Title: Partner
Author: Donna DeKaren
Pairing: mentions of Mika/Ryan | Mika/Raizo (late chapters)
Length: 1720 words
Rating: T
Warning: Beta'd by myself
Disclaimer: I don't own Ninja Assassin or it's actors. I'm not doing this for profit. Everything is copyright by the ppl who made the movie, etc etc
Summary: AU: Mika is a head strong and loner officer. Raizo is the assigned partner she does not want. Together they will find who is behind the ninja like slayings.
A/N: I keep trying to write whole stories and THEN posting them. Rather than do that, I'm just gonna post what I have and consider it a WIP. If it ever gets finished, great. If not...blame writer's block. Thanks for the awesome reviews for my other Ninja Assassin fic 'Lead Me.'
The hot tea was soothing going down her throat. She studied the ninja clans but didn't know how to get "inside" their headquarters or where it was located. She looked at Raizo who was about to go to bed.
"Do we know how to even get in?" She asked as he was walking out the room. Raizo stopped and turned. He was still dressed in only his boxers that he was training and meditating in. He debated on walking towards her but settled for leaning against a door frame.
"You've been up for most of the night. Get some sleep. Maslow will fill us in tomorrow morning."
Mika stretched and yawned in her chair. He was right and she was tired. Mika stood up, still in her day clothes and headed towards him. She nodded and moved towards the door way so that she could get to her room. Raizo didn't move, causing her to suddenly bush her top half across his chest.
If Raizo thought about it, which he completely was, her breast felt so soft when they pressed against him for that brief second. So many things ran through his mind as the dark skinned beauty moved away from him. He wanted to stop her, grab her hand and pull her into him. He wanted to run his hands through her curls and touch her cheek. The question was, would she want this? Would she even welcome him? They only just met after all but there was no denying the unspoken chemistry they seemed to have for one another.
Raizo decided to not act upon his desires and moved out of the way with an apology. He said he was tired, which was the truth but was not the truth to why he had stayed in the way vs moving. They said their good nights and parted ways. Mika went to her room while Raizo went to the guest room. He laid down and stared at the ceiling in the dark until his eyes adjusted. How long had it been since he had been with a woman? With his line of work, it made it nearly impossible due to being so busy. In fact, the last woman he was with left him because of it. She could not handle being married to a cop.
Mika was so beautiful with her curly brown hair and full lips. Her skin was dark and smooth. The kind that made a man want to caress and never stop. She was dedicated to her job, he could see that not only by the awards hanging in her office but how she spent hours on the files. Was she single? Did she have a special someone in her life? His guess would have had to been no. No because usually there are pictures of that special someone in a person's house. Mika had pictures of her family, what looked to be friends and some of her and her….boss? Raizo wondered if there was anything there, thoughts that filled his head until he drifted off to sleep.
In the morning, both of them woke at the same time but was not aware of the other. Raizo started his mornings with stretches and sit ups. Mika started hers with a shower and a bowl of cereal. She heard the guest bathroom shower start and continued eating. The morning paper had arrived. One more slaying in a bathroom at a popular restaurant happened over night. Looking at the deceased photo, she thought he looked like Kingpin from the comic books. The report said his watch was missing. A minor detail yes but it could be of some use later.
Raizo walked into the room wearing a white shirt, blue jeans and towel drying his wet hair. It curtained his face and she stared, wondering if it looked like that in the throws of passion and sweat. She shook her head and went back to her paper, annoyed at herself.
"Anything the matter?" Raizo asked, sitting down and helping himself to a bowl. Mika folded the paper and prepared to tell a lie.
"No, just the news from last night. Another assassin killing happened." She handed him the paper and he read in silence. Mika took her bowl to the sink and then stared out a window. The sun hadn't rose yet due to it being so early. It was the time she usually woke up. Not seeing the sun was usual for when she went home too due to it being so late. After giving him time to read she said, "We should get going."
