Love hina, its characters and anything related to it are not mine, i just use them to fuel my idea's. They belong to their respective owners and should be acknoledged thusly. Now thats said and done, this is my first non-1 shot fan fic. Enjoy, and plz review your suggestions or even what you think of it
The day was young and quiet at the Hinata Apartments… well… actually it was far from quiet.
"I FOUND YOU" Shouted Su as she jumped over the couch in the main room, grasping on to tama as the helpless turtle hid in the pot plant.
Yes, it was another destructive day at Hinata Hot Springs, with Su and Sara up to their regular mischief, Motoko out the back training as usual, Kitsune… was being Kitsune, Shinobu was in her room, behind closed doors, drawing away to let go of her thoughts, and Keitaro and Naru were studying hard, as they had ever since getting accepted into Tokyo U.
The room Keitaro and Naru were in was quiet and intense as it always was. The two of them sitting at the desk with their heads in the books. Studying hard for upcoming exams and assessments. They had barely stopped since their first days at the University. Both just sat their, closer than they used to, but still far enough away that they had their own personal space. Neither of them usually spoke while they studied, they were too focused, and after all, they had gotten this far, why stop now.
A knock at the door interrupted the session.
Keitaro got up to open it whilst Naru stayed focused on her reading. He opened the door slow enough that it wouldn't break Naru's focus. But once the door moved slightly past quarter open, the rest slammed open and Su jumped Keitaro dropping him to the ground, her small body pinning his chest under herself.
"KEITARO, Seta is back from his last dig, and he said he found something interesting he wanted to show you"
She immediately jumped off him and ran back out to the living room where Seta was waiting.
"Well, I guess that is today's session gone." Joked Keitaro as he got back to his feet.
Naru took off her glasses and raised her eyes to meet Keitaro's.
"We have worked hard all week… it couldn't hurt to have the afternoon off, and besides, you will probably get so involved in Seta's big discovery that you wont go back to study for the day." She spoke with the sarcasm and harshness she normally had for Keitaro. Even though they were dating now, she was still assertive around him, making sure he still knew who was the boss.
The both of them walked out together, walking together, but still apart. As they entered the living room, they were stopped by an oddly energetic Seta at the entry. He dragged them both over to the lounge and sat them down. Everyone else in the apartment was gathered there to. Keitaro wondered if everyone else got the same greeting, and judging by the awkward seating positions of most of the girls, they had been.
Keitaro looked at Seta and noticed something on the table, covered in a sheet. It was about the size of a coffee mug, but not shaped like one.
Seta stood in front of everyone in the middle of the seated group with the item covered in his hand.
"OK guys, and… well, actually Guy and Girls. Sorry for all the excitement, but I just couldn't wait to show this amazing find off. May I present to you, my latest discovery!"
He reached over and removed the sheet to reveal a ball in his hand, a perfect sphere, deep dark black in color.
"What is it" Motoko asked inquisitively.
"Well, you see, that's what makes it so amazing. In all my years in archeological stud I have never seen anything like this. What's more is that where I was digging was pre ancient Egyptian area, so this stone is older that the pyramids."
All the residents gazed in awe of the ancient wonder.
"So where exactly did ya find it Seta?" Asked Kitsune leaning towards Seta slightly, partially to get away form Su's knees who was kneeling on the back of the lounge, and partially to look closer.
"Well, the people I was digging with came across a doorway in our dig, still in good condition, actually, I have some photo's of it here."
Seta pulled a photo of the door form his pocked and showed it to everyone. The door was a perfect half circle, about 8 feet tall, the door itself was made of seemingly flawless stone, as if it hadn't been affected by time. And on either side of the line that divided the two actual doors was a rune carved on it. A snake, curved into the shape of a number 6. Above it was a dragon, whose tail formed a perfect circle that encompassed the snake.
"Inside these doors was a well preserved tomb, there were no remains of anything, just emptiness. Except for when I decided to go a little deeper and everyone turned back, I found this stone. There was a pillar about 5 feet tall with a nameplate kind of thing on it. It had written on it was some writing in an unknown language. When I returned, the other diggers were nowhere to be found, even after days of searching. So I took the stone and came back here to study more on it."
Keitaro stood up and boldly made the first comment. "Can I help with the study… how ever I can do that?"
"Sure thing Keitaro, if that's fine with Naru of course." Seta glanced at Naru with I grin on his face, waiting to get a reaction… and he did.
"I'm not his mother, you can take him, after all. We don't study on the weekends so he is safe missing out on study for tomorrow and Sunday."
Keitaro smiled, glad with Naru's response.
"So it's settled… Keitaro, your helping me to figure out what this stone is. Ok, thanks for your time everybody."
Seta grinned at the girls and gave them a wave before all of the girls returned to their regular activities.
"Ok, so I will se you at the university tomorrow." Keitaro said feeling alive and refreshed from the thought of something different for once.
