I'm finally back. Sorry, needed to take a little break from this project and start up a new project. Also, I needed to test out a new writing format to get rid of all of those stupid symbols and stuff. I'm pretty satisfied with it, so I'm implementing it into this series for the remaining chapters. So with that said, let's get back into the action! … Okay, that was lame…

Yeah, about last chapter… No, I don't read the Kama Sutra… Although… Just kidding. Anyway, the thing with that was: I needed to get all that out of my system. Now that I've gotten all the angst and sex out of the way, I can hopefully focus on bringing back my old spark.

Kouji Tamino


Love Hina Next: Second Phase

Chapter 54: Some Old Friends…

A car sped down the streets. It was a red, sleek looking hover car. It had leather covered seats and a fuzzy steering wheel. The only odd thing about this scene, was that the driver and passengers seemed to be dressed in traditional Japanese shrine maiden/onmyou priest clothing. Motoko, Sukyuzo, and Kimomo were on their way to Hinata House. Kimomo was behind the wheel, a gleeful look on her face. "Hee hee! Mommy! Daddy! Thank you so much for buying me this new car!"

Motoko turned pale as they narrowly avoided rear ending someone. "Well, that's nice but… Don't kill us on the way to Hinata House!"


Yamato walked outside for a bit. Reaching into his pocket, he took out a cigarette. He winced as Sarah, who had also stepped outside soon after him, began to scold him. "Tokimi wouldn't like to know that you are still smoking, you know…"

The current landlord of Hinata House sighed. "I know, I know… But old habits are hard to break, y'know?…"

The American smirked. "Exactly. Got a light?" she asked, pulling out a cigarette of her own. "I may not tell Tokimi if you do…"

The man chuckled, pulling out and lighting Sarah's cancer stick before lighting his own. "Today is my last day of freedom…"

Sarah glared at him. "What the hell is that supposed to mean!" She rolled her eyes. "Figures… Men always have to make marriage sound like it's the most horrible thing in the world…"

Yamato laughed. "Geez, Aunt Sarah, I was just kidding!"

She was about to pound him but decided against it. "Nah, I'll let you off for now… But only because tomorrow's your wedding…" She flicked him in the head. "But I'm not yer damn aunt…"

Yamato's eyes widened as he saw a car fly through the air towards them. "Holy shit, look out!" He pushed Sarah out of the way and they both fell to the ground. The car flew over them and screeched to a halt, just barely missing the building. Yamato sweat dropped as he realized that his face was in between Sarah's breasts. "Um… sorry?"

The woman glared at him before kneeing him in the face. "Hands off the merchandise, kid…" She stood up and dusted herself off; glaring at the driver. "Where the hell did you learn how to drive, Kimomo?"

The samurai girl blinked rapidly before pointing at her. "Um, you Ms. Sarah…"

The prankster face faulted. "Oh, that's right…"

Motoko and Sukyuzo nervously got out of the car, their legs wobbling. "…Is it over?" the samurai woman whispered.

"I think it is…" her husband replied, falling forwards.

Kimomo sighed. "Is my driving really that bad?"

"YES!" the others shouted.

She pouted. "Oh, poo…"

"You shouldn't talk, Sarah…" Yamato began. "You learned from the 'Master of Disaster' himself…" He was then hot in the face with a shoe.

"Don't talk about Papa like that, you pig!" she screamed, taking off her other shoe. "Or this next shoe is going up your ass!"

"Sarah, are you still violently threatening people"? Everyone turned to see Seta and Haruka walk over. Age was finally catching up with them. They both had some noticeable wrinkles and Seta's hair had gone totally gray. Haruka had some white streaks in her hair. The retired archeologist/adventurer smiled warmly. "Hey there, everyone… It's been a while…"

"Papa!" Sarah screamed, running towards him to grab him in a tackle hug.

Seta stopped her by putting his hand out. "Not today, dear Sarah… Last time, I almost suffocated because you squeezed me so hard…"

Haruka rolled her eyes, crossing her arms. "Can we get inside, now? It's unusually cold today and I'm freezing my ass off…"

"Ah, so you're the famous Shinichi Suichi…" Seta said, smiling. "I've heard a lot about you."

The son of Japan's richest man blushed lightly. "Me, famous? You must be talking about someone else…"

"Ah, but that's where you're wrong!" Keitaro shouted, walking up behind Seta. "You've accomplished quite a lot in the past year!"

