Keitaro and Kotomi Story. Part 2 Ver. 2 This will be slightly different than version 1, while it's true the girl's would not accept Keitaro that esily, more so Naru and Motoko, I doubt they would try to do anything to bad since he has a daughter to take care of. Motoko would have her hand's tied on what she could do cause of his history with her uncle. Not to mention preventing a robbery. She'd be honor bound not to go aginst him while at the same time trying to see his true character instead of the bad first impression she got of him in the show when he was cought in the bath. Naru on the other hand... I don't fully know how do go about where she will be in the story. I've honestly never liked her in the anime as she was quite the bitch through out most of the series, so it will mostly be formed as it goes. As for Haruka being more liberal with him. I thought most of the time she'd get aggrivated with him because he called her aunt, so take that away and you'd get rid of the main problem. Not to mention that with him there of his own will and not by being tricked into it like in the show, she'd appriciate not having all the work shoved on her anymore.

-Present time-

Keitaro was standing outside the Hinata Inn, He had received a letter from his grandmother asking him to come work at her Inn, at first he was gonna refuse, but after talking it over with his boss Kotaro and his father, he discided to do as his grandmother had asked, So he packed up his and Kotomi's things and headed for his grandmother's Inn.

"What do you think Kotomi?" He asked his daughter.

"Its huge dad! It looks like a castle!" the girl yelled in excitment.

"Shall we go in?" He asked her.

"I don't think we should go in dad." she said after calming down a bit. A year around Keitaro and his sister Kanako helped the girl open up, and was now extreamly hyper(Mostly due to his sister dragging her around every where). She was also one of the smartest kids in her class.

"Why not hun?" He asked as he kneeled down next to her.

"Well... The sign says it's girl's dormitory." Stated the girl pointing at the sign. this cought Keitaro's attention and looked for himself.

"Wow... It's a good thing you pointed it out, I probably would of walked in and did something stupid." He said as he rubbed his head. (In the real sotry Keitaro sneezed. "Someone must be talking about me. Oh I hope its Naru! Unless it's something bad..." The other Keitaro said then went about cleaning the hotspring. *poor sap...*) "Come on Kotomi, Let's go down to Haruka's shop, maybe she can explain this to us." He advised.

"Okay!" she chriped and ran back down the steps followed by keitaro.

-Haruka's Tea shop-

Haruka was helping a customer when she heard the bell go off. "Welcome! I'll be with you in a Minute!" she said over her shoulder, After she fineshed taking care of the customer she made her way to the door. "Table for two?" she asked in her trade mark monotone voice.

"Hey Haruka, How ya been?" Keitaro asked.

"Huh? Keitaro? Is that really you?" she asked in slight surprise, or as surprised as Haruka would get...

"Yup, you know dad's upset since you haven't come visit him." He said in a relaxed tone.

"Sorry, but as you can see I have a lot on my plate. Anyway, I'm guessing you here about the letter granny sent?" Haruka asked as she led him to a table raising an eyebrow at the girl who followed and sat with him.

"Yup, I discided to come after talking to dad and the place I was currently working at. By the way, when did granny turn the place into a girls dorm?" He asked.

"2 years ago. The Inn wasn't making as much money, and running it as a dorm cost less. The only problem is finding someone to keep it up and running, which is why granny sent you the letter." Haruka explained.

"In see, Oh yea, let me introduce you, this is Kotomi, My adopted daughter." Keitaro said and pointed to the girl. Haruka nearly dropped her cigerette with how shocked she was.

"Your daughter? When did this happen?" Haruka asked, clearly confused and quite interested at having not known before hand.

"A few year's ago, the story is kind of long and it's not a pleasent memory for her, so I don't really want to go into it without her permission and I have a feeling that the resident's will ask the same thing." Keitaro explained while giving the young girl a hug.

Haruka gave them a soft smile. 'Wow, he's really grown up.' she thought. "So how's school going? Your in your second year of Tokyo U right?" Haruka asked.

"No, I gave that up, I'm currently attending an art school so I can do Architech." Keitaro explained. Kotomi just just gave them a look that showed her confusion.

"What's Toyko U?" she asked innocently.

"Tokyo U is the top school in japan, If you make it in there, your gerrenteed a job almost anywhere." Keitaro explained.

"Ohhhh." Kotomi said, even though she didn't quite understand.

"Anyway, The girl's should be back by now, I'll have Yuki-chan watch the shop while I introduce you to them." Haruko said and walked off. After a few minutes she returned and led them out of the shop.

"So what are the girls like?" Keitaro asked as he watched Kotomi run up the steps.

"Well... they are unique. You'll know when you meet them." Haruka said as she smiled at her cousin/nefew. 'He isn't taking his eye's off her. She dosen't seem as clumsy as he is though. But I guess that's what a parent is like.' She thought as they got to the top of the steps. She entered first followed by Keitaro, kotomi following behind him and collasped on the couch with a plop.

