Series Title: 31 Nights of Frights, Chapter Three
Part Title: With Only Subtle Turns
Author: Jmaria
Rating: FR-15
Disclaimer: I own nothing, Joss owns the Buffyverse stuff, Minkoff owns The Forbidden Kingdom.
Series Summary: Thirty-one experiments in insanity with a Halloween month theme, er, take three.
Part Summary: A Kung Fu boy from South Boston meets a slayer from South Boston.
Words: 346
A/N: I liked the movie, and as soon as I realized he's from Boston, I thought: well, he'd know about Faith.
31 Nights of Frights, Chapter Three
14. With Only Subtle Turns
There was a strange woman in Lu Yans Pawn Shop. Her dark hair hung around her face in soft waves giving her a look of delicateness, but her face and her stance made her look lethal. And if she was hanging around Lu Yan, then she probably was. Lu Yan drew lethal warrior women to him. She straightened the second she saw him, her arms crossing as she gave him the once over.
"Yo, Hop, this the little upstart that took Lupo out?" She called back to the old man.
"Yeah, that's the kung-fu boy," Hop nodded, coming out of the back room, looking more like Lu Yan today than like Hop.
"What's your name, kung-fu boy?" the woman asked, walking closer to him.
"Jason Tripitikas."
"I'm Faith -"
"Lehane, but she doesn't honor her family name," Hop's eyes twinkled mischievously.
"Ain't no damn honor in the family that spawned my little dipshit cousin, Lupo," Faith snorted.
"Lupo's your cousin?" Jason swallowed thickly. "I - uh, he um -"
"Shot Hop like a little bitch after he broke into the shop, and then bullied the wrong guy in the wrong back alley? Lupo deserved to get his ass beat down, yo. Just a shame I didn't get to do the beating."
"I - uh, did what I had to?"
"And apparently, you kicked some immortal ass to boot, but Hop here's being all tight mouthed about it," Faith grinned at their shocked looks. She pulled a card out of her pocket and tossed it on the counter. "Call me if you ever need help keeping the punks in their places. And if you ever need a job, I know a few girls who could use a bit of training in the kung-fu department. Could use some help with the little brats."
Her cell phone blipped. She flipped it open, checked her message and snapped it shut again. She winked at Hop before pushing off of the counter.
"Think about it, boys. I gotta go beat the shit outta Lupo for good measure. Little shit fears me."