Hiyo! Hello, everyone! I'm glad you liked the first chapter! Don't worry, I'll try to get a few appearances of older characters in. But since we're not at Hinata House this time around, that might be a little hard. Previous appearances sometimes felt forced, so I'm going to have to try extra hard to make the cameo seem believable. But I'll try my best!

P.S. Go get 'Negima! Volume 2'! =D

---Kouji Tamino

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Love Hina Next: Second Phase

Week 1, Day 2: Ami's First Rival! A Very Friendly Girl!

Shinichi slowly opened his eyes, getting up from his bed. "Ugh, what a dream… I let a girl with strange powers and her flying, talking bunny rabbit live here…" He chuckled slightly. "But that's just silly! And why the hell am I talking to myself?" He walked out of his room and down the stairs. "Oh well, might as well go get something to eat…" As he walked through the dining room and got closer to the kitchen, he could smell something cooking. "Ah, Olga must be cooking breakfast…" He frowned. "It smells odd, though…" He walked into the kitchen and what he saw made his eyes widen. "It… it wasn't a dream?! Thank god!" Just then, Tenshi flew by. "Ahhh! Flying rabbit!!"

Ami, dressed in a French maid outfit, smiled and waved, cooking. "Hi! Good morning, Shinichi-kun!"

Shinichi pointed at Ami, jaw dropped. "Ami-san! What are you doing?" Now a hot girl in a French maid outfit is one thing, but one looked like it was a bit too small. The top squeezed tightly against her body and exposed her navel. Her skirt was a few inches above her knees and Shinichi got a few peeks at her panties as she walked around the kitchen and the skirt bounced up and down. Her long smooth legs were covered in nylons, and her high heels clicked with each step. Her hair was tied into cute pigtails that went all the way down her back and past her butt. Needless to say, poor Shinichi thought he was still dreaming.

Ami tilted her head. "Well, I didn't think it was fair for me to be living here for free, so I decided that I should do house work and cook for you! You don't have a problem with that, do you?"

Shinichi slowly shook his head. "N-no problem at all… B-but what's with the outfit?"

Ami giggled. "Oh, this? I decided it would be fun to work while wearing this, but this was the only one left! Plus, all my clothes are still drying!" She spun around to show it off. "It's not too tacky, is it? I haven't worn one of these in years…"

"W-what?!" Shinichi screamed in shock. "Years?! How old are you?!"

Ami smiled. "Oh, I'm twenty years old! The last time I wore a French maids outfit was when I was fifteen!"

Shinichi stared at her in disbelief. "… You poor girl! Who would take adavtage of a fifteen year old like that?!"

Ami realized what kind of impression she had given him. "No no! It was nothing like that! Me and a bunch of other girls were trying to cheer up our landlord!"

"Lucky guy…" Shinichi muttered quietly to himself.

"What was that?" Ami asked.

Tenshi, who was sitting on the table and watching the conversation with amusement, sniffed the air. "Ami! The food!"

"Oh my god!!" Ami screamed, running toward the oven.

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Ami sadly put the food, er, crispy black things in the garbage. "Sorry about that… I was never a good cook…"

Shinichi nodded. "That's okay! I don't mind! Um…"

Ami gave a small smile back. "The only things I can make well are cakes, cookies, and tea… Would you like some tea and cookies instead?" She gasped and bonked herself on the head. "No, that's stupid! Cookies for breakfast?!"

Shinichi shook his head. "No, that's fine…"

Ami smiled and clasped her hands together. "Yay! I'll get on it right away!"

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Ami set the plate of cookies on the table. "Here you go! I'll go get the tea!"

Shinichi looked at the oddly shaped cookie peculiarly. He shrugged. "Oh well, it doesn't matter what it looks like! Down the hatch!" He picked up a cookie and took a bite. Suddenly his eyes bulged out. His left eyebrow began to twitch violently. 'Oh god, this is terrible! But… I mustn't… Hurt her feelings…'

Ami happily brought over the tea and set an already filled cup on the table. "So! How are the cookies?"

