Hi there minna-san! ^^ From Australia, I write these lines. This is my
first Love Hina fan fic, so please take it easy on me. I wanted to see what
Keitarou would do if he had the chance to find out the truth about "that"
girl from 15 years ago, so I wrote this. Hopefully, it doesn't bore you to
death, and that it isn't too long. The time it's set in is about the summer
of the first year of Keitarou's entrance to Toudai. The events of Love Hina
Again don't exist here, for I've only seen the 1st OVA, and I'm not really
acquainted with it that much...
Please review my crappy attempt at story writing! Tell me if I have strayed too far from the Hina universe with this plot...
Happy reading! @--^--
Disclaimer: Apart from the story line and dialogue, all rights belong to TV Tokyo, and genius Akamatsu Ken-sensei. If I owned them, I would be rich and travelling in my OWN time machine! ^-^
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Illusions of desire
Chapter one:
The night sky shadowed the lone girl sitting at the tops of a building, blond hair tugging away from her green eyes, surveying the scene below, as leaves fluttered in the wind.
She smiled.
In her hand she held a piece of paper.
Softly, she touched its creases, tracing over the smudges of ink, reading the characters in the twilight.
A soft chuckle escaped her lips, as images of her onii-sama and onee-sama flash in her mind.
She felt the excitement those words produced, felt the rush of possibility flow in.
"Kaolla!!" she heard Shinobu call, "Dinner's ready!"
"Yay!", Su exclaimed, "I'm STARVING!!".
She leapt off the building and ran towards the dining room, leaving an angry Shinobu behind.
The paper hid away in her pocket, waiting its chance for realisation...
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"Ne, Keitarou?"
The young man looked up from his book towards the voice. He looked up as Naru's head poked out from the ceiling, her hair cascading down over her head. She grinned mischeviously, and poked her tongue out.
"What are you doing studying this early in the morning?" she asked, her voice teasing.
Keitarou shrugged, pretending indifference, smiling to himself, and kept reading, aware of Naru's eyes penetrating him. He knew it was risky, but he felt confident enough that day to dare such behaviour towards Narusegawa.
Unable to contain her curiosity, Naru landed into the room, and looked over Keitarou's shoulder. She saw photos of him as a little boy, alongside short pieces of writing. The handwriting was large and immature, scraggly lines across the yellow pages.
"This is an old journal of mine," Keitarou described, "I found it in one of the boxes in obaa-chan's room."
Naru laughed. She loved looking at old photos of him, felt that somehow the memory of that fateful promise might come to her.
She pointed at one of him and his parents in festive robes, outside of Hinata-sou.
He smiled.
"That was me 15 years ago, at Kodomo-No-Hi ((**Children's day: day of celebrating the youth of the nation, especially boys** ^-^)). It was just a little before the day where I met that girl..." he said, his voice trailing off.
Naru felt her anger rise at the sight of Keitarou's moronic expression. She banged his head on the table, and left him there, walking outside to the hall.
Baka, she thought
The morning light filtered through the windows, and birds could be heard chirping.
She could hear Motoko training outside, Kitsune singing in the shower, Sarah running around upstairs, Shinobu vacuuming at the far end of the hall, and Su leaping from tree to tree outside trying to catch Tama-chan.
She sighed.
Just a typical first day of summer holidays.
She heard Keitarou's muffled voice calling out her name, but decided to ignore it and so marched outside.
"Ano... Naru-san?"
She turned around to see Mutsumi standing by the door, wearing a yukata, smiling dazedly. Her hair was messily dangling over to one side, and tied up on the other.
Suddenly worried, Naru asked "Mutsumi-san, what's wrong?"
Mutsumi held her forehead with one hand.
"Were you in the hot springs?" Naru continued.
Faintly, Mutsumi replied, "I... think so... but I don't quite remember what I was doing...or how... I came to be here..."
Naru sighed and dropped her head.
"Mutsumi-san, you have to be more careful with those springs... you can't spend too much time in them or you might faint..."
Keitarou stepped into the foyer, still dizzy from the hit to his head, and watched Naru and Mutsumi talk to each other.
"Naru-chan is very pretty isn't she Keitarou?" a voice said from behind him.
Surprised, he turned around, and saw Amara leaning back against a wooden pole.
"Amara-san! What are you doing here?" Keitarou asked, almost hysterical, "Did something happen to Su-chan? Why isn't Ranba-san here with you?"
Amara smiled, her white hair loose, wearing a long flowery dress. She was decidedly different from the last time he saw her. Her eyes bore a more serious nature to them, and her movements were more graceful. She looked happier, and he was about to tell her so when Su came running inside.
