The two men squared off on each other assuming a fighting stance. Gabe, standing in a southpaw stance kept his guard slightly higher than a typical boxer and moved his hands around slightly to help disguise any attacking motions. His opponent stood in a classic boxers stance, left side forward, right hand guarding his chin, his lead left hand floating slightly in front of his left shoulder. Both men circled each other warily, looking for openings in the other's defense. Gabe smiled at his opponent and winked at him causing the other man to lunge forward in anger. Gabe saw the man's left jab come flying straight for his nose. Gabe brought his right hand up to cup the top of his head. In this position he used his right forearm and elbow to block and redirect the man's punch. Using his left hand to sweep the punch down and away Gabe extended his right hand out to grab his opponent by the neck, bringing him in close to smash his left elbow into the mans face. His opponent stumbled back off balanced by the blow allowing Gabe to follow up with a left roundhouse kick to his lead leg. The man instantly lost his footing and dropped to one knee. Continuing to press the attack Gabe lashed out with a right side kick to the man's chest knocking him flat on his back.

Gabe dropped his guard and trotted over to the man who lay gasping for air after having the wind knocked out of him, "Lift your arms above your head Officer Lee." Gabe helped the man into a sitting position as he addressed the rest of his class, "Don't lose your cool in a fight, your job is to make the other guy lose his. When you let your anger get the better of you, you get sloppy and reckless."

Gabe helped officer Lee to his feet, "All right people class is over for today see you guys next week."

As the class of Officers cleared out of the Five 0 gym Gabe began gathering his equipment. Another request of the Governor was for Gabe to teach hand to hand combat and arrest tactics to HPD. So once a week Gabe held classes for HPD and Local FBI at Five 0 Headquarters. The Governor's constant request were getting tedious, add in the fact that they still had no clue as to the whereabouts of Wo Fat and Tommy Tau and Gabe was reaching his breaking point.

Kono and Chin were standing in the corner as Gabe finished collecting his gear.

" Gotta say kid, you were pretty vicious to Mike Lee there," said Chin.

"Guy had it coming. The asshole had the nerve to ask me if Kono was as good a lay as he'd heard about," replied Gabe.

"In that case you were too gentle with him," growled Chin.

Kono had unfortunately grown accustomed to this type of attitude. After her stint with helping Fryer her reputation in HPD became tarnished. Dating a known Yakuza had been the nail in the coffin however. She knew most of the cops in HPD thought she was dirty, but for one of them to openly insult her to her boyfriend made her want to hurt someone.

Gabe leaned in to kiss the frown off her face, "Don't worry babe, anyone who knows you knows that your a great cop."

Gabe wrapped his arm around Kono's shoulders and pulled her close as they all walked out of the Gym.

"I've gotta ask you brah, What the hell fighting style do you use? I've never seen anything like it," asked Chin.

Gabe smiled as he answered, "It's blend of Mixed martial arts my Dad taught me and a style called Keysi that I picked up in Spain."

"When were you in Spain and what is Keysi?" asked Kono.

"Semester abroad, I was 20 at the time and I thought I was invincible. My dad was a Navy SEAL who taught me how to fight. Plus I had a few wins as a pro MMA fighter, mix all that together with my ego back then and I swore I was bullet proof," chuckled Gabe.

"Oh this is going to be a good one," smiled Kono as they entered the elevator to take them up to the command floor.

"You want the long version or the short one?" asked Gabe.

"Whichever one is more embarrassing," Kono teased.

Gabe just smiled and shook his head," As I was saying I thought I was a badass. One night I end up in this bar in Seville and some local gets pissed at me for apparently talking to his wife. After a few insults back and forth I dare the guy to start something. He takes a swing and I crush him. I give the guy no chance and rough him up pretty good. So there I am feeling good about myself when one of the bouncers asks me to leave. I politely tell him to go screw himself and if he wants me to leave he'll have to make me. We square off and all of a sudden he comes at me with this style I'd never seen before. It shocked me because after training with my Dad and my uncles I thought I'd seen it all, but this guy puts his hands on his head and starts using his forearms and elbows to block all my punches and drive me into the bar. He then proceeds to beat the living hell out of me and drag my sorry ass out into the street."

"Got a taste of humble pie brah," laughed Chin.

Gabe smiled at the memory and continued the story, "So the next night I went back to talk to the guy again..."

"Wait you went back for more?" asked Kono

"No I didn't want a rematch I wanted to know where he learned to fight like that. He picked me apart like I was some rank amateur and even though I had an ego at the time I still recognized talent when I saw it. I had to learn that style, so I went back every night for a week apologizing to him and hounding him to teach me. His name was Justo Dieguez and he called his style Keysi Fighting Method which means 'from the heart.' Eventually we became friends and he taught me KFM. He was about as much an influence on my fighting style as my Dad was. Justo taught me that all great martial arts have to forge their own way so after I learned from him and I returned stateside from my semester abroad I started developing my own style based off of KFM and the Hybrid Fighting style my dad taught me."

