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Shego was in complete and utter shock. She had never faced an opponent who fought this fierce. Not even Kim was this hard, at least the old Kim anyway ever since stoppable had disappeared she was way off her game. She sighed; she had actually felt sorry when she found out about his death. On some level they were in the same boat. They were both side kicks who were under appreciated, hell he might have been a clumsy goof but he came through when it counted most. He never made the snide comments that the princess always seemed to make either. He was just a shy awkward teenager, not to much like herself at that age, it really was a shame, but now however now was not the time for reminiscing as she felt a sharp pain in her side from a well placed kick. She needed to end this quickly and take whoever this was back to Drakkan. She then noticed the old wooden shack that was behind them. The sign above the door read 'well house' in Japanese. 'Ha and Drakkan said learning foreign languages was a waist of time. Now all I have to do is position my self right and I can just through him in the well. If he is as good as he fights he should be able to survive the fall.' She thought as she began running towards the well house, firing stray plasma towards the house to let him know that he would do best to follow. It worked a little to well as he not only chased her but threw a few shirikin as well. She watched amazed as they zoomed only inches from her face and went through the well house and out the other side. 'Impressive, that has to be at least six inches thick on each side. I'll have to be careful with this one' She then turned on her heal, only having a second to put up her foot, catch him in the chest and turn her leap into a back flip, which threw the samurai over her head and through the well house.
Ron groaned as he felt pain shoot through his whole body as he impacted with the hard ground, but not before he landed on and destroy a set of stairs leading form a wooden platform to the bare ground that surrounded an ancient looking well. 'Well at least the stairs broke my fall and look a splinter even managed to find its way through my armor, now I have an excuse to get a more modern pair. This just keeps getting better and better.' He thought sarcastically as he removed the six inch piece of wood from his under arm. He didn't have time to tend to his wound however as his relentless stalker leapt through the gaping hole in the wall which he had made right over the well and right in front of him. "Ouch, she said as she saw the blood, listen why done you make it easy on yourself and just give up." Ron new he recognized the voice from somewhere; the question was where? Then it clicked as her hands ignited in green plasma. Before he had thought they were from some high-tech gun as they were more refined than her old plasma bolts, but up close he recognize that creepy green glow to belong to none other than. "Shego!"
This had taken the women aback. Drakkan said it was an old acquaintance of his but said nothing more save for that creepy evil laugh. As she was pondering this they began to circle each other. The voice is vaguely familiar, maybe he's one of Drakkan's idiot friends from the villain's convention. They began fighting again as she voiced her thought. "Were you ever at the big villain's convention?" Shego asked in earnest curiosity. Ron however not thinking that this woman could ever be that curious and assuming that she was trying to mess with his mind about the whole "bad boy" thing replied sarcastically "Yea of course I, Zorpox the conqueror, go to that convention every year" Ron said and was quiet surprised when she froze, a look of pure shock coming over her face. "No way, Stoppable! Your supposed to be dead" She said in a shocked and wait did he hear a bit of amusement in her voice. As they were talking they did not notice the latter laying next to the well slowly being pulled into the well, nor the girl who climbed out of the well using said latter. In fact they weren't even aware of her presence until she fired an arrow which Ron spun around and caught, however upon touching the glowing pink arrow Soul edge let out a piercing scream.
Ron cringed as he felt the pain as well only to a lesser extent, dropping the arrow almost instantly. This gave Shego all the opportunity she needed as she grabbed the back of his neck, removed his helmet and gave him a punch to the back of the head, knocking him out instantly. She too however found herself at the business end of four arrows however she simply side stepped them all one however managed to graze her shoulder, deflected easily by the armor she was wearing. Looking at the archer she could only smirk. "So it seems possible got himself a new girlfriend. Well I approve, oh well I can always get you later anyway" she said, dropping stoppable and activated her cloaking device before slipping away.
The demon that resided in the sword glared at the girl with the arrows. She could ruin everything so he had to act quickly, taking momentary control of the boys body he used his mystical monkey power to block all auroras that they would project including the jewel shards, mystical monkey power, and his own dark aurora making him appear to be nothing more than a vary well trained samurai. He sighed after it was done; over shadowing the boy had become painful and almost impossible with the mind shield that even now was strong enough to force him out. He would wait though, bide his time until the boy let his guard down and then he would take control
Kagome looked down at the young man at her feet, he appeared to be around her age, and the blonde hair told her that he was defiantly not a native. But who was he, why was he here? All her questions where answered by a familiar voice calling out in worry. "Ron Kun what are you doing out here, are you alright?"
"Yori!" she exclaimed as she rushed over and gave her cousin a big hug. She had completely forgotten about her cousin's visit, which happened every year around this time. It all clicked as she remembered receiving letters from her while she was at school explaining that she would be brining a close friend of hers from school. However the traditional samurai armor seemed out of place at a private academy. She looked at Yori with a questioning gaze who in turn nodded understanding that an explanation was in order.
