The Dimension Jumpers

Chapter 1 how the story begins

Disclaimer I don't own Love Hina

Author Notes: thanks for all of the reviewers who gave advice to make the story look and sound better. This is an redone version of chapter one. There are some changes to what is said and thought but not enough to change the story line.

Story Notes: Names of characters in underline are referring to the names of the people who live in the parallel dimension and the names in regular type are the names of the people who live in our dimension.

I don't know what happened back there.

I was for one moment in Su's room as she tested her quote latest and greatest invention unquote. A machine that can prove that there are other parallel dimensions that exist in our universe but up until now cannot be visited by anyone.

The theory has always been there. We do not need any proof because we have seen it first hand. Nobody believed that it could work. I wasn't afraid of this creation, this machine, for it could not work. I was sure of it. We were all sure of it but Su believed it could work.

She turned it on and we waited for the machine to fail as all the other machines had eventually done but this time we were wrong, very wrong. What Motoko and I witnessed during the time spent in this reality, if you can call it that, changed our perceptions on everything. The perception that this is the one and only universe that no other worlds or dimensions will or ever existed. That eternal life was an impossible feat to accomplish. A place that seemed so much like our own but at the same time was totally different.

The people we met there were the people, Motoko and even I called friends, even family but they were totally different people. This place was called Hinata Hot Springs and it felt like our home but it felt like it wasn't our home at the same time. This is the story of the people we met, the places we traveled, and how the two of us escaped from this nightmare. This is our story.

A bright light was all that we could see but then the light subsided and we were in the town of Hinata Hot Springs.

"Where am I?" Keitaro asked himself as he became confused during the time spent in the bright light.

"Keitaro, is that you?" Motoko asked to as she heard his voice amongst the crowd.

"Right here!" He spoke as he waved his hand to get her attention.

She followed his voice and the hand that waved her over and when they found each other, we felt better knowing that we were okay but at that time something started to bother us.

"It seems that we are in the town of Hinata Hot Springs, Urashima. Something just doesn't feel right. I don't know what it is but it feels as if I am in a foreign place."

"That's impossible! How could that contraption do this! Do you really think that we have actually traveled to a parallel dimension and, if we did, how can we get back home?"

"That thought did cross my mind but you should take a look at the buildings all around you. They appear to have been scarred in battle but we live in a peaceful country and yet it looks as if major battles have been fought here recently."

"You're right, Motoko but.."

I was then interrupted by a news program playing on a TV in an electronics store and it was then that we realized the gravity of our situation.

"Hello and welcome to Western Hinata Hot Springs News Channel 8. We have breaking news to report at this time. There appears to be yet again another explosion. This time the attack is in sector three of west Hinata hot springs. There has been no word on casualties at this time but the Aoyama Administration has confirmed that this attack was carried out by the rogue government of East Hinata Hot Springs. It is currently controlled by Prime Minister Amalla Su who has yet to take responsibility for this barbaric act of violenceMore updates will come as we receive them. This has been Western Hinata Hot Springs News Channel 8 breaking news, signing off."

Aoyama Administration? Motoko thought to herself. When has this town been split into two and why does my family have complete control over the west half of town? Did Su's machine really work and if so, are we really in a parallel dimension?

Prime Minister Amalla Su running the east half of Hinata Hot Springs? This can't be! This town has had no problems of any kind for as long as I can remember. No, it can't be! Did Su's invention actually work? If it did work, we are surely in more trouble than we can ever imagine. Keitaro thought to himself as if he can somehow reason out what he has just learned which he couldn't.

"Hey, look over there Motoko. That looks like Kitsune over there across the street."

"Yes that does but we can't be sure if these people are our friends in this dimension. They could be.." I never got to finish the sentence as Keitaro started to run to where Kitsune was walking and caught up with her.

For the love of it all, will he ever use a little common sense for once and just listen to what I have say.

I ran and caught up with him but at that time Kitsune spoke to the two of us.

"What the hell are you doing here? Are you trying to get yourself captured, Keitaro and why are you being followed by...?" Kitsune spoke to up as if she confused him with his counterpart in this dimension. When she saw me, she looked terrified as if she saw a ghost. "You, you, you're dead, I know it. It was all over the news."

"Dead? What are you talking about?" Was my counterpart in this dimension really dead and what will that mean to me? I know it could be dangerous but if what Kitsune says is true, and if they think that I am the Motoko of this dimension, they may try to have me me...I thought to myself before my thoughts were interrupted.

"You, you are General Motoko Aoyama, head of the military of West Hinata or at least you were until an unknown gunman put three bullets in your chest six months ago while eating at a restaurant."

"General? I was the leader of the military of West Hinata? Why is Urashima so important? I need answers and I need them now."

"We need a place to stay. Do you have any place where we could stay and talk?"

"Yeah, I got a safe place where you can lay low for a while. I need to have a serious talk with the two of you."

"I agree. When we get there, we need answers to a lot of questions and we need them now."

"Same here. You better start explaining yourself as I am already confused. I have lots of questions for both of you as well and I want them all answered."

"Let's head there now before you two start to attract attention to yourselves which will not be a good thing for any of us."

We then headed to Kitsune's safe place but when we got there, we weren't sure how we were going to take what Kitsune was going to tell us. The one thing that we needed now was a way home. I'm not sure if there is any possibility of it happening but we have to try anything and everything. In the meantime, we need to know the history of this place. We both were curious to know how our friends and family were like in this dimension. Most important of all the questions we were planning on asking, we needed to know who we were and we behaved in this dimension. I just somehow knew the answers to these questions were not going to be easy to swallow but I know that this knowledge will be essential to our survival.

Author notes: To explain the story better, Su had created a machine that can transport a person or persons into a parallel dimension. Motoko and Keitaro are thrown into this dimension. In this dimension, Hinata is split between two warring factions. One controlled by Tsuroko Aoyama and the other controlled by Amalla Su. Why they are in a constant state of war and what Keitaro has to do with this war and his importance to both factions will be answered in the next chapter. Please read and review with your input and any suggestions for how the story should play out will be heard but not necessarily be used but are always appreciated.