History FanFic / KunoichisLikeUs

* FingerSuckHealing: Kasumi sucks on Alex's finger in Chapter 20]] after he accidentally cuts it on a knife.
* ForcefulKiss: Kasumi plants one on Alex in Chapter 18]]. She's so taken aback by this action that she promptly runs off.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Alex is constantly on the receiving end of this from his peers, partially because he isn't ethnically Japanese. In [[spoiler: chapter 12]], most of the student body changes their opinion of him when he stops an upskirter from getting a panty shot of a little girl.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In [[spoiler: chapter 11]], Alex gets annoyed at Kasumi and angrily tells her that "if you're gonna talk like my mother, you can just shut up right now!" Kasumi decides to teach him to be careful about what he says by not saying a word to him for over a week.
* BullyHunter: Alex and Kasumi's friendship really kicks off when she helps him fight off a group of bullies in [[spoiler: chapter 2]]. Likewise, she's also beaten up Daisuke and his gang and threatened Ayane when the respective groups threaten him.

* CardboardBoxHome: Of a sort. Alex first meets Kasumi when he finds her injured and unconscious, hiding in a cardboard box. Played straight in [[spoiler: chapter 24]] when Kasumi finds Ayane homeless after she was attacked by members of a rival clan.

* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: This exchange between Alex and Kasumi in chapter 2 sums it up:

* ClarkKenting[=/=]PaperThinDisguise: Kasumi disguises herself in public as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent named Sakura Misaka by simply [[PurelyAestheticGlasses wearing glasses]] and [[BraidsOfAction braiding her hair]]. She's FamedInStory thanks to the Dead or Alive tournaments, and still no one catches on. It's taken UpToEleven in [[spoiler: chapter 22]] when her friends at school arrange for Kasumi/Sakura to cosplay as herself at a DOA convention and still remain none the wiser. So far, the only people to see through the disguise other than Alex are Seiji and Nanako, though Kasumi suspects in [[spoiler: chapter 21]] that Alex's mother is on to her.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: A teenage girl wearing one of these nearly becomes a victim of an upskirter in [[spoiler: chapter 11]], though Alex stops it.

* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: In [[spoiler: chapter 9]], Kasumi warns Ayane to stay away from Alex or she will kill her, and Ayane realizes she's serious when Kasumi actually gives her a small cut on the neck. Kasumi is so torn up over doing so afterwards that she prays to God that she won't have to make good on the warning.
* DontYouDarePityMe: In [[spoiler: chapter 3]], Kasumi reveals to Alex that many of the friends she has made feel sorry for him rather than actually hating him. Alex reflects that his father told him that being pitied was no better than being bullied.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: In [[spoiler: chapter 12]], Ayane hits Kasumi with a sleep gas bomb during their confrontation in Alex's apartment.
* DrowningMySorrows: In [[spoiler: chapter 19]], Alex gets depressed over Kasumi's departure and downs a ton of beer and sake at Nanako's apartment...
** CantHoldHisLiquor: ...which results in him waking up hungover and naked in Nanako's bed the next morning. Nothing happened, of course.

* {{Expy}}: Nanako is one for Misaki from WelcomeToTheNHK, even wanting to seduce Alex to prove her father wrong.

* FingerSuckHealing: Kasumi sucks on Alex's finger in [[spoiler: chapter 20]] after he accidentally cuts it on a knife.
* ForcefulKiss: Kasumi plants one on Alex in [[spoiler: chapter 18]]. She's so taken aback by this action that she promptly runs off.

* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Invoked by Kasumi in [[spoiler: chapter 2]]:

* GoneHorriblyRight: In [[spoiler: chapter 11]], as described under BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor above, Kasumi decides to teach Alex to be careful about what he says by not speaking a word to him for over a week. Of course, she never expected Alex to take it as hard as he does and apologizes for it.

* GroinAttack: In [[spoiler: chapter 6]], Nanako gives one to Shoma when his questions about her relationship with Alex get a little too personal.

** While meeting with her mother Ayame in [[spoiler: chapter 7]], Kasumi is described as such by the former, though her reason for such is because of her compassion for others rather than a [[AttentionWhore need for attention]].

* HumanShield: Kasumi makes sure to keep Alex behind her at all times when Ayane attacks them in Alex's apartment during [[spoiler: chapter 12]].

* MuggingTheMonster: In [[spoiler: chapter 13]], a pervert on the train Alex and Kasumi are riding gropes Kasumi's butt, and promptly gets laid out flat for it.
* MythologyGag: In [[spoiler: chapter 24]], Ayane picks up a little kitten and names it Wakana... the name of [[Creator/WakanaYamazaki Ayane's Japanese voice actress]].

* SleepCute: In [[spoiler: chapter 3]], Kasumi helps Alex get over his insomnia by getting in bed with him fully clothed, stating that her mother did the same thing when she was younger.
* SpoiledBrat: In [[spoiler: chapter 12]], Ayane calls Alex one when he gripes about the Xbox 360 his dad got him as a birthday present (though he was mostly griping about how it was not selling very well in Japan).

* {{Badass}}: Alex proves himself as such when he bravely stands up to Ayane in [[spoiler: chapter 11]] to protect an incapacitated Kasumi, despite full knowledge that he stands no chance against her. Ayane is so impressed by this that she leaves them alone for the time being.

* ButNotTooForeign: Alex and his sisters were born and raised in Japan and are half-French, half-American. To add to it, his sisters, Rika and Mayu, have Japanese names while he does not.

* OC: Alex Kane, Nanako Izumi... the list goes on.

* CanonForeigner: Alex Kane, Nanako Izumi... the list goes on.

