It was close to two weeks since Keitaro arrived and became the landlord of the girls' dorm Hinata sou. The place was great even though there were some slight incidents as the occasional punch sending him flying in low earth orbit or being blown flying by missiles, courtesy of Kaolla Su but those things aside it was perfect for Keitaro. The location was good and the best part of the whole thing was that he didn't have to pay any rent.

Keitaro was currently walking with his two friends Shirai and Haitani, they had just received their prognosis over their chances at attending their preferred university and to say they were devastated was an understatement as they walked down the streets sulking. Even the weather seemed to hate them as the rain relentlessly poured down on their umbrellas. The two more flirtatious guys had just been rejected by a woman when they spotted four girls approaching them.

"Hello there, cute ladies!" Shirai greeted the four girls. "Where are you off to?"

"Are you doing anything right now? If you're not why don't you join us for karaoke?" Haitani asked them as soon as Shirai had finished. Calmly walking behind them was Keitaro catching up just as the guys started flirting with the girls.

"Losers," "Go away," "Who do you think you are," were the responses from the younger three girls, the oldest girl remained silent.

"Aw, come on, don't be so mean," Shirai said.

"Come on please," Haitani added. "So how about it?" he added as he laid a hand on the oldest girl. Looking at his friends from behind and seeing their actions Keitaro decided this was trouble as he saw the change in the girl's demeanor as Haitani laid his hand on her shoulder, Keitaro had begun to recognize that expression the girl showed, Naru wore it every time something 'untimely' happened at the inn and sent him flying. He saw her raise her umbrella and started spinning it. What happened next surprised Keitaro as she swept the umbrella downwards a sudden gale came from it and grabbed the guys and sent them sprawling backwards. Keitaro was a little befuddled and when he shook away his dizziness he saw that his so called friends had taken a quick retreat and were no longer on his sides. As he was rising to a sitting position the girl that obviously had sent them sprawling walked up.

"You! It is the act of hooligans full of lust to attempt to seduce young and innocent women and soil the unblemished skin of a maiden with their sordid hands!" she exclaimed pointing the point of the umbrella at him. "Don't you have any shame!?"

"I'm sorry about that but I had nothing to do with than and you didn't have to attack us like that," Keitaro said to her giving her a sincere look.

"Are you talking back to me you weakling?!" she said angrily and started to lift him up by the collar of his jacket with her umbrella. Keitaro was unable to breathe and started flapping with his arms wildly and accidentally cupped the girl's breast. He was promptly dropped to the ground. He saw the girl raise the umbrella and with a slight scream she unleashed an attack that sent him tumbling away but came to a stop as he landed on someone. The person let out a grunt and a muttering of from the guy, 'Damn, should have seen and avoided that one, bloody mad girl,' as he lost his balance and fell back as Keitaro was dazed unable to get up.

Keitaro was hoisted to a standing position by the man he had toppled over and saw the girl walk of in the distance before he turned back to the man. The man standing in front of Keitaro was a couple of years younger than himself judging by looks and had dark brown hair but before he could take a better look at the man he spotted an ugly scar running from just below the man's left ear down to his mouth making him seem rather rugged even though the rest of his face was like any other young man. "Are you alright there mate?" the young man asked Keitaro in English surprising Keitaro. The man actually appeared to be East Asian, at least having a parent from Asia and here he was speaking English.

"Yes I am fine, thank you very much sir." Keitaro said in English as he bowed to the younger man. 'That girl reminded me of someone but I just can't put my finger on whom.'

"It's not a problem; one should not attack an unarmed person. However I thought she would apologize because that was a bit too much, even though you did something not so honorable." He said as he was rubbing his shin. "You don't happen to know where the Hinata teashop is located? I was told that it was by this place called Hinata sou but I just can't seem to find that place either."

"Yes, I know where it is, it's actually my aunt that runs the teashop and I am the owner of Hinata sou, Urashima Keitaro." Keitaro said happily. "If you want I can take you there." He offered.

"Yes please lead the way. Pleased to meet you Mr. Urashima, I am Sun Han" Han said as he shook Keitaro's hand.


Fifteen minutes later the two males arrived at the teashop. "I'll follow you in, my aunt can be scary if you don't know her," Keitaro said shuddering, heck she even scared him sometimes even with that indifferent face her eyes could be as scary as hell.

