Kim Possible Porn Story: Rebirth Chapter 14

by Jawelik

It hadn’t taken much time for Cloud to mobilize an elite team and arrive at Middleton to meet Kim. Seemed he had been preparing for just such an occasion and not only had the best of Shinra army ready to go, but everyone from his old gang that had fought Sephiroth with him. He wasn’t going to take any chances this time. This time he was bringing Ron back.

Now there were four Shinra military vans heading to the mako lake Ron had told Kim to meet him at. Each van had carried members of Cloud’s assembled team. Kim found herself in a van with Cloud, Tifa, a dark skinned man with a gun arm and an animal that looked like either a large dog or a big cat with fiery red fur. She had heard about all of Cloud’s friends from his stories since she had started training under him, but this was the first time she had met Barret and Red XIII.

She smiled a little timidly at the big guy first. “Um… Hi. I’m Kim Possible.”

The man frowned a little and looked her up and down, scrutinizing her Shinra Armor. “So you’re Spikey’s protege, huh? Good little Shinra soldier, are ya-OW!”

Tifa smacked him upside the head. “Now is not the time for that! We have to concentrate on Ron!”

His frown deepened and he folded his arms like a sulking child. “Fine.”

Always a girl who tried to avoid confrontation if she could, she decided to leave this hostile man alone for now, and hope for a friendlier reception from Red XIII. The Animal-like passenger in the van.

“Hi there. You’re Red XIII, right? Cloud’s told me all about you.”

He smiled and nodded at the girl. “That is a name that I am well known by, yes. But my given name, and the name my friends call me is Nanaki.”

“Well I hope that I can call you friend too,” Kim said, smiling warmly. “Nanaki.”

“I share that hope,” he replied, before turning to Cloud. “She seems like a nice girl, Cloud. As always you seem to have good taste in companions.”

“Says you,” Barret grumbled angrily, before going silent after a glare from Tifa.

Kim had heard about Barret’s irrational hatred of all Shinra from Cloud. How he judged people on the uniform alone. That aside though, Cloud was always adamant that Barret was a good man, and a friend. So Kim decided to give him the benefit of the doubt. Didn’t mean she wanted to talk to the guy right now though, when Nanaki seemed so much more agreeable. She returned her attention to her new friend.

“So do you know Ron?” she asked.

Nanaki nodded with a warm smile. “Yes, we met briefly. But I could tell right away that he had a good soul.”

Tifa started giggling for some reason. “Actually, the story about how those two met is pretty funny.”

Nanki’s eyes went wide. “Oh please, Tifa! No!”

Kim looked at the wickedly pleased smile on Tifa’s face, then the terrified look on Nanaki’s. The she found herself smiling too. “Oooh, embarrassing story, huh? I like those… Y’know, as long as they’re not about me.”

“I know what you mean,” Tifa giggled, as Nanaki’s head drooped in defeat when he realized the story was going to be told.

“You see,” Tifa began, “Ron worked at my restaurant for a few days a while back, and he was sitting out on the front steps one day when Nanaki walked up.”

Deciding to pitch in, despite the embarrassment that was apparently coming his way, Nanaki added. “I was a little curious about him. I’d never seen him before, but he seemed to feel at home at Tifa’s, so I walked up to ask him who he was. But before I could say anything, he… he…” He lowered his eyes, and if he wasn’t already fiery red, Kim could swear he had started blushing.

“Ron reached out and said ‘nice doggie,’ and started scratching him behind the ears,” Tifa said, laughing now. Even Cloud and the seemingly hostile Barret couldn’t keep from smiling.

“He didn’t!” Kim gasped, covering her mouth with her hands. She was half shocked, but at the same time was in hysterics just thinking about it. That was such a Ron thing to do. Trying to keep her giggles in check, she turned to Nanaki. “Oh I’m so sorry. What did you do?”

Tifa couldn’t keep from laughing a little louder, as Nanaki averted his eyes from Kim’s. “That’s the really funny part. I came out to the front porch and what do I see? Nanaki’s just sitting there with a content look on his face, just letting him scratch him behind the ears.”

That did it. Not even Cloud or Barret could keep from laughing at that, the entire van erupted into fits of laughter. Nanaki jumped up onto all fours, and started shouting out excuses.

“He thought I was a Dog, and I didn’t want to frighten the kid by talking! And I… I had and itch! Hey guys, stop laughing at me, come on!”

Kim wiped the tears of mirth from her eyes. She had really needed a good laugh after everything that had happened lately. And even when he wasn’t around, Ron was still able to provide that laugh.

Tifa had tears of her own to wipe before she continued. “I just couldn’t believe my eyes. I came up to them and asked what they were were doing, and the both say, ‘hey Tifa.'” She barely stifled more laughter. “Then Ron’s face goes totally white, he turn’s and looks at Nanaki, and I tell ya I don’t think he’s ever jumped that high in his life!”

