1Yes, I bring to you another really, really good fic! This one is a one-shot, and I plan on having it remain a oneshot, so please, don't beg me... with the holidays around the corner, I have very little time for this, and I probably won't be able to update that often until after Christmas. I have a lot on my plate right now, but I wanted to do this for a very good friend and fellow writer. Please pay your respects to her, as she is highly talented in my eyes. I am referring of course, to one of my big fans, the Purple Penguin. Thank you, now onward.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Star Ocean III: Till the Ends of Time unless you count the game discs currently in my possession. Also, the uber-cool, super awesome character of Hoshiko is copyrighted to the Purple Penguin and her own uber-coolness!

Really Red Sunset

Rodger was bored. Very bored. Extremely bored, even. This was rare for him, being so bored. It was near sunset, however, and he knew that he should have been getting home, but against sensible judgement, he started to press into the woods, wanting one last adventure before the day was out, his tail wagging from side to side gently. He hadn't taken his axe with him either, thinking it unnecessary since he didn't expect to go very deep in before the sun set. He tipped his helmet out of his eyes as he walked deeper into the woods surrounding the town of the Mennodix. He stopped and his ear twitched a bit as he heard something nearby. Slowly, he shifted his course towards the sounds.

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Hoshiko sighed gently as she sat down on a small rock near a bubbling stream. She munched lightly on a small apple she held in her hand, her ears twitching happily and her tail wagging from side to side in content, her brushes and acrylic essentials all sitting beside her. She sighed and looked up at the sun, which was just now starting to dip over the horizon after a long day of making every living creature on the planet sizzle like bacon. She turned back to her snack, unmindful of the fact that she was being watched at the moment.

Rodger had stumbled upon her quite by accident. He stood behind her in the bushes, smiling his usual cocky smile. She was pretty... very pretty... prettier than even Maria or Nel. He grinned to himself and, using what little stealth he had, made his way through the brush, stopping every once in a while as her ears twitched and she turned from side to side, as if expecting to see something. Slowly, he crept closer and closer to her, until he was almost right up next to her tail. He slowly reached out and, grinning widely, he gave her butt a nice small pinch, something he had done with Nel and Maria several times, managing to get away before being spotted.

As soon as the pinch landed, Hoshiko, much to her disappointment, and later rage, dropped her half eaten apple into the mud next to the stream, making it much to dirty to eat again. She growled gently and turned just in time to see the bushes behind her shuffle a bit, signifying that something or other had just dashed back. She growled again and turned back, acting as if she was still eating the apple, she turned back towards the stream. Surely whoever had pinched her bum had not seen her drop it.

She strained her ears as much as she was able, hearing someone slide out of the bushes and slowly start walking towards her. And, she felt warmth coming close to her rather sensitive tail. Right when another pinch was going to be landed, she spun around on the rock and grabbed Rodger's hand roughly, causing him to yelp. Hoshiko growled gently and held him steady as he tried to get away. "You know, it's usually customary for someone to introduce themselves to someone else before engaging in physical contact." she scolded.

Rodger, his initial fear of being caught subsiding, and now replaced with a feeling of annoyance at her for nearly crushing his wrist. "Well, shouldn't the same apply to you?" he asked in a very bratty tone that most would be accustomed to hearing out of his mouth. "You just turned around and grabbed my arm without saying your name first."

Hoshiko frowned again and tightened her grip on his arm, causing him to wince. "But I had right, little brat. You come up to a complete stranger and start pinching her behind... where I'm from, we would call you a brat and a pervert."

Rodger growled a bit and yanked his hand away from her, rubbing his wrist gently. "Hey, I'm not a little brat, my name is Rodger, thank you very much." He tipped his hat up at her and his tail wagged dangerously from side to side. "Besides, I don't think that you could do much about the fact that I pinched your butt. You shouldn't have been sitting there if you didn't want me too."

Now Hoshiko was raging. Her eyes glowed eerily for a second. "Well, I am Hoshiko, a traveling artist and apparently I'm going to be your disciplinarian for the moment."

