A/N: Hello there, this has been plaguing my mind for quite awhile now. I know I've done this before but yeah, writer's do tend to meddle with their own work. I hope you enjoy the rewrite of "Burning Desires".
Summery: In the Lylat System, a war hero who goes by the name: Jessy L. Wolf. Has apparently turned rouge and abandoned the Corneria military, due to his high reputation amongst all the Corneria military inhabitants (Soldiers, Scientists, Mercenaries, Etc.…) plus all of the Lylat system itself, the Generals of the Corneria Military hired a bounty hunter to bring Jessy back by any means NECESSARY! That bounty hunter's name is none other than Kursed, the blue vixen who has laughed in the face of danger for 6 months already. With no history, no objectives and no knowledge of who exactly is this fiery female, who has shown in a dew short moths that she is not to be taken lightly, the military saw her as their greatest option to forever silencing the rouge war hero.
It was a calm morning in the city, the sun was shining, the wind was steady and the smell of freshly bloomed flowers flowed throughout the city. As the sun's rays began to lighten the city it seemed to make it glow with warmth and peace. Shining through windows and awakening people from their sleeps to tell them that morning had come.
As the light began to shine through a window of an apartment on the 123rd floor of an apartment building, the room began to brighten up before the rays reached the closed eyes of a female. Groaning the woman turned on to her left side as she pulled her blanket over her head. Obviously this women wanted her sleep but that was cut short as the phone that laid on her bed side table began to ring annoyingly.
A low growl escaped the lady's throat as her hand slowly peeked out of the blanket and grab the phone before pulling it under the blanket and to her right ear. "This had better be good whoever you are, or your life will become extremely difficult for you today." The woman said in a harsh yet sleepy tone.
"Not so cheery today Ms Kursed? Why it's a beautiful day and you're still in bed." The voice said on the other end of the phone and into the lady's ear.
Kursed slowly sat up in her bed as she pulled the blanket of her body and rubbed her left eye with her left hand before cracking her neck side to side. "Why if it isn't General Peppy. To what do I owe the pleasure of this phone call? Have you called to ask for my surrender? Do you already have soldiers around me waiting for your orders to either kill of arrest me?" Kursed said with the slight smirk on her blue face.
"No Ms Kursed. I've called with purpose of hiring you for a special job if you're interested on hearing, and before you say anything or think the word no, the pay is very good as well as what I also offer." The General said.
The general amused Kursed already, she had never expected that her talents in her occupation were need by the great Cornerian military. "Really? Well this is interesting news my dear General… but you should know I'd like to hear a little about the job before I even consider accepting it. Even describing the payment may increase your chances a little if you're lucky. So you have five minutes starting now before I hang up this phone." Kursed said calmly and coldly like the bounty hunter she was with an amused smirk upon her face.
"Heh you strike hard terms Ms Kursed. Very well then. We have a rouge war-Hero from the aparoid wars that needs to be returned to us here at the Cornerian Military base. Not an easy job but for you it might be. We'd preferably like him alive if you manage to capture him. As for the pay you'll be left alone by the Military as a token of our gratitude and pardoned of all crimes you've committed as well as placed under the protection of the military. As for money… would five-hundred thousand dollars suffice?" The General asked.
Kursed's eyes widened when she heard the payment. 500,000 credits? The general was willing to pay this much and excuse her of all her crimes and allow her to be pardoned as a bounty hunter? Whoever this person was that Peppy wanted captured had Kursed to deal with now. "It will have to do, I accept and he has to be brought to you alive correct?" Kursed asked to make sure.
"Yes…otherwise the bounty on your head will be quadrupled and wanted dead. Hurting him a little will be accepted, as I know you'll most likely have to in order to capture him. But he is to be alive when brought to me and not life threatening hurt." The General warned.
Kursed now knew the catch of how her target was to be returned to the general. "I understand, send the information to my…"
"It's already outside your door… Wouldn't be much of a General if we didn't know where the great Kursed was now would I. You have one month, I'll be calling you once a week for any updates you have." General Peppy said, cutting Kursed off.
"Hmph that's fine by me. Good bye General." Kursed said
"Oh and one more thing Ms Kursed." The General said.
"Yes?" Kursed asked.
