Love Hina – New Management
Fanfic by Steven Biggs
Chapter Three – One to a Customer, Please!
Monday Night
Tea from the pitcher forms a slowly expanding puddle upon the floor, and in the distance, a dog's bark can be heard. Naru balls her fist and takes a few steps forward.
"K-k-keitaro. H-how, why . . . . ."
Keitaro tries to pull his arms free, but Su and Motoko have them locked in their grips. Using his left leg, he pushes himself and the two sleeping girls towards the far wall as he looks around the room, desperate to find something to hide behind. He manages to brace his back against the wall and stares at Naru.
Naru continues stalking him as Kitsune pulls a chair up and sits to watch the show. Taking out a camera, she giggles.
"It's gonna be a bloodbath! But Naru, why are you so bent outta shape about it? Ya just met that panty-stealing peeping-Toudai wanna be a few days ago."
Oblivious to anything else, Naru walks over the now empty futon.
"K-k-keitaro!"
Naru's foot catches on Motoko's scabbard, still hidden under the blanket, and she sprawls forward. The last thing Keitaro sees is her fist hurtling towards his unprotected face.
"N-narusegawa!"
Keitaro pulls one arm free and uses it to catch Naru as she falls. His head snaps backwards and smashes into the wall as her still clenched fist slams his forehead and knocks his glasses away. As he slides to the floor Kitsune leaps to her feet, causing the chair to slide out into the hallway.
"Oh spit! I think ya killed him! And I thought ya'll were only gonna scare him a bit!"
Naru sits ups and shakes her injured hand.
"I didn't mean to, to . . . . ."
Su opens her eyes and looks from Keitaro to Naru and back before getting to her knees. She nudges his shoulder and he flops over on top of Motoko.
"He's broke again!"
Shinobu and Mutsumi, having heard the noise from downstairs, rush into the room. Shinobu skids to a halt next to the futon.
"Aaauuuuu! What happened to him now?"
Motoko stirs and looks up at Keitaro's face. Her eyes soften for a few seconds before she realizes that the rest of the girls are watching her. She disentangles herself from his limp arm and leaps to her feet.
"I did not do anything, I swear! I was just, uh, um, ah . . . . ."
She looks around and spots the end of her scabbard sticking out from underneath the blanket. Kneeling quickly, she scoops it up.
"I was just looking for this!"
As Motoko stands next to the door, Mutsumi drops down next to Keitaro and places his head in her lap.
"Oh my! Do you think that he prefers sleeping next to the window?"
Keitaro opens his eyes and, without his glasses, sees two indistinct blobs. He squints as he reaches up to try to figure out what they are. Mutsumi smiles as his hands close on her breasts.
"Oh my! He is a bold one! And he's still rather frisky!"
Realizing that he has grasped the manager's breasts, Keitaro quickly tries to move away.
"I, I'm sorry! It was an accident!"
Haruka pokes her head in the door.
"Why am I not surprised? This is the first man we've had stay here and all of you girls can't pry yourselves away from him."
The girls look over at her, each one beginning to blush. Naru holds up her hands.
"We, we are just concerned about him, that's all!"
Motoko holds up her scabbard and shakes her head.
"I am only here to retrieve my property."
Shinobu whimpers.
"Aaauuuuu!"
Su spins around on one foot.
"Ha ha, we're busted!"
Mutsumi raises a hand to her cheek.
"Oh my! I just want to be his mommy!"
In the silence, the girls turn and look at Kitsune. She rubs her chin, kneels next to Keitaro, and then pulls his head against her breasts.
"Well, if the rest of you aren't interested, I'll take Keitaro-san for myself."
"KITSUNE!"
The girls grab Kitsune and drag her out of the room. Haruka, alone with Keitaro, sits at the desk and looks at him.
"You doing okay?"
"Yes, I suppose so."
Haruka adjusts her cigarette holder. Keitaro notices her habit and speaks.
"What's wrong, Haruka-san?"
"Well, I have good news and bad news. What do you want first?"
"Give me the bad news. I doubt that things can get much worse."
"Okay. I talked to your boss and he's afraid that he can't hold your position. It's the peak season and he needs a full staff, sorry."
"I take back what I just said. Without a job, I'm going to lose my apartment too! First, I had to drop out of prep school and now this! I hope the good news is that someone sent me some money. Between my savings and the refund from school, I may be able to get by for another month."
Haruka smiles at him.
"It's even better. I just received a call from Granny Hina. She sends her love and hopes you get better really, really soon."
Keitaro smiles at the mention of his dear grandmother.
"She always had a soft spot for me. But, why is she in such a hurry for me to get better?"
Haruka hands him a folder full of papers.
"She wanted to give you a present. You are now the owner of Hinata-sou."
"Granny Hina was always very generous. She, WH-WH-WHAT!"
Keitaro stares at his aunt, who smiles and nods her head. Haruka raises an eyebrow and looks towards the door.
"Was I loud enough, or would you like me to repeat that?"
The door slides open, revealing the other girls pressed against it. Kitsune dislodges herself from the group as they struggle to push through and leaps for Keitaro.
