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Love Hina: Tsui ni

Satoru Narusegawa

Disclaimer: I don't own Love Hina, all rights reserved to Ken Akamatsu and I'm just a fan of the show, but I do own Satoru Narusegawa and all characters form his past that are not in the show already.

Pre-note: Italics are flashbacks or daydreams and single quotes are thoughts. This took longer than expected and is getting more difficult as it goes forward.

Shinobu awoke to see Naru hovering over her, Naru smiled at her. Shinobu got up and went to the hot springs for a nice warm bath. Naru went to her brother's room and looked down at her still sleeping brother and gave him a little nudge. Still, he slept before her without so much as a toss or a turn.

"Satoru, wake up," Naru said annoyed, "Please wake up."Naru flicked on the light and Satoru awoke instantly. Naru had him get ready for school and find Shinobu. She sat down and drank her orange juice, she finished and walked out of the kitchen. Su had left a few minutes earlier and Sarah was still crashed.

Shinobu finished fixing her hair and came out into the living room. She sat down on the couch and waited for Satoru to come out. He came out ten minutes after Shinobu sat down and Naru came out of the kitchen. Satoru yawned, walked to the couch and sat down. "Satoru you and Shinobu need to get going," Naru said smiling, "Have fun and know that I love you, my little brother." Naru hugged her brother and he had a puzzled look, she handed him his bag as he walked out the door.

"Shinobu, hold up," Naru said grabbing her arm, "So are you going to ask him?" Shinobu's eyes widened as she thought about Naru's question and she blushed as she ran off to catch up with Satoru. They arrive at school and Shinobu can't seem to look at him after Naru's question. 'How would I ask him and what if he said no, I can't do this,' she thought looking at him. He smiled reading what he had first and turned to Shinobu, she blushed brighter.

"What do you have first hour?" he asked, she didn't think about first hour and was preoccupied with her infatuate obsession with Satoru.

"Narusegawa, don't get in trouble this year," Keyiru-san said, "I won't deal with you this year." Satoru looked at him with a devilish smirk and directed his attention back to Shinobu. She saw in the distant the boy who had an obsession with her and she dived into Satoru's arms.

'He's so warm' she thought, 'I don't want to leave.' Satoru wrapped his arms around her and Shinobu saw him blush for the first time and that gave her an uneasy feeling. She let go after she saw the boy leave and she went to class leaving Satoru to find his class alone. He enters the classroom and sits down next to a girl with dark brown hair, her eyes focused on him.

"Your cute," she said, "my name is Modari and who are you?" She moved her desk closer and Satoru but before she could make her move class had begun. Modari realigned her desk with the row and sat quietly once again. Satoru made a sigh of relief as he directed his attention to the front of the room.

"Welcome to first semester drawing," the man said, "I'm Professor Mendraki." Mendraki stood tall, his eyes seemed to show a daydreamer. His suit was neatly pressed and his hair cut short and had the look of a scholar. As Professor Mendraki spoke, Satoru drew pictures in his sketch book though he was running out of room.

While Satoru was in drawing, Shinobu was in math and still recanted what happened earlier. 'Where are you?' she thought, 'I need you, he's here,' three seats ahead of her was Kuro Kasegawa. Kuro became obsessed with Shinobu and followed home on many occasions and drove her insane. She only hoped that he wouldn't see her and she could get through it though it seemed impossible. She scribbled on a sheet of paper, folded and stuffed it her pocket, she spent the rest of the hour daydreaming.

The school day ended and shinobu waited for Satoru to show, when he did her eyes lit up and quickly turned her head. Satoru grabbed her arm and pulled her to him, she blushed bright red and many thoughts raced through her mind. "I Love you, Shinobu," he said kissing her and all she could think about was what would happen next.

"I Love you, too, Satoru," she said after finding the courage and she wanted him to never let go though she knew he would.

