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A Bond of Honor
Chapter 8 – Serious Sitch
By JuPMod (aka JPMod)
If anyone said more than a week ago that there was a possibility that Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable's friendship would ever develop cracks, everyone might think that person was a nutcase. Today, things would be different if anyone said such a thing, for rumors were flying about Ron and his girlfriend Yori. Like how close were they really, given they were seen kissing each other this morning before homeroom? Would Kim even tolerate another girl in Ron's life? Etc.
However, for Kim, as the redhead approached her locker now that school was over, she didn't bother to let the rumors crack her exterior shell, even though her mind was racing inside.
Yesterday morning, Ron had arrived at school, looking like he won the lottery, and Kim couldn't place why he was grinning like that. That was until Felix asked a question at lunch.
Ron chuckled. "Third base? Yori and I are so not ready for that leap into the final frontier, my friend."
Monique smirked. "So how far did you and Yori go, Ron? That grin of yours is producing enough wattage to power all of Middleton."
"Well, after dinner, we returned to the den to study, but I made Yori watch 'Agony County'."
"What did she think of the show?" Monique asked.
Ron smirked. "She's hooked."
"I thought she would be," Monique smirked back, while Felix chuckled.
Kim, though, was still waiting for the answer.
"After the show, she was helping me understand my math homework, when at one point we found ourselves in a position to reach 'first base'."
Green eyes went wide as did the eyes of Monique and Felix.
"Whoa, Ronman!" Felix exclaimed. "You reached 'first base' with her?"
The blond boy grinned as he fondly remembered. "Yep. All I will say is that Yori and I spent 15 minutes studying 'first base' technique."
Felix whistled and grinned. Monique slightly smirked. Yet all Kim could do was stare in surprise.
Sighing, Kim opened her locker to sort through her books. She didn't believe it at first when Ron had said it, but she knew he wouldn't lie about something like that, for that grin spoke the truth. In addition, this morning provided further proof when Yori greeted Ron with a smooch on the lips. A long kiss that made everyone in the hall take notice, for it was the kind that screamed 'Serious boyfriend/girlfriend relationship' to anyone who saw it.
The redheaded girl again wondered whether her best friend would abandon her. Despite her mother's reassurances and Ron treating her the same as always, Kim couldn't help but imagine scenes of Ron ignoring her, giving up going on missions with her, or no longer going over to her house, just so he could focus totally on Yori. It left her feeling somewhat depressed.
"Yo, KP!"
Kim turned to watch her blond best friend approach with Yori beside him. She gave a warm grin for her friend, despite feeling a stab of loathing toward the Japanese girl, who wore a white, button-up, short-sleeve shirt over a black skirt. "Have any plans for tonight, Ron?"
Grinning, Ron shrugged. "Not much. Yori and I will catch a movie at the theater, after chowing down at the BN."
"You're welcome to join us, Possible-san," Yori added with a kind smile.
Caught off guard, Kim blinked. "Join you? Both of you don't mind?" She was finding it hard to believe that. Wouldn't they want to be alone, so they could kiss or snuggle?
Still grinning, Ron shrugged. "Sure. Tomorrow, Yori has invited me to her place to check out how they practice and work out."
"More likely to spend time smooching lips," Kim mentally frowned, knowing there were many places for a couple to have alone time in such a large estate.
Before Middleton High's cheerleading captain could say anything, the computer screen in her locker blipped on to show the face of Wade Load. "Hi, Kim," he greeted.
"What's the sitch, Wade?" Kim grinned fully as Ron and Yori came closer with Rufus popping his head out of Ron's pocket to watch as well.
"How about going on a real mission for a change?" Wade smiled
Kim sighed happily. Going on a real mission was exactly what she needed now. "After two weeks of small stuff, Wade, I'm ready to take on even Drakken now."
The 12-year-old tech wizard chuckled. "Close. It's Drakken's cousin."
"Ed?" Kim said, her eyebrows rising.
Wade nodded. "He and his gang have stolen a high-tech, state-of-the-art experimental rocket engine." His lips smirked. "You don't need an expert to tell what he's going to do with it."
Snorting, Kim rolled her eyes. "To make another super monster truck or vehicle. So typical."
