SFFAL Love Hina RPG
This is the combined transcript of the Love Hina RPG being currently played by the members of the Shinobu Fan-Fiction Authors League. Each week, the players submit their chapter, and these are amalgamated and reconciled by the GM who then adds any extra interaction before posting the completed chapter.
Noone has author powers in this game, it is supposed to be in keeping with the LH theme and most players are playing versions of themselves.
Currently you are welcome to contact Baka-Alaskan if you wish to join the league; however the game is not looking for extra players.
Players: Cody (Baka-Alaskan), Al (Althesushilovingfanficsage), Lance, Sam (British Dragon), Kyosuke (Blight)
GM: Steve (CheshireCat5)
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Operation: Bachelor
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Back in Hinata-sou, the residents of Hinata-sou were gathered in Kaolla's room, trying to work out what to do about saving Dizzy, Al's weasel friend, from a fate worse than death at the hands (flippers?) of Tama-chan... matrimony!
"Do you think they might be in this Annexe, then?" ask Al, after Keitaro had explained the contents of the book they had found.
"Looks possible," he agreed. "Maybe we should head over there?"
"Hey, how about this thing?" shouted Lance from the other side of the room, where he had been examining Kaolla's latest invention, the multiple-armed Hunter-kun. After a bit of work, he had deciphered the dial on the side, and had set it to 'Weezle'. Now he was trying to find a 'start' button, with little success.
"Crazy piece of junk..." he mumbled, giving it a kick.
Unfortunately, the force of the kick caused something to shortcircuit inside. Lights came on... and the dial, originally set to 'weezle', slipped and reset itself to the next setting -- 'Keitaro'.
Hunter-kun's eyes lit up, and it turned it's head until it faced Keitaro, who backed away nervously.
Everyone froze for an instant, before all hell broke loose. Keitaro ran for his life, as Hunter-kun leapt after him in hot pursuit.
"Foolishness..." murmered Kyosuke, and withdrew. "I'm returning to the dining room," he added, "as I for one would not wish to waste Shinobu's excellent cooking."
Shinobu blushed at this comment, although she was somewhat worried about Keitaro. Her worries evaporated, however, as Keitaro returned into the room, tied up like a Christmas package and carried by a proud-looking Hunter-kun. The others followed, with Naru and Kitsune at the back, exchanging a few bills.
"You should never bet against the fox!" smirked Kitsune, as she pocketed the money.
"I can't believe he was caught so quickly!" fumed Naru. "Useless pervert!" and she gave the hapless ronin a kick that sent him spinning around on the end of the rope.
Seeing that Keitaro was safe -- or at least, relatively so -- Shinobu decided that the Kitchen was calling. The others has the weasle's rescue in hand, and Kyosuke needed feeding, even if the others didn't think her food good enough to wait for.
So, the five guys (Al, Lance, Cody, Sam and Keitaro) ran off towards the annexe, with the three girls (Naru, Motoko, and an amused Kitsune) following.
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The Battle for Dizzy: Al/Cody/Kyosuke
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Al jogged lightly at the head of their little group, chuckling slightly. Why did this sort of thing always happen to him and Dizzy?
Keitaro ran alongside him, and led the way to the annexe. Suddenly, they were stopped dead in their tracks by a small line of tanks, and by Kaolla Su - in a tuxedo and tophat - holding some programs.
"Friends of the bride or friends of the prisoner....err...groom?"
"Su, I'm here to stop this thing. I'm sorry, but if there's one thing I don't beleve in, it's shotgun weddings." Al smiled lightly. Motoko glared - that fool was taking the situation entirely too lightly. A turtle-weasel hybrid? She shuddered, the result of such a pairing would be horrific! She knew how to handle the turtle, but what new strange beast would result from a turtle/weasel relationship?
It would be nothing but pure evil.
The tiny tanks raised their barrels, pointing them at the supposed rescue party.
"Sorry Al, but I can't let you interupt such a important day in my arch rivals life."
"Keitaro, do something, you're the manager." Naru gave Keitaro a shove, pushing him to the front of the group.
"Now eh...listen Su...um....you can't just go around cross breeding things, it's not right, you're playing God." Keitaro stumbled over his words as he attempted to exert some self confidence.
"But it's fun!"
"But you shouldn't do it!"
"You're no fun! FIRE!"
The tanks blasted their first round at Keitaro, sending him into a heap in the corner, smouldering lightly.
