Ah! My Hina! -A crossover fanfic featuring Love Hina and Ah! My Goddess!
My second fanfic (first one, I have to say, was somewhat of a blowout) includes characters from Love Hina, and Ah! My Goddess! Timeframes: In Love Hina-before the Love Hina Agains. In AMG, this happens after the movie. Now, we lead you to the Hinata Inn, and without further ado. We begin!
-Written by Buncy The Frog, with help from members of angelroms.com forums and zinfomxx.com forums-check them out!!!
AH! My Hina! Episode 1-New members at the inn? Oh my!
Keitaro looked around. His room was in a state of disarray that could only have been compared to, well, any teenager's room. Keitaro, however, hadn't meant to let his room get this way. He had been worked until he dropped for several nights in a row now, his fellow dormers didn't seem to have any feelings for their Kanrinin's* condition. Slowly, he got to his feet, and walked around his low-sitting table to his bed. It had been another hard day, coupled with the constant beatings he received, which pushed him into a condition not unlike his room. His room was covered with piles of clothes and books, things thrown to the floor during late night changes, and neglected studies gathering dust. Just as he was about to lay his head down, his door slammed open. (*Manager)
"Keitaro Urashima!" A female voice boomed. Keitaro tilted his head sideways, using the last bit of energy he had available, and spotted his guest. She stood taller then Keitaro did, her long black hair hung over her face in strands, the rest of it falling past her shoulders. Her eyes showed pure anger, her mouth twitched. Her hands, shaking from holding the object she held, finally loosened, only to take out the contents of the cylinder-shaped thing. Of course, Keitaro didn't realize what the object was, as he was too tired to even think more then Oh, only Mokoto. Only Mokoto was not exactly correct, because she proved to me more then only by slamming him into the wall by his bed with a chi attack. The sword in her hands, now unsheathed, drew closer to him. Keitaro now found that hidden energy inside of him, and jumped up in a flash, trying to edge close to a window.
"Ah... Mokoto, what can I help you with?" Keitaro asked, his voice shaking. Probably trying to kill me again.
"Urashima, you have driven me over the edge, I didn't want to resort to this." Oh no, something big. "What you did. inexcusable!" Not, good, not good, find window. Must find window. "I. just. can't. forgive." Oh no, where's the window! Oh god, help me find the window! Ah! This is not good!!! "YOU!!!" Mokoto released another chi attack, and hit Keitaro square on the head.
"Eaaahhh, may I have another?" *thud* Keitaro's body hit the floor. Mokoto left in a storm, slamming the door behind her, and continued down the hall in a somehow increased rage.
A few seconds later, a shimmering light appeared in the mirror. A woman's head suddenly melded though the glass, carefully looked around the room, and receded. Then, the body belonging to the head wafted through the mirror, and the woman, now fully though the mirror, stood, and gazed around. Keitaro, being asleep (well actually unconscious), didn't see this entering. Besides, if he were conscious, he would have just fainted anyway. The woman was dressed in an outfit that many, many people would consider strange. She wore an ankle-covering tube-shaped fabric, surrounded at the anklebone by red rings, which donned little golden trinkets. The robe that she wore was an elegant one. It had a blue-and gold collar that detached from the fabric by her hips and ended trailing behind her. The rest of the white fabric ended parted by her feet. Her hair was done in a ponytail, and tied with a cloth. Her eyes, blue and merry, fell on Keitaro. She then drifted into the air, and floated toward him, her feet neatly avoiding collision with the clothes scattered on the floor. As she approached the sleeping mass, she waved her hands in the air in front of her, then, as she arrived at Keitaro, she faced her hands palm down toward him. There was a flash of blue light, and slowly Keitaro opened his eyes.
(Please note that after getting his butt kicked by a very violent girl, Keitaro wouldn't be very receptive to any female presence, especially someone he doesn't know) It takes someone a while to start thinking properly after waking up, unless they made a mental effort to wake up that is. Keitaro was no exception. He sat up, yawned, and looked the woman square in the eye. He then cocked his head, squinted, and adjusted his glasses. After taking a deep breath, he jumped back, throwing his hands behind his head and got caught off balance, which resulted in a spectacular crash into some dirty socks. Coughing, Keitaro peeked over the crater he had created.
"Hello!" The woman said, a pleasant ringing apparent in her voice.
"Uh. uh. erm. hello." Keitaro managed to get out of his mouth. Sitting before him was a beauty that could only have existed in his fantasies, which had stopped coming shortly after he had become the manager of the Hinata Inn. The woman crawled towards Keitaro, cocked her head pleasantly and smiled.
"Hello, My name is Belldandy." The woman revealed.
"Uh. ano. hi. Belldandy. can I ask. what you are doing in my room." Keitaro said, obviously choking out words, and at the same time trying to be cautious about what he said.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm here from the Goddess Relief Office, and I came in response to your call."
"Call? But I was working all day, I didn't have time to call anyone." Keitaro said, then, the first half of her speech clicked. "Goddess, Relief, Office?"
"Yes, I am a goddess!" Belldandy said, resulting in Keitaro passing out again. Belldandy lightly shook him and he opened his eyes again. Belldandy continued, "You asked for help earlier, and I'm here to respond,"
"But, I didn't." Oh God help me find the window!!! "Wait, how did you know what I was thinking!" Keitaro babbled, "And how did you hear me in the first place? You weren't in the dorm were you?" Belldandy sighed.
"I'm a goddess, we can read minds." Belldandy started to explain, "When you called out, whether it be out loud or thought, I was called to help you. That's what we do you see, help people like yourself who are in distress. You a perfect example of this kind of person." She smiled and stood up, "It is our duty to find these people and grant them a wish, in the hopes that we can improve their lives." Belldandy cheerfully stated, walking to the window.
"A wish. you mean, anything I want?" Keitaro furrowed his brow, "Even if I asked for money, or love, or a position as ruler of the world?" He asked, scrambling to get on his feet.
"Well, it has to be within reason, I can't make someone love you-it's against everything I stand for. If my sister were here, it would be a different story." The goddess stated, looking sideways at Keitaro, who was now standing up, and covered in socks.
