Musings of A Junior
The Story of Love Hina, told from the point of view of Motoko's Groupie (the three girls from Raika Highschool who keep following Motoko around). For those not familiar with their names, they are:
Kikuko Onoue (the dark haired girl with a sharp voice; also the narrator of this fanfic)
Sachiyo Matsumoto (The short haired girl)
Emi Ichikawa (The girl with two buns on her hair)
Love Hina is property of Ken Akamatsu and Licensed by Bandai Entertainment.
Springtime.
I was at home for the weekend taking a little break after doing homework. I haven't seen Motoko for some time, much as I hoped to do in order to discuss things with her, particularly that escapade at the train weeks earlier. I was worried about what was becoming of her. Turns out it was going to get really insane, and I was not at all prepared for some outrageous news I would get in a few moments. That moment came when the phone rang.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Hello? Kikuko! It's me Emi!" the caller said excitedly.
"Hey Emi! Wow you sure are in high spirits! What's up?"
"Hey! Have you heard the big gossip?"
"What big gossip?"
"Motoko! She's become a pop idol!" The words were like an explosion to my ears.
"Wh-wh-what!?!?!? What do you mean?" I said in aghast.
"Turn on the TV! Quick!" said Emi. I fumbled on the remote and turned on the TV. A Showbiz news program was on. Normally I'm not into these things, but the current news was the biggest shocker of my life.
"...and so while the whereabouts of pop sensation Naru Narusegawa remain a mystery, it seems her manager Kentaro Sakata, who just launched his own record company, found two new pop idols who are to begin recording a new album under his record label," said the show's host. "The new group, Sword and Flower, consising of Hinata Junior highschool student Shinobu Maehara, and Raika Highschool student Motoko Aoyama..."
I almost fainted at hearing the news. The great swordsman Motoko Aoyama, a POP IDOL!?!?!? WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON HERE!?!?!? I was so out of it that I nearly forgot that Emi was still on the phone.
"Hello? Kikuko? Are you still there? Hello?" Emi said over the phone. It was enough to snap me back to reality.
"Oh ah hi! Um, yeah I-I-I'm still here" I said nervously.
"Wow that must have been a big shocker huh?" said Emi.
"You have no idea" I said flatly. Before I knew it a song was playing on the show, and I heard a rather familiar voice... Motoko!?!?
"Hey! It's Motoko's new song! Listen!"
"Ahh..." I gasped. I listened closely. It was definitely Motoko's voice, though there was another singer with her. I assume it's that other girl, what's her name, Shinobu? Apparently it was just a snippet, as the song faded and the host started talking again while a picture of Motoko and a younger girl, both in their school uniforms, appeared next to her.
"And so that was a sample of Sword and Flower's first single, Sweet Blue Days, which will be on the radio waves very soon. Mr. Sakata says has high hopes for the new group while apparently his main star Narusegawa is on leave taking a break from showbusiness," said the host. Sword and Flower? How lame. I turned off the TV.
"Hey Kikuko you still there?" said Emi on the phone.
"Uh yeah. Look I have some things to do" I said quickly.
"Oh? Well okay talk to you soon"
"Yeah sure! Bye!" I hung up. This was too much for me. Motoko, what in the world are you doing to yourself? It was bad enough you dressed so feminine for that Keitaro, now you're singing for that new guy Kentaro Sakata? Ugh! Really now!
During the days that followed I was so hung up on the whole thing I ended up ignoring Emi and Sachiyo, who seemed unfazed by the whole thing, rather, they were so drunk from it they ended up becoming fans of Motoko's pop image now, and were even trying find ways to get her autograph. Geez. About Motoko herself, though, it seems that thanks to her rise into pop stardom she's become impossible to reach, as right after school she goes straight to that studio in God knows where to do her recording with her groupmate Shinobu. Thankfully it didn't last. More news came after about a week on that same TV program.
"...in an ironic twist of fate, pop idol Naru Narusegawa was expelled from showbusiness after she was caught attacking a man by a papparazzi cameraman. Apparently the producers felt it would damange her pop idol image, and she was forced to quit showbusiness. Meantime, due to a petty act of embezzlement, Kentaro Sakata's fledgling record company went into bankrupsy and was forced to shut down, ending the career of the new group Sword and Flower, consisting of highschool students Shinobu Maehara and Motoko Aoyama, long before they were able to launch their first single," the reporter said.