Shinobu awokefrom her daydream to her amaze that class had ended and she gracefully exited to find Satoru waiting for her. She could tell that Kuro wasn't to far either and he watched her trying to avoid Satoru. Shinobu felt safe around Satoru and Satoru could see Kuro in the distance. Kuro walked away to his next class after getting glares from Satoru and Satoru was proud of his silent victory. Shinobu remained ignorant of why Kuro wasn't all over her though she was happy that he was gone. Shinobu left Satoru to go to her next class and Satoru began walking to his next class before he was stopped by Kuro.

"Hey, she's mine," Kuro said feeling confident, "I didn't want to fight you in front of the girl. Satoru looked at him surprised and thought if it was worth it or would it be a waste of a suspension. Satoru did not want to make trouble for his older sister and tried to walk away ignoring Kuro. "Well, you are a coward," Kuro said mocking Satoru, "Are you gonna run or are you gonna fight."

"Do you have any idea who I am," Satoru said trying to warn him.

"You are weak," his remarks began losing their strength.

"I am Satoru Narusegawa," he said proud, "and you have ticked me off." Satoru punched him in the stomach bringing him to his knees, "I'll give you one more chance leave now and never bother Shinobu again."

"She's mine,"he said throwing a punch, Satoru blocked the punch and elbowed him in the gut. To finish him Satoru wheel kicked him in the face knocking him out and Satoru walked away to enter his math class. Satoru's desk had Shinobu's name craved into it along with "Why?" and Satoru immediately knew it was Kuro. Satoru scratched it out of the desk before getting called down to the office and when he arrived he was served a suspension slip. He was sent home and Naru was disappointed when she found out.

"Satoru, when is this going to end?" Naru asked, "this is why mom sent you here and now you get in another fight."

"I did it for Shinobu," Satoru replied and he sat down on the couch, Naru soon followed.

"Who did you fight?" Naru asked.

"Kuro Kasegawa," Satoru answered, Naru looked at and smiled as she hugged him, she left for the kitchen and returned with two cups filled with tea.

"He has been pestering Shinobu since last year," Naru said as she took a sip from her cup, "Motoko has chased him off once though we knew he'd wouldn't stop." Naru sat back and grabbed her little brother, she smiled realizing how long it truly has been. "It's been so long since I have been with you like this," Naru said, "I haven't spent this much time with you since you ran away and then I moved here."

"Naru where are you?" Keitaro called out from the doorway, hold groceries and trying to keep his balance. Naru walked over and grabbed the bag before he dropped it, she carried it in to the kitchen where Shinobu walked in. Her head tilted down and her face moistened with tears, Naru grabbed on to her.

"What's wrong Shinobu?" Naru asked with a soft, comfortable voice, but Shinobu turned her head to the side. "What happened?" Naru pleaded as she grabbed Shinobu's arm.

"Ow, your hurting me," Shinobu said, her eyes still full with tears. Naru released her grip and gave Shinobu room. "He wasn't there," Shinobu said with a sniffle, "He said to wait for him and he didn't come, I hate him!" Shinobu ran off to her room and cried into her pillow, Naru enters the room and grabbed her. She held Shinobu trying to ease her pain and Shinobu continued to cry.

"Who did this?" Naru asked, Shinobu looked up at her and then the floor.

"Your brother," Shinobu answered as she fell to her knees, "I love him but why does he treat me like this?"

"You should hear his side," Naru told Shinobu, "you owe it to yourself." Shinobu wiped the tears from her eyes and turn towards Naru.

"Do you think that will help?" Shinobu asked, "and what after that, tell me?"

"At least you'd know the truth," Naru said with a hope to patch up the shattered relations between her brother and a close friend. She walked out of the room to leave Shinobu to make the final decision though she felt she'd ask questions. Satoru entered Shinobu's room and wrapped his arm around Shinobu, she looked at him.

"Finally, you give me attention," Shinobu said, her eyes still red and damp from crying. "Where were you? Tell me!"

"I was kicked out of school," Satoru said some what ashamed. "I got into a fight and they kicked me out for the rest of this week."

Author note: I used the emotional side of any relationship and put in a stalker that gets what he deserves. Well, on to the next chapter, what is on it you'll have to read to find out and the next chapter takes place right after Satoru's last word.