Kim opened her eyes and found herself in the ninja training hall with Ron and a whole bunch of monkey ninjas. She widened her eyes in awe as she looked around the hall. Everything was exactly like those ninja halls she and her twin brothers watched together in Chinese movies (like Jackie Chan’s movie, for instance).
As she continued to watch, she noticed Ron moving towards the table with incense. The monkeys walked towards the table’s direction too and knelt down. Four of those monkeys came behind Ron and knelt down too. Ron did the same. Kim stared at the golden banana as it twitched and peeled itself. She moved closer pass the kneeling monkeys towards Ron who was kneeling right in front of the banana. She gasped when she saw the monk popped out of the green light emitted from the banana.
“Looks like we have a guest,” the monk noticed Kim and smiled kindly. “Is she your woman, Ron?”
Ron blushed through his freckles and nodded.
“There’s nothing to be embarrassed about. You must be Kimberly Anne Possible, the world’s famous crime-fighter.”
“How did you know?” Kim said, but the monk’s I-know-everything eyes answered her question.
“Are you ready for the acceptance of the prophecy?” the monk turned to Ron.
Ron began to contemplate the whole thing again. He had done everything he could do in the last three days. He had spent enough happy days with Kim. He got Rufus a girlfriend to keep him from being alone for the rest of his life. And he also had spent a night of passion with Kim. Yes, everything was quite enough for him.
Except for one thing.
“Excuse me a second,” Ron said as he got up. He stepped away from the table and walked towards Kim. Kim was surprised. Was he going to withdraw from the prophecy? Was he going to fight the prophecy and asked her to take him back to Middleton? ‘Please, please let it be so, please! Oh God, please let it be so!’
She was in for a disappointment.
Ron took her face, gazed deep into her forest-green eyes and kissed her briefly on her lips. It was short and brief, not the long, deep and passionate one. Ron opened his hazel-brown eyes and said, “Goodbye, KP.”
Kim was taken aback. She didn’t think that he had actually made his mind. She grabbed his hand, not wanting him to go, but Ron actually tried to shake her away. When she refused to let go, the sign on his palm started to heat up and burn her, forcing her to let go. As she stared in disbelief at Ron, Ron gave her a sad look and whispered, “I’m sorry.”
Ron advanced back to the table. Kim wanted to run over and hold him in her arms but the monkeys held her back, not allowing her to pass. Kim began to cry again. She didn’t want him to go. She didn’t want him to change. She only wanted her Ron; her clumsy, funny, loveable friend. The one she ever loved.
“I am ready,” Ron said in a determined voice. The monk nodded. He formed a bowl filled with crystal clear liquid and handed it to Ron. Ron took it hesitantly.
“Drink this and you will be the legendary Ultimate Monkey Ninja. You will forget everything you were, including your past and your life.”
Ron gazed into the drink and said, “Oh well, one way to stop myself from wallowing in self-pity.”
Without another thought, he drained the whole bowl of its content. As soon he swallowed the last drop, he felt the change in him. His blonde hair began to grow long until it reached his elbows. His freckles disappeared and there were hair growing on his arms and feet. His clothes tore and there were more blonde hair growing on his back. His fangs slightly protruded and his hazel-brown eyes became darker and colder. His head began to ache and he shouted out loud in pain. He fell to the floor and rolled all over, clutching his aching head. It felt as if it was exploding.
“Ron! Ron, oh God, what have you done to him?! RON!!” Kim wanted to run to him and help him but the monkeys still held her back. Kim struggled to get to him but she was outnumbered by well-trained ninja monkeys.
Slowly Ron stopped rolling on the hall floor. He stayed there not moving for a few minutes before slowly getting up onto his feet. He tried to catch his breath and regain his composure. One of the monkeys handed him a robe to wear. When he looked up, he was completely a different man. The monkeys finally let Kim go. She ran towards him and noticed that he had actually grown taller.
“Oh, thank God you’re alright, Ron! Are you OK? Are you hurt anywhere?” Kim asked worriedly. Ron took her hand away from his forehead and stared at her with his cold, expressionless eyes.
“Do I know you?”
“What?” Kim was shocked to receive this response.
“Who are you? Who is this Ron you’re talking about? You must have mistaken,” Ron said as he walked towards the table and knelt down in front of it.
“Welcome, my Ultimate Ninja Monkey. From now on, your name will be Wang Ching (Forgotten Love),” the monk said with a relief in his eyes.
“Thank you, master,” Ron nodded his head. His voice seemed much deeper than before.
“What’s going on here?!” Kim demanded as she advanced towards the monk. “What’s happened to him? Why doesn’t he recognize me anymore?! Why doesn’t he even know his real name?!”
“My child, I am sorry to let you into this, but you see, if he were to become the ultimate monkey ninja, he has to forget everything he used to be. It is not wise for him to still dwell in the past because his role is very important. He must not hesitate to do anything that can bring peace and prosperity to the world. You know his attitude before he embraced this prophecy. He must eliminate that past so that he can complete his task easier.”
“Then, does this means he…?” Kim didn’t dare to ask the woeful question.
“Yes, my child. He had forgotten everything—his friends, his family, even his love towards you. He may have the righteousness, kindness, compassion and every other emotion a man has, but he is unable to love someone back anymore. His life and work is a solitary task now.”
Kim fell onto her knees and burst into tears. How could this be happening? Ron has forgotten everything he and she had ever been through. He had forgotten Middleton, Monique, his parents, Rufus, all the missions he and she had encountered and now he had forgotten her! This wasn’t fair! Why fate had to do this to Ron? Haven’t he had enough ill luck already?
Suddenly she felt Ron’s hand on her shoulder. She looked up and saw Ron smiling at her kindly. She was hopeful that the old Ron was still there, but she was crushed yet again when Ron said, “Don’t be sad. The Ron you’re looking for might be somewhere else. You just have to continue looking. Will one of you take her home, please?”
“Ron, don’t you remember me at all? It’s me, Kimberly Anne Possible! Kim, KP, you best friend since pre-school! You have to remember! Please, Ron, you have to remember!”
“Goodbye, lady, whoever you are. Take her home, please.”
One of the monkeys took her by the hand and led her out of the training hall. Kim took one last sad look at Ron tearfully as she disappeared out of sight and, the next minute, found herself back in her own room. Rufus and Tanya awoke from their sleep and whined, wanting to know what happened and where was Ron.
Kim took them into her arms and hugged them, crying bitterly.
She had actually loved and lost someone that was so precious in her life all this while.
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