Al's eyes went wide and he sweatdropped as he watched the tiny tanks blow away the gangly man.
"D...did that really just happen?" He asked Kitsune, a little surprised.
"Get used to it, this sort of thing is normal."
Al made an attempt to run and jump over the line of tanks.
"These little toys wont stop meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!"
Al's cry was extended as the tanks had shot him while he was jumping over them, and sent him flying high into the air, only to land on his head a few feet away from where Keitaro was.
"Man, that had to hurt..." Cody said with a wince, "There's got to be away to get past those tanks." He quitly backed away from the group ,to find a new way in. He couldn't really fight his way in anyway, having no weapons and no training with weapons.
"Oh, for crying out loud!" Motoko growled, and let loose a blast of Ki at the tanks before beginning to slice her way through the tiny hazzards.
Meanwhile, Cody was investigating the side of the building.
He walked around the side of the annexe, when he found an open window.( Lucky huh?) Seeing that there was a way in, he did what anyone else would do - he went in through said window.
He entered a dust filled room, dust swirled around him. "Now to let the others in," he coughed, as he headed out to find the front door.
He quickly found his way to the main door, which he opened and was greeted by a large battle scene. Heaps of tanks lay in ruin around the clearing.
" Oh, man...." He said, a little shocked. The rest of the tenents were nowhere to be seen.
" They must be inside already." Cody said to himself as he ran back inside to give whatever help he could in saving Dizzy.
While Cody was clambering through windows, Motoko's sword was making short work of Su's Mechas. Su escaped before her army was defeated, and as soon as the way was clear, the gang piled into the Annexe, led by Al and Keitaro.
The headed down a dark corridor, before coming to a large pair of doors. From the other side, the sound of organ music could be heard.
"This must be it!" whispered Keitaro. "Ready?"
Al and Keitaro each grabbed the handles of the two doors and pulled, opening the large doors to see a sight that made them freeze in their tracks.
Somehow, some way, Su had managed to convince the Pope to preside over the wedding, and at the moment the ceremony was at the most perfect point for stopping a wedding. Not only that, the seats on either side of the aisle were filled with a large number of turtles. At the front, a bound Dizzy lay between a veiled Tama-chan and another weasel that seemed to be the Best Man.
"Should anyone have any objection to this wedding, may they speak now or forever hold their peace." intoned the Pontiff, looking up at the new arrivals.
"Oh, this is perfect! I ob...!" Al was cut off by su wrapping her arms around his neck, choking him.
"One Mississippi, two Mississippi..." The pope counted off, waiting to make sure.
Keitaro attempted to help pull Su off Al, as Motoko stood frozen.
"Ta...ta...ta...ta...ta!" It seemed the sight of so many of Tama-chans turtle relatives and the had overcome her, and she couldn't produce a single word.
"Wait a minute, don't I know you?" A tall dark-haired girl asked turning around in her pew right in front of them.
"Mutsumi!?! What are you doing here?!?" Naru asked surprised that the Okinawan hadn't used her better judgement to stop the wedding.
"I'm the flower girl!" She giggled cheerfully as she held up an empty flower basket.
Naru face faulted, perhaps she wasn't that surprised.
"6 Mississippi, 7 Mississippi...."
"I OBJECT!" AL yelled as he, Su and Keitaro crashed to the floor in a heap.
Dizzy, who had finally noticed the gang, gave a "GRRR!" of joy - he had almost begun to think he'd be leaving with Mrs. Dizmark rather then with Miss Tama.
"Now why'd you have to go and ruin things!" Su called from on top of the Keitaro/Al pile. "Bring on the bridesmaids!"
An eerie "MYU!" sounded from the darkness. A number of purple lights lit up, shortly after revealed to be a horde of mecha-tamas, all wearing garlands of flowers around their heads.
"Mecha-Tamas - GO!" shouted Su, before Keitaro and Al could sort themselves out.
The Tamas flew together and formed a human sized tama-robot, with long extending fingers that wrapped around the various members of the rescue party and lifted them into the air.
"KYAHHHHH, Get me down!!!" Naru cried as she was hoisted into the air and her skirt fell over her face as she was turned upside down.
"WHA!" Keitaro yelped as his nose began to bleed, he was awfully close to her...
BAP! She kicked him in the face as she attempted to escape the machine's grasp.
Motoko stood like a statue, frozen in fear, watching her friends get attacked by the evil demonic machine.
