Ok, again, that took way too long to update. I worry I might not make my deadline coming next Monday. Because I'm planning on having at least 3 more chapters in this. I just hope my first week of classes aren't too homework heavy, because I am finishing this story. Period.
Ron-sama – and a fight you shall have! Ok, maybe I didn't imply this well enough, but Kim was there, spying and interfering during Ron & Yori's walk. Maybe I should have written that part out :-\ Oh well, too late now :P
The Metal One – Ok, MF was a bit obvious I'll admit, but since we're dealing with Ron and his monkey power in this story, there really isn't any other villain I could use from the KP universe. As for the 65-episode thing, from what info I've gathered; it was a creation by Michael Eisner to keep costs low on Disney original series. Though apparently it's been lifted for 'That's so Raven'…. Not KP kp(dot)savedisneychannelshows(dot)org has more info about it all.
Lonestarr – I must say the way you worded the review, I'm a bit confused about what you want me to improve on, and what you liked, but I'm glad you like the general story thus far. And although I've never had the (dis?)pleasure of reading "The Fate of the Monkey Master", I will certainly read it once I'm done with this fic to see any comparisons between our two fictions. And while I thought I explained why Yori was engaged to Ron well, I suppose I was wrong. Basically, because of the prophecy Sensei doesn't want to take a chance that it won't be fulfilled, and thusly has decided to "bond" Ron and Yori together through marriage. Anyway, thanks for the review, I hope that you'll continue to read and enjoy the story as I begin my conclusion. (Also, loved your one-shots for Zita, and Tara, keep up the good work)
And although I don't have anything specific to say in response, I'd like to thank campy, bdburns7289, and drakwolfstoppable for their reviews and encouragement. Thanks much guys.
Kim, Ron and Yori stood erect at the edge of what appeared to be a large arena that stood about a foot above the normal ground forming a 30-foot square. A plain tiled square stone floor stretched across the arena. In front of the three teens stood Master Sensei clad in his normal red and gold master's gi. In between them stood an ornate looking red box about 3 feet in length, covered in gold designs of monkeys and Japanese characters. They all stood silently for a few minutes, until Ron started looking rather irritated.
Eventually he spoke up. "Aw come on, where's the rest of the class? If I had known they were all gonna be late I could've slept in longer."
Sensei spoke softly, "The entire class is here Stoppable-san."
Ron looked around, half expecting to see a swarm of ninja's hiding in every shadow, but the area was completely open and had nowhere anyone could decently hide, not even an expert ninja.
Sensei took a step towards the group as he continued to speak. "I will be training you all personally. I've watched you all yesterday and I believe you are ready for this test." Sensei kneeled down and opened the box in front of him, as he lifted the cover it revealed the Lotus Blade to the three. Ron looked especially surprised, Kim's eyes widened in realization as the stories Ron told her about the Lotus Blade began run through her head, and Yori stood still and disciplined as if she expected all of this. "Ron Stoppable, as the holder of the mystical monkey power, it is your duty to wield the Lotus Blade and use it's great power to vanquish evil. Take this sword and accept your destiny." At those words Sensei stepped away from the box and allowed the student to make his decision whether or not to take the sword.
Ron took a moment to cast a hesitant gaze at Kim, all this talk of duty and destiny really frightened him, if he took the sword would he be locked into a true engagement with Yori, would he have to give up his life in Middleton? His life with Kim? Kim quelled all his fears with a simple nod and a smile; she at least trusted sensei enough to not trick them all like this.
Ron took the sign from Kim and knelt beside the blade, as his picked it up he could feel a sudden rush of power in his body. It was if he had gained an entire new limb. Words couldn't describe the feeling pulsing through his body, as he stood up and began loosely swinging the sword around, feeling its perfect weight and balance a single word escape his lips, the only word good enough to give a hint of how Ron now felt at that moment. "Booyah."
Sensei nodded approvingly. "The Lotus Blade is now yours, to do as you see fit, it will heed your will, and always know its way home as long as your heart remains pure. And now that you are its master, you can finally complete your destiny."
