A/N: This is the first chapter of Love Hina: Broken Man. As I promised this chapter is slightly longer so I hope you enjoy. Also, as I said before, any bad reviews are welcome. I appreciate the honesty. Anyway, here we go…

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Haruka blew out a puff of smoke as Keitaro slowly took his time getting up. Haruka helped dust him off and said, "Glad to see you're making new friends."

Keitaro looked at her and said, "Yeah, they sure know how to make a guy feel welcome. What's their problem anyway?"

Haruka and Keitaro started their way to the Inn as Haruka replied, "You apparently." Keitaro shook his head and sighed as they made it to the entrance of the Inn.

The girls were talking amongst each other when the front door opened and revealed Haruka and Keitaro. When the girls noticed him, Naru pointed at him and yelled, "I THOUGHT WE TOLD YOU TO LEAVE, PERVERT?"

Motoko unsheathed her sword and aimed it at Keitaro and said, "Leave now or I will end you're vile existence, lecherous male!"

Haruka lit another smoke and watched on with her always unreadable expression while Keitaro just laughed bitterly at the girls' antics and then gave them a hard stare and said with venom, "Then what are you waiting for?"

Kitsune, the resident party girl, couldn't believe the balls on this guy for standing up to Motoko and Naru the way he was. Koalla Su, the resident mad scientist and genius watched on while eating a banana.

Shinobu Maehara, the resident cook, had tears in her eyes as she looked on, since she didn't really like violence.

Out of all the girls, Motoko Aoyama, the resident swordswoman and Naru Narusegawa, the resident bookworm, were the most surprised since nobody had stood up to either of them before.

Motoko stated with a glare directed at Keitaro, "What did you say, vile male?" Keitaro glared back at her and said in a mocking voice, "I said what are you waiting for, vile woman?"

Things could have become worse if Haruka hadn't interfered and said, "This is my nephew, Keitaro."

All of the girls froze at the revelation. Haruka never mentioned a nephew to them before. She then finally turned to Keitaro and handed him an envelope, "Here, Keitaro. Granny Hina wanted me to give this to you when you showed up."

As he grabbed the letter, nobody but Kitsune noticed the scar on his wrist. Motoko, on the other hand, noticed the really dark aura Keitaro had. She didn't really notice at first since she'd attacked him when he first arrived, 'This is strange. This male has such a dark aura. I have only seen an aura like this in someone who is in deep despair. I wonder what could've caused it?'

As she was contemplating this, Keitaro was reading the letter Haruka had given to him. His eyes narrowed in anger as he read on:

My dearest Keitaro,

I'm sorry I couldn't be there when I told you I would, but I've decided to travel the world. But the reason I invited you to the Hinata Sou was tell you I've decided to give you ownership of the Inn. You are now the new manager. You should already know that I've converted the Inn to an all girls dormitory, which should explain why you've only run into girls. I know you've been in a bad way after what happened five years ago. It hurts me to see my only grandson in such pain and despair.

I've thought long and hard about this and came to the conclusion that maybe this is what you need. I'm only doing this because I love you, my grandson. I want to see you happy again. I want you to open up your heart and deal with the pain I know you've been holding in for so long. Maybe you can try for Tokyo University again. You've always had the brains for it and I hated it when you stopped trying and gave up. You had near the highest scores on your tests, remember? You may even be able to study with young Naru Narusegawa, who is also trying for Tokyo University.

It's time you live again, my grandson. I don't want to see you in pain anymore. It's time to put those bad memories in the past and make some new good ones. This is the place to do it. Remember to open your heart, my grandson. You won't go wrong, I promise.

With all my love,

Granny Hina

Keitaro felt anger and rage boil to the surface and crumbled up the letter and threw it into a trashcan and said with hate as he grabbed his bag, "Who the hell does she think she is, messing with my life like this? I don't need any of this. I don't want any of this." He turned to leave and stopped when he felt a gentle touch on his shoulder.

He looked and saw that Haruka was gently touching his shoulder and he asked her sullenly, "Did you know about this?"

Haruka nodded and replied softly, "Granny Hina told me all about it before she left. I know the last five years were hard for you, but I think Granny's right. Maybe this is exactly what you need."

Keitaro sighed and said sullenly with a slight bit of venom, "You have no idea how hard it was for me." Haruka shook her head and looked at the girls, who watched the whole thing and said, "Listen up girls. Keitaro is now the new manager of Hinata Sou and if you have any problem with that, you deal with it yourselves." She then turned to Shinobu, "Shinobu, show Keitaro to his room."

With that, Haruka walked back to her teahouse, leaving Keitaro alone with the other girls. He looked at them and noticed Naru and Motoko were glaring at him and Shinobu shyly stepped forward and said, "I'll show you to your room. Follow me."

Keitaro gave a quick glare to Motoko and Naru and followed Shinobu to his room. Naru turned to Motoko, Kitsune and Su and said, "I can't believe Granny Hina made that guy the manager of this place!"

Motoko nodded and said, "I agree. A male cannot be the manager of an all girls dormitory." Su said with a smile and a gleam in her eyes, "He looks like fun to play with! I want to test out my new inventions on Keitaros!" She jumped excitedly and ran with amazing speed to her room to get some inventions ready to test.

Kitsune smiled and said, "I think it would be entertaining having a man in the dorm. I think he'll be fun to tease, especially since he already saw you naked, Naru."

Naru blushed and said angrily, "Get your mind out of the gutter, Kitsune! That male is not staying here! I don't care if he's manager or not!"

With that, Naru turned and followed after Shinobu and Keitaro with Motoko and Kitsune following behind.