"I...I cannot allow this to continue!"
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Al was thrown by one of the fingers and crashed into the best man (oddly enough, Dizzy's evil twin brother Bizmark). Bizmark ended up in a swirly-eyed pile at the side of the hall.
"Ow, ow, ow...oh hi Dizzy." Al smiled at his friend who was tied to a post in front of him. "Lemme get that for you." Al grabbed at the knot tied in the back of the post and was pulled away by another tentacle finger of the giant Mecha-tama, pulling the rope undone and freeing Dizzy.
"GRRR!" cheered Dizzy. Free at last!
"M...myuh?" Tama-chan whimpered as tears filled her eyes. Was she being jilted at the altar?
Dizzy looked rather sheepish "Grrr." he growled, as if to try and apologise.
Tama began crying "Myuh!"
Dizzy kicked at a pebble, looking rather ashamed of himself. What could he say?
"If I may interject?" came a voice from the sidelines.
The Pope (who had stood rather calmly throughout the whole ordeal) looked down at the two creatures.
"One cannot force love, little turtle, you must work at it. Give him the chance to choose for himself -- he is his own person, after all, and if in time he is so different from you that he cannot share your feelings then mayhaps he is not the one for you."
The Pope smiled down at Dizzy, "Long time no see, old chum, still play a mean game of chess?"
Dizzy nodded and smiled a big toothy smile. "Grr!"
"Good to hear, now if you'll excuse me, I must take my leave -- my plane leaves in half an hour, and I still would like to take a quick dip in the famous Hinata hot springs before I leave. " And thus the pope left the annex, leaving most everyone staring after him in shock.
"A...Al? Explain?" Keitaro looked over at Al who was hanging by a foot from one of the fingers.
He shrugged and looked over at Dizzy, who whispered something to Tama.
The two of them then shot towards a nearby table, and began pelting the mecha-tama's head with wedding gifts.
WHAM, (toaster oven), WHACK, (breadmaker), SPLAT, (Watermelon).
"That one was from me!" shouted Mutsumi, happily.
"I guess it's time to end this game then." Su sighed, and pushed a button on a remote-control unit, causing the mecha-tamas to separate and shoot a final round of fire at the rescue party.
"Now these I can handle!" Motoko ran and began slashing at the mechas. This proved the catalyst for the others. Lance grabbed a nearby piece of wood, Cody swung a candlestick, and even Kitsune hefted her empty sake bottle ready to join in. After the break-up of the giant mecha, Keitaro and Naru fell to the ground and were starting to organise the retreat towards the door. Al was running towards Dizzy and Tama-chan. Mecha-tamas flew all around, and were smashed, sliced, or pelted with assorted items from Tama-chans wedding list.
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Kyosuke watched intently as the battle raged on from his hiding spot in an old air vent. It was literally man (er, and woman) against machine as both the residents of Hinata Sou and the Hinata Defense Force clashed. He smirked in amusement but focused his attention to the task at hand. There was something that went against the very law of nature itself going on and it was unfolding before his very eyes as he observed Dizzy trying to get out of his last few shackles as Tama-chan continued pelt the mecha army with wedding gifts in defense of her one-time fiance.
'Pathetic little creatures, aren't they?' Kyosuke asked himself in thought, knowing full well that the slightest peep would cause about 500,000 of those strange robots to train their weapons on the source and fire at his cramped and helpless self in the small shaft he was squatting in.
He sought for the right moment, hesitating to just leap out and wreak hell upon the little toys that were displaying an impending doom upon the Hinata house residents; he grabbed the weapon behind him, a scythe. He prepared to attack as time was running out. He was wearing the gray sweater he had worn the first day he had arrived, with the exception of there being what appeared to be blood-stains on them, and pulled the hood over his head.
Kyosuke had been waiting for a moment much like this - he spared no time as he donned a mask resembling that of a custom painted skull, grabbed his trusted blade and burst through the vent grating, shattering the pieces of old and broken wood and alerting all in the annex of his presence. He landed on the ground before a stunned, and almost shocked, Tama-chan in a crouch, rising up to greet both the female turtle and the swarming army that was almost half of the Mecha-Tamas with a sadistic grin that held no quarter of mercy for either and eyes that burned with primal hunger for blood.
Tama-chan passed out in shock and lay swirly-eyed on the floor, as Kyosuke leapt over her inert form to engage the mecha army.
