Respect the Land
By
Landon Richardson
Official Disclaimer
The characters of Steve McGarrett, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua, Adam 'Toast' Charles and anyone else within the story who might sound familiar do not belong to me in any shape or form, I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes.
The character of Danni Williams could probably be considered mine by now. Although the character was originally based on male Danny Williams I think it's probably to say that she is now her own individual character. She has her own story and her own individual background now, a background and story which is different from male Danny's story. This also means that Grace is different as well since not only does she live full time with her mother but also because Danni and Duncan have a fairly civil relationship with each other. Grace's surname is also Taylor in this saga as Williams is Danni's maiden name while Taylor was her married name.
The characters of Special Agent Jack O'Connor, Poppy O'Connor and Isabella O'Connor do belong to me though.
I should also add that if a character is mentioned who you don't recognise from the show then they probably belong to me as well.
Author Note
Welcome to Respect the land, part eight of the main saga
This story as mentioned is part of the main saga so please make sure you have read the other stories which comes before it in the following order – 'The Beginning', 'Family', 'Looking up', 'Thank you', 'Burn' and 'Bonding', If you don't then this story and the characters in it may not make much sense.
Although this story is based on Season one, episode three it will be a lot different. I am taking the absolute basic plotline from the episode and then twisting it so it fits into this saga and making it so that it actually makes sense in the Universe I am creating.There will be some dialogue used from the episode but it will be expanding and changed so don't worry if you read something and it seems familiar, it is probably from the show.
I should also add that a great chunk of this story will be written from the point of view of Chin and Kono. This is due to the fact that the episode is heavily Chin and Kono based and so it makes sense. That's not to say that Steve, Danni, Jack and Toast won't get their own chapter because they certainly will. This just seems like a golden opportunity to learn more about the cousins.
I expect the story to be between eighteen to twenty two chapters since that is how long the other chapter stories in this series have been and I'm hoping *touches wood' to update once a week
Anyway please enjoy!
Overall Summary
All Chin Ho Kelly wanted to do was put his past behind him and focus on his future and his new job with the Governor taskforce but after a shoot up during the football grudge match he finds himself facing an issue which hits close to home. One which he cannot hide from no matter how much he wants to. (Part eight of the Danni saga)
Chapter Summary
Chin Ho Kelly rolled his eyes in frustration as he pushed open the driver's door of his car and climbed out, wondering not for the first time how this always seemed to happen to him.
Overall Romance
Hints of Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams (McDanni)
Mentions of past Duncan Taylor / Danni Williams (Dunni)
Chapter Romance
The romance in each chapter is always going to be up to you the reader and what you want to see. I'm not going to tell anyone who to ship or who you are rooting to get together though it would be interesting to know what people are hoping for. I know I've made it clear that McDanni is the end game but they still need to get there first, what happens before then is beyond me until I start writing it.
Other note
Nearly all the places I have stated within this story are either made up or have been gotten from google so I'm sorry in advance if I've got anything wrong or anything.
Other, other note
There are plenty of other McDanni stories exploring different saga and different ways of how things happened. If you're interest in any of them then please check them out. I'm regularly updating so you shouldn't be waiting too long
I also want to point out that I have never been to an American football game so I'm not sure how it works. I'm assuming you pay for tickets when you go but if I'm wrong than I apologise in advance.
Chapter One
It's called a Grudge Match
9th October 2010
The Kalakaua's house
84-964 Hana Street
Waianae
Honolulu
Chin Ho Kelly's Point of View
Chin Ho Kelly rolled his eyes in frustration as he pushed open the driver's door of his car and climbed out, wondering not for the first time how this always seemed to happen to him. He twisted on the spot, resting his forearms against the roof of the car and glared up at the house or more precisely at his cousin Kono Kalakaua, who after swearing blind she would be on time, still managed somehow to be late.
"Kono will you come on now! If we don't leave now then we're going to miss the beginning of the game." He called out to her, resisting the urge to roll his eyes again or to stick his tongue out at the younger woman when she turned and waved a dismissive hand at him.
