Chapter 6
Return to Yamanuchi
In the depth of the Japanese mountains night time looms, and three dark figures pose over a cliff looking down at the secret Yamanuchi ninja school. Nor gazed at the school with a glare "and the Lotus Blade is in there?" Nor asks with a sense of disbelief in his tone.
"Yes it is Nor, come we must attack together if we are to get passed the hoard of ninja" Nor simply smirked with confidents.
"Don't bother, I think I'll take this alone I need a little work out" before Monkeyfist could respond Nor was off running full speed down the mountain towards the unsuspecting school.
"Very well Nor you go and Drakken and I will follow later" Monkeyfist states as Nor makes his charge for the school.
Within the school in the main temple the wise master Sensei sit's in meditation when suddenly a cold breeze whistles through the room causing his eye to shoot open "NO!" He cries, the noise being heard by the school best two students Yori and her brother Hirotaka they rushed into the building.
"What is it Sensei?" Yori asked as Hirotaka helped the old man to his feet as he continued.
"We must prepare the students, an evil spirit approaches that school grounds"
"Who?" The two ninja's asked.
"Stoppable-San!" Yori covered her mouth trying to hold in the gasp.
"Stoppable-San? Isn't he the one who saved the Lotus Blade when I was in America, who would of fought he could become evil" Hirotaka said.
"NO! YOU ARE WRONG STOPPABLE-SAN IS GOOD AND WOULD NEVER TURN EVIL!" Yori screamed in a mix of anger and frustration at this claim being mad on Ron. She calmed down as she felt Sensei rest his hand on her shoulder.
"It is the Curse of the Neo Monkey, I have been feeling it for a few days now, however I knew the evil spirit now controlling Stoppable-San would never find this place but some how he has. Gather the students and seal the gates, we must defend the school and not allow him to obtain the Lotus Blade!" It took only a few minutes for all the students to be aware of the coming threat. They scrambled round the school courtyard grabbing weapons and barricading the huge wooden doors. A few minutes later and they were primed and ready for any apposing threat that dared darken their doorstep. At first nothing could be heard, only the gentle sound of the wind could be heard whistling through the cherry trees surrounding the school after a few moments a huge gust of wind blew through the school sending a shiver down the ninja's spines. After a few more moments a single pair of footsteps echoed from outside the school walls, they grew louder as they came closer and closer. The waiting ninja tighten the grips on their weapons as the footsteps noise rung in their ears. Then they stopped, the wind blew some more as that calm before the storm feeling hung it the stomachs of young assassins in training. Suddenly a large bang caused the door to bend on its hinges making those on the front lines jump in shock but the doors maintain however, a second bang at the door causes them to rumble but they stand tall, sweat now trickles down the face of the nervous ninja as their stared at the unsteady doors as they were near breach. One last burst was all it took as the huge doors toppled to the ground and on the other side Nor stood with his foot still pointing outward from where he had kicked the door down while shouting "BOOYAH!" He scans the area and watches as the ninja stare back at him and shake in fear at his presence. "Honey I'm home!" he yelled. The ninja charged the dark figure as he remained a statue smirking on, Nor raised his hand slowly and aimed his palm out towards them as his eyes lit up, suddenly a great force pushed the charging hoard back like a huge wind was pushing them away. One ninja with a bow staff then solely charged this outside, Nor however found no challenge in this lone fool as he grabbed the staff and spun the ninja around eventually knocking him into his oncoming ninja brethren causing them to topple like bowling pins. Now armed with a bow staff Nor began spinning it masterfully as the ninja attacked from all angles, they were putty in Nor's hands as he tool them all out with barely no effort, just a smirk of confidents.
A few minutes later and the school yard was scattered with beaten ninja as small piles of unconscious student littered the cold ground. Nor then rested the bow staff over his shoulder and carried on walking deeper into the school until he came to the main building, he arrived just as Sensei entered the main temple building holding a long box in his hands. As the shutters closed Yori and Hirotaka stood at the top of the small set of steps poised in their individual fighting stances, Hirotaka checks the details of this intruder and chuckled with a cunning grin as he said "So this is the evil spirit? The great warrior hero Stoppable-San?"
"I can sense great evil within him, brothers do NOT underestimate him" she glared as her brothers arrogance grew further.
"Well I'm NOT impressed sister!" Hirakata was surprised to see the lack of concern in Nor's crimson red eyes as Nor laughed at him.