"I'm gonna make you all scream like cats in heat." he said before charging into the swarm of Mecha-Tamas, screaming bloody-murder all the way with the scythe at the ready to mow down the mechanical guards.
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Al grabbed Dizzy into his arms, dodged a couple of attacking mecha-tamas, and made for the door. The rest of the inhabitants were already at the door, covering his withdrawal, as the mysterious masked stranger maniacally hacked at the swarm of mechatamas.
"Come on!" shouted Keitaro, as all the others left the building. Motoko stood just inside holding her sword warily, as Al and Dizzy raced for safety. Immediately behind flew Tama-Chan, and immediately behind her flew a thousand mechatamas.
Al ran out the door, screaming and trying to put out the fire on his pants, Dizzy waving to Tama who was following behind, having recovered from her recent shock. Keitaro and Naru slammed the door shut just after Tama-chan escaped, and a micro-second later, there were a series of thuds and a number of mechatama heads were poking through the woodwork of the door.
"MYU!" they said, in unison, before pulling out, and disappearing back into the darkness of the annexe.
Keitaro sighed in relief. They had escaped!
"Myu, myu!" shouted Tama-chan, as something flew through the air towards Naru. She caught it by reflex, before looking down and realising she had just caught Tama-chan's tiny bridal bouquet. She looked up, into Keitaro's face, and blushed heavily.
"Ara, ara... looks like you and Kei-kun may be next, ne?" commented Mutsumi cheerfully, popping up between them.
"What? That baka?" denied Naru furiously, as she saw Keitaro's beet-red face and the start of a nosebleed. "Keitaro...!" Naru's fist swung back, and Keitaro took the fast route back to Hinata-sou.
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Tama-chan floated in the air sadly. Of course, His Holiness had been right about forced weddings, but love can make a fool of anyone. Dizzy had reminded her of Su's actual plan -- to use them to breed hybrid 'wurtles' for snacks -- and that had convinced her that it was better off not going ahead, if her babies were destined for Su's bottomless pit of a stomach. Still, her tiny heart still ached for her furry beau.
A hand snatched her out of the air.
"Well, if I can't get my wurtle-snacks, then I'll just have to have some commiserative turtle soup!" shouted an unabashed Kaolla Su. Tamachan slipped out of her grasp, and flew off back towards the inn, chased by Kaolla.
"Su-chan!" shouted Keitaro, as he saw her, and then the whole group gave chase, running back in the direction of Hinata-sou.
Back in the annexe, all was quiet. But, in the darkness at the back of the hall, a pair of glowing purple eyes blinked.
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That evening, Al relaxed in the hotsprings with Dizzy as he told the weasel about his day.
"And then the two little wackos tried to feed me to this albino aligator." Al sighed, mopping his brow with a wash cloth.
"Grrr." responded Dizzy, as if to imply that Al had had it easy compared to his day.
"Anyway, how are you getting on with that cute piscine girlfriend of yours?"
"Grrr!"
"What do you mean, 'prepare for take off'?"
Dizzy pointed before scurrying off to safety, and Al turned to see a very angry gang of towel-clad females looking down upon him.
"YOU PERVERT!"
"But today it's the mens day to bathe! Tuesday!" he pleaded, but to no avail. He was launched sky high by Hinata's own space program.
"Erm... you wouldn't hit a man of God, now, would you?" came a worried voice from through the steam, as the Pope decided that, even with the excellent scenery currently on view in this area, it might be prudent to return to Italy about now. As the girls debated the point, he swiftly made his escape.
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Next Morning: Kyosuke's Move
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The morning sunlight burned through the paper-screen windows of Hinata as the birds chirped and the morning dew rose from the trees. All was joyful as the new day had begun, except for one boy. Kyosuke was struggling on the floor, trying to shade his eyes from the light while still staying in la la land. It took only minutes before he realized that Wednesday morning had just snuck up on him and poked both his eyes out.
"Arrgh that must've been some party." Kyosuke half-joked to himself, looking down only to find the bloodied garb from the day before. "Eh? What the heck?" at that moment, the realization smacked him right in the face. Memories started flooding into his head like day-old beer from a ten year-old. "Let's see, I remember jumping out of that dusty vent and… scrap metal flying all over the place, and oh wait. I'm still wearing my costume, that's not good." Kyosuke springs up onto his feet and begins the chore of exchanging his suspicious clothing for something more common.