"I got dibs on him! Keitaro-san, marry me!'
Naru reaches out and grasps her foot, causing them both to fall to the floor.
"Kitsune! What are you doing?"
"Ya know a better way to get free rent for life?"
Su hops over and grabs Keitaro's neck.
"Can I have more room for my lab? The third floor should be enough! Huh, please, huh, please?"
Shinobu wrings her hands and looks back and forth.
"Aaauuuuu! His stock just went through the roof!"
Motoko watches the scene and ponders the situation.
(Maybe I can convince Urashima to support me and open a branch of the Shinmei School here at Hinata-sou.)
She then vigorously shakes her head.
(No. I have been around Konno-san for too long! I am beginning to think like her!)
Keitaro, seeing that Motoko is the only one, supposedly, keeping her composure, reaches a pleading hand out to her. Motoko reacts without thought and leaps towards him, knocking the other girls out of the way with her scabbard.
"Give Urashima room! This is no way to run a training hall!"
As she reaches him, someone pushes her aside. Motoko looks up and sees Mutsumi pressing against Keitaro.
"Oh my! This makes you my boss! I'll be happy to do anything you ask!"
Haruka stands and heads for the door.
"I left the water running. Again."
Keitaro reaches out to her.
"Haruka-san! You can't leave me like this!"
As she slides the door closed, Haruka gives Keitaro one last surprise.
"Oh, by the way. Look in the bankbook in the folder. Granny Hina left you most of the savings account too."
Dragging the folder towards him with his right hand, Keitaro flips through it as the girls stand around him expectantly. He finds the bankbook and slowly opens it to the last entry. He promptly faints. Naru reaches down, takes the book from his hand, and reads it.
"Oh my god! He, he's rich!"
Kitsune pushes next to her and peeks at the numbers.
"Ya'll got it wrong. He aint just rich, Keitaro-san is filthy rich! Granny Hina never told us she was loaded! I definitely am in love!"
Motoko looks also.
"Bless the spirits! Urashima could buy half the town!"
Shinobu reads the amount and almost joins Keitaro on the floor.
"Aaauuuuu! Look at all the zeros!"
Mutsumi claps her hands.
"How wonderful for Keitaro-san!"
Su finally pushes into the crowd and glances at the last page.
"Hokey cows! Three-billion yen! That's almost twenty-five million dollars!"
All of the girls stare at Keitaro as he lays unconscious on the floor. Minutes pass. Then some more minutes pass. Motoko clears her throat.
"He is rather attractive, now that I have a chance to look at him."
"MOTOKO!"
"What?"
End of Chapter Three.
Fanfic by Steven Biggs
Chapter Three – One to a Customer, Please!
Monday Night
Tea from the pitcher forms a slowly expanding puddle upon the floor, and in the distance, a dog's bark can be heard. Naru balls her fist and takes a few steps forward.
"K-k-keitaro. H-how, why . . . . ."
Keitaro tries to pull his arms free, but Su and Motoko have them locked in their grips. Using his left leg, he pushes himself and the two sleeping girls towards the far wall as he looks around the room, desperate to find something to hide behind. He manages to brace his back against the wall and stares at Naru.
Naru continues stalking him as Kitsune pulls a chair up and sits to watch the show. Taking out a camera, she giggles.
"It's gonna be a bloodbath! But Naru, why are you so bent outta shape about it? Ya just met that panty-stealing peeping-Toudai wanna be a few days ago."
Oblivious to anything else, Naru walks over the now empty futon.
"K-k-keitaro!"
Naru's foot catches on Motoko's scabbard, still hidden under the blanket, and she sprawls forward. The last thing Keitaro sees is her fist hurtling towards his unprotected face.
"N-narusegawa!"
Keitaro pulls one arm free and uses it to catch Naru as she falls. His head snaps backwards and smashes into the wall as her still clenched fist slams his forehead and knocks his glasses away. As he slides to the floor Kitsune leaps to her feet, causing the chair to slide out into the hallway.
"Oh spit! I think ya killed him! And I thought ya'll were only gonna scare him a bit!"
Naru sits ups and shakes her injured hand.
"I didn't mean to, to . . . . ."
Su opens her eyes and looks from Keitaro to Naru and back before getting to her knees. She nudges his shoulder and he flops over on top of Motoko.
"He's broke again!"
Shinobu and Mutsumi, having heard the noise from downstairs, rush into the room. Shinobu skids to a halt next to the futon.
"Aaauuuuu! What happened to him now?"
Motoko stirs and looks up at Keitaro's face. Her eyes soften for a few seconds before she realizes that the rest of the girls are watching her. She disentangles herself from his limp arm and leaps to her feet.
"I did not do anything, I swear! I was just, uh, um, ah . . . . ."
She looks around and spots the end of her scabbard sticking out from underneath the blanket. Kneeling quickly, she scoops it up.
"I was just looking for this!"
As Motoko stands next to the door, Mutsumi drops down next to Keitaro and places his head in her lap.
"Oh my! Do you think that he prefers sleeping next to the window?"