"Onee-sama!" cried Su happily, hugging her.
"It's nice to see you again Kaolla" Amara replied, "Did you receive our letter?"
Su moved away, and nodded, smiling.
"Have you built it yet?" Amara asked.
"Hai, onee-sama! It's ready for you to use it if you want!" Su said.
Shaking her head, Amara said "It is allright. I came here to inform you that your brother wants you to keep the machine for your own purposes, for he has solved the problem."
"Really? I can keep it then?!"
"Yes."
Su jumped up in joy, as everyone gathered around the two girls. They wondered what they were talking about.
Looking at their confused faces, Amara explained.
"Our allied countries have fallen into war. The country of Kein, our ally, has requested for Su's talents in building a time machine for their battle against the Republic of Gennza."
"A TIME-MACHINE?!" they cried in unison.
"Hai. A time machine. One that would allow them to destroy their enemies' troops before they were even formed.", she replied.
"And why don't you need it anymore?" Keitarou asked.
The girl smiled smugly.
"Why, our Mecha-Tama ((*I'm sorry, I just had to! ^-^*)) army managed to infiltrate Gennza's headquarters at nighttime, and destroy their armaments and supplies! They were at our mercy, and have surrendered since!", Amara laughed crazily.
Kitsune held her chin in deep contemplation.
A time machine in the house eehh?, she thought, That means there's a chance for us to get rich, and win the lottery! Maybe I might even get Naru and Keitarou together in the past, when they were kids...
She laughed out loud at the idea, making everyone look at her strangely.
"Allright then" Amara started, "I must leave you all, for Ranba-san is looking forward to my cooking him dinner tonight. Remember Kaolla, you must use that machine wisely. Only use it for special purposes!"
And with that, she leapt through the door, and dissappeared out of Hinata- sou again.
The group stood astounded, their faces set with a look of incredulity.
Tama flew in at that moment, and landed on Keitarou's shoulder, her head nuzzling his neck.
"Myu!" the turtle said.
He petted her shell distractedly.
Looking at Naru, he noticed her attention was fixed on him. She blushed slightly and faced the other way. He felt his cheeks warming up, and smiled.
They both knew what their special purpose was.
The time had come to find out the truth about that day 15 years ago, the day where a promise made the dreams of two souls weave together a destiny...
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Thanks for reading this far. Please tell me if I should continue... Any feedback will be loved! Arigatou! ^-^
Please review my crappy attempt at story writing! Tell me if I have strayed too far from the Hina universe with this plot...
Happy reading! @--^--
Disclaimer: Apart from the story line and dialogue, all rights belong to TV Tokyo, and genius Akamatsu Ken-sensei. If I owned them, I would be rich and travelling in my OWN time machine! ^-^
............................................................................ ............................................................................ ............
Illusions of desire
Chapter one:
The night sky shadowed the lone girl sitting at the tops of a building, blond hair tugging away from her green eyes, surveying the scene below, as leaves fluttered in the wind.
She smiled.
In her hand she held a piece of paper.
Softly, she touched its creases, tracing over the smudges of ink, reading the characters in the twilight.
A soft chuckle escaped her lips, as images of her onii-sama and onee-sama flash in her mind.
She felt the excitement those words produced, felt the rush of possibility flow in.
"Kaolla!!" she heard Shinobu call, "Dinner's ready!"
"Yay!", Su exclaimed, "I'm STARVING!!".
She leapt off the building and ran towards the dining room, leaving an angry Shinobu behind.
The paper hid away in her pocket, waiting its chance for realisation...
.................
"Ne, Keitarou?"
The young man looked up from his book towards the voice. He looked up as Naru's head poked out from the ceiling, her hair cascading down over her head. She grinned mischeviously, and poked her tongue out.
"What are you doing studying this early in the morning?" she asked, her voice teasing.
Keitarou shrugged, pretending indifference, smiling to himself, and kept reading, aware of Naru's eyes penetrating him. He knew it was risky, but he felt confident enough that day to dare such behaviour towards Narusegawa.
Unable to contain her curiosity, Naru landed into the room, and looked over Keitarou's shoulder. She saw photos of him as a little boy, alongside short pieces of writing. The handwriting was large and immature, scraggly lines across the yellow pages.
"This is an old journal of mine," Keitarou described, "I found it in one of the boxes in obaa-chan's room."
Naru laughed. She loved looking at old photos of him, felt that somehow the memory of that fateful promise might come to her.
