Due to a bad case of writer's block, which I am still going through, and how busy I've become because of school, I'm going back to my 2-3 chapters per week schedule. That's why there wasn't a chapter on Tuesday. Anyway, I am at a complete blank when it comes to ideas. But, I still have some ideas in my brain somewhere, and I can't disappoint you guys… So, I'm just going to dig deep within my brain for some ideas and hopefully I can get through this. And it looks like my old separators work again, and it was an error. Good. Now, let's get on with the fic!

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Love Hina Next: Second Phase

Chapter 21: Dreams

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Nighttime. Our group of crazies at the Suichi Mansion are getting some well deserved rest. Nestled in their beds, they awaited the new day that would greet them soon. As they slept, they each had their own dreams. Some were fantasy, some were real… Sometimes, too real for comfort…

Let's take a look at their dreams, shall we? Let us start with our main protagonist, Shinichi…

---Shinichi's Dream---

Shinichi walked down the sidewalk, looking around at all the people. "Wow, the streets sure are empty…" Suddenly, Megumi walked up. "Oh, Megumi! Hello!"

Megumi stared at Shinichi. "Bleh…" She stuck her tongue out and it fell to the floor, now twice the size of her body.

Shinichi's eyes widened. "Um… Megumi… Your tongue is hanging…"

"Oh wheethy? Woow, I didith notith…" She stuffed her tongue back in her mouth. "Thanks!"

Shinichi sweat dropped. "Um… No problem…"

"Shinichi-kun! There you are!"

Shinichi turned around and smiled. "Ms. Ami! H-- Yah wah?!"

Ami giggled. "What's wrong?" She had cat ears and a tail, both matching her hair. She smiled as she grew some whiskers. "Nya!" She jumped on Shinichi and licked him on the nose. "Kitty wants to play…" She pouted cutely.

'Oh god, am I high?!' Shinichi mentally screamed. "Um… Ami?" Shinichi began. "As nice as it is to live out my teenage fantasy of meeting a real life catgirl, could you please get up?"

Ami growled, scratching his face a bit. "Nya, you're no fun!" She hopped up and ran away.

Shinichi watched in shock as he watched Junko run past at an inhuman speed, then jump over a building. "What the hell is going on?!" He quickly stood up and looked around frantically. "I've got to get the heck out of here!!" He began to run until he ran into Naoko, accidentally knocking her down. "Naoko, sorry!" He helped her up and helped her dust off her clothes.

Naoko smiled. "It's all right, Shin-kun…" She gave him a confused look. "But what are you running from?"

"Everything!" Shinichi yelled. "The whole world has gone crazy!! I think that you and I are the only normal people left!"

Naoko's eyes widened. "Oh my! Quick, let's hide!" She grabbed his hand and took him into an old warehouse. There were old toys every where, and it made Shinichi a little uncomfortable as realistic dolls stared at him. Naoko looked to him. "Are you all right?"

Shinichi nodded slowly. "Yeah, it's just a little unnerving when you've got clowns staring at you…"

Naoko giggled. "You're silly, Shin-sama…" Suddenly, the toys began to smudge. Naoko gasped. "Oh no! Everything's melting!"

"Melting?!" Shinichi screamed. "But toys don't melt!!"

"Of course they do!" Naoko screamed. "So there is only one thing to do!!" Naoko raised her hand in the air and a pink wand with a heart-shaped on top appeared in it. She waved it around while chanting a spell of some sort. "Bubble gum, koos koos, chop chop, mooey! Super Magic Nao Power Transformation go! Magical Girl Nao Nao!" After a long drawn out transformation scene with bits of nudity, Naoko was now 'Magical Girl Nao Nao', a little warrior of justice who was dressed in a light pink and hot pink sailor fuku. "I will have to eat this melting plastic in order to save the city!"

Shinichi sweat dropped. "What the hell is this?…" He watched in horror as little Naoko/Nao Nao gulped down tons of melting plastic and metal. He would have ran away in confusion and terror, but he couldn't just leave her there.

After a while, Nao Nao finished. She didn't look a pound bigger. "That was yummy!"

Shinichi stared. "…Yummy?… No offense, Ms. Naoko, but you just ate several tons of melted toys… How can that taste good? And how have you not gained any weight?"

Nao Nao burped, and her body expanded 10 times. "Oh my… Looks like I've made a pig of myself… Shin-kun, you wouldn't mind rolling me back home, would you?"

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A little while later, Shinichi walked into his room. He closed the door and sighed. "What a day…"

"Poor baby… Want your mistresses to make it all better?"

"Mistresses?…" Shinichi muttered, turning around. "Gyah!!" He screamed as he was face to face with Sakura and Kairi in living form. They grinned and pushed him onto his bed. "What's going no here?! Ms. Sakura I can understand, but Ms. Kairi?"

Kairi chuckled evilly. "Sakura helped me learn a few things about myself…"

Shinichi took a big gulp. "I guess so…"

Sakura smiled, licking her lips. "Also, we have a secret that we just had to tell you about…" Sakura and Kairi's eyes turned crimson red, fangs growing out of their mouths. "We've developed a bit of a taste for blood…"

Shinichi began to whimper. "N-no! Stay back! NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

---End Shinichi's Dream---

Shinichi abruptly awoke from his disturbing dream, breathing heavily. He wiped his sweat soaked face slightly, then laid back and relaxed as he realized that it was just a nightmare.

