Oh My Love Hina
Chapter 2
The girls who caught Keitaro Urashima clinging to a girl each had their own thoughts.
Kitsune: Well I never expected that loser flunkie would ever be acquainted with a girlfriend.
Su: Yeah maybe a new playmate for me!
Shinobu: …
Naru: Pervert…
Unfortunately for Motoko, she couldn't contain her thoughts and said out loud.
"How dare you defile an innocent woman?"
Keitaro was in panic once again and threw his arms up. "It's not what you think!"
"Yeah, right, like every excuse you always said," said Naru.
"How dare you evade the truth, you lecherous, perverted, disgusting, lying, weakling, deceiving male!"
"But…but…" stuttered Keitaro.
"Ah Hum…" said Belldandy not liking what the girls were accusing her client of and the ignorance of the girls not listening to him.
"No buts! You're going down! Take this! NARU PUNCH!"
"Take this too, SHINMEI SCHOOL SECRET ARTS! AIR SPLITTING SWORD!"
Belldandy seeing there was no time to stop their attack on the innocent chap erected a psychic shield to ward off the unknown target of the blurring blade of Motoko's and the punch of Naru's.
"REFLECTIVE SHIELD!"
Even though Motoko attacked later than Naru, her attack came first since she had the range of her sword. When the sword touched the shield, there was a small explosion since her ki attack was reflected to the user, namely, Motoko. She was flung backward towards Su, out of the door, in which both were knocked unconscious. At the same time, Kitsune was staring at the door through which two bodies flew out when Naru's fist contacted the shield. While her fist wasn't reflected, it bounced back to Naru like a ball hitting on a wall. The fist made contact with her face (which was usually Keitaro's). The momentum knocked her off balance into Kitsune, who hadn't been paying attention. Both were sent out the door as well and were unconscious.
The remaining Hinta girl standing was Shinobu Maehara. She was pretty much gasping and scared of this turn of events.
"You're…you're…you're a goddess!" Shinobu said, shocked as she saw the lady in question in a defensive position. Belldandy stood as if her hands were pressing onto an invisible wall in front of Keitaro.
"Why yes I am," said Belldandy with a smile which calmed the terrorized girl. Belldandy relaxed from her defensive position sensing no ill intent from the girl.
"Wait!" yelled Keitaro interrupting their conversation. He was in dread. He couldn't let the others know that this lady was indeed a goddess. It would cause major trouble here.
"What makes you say that…" he calmly asked, after all it wasn't a good idea to even make the girl more fearful of him.
"Well, she has to be once since she defeated both Naru and Motoko at the same time with ease. Nobody has ever done that before! Not even if Su used her mechas on both. Heck! She even said it herself! So it was to be true," wailed Shinobu who started to be hysterical.
"Well, I…" Before Belldandy could say any more, her mouth was covered by Keitaro's hand. Even if she didn't like it Belldandy didn't struggle, since she figured it must be something important that Keitaro wanted to say.
"No, no, no! This is Belldandy, she is a, um, a traveler."
"What?" said Shinobu dumbly
"Yeah, you see, since part of the inn was damaged, there's been a shortage of money to repair the damages here. The rent money is not sufficient to pay the maintenance. So I had to, eh, recruit other females, like her to come here, in hope that I could cover the expenses…"
"Oh, eheheheh, sorry, wait."
"What."
"If she's a traveler, than what is with that weird outfit?"
"She just came from a religious festival. She, eh, played the role of a goddess during the festival. That's why she said she was a goddess…. "
"Oh, okay I guess, sorry again."
Before the girl leaves, Keitaro interrupted her
"Shinobu!"
"Yes?"
"Shinobu, this is Belldandy. Belldandy this is Shinobu."
"Nice to meet you Shinobu," said Belldandy.
"Heh same here," said Shinobu.
"Shinobu, one more thing…" said Keitaro
"Yes?"
"Could you make sure the tenants are back in their own rooms. I'm pretty sure they don't want me to put them in bed."
