Hello again! Welcome to another installment of Love Hina Next! Today, Ami's sister returns to do… stuff. Um, and that is all I have to say for now… Hey, remember the old days, when I could just rant and blabber useless stuff forever and ever? Oh, and the typos! And my grammar was horrible! While I still make a few typos here and there, (I once typed 'bumping' as 'pumping' and the sentence ended up sounding dirty, yech… xx;) I've improved quite a bit… But ah, those were the days…
---Kouji Tamino
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Love Hina Next
Chapter 28: Ami and Meiruuna (Part 1)
It was the next day, and Shima still hadn't returned with Kaolla Su. However, they had gotten a letter from him saying that he would return on this day. Shinobu, low on ingredients for a cake to welcome them home, sent Ami out with some money to buy some. She was walking home, having already bought the ingredients, when it began to rain. Ami began to run, not wanting to get soaked. She ran past an alleyway, and heard something knocking over a trash can. She took a peek into an alleyway and saw a cute little white bunny with pale blue eyes. Her eyes widened. "Awwwwwwwwww, look at the cute wittle bunny wabbit!" She squealed, putting her hands to her cheeks. She thought and pouted. "Aww, but you have no home, do you?" She walked over and picked up the rabbit. "Don't you worry, I will make sure that you get a nice home to live in! And if not, I am sure that everyone at Hinata House will welcome you with open arms!" She carried the rabbit with her right arm and carried the groceries in her left hand, running to Hinata House.
On top of a building near the alleyway, however, Meiruuna was sitting on a roof, petting a black rabbit with blood red eyes. She giggled, wearing a dark purple long sleeve shirt, a black choker and skirt, and black boots. "And so, it begins…"
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When Ami arrived at Hinata House, she gave the ingredients to Shinobu. Then she ran back into the lounge and showed everyone the rabbit. "Hey, everyone! I found this cute little bunny on my way home today!"
Rikina, who was busy reading a magazine, looked up. "Oh, that's nice… Can we eat it?"
Ema frowned, crossing her arms. "I dunno, the rabbit has a strange aura around it that I just don't trust…"
Ami pouted sadly. "Awww, come on, it's just a bunny rabbit!" She tilted her head. "I had a little baby bunny when I was little, but my parents got rid of them…"
"Maybe it's the same one?" Ema asked.
Rikina shook her head. "Doubt it… Ami was left here about 9 years ago, and rabbits only live 5 years… Even if that was related to Ami's, it would be part of the second or even third generation…" She grinned. "And plus, you do know how they multiply and all…"
Ami blushed slightly. "Anyway, what should I name it?"
"How about lunch?" Rikina jokingly suggested.
Ami glared. "Rikina…"
Rikina smiled. "Hey, I was just joking…" she replied. Suddenly, her stomach growled. She blushed and buried her face back into the magazine.
Ami looked at Rikina, a bit unsure, but then looked at the rabbit happily. "I know, I'll name it Tenshi, like my old bunny…"
"Tenshi, as in Angel?" Sarah asked, walking in. "That's cute…" she frowned. "…I don't like it…"
Ami stared at Sarah, then shook her head. "Anyway, I'm taking Tenshi up to my room!" She ran up the stairs, leaving the others to go back to whatever it is that they were doing.
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Once inside her room, she put Tenshi on her desk. "Aww, you are such a cute little bunny!" She watched as it looked around the room curiously. "Whatcha looking at, huh?" She crouched down to the rabbit's eye level and looked in the direction that it was looking in. She gasped in shock and fear.
Meiruuna smiled at Ami from the corner of the room and hovered over to Ami, hands behind her back. "Hello, sister… It's been a while, hasn't it?" She motioned towards the door, making it shut tight and putting another seal on it. "In case you didn't realize, I was the one putting a block on your powers."
Ami glared. "I had my suspicions…" She began to back up. "Why do you continue to torment me, Meiruuna? Why can't you just leave me alone in peace?"
Meiruuna brought her hands in front of her, revealing the black rabbit. "Remember our rabbits, Kai and Tenshi? A boy and a girl… These rabbits are their grandchildren. Siblings, just like us…"
Ami's eyes widened as she looked back to the rabbit. "I knew that this bunny seemed familiar to my old one…" She bit her lip, looking back to Meiruuna. "But you still haven't answered my question… Why won't you leave me alone? Why did you kill our parents?!"
Meiruuna smiled. "Because, my dear sister… they were not like us… They thought we were freaks…"
Ami shook her head. "No they didn't, they loved us! You are lying!"
Meiruuna glared at Ami. "If they loved us, why did they attempt to kill us while we slept? If I hadn't been awake, they would have gotten us! I did what needed to be done…" She looked away. "Ami, nothing can come from living among normal humans…" She looked back to Ami, smiling. "Come with me, Ami! We are superior, we can hone our abilities in order to rule this planet, and never have to live in fear again!"
Ami stomped her foot on the ground, a blue aura beginning to surround her. "Never!" she screamed, her eyes becoming a deep, dark blue. Her hair flowed upwards in the air. "I will never hurt the people here, and they would never hurt me! We all care about each other!"
Meiruuna let go of Kai, who began to fly by flapping it's ears. It landed next to Tenshi. She grinned. "Amazing, you managed to break my barrier on your powers! And your powers are at full strength, you should see your deep blue eyes! You are now ready…"
Ami raised an eyebrow. "Huh?"
Meiruuna raised a hand in the air. "Did you really think that I would give up that easily? I am taking you with me whether you like it or not! Now shall we do this the easy way or the hard way?!" She jerked her arm to the side, taking Ami to the window. She tightened her stare, sending Ami out the window.
