Happy 2020 everyone. A month late I know but both January and February started off with two separate snowstorm that had me breaking my back to clean up several times at home and at work. Not to mention work itself has been going long hours so I am tired even when I am at home. But all that said and done, I still mange to sit down and get some writing done because I love it and when I get inspiration I manage to get going. So, to start off as the first update of the year, I wanted to get my first story updated. And after this chapter we will be moving onto a new world/story for the group to see. Which world? I am leaving a small preview at the end so stay tune and enjoy.
Will try and keep the gang as cannon as possible, no pun intended. Takes place after season four so Drakken and Shego are now good while Kim and Ron will be going off to college soon.
Key:
"Kim Possible!"/story that is being seen in animus
"No big,"/viewers talking outside of animus
"boo-yea!"/viewers outside of animus thoughts
"Please and thank you" /one in animus talking
[I got you covered Kim,] Wade over Kimmunicator
Alright disclaimer; I do not own anything of Kim Possible nor any of the stories featured in this one. The story below is written and given permission to be used by
Many Possible Worlds
Team Possible - They Who Will Change the World: Sequence Two Starts
The world reformed into Kim's room with Kim on screen.
[September 15, 2003 - Middleton]
"Ooh, green leather," Kim stated while staring at the Club Banana catalog.
"Kim, I've got some bad news" Wade interrupted as he appeared on the Kimmunicator.
"No kidding, I can't afford this jacket," Kim stated depressingly as she leaned into her bean bag chair.
"I remember this," Kim said eyeing the jacket and how she had to return it even if it was a few years ago.
"I think I still have that jacket," Shego said before she scowled as she remembered how expensive it was to have to dry-clean. She couldn't even just threaten them to steal it back since she didn't want to deal with the massive cheese smell and stains.
"Yeah, your bank account is empty. You're broke, but that's not important right now." Wade replied to her.
"Of course, it's important. Did you hack into my bank account?" Kim grilled Wade for information before she gasped and asked, "Have you been reading my diary?!"
Kim groaned inside the animus, "Again Wade?"
[Sorry.]
The rest of the cheerleader girls were surprised by this before they glared at the small Kimmunicator, thinking he was going too far in their opinion.
"I tried to get into your diary, but Naruto put some kinda weird protections on it. I couldn't figure them out, and of course, I hacked into your bank account. I hack into Ron's all the time." Wade stated before taking a sip from his drink.
[Wait…I couldn't get pass some protection?]
"Sounds like it" Kim confirmed what she just heard.
"Naruto hacked into my computer too?" Kim asked confused.
"Hmm, I don't think so. Your own personal computer has all kinds of protection on it that I can't crack, so it's more likely that when Naruto was upgrading your computer he put those in." Wade responded.
Frowning, Kim tried to remember when Naruto had upgraded her computer. "Wait, Naruto upgraded my computer over two years ago, so tha-" Kim was interrupted when Wade made a spit take.
"Are you telling me that your security is over two years old?!" Wade stated wide-eyed.
[…] Wade froze, not able to believe what he was hearing.
"You okay buddy?" Ron asked, feeling concerned.
There was still no answer leaving his friends to decide he needed time to process this. The cheerleader girls felt like it was karma to the times he peeked at Kim's diary. Shego herself also was amused as she knew it was rare for the genius boy of the team to get some trouble. Only Drakken felt pity for the boy, knowing how frustrating it can be it struggle to hack any kind of software only to find that it was an old security
"I think so?" Kim responded unsure before deciding that it'd be best to not say anymore on that subject. "But umm, what was that bad news you were talking about earlier?"
"Oh yeah, Drakken, your arch-foe has escaped from prison," Wade said when he remembered why he called in the first place.
"Since when is he my arch-foe?" Kim asked as she stood up. She needed to get Ron and meet with Naruto so that they could track Drakken down.
This caused Drakken to blink in surprise and frowned at her, "really Kim? After all this time?"
"If I recall we only faced you and Shego once," Kim pointed out as she remembers the last sequence. "This will be the second time before we start making this a routine."
"Is it weird to hear how you are treating stopping a villain like it was a weekly meet-up or something?" Crystal couldn't help but ask as some of the other cheerleader girls agreed. They know Kim faced villains and saved the world before but never asked for details as most of it was way out of their league and understanding. To hear her talk like this seems strange even for Kim.
Next to them, Monique waved her hand as a 'so-so' sign as even she got surprised by this.
"Well, when he was in jail he was repeatedly heard saying that, 'That Kim Possible thinks she's all that, but she's not!'" Wade responded doing his best Drakken impression.
"But Naruto was the one who did the foiling, so shouldn't he be the arch-foe? Wait, does he even known Naruto's name?" Kim responded as she waved goodbye to her parents.
"Most likely not," Drakken admitted with a shrug, "it took me years to remember Ron's name."
"At least you got it now," Ron said, part of him hoping that the Drakken of this world would also take a long time to remember their friend's name. It was petty, yes but he felt it was fair.
"No idea, but does it really matter?" Wade asked as he raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"Of course it matters. I don't want my own rogue's gallery. Look, for now, classify him as Team Possible's arch-foe. That way we all have equal responsibility." Kim stated as she walked towards Ron's house.
"Can do. Good luck on the mission." Wade said as he signed off.
Drakken angrily pouts at hearing his status while Tara looked to Ron, "So is there really a difference on if Kim or the team has a rouge gallery?"
Ron shrugged, "I mean technically, not really. We're called to stop them either way but the difference being how the villain acts towards one of us. Drakken is technically the team's arch-foe while he sees Kim as his. Shego, however, is Kim's arch-foe on the grounds that no one else can really handle her in a fight."
"Damn straight," Shego confirmed for them. Fighting and losing to Kim was one thing but Ron or any of the other; not happening.
Ron went on, "And similar to Monkey Fist. He's a team villain when he was still around but he always considered me his arch-foe more…I think."