"Comfy." The girl said and slowly drifted off to sleep. Keitaro and Haruka laughed softly.

"Sorry Kei, but I got to yell to get the girl's down here so It might wake her up." Haruka warned.

"Naw it's okay, She can sleep through anything." He said while waving it off.

"Alright. GIRLS GET DOWN HERE!" Haruka yelled, and was amazed that the little girl didn't even Stir.

After a few moments he heard footsetps. the first girl to come down was quite young but older then his daughter, most likely 13, had short blue hair and looked extreamly nervious(I'd be to if I heard Haruka yelling). The next person to come down.. well more like jump down was a girl who looked the same age as the girl before her, except a LOT more hyper. She wore her school uniform which was WAY to small for her. she had blondish hair, and looked like she spent to much time in the sun. The next person to come down was a Fox, yes she was sexy, but she had this look on her face that just screamed 'trister', she was wearing a sweater but it was pretty tight, and a skirt that looked about 2 sizes to small on her.. 2 girls came down next, One with long black hair wearing a training outfit with a wooden sword on her waist. The other girl had long Auburn hair and wore a long sleeve shirt and pladded skirt.

"Girl's I'd like to introduce my nefew, Kaitaro Urashima. He is going to be living here from now on." Haruka stated. 2 of the girls didn't seem to like the idea and voiced their opinions. (Can you guess who?)

"What do you mean Haruka?! We can't let a male live here! This is a girls dormitory!" The auburn haired girl yelled.

"I agree with Naru, Haruka, It would not be proper for a male to live in a building that was ment for females." The black haired girl said.

"What do you mean? Look at him. He seem's pretty innocent if you ask me." The fox girl stated. 'Maybe I can get some kicks out of him. hehehe' she thought with a grin, which caused Keitaro to shudder.

"I-I don't mind if he stays." the blue haired girl said.

"I don't either! Maybe he can play with me!" The hyper girl yelled. which caused the others to sweat drop. Keitaro just looked confused. None of them even took notice of the small girl asleep on the couch.

"That's enough girls! Keitaro came here at granny Hina's request, He's gonna be the new handy man. He had to quit his other job just to oblige Granny, so I don't want to hear any lip." Haruka said. The girls all said yes in their own way. Though the auburn haired girl and the black haired girl just glared at him. "Now introduce yourselves." Haruka Commanded.

The fox went first. "Hiya! My name is Mitsune 'Kitsune' Konno. Just call me Kitsune." she said.

The shy girl went next. "H-hello, My name is... Shinobu... Maehara... It's nice to meet you." She said with a small bow, which he returned.

The hyper girl went after her with an excited shout of, "Hiya Keitaros! My name is Kaolla Su! Just call me Su!"

The black haired girl went next, though reluctantly. "Aoyama Motoko, Heir to the gods cry school."(her name fits better like this.)

That earned a the girl a nother look, and she did share some common traits with his old boss. "Aoyama?"

"Yes." she stated.

"Are you related to Kotaro Aoyama?" He asked her, and she gave him a confused look.

"Yes, he is my uncle, how do you know him?" she asked with a glare.

At that Keitaro gave an understanding nod. Now knowing why the man had known about the Hinata building. "Ah, I worked at his apartment building before I got the letter from granny. He's one of the people who convined me to come help Granny out."

That was a shock to the younger girl but all she gave in return was a nod.

There was a cough from the last girl. "My name is Naru Narusegawa." she stated.

He gave each of the girl's a nod to not be rude. Making sure he had the name's down he gave them a bow. "Keitaro Urashima, It's a pleasure to meet you. There's one more person to introduce though." This confused those who hadn't noticed the girl on the couch.

Kotomi had been having a nice dream about eating ice cream cake when noise began to reach her. As it got louder than softer then louder again she slowly started to wake before finaly giving up on staying asleep and sat up looking around. "What'd I miss? Oh..." With a start she was up and behind Keitaro looking at the girl's wondering who they were.

He reasured the girl by rubbing her back before moving her in front of him. "Kotomi, these are the girls that live here, Starting from left to right. Shinobu Meahara, Kaolla Su, Mitsune 'Kitsune' Konno, Aoyama Motoko, She's Kotaro's niece, And last but not least Narusegawa Naru."

Though still slightly nervious she gave the girls a bow. "It's nice to meet you all, My name Is Urashima Kotomi."

Most of the girl's were confused by the aperance of another new and younger face and were wondering what her relationship with him was. "Is she your sister?" Kitsune asked.

This got a luagh from both Keitaro and Kotomi before he waved her off. "No, She's my daughter." This earned him some surprised looks from everyone but Haruka.

"How old are you?" Naru asked being the first to regain her barrings.