"Alright already Chin, I'm coming, just give me a second here so I can lock up my place unless you want all my belongings to be stolen while we are there." She called back to him, the comment causing Chin to sigh as he climbed back into his car and slammed the door behind him.
He pulled his seatbelt back on, taking a moment to glance at his phone. There were no messages or miss calls yet which he was glad of. It meant that the other members of the Governor Task Force hasn't arrived at Kukui High School yet.
It had been both his and Kono's idea for the team to bond at the grudge match between their old school and their nearest rivals. It would be relaxing, a chance for them to bond together outside of work without the pressures of the job pulling at them. He had expected the idea to be considered briefly before being discarded but the head of their taskforce Steve McGarrett has instantly agreed to the idea, a look in his blue eyes which had placed Chin on guard the moment he had seen it. Steve in turn had convinced his partner and the second in command of the taskforce Danni Williams to go as well. It had been equally as easy after that to get the other two members of their team; Jack O'Connor and Adam Charles better to known to them all as Toast, to agree as well.
Plans had been made with Chin promising the others that he and Kono would get there before the main crowds did so that they could secure them some good seats which would give them the best position to see everything happening on the pitch. Something which now in jeopardy since they were now running late.
He glanced towards the passenger door when it opened and Kono finally climbed in, shoving her bag in the passenger foot well before she closed the door behind her.
"Alright Cuz, I'm here so let's get the hell out of here before all the good spots are gone." She commanded, pulling on her seatbelt as she shot him an impatient look as though he had been the one who had kept her waiting rather than the other way round. For a moment he had been tempted to point out that fact to her but he swiftly decided against it. Kono could be ruthless when she chose to be and experience had taught Chin which fights were worth fighting and which ones weren't. This fight was one which wasn't worth fighting. "By the way I'm loving the fact that you're wearing the Kings jersey, did you dig it out from the back of your wardrobe from the box containing all the things from your golden days playing as the Quarterback for the Kings?" Kono asked, a teasing note to her voice as she turned to look at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Maybe I did" He responded with a smirk. "I did hold all the records at the school for several years. I think I've earned the right to still wear it if I choose to." He pointed out.
"Yeah once upon a time in days gone by." Kono stated with a grin before it melted away in a thoughtful look. He glanced towards her questioningly for a moment before turning his attention back to the road. The Roads were fairly busy considering the time of day it was, no doubt quite a few of the cars were heading in the same direction as them towards the same game.
"Care to explain what the look you're currently sporting is for? Is there something on your mind Kono?" He asked her. Kono glanced towards him, stretching out her long legs out in front of her. She was wearing a simple pair of denim shorts and a red vest top with a pair of trainers stuck on her feet.
"There's nothing really on my mind Chin." She remarked before she rolled her eyes and sighed when she caught sight of his disbelieving look. "Fine if you want to know what I'm thinking then I'm wondering whether Danni has ever been to a football game before." She stated. "I mean the Boss man obviously has because he was the quarterback at the school like you were. I bet you Jack was on the football team as well, he just seems like he is the type and Toast well… he probably wasn't on the football team but I bet he went to a game or two in his time." Chin frowned slightly at the line of thought before he spoke.
"Why would you think Danni of all people wouldn't have been to a football game before?" He questioned, hearing the note of curiosity of his voice.
"Well Danni is a proper girlie girl isn't she? You can tell from the way which she dresses and she so well spoken that I figured she probably went to watch tennis matches, she probably played tennis as well." Kono replied, an embarrassed look coming to her face when Chin shot her an incredulous look before he started laughing softly, shaking his head. "What so funny?" Kono demanded.
"I think you think that Danni is more ladylike then she actually is. She definitely went to football matches when she was at school." Chin told the younger woman.
"How do you know?" Kono queried, twisting in her chair so that she was facing him directly.
