Ron 1/2
By Parareru
Disclaimer: Kim Possible and crew are owned by Disney. (Who had better keep producing the show until we have as many seasons as the Simpsons.) Ranma 1/2 and crew are owned by Rumiko Takahashi. SO to repeat I own neither of these.
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Chapter 3: Talismans, Villains and Fiancés. Oh my.
"Stand aside. I am here to claim the mantle that destiny has laid for me," Monkey Fist began without preamble addressing the shrunken matriarch who stood barring his path into the Village of Chinese Amazons.
Perfume, one of the matriarchs of the village, stared at the Monkey Master owlishly, leaning heavily on her staff. "It is very rare for a master of Tai Shing Pek Kwar to seek out the Chinese Amazons," she observed.
"I go where destiny commands me," Monkey Fist declared haughtily. "You will give me the Mystical Monkey Talisman."
Perfume let out a raspy chuckle. "Perhaps you should have gotten better directions from destiny then. The Talisman you seek is no longer here."
Monkey Fist snarled in frustration. "Where is it, you withered crone?!" he bellowed as he reached out his hands to shake answers from the old woman.
With surprising speed, Perfume whipped out her staff and whacked Monkey Fist over the head, bringing him up short. "Bad news is no excuse for bad manners," Perfume admonished curtly. "The Talisman is in the land of the Rising Sun." An amused smile spread across her thin, wrinkled lips. "For one guided by destiny it should be no problem to find the only matriarch in the country."
Monkey Fist glared hatefully at the wizened matriarch, reassessing his opinion of her. "My thanks for the information," he said slowly. "But it would be wise not to strike me again."
Perfume laughed wickedly. "Even with the Mystical Monkey Power you're still a hundred years too young to defeat me," she said as she hopped back towards the village. She paused and gave Monkey Fist a taunting look. "Though if you do get lucky and win, by our laws you would then have to marry me."
Monkey Fist's lip curled in disgust at the thought. "I'll pass," he stated dryly, mustering up all his dignity. Perfume merely laughed in response as she disappeared into the village. "So both the Talisman and the Lotus Blade reside in Japan," he murmured to himself. "The hand of destiny must be guiding me."
***
"Now village is very dangerous," the Jusenkyo guide cautioned Kim and Ron as the trio trudged downed the path. "Touch nothing."
Ron dejectedly nodded her head, barely listening to the guide's words of warning. Rufus sat on her shoulder taking in the scenery, chattering away in an attempt to cheer Ron up. A passing shower had doused them, triggering Ron's transformation to his female form. Kim idly studied Ron's figure as they walked. She imagined that the female Ron would look identical to a hypothetical twin sister. As a girl, Ron was a couple of inches shorter than Kim, but without the slight pudginess that he had in his male form. She was definitely curvy, probably more so than most of the girls on the cheer squad. All told, Kim decided that the female Ron made a cute package.
Kim felt a mild stab of jealousy that Ron appeared better endowed in the chest than she was. Instantly Kim regretted her impulse; Ron hadn't asked for this and certainly wasn't going to flaunt his... her figure. All in all Kim thought than Ron was taking his... her curse rather well.
'Well, maybe now I can include Ron in girl talk,' she thought half jokingly to herself. Ron looked up and caught Kim studying her and the two girls blushed in embarrassment.
"You don't have to look at me like I'm some sort of freak," Ron muttered accusingly. "I'm still a guy inside."
"I wasn't!" Kim shot back indignantly at the charge. "I was just worried about you."
Ron stayed sullenly silent, wallowing in her misery. As a girl none of her clothes fit right any more. Her mission shirt hung on her like an oversized tent, her pants threatened to fall off with every step and her shoes felt like boats. On top of all that, her wet clothes were making her shiver from the cool draft.
"Is very lucky," the Jusenkyo guide told them. "We arrive at Village of Chinese Amazons. Hot water there."
"PAPA!" a happy voice cried out down the street followed by the sounds of rapidly running feet.
The Jusenkyo Guide leaned down and scooped the running girl from the street in a huge fatherly hug. {How are you, Plum?}
{I'm okay, Papa,} the little girl replied seriously and looked curiously at Kim and Ron. {Who are they?}
"Honored guests, this is my daughter, Plum," the Jusenkyo Guide proudly introduced his daughter. "She been staying at village while I act as guide."
"Nice to meet you, Plum," Kim smiled at the little girl. Plum was an adorable little girl with two flower shaped buns in her raven hair and short pigtails extending from the buns. Judging by her height Kim guessed that the girl was only about six or so.