"If you want, however it's not a problem, I have handled scary people before and I am pretty sure that she will be nice." Han responded as he entered. There he saw the woman he had been looking for standing behind the counter.

Haruka had been having an awfully boring day with this weather almost no customers had come and she was thinking about she should close for the day as the rain was relentless in its downpour. Just as she had made up her mind, deciding to close down, a young man entered, her nephew following behind. She took a good look at the young man as something familiar was screaming to her senses when she saw him. She guessed he was partially Asian as he was to long, standing around twenty centimeters taller than Keitaro, to be Asian, his features slightly resembling those of Japanese and Chinese. Five centimeters long unruly dark brown hair and amber-green eyes, definitely not fully Asian then. Then she saw it, the scar running down from the left ear down to the mouth, she knew who it was now. 'The boy has grown since last, how old is he now, 17?' She mused for herself just as he walked up to the desk.

"Hi and welcome to Hinata teashop, what can I do for you?" Haruka asked the man. He subtly handed her a small note, reading it over she understood what was needed of her, and actually she would be happy to do so. She then repeated her greeting in English.

"Good day madam, my name is Sun Han and I am here for the job posting you had in the newspaper. I am however bad at Japanese at best so I would need tutoring in what I may need to speak to serve people however I am able to serve, wash dishes and do the other tasks that may be needed when one work here." Han said. 'Wait a second, he was able to read the newspaper, yet he can't speak the language?' Keitaro thought perplexed the idea most foreign to him.

"Well the Japanese might prove a problem, however it will be at least a month before I let you handle the store alone so I suppose we could work out most of the basic Japanese during that time. So if you take the most of the cleaning and that stuff while I'll take up the orders, yeah that could work," Haruka decided. "So can you work here in the afternoons from, say tomorrow?"

"Yes, thank you very much, boss," Han said in a 'close to cheerful' tone.

"Oh, I almost forgot, my name is Urashima Haruka, welcome aboard," she said as she shook Han's hand. "Be here around three p.m. tomorrow then."

The two young men walked outside after spending about three minutes in the teashop, Keitaro still thinking about how it would be possible to read, yet not speak the language. They were about to part ways, when Keitaro came up with an, in his mind, excellent idea. "Hey Han, why don't you come in where I live, you could borrow some clothes from me while we dry yours, as a thanks for helping me up and stopping my ride down the sidewalk. You can even stay for dinner, I am sure the cook won't mind, then you can test the best food there is around here." Keitaro offered.

"Sure, I don't see why not." Han replied as he followed Keitaro up the steps.


The two males walked down a hallway in Hinata sou leading to the wash room where they could dry their clothes and change into the kimonos that Keitaro had got from his room. "Is it always this quiet here?" Han asked.

"No, it's unusually quiet here right now," Keitaro responded as he stopped by a door, "Well now we're here, at last I can be rid of these clothes, that damn kendo girl blew away my umbrella, it's all her fault." Keitaro added, saying the last bit sourly as he opened the door and entered and closed the door, both guys agreeing on changing separately with Keitaro first.

Outside the door Han quickly ran to the side, expecting the worst. He had been about to tell Keitaro that the 'kendo girl' was in there changing, standing in just a towel when the door had been shut.

Keitaro had just shut the door and stood there shivering for a couple of second looking at the floor. As he looked up he saw a tall raven haired girl standing there looking at him. A couple of seconds passed which seemed to be an eternity for Keitaro as he saw the girl standing there, 'Isn't that the kendo girl?' he asked himself. That was before a loud scream was heard and seconds later Keitaro was blown backwards, taking the door with him.

"What is she doing here?" Keitaro said out loud.

"You followed me here didn't you? You vile stalking male." The kendo girl accused as she drew her sword from its scabbard. If Keitaro wouldn't have been so scared he would have been very aroused from seeing the girl standing there drawing her sword in just a towel hugging her body, just barely hiding her womanly tributes. Just as she drew her sword and cast aside the sheath they heard a scream from the end of the hallway.

"Auu someone is attacking senpai." Was heard, soon followed by steps and inquiring voices. Han took the girl's momentary distraction as a sign for him to act walking up in an attempt to disarm her and retreat out of her reach as her attention was divided between Keitaro and the girl down the hallway. It was only a partial success, he himself had been too distracted with the whole situation so just as he grabbed onto the sword and sat down his right feet he slipped on the sheath and successfully yanked the sword out of her grip, however he did not manage to get out of her way.

