Disclaimer: I don't own or make any money off of Hawaii 5-0. If I owned it, it would probably be more raunchy.

This covers Season 1 Episode 3 (Malama Ka Aina).

I apologies for the length and to the people who already know this episode but this is where I really started seeing a Danny/Kono pairing and wondered why no one had written fanfic based on this episode. Enjoy!

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There were some bad calls being made during this game. Some really bad calls. Kono was none too subtle in her displeasure about them. She even threw in a few choice names and phrases in English and Hawaiian that made Steve raise his eyebrows and a few mothers to move their kids a bit farther away. "Huh, glad she's on our team," surprise tinging his voice as he looked at his youngest team member.

"Shes just getting warmed up!" Chin chuckled. Danny had spotted Kono when she jumped up from the bench. She was gestulating wildly at the ref. As suddenly as she had gotten up, she sat back down. He had been able to momentarily admire her outfit that she had colour coordinated for the game. Red tank in support of the Kukui Kings (and her cousins alma mater), hair thrown up into a casual ponytail and shirts that looked amazing on Kono. Danny shuffled his daughter through the throngs of people in the stands til he got to his group. Thank god they had good, solid high school football in this overtly sunny hellhole, Danny thought to himself, it's not my beloved Giants but they do okay. This was Danny's first time bringing Grace around to meet the team and he was a little bit nervous.

"Sorry we're late!" The Kings had just scored a touchdown so Danny had to yell over the cheer of the crowd. He reached out and touched Kono's shoulder. To the casual observer, it looked as if he was slightly steadying himself but he was also using it as an excuse to touch Kono. Her skin was as smooth and as soft as it looked despite all the surfing that she did. It seemed like every time he touched her, he lingered. Kono noticed that Danny wasn't wearing a tie. She liked it. It was good to see him loosen up a bit and be more casual.

"Hey! Jeez brah!" Steve exclaimed. He turned his attention to Danny's daughter and introducted himself. " Hey Gracie, I'm Steve. It's good to meet you finally!" He reached out to shake hands with the young girl. "Your dad, he talks about you all the time."

"He talks about you a lot too!" she replied with a small smile. The team had a small laugh at his expense while Steve looked mildly shocked.

"Really?" Steve questioned.

"We, ahh, commiserate! It's a father/daughter thing," Danny interrupted before his daughter could say anything else, though the grin didn't help much. Before they could get into any other arguments or playful banter, Kono interrupted by introducing herself to Grace. Chin piped up and introduced himself as well. They talked a little bit about Chin and steve's high school football careers with Steve of course having to one up Chin while he winked at Grace. To pull the guys away from getting into a pissing contest, Kono complimented Grace's tennis outfit. This lead into a discussion about Step-Stan and his want for Grace to learn to play tennis. Graced whine that she was hungry. Danny countered that she had eaten 1 hour ago. Grace countered his argument that they hadn't eaten nachos an hour ago. Danny took her to the consession stand with Steve yelling to get him some as well. While there, Danny noticed 2 guys acting suspiciously. He noticed a flash of a gun. Quickly passing his daughter off into the care of a motherly-looking bystander, he whipped out his phone and called Steve to alert him of the situation. He followed the suspects out and within a minute of them being on the field, they had whipped out their guns and shot a man. Once the gun shots happened, mass hysteria ensued. Danny managed to shoot one of them. With the threat eliminated and Chin chasing another suspect, Danny went back to find his daughter. He was flooded with relief to see that she was safe and unharmed.

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They had moved to the parking lot to review the footage that had been taken right before the shooting. Chin had said that he had a source that would be able to left and left immediately after the game. Danny had called Rachel to let her know that regardless of the shooting that Grace was safe. Upon reviewing the the video and determining who the victim was, Kono was able to determine that it was the Samoans who were in league with the Triads. Once Danny hung up from Rachel, he was able to rejoin Steve and Kono to work further on the case.

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Chin managed to track down his source at a hotel. After exchanging a few words, Chin hauled him into their offices. After a bit of loud discussion, Steve enquirer as to how Chin knew his source. Kono and Chin replied at the same time that it was their cousin, Sid. He said that he was actually an undercover cop working for the Samoan gang and had been for the better portion of a year. Even though he was the one under scrutiny and sitting on a couch, he still somehow managed to look down his nose at Chin.

