indifferentshadow
Start date: 7/21/09
End date: TBD
Love Hina: All-Male Dorm Version
Disclaimer: I do not own Love Hina.
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Author's Notes:
By "little OOC outside of F to M," of course, I mean I'll try (not extremely hard) for very little out-of-characterizing, outside of the female dorm residents simply being male.
I may feel a need (like now) to add references from other sources, if I needed them in order to go on with my fanfiction. For instance, I used Wikipedia in order to make sure that I got the right word for Makoto's "shinai."
Definitions-
shinai: wooden sword (bamboo, to be specific about material?) used in kendo
All right, that should be it. But, I probably forgot something.
Update - 8/18/09: Naru's encounter with Shinobu has been altered, making it seem less forced. Names have been changed for the last two characters with gender-incorrect names (Names still somewhat not-set-in-stone, but may be this way until further notice). And it will be Mitsune, but never Kitsune.
More References (I feel that I have to; sorry)-
I used Google to search "japanese names" and the like. I came across and used various links and sites that the Google results offered. I'm not sure if I can use actual website links in fanfics, so I won't really go into that that much. I guess I probably could, since I'm not really promoting these websites or anything, or really doing anything illegal at all, but I'm just being safe, rather than sorry. Yes, all of this looks stupid, and I probably could put these links down. Oh well.
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Chapter 1: A Hinata Inn Welcome
The sun shined brightly in the dark blue sky, the wispy clouds providing very little cover for the people below on the streets near the Hinata Inn. Believing to have found what she was looking for, a young woman stopped in front of the long reach of steps which led to her perceived destination. Her eyes gazed from the bottom of these steps, all the way to the top, seeing the sky, as she could not see the inn.
I guess there are a lot of steps to the Hinata Inn, the young woman thought, as she started her way up the steps.
A minute later, she reached the top, and finally took in the sight of Hinata Inn for a moment. It seemed quite large, being three stories high, and having a small wooden porch jut out slightly from the second and third stories, directly over the entrance of the inn.
Sliding the doors open, she encountered…no one. She saw the slippers on the floor, where she took off her own shoes. In the lounge area, she could see a staircase leading to the second floor, with some couches and a coffee table nestled against the wall of the staircase, in front of her, about a hundred feet away.
"Hello?" she asked, frowning after realizing how soft her voice sounded. "Hello? Is anybody here? Grandma Hina, it's Naru Narusegawa. Anybody?"
She went forward, looking around the lounge area. Soon she found the manager's room on the second floor, and decided to rest in there, sliding the door open. Walking up to a low table in the middle of one of the rooms inside, Naru dropped her bags, and herself, in front of it. She ran a hand through her long hair and checked her pockets and purse to see that her wallet, and other such items, was safe. After doing so, Naru waited at the table before becoming restless, deciding to leave the room.
How is there no one here? she wondered, as she walked around in the lounge area. Naru looked around, turning her head every so often, until a sign caught her eye.
Hot springs? She thought as she looked at the sign and spa. I do feel stressed…
Naru went back to her room and grabbed a towel from one of her luggage bags. She undressed in the dressing room leading to the hot springs, and crept into the warm, steamy waters. She walked to the opposite side of the hot springs entrance, and laid back against the rocks, sinking down until the water reached her neck. She sighed as she put her towel behind her head, on a level surface of the rock walkway, while her head rested on the rock above the edge of the water. Stretching her arms, Naru rested her hands behind her head.
Her thoughts floated back to one of her earliest memories as she closed her eyes. She was at a playground, at a very young age, barely a child, playing with a boy around her age, in a sandbox.
"Did you know, that when a couple gets into Tokyo U, they love each other forever?" the young boy asked the young Naru. Before she could reply, Naru felt his lips press quickly on her cheek, making her blush. "Let's go to Tokyo U together, okay Naru?"
"O-Okay…" she replied.
"Promise me!" He held up his small right hand, forming a fist while pointing his pinky out. Naru did the same, and promised, swearing with her pinky.
Naru's lips formed a small smile as she remembered the boy from her memories. And then, I never saw him again, she thought. Heh, maybe I did, one time. I don't know what he looks like, and I don't know his name. Maybe, I saw his face in a crowd of people somewhere, at sometime. When I was seven.
When I was ten.
When I was making my way to the Hinata Inn just now, outside in the streets a half-hour ago, passing by a stranger.
The small smile went away.
Why would I remember such a stupid promise like that? I have no idea who he is. He probably doesn't know me, either.
