Hey guys, welcome back. It's been a couple of weeks since our last installment and I think this is the schedule that I will keep up till book 2 is over. At the moment, I am about 2/3 of the way through chapter 98 and yes, I said that 98 will be the last chapter. Unfortunately, I lied, I think I can't get everything done by the end of that chapter so I will need chapter 99 to finish this all out. After that I will write the transition chapters into book 3. Once I get about 3 chapters done in book 3 I will switch to 'Specter of Justice' and finish that one out before I come back to book 3. I, uh, have 14 chapters of the other story already written and hope I can get it done in 50.
Now back to where we are. We have a diversion as will as Eric being an ass, but that is normal for that character, but no blood and guts this time so y'all can relax.
As always, I like to thank my betas and Jimmy did this one so you can thank him.
Let's get this on the road,
ST-103
The Hunter: Book Two
Chapter 50
Doctor Metz's office:
The somewhat annoyed blond teen carried his sister and her diaper bag into the office and up to the receptionists' window. A middle-aged woman asked, "Who are we seeing today?"
"I am Ron Stoppable, and this is Hanna, she's here for a checkup and some shots," Ron responded.
"Please be seated in the patient waiting room," the woman instructed.
With a shrug, Ron complied and went over and sat down letting Hanna have some room to play with the 'safe' toys that the doctors' office kept for children to keep them entertained.
After a few moments Doctor Metz stepped out and instructed, "Ronald, please follow me and bring Hanna with you."
The blond teen picked up his sister and followed the physician into a treatment room. Inside Agent Ribbots stood and offered a hand. "Glad you could make it Stoppable, were you able to make those fake casts?"
Ron frowned, "Yeah, but I had to stop by the storage unit to pick up supplies and Hanna got into everything. I finally got them done about two am this morning."
The former Middleton Mad Dog then offered the diaper bag and told the agent, "Inside."
Ribbots pulled the latex® cast out of the bag and stared at it before being relieved by Doctor Metz. "You made this Ronald?", the physician inquired.
"Yeah Doc, one of those little abilities G_d saw fit to give me for some reason, maybe in another life I could make it as someone who makes movie props." the teen responded as he shrugged.
Doctor Metz nodded and handed the 'cast' back. "Your Sister IS due for shots, and I think during the exam we will find a partially fractured tibia from when she fell in the office a few minutes ago. Of course, I will need my nurse to take X-rays and file an insurance claim and a report for the police since Child and Family Services (CaFS) has been speaking with you lately because of Mister Thornbottom. But since I witnessed the incident, you are covered. Agent Ribbots will make a certain claim since this is what you are here for."
"As long as you don't get in trouble Doc," Ron responded, "Anyway, how do you know about Eric the jerk?"
"I am sure I am covered if the government decides to say something," Doctor Metz chuckled, "You just make sure someone doesn't come after her. As for Kim Possible's boyfriend the authorities had to contact me about my records with Hanna, the staff have those headaches now."
The FBI Agent assured the doctor, "The reason for the cast is that someone wanted to send a message to Mister Stoppable to get him to comply with their demands. And I want to assure them the message was sent so no more action will be taken against the child."
The doctor wanted clarification so asked, "Ronald, are you fine with this?"
Sigh, "As long as no one hurts Sis I am fine with all of it. If someone hurts Hanna, the gloves come off."
"But your welfare…."
"Doc, if I was concerned with my welfare, I would not have begun fighting techno villains and their goons, nor would I have stepped in front of that police dog that was attacking Kim last fall. I guess it's ingrained into what I am. I think I am the universe's chew toy," Ron replied as Hanna grabbed Ron's ear and began to twist it. With a slight grimace he added, "See?"
"A protector then? You are going to play football next fall at Colorado State I heard, congratulations."
"Thanks, I really don't care for football, but I guess if it gets me a free education, I can trade some bruises and strains for it. It will make it a lot easier to raise Hanna in the long run."
"Please set your sister on the exam table, I want to go over her. The nurse will be in with her shots in a moment."
X
"Oh, oh. Wait here Ronald, I need X-rays to make sure that she only has a slight bruise," Doctor Metz said with the nurse present as he opened the door and exited.
The nurse winked and whispered, "My brother is in the Denver office, he told me how to take care of situations like this."
Ron looked confused until Agent Ribbots clarified, "Of the FBI, count on some records being fudged so we can make all of this look real."
