Chapter 3:
A Treasured Hanukkah Memory
By Georsama

The first sensation Ron had was of his bed moving, he groaned and rolled over pulling his blankets tighter around him. He wanted to stay asleep; he was having an extremely nice dream about Kim. He shifted again, the bed moving under him once more, he snorted and mumbled Kim's name.

Whoever it was that was in bed with him leaned forward on their hands and gently blew in his ear, their hair tickling his neck. Ron laughed sleepily and muttered in a dreamy voice "Kim, it's my turn." he rubbed his head against his pillow when he felt the warm breath on his ear once more.

Suddenly he felt a hand on shoulder, his eyes snapped open and let out a quick yelp, moving with years of experience and fighting kicking in. Within minutes the covers were shoved to the foot of the bed and Ron Stoppable was straddling his new girlfriend Kim Possible, who was laying docile in his bed smiling up at him obviously enjoying something.

He blinked looking at her wondering how exactly he had managed to get them into this position. Then he realized he was holding her arms to the bed on either side of her head, effectively giving him control.

"Good morning to you to Ron." She said it in a rather teasing yet enticing way, making no move to free herself, seemingly liking the position. She was dressed in a nice green sweater and, well that was all he could see right now.

"Er...morning KP." He knew it sounded lame, but now that he wasn't acting on instinct he was just a freshly awakened Ron Stoppable, in an extremely confusing and awkward position. Kim chuckled as neither of them moved for several minutes. They might have stayed like this for several more if it wasn't for Ron's mother making a noise in the hallway.

Ron quickly let go of Kim's wrist and swung his leg off her, letting her sit up. She sat up slowly, smiling the entire time. She scooted up to sit with her back against the headboard of his bed crossing her legs watching him with a semi-dreamy look on her face.

Ron absently got up and stretched calling for Rufus. The pink naked mole rat scurried out of his makeshift bed and began to stretch as well. Ron turned to look at Kim sitting on his bed. "So what brings you by?"

The auburn haired girl smiled brightly, they had shown up in each others bedroom waking each other so much through out the years they didn't even think twice about it. It was a perk of having been best friends for sixteen years. She blushed remembering that he was not just her best friend anymore. "Nothing really. Just thought I'd come by, wake my boyfriend up maybe go out and eat?"

Ron looked at her, noticing that her emerald eyes were locked on him. He shrugged sitting down on the edge of the bed smiling, very comfortable in her presence. "Sure, I wouldn't mind showing you off...I'm actually surprised you even want to be seen out in public with me. So where should we go eat?"

"Umm...Ron, no offense but if you're going to stay dressed like that I don't want to go out in public. Though in private I like it."

Ron blinked then finally looked down and for the first time saw that he was missing his pants and shirt, actually he was just wearing his boxers with the hearts on them. "You couldn't have told me sooner!?" He immediately stood, then blushed trying to hide, noticing that Kim's eyes stayed transfixed on him.

She was gave a dry chuckle and wetted her lips before apologizing. "Well you just looked so...so...you know...cute." she trailed off sort of waving her hand then getting a sort of dreamy look in her eyes she took a strand of her hair and twirled it around her finger.

***

"So anyway, Bonnie called after Tara. She was all like 'Kim, you and Ron?' I was like yea, me and Ron." Kim was talking a mile a minute, happy and excited as she sat across from her new boyfriend, who was both fully clothed and eating against his vote at an IHOP, located conveniently in the Middleton mall.

"Ron, are you even listening to me? Kim suddenly stopped in mid sentence watching Ron force down five silver dollar pancakes at once.

He smiled and nodded. "Of course I am Kim."

Kim smiling sat back and crossed her arms. "Oh, ok then what did I just say?"

Ron, without missing a beat held his hand up, finger pointed skywards "Begin quote 'So anyway, Bonnie called after Tara. She was all like 'Kim, you and Ron?' I was like yea, me and Ron. After Bonnie complained about our relationship and asked if I had thought how it would hurt the squad, she hung up and I immediately got dressed in this totally cute shirt, but then had to change cause it didn't go with the jacket you bought me. Which Monique is so totally jealous about.' close quote." He flashed a smile at her, catching his breath, unable to figure out how she could talk like that without passing out.

Kim sat there, her elbows on the table, gapping at him in disbelief. Unbelievable, she thought to herself incredulously, I got a sweet, innocent, loving boyfriend that actually pays attention to everything I say.

Ron meanwhile was spearing even more of the silver dollar pancakes, hoisting them off onto a smaller side plate for Rufus. The pink naked mole rat pounced on them, wolfing them down as quickly as possible for a naked mole rat. Kim rested her chin on her hand and watched them, letting out a wistful sigh.

