Chapter 20: Arrival
"Attention all passengers we have arrived in Tokyo! Please remain seated until the captain has turned off the seatbelt sign!"
Tara let out a sigh of relief. They were here. They were finally here! They were in Japan! They were in Tokyo! And best of all, the plane didn't even show the slightest hint of crashing! …Well maybe a small bit of turbulence, but no sign of a simple malfunction at all! Part of her felt like dancing! Ripping off the seatbelt and jumping in the aisle and dance. But there was a certain brunette who was sure to slap some sense into her.
Speaking of which, she saw Bonnie making a gesture towards her heart, of which of a cross, thanking god that the blonde didn't go crazy at all. There was a good movie being shown during the flight: One of her favorite movies of all time: Stuck in the Suburbs. Who would've thought that Disney would loan the rights to their movies to be shown during flights?
And Felix? Let's just say that he was fast asleep! Tara giggled as she saw his sleeping form, with the blue blanket draped over him. It was so cute. Like a little boy during a long road trip to grandma's house! She thought about waking him up, but she got the feeling that not only would a certain brunette would, but she would do it in a special way. A special way that would freak Felix out, nonetheless!
It wasn't long now before they would land. And when they did, it would be straight to Yamanouchi! While the trio could use a vacation, especially after what they had to go through recently, Ron was their main concern. After all, he was the one who had some crazy psycho who hangs around monkeys after him. But that wasn't exactly her biggest concern personally. She was more concern about the life he has lived ever since he left. Whether if he had moved on or not…
She knew that it wasn't like Ron to move on so quickly! After all he was with her since Pre-K for the past several years. And now he's living in a somewhat-familiar place. He just had to have some problems living there. Language barriers, customs, just to name a few. He couldn't possibly had time for anything else, right? Right?
No way Ron would have a new girlfriend. It may've been a few months since he left, but he couldn't have moved on so quickly. Not when he had a girl at home who liked him and basically pleaded him to stay! But what if he did? What if he had a new girlfriend? What if that new girlfriend was pretty? What if that new girlfriend was sexy? Hell, what if that girl was everything she was and everything she ever prayed to be? If that was the case, only a fool would dump her for plain 'ole Tara, no matter how much it hurt her.
She soon felt the hard thump sound of the wheels of the plane hitting the ground. They were now in Tokyo and would have to adjust. She wondered what time it was right now… From what she saw though the window, it was near morning, so any chance of them starting their search was slim-to-none. They knew that they needed a hotel to stay, so thankfully they decided to bring some cash. However, knowing Bonnie, she somewhat hoped that Wade would've hooked them up at a 5-star hotel. But alas, that would be asking too much, knowing how angry Kim was probably was for even helping them reach Ron.
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They have all said often, that it is lonely at the top…
But then again, it was even lonelier at the bottom…
In theory, it was lonely being on top as well as being on bottom, one would think that the most balancing thing would to be in the middle. However, sometimes life didn't work that way. For example, when there is light and dark, or more commonly black and white, there was always that little shade of gray area in between. But sometimes, there was no such thing as a shade of gray. That it was one or the other, no neutral ground, no balance in between. All or nothing, win or lose, succeed or fail, good and bad. That would mean that one would have to make a choice that could affect his or her life.
They say that it is lonely being on top of the world, but it was also lonely being at the bottom of the barrel. But if you were to choose out of being on top and being on the bottom, without any middle or neutral ground, without any shades of gray, with out any balance, which would you choose?
That decision you make seems to be easy. Who would want to be on the bottom when they could be on the top? Who would want to fail when they could succeed?
But what if the decision wasn't yours to make?
What if the decision was already predetermined? What if the decision was inevitable? What if the decision was beyond your control, whether positive or negative?
Sometimes, we all have decisions that could change the path of the future! Sometimes, it was best to play with the cards that are dealt. Sometimes it would turn out to be for the best, while sometimes it would turn out to be for the worst.
Unfortunately for a certain famous redhead teen heroine… make that a certain infamous redhead former teen heroine. Fate had brought her to the bottom of the barrel, due to a simple mistake. A simple mistake that resulted in her infamous status, as well as public humiliation! However, that was just one of the things in a string of events that lead to her downfall.
After all, how an ultra-popular, teenage girl whom happened to save the world on a daily basis could possibly be reduced to an outcast, teenage girl who was responsible for the destruction of a one-of-a-kind artifact as well as a children's hospital that was to be named in her honor in less than a day? However, there were more factors into her sudden disgrace. After all, when it all came down, all of her disgrace happened to be centered on her former sidekick. The ingrate who she stood by through the years especially through his ridiculous, embarrassing, and sometimes…no… often-treacherous ordeals!