The blond teen thought about how this could go 'sideways', but he just nodded and kept his peace for once.
X
Thirty minutes later Doctor Metz wrote the report down and set it over by Ron who was putting the 'cast' on his kid sister's leg. He already had some bruises on his arms and face from the annoyed baby. "I can make this so I can't remove it, Hanna," Ron warned as she grabbed his nose and twisted.
Agent Ribbots laughed, "Stoppable, soon this will be just a bad memory and you'll be in college having a beer with your teammates."
Ron glanced at the 'G' man and gave him the stink eye, "I'd rather you let me know who threatened Sis and just turn around for a few hours."
"Ronald, at the FBI we do not condone vigilantism. Please let us do our job.", Ribbots instructed.
Our hero frowned, "And I see dangerous people being able to avoid paying for their actions too."
Agent Ribbots responded, "Ronald…."
Ten minutes later:
Doctor Metz signed the 'cast' and made sure Ron had all the paperwork. "I will make the police report, they might want to see your sister, but Agent Ribbots has assured me that no one will hold this against you."
Our hero muttered, "Famous last words."
The good doctor inquired, "Did you say something Mister Stoppable?"
"No sir."
XXX
The Renton home:
"Now tell me what happened again?", Zita Flores asked as Ron rolled his eyes in frustration as he knew he had to lie to the only girl besides Kim Possible who ever went out on a date with him.
"Sis tripped at the doctor's office, and they checked her out and she has a hairline fracture in her leg. The Doctor saw it happen even."
"Clumsiness runs in your family…. she isn't even a blood relative," the Latina pointed out with a snark.
"Bite me girlfriend," Ron growled which got laughs out of Felix and Zita.
"You want us to watch her tonight while you're at work," Felix asked.
Sigh, "No, Mac already knows of the accident, and he said to bring her in and that she might be easier to watch. You know Hanna doesn't slow down for anything. Putting a club on her foot, could lead to damage being done to the place."
Three days later at Middleton High:
The Japanese teen bowed to the gruff school administrators and presented the request.
Steve Barkin snarled, "Miss there is no way I can let Stoppable out of class…."
Alice Magrath, standing behind her subordinate, interrupted, "Miss, are you from the same school that we have that occasional exchange with?"
"Yes, honored elder, Stoppable-san is honored having completed our program for which we have sent his credits passing the curriculum including the twenty credit hours for the University of Tokyo. Has he not presented it to you?", Yori inquired, "We sent the forms through the Team Possible web site."
Barkin snapped having tossed the papers in the round file months previously, "No that fool has not…."
Yori smiled slightly, "Oh, then I am mistaken, I was assured he had. We at Yamanouchi will send them directly to the school then to make up for any mishaps, do you want us to send a copy to the college he has been accepted to as well to make sure he gets all the credits for his schooling? He worked very hard and completed what would be the last semester of his final year in the United States. Some of the classes over the winter and the last couple of years were at the college level so he should get some credit for that as well. There must be some misunderstanding. I will seek to correct it," Yori almost cracked a larger smile knowing that Ron Stoppable had indeed passed that information along, "I will call the school to ensure those credits are transcribed and sent to the principal to ensure there are no more problems. Excuse me."
The principal stared at the Japanese government ID that the female teen had given her moments before turning to enter her office and get on the intercom. "Would Mister Stoppable please come to the principal's office? Would Mister Stoppable please come to the principal's office? That is all."
After she exited her office, she asked the undercover shinobi, "Now what kind of business does Yamanouchi need with Ronald Stoppable?"
"We are investigating a series of thefts and disappearances of various historical artifacts which have the security of Japan and maybe the whole Earth involved. Ronald Stoppable is considered an expert on the matter by the government in Japan and Yamanouchi," Yori responded.
Barkin growled as he gave the information Yori presented him with as having no credence, "Then wouldn't Possible be more of an asset to an investigation than that clown who you asked for?"
Yori explained with a small smile on her face, "While Miss Possible's abilities are indeed significant, she does not have a knack for languages as Ronald Stoppable has developed at our school. He can speak Japanese, French, Spanish, Laotian, German and some Latin, I also believe he speaks Mandarin and Arabic. He also speaks Hebrew, but that would be a given since his Rabbi taught him the language. I do know he reads and writes Kanji which is the written word in Japan."
Alice Magrath looked shocked, "Ronald Stoppable has earned college credits and speaks a number of languages?"
