Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable, and all other copyrighted content is property of Disney.

This is my first fan-fiction.

Revelations galore in this chapter. R&R

Chapter 8 The Lotus Warrior

It had been a calm quite morning. Kim awoke to the smell of a home cooked breakfast that Ron had prepared which was waiting on her when she fumbled her way into the kitchen. She was surprised that she had slept more soundly than she had in years, and now felt much better. She was also surprised by the fact it did not bother her as much to have to be fed by Ron again, in fact she even enjoyed it a little. After breakfast they had spent much of the morning just talking again. (Not much else to do when your blind, and can't get around too well.) If she could have seen, she would have undoubtedly noticed that it was a calm, clear, beautiful November day in Miami, Fl. They practiced walking some more and by lunch Kim and Ron both felt much better about being in such close quarters with one another again. That natural familiarity seemed to be returning much faster than either had anticipated.

"After I get this stuff cleaned up I better do your check-up before I leave for work. You sure you are going to be ok here all by yourself? I could call Agent Rightsman to come and keep you company." Ron said as he stood at the counter cleaning their places from lunch. The restaurant Ron worked at, by virtue of being only the best, was only open for dinner, and as such Ron worked in the evening and weekends when other people went out. Ron would go into work at three and clock out around twelve. If this were a normal night he would leisurely walk back on the beach and do his nightly ritual of mourning. This, however, was no normal night. The person he mourned over was in his house, a bit disoriented and cut up, but still in his house all the same; so he would hurry home tonight.

"I'll be fine Ron. I am a Kim Possible after all, plus I can talk to Wade if I need someone to talk to. He also downloaded some audio books for me that I can listen to over my Kimmunicator, so I don't think I'll get bored. Still, I wish Rufus were here to keep me company." Kim could tell that comment distressed Ron a bit. "I'm so sorry I was not there for you Ron. He meant a lot to both of us; he was part of the team too."

"It's ok Kim. I know if you had known when it happened you would have been here." Ron's naked mole rat pal had died about two years before. He had lived a long time, but he finally just died of old age. Ron had been heartbroken, and Kim did not find out about it till Wade had, which was a couple of months later when Ron had called him.

"We'll let's get this check-up done. When are you getting home tonight by the way?"

"I'll be in just a little after twelve. Since I'm the head chef, I usually have to stay until then to make sure everything is taken care of." With that they both made there way back to the guest bedroom where Ron again inspected and re-dressed her cuts. Ron then changed into his uniform, a red chefs jacket and black slacks (Never be normal, no white for him.)

Ron leaned down and gave Kim a quick hug as he was headed out the door for work. She surprised him by giving him a quick peck on the cheek as he pulled away.

"What was that for?"

"Oh, sorry, just felt like I should…." Kim said a little embarrassed by her forwardness.

"Don't be sorry KP; I'll see you after work." Ron said chucking as he made his way out the door and down to the beach towards the restaurant.

"Be home soon." Kim called, giggling a little, as he closed the door on his way out. She might have been mistaken, but she thought the she might have heard someone yelling 'booyah!' on the beach a second or two later. 'He may have changed some, but he is still Ron.' She though as she powered up the Kimmunicator. Kim needed to call her parents and let them know where she was, and that she was OK. Maybe she would leave out that she was staying with Ron and that he had found her. 'No need to get them exited until it was official that they were friends…or whatever else they might become…again.' By the time the phone was ringing she was grinning from ear to ear at that thought.

"Ron is that you?" Ron heard as he turned on the light in his bedroom and began to shuffle around getting ready for bed.

"Yeah KP, it's me. What are you still doing up? It's nearly one thirty and you need your rest you know." He said as he poked his head in her door.

"I didn't even hear you come in." She said tiredly. "I kind of got wrapped up in this book I was listening to." She said as he came into the room and set on the edge by her. Ron was about to take her Kimmunicator away and tuck her in when…..'beeep-beeep beep, beep' the familiar tones chimed in.

"It's not mine Kim said sounding bewildered."

"It's mine" Ron said as he rushed into his room where he retrieved the device, flipping it on.

"What's the sitch Wade?"

"Hey Ron, are you ready for your first mission back on Team Possible?"

