First Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Love Hina. This story is one of the many ideas I have in my brain. In this whole story, you will meet characters from other anime shows. However, with my limited knowledge of anime that I watch (it's about three or four other shows if you were wondering), I won't be putting a lot of characters. I will put disclaimers on them, but not in the first disclaimer of a chapter so you can be surprised about what characters show up! So sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

New Faces And Dangers At The Hinata Sou: The First New Tenant

It is a clear summer's day as Shinobu and Keitaro leave the grocery store with a bag full of food in each arm. Neither one can barely carry the heavy bags for long, so they rest whenever they come to a bench and table. The grocery store is fifthteen block away from the Hinata Sou and within 30 minutes of walking and resting, they only cover five blocks before resting again.

"Hoo! I wish these bags weren't as heavy as they are!" says Shinobu. They sit on the fourth bench of this trip as they rest the bags near their arms.

"With our tight budget, with need to stock as much as possible before we're broke." says Keitaro as he rotates both of his arms. "If I knew we were going to bring back this much food, I would have had Naru help us."

"Or have Su come with us, eat half the store's product while we leave with whatever we can carry without paying!"

They both laugh and rest for another minute more before walking another. They were about seven blocks away before three huge, fat guys block their path. "Excuse me sir," Keitaro begins. "We need to get through. The bags are really heavy and we would like to get to our place before our arms die from carrying these bags."

"Sure thing man." The bald one says. "But first…" He punches Keitaro, sending him flying into the nearest light pole, leaving the bags of food right where he was once was standing. As he gets up and runs, he sees another one of the fat guys, this one with a goatee, holding Shinobu under his arm, as he runs away. The last fat guy, who has long hair, gets in front of Keitaro while the bald one gets behind him.

"The only way your getting you little girlfriend back is threw us first," says the long hair guy.

"Yeah!" says the fat bald guy. "And we aren't the type of guys that you can beat up easy. Once we finish kicking your ass, we'll go back to our hiding place with Yukio and do what we want with your girl!" Both give off an evil laugh as Keitaro can only think of the dirty things the three fatties could do to poor Shinobu. As he sheds a tear, he tightens both his fists, ready to give the fight of his life to save Shinobu, even if it means dying without ever seeing her again.

But out of the corner of his eye, he sees the goatee guy flying back! Keitaro side steps as the goatee guy knocks down the longhaired guy. Keitaro notices the goatee guys' eyes are in a swirling motion as he just lies there. He sees in the distance Shinobu, safe as she gets behind a redheaded girl, about her height or a little taller. "Hey! You one want to take defenseless little girls? Well, take me on! But I fight back!"

"Fine by me," says the bald one as he and the longhaired one runs towards her. The red-haired girl carries Shinobu and jumps over both of them and lands near Keitaro. "I saw the whole thing on the side of the street," she says as she puts Shinobu down. "I'm on your side. You two get into that restaurant, quick! I'm about to made though guys get a lot of frequent flyer miles."

Both agree and run into the okonomiyaki restaurant. Once inside, they look out the window and see the two men beginning to punch and kick the redheaded girl as she only dodges them, going in a spiral.

"HUH? What is she doing?" asked Keitaro. "I though she was going to do something that would send them to mars?"

A few more seconds go by as they see, what looks to be battle aura spiraling near the goatee guy. As the redheaded girl gets near him, she raises her arm and shouts out something. The aura seems to go up, twisting like a hurricane as they see the three fat boys sailing in it. They continue to watch until the three land somewhere on the outskirts of town. As Shinobu and Keitaro leave the restaurant, they see the girl putting in the last of the food into one of the bags that they drop.

"Thank you very much," they bow together.

"It was nothing. I only did what needed to be done," she says as she hands a bag to each other them. "I notice that you were having a problem carrying both bag before this whole mess started. Mind if I help you carry the other two?"

"Are you sure? They're pretty heavy," Keitaro says.

She picks up the bags, one in each arm. "They're pretty light to me."

Bewilder, both of them drop their mouths to the ground as the three of them start walking home. They don't talk each other the whole trip until a block to the Hinata Sou, when the red-haired girl asked "After I drop this off, do you think you can help me find a place to stay for a bit?"

"Why?" Shinobu asks.

"It's pretty personal. I don't want to go into details. So you know of a place?"

"Well…," Keitaro begins. "Shinobu-chan and I live in the Hinata Sou. An all girl dorm and…"

"Wait! An all girls dorm?"

"Yeah!"

"Then why are you living there?"

"My grandma was the manager. She left to go around the world and decided to make me the new manager."

"Oh." Puzzled, the red-haired girl shakes her head as they go up the stairs. "You think then that I can stay with you two for a bit?"

"That would be great!" Shinobu says as all three of them reach the top of the stairs.

"Sure! After you saved both our lives, it's the least we can do." They enter the hallway and head towards the kitchen, where they put the groceries down on the table. "Here, I know of an open room that you can stay in. Let me show you."

"Thank you."

As the two leave the kitchen and head towards the red-haired girl's new room, they heard footsteps quickly coming towards them. They look back and see Shinobu coming towards them.

"I'm going to be cooking lunch now," Shinobu says to them, but only looking at the red-haired girl. "Is there anything you want me to make a specially for you miss?"

"I'm find with whatever you want to cook for everyone, Shinobu."

"OK. And thank you again for saving Keitaro-Sempai and my live Miss…" Shinobu looks lost or tongue tied by what to say next. "Miss…Miss…HUH…What is your name? I don't think you told us?"

She looks down at the floor for a second when Shinobu finished talking before looking back at her with a smile. "I haven't told either of you," she begins to bow. "My name is Ranma Saotome."

Second Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Ranma ½.

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