"Damn dryer cling" Keitaro fumed, picking off the static socks, he then looked up. "Your sister?"
"Yes, my older sister Urd. She's the Goddess of Love and doesn't hesitate to meddle in affairs like love and power." Belldandy stated, her face growing a bit more serious. "Really. Do you have any other sisters?" Keitaro asked, hoping to get to know this woman better
"Yes, a younger sister Skuld. She can be a bit of a hothead sometimes, but she is amazing at making gadgets." Belldandy said, lighting at the mention of her hammer-toting sister.
"Really? I know a couple of people that are kind of like your sisters, except not goddesses or anything!" Keitaro said, laughing.
"Yes, I know them, just like I know a lot about you Keitaro Urashima." Belldandy leaned toward Keitaro, having just used his name the first time, and had a smirk on her face.
"Ahh! But I didn't tell you who I was!" Keitaro jumped back. Oh wait, she's a goddess. Duh. "Sorry, lost my head a bit there. By the sounds of things, your life must be a lot better then mine, and you of all people would know that huh?" Keitaro said, leaning back on his windowsill.
"Well, our lives compare to each other very closely, in reality." Belldandy said, turning around and sitting on the sill. "I live on earth, in a little temple just outside of Nekomi city. I live with my sisters and a young man named Keiichi." She seemed to sigh and relax more at the mention of his name, "We go to university together, and have been together for about 3 years now. My sisters love to meddle with things, like some of the girls in your dorm. My younger sister Skuld and the girl Suu would get along well, and I can't think of what would happen if Urd and your Kitsume would ever meet. But, the thing that makes us the most similar is that Keiichi and I love each other, as do you have someone you love." At this Keitaro jumped up and started waving his arms in the air in front of his face.
"Ah, Naru and I are just friends!" Keitaro said, as he realized this woman already knew the name of this would-be lover. He was about to babble more when he heard footsteps outside his door. "Quick, hide somewhere!" Keitaro said under his breath to the goddess. In response, Belldandy disappeared in a puff of smoke. "Strange." Keitaro commented. His door flung open.
"Keitaro! What are you doing in here!?!?" The voice belonging to the body called out.
Keitaro didn't need to guess who was behind him; he just braced himself mentally for an attack. If she says baka before she hits me, it's a jab, if it's lecher, it's a spin-punch, if its. The woman walked into the room, her brown hair tucked behind her ear and shoulders, two strands stuck out of the rest, and would remind someone of antennae. She grabbed Keitaro's wrist, her skirt fluttered in front of her when she stopped.
She spun the quivering Kanrinin around.
"What are you doing?" She asked, looking him in the eye. "There's a celebration down below for us! What are you doing up here?"
"A celebration. For Naru and I." Keitaro looked down and blushed.
"For us passing the Toudai* mock exams BAKA! Don't get ideas in your head!" Naru quickly said as she punched his head down to his bed. He got up while rubbing a new bruise on his head, he carefully noted its size and gave it an assessment. He could tell how good of a mood she was in by the size of the lump. This particular beating showed she was relatively calm. (*Tokyo U, a very prestigious university)
"Oh yeah, how could I have forgotten!" Keitaro said, picking himself up to go out to the party with Naru.
A hidden figure watched as he tried to put his hand near the woman's, only to receive that hand in the face, then that face going backwards through a wall. The woman gave a quick "humph" and slammed the door. Urashima got up and walked into the center of his room, looked around for something, then turned to leave. Suddenly, a small figure jumped on Keitaro's shoulder.
"A-!" Keitaro yelled, or tried to yell, because a now reappeared Belldandy had her hand over his mouth.
"I can shrink, it's one of my abilities, now please calm down" Belldandy pleaded. She took her hand from his mouth and sighed. "It looks like your love is too shy to-" It was Belldandy who was cut off this time when Keitaro covered her mouth.
"SHE'S NOT-" he stopped himself, "She's not my lover! We're only friends!" He insisted, practically jumping in his frustration.
"They always say that. But, from the looks of things, life around here is pretty interesting huh?" Belldandy commented, which of course was not needed, she already knew the answer.
"Well, your family and that Keiichi guy seem to have a peaceful enough life. Man, I wish you guys could move in with us, I think it would really make things more livable then they are right now." Belldandy's eyes widened in shock, and suddenly a beam of light shot from a marking on her head Keitaro had somehow overlooked straight upwards. There were bright blue lights; flashes of intense deep blue, and then the light quickly receded. Belldandy could only look down.
"Ow, what happened?" Keitaro said, rubbing his eyes.
"Your wish has been accepted."
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"My what?" Keitaro said, taking a step forward, which resulted in a trip and a transformation into one very socky Keitaro again. "I have to get this thing cleaned," He said to himself, then turned to Belldandy. She had her head draped, her light brown hair covering her face like a shield. She then put her hands to her face, and started shaking her head. Her hair moved rhythmically, like a pendulum.
"I don't believe. you mean that.(Belldandy nodded) was the.(nod) and it was.(nod) I don't believe this. How could a comment like that count?" Keitaro asked, starting to pace. Belldandy, however, started crying. Keitaro walked over to where she was and sat on a pile of clothes. He lifted her hands from her crying form and tried to force a smile.
"Come on, it won't be that bad, we'll have more then enough room for you, and your sisters, and Keiichi. We have a hot spring, a beautiful property, it'll be ok. come on, stop crying." Keitaro stopped though, because of a tap on his shoulder. He turned around, a look of frozen terror on his face.
"And who's this?" Naru asked.
"Ah, this, is, ah, ah." Keitaro stammered, "Belldandy ahhh. she's from outside of the country, she's moved here for school." Keitaro said nervously, happy with his story.
"Uh huh?" Naru asked, looking around him at the goddess, who was now looking pleasant. She waved and smiled. Naru waved back.
"Now, can I ask what she's doing in your room?" Naru asked, obviously holding back anger.
"Well, she's going to be staying with us, along with her sisters and boyfriend she met here in Japan?" Keitaro half asked, hoping that this wouldn't bring her to the "disturbed" level.
"Really" Naru said, strangely calm, she moved over to the two and crouched beside them, looking them over in turn, "Then. Keitaro. Why were you holding her hands?"
