Oh bother. It's the last chapter. Well, it's been a great run, and I've enjoyed the company I've had while I went through the trip of writing this story. In fact, this final chapter was inspired by one of my favorite reviews.

Now, originally, when I was expecting to at least have a pairing for this story, I was planning on Monique tricking Ron into joining her family on a trip to Hawaii, planning to let the girl Ron was involved with stay out of it until last. However, she would have been discussing with Wade about also bringing in some more girls. If Monique had won the poll, she would have used Ron's new emotions and a puppy dog pout to get the blind boy to do it.

In the end, though, there was no such ending to be, as the poll was a tie. Thus was born this last chapter, something which I think everyone will find to be a little more fun.

Chapter 10

Only a Beginning

Kim sat at her favorite cafe in Paris. It was early in the morning, and she had plenty of time before her job started for the day. College was still off for another couple of weeks, too, so she wasn't in a rush to get anywhere. No, things had been rather relaxed for her recently, yet she couldn't help but feel that something was off. She had had this feeling for nearly a week, but she couldn't figure it out. Wade had told her that their hadn't been any real villains at work, and her grandmother hadn't died, so she just couldn't figure it out.

"Bonjour, Mademoiselle Possible." A thin waiter carried a tray towards the table was sitting at. Smiling contentedly, he placed the tray on the table. "Here is your usual coffee, and your daily newspaper."

"Thank you, Jean-Paul." Kim smiled back as she took hold of her coffee cup. "I'll be sure to pay at the front desk when I'm done."

"But of course, mademoiselle." Jean-Paul snapped his fingers and sniffed lightly. "If I could not hold you to such a word, zan I do not know who I could." He folded his fingers back together and rubbed them together gently. "You just be sure to leave a little somezing for your good friend, Jean-Paul, all right."

"Of course, Jean-Paul. When don't I?" Kim furrowed her brow. "But I do have to admit that it is a little strange that you're the only waiter who has served me for the last week. I've seen a couple other guys around."

"Eh, it's so hard to find zose wiz ze gift to talk to ze foreigners properly." Jean-Paul shook his head. "It is very depressing on my part." He stood up erectly. "Speaking of which, I have ozer customers to attend to."
"No big. I know that sitch. I'll see you later." Kim waved her waiter off before turning back to her coffee. She swirled it in her hand and blew off the steam for a moment before she took a sip. Experience had taught her that when you asked for hot coffee in France, you got hot coffee. However, the coffee she found at The Croissant Courtyard, at least, that was the translated name, helped her start every day. It was a very calming brew which wasn't pumped up with a ridiculous amount of caffeine either. She was lucky that it was the fifth one she had found. Of course, she'd arrived a few weeks ago, so she had taken her time to find an appropriate place to replace her daily visit to Bueno Nacho.

"Well, let's see how things are going in the world today." Kim put her coffee down as she reached for her newspaper. She neatly folded it open and scanned the front page. "What's this?" She smirked. "Senor Senior Senior and Junior are being sued for causing blackouts across Greece and Spain? Finally. Junior needs to learn that that sunlamp isn't going to do him any good. At least those two haven't gotten themselves into any real trouble." Kim raised an eyebrow as she looked down the rest of the page. "Actually, I'm a little surprised that noone's really coming out and committing any crimes these days. It's doing wonders for my schedule."

The topics that Kim read through most of the news were simple, like the government lowering taxes on older houses and some scientists trying to use shrink and growth ray technology to help produce more crops on less ground. However, when she got to the dining section, her eyes really widened as the article title Ron Stoppable Is Unstoppable caught her eye.

"Well, I haven't really heard from Ron in a while. This is interesting." Kim paused for a moment "Actually, now that I think about, I haven't been able to talk to Ron for a while. Maybe I should ask Wade about it later." She returned to the article. "Let's see... Young Ron Stoppable is the owner, founder, and chef of the new nationwide sensation of a restaurant Galleria Stoppable. The restaurant has found great success, and there have been perfect and astounding reviews from Ima Glootan and Ree Lee Finnickee, the two food critics that have stopped by Galleria Stoppable." Kim smiled. "And without cooking school. Ron you really have done well for yourself."

She continued to read for a moment until she came across the listing of the alleged 'five star' crew of the restaurant. "Well, it is odd, but I guess Rufus was always good with numbers, but I'm surprised Ron could get away with using him as a staff member. Then again, I suppose the accountant doesn't have to be in the kitchen." She continued on. "And Monique? I knew she was great with clothes, but I guess fashion goes on to ambiance and external structure as well. But Bonnie?" Kim blinked a couple times. "I'm a little surprised that she's working for Ron, but she does know her marketing, and she's probably only in it for the money, anyways." After another moment, though, her eyes began to grow a little bloodshot as they nearly popped out of her head. "Shego and Camille Leon! What's going on here! This sounds like some sort of an examiner column. Really, I'm sure that has to be a rumor."
Suddenly, Kim's cell phone began to vibrate. She pulled it out of her pocket and stared at it for a moment. She didn't recognize the number, but she answered anyways. It might have been her first mission in a long while. She flipped it open and held it to her ear. "Kim here. What's the sitch?"

