Up There – by Siegy. Rated T for some language, bit of violence here and there, a loss or two, and crude humor (mostly)

I don't own Love Hina, and I have no intention of doing so.

Chapter One – If help is needed, refer to letters A, B, C, or D.

A. Misinterpreting people for practicing various acts of perversion

B. Shattered windows, glass, walls, etc.

C. Bending or breaking the laws of physics and gravity

D. Relatively mass hysteria.

The aspects mentioned above could all relate to a few or more cases, but the one discussed here is something notoriously known as the "Naru Punch" Some individuals enjoy watching it occur, while some others don't. I really shouldn't be explaining this to you, but I will anyway to make the first several chapters not seem rushed. What happens is that Naru sees or thinks that Urashima Keitaro is staring at her, spying on her, trying t take advantage of her, trying to touch her, etc. While in actuality, Keitaro usually just trips on something or is misinterpreted (Refer to letter A). After the so called "perverted act" occurs, Naru, without doing too much thinking, punches Keitaro. And not just punch of average strength. I mean once in a while, Keitaro will simply fall over. But sometimes, he'll go flying backwards through a wall or window (Refer to letter B). Other times, poor Keitaro will just go flying into the air, with a varying degree of how far he goes. (Refer to letter C) Sometimes 20 to 30 feet into the air, yet sometimes he'll seem to disappear off of the face of the earth. But that doesn't seem to matter, considering Keitaro mysteriously reappears to his previous location before he got Naru-Punched only a few seconds after he gets it. (Refer to letter C again). This entire series of events that make up the Naru-Punch tend to be very loud and cause quite a commotion (Refer to letter D).

Yeah, I know. Chances are that you believe that the previous paragraph was completely unnecessary, which is probably true… but who knows? It could have helped SOMEONE out there. Maybe their mind just needed refreshing. Okay, you're right, it had no point. Well did you just expect me to start off with, "One bright sunny day at Hinata Inn"? Well, I didn't. Why? Because I felt like lecturing a bit. I mean, this one DOES involve the Naru-Punch. I mean its not like it just happens twice in the entire story, I mean it IS a plot device…and also, starting off typically is kind of boring. You want to grab people's attention…. Wait, you WANT me to start off that way? Okay…. if you insist….

One sunny day at Hinata Inn, everyone was having a perfectly normal day. Keitaro and Naru were studying together, Kitsune was drinking, Shinobu was cooking…

I'm telling you, it doesn't work well. Well, thanks. I'm glad you agree with me NOW. Okay, good. I'll start off my own way.

Doesn't it just REALLY annoy you when you're eating, and the person sitting next to or across from you can really be a disgusting pig while eating? Well at that time, Naru was getting annoyed by Keitaro's rash eating habits. Come to think of it, Naru was bugged by nearly EVERYTHING Keitaro did sometimes…but we'll cover that topic a bit later on. Not only Naru, but also everyone at the table (maybe for the exception of Su) was starting to notice Keitaro's rapid manner of devouring his fish. (Refer to letter D again, if you want to) Talking with your mouth full isn't a socially healthy habit either.

"Ah…yummy!" exclaimed Keitaro, his mouth stuffed. He wasn't normally this sordid in his eating but what can I tell you? It happens.

"You know," sighed Haruka, trying not to look directly at Keitaro as if he were the sun, "A great man called Aesop once stated that slow and steady wins the race." Keitaro finally swallowed the surplus of food he had held in his mouth for what seemed to be forever.

"Can you honestly blame me?" asked Keitaro, finally looking up from his food to face Haruka. Before she could say "yes", Keitaro continued. "I haven't eaten anything in since dinner yesterday.

"That's what happens when you study calculus for 7 hours straight, Keitaro," laughed Kitsune.

"Would you rather have me fail again?" asked Keitaro, who unfortunately, started eating again. At this point in time, Shinobu left the room, scared of watching her sempai ramble on like this. But then suddenly, Keitaro stopped eating and his eyes widened.

"OWWWW!" he yelled, coughing out a bit of food in the process.

"Did you finally choke, Urashima?" asked Motoko.

"No…ow…" moaned Keitaro. "It's my knee…thanks a lot for that Su…"

"Haha, well I didn't know it would put you in pain, but that just makes it fun!" shouted Su.

"What are you two talking about?" asked Kitsune.

"Never mind, it's stupid," said Keitaro. The looked down at his plate because he was about to start eating again, but then noticed there wasn't a crumb left on there.

"Wow," Keitaro laughed, "I guess I WAS eating a bit fast…" At this, (predictably) everyone fell over hearing this stupid remark. Everyone except for Naru, that is. Her eyes were giving off a hot red glow. Why? The food Keitaro had coughed out a minute earlier went miraculously went all the way across the table, and into Naru's shirt. She got up, her right first clenched extremely tightly.

"Oh, Jackpot," thought Keitaro, as he looked up at Naru. He knew what was about to happen.

"IDIOT!" Naru screamed as her fist came around to wham Keitaro in the chest, somehow causing him to fly out of his chair, break the ceiling, and drift away into the sky. As everyone else got up off the ground, Naru returned to her seat.

"Thank you, Naru," said Motoko as she sat back down. "Maybe now I can eat in peace."

"Oh Naru?" said Kitsune. "How did your studying go with Keitaro yesterday?"

"Studying?" asked Naru, who looked puzzled.

"Yeah, I walked past his room yesterday and you two were studying together for like 7 hours straight."

"Kitsune, I wasn't in Keitaro's room at all yesterday…He wasn't in mine either. I wasn't even here for most of the time, remember? I barely saw him…"

"Well that's strange," said Kitsune, eyeing Naru suspiciously, "Considering you actually were in his room studying."

"Maybe you were drunk, and THOUGHT I was in Keitaro's room with him studying, while in fact, it was only him."

"Wouldn't that require you to be DRUNK for a full 7 hours?" asked Su. "Would that be yummy?"

"She has a good point," said Kitsune. "I wasn't drunk for 7 hours…In fact I don't think I've ever been drunk for that long…Well maybe that one time…. but no, not yesterday."

"Then I don't know," said Naru. "You we're seeing things. In fact I-

"Um…everyone?" said Shinobu, who had just returned to her seat from the other room, "Urashima Sempai hasn't returned…" Everyone looked at Keitaro's seat, and saw this was true.

"That's strange," said Haruka.

"It's eerily strange," said Motoko quietly. "Usually after being struck, he returns after three of four seconds. It has been two minutes."

"He'll be back," said Naru. "I punched him kind of hard that time, so he probably went a long way." Then, Su pulled out a small, grey device.

"According to my Naru-Punch calculator…"

"Are you serious?" sighed Haruka.

"If Keitaro's been gone for this long and even started going down, he would have gone as far as…. Mars."

"Huh?" said everyone.

"Meaning that with all the calculations and ratios made, chances are Keitaro is orbiting the planet Mars," said Su cheerfully. "Naru is strong!"

"Well…." Naru didn't know what to say to this. "Um, how far does he usually go?" Su typed in a few more numbers on her Naru Punch calculator, then stated,

"When Keitaro goes UP as a result of the Naru-Punch, he usually travels…to the Troposphere…and returns in a few seconds. It's been about 3 or 4 minutes now, so he's probably near Mars."

"That makes no sense," said Motoko. "He isn't near Mars. There's another factor involved…"

"Or maybe I'm just kinda strong…?" suggested Naru.

To be continued….

Hope you're enjoying the story so far. I hope you review, it really helps me out. More to come very soon.