--Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Love Hina. Ken Akamatsu-sensei does. This is my own pure drivel. so all you lawyer types don't get your knickers in a twist. :P

The Healing of The Dark Heart

Chapter Two

Hmmm, I wonder to myself, where in the hell am I?? And why am I so wet?? As I come to, I realize that I am face-first in what appears to be a heated pond. Just as I start shaking out the cobwebs from my brain, I hear a sound coming from around me. For some odd reason, my body starts moving into a defensive fighting stance. Wait a minute here, why is my body reacting this way, and why do I feel this being natural to me?? And for that matter, where the hell are my clothes??!! Just then, I realize that I am not alone, for standing in front of me are six naked women. "Holy Mary Mother Of God!!" I shout. "Where the Hell am I, and why are there naked girls here??"

I see that one of them is carrying a sword and looks like a woman possessed by a demon or something. She yells, "You vile pervert!! How dare you desecrate this dormitory with your disgusting act of spying on us while we bathe!! I, Motoko Aoyama, Master of the God's Cry School, will cut you down!!"

At this point, I can't understand a word she says, but just then, a voice inside my head said, "Use your translation command, you idiot! Say outloud, 'Language Integration Merge!'" I don't know how I knew to do that, but I did as the voice said. "Language Integration Merge!"

The swordswoman stopped quickly and said, "What foul words are you spewing out? What do you mean by that statement??" Whoa, I thought, I understood her. But she still looks pissed. What am I gonna do?? I don't wanna be skewered by that blade!! Then the voice reappeared in my head, saying, "You Idiot, if you don't block that sword and attack back with your 'Mega Cyber Sword', then you surely will die."

Motoko starts making her charge again, saying, "This is it, you foul man. I hope you made peace with your gods, because now I will send you straight to Hell!! EVIL CUTTING SWORD SECOND FORM!!"

"MEGA CYBER SWORD, ACTIVATE!!" I am at this point stunned to hear those words come out of my mouth, but I decide to go with the flow, not knowing where it will take me. I rush at her, full force, swinging as hard as I can. I shout, "We must stop this! This is a terrible mistake!!" But seeing that she wouldn't stop, an idea came out from nowhere. Use the Cyber Slash, it's our only hope! "CYBER SLASH!" Just then, my sword lets out an awesome blast of energy, sending it towards the swordswoman. Unfortunately, it collided with her chi attack, causing an explosion, knocking us both back. "Oh, no," I said, completely worn out, "what a time to lose energy now and pass out, and me without another clue to who I am." And once again, I black out.

Standing in the distance, Haruka chuckles. "Welcome to Hinata-Sou, Dark Heart. And so it begins, once again."

Scene and Style Change

Back inside the inn, the girls worked feverishly to make sure that both Motoko and Dark Heart are ok from the explosion. What they saw only minutes before seemed surreal. They were mostly surprised their new guest had what looked like a sword made up of pure energy and could send out chi blasts just as good as Motoko. But as soon as they heard what Dark Heart said before he collapsed, they realize that this is the one mentioned in Grandma's fax. Shinobu divided the group into two teams, one to bring in Motoko, and the other one to bring in Dark Heart and to find him some clothes.

Motoko finally comes too, and sees that Ema, Kitsune, and Sarah were beside her. "How are ya'll doin' there, Motoko? We done thought that you was a goner for sure from that blast." "Yeah," Sarah said. "That dork had a really freaky blade. It looked like pure white light coming straight from his hand, and it send a chi blast just like your special techniques." Ema squealed with delight. "Aww, man, that was totally awesome. I got to see one of Motoko's special attacks. It's just too bad that I didn't get to film it and put it with my files. However, that other guy's moves, now that looked otherworldly. I can't place it, but it felt like he had two presences in it. Ewwwww, what if he is from outer space?? I could put that in my special files."

Meanwhile, Shinobu, Kanako, and Su were checking on their new...resident. Shinobu was placing a cold, damp towel on his head, Kanako was frantically searching for some clothes that would fit him, and Su was touching and trying to play with the metallic pieces on his body, using her computer to analyze him. Just then, from within his body, they heard a voice that sounded computerized. At first, the others thought that it was Su's computer making the noise, but she told them she turned it off a few seconds ago. Then all three of them saw him hovering above the futon. The voice said, "ANALYZING CURRENT STATE. REPLICATION OF CLOTHING PRIORITY ONE. BEGIN REPLICATION." And in an instant blast of light, clothes appeared in a pile in front of them.

Their jaws just dropped as the clothes appeared in a flash. Su, who was absolutely eating up the spectacle, said "Kewlies!! That was an awesome trick! Can he do it again, but this time with bananas??" The other two girls sweat-dropped, looking at Dark Heart, when they heard that voice again. "ANALYZING CURRENT STATE. ENERGY DRAINED. BEGIN ENERGY SIPHON." Just then, the lights dimmed all throughout Hinata-Sou. Kanako, realizing what is going on, said,"Somehow, his body is drawing energy from the inn. I can feel it being pulled to his body." As soon as the lights came back to full power, the voice started talking again. "ANALYZING CURRENT STATE. MEMORY LOSS, RECOVERY POSSIBILITY: 0%. ID OF HOST BODY: DARK HEART. RESTART OK. DARK HEART AWAKENS."

Shinobu, who at the time thinks that this is something out of a sci- fi anime, suddenly gasps when she heard his human voice suddenly say, "water." She hurries to the kitchen and fills up a glass of water. As she comes back, Dark Heart starts rubbing his head. "Uggh, where am I? Last thing I remember I was floating face-first in a pond or something, then seeing naked girls around me. Then I think I was attacked by a crazy person. Then the rest is a blur." Upon getting his sight back, he saw all the girls that were in the hot spring, this time fully clothed. "OK, now I am really freaked out. Who are all of you??" Then, with puzzled look, asked, "For that matter, who am I?? I can't remember...."

Shinobu stepped forward and introduced herself. "Greetings, Dark Heart. I am Shinobu. We have been expecting you. I know this may seem confusing to you. Heck, it's even confusing to us. But I do hope you will stay so that we can help you recover your past." All of a sudden, Shinobu blushes. "But first, I do think you might want to put on some clothes."

Dark Heart looks down and says, "OHMYGOD!!" He quickly grabs his clothes and looks for the first hiding place he could find. Everyone sweat- drops watching him run around frantically trying to hide while in the 'buff'. Kitsune grins, and thinks, I think I may actually have fun with this guy.

End of Chapter 2

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- --So what do you think of the story so far?? First day at the Hinata-Sou, and already they think he might be another Keitaro-type perv. But what happened in the bath was only the start of the awakening of his powers. Stay tuned to see what happens next. BTW, Please Read and Review. Tell me what you like, what you don't like, and I will do the utmost to comply. Thanx-----Dark Heart Of ICE