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Danny's POV

Here they were, once again, doing something that had to be so far from legal that they couldn't see the line anymore. Or they barely could anyway. In fact, he was pretty sure that Steve didn't even know where that line was or even acknowledged that there was a line. The guy probably deserved it but it still wasn't an excuse to what they were currently doing to him. He would never admit to it but even though Steve's methods were insane, they spcertainly were effective. They went back to the shark cage and the guy started spilling his guts; which was good cause it looked like he was also about to lose his as well. It was all going well until the guy said Salvo. Danny's blood ran cold. Danny knew this guy from back in Jersey. Frank Salvo was an evil zone of a bitch who had shot his own uncle to take over the family and the business. He had his fingers in many pies. You name it, he was in it: prostitution, money laundering, protection, drugs, loan sparking. It seemed the only operation he couldn't get a foothold in was illegal gambling and that was because of Atlantic City. It appeared to be his incentive for being on the island.

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They had made a plan that hinged on Sid being able to get them into the party. Kono had talked to Sid about getting them in the party. He said he would help everyone but Chin. He said he could get Kono in as a waitress but had no idea how to get the haloes into the party. Kono told him they would go as whales. Kono came back to confirm that Sid was able to get them into the party save for Chin as Sid's hatred for his cousin seemed to run that deep. Chin said it was fine and he would sit in the truck though his tone said it was anything but fine.

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The night of the party had finally arrived. Danny and Steve were driving to the party in a silver Ferrari. They pulled up to a traffic light. At said light, they happened to also happened to pull up to a car of women. As soon as they spotted Steve, they were tossing their hair and flirting so hard through their eyes that Danny was surprised that they didn't just climb out of their car, into the Ferrari and into Steve's lap. Danny begged Steve to take a detour as he was tired of watching the women fawn over Steve and thought that the woman actually looked like she would climb out of their car and into Steve's lap. Danny wasn't blind, he looked back as they pulled away and took a slightly different route to the party.

They had finally pulled up to the front door of the party. They gave their names and been checked off the list to be allowed in. Steve stepped into the party looking ever the walking wet dream. Danny stepped in looking just as delicious save for his open tie and collars. He didn't realize it but he could turn just as many heads if he would only do up that top button and straighten his tie. Danny spotted Kono in the party. "Look at that," Danny threw out casually. He only got a quick look but she looked stunning! Her hair pulled up and away from her face in a light bun save for a few tendrils framing her face; light, natural looking make-up (though Danny thought she was a natural beauty) and the red, silk robe. Dear God! Danny, being an avid connoisseur of lingerie, was a huge supporter of this outfit. The heels set it off perfectly. It had a low V but it didn't look like she had any problems filling it out. His brain was chanting More Kono undercover! More Kono undercover! which kept repeating in his brain which morphed into More Kono under covers! More Kono under covers! He had to quickly stop that line of thought as he felt a slight twitch in his pants and sat down at the poker table. They all took notice of Salvo as he entered the party. Kono followed the men to the back room and offered them a drink to start their meeting. She handed Tuinei a bottle of beer and as she handed Salvo his whiskey, she slid a bug under his collar. After discussing business for a few minutes, Salvo and Tuinei were approached by one of Salvo's goons about an issue with the guest list. It seemed that Steve and Danny had been discovered. Though they knew the names were fake, they didn't know who they belonged to so they still had some time before they were found out. Chin pulled up video to find Sid. Chin found his cousin on his knees by the pool in the process of getting beaten up. Unfortunately, it only looked like the beginning of the process. Chin informed the rest of his team of where Sid was and also that he was moving in as backup. Danny and Steve swiftly collected their winnings and left the table while Kono abandoned her drink station. Danny headed down some stairs which he hoped lead to the pool while Steve headed down a hallway. Kono stole down those stairs a few moments later. Kono and Danny ended up meeting at the door leading to the pool. "You seen Steve?" Danny questioned of Kono.

"Last I knew, he was with you," Kono replied, shrugging her shoulders. "Did you guys have a plan to save Sid?" Kono asked Danny a little hopefully. She wasn't Sid's biggest fan but he was still ohana.

"Knowing Steve, we'll probably be hearing a few grenades going off soon and the next thing we know the pool is being blown to smithereens!" Danny mimed with his hands.

"Really, Danny? Don't you think that's a tad dramatic?" Kono chuckled.

"I'm not being dramatic! Knowing him, that's either his plan or something close to it! I've come to realize in these past few weeks of knowing him that this is how he is: loud and brazen. Whereas I am subtle and quiet." Kono snorted at that one.

"Alright Mr. Subtle and Quiet, what's your plan for sneaking up on these guys?" Danny motioned for them to go through the door quietly to sneak behind the lush greenery that surrounds the pool.