"Ahh, Ahh, it's the greeting from where she's from!" Keitaro blurted out. No kicking please no kicking please no kicking no kicking. Naru stood up; still looking composed, and turned. Belldandy, throughout this whole conversation was sitting comfortably with a dim smile on her face, she obviously was still upset about Keitaro's wish, because to be quite frank, who wouldn't?
"Well then, I guess that's ok." Naru forced through clenched teeth. She sideways looked at Belldandy, and talked very slowly, taking deep breaths between words. Taking this as a sign, Keitaro started to crawl backwards. "Could we have some privacy please?" She asked. Belldandy nodded and walked out of the room, sliding the door softly behind her. Naru, being in a blind rage, didn't see the puff of smoke from the hall, nor the door being opened and closed very carefully.
"Naru, now come on, settle down!" Keitaro scrambled back towards the wall of his room, cowering as he went. Naru stalked closer to him, stepping one foot at a time, pausing between each stomp, radiating anger. She brought her hand back in punching position and walked closer. Keitaro tried to shield his face with his hands, a feeble attempt to stop what was most likely going to be right up there with "outraged".
"Keitaro, trying to confuse that foreigner are you? Is it a "custom" to be this close to kissing her? Is that what you're trying to do?!?!" Naru spat, drawing closer. This seems familiar, oh yes, because I have to find that damn window again. She let down a punch that could break cinder blocks. Keitaro curled into a ball, seeing now that escape was useless. He flinched, and waited for the strike. Nothing came. He took a glance through his hands; too see Naru standing, with her hand an inch from his face.
"AAH!" Keitaro screamed, moving away from his would-be attacker. Naru's face contorted into one of pure pain and she began bouncing around the room holding onto her hand, which she was shaking rapidly. Keitaro scrambled to his feet to help her. Narusegawa's hand was beat red and starting to swell from, what looked like, punching a solid wall. There was a *poof* of smoke and Belldandy revealed herself again. Naru, seeing this sudden entrance of the exchange student, looked up from her hand, completely still, and turned to face Belldandy.
"How the, what the, euhhh" Naru managed to sputter out before fainting. "Narusegawa!" Keitaro yelled as he ran to see if she was ok. He scrambled around the room to find the remainder of the clean clothes, and set them under Naru's head. He then turned to Belldandy.
"What just happened?" He asked, his voice showed a hint of anger. He stood up and walked to where the Goddess was standing.
"Oh, I just cast a shield spell around you, in fact, it was a pretty strong shield. Your love must be strong to be able to disrupt the shield like she did." Belldandy stated, giving an inquisitive look towards Naru's body. Keitaro threw up his hands.
"I told you, she's not my ANYTHING! We're just friends! And if you and your family are coming to live with us, then you have to not ever refer to us as 'lovers'. One, because we're *not*, and two, because if anything comes up with Naru and I doing something together like going for lunch together at Toudai, I either get a punch, slice, or have to calm poor Shinobu down! It's not good for my health if you keep on talking like you are." He pleaded to the smiling goddess. He then looked around the room. "How did you get in here anyway?" He asked, still turning around.
"Oh, you won't be able to see an exit, because you haven't seen how gods and goddesses travel, but watch. I guess I'll go back to the temple and break the news. But, to answer your question." Belldandy started to walk to the mirror. Keitaro watched in shock as she placed her hand on the mirror, gestured with her free hand for a second while whispering something, then started to pass through the mirror. Keitaro blinked, rubbed his eyes, and blinked again. He then sat up, and slowly walked toward the mirror, as if he was afraid. He tested the surface of the mirror, nothing. He tried to gesture the way that his guest did, again he had no results. Thoroughly frustrated, he mentally threw his hands up and said what the hell. He started blabbering in gibberish, looking completely crazy. All of a sudden, the mirror started to glow again.
"Yes! I got it!" Keitaro triumphantly said. He looked back to Naru, as if expecting to show off, but then realized that she was out cold and turned back to the mirror, only to be facing Belldandy's face again. He jumped back, and then wiped his forehead. "You scared me there!" He stuttered.
"Oh, I'm sorry Keitaro, but I just popped back to tell you that only gods or goddesses can initiate the travel spell, and the travel medium is different for all of us." She declared, giggling a bit, "You sure looked funny trying though. I should be back with everyone else for dinner. Goodbye."
"Yeah, bye." Keitaro turned back to Naru, and knelt beside her. He moved some loose strands of hair away from her eyes and sat, content on being this close to the beauty without having to worry about being blasted through five walls in a matter of seconds. Naru slowly opened her eyes, and Keitaro moved back a bit to allow her to sit.
"Ow, what happened", she said, rubbing her head with her sore hand. She abruptly felt the pain in her hand and jumped to her feet. "Ow ow ow ow ice ice GET ME ICE!!!"
Keitaro fled out the door of his room to try and find the kitchen, smashing into walls in the effort. He rushed past a figure on his way, causing it to spin out and end up on the floor. Keitaro however, didn't notice this and continued to speed to his destination. Naru was still hoping around the room when the door opened gently, revealing a young girl with spinning eyes. She momentarily forgot her pain upon seeing this, and stopped in mid- bounce.
"Shinobu? Are you ok?" Naru inquired, stepping toward her, and took her face in her hands to stop her from falling-she then realized that her hand still hurt. The scream could be heard thought the dorm, and knocked Shinobu unconscious. Keitaro rushed in to see Naru twitching on the floor in pain.
"Ah damn, I'm gonna be blamed for that now too I guess." he mused. A familiar light appeared in his mirror and Keitaro braced himself for the shock of seeing someone float through a mirror. This time, however, there were two people emerging. Belldandy set down easily, followed by the clumping feet of a young man. He scratched his head and looked around. His eyes fell on Keitaro, Naru, then the unconscious form of Shinobu.
"Did you do this?" He asked, pointing toward Keitaro. Keitaro's face took on a look of surprise and slight anger.
"You actually think I'd hurt women? I mean, you don't even know, me, I don't know who you are!" He thought for a moment, "Wait, you're Keiichi aren't you? The one who's living with Belldandy and her sisters." Keiichi nodded.
