Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Kim Possible.

A/N: OK, finished with S1. Kinda surprised no one's asked about wanting this as a harem... I mean I may have gotten a PM when starting but that was almost 2 years ago. For those who were hoping for that, I do plan to do another story and have that be a harem as for all of my stories I had planned on doing a second one in the media to at least change the pairings.

Like for X-Men: Evolution I always planned on doing a second story to add Storm to the pairing in that one after scrapping that for the original but forgot to take the flirting out in the first Ch as I had written that one out long before deciding to publish it.

I just want time going by to keep from getting burned out on the show like I did with One Piece and not starting a 3rd story when cathing up to the Anime. I wanted a break as I watched every episode from Episodes 90-1,037 twice.

I do that for a lot of ideas as I like waiting a couple of days after uploading a Ch before working on another of my stories to help keep from getting burned out on one of the shows but I like to write in my spare time.

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Beta: Chaos-PSD and ANUBIS the god king.

Chapter XXI: Low Budget.

Last Time.

Drakken then tossed it into a vent and walked away. "Let's get out of here!"

"Did I mention that the vortex will be the size of the state of Nevada?!

"Oh, ho, ho. We're in Nevada. How ironic." Drakken says as Naruto jumps in and grabs the device before slamming it to shut it off.

"It's off!"

Stoppable Household Night.

Ron, talking with Katz and his father, concluded that he didn't need muscles to prove he was a man before having the rabbi sign his certificate and having his mother hug him and kiss his cheek.

"There you go, Ronald. Now it's official."

"My little boy Is a man. Again."

"Congratulations." His father smiled before Ron yelled.

"Boo-yah!"

Now.

Florida Everglades.

"Thanks for helping with my marine biology paper, Jerry."

Kim, in a large boat, said to a man who was in a lifeboat. She, Naruto, and Ron were in their civilian clothes with life vests. She handed Jeff a box as Ron and Naruto dropped a box by her. "After all you have done to help us save the manatees, it's the least I could do, Kim."

Rufus was looking at the water before a manatee came up scaring Rufus into Ron's shirt. "Giant amphibious naked mole rat! One o'clock!"

"Ron, that's a manatee."

"Punjab is harmless," Jeff said, patting the manatee before two men in an airboat flew by them.

"Woo-hoo! All right!"

"I wish I could say the same for the other locals." He finished as the boat got close to Punjab

"Those guys almost ran over Punjab!" Ron said as Punjab came back up from the wave that was created while Rufus blew a raspberry at the men.

"Pppthhhhhh!"

"I'll talk to them." Kim jumped up on the roof before jumping on the fan of the boat. "Hey, boys! This is a wildlife preserve!"

"Girlie, we are the wildlife!" One said before Kim pulled her compact out. "She's gotta fix her make-up."

"Because we're so good-looking!" The one steering said running a hand through his hair.

"Hmm. Not quite." Kim sighed before putting the compact on the fan.

"Earl, what's she doing?" A hook shot out to grab a tree and pulled the fan off before the two men went into the water.

"Help! I can't swim!"

"Way to go, KP! Take a victory lap!" Ron yelled as Naruto ran up to see a rather large alligator get in the water.

"Not a good idea!"

"Argh! Not a sea cow! Not a sea cow!" Ron then threw the live preserve out. "Don't worry, KP. I'll save you." The alligator just bit it, causing it to shrink. "Well, donuts always fill me up! Swim, Kimmie!"

Naruto got on the ladder to help Kim up just as the alligator jumped up and snapped at her.

Later, Ron was holding Kim's ruined pants as she was in a large T-shirt that went to her knees. "Tell it to me straight. It's bad, right?" She asked, looking over.

"Sorry. The pants are DOA."

"They were brand new Club Banana!" She whined, grabbing the pants before looking back to see Jeff was pulling the bent ladder up. "Quick! Where's the closest mall?"

"Miami. But don't worry. There's one store in town that has everything you need." He smiled at that.

Later, the trio is in a parking lot looking at a large store that has a brain mascot with a graduation cap and glasses.

"Smarty Mart?" Kim asked as Naruto held her hand and walked her in.

"Where smart shoppers shop smart."

"But it's so discounty," Kim whined as Ron spoke up when they got in the store.

"I know! It's great, isn't it!"

"A big Smarty Marty how dee! Need a map?" The greeter said in an orange vest.

"She needs pants," Ron said as Kim tugged at her shirt.

"But not to wear. Just to have. Because this is an emergency and, well, otherwise, believe me... I wouldn't even be here."

"Emergency pants! Aisle ten. Happy Smarty Mart shopping." The greeter said as they walked in.