* MythologyGag: In [[spoiler: chapter 24]], Ayane picks up a little kitten and names it Wakana... the name of [[Main/WakanaYamazaki Ayane's Japanese voice actress]].

* HumanShield: Though she doesn't say it outright, Kasumi makes sure to keep Alex behind her at all times when Ayane attacks them in Alex's apartment during [[spoiler: chapter 12]].

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Alex is constantly on the receiving end of this from his peers, partially because he isn't ethnically Japanese.
* {{Badass}}: Alex proves himself as such when he bravely stands up to Ayane in [[spoiler: chapter 12]] to protect an incapacitated Kasumi, despite full knowledge that he stands no chance against her. Ayane is so impressed by this that she leaves them alone for the time being.

* ClarkKenting[=/=]PaperThinDisguise: Kasumi disguises herself in public as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent named Sakura Misaka by simply [[PurelyAestheticGlasses wearing glasses]] and [[BraidsOfAction braiding her hair]]. She's FamedInStory thanks to the Dead or Alive tournaments, and still no one catches on. It's taken UpToEleven in [[spoiler: chapter 22]] when her friends at school arrange for Kasumi/Sakura to cosplay as herself at a DOA convention and still remain none the wiser. So far, the only people to see through the disguise other than Alex are Seiji and Nanako.

* DramaPreservingHandicap: In [[spoiler: chapter 12]], Ayane hits Kasumi with a sleep gas grenade during their confrontation in Alex's apartment.

* GetBehindMe: Though she doesn't say it outright, Kasumi makes sure to keep Alex behind her at all times when Ayane attacks them in Alex's apartment during [[spoiler: chapter 12]].

* {{Badass}}: Alex proves himself as such when he bravely stands up to Ayane in [[spoiler: chapter 12]] to protect an incapacitated Kasumi. Ayane is so impressed by this that she leaves them alone for the time being.

* DontYouDarePityMe: Kasumi reveals to Alex that many of the friends she has made actually feel sorry for him rather than actually hating him. Alex reflects that his father told him that being pitied was no better than being bullied.

* BadassNormal: Alex proves himself as such when he bravely stands up to Ayane in [[spoiler: chapter 12]] to protect an incapacitated Kasumi. Ayane is so impressed by this that she leaves them alone for the time being.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: While Ayane isn't exactly evil, she simply can't wrap her head around why Kasumi would swear loyalty to a nobody like Alex.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3938599/1/Kunoichis-Like-Us]]'' is a ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' FanFic written by ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/589118/Damon-Black Damon Black]]'', following a similar plot formula to the manga ''[[Manga/KimiWaPetto Tramps Like Us]]''.

* BullyHunter: Alex and Kasumi's friendship really kicks off when she helps him fight off a group of bullies in [[spoiler: chapter 2]].

* AffablyEvil: Daisuke, Nanako's ex. He's quite polite and patient with Alex, and wants Nanako to come back to him willingly rather than forcing her to do so.

* CardboardBoxHome: Of a sort. Alex first meets Kasumi when he finds her injured and unconscious, hiding in a cardboard box.

** Part of the reason Alex is so cranky and antisocial is because a girl he loved, Nanako Izumi, claimed she was just using him when he confessed his feelings. As it turns out, Nanako lied when she said that because Alex was the first person to tell her as such and mean it and she didn't know how to cope, and they are beginning to reconcile.

''FanFic/KunoichisLikeUs'' is a ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' FanFic written by ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/589118/Damon-Black Damon Black]]'', following a similar plot formula to the manga ''[[Manga/KimiWaPetto Tramps Like Us]]''.

* HatesBeingAlone: While meeting with her mother Ayame in [[spoiler: chapter 7]], Kasumi is described as such by the former, though her reason for such is because of her compassion for others rather than a [[AttentionWhore need for attention]].

* SelfDepreciation: Alex often expresses self-esteem issues. He's even accused of hating himself by Daisuke.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Alex is constantly on the receiving end of this from his peers, partially because he isn't ethnically Japanese. Their opinions of him begin to change after he steps in and stops an upskirter from doing his work.

* ClarkKenting[=/=]PaperThinDisguise: Kasumi disguises herself in public as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent named Sakura Misaka by simply [[PurelyAestheticGlasses wearing glasses]] and [[BraidsOfAction braiding her hair]]. She's FamedInStory thanks to the Dead or Alive tournaments, and still no one catches on. It's taken UpToEleven in [[spoiler: chapter 22]] when her friends at school arrange for Kasumi/Sakura to cosplay as herself at a DOA convention and still remain none the wiser.

* FreudianExcuse: Part of the reason Alex is so cranky and antisocial is because a girl he loved, Nanako Izumi, claimed she was just using him when he confessed his feelings. As it turns out, Nanako lied when she said that because Alex was the first person to tell her as such and mean it and she didn't know how to cope, and they are beginning to reconcile.

* PurelyAestheticGlasses: Kasumi, as part of her [[ClarkKenting Sakura Misaka]] [[PaperThinDisguise disguise]].

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Alex constantly receives this treatment from his peers, partially because he isn't ethnically Japanese. Their opinions of him begin to change after he steps in and stops an upskirter from doing his work.

* ButNotTooForeign: Alex and his sisters were born and raised in Japan and are half-French, half-American.

* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: In [[spoiler: chapter 9]], Kasumi warns Ayane to stay away from Alex or she will kill her, and Ayane realizes she's serious when Kasumi actually gives her a small cut on the neck.

* InsistentTerminology: Kasumi repeatedly corrects Alex when he uses the term "ninja" instead of "kunoichi" to refer to her.