Yay, got a break in the 'action' here, so I decided to put out a chapter. For those who wonder, this one was betaed Jimmy1201 so if you have a problems rant at me.
Yes, I know it's been a while since we had an update, but considering my life right now we just have to deal with it.
Of course, I want to thank both of my editors, CanjunBear173 and Jimmy120, without their help this series would not be as interesting.
Now lets get to those reviews: Gj agent, Team Possible does meet, but not for long; Mindless Violence Fan, Kimmie is just self-absorbed right now which happens to high schoolers from time to time. Eric is lucky to not be in a pine box at the moment (though that would cut this tale off). Ronny boy has backed off from Kim. You understand that 'Eric'/Hans has already tried to make Ronny disappear. We'll just see who gets lucky; DoctorDetroit, in Miky's case shooting him might annoy him AND Justine…(just imagine their offspring, indestructible geniuses…..shudder. You can still find 'uncut' versions of 'BS' if you look had enough.
CajunBear73, Yup, Eric is tagging along, but his mind is already made up about our hero.
Welp, that's enough, let's get this show on the road,
ST-103,
The Hunter: Book Two
Chapter 60
Japan:
"Arise Ron-san, we are landing soon.", Yori coaxed her friend verbally as she held a bottle up to Hanna. She had a slight smile on her face as she watched her American friend's attempt to become coherent after getting wayyy too little shut eye.
Ron smacked his lips as he seemed to grimace. "Huh? Oh, okay…. We're already here? Uh, thanks Yori.", the blond teen responded as he mentally tried to kick start his brain, "Lemme have Sis, alright? You guys can get some grub and I can see if lil intruder needs to be changed and get her ready to go."
"We have had our morning repast Ron-san and have already prepared Hanna-kun for the day, but you need something to 'fill the tank' as you Americans say if you are going to be able to perform today…."
"Yeah, I' brush my teeth and make some Sensei's special tea…."
Suzie Chin observed, "Even that tea has no calories, you must have something to burn in your body no matter what Yamanouchi did during your training."
"Nag, nag nag. What do you know about my training?", Ron muttered as he rose from his seat.
"Antubi Narotu is my cousin.", the petite shinobi informed our hero with little edge to her voice.
"Uh ninja nerd is, uh my condolences Suzie, uh how is Miss Margaret Primstock?"
"Antubi's girlfriend is none of your concern…."
Ron smirked, "Surrrre, ya know I set them up on their first date, did you know he got lucky that night?"
Sigh, "I was not informed about that Stoppable. However, when this is all over, they will wed and she plans on leaving Global Justice in America. Antubi has stated that she has an offer to be a liaison official between Japan and the UN agency."
"That job ought to pay pretty well Suzie…"
"It is not about pay you buffoon. It is about a calling in life. While you may have instigated their relationship, you can back away forever.", Suzie pointed her finger at Ron.
The blond teen's eyes flashed dangerously as his tone turned cold, "You have insulted me more than once, I came here to help out Yamanouchi and you gave me shit. I. Don't. Appreciate. It."
Yori could see that this was going downhill fast and before there was an altercation, suggested, "I would think you are advised to apologize to the Chosen One if I were you Suzie san. He has Sensei's confidence. And Sensei has approved of Ron-san's family to raise little Hanna."
Suzie rose with her hands on her hips as she turned to Yori and the child, "Master Hitustsu was right, this idiot is not worthy to be referred to as the Chosen One of Yamanouchi let alone being able to raise the honored child…."
Sensei's granddaughter stood up and warned her colleague, "The Chosen One has saved many lives my friend, mine being among them. I have an honor bound duty to protect his honor in return. Do you wish to decide this on the field of honor Suzie-CHAN?"
The small shinobi's eyes narrowed at the challenge from Sensei's granddaughter knowing it could get very ugly. She also knew that Wanda wasn't really in her corner on this one.