"Well, I don't know where you might be hiding a gun," Danny used his hand to indicate her outfit while at the same time his eyes were finally able to take in a good, long look of this evenings undercover outfit, "but I've got mine on me. My plan was to slowly creep up on them and hope that they would be too distracted to notice. Catch them by surprise. Take them out as they come at us. The problem is trying to get that close to enact the plan."

kono thought about it for a bit. A mischievous smile slowly appeared on her face. "I've got an idea for that but I'm gonna need your help. Follow my lead." Kono stood up and stepped out into the open.

"What are you doing?" Danny hissed. "Get back down here!"

"Just trust me!" She whispered back. She took off her heels and transferred them to the fingers of her left hand while out stretching her right hand down to Danny. He reached for her outstretched hand and when they connected, she tugged him up hard which caused a few different things to happen 1) caused him to stumble, 2) use Kono as a counterpoint his lack of balance, 3) their faces to be centimeters apart which lead to 4) Kono to smile, closing the distance between their lips. She pulled at the lapels of his suit jacket to drag him towards her as she had her back to her cousin. She pulled back from the kiss to notice 2 things A) Danny's lips were softer than she thought they would be and B) he was still leaning forward, lips slightly puckered, eyes closed as if trying to continue the kiss. She smiled wide at this, threw her head back and laughed. Danny's eyes snapped open at the sudden change of mood. When their eyes met again, she widened them, hoping he outed understand what she meant. He pulled himself from his lustful phase and a big grin broke out on his face. He wrapped his arms around Kono and allowed his hands to wonder as they both stumbled backwards, giggling the entire time. They grinned and laughed into each others necks, planting kisses there when they could. They slowly worked their way backwards towards Sid. Kono dropped her shoes and now had full use of her arms and hands which she wrapped around Danny's neck. At this point the group at the other end of the pool had looked up to see what was going on. Danny went in for more giving Kono slightly open mouthed kisses til she moved her right arm to wrap underneath his left arm. He chanced it when she did that and deepened the kiss, sliding the tip of his tongue exploratory into hers and shockingly, Kono was in the process of doing the same thing when her tongue touched his.

"No!" Danny thought that he had whispered but turns out he had actually yelled it a little louder than he thought. He had felt her pull back slightly as if she were stepping to turn away. He went for another kiss to further push the advance and landed his kiss but missed the next one. It seemed as if his instinct had been correct because he felt Kono turn away from him but didn't step outside of his arm space. He quickly put a strong hand on her flat and toned stomach to turn her back towards him and re-engage in the activities they had only been doing moments ago. Kono had turned around to gage the distance they were in relation to Sid. She turned back around in Danny's arms and Danny went back in for anothrt kiss.

"Get them the hell outta here!" Salvo yelled to his goons.

"Oh yeah, no we can't do-" he said aloud near her mouth. Danny noticed the guys with the guns coming towards him and Kono. Damn, no more fun time, he thought to himself. The guys leveled the guns at them. "Woah! Woah! Hey! Guys, we're really sorry. We don't want any trouble." Danny replied to their intimidating stance. Danny and Kono both were backing up, slowly bringing their hands up in a surrender motion.

Just as it looked like the guys might be ready to pull the trigger, Steve popped up out from behind some plants and yelled "Hey!" All the mobsters attention swung to Steve and that's when Kono and Danny made their move as the first of many rounds left Steve's gun. Kono slammed her knee into the stomach of her assailant while Danny punched his in the gut. Both men keeled over and Danny and Kono used this opportunity to trip them men as they pushed them simultaneously into the pool. Salvo and Steve were trading shots with Steve easily being at the advantage because he had a slightl cloak of darkness. Steve easily took out one of the henchmen in the it back and forward.

Danny had pushed a table over sideways so that it provided a shield for him and Kono while he pulled out his gun and started firing at Salvo and his men they were so preoccupied with Steve that they didn't register Danny's shots until it was too late and he was easily picking them off. Kono had simply ducked behind the table as she didn't have a gun to join the fight with. She wouldn't have had much of an angle even if she did have a gun because of her position and the massive amount of greenery around the pool. So even though it killed her, she waited it out. Sid was slowly making his way away from Salvo, honestly hoping that he was too preoccupied to remember him but Salvo caught movement out of the corner of his eyes and turned the gun on Sid. It was then that the last shot of the fight rung out and Salvo crumpled forward everyone looked up to see Chin standing with a look of finality on his face with a shotgun leveled at where Salvo stood. Everyone slowly came out of their hiding places with Kono rushing to Sid's side to help him up.

