And here we are again. Sorry for being late… Again… But this time, I was restricted from the computer. Jeez, at this rate, I'm never going to be able to keep up with my Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule. Alright, I'm going to try one more time, and unless missing the schedule is completely unavoidable, (Relative died, computer's broken, etc.) I will either make Saturday my third writing day, or just reduce it to two days. So here we go!
Kouji Tamino
It was the last week of Summer. Tokimi, in her room, was furiously studying in her room. Sitting at a table, she frowned at the problem she was working on. "Grrr… Why am I having such a problem with this one?…"
"Need any help?" a voice says. She looks toward the door to see Shima standing in the doorway. He smiles.
Tokimi stares. "…You? Help?…"
Shima frowns playfully. "Aww… That hurts… You don't believe that I can be of help?"
Tokimi sighed and rolled her eyes playfully. "All right, fine… "
Shima smiled and took out a pair of glasses. "Alright, let's see…" He put the glasses on, reading the problem carefully.
Tokimi's eyes widened slightly. "You wear glasses? Wow…"
Shima grimaced. "Yeah, so what? They're just reading glasses! I sort strained my eyesight a bit in the first couple of years of my life…"
"Hey, sorry!" Tokimi frowned, a bit hurt by his outburst. "Wait, what do you mean, 'first years of your life'?…"
Shima laughed. While talking, he worked on the problem. "What, you think I was always in a gang? When I was little, I used to study to get into try and get into Tokyo U. I always thought that maybe, if I could get into Tokyo University like my old man, he would pay attention to me…"
Tokimi giggled. "I think that's cute…"
Shima blushed a tiny bit. "Anyway, once I hit Middle School, I began to get beat up a lot, so my mom had me take martial arts… I loved it, and when I beat this kid from a rival dojo during a tournament, he asked me if I wanted to hang out with him…"
Tokimi looked down slightly. "Let me guess, that kid was…"
Shima sighed. "Yep. Amuro… Even though I hate his guts now, I just have to wonder what happened to him… When my dad got the van repaired, he said that there weren't any traces of a body, just some burnt bits of clothing. The van wasn't on fire for that long either, so…"
Tokimi smiled. "Even if he is still alive, he is going to be in pain for a long time…"
Shima chuckled. "Yeah, that's for sure…" He handed her the paper. "There. It should be right…"
Tokimi checked it. "Wow! It is right!" She bonked him on the head playfully. "But I just wanted help, not for you to do it for me… Idiot…" She happily stuck her tongue out. "… But have you considered trying for Tokyo U again?"
"Sorry", Shima chuckled. He took off his glasses and put them away. "And be like my old man and spend several years trying to get in? I don't think so…"
"Ew…" Tokimi gave him a disgusted look.
"What?…" Shima asked, giving her a confused look.
"You looked cuter with glasses", she joked. "Put them back on, now!"
Shima glared at her playfully. "Oh, now you're asking for it!" He gently tackled her, and they were both on the floor, Shima laying on top of Tokimi. Their breathing became heavier as they stared into each others eyes. Shima, feeling bold, leaned in closer so his lips and Tokimi's got closer and closer…
"My, my…" a dead-pan voice muttered from the doorway, amused. "How utterly disgusting…" Shima and Rikina snapped their heads toward the doorway to see Rikina. "Are you done here, or shall I leave?…"
Love Hina Next
Chapter 10: Reach Toward the Ultimate Goal, Tokyo U!
Tokimi panicked, punched Shima in the face, and pushed him off of her. "Oh, it was nothing… Shima was being a perv again…"
"Ow!" Shima yelled, holding his nose. "And may I remind you, who was the one running around in revealing clothing and making sexual gestures at me yesterday?"
Tokimi blushed heavily. "That wasn't my fault, I was drunk!"