(A/N: I don't usually do author notes in the middle of stories, but I just want to say that this next part would probably be best if you imagined a split screen of something. Really, I find phone calls tough to do otherwise.)

"Well, howdy, Kim. How are things going for y'all."

"Joss?" Kim paused for a moment. She pulled the phone away from her ear, raised an eyebrow at the number, and placed the phone back against her ear again. "When did your father get you a cell phone."

"He didn't. He says I'm too young for one, which I find absolutely ridiculous." Joss huffed slightly, but she quickly smiled again. "Actually, I'm borrowing Adrena Lynn's. She threatened to throw me out of the window on her thinnest bungee cord, if I go over her minutes, though."

"Adrena Lynn!?" Kim's eyes grew wide again as she stood up. "What's going on? Are you a hostage? Don't worry. I'll be there as soon as I can. I'll just get Wade to find you, and you can bet you'll be safe before lunch."

"Um, Kim, I'm not a hostage." Joss chuckled. "Really, we're just kind of hanging here in the copter as we're flying over the Atlantic Ocean."

"Flying over the-" Kim's jaw dropped. "Is she trying to kill you or pump you for information?" She began pacing around the table. "Tell me everything, Joss."

"Everything? Well, okay, Kim, but only bacause you asked." Joss rubbed the back of her head as she looked around the helicopter's cabin. "To begin with, Shego is the one flying the helicopter, seeing how as she's the only one with the license. I think Adrena's waiting for her cell phone back, but she's looking out the window mighty odd-like. Ron's sitting up beside Shego while Monique is putting some sort of Le Goo or some strange named concoction like that in his hair. She says that if she gets the right style, Ron should be able to get this gal named Betty Director to rustle herself up and join the crew back at the Galleria Stoppable. Speaking of the Galleria, that's where Bonnie and Camille are staying. I just got picked up 'bout seven hours ago, so I only know that they're supposed to be watching the restaurant." Her eyes grew wide with excitement as she nodded into the phone. "Golly, Kim, you wouldn't believe the all sorts of popularity Ron has got himself into."

"I wouldn't bet money on that, if I were you, Joss." Kim's teeth ground against each other slightly as she crunched the newspaper in her hands. "What are you doing there, anyways? Don't you have school."

"Gosh, Kim, I would have done thought you'd have remembered that it was the summer." Joss raised an eyebrow. "Is everything going okay with you?"

"What about Uncle Slim?" Kim's eyes narrowed as she spoke. "What did you say to your leaving home?"

"Oh, dad was fine with it. Said he trusted Ron just fine." Joss laughed. "I mean, it ain't like we're just some herd of dairy cattle or anything. Ron treats us all proper, and working at the Galleria Stoppable certainly makes for one fun after school and summer-type job."

"So you are safe?" Kim slammed her hand with the paper in it onto the table. "But Ron is behind this?"

"Not sure. This Monique gal seems to be the one with all the plans." Joss paused for a minute as she turned to listen to someone else. She brought the phone back up to her ear. "Sorry to end things on such short notice, Kim, but I gots to hang up now. It's the middle of the night, and this GJ place supposedly doesn't like cell phones and the like to be on inside of it. Bye."

"Joss, wait!" Kim listened, but the call had ended. She frowned as she placed her cell phone back in her pocket. "I better get back to my apartment on call Wade about this." She held her head as her brow furrowed sternly. "Ron..." She folded both of her hands into fists and threw them in the air. "RON!!!"

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Ron's ear twitched, and he looked out of the window. "Say, did you guys hear anything?"

"Quit moving, Ron." Monique worked her fingers through the blond hair. "You're going to make me mess this up."

"I thought I done heard something." Joss stared at the cell phone a moment. "Course, it might just of been listening into this here cellular phone."

"Could people quit talking about hearing something?" Shego frowned as she looked over the ocean's surface. "If I were still a villainess, heading into Global Justice like this would be suicide. I'm trying to keep things friendly, though, so unless anyone hears anything like missiles that we need to avoid, I don't want to hear it." She turned slowly to the left. "But could someone see if they could contact these people? I can't see this entrance worth anything."

"Let me take care of it." Adrena Lynn snatched her phone away from Joss. "Though I think it would have been absolutely FREA-ky to have a bunch of missiles chasing us around, like in the movies and all that. All of that while doing death-defying plane stunts. Freaky. Just freaky."

"Okay, Adrena, I know I told you that it's best to be real about what you do, but that doesn't mean you have to be suicidal." Ron leaned his head back as Monique pulled on his hair. "Really, we don't want any trouble."

"Fine. Just give me a minute." Adrena Lynn opened her cell phone and tapped some of the keys. "Where is that stupid phone number."