Again everyone was laughing, even Nanaki chuckles a little this time. And Tifa doesn’t wait for the laughter to subside this time before continuing. “He leaps at least ten feet off the ground, somehow attaches himself to the wall and starts screaming. ‘Ahhh! Taaalking dooog!’ And Nakaki starts screaming back, ‘I am NOT a dog!'”

“And let me guess,” Kim giggles. “Ron says something along the lines of ‘you can’t fool me! I’m on to you, talking dog!'”

Tifa nodded. “Yeah. That’s exactly what he said, how did you know?”

Kim shrugged. “I know my best friend better than anyone.”

The laughter started to subside finally, but everyone in the van was smiling now. Kim started to wipe more tears from her eyes, but these ones weren’t quite as mirthful.

“You know?” she sniffed. “He was always doing stuff like that. I used to complain about him embarrassing me all the time, but now… Now I think I’d give anything to be embarrassed by him again.”

Tifa looked reassuringly at the red head, then decided to lift the mood again, by asking Nanaki something. “Hey, you know you never did tell me. Why did you let Ron scratch you behind the ears like that? You never let anyone do that.”

Nanaki thought about that. “I’m not sure. The only other person who I allowed to treat me like a child like that was my grandfather.”

“And Aeris,” Cloud cut in. “I remember you told me once that she would do it, and you kinda liked the attention.”

“That’s true,” he admitted.

Kim stared at him for a few moments. “Aeris? You mean Ron’s sister?”

Nanaki’s eyes went wide, and he looked right at Kim. “Ron… was Aeris’ brother?”

“Well, yeah… Genetically at least.”

A look of realization came over his face. “So that was what it was about him. He had her kindness. He had the same warmth in his eyes. And he knew the exact right spot behind my ears to scratch, just like she did. I can’t believe I didn’t see the connection before…” He sighed and looked to the floor, then ever so slowly raised his chin again, with a determined look shining in his eyes.

“We have to bring him back. We have to! There is no way we can lose him too!”

Everyone in the van nodded. All of them had been touched by Ron at some point, and all of them agreed on this one goal. Ron Stoppable had to be saved, no matter what.

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Four Shinra military vans pulled up off a dirt road near a large mako lake. The back doors all opened, and some of the world’s most powerful fighters started climbing out of each one. They all looked towards a small hill near the edge of the lake, where a young man with blond hair blowing in the wind, stood waiting with his back to them. He still wore his old mission clothes, combat boots, cargo pants and black top.

Cloud had gathered quite a force to take Ron down. Along with his 7 friends from his first battle with Sephiroth; Tifa, Barret, Vincent, Red XIII, Yuffie, Cid and Cait Sith, he also bought Kim’s fellow SOLDIER First Class Graduates. Yori and Josh Mankey. He had considered bringing the full Shinra army along, but against one with Ron’s power, lesser fighters would just slow things down.

If this collection of warriors couldn’t take Ron down, no one could.

Slowly turning from where he was facing the mako lake, Ron looked down at his visitors. With an evil sneer on his face, none of his friends would ever expect from the Ron they knew. He chuckled darkly at them and slowly started to walk towards them. “Ah, you came to my party. I’m touched to see so many of my friends.”

Everyone prepared for battle, taking out their various weapons. Cloud held up his massive sword and pointed in at Ron. “It’s over Ron! This time we’re taking you in!”

Ron calmly approached them, giving of an air of boundless confidence, even in the face of all the power before him. “Is that so? Well we’ll see about that won’t we…” He stopped and examined the group, as if he was picking out what to eat at a buffet. “Now who should I kill first? Decisions, decisions…”

Josh, a hand to hand combat specialist like Tifa, punched his fists togeter with a clang. His hands were clad in polished gauntlets, made of indestructible black metal. He had been known to demolish entire buildings with his fists, and he glared condesendingly at the former Shinra Private.

“You don’t stand a chance, Randall! Give up now and you won’t get hurt!”

Everyone in Cloud’s group turned and looked at Josh like he was an idiot, and Ron frowned angrily. “Okay,” Ron whispered coldly. “I’ve made up my mind now. Pretty boy first.”

“Let’s see you try it, loser!” Without warning, Josh leapt from the group, and flew thirty yards towards his target. The idiot was clearly ignoring the warnings Cloud had given his troops earlier, and was still judging Ron by his abysmal performance back in the Academy.

“MANKEY, NO!!” Cloud shouted. It was too late though, he was already engaging the enemy. Alone.

Ron just stood calmly when Josh came down on him, aiming a crushing downwards punch onto Ron’s head. But Ron moved so fast no one could even follow it. Moved just enough to the side to avoid the metal clad fist from coming down on his skull. The attack came so close it kicked up Ron’s hair as it came down beside him, and shattered the ground where he had just been standing.