Yori nodded as Steve Barkin muttered, "Bullshit."
Yori frowned, "I do not believe my friend speaks 'asshole' however Mister Barkin. Is there someone who can interpret for you? I feel that is where your disconnect is with Ronald Stoppable….and you should really put more effort into this disconnect."
{Jimmy: Go, Yori!}
There was a knock on the door frame as a familiar face graced everyone's presence, "Yes Ma'am…. Yori? What are you doing here?"
"We must go on another adventure, this time to South America to a museum to check on another theft Ron-san, I will of course send the course work from your college studies to your school in Middleton to make sure they give you the credits you have earned," the Japanese teen brought Ron up to speed.
"Well, the school needs to know, and I guess I can sign my own permission slips now since I am the head of my household…. I'll have to go get one. I don't want to leave Hanna this time. She's a little cranky because she injured her leg. Again, I assume there will be no fighting?"
"Correct, we do not think there will be any altercations. Is something bothering Hanna?", Yori inquired.
"She tripped at the Doctor's office and has a hair line fracture. They put a cast on her leg, and it has to be on there for about six weeks to make sure it heals properly," Ron explained then added, "There is nothing like putting a club on her foot. She can still kick and it can make you see stars….whole galaxies even."
Ron could tell Yori was not happy at this turn of events, but she nodded. "We are going to a museum in Brazil, and they are expecting us in ten hours."
Steve Barkin bristled, "I will not allow this student to leave the area…."
This time Alice Magrath matched Barkin's annoyance, "Mister Stoppable is an adult although he is a student here at Middleton High if you remember the decision of the board, Mister Stoppable you may go, but remember you are responsible for your schoolwork."
The blond teen half frowned, "Great, I'll go find Felix and have him pick up my homework for the next few days, contact work and pick up Sis and get her diaper bag ready. All that takes some time."
Alice offered, "I will have Mister Renton arrange for your schoolwork Mister Stoppable. Have a good trip."
"Yeah, I'd better get all my IDs too….and Hanna's too."
Missus Magrath asked, "Your sister has a passport?"
"Yeah, they gave her one and made her a citizen when Mom and Dad adopted her. It was some kind of agreement between Japan and the United States. I don't know how they did it, but they did. I heard the leaders of the two countries did a handshake on it.", Ron explained as Steve Barkin's eyes almost popped out of his head.
Yori smiled as she explained and grabbed Ron's hand, "Yamanouchi was part of that agreement and both countries agreed. Hanna Stoppable is a citizen of Japan and the United States. Sensei was instrumental in that. Excuse us, Ron-san has preparations to make before we can travel. Our transport is being refueled as we speak."
Then she pulled her blond friend out of the office.
X
"The FBI guy wanted one on her arm too, once we get on the plane, I'll remove the cast, it's fake anyway," Ron informed his friend, and he guessed relative.
"I do not understand why Hanna had to have this."
Ron sighed then explained as they exited through the front doors of the hospital, "Someone put a hit of some kind out on my family, and this was the warning shot about keeping me here in Middleton to play football here next year."
"Someone bought themselves a grave Ron-san…."
"This whole thing is to catch who is doing this and send them to jail, the guy they contracted is a government agent which is why Hanna has a fake cast on her leg, it's better than a bullet through her head. He was the one who revealed it to us."
Yori didn't like all this and told her friend, "I will consider this Ron-san, but Sensei will also become aware of what is happening in Middleton, Colorado, USA. When the threat against the school is over expect some of our assets to come here for security."
"Good, it's not that he doesn't have enough to worry about."
"He will be able to cope my friend as he has a staff, for good or ill the seer hints that this will play out soon. The Earth may be destroyed, but it will be over," Yori responded as they walked to his car for the short drive to the hospital to pick up Hanna Stoppable.
Twenty minutes later:
Yori was carrying her niece out of the hospital while Ron carried the diaper bag. The female shinobi asked, "Was all this necessary?"
"Like I said the FBI people thought it was," Ron responded as he unlocked the doors and put the bag in.
Yori put her niece in the car seat and buckled the child in then got in next to her and fastened her own seat belt.
"Next stop the Renton house where me and Sis currently hang our hats," Ron chuckled as he already knew he had news to break to his friend who had helped guide him when he first visited the land of the rising sun.