"Gosh, Ron," Joss leaned over the front seat to set her head next to Ron's, "this all sure is exciting."

"Yes, it is." Ron closed his eyes and sighed. "It sure is."

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Well, even though summer has 'gone Ron' for everyone else, it seems as though it has 'gone wrong' for Kim. I hope she isn't too mad.

Okay, I don't want to hear a bunch of screeching and preaching from Kim/Ron shippers. I'm just toying with Ron how I want to toy with him. Rubbing Kim's face in it just makes more fun for me. Now, I don't flame any of those Ron/Kim stories or shippers, even though I don't care for the pairing, so I don't want to hear any flames from anyone who does ship them.

Also, I regret nothing! Well, I do regret not being able to make this story any longer, but I couldn't think of a whole lot of sensible chapters after the ones I had. However, I might write a sequel someday. It does look as though I set things up for a sequel where Yori will try to kidnap Ron and Kim will be mighty tempted to put the hurt on him. It will just be a long, long time before I get to it.

As a note to the story, though: isn't it just adorable when you have the sweetest, most innocent, most unsuspecting character give some sort of news that will give another character a heart attack? I find it even more fun, seeing how Joss is Kim's cousin. Besides, you know that younger sisters and female cousins typically grow up to be at least twice as attractive as a main character or their older counterpart when they reach that age. Besides, if they had used Joss anymore in the series than they did, I'd be willing to bet money that Ron/Joss would have been the canon pairing.

Anyways, speaking of sequels and girls and harems and all that, I would like to announce two more things before I wrap everything up. One, one of my close friends, Jammin Jabala, will be trying his hand at the harem genre as well, only with Tucker Foley from Danny Phantom. The stories not up yet, but I think he's got a great idea, and I would like it if people could support him as he writes it, as I will not be available to do so very much in the near future. Two, and it doesn't matter whether I write a sequel to this story or not, but I would very much like to write an actual Kim Possible harem story, like turning Ron into Sheik Ronja or Prince Ronsheredi or something like that. Why? I don't know, but I feel an impulse to write it. Probably would include Kim in high favor, too, or something.

Oh, and before I finish, I want to explain my reasoning for adding each of the girls that I did.

Monique: One of Kim and Ron's best friend. She was given no canon pairing in the show (unless you count that whole Wade issue), though she is highly attractive. She seemed as though she would have been close enough with Ron and shared enough similar interests to have been Ron's girlfriend at one point or another.

Shego: Back in Ron's womanizing days, Shego seemed to be a favorite target of his affection. Something which intrigued me about her is the fact that she never seemed to go for Ron when he had looks or money, but when he had the mind of an evil genius. I mean, all the rest of the guys she's ever associated herself with was because of the money. At least it's not that case with Ron.

Bonnie: Shallow, cares mostly about money, but let's face it. Whenever anything went right with Ron, Bonnie was right there, close enough to kiss his cheek whenever he asked. They also seemed to have quite a bit of history and Bonnie seemed to hate Kim more than she did Ron, so her picking on Ron might have had a lot more to do with the fact that he associated himself with Kim. Without her, nobody knows how Bonnie would treat Ron.

Yori: Definite thing was going on between these two in the show. The thing is that they came from two different worlds, and Kim made herself the border. Though Yori seemed to have given up on Ron, I really don't think that a gentle love like that would be forgotten very easily.

Camille Leon: She probably likes money more than Bonnie, and if Ron's loaded, you can bet that she'd be there. Also, Ron couldn't tell Kim from Camille Kim, so if Kim had been the one taken to jail by mistake, Camille might have been forced to deal with Ron for a while, and there's a possibility they could have bonded. Plus their pets are almost at the point of having it 'going on' as well. I mean, that's how Roger and Anita from 101 Dalmations ended up together.

Joss Possible: Kim's relative might have made things awkward, but things are always awkward for Ron. She seemed to have a serious hero-crush on Ron at the end of the only episode she ever appeared in, and I think it would have been nice if the writers had played on that for one more episode. Besides, Joss did want to be just... like... Kim, and Kim was in love with Ron.

Adrena Lynn: this one might sound weird, but Adrena Lynn was scheduled to be a recurring and common villain, but the writers dropped her for some reason. Though she completely spoiled it with her mild lunacy, she and Ron did have a sort of fluffy 'be true to youself' and 'I'm sorry' moment in the only episode she ever showed up in. If she had returned, it's curious to think about what sort of stunts she'd try to pull with Ron.

Betty Director: I'm not entirely sure why I like pairing her up with Ron. She and Ron don't have much outside of the Ron Factor, and she always keeps herself busy. However, if Ron had been kept at GJ, due to the Ron Factor, it would have been interesting to see a little bit of cougar romancing going on, if it weren't for the fact that Disney, between being a children's channel and overcensorship, wouldn't use it.

Oh, good heavens! I've rambled, and now the author's notes might be a little longer than the chapter itself. Um, oops.

Please, enjoy and review.