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Love Hina: The Landlord's Apprentice

By Quarantined Ryan

Chapter 1

The Son of Urashima

-Tokyo Airport 9:00 A.M.-

"He's not coming, is he?"

"Oh, he will. He promised that he would come today. He even called me and-"

"Keitaro, don't go rambling on about if he makes here or not."

The couple arguing are the owners of the infamous Hinata House, known to make any wish come true. Keitaro became the caretaker when his grandmother was still around. His wife, Naru, was a resident who fell in love with Keitaro after they remember a promise they made that the two would go to Tokyo University (TokyoU) and live together for the rest of their days, and they did. Soon, as passengers from a landing plane came out, a young man (around 21) came out. He was wearing a black overcoat and boonie hat. He looked strong, athletic and handsome with navy blue eyes and crimson red hair. This is our hero of the story, Kazu Urashima.

"Heads up, dad!"

"Whoa-" Keitaro was cut short due to his son's lightning fast reflexes and the fact that he was giving him a noogie on his forehead.

"So, Ya old nut, how's life treatin'-- Oh, Hey there, mom, how's-"

"Now listen to me, son." Naru growled as she raised her son by his neck. "I hope you stop this behavior at our home, so be on your best behavior, got it?"

"Okay, okay. Just…stop…choking…me"

-The Hinata House 10:00 A.M.-

"Well, it was a long drive, but were here."

"It wouldn't have taken this long if we used my shortcut, Naru."

"Last time we tried that, it took us a week to get back to our home!"

Kazu recognized the situation at hand. His parents would fight like this for hours and he wouldn't get inside until they were done arguing. So he decided to slip inside before his parents got in with him. Without the slightest moment of worry, he stealthily made his way inside and closed the door behind him, very quietly. After avoiding his parents (They could be heard faintly outside), he was back home, to his roots, to his domain, in fact, he couldn't be more eagerly content about it all. Kazu let out a deep, but quiet, sigh of relief. "Home sweet home at last. I can't wait to jumpstart my career, and at this point, I have enough time to slack off. Heck, I've got all the time in the world. Now where's my easel…" As you can plainly see, our hero is an artist and an expert at that. In fact, his IQ was so high, you could say he was a genius. To prove it, he was able to finish college with a Masters degree in half the time it would take a regular student (that would take him 3 years, tops). So let's get back to our hero.

-Hinata House, Rooftop, 10:15 A.M.-

sigh If only I had a friend come with me. Kazu thought. But, for some reason, mom and dad insisted that I go alone with out anyone there for me… I guess it's just one of those days…Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll see "her" again, who knows. Like they say, this place is where even the craziest of dreams come true. He soon finished another masterpiece and decided to call it a day. So, he made his way to his father's room for the meeting he wanted to give to him.

-Hinata House, The landlord's room, 11:00 A.M.-

"You wanted to see…me…?

Something about the room didn't seem right. For some reason, his laptop, his clothes, his game systems (with belongings), his artwork and art supplies were in his father's room. With only a shock-stricken look on his face, Kazu had nothing to say, but:

"What the hell is all my stuff doing in HERE?"

"Why, that's what a room is for, is it?"

"Whoa, Dad…well, could you explain-"

"Yes. I'm putting you in charge as the dorm's new caretaker. Since I became manager, I kept searching for a replacement caretaker and I soon thought: Wouldn't it be nice to have my son take over and make the caretaker position a tradition. With that said, you're hereby named as the official caretaker of the Hinata House. Here are your forms."

Keitaro eagerly passed the sign-up forms to his son and began discussing their plans, while Kazu responded:

"I don't understand completely, but if I'm to be the caretaker for this kooky place, then so be it."

-Hinata House, The lobby, 11:05 a.m.-

So while father and son were writing their agreements, Naru came through the lobby door with a female accomplice.

"Keitaro, Get down here! NOW!"

To her surprise, Keitaro didn't come down, but Kazu did.

"What the hell? Where's Keitaro?"

"Upstairs, he's signing his half of the forms."