X
Ron opened the door and entered with Yori following, he immediately went to the kitchen and began to take care of his sister's food and bottles. Since she was starting to drink out of a cup, he loaded two sippy cups into the bag as well as the bottles into an insulated part of the bag. Then he put one of her bowls in along with some childproof flatware.
As he passed by Yori (who was sitting with her niece) he said, "Gonna get some diapers and some clothes Yori, I should be back in a few….do ya think we need to get Hanna a bath?"
"If we do it quickly Ron-san," Yori replied as Ron removed the 'cast' and then carried it into her room.
"Okay, I have Hanna's diaper bag almost filled and I have her papers too and mine. If I run off without my passport again Kim would have…. who cares anyway, right?", the partially befuddled teen muttered as he set the 'cast' down where he could get it easily.
"Miss Possible is not going with us Ron-san, so you are correct," Yori grinned, then she inquired, "Which one is my niece's room?"
"Upstairs third door on the left," Ron instructed as he headed up to the child's room, "I'll start the water and get her clothes loaded up."
A few minutes later:
Yori entered the bathroom and set her sister's child into the water. "Let me do this Ron-san, I used to bathe Hanna before she became an honored Stoppable…and became so big."
Ron thought for a moment, "Yeah, I'm gonna head to the basement take a shower and get dressed for the mission. I sure wish they had Kim's old mission stuff in munchkin size. Hanna would look good in it."
"I thought Kim-san's look was popular for a while," Yori replied as she set the child in the water.
"Key words Yori: for a while. After about a week of being 'in' her stuff went out of fashion and it went to the bargain racks never to be seen again at Club Banana. Last fall she had to get new threads and some designer group came up with something that looked more mature," Ron explained.
"You wore the same look as you always have Ron-san…."
"I didn't get mine from CB, I got it from Club SM."
"Club SM?"
"Smarty Mart where the smart people shop, I did too until I was fired and removed from the premises. It also came with the warning that I can't enter any of their properties again," Ron frowned.
"But you can enter Club Banana, right?"
"Uh, no, CB is owned by Martin Smarty who owns Smarty Mart. This investment rag my dad had said that. They don't advertise it, but it's there. I'll be right back; Hanna's clothes are laid out in her room."
Yori could hear the shower turn on and she said, (Your honored brother is a warrior hero Hanna.)
Yori let the tyke enjoy her time in the water as she occasionally added hot water so the child wouldn't get cold.
Ron popped his head in the bathroom, "I feel great Yori, want me to take over?"
"I have this Ron-san you may move the bags out to the car. You will drive us to the business side of the airport. Our transportation should be waiting for us by now."
"Do you wanna stop and pick up some grub on the way?", Ron inquired.
"There will be meals on the jet Ron-san. We have wasted too much time already."
"Something tells me no Tex-Mex…."
"Of course not, now do as I say. I will have Hanna ready in a few minutes," Yori admonished her friend then instructed, "Return when you are finished."
The blond teen gave a mock salute, "Yes Ma'am, right away Ma'am."
Yori almost giggled at the American's buffoonery.
XXX
Middleton High:
"Hi Felix," Kim greeted Ron's best friend, "That's a lot of paperwork you have there."
Sigh, "They told me to get Ron's homework for the next few days…. again."
"Ron's going to be out of school?", the red head inquired a little tweeked that he hadn't said anything to her.
"Yeah, I got the word from the office, that Ron left with his friend Yori to go someplace out of country. With everything that's been going on, what's one more thing."
"Huh, what are you talking about Wheels?"
"Uh, Hanna tripped at the Doctor's office on Monday, and she has a hairline fracture in her leg," Felix informed the head cheerleader.
Eric walked up as the wheelchair bound young man told the heroine what was going on.
The suave teen having heard only part of what was said announced, "That idiot is abusing that child. I. Will. Not. Stand. For. It!"
Felix's right eye twitched, "Butt out asshole, you weren't invited into this conversation."
'Eric' bristled as he tried to toss the weight of his 'class' around, "It is my right as a member of the nobility class…."
"There are no nobles here in the good ole USA ass wipe. We took care of that starting in seventeen seventy-six. Look it up, they had a war about all of that.", Felix countered as he had enough of being interrupted by someone who wasn't even a citizen of the United States.
Kim stepped in, "Eric, Felix is right. You just can't throw your weight around in this country. We have our own laws."
Eric/Hans frowned, "Which Doctor's office did this atrocity occur gimp?"