"And now we're living with all of the residents at your inn." He pointed out.
"I'm sorry about all this, I didn't really mean-"
"It's ok," Keiichi replied, looking over to Belldandy, "I'm sure we can adjust to living here, it's you guys I'm worried about." Belldandy shot Keiichi a wary look. Keiichi moved around the room, and sat on a pile of shirts. "Not exactly what I'd expect to be used to make furniture with, but I guess it works." He smiled and gestured around the room. "What happened here?" He inquired.
"I'm the manager here, I've been worked so hard lately I haven't had time to worry about keeping my room clean." Keitaro replied, sitting down also. Belldandy grinned and snapped her fingers. Shirts, socks, pants, everything started flying in the air. Then suddenly they all stopped in mid-air, and dropped into neat piles, all clothes folded, and organized into what article of clothing they were, and if they were light or dark. Belldandy nodded.
"We can help out around here in order to thank you for your hospitality." Belldandy stated.
"Well yeah." Keitaro said, rubbing the back of his head, "Now that you mention it, there is the issue of rent. I don't know if we can support all of you without extra money." Obviously uncomfortable, Keitaro only looked at either Keiichi or Belldandy sheepishly.
"Oh, I wouldn't dream of staying in a dorm like this without paying, we'll manage." Belldandy's mood was bright.
"Wait, wait." Keiichi started, "This is a dorm? I thought it was just a house!" Keitaro shook his head.
"The Hinata Inn used to be just that, an inn, but now its been turned into an all-girls dorm, with the exception of me, and now I guess, you too." He blushed slightly at the situation he was in every day, surrounded by girls, although he was thinking about one in particular.
"I thought I had it bad with three women around! How many girls live here?" Keiichi said, looking to the hall.
"Well, there's Naru," He gestured to Naru, who had fainted after seeing Belldandy coming through the mirror, then to Shinobu. "Shinobu, then there's Mokoto, Suu, Kitsume, and my aunt Hakura lives here too. Then there's some other girls that don't live here, but sometimes they may as well, those two are Mutsumi and Sara." Keitaro listed, counting out on his fingers. "So I guess that makes it. Eight!" He finally declared.
"Wow. Must be strange living here then." Keiichi got up and went to the door of Keitaro's bedroom. A cry suddenly wailed out through the dorm. Everyone got to his or her feet immediately. A blurry figure sped past the door, causing Keiichi to jump back. Another figure walked in front of the door, holding a hammer.
"Skuld! What did you do!" Belldandy insisted, moving to the girl, who had tucked her hammer into a holster on her back. Skuld just smiled and chuckled.
"Hot springs are great to go though, but not when there's a crazy American in it that tries to attack you. But I'm fine, you'd better find her and calm her down, she seemed horrified." She scanned the room, and locked her eyes on Keitaro. Instinctively, he moved backwards. It's amazing how a girl two feet smaller then you can seem so intimidating with a mallet in her hands. She stalked towards Keitaro, her hands grabbing onto the handle of her hammer, her eyes flaring.
"You." She hissed, "You're the reason we had to move!" She advanced further, causing Keitaro to fall over a pile of clothes and crawl backwards on his hands and feet. She raised her hammer, preparing to strike, and Keitaro froze in fear. She brought the blunt object down, and then stopped halfway. She looked sideways at Keitaro's TV.
"Ah come on sis, one hit?" She pleaded of the TV. A woman's head shot out of the screen.
"No Skuld, we're not here to kill the recipient of the wish." As the woman emerged from the screen, it was obvious that she didn't mind showing off her body. Tight fitting clothes, or no clothes at all, covered her body. She fully emerged and shook her hair. Motioning for Keitaro to move away, she waved her hand and the mallet crashed into the ground where Keitaro's body, or corpse, would have been.
"I guess I overdid that whack huh?" Skuld half laughed nervously. Belldandy looked at Urd, the woman who had come out of the mirror and raised an eyebrow.
"You usually wouldn't do something like that, why now?" She inquired.
"I guess I just didn't want to start up a long time here with this poor sap's brains all over the floor." She stated, having her hand in the direction of Keitaro. "Besides, from what I know, its more fun when he's around, fun to watch that is." She flicked a few strands of hair from her face and sat down on Keitaro's table, resting her face on her fist. "So what now? Are we gonna get something to eat? 'Cause I'm starving." She rubbed her stomach to emphasize her point. Keitaro gestured toward Shinobu.
"She's our resident cook, but I don't think that she'll be doing much cooking today." He grinned at his attempt at humor, then quickly looked down. Belldandy piped up.
"Well, I can cook for you today, if you just show me where the kitchen is." Keitaro nodded.
"Sure, I'll show you to your rooms, and then we can get started." He blushed slightly, "Eh. Belldandy. Are you and Keiichi going to be sleeping in the same room?" His face snapped a dark red at this question. Belldandy and Keiichi exchanged a look, then laughed.
"Of course!" Belldandy laughed, "Don't you and your lover share a room?" She looked at Naru, who was slowly gaining consciousness. Keitaro ran over to Belldandy, covered her mouth, then appropriately yelled,
"NARU AND I ARE NOT LOVERS! WE AREN'T EVEN----" He slowly looked over his shoulder, a look of dread on his face. Naru was standing with an enraged look on her face. She drew back her fist, and let it fly. As Keitaro vanished into the stars, Urd and Skuld looked at each other wearily.
"This sure will be interesting." Skuld moaned
"Yeah yeah, food now, me hungry." Urd moved with a purpose toward where she thought the kitchen was. Naru looked around.
"And you are. specifically?" She asked pointing at the three newcomers who had gathered in a semicircle. Belldandy moaned.
"Not this part of the introduction again." She whined.
"What part of the introduction? Naru asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, that we're goddesses." Belldandy stated, popping up on her toes as she delivered her line. Naru, took some time to process this, then nodded, and fainted.
"Yepp, very interesting" Skuld stated, as she shook her head and picked up her bags.
Thanks-that's all for part one, stay tuned for episode 2! Which I believe will be entitled "Who's the best? Competition." Oh, and those R&R's are good to have too.
