Love Hina: Once Again

"YOU LITTLE PERVERTS!" Rei Hino roared, running down the hallway at a breakneck pace, her long black hair flowing down her back.

Koalla Su heard her coming as she exchanged a glance with Sara. "I think she found the camera I stashed there," she noted.

"No shit," Sara noted. "Run?"

"Run," Su agreed, both racing off down a hidden tunnel in her room.

Rei slammed the door open looking around with a deadly glare. The two girls weren't there, of course, and a quick look confirmed there were no obvious traces. However, Rei wasn't without her own talents. Focusing her concentration she chanted, deliberately bringing her esper talents to the surface.

In her minds eye a fire flickered and danced over a panel in the wall. Kneeling down she pushed at it, then slid it aside, peering in to a suspiciously clean looking passage. "Ah ha," she murmured, then crawled in after them.

"Oh hell," Su muttered as they crawled faster. She had found the passage a LOT faster than Su had counted on.

Motoko Aoyama was calmly sweeping out her room, even as she plotted out her next story. The magazine that had published her earlier one had expressed interest in a follow up, and she was trying to decide what to do. She didn't want to repeat the last one...

There was a clunk sound, then the floor popped up as two girls hurried up out of the floor. "Excuse us," Sara smiled weakly.

"What did I tell you about using those passages?" Motoko demanded indignantly as she reflexedly got out of their way.

"Sorry, emergency," Su said as she and Sara bolted out of the room.

"Hmph," Motoko growled as she started sweeping again.

This time the trap door thumped open, and a visibly angry Rei Hino errupted from the passage. "Where did they go?" she demanded.

Motoko blinked then pointed out the door.

"Thank you," Rei growled, racing after the girls.

After a moment Motoko shut the hatch, then shook her head as she sighed, "I am nailing that thing shut..."

Rei hurried out into the hallway, looking around. The two girls had apparently vanished, and this time she wasn't getting any vibes as to where they were. With a frustrated sound she turned around, stalking back to the room she shared with Ami.

"Well, that was interesting," Ami said, holding two small cameras. "There were just these, and no sound as far as I can tell."

"Little creeps," Rei scowled as she stompd in and flopped down on her bed.

"They're just curious little kids," Ami said. She paused, "Though admittedly they have a disturbing access to high technology."

"I'm more worried about what else they may have seen," Rei said flatly.

Knowing she was talking about their Sailor identities Ami said, "We never transformed in here, so the only risk is if they can read lips."

"Ugh," Rei growled. She looked around their room in annoyance then asked gruffly, "What do we do now?"

"Do you want us to move?" Ami offered, looking at her girlfriend compassionately.

Ami really loved living at the dorm, as well as the people here, so Rei knew how big a sacrifice she was offering to make. And, honestly, Rei liked it here too, with two notable exceptions. "No," she said, "it's too convenient to the Shrine, not to mention Tokyo U."

Ami hid a smile, knowing Rei was justifying a mostly emotional decision.

"I would like to change rooms, though," Rei added. "It would feel... creepy, staying here after knowing we were spied on."

"Agreed," Ami nodded. "I think if we just tell Kanako what happened, it should be fine."

"Probably," Rei agreed.

Kanako Urashima's reaction was pretty much what they expected when Rei went to her suite to tell her what they had discovered. The goth looking young woman went pale, then got clearly angry. "I'm so sorry," she apologized, "this should never have happened. If you and Ami want to move out, I will refund the last months rent and return your damage deposit, as well."

"No, no, that's not necessary," Rei reassured her. She puffed out a breath, "We would like to change rooms, if that is possible."

"Certainly," Kanako nodded, "there's a empty unit on the second floor I can move you into, once it's been cleaned."

"We can help Shinobu, if she needs...," Rei started.

"No, no, it's fine," Kanako reassured her, "I'll be paying Shinobu for her efforts, anyway." She got up gracefully, "Now, if you'll excuse me?"

"Of course," Rei got up too.

Kanako cracked her knuckles ominously as she said, "I need to find Su and Sara and have a little talk with them."

Somehow, Rei figured she'd have a easier time finding them than she would...

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"What the...!" Kitsune BARELY choked back a swearword as the emergency meeting of the residents got underway.

Shinobu, Kanako, Kitsune, Mutsumi and Motoko were there, while Su and Sara were both sitting in the middle of the room, looking miserable. Kanako had just finished summarizing what they had done, and everyone was reacting.

"That was very rude of you," Mutsumi said mildly.

Motoko rolled her eyes. "What were you thinking?" she demanded, "Do you WANT Rei and Ami to move out?"

"Uhm, that was really not a good thing to do," Shinobu agreed. She looked over at Kanako, "How upset are they?"

"Well, they're not happy, but they want to stay," Kanako said. "They want a different room, though, which I think is understandable."

"I'm sorry they got upset," Su said a bit mulishly, "but it's not like I hurt anything."

Kitsune bit back another comment and sighed. She occasionally forgot that Su came from a totally different culture. Worse, Su had no parents to set limits for her... other than the women in this room, anyway. And clearly they weren't doing too good a job.

Sara, interestingly, seemed more aware that yes, they had screwed up. "I'm really sorry," she sighed. She added softly, "I'm glad they aren't leaving, too."

"Su, I know you're used to living where you ran around naked and no one cared," Kitsune addressed her, "but here, it's a really big deal when someone sees you naked. People get really upset when you do that."

Su pouted, but nodded, "I guess so."

Motoko grimaced, "And if you have cameras in anyone else's rooms, get them out. I don't want Tennyo or Utena beating you to death."

"They wouldn't get that cranky?" Sara paled.

"I wouldn't chance it," Motoko noted.

As the two girls hurried off to presumably de-bug any remaining rooms, Kitsune puffed out a sigh. "I wish Naru were here, she's better at handling this kind of thing," she noted.

"I thought you did all right," Shinobu said, patting her on the shoulder. Reflectively she added, "You know, we're so used to Su's hijinks I really hadn't thought how it might effect someone else."

"Yeah," Motoko agreed. "Do you think we should tell Utena and Tennyo about this, as well?"

"Ugh," Kitsune groaned. She thought about it, "Yeah, but let's get them drunk first. They'll be less likely to want to do Su bodily harm at that point."

"Sounds like a plan," Mitsumi agreed.

"I think we should also take steps to close up those passages Su uses," Kanako noted with a sigh. "I actually don't want to, as they date back to at least Grandmother's era at the Inn, but..."

"Lock them down, somehow?" Shinobu offered.

"Can you think of a way we could do that that Su couldn't figure out a way around?" Motoko asked them wryly.

"Point," Kanako agreed, "I'll call up a contractor."

The group dispersed, even as Kitsune walked out by Motoko. "At least now you won't have to worry about Su randomly popping into your room," Kitsune noted.

"That will be a relief," Motoko admitted with a smile. "That, and she won't interrupt when I'm trying to write."

"How's that going?" Kitsune seized the chance to ask, knowing it was a delicate subject.

Motoko blushed. "Well, I've gotten a story or two published," she admitted then shyly added, "I have a copy of the magazine, if you want to read it."

"I'd like that," Kitsune agreed.

To be continued...

Notes: The idea of Su spying on the others kinda worked in a 'Love Hina' context, but upon reflection I decided the characters from the other series would get a little upset.

(Tho Rei Hino is NOT one to talk, considering she and the other Inners spied on Usagi and Mamoru about to kiss. Still, rule of funny. Anyway...)

I was originally going to write a longer chase scene, but I decided just to show what I did. If you like you can imagine Rei chasing them through the dorm, popping out of tunnels, and startling the other residents.