"Then tell him to get down here, we need to discuss something."

Unusually, Kazu wasn't paying attention to his mom, but rather the accomplice. She had brilliant reddish, chestnut hair, which was braided, a killer figure and a green eye and a blue eye (a rare genetic trait). This is our heroine, Risa Kutabara.

"Um…do I know you?"

"Oh! Um… I think do…"

"Really? Then, why don't you introduce yourself?"

"AHEM, will someone tell me where my husband-"

"Right here, my lovely wife."

"Oh, don't you 'my lovely wife' me. You and I are going to settle this vacation plan once and for-"

"WHOA, WHOA, WHOA." Kazu interrupted. "What did you say just now? Vacation plan? What's really going on in this house?"

Then, the lobby fell to a long silence, as if a gun had cracked thru a window.

"Well, son, we're leaving for a vacation with my old boss, Seta, and-"

"You didn't tell him? Nice move, Urashima-sama. I bet the next thing you'll tell him is that this is a…umm…" Risa trailed off.

"What?" Kazu questioned.

"Uh, nothing important, really." Risa exclaimed.

"Anyway, I was going to say that this a girls dormitory, so-"

"Dad…" Kazu said, questioning his father in a dark tone, eyes glaring like a owl.

"Yes?"

"Uh, oh" Oo.

After a long pause, BAMM, Kazu smashed a part of the floorboard with a bare fist. "Why am I in charge of a girls dorm, DAD? Do think I'm a F#$ pervert, HUH!"

"Uh…"

"Son, I thought that I made it clear that you needed to be on your best behavior and you-"

Risa quickly interrupted Naru to save Kazu from humiliation. "You guys must be real late so let me take your bags." She soon had the bags in her arms and beckoned the two to their car. She later returned to the front door. Well, now what's done is done…lets see if you're as strong as they say. With that, she tackled Kazu and they both fell down with a Whump.

"Hey…Oww…what was that for?"

"I thought you were stronger than that. I mean, you punched a freakin' hole thru the floor. That means you're as strong as they get."

"Oh, I get what you need to prove…" Kazu then, lifted Risa up by her back and threw her up and caught her again. She was shrieking in midair while this happened. Afterwards, he simply replied, "Satisfied?"

"Nope."

Kazu set her down gently and was walking up to his room. "Ok, then wait till you see-"

No sooner then he was about to finish his sentence, a tanned girl, in her early teens as he assumed, rushed up with a flying kick, screaming at the top of her lungs.

"BAAAANZAAAAAIIIIIIII!"

With quick timing, Kazu had blocked the attack, with an open hand, without even flinching. Soon after the girl hopped back from falling to the ground and replied:

"Boy…you're really strong for the new guy, are'nt cha?"

"Yes."

Risa was stricken with awe. She had never seen an attack from one of her friends blocked so easily before.

"Anywho, the name's Nyomi Su, welcome to our home."

"Well, It's getting late, let's get back to your room, Kazu, I need to discuss something with you."

"But, it's 11:15." Kazu whined while Risa grabbed him by his shirt, as she dragged him upstairs.

This won't take long. Risa thought.

-Hinata House, The landlord's room, 11:15 a.m.-

"Alright, first things first, what's yer name anyways?"

"Kazu Urashima"

So…he's related all right, but that doesn't prove…

"Have you ever had martial arts training before?"

"No, I'm self-taught after learning my uncle's jujitsu classes, which took five years."

FIVE YEARS?... This guy IS different from the rest that's for sure. But…

"So that's how you smashed a 1x1x1 Yd. hole in the Lobby?"

"Yes, apparently, there was a lot of chi spiritual energy that is believed to exist in all of life around this house, even this part of the house-"

"Dorm"

"Right. This kind of energy is fairly rare, though. I've been to places that have much stronger chi."

"What's that?" Risa interrupted. She was looking at Kazu's shirt pocket to see a folded piece of paper.

"Oh, this…" He took the paper and showed her that it was a photo.

