Authour's Notes
Here I am yet again with another idea that just grabbed my brain and screamed to be let out (I gotta remember to shoot the warden in my head for letting these things out -laughs-)
Anyways on with the show.. Kitsune/ACC pairing.... Why? Well why the hell not eh?
Disclaimer: I don't own Love Hina, someone far more talented does, I'm just borrowing for the purposes of entertainment (Of myself or you the reader? Hey that's your call not mine -smiles-)
NefCanuck - amslerd@sympatico.ca
The Fox and the Hound
Mitsune "Kitsune" Konno sat at a local watering hole in Hinata, doing her level best to try and send her liver to an early grave. The residents of the dormitory where she lived didn't approve of her nightly forays into the state of drunkenness, but she didn't care. After the latest round of the silent treatment by the residents while she proceeded to have her one woman party she had decided to continue her party elsewhere and found herself in this *charming* establishment, one of the few that hadn't cut her off for an unpaid liquor tab.
So Kitsune sat alone, her mood growing darker as she grew drunker. She growled to herself "What's with them, it's not like I haven't done this before" Her conscience chided her gently (That's the problem Kitsune dear, you do this way too often.... they're worried about you) Kitsune then proceeded to try and drown the voice in her head with the rest of her drink, only succeeding in draining the glass that much faster. As she sat in her alcoholic haze she began to drift back into her memories...
* In the Past *
Kitsune stood behind the door to Naru Narusegawa's room peeking in hoping to catch a glimpse of Naru's tutor Seta. Seta was everything that Kitsune thought she wanted in a man, smart, charming, funny and had endless patience. But, as was often the case when it came to good looking guys, Naru had decided first that Seta would be hers and Kitsune couldn't bring herself to impose herself into the situation and hurt her best friend in the world.
So Kitsune snuck back to her room with a sigh and after making sure no one had seen her go in, made her way to her desk and opened the bottom drawer. Inside lay a bottle of sweet sake that she had managed to con an upperclassman into buying for her by promising to show him her "assets"
Kitsune had kept her part of the bargain... and showed the poor boy her bank account... her total "assets" in the world. As she had left the boy stuttering in astonishment with how easily he had been tricked, she had raced off with the bottle of liquid gold. Now it sat in her drawer staring her in the face even as she began to speak to the bottle in a soft, low voice. "That's right, just you and me handsome... no one can break us up and Naru can't lay claim to you... you're mine all mine...." and with that she proceeded to down a quarter of the bottle and fell asleep, clutching the bottle to her chest and a tear trickling down her cheek.
* In the Present *
Kitsune scowled even as she looked at her nearly empty glass "Why the hell did I have to remember that?" she thought bitterly even as she raised her unsteady hand with effort and offered up her most alluring smile to the bartender "How about another one gorgeous?" The barkeep sighed, the Konno girl was in theory his best customer except for the fact that she never managed to actually pay off her bartab, managing to get it reduced before getting cut off by means of beguiling men with her various charms. "Okay one more and then I gotta cut you off, it's nearly closing time and I have to get home to the wife sometime this week." Kitsune grinned broadly "In that case, make it a double?" The barkeep sighed "No way, you're already way past loaded Konno-san" Kitsune grimaced at the formality in the man's voice, but knew when she was beaten, even nice guys have their limits as Kitsune accepted her final drink of the evening.
* Elsewhere in Hinata *
Hideki Matsui, known as "Bloodhound" to his friends at the precinct, sighed and stretched even as he watched the clock tick down to the end of his shift. As was his custom he waited until the very last minute of his shift to begin preparing for the journey home, unlike his colleagues who were laughing and joking even as they prepared to go off shift for the night. Hideki sighed again, knowing what awaited him when he got home, another TV dinner, some bad late night comedy and then bed, only to be repeated again the following night, probably until he retired. Hideki sometimes wondered why he was where he was in life and then he remembered what had caused him to choose this town as the place to start his career as a policeman.
