Sensei stands back up and says, "No need to thank me. Here at the school of monkey kung fu, we are always happy to accept new students. Especially promising ones such as Yori here."

The adult smiles more and says, "Yes, she is most gifted but she still has much to learn."

Sensei looks down at the young Yori with a pleasant smile as he says, "I agree, she has much to learn but at the same time she will be teaching us as is the way of all my students."

The adult lets go of Yori's hand and kneels down, giving her a big hug before saying, "Now you be a good girl, practice hard and become the best student the school has ever seen. I will be monitoring your progress."

Yori nods and says, "I shall! I promise! Will you let me come home then?"

The adult says, "We shall see… We shall see…"

End of Flashback

Yori couldn't remember who the adult was as she had been so young at the time or even the gender. To her, the person was just as mysterious as any other fully dressed ninja. She only knew that she never did meet the person that dropped her off again so she guessed that she wasn't good enough yet.

Yori walks up to the steps where the Sensei was waiting and some part of her smiles as she thinks, "Matters not, I have a family here. Sensei has taken care of me and raised me as if I were his own daughter. I owe him much."

Sensei smiles at the two of them for a moment as he says, "Ah, it is good to see that you both have arrived safely." His smile disappears in a ninja flash as he says, "I only wish it were under more happier times."

Yori inwardly braces herself for the next overly eager word to come out of her "partner's" mouth and is surprised when Joss does nothing but stand there, waiting patiently.

Yori says, "I understand Sensei. If I can ask, what is going on Sensei? How can we help?"

Sensei bows his head and says, "Unfortunately there is little anyone can do. Monkey Fist is close to unearthing a great mystical power and the only thing capable of defeating it may not be ready yet."

Yori glances at Joss who just remains quiet with a smile upon her face but otherwise weirdly out of character for her as the girl was normally a ball of neverending energy and frankly the silence was beginning to more than unnerve her.

Sensei says, "I wish for you to assist in the evacuation of the school. I shall remain behind to face the Yono and try to stop it."

Yori shakes her head before she says, "Sensei, please allow me the honor of staying with you and helping to defend the school."

Sensei softly hmms in thought before he turns his attention to Joss and says, "What of you? Do you wish to leave or stay and help defend the school with your partner?"

Yori thinks, "Here we go…" She is very surprised as Joss bows formally to Sensei and even though the smile never leaves her face, she still manages to keep a calm and steady voice as she says, "Yes honorable Sensei, I would consider it my honor to stay and help both your school and my partner in this time of need."

Sensei smiles once more as he says, "The two of you are an excellent team. Permission granted to the both of you to stay and help."

Yori is both touched and honored at Sensei's words and she bows to him before she says, "Thank you Sensei, my partner and I will not disappoint you." She misses the look of surprise that flashes on Joss's face for a second even though Sensei did not.

Sensei says to Yori, "Go seek out Hirotaka, is the one who is in charge of the evacuation." He then turns to Joss and says, "Before you join your partner, I would like a word with you in private if I could have a moment of your time."

Yori nods with a small smile, pleased at how professional Joss was behaving.

Joss bows and says, "Of course Sensei, whenever you are ready."

Yori says, "I will start right away Sensei."

Sensei nods and says, "You can find him in southeast end of the courtyard."

Yori nods and with ninja stealth she runs off towards the courtyard with her feet making no sound.

Sensei says, "Joss, if you will follow me please…" and turns around before he starts to walk. He doesn't even bother to glance back to see if she is following, he can tell by the sound of her less-than-stealthy footsteps that begin following him almost immediately.

Sensei walks at an even pace, leading the both of them into another corridor and eventually to a room where he calmly sits down. He gestures with a hand silently for Joss to sit across from him.

Joss sits down across from Sensei and waits for him to say whatever it is that he wished to discuss with her.

(Meanwhile)

Far away in his ancestral home, a mutated man that was once known as Lord Monty Fisk to the world, now known as Monkey Fist was currently reading the first half of an ancient scroll once more as his monkeys searched the internet for the location of the second half of the scroll.

Monkey Fist chuckles evilly and says, "Soon… Soon I shall have the ultimate mystical monkey power and I will rule the world!"

All of the monkeys begin to make screeching noises in approval as they would be happy to see their master get what he desires the most in the world.

Monkey Fist grins at his loyal monkeys, waiting for the location of the next scroll to be found.

AN: Well everyone, I hope you enjoyed this chapter! As you can see, a lot of stuff was going on in this chapter. Kim's in a rush and apparently for good reason, what do you think the end result will be? What did you think of the Yori/Joss team visiting Yamanouchi? Did you like the flashback? Who do you think it was that dropped off young Yori and never came back? Why do you think her memory is so fuzzy about it? What did you think of Joss's 'professionalism' that she displayed for the Sensei? What do you think Sensei wants to talk to Joss about in private? Anyone have any idea what is going on at the school and why? What do you think of the brief Monkey Fist scene?

As usual, all thoughts, ideas, suggestions, people you'd like to see, people you would like NOT to see in this story and more are welcome.