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An ambulance had been called as well as HPD to clear up all the mess at the house. Kono was standing with Sid who was sitting in the ambulance, getting his wounds checked out by a paramedic. Steve, Chin and Danny were standing around discussing what had just gone down and to what extent they should include Sid's name on the report if at all. He might not be undercover anymore for this operation but he may in the future and they didn't want to damage his reputation any. Danny slowly started to phase out of the conversation and his gaze drifted to Kono. He had enjoyed the outfit she wore, and continued to wear sans heels tonight. And he was pretty sure that it wasn't just him throughly enjoying the kiss earlier tonight. Maybe it was in his head or maybe there was something there but he didn't know unless he tried. He walked over to where Kono was by the ambulance."Hey Kono," Danny threw out casually.

"Hey Danny. Hell of a night huh?"

"Yeah, yeah it was." Danny rubbed the back of his neck. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Sure thing," she followed him off to the side, away from all the noise. He turned around to face her. "What's up?"

"Well, I just wanted to talk about earlier and let you know that that was a great plan and you have really good instincts."

She smiled big. "Thanks Danny. You did a great job playing your part as well. Thanks for following along."

He noticed her shiver and wrap her arms around herself. "Did you want to borrow my jacket?" Already pulling the jacket off to give to her.

"Yeah, thanks. It's a little cooler out here than I realized." She accepted the jacket and wrapped it around herself.

"Anyway, I was thinking back to earlier about the kissing and everything and..." he paused as he thought how to say this next part. He decided that the best way was to barrel through it. "I hope it wasn't just me but I felt as if there were a little more to it than just kissing. Like maybe there was more of an attraction there or maybe it's just me but I hope I'm wrong and would you like to go out with me on a date sometime?" He blew out the rest of his breath then took a deep inhale to full his lungs again. He could usually talk for hours without pause but that had worn him out. He also realized that he hadn't looked at her after giving her his jacket.

Kono looked at him. "Our boss and my cousin just watched us make out and grope like teenagers and you're just going to casually ask me out on a date?" Kono asked incredulously.

"I'm a classy guy like that," Danny smirked as he looked up at her through his lashes. His expression changed to hopeful again. "So, would you?" He asked again.

She rolled her eyes and smiled. "Yes Danny, I'll go on a date with you."

"Great! So, um, I'll call you and we can iron out the details. Maybe dinner and a movie or dancing! We could go dancing!"

"You? Dancing?"

"Hey, I happen to be a very good dancer thank you very much."

"Alright, dancing it is then. Let me know the where and when."

"I will do that. See you tomorrow. In the office. At...well whatever time you get there! Good night Kono."

"Good night Danny." Danny turned from her and walked back to Steve and Chin with his hands in his pockets and a smile on his face. This weekend was going to be good.

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As Danny pulled up to the Edwards house, or rather their gate, he saw the Govenors car pulling away. He got out of his car and pushed the button for the intercom. Rachel would have thought it best if Grace not be near Danny but the truth of the matter was that the situation at the football game would have happened whether Grace had been there or not. In fact, she was probably safer because he had been there. There was nothing he could have done that would have prevented that situation! As soon as a voice said hello, he immediately started bagging and pleading with Rachel not to take Grace away. Laying down the amount of time that he gets to spend with her and reminding her yet again that the only reason he moved to this pineapple infested hellhole was because he moved their daughter there. He was dejected to learn that he had been talking to the housekeeper instead of Rachel and almost threw up his hands in defeat. Of all the rotten luck! Rachel's counsel came on the intercom then to let Danny know that Rachel was dropping the suit against him. The gates started to open and out ran his monkey. He scooped her up into his arms and held her to him tightly. He had never been so happy to hold his Gracie in his arms.

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Steve and Danny had walked in to find Chin and Kono watching old football games of Steve. Apparently Kukui High School had out all the old football games online. Danny noticed the number 50 on the back of Steve's jersey and asked about it. Steve explained to him that it wasn't 50 but 5-0. It was what Steve's dad had called their family because they weren't natives but Hawaii grew to be their home, much like Hawaii was to the US. It was a way to make them feel like they had a home. They're little ohana. Kono looked thoughtful for a moment. "Hmm, I like that. 5-0." And so the name stuck.

Thanks for reading! Hopefully you enjoyed this chapter though I know it was an episode recap really but I felt like I couldn't leave out some parts otherwise I got a choppy story (in my opinion). Questions, comments, concerns, query - leave a review!