Love Hina: New Beginnings
Chapter 1: Problems in Kanagawa
Disclaimer I do not own Love Hina or any of the original characters
It was a warm and sunny morning in Kanagawa near Hinata. A gust of wind blew by. The young man removed his brown rectangle glasses. He promptly returned his glasses to his face his vision shifted from blurry to clear as he completed the task.
"So this is what Kanagawa has become, it has changed for the better don't you agree."
He turned to his companion a small red fox, with a blue silk ribbon tied on it's neck attached to the ribbon was a yin-yang pendent. With his gleaming yellow eyes the fox yelped in approval.
"I thought so, now it is time for us to collect our prize Keitaro Urashima," The young man Said sternly, "But, first we have to find him."
The young man was wearing a crisp, black, pinstripe shirt underneath was a t-shirt that read 'Foxy Lady'. Along with faded stained jeans and loose, brown sandals. As a man in his late teens he had mid neck length hair blond hair
He carried with him his ninja training manual, his planner, 30 shiruken, 20 kunai, 20 smoke bombs and a map of Japan. All held in his one strap back pack. Though he had the tools of a ninja he was sadly a: RONIN!
He had failed five times to become a ninja. So for his exam this time he was sent to Kanagawa to retrieve Keitaro Urashima and bring him to their meeting place in Iwaki, then he will have proven himself a true ninja in front of the ninja elders. Of course this young man was extraordinary himself. He was born with the abilities of telepathy and telekinesis. But he has yet to control them. He can do minor telekinesis but if he tries to do telepathy or telekinesis that requires immense strength it gives him a headache. He also has mastered many martial arts to become a powerful ninja. The list includes: Judo, Karate Ninjutsu, Taekwondo, and Kung fu. He also is excels at Kendo for his own enjoyment. Of course being ronin ninja doesn't consume his whole life. He was actually very smart He had gotten into a very prestigious high school. The young man and his fox continued their journey up the stairs. Life at the Hinata House, Girls Dorm, is the same for the Hinata crew. Motoko is practicing her sword technique with her practice katana replica. Su and Sara raid the fridge while Shinobu yells at them that she still needs the food
"Guys I can't make lunch with out that."
"Hahahaha" Su and Sara cackle back.
Kitsune is sunbathing and drinking her mid day sake. Kanako is practicing her impressions Kuro not far behind. Nyamo is washing Gidget the giant turtle. Keitaro crashes in on Naru and Mutsumi taking a bath in the open air bath area.
"Ugh you pervert!" Naru screams as she is about to hit him with her fist
"Wah!" Keitaro cries as Naru blasts him into the stratosphere.
"Oh me oh my, what a punch." Mutsumi says dazedly Tama the hot springs turtle on her head. Thud the young man drops from the trees to the entrance of the Hinata House, Girls Dorm.
"Ki I wonder where Keitaro is?"
He is stopped before he could come close to the entrance.
"Halt," said a girl wearing the traditional samurai attire,
"Who are you and what is your business here?"
The young man replied
"I am here to capture Keitaro Urashima."
"I am sorry but I cannot allow that." Motoko yells as she draws her new Katana "Hina" the ominous blade. Her old one had been destroyed by her sister. Su popped out from behind a tree, hyper as ever. Her blonde hair in a pony tail
"Oohhh who is that Motoko your boyfriend?"
"Of course not he comes to take Keitaro from us"
A glint appears in Su's eyes she pulls out a large Rocket launcher Motoko prepares to attack. The young man Scoffs as he reaches into his pack to grab a kunai. His fox starts spewing fire. The young man's fox, Ki is a very powerful and unique fox. It has the ability to release powerful and ferocious flames but, this only happens when its master is in danger.
"Ha," the young man, "my studies far surpasses your own."
"We will see." Says Motoko as she holds her Katana steady ready to execute her strike.
"Keitaro is our friend and we will defend." Su says joyfully as she unlocks the safety on her rocket launcher.
