Yo. It's me again. After getting a break over the weekend, I'm back. We've only got like six chapters left, and I know that there are a few of you that want me to keep writing, but I'm just a kid. I'm not yet prepared for that kind of commitment to a project yet. This had been my absolute favorite project to work on, and I absolutely love the characters. But the truth is, I am one lazy bastard. I'm starting to get a bit tired of this. I'm going to force myself to pump these last couple of chapters out, then taking a nice long break. Erm, I might continue my other 'Next' fan fiction project someday. (a few of you will know what I'm talking about) At the current moment, however, I have no interest in continuing it. My little mind needs rest. X.x

Yes, inudude. I know that Mutsumi isn't stupid. But occasionally, um… She has her 'moments' where she makes some questionable comments. Mutsumi: (While reading a chart of that day's traffic accidents) Oh no! This says that nobody got into Tokyo U this year! Heh, good ol' Mutsumi. But don't worry. As usual, she'll end up redeeming herself by saving the day, doing something incredibly clever that no one else would have thought up.

I also noticed that a few of you were mad at me making Ami evil. Heh, I know what you mean. While I was writing the previous chapter, I was thinking 'Wow, look at what I've done to cute little Ami! I'm terrible!'

---Kouji Tamino (Ami! I'm sorry!)

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And so, the night became dark. There was an army of cannibals armed with weapons searching for Tokimi in order to capture and take her to their 'goddess', Ami. Meanwhile, Keitaro and his group were still standing around, waiting for him to finish up his research. Kitsune and the Supporting characters were locked up, while Mutsumi and Ema were chained up elsewhere. Shin Puffy Mushroom along with Kanako and Nyamo were wandering around, the Aoyama's were doing the same, while the '2 Girls and 1 Guy' were unknowingly heading towards their attackers. Tenshi was flying around, trying to find and warn Tokimi before it was too late, while Ami and Meiruuna ruled over the cannibals and Kai was violently hugged by Ami. And so, here we continue this little tale…

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Love Hina Next

Chapter 36: Ambushed!! The Enemy is Ami?!

Keitaro stood up suddenly, frightening the others around him. "That's it! I've figured it out!" He grabbed Naru's hand and ran back to his plane. He opened up the back of the plane and ran in. A few seconds later, his van drove out. "Come on! I gotta warn Yamato of something I discovered on these things!" Seta grabbed Haruka and did the same, and their vans drove into the horizon.

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Yamato, Rikina, and Tokimi continued to walk through the desert. They dragged their tired, sweating bodies through the hot desert night. The only light they had was the sunlight being reflected off of the moon. Yamato groaned as he stared at the two girls walking in front of him, their half naked bodies glistening in sweat. Not paying attention, he continued to stare at them even when they had entered a forest. He didn't even notice that he was about to walk into a tree… "Ow!" He screamed as he held his head.

Tokimi and Rikina looked back, sighing in exasperation. "Yamato, did you hit your head again?" Rikina asked, annoyed. "You should really walk ahead of us if you're soooo distracted by our bodies…"

Tokimi smirked at Rikina. "Maybe we're too much booty for him to handle, eh Rikina?"

Rikina chuckled slightly. "Yeah, we're too much for the little boy…"

Yamato glared. "Hey, I take offense at that! I am not a little boy!"

Rikina smiled at Yamato. "Then keep up with us…"

Yamato looked around, sighing in relief. The air now seemed cooler. "Whoa, it sure got cool all of a sudden…"

Tokimi sighed. "You just now noticed that it got cooler? God, you are distracted by us, aren't you?"

Yamato chuckled nervously. "Well, I can't help it…" He smiled. "You are both so beautiful…"

The girls blushed. No matter who he was, he was still charming in his weird way. Suddenly, Rikina pushed Tokimi away. "But I'm more beautiful, right? You just have prefer me over this little girl…" She motioned toward Tokimi.

"Little girl?!" Tokimi proceeded to push Rikina out of the way. "No, I'm more beautiful, right?! You don't need that old hag…"

"Old… hag?" Rikina muttered, twitching. She grabbed a handful of Tokimi's hair and pulled on it. "You take that back!" she screamed.

"No!" Tokimi yelled, grabbing for one of Rikina's ponytails and yanking on it. "You started it!"

