Note: I do not own Love Hina and I'm not really sure who does—other then Tokyo pop for publishing it in North America.

Note 2: Love Hina takes place in 2000 and so this takes place eight years later. I'm assuming that Mei—Naru's younger sister—was the age of 10. Sweat drop is—to my understanding—the term used to describe that little tear drop that appears on the forehead of a character and slides down a slight bit when something stupid happens, or a like situation. If you watch Anime or read Manga—which would make sense since you're reading this story—you should understand what I'm referring to any way. This notice will only appear in this chapter.


2008

Shinobu, apartment manager of the Hinata Apartments, was walking back from Tokyo U.

Oh my god I failed again, Shinobu thought.

It was only the practice exam of course but if she couldn't do that then how could she pass?

I'm gonna fail the entrance exam again!


Shinobu had become apartment manager when she had graduated from high school. It was only a month before Kaolla had to return to her country to be married to "big brother."

Keitaro had walked up to her and she blushed as usual.

"Haruka is moving into Tokyo and opening a restaurant there," Keitaro said. "She wants Naru and I to take over the Hinata Tea House."

"But who's gonna be our apartment manager now?" Shinobu said shyly.

"You," Keitaro said with a smile holding out the keys to Shinobu.

"But are you sure I'm ready?" Shinobu asked. "Shouldn't you choose Motoko or something?"

"Shinobu I know you're the most hard working person in the dorm. I'm sure you'll do fine. Besides if you need help you can come to me or Naru."

Keitaro turned and left, her heart following him a short distance. She couldn't go and tell him the truth now, he and Naru were married—Shinobu had cried her eyes out at that wedding.


Shinobu almost tripped. She looked down and saw Mutsumi lying on the ground. She had fainted again. Shinobu sighed and picked Mutsumi up, placing a hand around her shoulder.

"Mutsumi are you awake?" Shinobu said poking Mutsumi in the cheek.

Shinobu had had grown a lot since she first moved into the Hinata Apartments. Her breasts had really filled out and she figure wasn't great but still better then most. Her hair length was now to around the middle of her back.

Shinobu struggled to pick Mutsumi up.

"Looks like you could use come help," said a boy with an English speaking accent of some kind.

Shinobu turned around. Her jaw dropped. The man standing in front of her looked like Keitaro with out glasses. He dropped his duffle bag and rushed forward to help Shinobu with some of the weight.

"You don't mind right?" The man said smiling, putting Mutsumi's other arm around his shoulder.

Shinobu merely shook her head. The man smiled and followed Shinobu's lead. Shinobu was blushing, and trying to hide it.

"My name's Robert," the man said trying to break the silence. "I'm here from Canada to get into Tokyo U. What's your name?"

"Sh-Shinobu," she muttered.

"Nice to meet you Shinoyu," Robert said with a smiled.

"No," Shinobu said speaking up now, "not Shinoyu; Shinobu."

Robert chuckled nervously. "Sorry about that one."

Shinobu smiled, still blushing. They walked up the steps towards the Hinata Apartment. Once they had got up the steps Robert looked at the building.

"Whoa nice building," Robert said. "What is it?"

"It's called the Hinata Apartment," Shinobu said.

"Hinata Apart—oh no!" Robert said looked around.

"What is it?" Shinobu asked.

"My bag!" Robert said running towards the stairs at full speed, tripping on the second one.

Shinobu sweat dropped.

"Any one home?" Shinobu called. "Some one want to give me a hand?"

Sara walked out and stretched. She rubbed her eyes and put Mutsumi's free arm around her shoulder. Her breasts hadn't grown much and she was a little sub par in her figure. Her hair was in one huge braid that went down past her waist.

"Shouldn't you be at school?" Shinobu asked, as greatly appreciative as she was.

"I woke up half an hour late so I thought 'what the heck' and passed out on the couch," Sara said.

Shinobu smiled and chuckled.

"So how did it go?" Sara asked.

"Oh my god it was terrible!" Shinobu cried. "I waited for half an hour but I couldn't find Mei so I came back."

"Oh Mei came back and went to the tea house," Sara said placing Mutsumi on the couch.

"No more skipping school!" Shinobu said. "You don't want me telling Seta when you he gets back do you?"

Sara startled. She waved her hands in front of her. "No! Don't tell my dad! I'll do the cooking for a month."

Shinobu chuckled. "You're cooking is horrible. Don't worry; I'll let you off with a warning this time. Wait, actually you can clean the hot spring pool side."

Shinobu moved to go back out side.

"Where're you going?" Sara asked.

"Down to the tea house," Shinobu said, "haven't visited Keitaro and Naru in a while. Plus I want to ask Mei about the exam."

Sara nodded. "Can you bring me back a rice ball?"

Shinobu smiled and nodded.


"That's great Mei," Keitaro said clapping Mei on the back while handing her a Sprite.

"I couldn't find Shinobu so I came back here," Mei said frowning. "I hope she did well. She didn't look to confident before the exam."

Mei's hair was still about shoulder length and she still had the two pig tails on each side. She had a figure to die for and her breasts were average sized.

"I really hope she passes," Naru said sipping some tea. "I don't think she wants to end up like Keitaro and failing three times."

Keitaro sweat dropped.

Naru smiled and kissed Keitaro on the cheek. "At least you got in, in the end."

"At least we fell in love in the end," Keitaro said kissing Naru on the lips.

"You guys done?" Mei said after gulping half the glass.

"Why do you want to get into Tokyo U any way?" Naru said.

"Well you went there," Mei said.

"That's not it," Keitaro said, "it's about love isn't it?"

Mei blushed. "Nu uh!"

"Uh hu!"

"Nu uh!"

"Uh hu!"

"Stop it!" Naru said. "You guys are pretty much full grown!"

"Hey I am full grown!" Keitaro argued.

"That's your opinion," Naru said.

"Who's what opinion?" Shinobu said walking in.

"Hey Shinobu!" Keitaro said holding out a plate of cookies.

"How'd you do?" Mei asked finishing off the Sprite.

"Oh my god I'm gonna end up like Keitaro," Shinobu said taking a cookie.

Keitaro seemed to loose balance and fell off his chair.

"You guys do realize I'm right here right?" Keitaro asked.

"That's the main reason they're saying those things," Mei said coldly. "How did you get into Tokyo U exactly?"

Keitaro sweat dropped. "I'm still trying to figure that one out."

"Come on you guys," Shinobu said, "Keitaro has a great brain."

"Thank you Shinobu," Keitaro said.

"It just took him three years to find one." Shinobu pointed at Naru.

Keitaro lost balance and fell off his seat again.

"I gotta go start dinner," Shinobu said through a mouth full of cookie. She got up and then stopped. "Sara wanted a rice ball."

Keitaro went into the back, came back, and handed the wrapped up rice ball to Shinobu. Shinobu bowed in thanks and exited the tea house.

"I still can't think of a good shot at Keitaro," Mei said.

"Give him a break sis," Naru said holding back a laugh.


Sara was cleaning the dishes and Shinobu could hear her complaints from the hot springs. She needed this though, after such a stressful day. She slipped slowly into the water and looked up at the orange sky of a sun set. She closed her eyes and exhaled.

"Ahhh!" Came Sara's scream from inside the house. "It's a boy!"

Shinobu stood up quickly she reached for her towel. She knew Sara wouldn't react like that if it were Keitaro, or possibly Kentaro though he didn't come around often. She heard a cracking and there was a splashing against her back. She turned around covering herself—arm over her breasts and the other over her pelvis—and saw what seemed to be—

"Keitaro?" Shinobu asked.

"Shinoyu?" asked the man who was now trying to get to his feet.

"It's Shinobu," she said reaching out the hand that was covering her breasts.

"Sorry," the man said, "Shinobu."

"Robert, right?" Shinobu asked remembering the guy's name.

"Yeah," he said rubbing the back of his head. "Cool that you rem-em-em…"

"What's wrong Robert?" Shinobu asked following his gaze.

She squeaked as she saw his gaze was on her exposed breasts. She blushed a deep red and covered up again.

"There he is!" Mei yelled opening the door to the hot springs.

"He's fondling Shinobu!" Sara said jumping into the hot spring with out taking any of her clothing off.

"No he's—"

Shinobu felt Robert's face pushing between her breasts as Sara punched Robert in the back of the head. Shinobu fell back into the hot water and instinctively kicked her right leg up hitting him in the crotch. He bent over holding his crotch groaning in pain.
"Now he's touching himself!" Mei said pointing from the water side.

"Go get Motoko!" Sara said kicking Robert, sending him flying into the dorm again. Mei ran off.

Mutsumi woke up on the couch with Robert over her, his face buried in her breasts.

"Are you sure Naru approves of this Keitaro?" Mutsumi asked, breathing in deep when Robert started to move his face around.

"Keitaro?" Mitsune asked confused. "I don't think Naru wants you doing that."