As they were talking about this topic the screen broke apart and rearranged itself.
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"Ron, Drakken is not my arch-foe," Kim responded, annoyed at Ron's accusation. During the walk to Naruto's house, Ron had heard about how Kim stated that Drakken was Team Possible's arch-foe.
He responded that Drakken was Kim's arch-foe. After all, all he did was run away. That's what he specialized in. He didn't foil criminals, he distracted. He knew his role.
Ron sighed, "Those were the good old days. Simple roles for the missions."
"You know you are much more than that Stoppable-san," Yori said, frowning at how her friend seems to disregard himself.
"She does have a point Ron" Kim added, knowing how things have changed but she was all for them.
Ron shrugged, "maybe but the roles were simple back then, even more, when it came to Drakken. Drakken has a plan to rule the world or stole something, we get called. Wade finds their lair and we try and sneak in, most of the time actually doing it. Drakken monologues about his scheme, I distract the henchmen and Shego goes for KP. When able we either have Wade, Rufus or one of us able to find the weakness of the plan and stop it. Drakken most of the time gets arrested and we all go home."
Drakken pouts, "no need to rub it in on how it was back then."
Shego just grunts as she finds that the blond had a point. The other girls just looked from Ron to the reformed villains. Finding the fact they were agreeing that was the routine for them in the beginning. "I swear if I didn't know they weren't making it up, I would say that would only happen on a tv show" Crystal whispered to them.
"The truth can be stranger than fiction," Hope pointed out, and they felt it couldn't be truer than this.
"Then if he's not your arch-foe then he must be Naruto's." Ron's flawless logic was skewered by Naruto's voice coming from a hidden speaker near his front door.
"Nope, sorry Ron. According to the Official Hero-Supervillian Rules of Conduct, your arch-foe is the first enemy you meet that continually gets in your way. Therefore that's both you and Kim" Naruto stated while Kim gained a frown.
"There's an official rule book?" both Ron and Drakken asked, surprised by this.
"Is that even real?" Bonnie asked, a look of disbelief that was matched only by Shego.
"Wait for it," Kim stated as her counterpart's memory came up about the subject.
"Naruto you wrote that book and put it online. No one actually follows them." Kim stated with her hands on her hips.
"Ooooh," was the response from Ron and Drakken. Shego rolled her eyes as the scene broke apart.
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"Shego! According to the Official Hero-Supervillian Rules of Conduct, your arch-foe is the first enemy you meet that continually gets in your way. Therefore, if Kim Possible gets in my way again she is my arch-foe." Drakken explained to Shego as he looked through his printout of the Official Hero-Supervillian Rules of Conduct.
Shego facepalmed at this before she sighed, "honestly I'm not surprised."
"You got that book off the internet, it's probably something some kid whipped up," Shego commented as she drove through the tundra.
"Shego, you can't just put official on any nilly willy thing you want. If it has official in its title, then it must be official." Drakken stated while looking up from his book.
Shego just rolled her eyes.
Drakken nodded, firmly believing in this. The girls just looked at him, not sure if he actually believed this or was trolling them. The scene broke apart and reformed to show Kim and Ron again.
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"Kim I could just buy you the jacket," Naruto stated as he heard about Kim's money issues.
"Naruto you already fund Team Possible. I can't in good conscience let you also buy me something just because I want it." Kim stated as she quickly shot down his idea.
"Why not KP? He funds my Bueno Nacho meals." Ron stated as he leaned back with his hands behind his head.
"Wait he funds the team and my Bueno Nacho meals?" Ron asked in amazement. "That's awesome."
"Am I losing position of best friend here?" Kim asked jokingly.
"No worried KP," Ron assured her in an equal tone. "You still trump him."
This caused the two to share a laugh as well as a few giggles from the others. Only Shego and Bonnie weren't included as they found the touching moment to be boring or too nice for them.
Hearing Bueno Nacho, Rufus poked his head out of Ron's pocket, but quickly went back in when he realized that there wasn't any actual food.
"Ron, if Naruto didn't fund your Bueno Nacho meals you'd put your whole family into bankruptcy. By the way, that makes you an enabler Naruto." Kim stated while crossing her arms and frowning at Naruto.
"Eh, there are worst things he could be doing. It's also partly why I make us all lunch. Gotta make sure that Ron actually eats something besides Bueno Nacho and I'm not talking about the mystery meat they serve in the cafeteria. I still have flashbacks about that." Naruto stated while he accidentally flashbacked to when he found out what mystery meat was.
Wade, who had finally recovered to pay attention again, shivered as he fully agreed with Naruto there.
Shuddering, Naruto suppressed the horrible memory with good ones.
"The other reason is as thanks for teaching me how to cook. I cannot tell you how often I used to eat instant ramen. I got sick of that crap. Now, I only buy the expensive kind. Though once in a blue moon, I get Ron to make me some from scratch." Naruto stated while getting a slightly dreamy look.
Snapping her fingers, Kim was able to snap Naruto back to reality.
"Anyway, I'm not gonna let you buy me things." With that, Kim closed her eyes, crossed her arms, and leaned back into her comfy seat.
Frowning, Naruto tried to figure out why she didn't let him get her things. She knew he could afford it no problem. She was the only person who knew exactly how much money he made. Wade had an inkling and Ron couldn't really keep a secret, so he wasn't told.
"Hey," Ron complained while the others wondered how someone around most of the group's age can make a lot of money.
"Ron," Kim said to calm her boyfriend. "If this is near the beginning of our routine missions with Drakken and Shego then you know you couldn't."
Ron opens his mouth to object before he glanced at Yori and remembered this was before he even had to deal with any big secret. "Fair enough."
However, she said he couldn't buy her things. She didn't say he couldn't give her things. Smirking at the plan that was forming in his head, Naruto knew what he was going to do.