"Aw, man!" Ron cried out. "That guy seems more whack than Drakken! He keeps saying that word all the time!"
"Seriously," Wade and Kim spoke together.
"Yep, there's that word!" Ron pointed out.
Yori looked between Ron and Kim. "Is this villain dangerous?"
Kim and Wade both snorted a laugh. "Hardly, Yori," the redhead answered. "He's more a nuisance than a real threat." She turned back to her tech man. "Found anything on where Ed's hiding, Wade?"
"You bet, Kim," the African-American boy replied. "Checking video feed and satellite imaging, I managed to track his tire tracks, just like last time, to a place in Lowerton."
"Well, least Ed doesn't use the same lairs like his cousin does," Kim chortled with a lopsided grin. "Download the information to my Kimmunicator and set up our ride."
Picking up his soda cup, Wade grinned. "Done and done, Kim. Your ride will be at your house in 30 minutes." He took a slurp out of the cup's straw.
"Come on, Ron," Kim excitedly smiled, as she was about to close the locker door. Yori's words, however, paused her hand on the doorframe.
"Can I come and help, Possible-san?" the Japanese asked.
The leader of Team Possible frowned. "I don't know, Yori."
"Come on, KP," Ron egged with a small grin. "Yori was a great help at the mall, remember?"
"Yeah, she was," admitted Kim, yet she still was not convinced, given her mind was screaming however to keep Yori away.
"Kim," Wade said. "You should take Yori with you. She is a trained ninja, and you and Ron could use the additional hands to deal with Ed and his gang."
Wade's endorsement of Yori surprised not only Kim but Ron as well.
Eying the pretty ninja, Kim sighed and made her decision. "Okay, Yori, you're in. Just I know we don't have time to stop by your home to pick up your ninja uniform. Do you have one here or at Ron's house?"
Yori frowned and shook her head. "No. I did not anticipate to leave a spare uniform for me to change into."
Kim briefly appraised the other girl's body. "Well, I think you could fit into one of my mission uniforms, although I think the shirt might be tight on you."
"Then I'll take it." Yori's face showed her determination. "I'll make do with what you give me for now."
Satisfied, Kim gave a slight grin. "Okay, let's go."
"Yori," Wade spoke out, "I'll inform Master Mochizuki of the situation. You don't need to worry about calling him."
"Thank you, Wade-san," Yori smiled.
"You're welcome, Yori," Wade grinned before his image blipped off the screen, and afterward, Kim closed the locker door.
Without a word, Kim ran out of the school with Ron and Yori on her heels as they raced toward the Possible home.
Along the way, Kim's mind remembered something regarding the exchange between Yori and Wade. "Wait a minute! When did Wade know about Master Mochizuki? And did Yori call Wade 'Wade-san', not 'Load-san'? That means she knew him other than that one time two weeks ago!"
Team Possible's leader mentally shook her head and placed those thoughts on the back burner. For now, the mission came first, but she vowed to find out later what was the sitch between her young tech wizard and Ron's girlfriend.
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"WAAAAAAAAAAAA! YEAH! This new engine combined with my monster truck will totally mow down the competition! Seriously!"
"You said it, boss!" the short, brunette mechanic grinned up at the blond mullet man air-guitaring on top of the monster truck. The rocket engine could be seen attached to the rear of the vehicle.
Motor Ed smirked wickedly. "This will be my most excellent vehicle to date! Seriously!"
On the other side of the service bay, hidden in the shadows behind some empty oil barrels, three sets of human eyes and one mole rat looked at the villain and his cronies. Far as three of them were concerned, what they were seeing was nothing new, but for one, it was new all right.
"You're right, Possible-san," Yori whispered as she crouched besides Ron who in turn was next to Kim. "He doesn't seem to be a threat."
Green eyes narrowed on the bad guys, Kim grinned lopsidedly. "As I said, Yori, he's more a nuisance than an actual threat," she murmured.
"Yeah," Ron softly spoke with Rufus on his shoulder. "And you can see, he keeps saying that one word most of the time. Can the dude seriously lay off the word for a change?" Brown eyes blinked before he smacked a hand on his forehead. "Oh, now I'm saying it!"
