Disclaimer: I haven't mentioned it in a while, but I do not own Love Hina, the characters Taisuke and Sesaru are of my creation, Haka Akki is based off a character created by a friend but has been altered for this story. Get ready for some interesting new story lines, because here we go!
(Enter opening theme)
Yane no ue de sora o aogu, hizashi wa uraraka
miageru sora, karadajuu genki ga minagitteku
THAT'S SO WONDERFUL! ikiterunda!
yamerarenai, akirameru da nante
Tohou ni kureta kinou ni sayonara
futsufutsu to wakiagaru kono kimochi
nando demo yomigaeru, hana o sakaseyou
omoi dewa itsumo amai nige basho
dakedo tachi kire, asu o ikiru tame
shukufuku no toki wa kuru, te o nobashite
Uruwashi no yawaraka na hada, imada te wa todokazu
me o tojireba fukuramu IMEEJI, miwaku no kajitsu
THAT'S SO WONDERFUL! ikiterunda!
yamerarenai, sono saki o mitai
Dotou no hibi wa tsuzuku, doko made mo
tengoku to jigoku, yukitsumodoritsu
nando demo yomigaeru, hana o sakaseyou
hashire hashire, ai o te nisuru made
sore de kurushimunara nozomu tokoro
shukufuku no toki ga kuru, te o nobashite
Tohou ni kureta kinou ni sayonara
futsufutsu to wakiagaru kono kimochi
nando demo yomigaeru, hana o sakaseyou
omoi dewa itsumo amai nige basho
dakedo tachi kire, asu o ikiru tame
shukufuku no toki wa kuru, te o nobashite
Te o nobashite, ryoute agete
(End opening theme)
Episode 13: Time for learning
Day 23
"Are you serious about this? I thought you only had a week left. How can you possibly do this in the time you have left?" Taisuke grinned and leaned back against the couch. It was a brilliant idea that Taisuke couldn't claim credit for. This very day he would go and make the last few arrangements so that he could attend a public high school! Imagine that, him attending high school! It was gonna be great.
"I explained it before, Maehara-san made it all so clear that I couldn't believe I didn't think of it before hand. It seems so obvious now that I feel stupid. It'll work, trust me." Sesaru looked at him quizzically and shrugged his shoulders. In one fluid motion he tossed him the note Haruka and Keitaro had signed for him. As his temporary guardians they gave him permission to attend the school.
(Flash back, Fade to Maehara Tokyo Apartment)
"Shinobu."
The blue-haired girl stepped back in shock. He was obviously the last person she expected to see, and especially to see in Tokyo. "Taisuke?"
"Listen, Shinobu…I need to talk to you about…well…that whole thing." Yeah, he was doing well, doing well at stuttering and not actually managing to say anything. It was harder then he had expected to say what he needed to say. He wanted to make things right, but all he was doing was acting like an embarrassed little kid who just got caught doing something wrong. 'Or some stupid kid with a crush.' 'Shut up!'
Casting those thoughts out of his head Taisuke tried to put what he had planned to say into words again. "We…something happened back there on that island that shouldn't have happened. But it was nothing that either of us controlled. I know that you blame yourself for what happened, and for quite a while I was blaming myself. But some friends explained a few things to me that made it all make more sense. We were worrying about whose fault it was, and not realizing that all we needed to do was forgive each other. We can't place blame. Shinobu, do you forgive me?"
She just stood there at first, shaking a bit, but suddenly she began to move. She darted forward and wrapped her arms against him, he held her tight as she leaned her head against his shoulder. She was crying and trying to say something at the same time. Unconsciously he began to stroke her hair. "Taisuke…I forgive you…do you forgive me?"
"Always. Always." She sniffled a bit, but she finally pulled away and scrubbed at her eyes. She was smiling though, that was always good. He tried to ignore the disappointed feeling that had come when she pulled away.
"Shinobu? Who was it?" Taisuke and Shinobu turned to see a tall dark haired man coming around the corner. He stopped in surprise at seeing the two of them, and most likely at the fact that Shinobu had obviously just been crying.
Shinobu smiled at the sight of the man, who Taisuke assumed was her father, and motioned for Taisuke to step forward. "Tou-san, this is Taisuke, he's a friend of mine from Hinatasou. He came by to talk to me about something."
Taisuke grinned and bowed to the man, now confirmed as Shinobu's father. "Hello sir, I'm happy to meet you."
Maehara-san gave him a once over and walked right up to him, hand extended. "It's nice to meet you as well Shutairo-chan. Shinobu mentioned you in one of her letters. She said you were only at Hinatasou for a short amount of time, a month wasn't it?"
Taisuke nodded and brushed away silly thoughts about Shinobu writing to her father about him. "Yes sir. I came to learn what it was like to really be a teenager I suppose. To have a normal life for as long as I could."