The scene broke apart again, leaving the group to wonder what Naruto was planning. The scene reformed to a plane over a snowy backdrop.
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[Alaska]
"Kim, Ron, you two should know that Drakken and Shego are near the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. There's a laser drill right next to the pipeline. If they're after the drill they might target the pipeline. If that thing gets damaged the ecological disaster will be catastrophic." Naruto spoke into his headset as he looked at a satellite picture taken of the area.
"Copy that. We'll make sure the pipeline stays safe. Though that means that Drakken and Shego might get away." Kim stated into her helmet's microphone.
"You might have to let them go," Naruto replied back.
Here Kim signed inside the Animus. She recalled how she was forced to her the villains go to protect the pipeline. She figured it would happen again but she knew that her counterpart wouldn't allow Shego and Drakken to cause the kind of damage to happen.
Frowning, Kim just made her rocket board go faster. Behind her, Ron drove his snowmobile.
Taking his headset off, Naruto activated the ship's communication system.
"Coco, baby. I need a favor." Naruto stated with a smirk.
"Coco?" Tara asked, glancing at Ron who shrugged as he didn't know who it was.
Monique and Bonnie, however, frowned as one person of that name came to mind. They both stiffen up with wide eyes as they heard the man's very voice over the speaker.
"Naruto, darling, for you I'll do anything. What can Coco do for you?"
"What!?" both girls shouted, jumping to their feet and scaring the others slightly.
"Care to share with the rest of the class?" Shego disgruntledly asked, not happy with the small jump scare.
"That's Coco Banana!" Bonnie shouts, pulling at her hair.
Everyone stared at them, all of them knowing who the man was, as most if not all the girls have gotten his brand before. "…you sure?" Zita couldn't help but ask.
"We're sure," Monique informed her, still in disbelief.
The scene broke apart before they could hear any more of the conversation and showed Kim outside on a snowmobile.
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'Ugh, Naruto was right.' Kim thought to herself as she drove Shego's snowmobile away from the pipeline and up a pile of snow. Driving off the ramp, Kim pushed the snowmobile away from herself and activated her rocket board.
Flying away from the exploding snowmobile, Kim saw that Ron was pulling up next to the pipeline. Or at least he tried before the snowmobile stopped short and he was sent flying and losing his pants in the process.
Ron groaned here. He knew that it might be shown since this was some of the team's early missions but he didn't have to like it. This caused several of the girls to giggle since they heard rumors of how often Ron lost his pants on missions and there might be some truth to that. "Does that happen often?" Tara asked Ron, a hand on his shoulder.
He sighed, "more often then you may think."
Jumping down to help him stand back up, Kim saw that Ron had something in his hand.
"Ron, what's that?" Kim pointed to his hand that contained the green thing.
"Huh?" Ron stated as he looked down and saw he was clutching something, "Oh, uh I tried to grab Shego and I ripped a piece of her jacket off. Whoops." Finished Ron while he laughed nervously.
"Oh, Shego is gonna be so mad," Kim stated with a ridiculously happy smirk.
Shego stiffens before she narrows her eyes. Ron winced and realized that his counterpart had really fucked up. The other girls winced, knowing that the older woman wouldn't be happy about that. Bonnie glared at Ron as well, having her own version of that jacket and the fact he ruined one wasn't good on her books. Ron opens his mouth to apologize to Shego when said woman cut him off. "Not…one…word."
Ron snapped his mouth shut, knowing when to stop while he was ahead. The scene broke apart to show Kim and Ron back on the jet.
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"You might want to sit out the next Drakken mission Ron. Shego seems like the kind of person to hold a grudge." Naruto stated as he held the, quite large, piece of leather that Ron ripped off.
It was mind-boggling how Ron had managed to rip off a piece of leather. Pulling at the leather slightly, Naruto felt how strong it was. Looking up at Ron, who was putting on some new pants, he wondered if his friend had some strange power over probability. Though he quickly discarded that idea because if Ron did have that sort of power, he would have abused it by now.
"Hey," Ron complained, not liking how that sounded.
"Ron, you would," Kim stated firmly.
[Yeah, you know you would] Wade added.
Rufus gave him a pointed look, also believing this. Ron pouts at this betrayal, even more, when some of his other friends Monique, Felix, and even Zita nodding as well. In fact, the only one that seems to believe him was Yori.
"So, the suspenders didn't work?" Naruto asked as he set aside the leather.
"Yeah, I don't know what to tell you. The loops and the seams opened and I went flying. I was just lucky you told me to wear this thermal underwear or I'd be freezing." Ron stated as he patted his pants.
"Oh by the way, can you get Rufus some clothes for missions like these? The poor guy was freezing outside." Ron stated as he pulled Rufus out of his own little hot tub.
"Sure, I'll knit him a suit," Naruto stated sarcastically.
Rufus heard this and cheered, he always hated missions in the cold but that wouldn't stop him from helping his friends.
"Cool, that would mean so much to him," Ron stated with a smile.
"Uh-huh," Rufus said as he shook his head up and down.
Seeing that it had flown over his head, Naruto figured that he now actually had to knit Rufus a snowsuit. Shrugging, he decided he did need something besides paperwork and machine work to get through the night, why not knitting?
"Fleece is perfectly acceptable for cold climates. Shego doesn't know what she's talking about." Kim stated to herself while looking at her jacket in the mirror in the bathroom. Of course, she had left the door open so Naruto, Ron, and Rufus raised an eyebrow at her and wondered what she was talking about.
"Girl?" Monique started to ask before Kim cuts her off, "it was the banter between me and Shego. Mostly because she had the green leather jacket I was interested in."
The scene broke apart once again to show the team inside their favorite restaurant.
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[September 16, 2003]
"Ugh, I can't believe that all my parents were able to come up with was minimum wage," Kim stated depressed.
"What?" Liz asked, wondering what part of the conversation they missed to get to this topic.
