I am Iron Man
Prologue
Disclaimer: I do not own either Love Hina or Iron Man. Though I do wish that I owned Tony Stark's amazing suit.
A/N: Hey guys, real quick note, this story is told through Keitaro's view-point unless otherwise stated. Also, this fic is not based on the new Iron Man movie, seeing as it's not out yet, nor is it based on the comic. I'm just using it as an interesting concept. A "what-if" if you will.
"blah"-normal speech
"blah"- thoughts
"blah"-yelling
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It all started as a simple accident. I accidently walked in on Motoko while she was bathing in the hot springs. I was only there to clean them, and Kitsune had told me that the hot springs were empty. Acting in her usual fashion, Motoko sent me into Low-Earth Orbit with a ki strike before I could stutter out an apology. Only this time instead of landing safely and coming back without a scratch, I flew into a nearby construction site. The workers had forgotten to store the rebar. They thought that nothing would happen. They were new to Hinata City and were unaware of the unscheduled flights that departed from Hinata-Sou. I saw it coming. The fateful landing. The landing that would change the rest of my life. Falling back to earth, I screamed in agony as a piece of rebar plunged through my chest. I heard workers screaming in shock, some praying to whatever deity they believed in that I wouldn't die, and others screaming for help. I began to black out from the pain. It hurt so much! The last thing I saw was Su looking at me, determination in her eyes and fear on her face. As I laid there dying, I only held concern for how my death would affect my girls.
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Three Weeks Later: Through Su's viewpoint:
"It's been three weeks. He won't wake up. Why won't he wake up? I need to run more tests."
I walked toward Keitaro to begin attaching my instruments to him to test how his condition was. As I drew closer, his eyes opened for the first time in three weeks. Unfortunately, so did his mouth.
"AAAAAAAUUUUGGGHHHH! The pain! What the hell! AAAAUUUUGGGGHHH!"
He started screaming. Who could blame him? He went through something that should have killed him.
"Kei, it's all right, it's all right. You're safe, you're okay."
"Su! What happened?!"
"Keitaro, I'll tell you on one condition. You need to calm yourself."
Shaking, Keitaro slowly nodded.
"Okay. Naru knocked into orbit again. When you landed, you were skewered on rebar."
"I know that Su! How the hell am I still alive?"
I stopped talking until he calmed back down.
"Now that you're behaving again, I'll finish." Taking a deep breath, I continued. "When I found you, you were dying. I had to act quickly. Bringing you back to my lab, I was able to save your life."
I walked over to a bank of switches mounted in the wall. Flicking one on, several x-rays could be seen in the wall.
"As you can see, the rebar went all the way through. It went in at an angle, breaking a rib, punctured your right lung and grazed the right ventricle of your heart. You should have either bled to death in seconds, or your heart should have stopped beating due to this level of trauma. I was able to remove most of the rebar, but a small piece flaked off. It's in there still. If I had tried to remove it, you would have died. It's still a danger though."
Looking frightened, Keitaro asked, his voice thick with emotion, "What do you mean? Am-am I going to die? How am I still alive then?"
"No, you won't die, if you're careful. As for how you're still in the land of the living, I used my latest invention to save you. You have a chest plate on right now that is acting as both a magnet and a pacemaker. The magnet keeps the rebar from shredding your heart. The pacemaker is…the only thing keeping your heart from stopping," I replied. I didn't want to have to tell him this. It's so unfair! Just because Naru couldn't contain her temper…
Looking down, Keitaro saw the chest plate.
"So, I have to weir this for the rest of my life?" I nodded. "Well, all right. Thank you Su. I appreciate this."
"Well, Kei, we may be able to make it smaller eventually. So it's less uncomfortable."
Flicking another switch, I released the restraints on Keitaro. He got up, and rubbing his chest he said, "I'm going to see the girls. I'm going to see Narusegawa."
More A/N: I KNOW, I KNOW. Everyone hates the author's notes. Especially when there are two of them. Deal with it people. Next chapter, the girls meet the new Keitaro. Also, while I will work on this fiction, it will take a back seat to my other fic, "Of an Angel and Demon's Love". Please R&R!