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Chapter 3
"I am so sorry, Ron-San." Yori said while standing just inside the door of Sensei's home. Her head was bowed slightly, appearing to Ron and Kim as if she was feeling dishonor for not protecting the old man. "I… I failed to protect him."
Yori sniffed back tears before they even started to fall, and she quickly turned and ran out of the house. "Kim I…" Ron said, turning to his girlfriend.
"It's OK Ron. I understand. Go help your friend. While you're outside, I'll see what information I can find in here."
As Ron quickly walked out of the door after Yori, he could hear Kim calling Wade on her wrist Kimmunicator, and he had no doubt that the two of them would find clues as to what happened. Looking around after exiting Sensei's home, Ron saw the young ninja standing only a few feet away from the door, her shoulders shaking as she continued to cry.
Ron quietly walked up behind the young girl and gently touched the shoulder that wasn't injured in a gesture of comfort. When Yori whirled around and took him in a crushing hug it took Ron completely by surprise, but didn't let it show, and let the young girl expel her grief upon him.
…x x x x…
"OK Wade, let's see what we can find." Kim said to her tech guru, and held her wrist Kimmunicator up in front of her so Wade could start scanning the room for clues.
After about a minute, the Kimmunicator beeped twice, indicating the scan was complete, and Kim brought her wrist down so she could see Wades face on the small screen. "Well?"
"It's going to take me a while to sift through this data Kim. Give me about 2 hours, and then I'll contact you." Kim then saw Wade pick up what looked like french-fries and stuffed them into his mouth.
"Works for me Wade. I'll talk to you then. Kim out." She pressed a button that disconnected the call, and dropped her hands to her side. She then walked up to the stone Sensei and crossed her arms in front of her in deep thought.
Suddenly feeling a tap on her shoulder, Kim turned around with a smile on her face for her boyfriend. Instead of Ron though, Kim turned around and saw a harry hand with a white cloth come up to her face, and before she could even make a sound or struggle, the chloroform took effect and Kim Possible crumbled to the floor, completely unconscious.
…x x x x…
After crying on Ron's chest for a few moments, Yori finally backed out of Ron's embrace and looked into his deep brown eyes. A look of contentment washed over her features for a brief second, completely unnoticed by Ron, and then she spoke.
"Ron-San… Will you follow me to the infirmary where I may have my shoulder looked at, please?" The young Japanese girl looked up at Ron with an almost pitiful look.
"Well… umm… I don't know if I should leave Kim here Yori. Do you think you could make it there yourself?" Ron didn't like turning Yori down like this in her time of need, but he wanted to make sure that Kim was all right. He didn't like being away from her and leaving her alone in this situation.
"Would you go with me if Possible-Chan said it was OK?" Once again, that pitiful look that was borderline PDP made Ron feel a little weak in the knees.
"Yeah, that would work for me." Ron then started to head back towards Sensei's door to talk to Kim, and Yori spoke up.
"I'll call to her. There's no need for you to interrupt Possible-Chan's investigation." Yori walked up to the door and called inside the building. "Possible-Chan? Would it be OK if Ron-San and I go the infirmary so I can have my shoulder attended to?"
There was a short pause, and then both Ron and Yori heard Kim's voice coming from inside. "Yes, that would be fine. This will take me a bit longer than I originally thought, so I'll catch up with the two of you a little later."
"You see Ron-San?" Yori said while returning to his side. "Possible-Chan said she will catch up with us at a later time."
"But I wanted to ask Kim…" Ron started to say as he took a step towards the door, but was again stopped by Yori.
"This will not take us very long. In fact…" Yori moved her shoulder a little bit. "I'm feeling better as we speak." Yori then hooked her right arm into Ron's and pulled him away from Sensei's home. While walking away arm in arm with the young Japanese girl, Ron couldn't help but feel that Kim's voice sounded a little… off, for some reason.
…x x x x…
After going to Yamanouchi's infirmary so Yori could get some aspirin to take away the worst of her soreness, Yori asked Ron to help her with something. "Ron-San? Could you please help me move some mats in one of the dojo's before we return back to Sensei's place?"
"Sure." Ron said. "No problem."