Maybe…he doesn't remember. Maybe…
A sad chuckle escaped her lips.
Maybe there are about six billion people in the world, and he can be any one of them. I'm such an idiot, trying to take these exams. All to keep a promise, to someone I'll probably never meet again. I studied so hard, concentrating on studies rather than friends and clubs.
Feeling the pain in her heart mounting, Naru stopped, and let out a deep sigh from her aching chest.
Maybe I should forget about the promise. She slowly reached for her towel behind her head, an arm's length away; the hot springs could not relieve her thoughts any longer. Try something else…
A ripple could be heard in the water of the inn's hot springs. Frozen, Naru moved her eyes to the sight of a young man walking in the water towards her. Oh, crap. She started to float away from him.
The young man started chuckling nervously, and put his right hand, which held his glasses, behind his head.
"Sorry, Mitsune; please don't go," he said awkwardly, "I won't sit too close to you."
What the heck am I gonna do now!? she screamed in her head.
"Mitsune…" the stranger began again, "you can't keep avoiding me like this." Naru started wading away again. "Mitsune, you promised!" he continued, his words stopping her. She gasped, remembering her previous thoughts, the pain starting again.
What? she thought.
"I knew I shouldn't have made a promise with you," he said in a dejected manner. She turned slowly, her eyes showing hurt and disbelief.
Why am I feeling this way? He doesn't know who I am, what my promise is; he thinks I'm someone else. Still…
"Everyone told me not to." Naru threw her arms into the air as she face-planted into the water.
WHAT?!
"But, I did it anyway-" The stranger put up an anguished fist, with tears streaming down his cheeks in waves. "-Because you were my friend." Naru felt on the verge of tears as well. "Don't worry, though; you still have time." She looked up at him, wondering what he would say next.
"You can still fulfill your promise," the stranger explained, "you can still do what you need to do."
For some reason, Naru smiled at the stranger. What a stupid promise, she thought. Standing still, she saw images in her mind. A playground. A sandbox. A little boy, patting down a hill of sand. A little boy's lips, landing upon a little girl's cheek. A little girl, absentmindedly patting down sand as well.
"I…" she whispered. After a moment or two, she closed her eyes. "I'm sorry," she replied in a barely audible voice, moving towards the spa door.
"NOOOOOO!!!" Looking his way, Naru dropped her jaw, seeing the young man charging towards her.
"Ack!" she cried as she ran towards the door. Suddenly, within distance, the young man dove and tackled Naru, creating a big splash.
"You can't do this to me!" he exclaimed. "You can't keep taking money from my wallet to fuel your drinking and gambling habits! You promised that you would pay me back! Why, Mitsune, why?!" Shaking her body from behind, he suddenly noticed his hands were clutching something soft. "Eh? Wait a second…" He turned the still figure around, and put on the glasses that he had in his right hand.
Before himself, he could see a naked, beautiful woman, who clutched her crossed forearms across her breasts, which he seemed to grab and shake with all his might before realizing his mistake.
"Oh…oh, no," he squeaked, with a sheepish grin on his face.
A frown was on Naru's face, until she gritted her teeth, and cocked her right arm back, while still covering her breasts with her left.
"You pervert."
The punch landed into the young man's cheek, hitting with unimaginable strength. He proceed to skid across the surface of the water and break into the fence line surrounding the hot springs, sending shards of wood flying into the air.
Naru ran to get her towel before turning back to the door. Before sliding the door open, she looked at the broken opening at the fence behind her, feeling a little bad about what she did. Naru turned back, and scrunched her face into the chest of another stranger. Looking up, she saw a face with squinting eyes.
"Whoa," the man said, opening his eyes a little more, "who are you?"
"I-"
"Owwww…" Naru and the second stranger looked out to the hot springs to see the accused pervert climb slowly over the broken part of the fence, with a large bruise on his left cheek. "Why'd you hit me?" The second stranger averted his gaze to Naru's back with a look of caution, which then turned into a look of lust as he looked over her toweled figure.
"Because you're a pervert!" Naru replied angrily.
"No, I'm not! It was an accident!" The "accused" caressed his left cheek lightly. Getting annoyed, he looked at the stranger behind Naru. "If anything, he's being a pervert!"
"Eh?" Naru snapped her head towards the second stranger, noticing that her entire backside was bare in all its wet glory. Her eyes slowly focused on the "other" pervert, causing him to freeze in fear and gulp nervously.