Josh looked shocked up to the guy who had just avoided his attack like he had been moving in slow motion. Growling angrily he swung at him with enough force to total a truck, but again Ron moved faster than the eye could see, just enough for the blow to brush by him. Now Josh started attacking with an endless flurry of punch kick combinations, and Ron avoided every single blow. Casually stepping, and leaning his body around every one of Josh’s attacks, he moved as if he knew every one of Josh’s attacks before he made them. It was like Josh was in slow motion, and Ron was at super speed.

Roaring in frustration, Josh scraped the knuckles of his gauntlets together, kicking up sparks that caused both of his fists to burst into flames. Then when he punched intense balls of magical fire flew from his fists. Still though Ron dodged, making no move to strike back at all. But the intensity of Josh’s flames was made clear every time he missed and hit a rock. Instead of shattering like they had before, they melted into glowing red puddles.

Cloud was furious. Not only had Mankey ignored the briefing and attacked alone, he was now using his deadliest technique, and was clearly aiming for Ron’s vitals. He had made it clear to everyone that this was a retrieval mission, Ron was to be bought back alive!

For a few moments more Ron dodged Josh’s extremely fast attacks with ease, then finally he made a move of his own, catching one of his opponent’s burning fists in his bare hand. Staring wide eyed at Ron, Josh tried to punch with his other hand, only to have that one caught too.

“Is that all you’ve got, pretty boy?” he sneered.

Josh was stupefied. “This isn’t possible, these flames are–“

“What?” Ron cut him off. “Are these supposed to be hot? I can barely feel it.” Before Josh could make a retort, Ron started to squeeze down on the metal clad fists, causing the almost indestructible black metal to start to crack and buckle. While starting to groan and struggle under the pressure, he was completely taken off guard by a immensely powerful kick to his stomach, that sent him flying back, and knocked him out of his gloves.

Crushing the two gauntlets in his hands like soda cans, he dropped them and unsheathed his sword. He approached Josh, who was now imbedded in a crater in the cliff face. His armor shattered, and the fabric of his body suit badly torn along with his flesh, he was bleeding badly. It was clearly one hell of a kick he had been hit with.

“Well… That wasn’t any fun at all,” he growled, looking into the frightened blue eyes of his enemy. “Guess I’ll have to settle for cutting you into pieces to get my jollies, huh?” He flew at incredible speed to his helpless victim, the glowing red lotus blade held aloft, ready to rend and flay.

He bought it down hard on his immobilized victim, but at the last moment a black blur, topped with red moved into his path, and he found his sword caught in the crossed blades of two emerald metal daggers. And he was being glared at by two equally emerald eyes.

“Hold it right there!” Kim growled.

The smile that appeared on Ron’s face was about a warm as a smile could look on a face, with eyes that shined with so much malevolence. “Kim,” he admonished, shaking his head. “First Bonnie, now Monkey Boy? Are you going to stop me from killing everyone I hate?”

Kim’s eyes narrowed to slits. “I am not going to let you get blood on my friend’s hands!”

He snickered at that. “But Kim. Red is my favorite color.”

“You’re coming with us, Ron! One way or another. You can come along peacefully, or in a stretcher! Your choice!”

“Oh plenty of people are going to be leaving here in stretchers, Kim. Some in body bags. But I’m not going to be one of them.”

“I take it you’re not coming peacefully then,” she growled, twisting her daggers to hold Ron’s sword in place. “Fine have it your way!”

Seemingly out of nowhere, Cloud flew at Ron’s side, drawing his sword back for a strike while Kim held the Lotus Blade immobile. Ron seemed to be taken of guard by this tactic, but at the last moment he pulled one hand from his trapped sword, and moved it to intercept Cloud. Not even Ron though, would be able to stop a weapon like Cloud’s with his bare hands, without getting hurt.

CLANG!

Kim and Cloud both looked wide eyed at what had happened. Though Kim was still holding Ron’s weapon in place, Cloud’s massive sword had still been intercepted. By a second Lotus Blade, held in Ron’s free hand.

Kim stared at Ron’s smirking face. “You have two?!”

Ron’s evil chuckle sent a shiver down Kim’s spine. “Funny isn’t it? Your Ron had this sword for most of his life, and still never unlocked its true power.”

Cloud’s mako eyes narrowed. “True power?”

“The Lotus blade isn’t just a sword,” he said, before his twin Katanas suddenly turned into a pair of shields. The sudden change took both the general and his protege off guard, allowing him to push both of them back. “Its anything I want it to be.”

Cautiously Cloud and Kim pulled back and slowly started to circle him. That’s when Ron noticed that the rest of his old friends had surrounded him while he had been busy with the pair. One of Ron’s two shields turned back into a sword, and he smiled at his opponents.

“Well… This looks like fun.”

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The first one to approach Ron this time was Barret. His cybernetic hand whirred and hissed, as it transformed into a powerful looking machine gun, which he hesitantly aimed at the blonde teenager.

“Come on, kid, don’t make us fight ya. We’re buds, remember? Just come along with us nice and quiet, and we’ll all help ya get your head straight.”