"See ya then" Seta said as he gave a wave and turned away, Sara running to catch up with him.
The commotion of the new events unfolding had calmed over the course of the day, and Keitaro, Naru and the rest of the girls had just finished a delicious dinner prepared by Shinobu.
Kitsune and Naru were doing the dishes for the nights cooking and when the two of them were on dishes, it was a common rule that the doors were shut. Everyone wondered what they were up to in there… and many times, some of the residents tried to listen in, only to be stopped by Naru towering over them at the doorway. Eventually, Su came up with an invention to spy on them that went unnoticed by the two girls.
Keitaro and Su were sitting in the cavern under the house, which Su had set up as a spy room. The two sat around a turtle shaped speaker and listened in to the conversation.
"So why did you let him then?" Mitsune questioned Naru's previous statement, which the two hiding underground had missed.
"I dunno, I just thought it would do him good to have a break. But now I think about it, he is falling back in his grades, even though we are studying so much."
Keitaro realized what Naru was thinking, she thought he wasn't studying hard enough. He had to impress her somehow and at the same time show he was committed to his studies. The thoughts kept flowing through his mind as he tuned out from the conversation.
A snap of awakening came to him as Naru shouted out the fact she had finally finished, the noise quite loud due to where Su had put her device.
"Well, I guess that is the show for today folks." Su said brightly as she got up and switched off the device.
"Thanks Su!" Keitaro grinned in appreciation as he pulled himself up and dusted himself off.
The both of them then headed out of the tunnel and came out in a tree in Su's room. Su gave Keitaro a hug, her head at his chest. "Well, I need to sleep now, I have to be up early tomorrow to work on an invention I have happening."
"Alright Su, don't work to hard." Keitaro squeezed the girl back to show he appreciated the hug. From there Keitaro went back to his room, took a seat on the floor and thought deeply about his situation. He wanted to go help Seta like he promised, but he wanted to show Naru he was serious about his studies. He sat there for almost an hour, trying to find out a way to get the best of both worlds. To have his cake and eat it. His mind wandered to the cake in question, before he came to a realization, Su was getting up early, to work at night with no distractions. 'That's it' Keitaro thought as he got up from his seated position, bones cracking in his legs from where they were so stiffened. Keitaro bought himself to be able to move after a few stretches, and climbed up the hole in the room to Naru's room. As he poked his head out of the hole he let off a shout. "Hey Naru…" He stopped as he looked up and saw Naru putting on her nightclothes. Naru walked up to him, standing in her underwear and drew her hand back slightly. Keitaro braced himself and closed his eyes to reduce the impact of the Naru punch that was on its way. A second later he felt a soft, familiar hand cover his eyes swiftly.
"There, that's better, now stay that way for just a bit longer." Naru spoke softly and slightly embarrassed, but to Keitaro's surprise there was no rage in her voice. She pulled him up into the room and moved his hand to cover his own face so she could continue to get dresses. Though the urge to peek passed through Keitaro's mind, he respected Naru and her actions and decided not to. He kept his hand covering his face until Naru came and sat beside him, rubbing shoulder to shoulder.
"All done, so, what brings you up here at 10pm at night. Its getting late you know." Naru began to lean on Keitaro's shoulder, letting him support her.
"Well, I have been thinking" Keitaro began as he positioned himself so he could support her with his weak structure. "I will be taking time off this weekend to help Seta, so I thought why not study now, we could study tonight and then I wouldn't fall behind for Monday."
Naru's eyes lit up and she sat up straight again and looked at Keitaro. "You know what, that's a great idea." She got up and got her books from the corner of the room she kept them. Keitaro followed her to the desk. He had left his books down in his room and was far to tired to go down and then come back up, but he wanted to study… so he decided on the spot to just wing it with helping Naru out instead.
"Keitaro, where are your books" Naru asked as she took her seat at the desk.
"Oh, um… well, I thought, that if I help you, it should also help me. Yeah, that's why I didn't bring my books, I want to help you." Keitaro chuckled nervously as he looked to see if Naru noticed he was just being lazy.
"Oh, ok then. Come take a seat." She waved him to the table, letting him know she was fine with the plan. Keitaro let out a small sigh of relief… so far so good.
He went over and took a seat next to Naru, sitting side by side at the desk. Keitaro and Naru began the study session for the night. Part way in, as fatigue set in, Keitaro shuffled to directly beside Naru, put his arm around her and embraced her. Naru smiled and blushed slightly as she lent over into the embrace. The two continued to study till early the next day, before both falling asleep, still embraced together on the floor. Slightly after they entered a state of sleep, Naru awoke. She rolled over to hold Keitaro and return his embrace.
"Goodnight Keitaro. I love you."
Naru leant towards him and kissed him before leaning back down and falling asleep, holding him tightly.