"Because I asked her during the week if she had been to any games." Chin answered with a shrug of his own as he hit the indicator and pulled his new mustang into the left hand lane, lifting his hand up and thanking the driver behind them who had let them in. "She's been to plenty of games not only because her brother was in the team but also because she was a cheerleader when she was at school."
"I can't believe I didn't think of that, of course she was a cheerleader." Kono said with a grin, slapping a hand lightly against her forehead. "I bet you that she was head cheerleader as well, did she say whether she was or not when you were questioning her?"
"She didn't say" Chin replied with a shake of his head. "But it stands to reason that if she was a cheerleader then it means that she would have gone to every match whether it was raining or sunny, cheering the team on."
They fell silent for a moment as Chin turned into the Kukui High School car park and pulled the car into a free spot. There was quite a few cars and trucks there already but not enough that Chin was worried that they wouldn't get their seat. He killed the engine and climbed out of the car, glancing around him out of habit before he focused back on his cousin as she spoke.
"Where are we meeting the others?" Kono asked as she moved round the back of the car, clearly waiting for him to lock up.
"At the stands" He told her as they began to move towards the entrance. "Jack's already texted me to say that he's going to be a bit late meeting us because he has to pick up his eldest daughter from some sort of class which she's just joined but the others should be here soon.
"Are they coming together?" Kono asked. Chin ignored her for a second instead focusing his attention on the young seventeen year old who was selling tickets.
"Two tickets please" He said with a smile at her. She stared at him for a moment, her dark eyes wide before she nodded at him.
"Of… of course" She stuttered as she printed off two tickets which she handed over to him. "That will be sixteen dollars in total."
"Thank you" Chin said as he handed over a twenty dollar note to her, waiting for a moment before his change was passed to him and they were on their way again.
"Look like you've picked up another admirer there Cuz" Kono said with a laugh as she nudged Chin in the ribs.
"I have no idea who is coming with who. They may be coming separately for all I know, none of them mentioned anything to me." Chin remarked ignoring her teasing comment as they stepped into the football ground. Chin looked around him, memories flooding him. He could remember being the Quarterback as though it was yesterday, back when he still had his whole life ahead of him without a dark cloud marring his name and his reputation.
He almost wished he could go back in time to warn his younger self about what had happened but he pushed the thought aside. Even given the chance he would have done the same thing. It had been the right thing to do regardless of the damage it had done to himself.
"We should go and find some seats unless you just want to stand here getting lost in memory lane" Kono remarked, giving him another nudge to the ribs, a look of concern in her dark eyes as though she knew exactly what Chin was thinking.
"Yeah let's go." He agreed, glancing towards the stands. There were a few people there, talking and laughing with each other, no doubt looking forward to seeing a good game, but there was still plenty of good spaces free. "How about there" He said, nodding towards a bench which was half way up which would give them a good view of the field. He moved towards it without waiting for Kono to reply and sat down on it, looking around their position with a satisfied look.
"Seems like a good place to me" Kono said with a grin as she sat to his left and looked around her as well. "I brought you a bottle of water with me, so if you want it let me know and I'll pass to you okay?" She said, indicating the small bag which she had dumped at her feet.
"Thanks" He replied before he glanced down at his cell phone. "Hopefully the others won't be too long, the game is due to start in twenty five minutes and this place will get rammed." He stated. "Pass your bag up to me and I'll put it beside me to hold the space."
"Sure thing" She responded, bending over slightly and picking it up. He took it from him and placed it beside him, looking back towards her when she suddenly laughed with a shake of her head. "Who would have thought this time two weeks ago that we would be here right now in this position?" She commented, going on to explain when she saw him open his mouth. "I don't mean at the game because we would have gone anyway. I mean sitting here waiting for the rest of our team, a team which is a taskforce for the Governor of Hawaii. doesn't it blow your mind?" She demanded, lowering her voice as they weren't overheard by the growing crowd.
"I suppose so" He remarked dryly, thinking back to two weeks ago when he was still working security in the Pearl Harbour gift shop. He still felt the need to pinch himself regularly to make sure that this wasn't a cruel dream.