Ron stared with a completely nonchalant smile. “Buds huh? … You know Barret there have always been two Ron’s. The weak one you knew. And me. The strong one.”

Barret’s look hardened. “My buddy ain’t weak!”

“Oh yes. He is. You see Barret, one of the many differences between me and him is that he’s a forgiving guy. I’m not. Don’t think I’ve forgotten how you punched me in the face with that metal hand of yours when we first met?”

Barret’s gun arm started to shake noticeably. “That was a long time ago! I apologized and Ron forgave me!”

“Yeah, but what did I just say, big guy? I’m not as forgiving as he is.” He started to walk forward, tightening his grip on his sword. “I think I’m gonna rip off that fancy arm of yours off and use it to crush your skull.”

Barret fired of a burst of ammo, which kicked up the dirt a few inches in front of Ron’s feet. He didn’t even flinch though, just kept walking. “Please, Kid! Stop! Don’t make me do this again, don’t make me fight another friend!”

Ron paused, and smiled widely, his eyes wide and insane looking. “Oh. You’re talking about Dyne?”

The big black man’s eyes went wide. “How did you…”

“Know about Dyne? Please, I am connected to the dark soul of the planet, and all the knowledge therein. I know of all of Dyne’s hatred and resentment for you Barret. I know how your weakness cost everyone in your village their lives. Including your wife. Maybe I should grant Dyne’s final wish after I’m done here? Sending little Marlene, to join him and her mother…”

“NOOOOO!!” Barret roared ferociously, as he fired at Ron on full auto. “YOU LEAVE MY BABY OUT OF THIS!!”

Ron had blocked every round with his shield, then pulled the now smoking barrier to the side when Barret had finished firing. “Well, well. I’d swear you just tried to kill me. Still, its hardly surprising. You having so much experience betraying and murdering your friends.”

He lowered his gun-arm a little, with a hateful glare. “Ron is my friend. But you’re not him! You’re just some evil homicidal freak using his body.” He raised his arm again and aimed. “But if getting my friend back, means taking in someone like you alive, then that’s what I’m going to do!”

“Please. Ron was never your friend. He acted nice like he did with everyone, but when it came down to it he didn’t have the guts to tell you the truth. That he hates your guts just as much as I do.”

The hurt look on Barret’s face made it clear that a nerve had been hit. On a certain level he had always been scared that he had done something unforgivable by hitting Ron when he had first met him. Just because of a uniform, he had punched him in the face with a metal fist, fully intending to put the kid in the hospital. And in the end it turned out Ron was one of the nicest kids he had ever known. He hated the thought of Ron hating him, almost as much as the thought of his daughter hating him.

“Th… that’s a lie…” he stammered.

He held out his sword, with that insane look in his eyes again. “You don’t sound so sure about that, big guy.

“Ron’s my friend, he…”

He was cut off, when in a blink of and eye Ron seemed to teleport from where he was standing to inches in front of Barret. No one even saw him swing his sword, but Barret’s artificial hand started to fall, cleanly cut from his arm. Barret gasped in pain. Ron had only cut through the metal, and missed any flesh, but the hand was still tied directly to his nerve receptors so it still hurt like hell.

Before the hand could hit the floor, he was kicked in the stomach like Josh had been earlier, and send flying back hard into the cliff wall. Ron caught the falling severed metal hand, then tossed it as hard as he could at the man it had just been separated from. It flew at his head with tremendous speed and force. It seemed Ron was going to stick to his earlier plan to crush Barret’s skull with his own hand.

A brown haired blur flew into the projectile from the side, and with a ferocious punch sent it flying, where it hit the cliff wall hard and buried itself deep into the rock. Ron smiled at Barret’s rescuer. “Tifa. So nice to…”

Before he could finish she had charged at him, running at him so fast she blurred. She was on him in less than a second, and immediately started attacking with numerous punch kick combinations. Tifa’s blow’s were quick, precise, powerful and executed with impeccable technique. Within moments she had connected with a right to Ron’s face that sent him flying backwards.

The blonde boy somersaulted as he flew back and skidded backwards, standing there like he just been hit by a gentle breeze. The punch might have knocked him off his feet, but it was obvious he hadn’t felt it. “Tifa, that wasn’t bad. You’re so far beyond that Mankey chump, I almost feel sorry for him.”

Again there was no talking from Tifa. She just shot foward and started attacking. Ron blurred, and moved so fast he actually seemed to teleport from where Tifa was about to start punching to about twenty feet behind her. “What, Tifa? No chit chat? No pleading for the ‘real Ron’ to fight me? I’m hurt.”

“You’ve made it quite clear there’s no reasoning with you,” she snapped back. “The only way we’re going to get our friend back is by kicking his ass! And that’s what I’m going to do!”

“You don’t seriously consider him a friend, do you Tifa? Be honest with yourself.”

“What the hell are you talking about?” she asked, seeming genuinely confused. “Ron is one of the best fr–“

“Remember how he ogled you when you first met?” he cut her off, smiling wickedly.

She hesitated. “That… that was nothing.”

“Sure it was Tifa, don’t think that I don’t know. A pretty girl like you, with your assets?” He cupped his hands in front of his chest to emphasize. “Don’t think that I don’t know you’ve always attracted the wrong kind of men. Those that leer at you like a piece of meat, even grab at you. Men who pursue you as a conquest, but never to be with the real you. Hell. If not for your martial arts skills you probably would have been raped dozens of times by n…”

“STOP IT!!” she screamed.

Ron’s smile radiated pure evil, seeing that he had hit a nerve with yet another former friend. “I know you saw him staring at you when he thought you wouldn’t notice. I know you saw him checking you out. And I know you hated it.”

She started shaking her head. “No! No, it wasn’t like that, Ron was a nice guy. Just your average hormonal teenager, I would never hold that against him! He was a nice guy!”

“Was he? Or was he just playing the nice guy? You know men will do that to get into the pants of a hot girl? That’s all Ron wanted. He never gave a damn about you!”

“That’s a lie! I know Ron!” she cried.

“Oh I think I know him better than you,” he snickered evilly.

Tifa held her fists to her sides, clenched tightly, with arms shaking. Ron had tapped into one of her deepest insecurities. She really had always drawn the attention of the wrong kind of men, and she had always had a great deal of trouble trusting them as a result. And she really did despise being ogled. Didn’t like it when Ron did it, but had always decided to forgive him for it, because of the whole hormonal teenager thing. But when it came down to it, she really hadn’t known Ron all that long. Could this darkside of him be telling the truth? He wouldn’t hesitate telling her the truth if he knew it would upset her, so maybe…

“Don’t you even think about listening to those lies, Tifa!” Kim snapped, pulling her out of her reverie. “No one knows my best friend better than me, and he’s not like that! Sure he likes girls, and can even act a little inappropriate sometimes, but his friends are too important to him! Trust me Tifa. My best friend would never hurt you like that.”

Tifa felt herself calming. She didn’t know what had come over her! Letting this freak twist her precious memories of her dear friend like that! Now she was pissed!

“I suggest everyone takes Kim’s advice, and doesn’t listen to him,” Cloud shouted. “He seems to be able to tap into our fears and insecurities, so try to tune him out! Everyone get into formation, and we’ll take him together.”

“Oh, isn’t big brother a quick one? Figuring out my game so fast, and spoiling all my fun. And I had some juicy little tidbits on hold about your mother and Nanaki’s Grandfather too.”

Nanaki growled ferociously at the mention of his late grandfather, but quietened when Tifa placed a hand on his head and gave him a reassuring look.

“Right,” the Canine-like creature said with a nod. “Tune him out.”

Ron sighed. “Awww, no more psychological warfare? Such a shame…” He held up his sword as the squad members who were still standing started to circle him. “Looks like I’m gonna have to switch to the conventional warfare then, huh?”

They weren’t taking any chances this time. Everyone charged at him at once. Everyone except Yori, who held her pair of Tessen(Combat Fans) with a worried look on her face.

The nine warriors who attacked Ron were not only strong, but well coordinated. Cloud and his old gang had fought in numerous battles together, and Kim had trained with him for more than a year, so the assault was relentless. The team work was perfect.

Ron leapt high into the air, and his nine opponents leapt up after him. The first two to attack were Tifa and Yuffie from both sides. Ron intercepted Yuffie’s giant shuriken with his sword, while staving off Tifa with his shield, but was surprised when he looked up into the barrel of a gun aimed at his face. Vincent Valentine seemed to float down like a fallen angel as he pulled his trigger, while both of Ron’s arms were occupied.

The bullet hit him square between the eyes, but didn’t even break the skin. It did manage to knock him out of the air though, and send him shooting towards the ground like a meteorite. Just before hitting the ground, he flipped right way up, and landed gracefully, dropping to a single knee. As soon as he returned to his feet though, he was attacked from behind by Nanaki.

The red furred warrior clung onto his shoulders with his claws, and sunk his fangs into the side of his neck. He failed to break the skin, but he still didn’t let go. Something that appeared to be a stuffed cartoon cat toy jumped off of Nanaki’s back, and started hitting Ron in the side of the head with something that looked like a megaphone.

Ron twisted around and elbowed Nanaki it the ribs, which sent him rolling over the hard rock ground with a yelp. “Bad doggie!” Reaching up and grabbing the living toy Cait Sith off his shoulder by the throat, he glowered at him, while squeezing his throat. “And a bad kitty.” Grabbing the torso of the toy, Ron ripped its head off and dropped the two now lifeless pieces to the ground.