Ron stepped between them as his temper was rising, "You know something Miss Chin? I didn't ask for this Monkey Mo Jo crap nor the blade that it is my honor to carry with me. I was happy with my life following Kim around being the buffoon and the mascot. BUT I had to take this power, or Monkey Fist would have tried to use it to take over the world including Yamanouchi although I didn't even know it existed at the time. Maybe you could've done better, but I am only what I am. Since that time at Fiske's castle where he tried to murder me for something I didn't even begin to understand I've busted my tail to try to be what Sensei wanted when I finally got an idea of what I got myself into."
Suzie Chin tried to interrupt, but Ron basically was not going to have anything with that so he continued as he cut her off as she opened her mouth to retort, "Now I understand that some Yamanouchi people don't care for a gaijin like me being some sort of mystical warrior who many of you think should only be controlled by a Japanese although there some evidence that he wasn't ethnically Japanese or even Asian. Now there has already been an assassination attempt and I really don't even want to be that warrior dude either, but I was thrown into it by the lotus blade about a year after I got zapped by those statues and I have learned to accept the mantel of this weirdo power that I am just beginning to understand. You don't know how lonely it is to not be able to tell my friends about this…..I have lost friends and members of my family this year and am trying to raise an orphaned baby by myself and I'm just starting to get a little pissed off by some people thinking that I. ain't. good. Enough. because I have round eyes instead of slanted eyes which should make no difference to anyone but a bunch of Nazis or red neck hillbillies. Now if you want to do something about what I just said why don't we settle this over in the training areas or you can shut the fuck up and sit down before I knock you down. I don't need any more roadblocks in my damned life and you are just pissing me off and I am getting a little irritated by it and if you don't think I can't dot your eyes after I knocked Kim Possible out….well you might want to give that a good second thought." The blond American eyes narrowed as he waited for the petite Asian woman's reply now that he let his rant out.
Suzie's eyes narrowed, she wasn't used to being called out by someone younger who was obviously aggravated and some of the masters at the ninja where she graduated a few years previously were quietly adamant about the American teen not being worthy of being picked by the Lotus Blade or to wield the power. She hissed, "I ace…."
Yori hissed in a manner the petite shinobi had never heard before, "Do you want to fight me for real? Just how confidant are your skills in ninjutsu? If you attempt to attack the Chosen One, there are members of Yamanouchi who would have your head, my fiancée among them. Please think about what is true and following the path that others have laid before you to travel. Your trail may be very short so choose wisely."
Ron again stepped between the two women, "Yori this is my fight, it appears that Miss Chin wants her ass by an occidental handed to her and I am more than willing to oblige her after our business with Sensei is finished and I intend to use live steel."
Miss Chin could feel the American teen digging in to get ready to fight then responded, "Hai, we will finish this later after we meet with Sensei."
The petite Japanese woman backed off as Yori let out a breath, "She is a member of Team Cobra…."
"I don't care if she is with the Tokyo puddle jumpers. I've had it with being disrespected. I've run up that damned mountain more times than I can count when I didn't even know what I was training for, I've camped around a small fire in just a gi and a blanket up in the snow for three nights with almost nothing to eat so I could contemplate my existence. I've been abused, heckled, shot at, kicked, stabbed and cut open. I've taken falls that should've broken every bone in my body and found a way to heal people and most people still treat me like crap…. sigh, I'm just tired of it."
The taller woman stepped up, "It is true that there are some at the school are not happy with the blade choosing Stoppable-san Suzie, but you must admit that it has done so for some purpose and I ask; are we in a position to question the blade?"
Suzie thought for a moment, "It is true that no one has questioned the blade since Toshimiru walked the Earth, but the odds for it being wrong is highly in the favor that it could be wrong this time."
Both Yori and Ron smiled internally since the petite shinobi was obviously not in on the secret about Sensei and his longevity.
They all sat down and waited for their aircraft to land.
XXX
Above the Pacific Ocean:
"Miss Possible?", one of the crew leaned over and asked our favorite heroine.
The red head cracked an eye and asked, "Yes."
"There has been a change of plans. We are not going to China; we are going to Japan instead. The authorities have been notified."