Ron stopped fork hovering his fork noticing her not eating "KP, your not eating."

Kim shrugged and Ron quickly speared a piece of sausage on her plate and held it out for her. "Here you go..." He smiled as she ate the sausage he was offering her. Rufus made a noise that sounded like a sigh and then in his naked mole rat way said 'cute.'

Unfortunately the couple's enjoyment was cut short by Kim's communicator going off. Kim grabbed it as Ron retracted his fork to finish off what Kim had left.

"What's the sitch Wade?"

The boy genius looked at her and shook his head. "Need to talk to Ron."

Kim blinked, looked up at Ron who was looking back at her, she looked back at the screen. "You need to talk to him?" The boy genius nodded and then smiled.

"Don't worry Kim, besides you'll hear all about it I'm sure." Kim ignored him handing the small blue device over to Ron.

He took it and smiled. "What's the sitch Wade?" He heard Kim snort, weather in amusement or annoyance he wasn't sure. Wade smiled and started typing a mile a minute. "Got a video card for you, from Japan let me stream it."

Ron shook his head saying quickly "Not right now Wade." and then hit the off button causing the screen to blink out. Kim was looking at him curiously as she took the communicator back. "Ron, what was that about?"

The blond shrugged and cleared his throat. "What was what about?"

She raised an eyebrow. "The card."

""Oh." He instantly began to spear more pancakes as if nothing had happened. Kim crossed her arms eying him. "Ron Stoppable, you either tell me what is up with this v-card from Japan is about or I'll get Wade."

Ron let out a sigh and looked at her, trying his best to give her his version of the puppy dog pout. "Kim, honestly it's nothing. Just that when I went to stay in Japan there was a girl...she sort of got obsessive..."

Kim raised an eyebrow listening to him. She frowned every so slightly which darkened her face, causing Ron to prepare for the worst. "So, there's a girl in Japan obsessed with you?" she said it in a neutral way.

Ron nodded, Rufus having quickly disappeared from the table. Kim waited a minute, then a little bit longer before letting out a slow breath smiling a little. "So that's why you don't like to talk about Japan."

Ron nodded feeling relief flooding through him. "Yea, Japan was a nightmare." He didn't enjoy lying to Kim, but he had taken an oath. Besides there was nothing to worry about, it wasn't like Yori would be trying to contact him. He was pulled out of his thoughts by the communicator going off once more.

Kim answered it, beginning to sound miffed. "Wade, Ron said not now." She blinked when the genius continued to type

"This has nothing to do with that. There's been a theft." he said it as he hurriedly scanned the screen.

Rufus immediately reappeared, and Ron stood up and moved around to look over her shoulder as Kim spoke up. "What was stolen?"

"It was a government program, lots of encryption, A-1 level clearance. General Packard reported it." Wade looked at them, his eyes shining brightly. "Anyway, it was an experimental Field Propulsion."

Kim blinked and tilted her head. "If this is A-1 clearance why do you know what it was?"

Wade smiled "The general granted me, you and Ron clearance. Apparently this is top priority."

Ron frowned crossing his arms. "Man, that General guy totally gypped you Rufus." The naked mole rat nodded but sat back on the table wolfing down Ron and Kim's food.

"Well worry about Rufus's clearance later Ron, we need to go." Kim responded absently, her mind was racing. She knew it wasn't Drakken, or the Seniors so who else would steal something like that?

"Right KP." Ron responded. "So Wade, which villain will my Kimmie be putting a hurtin on?" He rested his chin on her shoulder watching the screen. His statement seeming to catch Wade of guard, and make Kim giggle. Ron smiled, it felt good saying that, almost like it made it more of a fact that she was with him.

Wade finally seemed to get over his surprise and answered Ron, a hint of amusement in his voice. "A Dr. Dementor...hmmm, must be new." he said the last part more to himself than anybody in particular.

Ron blinked and looked at Kim who nodded. "Know where his hideout is?" She waited while Wade worked his magic; she wanted to hurry this up so that she could spend the rest of the day with Ron. Within moments Wade was back and telling her what he found out. "Alright, were on it. Got us a ride?"

"Actually the military is providing the ride." he responded a little disappointed then perked up. "My government grant is coming through, so expect those gravity disrupters soon." And with that the screen went dark.

"So...the government is bribing Wade to get you on the case." Ron said as he pulled his chair over to set down. "Will wonders never cease. I wonder how much they'll be bribing me to not go with you."

