Prologue: Dark Love and Justice
Kim and I always thought this hero gig of ours would always be Saturday morning cartoon stuff. And I always believed I'd be able to protect her as a goofball and occasional badass that everyone will conveniently dismiss all the time.
Then, she got hurt. Badly. In an explosion during a Hydra base assault the Avengers and Justice League thought we were ready for. We joined as a reliable and trusted third party. Everything was going so well for us heroes, until Hydra brought out some huge fucking bomb and all the Brutes and flyers tried to block the whole discharge. I ran towards Kim but I wasn't fast enough and now, she will need high grade cybernetics to walk again. I donated a not insignificant amount into the Possible family account for the procedures involving her treatment and preparations before cybernetic surgeries could begin, they were extremely grateful with them being the Possibles and all that.
I was pissed off. At the situation, at the world, at Hydra and their ilk but, most of all, I was pissed the fuck off at myself. It was my one job to protect Kim, to keep her safe during this hero gig nonsense. Now? I am going to kill the worst of the worst villains and maim the rest. Or die trying…
I am going to need some rigorous ninja training and my dark love: Shego. It was Shego who discovered I was one of the best fighters in the world about six months after we first met all those years ago. It's almost funny how the nonsense of all hero and villain groups never intersected until now - almost as if it was by design. But, that is not so important right now. What matters most is getting the ninja, mystical power and CQC training I need asap.
Calling Shego out to train me required me to pay her the only way she wants me to now. By going up to third base with her. It's kind of a long story how Shego and I became FWB but I feel as if she's always waiting for more.
I kept resisting my darker urges, especially whenever it came to the green bombshell that is Miss Go. "You need to become someone else, Ron. You need to become something else. Clint Barton as the Ronin and Jason Todd as the Red Hood before Bats got to him again had the right idea, I think." Shego tells me as she reveals a new and improved version of the Ronin suit. "Where the heck did that even come from?" I ask my new beau apparently. Because with this big gesture, no way are we going back to the unofficial lovers label.
"I know a guy, don't worry about it, Ronniekins." She answers and blows me a kiss. I catch it in my hand and make sure she sees me eat it up. The flying kiss that is, not the suit or anything. Just want to make sure that is clear. I always thought she was such an incredible villainous goddess made flesh ever since we met anyway, so I make sure she always feels appreciated as it is only right.
I'm just lucky that she saw me as deserving of her dark and powerful love as a fellow warrior. I'm not so sure she had to be the one to strip and dress me in the Ronin suit but I enjoyed and savored every single moment of the experience. I then summoned the Lotus Blade and had it fuse its essence into every available weapon of the set as well as the actual (now more of medium) armored Ronin suit as well so that it shall never fail me in offense and defense. Then, all of the projectile weaponry from the Kestrel bow and arrows of varied types to the throwing stars and kunai got absorbed into the default weapon I kept in the open: a katana with a Sandai Kitetsu style blade and guard with a shiny black and gold themed hilt.
And so now with my suit and gear ready, I shall dole out punishment befitting the crime of all evil that I shall face, as the new and final Ronin. And maybe people will call me a crazy man for what I am going to do until my last breath but, Kim got hurt. No more kid gloves, no more Mr. Nice Ron when it comes to fighting villainy in any form. Because from now on, I'll hurt all the crazy and evil bastards back.
Shego was a brutal, efficient, and sexy taskmaster when it came to training me in South Korean CQC. My old flame Yori taught me all of the most brutal and powerful Kyokushin Karate and Shinobi Taijutsu that she knew with or without mystical ki enhancement techniques. And finally, Master Sensei personally trained me in the use of the Mystical Monkey Power which unlocked the floodgates for all of the secrets and movesets of Monkey Kung Fu and my darker side saw all the ways I could mix it all together with my other styles as my very own Jeet Kune Do, and with my willingness to use everything in my arsenal, I shall never lose to anyone ever again in a fight. For I fight for more than just myself and Kim now, seriously at that.
And all of that training was every single day for the last 5 years since Kim got hurt. Kim got back in the game within a year though, always the overachiever even when getting used to new cybernetic limbs. She also wears some armored clothing and equips at least one barrier device so that she doesn't have to go through anymore snafus like the one explosion that got her. Wade Load, Iron-Man and Batman combined resources and their brilliant minds to get her the best of the best in that regard.
At any rate, Shego has given me my first black ops mission as it were. It involves infiltrating and eradicating all hostiles in a Serbian terrorist cell and slavery hub. Alone. With no extraction plans. No backup, not even from the now Cyber KP. Shego is my handler but will only be on comms, and she sure loves giving me lots of hands on, debriefings. "Did you get all that, Ronnie?" Shego purrs into my ear as she then proceeds to nip at my earlobe and whatnot.
Shego's hot breath makes my blood boil with such an intensity that I can't help but grab hold of her and proceed to "have my wicked way" with her, as they say. And she welcomes me with open arms. You know, like the last 12 dozen times we got down and dirty. Over the course of the 5 years of my hellish training I have shed the goofball persona I used to wear practically all the time back in high school. But I made a firm decision, no more of that. I am done playing around with all those clowns. No more goofball antics. There is only The Ronin.