Kim's brain was nagging at her, so she asked, "Yamanouchi?"
"I do not know the name of the place; Doctor Load just informed us of the change."
Sigh, "I guess Wade's up, I'll ask."
Middleton's cheer captain pushed the 'connect' button on her wrist unit. Wade Load's hologram appeared over Kim's unit. "They musta had to wake you Kim."
"Yeah, why are we changing course?"
"Ron's plane left China and is flying to Japan as we speak."
"Good I wanna talk with him…."
Wade caught the twitching eye on the red head, so he warned Kim, "Try not to piss Ron off Kim, he's working on a short fuse and they like him in Japan."
Eric couldn't pass the chance to lean on the super genius, "I still say that child has no business traveling with that idiot…."
"Eric, you do not want to tick Ron off the Japanese take this honor thing very serious and as for Hanna Stoppable, Japan is her birth country and I do not see where it would be wrong to visit. Like I said before, it's not like you can adopt her, you're under age and she is an American citizen as well as a Japanese one so you might not wanna step in this mess or the Japanese and American authorities might send you back to England without going back to Middleton first for attempting to blow up agreements between governments. YOUR queen may get a couple of phone calls and your name could end up being mentioned.", Wade told the 'English' snob since said 'snob' seemed to like to stir the pot, but always seemed to step back quickly when confronted when his hand was caught in the cookie jar.
With wide eyes 'Eric' gasped, "The Queen, Her Majesty? How is she even aware of this buffoon? I can see you because you are so accomplished, but your friend has no such talents."
"Uh,", Kim began as she explained as she took over from Wade, "her Majesty called us on the phone after we took down the Drakken's invasion last spring to thank us…Wade patched her through to my unit. I mean she was pretty grateful that we had been able to shut down the world invasion. So, she wanted to knight both of us, but Ron and I decided that then we wouldn't be just normal teens."
"W….when did this happen?", 'Eric' was totally listening to every word Kim said now as she disconnected the call.
"Oh I guess it was a week or two after Junior Prom…..", Kim suddenly grimaced then her eyes then opened wide as she suddenly got a headache and grabbed the side of her head, "Urh, that hurt…"
"Kimberly are you well?", the suave teen inquired as he really tried to show concern.
"Yeah, it seemed like I got an electric shock in my head. I think I'm better now.", the auburn-haired teen responded as she began to grin after a moment, "But to answer your question the call came to us through Wade, she wanted us to come to England to what she called 'accept the accolade', but when Wade told us what that meant we decided that we really didn't want to be put in a class of people separate from our friends."
"But Kimberly,", 'Eric' responded with wide eyes, "that would be the dream of everyone…."
"Eric, it wasn't for us. I'm just your average girl. I don't want to be seen as above my friends or family."
"But you would've been nobility…."
"Eric what you don't understand is there is no nobility in America, here we are all equal. You may be a noble, but in the United States you are not treated any differently than a garbage collector, a dog catcher or someone doing menial jobs at Smarty Mart…."
Eric hissed cutting Kim off, "From where that idiot was fired from for stealing…."
Kim shook her head, "They weren't able to prove that charge boyfriend and if you say that out in public Ron's lawyer could go after you for slander. If that went before a jury, they could hear about you dropping his sister and taking his home. They could make a case that you were a villain or something. You might want to watch what you say.", Kim advised.
"I will take that under-advice Kimberly. I was not aware that my views and actions could be construed that way.", 'Eric' responded as he paled a little about being called into a court of law for his continuing actions against the teen who he thought of as a 'buffoon'.
"You may not, but if someone gets suspicious then they might speak with authorities and I don't think you want to deal with Judge Snobblestone again. He's fair, but he's also been known to hold a grudge and you did spout off in his courtroom. I know you mean well, but after taking a swing at Justine, hitting Felix and hitting Mike, you should just watch your temper. They can suspend you through the school year too and if they do Dad may not let me see you because he could think you are a bad influence on me.", Kim pointed out.