Shinichi sighed. "I suppose you're right…"

"Don't be so modest, Shinichi-kun!" Ami shouted, smiling. "You really are something, you know…"

Motoko chuckled. "From what I've seen today, Shinichi, these girls seem to care an awful lot about you… You can't be as bad as you make yourself to be…" She groaned as a certain crazy inventor/island princess jumped on her back. "Ack! That's getting very troublesome…"

Su giggled. "Motoko! I missed you so much!"

The woman sighed in defeat, smiling. "I missed you too, Su…" She looked around. "It's good to see all of you, my old friends… I'm guessing that the others haven't arrived yet?"

Rikina nodded. "A lot of people don't live that far from here, so they're not arriving until tomorrow…"

"It's a good thing I don't have school today…" Naoko began. "Otherwise, the others would have been held up waiting for Sunday so I could go as well…"

Kairi smiled happily. "Well, I have a few hours until I'm in my living form, so what should we do for the next couple hours?"

"I dunno…" Yamato began, digging in his ear and picking out a piece of earwax. "We weren't really expecting this many people to be over already…"

Sakura grabbed Shinichi in a headlock. "How about you and me take a nice warm bath together, cousin? Wouldn't that be nice!"

"Gack!" the young man managed to squeak out. "Um, all right, just as long as you don't try anything weird…"

The redhead smiled at Shinichi innocently. "Now why would I try something weird?" She pouted. "Don't you trust me?"

"I sure know I don't!" Junko screamed, grabbing one of his arms. "Let Shinichi, go! He doesn't want to take a bath with you!"

"Now hold on just a minute!" Ami shouted, grabbing his other arm. "Shinichi promised that I could help him wash his back!" She smiled cutely at him. "Isn't that, right?"

Megumi shook her head, grabbing a hold of one of his legs. "Nuh uh… I distinctively remember him promising me that I could wash his back…"

"Now hold on just a second!" Shinichi screamed out. "I don't remember promising any of that! Now you're just putting words in my mouth!"

The girls all growled at him and dropped him to the ground. They walked off mumbling while everyone else sweat dropped. Saki ran over him, sat down on the floor, and put his head on her lap. "Shinichi-chan! Are you all right?"

Shinichi looked up at her and smiled. "Yeah, Sa-chan… Thanks…"


Shinichi walked into the bathing area of Hinata House. "Now to relax… I'm aching from the girl tugging on me…" His jaw dropped as he saw his set of girls, along with Yamato and his girls in the bath. "Wha! I thought you were kidding about the bath!"

Yamato chuckled. "Stop being such a worry wart. Relax, join us… Think of it as the Hinata House version of a bachelor party…"

Shinichi sighed. "Fine, fine…"

"Yay! Shinichi's here!" Nina shouted, grabbing him in a hug. "I missed you!" Her breasts squished against Shinichi's chest.

"Ack!" Shinichi attempted to keep a certain 'part' of him under control. No such luck.

Nina raised an eyebrow as something pressed up against her. "Oh wow, what's this?…" She reached under the water and grabbed it. "It's… hard… and it's getting bigger!"

Shinichi squealed. "D-don't touch that!"

Pretty soon, all of 'Shinichi's girls' were glaring at Nina. "You leave him alone!"

Nina's eyes widened as she backed away. "Eep! Sowwy…"

"Here, Shinichi…" Sakura held up a sponge. "Let me wash your back for you…"

She was pushed out of the way by Ami. "No! Shinichi-kun, let me wash your back!"

Megumi joined in and it turned into a full scale cat fight in the water. Junko took this opportunity to make her move. She bit her lip nervously, her cheeks turning pink. "Um… Shinichi-kun? I would um… like to…"

Shinichi sighed. "Sure, why not?… Ms. Ami, Megumi, and Sa-chan are too busy fighting anyway…" Junko smiled slightly, getting behind him and starting to wash his back. He chuckled. "Don't get too angry at me for saying this, but I'm surprised that you weren't in that fight…" He winced as Junko started scrubbing harder. "Ow! I was just kidding!"

Junko giggled easing up on her scrubbing. "You're such a dork…"

The other girls quickly stopped fighting, staring sadly at Shinichi and Junko. "Shinichi-kun/Shinichi-chan/Shinichi!" They whined, running towards them. "That's not fair!"