I shall be the darkest fucking shadow that let's the punishment fit the crime. Shego must be onto something because I get the oddest inkling that Red Hood and I would be such great friends now. Just a thought. Now that Kim and I are kind of on the outs as far as being a superhero team goes for the last 5 years, Shego is my handler and partner for all intents and purposes. And my first lover. Important point, I think, is for any man in the world, I think. And now I wonder how Bonnie and Tara are doing these days… last I heard they keep looking for a good man and more girls to regularly join in on their fun.
It's raining cats and dogs, as they say. I am being such a stereotypical dark avenger as I case out my infiltration target. There is quite the alarming number of slave girls being held here, mostly underage at that. What confuses me, as I scan for life signs using my Mystical Monkey Powers, is the number of guards and the fact only one officer-level terrorist cell member is onsite. How can I tell? Simple, judging by the ki levels of each individual person amongst other data I get through this mystical eye technique.
Shego loves to run her pretty little mouth sometimes, about my large ki container and level of output and stuff. And I, in turn, love putting her mouth to better use. And then we get our work done. Most of the time. Unless, Raven and/or Rogue are also around at my main HQ which doubles as my private Home really. The two of them being my other two main loves so far in this crazy life of mine. Stories for another time, alongside Shego's, if ever.
It's go time for my black ops mission. I take out the six guards with 1 throwing star to the neck each. I don't need to worry about freeing the slave girls right this moment because they are all locked away inside cages meant for the average adult. All of that is left is the scumbag officer in the top level of the warehouse structure, like something out of a bad superhero movie. I go loud now that the guards have been taken out.
I enhance my speed, agility and durability to about Superboy levels and mess up the whole place before drawing my personal version of the Lotus Blade: Katana. I then proceed to slice all the hinges of the final boss's (LOL) door and then cut the inner part of the door into ribbons with my mighty Lotus Blade: Katana. The man inside shows off a surprised face, which does not come off even as I slice his head off.
Easy. It surprises me how easy this all is for me. Despite all the hellish training… I thought I'd have more remorse than this. Well, I suppose it was inevitable for me to not care about the general wellbeing of the scumbags of society. For the next minute or so, I freed all of the female slaves, healed the sick ones with ki healing magic techniques and so on. Then I run off into the night right back to my personal home, AKA love nest with my darlings Shego, Raven and Rogue.
They all greeted me near the entranceway, all wearing something special for my eyes only. Shego was in the classic Naked Apron look, Raven went with the Mega Milk T-shirt and nothing else, and finally Rogue went for a slutty Goth Schoolgirl uniform. I gotta admit, it's good to be the one and only RONin. LOL, looks like some goofiness still remains but it can't get in the way of my missions. But hey, it's great that I can still tap into the Ronshine that Kim and the other cheerleaders always seemed to like.
"Hello, Ronniekins." My 3 lovers say in perfect synchronization. For reasons I dare not explain in polite company, they like messing with me by talking like Veronica Lodge from Riverdale. Ah well, I never said I hated it… As a side note, don't be worried about the slave girls I freed being left all alone at that warehouse that I cleared out. Shego made the proper arrangements at just the right time for me to make my, er, getaway? Escape? Wait, that makes me sound like a villain or something, but I had to go. Couldn't stay, all that would do is bring in bad optics or whatever for my Ronin persona. I must maintain the air of mystery among the faceless masses at least.
Anyway, I should make with the Ronshine now. Before Rogue decides to Snu-Snu me. Well, she tries to asphyxiate me playfully that is, though I could probably finagle a ki resurrection skill of some sort if I really tried at this point. My Mystical Monkey Powers are basically bullshit ki powers so, if I have enough energy for something my imagination cooks up, most likely I can pull it off with just a little effort on most days. But Rogue does in fact love wrapping her thick thighs around my neck and stuff, when she gets rather antsy. I may have to enhance myself to high heavens whenever she does that but, I survive every time and it does serve as a form of training on my part as well. And I never complain because I love Rogue. Same with all my girls. And it's just one of the many ways she shows me true affection.
One might say I betrayed Kim's love for me the first time Shego and I kissed but, honestly? Shut up, poser. After all the bullshit I went through with and for Kim? I will love who I love no matter how many they end up being and anybody who complains can go fuck off to the moon.
After a night of great passion with my 3 best girls (besides KP), I drink some morning coffee as I watch the one morning news channel I trust talk about the biggest thing right now: The Return of the Ronin. That does make me feel rather good, almost as good as last night. A deep sense of pride fills me up as Shego enters the kitchen and hugs me from behind, kisses me in the back of my neck, then rests her chin on my shoulder. As we stay like this, watching the news together, Raven and Rogue join us and they take care of my arms, left and right respectively. It is good to be The Ronin, that is probably going to be my new catchphrase. With that all done, I open the door after hearing someone knock on it rather loudly, to an irate KP…
AN: I love the KP archive and this is something I cooked up while taking a vacation in a relaxing place. Finally shooting my shot. Please be kind in the reviews, if ever. Hope it was fun to read.
Posted: 03/10/2025
Edited: 03/11/2025 Rev 1