Kim shot him a look and shook her head. "Tell me you won't let them." She seemed worried, apparently not liking the thought of going on a mission without him.

"Of course not KP, you're stuck with me." He said it giving her his trademark goofy grin and thumbs up sign.

She hugged him and then stood. "Come on, we need to get into our mission clothes." Ron nodded and stood Rufus jumping off the table onto his shoulder before he stood completely. Kim smiling took his hand as they left.

***

"No seriously Ron, tell me why." Kim asked as they snuck up to a factory. She crouched down low, followed immediately by Ron, behind a thick clump of trees and bushes as a henchman walked past, these were definitely in a different league than Dr. Drakken. "Think Rufus can sneak in and see what were dealing with?"

Ron nodded and quickly produced the hairless rodent, who stood at attention while Ron gave him the instructions. Rufus saluted and hopped out of his hand and scurried off slipping through the security with ease. They watched him go, and then watched him come back within minutes. He climbed up onto his Ron's knee and quickly in his mole rat way related what he saw.

Ron nodded and patted Rufus on the head. "Thanks Rufus" He looked at Kim and sighed. "About the same number of guards as Drakken, no Shego style sidekick though. The security system is about the same..."

Kim nodded, as Ron slipped Rufus into his pocket of his cargo pants. "Did he happen to tell you the best way to get in?" The blonde boy nodded and sighed as he quickly relayed what Rufus had told him to Kim who blinked. "So, we just go in with plan 41?"

He nodded and she smiled. "Good. Now before we go tell me why."

The boy shook his head. "After the mission."

She pouted but acquiesced, then went into serious mission mode. "Alright, count of three..." Ron nodded then leaned forward kissing her quickly.

"Ok…one." He said smiling when he broke the kiss.

Kim smiled back. "Two...love you…"

Ron smiled wider "Three...love you to…" and then he slipped off to create the distraction. Kim watched him go and then took off in the opposite direction.

She heard the alarm blare as the defense system was breached and with a running start she vaulted over the fence landing with a flip and then continued on to the main factory building. She slipped along the back wall hiding in the shadows as the guards rushed past as the noise from the breach grew louder.

She stopped and looked up spying a window just large enough for her. She slipped out her suction cups and quickly began to climb upwards. Once she was level with the window she produced a pen laser to cut the lock, then carefully climbed in slipping her climbing tools back into her backpack before dropping noiseless to the floor behind a set of boxes and crates on the walkway.

She could hear shouting, apparently Dr. Dementor wasn't happy not that she could blame him. The guards seemed to be doubled now, great, she thought, only half dozen more guards than normal.

She absently wondered how Ron was doing, but she couldn't stop to worry, she had to get into position knowing phase two would be coming soon. She slipped among the boxes, finally spying what she recognized as the Field Propulsion unit from her briefing aboard the plane. It really was small, about the size of a small bike motor.

As if on cue the side door to the factory flew open and Ron came running in, guards pilling in after him. She couldn't help but smile watching him react to the guards; when he just reacted to attacks he was golden. She almost giggled at that but resisted, settling to smile instead. He had them in position within minutes all gathered together getting ready to pounce on him. The evil scientist seemed to be shouting orders.

Kim quickly did her part, vaulting over the railing of the walkway grabbing a thick tarp as she did. She dropped quickly, casting the tarp like a net covering the henchman threatening Ron. She rebounded off a beam with a back flip landing in a fighting stance facing Dr. Dementor.

She was quickly joined by Ron who had used the tarps rope to tie it tightly around the henchmen. The evil scientist seemed put off, unsure how to handle this situation but he reacted as everyone else did "Kim Possible and her side kick Ron Stoppable?"

"Give up Dr. Dementar..." Kim said with authority keeping a small smile off her face and hiding the fact that she was amazed that he had remembered Ron's name.

"It's Dr. Dementor!" he shouted, falling into the same trap that Drakken did.

"Dementor? Dude are you sure that you want to use that name?" Ron added absently.

"Why you insolent Whelp, I'll have you know that Dementor is a very good name." the short, stout doctor responded.

"Dude, no its not. Even Drakken is a better name than Dementor." Ron continued to argue with him, distracting him.

"Enough of this. Guards Attack!" Twenty guards seemed to pile in from nowhere surrounding the two teen heroes.

The henchmen lunged together at once, Ron disappeared through the gap between their legs and Kim went skywards, she grabbed a bar and flipped landing with a spin. The confusion that ensued from the henchmen slamming into each other didn't last long as they turned clearing their heads of cobwebs, and immediately split up to go after Kim and Ron.