* In the Past *
Hideki Matsui was not a small man by any means, standing at 6"1 but standing nose to nose with his father he felt like he was ten years old again, but this time he wasn't cowering in fear, he was matching his father in volume and intensity. Hideki stood his ground defiantly, his ice blue eyes blazing in fury "For the last time father I will *not* agree to start my career in the Tokyo Police Department! That's *all* I need, people saying that I got there because *you* made it so!" Hideki's father was equally adamant "But why in the hell do you want to start in a backwater like Hinata? You'll never get out of there once you transfer in!" Hideki looked his father in the eye "I'd rather spend my life in a 'backwater" as you call it with my pride intact!" and with that he stormed out the door carrying a duffel bag and putting it in the sidecar of his bike. He took one last look at the house of his childhood before he peeled out leaving streaks of rubber on the road and his father steaming on the doorstep, even as his mother stood behind a curtain that had afforded a view of the entire exchange. The kindly woman had a smile on her face, proud of her son's refusal to accept his father's help "Good luck Hideki, be safe my precious little puppy"
* Back in the Present *
Hideki awoke from his daydream with a start, mentally chiding himself for having lost focus. "To lose focus was to lose oneself" this was a mantra that he lived his life by. He glanced at the clock, his shift was now officially over and he could make his way to the small apartment he had rented in Hinata. That had been another sore point with his father, he could have easily afforded more on what he had been given by his parents, yet he chose to live only off the meager salary he commanded as a foot solider in the war on crime. His only indulgence, his motorbike, roared to life under him and he began the trek to his apartment.
Elsewhere, Kitsune staggered out of the bar, she was in the truest sense of the word, drunk. Her vision was a jumbled mass of colours and light, even this late in Hinata things were still happening. She wandered haphazardly towards the all girls dorm she called home but only made it a few blocks before collapsing on the sidewalk in a heap.
Kitsune awoke sometime later to the sounds of several voices "Shit, she's waking up! What do we do now boss?" Another gruff voice answered "Who gives a damn if she's awake or not? Hell, it'll just made it that much more fun!" That's when Kitsune knew she was in trouble and she tried to get up. She found that her wrists had been bound behind her and she was seated on the ground.
Kitsune looked up and saw her assailants, one was a short stocky man, with his hair dyed blond while the other was thin and had a dangerous look to him, as if he had nothing left in the world to live for. (See? This is what the others were afraid of, her conscience chided her even as she began to realize the gravity of the situation through the slowly lifting alcoholic fog)
Kitsune mentally kicked her conscience of the nearest cliff and looked at her attackers with a beguiling smile "You know fellas, this would be a whole lot more interesting if you untied me... whaddaya think?" The tall one smirked "What do you think we are lady, stupid? We untie you and you'd take off like a bat out of hell, no you're staying nice & tied up!" Kitsune shrugged "Can't blame a girl for trying can you?" and with that she took a breath and began to scream for help as if her life depended on it, because for all she knew at that moment it did.
Hideki sat at a light on his bike waiting for it to change, using the dead time to mentally examine his surroundings, he wasn't in the nicest part of Hinata but he would soon be home. Suddenly he heard a woman's cry for help, followed by the sharp sound of a hand smacking flesh. Hideki scowled, that wasn't good and with barely a moment's hesitation he grabbed his nightstick from his bike and headed for the source of the cry for help.
Back in the alley the two thugs towered over Kitsune, the tall one shaking with a barely controlled rage "That was real stupid lady.... all we wanted to do was have a little fun and you had to go make all that noise... Looks like we'll have to make sure you can't cause us any trouble" With that he kneeled down, having pulled out a knife and with a praticised flick of his wrist cut off several buttons on Kitsune's blouse. Kitsune looked up and uttered a silent prayer, even as she realized that no one was likely to come to her aid.