'Eric' frowned in annoyance that his outward attitude towards Ron Stoppable got called out again as the red-head continued, "See Eric, from what Wade said we are going to meet some of Ron's friends and they like him. He went to an exchange here and I suppose that some of the students or faculty rescued me off that island last winter. From what Monique told me they actually killed a couple of the guys who knocked me out."
"The loser has friends?", 'Eric' retorted, "I fail to see who would befriend him."
"I think you'll be able to ask for yourself since we are going to meet them soon…. oh if a cute Japanese girl reacts to your comments with a frown you might wanna back off. She's sweet on Ron.", Kim warned, "And she can kick your ass as well as mine from what Ron has told me. Yori is all on 'this is your honor' thing and therefore that's another reason to keep your opinions to yourself."
Kim noticed that her boyfriend made to speak, but she decided to cut him off, "Your British privilege will not get you very far with these people. I don't know a lot about them, and I am sure I know more than you do. I know a couple words of Japanese, I'm pretty sure you don't know any…. but Ron can speak, read and write it. To be able to completely learn a language in less than three years means something doesn't it?"
'Eric' retorted, "I can speak German."
Kim responded just as quickly, "Ron Stoppable can speak 'cockroach' or has he puts it, 'giant cockroach' he says there is some kind of difference, but I couldn't tell. Since I was close to Roachy…."
"What is a 'Roachy' Kimberly?"
"That was the name Ron gave to his pet giant cockroach…. he was gorchy."
Eric began to chuckle, "Kimberly, now you are taking me for a fool."
"Read the mission logs Eric….just a minute, I'll bring Wade in and he can make sure you can see them.", Kim grinned as she pushed the connect button on her wrist unit to get Wade on the line.
Wade's image returned above Kim's wrist, "Yeah Kim, what can I do for you?"
"Remember the mission with the giant cockroaches?"
"Yeah, do you want to check to see if that clown is still in the slammer Kim?"
"Uh, no, can you just make the logs available to my boyfriend, he doesn't believe it happened."
"Yeah Kim I can do that. Oh, it looks like Ron's transport has landed and you are about two and a half hours behind him.", Wade informed the teen heroine.
"Okay, can you get over heads? I wanna know if I'm going into a fight."
"Nothing so far, the place is pretty deserted for a school. I have heat signatures walking over some kind of foot bridge.", Wade informed Kim and Eric/Hans.
"Good Wade let me know if it looks like the battle of Gettysburg is happening there.", the heroine disconnected.
XXX
Yamanouchi:
Beep Beep de da Beep.
"Yeah Wade, what's up?", Ron Stoppable inquired as he stepped off the end of the bridge that was about a hundred yards before the ninja school.
"I told Kim where you looked like you were going and sent that data to the flight crew. They should be onsite in about two and a half hours."
"Great to know Wade, I'm gonna check and see if Sensei wants to speak with me right away or if I can get some shuteye, for some reason I've been more tired than usual.", Ron informed his friend.
"I think it's just the last ten months catching up with you Ron. No one can keep up the pace that you've been running on forever especially now with you ah parents…uh."
Ron replied before his friend could finish since this was awkward for both males, "I know what you're trying to say Wade and thanks, I appreciate it, in a few months I'll be settling into the new place….well we will at last glance of the place it's coming along. Not fancy smancy but nice enough for us. I wonder if I'm gonna rent it out though, CSU should be making up their minds pretty soon."
"Yeah about your schollie Ron, Colorado State announced about two hours ago that you asked for your release and they granted it."
"Yeah, I suggested that they should just yank it, they are trying to make me look good I guess."
"True, I think they have another recruit that they are going to sign tomorrow."
"Good Wade they decided that I was baggage they didn't need, that saves me a lot of grief that they could be getting screwed over in this. Eric ought to be happy about it. He doesn't think I am smart enough to be in third grade let alone college, I think he even doubts I have enough intelligence to breathe unconsciously.", Ron quipped.
"Ron even though that one college test wasn't good it musta been a fluke…."
The blond American teen responded, "The other test results never came back. Maybe they didn't want to embarrass me, the other one was pretty crappy."
