"What do you mean upgraded like me? Did you get hit on the head or something?"

"Shot a few times and had my body hit with blunt objects, but not hit on the head." Josh judged by Kim's face it was the wrong time to try to be funny.

"Josh. I'm going to say this once, I'm normal. My family just has really good bloodlines on both sides. It's genetics."

Josh burst out laughing "Can your mom or dad do a standing quintuple flip? Scratch that, do you know any other person that can?"

"Shego." She shot out triumphantly, but when she saw the smirk creasing his lips she thought again. Shego was clearly augmented by her comet powers. "...That proves nothing." She wasn't sure if she was trying to convince him or herself.

"You've been saying since you were a kid that you could do anything. Are you really saying you've never done something you thought was weird? You never healed from something faster than any person you've heard of? You've never thought it was even a modicum of weird that you could toss large muscular men like nothing in your short one hundred pound body? (Author's note: 45.3 kg)

Things started flashing before Kim as she backed away from Josh looking at nothing. All the times she knocked henchmen out in one punch with no effort. The Judo tosses. Her first audition for cheer team that made Bonnie hate her since her act was ridiculous. Her first mission where she completely dodged a laser grid with no training at all and didn't break a sweat.

"No." Kim fell to the ground and landed on her butt with a pretty loud thump. Her mother rushed into the room.

"Kimmie cub are you alright? Did Josh do something to you?" Ann shot an icy glare in his direction.

"No….but you did." Kim said slowly as it dawned on her.

"Kim what are you talking about? I haven't even been in the room." Ann really was confused and kept looking between the two kids for an explanation.

"When did you upgrade me and the tweebs?" Kim knew the tweebs had to be part of it. Her little brother's were almost equal to her dad in mechanical engineering at only ten years old, They probably surpass him in some areas even.

Ann froze for a second before responding. "Right after you were born. We wanted the nanobots to grow with you."

"So I was born? I'm not some kind of weird robot experiment?" Kim said while looking at her hands. She was shaking. She wasn't experiencing anger, it was fear.

"Cyborg honey, and no. Although thinking about it now you all do technically fit the cyborg definition."

Kim closed her fists to attempt to stop the shaking. Josh place a hand on top of her head in an attempt to comfort her while calming her down but her eyes remained trained on her mother. "Why?"

"Why what honey?"

"I just need to know why you did this to us. We would have still been amazing. Were we just not good enough?"

"Kim it's not like that, we just wanted you all to have the best lives possible."

"I need to think."

Josh and Ann decided to leave her alone. Kim got up while looking at the ground and rushed outside. Her entire reality had been turned upside down. Five minutes ago she was just a normal teenage girl that was very athletic. Now she's some robot freak. She was no longer normal.

The thought of normal brought Ron's motto, and by extension Ron into her head. Josh had said even with all of his strength he couldn't even make his hand budge. Josh was injured but he seemed pretty recovered this morning, and his arms weren't injured. If what he said was true then Ron was also upgraded in some way but never told her. What was he hiding?

"Slowly Bonnie."

Ron was gingerly walking Bonnie up the stairs to his room. She insisted that she was fine, but he knew she wasn't. She just wanted to appear strong so he wouldn't worry about her. She knew she could get him to dote on her hand and foot if she was sick or injured but she didn't want to take advantage of him like that. As soon as they got to the room he forced her to lay down. It was early but she had the mother of all headaches.

"Come here. I need you." Bonnie managed to be completely adorable despite her headache with a slight pout and dreamy gaze.

Ron quickly folded and climbed into bed. Bonnie nuzzled into his chest before drifting off. His presence in such close proximity helped to stave off some of the pain from headache. Hopefully she would sleep the rest off.

Ron was far too wired based on what he learned this morning to immediately fall asleep. Even if being able to nap or eat anywhere were two of his specialties. He didn't fully trust Josh since he didn't really know him until now but he did soften his view of him after hearing his story. He broke through almost twenty years of brainwashing and nearly sacrificed his life just for Kim. If anything he seems to hold her life far above his in importance.