Shinichi, tears running down his face, managed to swallow the bite of the cookie he had eaten. "Wonderful!"

Ami stared blankly at him. "I recognize that look… They taste like crap, don't they?" She smiled. "Don't worry! I know my cooking sucks… Come on, tell me the truth!"

Shinichi looked straight at her. "Really?"

Ami nodded. "Sure! Let it all out! I'm tough! I can take it!"

Shinichi sighed, then burst out crying. "I'm sorry, but those were the worse things I have ever tasted!" He cried into the table, pounding on it. "It felt like my tongue was being run over, then set on fire, tied to a bumper, then dragged by a bullet train with me in tow!"

Ami sweat dropped as she watched Shinichi cry. "That bad, huh? Wow, no one's ever described it before… Look, I lied about the cookies, but at least try the tea! I've been told that my tea is really good…"

Shinichi picked up his cup of tea and looked at it suspiciously. "All right, if you say so…" He took a sip and all was silent. A single tear rolled down his face.

Ami pouted her lips. "Don't tell me that they lied to me about the tea, too!"

Shinichi shook his head. "It's just… It's just…"

Ami tilted her head. "What?"

"This is the BEST DAMN tea I have EVER tasted!!" Shinichi screamed, scaring off Tenshi and frightening Ami a bit.

Ami smiled. "Yippee! He likes it!"

"Ami, have you ever thought about selling this stuff?"

Ami blushed. "Actually, no… Do you really think that it's that good?"

Shinichi nodded. "Y-yeah!" Gaining a bit more courage, he added in a few more words. "…and someone as beautiful as you would have no trouble selling it…"

Ami blushed even more. "Y-you really think so?"

"Of course! Your skin tone, your perfectly white hair, your mysterious eyes… It's like you're a goddess…" Shinichi said softly. Realizing that this was the first time that he had ever said anything like that to a girl, he looked away.

Ami giggled. "Thank you…" 'If only you knew how close you were with that 'goddess' statement…' She leaned down and kissed him on the cheek.

Shinichi panicked. "Oh my god!!" He quickly stood up and ran out of the kitchen, slamming his face into the doorway in the process. "Ow…" He stepped back and fell backwards.

Ami gasped, set the tea kettle down on the table, and ran over to Shinichi. "Are you all right?!"

Shinichi groaned. "Sort of… My nose really hurts…" His picked up his glasses off of the floor, which had broken in two. "And it looks like my glasses are broken…" He gasped as Ami leaned down and kissed him on the nose.

Ami smiled as she leaned up. "Feel better now?"

Shinichi's face was beet red. "Yes, quite…"

Just then, there was a knock on the door. Ami quickly stood up. "I'll get it!" She ran out through the dining room and into the ballroom. She opened the door and smiled. "Hi!"

The red haired woman at the door was dressed in a red and white striped tube top, white super short shorts, red sandals, and shades. Her hair was short, shoulder length, and the edges rose up a bit. She took her shades off. Her eyes were yellow-goldish color and she was a bit taller than Ami. She also had bigger 'melons' than Ami… "Oh, how cute… Are you Shinichi's little sister?"

Ami's jaw dropped. "Little sister?"

The woman nodded. "Yeah… How old are you, 13?"

"Thirteen?!" Ami screamed. A complete stranger coming up and insulting her was the last straw. She snapped and glared at the woman. "That's it, bimbo! I'm giving you to the count of three to get out of here!"

Shinichi walked up next to Ami. "Ami, what's going on?" He looked at the woman. "Hey, you look familiar…" He squinted. "Forgive me, my glasses are broken and-- Hey! Is that you, Megumi?!"

The woman squealed, clasping her hands together. "Shinichi! You remember me!" She pushed Ami out of the way and hugged Shinichi, her boobs squishing against him. "It's been years!"

Shinichi face turned red again. "I know! I'm surprised we can recognize each other!" He sighed in relief as she let him go. "So what are you doing here?"

"I just got back here from New York yesterday, and I decided to check up on you!"