"H-hey!" Yamato yelled, trying to calm them down to no avail. "HEY!" He screamed out. Then, as soon as it began, the fight stopped. "I think that both of you are beautiful in your own way!" He put a hand to Rikina's cheek. "Rikina, your perfectly and naturally tanned skin, your gorgeous green eyes… You are quite the beauty…" He smirked. "Plus some 'other' nice bits…" Rikina stuck her tongue out at a pouting Tokimi. Yamato put his other hand to Tokimi's cheek. "And Tokimi, you have such beautiful and long black hair… And I could get lost in your deep green eyes…" Rikina huffed as Tokimi smiled evilly. "The thing is, it doesn't really matter who is more beautiful. Everyone has something that makes them special to someone, and it doesn't always have to do with looks…"

Tokimi and Rikina sighed dreamily. Rikina whispered to Tokimi. "You know, I think I like this new Yamato…" She and Tokimi giggled like little school girls.

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Meanwhile, back in the city, Ema and Mutsumi were tossed into the same prison as the others. Mutsumi frowned. "Hello, everyone… My, we seem to be in a real mess, don't we?"

Kitsune nodded. "Yeah, I was hoping that you two could get help, but it looks like you two were captured also…"

Mutsumi suddenly brightened up. "Oh! I almost forgot! Those cannibals were nice enough to let me keep my bag…" She put a hand in the bag and began to dig around. "Oh! Here she is!" She pulled out her hand, now holding Tama-chan. "Tama-chan, I need you to go find any of out friends that aren't locked up somewhere, okay?"

"Myuh!" the turtle waved, turning around to squeeze through a barred up window and flying off.

Static's eyes suddenly light up in excitement, but he calmed himself down. He watched as Tama-chan flew off and looked down to the ground, silently muttering to himself. "Such a cute little turtle…"

Kitsune smiled. "Mutsumi, you're a genius!" She looked out through the window, sighing. "I just hope it's enough…"

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The Aoyama's continued to fight their way through the jungles and swamp's, all clad in nothing but leaves… Wait a minute…

Kimomo sweat dropped. "Um, daddy?…"

Sukyuzo looked back to his daughter. "Yes, dear daughter?"

"Um, did you really have to put together that leaf Speedo?"

Sukyuzo laughed heartily, putting his hands at his sides. "Of course! If my family must wear leaves, so shall I!"

Motoko chuckled. "I'm sorry, but that is disturbing, dear… a bit chivalrous, but none the less disturbing…"

Sukyuzo pouted. "Oh…"

Motoko patted him on the back. "It's all right, dear…"

"I worked so hard on it, too…" Sukyuzo whimpered.

"Yes, I know…" Motoko sweat dropped. 'Kimomo was right… I hit him on the head waaay too hard…'

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Meanwhile, Shin Puffy Mushroom was walking through the desert. Sarah was glad that Sarah was on her back at the moment. The hot sand would most likely be too much for even Nina's seemingly tough feet. She smiled as she heard the sleeping Nina's snoring, then looked up ahead and sighed. "Damn, this desert is huge…"

Kanako nodded. "I wish my big brother was here…"

Sarah stared at Kanako and shook her head. "Oh, god…"

Kanako looked to Sarah. "What?"

Sarah shook her head again. "Nothing… Just nothing…"

Just then, Tama-chan flew up to them. "Myuh!" Tama-chan to breathe heavily, as if she had gone through great pains to get here. "Myuh!"

Kaolla's eyes lit up. "So, Tama-chan! Have you finally decided to give up after all these years and get inside my belly?"

Tama-chan sweat dropped and shook her head. She waved her flippers in a 'follow me!' fashion.

Shinobu smiled. "Oh, I think that Tama-chan wants us to follow her!"

Sarah smirked. "Well then, let's go!"

The group then began to run in the direction that Tama-chan was leading them…

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Meanwhile, back in the jungle, which just happened to be a few miles away from the city, Yamato, Tokimi, and Rikina had just discovered a lake. They smiled. "At last!" Rikina yelled. "Water!" They all ran over to the lake and dived in. "Yahoo! Ah, this is great!"

Tokimi nodded after coming up from the water. "You said it! This feels great!"

They all began to splash each other, when suddenly, Tokimi came up behind Yamato and dunked him under water. After about a second or two, she let him up, but her didn't come up at all. Her eyes widened as she looked around. Suddenly, he appeared out of the water behind her and screamed, scaring her. "Kyaaaah!" She glared. "What was that for?!"

Yamato glared at her back. "You almost drowned me!" Getting overexcited, he began to cough. "I think I may have drank some of it!"