Raizo stood up with his bowl, paper in hand and handed it to her at the sink. He then washed out his bowl and placed it on the drying rack. Mika saw that his hair was bothering him. "Here." She said and he stopped, curious as to what was going on. Mika took her fingers and combed back his hair. She then took the pony tail holder she always wore on her wrist and tied his hair back with it. Mika being that close sent his mind racing again. He wanted to pull her hands down and lean in to kiss her. Fear of rejection put an end to those thoughts.
For Mika, the feeling was just the same. Being this close, she could smell the soap on him. She could feel the heat radiating off his body. She too, wanted a kiss. Being headstrong like she was, she decided to do it in order to test the waters. Her fingers locked behind his neck and she leaned in to kiss him. Raizo's lips parted, allowing her tongue entry and she deepened the kiss. She explored his mouth and sucked on his lips. He kissed her back gently, no sure as to where this was going. When he placed his hands on her hips, she moaned into his mouth and pressed her body to his.
With a job like theirs, you had to be analytical. You had to be able to read people, read their bodies and predict their next moves. Raizo, not knowing Mika was completely left in the dark. He would have wondered what move to make next but Mika was making all the moves herself. Her fingers ran up his shirt and touched his chest. His hands moved down to give her butt a squeeze. She could feel his errection against her belly and tried standing on her tippy toes to move it to where she wanted it.
He picked her up, breaking the kiss for only a minute to sit her upon the counter. He opened her legs and pressed, grinding his hard on right against her crotch. 'It's been so long.' Mika thought as he trailed kisses down her neck. Her panties were becoming so wet due to the constant grinding. She wanted them off. She wanted to feel the heat of him. Mika pulled the pony tail tie out of his hair and ran her fingers through it.
RING RING RING
It was Maslow's ring tone on her cell phone. She sighed and hopped off the counter to answer her phone.
"Coretti, why are you late?" Ryan questioned. Mika looked at the clock on the wall and then back to Raizo.
"Sorry, I lost track of time. I woke up late. I was looking at the files and-"
"Yea yea just get in here." He said and hung up the phone. She looked at the phone as if angry with it and then at Raizo again.
"He's mad that we're late. We should get going." She said and headed to the couch where her leather jacket was. Raizo grabbed his from the bed room and they headed out.
The precinct was busy that morning. People were moving around everywhere trying to get their work done. Mika knocked on Maslow's door.
"It's about damned time!" He said with his hands on his hips as they both came in and the door shut.
"Sorry." She whispered.
Ryan looked at Raizo then to Mika. "So the plan is that we're going to get him into the Clan. They are going to take him in as one of their own and hopefully teach him all the assassin shit that's been going on. Once that happens, we'll know for sure that they are behind it."
"WHAT!" Mika yelled and looked at Raizo and then Maslow. "Are you mad! That's dangerous."
Raizo spoke up. "Dangerous but nothing I can't handle. Besides, we're so close to already being in. They trust me already. All I have to do now is talk to the head of the Ozunu boss to make the last part happen. Once I speak to him-"
Maslow interrupted. "We'll for one, know who he is. We haven't been able to match a face to this guy."
"Why can't we just issue a warrant?" Mika asked, sitting down at the conference table in the room. Maslow sat down beside her. Raizo wondered if there was any meaning to him sitting so close.
"No proof." Ryan said. "That is where you and Raizo come in."
Days pass with Raizo working undercover. He is at the clan's compound, fighting Takeshi in a spar. Ozunu is sitting on the outside of the sparring mat, watching them both with pride. The match ended with Takeshi kneeling on the mat, gasping for air. Raizo raised his katana as if taking the killing blow. He stopped when he heard Ozunu clapping.
"Very well done. You have excelled quickly. More so than my other students who have been here longer than you have. Come, walk with me." Ozunu motioned by putting out his hand. Raizo bowed to Takeshi and then walked out of the dojo with Ozunu. Takeshi spat on the ground and glared at Raizo with hate and jealousy. He wanted Raizo out of there so that he can be the favorite once again. He couldn't stand how Ozunu took to this stranger, this outsider due to his skill. If he had a secret, Takeshi would find it out, even if it meant following him.
END Chapter
A/N: Sorry it's taken so long. I've been writing for other fandoms like Vampire Diaries that I've put this story on hold. Sorry for leaving everyone hanging.