Keitaro opens his eyes and, without his glasses, sees two indistinct blobs. He squints as he reaches up to try to figure out what they are. Mutsumi smiles as his hands close on her breasts.
"Oh my! He is a bold one! And he's still rather frisky!"
Realizing that he has grasped the manager's breasts, Keitaro quickly tries to move away.
"I, I'm sorry! It was an accident!"
Haruka pokes her head in the door.
"Why am I not surprised? This is the first man we've had stay here and all of you girls can't pry yourselves away from him."
The girls look over at her, each one beginning to blush. Naru holds up her hands.
"We, we are just concerned about him, that's all!"
Motoko holds up her scabbard and shakes her head.
"I am only here to retrieve my property."
Shinobu whimpers.
"Aaauuuuu!"
Su spins around on one foot.
"Ha ha, we're busted!"
Mutsumi raises a hand to her cheek.
"Oh my! I just want to be his mommy!"
In the silence, the girls turn and look at Kitsune. She rubs her chin, kneels next to Keitaro, and then pulls his head against her breasts.
"Well, if the rest of you aren't interested, I'll take Keitaro-san for myself."
"KITSUNE!"
The girls grab Kitsune and drag her out of the room. Haruka, alone with Keitaro, sits at the desk and looks at him.
"You doing okay?"
"Yes, I suppose so."
Haruka adjusts her cigarette holder. Keitaro notices her habit and speaks.
"What's wrong, Haruka-san?"
"Well, I have good news and bad news. What do you want first?"
"Give me the bad news. I doubt that things can get much worse."
"Okay. I talked to your boss and he's afraid that he can't hold your position. It's the peak season and he needs a full staff, sorry."
"I take back what I just said. Without a job, I'm going to lose my apartment too! First, I had to drop out of prep school and now this! I hope the good news is that someone sent me some money. Between my savings and the refund from school, I may be able to get by for another month."
Haruka smiles at him.
"It's even better. I just received a call from Granny Hina. She sends her love and hopes you get better really, really soon."
Keitaro smiles at the mention of his dear grandmother.
"She always had a soft spot for me. But, why is she in such a hurry for me to get better?"
Haruka hands him a folder full of papers.
"She wanted to give you a present. You are now the owner of Hinata-sou."
"Granny Hina was always very generous. She, WH-WH-WHAT!"
Keitaro stares at his aunt, who smiles and nods her head. Haruka raises an eyebrow and looks towards the door.
"Was I loud enough, or would you like me to repeat that?"
The door slides open, revealing the other girls pressed against it. Kitsune dislodges herself from the group as they struggle to push through and leaps for Keitaro.
"I got dibs on him! Keitaro-san, marry me!'
Naru reaches out and grasps her foot, causing them both to fall to the floor.
"Kitsune! What are you doing?"
"Ya know a better way to get free rent for life?"
Su hops over and grabs Keitaro's neck.
"Can I have more room for my lab? The third floor should be enough! Huh, please, huh, please?"
Shinobu wrings her hands and looks back and forth.
"Aaauuuuu! His stock just went through the roof!"
Motoko watches the scene and ponders the situation.
(Maybe I can convince Urashima to support me and open a branch of the Shinmei School here at Hinata-sou.)
She then vigorously shakes her head.
(No. I have been around Konno-san for too long! I am beginning to think like her!)
Keitaro, seeing that Motoko is the only one, supposedly, keeping her composure, reaches a pleading hand out to her. Motoko reacts without thought and leaps towards him, knocking the other girls out of the way with her scabbard.
"Give Urashima room! This is no way to run a training hall!"
As she reaches him, someone pushes her aside. Motoko looks up and sees Mutsumi pressing against Keitaro.
"Oh my! This makes you my boss! I'll be happy to do anything you ask!"
Haruka stands and heads for the door.
"I left the water running. Again."
Keitaro reaches out to her.
"Haruka-san! You can't leave me like this!"
As she slides the door closed, Haruka gives Keitaro one last surprise.
"Oh, by the way. Look in the bankbook in the folder. Granny Hina left you most of the savings account too."
Dragging the folder towards him with his right hand, Keitaro flips through it as the girls stand around him expectantly. He finds the bankbook and slowly opens it to the last entry. He promptly faints. Naru reaches down, takes the book from his hand, and reads it.
"Oh my god! He, he's rich!"
Kitsune pushes next to her and peeks at the numbers.
"Ya'll got it wrong. He aint just rich, Keitaro-san is filthy rich! Granny Hina never told us she was loaded! I definitely am in love!"
Motoko looks also.
"Bless the spirits! Urashima could buy half the town!"
Shinobu reads the amount and almost joins Keitaro on the floor.
"Aaauuuuu! Look at all the zeros!"
Mutsumi claps her hands.
"How wonderful for Keitaro-san!"
Su finally pushes into the crowd and glances at the last page.
"Hokey cows! Three-billion yen! That's almost twenty-five million dollars!"
All of the girls stare at Keitaro as he lays unconscious on the floor. Minutes pass. Then some more minutes pass. Motoko clears her throat.
"He is rather attractive, now that I have a chance to look at him."
"MOTOKO!"
"What?"
End of Chapter Three.