Shinobu had been hesitating just outside Kyosuke's room, wondering if he'll show the same annoyed expression as he did before. The image came back to her mind and she shivered at the thought before opening the door with a shaky hand.
"U-umm...breakfast w-will be ready s-soon so, um… come down when y-you're ready." she squeaked before attempting to turn to the door, but something in the corner of her eye grabbed her attention.
Kyosuke was busying himself with identifying what was for breakfast by whiffing the air and not noticing Shinobu, who had walked over to the object that caught her eye. To her, it looked like the inside of a mask, and as she picked it up she wondered what would a mask be doing on the floor. But as she turned it over to see the front she froze in terror, it was the same mask that was worn on that mysterious boy who helped them rescue Dizzy. There was no mistake, the same skull, same blood, same smell of rot and death. She tried to scream but no words came out, she spun around to back away from Kyosuke, she was confused, her head felt dizzy and blackness soon overcame her as she felt her body fall to the ground.
Kyosuke had just heard a dull 'thud' and quickly shifted his attention to the blue-haired girl who was now unconscious and on the floor.
"What the heck? Oh my God." he looked at his clothes and patted various pockets on his shirt and pants, searching for something. Then he saw the mask that was lying on the floor next to her collapsed body and slapped his forehead. "Aww, man! I can't believe I was that careless! Rrrrgh! Oh well, I just hope she'll wake up thinking it was a dream or something."
The young lad picked up the mask and threw it into a pile of clothes in the corner of the room. He then picked up and carried Shinobu over his shoulder and out of his room where he just propped her on the stairs and leaned her against the wall. Satisfied at the job well done, Kyosuke continued down the flight of steps and on to breakfast where he hoped that no one would find the girl anytime soon.
"I seem to be developing a habit of carrying unconcious girls from my room..." he commented to himself ruefully.
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After breakfast, Lance headed off to School in the company of Shinobu and Kaolla (although Kaolla did her best to encourage Al to give her another ride on his scooter). Al, however, decided to take his life in his hands and offer to accompany Motoko to their school. Surprisingly, she agreed -- or rather, she mumbled a brief affirmative and didn't send Al spiralling skyward. This, he mused to himself, could only be an improvement.
Cody left to go to his new job, and Sam went off to try and find somthing to do to earn some money. Keitaro and Naru headed off to work and study, and Kitsune started in on the sake.
Hinata-sou returned to peace and quiet, until the evening.
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Sam's Move: Dilemma
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Samuel was heading up the stairs to Hinata Sou, after getting refused a job for the 6th time running. He was beginning to despair.
"Great..." he sighed, "where the hell am I gonna get the money to pay Keitaro?"
He wandered in through the main entrance of the inn, and bumped into none other then Motoko.
"Um.. evening Motoko!" he mumbled, sweatdropping.
"I have had enough of your lies..." scowled Motoko. "You tell me it all, here and now. Where are your parents, for a start? How come you are here alone, and apparently not attending an educational establishment?"
"Um, er, hey wait a minute -- where are *your* parents?" he retorted.
"Why, my parents are in Kyoto at the dojo. I have... hey, wait a minute! Don't change the subject!"
"okay, okay... Jeeze. They are back in England. I'm in Japan because I sort of had... a few family problems, and I needed to get away from it all."
"I understand... Now then, what is it with the smell of sake on your clothes? And if you run, I will make sure you will never walk again."
"Okay.. I, um, like a small glass of it every now and then..."
"A boy at your age, drinking! Disgraceful! You will not drink another drop of this substance while you are here, do you understand?" she shouted angrily, using the tip of her katana to emphasise her point eloquently.
"Yes! I understand! Ah, can I go now?"
"You may go... but one more thing -- that duel we spoke about before. At 9oclock this evening, on the roof. Be there, or I will come to get you." Motoko smiled ominously. She was looking forward to teaching this irresponsible fool a sharp lesson! Not waiting to hear an answer, she strode off, leaving a nervous Sam in her wake.
"Shit..." he groaned. "I am /so/ dead..." And with this, he continued up to his room.
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Motoko's Move
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Back in the lounge, Al and Lance were discussing their finances -- or to be precise, their lack of them. They were speaking in English partly to conceal their meaning from eavesdroppers, but mainly because talking Japanese was difficult, and everyone likes a rest every so often.
"So... how are you managing to pay our landlord?" asked Al. "I know you're doing odd jobs for him to help pay, but you're going to get into trouble if you miss school. They take it seriously here, you know..."