Thankfully Kim gave the footnotes. "My parents suggested that if I wanted the jacket, I should get a job like normal teens would."
This surprised the group, Bonnie rolling her eyes and scoffed at such a thing. "Why not just get a reward for all the things you do?" Marcella asked, seeing that as the quickest way.
Kim scowled inside the Animus, "I'm not gonna take advantage of people who are asking for help."
"At least you got high morals, Kim," Monique said, knowing that others would be more willing to take advantage of it.
"Kim, with your skillset you could easily become a stunt double," Naruto stated as he ate his burrito.
"Hey, he's right KP. With all the stuff we do being a stunt double should be a cakewalk." Ron said as he and Rufus ate a Naco.
"Why did you think of that KP?" Ron asked, unable to recall if that ever came up.
"Because I wasn't old enough legally, I had no way to actually gain that sort of job in the time frame I was looking and I didn't want to travels a long way to any studios if I even got such a job."
Ron hummed, seeing Kim's point.
"The only problem I can see with it is that you're young," Naruto said after swallowing his food.
"Oh yeah? Aren't stunt actors supposed to be in a union?" Kim stated as she looked at Naruto and Ron with a raised eyebrow.
"Unions help protect workers from those trying to take advantage of them. Unfortunately, because you're so young they'd say no and film directors wouldn't allow you to work for them either." Naruto stated as he finished his burrito.
"Then why did you bring it up in the first place?!" Kim asked Naruto incredulously.
"So that you keep your options open. You're thinking too small. You could go the Peter Parker route. Snap photos of yourself in action saving the world. I'm pretty sure that a lot of magazines would pay big bucks for that." Naruto said as he leaned back into his seat.
Kim hummed, thinking of how a possibly different approach does that. With her missions, she goes to see many different locations and can easily get shots not many can get. Ron, however, focus on something else, "why didn't we think of having pictures of us taken when we were on missions?"
"We're aren't doing that Ron," Kim said firmly. "Not before and not now."
Ron moaned in disappointment but didn't argue with her. Shego rolled her eyes, wondering who would even want a picture of the blond. She didn't notice how both Yori and Tara gave soft sneezes.
"I'm not gonna charge people to buy photos of me," Kim stated and frowning at Naruto.
"Hey, you think people would pay to buy photos of me?" Ron stated while imagining all of the money he could possibly have.
"I'm sure that plenty of people would pay to have your photo, Ron," Kim stated while trying to smile. To her side, Naruto just shook his head in the negative.
Ron pouts, knowing that Kim's counterpart was just saying that to make him feel better. Bonnie gave a loud scoff, "no one wants the loser's picture."
"It would still be worth a lot more than yours," Monique countered, getting the queen bee to glare at her.
"If you want money you can just work here in Bueno Nacho. With your outstanding knowledge of Bueno Nacho food, you'd climb up the ladder quickly. As a bonus, you might be able to get your Naco on the menu." Naruto said as he saw how Ron's face fell when he had answered negatively to his question.
"Hmm, I don't know. You shouldn't work where you food." Ron said as he rubbed his chin.
Seeing a chance, Kim went in for the kill, "And here I thought you wanted to share the holiness that was the naco with the people Ron. Tsk, Tsk, I guess the naco lives and dies with you."
The wide-eyed look she got made her smirk. It looked like she was gonna have a work buddy.
Shego raised a brow, "kinda shifty Princess, tricking your sidekick like that. I didn't think you'd have it in you."
Kim sighed, "well it backed fired anyways, so karma there I guess."
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"Kim, you've got to start wearing more hats backward," Naruto stated before taking a picture.
"And why is that?" Kim asked as she adjusted the hat.
"Cause it makes you look cute," Naruto said before taking another picture. This time of her raising an eyebrow and smirking at him.
"Okay yeah those two will end up together," Marcella whispered to her friends.
"Totally" Jessica agreed.
"I'll take it into consideration," Kim stated before walking off to start her job.
Pulling out his cell phone, Naruto dialed in a number and waited until the phone was picked up. "Sup Wade, any luck in finding the drill?"
Holding the door open for an elderly woman to walk through, Naruto began to make his way home.
"Nope, I can't find anything. I haven't been able to find anything through satellite imagery. However, since the drill is so large I should be able to find it through any sort of strange seismic activity. I'll keep you and Kim posted."
Nodding, Naruto replied, "It's probably best to look for any suspicious seismic activity before anything else, but knowing you, you probably have a few monitors already set up with real-time activity don't you?," Hearing laughter, Naruto knew he was right, "Anyway, it'd be best to call me first and then we'll decide if we need to tell Kim. She and Ron are currently working, so Kim might not be able to answer you."
"Alright then. I'll call later." Hearing Wade hang up, Naruto put his phone away and entered his house.
The scene broke apart before reforming to Naruto in his house, speaking to Wade over some computer systems.
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[September 18, 2003]
"Hmm, so strange seismic activity in Wisconsin?" Naruto said as he looked at the real-time seismic activity on his monitor.
"Yup, it's nowhere near any known fault lines. Also, the epicenter is the world's biggest cheese wheel. Amazingly enough, the entire building is made of cheese." Wade stated as he put up a picture for Naruto to see on his monitor.
Here Drakken scowled heavily and grumbled, not able to believe such a gimmick completely foiled his plan.
"Hmm, it's large enough to hold the laser drill, but we can't be sure. It could just be a previously unknown fault line." Naruto stated as he looked at the cheese building.
Leaning back, Naruto caught sight of the Club Banana box he had received today. That made him remember that Shego had a jacket from Club Banana.
Sitting up, Naruto began to bring up police reports of the area.
"Hmm, well what do you know. Wade, do you see that? Two recent break-ins at Club Banana and each time what was taken was a green leather jacket." Naruto stated with a smirk.
"Wasn't Shego wearing a Club Banana jacket?" seeing Naruto's nod he continued, "I don't think Shego is the type of person to buy her stuff." Wade finished with a smirk.