Ron frowned suddenly; he set the Lotus Blade back in the box and faced sensei, his expression very serious. "Sensei, about that destiny thing you keep talking about." Sensei raised his brow in curiosity, as did Kim and Yori. They all thought it was about time Ron started to question some of the stuff going on around him, but in reality it had just taken him this long to sort everything out. "I'm not sure I can do this. I-I mean, I've still got a life back home. How the heck do you plan to explain all this too my parents?"
Sensei remained neutral under Ron's questioning, and responded simply. "Sometimes a tree must be cut to save the forest"
"Again with the gardening tips."
Yori clasp her hand on Ron's shoulder, trying to comfort and explain things to him. "Ron-san, what Sensei is trying to say is that, sometimes sacrifices must be made. Your parents might have to accept you staying at Yamanuchi. After all, the fate of the world does indeed rest in your capable hands."
Ron didn't have much he could say in response to that, he groaned lightly under his breath, but bent down to pick the sword back up. He certainly didn't want this sort of responsibility, saving the world was Kim's thing after all. All he wanted was to protect her, but if things kept going like this he might end up losing her forever. He looked over at Kim; she smiled at him to try to reassure him that everything was ok. And part of him believed it, that just maybe if he just worked hard, and just rode this thing out, maybe things would work out for the best, but he just couldn't deny that hint of worry and sadness that was hidden beneath Kim's emerald eyes.
When he felt that Ron had finally made his decision, Sensei interrupted everyone's thoughts as he spoke. "It is time"
Sensei walked next to Ron, gently leading him away from the arena. The two female fighters started to walk towards their respective ends of the arena as the signal for breakfast to begin echoed through the air. Today the students were not allowed to leave their lunchroom so that no one but the parties involved could witness the fight, and no one could assist Yori or Kim.
Ron looked down at the Lotus Blade and then to Kim, suddenly he jogged over to Kim and grabbed her by the hand. He turned her around, and for nearly the first time in their relationship he leaned in and kissed her firmly on the lips. Kim was pleasantly surprised and had one of Ron's trademark goofy grins spread across her face as he slowly pulled away. "Be careful KP."
As Ron walked away and towards the sidelines Kim shook herself from her shock and took her position. Yori was glaring daggers at the redhead, the kiss only serving as fuel for the aggression she would need for the upcoming fight. Kim smiled at her opponent confidently, "It seems like Ron made his choice." Kim slipped into her Mantis kung fu stance and stared the other girl down.
Yori bowed to Kim, but the scowl never left her face. "We shall see Possible-chan." Yori took a low crouching stance that reminded Kim of the posture Monkey Fist sometimes took during their fights. After several moments of just staring at each other Sensei finally let out a quick yell "Begin!"
Both fighters ran toward each other and collided in a flurry of perfectly executed kicks and punches. Both girls weren't holding anything back; you could feel the force coming off every attack.
Kim let out a snap kick that would have broken bone had it not been dodged or correctly blocked. Yori back flipped out of the way, gathering some distance away from the relentless redhead. Kim tried to sweep Yori's feet from under her when she landed, but Yori easily jumped over the leg. Yori tried to kick Kim's head off her shoulders, but Kim managed to duck, Yori's foot missing her by inches.
Kim took the opportunity while Yori was still finding her balance as she landed to land a right hook along Yori's abdomen, Yori rolled with the punch and allowed it only a glancing blow, doing no true damage.
Yori redoubled her efforts, charging at Kim, yelling in what seemed to be a blind rage from her previous tag. Kim saw this as an opportunity to do some real damage, as she caught Yori's wrist after she threw a very sloppy punch towards Kim's stomach. Kim shifted her weight and lifted Yori into the air via a judo throw. What Kim didn't see was Yori's previous vicious face was now calm and collected as she sailed through the air. Yori managed to twist her body, wrap her hands around Kim's arm and land perfectly on her feet. Before Kim could pull away or even react, Yori held her arm in a vice grip, and used the momentum created by Kim to lift her into the air, slamming her hard on her back onto the stone floor.