As all the girls in the dorm came to the place where they had heard Shinobu scream they all saw Keitaro lying to the wall with a door by his side and a stranger lying over something. Everyone glance at Naru who just shook her head. "It wasn't me this time, honestly." She defended. They saw that the stranger held a sword, familiar to the older tenants of Hinata sou.

"Hey isn't that Motoko's sword?" Kitsune said. She got positive nods, it sure looked like it, the question was, where was the girl in question. The answer was soon given.

"Ah, help me, Naru-sempai these stalkers followed me here." The distressed voice was heard. Under the stranger was two arms flapping. 'I have never heard Motoko distressed before, she's always calm and collected.' Naru said to herself, deciding heavenly retribution was in place; surely Motoko couldn't lie, at least not about the stranger. She quickly pieced together what had happened in her mind. Motoko had probably been followed here by the stalker and he had encountered Keitaro and had knocked him out and then tried to force himself on Motoko, yeah that sounded believable to Naru.

Han had been momentarily dazed as he had landed hurtfully, sure he could take pain but not much of the pain he was experiencing right now. As his focus returned he looked down on the girl lying under him, she was currently talking in a distressed voice asking for help as she tried to lift him up but unable to. He noticed something in her eyes that he recognized all too well, fear, fear beyond bounds. The girl was actually trembling in fear, it was barely noticeable because he was stopping much of it with his body weighing her down but he doubted that she would be able to stand by herself. 'Why? Why is this girl so afraid,' Han asked himself, yet he could not come up with an answer. She had lived in a relatively safe environment so why? He decided to quickly scramble back up as he threw away the sword, it could do no more harm, its wielder out of action.

The girls saw the stranger throw the sword to the side and then vigorously jump back up and then quickly disappearing into the washroom. The girls saw that under the stranger had indeed Motoko been lying, and just in a towel no less. She was trembling badly. Naru decided that now was the time to strike; he had no way to run. But just as she reached the door he exited holding a bundle of clothes that she recognized as Motoko's gi and hakama. She let go of one of her Naru punches but to her surprise he dodged and grabbed onto her arm and flung her forward. The girls were surprised, and angered, no one had dodged a Naru punch and then this stranger attacked Naru. The only one not reacting was Tsuruko; she was just watching how it all played out curiously, she would like to see what the young man would do. Now lying in the hallway down for the count was Keitaro, Motoko and Naru. The boy continued walking forward, the girls thinking he was stealing Motoko's clothes just like the stalker he was but they felt powerless to act, had Naru been unable to beat him none of them would be able, except Tsuruko but she was just looking at the scene. 'It's her sister for crying out loud, isn't she going to act!' Kitsune mentally screamed out. She watched as the stranger sat down by Motoko.

"Calm down, I am not going to hurt you," Han gently whispered in the kendo girl's ear, however not earning a response from the still trembling girl. "Please try to sit up, I am only trying to help," he continued softly. Seeing that he wasn't going to get a response from the girl as she seemed to be in some kind of aftershock, unable to respond to the outer world, he decided to do this himself. He softly and slowly lifted her back so it wasn't resting against the floor and started to dress her.

The girls seeing the stranger dress her was actually about to rush in all of them and beat him, but seeing Tsuruko's outstretched arm in front of them telling them to stay put and pleading look as she had stopped them they did as she quietly asked them. 'Sorry Motoko-han, but you need to come out of your world to ever be able to succeed Shinmeiryu. To ascend to your true potential you need to open up and face your fears.' Tsuruko said in her mind to calm herself, knowing that this might just as well harm as much as it could help her sister. The stranger was currently battling with Motoko's hakama trying not to get his hands in any improper places.

Keitaro was slowly coming to and saw Han working with the kendo girl's hakama dressing her carefully. As his dizziness disappeared he used the wall to steady himself as he stood up. He saw his tenants standing in the end of the corridor however Naru was missing. As he walked up to them he started talking. "Where is Naru?" their response was that all pointed behind him. And indeed five meters behind Han and the kendo girl was Naru Lying in a heap unconscious. "What happened to her? He inquired, again they pointed behind him, but this time to Han. 'He attacked one of my tenants?' Keitaro asked himself, seeing it as highly unlikely from his impression of the young man. Then again he also reminded himself of Naru's brash behavior and realized that he had been rubbing his cheek as he thought of that, exactly where Naru usually punched him none the less.