Plum nodded gravely back. "The pleasure is mine," Plum replied in passable English while her father beamed with pride.
"Daughter is very smart," the Jusenkyo Guide boasted.
"You're just in time for the tournament!" Plum exclaimed to Kim and Ron. She turned in her father's arms and gave him a winsome smile. "Perfume, says that I can fight too!"
A pained expression crossed the Jusenkyo Guide's face at the word tournament. "Is today?" he asked weakly while Plum nodded happily.
"Lo Shin, is going to win!" Plum declared. "She's the best!"
"A tournament sounds interesting," Kim decided. "Right, Ron?"
"Sure, KP," Ron shrugged as her brow furrowed in thought. "Lotion? Perfume? Are we in an Amazon village or at an Avon counter."
"Ron!" Kim hissed at the blonde. "Don't insult them!"
"Plum?" Ron asked the little girl, smiling sweetly. "Is there somewhere I can get some hot water?"
Plum nodded in answer. "I'll get you some, lady," she promised as she clambered out of her father's arms and ran off.
Kim cocked her head curiously at Ron's behavior. "You just acted like a girl just then," she pointed out.
Ron sighed heavily and planted a fist on her hip jauntily. "Well, KP, if you've got it, you might as well use it," she replied resignedly. "I'll just be glad to get back into my own body."
"Uh-huh," Rufus agreed with a firm nod of his head. "You go girl!" Ron gave Rufus an irritated scowl, but decided against saying anything.
"Honored guests, shall we see tournament?" the Guide prompted. "Remember, touch nothing."
"So why are we watching this, KP? Shouldn't we be tracking down Monkey Fist?" Ron asked as they followed the Guide to the tournament grounds.
Kim paused nervously for a second before answering. "Well, Nana told me that she'd met an Amazon when she was around my age and I'm curious about the hype. Besides, this is the village where the Talisman is supposed to be and so far we haven't seen any sign of Monkey Fist."
"Curiosity killed the cat," Ron informed Kim solemnly with the weight of tradition solidly behind her.
"But satisfaction brought it back," Kim retorted out of habit. She smiled, pleased at the fact that Ron was feeling up to bantering with her again. It felt good to have their old dynamic back.
"Woo-hoo! Buffet!" Rufus shouted as he leapt off Ron's shoulder and made a beeline for a table laden with food. With frantic speed, the naked mole rat scaled the table and began stuffing a variety of foods into its mouth.
{It's a rat!} a petite woman with flowing raven hair yelled as she pointed a heavy staff at Rufus. With vicious speed, she swung her staff, missing Rufus by a scant inch. Rufus screamed in fear as he ran back and forth across the table, barely dodging death as the furious girl swung her staff repeatedly, trying to squash Rufus and decidedly ruining the feast.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Ron yelled furiously as she charged the Amazon girl. Ron grabbed hold of the staff, wrestling for control of the weapon.
{Let go!} the girl snarled as she wrenched the staff around trying to shake Ron off. Ron doggedly held on and let out a relieved sigh as she saw Rufus jump into Kim's waiting hands out of the corner of her eye. Her relief was short lived as the Amazon swung the staff around nearly pulling Ron off her feet.
Ron scrambled to get her feet back under her, still holding onto the weapon, too afraid of the livid girl across from her to let go. Slowly, but surely the Amazon was overpowering Ron and it was only a matter of time before Ron lost. Ron was certain that if she let go she would now be on the receiving end of the punishment the Amazon was so intent on dealing out. In desperation, Ron hauled off with a short kick to the other girl's shin.
The Amazon swore viciously, releasing the staff and hopped backwards on her good leg as she rubbed her hands over the spot Ron had kicked. Her reflexive actions carried her up against a wall and dislodged a shelf, sending a flurry of pottery crashing down on her head. When the dust had settled everyone could see the girl lying unconscious among the pottery shards.
"He... he is won," the Jusenkyo Guide stated fearfully. All eyes immediately turned on Ron who had retrieved Rufus from Kim and firmly placed the naked mole rat back into her pocket.
"Here's your water, lady," Plum said as she pushed her way through the crowd carrying a large brass kettle, steam wafting from the spout. The six year old paused in shock at the sight of the unconscious girl. "OH, NO!" Plum cried. "What happened to Lo Shin?!"
The Jusenkyo Guide grabbed Ron's hand and tried to drag her away. "Must leave Mr. Customer! When Amazon defeated by outsider woman, Amazon must hunt and kill!"