"Let's see if you can handle this!" the young man shouts as he dashes right towards Motoko and Su. Motoko quickly executes "Gods Cry School: Cutting Evil Blade: Second form. Su then fire a rocket. The man does a back flip and uses his psychic abilities to redirect Motoko strike. Landing closer to the entrance. He dodged Su's rocket just as they are about to try for a second assault. In one swift motion he threw three shiruken at Su's rocket launcher causing it to explode incapacitating both Su and Motoko. As the young man steadied himself he broke the lock on the door with his kunai. He quickly entered the Dorm he knew he had to determine how many other people were in the Dorm and the area surrounding it. He searched every room but was startled when Shinobou came around the corner and Asked
"Excuse me but what are you doing here."
He ran into Shinobou's room quickly slamming it and locking it behind him. Sweat dripped from his face he had to think quick or the mission would fail. He saw his only escape, the window that lead to the open air bath. He nimbly jumped down to the bath area. He started to run when he heard voices coming but, he slipped on a bar of soap that Mutsumi left. He then fell in the water. SPLASH! Naru rushed into the bath area to see what had made the noise but she saw nothing except...
"Myuh!" says Tama
"Oh Tama you got the soap how sweet."
All the while during this conversation our Ronin hero is trying to hold his breath and remaining as still as possible until he is sure he is alone. Within minutes Naru and tama leave to go study. The ronin breached to the surface, choking and gasping for air. He thinks
'How could I slip on a bar of soap?'
He dusts himself off and looks at his clothes and decides to lose his black shirt. Because it is soaked and would only slow him down. Removing it from his body he lets it fall to the ground. He walks over to the wall of the bath area to get to the other side. As he begins his assent he realizes that he needs to get rid of the evidence that he was ever there. He yells down to his fox
"Ki-kun burn the shirt, I don't want them to know I was here."
His fox quickly incinerated the shirt leaving no residue behind. He continues his assent. Quickly climbing down. He thinks that he is safe but that fact is quickly proven false when he turns around and finds that he is face to face with the "Hina" blade once again.
"There will be no escape, I can assure you." states Motoko
He found that he was surrounded by Motoko, Su, Kitsune, Shinobou, and Sara.
"I think I can take you guys."
He has to think of strategy that will be able to incapacitate them quickly. He decides it would be best to use telekinesis. He tries to use it but he is too drained from his fall in the water. So he soon collapses from exhaustion.
"I will complete… the..."
He quickly loses conciseness.
He wakes up a while later and finds he can't move. He thrashes and screams
"Where am I?"
"You," said a voice in the darkness
"Are in the landlord's room"
The lights flashed on. The young ronin squints his eyes as they adjust to the light. He sees that he is across from the emotionless face of Kanako Urashima. Her talking cat Kuro is lying on the table near him. He looks down and sees that he is tied to a chair
"Why am I tied up?"
"Because you tried to hurt the residents here and I felt if you couldn't move it would be easier to interrogate you."
"Oh very clever thinking of your friends."
Yeah well I owe them for letting me stay after what I did to them while my brother was overseas."
Lucky for him he had a spare kunai in his back pocket. He thinks
'They didn't try to check my person very well'
Kanako asked
"Why are you here?"
"Like I told Motoko I am here to capture Keitaro Urashima to pass my exams." The ronin looked around the room it was cluttered with study books. He also saw his back pack across the room.
"Why Keitaro?"
He looked at Kanako sternly and said
"Look I don't pick the targets they get assigned to me."
He then felt for the kunai in his pocket and cut through the rope as quietly as he could. Of course he kept the appearance that his hands were still bound.
"Where is Ki, my fox?"
"We have him in a safe place," Kanako answered,
"He will be returned when you leave"
Kanako left to inform the others of her findings. The young man stood up from the chair and grabbed his bag. He saw that all his weapons were still there. He made his escape through the window to the open air bath.
Meanwhile Kanako had just finished explaining her findings.
"Let's check on the prisoner?" Su suggested
They went to the door. As they opened it they saw that the young man was gone.