"I'm as ready as I'll ever be; what's up?"

"It seems Gill has broken out of his 'protective enclosure' in the south Florida everglades and is out terrorizing people again. This should be an easy one for you to handle, since it's only Gill. He has developed a new ability since his exposure to the toxic goop in your last encounter, though."

"Would it be too much to ask that it be a life outside seeking revenge on me?"

"Sorry Ron. It seems that he can now change himself, at will, between his mutated state and his human form. That means he can blend in if he spots you before you get a chance to confront him."

"Hmm…looks like I'll have to strike fast and hard if I want to call him out in public."

"That's the idea, your ride will be there in twenty, it's a Global Justice VTOL, be on your upstairs deck ready to go. Wade out."

"No rest for the weary." Ron said sticking his head back into Kim's room. "I gotta' go KP, Gill is up to his usual self, and yours truly has been called in to take care of the sick and wrong freak."

"Ronald Stoppable, you be careful out there! We just got each other back, and I don't want to have to find a new best friend!" Kim said clearly upset that he was finally going on a mission she could not help at even if she wanted to. This time it was Ron's turn to surprise her by slipping into the room and giving her a huge and his own peck on her cheek before turning to leave.

"I'll be fine KP, Get some rest and I'll see you when I get back. Maybe I'll bring you some Bueno Nacho home too!" He said on his way out. She laughed, definitely the same Ron, at twenty-six, he still did not get enough of the inside-rotting food.

"Will Du?" Ron said surprised as he slipped into the co-pilots seat of the VTOL that had just been hovering over his roof.

"Surprised Stoppable? I could not believe that Dr. Director hired you as Kimberly's temporary replacement, so I had to see it."

"Still don't think I'm good enough Du?" Ron said a little perturbed at his insult.

"I read your file Stoppable. I don't believe a word in it, Dr. Director may think you picked something up while you were in Japan a few years ago, but I know you're just as hapless as ever. I'm here to clean up the mess you make when you fail Stoppable."

"Whatever Du, just get me there and I'll show you who's hapless."

'Maybe I did misjudge him after all' Will thought as he watched Gill go sailing across the open market street and slam into a produce cart. When they had arrived Ron had instructed him to put down the craft about half-a-mile away from Gill's last known position (He had been chipped by the scientist trying to help him and it was easy to track for Wade). Ron had pulled his full face mask over his head and slipped out of the craft and down to the street as silently as a Ninja with a lifetime of training. If Will had not been watching him do it, he would not have even known he had left. Will took up position on a nearby rooftop to watch the action, and was currently witness to the butt whooping that Stoppable was dishing out on the mutant.

Ron had made his way to the open-air market to find Gill ranting about someone giving up their car so that he could make it to Miami. He noticed that Gill already had four people stuck to a wall with his mutagenic goop and decided now was the time to introduce himself. With inhuman speed Ron sprung from his hiding place in the shadows one the edge of the marketplace and planted a hard, square, kick to the center of Gill's chest. Before he had even hit the ground Ron took up position behind the flying mutant and delivered a crushing punch to his back, reversing his flight path. To even trained eyes, all that had been seen was a black blur and then Gill was flying through the air like a pin-ball.

As Gill skidded to halt on the pavement from the second blow Ron came to a stop in front of him.

"Who the heck are you! Do you know just who I am?" Gill cracked as he pulled himself off the ground, already favoring his left side.

"I know who you are sick and wrong freak. You are Gilllll, and I hate to break it to you, but you are going back to jail." Ron chided from beneath his mask. "As for me, you can just call me the Lotus Warrior."

"The Lotus Warrior, that's a dumb name. Sounds like something the squeeb would make up." Gill spat as he started charging the black and blue clad hero.

"We'll it's not the name that counts, is it now?" Ron smirked as he expertly dodged every one of Gill's punches.

"As for this 'squeeb' fellow, hasn't' he kicked your butt on more than one occasion before?" Ron said as he delivered another punch to Gills left side, brining him to his knees. Gill lunged and Ron grabbed his arm, flipped, and sent him flying into a waiting produce cart, knocking him out cold. "Darn!" Ron lamented. "And I did not even get to use any good moves!"

