A/N: Yep. Here it is, chapta 9! Since it would take too long for me to write out an actual chapter all for Kura, I've sort of scrunched in chapter 9 with what would have been chapter 10.
To Ace: Thanks for reviewin' it means a lot to me. And yeah, about some of the swearing, I was on a caffeen high and watching Scary Movie 3, so can you really blame me? :p.
"Forty-five! Forty-six! Forty-seven! Forty-eight! Come on, Kim, keep it up!" Yelled Ron Stoppable. Kim Possible was on her back on the ground doing sit-ups. She was pleading with her body to make it to her fourth set of fifty. She had healed rapidly in the hospital and had been anxious to start her training again. Beating Shego up was her main goal in life now, aside from passing Latin.
"Kim, one more!" Ron said, looking down at Kim's panting form. Kim inhaled deeply and, her stomach shaking in exertion, she heaved her torso up and touched her chin to her knees. With an exhausted sigh, she fell back down to the ground, her eyes closed.
"Well...that wasn't too bad, considering I'm aching all over. Tomorrow, I think I'll take the day off..." Kim said, rolling onto her stomach so she wouldn't strain it when she got up. Ron offered her a hand up and Kim took it, smiling.
"Man, I'm starving, KP! Let's hit Bueno Nacho; it feels like I haven't eaten in days!" Ron said, rubbing his stomach. Kim rolled her eyes.
"You're starving? All you've been doing for the past hour is yell numbers at me while I did crunches." Kim said, looking amused nonetheless.
Ron sighed in exasperation. "Yeah, but that takes a lot of work, and my throat hurts. I think we'll have to Grande size today, KP." Ron replied. Kim shook her head, still half smiling in amusement. Just as they were heading out the door, a loud beeping sounded from the pocket of Kim's pants. It was the Kimmunicator. Kim nearly frowned; she was starving herself and didn't really want to go out and fight someone on an empty stomach.
"Sitch, Wade?" Kim asked, the Kimmunicator held out in front of her.
"I finally found Drakken's lair! I can't belive it took me so long though...Anyways, it's in Africa and I've already got someone on the way to pick you guys up...I'll warn you though, she's kinda....eccentric." Wade said, looking at a screen. He brought up a picture of Kura.
"Huuh...I've never seen her before in my life." Kim said slowly.
Wade nodded at her and continued."I know...In fact, I've never seen her before either...She contacted me. She said you'd be lots of help...I think she's got in for Drakken and Shego, too."
"What's her name and when will she be here?" Kim asked, stepping outside.
"Her name is Kura and she'll arrive at your house in five....four....three....two...-" Wade was cut off by the loud 'chlup, chlup, chlup, chlup' of a helicopter. Kim gave a thoughtful 'hmm' and motioned for Ron to follow.
A few moments later Kim was seated in the cockpit of Kura's helicopter and Ron was sort of standing in the doorway. Kura didn't say word to Kim nor Ron; it was as though she was pretending they weren't there.
"Well?" Kim asked finally and Kura turned her cold pale-white eyes towards Kim.
"Well what?" She replied smoothly, pulling the copter above the clouds. Kim's eyes narrowed.
"Why did you want our help?" Kim asked, glancing over Kura. The older woman sighed and took her hands off her controls. Ron let out a soft yelping noise as the copter started to drift downwards and Kim's eyes narrowed further, this time in surprise.
"Only so you could distract that moron Drakken long enough for me to take Shego out." Kura said, her hands still off the controls.
"A distraction? Couldn't you come up with one by yourself?" Kim asked coldly. Kura shook her head.
"Nope. You'd be the best. You see, Drakken and Shego are under the impression that you are dead."
"Dead..?" Kim asked, almost wide-eyed.
"Yes; clean out your ears or something if you can't hear me." Kura said, flicking the joystick and the helicopter rose. "When Shego shot your leg, she had not known that I had a couple of my....guards hanging around. If she had known someone would have come as fast as they had, she would have probably slit your throat."
Kim didn't say anything for a long while and neither did Ron. This Kura was strange and, even though she appeared to be on the good side, Kim didn't trust her.
Finally, to Kim's relief, Ron piped up. "So, why are you going after them?"
"Because they stole something very...important to me." Kura said shortly.
"That ring?" Kim said, remembering what they had been there to protect. Kura's pale eyes flashed in amusement.
"Yup." Kura glanced over at Kim, who already had her battle face on. Kura raised an eyebrow.
"I don't want to be misleading, so I'm telling you now: I'm not really going there to fight anyone. Me and dear Dr. Drakken go waaay back. Hopefully I can convince him to convince Shego to give me my ring back." Kura said, looking calm.
"You think you can?" Kim asked her.
"Geez, you ask lots of questions...And yes, I think I can. If not, you can tie up Drakken and I'll beat Shego into the ground." Kura answered, no hint of any sort of worry.
"Actually, I wanted to take down Shego..That's kind of why I didn't refuse your ride."
"Oh? Sorry, but I can't allow you to do that, Kim Possible. You would only die." Kura replied. Kim's mouth opened slightly at this statement and was about to ask why when Kura cut her off.
"You would die because Shego stole my ring. My ring has increased her physical strength by about twenty times over. You are absolutely no match for her."
"You're sure..?" Kim asked, feeling like she just wasted two weeks of her life.
"Of course I'm sure! I made the damned thing." Kura said swiftly. Kim gave a soft 'oh' and Kura suddenly broke out into a wide grin.
"No worries though, kiddo! With a little charm, I'll have the ring back in no time and you can have at her."