Kim and Rufus rolled their eyes, while Yori giggled soundlessly.
After the three had arrived at the Possible's house, they all changed into mission gear, and Kim provided one of her spare mission uniforms for Yori. Their ride came in time to take them to one of the rundown sections of Lowerton, where Wade guided them to an abandoned, large auto mechanic shop with six service bays. Kim should have known Motor Ed would choose another place associated with his craze for auto engineering, much like his former hideout in that New Jersey car scrap yard.
"Okay," Kim whispered to her teammates. "We have the element of surprise on our side. We'll sneak up around the bay to the other side. Ron, you'll drive the truck out of here. Just smash through the bay door, for Ed's truck looks like it can take down the door. Yori and I will keep Ed and his goons occupied. Got it?" Ron and Yori nodded. "Good."
"HEY!" a voice yelled from behind, causing all four to whirl around to see one of Ed's henchmen standing there looking down at them. "BOSS! WE HAVE COMPANY!"
"So much for the element of surprise," Ron sulked.
"WHAT!" Ed screamed out toward the dark area, which he couldn't see. "Take them out, man! Seriously!"
Kim didn't bother to wait for the goon to move, for she leaped into the air and back flipped several times until she was standing in front of Ed and his gang. Her face was serious and body ready to defend and attack.
"RED?" Ed stared at his nemesis incredulously before he growled. "Why can't you leave a dude to his fun? Seriously, I can see why Cousin Drewy thinks you're a pain in the neck. Seriously."
Ron evaded the goon grabbing him when Yori pushed the bad guy out of the way. The blond boy ran into the lighted area and stood behind Kim.
Ed snickered. "Hey! Little Blond Dude! So you're all here to try to stop the Main Man? Seriously, you're so not going to do so. Right, guys?"
"Yeah!" all of Ed's men, at least ten in all, said together as they stood grinning evilly at Kim and Ron.
"Yo, Razor!" the mullet villain called out into the dark area of the bay. "Come on out!"
What was heard next made everyone wince a bit. "OW! OOF! OH! OOOOW!" Then the goon came flying out of the shadows, like someone threw him, and hit the opposite wall, face first, before sliding down onto the floor, moaning in pain.
In a blur, Razor's attacker somersaulted into the air, flipped forward a few times to land beside Kim and Ron, who grinned at his determined, serious-faced girlfriend, her body poised and ready to attack.
Seeing the oriental girl before him, a bombshelled Ed pointed at Yori but kept his eyes on Kim. "Yo, Red! When did your duo become a trio? I thought it was just you and Little Blond Dude. Seriously."
Kim smirked. "Well, Ed, even you should know the saying 'The more, the merrier'." Yori's expression curled to match Kim's.
Lips sneering, Ed Lipsky pointed at Kim. "It does not matter, Red. You, Little Blond Dude, and Jap Girl will not stop my party. I hate party crashers. Seriously!" He raised his fisted hands into the air. "GET THEM, MEN!"
As the mean men approached, Kim and Yori as one engaged them in hand-to-hand combat. It was easily to tell which side was winning, for despite being outnumbered, the two girls were able to pick off the untrained bad guys, who couldn't lay a hand on them.
Jumping over two goons, Kim immediately round-house kicked them before punching another approaching baddie in the face. Leaping up, the teen heroine kicked another in the chest and knocked him away.
Yori kicked one guy in the stomach while at the same time she punched another in the face. Flipping onto the back of the hunched-over goon with her hands, her legs swept out to target the faces of two more henchmen before pushing off the goon's back to land a kick into the chest of another bad guy.
Yet while the ladies dueled, Ron was trying to reach the monster truck, only to be blocked by three large guys. "Hey, dudes!" he grinned. "I have to catch a truck." The three thugs only yelled and came at him, making the blond teen run in the opposite direction. "Okay. So I'll try to take a cab next!"
Running toward a few oil drums, Ron looked over his shoulder to see the three baddies were still on his tail. Then suddenly one of them leaped at him, only for the teenager to dodge out of the way. The goon landed into the oil drums instead.