"You know, Smarty Mart is a perfectly respectable place to shop. It's where I bought Rufus. Aisle 16!" Ron and Rufus smiled as they passed the animal section with exotic animals.

"I'm not shopping for livestock, OK? I need pants. As in fashion. As in not Smarty Mart!"

"I buy clothes at Smarty Mart."

Kim shivered in disgust at that as Naruto spoke. "So have I."

Kim looked at her boyfriend in shock at that. "Naruto!"

"What? No job… Plus I'm saving up for a vehicle."

Later, she was sitting on a scanner wearing the same pants she just lost. "That'll be $5.99." The female cashier said as Kim hopped off.

"Ten times less than you'd pay for the same pants at Club Banana," Ron said as Kim handed the woman six dollars.

"So not the same!"

"You're such a retail snob."

"Please, I am so not! Now can we get home before the Middleton Mall closes?" Kim huffed as Naruto rolled his eyes and wrapped an arm around her waist while walking out.

"Fine. Smarty Mart never closes."

"Ron!"

"Nothing."

Middleton Mall.

"OK. Target in sight. Ready, Ron?...Ron?"

Kim was hiding in the bushes outside the Club Banana store before turning to see Ron was watching a wrestling match with Steel Toe and Pain King. "Steel Toe vs. Pain King."

"Ron! We're on an important mission here!" Kim hissed walking back as she saw Naruto watching with Ron.

"How's buying the same pair of pants you are currently wearing on a mission?"

"Hello! Smarty Mart pants and Club Banana pants are so not the same. Now can we get out of here before someone sees me?" She said before stiffening as she heard Bonnie before turning to see Bonnie in her cheer clothes.

"Hi, Kim. Nice pants. Double coupon day at Smarty Mart?"

"Haven't you heard, Bonnie? Discount is the new vintage."

"I can't wait to tell the rest of the squad! Kim Possible is a Smarty Mart shopper!"

Kim turned to narrow her eyes at Ron. "See? No one cares that my pants were ten times less expensive if they're not the same!"

"Relax Kim! Don't let Bonnie Rockwaller get your cheap pants in a bunch." Naruto smiled before she turned to glare at him.

"Hello, world. I am Frugal Lucre."

They turned to the TVs to see a man with brown hair, and a mustache goatee wearing a white shirt with a Smarty-Mart vest.

"Who's that?" Naruto asked as the screen became slightly blurry.

"I may not have a million-dollar laser weapon or a pricey robot army, but I have something those big-budget bad guys lack."

"Cheesy accent?"

"Computer skills. In 24 hours, the Internet as you know it will cease to exist. That's right!" He said before the mustache fell off slightly forcing him to quickly fix it. "Yea-Huh uh, That's Right!"

"Nice 'stache!" Ron joked as Frugal continued.

"The information superhighway will crash...Unless everyone in the world sends me a dollar. Or the equivalent at the current rate of exchange. To prove I mean business, I have sent you all a little e-mail." The screens went back to the match as Kim pulled her Kimmunicator up and hit a button.

"What's the sitch, Wade? Wade?" She asked as there was just static.

"Same for my watch," Naruto said looking at his watch as the screen was fuzzy as well.

"You don't think that guy...?"

"Nah." Kim waved Ron off before walking into the store to get her pants.

"You have pants! Ask for batteries." Ron said as Kim narrowed her eyes and held up the pants.

"You don't understand. I need these pants!"

She walked to the disinterested cashier who was reading a magazine. "Yeah, no. Registers are down."

"What?!"

"Somebody whammed the computer system with a gazillion ecards. Jerk!" She said turning the monitor to show the static

"Frugal Lucre!"

"Yeah! Toasted everything. Even Smarty Mart." The woman said as Kim moved the new pants to hide the back pockets of the one she was wearing.

"Smarty Mart? Why would you mention Smarty Mart?"

"Because Club Banana and Smarty Mart are owned by the same company. Duh!" She replied as Ron took the pants and held them up.

"Oh, I suppose that's why the merchandise is the same!"

"No. There's a huge difference." The cashier said before pointing to show a very small Club Banana logo on the left back pocket.

"Wow! How did I miss that?"

"That's it?" Naruto asked before turning to Kim. "That's the only difference? Not even better quality thread? No wonder the guy's one of the top 5 richest in the world! I gotta go into this business!"

"Thanks to this Frugal Lucre, I've got to go home and change!"

"Why didn't you do that before? It would have saved you from seeing anyone." Naruto explained as they walked out getting her to stop to look at him.

"Don't do that!"

"Do what?"

"The saying the obvious thing!"