"A month seems a rather short time to learn what a normal life is like, could you elaborate a bit on the situation?"
Maehara-san motioned for them to be seated, after everyone was sitting comfortably on the few chairs in front of a TV Taisuke began to explain. "You see my family is very much into the martial arts, my father runs one of the top martial arts schools in the world. I've been trained all my life in the martial arts with studies also integrated, but I've never actually had a social life, or what I would call a real life. So when I passed an important test I was given one month of time to do whatever I wished with it. I didn't even have to tell anyone where I was going."
Shinobu took her turn to speak and used it to ask a question. "So if nobody knows where you are then why do you have to go back after a month?"
Taisuke's jaw dropped and he sat there staring at her until he regained his senses. When he did he began to laugh. "I can't believe I never thought of that! I'd love to stay and do more for as long as I could. I know they'd find me eventually, but I think I'll stick around, make them come searching."
The clearing of a throat brought Taisuke and Shinobu's attention back to Maehara-san. "If you intend to learn what it's like to be an average teenager then you should attend a public high school for as long as you can. Whatever time you gain by not automatically returning can be time for learning."
"I can't just start attending a school, it doesn't work like that…does it?"
Maehara-san shook his head and smiled. "All you have to do is get a letter from your temporary guardians to the school board requesting for you to be transferred into the school. And with Shinobu restarting school on Monday, I think everything would work out perfectly. I believe that Suu-chan attends the same school."
Shinobu was shocked, at least somewhat, by her father's words. "Tou-san! He can really attend school with us?"
"He should be able to, and since I'm pretty sure you'll be going back with him, I think you can help him get what he needs for school."
(End flash back)
Taisuke shifted in the chair in front of the principal. "That's all I ask sir, you said the letter was enough, what do I need to do to get ready?"
The large man, the principal, was rather stuffy in his suit. But he seemed kind enough. "The letter had your size, we just need to prepare a uniform for you. The books we can give you now, and you'll be able to attend school without the uniform, but once we have it ready you are required to wear it. This sheet will tell you what you need to know about classes you'll be attending. You're class 3-B. Welcome to Hinata High School."
Taisuke took the principal's extended hand and smiled at him. He was officially an average teenager. Tomorrow he would start attending high school, tomorrow he truly began to live the life he had been hoping to find during his month's stay. All he had to do was pray that it took his family a nice, long time to find him.
(Flash back, Fade to Maehara Tokyo Apartment kitchen)
Maehara-san was looking down at Taisuke and rubbing his chin in thought. "I was wondering just how you felt about your life at Hinatasou, it must be unusual for you to be around so many new people after having only associated with your family."
Taisuke cast his eyes to the ground and twiddled his fingers. "Well it wasn't the being around new people that really effected me the most. There had been people coming and going to the shrine all the time, people wanting many things, including to be trained in our style. Most were turned away because they lacked what was needed to learn our art. It was something a bit more…embarrassing."
"Embarrassing? What could be so embarrassing?"
Taisuke tried to ignore the heat creeping into his face, but it was hard to. Yeah, he was blushing in front of Shinobu's father. 'Absolutely wonderful. Go and make yourself look like a little kid in front of him, great way to impress him.' 'Shut up!'
"Well, the only girls I was ever around were my older sister and my eldest brother's wife, and her only a few times. It was very strange and a bit disconcerting for me to be around so many attractive women so suddenly. But I guess I've adapted. It helps that the kanrinin, Urashima Keitaro, acts as a sort of older brother for me at times. I also have an old friend there now who has always tried to help me be more of a normal teenager."
"Ah yes, Urashima. Shinobu never mentioned it but for the longest time I think she had a crush on him. It's very easy for a parent to tell when their child likes someone. You can always tell, we also learn to tell whether that person returns the feeling."
Maehara-san smiled at Taisuke in a way that made him feel a bit nervous. There was just something far too knowing in that smile. "Always?"
The smile widened into an outright grin. "Always."
(End theme two)
Atarashii asa da mata hajimaru Good Day
egao misete HAIHOO! aozora ni yoroshiku
ikirutte koto wa jikken to bouken
mada mada mada da yo hitahashiru mainichi
Amaku yasashiku tsuyoku hageshiku
saa motto suteki na asu o mezasou
Hontou no hajimari wa kore kara
waratte koronde Night & Day
Yonayona yume miru owari no nai Lovesick
atama no naka HAIHOO! eien no meiro da
Sagashite motomete kizutsuitemo saisei
kokoro wa habataku nando mo nando de mo
Nagashita namida muda dewanai sa
hora motto suteki na asu o egakou
Hontou no hajimari wa kore kara
waratte koronde Night & Day
Hontou no hajimari wa kore kara
waratte koronde Night & Day
ureshi tanoshi Everyday
waratte koronde I love you
Author's note: Taisuke is going to school! MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA!