Felix's eyes narrowed at the insult and was getting ready to have his chair throttle the arrogant teen until his eyes popped out of his head, "The doctor's office where Ron took his sister for a checkup and shots not that it's any of your business you retard, again I remind you this is none of your business, not many people like you here you know. From what Ron told me the police already have the accident report and a copy of that report went to Child and Family Services for review. From what I understand, the accident occurred right in front of someone from the doctor's office."
Kim, seeing this was going to escalate, stepped between the two and told them both, "Calm down, the authorities aware of the problem and are taking care of it. Eric please don't step into peoples' lives without asking them first and Felix try to be more respectful of people trying to help."
"Kim, Ron doesn't want your boyfriend to have anything to do with Hanna. He has made that clear at least to me and some of his friends. He's still pissed off that your butter fingered clown of a boyfriend who thinks he is better than anyone else dropped Hanna. It and Eric's comments to Child and Family Services have led to Ron being investigated and I can tell you he has been harassed as well. In short, your BF is in Ron's shit house. I have a sneaking suspicion that is why he doesn't talk to you over the phone either."
Eric butted in and threatened, "Kimberly's sidekick is worthless, and I was wrong about deciding that my family would not adopt her. I am going to call them this evening to get them to intervene by going through the Foreign Office in London."
Felix rolled his chair on Eric's foot to shut the 'English' clown up, "Hanna Stoppable is a United States' citizen…."
Kim asked, "When did she become one?"
"From what Ron said that was one of the things that held up the adoption. When the two countries finalized the paperwork, she had dual citizenship with Japan and the US," Felix explained then added, "I highly doubt if the government is going to allow her to be adopted out of country and I'd hate to see what the Japanese government would say. As a matter of fact, maybe I might do my civic duty and call the FBI and inform them that Eric is going to try and force an American citizen to move out of country. That ought to get a reaction from them as the agreement for Hanna to become a US citizen was a handshake deal between the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Japan. If someone tried to violate the agreement, I can see a bunch of economic hurt coming down on whoever instigated it and Eric your family is big in business, right? Hell being a federal thing the FBI might decide to open a case."
Eric/Hans' eyes opened wide as he thought about the infamous 'G' men taking a closer look at him and his men, Ron, Kim and Hanna. "Maybe that was my emotions speaking…"
Felix punched in the number for Kim's website on his wheelchair interface. In a moment Kim could hear Wade's voice. "Yeah Felix, kinda busy here."
"Just to let you know Wade, Kim's boyfriend is planning on having his family forcefully adopt Hanna. They are not citizens of this country either; the FBI might want to know about this and investigate. You wanna do something about it?"
"Logged the call Felix and I'll pass it along to the Denver office. According to my resources, this could cause an international incident between Great Britian, the US and Japan. My sensors indicate that Kim is near you, do you want me to notify her?"
"Kim's standing right here and heard the whole thing, but since she is dating the person in question maybe she doesn't need to be involved since there are personal feelings although they might grow into something bigger ya know."
At this point Eric hurried off. The suave 'teen' called over his shoulder, "I have to rush to class Kimberly….one of the other students asked me about a problem, do we still have dinner plans for later?"
The heroine gave 'Eric' a thumbs up as she listened in on what the wheelchair bound teen and her tech guru were talking about.
"I understand Felix, I'll send it along anyway. They might wanna know about a potential kidnapping being planned here. Also, the Japanese government will want to know. You know how they are about adoptions. The agency the Stoppable's used has very close ties to the government in Japan and would be more than slightly unhappy about this development," Wade responded as the typing he was doing was heard over the phone. The genius then declared, "Done and done. I expect a call back in the next couple of hours Felix."
Kim inquired from her tech guy, "Wade did you have to do that?"
"I think so Kim, while I am your friend and watch out for you and team dynamics I am also Ron's friend and considering what has happen to Ron since before he left for Japan to complete his exchange program, I have realized that you weren't the only one who abandoned him in that storm…my guilt may have been even more than yours since it was my job to make sure he was safe just I was supposed to do for you and your boyfriend. Ron has been shat on by a lot of people in the last six months, I for one am going to change my ways until Team Possible ceases operation sometime during the summer. It's the least I can do for failing him," Wade responded.
"Wade in my mind, I know I didn't mean to strand Ron there…. We were just in such a hurry at the time and things got messed up. If I had left my sleeping bag and my Kimmunicator or the one that Eric used, a lot of things would be different because you would have been able to call in assistance…. a lot of the blame rests on my shoulders."