Possible Household.

"Here, Mom. For the rag bin."

"Kim, these pants look brand new."

Ann said, holding the pants at the kitchen booth. "Brand new from Smarty Mart!"

"Discount-phobia." Naruto smiled as he walked in. "But I still like her."

"I'm surprised at you, Kim. You know labels don't matter." Ann said as she and James shared a look.

"You know, some of the other guys at the lab only use brand-name heat shields, but do I fall for that kind of elitism? You bet I don't. Not as long as the generic shields are just as good at half the price."

"You don't wear heat shields, Dad."

"Well, no. Unless you were tunneling to the earth's core then you wish you'd wear them!" James replied before pulling up a magazine.

Beep, Beep Ba-Beep!

"Wade, where have you been?"

"My computer was down. Frugal Lucre strikes again!" Wade slammed his fist on a cup of soda.

"Who is this freak?" Naruto asked, looking over Kim's shoulder.

"No clue. The broadcast came from, like, 3,000 places at once. But I may have a lead. There was a strange voice in the background."

"That's a start. Playback time?" She asked as Wade brought up the video.

"In 24 hours, the Internet as you know it will cease to exist. That's it. Yes. Yes. That's right. That's right. The information superhighway will crash."

"Can you strip out Frugal?" Kim asked as Wade came up.

"It won't be easy, but... Done!" He said as they heard another voice.

"Shippers? Maybe he's at a shipping yard?" She asked before Naruto spoke.

"Slow it down a tad."

"Attention, Smarty Mart shoppers."

"Attention Smarty Mart shoppers! Lucre was broadcasting from a Smarty Mart!" Naruto spoke looking up.

"What kind of self-respecting villain threatens the world from Smarty Mart?"

"No money? He appears to just be starting." Naruto shrugged as Kim sighed.

Middleton High.

"Nice shirt, Kim. Five for 99 cents?"

Bonnie joked as she walked away as Kim was at her locker having Kim stick her tongue out. Naruto quickly kissed her, getting her to blush before pulling back. "Better? You know, we could just send this guy his money. Compared to most evil demands, a dollar per person is a bargain. Plus smart as it would make him a billionaire."

"Cost is so not the issue, Naruto. Stopping Lucre is a point of pride."

"Because you always have to win?"

"Because I need to shop. Wade, inform me." Kim said, turning on her computer in her locker as Ron walked up.

"No luck. Lucre's broadcast could have originated from any Smarty Mart in the country. And there's a lot of them."

"3,000 nationwide, with a new store opening every week. This week, Poughkeepsie." Ron smiled at the map that showed most of the country had at least one store in each state

"Why do you know that? Never mind. Give me a freeze-frame on Lucre, Wade." Wade did that before she spoke. "Cheap, fake beards. Aisle nine."

"I can digitize it out." Wade removed the beard and printed the photo out.

"Now, we cross-check this photo with the store personnel files. And I'm back in business for Club Banana."

"Great idea, but Smarty Mart security is tight. It'll have to be an inside job." Wade said as Kim looked back at that.

"Inside? As in?"

"Plug the communicator directly into a Smarty Mart personal computer."

"Which would be...?"

"In any Smarty Mart store."

"Boo-yah! I need shampoo and underwear." Ron smiled as Rufus waved a bill at that as Kim sighed.

"Ugh! At least I can return the pants."

Middleton Smarty Mart.

"If you see anyone who could know anyone we might know, cover me."

Kim said, wearing a ball cap and sunglasses. "Kim, Ron, and I are the only ones from school who shop here. Heh, if they had a Bueno Nacho inside Ron would never leave. Just say you owe Ron a favor and he wanted to go here." Naruto said walking in and seeing the greeter.

"Ronny, Naruto! A big Smarty Mart howdy to you. And who's your mysterious friend?" He asked as Kim hid behind Naruto.

"Oscar, this is Kim. Now I know this sounds crazy, but she doesn't want anyone to know she shops here."

"I don't shop here."

"Then you don't shop smart," Oscar said before giving Ron a Smarty Mart circular. "Next month's circular. Advanced copy."

"Five pounds of marshmallows for a dollar?! How do they do it, Oscar?"

"Two words, Ronny. Volume and volume."

"I hate to drag you away from the bargain hunt, but we're on a non marshmallow-related mission," Kim said, pulling Ron and her boyfriend back.

"I got the return then dear." Naruto sighed, taking the bag as she glared before Naruto kissed her cheek and walked to the customer service beside them.

Later, he walked around the store holding a gift card that was exchanged instead due to not having the receipt before hearing a noise and turning to his left.