"There is a blaster on the hound coming up to say good morning to you in ten seconds. As a small token of my appreciation for killing this man, go to 24 Ridgeside Street. I've left the key in the envelope with your assignment." The General said before the doorbell rung.
Kursed hung up her phone before pulling out a combat knife and wrapped the blanket around her naked body before the door was blasted open by a tall, muscular grey bulldog wearing a black leather jacket and a pair of black track pants. The bulldog looked around the apartment for any sign of Kursed but could not see her. He saw a pile of clothes on the ground and could hear the sound of water running from behind the bathroom door.
The Bulldog gripped his blaster and booted the door down before firing his blaster rapidly till the clip had ran out of ammo. His dark brown eyes scanned the steam filled bathroom, it was very difficult for him to see as the steam was very thick as he walked into the bathroom.
"Didn't your mother ever teach you it's rude to walk in on a girl while sees naked?" Kursed asked from behind the Bulldog, causing him to spin around and receive a knife to the throat before a hard kick in the face causing him to fall into the bathtub and hit his head hard before Kursed pulled out a blaster from her bathroom counter and held the barrel to the Bulldog's head. "At least you get to see one before you die. Have fun in hell asshole." Kursed said before pulling the trigger.
Kursed walked away from the bathroom and reached into her wardrobe before pulling out a pair of black lace panties and bra and putted them on before a pair of tight black pants and a white singlet and then a dark blue t-shirt. As Kursed sighed she reached for her black combat boots and slipped them on before wiping the blood of the Bulldog of her knife and sheathed it into the knife sheath attached to her belt and sheathed the blaster in the holster on her right thigh. "Well…Time to move on I suppose." Kursed said before walking out of her apartment with an already packed bag that she kept just in case she needed a quick getaway and picked up the large envelop at the broken door and placed it into the bag after grabbing the key out of it.
After an hour and a half of walking through the city, Kursed managed to find Ridgeside Street and walked down the street and looked around. "Not a bad street it seems, the houses seem nice too. Nice, big and friendly looking." Kursed thought to herself as she admired the surroundings and stumbled upon house number 24 and her eyes widened a bit.
The house was two stories high and extremely large. The grass was nice and green, the patio was gentle and welcoming, the drive way lead to a large garage. Kursed approached the house and unlocked the door cautiously with her key in case of any traps. As she opened the door she was astonished at the size of her new home, the living room was large as was the kitchen upstairs was a large hallway that had five doors two of which were slightly normal sized bedrooms, one was a large bathroom with a spa bath and a shower. Another was the laundry room already furnished with a washing machine and dryer.
But the most favourite room Kursed walked into was the master bedroom. Kursed looked at her new bed and was astounded at how big it was, she reckoned at least five people could lay side by side in it at once although she didn't want to try, Kursed placed the bad down on the ground and jumped on to the bed and purred loudly as she felt how soft the bed was, it was as if she was laying on a cloud. "OOOO I could get extremely used to this. Oh wait…I will." Kursed said happily.
Kursed sat up and got off the bed before grabbing her bag and getting the envelope out and opening it. "Okay let's see what we got here shall we." Kursed said as she grabbed out a file and read through it before stopping and grabbed the photo of her target. The picture was of a large black wolf with a white trim of fur that started from his lower lip and down his torso. He had light blue eyes and seemed very muscular. "Well hello there handsome." Kursed said before gently biting her lower lip. "I believe I'm gonna enjoy this." Kursed said as she placed the photo on her table before reading more of the file.
His name was Jessy L. Wolf, an honorary war-hero who single handedly slew and entire Apariod battalion on the planet Kirion, which impressed Kursed a lot. Kursed read that Jessy's favourite weapon of choice was his giant great black bladed great sword that was as large as his own body and just as wide with jagged teeth along one side the giant blade. But next to the description in brackets read that it had been locked away and that Jessy doesn't have it on him and that he only has a normal great sword as long as his body and a normal long sword the hangs in a sheath on his belt.
"Hmmm so he is armed after all, should be interesting." Kursed said as she stood up from her bed. "Well I guess I'll go out and start looking. Gathering information from people couldn't hurt." Kursed said to herself as she made her way to the front door.