"Sorry" She said with a wince, looking towards him with a guilty look. "I didn't meant to drudge up bad memories for you Chin."
"It's fine" Chin said with a shrug. "It is what it is after all." He looked past her towards the steady stream of people who were coming in and smiled coming to his feet. "I see Steve." He told Kono in response to her questioning look. Chin raised his arm over his head and waved, his smile widening when Steve caught sight of him and waved back.
Chin watched as the younger man waited for a moment until a small blonde appeared at his side indicating that Steve and Danni had indeed come together to the game. He watched as they moved towards them and smiled at the way they were dressed. Steve looked casual in a pair of dark indigo jeans and a dark blue V-necked t-shirt while Danni was dressed in a dark grey shirt dress which fell above her knees and a pair of black flats. Her long blond hair caught up in a high ponytail.
"Hey guys, sorry we're slightly late" Steve called to them as he moved along the bench taking the free space beside Chin.
"Hiya" Danni said with a smile of her own, giving both Chin and Kono a quick hug before she looked thoughtfully at the benches, clearly trying to decide where she should sit.
"Take this seat Danno" Steve said patting the space on the bench just in front of him. She glanced at it for a moment before she shrugged and moved over to it, placing her bag by her seat before she sat down, adjusting herself so she could still see them.
"How are you both doing today?" She asked them both,
"All good here Danni" Chin answered with a smile which she returned.
"I'm good as well Danni" Kono added, tilting her head to the side. "What about you? Did you and the boss man come together?" She queried, her gaze flickering between Steve and Danni in a way which made Chin want to roll his eyes at her again. Kono had gotten it into her head that Steve and Danni had known each other before the Governor's taskforce was created. The fact that both of them individually had mentioned that they hadn't know each other and had only met the first time in Steve's garage didn't seem to deter the younger woman.
"Yeah we did" Danni said with a nod as she absently straightened her dress. "I drove us here" She added, shooting Steve a grin.
"You might have driven us here Danni but I'm driving us home." Steve stated, giving Danni a look which made it clear that he expected her to agree with his statement instead of brushing him off which was exactly what she did instead.
"Keep believing that and one day it may actually happen Steve" She told him pityingly before she reached into her bag and pulled out a bottle of water, twisting the lid off and taking a long sip, her large grey eyes moving towards Steve as he squinted thoughtfully up at the sky before looking back at Danni.
"Don't you think you should put that ridiculous hat you've got in your bag on? You don't want to burn up in the sun" He stated. Chin raised an eyebrow at the comment, ignoring the elbow which Kono suddenly jabbed into his side, a side which he was sure was bruised with the amount of times she has jabbed him. He watched as Danni shot Steve a thoughtful look before she rolled her eyes at him.
"It is not a ridiculous hat Steven" She stated as she lowered her drink, placing it beside her on the bench and reached into her bag, pulling out a wide brimmed, dark grey hat which matched the colour of her dress. She pulled it on, adjusting it for a moment before she looked back at Steve. "Do you want your water yet?" She asked casually, as though the scene they had just witnessed was just a normal every day one.
"Yeah, pass it up to me Danno" Steve replied, looking around him and taking the bottle which Danni offered him. Chin watched as Steve took a long sip before he passed it back to Danni who placed it back into her bag. "It looks like there is going to be a good turnout here today" He stated, turning his attention to Chin who nodded at him.
"It should be, both teams are on great form at the moment and they both have something which they want to prove." Chin stated. Steve looked thoughtful for a moment before he nodded.
"Both teams have a great Quarterback as well, I looked up their stats before we came here" Steve commented.
"That was why we were late" Danni commented lightly.
"The only reason we were late Danielle is because of how slowly you were driving" Steve replied just as lightly, smiling at her when Danni waved a hand at him, clearly dismissing his comment.
"Personally I'm hoping that the Kings kick some serious ass here today" Kono said with a wide grin before she turned her attention to Danni who was typing away on her cell phone. "So who are you supporting today Danni?"