"Kyaaah!" Ami screamed, as she fell towards the ground. She closed her eyes, concentrating. Her falling body suddenly came to a stop, floating in the air. She opened her eyes and sighed in relief. She looked up as Meiruuna jumped down towards her. She hovered out of the way and turned herself upright, staring at her sister.
Meiruuna chuckled. "Impressive, you managed to learn how to use your powers to hover above the ground…" She smiled cruelly. "Too bad you can only go so high…" she hissed, slowly rising higher and higher into the air. "I can fly anywhere that I want! While you were using your powers sparingly to do petty little chores for these weaklings, I put my body through intense training in order to tap into and handle some of our deepest, darkest powers…" She began to glow red, a ball of energy growing in each hand until they were as big as baseballs. She tossed both at a surprised Ami, who dodged one but was hit in the side with the other. She fell over on one knee, moaning in pain.
"I didn't know that we could do things like that!" she managed to gasp out in her pain.
Meiruuna grinned. "Of course you didn't! You never even tried! But you could if you just come with me!" She screamed and fell to the ground as she was hit in the back with an energy ray.
"Ami isn't going anywhere!" Rikina yelled, holding a big ray gun over her shoulder. The others were standing behind her.
Meiruuna stood up, her powers flaring. "How dare you! This is none of your business!" She readied another energy ball to throw at Rikina.
Ami quickly stood up. "Leave them alone!"
Meiruuna looked to Ami and laughed. "You are in no position to tell me what to do!" She tossed the ball towards Ami. She looked on as Ami caught it and it turned blue. "Impressive, but…" She muttered, as she disappeared. Ami's eyes widened as she looked around. Suddenly, Meiruuna appeared in front of her and grabbed her hair. Using her powers to amplify her physical strength, Meiruuna flew up into the air and began swing poor Ami around by her hair. "…your hair is too long!" She swung her around for a few seconds before tossing her back to the ground. Ami did not get back up.
Rikina glared. "Hey, come down here and face us, you coward! Leave Ami alone!"
"Yeah, stop avoiding us in the air!" Tokimi yelled, waving her fist in the air. She squeaked as Meiruuna turned around and glared at her. "Um, please?"
Meiruuna chuckled. "Um, no…" She began to create another energy ball, but it didn't stop growing. Soon, it was as big as a normal sized house. Just as she was about to let it go, she was knocked over by someone. She accidentally let it go before she was ready, and the ball headed toward Ami's unconscious body. She growled, looking to the person. "Damn you! Look at what you've made me do!"
Shinobu gasped. "Ami, no!" She began to run to the girl's rescue, but a man ran over to Ami, picked her up and, jumped out of the way of the energy ball. It exploded on contact to the ground, knocking the man and Ami a couple feet away. The man stood up, revealing himself to be none other than…
"Yamato?" Sarah gasped. She looked over to Meiruuna and the person that knocked her down. "Then does that mean--"
"Nyahaha!" Kaolla laughed. "Yep! Kaolla Su has rejoined your party!"
Rikina gasped. "Big sister?!"
Shima smiled at her. "Yep! I went all the way down to Mol-Mol and almost got myself killed to get her and bring her back here!" He walked over to Shinobu and gave Ami to her, then looked over Rikina again. "So you'd better be appreciative!" he added jokingly.
Rikina nodded, beginning to cry in happiness. "Thank you so much…"
Meiruuna growled. But then, she smiled. "Hmm, this could be fun…" she stood up and whistled. "Come, Kai!" The rabbit flew out of the window down to her. Meiruuna began to float in the air. "I am leaving again… Ami is a fast learner, I will come back in 3 days! Tell her to prepare herself, because I am coming back again… I wish to test Ami's skills before taking her from this place…" She flew off, Kai following her.
Shima glared at her retreating form. "Yeah, you just fly away and don't come back!" He looked to the others. "So, how's it going?"
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Later, they were all sitting in the lounge, except for Ami. Shima rubbed his chin. "Geez, a guy leaves for a few months and things get all weird! So, what's Ami doing upstairs, anyway?"
"I don't really know, but she said something weird about 'getting rid of a few flaws'…" Shinobu replied. "I hope she's okay…"
"I don't like that sister of hers…" Rikina muttered. "If she shows her face around here again, I'll…"
"You'll do what?" Sarah began. "You've seen what she can do! Ami can't even beat her, what makes you think that you can?!"
"I don't care…" Shima began. "I already let down a friend once, I won't do it again, even if it kills me!"
"Which reminds me…" Rikina began. "How did you get Kaolla back, huh?"
Shima and Kaolla looked at each and laughed nervously. "Um, you know, pulled some strings here and there, the usual…"
Tokimi giggled. "You didn't have to marry Kaolla, did you?" she said jokingly.
"No, of course not!" Shima said, waving his hands in front of himself. He sighed. "But this situation does seem hopeless… I mean, Meiruuna is like a DBZ villain or something! She's almost invincible! But still, there has to be some way to beat her…"
"There is…" Ami began. "… I will beat my sister, if it's the last thing I do…"
Everyone looked toward Ami, now powered down, and gasped. She had cut her hair. It reached the bottom of her chin, straight at the top with some waves starting at her ears and going to the bottom. She smiled slightly. "So, what do you all think?"
End of Chapter 28
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So, Ami's long hair has been cut, and her psycho sister has DBZ level powers. Poor kid. But on the bright side, she has a cute little bunny for a pet now! =)
---Kouji Tamino