Junko chuckled, sticking her tongue out. "You snooze, you lose, girls…"

Tokimi, who was sitting with Rikina in another part of the bath, looked over to the girls with amusement. "My, they sure do seem to be attached to him…"

Tokimi's best friend laughed a bit. "Yeah, sure brings back memories…"

Kimomo smiled. "I wonder… Has Shinichi ever-"

"That's enough…" Meiruuna muttered. A small smile appeared on her face. "Besides, I already got him…"

Kimomo gasped, her eyes widening. "You didn't…"

"Oh, don't worry…" Meiruuna began, standing up, getting out of the bath and putting on a towel. "It was all 'oral'…"


"Dinner's ready, everyone!" No sooner after Shinobu had said that, had everyone rushed into the dining room. Most of them had not eaten Shinobu's cooking in ages, and they were looking forward to it.

"So…" Keitaro began, looking towards his son. "How's it going?"

Yamato stared at his father. Tension was growing in the air. Most of the people at the table knew about the rocky relationship Yamato had with his father for years. "I'm Fine…" He smiled, sighs of relief coming from every which way. "You?"

Keitaro smiled back. "I'm doing good… So, tomorrow's the big day?"

"Yeah…" The younger Urashima male muttered, rubbing the back of his head. "I'm pretty nervous…"

"Downt be nervouth!" Nina shouted, her mouth full of food. Saki was unfortunate enough to be sitting in front of her.

Sarah glared at her adopted daughter. "Nina, you're a freaking grown woman now! You know better than that! That's nasty!" She looked to Saki and chuckled nervously, handing her a napkin. "Sorry about that…"

"It's okay…" the former ice queen said softly. "I probably deserved it, anyway…"

The American raised an eyebrow, whispering over to the nearby Shinichi. "What's up with this chick?"

Shinichi sighed. "It's a long story…"

Su giggled, reaching into a bag that was set next to her. "Ooh, ooh! I almost forgot! I have a new invention!"

Shinobu frowned. "Su! Not at the dinner table!"

Rikina smiled. "It's okay… It deals with food anyway…"

The crazy reluctant island princess and owner of one of the most powerful technological companies in the world took out a tiny can of cola that was no bigger than her thumbnail. "This is my new 'Super Compact Soda Can'! It will revolutionize the way we drink soda forever!" Su smiled as she got cries and shouts of 'Cuuuute!' and 'That's so cool!' "I know, I'm amazing, please hold your applause!"

Saki stared at the can. "Um, sure it's cute and all, but… How the hell can you get a decent drink from that thing?"

Su grinned, holding out the can. "Why don't you see for yourself?"

The young woman stared at the can, shaking it up a bit and laughing, then opening it. A huge spray of soda hit her in the face. "Kyah!" she screamed, moving the can away from her face. "What the hell!"

Rikina laughed. "Sorry, forgot to warn you… That cola-can can carry more cola than the average can… 5 times more, to be exact. It will make storage a breeze!"

"Um…" Shinichi began. "Excuse me Miss Su, but who the heck would want to drink that much soda?"

"I'm working on a reseal-able can next…" Su explained, crossing her arms. "Um, Rikina? Are you sure that your equation that we used to determine how much soda would come out was correct?"

Rikina nodded. "Of course I'm sure! Why would you-" She screamed as she realized that they were all knee deep in cola. "Oh my god! I screwed up!"

"Oh my god!" Naru screamed. "Where are Miaka and Kimiko!"

"Yamato is gone, too!" Tokimi shouted.

As if on cue, Yamato popped up from the pool of soda, holding both of the girls. The twins were gasping for air and coughing. "Don't worry, I got 'em!"

"I'm sorry…" the goth Su sister said softly. "I screwed up…"

Naru shook her head. "No, it's okay Rikina… We all make mistakes, and the twins are safe. That's all that matters."

"Hey, where'd the soda go?" Ami asked, looking around.

Nina groaned, her belly protruding a little. "Ooooh… I think I drank too much…"

Sarah growled, smacking her forehead. "My god, what's wrong with you?…"


That night, everyone headed up to their rooms to get ready for bed. Tomorrow was the big day, so they were going to sleep a little early. Kairi, who was in her living form, happily hugged her vial that Keitaro had given her. Behind her, Junko and Sakura were having a pillow fight. Junko growled as Sakura threw her pillow at her, hitting her in the face. She smirked and threw her own pillow at her opponent. She dodged, the pillow smacking Kairi in the hand, making her drop the vial. Her eyes widened in horror as it shattered against the floor.

End of Chapter 54

Sorry that this chapter took so long to get up. I kept writing tiny bits each day before for some reason, giving up and waiting until the next day to finish it. I'll try and get another chapter up tomorrow to make up for it.

Kouji Tamino