Kim let out a yelp of surprise and anger; Ron winced when he saw Yori turn Kim's overconfidence against her, with very painful results. Kim had quickly shot threw the pain, standing up before Yori could press her attack. But Yori held back, letting Kim stand up and face her before she tried anything. Kim breathed a bit harder from the excursion. She realized her mistake and mentally cursed herself, she felt a change of tactics might be necessary to regain some advantage in this fight.
She waited for Yori to come back at her, the Asian girl now aiming more attacks at her injured sides and back, constantly moving in an attempt to get around Kim. Kim through remained on the defensive, ducking and blocking, letting Yori's kicks and punches sail harmlessly off her body. Kim suddenly left out a spin kick at Yori's upper body, Yori ducked under the kick, and in effect had forced Kim to spin completely around, exposing her back to her. Yori let out a fierce punch to the base Kim's spine, but Kim, expecting that had crouched low, causing Yori to miss her target completely. Kim let out a two-footed mule kick, slamming into Yori's stomach and ribs, forcing the air from her lungs. With most of Yori's weight forward, she felt the full force of the kick, and Kim couldn't be sure but she swore she heard a rib crack at the assault. Yori went flying back a few feet, landing on her side, coughing in an attempt to force her body to remember how to breathe.
Kim got back to her feet and smirked at the girl, who was recovering a few feet away. She allowed Yori the same honorable luxury she had given earlier, by allowing her to prepare before she let loose with another attack. Yori clutched her side as she stood, still coughing a bit. "You are much better than I originally given you credit for. But you must know that it will be impossible to defeat me."
Kim just kept smiling confidently. "Check my name. Besides I'm not the one with a broken rib, you seem to be the one who should consider giving up."
Yori shook her head, and returned to her original form and position. "We shall see Possible-chan." Slowly the two girls circled each other, each searching for a flaw in the others defenses, but none was immediately found.
Kim had an idea that seemed to work previously in her missions against Shego; maybe they'd work against Yori. Kim stretched out her arms in preparation and began flipping end over end toward Yori, Kim suddenly flipped in the air and headed strait down, aiming a kick directly at Yori's head. Yori easily sidestepped the attack, and tried to sidekick Kim as she landed, but Kim continued her flipping and removed herself from danger. Yori was on her quickly, with a mighty leap she landed hands first in front of Kim mostly to surprise her at the suddenness of the attack, but Kim wasn't fazed. Kim tried to punch her exposed lower body, but somehow Yori managed to block with her legs. Kim then tried to step on Yori's hands to force her down, but with a grunt of effort Yori flung herself into the air, spinning behind Kim where Yori landed a blow to Kim's shoulder.
Kim flipped away, her body now aching from the punishment and her weariness. Yori was also breathing hard and didn't look to be in much better shape. She was obviously favoring her right side, judging from her stance. The battle was really heating up, perhaps if Ron and Sensei weren't so intently watching the battle they would have noticed multiple small black forms moving between the trees around the Yamanuchi walls. Rufus, who did happen to see one movement out of the corner of his eye, did chatter and try to warn Ron, but he shushed the mole rat as Yori began to speak. "Possible-chan. You were an excellent opponent, but I'm afraid I must end this now."
"Just try it." Kim was still confident she could win this fight, though all those hopes were about to be shattered. Yori suddenly stood in a meditative stance, hands clasp in front of her, standing still and seemingly defenseless. Kim took the opportunity and charged her opponent, she aimed a quick snap kick to Yori's midsection, but just as she was about to make contact, Yori suddenly disappeared from view. Kim looked around desperately for some sign of her opponent when a flash of blue caught in her peripheral vision.
"KP! Watch out!" Ron yelled at her, but it was too late. Yori's foot slammed into Kim's temple, sending her sprawling along the ground until she stopped nearly 15 feet away from Yori, shaking, obviously down for the fight. "Ron…" she said in a barely audible whisper, a few tears ran down her cheek, as she felt like she had failed him.
When Yori was sure the fight was over, she allowed herself to collapse to her knees, breathing hard. Sensei didn't let any emotion or preference show in his voice as she stood up. "Well done, both of you. You both fought excellently, although Yori remains the champion."
Ron stood dumbfounded at what had just transpired. "Se-sensei, was that what I think it was?"
