Audience (dull tone)-yaaaaaaaay!
Oo;;………Right then, anyways, I don't own Love Hina and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
ON WITH THE FIC!
Chapter 2-A warrior's short and sad story
The Hinata group sits, bored, in the waiting room of the hospital. All but Motoko is there.
Kitsune (stretches)-Damn Keitaro! We've been waiting here all afternoon; it's already 7:30! We haven't even had dinner yet!
Su (grasping stomach)-(groans and notices tama-chan) fried turtle.
"I'm sorry about this, but it's against my nature to not make sure that someone in the hospital is OK. You all can head back; I'll call you when I'm on my way."
The girls walk to the elevator, tired and weary.
As the door closes a doctor comes out-"Friends of Hanku Royiaki!"
"Ummm…what did he come in with?"
Doctor flips up papers in his clipboard-"Damaged respiratory system."
"I suppose that's our guy. (gets up and walks toward the doc) Is he OK?"
"Yes, he is expected to make a full recovery, considering his near fatal wounds, but he'll have to stay here for the night. Both of his lungs are bruised, so he can't breathe on his own yet."
"What about uhh…sticking a tube down his throat to help him breathe; wouldn't that work?"
"Unfortunately, no; when someone's lungs are bruised, we have no choice, but to put them in a coma and have them on the iron lung(). He'll be in there the whole night, until we can confirm his lungs are healed."
"Oh"
"One more thing, aren't you the landlord of the Hinata Apartments?"
"Uh, yes, why?"
"Well, this happens to be his first hospital event…ever. I also found out that he doesn't have a home, and he'll need a place to stay, so we can set up his medical records. Are you willing to take him in about a week?"
"Uhhhh…yeah sure, I'm sure we'll be able to handle this just fine." Knowing that the girls WILL have a problem with this.
"Excellent! Here, you'll need this. (gives Keitaro a small stack of paper) That's Hanku's profile; it'll have what you need to register him in."
"Alrighty, thanks. I'll just come late morning tomorrow to get him?"
"Yes, he should be recovered by then."
Returns to Hinata
"WHAAAT!?" Kitsune, Naru, and Motoko shout in unison.
"Look, it'll only be a week. What's so bad about it?";;;
Motoko stabs her sword through the coffee table-"DAMMIT URASHIMA, YOU KNOW DAMN STRAIGHT HE CAN'T BE HERE!! AFTER WHAT HE JUST TRIED TO DO TO YOU, YOU'RE STILL WILLING TO WELCOME THIS SLIME WITH OPEN ARMS?! WHAT IN YOUR FUCKED UP BRAIN MAKES YOU WANT TO DO THAT?"
Silence is spread from Motoko's rage
"…Well, (picks up the packet the doctor gave him) it's what happened to him at his home in America that makes me feel sorry for him. Look, (opens the packet)…"
"I don't have to know that little shit's life!" Motoko starts going to her room
Keitaro stands to quickly speak and gradually adds anger in his voice-"On his 17th birthday he went out for a walk, and while away, his mother, father, and his two sisters were MURDERED…(Motoko freezes)…the house was then set on fire and the murderers stole EVERY electrical item in the house…"
Everyone in horror-"………"
"When he returned to the inferno, he raced inside to find his family, but later came out with nothing in his possession. He told the police what he saw, and the CSI's confirmed it. I would GLADLY mention the details of their BUTCHERED bodies, but consider yourself fortunate that Shinobu and Su are here, because honest to goodness, I can't eat dinner now. If you want to know, why don't you come down stairs and read it for yourself."
Shinobu runs off in tears from what she heard.
Naru (still in horror)-"W-What made him come here?"
"I don't know, but the fact of the matter is, can't we show SOME respect for this guy? He doesn't have anywhere else to go…rather, live."
Motoko resumes walking upstairs-"……one week…nothing more."
"(sigh) Thank you, Motoko."
next morning
Keitaro sits, waiting in front of the hospital, for Hanku, whom just walks out.
"Hanku Royiaki, I assume?"
"Yeah, and you are…"
"Keitaro Urashima."
They shake hands and start walking back to the apartments-"Charmed…listen uhh…sor- HOLY CRAP!! Where's my luggage?!
"Relax, we kept it at the House just after the ambulance took ya."
"Oh…thanks. By the way, sorry for what happened yesterday."
"Ah, no worries, I get a lot worse from the girls."
"They kick your ass regardless if you're the landlord?" OO;;
"It's a daily thing, you get used to it in a week or two."
"What do you do that pisses them off so?"
"…Ummm…I always seem to be doing the wrong thing, in the wrong place when they're in the hot springs, and while they're changing, let's just say. heh heh."
"Oh…(snickers) sucks for you."
"Yeah…(sigh) I only know pain.";;
Wow! Hanku seems to be quite a guy when he's cooled down. But Naru's question does seem worth asking.
"Pardon for asking, but I read your profile and I was wondering…what made you come here to Japan?"
"…………"
"I'm sorry! That's a stupid question; you don't have to answer."
CRAP! I think I really hurt him by asking that.
"I'll tell everyone before tomorrow is done. They need to know anyway."
"…O-Okay."
They get to the apartments where Keitaro calls everybody down for greetings.
"Everyone, this is Hanku Royiaki. Han-…(notices Motoko with a shocked look)…um Motoko, what's wrong?"
"Hanku Royiaki? American AND Japanese martial arts champion?!" OO
"What's it to ya?"
"………uh…nothing.">>;;
"RRRRight, well anyway…"(introduces everyone else, but Motoko)
"Pleasure…oh, word of caution…I'm a sucker for taking opportunities at pranking people; so if you do the wrong thing around me, be aware that I might publicly humiliate you."
Everyone-"……"oO;;;
Keitaro (ignoring what Hanku just said)-"And, uh, I suppose you've already met Motoko."
Their eyes meet for a few seconds-"……Indeed…anyway, um, where will I be sleeping?"
"Well, there is an extra room next to mine if it's not a problem, but you'll be below Kitsune's room."
"What's wrong with that?"
There's silence for a few seconds until Kitsune replies with her traditional devilish smirk-"You'll see later on tonight."
"Well, suppose we leave you to your business then?"
"Yeah sure…Thanks, Keitaro. Thank you everybody for taking me in on such short notice."
End of chp.2 -An iron lung pretty much does the breathing for a person who is not able to breathe
I think this chapter was a little slow, but Hanku will quickly adjust to his new environment next chapter. Also I want to clear one future thing; this fic will have a fight scene time-to-time, but the rest is humor and romance (creating a third genre).
PLEASE review ASAP!!