"We can arrange to have you take them again Ron…"
"Not going to college for a few years Wade, at least I can go back to the original plan before CSU and the FBI tossed a couple tons of rocks into my pond. I figure when Hanna is in high school, I can start college on a part time basis."
"You friends won't be happy about this…."
"They'll get over it. Maybe by the time Hanna is outta college I'll be about done."
Wade waited for a moment, "This might be the opening that Barkin needed to try and force you to come back and play football for him."
"Something tells me those FBI guys are waiting for that too buddy. We'll have to play it by ear and see what they suggest so I can nail that flat-topped SOB to the wall. I wonder if I can bribe the G men into letting me have a few minutes alone with that asshole. Listen we are heading inside the gate, talk to you later when you have a better ETA of when Kim and her new sidekick get here."
"Ron she hasn'….", Wade's voice was cut off as Ron disconnected.
Yori inquired, "Do you wish for me to speak with Kim-san?"
"No, not really Yori. Kim has her thing and I have mine. She's moving away this summer and there won't be any Team Possible again as far as I can see.", Ron replied as he offered to take his sister back since they were already almost to the gates of the ninja school.
The group of ninjas stopped before the massive closed doors of the school founded by Lord Toshimiru over fifteen centuries before and waited for them to open. Moments later, the door on the right slowly opened and a red robed ancient man with gray hair and beard slowly stepped forward to meet the group.
Yori, Ron, Suzie and Wanda all bowed lowly in respect to the headmaster of Yamanouchi. The head of Yamanouchi bowed in return, "It is good to see you again Ron Stoppable-san and I see you have brought young Hanna with you. Please enter the grounds and take refreshments, I am certain you are all tired and hungry."
"Sir, Suzie, Wanda and Yori may be tired, but I caught a few winks…. more than I usually do in training.", Ron responded.
Yori bowed again, "We have matters to speak with you and the council Sensei, and we have to spend time in the archives as well."
XXX
"Go my children and meet with Suriel. The Chosen One of mankind will have need of your strength and resolve soon.", the Almighty revealed to his two companions, "Metatron, you are the highest of angels, you must record this for all to see to give them strength so others will feel the human's strength to reinforce theirs. Michael, you who are like me most, the child will need a moment in time to gather his will to combat his foe and you are my sword and my shield. Go now."
XXX
Middleton, Colorado:
"And then Kimmie went off on a mission Annie.", the rocket scientist informed his surgeon wife over the phone.
"But you said that Wade told you that Ronald and the baby are out of town. I thought we agreed no missions without Ronald after the last time.", Anne reminded her hubby.
"Yes, he is away from town Anne, but Kimmie took Eric with her since Ronald is unavailable for a little while. Wade told me that Kimmie and um Eric will just be there to provide support and that the people they are supposed to meet have their own security."
Anne Possible snorted, "I don't like it Jimmy. Someone could get hurt if someone neglects their job responsibilities. And Kimmie won't have Ronald's luck or growing athletic ability to fall back on."
"I know Anne, but what are we going to do when Kimmie moves to England and then decides to keep doing missions? You know how she really likes to help people who need it."
"Hopefully, our baby will be too busy to continue to do her missions in college honey. Cambridge is going to push her academically. No matter how smart Kimmie is, she is going to have to buckle down. There will be no easy grades for her at Cambridge I'm sure.", Anne told her genius husband.
James reminded his wife, "Annie, Kimmie has almost perfect genes and I am sure she will do well as competitive as she is."
"Cambridge is one of the two oldest universities in England dear, and they are very proud of that status and the graduates are very proud that they came through such s distinguished institution. When she gets done show should be set for any career that catches her fancy."
The rocket scientist chuckled, "Who would have guessed that our baby would go to a place like that?"
Anne chuckled back, "Your Mother and your brother….. James?"
"Yes Anne?"
"We need to tell Nana that Ronald and Kimmie will not be coming by on their graduation trip. Nana might want to hold off on giving her the ring set."