Though slightly confused by the question he answered non the less. "I am 20 years old. Why?" This just confused the girl's even more.

"How old is Kotomi?" Motoko asked, wondering how a 20 year old could have a daughter that looked to be between 6 and 9 year's old.

Keitaro was wondering where all of this was leading as this had been the first time he'd been asked about their age in such a way. Haruka just shook her head at how slow her nephew was.

The girl's, while wondering the age difference were also wondering something else, so blunt as ever Kitsune spoke up. "Where's her mother?"

That was when it finaly clicked in his head. "Oh no, Kotomi is my Adopted daughter, I adopted her a year ago." Keitaro explained and the girl's seemed to relaxed if only slightly.

"Is there a reason why?" Motoko asked, asking the question that all the girls shared but didn't want to ask.

Keitaro was hesitant to answer the question as it wasn't his answer to give, so he leaned down to his daughter's level and asked. "Do you want them to know?"

This had been a huge shock to both Naru and Motoko, having both belived that all men were assholes who only cared for one thing from women. "Did he just ask for her opinion?" She asked her friend.

The revenette was studing the male before her as she answered. "Indeed he did. But we should still keep an eye on him." And while she inteded to do just that, she couldn't let go of what she saw. 'He's the first male that I have actually seen ask for a female's opinion, let alone a childs... Maybe he is one of the few good men out there.'

Kotomi bit her lip nerviously as she thought about it. It wasn't pleasent for her to remember her past, but as long as her dad was there for her... "I guess... it'd be okay... but only if you hold me while you tell it."

"Alright hun." He said picking her up and facing the girls. "I found Kotomi in an alley a year ago... she looked like she was straving and when I picked her up she was freezing cold. After I got her home to my parents bakery, I put her to sleep, then talked to my mom about adopting her, She was okay with it but I had to brake a promise to help her out, I figured that a promise for my happiness was worth braking to make her happy, I have not regreated my choise." He said and hugged his daughter tightly, getting a giggle from her.

Kitsune was torn between her nature and remembering her own childhood. She hadn't had the best one growing up. Coming to her dicsion she gave a smile. While She was having an internal war, Naru was currious about the promise he had made. "Could you tell us what it was?"

He gave a shrugg, it wasn't anything that needed to be hidden. "Sure, When I was 5 I use to play here as a kid, me and a girl made a promise to meet at Tokyo U and be happy togeather, I don't remember her name or what she looked like, but I'm sure that if she knew why I broke our promsie I'm sure she'd understand."

The girls were all quiet after that. So while some,(Naru and Motoko) reserved their opinions, the rest welcomed the two into the Hinata apartments.

Keitaro was relieved about that and gave the girl's a smile. "Thank you." That was when he remembered something important. "Oh right before I forget." He started and the girl's looked at him curiously. "I'm a complete klutz and oftan trip. I have gotten into some bad situations for it."

The girl's were instantly curious about this new devolopment. Having never seen a true klutz before. Kitsune was the most currious though. "Could you list a few?"

"I guess... let's see... falling off the roof of Kotaro's apartment building, falling into a river, Accadently falling on a girl once, that wasn't pretty." He shuddered at that causing the girls to sweat drop. "Anyway, I'd also fallen from the Farris wheel. That's everything that's happened in the past month." He said with a shrug.

"And... how did you survive all of that?" Kitsune asked, as all the other girls were in disbalief that ANYONE could survive a few of the things he had.

The only male simply gave a shurg. "I don't really know, I didn't even get hurt from any of those."

Kotomi took this as an opertunity to butt in. "Yup! My daddy is tough!"

"Have you ever been shot at?" Kitsune asked mostly out of curiosity.

"Eh, once or twice." He said with a shrug as if it was nothing.

Though this shocked even the ever calm Haruka. Turning to face him from her spot at the door where she was smoking she couldn't help but ask. "When'd all this happen? I think I would of heard about my own nephew getting shot at."

The little Urashima, the ever helpful Kotomi, dicided to give her input. "Oh Oh! I know! The first was when daddy was Helping Uncle Kotaro! He was protecting his Inn from being robbed! The second time was when he stopped some bank robbers from robbing his bank!" Having gotten over her shyness, she was reverting back to her normal self.

Everyone in the room was quiet as they digested what they heard. Keitaro seeing what time it was knew he'd have to make dinner soon. "Anyway, If you girls have any problems that you need help with or want someone to just listen, come see me in the Manager's room."

Naru was just about to leave when she remembered something. "Oh! Before I forget. There's a hole that leads from that room to mine, it's right in the middle of the room so it can't be missed, I think it's best that it gets rixxed right away."

He gave a nod as he pulled a note book out of his back pocket and wrote down a memo for it. "Alright, I'll take a look at it tomarrow, and have it fixxed by the end of the week. Dose anyone else have something they need looked at or any more comments?"