Kim preformed a series of back flips and hand stands as she moved away from Ron, they hulking henchmen were hot on her heels. She ducked ones lunge punch driving her elbow into his stomach folding him over, she stood spun and drove her heel into another's face, causing the other henchmen to back off for a moment.

She quickly resumed her path heading for Dr. Dementor, but found herself cut off by a henchmen, she turned on a dime only to find herself facing another hulking henchman, they acted in unison grabbing her arms quickly. She struggled briefly then stopped watching as a third moved in to attack.

She timed it till the last minute then brought her foot up throwing a kick to his groin stopping him in his tracks, she re-chambered and kicked him in the chin causing him to come up and then fall over backwards. The ones holding her arms immediately let go in surprise, she took advantage of this by driving twin hammer fists into their solar plexus driving the air out of them followed by a leg sweep so that they landed heavily on the floor out cold. She was on her feet in seconds pausing long enough to check on Ron.

The blonde boy was dodging the attacks with a frantic ease but he had as of yet to disable any of his enemies. He was brought down by a leg sweep but managed to grab an arm and flip the henchman sending him flying into a few of the others which put them out of the fight. He quickly recovered scrambling up from the ground as the remaining ones regrouped, he was dodging once more within minutes.

Kim turned her attention back to her own henchman but found that they had scattered, apparently terrified of her beating so many in a few minutes. She heard a loud crash and spun expecting something painful to have happened to Ron. Instead she found Ron flat on his back his feet in the air coming down and the remainder of the henchmen lying crumpled up against a wall.

Ron rose quickly turning to look at what he did, not noticing that one of them was charging from behind. Kim smiled and charged in on an intercept course. She reached the henchman and jumped, she spun and planted a kick on the side his head sending him falling away to the side.

She landed and turned facing Dr. Dementor who was looking around obviously surprised. "Now I can see why Drakken has so much trouble with you two." He smiled as more henchmen came pouring in "But unlike him, I have plenty of backup."

There was silence as Ron moved to stand next to Kim in his fighting stance breathing a little heavy "So, we win yet?" She shook her head smiling a little. Ron let out a sigh "Ah man...why do the bad guys always get the backup?"

Dr. Dementor lifted his arm to launch his henchmen forward but the skylight over head shattered causing everyone to duck and cover there heads, men were sliding down ropes yelling, the doors to the factory were kicked in with even more men pilling in through them. All of the men, who were clad in black uniforms with American flag patches on their shoulders, had assault rifles drawn and aimed on the henchmen and Dr. Dementor.

About the same time that the soldiers came bursting in Rufus scurried back up Ron's leg and onto his shoulder. Ron smiled and gave his friend a high five, both saying 'Booyah' at the same time.

Kim smirked kissing Ron's cheek; plan 41 had worked without a hitch. She turned her attention from Ron and Rufus to watch one of the solders approaching, his rifle slung over his shoulder. He offered Kim his hand his face blocked out by the dark ski mask "Thank you Miss Possible and Mr...er..." he seemed to go blank at Ron's name not an uncommon occurrence.

Ron sighed and crossed his arms "Stoppable, Ron Stoppable."

Kim resisted the urge to tell him off for forgetting her boyfriends name instead she shrugged. "No big."

The man cleared his throat and nodded. "Yes well, thank you. We'll take Dr. Dementor and his men into custody; General Packard asked that you return the item you came for since none of my men have clearance."

Kim nodded agreeing to take it back for them. She pulled her communicator out and with in minutes Wade had told her how to turn it off and remove it. Ron hefted it since Kim had given him a pout and said she was just too weak to carry it; idly he couldn't help but wonder why that sill worked on him.

They boarded the plane the general had provided after making sure that the Field Propulsion system was locked up securely. They settled into their seats side by side, holding hands.

Kim waited until they had taken off then turned to face Ron "So, tell me."

He chuckled and rubbed the back of his head. "What was I going to tell you again?"

Kim gave him a mock frown. "You know very well what."

Ron nodded, Rufus sticking his head up out of the pocket and waited wanting to hear as well, the blonde slumped back into his seat sighing "It's like I said, I don't see why you even like me."

Kim blinked, he had seemed so sure of himself but now suddenly he was asking this question. She leaned over kissing him on the lips lightly then when she broke it she whispered in a low voice "I like you because you're you. Everything about you makes me like you."

Ron sat there with a silly grin, nodding some, his mind a million miles away from the question. Rufus once more retreated into his pocket not wanting to intrude on the teenage couple.