(Enter opening theme)
Yane no ue de sora o aogu, hizashi wa uraraka
miageru sora, karadajuu genki ga minagitteku
THAT'S SO WONDERFUL! ikiterunda!
yamerarenai, akirameru da nante
Tohou ni kureta kinou ni sayonara
futsufutsu to wakiagaru kono kimochi
nando demo yomigaeru, hana o sakaseyou
omoi dewa itsumo amai nige basho
dakedo tachi kire, asu o ikiru tame
shukufuku no toki wa kuru, te o nobashite
Uruwashi no yawaraka na hada, imada te wa todokazu
me o tojireba fukuramu IMEEJI, miwaku no kajitsu
THAT'S SO WONDERFUL! ikiterunda!
yamerarenai, sono saki o mitai
Dotou no hibi wa tsuzuku, doko made mo
tengoku to jigoku, yukitsumodoritsu
nando demo yomigaeru, hana o sakaseyou
hashire hashire, ai o te nisuru made
sore de kurushimunara nozomu tokoro
shukufuku no toki ga kuru, te o nobashite
Tohou ni kureta kinou ni sayonara
futsufutsu to wakiagaru kono kimochi
nando demo yomigaeru, hana o sakaseyou
omoi dewa itsumo amai nige basho
dakedo tachi kire, asu o ikiru tame
shukufuku no toki wa kuru, te o nobashite
Te o nobashite, ryoute agete
(End opening theme)
Episode 13: Time for learning
Day 23
"Are you serious about this? I thought you only had a week left. How can you possibly do this in the time you have left?" Taisuke grinned and leaned back against the couch. It was a brilliant idea that Taisuke couldn't claim credit for. This very day he would go and make the last few arrangements so that he could attend a public high school! Imagine that, him attending high school! It was gonna be great.
"I explained it before, Maehara-san made it all so clear that I couldn't believe I didn't think of it before hand. It seems so obvious now that I feel stupid. It'll work, trust me." Sesaru looked at him quizzically and shrugged his shoulders. In one fluid motion he tossed him the note Haruka and Keitaro had signed for him. As his temporary guardians they gave him permission to attend the school.
(Flash back, Fade to Maehara Tokyo Apartment)
"Shinobu."
The blue-haired girl stepped back in shock. He was obviously the last person she expected to see, and especially to see in Tokyo. "Taisuke?"
"Listen, Shinobu…I need to talk to you about…well…that whole thing." Yeah, he was doing well, doing well at stuttering and not actually managing to say anything. It was harder then he had expected to say what he needed to say. He wanted to make things right, but all he was doing was acting like an embarrassed little kid who just got caught doing something wrong. 'Or some stupid kid with a crush.' 'Shut up!'
Casting those thoughts out of his head Taisuke tried to put what he had planned to say into words again. "We…something happened back there on that island that shouldn't have happened. But it was nothing that either of us controlled. I know that you blame yourself for what happened, and for quite a while I was blaming myself. But some friends explained a few things to me that made it all make more sense. We were worrying about whose fault it was, and not realizing that all we needed to do was forgive each other. We can't place blame. Shinobu, do you forgive me?"
She just stood there at first, shaking a bit, but suddenly she began to move. She darted forward and wrapped her arms against him, he held her tight as she leaned her head against his shoulder. She was crying and trying to say something at the same time. Unconsciously he began to stroke her hair. "Taisuke…I forgive you…do you forgive me?"
"Always. Always." She sniffled a bit, but she finally pulled away and scrubbed at her eyes. She was smiling though, that was always good. He tried to ignore the disappointed feeling that had come when she pulled away.
"Shinobu? Who was it?" Taisuke and Shinobu turned to see a tall dark haired man coming around the corner. He stopped in surprise at seeing the two of them, and most likely at the fact that Shinobu had obviously just been crying.
Shinobu smiled at the sight of the man, who Taisuke assumed was her father, and motioned for Taisuke to step forward. "Tou-san, this is Taisuke, he's a friend of mine from Hinatasou. He came by to talk to me about something."
Taisuke grinned and bowed to the man, now confirmed as Shinobu's father. "Hello sir, I'm happy to meet you."
Maehara-san gave him a once over and walked right up to him, hand extended. "It's nice to meet you as well Shutairo-chan. Shinobu mentioned you in one of her letters. She said you were only at Hinatasou for a short amount of time, a month wasn't it?"
Taisuke nodded and brushed away silly thoughts about Shinobu writing to her father about him. "Yes sir. I came to learn what it was like to really be a teenager I suppose. To have a normal life for as long as I could."
"A month seems a rather short time to learn what a normal life is like, could you elaborate a bit on the situation?"