"Kimmie could still change her mind…", James responded.
"Maybe, however, I highly doubt it Ronald will see his place as being at our daughter's side any time soon. Your Mother was eager for them to be together last summer, and I do not see where it will happen now. They have started down their own paths, and they are walking away from each other."
James sighed, "If you are sure…."
"Jimmy, I'll call Nana myself. Now what was that you were saying about Ronald's football scholarship being rescinded?", Anne inquired.
James informed her, "After the altercation with Mister Barkin, Ronald was booked and went before Snobblestone."
"And?"
"Well Ronald is out on his own recognizance, but CSU canceled his schollie because they thought it would show a certain lacking of character in getting into a fight with a school authority figure from an outgoing senior. I heard Ronald suggested that course of action to them to cover their backsides.", James told his wife, "That was very adult of him to put their character ahead of his."
"Ronald thought of that?", Anne asked then continued, sigh, "I agree that was very adult of him to do, you need to speak with him very soon to see if he needs anything; now how are the boys doing?"
"Annie, you are not going to believe this, but they walked over to one of the local ice cream stores to meet a couple of girls. I was going to tell Kimmie tonight, but I don't think I am that cruel to those little monsters.", James Possible began to chuckle.
"No, don't tell Kimmie until I return home. I want to see her begin to laugh at something considering where Ronald and Kimmie's relationship or lack thereof is at right now."
"It's lack of a relationship Anne, the boy is broken. He, ah, will not get into a relationship with anyone else. He depends on his sister. He has more friends than he did last year at this time, but except for Felix and one or two from the football team he doesn't really get close to anyone. I didn't tell you but since Ronald is suspended through the end of the year, he may not be able to graduate with his peers…in fact he may have to take another semester.", James revealed.
"That poor boy…"
"Maybe so Anne, but I told you this was a set up by the FBI to trap Steve Barkin and some of the people that he associates with because they think that Barkin and his people are doing something illegal and wanted to get to the bottom of it. In fact, Ronald is doing his assignments and exams…. but you cannot tell anyone about this, or Ronald and the baby might be put in danger.", James told Anne.
"That is good, but Ronald's reputation will be damaged. Does Kimmie know about all of this?"
"No Annie, I know about it as does Ronald's lawyer a few policemen and the principal."
"I think it is wrong for a child to be used as bait Jimmie…."
James sighed as he thought about the pain that Ron Stoppable was going through, "I do too honey and just think, Ronald gave up his scholarship to be tossed away as so much garbage. I suppose he can sit out a year and maybe get on to another college at some point, I know he has a new place being built in Lowerton and he has a job. He bought the place with some of the life insurance money Anne and he had Wade figure it out that if he watches his money a little he will have more than enough to make the utilities, taxes and fees….even if he doesn't go to college he will be a land owner at eighteen…not bad for a kid with no college and a lower wage job."
"Jimmie, that's not how I saw Ronald's future…. I thought he had something special. He had all those little abilities while growing up. If he just hadn't blown that royalty check he would be in a lot better position than he is right now…we could help him out a little…."
"I offered Anne. He said a man should be able to handle a little adversity on his own."
"At seventeen he shouldn't have to…."
XXX
Yamanouchi, Japan:
Sensei led the small group that had traveled from China to see him. Along the trek to the small tea house, he relieved the blond American teen of the raven-haired burden he was carrying.
Yori caught up with her American friend, "Sensei has missed Hanna greatly, he will be much happier now that she is here to visit."
"Yeah, I get it grandfathers and granddaughters. I really don't remember my grandparents. So, not a lot of information to pass onto Sis, but then they really were not her relatives. When she asks, I am not sure what to tell her about the Stoppable clan.", the former Middleton Mad Dog replied.
"At first just tell her a simplified form of the truth and then later tell her more, I will make sure that Hanna-chun knows who we are. She will be well adjusted I assure you."