Hideki came upon the situation and immediately his mind turned to how to best disarm the thugs while minimizing the risk to the woman, he decided to try the soft approach first. Hideki smiled "Looks like I broke up a little something before it got started... how about you fellas leave the scene and I don't call this in to the station?" The taller one barked out a laugh "You're a cop? You look like a freaking Yakuza thug! Now get lost before I carve you up shithead!" Hideki's smile was gone now, replaced by a grim mask of professionalism. Hideki glared at the pair "I was willing to let this pass if you boys took off, now it's official police busi..." Hideki was cut off by the strangled cry of the taller assailant who came at him swinging his knife wildly.
Hideki brought up his nightstick and caught the blade of the knife in it even as he used his other arm to deliver a forearm shiver that sent his attacker sprawling on the ground. Hideki looked at the shorter man "Are you willing to surrender, or do you want to make things difficult for yourself like your friend here?" The smaller man looked at Hideki, a barely restrained glaring tower of anger and his partner who lay in a pile of trash looking very much like he belonged there and did the only thing her could...
He fainted dead away.
Hideki smiled to himself "Well, that went pretty well, all things being equal" he murmured. After securing the men with handcuffs from his back pocket he turned his attention to the woman. She had gone silent during the fight, looking at her saviour in a way that Hideki couldn't quite place but as Hideki kneeled next to her she began to cry softly. Hideki looked at the woman in confusion "Are you hurt anywhere miss? Should I call for an ambulance for you?" Kitsune shook her head and continued crying quietly even as Hideki freed her from her bonds. Hideki was truly concerned now even as he brought the brown haired woman to her feet. "Can you tell me your name Miss?" Hideki asked as gently as he could. Kitsune began "M... My name is Kit...." and she proceeded to vomit all over Hideki's jacket and pass out.
Hideki's only thought at that point was "Aw man, vomit is a pain in the ass to get out of leather" The bile began dribbling down the front of his jacket, narrowly missing the bulldog insignia, an idea from his colleagues at the station in testament to his tenacity. He brought the woman gently back down to the ground while taking care not to get any of the woman's bile on her. "May you wake up and not remember any of this Miss" Hideki commented softly to the now soundly asleep Kitsune.
To be continued...
Well that was interesting... comments anyone?
Here I am yet again with another idea that just grabbed my brain and screamed to be let out (I gotta remember to shoot the warden in my head for letting these things out -laughs-)
Anyways on with the show.. Kitsune/ACC pairing.... Why? Well why the hell not eh?
Disclaimer: I don't own Love Hina, someone far more talented does, I'm just borrowing for the purposes of entertainment (Of myself or you the reader? Hey that's your call not mine -smiles-)
NefCanuck - amslerd@sympatico.ca
The Fox and the Hound
Mitsune "Kitsune" Konno sat at a local watering hole in Hinata, doing her level best to try and send her liver to an early grave. The residents of the dormitory where she lived didn't approve of her nightly forays into the state of drunkenness, but she didn't care. After the latest round of the silent treatment by the residents while she proceeded to have her one woman party she had decided to continue her party elsewhere and found herself in this *charming* establishment, one of the few that hadn't cut her off for an unpaid liquor tab.
So Kitsune sat alone, her mood growing darker as she grew drunker. She growled to herself "What's with them, it's not like I haven't done this before" Her conscience chided her gently (That's the problem Kitsune dear, you do this way too often.... they're worried about you) Kitsune then proceeded to try and drown the voice in her head with the rest of her drink, only succeeding in draining the glass that much faster. As she sat in her alcoholic haze she began to drift back into her memories...
* In the Past *
Kitsune stood behind the door to Naru Narusegawa's room peeking in hoping to catch a glimpse of Naru's tutor Seta. Seta was everything that Kitsune thought she wanted in a man, smart, charming, funny and had endless patience. But, as was often the case when it came to good looking guys, Naru had decided first that Seta would be hers and Kitsune couldn't bring herself to impose herself into the situation and hurt her best friend in the world.