Meanwhile within the city:
Sirens could be heard in the streets as Cornerian Military soldiers ran down an alley way as the sky began to grow dark with black clouds. "You there." A tall buff looking Rottweiler said to a man in a dark cloak that hid his face. "Have you seen a tall black and white wolf with to swords run through here?" The Rottweiler asked.
"I'm sorry my dear boy, but you see…my eyes aren't what they used to be so I wouldn't have seen your friend run through here at all sorry." The man said kindly to the soldier.
"Hmmm thank you for your time." The Soldier said before running off with more troops.
The man watched them leave and then he slowly turned in the opposite direction of where the soldiers ran off to and slowly walked out of the alleyway. Rain began to fall heavily as lightning lit up the sky.
(Begin playing "Breaking the Habit" By Linkin Park)
As the man walked through the rain, he noticed the street was surprisingly empty. Slowly a smirk appeared on his face as car began to head down the street and soldiers leaped out of the cars as they stopped and surrounded the man.
"Did you really think we'd be fooled by such a lame trick…Jessy L. Wolf?" The Rottweiler from before asked as he drew his long sword as did the soldiers that surrounded the man. Suddenly without warning the men attacked and the man quickly jumped into the air above everyone and gripped his cloak before tearing it off his body and landed on the bonnet of one of the cars and slow reached behind his left shoulder and griped the hilt of his giant blade before drawing it from the sheath on his back and grabbed it with both hands in front of him. "You honestly believe you can take us all on?" The Rottweiler asked.
Jessy smirked slowly before leaping off the car into the air to dodge a few blaster rounds that a couple soldiers fired at him and landed in front of them before slicing their blasters in half and kicking the Rottweiler in the face, sending him on his back as the soldiers surrounded him again and began to attack him simultaneously.
Jessy had no trouble fending off everyone of them, dodging and weaving while also countering their attacks to throw them off balance. Jessy knew he'd be overwhelmed soon however and brought his sword up above his head and spun around in a 360° motion with such speed it created a mini tornado that Jessy quickly launched himself with up onto a bridge and sheathed his sword quickly as he looked down at the soldiers. "Sorry boys and Captain Troy. But you're never gonna catch me. Good day to you all." Jessy said before running off and reaching into his bag before putting another cloak on himself and making sure the hilt of his swords couldn't be seen.
(End song)
Jessy walked through the streets for hours until he finally came to a bar and walked into it and sat in the darkest corner of the bar in order to shield his identity to any spies that might think to cash in on the bounty above his head. Jessy was always a peaceful guy and did as his orders dictated him to do without question or without remorse. But he could never find it in his heart to kill his enemies.
A few minutes went buy as Jessy sat in the corner with his hood on to hide his face as he watched people drink, play pool, laugh and enjoy themselves in their own way. It was times like this that made the wolf smile, seeing the happiness that people shared with one another in peace and able to enjoy themselves without the fear of being gunned down or whipped to do work for some overconfident and power hungry ruler.
Jessy's concentration was suddenly broken as a golden Lynx wearing an apron over a black shirt and a pair of navy-blue jeans and black sneakers approached him with a smile on her face and a small note pad and pen. "Hello there sir, is there anything I can get you today?" The Lynx asked.
Jessy smiled as he heard her question and reached for his wallet. "Just how much would a six-pack of Jim Beam stubbies cost my dear?" Jessy asked as kindly as he could.
The Lynx smiled as she wrote it in her note-pad. "Well you are very kind sir which is rare for someone in this bar. So for you I'd say $19 for a six-pack." The Lynx said kindly.
Jessy chuckled a little before pulling out a fifty. "Tell you what Ms. Notika. Please keep the change as a tip thank you." Jessy said as he noticed her name tag and gave the fifty to her without looking at her in order to keep his identity a secret.
"Th…Thank you sir." Notika said as she was surprised, she didn't expect to receive a tip like that from anyone but was extremely gracious about it and bowed to him before leaving him. For a few moments she was gone ad came back with a six-pack of Jim Beam and placed it on the table Jessy was sitting at and smiled before leaving him again to attend the bar.
Jessy smiled and grabbed a can from the six-pack and opened it slowly, hearing the crack of the can and brought it to his lips before sipping the can. Tasting the nice, cold bourbon taste of it in his mouth was the most relaxing thing he felt for weeks, causing him to laugh lightly enough for only him to hear so he didn't seem like an idiot.