I breathed the sigh of relief. Motoko was back to her swordsmanship, though I'm not sure what kind of damage had been done to her skills from all that craziness, and her close proximity to that Kentaro guy. Apparently, more than I would have liked.
Summer that year
"Well here we are!" I said, looking around. We heard that the Hinata Seaside Teahouse had reopened in time for summer, and that Motoko would be there. We just couldn't resist and had to be there.
"Wow! This is great!" said Emi.
"And what's more, Motoko's gonna be here!" said Sachiyo.
"Well, hello there! Table for three?" asked a young lady with short brown hair, whom we learned was named Konno Mitsune, and a friend of Motoko's.
"Um yes." I said, before Mitsune led us to a table.
"Hey there she is!" said Emi, as we took our seats.
"Oh hi Motoko! Wow! You're a waitress here?" said Sachiyo.
"Oh it's you three again. Your orders?" Motoko replied.
"Yes! Shaved ice with red beans for all three of us," I replied. Unfortunately our moment of happiness from being served by Motoko was ruined once again by our most hated nuisanes, who were right at the next table.
"Oh! I think I've died and gone to heaven!" said that tall guy from long ago, whom we've recently learned was one Haitani Masayuki, an old friend of that Keitaro Urashima. "These waitresses are all total babes!" God he makes me sick!
"To think that there would be a harem of lovely girls in this shabby old seaside teahouse!" blabbered his pudgy companion, one Shirai Kimiaki. "Who would imagine such a place would exist in this world?" Oh please! Get a room will ya!?!? And some mouthwash too! Ugh!
"Who asked you?" said Miss Haruka, the owner of the place, very sternly.
"Don't you just hate guys like that?" said Sachiyo, who looked on the idiots with disgust.
"Really! What perverts!" said Emi, who was already pretty irked over the scene.
"Hey Motoko! Why don't you teach those two losers a lesson?" said Sachiyo all of a sudden. Not a bad idea there.
"Okay, I'll deal with them later" replied Motoko. But then she turned to the counter shouting "Hey Keitaro! Three orders of shaved ice with red beans!"
"Okay!" replied Keitaro from the counter.
"Ah..." I stuttered, but Motoko left to continue her business at the teahouse. Oh well I guess business first. Why doesn't she get a more appropriate job here, like a bouncer? Now that would be a great idea. Or maybe not, as we were about to find out...
"Boy is it a real scorcher today huh?" said a rather deep male voice. Well maybe there are a few nice sounding guys but they're usually already married. Problem is, this guy was gonna be trouble. For Motoko.
"It's him!" I overheard Motoko mutter, as she stopped and turned to the entrance of the teahouse.
"Hi!" said the newcomer, who turned out to be a professor at Tokyo University, one Seta Noriyasu, who was accomanied by a young blonde girl. His daughter? Hmm, doesn't look like him, with that blonde hair of hers.
"Hi Seta! How ya doin?" said Keitaro.
"Well, I'm glad you're here!" said Motoko, rather menacingly, which surprised us.
"Good to see you too, Motoko" replied Seta.
"Let's have another match today!" said Motoko, drawing her sword. Um, Motoko, I know it's cool to see you fighting and stuff, but, not here at the teahouse! And what's with this "another match" thing? What? Don't tell me that... MAN... is your Sparring Partner!?!?!? NO WAY!!!
"Alright!" replied Seta, going into a defensive stance. Oh no! They're serious!
(BOOM!) A huge Ki blast erupts from Motoko's attack. The whole teahouse is starting to creak. Uh oh!
"Haaaaaaa!" shouted Motoko, charging at Seta with some sword swipes, which he easily... DODGED!?!?
"Well, I'm impressed Motoko!" jeered Seta. Who is this guy?
"Yaaaaaaa!" Motoko charged again, with another Ki strike. Motoko! What are you doing!?!? By now the teashop was already rumbling, with some of the fixtures falling apart.