The girl's all thought about it and couldn't come up with anything before Kitsue suddenly spoke. "The hotspring. We should set a time up for Keitaro. It would be unfair if he cleaned it but couldn't use it." Though reluctant, the girl's gave a nod. "How about after 8pm?"

Keitaro thought about it for a moment before giving a nod. "That'd work. I normally only take one bath a day just before bed."

Kotomi was getting board of all the adult talk, she was about to go find something to do when her stumach gave a grumble. So turning to her Father she pulled his shirt to get his attention. Keitaro had just fineshed ironing out the details about when he'd use the hotspring when he felt someone tug on his shirt, this normal meant that his daughter was hungry. So making sure it was in fact Kotomi, he gave the girl's a smile. "Sorry but it seem's Kotomi is hungry so if you need anything you can find me in the manager's office." With a finaly wave he walked into the kitchen, his daughter following right behind him.

Haruka who been quite most of the time chose that moment to talk. "So what do you girl's think of him?"

Naru wasn't completely happy about it but it had been discided by Granny Hina, so she gave a sigh. "This is only because granny discided it had to be him."

Kitsune had already made her choise after she heard the little girl's story. "I dont see anything wrong with him, and don't worry I swear I won't try anything with him. You know how my childhood was. I won't cause another to go through that."

Shinobu had been figeting since Keitaro had entered her little sanctuary. She wouldn't normally let someone use it. And made sure none of the other girl's stepped foot inside there since the last time they tried cooking. It was the first time the girl's ever saw a pissed off Shinobu and they didn't want to see it again anytime soon. She looked at Haruka a moment before quickly giving her reply, "I'm fine with him staying here." then running off to the kitchen.

Su was just as bubbly as ever though was lost in her thought's as she left the room, This left Motoko and Haruka. The ravenette saw the older woman looking at her and fidgeted a little. "While I still think a male shouldn't be staying in a girl's dorm, I don't see anything wrong with him. But! I will be keeping a close eye on him." Her face was slightly red now, so she retreated to her room.

Haruka raised an eyebrow in curriosity at the young girl but shrugged it off. So turning around she made her way back down the steps. She still had a Tea sop to run.

Later that night Keitaro was tucking Kotomi into her Futon when she spoke. "Hey daddy?" This got a humming sound from him. Making sure he was listening she discided to speak. "What do you think of the girls?"

Keitaro gave his little girl a kiss on the forehead before laying down in the futon next to hers. Facing her he gave her his complete attention. "Well, Su will make a good playmate for you as will maybe shinobu if we can get her over her shyness. Kitsune seem's like a trickster but in a harmless way. (positive thinker much?) Naru was interesting but I could tell she has a bit of a temper problem. Motoko, She's Kotaro's niece and seem's to have their family's stuberness streak as well as loyalty. They were all interesting in their own ways. What about you?"

Kotomi snuggled aginst her father as he spoke and closed her eyes to think for a moment. "Su seemed fun and it'd be interesting to cook with Shinobu. The fox lady sparked my interest a bit. She seemed like someone who'd have some funny stories. Naru-san... I don't know what to think of her really. She seemed stiff though. Hmmm... Motoko-san was really pretty. Do you think I'll be just as pretty as her when I grow up?"

Keitaro blushed at the question not knowing that Motoko had come to ask some questions about what he did for her uncle. Hearing them talk about the other's she listened in. Giving a nod at a few points and was wondering what the girl meant by stories when talking about Kitsune. She ahd to agree that Naru was oftan vary tense and did go off on the smallest thing. She didn't know what to think when he mentioned her families triats, but blushed when his daughter called her pretty. She was currious about his answer though.

Keitaro thought about all the girl's he saw living there, then back to the question Kotomi asked. "I agree that Motoko was vary pretty, beautiful even, and I have no doubt that you will be just as beautiful when you grow up. Now time for bed."

Kotomi let out a giggle at her father and poked his cheek. "Your blushing~!"

Licking her finger causing the girl to squeel she tucked her in again and gave her another kiss on her forehead. "Sweet dream's my little girl."

The younger of the two let out a small yawn before snuggling closer to her father. "Night daddy." With that they both fell asleep.

Motoko who was blushing red at the answer Keitaro gave quietly made her way back to her room. She'd never been called beautiful before. She unlike what the other's, did in fact care about how she looked. Just not as strongly as others. And always enjoyed a genuine comment about her looks. Not the comment's she get's from her friends who are more jealious than anything or from random guys who only want one thing from her. But something more genuine. Like what Keitaro had said. Remembering it only caused her blush to grow stronger. She knew what was going on having listened to her sister on a number of occasion's before she left home about what she felt for her boyfriend turned husband.

Sighing she changed into her pajama's before laying down in her futon. She'd think more on it later. With that she slowly drifted off to sleep.