"Who the hell is this Keitaro guy?" Robert said pushing himself up.

"Urashima!" Motoko yelled, "What do you think you're doing!"

Robert and Mutsumi were blown away by the wave created by Motoko's sword.

"Oh my," Mutsumi said, "you're not Keitaro?"

"I'm sorry Mutsumi," Motoko yelled.

"I think you over did it a bit," Mitsune said.

"Guys you gotta stop!" Shinobu said running into the room having finally gotten dressed. "You're tearing up the apartment."

"Hey," Sara said, "he came up behind me and said 'nice smell' and I could tell he wasn't Keitaro from his voice."

"How does that give you the right to attack him?" Shinobu asked.

"He was touching you!" Mei said.

"Sara punched him into me," Shinobu said.

Mutsumi and Robert returned.

"What the hell just happened," Robert asked rubbing the back of his head.

Robert stepped on an empty sake bottle. She slipped and fell forward onto Shinobu. He looked away blushing, as was Shinobu.

"She he's trying to rape you in front of us!" Motoko said tightening the grip on her sword.

"No I just—"

Naru picked Robert off from on top of Shinobu.

"How'd you get here so fast Keitaro?" Naru asked. "You left after me."

"I'm! Not! Keitaro!" Robert said struggling to get out of Naru's grip. "I don't know why that girl said I should come here."

"What girl?" Keitaro asked stepping into the front hall way.

As he saw Naru holding Robert he started. "How'd I get here before you…" Keitaro said.

"Who are you people," Robert said. "Why would some as nice as you live here Shinoyu?"

"It's Shinobu," Shinobu said.

"You told him he should stay here?" Sara said tilting her head to the side.

"No," Shinobu said, "he helped me carry Mitsumi here this afternoon. He asked me what the building was called and I told him it was the Hinata Apartments. Then he rushed off 'cause he realized he forgot his bags."

"Listen let me talk to the guy and you guys sort this out," Keitaro said taking the new comer by the ear lobe. "Mind if we use your room Shinobu?"

Shinobu shook her head.


"Listen dude," Keitaro said, "you can't just come into a girl's dorm and start touching the girls."

"I didn't touch any one," Robert said. "My name's Robert."

"Keitaro," he said shaking Robert's hand.

"Wait this is a girl's dorm?"

Keitaro laughed. "Yeah, I had to learn that the hard way as well."

"I bet my way was harder," Robert said rubbing the back of his head.

"Robert… you're English?"

"I'm from Canada."

"Oh Naru and I went on our honey moon in Quebec. Her sister had been to Canada when she was younger and said it was a great place."

"It really is."

"So why exactly were you sniffing Sara?"

"I wasn't! I came in the dorm and smelled something good. I walked up stairs and saw her cleaning up. There was still food on the table, a sniffed it and said that it smelled good. Next thing you know I'm in the hot spring with a naked Shinoyu."

"Shinobu."

"Right." Robert nodded. "…You're wife's hot."

Keitaro became red with anger and punched Robert in the face.

"Whoa it's so nice to be on the giving end of those," Keitaro said with a smile.


"I hate the guy already," Mei said. "The name Robert's familiar thought."

"Probably because you went on that exchange student trip to Canada when you were ten," Sara said.

"I kind of like him," Mutsumi said, "reminds me of Keitaro, for some reason."

"Probably because he looks a lot like him," Naru said.

"Yeah that's it," Mutsumi said, "thanks Naru."

"You know what?" Mitsune said. "It might be cool to have another boy around."

"No," Motoko said. "I think you've had enough sake for today. The guy's a pervert, a peeping tom, and who knows how much more there is to add to the list."

"Hey there's no such thing as too much sake," Mitsune said.

"Well so was Keitaro," Naru said with a smile. "Do you guys even know what 'all girls dorm' means?"

"Keitaro wasn't a pervert," Shinobu said quietly. "All those were misunderstandings."

"Good point Shinobu," Sara said. "Besides I think he's kinda hot."

Sara and Shinobu blushed.

"How about a vote?" Mei suggested.

"That's a good idea," Mutsumi agree.

"Okay," Shinobu said. "All in favor?"

Sara, Mitsune, Mutsumi, and Shinobu raised their hands.

"And opposed?"

Mei and Motoko stuck out their tongues.

"It's settled then," Mutsumi said with her hand together smiling.

Sara and Shinobu smiled to each other.


Oh my god! I couldn't load the log in screen and I've been working on this story all week end, have three chaps (coulda had four if my friend didn't come over)