"I took this photo after a friend of mine was going away…"

Kazu trailed off and Risa was listing to his some-what interesting life story on how he trained and about his friend from ten years ago. Then, he said, "Does this look familiar to you?"

"What are you talking about? How would I know about…wait…that girl in the window of the train…who's that?"

"My friend, from ten years ago."

"That couldn't be. That's…me…"

"IT IS?"

They both inspected the picture closely. But oddly enough, it was her that was waving out to our hero. After a couple minutes of an awkward silence, Risa jumped and shouted:

"I've got a boyfriend and he's back, WAHOO, YIPEE."

"What are you talking about?"

"How naïve you are…when you see a girl off, like on the train for instance, you're showing your affection to her. So that means you love me, don't you?"

"WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? I'm am in love with, no I do love- no, what I meant to say is-"

"Admit it, you're in l-o-v-e with me. Even your face is showing it. Ha ha ha ha." She continued to laugh like a schoolgirl.

Although he couldn't see it, she was right. He was blushing so badly that he could feel blood running through his face.

"Wait till the gang hears this." She was reaching for the door.

"Not on my watch!" Then, Kazu lunged at her in an attempt to catch her. He did, but he was clutching her chest to do so.

"Let go of my breasts, you prev!"

"I'll let go if you keep this confidential, alright?" Kazu was actually enjoying this, because he never had such a stressful life in a while. He always loved a good challenge to keep his mind busy.

Then, Risa tripped over and the two of them landed with a whump. The two had lain there for a while, until Risa claimed, "…For an awkward position, this is kinda nice."

"Yeah… so this means were friends again?"

"Well…yeah"

When the two got up and were sitting across each other, they were sitting awfully close. Risa interrupted the silence by saying:

"Did you ever kiss a girl before?"

Kazu blushed slightly and replied "Um…I have but it when you left me and you kissed me on my-"

Soon, she leaned over and after a silence, she whispered softly I guess I'm the luckiest girl alive to have a stud like you

Just she was about to kiss him, until a girl's voice called out. "Lunch is ready everyone!" With this, she landed on Kazu's chest, while he was moving up. When this happened, Risa had a feel for him now. Wow… She began to blush. If he IS my friend, how did he change from a scrawny boy to a hot stud? Ohh… he must strong at best, and if that's the case… WOAH, bad thoughts, bad thoughts.

"You ok?"

"Y-Y-Yeah, I'm fine. L-Let's go downstairs. I'll introduce you the rest of the gang."

While Risa and Kazu were heading down, Kazu was thinking Oh… boy… I think she is coming on to me…like all the others… sigh.

-Hinata House, Dining Room 11:45 a.m.-

At the Dining table, which was near the kitchen (obviously an advantage), I found the rest of the girls there and was introduced. First, there was Mitsune's daughter, Nitsume Konno, as well as Motoko's daughter, Kiyoko Aoyama and the strangest thing was the fact that they were completely different from their moms.

First off, Nitsume was a hard-working novelist who is aiming for a master degree, while her mom had no college education, was a free-lance novelist and a bit of an alcoholic. Kiyoko is laid-back and would rather listen to her rock bands than train in her swordsmanship, unlike her mom, who would have time for her training at any given moment.

Soon, a young, bluish-black haired girl came by, holding trays that carried lunch. This is Linly Maehara, Shinobu's daughter. She looked a lot like her mother, except she appeared to be a bit older. Anyway, let's continue our story.

"So I hear you're a bit of a martial artist" Nitsume commented in a low voice.

"Yeah, but I don't perform my techniques on bystanders all the time, just for fun" Kazu answered. "On top of that I'm an artist that just graduated."

"You are? From which college?" Linly murmured softly, taking her seat after she set the trays down.

"Well…" He paused "Tokyo University."

The room fell into a deadly silence.

"You graduated already? That's impossible. You're only, what, 21? And you expect me to believe that you graduated in 3 years? That's-"

"You don't believe me? Talk to dad, he knows." There was an interesting way Kazu would speak. He would seem care-free, but he begins to act serious when moments were tense.