"Quick," Kanako yelled
"Find my brother I will secure the fox the man won't leave without it.
In the Open air bath as the ronin landed he saw that his time his prize was there, Keitaro Urashima. He looks at him to confirm that he is indeed the target.
"You are coming with me."
He grabs Keitaro by the collar, and drags him to the entrance of the dorm.
Just entering the bath Motoko turns to Kanako and says
"We are to late he already has Keitaro."
"No!" says Naru coming from behind them.
"Let me try to talk with guy maybe we can make an understanding."
"Ok," says Kanako
"But let me bring the fox he will want it back."
The young man Passes through the doors and is about when a voice says
"Wait,"
He turns and sees a young woman with light brown hair looking at him
"Where are you taking Keitaro?"
He knows that it is Naru Narusegawa. She is wearing a spaghetti strap t-shirt with a flower on it along with a knee-length light brown skirt. On her feet is a pair of white bunny slippers.
The ronin says
"I have to take him to Iwaki; if I don't then I will fail my ninja graduation exams."
Naru's brow furrowed as she looks at him intently.
"At exam time each Ninja trainee gets assigned a person to capture. I then am supposed to bring them in front of the ninja elders at the pre-assigned meeting place. This is when the trainee passes and becomes a full fledged ninja. But I have failed five times to become a ninja. The exams are held every 6 months."
'Hmm…that's as long as Keitaro had tried to get into Tokyo U.'
Naru questioned
"Why did you beat up Motoko and Su?"
The ronin looked away his hand still clutching Keitaro's collar.
"I didn't want anyone to get hurt but, they stood in my way so I had to incapacitate them with out hurting them."
"You threw throwing stars at Su's rocket launcher and made it explode how is that not hurting them." Naru yelled she went over and bopped him on the head
"Silly."
I'm sorry," the ronin exclaimed" I just wanted to capture Keitaro, get him to Iwaki become a ninja and bring him back.
"WROR" the ronin's fox barked.
The ronin looked and saw that his fox was bound in Kanako's arms. Her cat Kuro walking behind her, its bell ringing with every tail move.
"Meow we found this one scurrying around meow."
The ronin's eyes lighted up when he saw that his fox was ok.
"Ki-kun" he yelled as he began to focus on the fox. His eyes glow blue and he releases his energy into the binds. The binds holding it snap and the fox is slowly lifted to his owner's arms. Both Naru and Kanako exclaim
"OH MY GAWD."
This statement didn't apply to Keitaro because the young man stuffed tama in Keitaro's mouth to make him be quiet. The ronin's eyes began to well up as he fell to his knees. His voice croaked as he uttered his words that barely that barely escaped his mouth.
"You guys think I'm a freak don't cha." He sobbed as Naru walked over to him and kneeled down next to him and told him
"I don't think you're a freak." She kissed him on the cheek. For once in his whole life he could read people's minds completely. He knew that Naru, Kanako, and Keitaro were telling the truth. In their hearts they felt he was amazing and talented. He finally had friends that liked him for who he was. Suddenly there was an explosion. Naru said
"What was that?"
Out of nowhere a van soared from the road and hit the ronin, his fox, and Keitaro.
"Wahh" Naru and Kanako exclaimed as they jumped out of the way
The van then crashed into a tree. A voice came from inside the van as the door began to open.
"Whoa I've got to be more careful when I'm driving and trying to glue an artifact back together."
Out of the van comes Seta in his usual manner, blood gushing from his head.
"Seta you just ran over our new friend and Keitaro."