He had no idea how they were going to handle this situation, or if he needed to reveal the real extent of his powers. Honestly he was beginning to forget the weights were even there and if he focused on his internal chi it felt as if it was a condensed ball of pure energy. Although it was beginning to fluctuate in size as if it's barely being contained. He had no idea how powerful he was going to be when these restraints came off. Would it be enough to protect them? He decided to ease his mind in the only way he knew how.

Meditation

A sense of calm fell over him as soon as he heard the birds chirping. He opened his eyes and saw Sensei floating as usual. On some level he wondered if Sensei was almost always meditating, or if he could do it while doing other things to remain in a constant calm state. He really would have to ask him one day.

"Greetings Stoppable-san, it has been a while."

"Sorry about that big S. I have been keeping up with my training though."

Sensei simply nodded. He could tell as soon as he saw Ron by the size and density of his aura. He presumed that he was unaware of just how much his true potential was beginning to show. Sensei felt someone entering the space but it was far from malicious.

"It appears you have brought a guest."

Ron turned expecting to see Rufus being goofy as usual. Then he saw the olive skin, and the green eyes.

"Sensei is she real!?"

"Indeed she is, she came of her own volition."

Bonnie stood up and began looking around "Weird dream." She certainly dreamed about Ron but it was usually some of the steamier aspects of their relationship. She didn't think she could come up with a place like this even if she spent all day trying to imagine it.

"BonBon?"

Bonnie turned to dream Ron. He looked confused. She had no idea where this dream was supposed to be going.

"How are you here?" He said

"What do you mean how am I here? It's my dream."

"No….No it's not."

"Ugh this dream is stupid. I remember falling asleep, it's probably one of those lucid dream things. Who's that old guy?" She pointed at Sensei

Sensei burst into a deep laugh while Ron did the fastest bow superhumanly possible while groveling out an apology. "It is ok Stoppable-san, these events must be stranger for her than they are for you."

Ron felt as if Sensei wasn't bothered so he moved quickly to grab Bonnie and have a conversation with her. She beamed after he began dragging her away by her arm.

"mmmmm daddy. Now we're getting somewhere. Rough me up. I've been a bad girl. Show me who's in charge."

Ron blushed while putting his hand over her mouth and Sensei tried and failed to control a raucous laugh. "Bonnie please stop you aren't dreaming."

When Ron removed his hand she decided to trust him. Maybe they traveled or something. "If I'm not dreaming then where are we and how did I get here? Was I out that long?"

Ron racked his brain trying to think of a way to explain the situation then it came to him. "A wise old man explained it this way. You are dreaming but everything you see is real. Reality is only a perception of the mind."

"Now I know this is real since I wouldn't think of saying that, ever. That still doesn't answer where I am."

"Uh, Sensei created this space to talk to me. I really am lost as to how you got here though."

"If Sensei made this place then the old dude is…."

"Yes BonBon-San, I am his Sensei." Sensei floated down so he was eye to eye with her. He was expecting surprise, not whatever her next reaction was.

Bonnie squeed. "Oh my god! You're the old ninja dude. YOU CAN FLY!? Awesome! You're like that little green man and the boy with the light swords!"

"It is a pleasure to meet you as well BonBon-san"

Ron did his nervous laugh "Yeah guys this is great and all but why is she here? This shouldn't even be possible. She doesn't even know how to meditate. She would also have to find her way here and it took me a while to do that myself."

Sensei had an idea but it would be extremely rare. This is unheard of. "Perhaps you and her became spiritually attuned in some way. I am thinking somehow your spiritual essence has entered her and become a part of her as well. It does not feel nearly as strong since you are the chosen one but it is definitely present."

"Yea but how would my spiritual essence enter her? That doesn't even make sense. We've been around each other for seven months now."

"I do not know Stoppable-san. This is a unique situation, even moreso given that you are the chosen one."

"Could it have something to do with my training? I've been training with her sometimes. Maybe it transferred over."

"While I can see that your ki has greatly increased I do not think that is it Stoppable-san. However you may begin to experience changes in line with others that had similar gifts."

"Like what Sensei?"