Sensei nodded, "Yes, that was the mystical monkey power. Because Yori is a descendant of Toshimeru, she has access to a bit of the power. Although it pales in comparison to what you will one day control, she has learned to harness what little power she has into a devastating weapon. Yet it does drain her energy quite substantially."
"And you let KP fight her anyway?" Ron exploded; he couldn't believe Sensei had fooled them all like this. Sensei didn't even try to look at his student, his anger not completely unfounded. "You knew she couldn't win, but you let them fight anyway? You-You…" Ron would have continued like that for a good while, if he weren't interrupted by a familiar voice issuing an all too familiar command.
"Monkey ninjas! Attack!"
Everyone was caught off guard as a good hundred monkey ninjas and their leader stormed into the arena, 10 each surrounding the exhausted Kim Possible and Yori, while the others advanced on Sensei, Ron, and Rufus, who all dropped into fighting poses.
Monkey Fist slowly strode through the hoard of ninjas and walked almost casually to stand in front of Ron. "Ah, Ron Stoppable, it's always a pleasure. When I heard you had come back to Yamanuchi, I just couldn't help but schedule a visit myself."
Ron glared angrily at the English Lord. "What exactly do you want monkey freak? Are you after the Lotus Blade again?"
Monkey Fist scoffed smugly at his teenage foe. "As impertinent as always I see. We'll cut right to the chase then. I have a need for you boy, you and that wonderful blade of yours. You will come with me and perform a small service, after that, you can come back, no harm will come to you."
"Like I'd ever trust a monkey. I'm sure you've got some evil plan cooked up, I'll put a stop to it right here, right now." Ron brandished the blade in front of him, waving it menacingly at Monkey Fist who didn't even flinch front his threat. Sensei then moved forward a bit, ready to fight off the smaller ninjas as his student did battle with Monkey Fist.
"My dear Ronald, you act as if you have a choice." With that Fist snapped his fingers, his ninja army parted and revealed Kim being held by three monkey ninjas, on was holding a kantana blade to her neck. Both Ron and Sensei realized they were defeated then, neither willing to put Kim's life at risk.
Ron sighed dejectedly and let the sword fall to his side. "Ok, you win, I'll come with you. Just don't hurt her." Kim seemed to want to protest, but the sword held to her neck wouldn't allow her to.
"Excellent." Monkey Fist smiled fiendishly and gave a nod. At that a dart was suddenly fired and hit Ron's neck. It must have been some sort of tranquillizer as Ron collapsed instantly. Fist scooped up Ron and walked away from Sensei, eyeing him apprehensively. "And to be sure you don't try anything, I'll be taking this other one… as insurance."
A few of the monkey ninjas picked up Yori and started jumping up over the walls; in her weakened state she could do nothing to fight back, though they had tranquillizers for her as well, just in case. Monkey Fist, along with Ron, and most of his army were the next to escape. And finally the monkeys threatening Kim quickly dropped her to the ground and escaped.
Sensei walked over to Kim, his eyes following the trails of the Monkey ninjas until they disappeared completely from sight. Kim had been conscious for the entire ordeal, but was too weak, and too hurt to do anything, and now Monkey Fist had Ron. Kim could feel the hot and wet tears streaming down her cheeks, never before had she felt so helpless.
Rufus ran over to Kim, trying desperately to consol her, to get her to rise and fight. It took several long minutes, but finally Kim shakily rose to her feet, her head still throbbing from the painful kick earlier. "Ron." She said his name under her breath, it gave her courage and strength, and silently she vowed to get him back, no matter what the cost.
But, could she defeat Monkey Fist and his entire army all by herself? She knew she'd need help.
Beep-beep-be-deepAnd there it was. Kim quickly ran to her Kimmunicator to discuss everything with Wade.
Whew… ok, long time between updates for me, I know. Sorry. I personally blame the action sequences, this is the first fight scene I've ever written and I had trouble laying it all out, I hope it didn't suck too badly. The last chapter I wasn't too pleased with, and I just hope you guys like this one better. Again, thanks to all who read and review. I love you all
Hiro