It all started with a single video that revealed what she had done to him. Some may have called it backstabbing on her part, others called it jealousy, but the truth was. It was to protect him, from himself. She knew how something like owning your own restaurant or having fame and popularity could do to a person, especially him. He had proven her right various times. Besides, it was better for him to be on the bottom than her being on the top. It may have been unfair, even cruel, but that was the way society worked. After all, if there were no one on the bottom, then there wouldn't be anyone on the top. Just like there couldn't be good with evil, light without darkness, love without hate, day without night.
At the end, that was when their friendship ended. He was expendable, as he just slowed her down. He was worthless. At times she wondered why she even kept him around. Oh wait, it was to watch her back, which at times he often fail. At that point, things couldn't possibly be anything but good, and why shouldn't it be? She had a nice boyfriend, was popular, despite the efforts of some people, and was basically a household name, a role model, an inspiration. But soon, her so-called best friend wasn't the only one who had a treacherous nature…
Another person who she had tried to help the first day she had met him (Who never showed her any thanks or appreciation, by the way.) ended up betraying her. And for what reason? Just for her biggest rival, the girl who since Middle School had made it a point to make her life a living hell. She began to wonder if she had any true friends left, but during the last week of school, she soon learned her answer. With the exception of her boyfriend, who had stood by her side during the entire troublesome, hurtful ordeal, all of her so-called "friends" turned against her. The girls who were on the same cheerleading team, her new so-called "best friend." And why? Because of what she "supposedly" done to her former sidekick! They were treating him as if he was some martyr. Please, he was definitely no martyr. If there was anyone who was a martyr it was herself for putting up with the constant injustices from her so-called friends and their crap. Apparently the phase "It's lonely at the top" was right and true. True she had made some questionable mistakes, but they shouldn't hold those against her. She may have been perfect, but she was still human. And humans do make mistakes, even those who are perfect. And now, here she was, once on the top and now at the bottom. Besides, after all she has had to put up with on a daily basis, she deserved some leeway. And to think all of this started with that ingrate of a sidekick and best friend in the first place.
That's why she was headed to where she was now. To fix the damage his actions had caused. At times, she felt like screaming. Why couldn't he remain the same? Why did he have to change? Why did he have to become so selfish and care about himself than what was really important? Thoughts quickly went through her mind, like what was she going to do when she saw him, what was she going to do him! Hopefully to smack some since into him! It was as if he was put under mind control just to hurt her, take everything she loved away from her, and ruin her life!
Kim blinked in her seat in a cargo plane. That was it! Ron was under mind control! What else would explain the change of his behavior, let alone actually leaving! Ron was supposed to stay. Ron was supposed to always stand by her side, no matter how bad things became for him! Ron was always supposed to be ready and willing to sacrifice anything and everything if it meant helping her out in the long run. The Ron she's been seeing lately hasn't been the Ron she knew and enjoyed since Pre-K. He just had to be under mind control, just like everyone else who had turned against her, hurt her, and flat out humiliated her. But the question was, who was responsible? Basic logic stated that whoever was responsible for this mind control was someone who would benefit from her downfall! Obviously it was Drakken and Shego who would benefit from all of this, as they had most to gain from finally ridding themselves of her to take over the world. However, despite the fact that Drakken actually had implemented mind control, specifically on herself, a plan like this would be too complex for an idiot like Drakken. Dementor, on the other hand, was the only one who might have pulled it off. But then again, if he would make obvious and pointless traps in his lair, then it would only be a matter of time for him to be caught.
Now Kim was back to square one. Who else could possibly have enough intelligence to pull off this plan? Who else who had a grudge against her would do something like this? She would say Bonnie, but she was way too much of a ditz and too conceited to pull it off. This was more Global Justice level of planning… This was more-
Kim shook her head. That was it! She had solved it! Global Justice was behind this! They were behind the whole thing the entire time! She smacked herself in the head in scolding for her own obliviousness. It was so obvious, why didn't she see it before? She was on the right track, but she was thinking about it wrong. The question wasn't who had the most to gain with her fall to disgrace, but who had the most to lose with her rise to grace? Global Justice would have plenty to lose if she'd succeed. They would've lost a lot of credibility and would be seen as a joke seeing that a mere teenager could do their jobs a thousand times better than they ever could. Only by ruining her good name, Global Justice could save face from being showed up by her! And with the technology they have, they could do as much as an editing job they could possibly could, just enough to make it look as if Kim was backstabbing her friend. It's obvious they decided to go after Ron, of all people. The person who was closest to her! And somehow they bribed Shego and Drakken to go along with this, offering them to be cleared of any charges. And she also knew that somehow, that blue-eye, 110-pound walking STD had something to do with this as well. As she was another person who'd benefit…scratch that, who had benefit from her downfall. As she did somehow brought Felix and Tara onto her side. And she wouldn't be surprised that she would soon be reinstated back in the cheer squad, being the manipulative bitch she was.
