COMING HOME

SUMMARY: In the aftermath of Kono's undercover assignment her cousin's going to make sure she understands that her safety is worth more than anything else there is. For Kono coming home is worth the price she'll have to pay.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Hawaii Five – 0 or CBS. If I did, I wouldn't have gone back to school for my 3rd degree.

WRITTEN FOR: Jet's prompt challenge and for abc12349k2… who wanted to see Kono in trouble!

PROMPT: Mentor

A/N: So...this isn't my usual style. In fact I've only written one other F/M spanking story. I hope you all like it!

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Five - 0 task leader, Steven 'Steve' McGarrett, sat on the tailgate of his truck, his feet swinging back and forth to their own beat. Beside him, Kono Kalakaua sat with her back ramrod straight and her gaze pointed at the blacktop. Neither of them spoke, the tension and nervousness, too thick to be comfortable.

Several feet away Danny 'Danno' Williams stood at the trunk of his camaro reaching in and grabbing a couple of towels, bottles of water, and first aid kit items. He handed one of each to new team member, Lori Weston.

Lori gave him a nod of thanks before going to sit on the trunk of her car and wiping off the sweat that had accumulated through the day. She took a long pull of her water and then simply sat there waiting to see what was going to happen next. Danny handed the other set of supplies to the oldest team member, Chin Ho Kelly.

Chin took the supplies he'd been given and walked to his cousin Kono who took them quietly. Disapproval radiated off the older man and both Kono and Steve flinched slightly. Chin said nothing, going back to the camaro to grab some supplies for himself. Seconds later, Danny was handing a set of supplies to Steve who didn't even look up.

"Hey," Danny waited for his partner to look at him, "How's the hand?"

Steve shrugged and smirked slightly, "Feels like I punched someone."

"Put the ice pack on it," Danny ordered with a shake of his head. "And don't let Chin hear you talking like that."

Steve looked over the older man's shoulder and looked away when he realized Chin was staring at them. "He's mad at me."

Kono snorted from her spot, "He pissed at me."

The two shared a look, each hating that they had not only upset the older man but disappointed him. Chin was more than just a friend, big brother (in Steve's case), and cousin (in Kono's case). He was their mentor; the one person they each wanted to be like.

Danny grabbed Steve's hand, startling the other man. It was with quick and effective movements of his hands that Danny cleaned the scraped knuckles. "I'll wrap them after you shower later. How's your arm Rook?"

"Fine," Kono shrugged, "They wrapped it up nice and pretty. Once I shower I'll see if I can't get one of you to wrap it again."

"Drink some water and clean off," Danny ordered both of them. "We'll take off once we've been given the go ahead."

Kono and Steve each took a long pull of water before Danny was satisfied enough to walk away. He went back to the camaro and grabbed the supplies that Chin held out to him. The two began to talk in low tones.

Around them the members of the HPD kept well away from the team that was Five – 0. It was obvious to all of them that there was soon to be a blow up between members though who and why couldn't be said. There were bets going on though.

Some put money on the task force leader having done something stupid (more stupid then the punch he threw) and that former New Yorker, Danny 'was going to start screaming at him.

Others put money on the Lieutenant, Chin, yelling at McGarrett for punching the IA Detective, Captain Vincent Fryer.

The rest of them were split in two directions. One side put money on the three men all yelling at Chin's cousin, Kono for getting hurt and her part in the whole case. The second side put money on the new member, who was standing by her car trying not to be noticed, losing her cool because it was obvious that she was as oblivious as the rest of them.

In the end they all lost. After going through their ritual cool down process, Chin gave a hard look to Danny and with a jerk of his head got the Detective to walk with him and stand closer to where Kono and Steve where sitting.

Speaking lowly so no one could hear, Chin ordered, "Take Kono back to the office. Cuff her if you have to."

The last was said just loud enough for his cousin to hear. Kono looked up at Danny with wide innocent eyes. She turned her gaze to her cousin and after meeting his eyes for a fraction of a second, she looked down at her shoes intently.

"She'll get there," Danny promised before ushering Kono to his car.

Chin threw a look at Steve who quickly looked up at Lori. Steve called out to her, "Follow them back! Make sure Kono doesn't need help."

Glad to be of some use Lori hopped into her car and sped after the duo.

Left alone with an obviously irate Chin wasn't high on Steve's priority list but there nothing for him to do. In all honesty, he hadn't even thought of the possibility of his kaikua'ana's anger being at anyone else but him.

Despite the fact that Fryer was an ass, Steve had still punched the man. To top it all off, as a Captain, within the HPD, he outranked Danny, Chin, and Kono. The man could potentially make life very difficult for the three…well for all of them but Steve wasn't worried about himself or Lori who answered to the Governor.

"Keys Steven," Chin demanded, holding out his hand.

Steve didn't bother to protest as he handed them over and then hopped into the passenger seat of his truck. 'Was this how Danny felt' he wondered to himself.

The ride back was painfully silent and Steve all but ran out of the truck when pulled into the parking lot.

