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Chapter 1: The Beginning

It was a cloudy day at the Hinata District, a day that felt a little strange because the weatherman said nothing about rain. Oh, well. the weatherman can make errors sometimes...

Everyone in the all-girls dorm, Hinata-Sou, was tending to their usual activities. Keitaro, while not being pwned for no reason by girls, is cleaning up around the inn. Motoko, the swordswoman of the crew, is in her room in meditation. Kaolla Su, the hyperactive scientist, is is her jungle/room building something destructive. Shinobu, the Wolfgang Puck of Hinata-Sou, is doing laundry. Naru, the brawler, is studying for the exams while her best friend Kitsune is in the living room juicing herself up on the couch watching a horse race. And Sara, Seta's adopted daughter, is up to no good again.

'Well, the day is quiet so far' Keitaro thought. The his thoughts became angry. 'Seriously, I need to get the flyin' fuck out of here. This damn circus is getting to me. I wish I never came here in the first place. Nobody likes me here, save for Shinobu and Su. In fact I'm nothing but target practice. If my parents cared for me at all, I wouldn't be here!'

At this moment, Tama-chan, the resident flying turtle, flew towards Keitaro. And she looked worried.

"Tama. You don't look so good."

"Myuh-myuh!" Tama-chan was giving illegible gestures.

Kei was getting confused. "Huh?"

The turtle was getting frantic now. It was gesturing toward the abandoned house near the inn. Kei wasn't sure, but he felt he should investigate.

Keitaro told everyone about something about the abandoned house worrying Tama, and he will investigate.

"I have no idea what this is about" Mokoto said. "Are you suggesting we help you, vile male? What makes us think you are not trying to take advantage of us?"

"That is not my intent" Keitaro answered, then his temper rose. "Look, I really don't give a damn what you do! I don't care whether you help or not! I really don't expect you to! You probably wouldn't care if I died just now, would you?!"

Everyone wqas taken aback by his tirade, even Motoko, who felt a ting of guilt in her heart. Even though no one would admit it, they actually cared about their "perverted" ronin.

"I going, now. If I don't come back, it may be for the best, since I'm never safe here!"

"W-wait! Wait a sec!" Naru called to him just before he reached for the door. "We will help you, even though I can't get myself to trust you. Everyone?

"Well, it may be worth my time after all" Motoko said.

"Ha! Anyday with our ronin is always fun. I'm in" Kitsune joined in.

"YAA! We get to go adventuring!" Su jumped for joy.

"No, you will not! You children will stay behind" Keitaro commanded.

"But..."

"No Su, Kei's right. Adults only. Chill with Haruka until we get back" Kitsune said. Then they went off to the source of Tama's panic, the abandoned house

Little do they know, Su and Sara decided to sneak after them, tagging Shinobu along.

"But...wait. Sempai said..."

"Everything will be just fine" Sara interrupted. "Besides, it's an abandoned house. How dangerous could it be?"

She has no idea. No one does...

Keitaro and co. were inside the house, searching for anything remotely suspicious, but found nothing.

"Tch. What a waste of...what's this" Naru said as she saw something she did not expect, a lever on the wall.

"Let's see what happens when we pull it" Kitsune suggested.

"Could be a trap" Keitaro said.

"Whatever it is could be the answer to this bad felling I got. Pull it, but let's be careful" Motoko said, readying her sword.

Naru nervously pulled the lever, then another unexpected thing happened; The wall behind them opened, revealing a cave!

Motoko's senses were getting stronger. "It has to be in here."

Keitaro led the way and slowly walked through, everyone else following.

Inside the mysterious cave, the group moved deeper amidst the cobwebs and...purple-flamed torches. This was no ordinary cave, as everyone besides Motoko felt uneasy.

"This place is scaring me" Naru muttered.

"It scares us all, Naru" Keitaro said. "Even Motoko has to admit her fear."

Motoko was about to retort, but decided against it. After a while, they reached the end of the cave. What they were standing in was a huge circular area with a huge, strange-looking symbol faintly glowing beneath them.

"What is this place" Kitsune wondered. "And what is this symbol on the---"

"A-choo!" Everyone turned their heads to see where that sneeze came from. It came from Shinobu, who lowered her head in shame. She was obviously dragged down here by her two mischeivous friends, who had those "oops" grins etched on their faces.

"What the hell are you three doing here?!" Keitaro yelled. "I thought I told you to stay at the inn!"

"Well, we figured that, since I am the techno-genius, you could use my knowledge." Su replied with a wide grin.

"Besides," Sara added, "I never listen to you." She stuck her tongue out.

Keitaro was getting irritated by now. "Well, in any case, why did you drag Shinobu with you?"

"She said she didn't want to be left alone" Su said.

Now it was Naru's turn to talk. "Grr...alright then. Just stay close to us and---!"