Ron grinned. "Booyah! Score one for the Ronman!" His celebration was short-lived as one of the other gang members grabbed him from behind, locking his arms in place so he couldn't escape. "Aw, man!"
"Ron!" Kim cried out, seeing her best friend was in trouble. Yet, being surrounded by bad guys, she was not able to do anything to help.
"Ron-kun!" Yori shouted, but she instantly returned to battle upon nearly being caught during her brief pause. Her face contorted in anger and fear that her boyfriend was in a dilemma.
Ed gave a mock sympathy expression. "Awwww! Are the two pretty ladies worried over their boyfriend?" His expression turned to an almost malicious one. "Well, we're going to put him into a wringer, all right!" The villain pointed to the trash compactor at the rear of the bay. "Squeeze him, boys!"
"Uh, dudes?" Ron looked worried as one mean, smiling man carried him toward the compactor while the other held the door open. "I'm really don't need to lose weight. I'm thin enough as I am."
Seeing the fate that was going to befall her suitor, Yori just couldn't take it anymore. Round-house kicking a baddie out of commission, the ninja jumped over two guys and flipped forward several times before springing into the air toward the meanie holding her man. Leg extending out; her foot hit the goon in the head, causing the man to release Ron. Upon landing on her feet, the seething Japanese then quickly punched the other guy in the stomach before hitting him in the face with the heel of her palm. Both men were down for the count.
"Thanks, Yori," Ron breathed in relief. Yet as the boy stood up, a few more bad guys came right at them. Yori didn't waste time as she engaged them head on.
Jumping into the driver's seat of his truck, Motor Ed called out to his red-haired foe. "Yo, Red! Sorry, but I have to go! Big plans for my new set of wheels! Seriously!"
Knocking another of Ed's gang members out of the picture, Kim quickly turned toward the truck and pulled out her grappling hook. She aimed toward the back of the truck, and just as she was about to fire, another thug grabbed her hand and twisted it, causing her to let go of the grappler with a cry of pain.
"KP!" Ron yelled upon hearing her cry.
"Possible-san!" Yori called out, just as she dispatched the last of the men who were attacking her and Ron with a swift backhand across the face.
Angry, Kim kneed the goon between his legs, making him hunch over, before she backhanded the creep with her left hand, given her right was hurting. "I'm okay!" she answered her companions to reassure them she was fine. Yet her eyes quickly focused back on the truck and knew it might be too late to stop Ed.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHH! YEAH!" Ed shouted happily out as he pressed a red button on the dashboard to start the rocket engine.
Nothing happened.
Face dropping the smile as he grew frantic, Ed kept pressing the button over and over again with no results. "This can not be happening! I know everything checked out excellent! Seriously!"
Standing up in the cab to look out through the sunroof, Ed surveyed the rocket engine at the rear of the truck and saw several panels were opened with several spark plugs lying outside. Through one opened, top panel, a pink naked mole rat appeared, holding a spark plug in his paws. "Hi!" he grinned up at the shocked, mullet-headed villain.
"My sparks!" Motor Ed shouted out incredulously. "That pink dude took out my sparks!"
"Booyah!" Ron pumped a victorious fist in the air. "Way to go, Rufus!" Both Kim and Yori simply grinned widely at their littlest friend's achievement.
Growling, Ed pointed at the mole rat. "You're going to pay for that, little dude! Seriously!" With a howl, he leaped out of the cab toward Rufus, only for the little guy to leap backward out of the way. Ed landed on his face on the engine. Rufus gave a razzberry at the villain and threw the spark plug at his head.
"Ow!" Ed cried out just as Rufus jumped off the truck toward Ron, leaving a scowling bad guy behind. "This is totally bogus, man! Seriously!" he said, rubbing his head where the spark plug hit.
Knowing his new wheels weren't going anywhere, the mullet man jumped to the floor only to have three teenagers standing in his way. Looking around, he saw his men were all down and not likely to be getting up anytime soon. He grinned upon returning his attention to the three young people.
Kim and Yori however kept their narrow-eyed expressions on the villain with arms crossed, while Ron, standing behind the two ladies, smirked with Rufus matching his owner's face.
"Going somewhere, Ed?" Kim asked with a raised eyebrow, her green eyes showing contempt, and Yori's dark orbs were no different.