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Chin followed his younger brother at a more sedate place, doing his best to calm his anger even more before he got into the building.

So he was relatively calm when he walked in on Steve, Kono, and Lori all joking around, music playing, and coffee being passed around since there was still paperwork to be done. Danny stood off to the side with a mixture of frustration and amusement on his face.

"What's going on?" Chin asked him quietly.

"They got sidetracked heading for the locker rooms," Danny shook his head with an indulgent eye roll. He slapped Chin's shoulder, "I need a shower."

Danny took off, leaving the older man to watch over the 'kids'. Chin went to his office to grab his personal supplies, allowing the three to talk; glad they found the ability to relax despite the tension there'd been moments before.

When he came out of his office, Lori gave Kono a look, "We should go freshen up."

Kono followed her line of sight and nodded her agreement. Seeing the youngest member of his team's wide eye's Steve looked in the same direction and paled slightly. He may be a Navy SEAL and used to putting himself in harm's way but at the moment he wasn't above using the girls as a human shield to save himself.

There were no more words spoken as the three suddenly found the need to shower overwhelming. It was obvious to Chin that Lori was going based on the emotions of the other two. It made the situation that much funnier.

When the three had disappeared from site, Chin allowed himself to chuckle despite everything that had happened. He couldn't help but wonder when he had become so scary that even the Super SEAL was running away from him.

The need to wash the day away was overwhelming, now, that it was done and over with. It was a relief to know that Kono was safe and the team was once again whole.

Taking his time, it was almost 15 minutes before Chin was ready to shower so he wasn't surprised to find Danny and Steve already dressed in everything but socks and shoes. What he was surprised about was their argument.

"I'm not made of glass Danno," Steve protested with a glare. "I don't need my hand bandaged."

"Humor me," Danny ground out, holding on to his last ounce of patience by a thread. "There's open skin. With our luck it'll become infected."

"Not everyone is as sensitive as you are Jersey," Steve rolled his eyes.

"Hand, now," Danny demanded with a snap of his fingers.

Steve glared back at him, his hand wavering in the air. Upon hearing the snap it was an automatic response to do as he was told and he hated it.

"Whatever Danno," Steve rolled his eyes again. He snapped, "Why don't you go smother someone else?"

"Hey," Chin crossed over to the two in three quick strides. He didn't hesitate to angle his baby brother, raise his hand, and bring it crashing down on the targeted backside. *SWAT, SWAT, SWAT*

"Wait, Chin," Steve protested but didn't try to pull away. This wasn't the first time his mouth had gotten him in trouble and he was sure it wouldn't be the last. Besides, he was pretty sure this was just the beginning of the trouble he was in.

"Enough attitude," Chin scolded as he continued to swat, "You will let Danny wrap your knuckles and you will do so patiently. You will thank him for doing so and you will apologize for your behavior. Do you understand?"

"Understood," Steve cringed at a particularly hard swat. Damn, but Chin had a hard hand!

A dozen swats later, it was over and Steve blinked back the tears that had yet to fall. He was grateful to note that Danny had slipped out of the locker room at some point and he vowed to not give the other man a hard time the next time he wanted to help him.

Chin held Steve at arm's length and gave him a stern look, "Just because you are not in as much trouble as you should be, doesn't mean you're getting away with that punch kaikaina."

"Oh, come on," Steve protested, "He deserved it!"

"Really Steven," Danny cut in with a raised eye brow.

"Well he did," Steve sulked not bothering to question when Danny had come back.

"I know he did, but I don't think now is the time," Danny shot a pointed look at Chin.

Steve gave a sheepish grin, "Sorry."

"For the attitude or the punch?" Chin questioned.

"Umm…" Steve's grin grew bigger, "Both."

"Your nose just grew Pinocchio," Chin teased with a shake of his head. He started for the shower throwing over his shoulder, "You're grounded for the weekend."

"Damn it," Steve muttered to himself. He'd had plans to surf that weekend and had been looking forward to it.

"Hand," Danny ignored the muttering just as he ignored the scene he walked away from.

Steve extended his hand, a small frown (aka pout) on his face. He was happy to note that Danny didn't put a lot of bandage over it. He simply used a butterfly strip and a small patch of gauze to cover it up.

"And done," Danny announced a minute later, "you big baby."

"Thank you Danny." Steve said loud enough to be heard. He gave the man a dirty look and hurried to slip his shoes on. He was happy to note the sting was already fading.

"And…" He heard shouted from above the sound of water.

"Chin," He tried.

"Steven," Came the warning.

"Sorry for giving you a hard time," Steve apologized, meeting Danny's eyes to show that despite being forced to apologize, he did in fact mean it.

"Come on Super SEAL," Danny slapped his shoulder, "Might as well start our paper work."

"You just had to ruin the moment, didn't you Danno," Steven shook his head.

Danny laughed, "Can't put it off forever big guy."

He led a crumbling team leader out of the locker rooms, leaving their eldest member alone to finish cooling off.