"Sorry." Seta said shyly. The ronin's fox squeezed out from under the van
"Ok let's bring them inside" said Naru. Rain began to fall as the group brought Keitaro and the ronin inside the Dorm. Ki the ronin's fox jumped onto Naru's shoulder. This friendship bond was formed because she saved it's master. The ronin woke to find himself surrounded by the Hinata house residents, all sitting around him. Motoko was by the stairs, sweat dripped from her face, her Katana replica supporting her. Naru and Kanako were sitting on the couch, Kuro in Kanako's lap. Haruka and Kitsune were sitting in chairs waiting patiently for Keitaro and him to speak. Su and Sara were behind the couch. Seta was dressing Keitaro's wounds, Keitaro's turtle; Tama was on Keitaro's head. Ki was lying by Naru. Nyamo and Shinobou were preparing food. Gidgit was drooling over the food. Mutsumi was dressing his wounds.
"Oh my you sure got hit bad, though it has happened to me a lot."
Naru stood and went over to the ronin and asked him
"Why don't you tell us your name and the rest of your story?"
The ronin sat up and answered
"My name is Keisuke Natoshima and I am a ronin ninja."
He explains how he was born with telekinesis and telepathy but only after the Seta incident is he able to read people's minds and sense where they are at all times. He also told them by the age of 10 he had mastered Judo, Karate Ninjutsu, Taekwondo, and Kung fu. He went on to explain that he was born in Kanagawa but moved to Kyoto when he was five. He stated that he got good grades in high school. He also said that he will graduate in spring. He mentioned how he has been trying for three years to become a ninja.
He explains how he acquired Ki, his fox.
"I saved him from getting eaten by an eagle using my roundhouse kick five years ago."
He went on about his interest with Kendo which interested Motoko a lot. He went back to explain the reason that he hadn't passed the ninja exams because he usually got hurt or forgot where the meeting place was. Mutsumi chimed in.
"That has happened to me a time or two."
"Yeah like everyday of your life lady." Kitsune interrupted.
He summed up that if he brought Keitaro to the ninja elders than he would pass and become a ninja. Which would mean he could do what ever she wants.
"of course I will bring him back," he said, "I was wondering if I could live and train here at the dorm," he pleaded, " I will be a good resident and not bother you in the bath area."
"Hmmm…" thought everyone
"I think it is ok," said Naru "at least he promises to try not to bother us unlike some pervs." She quickly glares at Keitaro.
"It would be nice to have someone else to play with. Says Su energetically.
"He isn't a Dork and actually has something going for him unlike Keitaro." says Sara factually
"Hey." Keitaro squeaks
Keisuke blurts out
"I can cook and clean"
Shinobou and Haruka say in unison
"We will finally have the help we need."
"Plus I need to work on my disguise techniques, so I was hoping Kanako could help me with that."
"I guess I could do that." Kanako says shortly
Hmmm…it would be nice to have someone other that Urashima to spar with." Said Motoko shortly.
"Plus I have a lot of money from all my former jobs so I can pay my rent for a while.
"Wooo! He can buy me sake and other stuff." Kitsune exclaimed Naru hits her with a paper fan.
"No he will not"
Kitsune goes up to Keisuke grabbing his head and saying
"Are you sure my services aren't needed." She begins to unbutton her top.
"Kitsune."
Naru hits her again with the fan.
"Don't scar him for life."
"Any way," Keisuke says as he returns his attention to the other residents," " I need a job to fill up my day until I graduate."
The residents look puzzled Naru spoke up
"Don't you need to go to school?"
"No I completed my school work for the rest of the year two months ago."
"How?" Keitaro exclaimed
"I am the smartest person in the nation next to Naru, He stated, "So I just went ahead and finished all the assignments and tests early."
"Wow that is impressive, finally a male who isn't a ronin in school."
"I also hope to teach people Japanese so I could help Nyamo"
Seta stepped forward along with Haruka.
"How would like to work for me and Keitaro while I'm here in Japan and with Haruka when I'm not."
"Ok." Keisuke replied
"It will be nice to have another mal around the Dorm." said Keitaro But as he got up his hand swiped past Naru's skirt
Ugh cretin have you learned nothing."
She is about to punch him. When Keisuke reacted and back flipped off the table and blocked Naru's punch using his psychic energy to soften the blow.
"Wait I have to present him to the Ninja elders intact."