Tokimi looked away. "Sorry… I was just playing around…"

Rikina gave Tokimi a hard look. "Well, your playing around could have killed him! Be a little more careful next time…"

Tokimi nodded sadly. "All right, I'll be more careful…"

Yamato's expression softened. "Hey, it's okay… I was just a little upset…"

"No, Rikina is right…" She looked over to them. "Maybe you'd be better with an older, more mature woman like Rikina… I'm just in the way! I don't deserve you!" Tokimi got out of the water and began to run away.

Yamato stepped forward, reaching out to her. "Tokimi, wait!" He stopped and sighed. "Eh, I'll just let her cool off…"

Rikina nodded. "Yeah, I didn't mean to be so hard on her…"

At that moment, Tenshi came flying up, panting heavily. "Hey! Do you know where Tokimi is?"

Yamato nodded slowly, scared at the sight of a flying, talking bunny rabbit. He pointed in the direction that Tokimi ran in, his hand shaking. "Y-yeah… She went that way!" He screamed out. "Ahhh! Please don't eat me, talking flying demon bunny!"

Tenshi and Rikina sweat dropped. Rikina looked at Tenshi. "Why do you need to find Tokimi?"

Tenshi yelled out. "Because! AmiwentallmeanandevilandshewantstogetridofTokimiandthenmaybeyouandahhhh!"

Yamato and Rikina looked at each other, a bit confused. They then gasped, coming to a realization. "Tokimi!" They hopped out of the lake and ran in the direction that Tokimi had run in. They gasped as they saw all the cannibals surrounding Tokimi.

Tokimi looked back and frowned. "Hey! A little help here?"

Rikina grinned at Yamato. "I heard you were a good fighter… Want to show it off for us?"

Yamato sweat dropped. "I am?"

Rikina sighed. "Oh, right… Well, just try not to get killed, okay?"

The cannibals suddenly took out tons of guns and pointed them at the three. "We have come for the one called Tokimi…" One of them pointed to Rikina. "Are you her?" He looked at the pink marks on her cheeks. He gasped. "Um, are you related to Kaolla Su?"

Rikina nodded slowly. "Um, yeeeahh… Why do you want to know?"

The cannibal shrugged. "Oh, know reason… BACK-UP, ATTACK FROM BEHIND!!"

"Huh?" Yamato raised an eyebrow, before he and Rikina were konked on the head, knocking them out. The cannibals all shrugged and dragged off a screaming Tokimi. They then knocked her out.

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When they awoke, Yamato sat up looking around. He glared and stood up. Rikina then also woke up. She stood up and walked over to Yamato. "Yamato? She's gone, Yamato…" Jealously and greed began to take over. She hugged him from behind. "Let's just forget about her… It will just be you and me…"

Yamato, without looking back, answered her. "I'm afraid that I can't do that, Rikina… I know that you love me, but I love Tokimi…"

Rikina gasped. "You… you got your memory back? Then how did you know that--"

Yamato interrupted her. "For some reason, I still have those memories of when I had amnesia…"

Rikina sighed. "Oh…" She let go of him. "So, should I call you Shima, or--"

"Yamato is fine…" He looked back and smiled. "I've decided to fully embrace the name my parents gave me! I've finally come to terms with my father…" He looked into her eyes. "You know, I never really hated him! I just wanted to get his attention for once… Mother was so sad on those nights when he wouldn't come home because he was busy…" He shook his head. "But what am I doing, bothering you with my problems… Tokimi is in danger, and we don't know where she is…"

"I do!" Tenshi squeaked, flying up to them. "Just follow me!"

"No, we'd never make it in time…" Yamato looked over to Rikina. "Hey Rikina, could you make us some sort of transportation device?"

Rikina stared up at him, smiling. "No."

Yamato nodded. "Oh, that's goo-- What?!"

End of Chapter 36

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Next chapter really heats things up as things begin to take a dark turn… Yamato, Rikina, and an exhausted Tenshi are stranded and Rikina refuses to build something that can help them get there due to her own feelings.

Some of are heroes are locked up, and the rest are all split up across the island, lost.

Ami has become corrupt and leads the cannibals, along with her sister. Kai is just plain screwed.

Things are looking bleak for our heroes, but in the darkness, a thread of light can sometimes be found…

Sarah: Oh god, that was soooo corny… You pull that crap again and I'll come over there and slap you…

You just try, I'll go and make you even mushier than I've made you now…

Anyway, Part One of the conclusion of the 'Lakuna Island Arc' begins next chapter! What will happen? You will have to wait…

---Kouji Tamino

P.S. I may have to slow down chapter production soon… Which means, no more daily chapters… But hopefully, that won't happen…