Manager's Room…

Keitaro walked in the room while Shinobu stood in the hallway with a smile and a blush. He sat his bag down and took a look around the room and said, "Well, it's not exactly the American Ritz, but I guess it'll do." He then looked up to the ceiling and noticed a hole and asked, "Hey Shinobu? What's with this hole here?"

He looked back at her and she said, "That's the hole Granny Hina and Narusegawa used to talk to each other."

Keitaro looked back up at the hole and shook his head, "Sounds kinda stupid to me." He sighed and began to unpack his bag and looked back to Shinobu and said quietly, "Thanks for showing me my room, Shinobu."

Shinobu blushed and bowed and said quickly, "You're welcome, Sempai. I hope you enjoy your stay." She turned and quickly left.

He shook his head and went back to unpacking his bag. He sat at the desk on the far side of the room and pulled out some clothes.

Once he reached the bottom, he slowly pulled out a picture and instantly began to tear up. The picture was of Him, Rika and Kaede. He was in the middle and Rika and Kaede were on either side of him and were kissing him on his cheeks.

He tried to hold in the sorrow that was heading the surface and failed as he began to sob uncontrollably with one hand covering his eyes as he bent over and the other hand held the picture. Tears began to fall on the glass.

Outside the Manager's Room…

Naru, Motoko and Kitsune were near the Manager's room, but stopped when they heard the sound of sobbing. Thinking it was Shinobu, Naru and Motoko ran inside ready to assault that male who was hurting Shinobu, but were surprised when they saw it was their manager who was sobbing.

Kitsune peeked inside and put her hand to her mouth when she saw what was happening. The girls further noticed that Keitaro was holding a picture and when they saw him put the picture to his chest and hold it like his life depended on it, Naru and Motoko thought twice about attacking him and slowly backed out of the room and silently closed the door.

(OOO)

Keitaro awoke to the sound of a light knocking on his door. He raised his hand scratched the back of his head in confusion, 'I don't remember closing that door.'

He slowly got up and opened the door and saw it was a smiling Shinobu and she said, "I didn't mean to wake you but I thought you should know dinner's ready."

Her smile faltered when she noticed his red eyes like he had been crying. Keitaro nodded and said, "Thank you Shinobu. I'll be right down."

She smiled again and bowed and left. Keitaro walked to the bathroom and washed his face before heading down to dinner.

Kitchen…

The residents sat around the kitchen table while Shinobu sat out the food. They were talking with each other until they saw Keitaro walk in and sit down at the far end of the table. The others watched Keitaro in silence until Shinobu sat out the last of the food.

Eventually, the residents started to talk to each other again while Keitaro ate his food without talking to anyone.

Common Room…

After dinner, everyone went their separate ways except for Kitsune, who sat on the couch in the common room and watched the horse races she usually bet on, while drinking sake.

She heard a sound nearby and looked around until she saw Keitaro entering the room with a bottle of his own sake. She smiled slyly and got up from the couch and approached him.

He stopped when he noticed she was walking towards him with a sly look on her face. He rolled his eyes when she said, "Hey, sugah. Where are ya' headin' off to?"

Keitaro simply replied, "My room." Next thing he knew, she wrapped her arms around his neck and asked in a sultry voice, "Want some company?"

Manager's Room…

Motoko snuck into Keitaro's room and looked around. It had been bothering her why that pathetic excuse of a manager would be crying over a picture, so she snuck into his room to see this picture he had such an emotional attachment to.

She looked everywhere and had no such luck until she noticed the frame of the picture sticking out of his bag on the floor by the desk and she walked over to it.

She looked around to make sure nobody was coming and she carefully pulled the picture out of the bag. She sat in the chair in front of the desk and looked at the picture. She saw Keitaro with two girls who looked like twins kissing his cheeks. One of the twins had mid-length dark blue hair and the other had long light purple hair with glasses. Both girls were absolute beauties as well.

As Motoko examined the picture more she noticed words on the bottom of the photograph that said, "To our Keitaro. Now our memory will always find you. Love, Rika and Kaede Ichiro."

Motoko looked up from the picture and thought, 'Is this what that male was upset about?' She was snapped out of her thought at the sound of a sake bottle shattering on the floor near the door.

She looked over and noticed Keitaro with a scowl on his face and she noticed his aura had changed from dark despair to fiery red rage and anger.

He looked at her and then down to the picture she held and then back to her again and said with malice, "Who the hell do you think you are coming into my room like this and going through my things like privacy doesn't matter around here?"

Motoko, who was suddenly nervous, asked, "Um, w-who are these girls?" She held up the picture to him. Keitaro stomped over to her and snatched the picture away and said, "That's none of yours or anyone else's business!"

He gently placed the picture back in his bag and zipped it up. He turned back to her and said with anger, "If you ever come into my room without permission and look through my things again, I will throw you out of her so fast you won't even know what hit you. Do you understand me?"

Motoko narrowed her eyes and asked, "What did you say, Urashima?" Keitaro clenched his fists and said, "You heard me, Aoyama."

She unsheathed her sword and asked with anger, "Are you threatening me?" Keitaro shook his head and said, "It's a promise, now leave." He pointed toward the door with his index finger and Motoko refused to move.

Just before anything escalated, Su came bouncing in with what looked like a bazooka and aimed at Keitaro. He turned as she shouted, "HIYA'S KEITARO! LOOK A THIS!"

Once he saw the big bazooka, he grinned evilly and turned to face her and said, "Let it rip, Su." At the same time he thought, 'Maybe this will end my pain and be with Rika and Kaede again.'

BOOM! Su shot the bazooka and a round slammed into Keitaro slamming him through the wall and flying out of the Inn completely and over the steps completely and landing in the front of the teahouse. He sat up and dusted off the soot and said, "Me and my big mouth. Damn immortality."

He looked up and noticed he was at the teahouse and decided to go in and see his aunt. They needed to talk.