So Kitsune snuck back to her room with a sigh and after making sure no one had seen her go in, made her way to her desk and opened the bottom drawer. Inside lay a bottle of sweet sake that she had managed to con an upperclassman into buying for her by promising to show him her "assets"
Kitsune had kept her part of the bargain... and showed the poor boy her bank account... her total "assets" in the world. As she had left the boy stuttering in astonishment with how easily he had been tricked, she had raced off with the bottle of liquid gold. Now it sat in her drawer staring her in the face even as she began to speak to the bottle in a soft, low voice. "That's right, just you and me handsome... no one can break us up and Naru can't lay claim to you... you're mine all mine...." and with that she proceeded to down a quarter of the bottle and fell asleep, clutching the bottle to her chest and a tear trickling down her cheek.
* In the Present *
Kitsune scowled even as she looked at her nearly empty glass "Why the hell did I have to remember that?" she thought bitterly even as she raised her unsteady hand with effort and offered up her most alluring smile to the bartender "How about another one gorgeous?" The barkeep sighed, the Konno girl was in theory his best customer except for the fact that she never managed to actually pay off her bartab, managing to get it reduced before getting cut off by means of beguiling men with her various charms. "Okay one more and then I gotta cut you off, it's nearly closing time and I have to get home to the wife sometime this week." Kitsune grinned broadly "In that case, make it a double?" The barkeep sighed "No way, you're already way past loaded Konno-san" Kitsune grimaced at the formality in the man's voice, but knew when she was beaten, even nice guys have their limits as Kitsune accepted her final drink of the evening.
* Elsewhere in Hinata *
Hideki Matsui, known as "Bloodhound" to his friends at the precinct, sighed and stretched even as he watched the clock tick down to the end of his shift. As was his custom he waited until the very last minute of his shift to begin preparing for the journey home, unlike his colleagues who were laughing and joking even as they prepared to go off shift for the night. Hideki sighed again, knowing what awaited him when he got home, another TV dinner, some bad late night comedy and then bed, only to be repeated again the following night, probably until he retired. Hideki sometimes wondered why he was where he was in life and then he remembered what had caused him to choose this town as the place to start his career as a policeman.
* In the Past *
Hideki Matsui was not a small man by any means, standing at 6"1 but standing nose to nose with his father he felt like he was ten years old again, but this time he wasn't cowering in fear, he was matching his father in volume and intensity. Hideki stood his ground defiantly, his ice blue eyes blazing in fury "For the last time father I will *not* agree to start my career in the Tokyo Police Department! That's *all* I need, people saying that I got there because *you* made it so!" Hideki's father was equally adamant "But why in the hell do you want to start in a backwater like Hinata? You'll never get out of there once you transfer in!" Hideki looked his father in the eye "I'd rather spend my life in a 'backwater" as you call it with my pride intact!" and with that he stormed out the door carrying a duffel bag and putting it in the sidecar of his bike. He took one last look at the house of his childhood before he peeled out leaving streaks of rubber on the road and his father steaming on the doorstep, even as his mother stood behind a curtain that had afforded a view of the entire exchange. The kindly woman had a smile on her face, proud of her son's refusal to accept his father's help "Good luck Hideki, be safe my precious little puppy"
* Back in the Present *
Hideki awoke from his daydream with a start, mentally chiding himself for having lost focus. "To lose focus was to lose oneself" this was a mantra that he lived his life by. He glanced at the clock, his shift was now officially over and he could make his way to the small apartment he had rented in Hinata. That had been another sore point with his father, he could have easily afforded more on what he had been given by his parents, yet he chose to live only off the meager salary he commanded as a foot solider in the war on crime. His only indulgence, his motorbike, roared to life under him and he began the trek to his apartment.
Elsewhere, Kitsune staggered out of the bar, she was in the truest sense of the word, drunk. Her vision was a jumbled mass of colours and light, even this late in Hinata things were still happening. She wandered haphazardly towards the all girls dorm she called home but only made it a few blocks before collapsing on the sidewalk in a heap.
Kitsune awoke sometime later to the sounds of several voices "Shit, she's waking up! What do we do now boss?" Another gruff voice answered "Who gives a damn if she's awake or not? Hell, it'll just made it that much more fun!" That's when Kitsune knew she was in trouble and she tried to get up. She found that her wrists had been bound behind her and she was seated on the ground.
