I do not own Love Hina. The story belongs to Ken Akamatsu.
Chapter 3: Su likes WHO?! Or TWO SHINOBUS?!
The next morning, Brandon woke up in his bed with a headache (he hit his head when he fainted during the last chapter). Still half asleep, he mutters to himself.
Brandon: Meeehhh… Great, I had dreams of Evangelion Units and Sailor Moon…
Shinobu: Was Sailor Moon naked?
Freezing in place, Brandon slowly looks behind him to see all of the Hinata girls glaring menacingly at him. Shinobu was in front, holding a frying pan.
Brandon: Oh, God…this has "I'm dead" written all over it…
Motoko: We've been waiting all night to do this… (pulls out her sword)
But Su and Shinobu beat her to it, both delivering a kick to the face and a frying-pan smash to the head of Brandon. But instead of flying through the roof, he smashes into it, and falls to the floor.
Brandon: What'd I…doooooooooo……?
Motoko: (sheathes her sword) Explain what happened before we found Shinobu on you while you were…passed out…
Peter suddenly pops in and says: Guys! Brandon didn't do anything! I've got proof!
All head into the basement, which has gone under renovations by Peter.
All except May and Peter (Brandon is currently knocked out) : O.O Wowwww…
All are impressed by Peter turning the room into a lab. Most excited, of course, is Su.
Su: Awesome! You have as many inventions as me! (Gapes at the Quantum Thrusters)
Peter: Anyways, here's proof! I've got it all recorded!
Everybody sees the events recorded last night and what happened before they discovered Shinobu on a passed-out Brandon.
Peter: So you see, my bro was just helping out, got surprised by Shinobu's ahem… assets, and passed out.
Everyone was relieved that Brandon wasn't a pervert. But then Su chimed in.
Su: Wait, did you see her naked?
Peter is taken by surprise by this question and begins to stammer: Aaah…geh…um…
Himeko proceeds to pound his skull into the ground, and does so. WHAMM!
Himeko: …take that, you little perv…
Motoko: Alright, now that justice has been served, let's eat breakfast.
Shinobu: No, first I need to apologize to Brandon. I hit him before knowing the entire story.
Su (sheepishly): Eheh, yeah, me too…
Both proceed upstairs to the landlord's room. Su, completely out of character, knocks on the door and asks: Ummm…can we come in?
Brandon: …
They proceed to come in and find that Brandon is still knocked out.
Shinobu: Well, I guess it takes longer for him to recover than sempai…
Brandon starts to stir: owwwww…
Su: Oh, now he's up!
Su rushes him and glomps him: I'm sooo sorry! Me and Shinomu thought you were a pervert!
Brandon, caught off guard, scratches his head and says: Well, that's reasonable. I can understand why you'd bean me in the head! Hahah!
Brandon looks up at Shinobu, and sees her blushing at him. Su gets up and blushes too.
Brandon: Huh? What's the problem?
Shinobu: Ummm…you don't have a shirt on…
Brandon: Whoops! Hang on, lemme go into the closet and change!
Red in the face from embarrassment, he dashes into the closet and shuts the door. Meanwhile, Su and Shinobu leave his room, embarrassed at seeing him shirtless.
Su: Wow, he's really cut, isn't he?
Shinobu, meanwhile, is in lala-land, daydreaming about Brandon shirtless. She imagines him saying, "I only have eyes for you…", before being snapped back to reality by Su saying: Shinomu, you have drool coming out of your mouth…
Shinobu realizes what she is doing, and is immediately red in the face, embarrassed. However, she doesn't realize the amount of time that has lapsed while daydreaming, as she's at the table with all the girls around.
Kitsune: So, Shinobu, you like Brandon now? Ehehehe…
Shinobu blushes even heavier: No! I, er… didn't say anything like that!
Ema: It's okay Shinobu, if you like him. He does seem to be a great guy…
Motoko: I must admit, he has surprised me by meeting my expectations, so far.
Sarah: Heh, are you sure you're not in love with him too, Motoko?
Motoko is taken aback: WHAT?! I…I said no such thing! I just said he's met my expectations!
Himeko: But Motoko-sempai, I saw you blushing at him while we watched him controlling his Ki…
Motoko is red as a beet as this point, and jumps up from the table, yelling: P-Please stop ganging up on me! Yes, I admire his ability to manipulate Ki, but I hard—
Kitsune: Aha! So you do like him!
Motoko stands there, bewildered, and says: I need to train!", before rushing upstairs.
Kitsune: Suuure…I'll bet she tries to force herself on him…
Himeko: Kitsune! She would never do that!
Kaoru pipes in: I like him, too…
Everybody gapes at Kaoru, until Sarah breaks the silence by saying: Great, we've got another Shinobu on our hands…
Shinobu: And just HOW is that so?!
Sarah: She likes him, you liked Keitaro. You see the similarities?
Su, not wanting to be outdone, says: Hah! I've got you all beat! I liked Keitaro, and I now like both Brandon AND Peter!
Everyone gapes at Su, surprised that she not only likes Brandon, but likes the mini-pervert as well.
Ema: Ooooh…a love triangle! I need to document this!
Brandon & Peter: She likes the BOTH of us?!
Everybody whirls around to see Brandon, finished with changing his clothes, and Peter, with blood dripping out of his head, with their mouths wide open.
Sarah: She likes THAT pervert, too?!
Peter: HEY! I'm no pervert!
Brandon: Then how come I found Hentai games in your room?
Peter pulls out a Plasma Blaster and yells: I only have ONE Hentai game! I'm a perfectly healthy male! Now take it back!
Su yells: HOLD IT!
Everybody stops.
Su: Okay, I have an idea. Everybody, come to my lab.
A few minutes later, all the Hinata housers (Su, Sarah, Shinobu, Motoko, Ema, Kaoru, Himeko, May, Peter, and Brandon Kitsune is at a temp job ) are in Su's lab.
Su rummages through a pile of inventions until pulling out the one she wants, goes: TA-DAAAAAA! My most recent invention, the "Emotion Sensor"!! With this, we can see who likes who, and for what reasons! It's still in prototype, so it's a little unstable.
Everybody is shocked by this news, and look from person to person nervously. Su then forces the sensor into Shinobu's hands: You first, since you were drooling all the way down to breakfast!
Shinobu, becoming flustered, tries to protest and accidentally hits two buttons at the same time. The sensor starts to spark and it explodes! As the dust settles, everyone checks to see if Shinobu is okay.
Brandon: Hey, Shinobu, are are you- O.O
In front of Brandon, Shinobu says: I'm fine.
Turning to see what Brandon is staring at, her mouth (as well as everybody else's) drops to see ANOTHER Shinobu sitting next to her.
Normal Shinobu: Wha-wha-what?!
Yami Shinobu: Well, looks like I've FINALLY taken form!
Hahah! This chapter introduces a character who will really test the bond between Brandon and Shinobu, Yami Shinobu! And no, I didn't come up with that from Yu-Gi-Oh! (although the manga is pretty cool). For those who don't know, Yami in Japanese means "dark" or "darkness". So this Shinobu will be relatively different from the Shinobu we all know and love.
Anyway, PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!! I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF ANYBODY IS READING THIS STORY!!!!