"Motoko! Stop it!" yelled one of the waitresses, the one named Naru Narusegawa. Yes, THE Naru Narusegawa, Kentaro's "runaway" pop idol before he hired Motoko, and incidentally, one of Motoko's friends at the Hinata Apartments.
"The teahouse is gonna collapse!" yelled Keitaro, who had another waitress, who happened to be Motoko's companion Shinobu Maehara in her former group Sword and Flower, and also another friend at the Hinata Apartments, quivering in his arms. Ugh, the pervert! Unfortunately my two friends got swept up in the action, forgetting all the mayhem it's causing, as well as their own safety.
"Yeah!" shouted Sachiyo.
"Go! Motoko!" Emi called out. This is getting out of hand. I'm gonna have a word with Motoko about this, that's for sure. Before we knew it, the teahouse had begun to collapse. Thinking fast, I grabbed my friends and took off running.
"Let's get out of here!" I said frantically.
"Hey!" yelped Emi.
"Ouch!" shouted Sachiyo. We were a safe distance by the time the teahouse was reduced to a pile of rubble.
"Are you girls alright?" I asked.
"Yeah, but we missed the fun" said Emi. Oh please.
"I'm okay. I hope Motoko is too." said Sachiyo worriedly.
"I'm going to have a word with Motoko. This is just not like her to go berzerk like that" I said flatly.
-TBC
A/N: Thanks for the input Mantis Man! Indeed it seems Motoko's Groupie gets practically no attention at all even from diehard Love Hina fans, so I thought it's time we got a really good look at them. I think they eventually warmed up to Keitaro though and accepted the fact that Motoko was friends with him. If you saw the Christmas Special, they actually rooted for him to meet Naru before midnight, and at the Spring Special, they were actually intrigued that a guy confessed his feelings to Shinobu (whereas if they were their old selves like they were at the start of the series, they probably would have been disgusted instead). I'm actually considering going past the OAV and blending in some ideas from the Manga - particularly Motoko's eventual crush on Keitaro in Volume 13, though whether or not it will be part of this fiction, or be a sequel story, is not yet definite.
The Story of Love Hina, told from the point of view of Motoko's Groupie (the three girls from Raika Highschool who keep following Motoko around). For those not familiar with their names, they are:
Kikuko Onoue (the dark haired girl with a sharp voice; also the narrator of this fanfic)
Sachiyo Matsumoto (The short haired girl)
Emi Ichikawa (The girl with two buns on her hair)
Love Hina is property of Ken Akamatsu and Licensed by Bandai Entertainment.
Springtime.
I was at home for the weekend taking a little break after doing homework. I haven't seen Motoko for some time, much as I hoped to do in order to discuss things with her, particularly that escapade at the train weeks earlier. I was worried about what was becoming of her. Turns out it was going to get really insane, and I was not at all prepared for some outrageous news I would get in a few moments. That moment came when the phone rang.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Hello? Kikuko! It's me Emi!" the caller said excitedly.
"Hey Emi! Wow you sure are in high spirits! What's up?"
"Hey! Have you heard the big gossip?"
"What big gossip?"
"Motoko! She's become a pop idol!" The words were like an explosion to my ears.
"Wh-wh-what!?!?!? What do you mean?" I said in aghast.
"Turn on the TV! Quick!" said Emi. I fumbled on the remote and turned on the TV. A Showbiz news program was on. Normally I'm not into these things, but the current news was the biggest shocker of my life.
"...and so while the whereabouts of pop sensation Naru Narusegawa remain a mystery, it seems her manager Kentaro Sakata, who just launched his own record company, found two new pop idols who are to begin recording a new album under his record label," said the show's host. "The new group, Sword and Flower, consising of Hinata Junior highschool student Shinobu Maehara, and Raika Highschool student Motoko Aoyama..."
I almost fainted at hearing the news. The great swordsman Motoko Aoyama, a POP IDOL!?!?!? WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON HERE!?!?!? I was so out of it that I nearly forgot that Emi was still on the phone.
"Hello? Kikuko? Are you still there? Hello?" Emi said over the phone. It was enough to snap me back to reality.
"Oh ah hi! Um, yeah I-I-I'm still here" I said nervously.
"Wow that must have been a big shocker huh?" said Emi.
"You have no idea" I said flatly. Before I knew it a song was playing on the show, and I heard a rather familiar voice... Motoko!?!?
"Hey! It's Motoko's new song! Listen!"
"Ahh..." I gasped. I listened closely. It was definitely Motoko's voice, though there was another singer with her. I assume it's that other girl, what's her name, Shinobu? Apparently it was just a snippet, as the song faded and the host started talking again while a picture of Motoko and a younger girl, both in their school uniforms, appeared next to her.
"And so that was a sample of Sword and Flower's first single, Sweet Blue Days, which will be on the radio waves very soon. Mr. Sakata says has high hopes for the new group while apparently his main star Narusegawa is on leave taking a break from showbusiness," said the host. Sword and Flower? How lame. I turned off the TV.
"Hey Kikuko you still there?" said Emi on the phone.
"Uh yeah. Look I have some things to do" I said quickly.
"Oh? Well okay talk to you soon"
"Yeah sure! Bye!" I hung up. This was too much for me. Motoko, what in the world are you doing to yourself? It was bad enough you dressed so feminine for that Keitaro, now you're singing for that new guy Kentaro Sakata? Ugh! Really now!
During the days that followed I was so hung up on the whole thing I ended up ignoring Emi and Sachiyo, who seemed unfazed by the whole thing, rather, they were so drunk from it they ended up becoming fans of Motoko's pop image now, and were even trying find ways to get her autograph. Geez. About Motoko herself, though, it seems that thanks to her rise into pop stardom she's become impossible to reach, as right after school she goes straight to that studio in God knows where to do her recording with her groupmate Shinobu. Thankfully it didn't last. More news came after about a week on that same TV program.
"...in an ironic twist of fate, pop idol Naru Narusegawa was expelled from showbusiness after she was caught attacking a man by a papparazzi cameraman. Apparently the producers felt it would damange her pop idol image, and she was forced to quit showbusiness. Meantime, due to a petty act of embezzlement, Kentaro Sakata's fledgling record company went into bankrupsy and was forced to shut down, ending the career of the new group Sword and Flower, consisting of highschool students Shinobu Maehara and Motoko Aoyama, long before they were able to launch their first single," the reporter said.
I breathed the sigh of relief. Motoko was back to her swordsmanship, though I'm not sure what kind of damage had been done to her skills from all that craziness, and her close proximity to that Kentaro guy. Apparently, more than I would have liked.
Summer that year
"Well here we are!" I said, looking around. We heard that the Hinata Seaside Teahouse had reopened in time for summer, and that Motoko would be there. We just couldn't resist and had to be there.
"Wow! This is great!" said Emi.
"And what's more, Motoko's gonna be here!" said Sachiyo.
"Well, hello there! Table for three?" asked a young lady with short brown hair, whom we learned was named Konno Mitsune, and a friend of Motoko's.
"Um yes." I said, before Mitsune led us to a table.
"Hey there she is!" said Emi, as we took our seats.
"Oh hi Motoko! Wow! You're a waitress here?" said Sachiyo.
"Oh it's you three again. Your orders?" Motoko replied.
"Yes! Shaved ice with red beans for all three of us," I replied. Unfortunately our moment of happiness from being served by Motoko was ruined once again by our most hated nuisanes, who were right at the next table.
"Oh! I think I've died and gone to heaven!" said that tall guy from long ago, whom we've recently learned was one Haitani Masayuki, an old friend of that Keitaro Urashima. "These waitresses are all total babes!" God he makes me sick!
"To think that there would be a harem of lovely girls in this shabby old seaside teahouse!" blabbered his pudgy companion, one Shirai Kimiaki. "Who would imagine such a place would exist in this world?" Oh please! Get a room will ya!?!? And some mouthwash too! Ugh!
"Who asked you?" said Miss Haruka, the owner of the place, very sternly.
"Don't you just hate guys like that?" said Sachiyo, who looked on the idiots with disgust.
"Really! What perverts!" said Emi, who was already pretty irked over the scene.
"Hey Motoko! Why don't you teach those two losers a lesson?" said Sachiyo all of a sudden. Not a bad idea there.
"Okay, I'll deal with them later" replied Motoko. But then she turned to the counter shouting "Hey Keitaro! Three orders of shaved ice with red beans!"
"Okay!" replied Keitaro from the counter.
"Ah..." I stuttered, but Motoko left to continue her business at the teahouse. Oh well I guess business first. Why doesn't she get a more appropriate job here, like a bouncer? Now that would be a great idea. Or maybe not, as we were about to find out...
"Boy is it a real scorcher today huh?" said a rather deep male voice. Well maybe there are a few nice sounding guys but they're usually already married. Problem is, this guy was gonna be trouble. For Motoko.
"It's him!" I overheard Motoko mutter, as she stopped and turned to the entrance of the teahouse.
"Hi!" said the newcomer, who turned out to be a professor at Tokyo University, one Seta Noriyasu, who was accomanied by a young blonde girl. His daughter? Hmm, doesn't look like him, with that blonde hair of hers.
"Hi Seta! How ya doin?" said Keitaro.
"Well, I'm glad you're here!" said Motoko, rather menacingly, which surprised us.
"Good to see you too, Motoko" replied Seta.
"Let's have another match today!" said Motoko, drawing her sword. Um, Motoko, I know it's cool to see you fighting and stuff, but, not here at the teahouse! And what's with this "another match" thing? What? Don't tell me that... MAN... is your Sparring Partner!?!?!? NO WAY!!!
"Alright!" replied Seta, going into a defensive stance. Oh no! They're serious!
(BOOM!) A huge Ki blast erupts from Motoko's attack. The whole teahouse is starting to creak. Uh oh!
"Haaaaaaa!" shouted Motoko, charging at Seta with some sword swipes, which he easily... DODGED!?!?
"Well, I'm impressed Motoko!" jeered Seta. Who is this guy?
"Yaaaaaaa!" Motoko charged again, with another Ki strike. Motoko! What are you doing!?!? By now the teashop was already rumbling, with some of the fixtures falling apart.
"Motoko! Stop it!" yelled one of the waitresses, the one named Naru Narusegawa. Yes, THE Naru Narusegawa, Kentaro's "runaway" pop idol before he hired Motoko, and incidentally, one of Motoko's friends at the Hinata Apartments.
"The teahouse is gonna collapse!" yelled Keitaro, who had another waitress, who happened to be Motoko's companion Shinobu Maehara in her former group Sword and Flower, and also another friend at the Hinata Apartments, quivering in his arms. Ugh, the pervert! Unfortunately my two friends got swept up in the action, forgetting all the mayhem it's causing, as well as their own safety.
"Yeah!" shouted Sachiyo.
"Go! Motoko!" Emi called out. This is getting out of hand. I'm gonna have a word with Motoko about this, that's for sure. Before we knew it, the teahouse had begun to collapse. Thinking fast, I grabbed my friends and took off running.
"Let's get out of here!" I said frantically.
"Hey!" yelped Emi.
"Ouch!" shouted Sachiyo. We were a safe distance by the time the teahouse was reduced to a pile of rubble.
"Are you girls alright?" I asked.
"Yeah, but we missed the fun" said Emi. Oh please.
"I'm okay. I hope Motoko is too." said Sachiyo worriedly.
"I'm going to have a word with Motoko. This is just not like her to go berzerk like that" I said flatly.
-TBC
A/N: Thanks for the input Mantis Man! Indeed it seems Motoko's Groupie gets practically no attention at all even from diehard Love Hina fans, so I thought it's time we got a really good look at them. I think they eventually warmed up to Keitaro though and accepted the fact that Motoko was friends with him. If you saw the Christmas Special, they actually rooted for him to meet Naru before midnight, and at the Spring Special, they were actually intrigued that a guy confessed his feelings to Shinobu (whereas if they were their old selves like they were at the start of the series, they probably would have been disgusted instead). I'm actually considering going past the OAV and blending in some ideas from the Manga - particularly Motoko's eventual crush on Keitaro in Volume 13, though whether or not it will be part of this fiction, or be a sequel story, is not yet definite.