"But most of them are heavy to carry…"
"Don't worry," said Belldandy who spoke up after Keitaro took his hand off her mouth. "You could drag them. I'm sure they won't mind after all they were knocked out."
"Uh alright…"
"Night Shinobu," said Keitaro.
"Night Keitaro, night Belldandy," said Shinobu.
"Good night Shinobu," said the smiling Belldandy.
Shinobu just smiled back for some reason which felt very warm to her. She left, closing the door, and started to drag the girls back to bed. Some of them had their heads dragged on the floor. The worst was for Naru because Shinobu dragged her up a floor with Naru's head hitting each and every step Shinobu went up. It was the same for Su and Motoko.
Meanwhile, at Keitaro's room
Both of the occupants just sat there for a while. Belldandy didn't really say anything and thought about the strange wish. Then the eerie silence was broken by Keitaro himself.
"Hum Belldandy…"
"Yes?"
"Why did you say you were a goddess? Couldn't you lie?"
"Oh, you see, Goddesses are forbidden to lie."
"Right…And is that what you meant by the Ultimate Force earlier on?"
"Oh no! The Ultimate Force starts to work once a contract has made. I didn't know this would happen."
"But this is a women's dorm!"
"Oh, there won't be a problem. Don't you see? I'm not a woman, I'm a goddess!"
"THAT'S NOT THE POINT!" Keitaro fell down anime style.
"Uh sorry," he apologized as he got up. "I just don't know what to do. Everything is now so different. I never was able to have a decent conversation with a girl since I was a child. I'm just a loner since day one with neglected parents. Even though this is a girl dorm, I thought it was an inn from the information I had gotten from my grandmother. She told me (by phone) that Hinata-Sou was an inn. Everything here is wrecked since I came here. The girls think I'm some idiotic pervert even thought I didn't know this place had been converted. The place has been damaged somehow. A lot of rooms and furnishings had been sold according to my Aunt's Haruka's financial book to cover expenses. There is no place where I can put you here. There is only one hot spring being used, but only by the girls. The other two baths are damaged for some reason I don't know. One hot spring is for men only and the other for couples beyond the small bridge here."
"Oh my," said Belldandy, shocked. She didn't know how much suffering that her client had to live with during childhood. She really wondered. Keitaro was starting to be panic-stricken.
"All my lifesavings have been spent on repairs and now I can't get into the university even if I passed. Heck, I flunked twice already! Ha ha! I can't even get into the school I need to go to even though I promised some girl in my past."
"Who is this girl you are talking about?" inquired Belldandy.
"She is the girl who I promised. The promise was that I would meet her once again when I get into Toudai and we would be together forever."
"That is a sweet promise."
"Ha ha!" Keitaro started to laugh sobbingly. "I guess I'm a loser like people said I was! And now with this event, I might never see the girl again since you are with me. I might have to repair more damages since you just granted a wish to me. I even bet there is another hole to repair."
Keitaro looks up at the ceiling and indeed there was another hole. He just fainted because of several reasons: exhaustion from studying, repairing, or tonight's event. Belldandy just shook her head.
What a bad way to do business.
She first started to levitate Keitaro onto the bed and tuck him in. Sensing there was nobody on top of the floor yet, she used some spirit magic to make him fall in a deep restless sleep. She then chanted a few magic words in which pieces of broken wood are brought back together as new for the holes she made during the process of the wish. For the other hole, wood from Naru's room was used to cover. Belldandy put up a ward ensuring there will be no more damage to the ceiling and the floor on top since somebody could be gravely injured from falling into the hole.
Now hearing about the springs that were broken and the damaged parts in this inn, she figured out she should look for the spring that was for couples. After all, no use to repairing the men only spring, right?
By chanting a small spell, a line glowed on the floor trying to tell her to follow the line.
Belldandy followed the line in the main hallway. She noticed that the floor were already cleaned and waxed. Her client must have taken great care of the wood and the building here since the hall is very large. She wondered if the other tenants pitch in to help keep the place tidy. She kept following the line until she stopped at a door. There was a whimpering sound. By slowly opening the creaking door, she saw it was the dark blue girl, Shinobu. The girl was sobbing quietly for some reason in her sleep. Taking pity on her, Belldandy used some spirit magic on the girl which calmed her right away into a deep restful sleep.
