Stalling for Explanations.

Kim couldn't believe what she was hearing. It was impossible. How could Ron say that he was...

"One hundred..." Kim said softly in shock.

"And fifty eight years," Yori, just as shocked, sad down beside Kim. Both girls still couldn't see how it was possible.

"Give or take a few decades," Nicholas said kindly. He knew what a shock it was to the girls. It was even unusual for someone to live that long in Gunsmoke. And naturally they don't advertise their age.

"Few decades?" Ron looked at Nicholas as if he was out of his mind. "How's that?"

"We were stuck in the gravity well of two black holes," he said. "Time runs slower when we're near that. Ask the tweebs or Wade."

"How... how are you alive?" Kim asked, reaching for him. She needed to know if it was real and not her imagination. It would break her to pieces if the past few days were just a delusion. And judging by how Yori was squeezing her hand, it would break her as well.

Ron smiled as he took knelt to take her hand and kissed it. He then took Yori's hand and kissed it as well. "I'm real. And I'm here to stay. Face it ladies, you're stuck with me. Aaaaannnddd... there's something else..." suddenly, Kim's Kimmunicator sounded and she reluctantly answered it.

"Wade, it should be important. Revealing moment here with my Boyfriend," she said, not really knowing if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

"Very important," Wade said, knowing that he interrupted an important moment. Wade nervously looked at Ron who was simply sighing in relief. "Dr. Director had some info on Hench and his cronies. Can't wait."

"We're not going anywhere," Nicholas slapped Ron's back with a smile. "In fact we need to talk to Mrs. Possible. Isn't that right, Outlaw?"

"Do we have to?" Ron whined. "I really hate needles."

"Ron, she's practically your mother. We can trust her," Nicholas said with a shake of his head.

"Is there something wrong?" Kim stood up, worried that Ron might be hiding something from her.

"We're just going to have a general check up," Nicholas smiled wickedly. "In 158 years we need to make sure if his Ronness still works."

"Works?" Yori was intrigued by that statement.

"As long as I knew him, I've never seen him as much as look at a woman lewdly much more use that instrument of his," he winked at the ladies who just blushed at his innuendos.

"TMI, Preacher," Ron blushed as he looked away from the ladies. "What about you? You went Gaga over Shego as soon as you saw her in my Kimmunicator."

"That's sweet," Shego said as she entered the room. She was all ready in her mission suit and she looked at Nicholas with wanton desire. "So, I just came in. what are we talking about?" It was Ron's turn to smile wickedly.

"He's saving himself for you," he said. "He said that there was no other woman for him than you."

"Awww... That's soooo sweet," Shego then wrapped her arms around him and kissed him fully in the lips. Nicholas was stunned at first but melted in the heat searing kiss. As soon as both of them moaned, the trio left the room blushing.

"Wow," Ron said as he looked back. "At least someone's having fun."

"If... you want..." Kim started shyly. "We could... you know." Ron blushed at the implication at her words. He wanted it. Badly. She had no idea how bad he wanted it. But..."

"I need to tell you something first," Ron's voice shook. "It relates to how I haven't aged that much."

"Okay," Kim sighed as she gave him a gentle but loving kiss on his lips. "We'll wait." Wait. Did she say...

"We?" Ron asked as he looked at Kim then to Yori. Yori simply smiled and kissed him hard on his lips, making him sigh in pleasure. When they parted, Ron was left with a blissful smile and was unresponsive for the next few seconds.

"You think we break him?" Kim asked as she looked at his euphoric daze. Yori smiled as she, in full front of Ron, wrapped her arms around the redhead and gave her a passionate kiss which Kim, though surprised, reciprocated. A thud then followed and the ladies broke their kiss and found Ron slumped on the floor.

"Now we broke him," Yori giggled. "Should we also explain about this?" she asked making Kim blush some more. She was dreading the upcoming conversation. But judging by his reaction, it will be all right.

"Yeah," Kim sighed as she grabbed Yori's hand. "Let's see what Betty wants. I want this day to be over with."

"I'll be right here, KP, Yori," Ron slurred, still lying on his back. "Or at your mom's office." Kim and Yori smiled and knelt down to give him a kiss on the cheek.

"I love you, Monkey boy," Kim said with a smile.

"And I too have feelings for you, Ron-san," Yori smiled as well.