Just then a thought crossed Bonnie's mind that connected all of this. Especially since she got the headache this morning. If she could have she would have gone pale.

"I'm sorry Mr. Sensei but Ron and I have to go. Now." Bonnie closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She decided if this was even close to a lucid dream she should be able to wake herself up, her and Ron needed to speak alone.

Ron got the feeling that wasn't up for debate so he waved goodbye to his Sensei and broke his meditation.

The waking world

When Ron opened his eyes Bonnie was looking right at him. "What's the matter B? Did I do something wrong?"

"No...No. You did exactly what I told you to do. I think I know how I got a little of your powers."

Ron smiled while stroking her hair. "You always amaze me Bonnie. You're brilliant."

Usually she would have swooned at the compliment but that was not the only thing on her mind. "Do you remember what we did last night?"

"You mean with the handcuffs? Oh wait you might be talking about the commands in your collar. That was so fun. Although you could be talking about when..."

The redness actually shone through her olive skin. "It has something to do with all of that. So your Sensei did say your essence entered me, and last night was the first time we did something. I'm thinking you can figure it out from there."

The other stuff was par for the course. They didn't do all of it every time but it wasn't uncommon by any means. The only thing they did for the first time was "oh."

Bonnie looked down shyly. "Yea."

"I put my essence inside of you at the end of our session."

"mhm."

"I'm sorry I made you a freak like me Bonnie. Now you aren't normal either. I'm so sorry." Ron closed his eyes and sighed. What made him think he could have a normal relationship?

"I'm not mad Ron." Bonnie said while running her fingers along his body. "I'm in this through all the weird stuff. I never expected normal with you."

Ron wrapped his arms around the small of her back. "Again, thanks Bonnie. I always appreciate it when you say it like that."

"Anytime." She replied with a devilish smirk. Bonnie felt something caressing her butt and smiled until she had a thought. "Ron….where are your hands?"

"On your back, cant you tell?"

Bonnie was about to scream at Rufus until she saw him on the nightstand in his little bed. She flung off the covers expecting to find some kind of intruder, what she saw was even more jarring. Their attention went to the same place. Ron was the first to scream.

"WHAT THE HELL!?"

"Ron, honey just calm down we'll figure it out. I'm in this for the weird stuff."

"YOU DON'T HAVE A TAIL!"

Ron had locked himself in the bathroom for the past hour. Bonnie was….processing the new information. It was weird but it didn't look out of place on him. Still….weird. From the little she saw before he locked himself up it was a yellow furry tail that acted in a prehensile fashion. He had full control over it even if he didn't realize it yet.

"Ron come out it's not that bad, I'm fine with it. I'm still here!"

She heard Ron breathing slowly but he didn't reply. Honestly she didn't know how she would react if she gained a tail in her sleep so she wasn't judging his emotional state. At first she thought it was cool but being the chosen one seemed to kind of suck. Just then there was a knock at the front door. She walked away but took one last look at the bathroom door before going to answer.

"Kim."

"Bonnie."

Bonnie looked back towards the bathroom and sheepishly back at Kim. "Look Kim can you just….come back later? It's not a great time. Ron's not feeling well." Understatement of the century She thought.

"I don't need him to do anything I just need to talk to him. I just found out something that was totally messed up."

Bonnie really wanted to say no. She didn't hate Kim with the passion of a thousand suns anymore but this was not a great time. They could plan out their mission or whatever later.

"Kim why don't you…." Bonnie looked at her face closely and noticed she had been crying, overall she looked extremely distraught. "Come on in. One second. I'll see if Ron's up to talking."

She took Kim's hand and sat her on the couch. After asking if she needed anything she went back upstairs to try her best to get Ron to come out.

"Ron I ne-"

"Go. Away. Bonnie. I have to process. You don't need to see me like this. I'm a freak." Ron tried to use a tone that implied there was no room for discussion, but it was Bonnie.

"Oh shut up this isn't even that weird. People are BORN with those. Not as functioning or good looking but still. Now get out here and talk to Kim, she's been crying. I'm not going to be her shoulder to cry on and whine to." The mere thought of that still caused her to shudder. "You have two minutes before I come in and try to find something in the house I can hit you with that will actually hurt. Your friend needs you."