"Yippie for me. What if Shego goes on some sort of rampage?" Kim asked slowly.
"Won't happen. I'm too strong. Well, at least I think so...Shego has only had my ring for a few weeks and I've had mine for a few years, so yeah.."
"Comforting." Kim said sarcastically and Kura gave her a half smile.
"Like I said, no worries. You of all people should know what a push-over Drakken is."
"Yeah..I guess you're right.." Kim said, folding her arms over her chest.
"Hm..you might as well get comfortable. We won't get there for a few hours at the least. If you're hungry, I think I've got a couple of boxes of Snicker Bars back there." Kura said suddenly, taking her hands off the controls again and looking over at Kim and back at Ron.
"Booya! I love Snickers! Come on, Kim!" Ron said excitedly, grabbing Kim by her left arm and pulling her into the back. Kura sighed and shook her head when they were gone. It had taken her twenty minutes, but she had gotten Kim Possible to trust her. It's a start. I hope I don't feel guilty if I have to kill them later. She thought to herself, returning her concentration to her flying..
Now we are taken thousands of miles away from the speeding helicopter to Drakken and Shego's lair. It was about four in the afternoon and they were both lazying around. Shego had refused to do any training and insisted on staying in her pajamas. Drakken was trying valiantly and vainly to get Shego at least dressed.
"Sheeeeeego!"
"Whaaaaaaat?"
"Get dressed, please! I'll take you to the movies or something, anything." Drakken begged, down on his knees in front of the immobile Shego. She was currently occupying the couch in the main den they'd set up and was watching TV.
"As fun as that sounds, I'm watching this really good show..." Shego said, sounding distracted.
"Please, Shego. I'm begging you!"
"I can see that. Move it, Drakken! You're blocking my view." Shego attempted to shove Drakken's head to the floor, but gave up the attempt soon afterwards. She didn't know why, but she was feeling incredibly sloth-like; she hadn't even brushed her hair.
"I'll throw in dinner, too! Pleease, Shego!" Drakken said. Shego looked down at him, her eyebrows raised, trying not too look amused.
"Are you asking me out on a date?" She asked, the feeling of ludicrous laughter became hard to control..
"Yeh-NO! I just want you to get uuuup!" He said, suddenly standing and yanking Shego off her bum. Instead of slamming Drakken into the wall, Shego did absolutely nothing and forced her full weight on her employer. Surprised by the movement, Drakken wasn't able to brace himself fast enough, lost his footing, and the two of them toppled to the ground. The top of Shego's head was pretty much in Drakken's mouth and the rest of her was sprawled on top of him.
"-Ego! Gerroff!" Drakken said his voice muffled as he tried to roll out from under her and keep her hair out of his mouth.
"Uh-uuh. You brought this upon yourself." Shego replied, shifting so she could see the TV and be comfortable while doing so. Scooting down, she rested her chin on his shoulder and found she could see perfectly and it was a rather squishy to boot. Each time Drakken tried to push her off of him, she'd dig her chin into his shoulder and he'd wince and stop moving. Auugh...Pressure points..He thought bitterly for the fifth time. Finally, his shoulder throbbing, Drakken gave up and put his head bitterly down on the hard stone floor.
An hour passed and Shego showed no signs of moving. Occasionally, if the program became exceedingly boring, she tap her fingers on the ground, but made no move to retrieve the remote on the couch. Then it happened: the show ended. Drakken was nearly beside himself with glee. Shego sighed, looking disappointed and turned her head to look back at the couch. Ah, the remote...Shego thought, almost in a stupor. If only I could reach it without getting up....
"Uh, Shego? Would you mind getting off me now?" Drakken asked weakly. Shego looked up at him, surprised.
"I would, Drakken, I really would, but I'm pretty comfortable." She said, putting her head back on his shoulder and closing her eyes. With that, Drakken was nearly in tears of frustration and, as soon as Shego had gotten back into her comfortable position, he rolled over. Shego let out a gasp as Drakken's weight forced the wind out of her and immediately began to try and push him of of her.
"Drakken! This is bordering on sexual harassment!" She hissed, pushing hard at his shoulders. Drakken looked down at her, blinking.
"Sexual harassment? You started it." He informed her, letting out a tired yawn.
"Yeah, but this is different! Now get off!"
"Make me."
Shego was at a loss for the first time in a long while. Before she could say, do, speak, or even think, the left wall of the building exploded, showering them with pieces of rocks and metal. Both of them turned, their eyes wide in shock to the gaping hole in the wall. In the rubble stood Kura, just behind her Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable. For a moment, none of them said anything, as each side was in shock in their own way. Kura's side was trying to decide if the villainous pair was about to get it on and what they should do about it, while Drakken and Shego were trying to decide if that was actually Kim Possible standing there or if it was some type of hologram.
Kura cleared her throat almost nervously and pulled her thoughts together. "Um, I hate to-uh-disturb you two, but-ah-you have my ring.." She said, thinking that it was not at all the intimidating, well-planned entrance she had been imagining and sighing inwardly.
"Yeah! So you better give it back to her!" Ron added, stepping forward. Drakken, still laying on top of Shego, looked slightly abashed.
"Eh, wha-?"
A/N (Prt.2!) Yep, I can officially say that what you have just finished reading was the crappiest cliff hanger in the history of crappy cliff hangers. I was at a complete creative loss when I typed this out and I couldn't think of any other way to end the chapter so your eyes wouldn't fall out. Chapter 10 will be a lot better then most of that. Anyways...Goodnight!