"It's been a blast, Red, but this dude has to split. You and Jap Girl really can rumble. Seriously," he grinned, trying his best innocent appearance.
Yori raised an eyebrow. "My name is Yori Takana, not Jap Girl," she softly growled, "and do you always say that word?"
"Seriously?" Ed asked.
"Seriously," Yori nodded.
"Seriously!" Ed finished
Both girls turned their heads to face each other, and it was clear what both had in mind.
"Possible-san," Yori began. "I think Mr. Ed-san needs to be acquainted on the fine points of meditation techniques." She fisted a hand. "Shall we show him?"
Fisting a hand, Kim, for the first time since Yori started dating Ron, couldn't agree more with the Japanese girl. "Let's."
As one, both girls punched Motor Ed right in the face, and he fell backward onto the floor. Kim cracked her knuckles and Yori stood there as they glared down at the cross-eyed villain. Ron and Rufus, astonished at what they'd seen, darted back-and-forth between the downed bad guy and the two girls.
Ed raised a finger as his head wobbled, eyes still crossed. "Wow! It's full of stars, man! Seriously!" With that said, he passed out.
"Rufus?" Ron whispered to his little pal as he eyed both glowering women. "Remind me not to get on Yori's bad side." He already had seen how angry Kim could get, all thanks to a mood-changing computer chip, yet he was not going to take chances to see if Yori could get just as livid.
"Uh-huh," the pink mole rat concurred. He too did not want to see how pissed-off Yori could become.
Turning, Yori's angry look became a concerned one as she eyed her boyfriend. "Ron-kun," she took a few steps to place a hand on his arm. "Are you okay?"
The blond boy gave a comforting grin. "I'm fine, Yori. Nothing major. No big." His right hand went up to cover hers on his arm and give it a squeeze, communicating with a touch that he appreciated her caring for him.
Kim quietly sighed upon seeing the affectionate display. She couldn't blame Yori for worrying, given she was just as worried about Ron's safety.
Seeing that his girlfriend was all right, Ron's eyes trained on his long-time best friend. "KP?" Yori and Rufus also eyed her. "Are you all right? That freak twisted your wrist like a burrito wrapper."
She couldn't help but snort a chuckle as she smiled. That was Ron. Saying things quite amusing even though he was serious. "I'm fine, Ron." Her left hand rubbed her right wrist while still maintaining eye contact with her friend. "A tad sore. Nothing major." His grin told her he accepted she was okay.
Taking out her Kimmunicator, the redhead thumbed a button, and a moment later the face of Team Possible's tech support appeared. "Wade, Ed and his gang are down and out. How soon can the Lowerton police get here?"
Typing on his computer, Wade answered. "They'll be there in 10 minutes." He eyed his older friend. "Did Ed and his gang give you a hard time?"
Flicking her flippy hair over her shoulder, Kim smirked. "They put up a good fight, but nothing we couldn't handle. Seriously." Blinking upon realizing what she just said, her head turned to see Ron and Yori looking at her, each with a single raised eyebrow. Grinning sheepishly, Team Possible's leader softly chuckled. "Maybe we should lay off using that word for a while."
"Seriously," both Ron and Yori softly chortled. Closing her eyes, the ninja girl began giggling as she buried her face in her American suitor's chest. The blond grinned widely as he chuckled, getting into the joke as well.
Despite seeing another affectionate display Yori was giving Ron, Kim at that moment didn't care, for she too giggled at the silliness of the entire sitch of trying to avoid using that word.
Sighing, Kim grinned proudly at another mission accomplished. "Ah," she mentally chimed. "Nothing like some good freak fighting to relieve tension. Seriously."
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TBC (End of Chapter 8)
A/N: I'm not so great when it comes to writing up fight scenes, so I admit that the fight scenes in this chapter didn't felt good. Yet I couldn't help but to write Kim, Ron, and Yori fighting Motor Ed and his gang. It's just seriously fun. Seriously. ;-D
If anyone wants to read a true master of KP fight scenes, especially long extended ones, one should check out Sestran NK's 'Sociopath' series of stories. He's very good when it comes to writing combat scenes. :)