"I've been instructed by Steve that I am supporting the Kings" She replied dryly, looking away from her phone to focus on Steve, her mouth curling into a smile when Steve grinned at her.
"Well it's a good team to support Danni, all the best people have played for the team, right Chin?" Steve said, the comment causing Chin to laugh as he nodded.
"I hate to say it Danni but Steve is right on this occasion" Chin agreed, looking towards Danni when she spoke.
"Steve said earlier that you were a quarterback for the Kings when you went to school here Chin?" She questioned, tilting her head to the side.
"I was, I even held all the football records for the team until…" his voice trailed off as he shot Steve an unimpressed look when the other man laughed at him, blue eyes gleaming with merriment and pride.
"Until I came along Danni and blew each and every one of his records out of the water" He stated, holding out his fist towards the blond with an expectant look. Danni glanced down at it before she rolled her eyes, her mouth twitching as though she was fighting against a smile as she reached out with her own fist and gently bopped it against Steve's.
"That reminds me Danni" Kono said, leaning forward, her dark gaze fixed on the blonde with a friendly look. "Chin mentioned in the car that you were a cheerleader when you were at school?" She questioned. Danni nodded, clearly ignoring the interested look which Steve suddenly shot at her.
"Yeah I was, I joined the squad when I was fourteen and became head cheerleader when I was seventeen" She informed them, glancing away from them for a second before she came to her feet and waved, a large smile coming to her face. "Hey Toast, we're over here" She called out to the tall, lanky man who was standing at the bottom of the staircase with a lost look on his face, a look which disappeared the moment he spotted Danni. He took the stairs two at a time, moving onto the same bench as Danni and collapsed on it with a grin at them.
"Hey guys, I thought I was going to miss the beginning of the game. Traffic was murder out there, it makes me glad that I ride a scooter and could skip the worse of it." Toast announced with a large sigh of relief.
Chin shook his head at the younger man, opening his mouth to say something when the crowd which had been steadily building around them suddenly burst into life, cheering and chanting as the two teams came running onto the pitch. He watched as his old team stood strong as they performed the same Haka that they had performed back when he played for them. It made his hands itch with the desire to join them, something which he could tell from the way Steve was holding himself that the younger man felt as well.
He grinned when he heard the announcer come across loud and clear of the speakers as the game kicked into life below them.
"Aloha, football fans and welcome to the grudge match. The inter-island rivalry everyone's been waiting for, the Kukui Kings versus the Piikoi Scorpions"
"Man they are really going for it, there must be some rivalry between them" Danni remarked, sounding intrigued as she stood so she could see over the people who had leapt to their feet in front of her.
"Well there is a reason why they refer to it as a grudge match Blondie. The Kings and The Scorpions hate each other, always have done and always will do" Toast told her, looking up at her.
"So I gathered Toast" Danni responded, looking back at Steve when he reached out and tugged at the back of her dress.
"Sit up here Danni, you'll be able to sit down and see then" He instructed, moving up so a space opened up between him and Chin. For a moment Chin thought Danni was going to refuse but instead she simply leaned down and picked up her bag, squeezing into the spot between them.
"Sweet, more space for me." Toast commented, winking towards Danni before his gaze focused on Kono who suddenly leapt to her feet.
"Oh how did you miss that face mask call Ref? He only just tried to gouge the kid's eyes out. You suck!" She yelled, her hands cupped round her mouth to make her voice heard over the excited, noisy crowd.
"She really likes her football doesn't she?" Danni said, her eyes wide as she glanced towards Steve as he spoke, directing his comment towards Chin.
"I've got to say Brah, I'm glad that she's on our team."
Chin laughed, shaking his head before he spoke.
"Oh trust me, you haven't seen anything yet. Kono is just getting warmed up" He promised, grinning at the look his team mates exchanged with each other before he focused his attention back on the game.
Thing were finally going good.
Author Note
Thanks for taking the time to read. An especially big thank you if you have left me a review, favourite the story or decided to follow it.
I really appreciate it