"Did someone call?" Keitaro was right behind Kazu.

"Wait…I thought you-"

"Well…we did plan to go on vaction, but your mom insisted that we stayed here."

"Enough beatin' 'round the bush, Did you, Kazu Urashima, graduate?" Risa interrupted

"Um…he did graduate" Linly replied quietly.

"Wait…How…" Kazu stammered.

"I went to your room to make sure you and Risa were coming downstairs, when I saw a diploma on the kotatsulow lap table. I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to look at it…I just…just" (sniff). Tears were beginning to appear in Linly's eyes.

Kazu came to clam her down. "I say she's trying to tell the truth" Kiyoko exclaimed.

"How so?" Risa retorted.

"Linly would never cry like that when she finds something dear to a new-comer. Remember when Nyomi moved in?" A flashback came to her. When Nyomi moved in, she was carrying a large backpack and Linly offered to carry it for her. She had tripped on a lose floorboard and broke an invention Nyomi made and she cried and promised to fix it. But, Nyomi told her that her invention was a dud anyway. In fact she wanted to get rid of it anyway, which made Linly feel (somewhat) better.

"If you girls want you can see what I made" Kazu exclaimed.

Risa thought it over. "Sure, let's see what you got." She responded. I'm guess…I was being too judgmental.

-Hinata House, Lobby, 8:00 p.m.

After a long day around the house, and several visits to girls' rooms, the girls talked to Kazu, just to get to know him more, except for Risa who was taking a bath.

"There is many more I need to know about you, but I need to take a bath. See you tomorrow, Master Urashima" Nitsume said darkly. She left to the springs.

"She creeps you out too, right?" Linly asked.

"Uh…yeah, a little"

"Her smile really gives me the chills"

"Hey, Naru asked us to be in the hot springs, now" Kiyoko interrupted.

"Oh of all the…sigh oh well…see you next morning, Kazu" Linly said and followed Kiyoko to the hot springs.

Kazu was alone again, but he never felt so open to women like this. Keitaro came sometime earlier to check up on him. "How are you, son?"

Kazu let out a deep sigh and replied, "Never better, dad, never better."

"Well, get some rest, you'll need for tomorrow, right?"

" 'Kay dad. I use my part of the baths."

-Hinata House, Substitute springs, 8:30 p.m.-

As Kazu was preparing for his bath, he was thinking vividly. Man, today was something. My friend from 10 years ago…my dad giving me the rights to the dorm…my friends…I hope it gets exciting faster. When he entered, towel at his waist, he saw Risa in one of the tubs and they both looked at each other. He had a good look at her figure, while maintaining his temptation. She had very smooth skin, her hair was like silk in the water and body began to blush a faint pink. She had define legs and curves at every which way, even at her chest.

All while Kazu was thinking Crap, Crap, Crap, Crap, Crap, Crap, Crap… I'm so screwed.

Soon, she blasted him thru the door and had him slammed against the wall.

"Your in deep trouble now, like father like son, eh?" Risa said coldly, fists at his face.

"I'm not like my father." Kazu yelled. "If I was like my father, I would be running in and out of these baths just searching for buck-naked women everywhere. I at least have some dignity to get hit for every account with this kind of insanity! So hit me with all you got! Knock me to the stars! I'll wake up with what I deserve no matter what!"

Risa looked at him and said "Get up."

Kazu followed. "You deserve to with us for a reason, I know it." Risa said.

"I don't" Kazu said. Then, Risa hugged him and she still had her towel on. She simply said "You do. Come in after and I assure you, you'll do just fine." With that, she kissed him, lip-to-lip, and went back to the baths. "We aren't kids anymore, right?"

Risa had closed the door behind her and sat in her tub. Then, Kazu entered and said "The others won't hear us, right?"

"Of course not, Kazu, now get in a separate tub, okay?"

-End of Chapter 1-

So, I hope you liked it. This took me a long time to think rather than write. I promise to have more installments on this series, so stay tuned!

This is Quarantined Ryan, Signing off!