Shego blinked seeing her habits were used against her. Of course, this also reminded her of the jacket her counterpart had to replace. Ron gulped hearing her growl at the reminder.
"Very true, but now what is Drakken up to?" Naruto questioned as he narrowed his eyes at the cheese building.
"Obviously he's going to drill into the Earth's mantle to bring up all of that molten magma," Wade stated confused as to why Naruto asking.
"Yeah, but what is he gonna do after that? Is he gonna try and submerge Wisconsin in lava, because if he is he picked a real stupid location. All of that cheese would melt long before he could pump the magma out." Naruto stated as he tried to think of what Drakken was planning.
Drakken grumbled at how the boy manage to not only figure out his plan so soon but also found the flaw he didn't notice until it was too late. The others looked at him and his demeanor to put two and two together. "Did…did that actually happen?" Zita asked, voicing what they all wanted to ask.
Drakken crossed his arms and scowled. He didn't give an answer for a minute before he finally said. "Yes…but in my defense I thought it was a cheese-covered building!"
"And you paid my dry-cleaning because of it," Shego reminded him.
The doctor grunts at the reminder, making the others wondering how bad it was really. Felix, however, had a different question, "minus the cheese meltdown...what was the plan anyway?"
Drakken was taken aback by hearing someone else ask about his plans, even an old failed one, but shrugged and complied. "I was planning on melting the entire state of Wisconsin and rename it Drakkenville."
The others stared, not expecting this, Tara held a finger and open her mouth to ask for more details but Ron gently pushed the hand back down and shook his head at his fellow blond. Bonnie was gapping before she glanced at Shego, who simply sat back with a scowl and cross arms, showing that he wasn't lying. They felt it was best to leave this before it got too confusing for them.
"I'm not good at emulating a villain's thought process, so I have no idea. But we both know that Drakken is an evil genius. He already knows that pumping that magma out will melt the building, so it's probably something that we can't think of." Wade stated and Naruto agreed with it.
Drakken might seem foolish, but he wasn't stupid.
"Wanna bet?" Shego muttered. Drakken didn't even make a rebuttal as he knew while the plan was perfect, the execution didn't work out.
"Okay, call Kim. I'll get the ship ready for launch." Nodding, Wade signed off.
"Is it wrong that I am kinda jealous that they have their own team jet?" Ron asked as the scene started to break apart.
"Doesn't Kim's car have the ability to fly now?" Monique reminded him.
"It's not the same as a private jet."
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"Ron's not with you?" Naruto asked, surprised that Kim came to the hangar alone.
"He let the power get to his head," Kim stated angrily as she went into the changing area to put on her mission outfit.
Inside the Animus, Kim winced, "Ron, I'm sorry for what I am about to say."
"No problem," Ron replied simply. "I know there were issues when we worked there."
"Power? What power? He's a drone!" Naruto asked completely confused by what she meant.
"Hey," Ron complained with a pout, getting the other girls to giggle at the small jab.
"Apparently, corporate liked his naco idea so much that he was promoted, and to make matters worse I got my pay docked!" Kim yelled out of the changing room.
"It's illegal to dock pay for minimum wage workers Kim, and are you telling me that the big wigs upstairs liked his taco-nacho hybrid?!" Naruto yelled back as he stood at the door of the plane.
Kim found the first part of that statement more interesting, "I wish I knew that years ago."
"Not gonna make a big deal about it now?" Liz asked, surprised by how she was handling that.
If she could Kim would have shrugged, "I'm not working their anymore, it was years ago, and I don't need the money from one-time pay deduction from minimum wage."
"Still are handling it better than how I would," Zita muttered to her boyfriend, knowing how she wouldn't be happy to hear this news.
Adjusting her crop top as she left the changing area, Kim was still scowling and still angrily muttering about Ron.
"Also, Ron's angry because he thinks I'm jealous! Me! Jealous of his burrito wrapping ability! HA!" Kim yelled dismissively.
Again Kim winced inside the Animus. But before she could state another apology, Ron cut her off, "it's okay KP."
"It is so weird to see Kim act jealous like this," Hope whispered to her friends. "I know Kim is human like everyone else but…"
"I'm still on the fence about Kim being completely human," Marcella admitted. "I mean with all the supervillains she faced you think something had to have affected her in some way."
"I still say she was experimented on as a child," Crystal added to her two cents.
"Maybe we'll see a world that might explain how she can everything she does," Jessica suggested, getting the others to nod and hoped it would be soon.
"Well, are you? Ron usually has the hardest time adjusting to anything new, but you usually get everything pretty easily. It'd be pretty easy to get jealous when the opposite is suddenly true." Naruto said as he leaned against the door frame.
Kim's angry scowl quickly turned into a contemplative one. "Was I jealous of Ron? I mean, I don't want to be. It's good that he's found something that he enjoys and is good at. We both know Ron has a lot of trouble doing anything new, but he does get better with time. Usually."
Sighing, Kim's shoulders dropped. Feeling Naruto put his arm around her, Kim leaned her head against his shoulder. "Kim jealousy happens whether or not you want it to. Ignoring it won't do anything.
You have to accept it. Accept that you're jealous and break down why you are. Like for me, I get jealous that you and Ron can sleep every night. I hate the fact that I do get jealous, but I accept it. Then I figure out why I am jealous. That one is pretty easy. I can't stop thinking and I'm constantly bombarded with thoughts whether I want them or not, so being able to attain even a few hours of rest is a godsend.
From there I realize that there really isn't anything I can do about it for the moment and just let go and puff it's gone. It helps that I've done this like six times before. In fact, I don't think I've gotten jealous about that in at least three years." Naruto stated as he realized that he was in fact correct. The last time he got jealous was over four years ago.
The group stared at the blond on the screen, taken aback by the maturity and wisdom he just gave. Ron smiled, "Our guys have a good friend KP."