Kono shook her head and smiled. She was always learning something new about Gabe, " Could you teach me? That style you came up with looks pretty effective"

"Sure Babe, I'd love to spar with you," said Gabe as he leered at her suggestively.

Chin just shook his head in mild disgust as Kono leaned up on her toes to kiss Gabe.

The trio entered the command center to be confronted by a grim faced McGarrett.

"We've got a problem," said McGarrett.

"What's up Top," asked Gabe.

"The MSS has a lead on Wo Fat and Tommy Tau. They've been spotted in Victoria City Hong Kong and intel suggests they're there to wipe out one of the last remaining Triad groups not under their control," replied McGarrett.

"Ok so what's the problem?" asked Kono. "Shouldn't DEVGRU or DELTA or somebody be able to get there in time to help apprehend them?"

"The problem is the Chinese are reneging on the deal to let us assist in the takedown. They are refusing to allow any U.S. military presence inside their borders and they claim that regular law enforcement would just get in the way of a military operation," said Steve

"Damn it! Both Tau and Wo Fat are familiar with Chinese military tactics. They'll see the MSS coming from a mile away and if we don't get them now they'll slip away again. Just like their mysterious financier."

"Which is why Agent Castillo the State Dept. has insisted that you be allowed to tag along with the MSS," replied a man in a suit.

The whole of Five 0 turned to stare at a tall balding man in a dark suit as he strode into their office.

"What are you doing here Granger?" asked Gabe.

"I was ordered to fly out here from L.A. by both the Sec Def (Secretary of Defense) and the U.S. Attorney General to get you on a plane to Hong Kong to assist in the capture and interrogation of Wo Fat and Kinman Tau," replied Deputy Director of NCIS Owen Granger.

"Why the hell would they send you?" asked Gabe.

"The Secretary of Defense felt that with our past working relationship I would be able to convince you to volunteer for this mission."

"The Sec Def and the AG are out of their minds if they think I'm gonna trust you after what happened last time," growled Gabe.

"Water under the bridge Agent Castillo," replied Granger.

"I need some air," said Gabe as he cleared the room.

Kono made a move to go after him but she was blocked by Granger.

"Get out of my way," said Kono.

"How much do you know about Gabriel Castillo Officer Kalakaua? How much do any of you know about your new teammate?" asked Granger.

"I know that he doesn't care much for you and right now nethier do I now move," said Kono.

"You're staying right here and your all going to help me convince Agent Castillo to take this mission."

"And why the hell would we do that?" asked Steve.

"Because he's the only person the Chinese would sign off on to go on this op," replied Granger.

"Why only him?" asked Steve.

"Because of DST Mcgarrett," replied Granger.

The rest of the team turned to see the look of shock on their commander's face.

"Gabe was part of DST?!" asked McGarrett.

"What the hell is DST?" asked Danny.

"That information is classified Det. Williams," said Granger.

"Then I guess we can't help you," replied McGarrett.

Owen Granger sighed as he looked at the members of Five 0. They were closing ranks to protect one of their own and he knew without their help there was no way he would get Castillo's assistance.

"The Divison for Specialized Tactics (DST) was a group of individuals from various federal law enforcement agencies and Spec Ops units. It was the brain child of the Sec Def and the AG to combine Law enforcement personal who had specialized training with military Spec ops Units in order to hunt down high level terrorists and criminals. With both military and federal agents as part of the team any persons captured and or apprehended couldn't hide behind either domestic or international laws to avoid prosecution or extredition. This group because of its special make up and mandate could hunt high level threats to National security anywhere in the world they tried to hide."

" And Gabe was a member of this group?" asked Kono

" Yes," answered Granger. "DST was compromised entirely of agents and operators who either had Spec Ops training or were currently serving in a spec ops unit, except for Agent Castillo. In fact he is the only person ever to complete not only the training and selection of a domestic law enforcement special tactics unit; he's also the only civilian to under go and complete Delta Force's selection and training program," explained Granger.

"Which is why the Chinese are willing to let him tag along," guessed Chin. "Becuase he's got high level military training without any official ties to the military."

Granger nodded, "Now you see why the State Dept. is so eager for him to accept the mission."

"Wait a minute, you expect Gabe to take on what very well could be considered a classified black op, in a country we have almost zero presence in, alone with no one to back him up except a foreign military unit that doesn't have to answer to our government?!" asked Kono.

"Yes," replied Granger.


Author's Note:

Sorry it's been so long since my last update but work has been keeping me busy. I'll try to update more regularly and thanks again to everyone who has read and reviewed this story. I really appreciate it.

Author's Note 2:

Shout out to Grandmaster Darkstorm who continues to inspire my writing. Check him out guys he's one of my favorite authors

Author's Note 3:

KFM or Keysi Fighting Method is a martial art developed strictly for the street. Check out youtube for a demonstration of this highly effective martial art that I've recently begun training in.

Also since my martial arts background influences my description of fight scenes I've listed the martial arts that I have expirience in so it might be easier to picture the fights in your head. =)

Filipino Kali, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiujitsu