GargoyleSama: I thought so. I have at least one other planned, where Kim is... not evil, but significantly less good than ours.

As for more than she can handle, just remember, she's not working alone.

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Slipping along the roof of the Yamanouchi school, was not exactly the easiest of things, since I was sandwiched by two sets of monkeys. One above, patrolling the roof tops, one below, patrolling the walls. I was slowly moving upside down, free hand along the over hang, so far into the shadows, I was going entirely by feel. However that far into the shadows, I couldn't be seen, even by the keenest of monkey eyes. I reached the target location too late, just after the meditation cycle and had to wait another three hours before I hit another one. By the time I was finished, I sincerely hoped that I could find a long, hot bath where ever we went next. At the same time, I figured it was still a long way off. I peered carefully over the edge, and was almost caught, but the Monkey had just turned, at the sound of the gong. I pulled myself up over the edge, and pulled a short steel cored rubber club. The Monkey crumpled soundlessly, and I drug him back down, pulling his key from his belt, and slipping into the courtyard soundlessly. The door opened with the key, and I was inside. The air within the building was ice cold, as would be expected from a castle in this altitude, and weather. They tended to be drafty at lower altitudes, so this was normal. I wished for a jacket as I moved through the castle, but was glad I wasn't wearing one, since I knew I would need all the dexterity in the world, when I approached the sheer cliff.

It wasn't filed down, but it was a long climb. Several monkeys lay dead at the bottom of the wall, probably having been in mid-ascent when the gong sounded. They'd meditated out of habit, and fallen to their deaths. I pushed aside a surge of pity, and started my ascent. Some might critcize my decision to start, with only nine minutes remaining in the meditation. Personally, I thought it was the only way. I also had a slight advantage over the monkey's. I was tall enough to push against a piece of wall across from the cliff, that hadn't been mentioned in the plans. Though it if had cost lives to get the plans out of the school, Ron probably had changed it so they wouldn't match. I reached the top, just before the meditation ended, and slipped into an alcove, reaching deep into myself, to slow my breathing and heart rate, drawing on the training and talents I held within myself. This was a far more restful, and relaxing wait for the next meditation cycle to commense, but I was tense now, knowing I was so close to Ron, and at the same time, so close to the Shriik Tar. I hoped that when the time came, I had the ability to 'forsake the moral high ground' as Triaxx had put it.

The gong rang, close to hand now, and I pushed from my mental trance, and to my feet, sliding through the halls noiselessly, checking my watch. Acording to the time tables I was provided, I had one three hour time to be in place before the trance gong sounded again. That was when Ron sent Felix. The idea was it took ten minutes to get to the room, and ten to get back, so that his 'date' would be waiting for him when he woke. I was well and away in time, and I slipped back into my trance. I heard Felix approach. He was walking, though how I wasn't sure. My head poked out of the alcove, to see him moving slowly and calmly down the hall. I fell into step behind him, though he couldn't hear me over his own constant mutterings. None of it was intelligible. As he reached the two huge, locked doors, I slipped sideways out of sight.

"ROCKWALLER. Front and Center!" Bonnie? That was unexpected. She stepped through the doors, looking exactly like me. Except for the dark mole on her face. Felix followed her locking the door's behind him. I struck hard from behind, using the club again, taking him down soundlessly, and then hit Bonnie. I couldn't take the chance of her screaming and waking the guards. The dress she was wearing wasn't as voluminous as I might have liked, and would make hiding the gun rather hard, but I could do it. After a moment's work, Bonnie lay in her underwear on the floor, and I was wearing the dress. I decided to keep my own shoes, but had to pull the lower cuffs of my pants up to hide them under the dress. The wig she was wearing was nothing like my hair, but I figured I would pass the Monkey's easily enough. I had only to shoot Ron, and they should revert for me to escape. Shoot Ron. That wasn't what I wanted to think, but I knew I had to. Of course, as I was in the castle full of monkey's, Monkey Fist might try and double cross me, but there were enough people around him that he wouldn't last long. Of course neither would I, but I tried my best not think of that. The chamber clicked dully as I slipped it into the bosom of the dress.There wasn't much room, but it held there, invisible to the eye. I moved rapidly and silently, until I reached the chamber wher I knew Ron was waiting. I was a few moments early but the Monkey's woke right on time, and stared up at me, eerie red eyes peering into my soul. After a moment, they opened the doors, and I passed through, hearing them close and lock behind me. Ron was standing with his bare back to me, beside a huge four poster bed. Pulling the gun from my dress, I lifted it aiming at his back. My aim rose slowly, to settle on his head. I drew on my training, slowing my breathing and heart beat, steadying the gun. I waited too long. Ron turned slowly and faced me.

"Kimberly?" I couldn't do it. The barrel of the gun swung sky wards, and I squeezed off a round, snapping the chain on the chandelier, sending it crashing towards Ron, as I charged for the window. I hit the sill, and lunged, as a pair of monkey's reached for my legs, missing and colliding with each other. I hit the roof, and moved, not thinking, just reacting, sweeping a charging monkey out of my way with a left backhand. It screamed as it fell into the chasm. Ron was behind me now I could tell, hearing his bare feet running on the roof tiles. I shed the dress as I moved, throwing it into the face of another monkey who fell as well. I didn't care at this point. I leapt from the roof, into the back end of the stealth plane. I didn't know the Lotus blade could do that. Really I didn't. The end of the sword swept out, and cut a wing from the side of the craft, sending it sweeping down into the school courtyard. The crash threw Jim through the windshield despite the restraining harness, since the seat went with him. My doubles father jerked against his harness, and was having trouble breathing. I caught a seat back, and broke my fall. Monkey Fist got off easy, as his neck snapped on impact, leaving Kimbre the only living bearer of the power besides Ron. Now he had only to kill her and it was over. The plane ended up on it's left side, crushing her seat belt buckle between herself and the wall. I couldn't see Adam as I dropped to help her. I pulled a small knife Ron had given me as a gift, and sliced open her belts, then we headed for the shattered front window, the rear ramp sparking electricity. Ducking through the entrance, conscious of the glass still in, and that outside, we got clear just as the engines exploded, the explosive coolants heated by the fires the electrical shorts had caused. Tim was on his feet, moving towards Ron who was slowly descending as an angel from on high. Tim looked at us, and without a word, I understood what he was saying. Kimbre started to fight when I grabbed her arm, but she realized what he was doing as well. We turned to run, and I was already determined not to look back. I heard the blade slide through Tim's flesh as if I was standing there, driving the blade myself. Determined not to cry, I pushed on, pulling Kimbre around a corner. Adam was there, armor glistening.

"I think we can take him down." He offered. "Can you trust me?" Kimbre looked at me. I nodded.

"Yes." She answered.

"Run down the hall." He pointed, and followed partway. I saw us standing beside him, and saw Ron come around the corner. Ron growled, and spoke.

"I don't know who you are, or how you survived this long, but I'm going to correct that mistake." I watched in horror as the Lotus Blade lashed out, and blood spilled from the throat of the me standing there. Ron ignored Adam completely, and attacked the Kimbre standing there. She ducked around Adam putting Ron between us. Ron lashed out again, and that Kimbre died. I heard Adam's voice.

:Get closer behind him. Quickly: I moved up, waving at Kimbre to stay still. I stopped about four feet behind Ron, some how knowing that was just right.

"So, now are you going to kill me?" Adam asked, purposely provoking Ron, I would later find out.

"Oh no. I'm going to do something so much better than that. Chronosaber!" Ron's voice carried.