My second fanfic (first one, I have to say, was somewhat of a blowout) includes characters from Love Hina, and Ah! My Goddess! Timeframes: In Love Hina-before the Love Hina Agains. In AMG, this happens after the movie. Now, we lead you to the Hinata Inn, and without further ado. We begin!
-Written by Buncy The Frog, with help from members of angelroms.com forums and zinfomxx.com forums-check them out!!!
AH! My Hina! Episode 1-New members at the inn? Oh my!
Keitaro looked around. His room was in a state of disarray that could only have been compared to, well, any teenager's room. Keitaro, however, hadn't meant to let his room get this way. He had been worked until he dropped for several nights in a row now, his fellow dormers didn't seem to have any feelings for their Kanrinin's* condition. Slowly, he got to his feet, and walked around his low-sitting table to his bed. It had been another hard day, coupled with the constant beatings he received, which pushed him into a condition not unlike his room. His room was covered with piles of clothes and books, things thrown to the floor during late night changes, and neglected studies gathering dust. Just as he was about to lay his head down, his door slammed open. (*Manager)
"Keitaro Urashima!" A female voice boomed. Keitaro tilted his head sideways, using the last bit of energy he had available, and spotted his guest. She stood taller then Keitaro did, her long black hair hung over her face in strands, the rest of it falling past her shoulders. Her eyes showed pure anger, her mouth twitched. Her hands, shaking from holding the object she held, finally loosened, only to take out the contents of the cylinder-shaped thing. Of course, Keitaro didn't realize what the object was, as he was too tired to even think more then Oh, only Mokoto. Only Mokoto was not exactly correct, because she proved to me more then only by slamming him into the wall by his bed with a chi attack. The sword in her hands, now unsheathed, drew closer to him. Keitaro now found that hidden energy inside of him, and jumped up in a flash, trying to edge close to a window.
"Ah... Mokoto, what can I help you with?" Keitaro asked, his voice shaking. Probably trying to kill me again.
"Urashima, you have driven me over the edge, I didn't want to resort to this." Oh no, something big. "What you did. inexcusable!" Not, good, not good, find window. Must find window. "I. just. can't. forgive." Oh no, where's the window! Oh god, help me find the window! Ah! This is not good!!! "YOU!!!" Mokoto released another chi attack, and hit Keitaro square on the head.
"Eaaahhh, may I have another?" *thud* Keitaro's body hit the floor. Mokoto left in a storm, slamming the door behind her, and continued down the hall in a somehow increased rage.
A few seconds later, a shimmering light appeared in the mirror. A woman's head suddenly melded though the glass, carefully looked around the room, and receded. Then, the body belonging to the head wafted through the mirror, and the woman, now fully though the mirror, stood, and gazed around. Keitaro, being asleep (well actually unconscious), didn't see this entering. Besides, if he were conscious, he would have just fainted anyway. The woman was dressed in an outfit that many, many people would consider strange. She wore an ankle-covering tube-shaped fabric, surrounded at the anklebone by red rings, which donned little golden trinkets. The robe that she wore was an elegant one. It had a blue-and gold collar that detached from the fabric by her hips and ended trailing behind her. The rest of the white fabric ended parted by her feet. Her hair was done in a ponytail, and tied with a cloth. Her eyes, blue and merry, fell on Keitaro. She then drifted into the air, and floated toward him, her feet neatly avoiding collision with the clothes scattered on the floor. As she approached the sleeping mass, she waved her hands in the air in front of her, then, as she arrived at Keitaro, she faced her hands palm down toward him. There was a flash of blue light, and slowly Keitaro opened his eyes.
(Please note that after getting his butt kicked by a very violent girl, Keitaro wouldn't be very receptive to any female presence, especially someone he doesn't know) It takes someone a while to start thinking properly after waking up, unless they made a mental effort to wake up that is. Keitaro was no exception. He sat up, yawned, and looked the woman square in the eye. He then cocked his head, squinted, and adjusted his glasses. After taking a deep breath, he jumped back, throwing his hands behind his head and got caught off balance, which resulted in a spectacular crash into some dirty socks. Coughing, Keitaro peeked over the crater he had created.
"Hello!" The woman said, a pleasant ringing apparent in her voice.
"Uh. uh. erm. hello." Keitaro managed to get out of his mouth. Sitting before him was a beauty that could only have existed in his fantasies, which had stopped coming shortly after he had become the manager of the Hinata Inn. The woman crawled towards Keitaro, cocked her head pleasantly and smiled.
"Hello, My name is Belldandy." The woman revealed.
"Uh. ano. hi. Belldandy. can I ask. what you are doing in my room." Keitaro said, obviously choking out words, and at the same time trying to be cautious about what he said.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm here from the Goddess Relief Office, and I came in response to your call."
"Call? But I was working all day, I didn't have time to call anyone." Keitaro said, then, the first half of her speech clicked. "Goddess, Relief, Office?"
"Yes, I am a goddess!" Belldandy said, resulting in Keitaro passing out again. Belldandy lightly shook him and he opened his eyes again. Belldandy continued, "You asked for help earlier, and I'm here to respond,"
"But, I didn't." Oh God help me find the window!!! "Wait, how did you know what I was thinking!" Keitaro babbled, "And how did you hear me in the first place? You weren't in the dorm were you?" Belldandy sighed.
"I'm a goddess, we can read minds." Belldandy started to explain, "When you called out, whether it be out loud or thought, I was called to help you. That's what we do you see, help people like yourself who are in distress. You a perfect example of this kind of person." She smiled and stood up, "It is our duty to find these people and grant them a wish, in the hopes that we can improve their lives." Belldandy cheerfully stated, walking to the window.
"A wish. you mean, anything I want?" Keitaro furrowed his brow, "Even if I asked for money, or love, or a position as ruler of the world?" He asked, scrambling to get on his feet.
"Well, it has to be within reason, I can't make someone love you-it's against everything I stand for. If my sister were here, it would be a different story." The goddess stated, looking sideways at Keitaro, who was now standing up, and covered in socks.
"Damn dryer cling" Keitaro fumed, picking off the static socks, he then looked up. "Your sister?"
