Love Hina - The Butterfly Effect

Prologue

The Penultimate Timeline

17th August 2004
3:43am
Tokyo General
Hospital

A dark corridor of a currently unused part of the hospital was momentarily disrupted by the presence of a figure padding quietly towards one end, and then into a room. The person barred the door, with great strain and anguish, using a sofa. Moving further into the room, and pulling down a desk lamp onto the floor, along with a notebook and pen, the person switched it on and sighed.

Otohime Mutsumi had a panicked look on her face. Large bags under her eyes meant her lack of sleep was obvious as she waited for the nurses to walk by from their usual rounds. She knew that soon they would find her away from her room, and that she was running out of time. Indeed, as she thought this, a shout was heard in the background and a number of people began to run about. Starting to write in the notebook she spoke out loud, her breath panting constantly thanks to her weak nature.

"If... anyone reads... this... Then my plan... failed..." The pen continued to scribble as the voices outside grew louder and they noticed the door was unlocked and that a light was inside. "I have... to change things... I need to... change things... so that I... can save everyone...

Closing the notepad, she huddled under the desk, hearing them try to push the sofa out of the way to get in. Staring at the object she was looking for, the world began to shake around her...