"I knew it…" She narrowed her eyes. "Those bastards…"
"What are you rambling about?" The pilot asked, in annoyed voice. In truth, he didn't want anything to do with her, and it wasn't because of the threat from Global Justice that he would be thrown to jail if he were to help Kim Possible. In truth, she had always come off as a bit too conceited and arrogant to him. So he decided to get this favor done as fast as possible.
"This whole thing, this was so an inside plot by Global Justice to ruin my good name!" She explained. "It's so obvious that they're jellin' because I can get the job done much faster than they could ever hope to!"
"What whole thing?"
"You know, the reason why I'm no longer considered a teen hero?" Kim explained. "Global Justice were so waiting for a perfect opportunity to screw me over and make me look bad in the eyes of the public so they could get all the glory themselves." She scoffed. "And to think I ever wanted to be one of them…"
'Okay… she's lost it…' The pilot thought to himself, as the airplane continued to fly, heading towards the destination of Japan. The sooner he was done with this, the sooner he could get away from her. And no matter if, by some miracle, he happened to make it there in a matter of seconds, it still would've not been fast enough to get him away from the so-called "heroine!" He had never seen anyone who was ever as conceited as the girl next to him was being now.
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"Well now, don't you look magnificent?" Fiske asked the three giant, humanoid monkeys in front of him. Weren't they a marvelous breed of modified genetics? However, due to the nature of this experiment, the color of their fur matched the color of their hair. Therefore, there were monkeys with brown, red, and blonde fur. However, appearances didn't matter, it was the power that counted. It was the power that would be used to his advantage. "You three are a walking simian machine of destruction. You three are the ones who will bring me closer to the title that should be rightfully mine!
"Stopping the pretender will be a non-issue, but there are still his friends at the school who might get in our way." Fisk continued as he turned to his monkey ninjas. "Of course when we have new recruits, we all have to trim the fat, in one way or another…" Fiske sighed, "I known that I might have overused my resources when I started this program, but I had to make sure that I had the best of the best. Of course, your three new teammates will remain on this team! After all you had just arrived all this way to help us. The Gorilla Ninjas on the other hand had more or less are outclassed by them, but since there are three of the new humanoid gorillas, they still have a use in numbers. The Spider ninjas are also going to stay as they've proven their worth time and time again. After all, in one group of four they've managed to take out half of Global Justice!"
Fiske turned to the last, and original group of ninjas. "And as for you! You've been fighting along side me for a long time. I had trained you in the way of the monkey ninja. But frankly, your streak of failures has not only been damaging, but also embarrassing. You've lost to Kim Possible, to those Yamanouchi brats, and worse, you lost TO THAT BLOODY PRETENDER TO WHAT SHOULD BE RIGHTUFLLY MINE!" He screamed as the small monkey ninjas cowered in fear. Wondering what would've been their fate. "I'm sorry to say, my old friends, but this is a new army of Monkey Ninjas. A new army of Monkey Ninjas that will storm to Yamanouchi and finally get rid of that pretender, that buffoonish, monkey-hating pretender Ron Stoppable once and for all!" He said triumphantly before saying to them in a condescending tone of voice, "However, I regret to inform you that there will be no place for you and your incompetence when our times comes." With a snap of his fingers, the three new mutated monkeys walked over towards the now-fired Monkey Ninjas. This would be a classic battle of old vs. new. The speed of a monkey, the strength of a gorilla, this would serve indeed as the ultimate test! A chance to see what these mutant simians could really do!
The battle soon begun as the monkeys were quick to make their move. However, the movement of the newest group of monkeys not only matched the originals, but one could've sworn that they were faster by a small fraction. But that small fraction was enough to secure an advantage besides the obvious edge in strength. Needless to say, Fiske was impressed.
"That's it my Neo-Monkey Ninjas, dominate your predecessors!" He cheered as the red-furred monkey, originally Max Wheeler, former running back of the Middleton Mad Dogs football team, grabbed a monkey ninja and took a bite out of his head, leaving the blood to squirt from its neck like a fountain. Even Fiske had to cringe at the sight. But at least he was under his control…
Another Neo Monkey Ninja, the brown-furred primate who was once known as the Wide Receiver of the Middleton Mad Dogs football team Tom Hopkins, grabbed two of the monkey ninjas by the head as he proceeded to squeeze tightly, one head in each hand. As he yanked them up, the lower body of the captive monkeys ended up between the teeth of the mutant primate. The self-proclaimed monkey master sighed at the sight. It would be anther bloodshed moment. But then again, if they were willing to do this to his former monkey minions, imagine what he would do to that pretender and his pathetic friends once they've arrived in Japan.