"Yes, my older sister Urd. She's the Goddess of Love and doesn't hesitate to meddle in affairs like love and power." Belldandy stated, her face growing a bit more serious. "Really. Do you have any other sisters?" Keitaro asked, hoping to get to know this woman better
"Yes, a younger sister Skuld. She can be a bit of a hothead sometimes, but she is amazing at making gadgets." Belldandy said, lighting at the mention of her hammer-toting sister.
"Really? I know a couple of people that are kind of like your sisters, except not goddesses or anything!" Keitaro said, laughing.
"Yes, I know them, just like I know a lot about you Keitaro Urashima." Belldandy leaned toward Keitaro, having just used his name the first time, and had a smirk on her face.
"Ahh! But I didn't tell you who I was!" Keitaro jumped back. Oh wait, she's a goddess. Duh. "Sorry, lost my head a bit there. By the sounds of things, your life must be a lot better then mine, and you of all people would know that huh?" Keitaro said, leaning back on his windowsill.
"Well, our lives compare to each other very closely, in reality." Belldandy said, turning around and sitting on the sill. "I live on earth, in a little temple just outside of Nekomi city. I live with my sisters and a young man named Keiichi." She seemed to sigh and relax more at the mention of his name, "We go to university together, and have been together for about 3 years now. My sisters love to meddle with things, like some of the girls in your dorm. My younger sister Skuld and the girl Suu would get along well, and I can't think of what would happen if Urd and your Kitsume would ever meet. But, the thing that makes us the most similar is that Keiichi and I love each other, as do you have someone you love." At this Keitaro jumped up and started waving his arms in the air in front of his face.
"Ah, Naru and I are just friends!" Keitaro said, as he realized this woman already knew the name of this would-be lover. He was about to babble more when he heard footsteps outside his door. "Quick, hide somewhere!" Keitaro said under his breath to the goddess. In response, Belldandy disappeared in a puff of smoke. "Strange." Keitaro commented. His door flung open.
"Keitaro! What are you doing in here!?!?" The voice belonging to the body called out.
Keitaro didn't need to guess who was behind him; he just braced himself mentally for an attack. If she says baka before she hits me, it's a jab, if it's lecher, it's a spin-punch, if its. The woman walked into the room, her brown hair tucked behind her ear and shoulders, two strands stuck out of the rest, and would remind someone of antennae. She grabbed Keitaro's wrist, her skirt fluttered in front of her when she stopped.
She spun the quivering Kanrinin around.
"What are you doing?" She asked, looking him in the eye. "There's a celebration down below for us! What are you doing up here?"
"A celebration. For Naru and I." Keitaro looked down and blushed.
"For us passing the Toudai* mock exams BAKA! Don't get ideas in your head!" Naru quickly said as she punched his head down to his bed. He got up while rubbing a new bruise on his head, he carefully noted its size and gave it an assessment. He could tell how good of a mood she was in by the size of the lump. This particular beating showed she was relatively calm. (*Tokyo U, a very prestigious university)
"Oh yeah, how could I have forgotten!" Keitaro said, picking himself up to go out to the party with Naru.
A hidden figure watched as he tried to put his hand near the woman's, only to receive that hand in the face, then that face going backwards through a wall. The woman gave a quick "humph" and slammed the door. Urashima got up and walked into the center of his room, looked around for something, then turned to leave. Suddenly, a small figure jumped on Keitaro's shoulder.
"A-!" Keitaro yelled, or tried to yell, because a now reappeared Belldandy had her hand over his mouth.
"I can shrink, it's one of my abilities, now please calm down" Belldandy pleaded. She took her hand from his mouth and sighed. "It looks like your love is too shy to-" It was Belldandy who was cut off this time when Keitaro covered her mouth.
"SHE'S NOT-" he stopped himself, "She's not my lover! We're only friends!" He insisted, practically jumping in his frustration.
"They always say that. But, from the looks of things, life around here is pretty interesting huh?" Belldandy commented, which of course was not needed, she already knew the answer.
"Well, your family and that Keiichi guy seem to have a peaceful enough life. Man, I wish you guys could move in with us, I think it would really make things more livable then they are right now." Belldandy's eyes widened in shock, and suddenly a beam of light shot from a marking on her head Keitaro had somehow overlooked straight upwards. There were bright blue lights; flashes of intense deep blue, and then the light quickly receded. Belldandy could only look down.
"Ow, what happened?" Keitaro said, rubbing his eyes.
"Your wish has been accepted."
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"My what?" Keitaro said, taking a step forward, which resulted in a trip and a transformation into one very socky Keitaro again. "I have to get this thing cleaned," He said to himself, then turned to Belldandy. She had her head draped, her light brown hair covering her face like a shield. She then put her hands to her face, and started shaking her head. Her hair moved rhythmically, like a pendulum.
"I don't believe. you mean that.(Belldandy nodded) was the.(nod) and it was.(nod) I don't believe this. How could a comment like that count?" Keitaro asked, starting to pace. Belldandy, however, started crying. Keitaro walked over to where she was and sat on a pile of clothes. He lifted her hands from her crying form and tried to force a smile.
"Come on, it won't be that bad, we'll have more then enough room for you, and your sisters, and Keiichi. We have a hot spring, a beautiful property, it'll be ok. come on, stop crying." Keitaro stopped though, because of a tap on his shoulder. He turned around, a look of frozen terror on his face.
"And who's this?" Naru asked.
"Ah, this, is, ah, ah." Keitaro stammered, "Belldandy ahhh. she's from outside of the country, she's moved here for school." Keitaro said nervously, happy with his story.
"Uh huh?" Naru asked, looking around him at the goddess, who was now looking pleasant. She waved and smiled. Naru waved back.
"Now, can I ask what she's doing in your room?" Naru asked, obviously holding back anger.
"Well, she's going to be staying with us, along with her sisters and boyfriend she met here in Japan?" Keitaro half asked, hoping that this wouldn't bring her to the "disturbed" level.
"Really" Naru said, strangely calm, she moved over to the two and crouched beside them, looking them over in turn, "Then. Keitaro. Why were you holding her hands?"