"W-Wait," he stammered, backing away from her, his hands up, "it's natural, I mean, it's human nature to look at something like that."
My bad, the first stranger thought, as Naru reared back her right arm once more.
--- A few moments ago…---
He wiped the sweat off his brow with the back of his hand, as he walked through the main entrance of Hinata Inn, carrying a shinai.
Perhaps I should practice less; I really am getting more and more exhausted from my usual workout…
Suddenly, there was a crash, as a young man, with a towel tied around his waist, went flying across the floor of the lounge from the right.
What in…Mitsune?
Both of his hands grasped the shinai as he took a fighting stance.
An intruder…attacking the inn's residents; this must not be allowed.
"That'll teach you to look at my body like that…" Naru exclaimed, as she entered the lounge area. At that moment, she noticed the teenage warrior, ready to attack.
"Rock-Splitting Attack!" he yelled, sending a wave of energy towards her.
Naru yelped, as she barely got away from the attack. Seeing the staircase nearby, she decided to take her chances to the second level.
"Come back here, you fiend!" He followed her, while Mitsune came to.
"Don't do anything crazy, Makoto! And watch out for her right hook!"
"Mitsune! Where did they go?" the first stranger asked.
"Upstairs, come on!"
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What the hell is going on? Naru fastened the knot on her towel covering, so that it went over most of her body's private areas, while she ran down the hallway. Suddenly, she noticed someone hanging upside down from a support beam near the ceiling. The teenage boy, with his legs clinging around the beam, was in the middle of a healthy snack when he saw Naru.
"Oh, look, a surprise!" Finishing his snack, he threw down the banana peel to the floor.
"Ack!" With the boy landing in front of her, Naru decided to turn and head up another flight of stairs.
"Hey, wait! Slow down; let us talk," a voice yelled from below.
"I'll slow her down!" Looking back, Naru widened her eyes, as the boy in the school uniform magically wielded a rocket launcher.
Where did he get that-
-Whoosh-
The smiling teenager fired upon her. That…that doesn't look like a rocket, Naru thought, peering at, what appeared to be, two twirling balls of metal, attached by a black string. Realizing that an unknown projectile hurtling at one's body would not be a good thing in most cases, she started to run. It was too late, however; the projectile hit Naru behind her knees, with the metal balls quickly wrapping the string around her legs. Naru's decision to run proved unwise, as the forward momentum of her run took her face on a trip to the hardwood floor.
Naru gasped as she landed on the side of her head, while shouts of joy could be heard from down the hall, as well as other voices that were getting louder. As she was, she could look inside one of the tenants' rooms. Somehow, she managed to see a katana hanging on a rack. With a grunt, she rolled, all the way to the rack, and knocked it down. Unsheathing the katana, Naru cut herself loose from the tight contraption. At this time, the teenager hopped into the room.
"You can't be in here; no girls allowed! Ooooh, shiny…"
"Get back. Now." He backed away as she pointed the katana at him, and they both ended up back in the hallway.
"My, my katana." Nara turned her head to the voice, seeing a shocked Makoto. Bangs covered his eyes as he lowered his head in anger. "That which is most precious to me…my weapon. My way of life. How dare you handle something that matters so much to me!?" he snarled.
"Crescent moon wave!" A crescent wave of energy barreled down the hallway, hitting both the boy and Naru. Meanwhile, turning the corner, a blue-haired boy walked into the hallway, oblivious as to what was happening, with a load of laundry in his arms.
"W-what's going on here-WAH!" Kaoru and Naru landed on him, as laundry got thrown up into the air.
"Ow," Naru said softly, crumpled in a heap. Trying to get up, she noticed that she was lying on top of the blue-haired boy, who was completely on his back. She also noticed that he was staring at her chest.
"I…I feel strange," he whispered. After a moment, Naru could feel something moving. Oh…oh God, she thought, horrified, quickly moving off of the boy's body. Naru could see a shadow fall over them, from the fluorescent lighting. She looked up to see a horrified Makoto.
"He's a minor. He's not even a teenager yet."
"What are you talking about?! I landed on top of him like that because of your attack!"
"You…you…" Makoto growled, raising his shinai. "Pervert!" Naru waved her hands frantically in front of herself.
"Wait, it was an accident!" Naru shouted, as a wave of energy sent her hurtling into the wall.
Ow… she thought, groaning. I'm in pain, almost naked, surrounded by perverted boys, Naru thought, and I feel…
Closing her eyelids and dropping her head, Naru blacked out.