"I know Kim and thanks for saying that, but I'm still a little upset about it. Okay, I understand that. Ron is on a mission to investigate something. I found out when I spoke with Felix. How is Ron doing?"
After a few moments the genius told Kim, "At the moment he is exiting the Renton home with his sister and one other person."
"Good let me know if Ron needs help. I don't want him to get hurt doing something that is beyond his abilities and as you said he has Hanna with him, and I am always concerned about her."
"Right Kim, but it looks like Ron is driving to the airport, the third person in the car got in the back seat with Hanna," Wade informed his boss in Team Possible still not wanting her enlighten her to what her friend was capable of.
After the line disconnected Kim also hurried to class not wanting to risk another Barkin detention with the 'lifetime losers club'.
Moments later:
Kim sat down next to her best girlfriend and got a questioning look from the fashionista as the bell rang. The teacher, Michael Grimes, instructed, "One pencil and scratch paper out. We have a pop quiz covering the required reading. Miss Possible will you hand out the quiz please?"
Kim rolled her eyes as she rose from her desk and went to pick up the quizzes from the teacher.
X
Monique Jenkins ranted as she walked out of the classroom and towards the next one which Kim shared with her, "What kind of test was that?"
The red head giggled, "The easiest one you have ever taken Moni."
"But the way he started…."
"It was a joke, and everyone got an 'A' on it 'Nique, just relax," Kim countered.
The fashion diva asked, "Okay, hey wanna go and see if Stoppable is working tonight? I feel like breakfast for dinner, and I could harass him a little for avoiding me."
"He left on a mission earlier today, Moni," Kim informed her friend.
"A mission? Why are you here?"
"They didn't need me, I guess it was a Japan mission. Now that I think of it, the Japanese have never really wanted me to come along for some reason although Ron and I went on that one when Shego was flying downtown in Tokyo, and I was hanging on. (Kim caught a look by her girlfriend and added) That one got the blood flowing. Anyway, the only time I really did was when Ron and Yori ran off together to rescue the headmaster of their school. Even then I wasn't actually invited on it, I had Wade track them down."
"Really? So, that exchange school wants Ron more than you?", Monique inquired.
"Yeah, now that I remember Yori called him a 'warrior hero'."
"Stoppable?"
"Yeah, she kissed him on the cheek too. Ron is sooo oblivious, I had to tell him that she was into him."
The gossip queen of Middleton High nodded, "Stoppable has always been out of the loop when any girls had feelings for him Kim. Have you ever felt anything for your sidekick?"
"Ron? Me? No, I mean he's a nice guy, but he's not for me. I wanted a statement guy like you did and I have mine now."
"Kim, even if Brick was a lousy football player, I would go for him," Monique cautioned.
"I never said you were shallow Moni, if you got that idea I apologize, but the fact remains that I have no idea how I would ever have feelings for Ron other than as a good friend."
"I understand Kim…."
The red head wasn't done, "It would be like having a crush on my own brother and the idea of that is just gorchy."
{Jimmy: I believe that allows link to YouTube: /fhfcWTZeP1k}
"GF if you remember, a few days ago, that girl came into the store and asked about Ron, you really didn't want her getting close to him. The question I ask now is why?"
"Huh?"
"I didn't ask in Swahili Kim," the fashionista pointed out, "You really have to be truthful for yourself you know."
"Well, maybe she wouldn't be good for Ron…."
Monique Jenkins decided it was time to point a few things out, so, she started, "You brush off claims that Ron doesn't think Eric is good for you. Then originally you thought that Eric's family adopting Ron's sister who is the only family he has left is a good idea. Then at least one girl that you are aware of is interested in your childhood friend and you tried to put a roadblock in her way. The big question is: whose side are you on?"
"Monique, we both know that I'm only looking out for Ron's welfare," Kim stopped for a moment.
"Ron is an adult in his religion as you admitted, and you have to look out for his welfare? I agree that sometimes the sidekick goes off the deep end, but I also have to admit that CSU took that into consideration when they offered him a schollie and they have professionals that look at prospective recruits for a full-time job. I would think that we might wanna differ to them since this is what they live for," Monique suggested.
"They don't know Ron as well as I do 'Nique," Kim argued, "Ron can be such a goofball…."
