14. #2 (Leon Orcot) and #7 (Ten-chan) are together. Who is more protective of the other?
Okay, so that's a … weird pairing, to say the least. But, well, I shall try to imagine it for a second…

Uh. Leon. Because it's just canon-cliché that he's being protective, since he's protective of almost everyone he likes.

And Ten-chan wouldn't give a damn, go out and get himself into the worst trouble he can find.

Who can't take care of himself?

It probably was the comment on his rather unusual clothes that made Leon stiffen, although he should have known by now that Ten-chan didn't give a damn about those comments. But still, his lover took them personally, for whatever reason. And the kitsune was sick of it. He could watch out for himself, dammit, he was no child like Chris, nor a peaceful creature like the Count, who would rather let himself be raped than harm some idiots.

So he whirled around, smiled at the young punk and even winked at him, toying with his braid. Leon at once spun round, too, and tried to make him come along, but Ten-chan stayed where he was.

"Hello, baby," he purred and took a few steps towards the group of youngsters in the dimly lit alley. "I see that you like me, so why don't you come out and tell me so face to face? Or would my beauty blind you then?"

They gaped for a moment, and Leon hissed with displeasure, but Ten-chan had more in stock for narrow-minded humans like them. "Oh dear, you mistook me for a girl? Why, I am sorry, I am not. But I'm sure I could give you pleasure nevertheless, and you should be used to fucking a boy, shouldn't you, seeing that no girl would touch you with a ten-foot pole?"

They were young, inexperienced and probably drunk, so they didn't lose time pondering if attacking the two strangers would be a good idea. Ten-chan laughed out loud when he made the first two stumble and land head-first in some dustbins. The third came close enough to get a kick that made him spin around and fall to the floor, while the fourth and fifth had the pleasure of getting tied together by a pair of handcuffs and then locked to a ladder.

And all that so quickly Leon had barely blinked ten times by the time Ten-chan dusted off his hands contentedly. He again took the arm of his stunned lover and led him away, smiling up at him sweetly. "See, darling? You don't have to worry about me. I can take care of myself," he said.

Leon looked back at the guys, down on Ten-chan, shook his head and smiled wryly. "Just promise me you won't take on more than ten at a time, okay?"

A/N: Shadowfox: I very much suspect that Leon wouldn't let anyone put him into an elf costume ... but with the Count, one never knows, right? *g* Anyway, yes, they're definitely up to something ;-)

general zargon: Well, I can only make that happen when the prompts allow for it, sorry. Otherwise I'd be happy to oblige, but in this story I'm afraid it's not gonna happen. But maybe you might still like some of the last pieces, which I will be posting over the next two days to get this finished ;-)

Thanks for the revs, and I hope everybody had a Merry Christmas!