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Chapter 4: Middleton Days

–Friday afternoon at school–

"Pst, Monique?" Ron said from behind a Middleton Days parade float while in his Kosher Dilly mascot outfit.

"Kosher Dilly?" she exclaimed.

"Is the coast clear?" Ron asked.

Monique looked around and said, "Clear for what?"

Ron came out from behind the float and said, "It's Kim. She's crushing on me."

"Kim's crushing? On you?"

"Yes. And it's freaking me out!"

"Are you sure you're not just majorly misinterpreting?" she asked.

Yeah right, Ron thought then said, "Trust me on this one, Monique. Kim's got it bad for Ron."

Monique gave him a weird look and said, "And that's a bad thing?"

Ron was surprised by the question, but more surprised that he didn't have a strait answer.

"I don't know," he said, "It's not like I haven't thought about this." Thought about it? You dream about it! "I mean who hasn't, I'm just..."

"In a pickle?" Monique said while giggling.

"How I rue the day I ever volunteered Kosher Dilly duty," Ron whispered angrily.

"You want my advise?"

Why else would I talk to you about this, Monique, Ron thought but said, "Yes. Okay."

"Loose the pickle suit," she said.

Aren't you going to take this seriously? "No. Not just yet. I gotta go. And if you see Kim; you didn't see me. Got it!?"

"And what if Kim sees me seeing you?"

"Wha?" Ron said, feeling very confused.

When Monique pointed behind him, he figured it out. "AH, KIM!" he shouted.

"Ronnie," Kim said in a cute voice, "I've got a little favor to ask you."

Their was barely any physical contact between the two of them, but Ron was suddenly feeling very warm.

He loosened the opening of the pickle suit and said, "Um, sorry, KP. I was just LEAVING."

He ran away. The Kosher Dilly outfit felt very warm, so he ditched it. He tried to think about what Monique said, but that was hard to do while Kim was chasing him. He needed some time alone to think about this. He looked behind him. He lost her.

Okay, Ron, he thought, so is their anything wrong with Kim l-l-lo-caring for you?

Suddenly, Kim was right in front of him.

Darn. How does she do that?

Ron ran, again. He had Kim pegged on speed, but Kim had agility on her side. She kept up with several jumps a springs. On top of that, Ron was slowing down. Partly because he was getting tired, and partly because he was curious about what Kim would do once she caught him. Kim jumped in front of him and opened her locker door to block his escape.

"Now," she said playfully, "about that favor..."

"Look, Kim..." he tried to say something, but found that he had no idea what to say.

He tried to get away. He knew the second he tried to slip past her that his escape plan was doomed to failure. Kim grabbed his arm a pulled him close to her.

While she did this she said, "Tonight is the night of the big Middleton Days Festival and I don't have a date."

As Kim grasped Ron's hands, he felt his heart race. Kim had grabbed his hands before, but this time it wasn't to yank him out of a room or pull him out of a pit. It was an intimate thing to her this time. And it made Ron very nervous.

"Date? You want to go to the festival as my date," he managed to say.

"I thought you'd never ask," Kim said dreamily.

WHOA, Ron thought, Major misinterpretation. Easy to fix. Right?

"Wait, but I…" Ron tried to say, but was stopped by a kiss from Kim.

What!? Kim was kissing him. He was totally shocked. But that quickly faded when he realized that Kim was kissing him. He wrapped his arms around her and held her tight as he kissed her right back. He knew that Kim had kissed other guys in the past, but this was his first. It was amazing.

He thought he heard Wade say something, but Ron really wasn't paying attention to anything; except the beautiful young women in his arms. After what seemed like an eternity Kim released him. Ron opened his arms and let himself fall to the floor with a thud. At the moment his vocabulary was reduced to one word.

"Boo-yah," he whispered silently.

He heard Kim giggle sweetly and say, "Guess what the sitch is, Wade?"

As Kim helped Ron stand, he heard the eleven-year-old genius say something about the kimmunicator; but all Ron could focus on was Kim's deep emerald green eyes.

"Great, Wade," Kim said, obviously she wasn't pay attention either.

"Whatever you say, man," Ron said.

Kim brought her face close to Ron's and rubbed her nose against his while saying, "I'm going to get ready for tonight."

Kim purred at Ron then slinked off. She's so fine, she's so fine, she's so fine she blows my mind! Ron thought.

"W-what's going on? This isn't normal! Hello?" Wade shouted.

Ron closed the door to Kim's locker and said, "Later, Wade. I'll explain it all…later."

Wade finally shut up, leaving Ron to his thoughts. He sighed contently as he reviewed what just happened between him and Kim. That was definitely a pro to dating Kim, she was a great kisser.

"Well, you seemed to be enjoying yourself," said a familiar voice.

"Oh. Hey, Felix. I…uh…didn't see you," Ron replied.

Ron's friend laughed and said, "It about time!"

"For what?"

"You…Kim…everyone knows that you two were made for each other."

It was then that Ron realized that Kim not only kissed him, but she kissed him in the hall where everyone could see them.

Whoa, Ron thought, I'm going to have to seriously think about this.

—that evening at the Middleton Days Festival—

Aurora stood in the tree and watched for trouble. Tara couldn't come to the parade because her date was canceled, but that did give Aurora a chance to test her powers in the field. Aurora caught a glance of Kim and Ron sitting on a bench together. Kim was warring a slimming black dress, but Ron had on his regular street clothes.

Kim must really be into Ron, the superhero thought, to dress up for him like that.