"Thank-you so much. It is one of my daily duties to place the mats back in their storage locker." Yori then led Ron across the main courtyard to a large building. Along the way Ron couldn't help but look around and notice that there weren't any students walking around. Normally there was at least a few students either practicing their Ninjitsu, or talking with each other, or just plain milling around.
Yori and Ron entered the large building that was the campus' main training facility, and both took their shoes off showing proper respect before entering the main training room.
"The Training Mats are right through that entry." Yori said pointing towards a set of double doors. "I need to… how do you say… use the 'little ninja's' room." Ron knew exactly what Yori was talking about, so he just nodded and pushed open the swinging door on the right and walked into the training room.
The lights were off, so it was almost pitch black. Ron immediately went to the wall where he figured the light switch was and began to search the general area where he thought the switch was located. He found the switch, and just before he flipped the lights on, a strange sensation washed over him. It was something he hadn't felt in a long time, but the reason he felt it was undeniable. It told him that something wasn't right.
After flipping the switch, Ron expected all lights on the ceiling to turn on, but there was only one that came on, and it illuminated something he had not expected… Kim was tied to a large wooden 'X' and her mouth was gagged. Immediately his dream/premonition popped to the forefront of his memory.
"Kim!" He started to step towards his girlfriend, and immediately his progress was stopped by someone he had not expected to ever see again, Monkey Fist! And he looked as well as any half-man half-monkey could.
"Hello Rot." Fist said in his English drawl. "Admiring my handiwork… once again?"
"Monkey Fist." Ron said in a low growl while clenching his hands into fists. "How… who… released you from your stone prison?"
"Oh I'm sorry, but I cannot divulge that information. I can tell you this though, the person that released me, has a vendetta on Dear Kimberly here that is almost as strong as my vendetta against you. But this time…" Monkey Fist then started to glow with yellow energy, and his eyes were replaced by yellow mists of energy as well. He then floated a couple feet off the floor and continued. "…I believe that I have a distinct advantage over you."
Ron backed up a couple of steps, and then saw a dark figure to his right as they stepped out from the shadows. This individual was obviously female and covered head to toe in black. Just like in my dream. He thought to himself, and noticed that the only part of this ninja that wasn't covered was her right hand, on the back of which was the Yono symbol, which he immediately recognized. Ron dropped into a crouch that could be used as either a defensive maneuver, or as an attack.
Monkey Fist strolled almost nonchalantly up to a few feet from Ron, and the female Ninja that had stepped out of the shadows, effortlessly moved in front of Kim and stood with her back to her, watching Monkey Fist.
"Now that I am a Yono, you cannot hope to defeat me. Not even The Han can save you, since she isn't even in the same time-zone."
"I see what you've done with Kim, but where is Yori." Ron demanded. "What have you done with her."
A low chuckle emanated from Monkey Fists throat. "Let's just say she has… other engagements."
"So what's the deal… Am I supposed to fight you for Kim's release? That just seems so… I don't know… unoriginal."
An evil grin crossed the half man half simian's face. "Oh no…" Monkey Fist said while dropping to the floor and then standing at complete ease. "It's much more… how shall I put it… interesting."
"What are you now anyway?" Ron continued to say without missing a beat. "Some sort of… Monkey Fist-Yono, or something? No… That's too long. How about… Yono-Fist?"
"Hmm…" The now Yono-enhanced Monkey Man said as he actually pondered this for a moment. "I actually kind of like that." He then looked over at the black-clad ninja and gave a nod.
Slowly the female ninja reached behind her back, and withdrew a shinobigatana, or as it is more commonly known, a Ninja Sword. She then casually strode over to Kim, and Ron tried to make a move to defend his girlfriend, but he was immediately hit with an energy blast from Monkey Fist knocking him to the floor.
"Ah, ah, ah… No interfering Stoppable." Yono-Fist said, and levitated himself between Ron and Kim.
When the female ninja was only a few feet from Kim, she immediately lunged forward, and at the same time Ron tried to leap over his adversary to get to her. Just at the apex of his jump, a hairy hand grabbed his ankle and Ron slammed to the floor. He looked up just in time to see the black ninja thrust the tip of the sword at his girlfriend. He was pleasantly surprised to see Kim bring her right hand down and slap the side of the blade making it barely miss her mid-section and bury the tip into one of the wooden planks.