"I'm not here to impress you I'm here for the Lotus Blade, so don't get in my way or I will destroy you!"
"You will destroy us after you get the Lotus Blade!" Yori stated as her and Hirakata prepared themselves.
Nor chuckled "yeah, you're probably right either way you can't win!" Hirakata poised into the mantis style.
"Well we choose to stop you so as I learned you Americans like to say when I was over there BRING IT ON!" As Hirakata trashed talked Yori open her fans with a single tear trickling down her cheek.
"I'm sorry Stoppable-San" She said as her tear hit the ground.
"STOP CALLING ME THAT!" Nor shouted as he took his Bo staff in hand slammed it into the ground causing a shockwave to bullet towards the two young ninja, Hirakata jumped left as Yori jumped right before the shockwave reached them, they landed on two separate buildings opposite each other however Nor choose to face the building roof where Yori had jumped to finish what he started "Ron is gone there is only me now GET USED TO IT!"
"No you are wrong…" Yori protested "I have seen the Lotus Blade and it still senses Mystical Monkey Power, it is a sign that Ron-San is still alive and I know he will fight back when the time is right!"
"Too bad you won't be here to see it!" Nor claimed as he hurtled the staff towards the young ninja girl, Yori leapt into the air and over the spit firing Bo Staff and cut it straight down the centre with her fighting fan. She lands with grace on the ground, however this distraction gave Hirakata an open chance as he hit Ron in the back with a flying kick causing him to stagger towards Yori but before he could retain his balance he is given a slide tackle from Yori, the force sent Nor in the air but before he can even hit the ground he struck from behind with another kick from Hirakata that sent him soaring and crashing into a building. Yori joins Hirakata and the two poise themselves against the other as they watched on, for a few moments nothing happened as the dust hung. Suddenly Nor leaps out of the hole in the wall he was thrown into. The two ninja flinched as electricity sparked around Nor as his smirk although still confident had a hint of anger. It didn't take long till Nor decided to charge them he ran at incredible speed with no sign of slowing down, when he reached the two his image faded as it went straight through them, they stood there in shock as Nor was now nowhere to be seen.
"The Shadow Crawling technique…." Hirakata pronounced as he recognised the move that had been performed "…it takes a lot of skill and power to use it!" he finished as he checked his surroundings trying to find his foe.
"I told you not to underestimate his power" Yori reminded him. They looked all around but they could not find their enemy however his taunts began to echo around them.
"Ha ha ha hahaaaaaaaaa! You can't escape my power just give up already and stop wasting my time!"
"We would rather lose fighting FOR something then just give in to the likes of you, it is the honourable way!"
Nor simply chuckled to reply "Then I shall give you an 'honourable' END!" In saying this Nor appeared balancing on top of Hirakata's head with one hand while his other hand balanced on Yori's head, all of a sudden he banged the two heads together after landing in front of them Nor spin kicks Yori to one side as Hirakata goes to kick Nor in the head, he is caught off guard as Nor grabs his foot and sweeps the other but before the young man could even hit the ground he is met by a kick to his chest thanks to Nor. Hirakata feels his back drag on the cold ground, he only manage to get to one knee till he saw Nor leap high into the air and spun round only to have his foot met Hirakata's face.
"Brother…!" Yori screams as she watches her brother fall to Nor, she felt her teeth gritting as the anger grew inside her, this heartless monster had taken Ron then her fellow students now her own brother had been defeated by him, Sensei was the only one left who had not yet been hurt by this evil spirit as she slowly staggered to her feet to continue "You, You have hurt everyone close to me, I will NOT let you hurt Sensei!" with that Yori charged at Nor, she closed her fans into a stabbing form and aims straight for Nor black heart. Nor however was too quick as he dodged her advance and grabbed her wrist and then sent a thundering knee blow to her stomach causing pain to spread through her body like a wild fire as her eyes shoot open then slowly drifted closed as she lost consciousness, Nor didn't let up as he grabbed her by the hair and tossed her to one side, she crashed and rolled along the ground, Nor approached her beat up body and rose his hands to deliver the final blow until something in the air caught his attention, it was the Lotus Blade Nor could feel it calling out to him. Destroying Yori soon became unimportant as he returned his attention back to the main temple and proceeded inside.
The doors to the temple exploded off their hinges. As Nor entered the room the old Sensei stood in his path with his arms within his sleeves. Nor smiled confidently if this was the last line of defence it would be easy pickings "Step aside you old fool, I have a date with Destiny!"