Teeth began to clench down onto the bodies as his hand squeezed the head of the monkey while the others tried to attack him, but he showed no signs of even flinching. Within a strained crunch, the lower bodies of the monkeys were splattered as the heads exploded from the pressure, leaving blood to stain his hands and face.
Which brings to the golden-furred Neo-Monkey, the one who was once the Captain and Quarterback of the Middleton Mad Dogs football team Brick Flagg. As Fiske watched him, he managed to easily fight off the Monkey Ninjas as his fist managed to floor six of them back. At this point, the Monkey Ninjas decided to cut their losses and make a run for it. However, the mutated being rushed after them as he soon leaped on top of them, each grabbing a Monkey Ninja inside of his hands and feet.
"That's it my Neo-Monkey minions, finish them off!" He cheered as the blonde-furred primate proceeded to squeeze the life out of his confined victims – literally! Within moments, loud sounds of crunched bones and splattered blood was heard as the ape's hands and feet were bloodied, blood dripping onto the ground. Within the sight, Fiske was brought into laughter of madness! He knew at that moment that he had formed the ultimate team of Monkey ninjas. He had formed an unstoppable army that will crush anyone in his way to his rightful title of the Ultimate Monkey Master. And there wasn't anyone on this planet that could stop him. Not Kim Possible, not the brats from the Yamanouchi School, and most importantly, not even that fraud Stoppable could stop him!
Tokyo National Airport"LAND!" Tara cried in joy and relief as she dropped down to her knees after exiting the plane, kissing the blue carpet of the waiting area. "OhhowImissyoumissyoumissyoumissyoumissyou…."
"Okay…" Felix watched on, eye wide at what he was seeing. He knew that Tara was afraid of airplanes, but this was just too weird. Even for someone with her phobia of airplanes. He always known Ron was afraid of Monkeys, but at least he didn't do something like Praising god for them surviving "The monkey rush!"
"Just let her have this…" Bonnie sighed as she watched Tara make a complete fool of herself. Her eyes went wide as what she just saw made her question her friends' sanity: Was Tara now frenching the ground? The verdict was in: Tara was definitely going to see a shrink when this was over. Bonnie walked over as she then raised a hand and roughly connected it to the back of the blonde's head.
"Owie…" Tara rubbed her now-tender head as she looked at the face of her annoyed friend. "Guess I got too carried away…eheheheh?"
"Let's go…" Felix said as he proceeded to the baggage claim, with the girls closely following. The sooner the could get all of their luggage, which shouldn't be much, the better.
"Bonnie…" Tara asked aside as they walked into the line for customs. "So…"
"We'll start as soon as we check into a hotel!" She simply said. First they had to check in with customs then check in at the hotel and at least get settled. Once they at least had a place to stay, they could begin their search for Ron…
30 Minutes LaterThe hotel rooms they were to be staying in were nice as Bonnie dropped her carry-on bag on one of the queen-sized beds. As she jumped onto it afterwards, Felix rolled in.
"You seem to be happy…" He smiled at her.
"We're in one of the most expensive hotels in Tokyo, why wouldn't I be happy!" She replied as she playfully tapped on the foot of the bed.
Felix looked around. "Er…Where's Tara?"
"I decided to be nice and let Tara have a room to herself." She smiles, a bit wickedly. "She's going to need it once Ron gets a good look at her. The new her! Leaving us to be alone…"
"What did we say about taking baby steps?" Felix reminded as he, more rare than often, wished that he had use of his legs right now…
"We said that we'd take 'em one step at a time! But who's to say that the path is far!" She began to crawl towards him.
"Uhh…Bon…you sure you wanna go that far?" Felix asked. He loved Bonnie, but he wasn't ready to do that! At least not yet…
A knock on the door was heard as Bonnie groaned while she could hear a sigh of relief from the chestnut-haired boy. "What now?" She climbed off the bed as she went to open the door…
"You ready now?" Tara asked.
"I am now…" She sighed as Felix rolled towards them. "But can I ask you both a question?"
"Sure Bonnie!"
"Answer away, Bon!" Felix nodded.
"Do we even know where the Yamanouchi School is?" Bonnie asked as Felix and Tara both looked at each other. It has never came to any of their minds or attention about actually knowing where the location of the school was.
After about a few… Okay several months, I finally got this chapter done. Anyhoo, now we've all got a taste at what Monkey Fist has in store for Ron once he gets at Yamanouchi. And poor Felix, Tara, and Bonnie. They were going there, but didn't even bother to find out where the school. Anyway, read and review.