Rikina stared at the 2 blankly as they argued. She decided to intervene. "Well, whatever… Are you ready to go shopping, Tokimi? Or are you still working on that same problem that you've been working on since yesterday?…"
Tokimi chuckled nervously. "Oh, um no! You see--"
Shima gave Tokimi a sly smile. "So, you've been working on that problem since yesterday? And you're supposed to be a straight A student? Boy, you're screwed if you're trying to get into Tokyo U…"
Tokimi growled loudly, slightly scaring Shima and even shaking Rikina up quite a bit. "ENOUGH!!! At least I'm trying, unlike you!" She looked to a snickering Rikina. "And YOU! You tried to get in for 3 years, then quit!" Rikina quickly stopped, looking away in embarrassment.
Shima raised an eyebrow. "Damn, that test is a killer, isn't it?"
Rikina sighed. "Yeah… I still have nightmares about it…"
Ema suddenly burst into the room, startling everyone. "Alright, that's it! Enough moping around! I am going to FORCE you two to study with Tokimi and attempt the exam with her at least once!"
"What?!" Shima screamed. "No way!"
"Ema…" Rikina said sadly. "I've already tried…"
"Then try again!" Ema screamed. "You've all heard of the legends of this place, right?!"
"You've only told us them about 578 times already, Ema…" Rikina muttered.
"Then you will hear it once more! Legend says that anyone who lives here's life will drastically change for the better! It's happened before, and it will happen again!" She walked toward the group of three. "I mean, look at me! I am no longer as accident prone as I used to beeeeeeeeee---!!!" Ema screamed as she accidentally fell down the infamous hole in Naru's/Tokimi's floor.
The three rushed over to the hole. "Ema!" Tokimi screamed. "Are you alright?!" They all sighed in relief and sweat dropped as they heard a weak "I'm OK…" from the room below.
"Aw man, I hope she didn't break anything…" Shima muttered.
Rikina stared at Shima and raised an eyebrow. "It's not that high of a fall…"
Shima shook his head, then smirked. "No, I meant my stuff…" He was pounded on top of his head, hard, with the handle of one of Rikina's many weapons. "Ow!"
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Shinobu stood in front of a confused Ami. She held up a frying pan triumphantly. "Ami! Today you will partake in the first step in creating culinary delights!"
Ami frowned, then raised an eyebrow. "Ehh?…"
Shinobu sighed, then stared blankly at the psychic girl. "You're going to learn how to cook, dear…"
Down at Haruka's old restaurant, Sarah and Nina were sitting around, doing nothing. "… This place hasn't had a customer in ages! It's a good thing Haruka's not here to see this. She would be pissed, and probably blame it on us or something…"
"Poooor bizzyness…" Nina muttered in her sleep.
Sarah raised an eyebrow. "Nina… wake up, or I will be forced to smack you…" She stared at Nina's sleeping form. She raised an eyebrow as Nina unconsciously hugged her around the waist.
"Mama…" the girl whimpered out in her sleep.
Sarah smiled, shaking her head as she ran her hand through Nina's hair in a caring fashion. "Dumb girl…"
In Kaolla Su's room, the mad scientist/princess was tinkering with a few things. One thing in particular was the Turtle-detecting Radar. She slowly smiled in a sadistic, yet playful way. "One day, Tama-chan… One day…"
Kitsune was… sleeping on the couch, as usual. What else is new? Kimomo was hovering over the couch, glaring. "I WANTED TO NAP ON THE COUCH!!!"
Back in the kitchen, Shinobu set up things for Ami. Shinobu rubbed her chin, thinking of what to start the girl off with. Ami was sitting in a chair, dreading the whole thing. She had thoughts like What if I mess up? What if I blow the whole house up?! And Mr. Keitaro worked so hard in getting this place fixed up, too…
Shinobu's eyes widened. "Oh! How about steak?!"
Ami's eyes became wide as saucers.
"Nah…"
Ami's eyes went back to normal.
"Oh! How about an Italian banquet!"
Ami's gasped, inhaling a large amount of air.
"No, no…"
Ami exhaled, and began to pant lightly.