Han finished dressing the girl and then quickly re entered the washroom and hid behind a wall with one of the kimonos Keitaro had brought and changed out of his former attire what still was wet and made a sloshy sound as it met the wooden floor. He was dressed in the dry attire in less than half a minute, new record he remarked as he left the room. Everything was just as he left it, the crazy girl that tried to punch him out cold and the poor girl was still trembling in a state of fear induced shock.

Keitaro was amazed; the guy had been gone for what? Not even a minute and there he was dressed in a kimono instead of his drenched clothes. He saw Han walk up to the kendo girl and carefully he lifted her into his arms. He started to walk towards Keitaro and the girls with his face impassive. "Are you her sister?" he asked Tsuruko in English. She nodded affirmatively. Keitaro was baffled, how could he not seen that he was forced to ask himself. "Where can I put her?" Han continued. The elder sister of the kendo girl motioned for him to follow as they walked into the common room.

"Put her on the couch there," she said. The young man walked up and was relieved that it seemed like she was out of the shock and was now unconscious but as he started to bend down to carefully lay her there she started took a firm grip around his chest as if her life depended on it. He gave a look to Tsuruko that said one thing, 'help'. However no matter how they tried the two of them were unable to get her to release as none of them wanted to use unnecessary force on the unconscious girl. In the background Keitaro stifle a laugh seeing the face of Han, during his time with Han, albeit how short it was, he had yet to see an emotion in his face but here he was with an expression on the borderline to panic. The girls found the scene quite amusing but they were still pretty alert around the male as they still suspected something bad about him as he had been in their dorm. "I'll guess you will have to sit here with her and make yourself as comfortable as you can with her holding on like that." Tsuruko said to the boy, seeing him huffing in defeat and the crestfallen combined with slightly panicked face she had use all of her mental might to not howl in laughter and managed to hid her giggle that still slipped out in her hand. The young man was just too funny.

"Yes, I guess I'll have to," Han said in defeat and resigned to his position as a cuddle bear, sitting down on the sofa. He moved the kendo girl so only her upper body was lying in his lap as to make it as comfortable as possible for the girl and as least uncomfortable for him at the same time, a hard task by his standards. Just as he felt it was safe with her laying some bit away from him it appeared like she had decided it was too far and nestled her head into his side and took an almost painful grip around him. Han felt like bawling out, crying for the unfairness of it all.

On the outside Tsuruko was impassive as she seated herself in front of them but on the inside she was cheering, it seems like it worked.

"So, who is she?" Keitaro asked.

"She's my younger sister, Motoko," Tsuruko said, "She's one of your tenants you know." Tsuruko could swear she saw Keitaro's face pale when she said the last bit. 'Seems like he have already met her and she wasn't on her nicest side then,' she thought. "May we ask who you are," Tsuruko asked the young man whom was her sister's cuddle bear at the moment.

"I am Sun Han," Naru heard in English just as she entered the common room with Motoko's sword in hand. 'Where have I heard that name before and heard that voice, why do I sense danger with it?' she thought. She saw Motoko, lying in the strangers lap. However she could not distinguish the stranger as she saw him from the side. But as he turned around she could swear that the temperature dropped in the room.

"It's him!" she exclaimed slightly petrified. Everyone but Motoko looked up at the scared girl giving her strange looks not understanding what she meant, Han giving her a sideways glance. 'What?' he thought.

A/N: So this is the second Chappie, hope you like it you who read it. Do not worry about Motoko going all 'gaga', I had to come up with something to replace the trauma caused by Tsuruko's marriage as she isn't married in my fic. So no more afraid of turtles but two things in actually and she still hates males with venom (perhaps more than originaly) But now I need help for deciding what pairings I should have in this story, so please give me a suggestion for a pairing in the forum topic I've made, and why I should have it actually or it might end up sappy. But those hoping to see any romance in the near future be dissapointed because I really don't feel like writing any mushy stuff unless I have valid reason to do so, as now the story haven't progressed far enough, but I need to decide for a pairing soon however as I need to build up things for it. All pairings accepted so do suggest which one I should take. (The pairing will be decided when I post chapter 5) (And I do realize that much of this chapter is majorly drawn from Animé episode 3) (USE THE FORUM, not the reviews, I just want reviews in the reveiw section, forgot to write that up)