"They do, they really do."
As Naruto stood staring at the ceiling in wonder at his ability to mature, Kim was busy thinking about why she got jealous.
However, all that she could find was the fact that it was because Ron was excelling and she wasn't. 'Wow, of all things to get jealous about and it's simply because he was better than me.'
Sighing, Kim vowed to herself to apologize to Ron.
Turning to look at Naruto she smiled when she saw that he was still in amazement over his maturity on the subject of jealousy.
"Naruto, let's go." Snapping out of his amazement. Naruto nodded.
The scene broke apart until it showed Kim inside one of the holes of the World's largest cheese wheel.
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[Wisconsin – World's Largest Cheese Wheel]
"So, it's actually a cheese building?" Kim stated as she looked at her Kimmunicator.
"Yup, Naruto and I are pretty sure that Drakken is using the laser drill to drill to the earth's crust, but we're not sure what he's going to do after that. We both agree that he's not going to pump the magma out because that'd melt the entire building. After all, an evil genius wouldn't do something that dumb." Wade said with a smirk.
Nodding at their assessment, Kim got to work.
The scene broke apart and found Kim trapped inside with Drakken before her.
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"Oh, my, god. He's really that stupid." Kim, Naruto, and Wade all said at the same time.
This was their response to Drakken revealing their evil plan to them.
Drakken groaned, not wanting to hear more of this and how they felt about his plan. It wasn't his fault they didn't make it a cheese-covered building.
"Stupid?! Would a stupid person know to use a cheese-covered building to hide the location of their stolen laser drill?!" Drakken yelled when he heard Kim.
"Ummm," Tara held up a finger and tried to find a polite way to tell him but Drakken waved her off, "you don't have to say anything; I already figured it out years ago."
Shego scoff, "yeah after we ended up being buried in the melted cheese."
"No, a stupid person would use a cheese building to hide the location of their stolen laser drill," Kim responded angrily.
"Cheese building? What are you talking about?" Drakken asked as he heard she left out the word 'covered' in her sentence.
"This place! It's all made of Wisconsin Swiss!" Kim angrily gestured as much as she could with her hands as they were placed in manacles.
"Ooh, I love Wisconsin Swiss. Wait, then if I pump the magma out..." Drakken said as he began connecting the dots.
"This whole place is gonna melt with you inside," Kim stated smugly.
"Huh. So then this entire operation..."
Once again smugly interrupting him, "Was doomed from the start."
Drakken scowled even harder hearing the tone of Kim's counterpart. "You're very smug right now, aren't you?"
"I'm not," Kim corrected him. "But my counterpart is."
"Sheg-" "Roundhouse kick!"
"Huh?" Drakken asked as he looked away from where Shego was operating the laser drill. Only to receive a kick to the face.
"What!?" Drakken screamed, stunned at seeing his counterpart was kicked in the face.
"Why did you say roundhouse kick?" Kim asked Naruto with a grin.
"I needed a distraction." Was the simple answer as Naruto pressed the button to free Kim from the manacles.
"He's not wrong," Ron said as he knew shouting attacks can distract certain villains. Drakken being one of them.
Dropping down from where she was held, Kim rubbed her wrists. Those things had been a bit too tight.
"How'd you get passed all the other..." Kim's voice trailed off as she saw the unconscious body of a guard poking out of a hole in the wall.
"Alright then. I'll keep Shego busy, you go to the drill." Kim said while pointing to the command center where Shego was busy looking at a display to notice what was happen below her.
"Got it," Naruto answered.
"You always seem to fight Shego," Hope count help but point out.
"Because out of the team I'm the only one to keep up at her level."
"Yeah I didn't have a chance back then," Ron admitted without shame.
Shego grunts, knowing this was true. She couldn't help but wonder how much of a chance Ron could have if he actually uses that magical boost or whatever it's called if they fought.
"Be careful." Both Naruto and Kim said at the same time.
"Jinx." Again they said at the same time.
"Double Jinx" Naruto was able to get out before Kim.
"Ha! I win! Now you owe me two sodas!" Naruto said before running off to shut down the drill.
"I swear they better not take as long our Kim and Ron did to hook up," Marcella muttered. "They are too damn cute."
"Hey, Dr. D the dri- You!" Shego yelled once she saw Kim. Jumping out of the drill control room, she chased after Kim.
Poking his head in through the door, Naruto saw that there wasn't anyone guarding the controls. Smirking, Naruto went inside. Looking at the controls, he realized that none of it actually had any sort of indication of what they did. However, these sorts of tools always had emergency shutoffs somewhere.
Looking around, he noticed a big red button below the counter. Seeing no other choice, he pressed it. Listening, he could hear the laser drill beginning to slow and then stop completely. Letting out a breath he'd been holding, Naruto looked out the window to see that Kim was still fighting Shego.
"It is always that easy to stop the machines?" Tara asked Ron, figuring he would be one of the best to explain.
Ron shrugged, "Sometimes. Some villains have the big button so they know what to hit in emergencies. Some aren't so easy and we would either need to destroy it is a villain made the weapon from scratch or have Wade hack it to shut it down if we have to return it. It really depends on the machine itself."
About to go down to help, he saw Ron running straight at Shego. Fortunately, the shock of seeing him startled Shego enough that Kim was able to knock her out.
Shego growled, not liking how her counterpart was blindsided like that. Her earlier anger with the sidekick and what his counterpart did to her jacket didn't help matters.
Pulling out his phone, Naruto called Wade. "When did you contact Ron?"
"Shortly after you and Kim left. I saw that he was still at Bueno Nacho, so I told him that Kim was going to need his help. It'd didn't really take too much convincing. Though he did have to bum a ride from one of our friends." Wade stated evenly, though Naruto was sure he had that smug smile on his face.
"Nice, have you contacted the authorities?" Here, Naruto heard him scoff.