The next attack was from the spear wielding old pilot Cid, who came at Ron spinning his spear, and tried to hit him with a number of skillful stabs and swings which Ron easily avoided. He then Pushed the spear aside with his sword, and slammed the pilot in the face with his shield.

Ron didn’t see until too late, Kim and Cloud were glowing with limit energies. With two successive downwards strokes of her daggers Kim send a pair of red energy blades flying at him. Then jumping aside, she allowed Cloud to send a bigger faster blade beam of his own, made up of blue energy in the wake of hers. In mid flight towards Ron, Kim’s two beams were absorbed by Cloud’s, to form an even larger purple blade which crackled with the combined limit energies of two powerful warriors. The whole attack was executed so quickly, Ron didn’t even manage to dodge before it slammed into him, and took him along for the ride before crushing him into the cliff side and exploding magnificently.

All the combatants watched as the smoke cleared, and saw Ron buried in a massive crater, half buried by shattered rocks. His mission clothes were a little torn up, and they seemed to have managed to break the skin this time. He was bleeding from a few small cuts and abrasions.

Kim looked at the decapitated Cait Sith. “Oh no! We lost the little cat guy!”

“Don’t worry about it, Cait Sit is just a toy animated by magic,” Cloud assured. “He’s controlled from the Shinra Academy.”

Kim glanced at him. “By who?”

Cloud hesitated a little before answering. Cait Sith’s secret wasn’t public knowledge, but there weren’t many people he trusted as much as Kim. “Reeve.”

“Well, that was really pretty good,” Ron snickered, as he pulled himself out of the rubble, putting everyone back on their guard. “That one actually hurt a little. Never seen two people combine their limit breaks like that before. You two must really be in sync, to pull off something that advanced.”

“That little attack was just us going easy on you,” Kim warned. “Why don’t you give up before me and Cloud really let loose?”

“She’s right Ron,” Cloud said. “You may have become strong, but judging from this fight I doubt you can hold out against all of us.”

Ron nodded thoughtfully as he recombined his sword and shield into one sword with a flash of light, then returned it to the sheath on his back. “You may be right Cloud… Then again… Maybe I just need to stop holding back?”

Everyone looked shocked by this revelation. “What do you mean?” Cloud asked.

“Well I wanted to keep the fight interesting, so up until now I’ve only been fighting at about ten percent power.” With his wicked smile, he started to glow with dark blue energy which gave of black mist. “How about I turn things up a bit now?”

“Get him!” Cloud shouted, in desperation. “Get him now before he powers up!”

Everyone charged at him, but once they got close, Ron’s blue/black energy exploded outwards from his body and knocked them all back and onto the ground. A orb of condensed black energy the size of a tennis ball started to form over his palm, which started to spawn other identical orbs that flew into the sky. Within moments hundreds of smoking blue orbs were shooting into the sky out of his hand, and those orbs spawned more of their own. They multiplied from hundreds to thousands to hundreds of thousands. Then to the horror of those below, every one of the balls started to fall down on them, like some kind of nightmarish lethal rain.

“Oh…” Cloud started.

“Snap!” Kim finished.

The first ball to hit the ground didn’t land on anyone, but the large rock shattering explosion showed everyone what was to come with the numerous other falling spheres. They started to hit the ground and explode ten at a time, then twenty, then forty, continuing to multiply until there was no way to avoid them. The devastating shower, soon sent everyone flying, everyone was hit with numerous explosive magic grenades. The onslaught kicked up smoke and dust, but once it cleared, Ron was free to admire his handy work. All of his enemies, lying sprawled out on the ground, groaning and drained of energy.

“What… the HELL was that?!” Cid groaned, using all his strength to push himself up onto his hands and knees.

Nanaki groaned and examined his badly singed fur. “It resembled… Ultima magic… But it was too dark.”

Ron slowly approached Cloud, who was climbing back onto his feet, using his sword as a crutch.

“So, big brother. What do you think of me now?”

“How… Can you use magic? You don’t have any materia!”

“Come on Cloud, materia is just condensed solidified lifestream. And I am connected directly to the dark lifestream of the planet! All that knowledge and all that power are at my disposal! I am so far beyond materia.”

He looked at everyone that had fought with him and saw they were all hurt, but alive. “You could have easily killed us with a spell like that. Why didn’t you?”

“Kill you? You guys are the only ones on this miserable planet worth fighting. Who will I play with if all of you died? No. I find someone stronger, then I’ll gladly finish all of you off.”

Still holding his sword for support, Cloud stood up straight. “I don’t care how strong you are, I’m taking you in, and I’m getting my brother back!”

He laughed at that. “Big words, brother. But look at yourself. Look at your troops. Who here has the strength to so much as lift their weapon, let alone beat me?”

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Bonnie and Elena prepared on a Cliff outcropping about two miles from the battle. Bonnie had disassembled then reassembled her new rifle, to make sure it had been built to her exact specifications. It had. She noted that she was going to have to go to Sci-Tech and give a pat on the back to the engineers who had put it together for her.