Jess sat in that bar for around three hours and had only drank three cans of Beam before he had opened his forth. Nothing much had really changed in the three hours Jessy had sat there for not moving and had ordered some hot chips an hour ago, which he did enjoy.
As Jessy sipped his forth Jim Beam can however he suddenly shivered and slowly looked towards the entrance to the bar causing his eyes to widen. A Blue female fox with dark purple hair slowly walked into the bar and sat down at the bar stand and awaited her service. "They wouldn't have gone that far would they?" Jessy thought to himself but quickly stoped thinking. "Shit…she can read minds I forgot, I've got to keep a very clear head right now." Jessy said to himself quietly before taking in a deep breath and attempted to clear his mind.
Notika walked over to Kursed from the other side of the bar and smiled kindly. "Hello Ms. Is there anything I can get you today? And here to dry off your fur…you should have known better then to walk through the rain without an umbrella." Notika said kindly as she reached behind the bar and gave Kursed a clean towel that Kursed grabbed nicely ad dried her hair and face with it.
"Thank you Notika, and please just a glass of water thank you." Kursed said knowing she'd need a clear mind in order to read other's.
Notika nodded before pouring Kursed a glass of water and handed it to her. "No problem and don't worry about the cost, water doesn't cost a thing here." Notika said nicely as she grabbed the towel from Kursed and carried it away.
Kursed sipped her glass of water before placing it back down on the bar and slowly closed her eyes and took a deep breath. It wasn't long before she could hear the thoughts of everyone in the bar. Some of the thoughts made her sick to her stomach, people thought of rape plots, theft. Others thought of how heart broken they were and then their were those that just couldn't wait to get home to cuddle their loved ones.
Jessy kept his hand on the hilt of his long sword as he watched Kursed closely just in case she found him. But to his surprise she slowly stood up and walked over to him. Jessy was shocked, could she have found out already? Tried to take his chance by acting as if he didn't know she was after him and paid her no attention. But surprisingly she sat down at the other side of the table he sat at and quickly shielded her face with her left hand. "Sorry about this sir but mind if I sit here for a little bit, kinda hiding from someone here." Kursed said.
Jessy didn't lower his hood just in case she knew what he looked like and nodded once before sliding an unopened can over to her side causing her eyes to widen a little. "Then you'd want to blend in with me if you plan to sit here Kursed." Jessy said. "I don't care if you drink it or pretend to, just don't bring any attention of here." Jessy warned.
Kursed looked at him slowly, she couldn't see his face because of the hood and how dark it was in the corner. She just nodded before picking up the can but didn't open it. "So you're hiding too huh? May I ask why?" Kursed questioned.
Jessy didn't think she knew his identity right now, If she did she'd have no issue making a scene, but he didn't want to bring any attention to himself either. "Some secrets are better left unsaid Kursed." Jessy said.
Kursed chuckled lightly as she looked at him with a little smirk. "You seem to be familiar with me, I haven't threatened you before now have I?" Kursed asked with clear humour in her voice.
"I make it a point to avoid familiarities with bounty hunters Kursed. If I were you I'd tend to keep your head down as well since the price on your head is enough to clear any of these fools of any crime they've either committed or hope to in the short future they might have." Jessy warned sternly.
Kursed was giggling a little by Jessy's remark. "A stern warning and good point, however you have no idea I know exactly who you are." Kursed said as a smirk formed.
Jessy slowly griped his long sword that rested on the seat next to him, luckily it was laying across the seat so Kursed couldn't see that he was armed. "Oh really? Such a thought could mean your death Kursed." Jessy said as he braced himself for anything Kursed would try.
"Oh yes. You're someone that enjoys pointing out small facts about someone you've heard of and jump to numerous conclusions about them believing you've figured him or her out in a matter of seconds. You like to threaten people you do not like just because of their occupation or if they enjoy hiding from people when in fact you do the same. I don't know if you know this; but I've had the barrel of my blaster aimed at you the moment I took this seat just in case you tried anything funny…and if you don't believe me, I'm sure the red dot aimed at your heart will be proof enough." Kursed said as Jessy looked and noticed she was right. "I may not know what you look like or know your name…But I know you're overconfident." Kursed said calmly.