"Ahh, Ahh, it's the greeting from where she's from!" Keitaro blurted out. No kicking please no kicking please no kicking no kicking. Naru stood up; still looking composed, and turned. Belldandy, throughout this whole conversation was sitting comfortably with a dim smile on her face, she obviously was still upset about Keitaro's wish, because to be quite frank, who wouldn't?
"Well then, I guess that's ok." Naru forced through clenched teeth. She sideways looked at Belldandy, and talked very slowly, taking deep breaths between words. Taking this as a sign, Keitaro started to crawl backwards. "Could we have some privacy please?" She asked. Belldandy nodded and walked out of the room, sliding the door softly behind her. Naru, being in a blind rage, didn't see the puff of smoke from the hall, nor the door being opened and closed very carefully.
"Naru, now come on, settle down!" Keitaro scrambled back towards the wall of his room, cowering as he went. Naru stalked closer to him, stepping one foot at a time, pausing between each stomp, radiating anger. She brought her hand back in punching position and walked closer. Keitaro tried to shield his face with his hands, a feeble attempt to stop what was most likely going to be right up there with "outraged".
"Keitaro, trying to confuse that foreigner are you? Is it a "custom" to be this close to kissing her? Is that what you're trying to do?!?!" Naru spat, drawing closer. This seems familiar, oh yes, because I have to find that damn window again. She let down a punch that could break cinder blocks. Keitaro curled into a ball, seeing now that escape was useless. He flinched, and waited for the strike. Nothing came. He took a glance through his hands; too see Naru standing, with her hand an inch from his face.
"AAH!" Keitaro screamed, moving away from his would-be attacker. Naru's face contorted into one of pure pain and she began bouncing around the room holding onto her hand, which she was shaking rapidly. Keitaro scrambled to his feet to help her. Narusegawa's hand was beat red and starting to swell from, what looked like, punching a solid wall. There was a *poof* of smoke and Belldandy revealed herself again. Naru, seeing this sudden entrance of the exchange student, looked up from her hand, completely still, and turned to face Belldandy.
"How the, what the, euhhh" Naru managed to sputter out before fainting. "Narusegawa!" Keitaro yelled as he ran to see if she was ok. He scrambled around the room to find the remainder of the clean clothes, and set them under Naru's head. He then turned to Belldandy.
"What just happened?" He asked, his voice showed a hint of anger. He stood up and walked to where the Goddess was standing.
"Oh, I just cast a shield spell around you, in fact, it was a pretty strong shield. Your love must be strong to be able to disrupt the shield like she did." Belldandy stated, giving an inquisitive look towards Naru's body. Keitaro threw up his hands.
"I told you, she's not my ANYTHING! We're just friends! And if you and your family are coming to live with us, then you have to not ever refer to us as 'lovers'. One, because we're *not*, and two, because if anything comes up with Naru and I doing something together like going for lunch together at Toudai, I either get a punch, slice, or have to calm poor Shinobu down! It's not good for my health if you keep on talking like you are." He pleaded to the smiling goddess. He then looked around the room. "How did you get in here anyway?" He asked, still turning around.
"Oh, you won't be able to see an exit, because you haven't seen how gods and goddesses travel, but watch. I guess I'll go back to the temple and break the news. But, to answer your question." Belldandy started to walk to the mirror. Keitaro watched in shock as she placed her hand on the mirror, gestured with her free hand for a second while whispering something, then started to pass through the mirror. Keitaro blinked, rubbed his eyes, and blinked again. He then sat up, and slowly walked toward the mirror, as if he was afraid. He tested the surface of the mirror, nothing. He tried to gesture the way that his guest did, again he had no results. Thoroughly frustrated, he mentally threw his hands up and said what the hell. He started blabbering in gibberish, looking completely crazy. All of a sudden, the mirror started to glow again.
"Yes! I got it!" Keitaro triumphantly said. He looked back to Naru, as if expecting to show off, but then realized that she was out cold and turned back to the mirror, only to be facing Belldandy's face again. He jumped back, and then wiped his forehead. "You scared me there!" He stuttered.
"Oh, I'm sorry Keitaro, but I just popped back to tell you that only gods or goddesses can initiate the travel spell, and the travel medium is different for all of us." She declared, giggling a bit, "You sure looked funny trying though. I should be back with everyone else for dinner. Goodbye."
"Yeah, bye." Keitaro turned back to Naru, and knelt beside her. He moved some loose strands of hair away from her eyes and sat, content on being this close to the beauty without having to worry about being blasted through five walls in a matter of seconds. Naru slowly opened her eyes, and Keitaro moved back a bit to allow her to sit.
"Ow, what happened", she said, rubbing her head with her sore hand. She abruptly felt the pain in her hand and jumped to her feet. "Ow ow ow ow ice ice GET ME ICE!!!"
Keitaro fled out the door of his room to try and find the kitchen, smashing into walls in the effort. He rushed past a figure on his way, causing it to spin out and end up on the floor. Keitaro however, didn't notice this and continued to speed to his destination. Naru was still hoping around the room when the door opened gently, revealing a young girl with spinning eyes. She momentarily forgot her pain upon seeing this, and stopped in mid- bounce.
"Shinobu? Are you ok?" Naru inquired, stepping toward her, and took her face in her hands to stop her from falling-she then realized that her hand still hurt. The scream could be heard thought the dorm, and knocked Shinobu unconscious. Keitaro rushed in to see Naru twitching on the floor in pain.
"Ah damn, I'm gonna be blamed for that now too I guess." he mused. A familiar light appeared in his mirror and Keitaro braced himself for the shock of seeing someone float through a mirror. This time, however, there were two people emerging. Belldandy set down easily, followed by the clumping feet of a young man. He scratched his head and looked around. His eyes fell on Keitaro, Naru, then the unconscious form of Shinobu.
"Did you do this?" He asked, pointing toward Keitaro. Keitaro's face took on a look of surprise and slight anger.
"You actually think I'd hurt women? I mean, you don't even know, me, I don't know who you are!" He thought for a moment, "Wait, you're Keiichi aren't you? The one who's living with Belldandy and her sisters." Keiichi nodded.