"Uh Yori, my dollar sitch is gonna be a little light for a number of years. I had to prioritize my financial situation because I won't be going to college probably until Hanna gets into high school. I mean I think I am going to lose my scholarship, so no free ride for the Rondo.", Ron informed his first Yamanouchi friend as Antubi walked up to them.
"Ron-san it is good to see you. I see you haven't killed anyone lately.", the Japanese young man snarked.
"You volunteering? I'm a little outta practice ya know.", Ron snarked has his 'ninja nerd' friend then added, "Your cousin told me about you and your gal, congrats man I hope you guys can make it last."
"I must thank you for introducing us Ron-san."
Ron leaned in to his 'sidekick' and Sensei's assistant, "Any fallout from our friends last winter?"
Antubi shook his head.
"I think I got the attention of the clown that was responsible. I sorta smacked him around a little…."
"Where is he buried?", Antubi asked then added, "Once this is over, I would like to dig him up and spread him around to share the love."
Ron muttered, "GJ sent me on the mission to get his attention and I had to agree not to do anything too bad to him…. I mean I wanted to make two or three of him. Sooo, he is walking around and looking over his shoulder and probably wondering when Frank Zorro is going to look him up again. I got wind that he retired rather suddenly from Interpol. I hope it keeps him honest for a while."
The male ninja laughed out loud, "It must have been difficult to restrain yourself to not have a body count. Did you have to go into therapy?"
Ron grinned, "Almost. Hey guess what?"
"I am not going to play twenty questions with you Ron-san….so spill."
"I got me recruited to play football, was offered a scholarship and all. Of course, with my luck the schollie got yanked because I smacked around Sarge Barkin for trying to bust my head. So, me and Hanna are gonna slum it in Lowerton. I already gave the address to Yori earlier if you guys ever wanna drop by you will be welcome. I don't think I'll be going anywhere for a while."
"I understand it is your honor to raise Hanna Ron-san. How is it going?"
"It's better than getting a root canal through the ear without Novocain.", Ron responded as they came up to the building known as the 'Little Tea House'.
The headmaster of the ninja school bowed and then carried his granddaughter inside while the others bowed and removed their shoes.
XXX
Over the Pacific Ocean:
Beep Beep de da Beep:
"Go Wade, don't tell me they moved again…"
"Nope, from Ron's descriptions it seems like they are at Yamanouchi or awfully close by from what I can determine. I now have overheads of the complex. Anyway, your jet will land some thirty meters from Ron's aircraft. I will give you directions from there and notify a Yamanouchi delegation to meet you when you get to what looks to be a footbridge.", Wade informed the auburn-haired heroine.
'Eric' asked, "Do we have to interact with your stupid friend Kimberly?"
"You don't have to, but I am. I just wonder how close I'm going to be able to get to Ron because of his girlfriend?"
"That idiot has a girlfriend?", 'Eric' snarked.
"He does and she is quite pretty boyfriend…. a lot prettier than I am and like I said before I wouldn't diss Ron around her, I might not be able to protect you."
"Why is that Kimberly?"
"She is a very capable fighter like I told you before Eric…"
The suave 'teen' responded, "Then she must be as stupid as the buffoon is…."
"I've spoken with her and Yori is not stupid, she just likes Ron…at lot."
"I will have to see that to believe it Kimberly, but for now I will watch my tongue."
[Jimmy: I am assuming that a lot of Eric's attitude is method acting. Because I think that he is pushing the constant cutting down on Ron a lot harder than he needs to. While I would like to see Yori quietly challenge him to a duel, I worry that his spouting his nonsense about Ron might get the attention of sympathetic ears at Yamanouchi. Maybe even Suzie…]
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ANNNNDDDD guess what? We are going to have a confrontation in the next chapter so buy some popcorn.
Kim Possible, Ron Stoppable, Hanna, Big Mike, Yori and all the other canon characters of the show 'Kim Possible' belong to Bob, Mark and the Disney Corporation. Jimmy1201, CajunBear73 and me don't own any of that, but I do own Antubi, Suzie and Wanda. If anyone wants to take Eric/Hans out for some exercise just ask.
We'll see ya down the road,
ST-103