Realizing too late that she was in a vulnerable position so close to Kim, the back of a hard fist slammed into the ninja's chin. While stumbling back, she clutched at her jaw, while also trying to clear her head.
At first Ron was slightly confused as to how Kim had gotten free, but then he saw that she still had on her all-purpose multi-functional wrist Kimmunicator. With the ninja temporarily indisposed, she quickly released her other wrist and feet with the built-in laser, and quickly performed a leap and roll just before the young ninja retrieved her sword. It was when the ninja dropped into an attack stance that Kim saw and recognized the symbol of the Yono on the back of her left hand.
"So…" Yono-Fist said without a hint of surprise. "We fight… Which is how I would have preferred it in the first place."
Without any warning, Yono-Fist performed a foot sweep and knocked Ron to the floor, and before he could get back up, another blast of yellow energy slammed into him and tossed Ron a good 30 feet into a wall.
Ron groaned and shakily stood to his feet. While trying to regain his bearings, Kim was in her own fight as well…
…x x x x…
Without anything to combat a sword with, Kim had to rely on her evasion techniques as the black ninja came at her slashing and stabbing from almost every direction. She dodged, ducked, slid, and even slapped the hand of her adversary in an effort to keep from being either stabbed or cut.
Kim didn't notice until it was almost too late that the ninja had backed her up against a wall, and suddenly her opponent did something she didn't expect. After a close call from a slash of the sword, the ninja brought her elbow back and caught Kim on the chin, rattling her teeth. She was barely able to get out of the path of another slash of the sword.
…x x x x…
The next thing Ron saw was Yono-Fist literally flying at him on a collision course. Quickly he reached into one of his pockets and pulled out what initially appeared to be a pocketknife, but in an instant it transformed into a large shield. Yono-Fist slammed into the shield and was easily deflected to one side.
"So I see you have finally mastered the Lotus Blade." The Monkey Man said after quickly regaining his feet. "But you will still be no match for me."
Yono-Fist clapped his hands together once, and a large metal War-Hammer appeared in one hairy grip. He swung the heavy weapon at Ron, who only had time to raise his shield, and with a loud "Whang!" Ron went flying clear across the room and into the far wall.
…x x x x…
Kim wasn't fairing any better.
After flipping backwards to avoid another nasty slash of the sword, which caught part of the yellow blouse she was wearing, Kim was starting to feel the results of all her dodging, which was fatigue. She was used to knocking her opponents out before the fight extended any further, and by now she was breathing as if she had just run a set of wind-sprints.
In a daring move, Kim stepped into the next stab of the blade and twisted into the body of the ninja, and she found herself face-to-face with her attacker. The ninja tried to back up, but Kim was able to stay with her, and before she could get away, Kim grabbed the hood of the ninja and pulled it off.
Short black hair fell into place and narrow eyes now focused on Kim with a renewed fervor.
"Yori!" Both Kim and Ron gasped at the same time.
Ron had seen all this play out as well from across the room while recovering from the latest blow, and both he and Kim heard mental clicks in their own minds as they put everything into place. Yori had released the next Yono, which was Monkey Fist!
An image quickly appeared in Ron's mind, which was Monkey Fist lying on the ground after Hana had landed on his face, and then seeing the little monkey that was the Yono disappear in a puff of smoke. Yori is the one in control here, so she needs to be defeated in order to defeat the Yono!
At seeing the look of realization on Kim and Ron's faces, Yono-Fist smiled an evil smile first at Kim, then at Ron. "So, Team Possible has finally figured it out. But did you know that once my Master kills your… partner, did you know that you would be forever hers?"
Yori then dropped into a low leg sweep before Kim could react, and knocked her to the ground. Before Kim could recover, Yori was behind her, and the young ninja grabbed a handful of red hair, and yanked back, exposing Kim's neck.
Yori leaned over a bit, and Kim felt the cold blade of the sword as it lay flat on her neck. With an evil grin Yori said into Kim's ear, "Don't worry Possible-Chan. After you are gone, I'll take VERY good care of your Ronnie."
To be concluded, along with a short epilogue…
Still interesting enough to have one more chapter?