Bonnie really hoped she wasn't being extra but she had no choice. Sometimes he needed someone sweet and soft, sometimes he needed tough love. She was not capable of being sweet with two people moping around. Kim looked a bit put off when Bonnie came back down the stairs.

"So I didn't hear all of it but are you two good? That was pretty loud."

"We couldn't be better. Ron is just dealing with his own issues. I'm here for him but he needs to be there for you."

It was still weird seeing Bonnie put this much thought into the feelings of others. "Uh, thanks Bonnie. That's strangely kind."

Bonnie almost failed at restraining her response but then she heard someone stepping slowly down the steps. She didn't put much thought into how he was going to hide….that but she hoped he found a way. He looked perfectly normal when he was finally standing on the floor. She had no idea where he put it.

"What's up KP?"

Kim tried to form words but they just became tears again. She raised her hands like a small child asking for a hug and Ron got the message. Soon she was enveloped in his arms and crying on his chest. Ron looked at Bonnie to make sure this wasn't making her uncomfortable, or worse angry but she just nodded in a reassuring fashion.

"It's ok. I'm here when you're ready to talk."

The next ten minutes were filled with the sounds of Kim crying and Ron comforting her. Bonnie stayed the entire time, though not because Kim was having a moment of weakness. "Kim has her rock, Ron needs his."

"I'm a freak."

Neither of them knew why she was saying it so they remained silent until she went on after an obscenely long pause.

"I'm some kind of robot thing. The only reason I can do anything is because of nanobots my mom and dad put inside me. Am I even a real person?"

"KP that was a lot to drop in three sentences. Come again?"

She decided to start from the beginning. "Well, when you nearly choked out Josh he said it felt like a vise, he said he couldn't move your hand at all."

"Yea but you told him I've been training right?"

Kim cringed, she hoped she would finally get answers along with comfort here. "I did….then he laughed in my face. He said he was upgraded like me. The way he was talking it seems like he should be reasonably stronger than most humans. Yet when he tried moving your hand it wouldn't even budge. He said you weren't human. Since I've done similar things to him then..."

"You also have to be upgraded otherwise you couldn't do it."

Bonnie and Ron both gained sad looks. This was exactly the wrong time to be having this conversation about what made someone human.

"Yea, after that it felt as if the room was spinning and I couldn't focus. My mom came in and we talked. I couldn't take anymore so I didn't stay for a full explanation. You heard what I know. I came here since I didn't know where else to go. I'm a freak."

Ron held her cheeks while wiping away the tears with his thumbs and looked her in the eyes. "Kim, look at me. I don't care if you're a cyborg, if you were born in a test tube, or even if you came to the planet in a spaceship. All that matters is that you're KP."

While Kim was beginning to perk up Ron looked at Bonnie and saw that she was smiling. That was probably how she felt about his situation. He was being such an ass earlier.

"Thanks Ron, I'm glad I came here."

"I'm glad you came too KP."

"Is he human?" Kim's mind went back to Josh's statement. He lifted him like a small child and there was no way out of his grip. Things had been weird but she had been putting it off for too long.

"Ron...you know you can be honest with me right? You'll still be Ron."

"What do you mean KP?" Ron became increasingly more nervous the longer the conversation continued on.

"Are you really human? Josh did say he couldn't have possibly broken your grip and he's above normal people. That means you have to be something else."

Ron pursed his lips. He could continue to lie by omission and hope for the best, but then her reaction might be worse. Given everything else Josh said he doubted it was a lie. That guy had the emotional range of a piece of wood so lying probably didn't even cross his mind. He looked at Bonnie and she just gave him a slow nod. It was time.

"I'm human KP."

"Ron, please." Did he not trust her?

"I'm not a normal human though. You got your strength from tech, mine is more mystical in nature." Kim began asking when, how, why questions so he just continued on. "It started when monkey fist was trying to steal those statues. You know about that. Then I noticed the more I trained the stronger I became. It didn't seem to have a limit. I didn't know how to tell you so I just didn't. Most of the stuff I do isn't much different than what you do. Knocking people out, the ridiculous throws, dumb reaction speeds. All of it."