Rodger raised an eyebrow at that. "Oh? You think so?" Truth be told, he was a little wary of her. She was much taller than him and even though he WAS very strong, he still was cautious around people that were bigger than him.

Hoshiko turned to face him, her legs coming uncrossed so that her lap was right in front of her. She patted it gently. "Yes, and from the looks of it, I'd say that your parents don't discipline you enough."

Rodger snorted and turned away from her, crossing his arms and pouting a bit, causing his large helmet to fall off of his head, revealing his messy hair and allowing his ears to stretch out to their full height.

Hoshiko suddenly reached out and grabbed his tail, lifting him up easily and placing him over her lap. "Well, no time like the present to teach a brat like you some manners." She placed one hand over his back and tail to keep him from getting up as he started to struggle and squirm.

Rodger gasped gently when he felt her slightly cold fingers grab the waist of his pants. "W-what do you think your doing!" he asked, feeling very violated, which was ironic considering what he had tried to do to her.

Hoshiko pulled down his pants, revealing his bottom to her, which was rather pale in the light of the half-set sun. "Giving you exactly what all brats need and deserve." she stated, leveling her hand with his bottom. "Beside, you touched my butt when I didn't want it touched. An eye for an eye, right?" She didn't wait for an answer and raised her hand, swiftly bringing it down on his exposed behind.

Rodger gave a loud yelp and kicked out as the pain ran through his small backside. "OW! Hey, that hurt!" he announced.

Hoshiko couldn't help but grin a bit. "Good, then that means I'm doing it properly." She raised her hand again and started to fall into rhythm of smacking his butt rapidly, her hand more than big enough to cover his behind thoroughly, though she dipped down to smack the larger parts of his legs. Soon, the air was filled with nothing but the sound of hand meeting butt and Rodger's wails.

SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK!

The rhythmic smacking caused Rodger to quickly lose all resolve he had. He had never been spanked before although his friends had mentioned it on occasion, even trembled about it. He had claimed that he would never be afraid of a few smacks on the buttocks, but this... this was unbearable, especially coming from a girl! He wailed loudly as his butt quickly reddened, going from it's original pale tint to pink, and then to red. It was near crimson now and he was openly bawling.

Hoshiko stopped for a bit of a rest and admired her handiwork as Rodger continued to squirm on him. "Sorry kid, but you were just begging for this." she stated, in a very matter-of-fact tone, one that said she would accept no nonsense from him.

Rodger tried to get away again, but she held him fast and continued the relentless smacking.

SPANK! SPANK! SPANK! SPANK! SPANK! SPANK! SPANK! SPANK! SPANK!

Rodger wailed loudly, going limp over her legs, no longer trying to fight, his body and mind accepting the fact that he had no way of getting out of this. Hoshiko looked up at the sky and stopped smacking him, examining her hand. It was also turning red from all the slapping. She let him off and pulled up his pants just as the last sunlight disappeared over the horizon. He sniffled gently and calmed himself as quickly as he could.

Hoshiko smiled a bit and picked up his helmet, placing it on his head gently. "Alright, no more pinching my butt if we meet again, got it?"

Rodger nodded quickly, having no desire of a repeat. Hoshiko smiled a bit and stood up. "Alright then kid, you'd better get home before your parents decide to take up spanking for kids that come home to late.

Rodger ran off without another word, his usually sharp tongue humbled for at least one night.

As she packed, Hoshiko sighed a bit. Why was it always the cute ones? As she finished packing, she could faintly hear the sound of smacking on the wind and a familiar wail following it. "Oops... guess I kept him here a little too long..." She quick slunk off into the woods, wanting to get on with her travels, shrugging off the fact that she had essentially delivered not one, but two spankings to a bratty little kid today.

END!

Short, yes, but that is what I have to work with. Forgive me, Purple Penguin, if your character seemed OOC in any way. I did my best with the info provided of course. Please tell me what you all think, thanks!