***

Ron's house was warm, filled with a feeling of love and happiness. The TV was off, as were the lights, the doors locked up for the night. It was the seventh day of Hanukkah and his family was gathered around singing the prayer as Ron, the youngest man of the house lit the second to last candle in the menorah.

Ron finished with his job replaced the candle in the menorah and joined with his family as they brought the prayer to a close. In his memories from now this Hanukkah was the best, a shining memory that he would treasure. His mother kissed his cheek and wished him a happy Hanukkah and his father patted his shoulder saying the same then they turned leaving him alone watching the flames of the candles flickering.

He wished that Kim could have joined them, but after some thought and talking with his father, he had decided that tomorrow would be better. He smiled feeling odd, in so many ways he was treated like a child by his parents but in so many other ways they treated him like an adult.

Which explained why they did not mind him going off with Kim on missions even after their relationship had changed. His father had told him he was a man and he had to make some choices on his own, of course this to was indirectly his way of telling Ron that what he did on the Sabbath was his own business.

The blonde shook his head and left the candles, heading to bed. He entered his room, pulling off his shirt and pants remembering to dress in his sleeping clothes this time. He had just pulled his unmade bed covers down to climb into bed, when he paused. He had that video card, he sighed walking over to his computer which was way out of date by now and sat down.

He quickly logged on and checked his email finding it in his inbox waiting. He opened it and watched as the screen loaded, Rufus left his spot on the bed and made his way to up Ron's leg to sit on his shoulder and watch. The card took several minutes to load but finally he found himself face to digital face with Yori.

The young Japanese girl was alone, apparently at her parent's house. She bowed then spoke when she was once more upright "Ron-san greetings. I wish that this was sent under more appropriate circumstances, but this concerns the Lotus blade." She paused seeming to look even more serious, Ron was already serious at the mere mention of the weapon. "It has once more been stolen by Monkey Fist and our sensei says that I must go to you." She paused once more before continuing "There is much we must discuss, I will arrive as a transfer student at your school." She gave him a smile bowing once more "Sayonara Ron-san, I will see you soon."

Ron deleted the email, a knot of worry developing in his stomach. Concerns of the Lotus blade, Monkey Fist second to the fact that Yori was coming to Middleton. He would have to tell Kim what really happened and hope that she didn't get so upset that he lied to her that she broke up with him.

He stood patting a worried looking Rufus on the head "Aww man, this is so not badcally." he muttered to himself, his pet nodded in agreement. He climbed into bed holding his pillow and blanket tighter around him thinking about what was laying before him. Once he got past Yori and that whole situation he felt that knot of worry turn to fear and a sense of danger at the understanding that Monkey Fist had the Lotus blade. His mind was working double time over what was stolen from the castle.

His mind finally worried itself into exhaustion and Ron drifted off to a dreamless sleep.

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AR:

bluefox422: I'm glad you loved it, and that it was cute when they cuddled at the play.

Cynthia Krenshaw: Good!

Nixiy: Cute beyond cute? yes!

KuteInsanity:Of course I added more, I like making people happy. And I am don't worry. ^__^

Jokerisdaking: Thanks, I'm happy that they were all conveyed perfectly.

Yamal: Your welcome, but soon it will be action as well as WAFFy.

Dory: I do have a sequel planned and at least one or two more chapters of this. Yes it is funny how Kim's sudden outburst caused them to fall over, but let me tell you from first hand experience since I've had that happen to me, it's not as funny in real life.

Wars of the Last Wolves: Glad you enjoyed the story, stop by and read what else I can come up with.

chris-warren876: Mega-writing skills? Thank you very much, and no never your emotions are mine to play with. **cues evil laugh** No seriously I like Shego/Ron and I'm not done with them. If this sent you on a roller coaster wait until I make my sequel.

DreamQueen110: Wouldn't it though? I've never had that done to me, but then nobodies ever been brave enough. Thanks let me know how this chapter stacks up.


AN:

Well, nothing much to say this time. Thanks to everyone that left me a review this time around, a smaller amount this time due to the holidays no doubt, but still thank you, I appreciated it. I've realized that this is ficlet is doing a great job of getting me used to writing in the KPverse.
I'll warn you now I can be long winded, extremely so the sequel will probably be lengthy. Anyway, Hope you enjoyed this chapter and go to the Kpffa (email for the link) and submit your fics, please, don't make me feel under appreciated.
I also want to mention that my last AR was cut short and my AN was cut out completely, so chapter 2 was screwed up for awhile, I fixed it though. Now as to this chapter I hope the mission scene, especially the fight scene were good and that you enjoyed it. And yes, I am preparing things for my sequel, though I have no release date planned for it.

Sincerely,
Georsama