"We've been at this for how long? I think I have the procedure down to memory." Wade started sounding almost insult that Naruto could insinuate that he hadn't already done so.
"Just making sure. Didn't mean to insult you." Hearing the phone cut off, Naruto was sure that Wade had taken some insult. He'd make it up to him later.
Wade himself rolled his eyes but knew that his counterpart wouldn't be too upset. It was more the principle of the matter.
Walking out of the control room, Naruto pulled out some handcuffs. Didn't want Drakken or Shego getting away after all.
The screen broke apart before reforming into Bueno Nachos.
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[September 19, 2003]
"It appears you are correct Ms. Possible; it is illegal to dock pay of minimum wage workers. I shall correct this immediately." Ned stated as he looked through the Colorado state laws.
"Thank you," Kim stated as she saw Ned walked towards to back to fix his mistake. However, she couldn't stop from staring at the green leather jacket Ned was wearing.
The girls stared, all surprised by what he was wearing. Monique, Bonnie, and Shego all stared horrified at the fact he was wearing a collector item. Bonnie and Shego shivered at sharing any sort of fashion item with Ned.
"So you're going to be paid for every Naco sold?" Naruto asked Ron as Kim came back to their table.
"Yup. Five cents for everyone." Ron stated with a smug smile.
"Hey, you might make enough to be able to grande size your meals for the rest of the school year," Naruto said with a grin.
"That is the dream, my friend," Ron stated as he leaned on the table.
Ron winced here, recalling how he ended up spending and losing all that money in less than two weeks. It wasn't his proudest moment.
"Well, I don't want that leather jacket anymore," Kim stated as she slumped forward.
"You saw Ned wearing it didn't you?" Ron asked even though he already knew the answer.
Nodding, Kim just began to draw circles on the table with her finger. Though she was quickly distracted by a Club Banana box being put in front of her.
Kim blinked inside the Animus, "what's this?"
Looking at Naruto with a raised eyebrow she frowned at him, "Naruto I already told you I don't want you to buy me things."
"I didn't. I called in a favor from someone I knew. He was more than happy to help. No money exchanged any hands." Naruto said with a smirk.
Narrowing her eyes at his loophole, Kim's curiosity got the best of her and she opened the box. Her gasp drew everyone's eyes to her.
"…"
Kim was stunned and she wasn't the only one as the rest stared at the item inside the box. Tara and the other cheer girls were in awe while Monique whistled in appreciation. Bonnie scowled, jealousy running through her while Shego would privately admit she was impressed, not that she would even say that out loud. Zita, while not as much into fashion trends was impressed while Yori didn't get what causes the others to react like this but figured it was because it was a nice gift from a friend.
Inside was a white leather jacket in a similar style to the one she wanted, but near the collar in small neat black writing were the initials KP. On top of the jacket was a letter in a Club Banana envelope.
Opening it up, Kim began to read to herself, 'Hello and salutation, this jacket was handcrafted by me at the request of a dear friend. He told me about how you go around the world saving and helping people and that you positively adore my designs. Such praise from him was unusual, so I did I little research myself. Imagine my surprise when he was actually downplaying your achievements. As such, I decided to not only grant his request but to exceed them.
My dear, what you now have in front of you will forever be, your personal jacket. No other place in the world will ever attain this design as it is now yours. I have made this with sturdy materials while also making it fashionable, so do not fear about damaging it.
Much love, Coco Banana
Kim nearly squealed after reading this. Sure, she didn't have the jacket but the fact one of her counterparts did was good enough for her. The rest of the fashion-loving girls were in awe and they could feel jealous of Kim's counterpart but knew the girl deserved it. Bonnie held her head, trying to hold off the headache that was forming.
For a moment after finishing the letter, Kim couldn't breathe. The next moment though, she tackled Naruto with a flying hug. She flew at him so quickly she knocked him out of his seat and on to the floor where she began to hug him hard enough that he couldn't breathe.
"THANK YOU!" Kim yelled before letting go and trying on her new jacket.
Naruto only noticed when she let go as he could now breathe properly again. Once again he was reminded of Kim's strength. This time though was through a hug, so it could have been worse.
Standing up, he noticed Kim looking herself over with her brand new jacket on. It seemed to go well with her current green top and blue pants, but he wanted to see it with her mission outfit on.
Monique nodded in approval, "Girl, WTT, YATB."
"And that means?" Zita asked as she wasn't the only one confused.
Monique rolled her eyes but translated. "Work that thing, and You are the Bomb."
The scene broke apart and reformed to Kim in her house.
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"Kim your jacket is so cute. Did you just buy it?" Kim's mother asked as she saw her daughter walk in.
"It was a gift. Naruto called in a favor from The Coco Banana. It's a one of a kind design made specifically for me." Squealing, Kim was jumping up and down as she explained to her mother how she got the jacket.
"How does Naruto know Coco Banana?" That stopped Kim's jumping. How did Naruto know Coco Banana?
Kim blinked inside the Animus, "actually that is a good question."
"I just hope it won't take forever to find out," Monique said, not wanting to wait for a few sequences to find the answer.
"I don't know if I can take it," Bonnie muttered, feeling a bit light-headed.
The scene showed Kim talking to Naruto over the phone, the attention split between the two of them.
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"I met Coco a few years ago. I was in Smarty Mart buying some stuff and I literally ran into him." Naruto explained into his cell phone. "When we fell, we dropped our phones. I grabbed his on accident and he grabbed mine. I apologized and then went back to buying my stuff.
"It actually wasn't until a few hours later that I got a bunch of calls from people who I didn't know that I realized that I had grabbed the wrong phone. From there I tracked my phone down. Coco had already left for Paris when I tracked my phone, so I had to go wait for him at his destination.
"More than anything I think he was surprised that I went all the way to Paris to give him back his phone when a simple call would have been more than sufficient. From there we exchanged numbers and we've been friends ever since. Every once in a while he calls me asking weird questions.