Meanwhile, Kim sneaks through the Smarty Mart back hallways, avoiding several employees in the process. She accidentally crashes into the Smarty Mart brain mascot who asks if she's lost, but Kim says she's just browsing and the Brain leaves with no trouble. Kim reaches the store personnel office and plugs in the Kimmunicator. Before it's done, however, the sales manager returns and sees Kim hiding under the desk, which Kim can get out of by pretending she lost and found her contact lens.

The manager believed that Kim came there to apply for a job, and Kim correctly answered questions about the merchandise to buy herself time. Kim impresses the manager and is offered a job, which includes minimum wage and free expired food. Kim tries to play along until the Kimmunicator beeps to signify that she has the data. She claims that it's an MP3 player, and rushes out much to the manager's confusion.

Meanwhile, Ron and Rufus are greatly enjoying the sales, but Ron wonders what's taking Kim so long. He thinks that maybe they should go find her, then decides that they could instead get shop towels for $3.99 before going to the car tires.

"Ron! I got a match! Frugal Lucre is Francis Lerman."

Naruto walked up with an over-the-shoulder backpack before they ran out with Kim. "Hope you don't mind but I used your credit to get something."

"A bag?"

"Not just that," Naruto replied, holding a receipt up as they ran out.

He pulled the bag forward and opened it, having a young Kit Fox pop out shaking his head. (1.)

"(SQUEAL!)"

Naruto recoiled at that as Kim pulled the fox up and hugged it against her face. The fox strained before Naruto swore he saw his soul leave his mouth. "What the hell was that?"

"Was that a squee?" Ron asked as Kim let the fox go, having Naruto catch him, his legs twitching.

"Really? You squee'd?"

"S-Shut up!" She stuttered before looking at her boyfriend. "Why did you get him?"

"Always wanted a pet but we moved around a lot for Dad's job before we finally settled here. His name's Hiro."

Philadelphia.

"Thanks for the ride, Polly."

Kim said to the man as they got out of the street cleaner with Naruto's over-the-shoulder bag in front of his chest before putting it on his back. "What are you kiddin'? You campaigned for alternate-side-of-the-street parking awareness and saved my life over there."

"What's 10,000 windshield fliers? No big!"

They then walked to the house as Kim got to the doorbell. "On three."

"One. Two. Three."

Ding-Dong!

"Argh! Hit the dirt!" Ron dived on the porch as a middle-aged woman opened the door.

"Hi, Mrs. Lerman. Is Francis home?"

"Francis didn't tell me he had friends coming. I would have made more toaster tasties."

"We thought we'd surprise him," Kim replied as they walked in and up to the kitchen where a door to the basement was open.

"He'll be thrilled. He's in the basement. Go down and make yourselves at home."

"We will." They walked down and saw a lot of equipment from Smarty Mart inside the room. "Looks like someone's been using his employee discount," Kim said as Francis was at a desk before he turned.

"Kim Possible. We meet at last! Oh, this is so cool!" He pulled up a water gun filled with brown liquid.

"Drop it, mama's boy!"

"Am not! Don't come any closer. This thing's loaded!" He threatened, pumping the gun.

"With what?"

"Beef bouillon. Ever try to get the smell out? You can't!"

"Ew!"

"He's right, Kim. Do what he says." Ron said, having the trio raise their hands as Mrs Lerman came down holding a tray of small glass cups.

"I thought you kids might be thirsty, so I brought juice sips."

"Ma! I'm with my friends!"

"Sorry, Francis. Could I get anyone some chips or pretzels?"

"No, thank you, Mrs. Lerman." The three said as each and Francis took a glass and she left.

"I suppose you're here to stop me? But you're too late! Soon the world's fortune will be mine!"

"Fortune?"

"You only asked for a dollar per person." Kim put her hands on her hips at that.

"As we say at Smarty Mart, every dollar counts."

"Oh, please! Face it, Lucre. You're not a real villain. You're a... A bargain bad guy."

"Just cuz I'm budget-conscious, doesn't mean I'm not as evil as the other villains. Sure! They have henchmen and their fancy lairs, but I deliver the exact same evil at a fraction of the cost. Observe." He pulled a rope, having the heroes get trapped in a net.

"Hey!"

"This is when I should reveal my evil plan, right?"

"Go ahead." Kim sighed as Hiro jumped out and sat on Naruto's knee as Francis pulled a beach ball that was designed like a globe with dots representing the Smarty Mart stores.

"Behold! Frugal Lucre's world!"

"Small world, Francis!"

"It was a close-out. Now, every Smarty affiliate is connected via the Internet, right? Well, all it takes to release a commerce-crippling virus is this." He then held up a can of Vienna sausages.

