As promised in Chapter 4 of my story Black Storm Wolf of Ryozanpaku, I am posting a small series of challenge one-shots. Each one will have a different pairing suggestion but my goal is to leave it open to the writer to choose a new pairing if they so desire.

The first pairing scenario will be Kenichi and Kisara.

The setting:

One week after the fight with Kenichi moved away after the promise he made to Ryuto, he is taken on a shopping trip with his mother. This very same day, a young Kisara is walking with her cat Noir and is attacked by a stray dog.

First pairing:

The market place was crowded on the warm Friday afternoon, many people moved through the gathering of carts and stalls, either stopping to examine the produce or simply rushing through on their way to their chosen destination.

It is on this day that a young boy was happily walking next to his mother. The boy was dressed in a white short-sleeved shirt with blue shorts, his dark brown hair was ruffled and stuck out in random directions and his brown eyes gazed around him with a sense of wonder most children have.

His mother was fairly tall with a healthy figure and looked several years younger than her actual age. Her hair and eyes were the same as her son's, only hers was a little more tamed in fashion. It parted neatly above her forehead with a loch falling between her eyes and a small ponytail in the back.

A sack of groceries was held in her left hand while the boy's hand was held in her right. They stopped at a vendor selling fresh tomatoes and the vendor looked up and smiled warmly. "Saori, it's good to see you again," he greeted her. "And little Kenichi too, how are you both?"

"We're doing fine Gin," Saori said, letting go of Kenichi's hand to pluck a tomato from a basket. "How's business?"

"As good as I could hope for," Gin said, laughing as he pulled one of the tomatoes and took a bite. "I had a good harvest this year and I'm sharing it with all who stop by. For a small price of course."

While the two adults shared a pleasant conversation, Kenichi was letting his eyes wander across all the sights presented by the people wandering the market. It was then that he heard the faint sound of a dog barking and of course, his natural compulsion to find the "doggy" led him to wandering away while his mother was still distracted.

He followed the dog's barking father down the street until it led him to a small alley. The closer he got the easier it was to hear the sound, and another of a girl crying. Moving a little faster Kenichi turned the corner and saw a girl on the ground while a dog and a cat faced off.

The dog was a pit bull, barking and bearing its teeth at a little black cat with its hackles raised and hissing at the much larger animal. The girl was dressed in a schoolgirl uniform with fiery red hair and aqua green eyes.

"Noir get back," the girl cried but the cat ignored her, standing firm between the dog and her master. The dog inched closer and stuck its nose within range of the feline's claws. The resulting scratch to the nose ended up with the dog retreating slightly, whining, only to come back snarling. "NOIR!"

Just as the jaws were about to hit the cat, Kenichi tackled it, sending it off to the side only barely, the jaws snapping just to the right of the black cat. "Are you okay?" he asked the girl, but she was too stunned to speak. Just where had this guy come from? "Get your cat and run," he shouted, turning back to face the dog while keeping himself between it and the girl.

"What are you doing?" the girl asked but Kenichi just looked over his shoulder and smiled.

"I'm protecting you," he said. It was at that moment the dog charged and Kenichi closed his eyes, waiting for the pain...but it never came.

"I must say you've got some spirit kid, I'm impressed." The boy lowered the arms he'd had up to guard his face to see the dog dangling by a hand latched to the scruff of its neck. Both boy and girl looked up to find the smiling face of...

And that's where I'm cutting it off. From here the choice is up to whoever takes my challenge. Who saves Kenichi? Pick a master and move from there.