She tried to listen in to their conversation (she couldn't help herself), but that was hard with all the noise around her.

"…I'm being serious here, KP," Ron said, "Dating could…" something Tara couldn't hear.

"Things should never be complicated," Kim said.

"I thought so too. That's why I think we should just…um…" Ron stammered.

Tara could hear the tears in Kim's eyes as she said, "You're braking up with me?"

"Yes, NO. Well,…yeah. But, ya know, don't get…upset."

"Oh, I knew it. I knew it! I knew it!" Kim said as she stood up and run off with tears in her eyes.

Aurora was surprised at Ron. Whatever made him decide to brake up with Kim? Before she could decide what to do, Ron grunted.

"The kimmunicator?" he said.

"Ah-ha," some scientist said, grabbing the device out of Ron's hands, "SPY!"

"What?" Ron said, "No. I've been wondering where that was."

"No spies?" the doctor, professor, or whatever he was said while examining the kimmunicator, "This looks a lot like my moodulator controller."

I don't like the sound of that, Aurora thought.

"You mean this video game?" Ron asked, holding something that bore a striking resemblance to the kimmunicator.

"This is no game."

"That explains why I couldn't win."

"This controls my moodulators."

"Mood-ulators?" Ron said, "Is that a word I should know?"

"Wait," the doc said, "I remember you. You're Kim Possible's friend, um, Ron Stoppable. Right?"

"You remembered my name?" Ron shouted, "Booyah! But I'm still in the dark about those modulators."

The doctor messed with the controller for a few seconds and said, "Ah, moodulator #1 has been attached to your friend. You see, the moodulators amplify emotions and exterminate the desire to suppress them."

The two had been walking in the direction that Kim ran as they talked, and Aurora followed them.

"So…you mean this device had compete control of Kim the entire time?" Ron asked.

"Precisely," the doctor answered, "With just the press of a button…"

"I'll press that button," said a blue skinned man who jumped out of the bushes and grabbed the controller.

"DRAKKEN!" Ron exclaimed.

Aurora went into action. She jumped out of the tree she was in, only to land in the bushes. Thorn bushes. Nice work, you klutz.

A lot was said that she couldn't hear. By the time she got out of the bush, she was to late.

"NO ONE dumps Kim Possible," she heard Kim shout.

"Braking up is so not easy," Ron said before running.

"A scorned woman," Drakken said, "the perfect weapon."

That insensitive jerk!

"If she's warring moodulator #1, than where's the second one?" the doc asked.

"The…second one?" Drakken said, "Oh no."

"DRAKKEN!!!" a very angry voice said.

Drakken ran as a women dressed in green and black attacked him. It must have been Shego, Drakken's cohort in evil. Aurora became visible again and approached the doctor.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"Not important. How do I turn off those moodulator chips?" she asked.

"That Dr. Drakken fried the controls, so now Kim Possible and that other woman are now locked—"

"In a frenzy of rage," Aurora finished, "I got that, doc. Where's the off switch?"

"It was here," he said holding up the controller, "To shut them off now, you'd have to fry the circuitry directly."

"I'm on it," she said and dashed off without a word.

It took a while for her to find Kim. And when she did, she was surprised at what she found. Ron was in front of her, warring some sort of pickle suit. But that wasn't what was weird.

"Are you still upset?" Ron said while shielding himself with his hands.

"So not the drama," Kim said while holding something in her hand, the moodulator Aurora guessed.

"So, Kim Possible," Drakken said, "you were lucky this time."

"You might want to be careful," Kim replied to the villain.

"Ha. You're threatening me?"

"No," Ron said with a smile on his face, "but Shego still has ma-jor moodulator issues."

"Drakken!" Shego shouted.

"Mommy," Drakken said, then ran, "No wait. Shego, stop. I'm sorry. I'll make you dinner. Please stop."

I guess I should save him, Aurora thought, so she went after the two.

She did a hand spring and landed between Shego and Drakken.

"Try counting to ten, will you," she said.

"Out…of…my…way!" Shego bit out while charging plasma through her hands.

"Sorry, can't."

Shego set a blast strait at Aurora, but she was able to redirect it, thanks to her powers.

"That the best you got?" Aurora asked the older woman.

Shego charged at Aurora without thought. But the younger woman was ready. She jumped over Shego and kicked her to knock her down. Aurora caught a glimpse of the moodulator on Shego's neck. She had to ware her hair long. Shego tried to role over, but Aurora wouldn't let her. She stood on top of the woman as she surgically removed the chip. Aurora then hit Shego in the left temple, knocking her out.

"You owe me one, Drak," Aurora said while walking towards the criminal, "She'll be back to normal when she wakes up."

"Wh—who are you?" the doctor managed to ask.

"Me? I am dawn for the fallen, I am light for those in darkness, I am the Igniter of Daybrake, I am Aurora the Mercenary! Turn yourself in, and tell all the crooks that Aurora has come to Middleton."

Aurora then dashed off a disappeared in mid-jump to freak Drakken out. It worked.

Two very long chapters at once. sighs in relief Sorry it isn't going to be a R/T fanfic, but Tara will get a great guy in the end, trust me. I know the fight scene was short; the next one will be good, I promise. This chapter (and the previous one) occurred during the events of "Emotion Sickness". I didn't make any changes to the episodes plot; I just told this part of it from Tara's perspective. I've thought about what I want to do with this story, and their will be about twenty chapters. Chapter 5: Is it Love? will be up before January 31st. R&R, please.