Ami pulled her head out of the wall she had been pushed into and dusted herself off. "Excuse my language, but… What the hell is going on here?!"

Shinichi smiled. "Ami, I'd like you to meet my childhood friend, Megumi Thompson! She's part American, if you didn't notice by the name! She moved back to America when we were 8 years old!"

Ami, forcing herself to smile, held out a hand. "Hi… I'm Ami… Twenty years- old… Nice to meet you…"

Megumi titled her head. "Oh! You're only a year younger than me? I guess I couldn't tell because of the size of your breasts and your height! Sorry!"

Ami gritted her teeth. "Oh, you did, huh? Ha ha ha…" she laughed, sarcastically. "So, what brings you here to Japan?"

"I went to America to get singing lessons so I could try and become a singer/dancer on Broadway! But, it didn't work out and now I'm back…" Megumi looked away. "Oh well, maybe it just wasn't meant to be…"

Ami's expression softened. "Oh, I'm sorry… But you shouldn't give up! You're still very young, you might still have a shot!"

Megumi smiled. "Thank you, Ami… By the way, what's your last name?"

Ami looked to the ground. "I don't know… The story is a bit… complicated and personal…"

Megumi nodded. "I see…" She looked toward Shinichi. "So, Shin-kun!" She edged toward him and rubbed his chest. "Why don't we take a bath together, just like in the old days, hmm?"

Shinichi began to sweat. "U-um… But Megumi! That was when we were younger! It wouldn't be appropriate now!"

Megumi laughed. "Aww, don't be so old-fashioned… Loosen up! You'll never have any fun if you don't…"

Steam began to seep from Ami's ears. "Meeeggggumiii, you--"

"Oh yes, Ami!" Megumi began, smiling naughtily. Would you like to join us?"

Ami blushed and began to stammer. "U-um, w-well, uh I-I dunno, I don't…"

Megumi chuckled. "So how's about it, Shinichi? A bath with two lovely ladies? I'll just drag you to the bath with me whether or not you and Ami accept, you know…"

Shinichi sighed in defeat. "Fine…"

"Oh no you don't!" Ami screamed. "If he's going, I'm going!"

Megumi smiled at Ami. "So, Ami… Are you getting jealous of little ol' me? I've been friends with him for years, and you just met him, what? A few months, a year maybe? We've been exchanging mail and he's never mentioned you…"

Ami sighed. "I met him and moved in here yesterday…"

Megumi's eyes widened. "My! Only met yesterday and you two are already shacking up? You two are fast, aren't you?"

Shinichi blushed, screaming. "I-it's not like that! She was living in a horrible apartment and I just decided to let her stay here until she gets back on her feet! Plus, I owe her…"

Ami nodded. "Yeah! There's nothing going on between us!"

"Well then Ami," Megumi teased, "that means that you won't mind if I take Shinichi?"

Ami bit her lip. "Well, um…"

Megumi stuck her tongue out. "I was just kidding! I was also kidding about the bath! Shinichi, you know me better than that!"

Shinichi bowed. "I know… I'm sorry…"

Megumi burst out laughing. "Oh my, you two are amusing! I think I'm going to like living here!"

Ami jumped up. "What?! You're going to be living here?!"

"Yep!" Megumi smiled, hugging Shinichi again. "Me and Shinichi have had this planned since I told him I was coming home through video mail!"

Ami fell to her knees. "Oh, that's just great…"

Megumi squealed, squeezing the life out of Shinichi. "Oh, isn't this going to be so much fun?! I have so many things to tell you and--"

Tenshi flew in and sweat dropped. "Um, did I miss something?"

Megumi looked up and squealed. "Eeeee! A talking, flying bunny toy! How cute!!" She reached up and squeezed it. "Wow, it feels so real!"

Ami and Shinichi sweat dropped. "Um, it is real…"

Megumi's jaw dropped as she let go of Tenshi. "R-real?"

Cut to outside of the mansion. People walking by could hear a woman's blood curdling scream.

End of Day 2.

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Yay, another chapter finished! Ah, how I missed this feeling of accomplishment… =)

---Kouji Tamino