Kitsune looked up and saw her assailants, one was a short stocky man, with his hair dyed blond while the other was thin and had a dangerous look to him, as if he had nothing left in the world to live for. (See? This is what the others were afraid of, her conscience chided her even as she began to realize the gravity of the situation through the slowly lifting alcoholic fog)
Kitsune mentally kicked her conscience of the nearest cliff and looked at her attackers with a beguiling smile "You know fellas, this would be a whole lot more interesting if you untied me... whaddaya think?" The tall one smirked "What do you think we are lady, stupid? We untie you and you'd take off like a bat out of hell, no you're staying nice & tied up!" Kitsune shrugged "Can't blame a girl for trying can you?" and with that she took a breath and began to scream for help as if her life depended on it, because for all she knew at that moment it did.
Hideki sat at a light on his bike waiting for it to change, using the dead time to mentally examine his surroundings, he wasn't in the nicest part of Hinata but he would soon be home. Suddenly he heard a woman's cry for help, followed by the sharp sound of a hand smacking flesh. Hideki scowled, that wasn't good and with barely a moment's hesitation he grabbed his nightstick from his bike and headed for the source of the cry for help.
Back in the alley the two thugs towered over Kitsune, the tall one shaking with a barely controlled rage "That was real stupid lady.... all we wanted to do was have a little fun and you had to go make all that noise... Looks like we'll have to make sure you can't cause us any trouble" With that he kneeled down, having pulled out a knife and with a praticised flick of his wrist cut off several buttons on Kitsune's blouse. Kitsune looked up and uttered a silent prayer, even as she realized that no one was likely to come to her aid.
Hideki came upon the situation and immediately his mind turned to how to best disarm the thugs while minimizing the risk to the woman, he decided to try the soft approach first. Hideki smiled "Looks like I broke up a little something before it got started... how about you fellas leave the scene and I don't call this in to the station?" The taller one barked out a laugh "You're a cop? You look like a freaking Yakuza thug! Now get lost before I carve you up shithead!" Hideki's smile was gone now, replaced by a grim mask of professionalism. Hideki glared at the pair "I was willing to let this pass if you boys took off, now it's official police busi..." Hideki was cut off by the strangled cry of the taller assailant who came at him swinging his knife wildly.
Hideki brought up his nightstick and caught the blade of the knife in it even as he used his other arm to deliver a forearm shiver that sent his attacker sprawling on the ground. Hideki looked at the shorter man "Are you willing to surrender, or do you want to make things difficult for yourself like your friend here?" The smaller man looked at Hideki, a barely restrained glaring tower of anger and his partner who lay in a pile of trash looking very much like he belonged there and did the only thing her could...
He fainted dead away.
Hideki smiled to himself "Well, that went pretty well, all things being equal" he murmured. After securing the men with handcuffs from his back pocket he turned his attention to the woman. She had gone silent during the fight, looking at her saviour in a way that Hideki couldn't quite place but as Hideki kneeled next to her she began to cry softly. Hideki looked at the woman in confusion "Are you hurt anywhere miss? Should I call for an ambulance for you?" Kitsune shook her head and continued crying quietly even as Hideki freed her from her bonds. Hideki was truly concerned now even as he brought the brown haired woman to her feet. "Can you tell me your name Miss?" Hideki asked as gently as he could. Kitsune began "M... My name is Kit...." and she proceeded to vomit all over Hideki's jacket and pass out.
Hideki's only thought at that point was "Aw man, vomit is a pain in the ass to get out of leather" The bile began dribbling down the front of his jacket, narrowly missing the bulldog insignia, an idea from his colleagues at the station in testament to his tenacity. He brought the woman gently back down to the ground while taking care not to get any of the woman's bile on her. "May you wake up and not remember any of this Miss" Hideki commented softly to the now soundly asleep Kitsune.
To be continued...
Well that was interesting... comments anyone?