Ron slipped her hand from the Guide's grasp. "I can't leave her there like that," she stated firmly. "Besides I'm a guy." Ron picked her way daintily among the broken jars and cleared the pieces off the fallen Amazon. She cautiously inspected the back of the girl's head and found a couple of bumps, but luckily no blood or broken skin.
"Very bad," the Guide moaned as he held his head in his hands. "Is very bad."
"It's no big," Kim said as she retrieved the kettle from Plum. Ron had lifted Lo Shin clear from the pile of pottery and settled her against the ground.
Lo Shin blearily opened her eyes and let loose an angry yell as she caught sight of the foreign girl hovering over her.
"Hey, stop struggling," Ron said gently as she grabbed the kettle Kim had brought over to her. "I know you have to kill foreign girls, but it's okay 'cause I'm a guy." With that Ron poured the hot water over her head and felt the strange/familiar sensations of the transformation. He shrugged his shoulders adjusting the fit of his mission shirt. "See," Ron said as he smiled reassuringly at the Amazon.
Lo Shin sat up quickly and ran her hands over Ron's now masculine chest. Ron blushed a little at the liberties the girl was taking, but considered a couple of touches now were better than a whack with a staff later. Lo Shin finally finished her inspection and looked at Ron thoughtfully, nodding her head ever so slowly. He smiled back her somewhat nervously hoping that the Amazon was now satisfied that he wasn't a girl.
"Husband," Lo Shin breathed happily, as she threw her arms around Ron's neck and planted a deep kiss on his shocked lips.
"This why I say 'touch nothing,'" the Jusenkyo Guide sighed in resigned exasperation.
Next: ENGAGED?! Lotion the fiancé
A/N: Yay! Reviews! I just like to throw them up in the air and let them rain down upon my head. ^_^; just kidding, mostly. Thanks to everyone who posted reviews, encouragements and/or opinions.
I was originally planning to have Monkey Fist accidentally fight and defeat an Amazon, but I found his character too dignified for that. Now Ron on the other hand...
And for those that were wondering... Yes, the Jusenkyo Guide really has a daughter! It's all explained in the Saffron saga of the Ranma 1/2 manga, probably not due for US release for a good long time yet.
Disclaimer: Kim Possible and crew are owned by Disney. (Who had better keep producing the show until we have as many seasons as the Simpsons.) Ranma 1/2 and crew are owned by Rumiko Takahashi. SO to repeat I own neither of these.
{ } denotes Chinese speech
Chapter 3: Talismans, Villains and Fiancés. Oh my.
"Stand aside. I am here to claim the mantle that destiny has laid for me," Monkey Fist began without preamble addressing the shrunken matriarch who stood barring his path into the Village of Chinese Amazons.
Perfume, one of the matriarchs of the village, stared at the Monkey Master owlishly, leaning heavily on her staff. "It is very rare for a master of Tai Shing Pek Kwar to seek out the Chinese Amazons," she observed.
"I go where destiny commands me," Monkey Fist declared haughtily. "You will give me the Mystical Monkey Talisman."
Perfume let out a raspy chuckle. "Perhaps you should have gotten better directions from destiny then. The Talisman you seek is no longer here."
Monkey Fist snarled in frustration. "Where is it, you withered crone?!" he bellowed as he reached out his hands to shake answers from the old woman.
With surprising speed, Perfume whipped out her staff and whacked Monkey Fist over the head, bringing him up short. "Bad news is no excuse for bad manners," Perfume admonished curtly. "The Talisman is in the land of the Rising Sun." An amused smile spread across her thin, wrinkled lips. "For one guided by destiny it should be no problem to find the only matriarch in the country."
Monkey Fist glared hatefully at the wizened matriarch, reassessing his opinion of her. "My thanks for the information," he said slowly. "But it would be wise not to strike me again."
Perfume laughed wickedly. "Even with the Mystical Monkey Power you're still a hundred years too young to defeat me," she said as she hopped back towards the village. She paused and gave Monkey Fist a taunting look. "Though if you do get lucky and win, by our laws you would then have to marry me."
Monkey Fist's lip curled in disgust at the thought. "I'll pass," he stated dryly, mustering up all his dignity. Perfume merely laughed in response as she disappeared into the village. "So both the Talisman and the Lotus Blade reside in Japan," he murmured to himself. "The hand of destiny must be guiding me."
***
"Now village is very dangerous," the Jusenkyo guide cautioned Kim and Ron as the trio trudged downed the path. "Touch nothing."
Ron dejectedly nodded her head, barely listening to the guide's words of warning. Rufus sat on her shoulder taking in the scenery, chattering away in an attempt to cheer Ron up. A passing shower had doused them, triggering Ron's transformation to his female form. Kim idly studied Ron's figure as they walked. She imagined that the female Ron would look identical to a hypothetical twin sister. As a girl, Ron was a couple of inches shorter than Kim, but without the slight pudginess that he had in his male form. She was definitely curvy, probably more so than most of the girls on the cheer squad. All told, Kim decided that the female Ron made a cute package.
Kim felt a mild stab of jealousy that Ron appeared better endowed in the chest than she was. Instantly Kim regretted her impulse; Ron hadn't asked for this and certainly wasn't going to flaunt his... her figure. All in all Kim thought than Ron was taking his... her curse rather well.
'Well, maybe now I can include Ron in girl talk,' she thought half jokingly to herself. Ron looked up and caught Kim studying her and the two girls blushed in embarrassment.
"You don't have to look at me like I'm some sort of freak," Ron muttered accusingly. "I'm still a guy inside."
"I wasn't!" Kim shot back indignantly at the charge. "I was just worried about you."
Ron stayed sullenly silent, wallowing in her misery. As a girl none of her clothes fit right any more. Her mission shirt hung on her like an oversized tent, her pants threatened to fall off with every step and her shoes felt like boats. On top of all that, her wet clothes were making her shiver from the cool draft.
"Is very lucky," the Jusenkyo guide told them. "We arrive at Village of Chinese Amazons. Hot water there."
"PAPA!" a happy voice cried out down the street followed by the sounds of rapidly running feet.
The Jusenkyo Guide leaned down and scooped the running girl from the street in a huge fatherly hug. {How are you, Plum?}
{I'm okay, Papa,} the little girl replied seriously and looked curiously at Kim and Ron. {Who are they?}
"Honored guests, this is my daughter, Plum," the Jusenkyo Guide proudly introduced his daughter. "She been staying at village while I act as guide."
"Nice to meet you, Plum," Kim smiled at the little girl. Plum was an adorable little girl with two flower shaped buns in her raven hair and short pigtails extending from the buns. Judging by her height Kim guessed that the girl was only about six or so.
Plum nodded gravely back. "The pleasure is mine," Plum replied in passable English while her father beamed with pride.
"Daughter is very smart," the Jusenkyo Guide boasted.
"You're just in time for the tournament!" Plum exclaimed to Kim and Ron. She turned in her father's arms and gave him a winsome smile. "Perfume, says that I can fight too!"
A pained expression crossed the Jusenkyo Guide's face at the word tournament. "Is today?" he asked weakly while Plum nodded happily.
"Lo Shin, is going to win!" Plum declared. "She's the best!"
"A tournament sounds interesting," Kim decided. "Right, Ron?"
"Sure, KP," Ron shrugged as her brow furrowed in thought. "Lotion? Perfume? Are we in an Amazon village or at an Avon counter."
"Ron!" Kim hissed at the blonde. "Don't insult them!"
"Plum?" Ron asked the little girl, smiling sweetly. "Is there somewhere I can get some hot water?"
Plum nodded in answer. "I'll get you some, lady," she promised as she clambered out of her father's arms and ran off.
Kim cocked her head curiously at Ron's behavior. "You just acted like a girl just then," she pointed out.
Ron sighed heavily and planted a fist on her hip jauntily. "Well, KP, if you've got it, you might as well use it," she replied resignedly. "I'll just be glad to get back into my own body."
"Uh-huh," Rufus agreed with a firm nod of his head. "You go girl!" Ron gave Rufus an irritated scowl, but decided against saying anything.
"Honored guests, shall we see tournament?" the Guide prompted. "Remember, touch nothing."
"So why are we watching this, KP? Shouldn't we be tracking down Monkey Fist?" Ron asked as they followed the Guide to the tournament grounds.
Kim paused nervously for a second before answering. "Well, Nana told me that she'd met an Amazon when she was around my age and I'm curious about the hype. Besides, this is the village where the Talisman is supposed to be and so far we haven't seen any sign of Monkey Fist."
"Curiosity killed the cat," Ron informed Kim solemnly with the weight of tradition solidly behind her.
"But satisfaction brought it back," Kim retorted out of habit. She smiled, pleased at the fact that Ron was feeling up to bantering with her again. It felt good to have their old dynamic back.