The wise old warrior removed his arms from his sleeves and set himself in a well balanced fighting pose as he spoke "Your read ends here! Now be gone evil spirit and return Stoppable-San to us!"
Nor responded by getting into his own fighting pose "Ha, sorry old man but I have travelled too far to be stopped NOW!" Nor shouted as he axe kicked the ground the force sends a huge shockwave towards Sensei who in turn jumped into the air, then reaching into his sleeves again pulled out a handful of ninja stars and throws them masterfully towards the pale skin spirit, Nor however swings his arms out in front of him and grabs the stars in mid flight only to throw them back to there owner. Sensei still mid air himself was like a sitting duck as the stars came hurtling back towards him, they cut through his robes and he crashes to the ground with a thud. He quickly rolled to one side as Nor's knee landed where his head had been a few seconds before, Sensei ends up behind him as he attempts a high kick Nor deflects with his forearm and delivers a powerful kick to his chest, The old man although still standing dragged along the floor from the shear force the attack he barely manage to regain his focus when he looked into the air only to see the bottom of Nor's shoe flying towards him. Unfortunately Sensei was not fast enough as Nor succeeded in his attack on the old man, Sensei collapsed to the ground and was defeated.
Now that Sensei was unconscious Nor's attention turned to the long wooden box on the small alter which he had just fought a whole army of ninja to obtain. As he walks slowly to his prize Drakken and Monkeyfist enter the now destroyed door to the temple watching Nor approach the Lotus Blade. Monkeyfist's eyes were open wide as he witnessed what Nor had done "You're even more powerful then though, I never imagined you could do all this without effort"
Drakken gasped slightly "You mean to say the buffoon did all this?"
"SILENCE…!" Nor snapped causing Drakken to flinch "…You're ruining the moment"
Nor slowly approached the alter where the Lotus Blade lay in wait, he reached out to obtain the thing which would make him invincible only to have it knocked from his reach by a green bolt sending it spinning and stabbing into the ground like the famous sword in the stone. Nor looked to his right where the blast had come from, a doorway loomed and within it two young women stood, one had her palm pointed out towards him and was glowing with the same green glow, while the red head next to her stood in one of her sixteen fighting styles. "Booyah!" The pale skinned women shouted as her emerald eyed partner glared at Nor.
Drakken and Monkeyfist gasped at the site of the black haired women as Drakken shouted "Shego? What is the meaning for all of this?"
Shego snapped her head round and glared at her former Blue skinned employer "I'm just turning on you before you had the chance to get me like you were planning, and don't try to deny it I heard the two of you talking about it"
The two of them scowled at the two young women, Drakken then smirked and seemed quite amused "I doesn't matter anymore, now that Nor is with us you can't win! Nor destroy Shego, but capture Kim Possible I want to destroy her personally" Drakken looked over to Nor expecting him to be following his orders, Nor however had other ideas as he simply turned his back on Kim and Shego and walked towards the Lotus Blade, his blank stared cared only for the sword.
"Sorry Drakken…" he said as he approached the magic blade "…But the deal was I have to work with you till I have the Lotus Blade, now that it lays in front of me I don't have to listen to you anymore!"
Drakken began to sweat nervously as Nor continued to approach the Lotus Blade. Suddenly as Nor came within arms reach of the sword of his desire when a black streak flashed in front of him talking the Lotus Blade with it, Monkeyfist then landed in front of Nor with the Sword in hand. Monkeyfist smirked at Nor "Not so fast Nor, the deal is only over when you HAVE the Lotus Blade and as it stands you do not. So listen to Drakken, however my promise to him was that I destroy Shego, so defeat them both but do not destroy them!"
Nor snarls at the simian man then turns to face his foes, turning his head back to Monkeyfist he muttered to him "Very well!"
Shego and Kim braced themselves as Shego smiled almost excited to fight Nor again "Bring it on"
Kim a statue through all this finally spoke "Now remember Shego, don't underestimate him I know it looks like Ron but…."
Shego then cut in "…exactly so how tough can he be?" Shego charged at Nor as Kim tried to reach out for her.