Now that we have explored a tiny bit of Shinichi's mind, let's move on to someone else…

Our tour of dreams brings us to the room of Junko. While what dwells in her mind may turn out to be frightening, we must take the plunge. Let's gather up all of our courage and enter…

---Junko's Dream---

Junko raised an eyebrow, looking around. There was nothing but endless white. "Hey, where the hell am I?… Is this a dream? It's not a very interesting one…" Suddenly, she senses our presence. "Hey, hey! Get out of my dream, damn it!" She raised her fist. "Before you end up sniffing your own ass!"

O.O

Well then, we'll just be going, now…

---End Junko's… Dream?---

That was… frightening. It seems my theory was correct, but I didn't think it would be that bad… Let's go to a 'gentler' subject, shall we?

Ah, sweet Naoko. Her dreams can't be that bad, can they?

---Naoko's Dream---

"Argh…" Nao Nao growled, holding her arm. "She's too strong!"

A girl with long flowing blonde hair and red eyes stared at Nao Nao and giggled. "You see? You cannot stop me from taking over the world!" She was dressed in a long black hooded robe.

Nao Nao looked to the ground sadly. "What shall I do? The Nao Power Staff is almost completely drained of it's power…" She cried a small puddle of tears, then gasped as her sister's face appeared in the puddle. "Junko!"

Junko glared at her sister. "Hey! Why are you giving up so easily?"

Nao Nao looked at her sister sadly. "I'm sorry… But I'm running out of power… There's no hope left… You and the other's… your sacrifices will be in vain, and it will be all my fault!"

Shinichi appeared in the puddle and shook his head. "Naoko… We believe in you… You should believe in yourself… It was never the staff that gave you your power…"

Ami appeared. "It was the power in your heart…"

"So go and make us proud!" Junko yelled. "Or I'll get you when you mess up and get where we are!" Their images disappeared, and Nao Nao smiled sadly.

"All right, everyone… I'll try…" She slowly stood up and pointed at the girl in front of her. "Dark Nemesis! Your darkness cannot effect me any longer!" She raised the staff into the air, and it began to glow. Nao Nao reverted to her normal self.

The girl known as Dark Nemesis raised an eyebrow. "What do you think you're doing?"

Naoko smiled. "I'm not afraid anymore!" The staff shrunk into a heart shaped pendant. "Because I have all the hope, dreams, and courage of my friends right here with me!"

Dark Nemesis's eyes widened. "No! Not the--"

"That's right!" Naoko shouted, frowning. "This is the Ultimate Nao Power Pendant! Your time has come!" The pendant glowed even brighter, and Naoko pressed it against her chest. "Ultimate Nao Power Transformation!" An even longer, with an extra 2 seconds of nudity, transformation sequence took place. "Ultimagical Girl Nao Nao!" She was now wearing a pink sleeveless shirt, blue skirt, and a long flowing blue cape. Her black hair was now let out of the pigtails, flowing down her back. A golden aura surrounded her as she floated towards Dark Nemesis. "Are you ready to give up?"

Dark Nemesis gasped. "That glow…" she blushed, touching her cheek. "It feels so… warm… I don't feel hate in my heart anymore…" She jumped toward Nao Nao and gave her a hug. "Please! Can we be friends forever and ever?"

Nao Nao sweat dropped. "Um…. Sure…" 'Wow, that was easy…'

---End Naoko's Dream---

That was… interesting. Let's move on to another person. We'll skip over Kairi, because unfortunately, ghosts can't sleep, thus they can't dream… Kairi sighed as she realized this. "Oh well… But gee willikers, my only appearance in this chapter was in an out of character vampire scene…"

Poor Kairi. Well then, let's move on to Megumi. I'd go to Sakura, but I don't even want to go there…

---Megumi's Dream---

In a field of pink grass, we see Megumi and Shinichi in white dress clothes. They are drinking tea being served by Ami in a maid outfit. "Servant, could we get some more tea?…"

Ami sighed. "Yes, ma'am…"

Megumi coughed. " 'Yes ma'am', what?"

Ami stared at Megumi. "Yes, ma'am… she who has bigger breasts than I can ever hope to have…" She growled. "That's it!!" She tossed the tea to the ground. "I'm sick of this! I'm taking over this dream!"

---End Megumi's Dream, Begin Ami's Dream---

Ami, a black aura surrounding her, had a whip in hand. She grinned evilly at Megumi, who was chained up to the wall. "I am sick and tired of your constant teasing! Now you must be punished!"

"Waaah! I'm sorry, Ami!!" Megumi cried, struggling against her chains. "Please don't!!"

"Too late for that!" Ami screamed, bringing the whip behind her.

"Stoppu!" Nao Nao screamed, running in. "Ami, you must stop this foolishness! Otherwise, Magical Girl Nao Nao and her sidekick 'Not-So-Dark Nemesis' will be forced to stop you!!"

Not-So-Dark Nemesis waved meekly. "Hi there…"

Junko glared. "I don't know what the hell you all are doing in my dream, but please GET THE HELL OUT!!"

Sakura growled. "Your dream?! I didn't even get one!"

Ami looked around, confused. She grabbed her head and screamed. "Kyaaah! What the hell is going on?!"

---End of Dream---

Ami awoke in her bed, panting. "Oh my god… That was a weird dream…" She looked over to see Meiruuna in her bed, naked.

"I'll say…" Meiruuna said, smiling.

---REAL End of Ami's Dream---


"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" Ami screamed, waking up everyone in the house. She shivered. "Oh, wow… Remind me to never eat junk food before bed ever again…" She sighed, then fell back to sleep.

End of Chapter 21

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Well, well.… Looks like I got over my writer's block pretty quickly. Anyway, this was just my way of blowing off some stress. Hopefully, the next chapter will be better.

---Kouji Tamino