Elena stood to the side watching the fight with a pair of high tech binoculars, while Bonnie loaded her rifle with the special materia tipped rounds. She had tested the gun earlier with some normal rounds and it had worked great.

“Woah,” Elena chuckled. “Stoppable just handed that Josh kid his own ass.”

“Judging from what I read from Mankey’s psych profile, he probably underestimated Ron because of his rank,” Bonnie mused offhandedly. “Pompous moron.” Bonnie prided herself on not just being tough, but smart. So she made sure to know everything she could about the higher ranking soldiers and officials in Shinra.

Elena lowered her binoculars and glanced at her partner, who was setting up a small tripod for her rifle. “They’re quite far away, Bonnie you sure you don’t want to get closer?”

“Its only two miles. I could shoot the wings off a fly at this range, especially with this baby,” she held up the rifle to emphasize. “Don’t even have to compensate to the wind with this, it almost makes it too easy.”

Elena smiled, as Bonnie hooked up the rifle to the tripod. “You know Bonnie, the Turks are lucky to have found you. Your an absolute asset.”

Bonnie paused. “No I’m not… I should have been ready for Ron to show up in front of Kim back in Middleton. Instead, like some kind of incompetent idiot I was three blocks away in that stupid car.”

“There’s no way you could have known he’d show,” Elena assured.

“But Kim was my tail, I should have stuck to her. Instead of relying on that stupid bug.”

Elena reached over and grabbed Bonnie’s shoulder. “Listen Bonnie. I know what it’s like to be the new girl in the Turks. Doesn’t seem that long ago it was me that had just passed all the tests, and was put to the field. I was nervous as hell and determined to make the Turks Proud. A couple of screw ups are to be expected, but the things you’ve been beating yourself up over are hardly screw ups. Just unfortunate circumstances.”

“Bonnie. You’re the most gifted and talented Turk to come along in a long time. You’re gonna outrank all of us soon, and I also think that Tseng has his eye on you for his successor when he retires.”

Bonnie was startled by this. “Really?”

She nodded. “Really. I’ll admit I’m a bit jealous, but its impossible to deny that you’re the most qualified out of us. Reno’s a moron, Rude has that ‘never talks’ thing, and me… Well to be honest Bonnie, you’re just a much better Turk than I am. You’re always so worried about screwing up, but you haven’t done anything even close to the monumentally stupid things I did when I first got this job. Man I still don’t know why I wasn’t fired!”

Bonnie giggled. “So I’m doing okay?”

“You’re doing better than okay. Listen, quit worrying. If you ever do screw up, big sister will call you on it, okay?”

She hesitated then nodded. “You know, Elena. I really hate both my big sisters. I don’t want to think of you like I do them.”

“Then don’t,” she shrugged. “I can be the big sister you actually get along with.”

Bonnie smiled widely and nodded. “I’d like that.”

Elena stepped away and looked into the binoculars. “Okay, that’s enough warm fuzzy feelings, little sister. Time for work.”

“Right,” Bonnie said, lying down on her stomach behind her tripod mounted rifle. She looked through the telescopic lens and followed Ron, while Elena was getting the same picture with her binoculars.

“Looks like Stoppable’s having some trouble with Cloud’s gang,” the blonde Turk mused. “They might actually capture him at this rate.”

Bonnie felt herself smiling for some reason. “Guess he wasn’t as strong as we thought. Maybe I don’t have to kill him after all.”

Elena lowered her glasses and looked sidelong at Bonnie curiously, then wordlessly returned her attention to the battle. “Woah! Did those two just combine their Limit breaks?”

“Yeah,” Bonnie nodded. “Not bad.”

“Is that even possible?”

“Yeah. Its really advanced, and I’ve never actually seen it before. They would have to be very close, spiritually and emotionally, and be in complete sync with each other in the heat of battle.”

Elena started chuckling evilly. “They need to be really close, huh? You think Kim and the General get in a little horizontal training together after hours?”

Usually Bonnie would jump at the chance to make false accusations and slander her rival, but when she was working she tended to be more serious. “No. Not Kim. If anything she’s a complete professional. She’d never do that. Besides, she puts the General on way to high of a pedestal for romantic feelings to even occur to her. Also Cloud see’s her as a little sister, more than anything. That and he’s quite seriously involved with a woman named Tifa Lockheart, and he’s far too loyal to ever think about cheating on her, even if he wanted to.”

Again Elena looked sidelong at her partner. “You know Bonnie, I wish I could read people like you.”

“It does come in handy.”

Both of them gasped suddenly, then pulled away there telescopic devices to watch the impromtu light show from a distance. From where they were standing, blue/black sparks were flying up into the sky, and multiplying at a phenomenal rate, before starting to rain down on the warriors below.

“What the hell kinda magic is that?” Elena gasped.

“A very advanced kind.”