Maehara-san motioned for them to be seated, after everyone was sitting comfortably on the few chairs in front of a TV Taisuke began to explain. "You see my family is very much into the martial arts, my father runs one of the top martial arts schools in the world. I've been trained all my life in the martial arts with studies also integrated, but I've never actually had a social life, or what I would call a real life. So when I passed an important test I was given one month of time to do whatever I wished with it. I didn't even have to tell anyone where I was going."
Shinobu took her turn to speak and used it to ask a question. "So if nobody knows where you are then why do you have to go back after a month?"
Taisuke's jaw dropped and he sat there staring at her until he regained his senses. When he did he began to laugh. "I can't believe I never thought of that! I'd love to stay and do more for as long as I could. I know they'd find me eventually, but I think I'll stick around, make them come searching."
The clearing of a throat brought Taisuke and Shinobu's attention back to Maehara-san. "If you intend to learn what it's like to be an average teenager then you should attend a public high school for as long as you can. Whatever time you gain by not automatically returning can be time for learning."
"I can't just start attending a school, it doesn't work like that…does it?"
Maehara-san shook his head and smiled. "All you have to do is get a letter from your temporary guardians to the school board requesting for you to be transferred into the school. And with Shinobu restarting school on Monday, I think everything would work out perfectly. I believe that Suu-chan attends the same school."
Shinobu was shocked, at least somewhat, by her father's words. "Tou-san! He can really attend school with us?"
"He should be able to, and since I'm pretty sure you'll be going back with him, I think you can help him get what he needs for school."
(End flash back)
Taisuke shifted in the chair in front of the principal. "That's all I ask sir, you said the letter was enough, what do I need to do to get ready?"
The large man, the principal, was rather stuffy in his suit. But he seemed kind enough. "The letter had your size, we just need to prepare a uniform for you. The books we can give you now, and you'll be able to attend school without the uniform, but once we have it ready you are required to wear it. This sheet will tell you what you need to know about classes you'll be attending. You're class 3-B. Welcome to Hinata High School."
Taisuke took the principal's extended hand and smiled at him. He was officially an average teenager. Tomorrow he would start attending high school, tomorrow he truly began to live the life he had been hoping to find during his month's stay. All he had to do was pray that it took his family a nice, long time to find him.
(Flash back, Fade to Maehara Tokyo Apartment kitchen)
Maehara-san was looking down at Taisuke and rubbing his chin in thought. "I was wondering just how you felt about your life at Hinatasou, it must be unusual for you to be around so many new people after having only associated with your family."
Taisuke cast his eyes to the ground and twiddled his fingers. "Well it wasn't the being around new people that really effected me the most. There had been people coming and going to the shrine all the time, people wanting many things, including to be trained in our style. Most were turned away because they lacked what was needed to learn our art. It was something a bit more…embarrassing."
"Embarrassing? What could be so embarrassing?"
Taisuke tried to ignore the heat creeping into his face, but it was hard to. Yeah, he was blushing in front of Shinobu's father. 'Absolutely wonderful. Go and make yourself look like a little kid in front of him, great way to impress him.' 'Shut up!'
"Well, the only girls I was ever around were my older sister and my eldest brother's wife, and her only a few times. It was very strange and a bit disconcerting for me to be around so many attractive women so suddenly. But I guess I've adapted. It helps that the kanrinin, Urashima Keitaro, acts as a sort of older brother for me at times. I also have an old friend there now who has always tried to help me be more of a normal teenager."
"Ah yes, Urashima. Shinobu never mentioned it but for the longest time I think she had a crush on him. It's very easy for a parent to tell when their child likes someone. You can always tell, we also learn to tell whether that person returns the feeling."
Maehara-san smiled at Taisuke in a way that made him feel a bit nervous. There was just something far too knowing in that smile. "Always?"
The smile widened into an outright grin. "Always."
(End theme two)
Atarashii asa da mata hajimaru Good Day
egao misete HAIHOO! aozora ni yoroshiku
ikirutte koto wa jikken to bouken
mada mada mada da yo hitahashiru mainichi
Amaku yasashiku tsuyoku hageshiku
saa motto suteki na asu o mezasou
Hontou no hajimari wa kore kara
waratte koronde Night & Day
Yonayona yume miru owari no nai Lovesick
atama no naka HAIHOO! eien no meiro da
Sagashite motomete kizutsuitemo saisei
kokoro wa habataku nando mo nando de mo
Nagashita namida muda dewanai sa
hora motto suteki na asu o egakou
Hontou no hajimari wa kore kara
waratte koronde Night & Day
Hontou no hajimari wa kore kara
waratte koronde Night & Day
ureshi tanoshi Everyday
waratte koronde I love you
Author's note: Taisuke is going to school! MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA!