LOVE HINA:REINCARNATED SOUL
Love Hina is the property of Ken Akamatsu, Castlevania is the property of Konami, except for Gabriel Belmont he is mine.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Thanks for the feedback q1120790. To tell the truth the pairing of Motoko and Gabriel had crossed my mind they have a lot in common, both from families that combat monsters and are dedicated to the respective arts. I also feel kind of bad for you that you could never get into Castlevania. It's a great series with some damn hard games though, but to each his own. Now though on with the story. "For what profit is it to a man if he gains the world, and loses his own soul?" Matthew 16:26.
CHAPTER SIX: FOR WHO I FIGHT
It has been several weeks since the incident involving the vampire Kiriko and most everything has gone back to what passes for normal at the Hinata. Since then Gabriel has begun his final year of school, he is attending Kanagawa Prefectural High School the same school that Shinobu attends. Gabreil can't help but wonder about this "Coincidence or fate, I wonder?". In this time he has grown closer to the others especially Shinobu, in fact he has quite the crush on her though he is to scared to admit it.
However though all apears to be normal looks as we all know can be quite deceiving. Unbeknownst to the others though he has been sneaking out at night though why remains to be seen. As luck would have it though this night would prove to be enlightening to several people.
Night comes to the Hinata and the same old daily occurences continue, dinner with Gabriel helping Shinobu with the clean up so that he is able to be near her, followed by his daily spar with Motoko, and finishing up with homework and studying . The moon has long since risen and it is a full moon this evening the light it shines down on the Hinata give it an ethereal feel to those who care to pay atention coupled with the fog the apartments have an almost otherwordly look to them but is none the less a gorgeous sight to behold. Most everyone at this time though have already turned in for bed save for Gabriel and Keitaro who was doing some late night studying for Tokyo U.
Keitaro decided to take a short break and go downstairs and get a snack, but when he got to the kitchen he heard a noise. To his suprise it was Gabriel and he appeared to be readying to go somwhere, so he decides to speak up and ask where he is going. "Gabriel, what are you doing up right now and where are you going?" he says just loud enough to be heard.
"Oh Keitaro, I didn't think anyone was awake. Guess I've been caught. Can we step outside to talk I don't want to wake anyone up." Gabriel says "Sure I guess so." replies Keitaro. "Now tell me were you're going at this hour don't you have school tomorrow?" Keitaro asks "Yeah I know I have school in the morning but I have to go out." Gabriel says he stops for amoment and looks at the moon before he continues. "Listen Keitaro you remember the night I came here and how I rescued Shinobu. Well you see the person I rescued her from was a vampire I didn't say anything because I thought you wouldn't belive me. That's not all though it's alll my fault that Kiriko attacked you guys the vampire that attacked Shinobu and Kiriko's childe were the same person." he says.
"I see but that doesn't explain why you're sneaking out." Keitaro says "I'm going out to patrol the town for vampires and the like, acually I've been doing it for a while now. I made a promise too protect you all and I entend on keeping that promise no matter what." Gabriel replied. "I think I understand now. You know you and I have some things in common." he says "Like what?' Gabriel asked.
"Well for starters you and I take promises very seriously and we allways follow through on them. Also the both of us would do anything for the people we care about especially the one person we love more than anyone else in the world." Keitaro says "What do you mean by that last part?" Gabriel asks. "You know I'm not quite as dense as alot of the people here think I am. You're doing this more than anything to protect Shinobu because you're in love with her aren't you?" Keitaro says. Gabriel blushed at Keitaro's question "Yes I am, I think that I have been since I first met her." Gabriel says.
"Now please don't go thinking I fell for her just because she's pretty, that's not why to me she is the most kind, gentle and inocent person I have erver known. When I look at her I can't help but think of her as an angel sent from heaven. Here to bring some light into this world of ours, that's why I couldn't bear for any harm to come to her." Gabriel says as he looks at the ground, "You know when I was about eight years old I asked my dad something. I asked why he was so strong, cause I wanted to be just like him slaying the monster and saving the day. Of course I was to young then to understand about my families job. Well he told me that the strength he had was something that everyone has in them, it wasn't the whip or anything like that it was his faith that he was doing what was right but it was mostly his love for my mom and I."
Gabriel looks up at the moon again and continues to speak "My dad told me that was where his real strength came from, he said that while he was battling Dracula all he could think of was my mom and I. If he didn't win then Dracula would have killed my mom and I and ended the Belmont line for all time then there would be no one who could have stopped him from plunging the world in to darkness and chaos. For my dad that simply was not an option and so in the end he won." a single tear fell down Gabriel's cheek as he thought of what his dad had told him.
"You see I feel as though as long as Shinobu is around there isn't anything I can't handle. I just wish I had the guts to tell her how I feel." he says. "Wow you sound just like me when ever I think about Naru, and don't worry I know how hard it is to tell someone how you feel." Keitaro said. For some reason Gabriel felt better after the talk with Keitaro "You really have a knack for helping people fell better you know that. This must be what having a heart to heart talk with an older brother is supposed to feel like." Gabriel says with a smile.
"Ah come on you're embarassing me I'm just doing my job as manager that's all." Keitaro replies 'Well you do one hell of a job if you ask me, but I need to get to patroling so I'll see you in the morning ok. Oh I have something else I want to ask please don't tell the others especially Shinobu I don't want them to worry, and if it's ok with you can I call you big brother cause that's what you feel like to me." Gabriel says. "Sure if you want to and I won't tell them alright. Hey you be careful out there." Keitaro says "Don't worry I always am." Gabriel says with a small laugh as he walks out into the night.
"To just think that someone his age is doing this kind of thing and all for the sake of his friends and for the sake of the one he loves. Gabriel whatever it is that fate has instore for you I think you'll handle it just fine.Well time to get back to my studies." Keitaro says to himself as walks back inside.
Later on as Gabriel is patroling the quite town of Hinata he thinks to himself about his talk earlier with Keitaro and what he should do about his feelings for Shinobu. "Ah man I can stare down vampires, demons and all other manner of monsters and not be scared but I'm terrified of telling Shinobu how I feel. I guess I'm scared she won't fell the same as me. What do I do? I'm just no good at something like this." he says to himself.
Suddenly Gabriel feels a presence nearby in the cemetary he was passing through. "Who's there come out and show yourself." he says "Now what is a stong handsome young man such as you doing in a cemetary at this time of night?" said a beautiful seductive voice. "That's my business not yours. Now who are you?" he asks. From out of the shadows of a tree a women walks, she is breathtakingly beautiful. She has short green hair and red eyes like rubies, the outfit she is wearing is quite revealing showing off her shapley legs and ample breasts, Gabriel feels as though he is under a spell.
"My name is Eve and I am here to make all of your problems go away and let you feel bliss." she says as she puts her hands on Gabriels cheeks to bring him in for a kiss.
"What is happening to me I don't want this and yet..." he thinks "Don't worry I'll make you feel wonderful very soon" she says. "No I won't do this you're not human! I know what you are, you're a succubus a demon that seduces men so you can steal their souls. Sorry but I'm not gonna be your next meal!" Gabriel says.
"My I can't belive you broke free from my spell, I like that. Your soul will be an excellent meal." she says as a pair of large bat wings sprouts from her back. "However my handsome one before I have you as my next meal let's play a bit first shall we." she says as she rises in the air. "You should have never tried to attack me demon. You're about to learn just how big of a mistake you've made." Gabriel says as he stirkes at her with his whip. "Burn!" he shouts as the whip now sheathed in flame strikes the succubus.
"Aahhh! You burned me you little brat. How did you know that I'm weak against fire?" she asks "Simple that's because I'm a vampire hunter and I know how to deal with beigns like you." he says as he executes a Fast Rising followed by an Energy Blast. "Aahh! Well lets see if you can hit me now guess which is the real me!" she yells as she splits into five mirror images. "Nice try but I know how to get around that too. Magic Missle!" he yells out with his hand stretched in the air as five knives of energy fly towards one of the mirror images.
"No how could you? This is not possible no one has ever done this before." she says "That's because you never fought a Belmont before. Now reurn to the hell you came from demon!" Gabriel yells as he strikes her one last time as she slips away into cloud of petals. Gabriel places his whip back on his belt and takes a momment to catch his breath. "Man I can't believe that my first time might have been with a demon. Glad I got loose from her spell. I think I'll get back to the Hinata, I've had enough for tonight." he says as he leaves the cemetary and heads back towards the Hinata.
When he gets back to the apartments he sneaks back into his room unnoticed or that's what he thought. However a certain Hot Springs Turtle had seen him leave and return she also overheard the conversation that Gabriel and Keitaro had. The next day passes by with no real problems but when Gabriel and Shinobu return home from school they arrive to a gathering of the tenants. Naru and Motoko give him a harsh stare and Gabriel can't help but wonder what he did to make those two upset.
"Hey guys what's up?" Gabriel asks in a jovial tone to try and lighten the mood, no such luck though. "Alright Gabriel we want to know why you have been sneaking out at night?" Naru asks "Yes we need to know if something is wrong and if if there is anything we can do to help." Motoko says in a very concerned voice. "What do you mean I'm not sneaking out at night I have no idea what you're talking about you must be mistaken." Gabriel says in a less than convincing tone.
"Don't act like you don't know what we're talking about. Tama told Mutsumi what you've been doing and she told us. So out with it!" Naru said in a rather upset tone. "Alright, I'll tell you why I've been sneaking out at night. I've been patroling the city for monsters so that I can protect you all just as I promised." Gabriel says sounding as if he were ashamed. "That's the reason but you shouldn't be going out like that alone what if something happened to you." Motoko says "Don't worry nothing will happen I can handle it." Gabriel says, he then hears something and turns to dee Shinobu about to start crying.
"You've been going out at night and risking geting yourself hurt or worse? Didn't you think about how we would feel if something did happen to you." Shinobu says with tears in her eyes as she grabs ahold of him and embraces him. "Please don't cry Shinobu I didn't want to make you upset but it was the only thing I could think of to keep you all safe. I'm sorry if I had you all worried, I won't go out any more if that's what you want ok." Gabriel says. "Do you promise I couldn't stand it if something happened to you Gabriel." Shinobu says.
"Oh Shinobu I..." however before Gabriel could say more they here a loud crash, amd everyone runs outside to see what happened. When they get outside the see a van crashed into a tree and turned on its side. "Oh my god I hope no one was hurt badly from that." Gabriel says. A man gets out of the van he is wearing a lab coat his face has blood rining down it but he has a smile on his face as if nothing was wrong with any of this.
"Oh sorry about that didn't watch were I was going." he says with a chuckle. "Seta!" everyone save Gabriel yells in unison. "Seta you idiot I told you to keep your eyes on the road." a womans voice called from inside the van "Yeah papa you've got to be more careful or you'll get sued." said another boice this one belonging to a young girl. The two other people climb out of the wrecked van one is Keitaro's aunt Haruka whom Gabriel met briefly the other is a young girl about 11 with long bonde hair who looked to be American to Gabriel. "Hi everybody how have you all been since I last saw you?" the man now identified as Seta asks, he is then struck by Haruka and he flys into a tree. "Shut up Seta." Haruka says in an annoyed voice.
END CHAPTER 6
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Alright another chapter done that felt real good. Well you know I just couldn't make up my mind on who I wanted to pair up Gabriel with so I had to decide the chaotic way, I flipped a coin heads for Shinobu, tails for Motoko and it came up heads so Shinobu it is. Plus I finally introduced a coulpe more Love Hina characters Seta and Sarah, it should get intresting with those two around shouldn't it. You know I would have had this chapter done sooner if I hadn't had to play Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for four and a half hours straight but that game is so fun to bad my thumb hurts like hell now because of it but I did finish half the game though. Well if you have any questions or there is something you would like to see in the story just ask away and remember to read and review. "What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets? But enough talk, have at you!"