"Like one time he asked if I thought tigers were orange with black stripes or black with orange stripes," Naruto said as he finished his explanation of how he and Coco were friends.
Kim hearing about the weird question made a connection. One of Club Banana's most famous lines of merchandise had been themed around black with orange stripes. Had Naruto helped launch one of the most famous lines ever?
The girls were gapping at the screen. Not only for the tale of how he made friends with Coco Banana but in fact influenced a major fashion line.
Bonnie eye twitches for a moment before she slumped to the side, unable to take any more of this. Tara went over to make she was fine as well as make sure she didn't fall over. "Oh dear," she said after a moment. "I think she fainted."
Ron stared, wondering how and why the former queen bee fainted like that. Felix however chuckled. "Bonnie dot exe has encountered an error."
Zita smacked her boyfriend's arm but didn't disagree with that statement.
"That's a pretty normal story actually. I was expecting something grand and epic." Kim stated once she realized she hadn't said anything.
'Kinda like how you go about when talking about your missions,' the rest of the cheer team thought unknowingly as one.
"No grand and epic tales from me, sorry," Naruto stated as he looked over some information on something he was working on. If it worked like how he wanted it to, he might have an infinite power source.
"It's been more or less a week right?" Kim asked out of the blue.
Quickly stopping his analysis of the data, Naruto tried to remember if it had indeed been a week.
"Actually it's been two," Naruto said as he finished remember he had last slept on the 5th.
"Seriously? Well, you know what that means right?" Kim stated with a smile.
"Yes." Naruto stated resigned to his fate, "I'm the little spoon."
"Hey! You're bigger than me, I get to be the little one." Kim responded trying to win the argument.
Again Kim felt embarrassed about how her counterpart's friend just sleeps over with her. Though she did agree it would be better if she was the little spoon.
"You stole my turn last time. I'm just catching up on my lost turn." Naruto finished with a smirk.
"If you're late you are going to be the big spoon," Kim said giving him a warning.
"I won't be."
The scene broke apart before it reformed into Kim's room once more with Naruto climbing inside.
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"Dang, you're actually here on time," Kim stated as she opened the window for Naruto to sneak in.
"I told you I wouldn't be," Naruto said as he slowly closed the window.
Getting into bed, Kim waited until Naruto had settled himself in before wrapping her arms around him. While she enjoyed being the little spoon, she also enjoyed being the big spoon. Especially when Naruto would hold her hands like he was now.
Smiling when she felt his heartbeat slow, Kim closed her eyes.
Team Possible - They Who Will Change the World: Sequence Two Ends
The scene broke apart and Kim found herself in the Animus lobby again. She didn't stay long as she felt herself leaving the Animus. When she exits the Animus shew stretched and notice the others were shifting Bonnie slightly who looked like the girl had passed out. "Queenie here couldn't take your new blond boy toy was close friends with Coco Banana" Shego answered the unasked question.
Kim rolled her eyes as she thought Bonnie was being dramatic. "Well it was a surprise but I'm more jealous of my counterpart's jacket."
"Girl, anyone would be jealous of that jacket," Monique informed her.
Kim agreed as she studied the group working with Bonnie and figured they could all use a break. "How about we get Bonnie somewhere to rest up, and just relax for the rest of the day. We can come back tomorrow if we're up for it."
The others agreed to that, Drakken claiming he wanted to work on improving his invention anyway, and the rest wanted to get some lunch and just relax. Tara and Hope were helping Bonnie help to take her to one of their cars so he can rest and go with them once she wakes up. As they leave, Kim could hear the rest talking about the worlds they all saw, and the others were also telling the cheer squad about some of the worlds they haven't seen yet. Kim couldn't help but smile watching them all go and talk with one another. When she started to head to her own car where Ron was talking to Yori, she paused when something appeared in front of her.
It didn't look real, almost like a hologram. It was a mixture of shades of gray with the form that seems to be made of static. They flickered as if they would vanish at any moment. The first figure was a literal skeleton with a square jaw, dressed in a pair of swimming trunks, had what Kim could only guess was cucumbers over its eyes and laying in a lounge chair with a tanning reflective screen as if trying to tan itself. The second was a younger version of herself, a few years younger, wearing a modest bikini and had a stern look on her face. The ghost image of herself then spoke to the skeleton. "Grim, we need to talk."
Kim nearly jumped when the skeleton, no doubt Grim, replied back to her in a Jamaican accent. "I'm busy,"it muttered before he waved at her,"Now move over, you're blocking me sun."
Kim watched as her ghost-self sighed before she took a thin metal wire cord and stretched it out slightly. 'Is that a garrote wire?' Kim could help but asked herself.
In a flash, she watched her ghost self wrapped the wire around Grim's neck and pulled tight. Kim wasn't sure why it seems to be choked by the move before the ghost Kim pulled Grim up and threw the bag of bones over her shoulder and slammed him on the ground. Kim herself was gapping at the brutal move and something she was sure she would never do to anyone, not even Shego and Drakken. She watched as Grim moaned on the ground. "You have my attention."
"I was asking yesterday, but today I'm demanding it!" the ghost Kim said as she glared with death itself in her eyes, a look that was actually scaring Kim. "Show. Me. The. Hourglass!"
Kim stared before the images faded away as if they weren't there, to begin with. "you okay KP?" Ron asked, placing a hand on her shoulder.
Kim shook her head to try and clear her thoughts. "yeah…I think so."
Ron frowned but didn't say anything as they headed to Kim's car. Kim herself couldn't get what she just saw out of her head, more confused than terrified. 'What did I just see? Was that another world?'
And we are done for now. Yes the new world the group will be seeing is one I will enjoy very much. I am sure you can recognize it; if not…I wonder how Kim, Ron and the others will react to all the dark humor of that world and where the Grim Reaper is their best friend forever. I hope you all are looking forward to it.