"Shego NO!" Shego went at Nor full force throwing punch and kick, Nor simply smiled at these attempts and blocked and dodged them like they were nothing. The two continued to dance this lethal of dances. Kim out of nowhere tried an attack from behind Nor however was to fast as he quickly darted to one side Kim barely missing Shego. Now Kim and Shego stood face to face with Nor as they went to attack Nor countered and blocked their attacks he moved with grace and style that would make the greatest martial artist in the world envious. Nor is done playing he grabs Kim's arm in a counter then spins her round throwing her away, he then went to Shego who found it hard to block with her Go team glow as the odd punch and kick seeped through her defences. Shego then throws a punch Nor grabs it in a vice like grip, soon her green glowing fist becomes consumed by a white glow coming from Nor, Shego winched in pain and screams as Nor picks her up by her fist and throws her into the wall next to where Kim was recovering herself.
Kim looked down at Shego who was trying to shake off the proverbial spinning stars around her head, she looked up at Kim "Kim, give me your hand" Kim complied and when she did Shego's Go team glow begins to flow though her arm into Kim's when the glow vanished Shego continued "my power is fuelled by anger, and something tells me you have more to be mad at this guy for then I do"
Shego passes out as Kim slowly rose to her feet and looked down at the beaten up Shego, her focus then switched to Nor she rose her hands and ignited them like Shego always does as she spoke "I've had it Nor, Ron was right I can't hold back not anymore, so prepare yourself cause it ends here!"
Nor smiled knowing Kim had been holding back all this time took off his coat and poised himself ready for her "Yes it does"
The two stare at each other as the skies outside shift setting the mood for this great battle. Kim baring the Go team glow as Nor had his Neo Monkey Power white glow. Drakken watched on like an excited child who was about to see his two favourite heroes fight.
"He it is Drakken and our control of the world" Monkeyfist whispered to Drakken not wanting to speak to loud as he was afraid doing so would break this perfect picture.
"Yes and how perfect to be beaten by the Buffoon of al people" Drakken stated as Monkeyfist looked to one side and muttered to himself.
"Yes their relationship is strong, maybe too strong" Monkeyfist soon returned his gaze to the two teens sizing each other up.
Then they sprint at each other, when they meet the fight begins, Kim and Nor or fighting in perfect sink, it was like fighting a mirror for the two of them as each punch, kick and knee strike was meet and countered. They fought at lightning speed, the two spectators found it hard to follow the two of them as they jumped around the room in their own world of combat. They are parted for a few seconds after a grapple but they go back at each other, Kim throws a punch at Nor and Nor throws a punch towards Kim, the two inflamed fists met and the Kim and Nor simply stood there pushing their fist against the others hoping to over power them. The energy sparked from them as green and white bolts of light shot out from them until they disintegrated the roof to the temple causing the rain to pour freely in and down upon them, but even the feeling of the fat heavy rain pounding down on them couldn't split their focus from the other. Soon the two broke apart as Kim noticed Nor's features his smile remained on his face as she asked "You're just toying with me aren't you?"
Nor chuckled as he answered "can you blame me? You're so serious about getting Ron back when you and I both know that is NOT going to happen!"
Ron broke out in manic laughter that tore through Kim like a nail on a chalk board, her teeth gritted her fist tightened as her feet became engulfed in a green GO Team glow like her hands, Drakken and Monkeyfist gasp in shock as Drakken says "I never knew Shego's power could do that!"
Just then Shego wakes up and looks over towards Kim to mutter in a weak whisper "wow it must take some serious anger to generate that kind of power" after she said this Shego collapsed back into unconsciousness.
Kim now recomposed her self her feet and hands glowing green as she shouted "ROUND 2 NOR!"
Nor smile grew even bigger, finally Kim was ready to give it everything as he shouted back "BOOYAH!"
Kim and Nor ran back into another furious scrap this time however Nor was forced to be more defensive then before as Kim relentlessly attacked it was beginning to look like Kim was going to gain the advantage until Nor's eyes lit up and he grabbed one of Kim's oncoming fists and drove his knee into her gut and pushed her back, Kim maintained her footing until Nor flew at her with a stern kick to her chest but still she refused to fall as her standing body dragged along the floor she then lowered her guard again only to have Nor hit her with yet another kick this one strong enough to send her crashing into the ground in a spin, she tried to recover but could only drag along on her knees, she dare look up again as Nor hit her with one final kick sending her soaring and along the ground on her back. Kim was beaten all she could do was lay there as Nor slowly walked up to her and grabbed her neck locking his fingers round her and gripping it like a vice, Kim now dangled as Nor held her up by the neck Kim grabbed his hand with hers hoping to pry herself loose while her feet kicked and squirmed but was pointless as she had lost to much strength from the fight. It soon became clear that she wasn't going to free herself, her feet gave up fighting and she looked down at Nor one last time, Ron was really gone and she couldn't save him, a single tear formed in her eye that is all she could manage, it trickled down her cheek and to her chin and dropped down landing on Nor's face. The evil spirit gasped as this single tear now fell down his face but why? Why did this tear feel so different from the many rain droplets of rain still beating down on his face, he dropped the now defeated Kim Possible but seemed to stare out into oblivion.