She pointed at one of him and his parents in festive robes, outside of Hinata-sou.
He smiled.
"That was me 15 years ago, at Kodomo-No-Hi ((**Children's day: day of celebrating the youth of the nation, especially boys** ^-^)). It was just a little before the day where I met that girl..." he said, his voice trailing off.
Naru felt her anger rise at the sight of Keitarou's moronic expression. She banged his head on the table, and left him there, walking outside to the hall.
Baka, she thought
The morning light filtered through the windows, and birds could be heard chirping.
She could hear Motoko training outside, Kitsune singing in the shower, Sarah running around upstairs, Shinobu vacuuming at the far end of the hall, and Su leaping from tree to tree outside trying to catch Tama-chan.
She sighed.
Just a typical first day of summer holidays.
She heard Keitarou's muffled voice calling out her name, but decided to ignore it and so marched outside.
"Ano... Naru-san?"
She turned around to see Mutsumi standing by the door, wearing a yukata, smiling dazedly. Her hair was messily dangling over to one side, and tied up on the other.
Suddenly worried, Naru asked "Mutsumi-san, what's wrong?"
Mutsumi held her forehead with one hand.
"Were you in the hot springs?" Naru continued.
Faintly, Mutsumi replied, "I... think so... but I don't quite remember what I was doing...or how... I came to be here..."
Naru sighed and dropped her head.
"Mutsumi-san, you have to be more careful with those springs... you can't spend too much time in them or you might faint..."
Keitarou stepped into the foyer, still dizzy from the hit to his head, and watched Naru and Mutsumi talk to each other.
"Naru-chan is very pretty isn't she Keitarou?" a voice said from behind him.
Surprised, he turned around, and saw Amara leaning back against a wooden pole.
"Amara-san! What are you doing here?" Keitarou asked, almost hysterical, "Did something happen to Su-chan? Why isn't Ranba-san here with you?"
Amara smiled, her white hair loose, wearing a long flowery dress. She was decidedly different from the last time he saw her. Her eyes bore a more serious nature to them, and her movements were more graceful. She looked happier, and he was about to tell her so when Su came running inside.
"Onee-sama!" cried Su happily, hugging her.
"It's nice to see you again Kaolla" Amara replied, "Did you receive our letter?"
Su moved away, and nodded, smiling.
"Have you built it yet?" Amara asked.
"Hai, onee-sama! It's ready for you to use it if you want!" Su said.
Shaking her head, Amara said "It is allright. I came here to inform you that your brother wants you to keep the machine for your own purposes, for he has solved the problem."
"Really? I can keep it then?!"
"Yes."
Su jumped up in joy, as everyone gathered around the two girls. They wondered what they were talking about.
Looking at their confused faces, Amara explained.
"Our allied countries have fallen into war. The country of Kein, our ally, has requested for Su's talents in building a time machine for their battle against the Republic of Gennza."
"A TIME-MACHINE?!" they cried in unison.
"Hai. A time machine. One that would allow them to destroy their enemies' troops before they were even formed.", she replied.
"And why don't you need it anymore?" Keitarou asked.
The girl smiled smugly.
"Why, our Mecha-Tama ((*I'm sorry, I just had to! ^-^*)) army managed to infiltrate Gennza's headquarters at nighttime, and destroy their armaments and supplies! They were at our mercy, and have surrendered since!", Amara laughed crazily.
Kitsune held her chin in deep contemplation.
A time machine in the house eehh?, she thought, That means there's a chance for us to get rich, and win the lottery! Maybe I might even get Naru and Keitarou together in the past, when they were kids...
She laughed out loud at the idea, making everyone look at her strangely.
"Allright then" Amara started, "I must leave you all, for Ranba-san is looking forward to my cooking him dinner tonight. Remember Kaolla, you must use that machine wisely. Only use it for special purposes!"
And with that, she leapt through the door, and dissappeared out of Hinata- sou again.
The group stood astounded, their faces set with a look of incredulity.
Tama flew in at that moment, and landed on Keitarou's shoulder, her head nuzzling his neck.
"Myu!" the turtle said.
He petted her shell distractedly.
Looking at Naru, he noticed her attention was fixed on him. She blushed slightly and faced the other way. He felt his cheeks warming up, and smiled.
They both knew what their special purpose was.
The time had come to find out the truth about that day 15 years ago, the day where a promise made the dreams of two souls weave together a destiny...
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Thanks for reading this far. Please tell me if I should continue... Any feedback will be loved! Arigatou! ^-^