"Sweet dreams," Belldandy whispered as she left closing the door.
Belldandy kept following the line. It led her out of the hallway into a garden. The garden had some pretty flowers and cherry blossom trees growing, but all of them were falling apart. She noted it must be either lack of care or the winter that is coming soon. Crossing the bridge, she saw a couple of buildings. Under the bridge was water which was used for taking any excess water that the plants could not take from the rain. She took a look around the structures. One was to hold a hot spring which was dried up. It was in a boxed building to shield the heat from escaping in winter. The wood of the roof could be removed during summer time to cool the spring. The building was connected to another small building. Belldandy assumed that it was for changing and showering by the broken stone slabs. Another trail led to (surprisingly) another garden. This garden was somehow different. There was grass everywhere, unfortunately with some weeds and a couple of rotten picnic tables. Beyond the garden there was a small building in which she found a small temple that the monks used to go to. It was worn out by many generations – apparently religion was almost gone in this world. The temple could be used as a way to have picnics without worrying about the summer rain. Belldandy, seeing there was nothing else, went back to the first spring near the main building of this place, beyond the bridge. She took a look within the building, finding the same result. There was an old worn building with beams falling down from the top shattering floors and everything.
Within the entrance lied a cracked broken fountain with no water flowing. By wandering around, there were rooms with broken beds and cots. There was a small kitchen and bathroom, rust and broken tiles. Furniture was damaged beyond repaired and wallpaper peeled throughout. It was almost only useful for being sent into the landfill. She walked out of the abandoned building and wondered how it could be deteriorate so fast. She thought for a while and realized that this must be the place where she can start a new beginning. A new life for Keitaro far away from the pain of the tenants and far enough but close at the same time to the rest of the outside world.
It would be the starting point. It was abandoned here but the spirit was waiting to be used once again, she sensed.
"If even the sprit is still here, you can go back…" She looked up at the rundown building.
"To how beautiful you once were."
Belldandy started to pray and invoked her magic in which the mark on her forehead starts to glow brightly. Then she started her ritual.
"Retrace…and spin…the thread of memory. Even if a thousand men forget…the beauty you once were…you and I must not let it...leave our hearts."
She cupped her hands together, energy gathered into a tight ball.
"Cast off your withered body…and be reborn!"
She released the ball into the air
"You, who were once a beauty…your master has…now returned!"
The ball exploded like a firecracker and anybody there at that moment would say there was a display of fireworks. Everything around her lit up like firebugs flying in air, pieces of broken tiles, walls, splinters, or anything else was brought up into the glittery air. The air shimmered up to the point which stopped at the bridge. All of them were resurrected back to its original place and reformed. Broken tiles became whole once again. Wood that was rotted away became new, as if it came from the lumber mill. Pavements with potholes were refilled to become smooth once again. The rusted pipes were once again shiny and new. The spring was refilled with hot water once again as if nothing happened. The stone fountain once corroded by the acid rain and weather of time was now new and was now spouting water once again. The water was clean and actually was fresh water from the ground fom part of the spring. Where the water went after being brought up did not matter. It looked amazing - the fountain sprouting water even though it was warm water. She touched one of the supporting beams and said as she rested her forehead:
"You remember…after all…I knew you could."
Unfortunately this took a lot of her powers and in order to regain her energy back, she needed to sleep. So she slowly but tiredly asked with her mind the spirit of the main building here.Speak to me Hinata-Sou. Tell me of your history and where can I settle.
The response surprised her. This made Belldandy forget her tiredness for a while.
I am not the Hinata-Sou who you seek. That is my other brotherly sprit that resides here at the main building of the gateway from the outside world. I am the Hinata-temple that guards here beyond the bridge.
Tell me how many are here?
