Disclaimer:
The characters in this story aren't mine; they belong to Rumiko Takahashi and other publications. I'm only here so I can practice my writing. I do not own any of the characters, only Reiko and Kaneda. I gain no profit from writing this story. So again please don't sue for I am already broke.
This was inspired by the song "Stacy's Mom" & inspired by a segment in "A Wolf in Samurai's Clothing" by Lara Bartram. I do not own the song, it is own by the band Fountains of Wayne and has no connection to me what so ever. I do not own the song, it only help me get inspired to write this fic.
Italics means thoughts
"Look what we have here guys! Hey sweetie what's a nice girl like you doing all by your lonesome?" spoke one of the burly boys.
The girl in question was wearing a school uniform but was slightly short because she was particularly tall, showing off her slender legs. Her long dark brown hair, framed her face as she turned around to face the boys who were crudely staring and making wolf noises at her. She knew the boys. They were the same guys at her class making trouble. She eyed them with undisguised disgust and annoyance. She gave them a very unfeminine snort, turned around once again and began to walk away. Dismissing them as if they never existed.
"HEY BITCH! WE'RE TALKING TO YOU!" called out one of the guys, this time they began to follow and surrounded her. Making sure she had no means to escape.
"Well, it looks like we have a feisty bitch here boys. Maybe teaching you to show some respect will fix that attitude of yours…" said one of the bigger boys, who looked liked the leader of the bunch.
The girl lowered her head, muttering something about this is just isn't her day as well as a couple of curse words. There were five of them. She noted. They all looked big and bulky so it means that they knew how to fight. Then again living in Nerima made that pretty obvious.
She sighed. Out of all the places her mom could move into, it had to be somewhere where all the martial artist fanatics resided.
She faced the burly boys . Eyeing each of them, calculating how fast she can put them down with minimal effort in her behalf and be home on time.
She held her head high and spoke with cool arrogance. "I'd like to see you try."
With those words, the boys began to laugh sinisterly and began closing in on her. She took a deep breathe, and closed her eyes. She then mentally began to count backwards.
"5... 4... 3... 2..." but she never got to finish because all of a sudden she heard another voice.
"Back off Jin. If you know what's good for you." came a voice which bellied serious threat that promised much danger and pain.
The girl lifted her eyelids, she easily saw another boy. He looked around 15 yrs of age, wearing the same type of uniform as the other boys were, which meant he goes to the same school. He had long raven hair which was tied into a pigtail on his back, his long fringe was covering his eyes as he stared down the ground, his muscular body was leaning on the nearby building.
A slight breeze blew his fringe enabling the girl to notice his blue eyes. He looked very handsome as well as dangerous. He was emitting a slightly blue aura around his body which sent shivers down her spine. She only knew a couple of people who could emit that aura and it was mostly her family members.
"BACK OFF SAOTOME! FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO PLAY WITH! THIS ONE'S MINE!" the burly boy replied back. The girl assumed that the guy must be the one named Jin to garner such an angry response. For the look of things, the two guys held some animosity against each other. The boy in question, Saotome didn't seem to hear him. The boy whom she assumed was called Saotome began to straighten and stood off from the wall he was leaning against.
"I'm only going to tell you this once Jin, Let her go." Saotome replied back. He had a very lousy day at school, with his fan girls chasing him and fawning all over him all day long causing him have detention.
Jin seemed to be a little put off because he took a step back from her, only to see his hands clench in impotent rage. She saw his jaw stiffen and looked at his supposedly posse. They seemed to get the hint as they moved away from her only to attack the mysterious boy!
She saw the other four guys run towards the Saotome boy, charging at him in full speed. She saw one of them throw the first punch, only for the boy to miss and be counter attacked by an uppercut. Everything seemed to happen so fast, as one by one the burly boys went down hard. She was too engrossed in the fight that she forgot about the leader until she saw him approach the other boy.
They began to face each other off.
Jin managed to land a couple of hits on the other guy but without the other guy landing a few of his own. Finally with one left hook, he sent Jin flying on to the ground. The boy suffered blow on his left brow and cut on his lower lip. He wiped his lower lip with the back of his hand and turned his attention on her.
"Are you ok Miss?" he asked, he didn't even sound like he was worn out from the fight.
"Yes and thank you" she replied. She didn't sound too grateful to be rescued. But it wasn't polite not to thank her would be hero, even though she could have handled the situation. She was a martial artist after all.
She walked towards him and examined his face. Tracing his cuts with her fingers. He winced slightly which made her smirk.
"Not so tough now aye?" she thought to herself.
"Thanks for helping me but it wasn't really necessary. I can take care of myself" she replied back. She had maintained her training with the help of her family members and encouragement from her aunt, grandfather and not to mention her great grandfather.
"Its ok, but you were outnumbered and you looked like you needed help" he replied casually. Besides it helped a lot to vent out his frustration over his lousy day.
"Would you like to walk with me home? Maybe I can fix your cuts, its not too far away." she offered to him. She felt quite guilty that he got hurt because of her. It was the least she can do after defending her and all. She saw him think about it.
"Well ok, I guess. My old man won't be grateful that I was involve in a small scrape like this and left with minor cuts." he said finally.
"But you were in a fight! Of course you'll have minor scrapes and wounds from it." she replied. He just sighed and began to explain
"Not if you met my old man. You'd know that he expects better than this, that I should have left the fight unscathed. After all it was just five guys." He shrugged.
"Only five guys?" she said incredulously . He began to laugh.
"Yup, after all he is the best martial artist in Nerima. So naturally he expects better from his heir" he explained. This time with so much pride in his voice.
"Oh I see" she replied. Remembering her aunt and her uncle who valued the art with equal passion. She suddenly remembered her cousin Sakura and her passion for the art. She almost breathed and ate the stuff because of her aunt and uncle's influence.
"By the way my names Kaneda what's yours?" Kaneda asked as he extended his hand to hers.
"My names Reiko Sa…." She caught herself before correcting herself ."Reiko Tendo." and shook his hand.
Kaneda didn't seemed to be put off by her slip and ignored it. They then began to head towards Reiko's home.
On their way to Reiko's, they discovered a lot from each other and found that they had a lot in common. Similarities such as both being raised by a single parent and both has a great deal of passion for the art. Kaneda discovered that Reiko has just recently moved to Nerima a few weeks ago and was just settling in. Before they realised it, they're both standing by Reiko's front door. Reiko began to knock and called out to her mom, announcing that she was home.
"Tadaima!" Reiko called out to her mother as she let herself and Kaneda in. There was a muffled response inside the house.
Reiko led Kaneda at the lounge and told him to sit there while she change and look for the first aid kit. Kaneda did what he was told and sat down rather nervously and studied his surroundings. The house was neat and tidy. They're house was fully furnished with very nice, sophisticated and modern pieces of furniture. Judging by the house structure and item pieces that furnished the house, Kaneda deduced that Reiko's family is very well off.
Sitting alone in their lounge room made him wish Reiko would return soon. He felt uncomfortable staying at such a lavish place. He was also starting to get anxious. Wondering what Reiko's mom would think if she found him there. The last thing he wanted was to offend Reiko's mother. That's when he heard someone else entered the room.
"Why hello and who might you be?" a feminine voice asked nonchalantly.
What ever Kaneda had previously been thinking was thrown out of the window, when the woman's lovely visage greeted him. He felt his jaw become unhinged and his eyes grew wide.
Author's notes:
Who do you think just came into the room?
If you've read the original story, then you wouldn't have to guess too hard. Lol.
Hope you like the newly edited version. I'm hoping that I will get a much better response now that I am re-editing my other stories.
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