Shinobu turned around and laughed. "I was just kidding, Ami!" She gave Ami a smile. "Oh, I know… How about some cookies for after dinner tonight, hm?"
Ami smiled and nodded.
"Cookies it is, then!" Shinobu exclaimed as she looked for the ingredients. "Now let's see, what kind should we make?…"
Back in the room of Tokimi, the 'Neo-Neo Ronins' were having their first study session together…
"ARGH!!!" Shima screamed. "I flipping hate Algebra!! I never understood how damn letters equal something!!"
"It's quite simple, actually… But in order to make it easier for you to comprehend, the letters are basically unknown values… For all we know, 'a' could equal 3,958. The point is to use the equations to solve everyday situations… For example, 'a' could equal the number of people who prefer apples, 'c' could be the people who prefer carrots, and 'n' could be the number of people that prefer neither… Do you get what I am saying?"
Shima grumbled. "Yes, teacher…" He then raised an eyebrow. "Hey, wait… If you knew all that, then why have you failed so badly in all of your other attempts?"
Rikina crossed her arms. "Well, Yama-chan, it's not the Math portion that gets me… It's the English portion of the exam…"
Ema, who was suddenly sitting next to Tokimi, smiled. "See! Now isn't this fun?"
"Gyah!" Tokimi screamed, hopping from the spot she was sitting in. "Where the hell did you come from?!"
"Oh, what do you mean?…" Ema's smile widened.
"Er…" Tokimi began. "Ema, are you feeling okay?"
"Huh?" Ema muttered, returning to normal. "Oh, yeah… I'm fine…"
"Rriiiight…" Tokimi said, unsure. "I think you've been spending too much time with Mutsumi…"
"Maybe…" Ema giggled.
"Well, at least you're not making out with other girls…"
"I dunno…" Shima said, getting a smile on his face. "I always found those stories kind of hot…"
"Yamato-kun…" Ema smiled, putting a hand on Shima's shoulder. "Most of the time, Mutsumi kissed your mother…"
Shima's eyes suddenly widened.
Meanwhile, at their apartment, Jin and Static were unpacking their things. Jin raised an eyebrow. "Hey, Static?…"
Static looked over to Jin. "Hm?"
Jin looked side to side. "Did I just hear Shima scream in disgust, then jump out of a window?…"
Static sighed, then shook his head. "It's all in your head, Jin… Oooh--"
Jin grabbed Static's lips. "Don't you DARE finish that!"
In the kitchen, Shinobu raised an eyebrow. "Oh, crap…" The entire kitchen was covered in cookie batter. Ami sat in the middle of it all, whimpering. "I leave the kitchen for a few minutes, and all this happens… Ami, I thought you would be able to handle it…" She looked to the whimpering Ami and gave her a sad smile. "Aww, it'll be okay…" She looked at the kitchen and sighed. "Let's clean up…and try again, okay?"
Ami slowly smiled and nodded.
And so, another day came to an end… The group was gathering for dinner, where Shima had his first meal at the table with the girls. At last… The girls trust me enough to let me sit at the same table as them… Wow, I still can't believe how good Shinobu's food is…
After dinner, Shinobu smiled. "Ami has a little surprise for you… The cookies that she made!" She watched as Ami brought out a plate of cookies. Everyone took one and took a bite.
Blagh! Tokimi thought to herself. These cookies are horrible! But poor Ami put her little heart into this… "Wow!" Tokimi exclaimed. "These cookies are delicious!" She glared at the others. "Right, everybody?"
"Yeah!" Shima yelled cheesily. "These are the best cookies I've ever had!" These are the worst cookies I've ever had! But if it will make Ami happy…
"Good job, Ami!" Shinobu smiled, taking another bite. A single tear rolled down her face. It burns… Oh well, back to the drawing board… I WILL teach Ami how to cook!
End of Chapter 10.
La la la la la… Another chapter done! And it's early! See ya Wednesday!
Kouji Tamino, 7:50 P.M. PST