There are in total six spirits that reside here. I am the sisterly spirit that guards the temple here. My sister guards the women's dorm. My other sister is the water spirit that brings the hot spring and the supply of water. My brother guards the men's dorm which is to this day inactive, even though there is one guy that resides in the building. Another brother guards the Hinata-Sou which is the main building of this whole land here. Finally my last brother is the guardian of the whole land here and keeps the gates intact against intruders that come here uninvited.
But what happen here? Why hasn't anybody taken care of you?
After losing the Great War, many people lost faith in religion. Also some part of this place was damaged by fire bombs in the war. Since the cost of repair was very high, this was kept like this for many years. Slowly the spirits here started to go dormant with the monks leaving here. Only the place where it was open, sprits still lives but we are only reduced to watchers, nothing more. We had hope when a young man began to repair the place, unlike our precedent kanrinin, but the male failed, since there was more damage done by the females than he can fix himself. We started to lose hope, sensing the despair from the male. But now blessed by the presence of a goddess, we are slowly being revived thanks to you. How may I serve you?
Belldandy remembered about her usage of energy and requested a place she could rest.
In the room just the right of the fountain is the perfect place you to stay. Everything you need is close and there is a fairly large bed at your disposal. Have a good night, goddess of the present.
Thank you Belldandy answered and closed the link of mind.
In the room, she took one last look around before sleeping. After all, she needed to regain her energy back. The look told her that she would be ready to meet Keitaro the next morning.
End chapter 2
Now for omakes
Omake 1 "No buts! You're going down! Take this! NARU PUNCH!"
"Take this too, SHINMEI SCHOOL SECRET ARTS! AIR SPLITTING SWORD!"
Belldandy seeing there was no time to stop their attack on the innocent chap did one thing. She pulled a mirror out.
"Look at this!" yelled Belldandy.
Luckily the attacks stopped. As soon as the girls looked at the mirror, they were sucked in! So were all the other girls tenants!
"Ah ha! How do you like to be suck in by your own face!" laughed Belldandy with glee. "Hum wasn't that cruel?" asked Keitaro.
"Nah, it'll teach them a lesson not to attack people. After all there isn't much room in a 5 centimeters thick mirror is there?"
Omake 2
"No buts! You're going down! Take this! NARU PUNCH!"
"Take this too, SHINMEI SCHOOL SECRET ARTS! AIR SPLITTING SWORD!"
Belldandy seeing there was no time to stop their attack on the innocent chap did one thing. She pulled a mirror out.
"Look at this!" yelled Belldandy.
But the attacks didn't stop and the girls stuck the mirror.
"Well girls," said Belldandy. "You broke a mirror. You know what that means? You are curse since it is bad luck to break mirrors!"
"No!!!!" cried the puncher and the swordswoman.
Omake 3
"You're…you're…you're a goddess!" Shinobu said, shocked, as she saw the lady in a defensive position as if she had her hands pressing onto an invisible wall in front of the male.
"Why yes I am," said Belldandy with a smile which calmed the terrorized girl. Belldandy relaxed from her defensive position, sensing no ill intent from the girl.
Then something happened randomly.
"AH! I'm sorry! Please don't punish me! I have been bad to Keitaro! I'll make amendments. I'll even marry him to make up my sins! Please don't punish me!" cried Shinobu as she bowed down.
Keitaro and Belldandy sweatdropped.
Well didn't expect that to happen…
Author notes: That's all for now. Remember omakes are just outtakes for parodies. Don't know if they're funny like last time but again can't help it.
More author notes:
Well I didn't really think I would go this depressing. But again this storyline kinda slipped into my mind. Don't worry it should be more joyful in the few later chapters since I will be doing something with Shinobu. She seems to be depressing most of the time. It may be weird for a spirit to be living in a house but again in the OVA this event did happen. So how do you think about this story so far? Any suggestions?
TO the readers. I know I can ignore the flames but it is hard to ignore if they are able to kill your story off air or worse delete your account. I had a friend who had a decent story with more rating but had more controversial plot of using the mafia. So that account was gone…