"Ham-in-can?" Naruto asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Vienna sausages. I altered the UPC to act as the virus trigger. When it's scanned through checkout, my virus will be launched from every single Smarty Mart at the same time. Goodbye email. Nice to know you, chat rooms. Sayonara, online shopping!"

"You are planning to destroy the Internet with an old can of meat?" Kim asked as he popped the ball and picked up an inflatable kiddie pool.

"Yes, I get expired food free and death rays are expensive. And just in case you try anything cute…" He put the pool under them and then dropped baby snapping turtles in it before throwing cabbages in the pool and into the net.

"Snapping turtles?"

"Aisle ten. Next to the goldfish." Ron says holding one of the cabbages.

"And they're hungry." Francis laughs as he walks out.

"Well, he has the laugh down."

Naruto reached into his boot and picked up a knife before cutting the net and had all of them fall with Hiro last who fell on Naruto's head scaring the turtles in their shells. "Maybe next time he'll spring for piranha. Come on! We've got to find that can of expired sausages."

Smarty Mart.

"Howdy and welcome to Smarty Mart, where-"

"Smart shoppers shop smart. I get it, OK?" Kim said as the group ran in and up to Francis who was hiding behind a stand. "OK, Lucre! Cough up the sausages."

"Ew! Rephrase, please."

"You're too late. My Vienna surprise is already in place. Observe." He pointed to a woman in black bike shorts and a blue tank top finishing checking out. "The Internet will be destroyed in three. Two. One." Nothing happened as he blinked. "But... Wha... Wha... Oh. No! That can't be."

"She must have put it back on the shelf."

"Canned meat. Aisle 22."

The group ran to the aisle and saw it was filled with nothing but the same can. "… Shit!"

Smack!

"OW!"

"Language Naruto!"

"Attention, Smarty Mart shoppers! We're having a brainstorm in aisle 22. Vienna sausages. Ten cans for a dollar!" Francis spoke over the intercoms before a large group of people ran in and left the shelves empty.

"Oh come on!"

"That was fast."

"We'll find Lucre. You find the can." Kim said to Ron as she and Naruto ran to get Frugal. Naruto dashed forward and saw Francis in a small car before diving to get on and put the wannabe villain in a headlock and crashed the car into boxes of dishwasher soaps. "NARUTO!"

Hiro popped his head out with a pile of powder on his head before shaking his head and sneezing as the soap fell on his snout. Naruto stood up and held Francis before they heard Ron. "Kim! I got the can!"

"And we got Lucre!" Kim spoke back as Naruto walked out while Hiro tried to follow as he shook the powder off several times. "I gotta admit, Lucre. Your bargain-brand villainy was right up there with big-budget evil."

"You might have stopped me this time, Kim Possible. But Frugal Lucre will return. If my mom bails me out."

Middleton High, Cafeteria.

"AWW!"

Blinking, Hiro with a flea collar was sitting on a table and looked up to see the table was surrounded by pretty much the entire female student body. He tilted his head, getting them to gush before seeing his tail and started chasing it. He was able to grab it before falling on his back. Hiro then let his tail go to yawn and stretch his legs before curling up to sleep as they continued to gush.

"Really?"

Naruto smiled at his girlfriend as they sat at the table as the others gushed at his pet. "Only reason men get pets, Kim… Is that an S.M. circular in your pocket?" He asked, seeing Kim hiding the catalog with one of Club Bananas and pulling it out.

"The store manager was so grateful; that he gave me a $100 gift certificate." She whispered leaning into him as she looked at the Club Banana circular. "And it is silly to pay designer label prices for the same stuff. Unless you're paying for a super cool pair of boots like these!"

"Do you mean these boots right here?" He asked, pointing to the very same boots on the front of Smarty Mart's circular.

"Naruto, they aren't the same. Look! Smarty Mart boots come in black. Club Bananas are onyx."

"… Yep I gotta get in this business." He sighed as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder as the others took pictures of his sleeping pet.

To Be Continued.

A/N: Thanks for reading and let me know of any mistakes.

Beta: Chaos-PSD and ANUBIS the god king.

1. I know that a Kit is what you call a baby fox but found that there is a breed called a Kit Fox that's over in that area of the States and fans theorize that Middleton's in Colorado so I used that breed for Hiro.

Also for Yori, I may wait until the episode where Kim first meets her and tells Ron she has a thing for him to keep with Ron being dense as he didn't know she or Tara was into him... Plus Zita shows up before her so could do he's waiting for the appropriate time sort of thing.

Next to be updated will be Totally Spies, Dattebayo!

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