Kim discerned that most of her questions were irrelevant. She was fully aware of him getting some martial arts moves mysteriously on a mission but never put any thought into it. There was really only one question that mattered.

"How strong are you, really?"

Ron didn't know himself so he took a few seconds to think. He could only come up with one way of telling her.

"Hold out your hand palm up above the couch cushion."

Kim thought it was beyond weird but did as she was told. Ron put a weighted wrist in her arm then began to concentrate. He had been at max energy for so long it was second nature, turning it off was something he had to consciously do.

Kim didn't notice anything for a few seconds then her hand sunk straight into the cushion as Ron went limp. She tried to move her hand but it felt as if there was a whole person there. Using two hands and every ounce of strength in her body she lifted it up just a little and quickly slid out her hand. Ron smirked then seemingly went back to his normal non limp self.

"You wear that on one arm every day?"

"not exactly." He lifted his pant legs to show the chains there as well, and also reminded her of the one on his other arm.

Kim was taken aback. "You cannot be serious."

Bonnie giggled. "He's deadly serious."

"You knew about this?"

Bonnie rolled her eyes. "Duh."

Kim looked back at Ron, she felt bad that she was just learning what Bonnie clearly knew for a while but that wasn't at the forefront of her mind. "How often do you take these off?" She had seen him in them for months but just thought it was his new fashion sense.

Bonnie spoke for him. "He doesn't. It ruined our fun times for over a month."

Kim tried her best to remove that mental image from her mind and grabbed his hand which once again felt weightless. She guessed he was subconsciously moving with her. "Why would you do this to yourself?"

"My sensei gave them to me as a gift. It was the only way I could get stronger. I can't take them off or the Yamanouchi school will kidnap Bonnie….."

"That's horrible!"

"and put her in a five star resort in a country of her choosing for two weeks."

Kim quickly shifted her tune. "That's fantastic!" She gave Bonnie a thumbs up that was reciprocated. When she turned back and saw Ron's eye twitching she turned down her excitement. "So everything Yori said about you while we were in Japan last year?"

Ron knew what she was really asking "Completely true."

Kim grew silent. He had the weight of the world on his shoulders. She had felt it a few times but couldn't picture what it was like for him. There was no backup coming. Just him. She realized he tried telling her several times but she just blew it off as a joke.

"I'm sorry for not believing you Ron. I was still treating you like the wacky sidekick back then. Not my equal."

"It's no big KP. You've changed now."

The room was a bit quiet so Kim decided to cut the tension herself.

"I guess we're both a couple of freaks huh?"

"Yeah, but freaks that are always there for each other."

"Always and forever."

Bonnie groaned at the amount of cheese happening before her eyes so they just stopped and said the rest with a long hug. Kim felt something stroking her hair but realized Both of Ron's hands were on her back. She turned to Bonnie which would have been beyond weird but she was still in her chair with her hands over her mouth. Kim broke the hug off and saw a giant yellow tail rubbing her cheek, it went behind Ron's back. A look of horror crossed his face. He silently went back upstairs and locked himself in the bathroom once again.

Kim was dumbfounded and Bonnie remained silent, "guess he didn't have full control over it yet." Bonnie pulled a Ron and smiled while rubbing the back of her head.

"Uh, it's been a long day."

So recently I have had a few people telling me through reviews or PMs to update X thing next or write a story about y thing. Not even suggesting, telling. I'll say this right now, writing is a hobby that I would like to become a job but right now all it is is a hobby. I don't owe you a specific update schedule, I also don't owe you a story about a specific pairing I don't care about. I update when I feel like I can write the chapter well and have the energy. I write what I feel like when I feel like it. If my stories are really that important to your life that you NEED me to update there are links on my profile you could click and compensate me for an amount equivalent to a bag of chips per month.

For everyone else, thank you for reading.

Oh uh, let me know if the chapter is absolutely horrendous and I may rewrite it. I was trying out some new ideas.