Both watched the onslaught as thousands of explosions hammered down those who were trying save Ron. Bonnie felt her heart sink. Those guys would be lucky to survive something like that, let alone stand up and stop Ron.

“Looks like its up to you, little sister. Lets see if he can survive a materia tipped round moving at the speed of light.”

Nodding solemnly, she looked back into the scope and bought the crosshairs over the side of Ron’s head as he approached Cloud, who was struggling back to his feet. She repressed a shiver as she wrapped her finger around the trigger, and centered her aim on one of those big cute ears of his…

She hesitated. Nothing about him was cute! He was weird! He always had been! But now that she thought about it, his cuteness was kinda weird too. How he managed to be cute without being a hottie. That was part of his weirdness she had never noticed. So was the fact that he had always been really nice to her, even when she was anything but. And the weirdest thing of all? She really REALLY didn’t want to end his life.

Bonnie loosened her finger from the trigger. “Elena?”

“Yeah?”

“Is… is this my fault?”

Elena stared. “What do you mean?”

“He went all crazy like this after what I did, right? I’d always beat the guy up, but that was one of the worst beatings I had ever given him… And then I said those things… Is this my fault?”

She was frowning now. “Since when do you even care about that loser? First he was some weakling with no life, and now he’s a threat that needs killing. What’s the matter?”

“Ron was a nice guy…”

“And you know where nice guys finish.”

“Yeah, I know that… But…” He lowered her hand to her stomach, where the stab wound had almost healed thanks to the healing nanites still in her bloodstream. “Ron… The real Ron… He never would have hurt me in a million years. He was just too gentle.” She sighed sadly. “If I had a choice between that loser, and this monster. I’d choose the loser… I don’t wanna kill him, Elena, I… I think I’d miss him if he were gone…”

“Bonnie. Look at me.”

She turned and looked into the serious blue eyes of her colleague.

“What are you?”

“Huh?”

“What are you, Bonnie?”

She paused, then remembered the answer and looked right back into her eyes. “I’m a Turk.”

“And what do the Turks always do? Not matter what?”

Bonnie felt her eyes burn, as she held back her tears. “The Turks… always do their job.” Nodding solemnly, she returned her eye to the scope, and zeroed in on Ron’s head again. He appeared to be speaking to Cloud, as she tightened her finger around the trigger. “I’m sorry, Ron. Orders are orders.”

She pulled the trigger.

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“Who here has the strength to so much as lift their weapon, let alone beat me?”

Cloud glowered hatefully. “I know there has to be a way! And we’ll find it.”

He shook his head, as if he was trying to explain something to a slow child. “There is no way, big brother…”

“Stop calling me that!”

“Fine,” he shrugged. “But there is no way to stop me.”

“There is always a way!”

He chuckled. “You really have no idea what you’re dealing with do you?”

“Oh, I know! You may be the embodiment of all the darkness in the planet, but I don’t care how powerful you are! You’re not keeping my brother!”

“Oh Cloud, a single tear rolls down my cheek… What, are you trying to defeat me by making me violently ill?!”

“You’re essentially Ron’s darkside. But I know my brother is still in there somewhere.”

“So that’s what you think? I’m Ron’s darkside?”

He paused. “Aren’t you?”

“Well… You’re half right. You see, Ron held me imprisoned his entire life. I was only ever free to roam his dreams, but never stopped trying to gain control. But even after he finally gave me control in order to save Kim a year ago… Well… he was still extremely stubborn. Even with his defenses so greatly weakened when he freed me, I still couldn’t break through.”

“What are you saying?”

“I’m saying I’m did what anyone does when they’re given a task they can’t possibly do alone. I found help. Someone to help me wear away at Ron Stoppable’s willpower, and defenses. Someone to help me be free. And as you can plainly see it worked wonderfully. And my helper is in here with me. We share this body as one.”

Cloud gathered his strength to lift his sword and point it at him. He felt a cold chill running down his spine at these revelations. “Who are you?!”

Ron drew the Lotus blade, and smiled. “Have you really forgotten me already, Cloud? It wasn’t all that long ago that I told you…” Ron’s sword started to grow until it was longer than he was tall, and Cloud finally recognized the malevolence in Ron’s glowing mako eyes. “… I will never be a memory.”

“No!” Cloud gasped, his eyes wide. “Sephiroth!”

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to be continued…

Sorry for the wait, readers… Yeah, I know. Waiting sucks. On the bright side though I am going to finish this. No matter what, short of me getting hit by a truck or something of course.

Anyway just to cover a few possible questions about this chapter. Like who is Dyne? Or Nanaki’s grandpa? Well it’s all explained in the original Final Fantasy VII game, and you don’t really need to know to follow this story. Just that they’re sore spots for Barret and Nanaki. Don’t wanna spoil too much if any of you guys decide to play it.

Well, being as I know that Author’s Notes usually get skipped entirely, I won’t put too much effort into to these ones, and finish them here. Please leave me a review. =)

-Jawelik