"Given and true GF, but maybe you are too close to the forest to see the trees as they say. I can understand that you are trying to save the double 'X' chromosome world majority from being all screwed up, but don't you think that if a girl wants a shot at Ron you should just let her?", the fashionista countered as she picked up the pace to make it to their next class (which they shared).
XXX
Middleton International Airport:
"And here we go Hanna," Ron laughed as his sister clapped in glee as the business jet lifted off from the runway.
Yori observed as Ron reached down and removed the 'cast' from his sister's leg and put it in her diaper bag then removed a shoe and put it on her foot.
Ron grinned, "You've been a pretty good sport about all this munchkin."
Yori could see that her niece only had eyes for the freckled blond teen. She asked, "Where do you get your mission gear now that you cannot enter Martin Smarty's stores?"
"I have agents all over the place and they get me the stuff although I don't need as many cargoes anymore since I am not. All the stores are laid out the same, so I just tell my friends exactly where the cargos and turtlenecks are. My boots are the same ones I have been using since last spring, and I would guess that they will still be good when Kim disbands the team sometime this summer," Ron responded as she played with Hanna. Suddenly the blond teen spirits visibly sank.
Yori caught the change of mood, "What is wrong my friend?"
"You know last summer and fall I was so happy. I had a girlfriend, and she was the most important thing to me. I don't have her anymore, but I have my sister. It's different, not worse but weird."
Yori countered, "Kim-san is still your friend is she not?"
"We are…. ah…. not as close, I can't really count on her anymore and she's more critical of me."
The lithe shinobi nodded as she inquired, "Can you give a reason as to why it is so?"
"Yori, I don't wanna place the blame, but ever since Eric came into her life it seems like he is driving a wedge between us."
"How do you mean?", Yori asked as the jet's rate of climb decreased.
"Well, the first time we ran across Eric was at the Bueno Nacho and he tried to ask Kim out, but she blew him off. Later, when Kim lost her memory…. well, he does look better than me and I guess has better manners and he might be smarter, but all Kim saw me was her old childhood buddy…. nothing more. I didn't really have a chance with her after he entered the picture," Ron explained, "I guess except for Felix I never really made friends easily 'cept for Kim, Felix, Wade and Munchkin here. I made a pretty good friend in Sis, but she didn't really have much of a choice, so there is that."
"I have been your friend Ron-san…."
Ron half smiled, "If Sensei told you to eliminate me you would have to do it Yori."
"Hai, but I would make it fast and as painless I could…. I would feel no joy in doing so."
"Your sense of duty is higher than mine I think, I would refuse even if it meant my life. You feel a greater duty to Yamanouchi than I do, I feel it more for the person."
"You are a protector Ron-san, which is nothing to be ashamed of," Yori told her friend.
"I don't know about all of that Yori…"
"Did you not stop that train? Did you not jump in front of that dog for Miss Possible? What about the cheerleader and her boyfriend…you intervened and protected them from further attack and ensured they were able to get treatment. You have put your safety on the line for others, you even did it during that football game when that person on a horse intimidated one of your teammates…. we do not have to go into the retribution that you were handing out with Antubi. You may not feel as though you are a hero or a protector of the weak…."
Sigh, "I miss Mom and Dad. It's so hard, if I didn't have the friends that I have I couldn't do this Yori. I still miss my parents, even though they spent a lot of time away on trips…if it hadn't been for the Possibles I probably woulda starved."
"And you are doing a wonderful job raising my niece…."
"Only with the help of my friends, I might be doing an adequate job, but without their help I'd be cooked," Ron responded.
"Then I should thank them…."
"Yori, they don't know Hanna has living relatives. It would be kinda hard to explain her coming over to the US when she has family in Japan."
The lithe shinobi encouraged her friend, "Sensei made a proper decision in placing Hanna in your family's care, do not doubt that for one moment."
"Ron-san, you need rest, trade seats with me," Yori instructed.
X
Yori shook the blond teen, "Wake up, the pilots have ensured me that we will be landing in an hour, and you have not eaten yet."
"Sure Yori, and thanks, I'll nuke something and eat it fast."
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Yeah, things moving along. Kim Possible, Ron Stoppable, Yori, Hirotaka, Hanna, Monique and Felix as well as the other canon characters of the show 'Kim Possible' belong to Bob, Mark and the Disney Corporation and not me, CB and Jimmy. AND we don't even get to make any cash off this hobby of ours.
We'll catch ya down the road,
ST-103