"And now we're living with all of the residents at your inn." He pointed out.
"I'm sorry about all this, I didn't really mean-"
"It's ok," Keiichi replied, looking over to Belldandy, "I'm sure we can adjust to living here, it's you guys I'm worried about." Belldandy shot Keiichi a wary look. Keiichi moved around the room, and sat on a pile of shirts. "Not exactly what I'd expect to be used to make furniture with, but I guess it works." He smiled and gestured around the room. "What happened here?" He inquired.
"I'm the manager here, I've been worked so hard lately I haven't had time to worry about keeping my room clean." Keitaro replied, sitting down also. Belldandy grinned and snapped her fingers. Shirts, socks, pants, everything started flying in the air. Then suddenly they all stopped in mid-air, and dropped into neat piles, all clothes folded, and organized into what article of clothing they were, and if they were light or dark. Belldandy nodded.
"We can help out around here in order to thank you for your hospitality." Belldandy stated.
"Well yeah." Keitaro said, rubbing the back of his head, "Now that you mention it, there is the issue of rent. I don't know if we can support all of you without extra money." Obviously uncomfortable, Keitaro only looked at either Keiichi or Belldandy sheepishly.
"Oh, I wouldn't dream of staying in a dorm like this without paying, we'll manage." Belldandy's mood was bright.
"Wait, wait." Keiichi started, "This is a dorm? I thought it was just a house!" Keitaro shook his head.
"The Hinata Inn used to be just that, an inn, but now its been turned into an all-girls dorm, with the exception of me, and now I guess, you too." He blushed slightly at the situation he was in every day, surrounded by girls, although he was thinking about one in particular.
"I thought I had it bad with three women around! How many girls live here?" Keiichi said, looking to the hall.
"Well, there's Naru," He gestured to Naru, who had fainted after seeing Belldandy coming through the mirror, then to Shinobu. "Shinobu, then there's Mokoto, Suu, Kitsume, and my aunt Hakura lives here too. Then there's some other girls that don't live here, but sometimes they may as well, those two are Mutsumi and Sara." Keitaro listed, counting out on his fingers. "So I guess that makes it. Eight!" He finally declared.
"Wow. Must be strange living here then." Keiichi got up and went to the door of Keitaro's bedroom. A cry suddenly wailed out through the dorm. Everyone got to his or her feet immediately. A blurry figure sped past the door, causing Keiichi to jump back. Another figure walked in front of the door, holding a hammer.
"Skuld! What did you do!" Belldandy insisted, moving to the girl, who had tucked her hammer into a holster on her back. Skuld just smiled and chuckled.
"Hot springs are great to go though, but not when there's a crazy American in it that tries to attack you. But I'm fine, you'd better find her and calm her down, she seemed horrified." She scanned the room, and locked her eyes on Keitaro. Instinctively, he moved backwards. It's amazing how a girl two feet smaller then you can seem so intimidating with a mallet in her hands. She stalked towards Keitaro, her hands grabbing onto the handle of her hammer, her eyes flaring.
"You." She hissed, "You're the reason we had to move!" She advanced further, causing Keitaro to fall over a pile of clothes and crawl backwards on his hands and feet. She raised her hammer, preparing to strike, and Keitaro froze in fear. She brought the blunt object down, and then stopped halfway. She looked sideways at Keitaro's TV.
"Ah come on sis, one hit?" She pleaded of the TV. A woman's head shot out of the screen.
"No Skuld, we're not here to kill the recipient of the wish." As the woman emerged from the screen, it was obvious that she didn't mind showing off her body. Tight fitting clothes, or no clothes at all, covered her body. She fully emerged and shook her hair. Motioning for Keitaro to move away, she waved her hand and the mallet crashed into the ground where Keitaro's body, or corpse, would have been.
"I guess I overdid that whack huh?" Skuld half laughed nervously. Belldandy looked at Urd, the woman who had come out of the mirror and raised an eyebrow.
"You usually wouldn't do something like that, why now?" She inquired.
"I guess I just didn't want to start up a long time here with this poor sap's brains all over the floor." She stated, having her hand in the direction of Keitaro. "Besides, from what I know, its more fun when he's around, fun to watch that is." She flicked a few strands of hair from her face and sat down on Keitaro's table, resting her face on her fist. "So what now? Are we gonna get something to eat? 'Cause I'm starving." She rubbed her stomach to emphasize her point. Keitaro gestured toward Shinobu.
"She's our resident cook, but I don't think that she'll be doing much cooking today." He grinned at his attempt at humor, then quickly looked down. Belldandy piped up.
"Well, I can cook for you today, if you just show me where the kitchen is." Keitaro nodded.
"Sure, I'll show you to your rooms, and then we can get started." He blushed slightly, "Eh. Belldandy. Are you and Keiichi going to be sleeping in the same room?" His face snapped a dark red at this question. Belldandy and Keiichi exchanged a look, then laughed.
"Of course!" Belldandy laughed, "Don't you and your lover share a room?" She looked at Naru, who was slowly gaining consciousness. Keitaro ran over to Belldandy, covered her mouth, then appropriately yelled,
"NARU AND I ARE NOT LOVERS! WE AREN'T EVEN----" He slowly looked over his shoulder, a look of dread on his face. Naru was standing with an enraged look on her face. She drew back her fist, and let it fly. As Keitaro vanished into the stars, Urd and Skuld looked at each other wearily.
"This sure will be interesting." Skuld moaned
"Yeah yeah, food now, me hungry." Urd moved with a purpose toward where she thought the kitchen was. Naru looked around.
"And you are. specifically?" She asked pointing at the three newcomers who had gathered in a semicircle. Belldandy moaned.
"Not this part of the introduction again." She whined.
"What part of the introduction? Naru asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, that we're goddesses." Belldandy stated, popping up on her toes as she delivered her line. Naru, took some time to process this, then nodded, and fainted.
"Yepp, very interesting" Skuld stated, as she shook her head and picked up her bags.
Thanks-that's all for part one, stay tuned for episode 2! Which I believe will be entitled "Who's the best? Competition." Oh, and those R&R's are good to have too.