Both girls however immediately ceased there little chat as they noticed a pool of blood coming from the fallen young man. Both girls set to work at once, Yori stripping Ron of his armor and under shirt and Kagome pulling out her first aid kit and pulled out a gauze pad which she then began wrapping up the young man's shoulder Yori then gingerly took Ron into her arms and began carrying him as a groom would his bride back towards the house. Kagome gasped at this "Isn't he heavy Yori. Do you need help?"
Yori laughed at the comment and shook her head "no Ron kun is actually lighter than the armor he wears. Hear see for you she said handing over the prone young man which Kagome could also carry though it was harder than her cousin made it look. "You're right he is light for his age." She said looking down amazed as she could clearly see his lean muscular frame. Once in the house they deposited Ron back into his bed and proceeded to the Kitchen. Unbeknownst to everyone else Yori was in on Kagome's little secret and so she deemed it only fair that she let Kagome in on what Yamanouchi really was, and so she explained to Kagome all about the ninja school, Ron, and the incident with the lotus blade. However she left out why he had come back to the school for it was too important to tell. Kagome nodded.
"So Yori, do you like him." Yori looked up and smiled at her cousin, she was wondering when the question would come up. In all honesty they had dated before. However, they broke it off finding that it was best for them to just stay friends. Though they were so close that it was impossible for the rest of the students to tell, that is until Yori had been asked out by another man. She couldn't help but feel guilty about it but Ron assured her that he was fine with her decision. She shook her head and related her thoughts into words "We did go out, but we aren't together anymore. Why do you ask Kagome? Are you interested in him?" She said with a smirk. Truth is told Kagome did think he was good looking though that did not always mean that he was necessarily mean he was the right person, she said as she thought of a particular dog demon. She sighed. Sometimes he could be so sweet, almost loving but not willing to show it. (This is kind of early in the Inuyasha series before any real romance begins.) However this often left her weary of him all together. She sighed and simply let the inu hanyou (dog half demon) slip from her thoughts as she and her cousin spent the rest of the night catching up.
As the sun began to rise they both heard a noise from upstairs. As if he had rehearsed it, Ron came down stairs in a slight daze and sat down. He yawned and rubbed his eyes wearily. "Morning Yori." He said in a tiered. He looked over at Kagome and whispered a greeting in Japanese before laying his head against the table and falling back to sleep. Both girls giggled slightly however Kagome looked at her cousin with a raised eyebrow. "I thought you said he was terrible with Japanese." Yori shrugged and replied "He must have learned while he trained with Sensei. No one at the school knows exactly what kind of training they did but rumor has it that it was so intense that sensei wouldn't even allow graduate level students to try them." Kagome nodded believing every word as she remembered how easily he caught the arrow she had shot at him. She looked at the sleeping young man and smiled. It faded however as a new thought entered her head. "Yori, do you think that woman will come back here."
Yori's eyes widened. She had not realized the gravity of last nights attack until now. If her guess was correct and that woman had, in fact been one of Ron's old enemies, then the secret was officially out. This worried her a lot. What if Ron was not ready and they found away to turn him to there cause? All that she could do was hope that he would be able to overcome these new obstacles. "Do not worry Kagome if they do come back Ron and I will be able to handle it. Kagome smiled though inside she was still not sure.
"Come on, Yori suggested lets wake him up so you to can be properly introduced and then we can decide what we are going to do today. She said as she got up and gently shook her best friend's shoulder.
Ron groaned as he felt something rocking his soar arm he looked up and noticed Yori smiling down on him. He also noticed that he was in the kitchen and mentally groaned. 'How did I get here, must have been sleep walking again, and who is that girl that's with Yori." He thought as he lifted his head off the counter. "Ron, this is my cousin Kagome" she said gesturing to the pretty Japanese girl. "Kagome this is Ron" she said gesturing to him. Ron stuck out his hand and Kagome looked at him funny. "Oh, it's a hand shake, it's the way American's greet people. You see you take my hand like this.." he said, grasping her hand. However as soon as he did this he felt pain.
Ron lurched as he felt a tugging sensation in his wrists legs and the back of his neck. He fell to his knees and cried out in pain. Kagome and Yori grabbed hold of him and tried to lift him to his feet but it was no use, the tugging wouldn't stop. A pink light began to engulf the area around the tugging sensation and spread to his whole body. Ron frantically searched his mind for some explanation, as the light surrounded his body and began to engulf Kagome and Yori as well. Ron suddenly remembered the Jewels which monkey fist had planted into him. He had said that they would return to the past eventually. However he was unable to voice his findings as all three of them disappeared from the face of the earth