Once Ron had gill safely tied up and waiting on the containment team he walked over to the people hanging by Gills goo and removed a long blue-glowing sword from his back.

"Please Mr. don't hurt us, we won't tell anybody we saw you." One frightened man begged as Ron approached them.

"Sorry Sir, I have to do this." Ron stated as coolly as he could raising the sword nest to the man. He brought it down with one quick swipe and the stunned, but more than OK, man fell to the ground free from the goop.

"I did not think all of you wanted to hang around up there all night." Ron stated as he re-sheathed the sword after freeing the last person. In the blink of an eye the blue and black clad hero vanished into thin air, even before the patrons he had freed could voice their appreciation.

Even with little sleep Kim was bouncing around like it was Christmas morning. Ron had returned from previous nights mission in almost record time, according to Kim, sneaking in while she was asleep around five o'clock. They had both gotten up around ten because they had to be at the hospital at twelve. As she sat in the exam room waiting for the doctor she was unusually happy, even if Ron would not tell her what happened on the mission, other than "We won."

"What are you so happy about KP?"

"What am I happy about? Are you kidding me? You came back from the mission in record time, and won, apparently. And most of all, I might be able to see again!"

Ron wanted to say: 'Kim, they said they would check you in three days, not that you would be able to see. You might have to stay that way for up to three weeks!' But he could just not bring himself to burst her bubble like that. It was too good to see her there happy and smiling.

"We'll see KP."

"Miss Possible, and Mr. Stoppable, It's good to see you both again." The doctor said as he entered the room. "We have looked at the x-rays, and you seem to be recovering remarkably fast Miss Possible. At this rate you'll be up to one-hundred percent in only a matter of weeks."

"That's great doc, but what about my eyes?" Kim said not able to stand the wait any longer.

"There's only one way to find out about those. Let's see…Mr. Stoppable could you turn out the lights, I'll get the blinds." When the room was sufficiently darkened the doctor began to remove her eye bandages. "Now Miss Possible, before you open your eyes, I want you to calm down, and try and relax. It might be painful even if it you do not have your vision back yet."

"Ok…here I go." Kim's eyes fluttered, as if she were having a hard time opening them. Then slowly, they opened. Kim looked around, here eyes were watering a lot, and stung, but she could definitely make out some objects. "I can make out something…but it's hard to see, and my eyes are watering a lot."

"That's normal; it may take you up to twenty minutes before things start to come into focus. You eyes will fatigue more quickly right now, too. You will need to rest them often, and avoid bright sunlight and lamps right now." The doctor then handed Ron a bottle of eye drops. "Here, son. You need to help her put these in her eyes three times a day for the next few days. If you'll excuse me Miss Possible, I have some other patients to attend to right now. I need you to close your eyes again so I can exit. I'll be back in about thirty minutes to check-up on your progress."

It took about ten minutes before things began to come into focus. She started to make out a chair, then the bed, a window. Things were, thankfully, becoming clearer. She began to look around the room, there was Ron…Ron!

There he was she could see him. It was Ron, blond hair, brown eyes…but something was different. He was…chiseled looking. Kim had been right, he had gotten a slight bit bigger in the shoulders, what was more though was that he was buff! Is arms and chest were hard, his face was leaner, and his biceps were, not huge, but toned. He was also wearing, dare to say it, fashionable clothing! He had on a nice button-up shirt, a pair of khaki pants, and sandals. A beach look, no doubt, but it was actually not from smarty-mart! He still wore it in the Ron-Faison though, the shirt was un-tucked, his hair was messy, and plastered upon his face was his 'for Kim' grin.

Kim smiled back. Then launched herself off the bed and onto the unsuspecting man, crushing him in a hug.

"Ron! I can see you Ron, it's so wonderful. I never thought I would be so happy to see again!"

"KP…can you let up, I can't breath." Kim let up, crawled into his lap and leaned back looking at him, placing her hands on his chest.

"What? Is there something on my face?"

"No…I just…I have not seen you in so long, and now I can see, and…" Kim stammered a little as she leaned in towards him.

"Kim I…" He was cut short as Kim leaned in and kissed him full on the lips. Startled for a second, then he melted and began kissing back….as the doctor opened the door and walked in.