After bounding Shego Drakken picked her up and walked out, Monkeyfist approached Kim and threw her over his shoulder and followed while Nor simply stood there his eyes still wide open almost in shock. As Monkeyfist reached the door he turned his head back to Nor "Good work now here is your prize!" He tossed the Lotus Blade over his shoulder with his free hand that wasn't propping Kim over his shoulder, it spun in mid air and stabbed the ground in front of Nor before he made his exit.
Nor stood there in that one spot for hours, Drakken and Monkeyfist were long gone by now and morning was beginning to break, however a strange white light began to seep out from under his feet, Nor looked down as her felt this warm tingling sensation that resonated from him. It continued to spread all around until Nor found himself in a room of light with a single path leading to no where, Nor however seemed compelled to walk down it. Suddenly whispers began to ring around him, whisper with a very familiar voice "You failed Nor" Nor looked all around him but could not find the source of the whisper as it continued "Her tear has purified you, hasn't it?"
"WHO ARE YOU?" Nor screamed "SHOW YOURSELF!"
The whispers chuckled like all this was too familiar "Very well" The voice said and out of no where his reflection appeared only it wasn't Nor he saw, this person had blonde hair and Chocolate brown eyes.
"RON?" Nor screamed "But that isn't possible!" Nor stopped as he noticed Ron's smile
"Oh I'm afraid it is Nor, you see I love Kim and I can't stand to feel her in pain. Why do you think you felt so strange after that single tear drop?" He paused to notice Nor's gasp of confusion.
"What do you mean?" He asked Knowing that Ron was right; all this had started from when that tear trickled down his face.
"What I mean Nor is I'm apart of Kim and when that tear hit you all her innocents and purity within it hit you as well giving the last piece of light, the last piece of me within you the strength to purify the curse admit it Nor, you feel bad about what you have done to everyone you have hurt, I'm growing stronger and regaining control instead of the Curse infecting me, my goodness has infecting you and made you pure, am I right?"
Nor collapsed to his hands and knees as tears trickled freely from his eyes as he yelled. "YES YOU'RE RIGHT! I can't explain it Ron but I feel all these things inside, it is too much I don't how to control it…" He was cut off as he felt Ron's hand lay gently on his shoulder.
"But I do Nor, give me back control and return from where you came, I have to be with Kim" Nor smiled with Ron's famous goofy grin.
"What do I do?" He asked as the Lotus Blade appeared in front of them stabbed in the ground as it was when Monkeyfist left it there.
"Take the Lotus Blade and believe Nor, the sword will do the rest" Nor without saying a word stood up and approached the Blade slowly as Ron watched. Nor reached the sword and slowly wrapped his fingers around the handle.
Before he took full grip he closed his crimson red eyes and whispered to himself "KP, Ron I…I believe" As he took a tight grip of the handle energy sparks out from him as lightning bolts shot from the sky Nor screamed as the white light consumed him and everything around him.
Outside the temple Rufus who had smuggled in with Kim and found himself hiding when the Kim Vs Nor fight came up scurrying at into the courtyard where he saw Yori lying unconscious. The naked mole rat ran over to her and nudged her cheek when she came to her face lit up to see her little old rodent friend smiling back at her, she scooped him up and placed him in a pouch on her waist. Her vision quickly darted to the temple she ran towards the light and through the doors shouting "Sensei!" she looked over towards the man kneeling in the middle of them room however the light was still too bright but Yori could recognise the figure within as Nor, she set into a fight stance as the light dimmed. She prepared herself for another fight with this evil spirit knowing she could not win, however when the bright light had vanished and the silver night sky lit the temple Yori noticed his features, her eyes lit up as the figures blonde hair hung over his still shut eyes it was then Yori knew that he had done what Monkeyfist believed he couldn't, he had defeated the Curse. As he stood up and turned to Yori he slowly opened his eyes to reveal the chocolate brown orbs. Ron Stoppable was back.