Jessy smirked and chuckled lightly. "Interesting. You surely live up to your reputation Kursed, but you seem more upset at the fact you can't read my mind can't you. Plus you don't know something that I do." Jessy said.
Kursed eyes focused directly on Jessy. "Yes. I'll admit it does upset me, I've noticed the moment I stepped into this bar, and as for the thing I do not know, what might that be?" Kursed asked as she kept her index finger on the trigger of her blaster.
Jessy smirked as he bared his teeth. "Look down." Jessy said. Kursed slowly looked down and her eyes widened in shock as she saw the tip of a blade between her legs. Jessy was extremely fast with a sword and had moved his long sword from the chair and under the table between her legs without her noticing or feeling any wind or seeing any movement from him in a second. "See most people are afraid to get stabbed or receive a cut throat, however no one really thinks about the tendons in ones body. Right now that blade tip is aimed at a tendon in your right leg that when snipped, no one here including you. You think I'm scared just cause you have a blaster aimed at my heart? Go ahead and pull that trigger, lets see if you're not afraid to die too. Cause once you fire that blaster, which tendon will be sliced and your blood will be on the floor leaving a beautiful carcass behind along with my own." Jessy said with confidence.
Kursed was astounded by the move Jessy played and noticed that the person she was hiding from had left a few minutes ago. "Heh not bad sir, but I no longer require your service, sorry for the death threat." Kursed said as she sheathed her blaster and slowly guided the blade away and got up before leaving Jessy to his corner alone.
"Hang on." Jessy said calmly without looking at her, causing her to stop and look at him. Jessy grabbed the can she had on her side of the table and held it out towards her. "For showing you're no fool." Jessy said. Kursed nodded and took the can before leaving him and walking back to her seat before going to sit with Jessy.
"That man…he is a dangerous one, no one had ever held my life in their hands before in my line of work." Kursed thought to herself as she looked over at the cloaked wolf. Kursed suddenly jumped a little as she felt someone grab her ass.
Kursed eyes met a drunk leopard. "Hey there sexy, what you doing all alone huh?" The leopard questioned.
Kursed hated beating up drunks and decided to let him off with a little warning. "Sir next time you lay a hand on my butt you'd lose your hands, so why don't you go off and get yourself someone that can actually stand you." Kursed said.
The leopard growled with anger as Kursed's words left her mouth. "What!? How dare you threaten me you bitch!" The leopard shouted grabbing the attention of the bar.
Jessy sighed as he slowly stood up and walked over slowly. "Oh I'm going to regret this." Jessy said to himself quietly. The leopard grabbed Kursed's throat as he brought his fist up and threw it at Kursed. But before it connected with Kursed, his wrist was grabbed hard, causing the motion to stop completely. "That's not very nice pal, I'd have hoped even a drunk man would know better then to hit a lady." Jessy said.
The leopard looked at the man who had grabbed him and growled. "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU BOY? HER BOYFRIEND!?" The leopard shouted.
The leopard quickly let go of Kursed and tried to punch Jessy before he quickly dodged the leopard and kicked him into a table that was occupied by a small gang of three people that looked dangerous quickly stood up and surrounded Jessy. "That was a stupid move boy." One of the gang men said.
Jessy sighed. "Look guys I want no trouble, why don't you three just sit down at a new table and I'll buy another round for you three and no one else has to get hurt." Jessy said.
"How about no." Another said before punching Jessy in the face causing the hood of his cloak to fall down, revealing who he was, causing Kursed's eyes to widen in shock. Jessy slowly turned back around and looked at the guys.
As another guy threw a punch at Jessy, he quickly grabbed the man's hand and broke it with ease before kicking him into another one of his friends and sent them both through the window of the bar. Suddenly the third man pulled out a knife and swung it at Jessy.
Jessy quickly stepped to the left and punched the man in the face before grabbing his knife and placed his hand on the counter and stabbed the knife through the mans hand and left it there before kicking the man in the head, knocking him out. Jessy then quickly reached into his wallet before placing a hundred and fifty dollars on the counter. "Sorry about the mess." Jessy said before walking over to his things and grabbing them before he left the bar and walked out into the rain again. "This weird weather as always huh?" Jessy said to himself as he carried his swords and bag as he walked down the street.