"Woo-hoo! Buffet!" Rufus shouted as he leapt off Ron's shoulder and made a beeline for a table laden with food. With frantic speed, the naked mole rat scaled the table and began stuffing a variety of foods into its mouth.
{It's a rat!} a petite woman with flowing raven hair yelled as she pointed a heavy staff at Rufus. With vicious speed, she swung her staff, missing Rufus by a scant inch. Rufus screamed in fear as he ran back and forth across the table, barely dodging death as the furious girl swung her staff repeatedly, trying to squash Rufus and decidedly ruining the feast.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Ron yelled furiously as she charged the Amazon girl. Ron grabbed hold of the staff, wrestling for control of the weapon.
{Let go!} the girl snarled as she wrenched the staff around trying to shake Ron off. Ron doggedly held on and let out a relieved sigh as she saw Rufus jump into Kim's waiting hands out of the corner of her eye. Her relief was short lived as the Amazon swung the staff around nearly pulling Ron off her feet.
Ron scrambled to get her feet back under her, still holding onto the weapon, too afraid of the livid girl across from her to let go. Slowly, but surely the Amazon was overpowering Ron and it was only a matter of time before Ron lost. Ron was certain that if she let go she would now be on the receiving end of the punishment the Amazon was so intent on dealing out. In desperation, Ron hauled off with a short kick to the other girl's shin.
The Amazon swore viciously, releasing the staff and hopped backwards on her good leg as she rubbed her hands over the spot Ron had kicked. Her reflexive actions carried her up against a wall and dislodged a shelf, sending a flurry of pottery crashing down on her head. When the dust had settled everyone could see the girl lying unconscious among the pottery shards.
"He... he is won," the Jusenkyo Guide stated fearfully. All eyes immediately turned on Ron who had retrieved Rufus from Kim and firmly placed the naked mole rat back into her pocket.
"Here's your water, lady," Plum said as she pushed her way through the crowd carrying a large brass kettle, steam wafting from the spout. The six year old paused in shock at the sight of the unconscious girl. "OH, NO!" Plum cried. "What happened to Lo Shin?!"
The Jusenkyo Guide grabbed Ron's hand and tried to drag her away. "Must leave Mr. Customer! When Amazon defeated by outsider woman, Amazon must hunt and kill!"
Ron slipped her hand from the Guide's grasp. "I can't leave her there like that," she stated firmly. "Besides I'm a guy." Ron picked her way daintily among the broken jars and cleared the pieces off the fallen Amazon. She cautiously inspected the back of the girl's head and found a couple of bumps, but luckily no blood or broken skin.
"Very bad," the Guide moaned as he held his head in his hands. "Is very bad."
"It's no big," Kim said as she retrieved the kettle from Plum. Ron had lifted Lo Shin clear from the pile of pottery and settled her against the ground.
Lo Shin blearily opened her eyes and let loose an angry yell as she caught sight of the foreign girl hovering over her.
"Hey, stop struggling," Ron said gently as she grabbed the kettle Kim had brought over to her. "I know you have to kill foreign girls, but it's okay 'cause I'm a guy." With that Ron poured the hot water over her head and felt the strange/familiar sensations of the transformation. He shrugged his shoulders adjusting the fit of his mission shirt. "See," Ron said as he smiled reassuringly at the Amazon.
Lo Shin sat up quickly and ran her hands over Ron's now masculine chest. Ron blushed a little at the liberties the girl was taking, but considered a couple of touches now were better than a whack with a staff later. Lo Shin finally finished her inspection and looked at Ron thoughtfully, nodding her head ever so slowly. He smiled back her somewhat nervously hoping that the Amazon was now satisfied that he wasn't a girl.
"Husband," Lo Shin breathed happily, as she threw her arms around Ron's neck and planted a deep kiss on his shocked lips.
"This why I say 'touch nothing,'" the Jusenkyo Guide sighed in resigned exasperation.
Next: ENGAGED?! Lotion the fiancé
A/N: Yay! Reviews! I just like to throw them up in the air and let them rain down upon my head. ^_^; just kidding, mostly. Thanks to everyone who posted reviews, encouragements and/or opinions.
I was originally planning to have Monkey Fist accidentally fight and defeat an Amazon, but I found his character too dignified for that. Now Ron on the other hand...
And for those that were wondering... Yes, the Jusenkyo Guide really has a daughter! It's all explained in the Saffron saga of the Ranma 1/2 manga, probably not due for US release for a good long time yet.