"Tsunami!" Adam's voice was hard and sharp. From the air to the west, a sword appeared, racing rapidly handle first towards Ron. To Adam's left, and my right, A geyser of water appeared, a massive broadsword forming in the center. There was no way in hell Adam could do it. Ron's sword was coming too fast, and his was forming too slow. Ron's hand closed on the Chronosaber a split second before Adam grabbed his sword. He whipped around, and flung it anyway. The Chronosaber flared brightly, and time accelerated for Ron alone. He stepped sideways, clear of Adam's flying sword, and then back into place. The Chronosaber came up over his head as he moved back. I caught the massive flying broadsword by it's handle, and pulled it hard around. The sword's came together, and the Chronosaber shattered. Light exploded, and everything flared to life. A moment later, I heard Ron screaming, and saw through the light, as his chest exploded outwards, internal organs, black and diseased, splattering against a wall I couldn't make out. Then he exploded, like a young sun flaring to life for the first time. Then it was over. We returned to the real world, where his corpse, chest still smoking collapsed to the ground. There were no eyes in his head, they seemed to have been burned out, and I gagged for the third time in as many days. Adam moved across the corpse, kicking it away, hard enough to send it sliding the twenty feet to the far corner. Numbly I realized I was no longer holding the massive broadsword he had thrown. I looked for it instinctively, and saw it laying in a four inch deep crater on the ground.

"How?" I asked, but Adam appeared to think I meant Ron.

"The energies contained in the Chronosaber were too powerful to be contained in a sentient, mortal host. They back lashed into him when the saber was destroyed, and the chronal energy sought the quickest release. It just happened to be through his chest." He answered my question.

"No..." I replied. "How did it do that?" I asked, and pointed down, but he didn't see me point.

"Tsunami has the power of the strongest elemental force on earth, all in one sharp edge. That's the force of all the water on earth coming together in one point. Virtually no weapon can withstand that kind of force." He answered.

"No, the crater." I clarified, reaching up to pull his head down, using his nose as a handle.

"Oh. It bears several gravities behind it, and only for certain people does it lessen them. You weren't one of those, so it jacked up the weight, so that you would drop it, and it hit still bearing that extra weight." He answered. "You feeling a little better?" He asked. I nodded.

"Yes, a little. Where is Kimbre?" I asked, looking around and not seeing her. I moved around Adam, and past Ron, and found her, glowing softly, her arms against Tim's chest. I wasn't sure what she was doing. He was dead, and she couldn't heal him. Then he jerked awake, startled and in shock.

"What? What happened?" He asked, looking around confused. Kimbre threw her arms around him sobbing, and repeating a single phrase.

"We won. We won." My double's father clambered out of the wreckage of the plane slowly.

"Forget about me did you?" He asked, coughing to clear his throat. Adam laughed, and crossed to help him out of the plane.

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"I don't understand it." I said later on, after we had gathered in the main room of the school, where the Lotus Blade had rested for years before Ron was born. "I don't understand how anyone can heal the dead."

"You're right. Anyone can't. A god can." Adam nodded at Kimbre, who was still glowing slightly.

"Wait, you mean, she's? But the Chronosaber?" I shook my head, as Kimbre spoke.

"The power of the Chronosaber and the Lotus Blade reside within me. They may not exist within a 'mortal' host. I am no longer quite mortal. I was truly brought about by the two Monkey Masters before me. Ron, and my 'father'. Without them, I would not be who, and what I am." She spoke, and each word seemed to reverberate off the walls of the room. "I wish that there was more that I could do for the two of you, but I see now that it's your fate to travel for a time longer before you return home. Let me at least offer you a nights rest and food before you continue." The table was suddenly filled with food.

"Thank you." I replied, inclining my head before digging into eat.

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The next morning, after a long soak in some nearby hot springs, Adam and I stood in the middle of the school's main courtyard. He was focusing on drawing the portal, while I said my good-bye's. I couldn't resist the urge, though some might have criticized the decision, and hugged Kimbre. It might have been criticized because she was technically a deity now, but I've never been a stickler for technicalities. I whispered a few words of advice into her ear. "Just remember, that what ever you do, don't try and stand alone. You'll do more damage that way, than if you turned evil."

"Don't worry, I know." She answered with a grin. I stepped back and turned to see Adam waiting. "Go, we'll be fine." I stepped into the portal with the peculiar feeling she was talking about more than just herself, grandfather and uncle. The world went silver again.