Naru was cut off by an earthquake, and the symbol which was glowing brighter!

"EYAAAAAH!! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!?!" Kitsune yelled.

"DAMMIT! EVERYONE GET OUT NOW!!!" Naru commanded.

But it was too late! A bright column of light surrounded them all. All went silent after that.

Shinobu got up from her slumber, and immediately noticed her surroundings. She was no longer in the cave--or anywhere near home for that matter. She was standing in a mountainous, snowy region that appeared to be like something she saw in Lord Of The Rings.

"Hello?! Sempai? Naru? Motoko? Anyone?!" Shinobu cried out in the middle of nowhere. No Answer. She was alone. And, of course, she was frezzing her ass off. She needed to find shelter, and fast.

As if luck would have it, she spotted a cave nearby. "This may be the same cave..." She ran inside, only to find out she was wrong.

This was not the same cave she was in with everyone else. This cave had normal flames, not purple ones, and there was an element that frightened her to the core---skeletons!

"EEEEK!!!" As she was about to make for the exit, she tripped over something. A sword.

Shinobu took the time to look at it. "You find something new everyday" she muttered.

This sword was not a Japanese katana, however. This was a European-style shortsword. And it was a bit rusty. Shinobu decided to take it with her, despite the fact that she never held a sword in her whole damn life, let alone know how to use one.

Then something else came to her; A malodorous, fetid body odor from an unknown source.

"Eww! What died?" Shinobu asked as she covered her nose.

"Nothing. Yet" a voice said from behind, followed by laughter from it's companions.

Shinobu turned around to see her would-be assailants. The sight of them made her skin crawl; The newcomers had bodies of men, but their heads was completely non-human. And to top that off, their skin was green!

Also, they were the source of the foul scent that almost made Shinobu puke.

"Hee hehehehehee! Well, well, well, what have we here, then?" one of the creatures said. Looks like..."

"Dinner" another finished. They both laughed.

"Wha...what are you?" Shinobu nervously asked them.

"What? Never seen an Orc before?" an Orc retorted.

'Orcs? Should they even exist?' Shinobu though. 'What is going on?'

Then she asked a pretty dumb question: "What are you going to do with me?"

"Well, nothing much really. We're just gonna...kill ya...then eat ya. Nothin' serious...to us!" the leader said in a casual, humorous tone. His cohorts were laughing their heads off.

Poor Shinobu was terrified now, then she realized that she was still holding that rusty sword. She nervously pointed it at the Orcs, pretending to be brave. "Y-you better w-watch it! I have a sword and I'm n-not afraid to u-use it!"

The Orcs laughed harder. "Do you even know how to use that rusty piece o' horse dung?"

Bah. We,re wasting time, boys!" the leader said. "Dinner-tiiime!" The Orcs slowly approached their little victim, who was shaking at the knees and whimpering.

Then, the unthinkable happened---the Orcs were attacked instead...by a giant panther!

Following the panther was a man cloaked in a green hood and cape, and weilding two scimitars, with one of them glowing blue.

The dual-sword weilding man was instantly recognized by one of the Orcs "It's that blasted Orcslayer!" he screamed before he was pounced on by the panther.

The panther's master showed an impressive display of swordsmanship, slaying each and every Orc with great efficiency.

'Wow. This guy puts Motoko to shame!' Shinobu thought. In a matter of moments, the battle was over.

The "man" sheathed his swords and turned to Shinobu. "Are you alright, little one?" He removed his hood.

What she saw literally shocked her; This was no human at all! But he was no Orc, either. Aside from the green cloak and strange-looking dark clothes, she noticed that his body looked perfectly human, except for the head; He had dark-purpleish hued skin, shoulder-lenght hair as white as snow, and, as if those pointy ears didn't prove her point enough, his eyes---they were lavender hue! Shinobu was starting to back away in terror.

"Ease yourself, little one. No harm will come to you. Not from us" he said with a warm smile while gesturing to his pet, who was licking its paws.

"Uhm...may I ask you---and what---are you?" Shinobu sheepishly asked. 'He could be an elf of some sort, but certainly not like what I saw in LOTR.'

The creature looked puzzled. "You mean you never heard of a Drow before?"

"Drow?" Shinobu repeated, scratching her head.

"Yes. I am a Drow. That panther to your left is my magical companion, Guenhwyvar." The panther responded after hearing its name mentioned.

"And, what's your name?" Shinobu asked.

The Drow walked towards her and lowered himself to her level, and introduced himself. "Drizzt Do,Urden."

HA! Well, whaddaya think o' that? A Love Hina/Forgotten Realms crossover! As for that symbol in the cave, that is none other than the Forgotten Realms symbol found on the front cover of the campaign settings book. Look out for the next chappie!