"Okay. This became complicated," Ron sat up and looked at the ladies. "Yori. I like you. I even love you to a degree. You are one of the most courageous, kind, beautiful and caring women I have ever known. But I Kim is the very air I breathe, the light of my darkness..." Yori kissed him in the lips to shut him up. When she pulled away, she was smiling.

"Ron-san, I know that Kim-san is your destiny. I am honored that you feel for me and that is enough. And I love Kim Possible as well. These few years have forged a bond between us that could not be broken. And even if you have not shared my love, then I am quite satisfied to leave..." Ron suddenly grabbed Yori into a crushing hug. Ron was frowning, almost on the verge of crying. Kim joined in the hug, entrapping the young Shinobi in their embrace.

"Never talk about leaving," Ron said as he kissed her forehead. "No one is leaving. Not me, Not Kim and Not You. I promise you this. You are a part of us and that makes you family."

"Thank you," Yori sighed as she melted into their arms. They stayed like that for a while. Each of them relishing the comfort of each other. Ron almost smirked. He was so obsessed into getting home no matter the cost that he had forgotten that he was not the only one who suffered. His disappearance had a huge effect on Kim and Yori. But still, he knew his choice was the correct one at the time. And seeing them now, he only wished that he had gotten home sooner.

/*****

"How long do you think they would stay that way?" Shego asked as she and Nicholas cuddled on the sofa. They had passed the trio earlier and quietly made their way down.

"Give the guy some slack," he teased. "He's been searching for a way home for almost one and half centuries. He's lived like a monk and believe me, there are a lot of temptations in that planet."

"Care to explain how he lived that long?" Shego asked as she looked at him. "Incidentally, how old are you?"

"Older than him," he said truthfully. "We're... different."

"How different?" Shego purred. It was a shock to know that they were old enough to have been her great-grandfather but what other secrets did the duo keep to themselves?

"Different, but still the same," Nicholas smiled as he hugged her closer. He was deliberately being vague as if the answer would scare her away.

"Are you a vampire?" Shego joked making Nicholas laugh.

"Vampire? No. though I don't mind light biting when we eventually make love," he said with full confidence. It was Shego's turn to laugh.

"You're so sure you're going to get lucky," she said, pulling away from him. Nicholas grinned as he pulled her again closer.

"It's not luck, it's attraction," he punctuated by kissing her neck making her moan in pleasure. She loved every moment of it. Their banter, their teasing and their conversations, all foreplay to what they really wanted: To be one with each other.

True that the evil within her was lessened by the effects of the attitudinator but still, she was a villainess and she was bad, but she had a feeling that Nicholas was in love with her even before they met.

"Time out!" Shego grounded out as she painfully pulled free. "I'm... not ready." instead of being frustrated, Nicholas simply kissed her on the cheek and pulled her back for more cuddling time.

"I'll wait," he said in perfect understanding. "Even when I draw my last breath I would be waiting."

"That's creepingly sweet," Shego said with a half smile. "Been with Stoppable much?"

"He gets to you," Nicholas admitted. "But still, he taught this preacher the value of life and hope. Ironic isn't it? When we met he had such a sunny disposition that it felt that nothing would stand in his way. Not even the dozens of men he ticked off unintentionally."

"I thought he was wanted the world over?" she asked.

"He ticked those men off on that day alone," he smirked. "Talk about shaking the hornet's nest."

"He does have a knack of getting into trouble," Shego agreed. As she watched the trio descend down the stairs.

"How did you two get down without us noticing?" Ron asked as he looked at the sweet couple.

"Mad Dog, a stampeding heard of wildebeests would pass by you and you wouldn't notice," Nicholas teased as he stood up with Shego. "We'd better get going. I called Mrs. Possible and she's expecting us in her office."

"Do we have to?" he asked. Kim and Yori shared a giggle at his expense.

"You weren't complaining when that cute little nurse was nursing you back at Gunsmoke," Nicholas grinned making Ron, Kim and Yori frown and for different reasons. Ron frowned in irritation while Kim and Yori frowned in irritation.

"Cute little..." Yori grounded.

"Nurse?" Kim looked at Ron as if he was the bane of all women.

"Now, KP. Nicholas was just teasing," Ron glared at the Preacher who simply laughed.

"Chill, ladies. That cute little nurse was the doctor's 5 year old daughter," he said. "He was just wasn't looking. There were a few uncomfortable circumstances that questioned our preferences since we're always together."

"They thought you were gay?" Shego guffawed as she grabbed her stomach from laughter. Ever Kim and Yori laughed much to Ron's dismay.