Kursed stood up and apologised to Notika before she left the bar, seeing how see had already found Jessy there was no longer any need to search for him. She looked up and down the street for any sign of Jessy and saw him walk down an alleyway before she gave chance to him. As she entered the dark alleyway she stoped dead seeing that Jessy had disappeared.
"You know it's rude to follow someone you barely know right?" Jessy asked from behind Kursed, causing her to jump and turn around.
"I…I was…"
"Following me? I know that Kursed. So tell me…what happens now huh?" Jessy asked with a stern look.
"Um…" Kursed tried to come up with a good excuse but couldn't come up with one.
"Don't bother trying to lie, I know why you're following me. I know you were hired by the military, and I'm not going home…not until I've found something." Jessy said.
"And what might that be?" Kursed asked.
"The person who killed my father." Jessy said. Kursed knew instantly of how Jessy felt, Kursed herself didn't know her father much either. "Well…now you know, so leave me alone please." Jessy said as he began to walk off.
"Where are you going?" Kursed asked.
"Don't know really. I don't have anywhere to crash. Plus whenever I think I can get a minutes sleep, those smart Asses in the armour come." Jessy said.
"Well…I don't normally allow this, but you're free to stay with me for the night if you want?" Kursed offered, Jessy just looked at her. "What? I'm not going to ask you to do anything, except to keep quiet and actually sleep." Kursed said.
"I'll pass." Jessy said.
"Huh? Why's that?" Kursed asked.
"How do I know you're not gonna pull anything funny. Like call the suits on me." Jessy said.
"You have my word." Kursed said.
"That's not really reassuring." Jessy said.
"What would you have me do then? Would you prefer me to kiss you?" Kursed said.
Jessy was shocked. "Ah…no thanks. I'll be just fine." Jessy said. Kursed knew that sentence, Fox said those four words when she first boarded the Great Fox after Sauria was saved.
Kursed couldn't help it. She walked towards Jessy and furiously pushed his back against the wall and began to kiss him deeply and closed her eyes as she kissed him. Jessy was taken way aback from shock. The kiss wasn't a smooch; it was a full on open mouth tongue kiss, which Kursed was dominating in. Jessy snapped himself out of it and pushed Kursed back slightly. Kursed opened her eyes and blushed violently and quickly turned her head to hide the blushing. "Ah…I…I'm so sorry." Kursed said. "Um…I…Still want you to stay at mine for the night. Please." Kursed asked.
Jessy sighed, in defeat. "Ok, fine. Since I can tell you're not going to take no for an answer." Jessy said.
Kursed then lead Jessy out of the Alleyway and the two, began their walk to Kursed's home, where Jessy will be staying. To be honest…Krystal was still fighting every temptation of jumping on Jessy right now, but Kursed couldn't figure out why.
Jessy sighed a bit before reaching into his bag and pulled out another cloak before giving it to Kursed. "What's this for?" Kursed asked.
"Don't be daft Kursed. Wear it before you catch a cold from this rain." Jessy said as he followed Kursed.
Kursed nodded before she put on the cloak and wore the hood as she led Jessy to her new home.
Later That Day:
Kursed led Jessy to her new home and opened the door before allowing Jessy to enter first. Jessy looked around and looked at the couch in the living room. "So I take it I'll sleep here for the night?" Jessy asked while looking at the couch.
Kursed grabbed Jessy's arm and led him up stairs before opening a door and showed Jessy a guest bedroom with a soft double bed in it. Jessy was shocked and didn't know what to think about this. "No you'll be sleeping here Jessy." Kursed said as she took off her cloak and grabbed Jessy's off him and walked out of the room and threw them into the washing machine in the laundry. Kursed then walked back into the room she had told Jessy he was sleeping in tonight. "Now don't get any ideas about coming into my room while I'm asleep." Kursed laughed before closing the door behind her as she left and walked into her room.
Jessy shook his head before he took of his shoes and left them out side the door on the balcony before he shut the door and laid in the bed and slowly closed his eyes. "Hmmm what to do?" Jessy said to himself before he slowly drifted off to sleep.
A/N: So what do you think? Is this a better story line then the other? I hopes so. Please leave your reviews and opinions thank you.
Namigi.