"So there were a few times that I needed to infiltrate a party dressed as a woman. I did it before," Ron huffed at his friends' laughter.

"Oh, Stoppable-san, I always thought of you as a Seme and not a Uke," Yori smiled in teasing.

"Uke?" Ron was unfamiliar with the word. All he could think of was person being thrown around in Aikido. Nicholas chuckled as he looked the word up on Ron's Kimmunicator which he shared with Shego."

"I don't know," she said in thought. "I've always thought that he's weird enough to be both."

"Thank you for that vote of confidence," Ron grumbled at the banter. "I almost was someone's boy toy. Fortunately I run fast. Shouldn't you girls be going?"

"Yeah, yeah," Shego swayed her hips for Nicholas' benefit. "See you later, Cross-boy." Kim and Yori smiled and kissed Ron on the cheeks before they left. The two gunmen looked at the retreating forms of their women and smiled.

"What a way to go, huh Stoppable?" Nicholas said as the ladies left their field of view. Ron simply sighed and shook his head as he twisted his left wrist with his right hand.

"At least it's not with a bang," he said. "We've got that a lot from that dreadful planet."

"You liked it there," Nicholas teased the man in red. Ron couldn't deny it. He had made a lot of friends on his time in Gunsmoke. He had almost wanted to stay.

"This is home," Ron smiled, facing the Preacher with serene determination. "With her. With them. It took me a while but hey, what a century and a half?"

"I know this may come as a stupid question. It's been nagging me ever since I've agreed to your plan. What will happen when they learn what we really are?" Nicholas asked worriedly. He liked it here. He had sacrificed much just to get to this time and place. And Ron had gone through hell just to get home. It this didn't work out, what would befall them?

"We're still on Earth," Ron frowned at the thought. But then smiled again. "In any case, they might knock me over the head with something for not being careful but you're dating a plasma powered goddess and, by the looks of things, I'm... in a complicated relationship. For us being what we have become? They'd accept us. Hey, she has me for a boyfriend. Something like what we are won't change their minds or get disgusted. However, it tanks that we age slowly. I mean, at the time, being nearly immortal sounded good."

"You're not immortal," Nicholas said sullenly as he brushed his hair with his hands. "And neither am I. And how do you tell someone you care about that? 'Hi honey, despite my seemingly youthful appearance I'm as mortal as anyone else.' I don't believe she'd believe me."

"Shego's one smart woman," Ron sighed as he twisted his wrist again. "If she really loves you, she'd get past that."

"Something wrong?" Nicholas frowned as he watch his friend trying to control his hand.

"I think it's on its last legs," Ron answered quietly. "You know what, I think that trip to Mrs. Dr. P.'s sounding good right now."

"Know anyone good at cybernetics?" Nicholas said as he got his coat before heading out.

"Two, actually," Ron admitted. "But it would be so weird to just go there and ask for a favor. Especially they're the most babelicious cyber robotics geniuses around. And one of them's my friend's mom."

"What is it with this world?" Nicholas shook his head as he got Ron's duffel from his temporary room in the Possible home. "Mothers seem to be as hot as hell around here."

"Just a few. But still, you've got to love it," Ron smiled as he led his friend towards Middleton General Hospital.

"Praise the Lord for miracles," Nicholas laughed and followed his friend out. He was now sure that he had made the right choice to follow Ron home.

"I still don't get why Aunt Meryl and Aunt Millie gave you those clothes," Ron said with a wave of a hand. Before they had closed the door, Nicholas had to have the last word.

"You've been saying that for a hundred years."

/******

"Seriously, Man. You got whipped by a guy only using your own invention's mechanisms?" Motor Ed said as he calibrated his new toy to precision.

"I would not joke about that, Edward. I would have gotten Kim Possible and that Traitor if it weren't for him," Drakken hissed as planned for his next attack. "And what's that you're working on?"

"This?" Motor Ed pointed to what seemed like a large power armor with gatling guns. "Seriously dude, this would get Red and Green babe our of your rocking mullet forever, seriously."

"Well, I seriously hope it works," Drakken frowned as he went back to work. Motor Ed sniled as he looked at his cousin. He may be evil to the core, but he's still family.

"Seriously?" he asked.

"Seriously," Drakken just grinned.

End of Chapter

A/n: Seme is the dominant partner in a Yaoi relationship. Sorry it it had gotten confusing. You'll know when Kim knows. Thanks for Reviewing.