"I know, I know..." moaned Lance, head in hands. "I've got some work at school, helping the professor with some research, but I'm still awaiting the next cheque from home. I'm not so good at budgeting, it seems!"
"Me neither," admitted Al. "My shipment should be coming soon, and a bit of cash has come, but not enough to pay the month yet. Keitaro's been good to us to let us stay anyway, but I feel bad about taking advantage like this since I can see he needs the money -- this place is in serious need of repairs."
"Not to mention that we're going to be measuring our life expectancy using an egg timer if that Kendo chick gets to hear that we're freeloading..." added Lance, gloomily.
"Kendo 'chick'??" came an annoyed voice from behind them. They both turned, and sweatdropped when they saw Motoko, who was holding an opened English/Japanese dictionary and a notepad. She also had a very angry expression.
"Am I to understand that /neither/ of you has paid for their accommodation?" she enquired, spearing each of them with a glance. "Has Urashima finally lost the few wits that Naru-sempai has not knocked out of him? Taking in yet more vagrants? Well??"
Lance and Al stammered something unintelligible, as both frantically tried to work out an escape route.
"I intend to make sure that Urashima promptly evicts you both, and replaces you with someone who can pay their way!" she growled, holding the pair of them at swordpoint, "After I first relieve you both of your no doubt undersized manhoods..."
However, fortunately for our heros, Motoko was interrupted in her tirade before any removal of anyones manhood could take place.
"But K-man, it's a great idea!" came a voice from the hallway, as Keitaro entered, followed by Haitani and Shirai. Haitani was doing the talking.
"Look, you need more tenants, right? We needs somewhere to stay since we were evicted over that minor misunderstanding with the camera in the neighbour's shower room, and we'd love to stay here... the scenery is so... nicely shaped!" Haitani and Shirai smirked a hentai grin at each other.
"Well, err," responded Keitaro, torn between his desire for money to pay the bank, and his desire to keep himself from being flayed alive by Naru and Motoko. "Er, I would need a couple of months rent up front, and you don't have that, do you?"
"No problemo!" smiled Shirai, waving a bundle of yen. "For the chance to cohabit with the Hinata Honeys, we've sold off everything we own to pay the rent. No difficulty paying!"
"And, er, I dont think there are any rooms free, unless someone moves out..."
Motoko had listened to this exchange with horror. Knowing how desperate Keitaro was for money, there was actually a chance he might agree! And if Lance and Al moved out... there was only one thing she could do.
Lance and Al suddenly found the sword point removed, and a budle of yen pushed into each of their hands.
"Quick... pay Urashima your rent, now, before he changes his mind!" she hissed at them. "Please! I'm begging you, don't let those hentai move in here!" She pushed Lance over towards Keitaro.
Al was about to follow, before pausing to talk to Motoko.
"This is so kind of you! I really didn't know you cared..."
"Don't get the wrong idea! I'm charging you interest on that. And this is only for the first month..."
"No, no... I really appreciate it! Err... maybe, what do you say, I can treat you to dinner one evening as thanks? As... part of the interest?"
"What?!? You mean you have money already? Then why..."
"Er, not enough money to pay the rent, just a few yen. I couldn't take you anywhere fancy, but - "
"Very well... that would be acceptable! Stop wasting time, get that money to Urashima before those perverts take your room!"
"Okay, it's a date then!" Smiled Al happily, as he ran off to pay Keitaro.
"Date? What?? No, that's not what I meant!" called Motoko frantically, blushing crimson and waving her arms wildly. But it was too late, Al had left to catch Keitaro and Motoko was alone.
At least, she thought she was alone, until Kitsune spoke from where she lounged against a doorway on the other side of the room.
"Well, Motoko! Looks like you're going to need some help from big sister Kitsune, to make sure you manage to keep your beau out of your panties, eh?"
Then Kitsune had to beat a hasty retreat, because sometimes, you can push a girl a little bit too far...
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GM notes:
This chapter was the most difficult for me to process due to the multiple interaction. Although the 'Dizzy/Tama' plotline is sorted out, we have several other plotlines now making an appearance.
This is the combined transcript of the Love Hina RPG being currently played by the members of the Shinobu Fan-Fiction Authors League. Each week, the players submit their chapter, and these are amalgamated and reconciled by the GM who then adds any extra interaction before posting the completed chapter.
Noone has author powers in this game, it is supposed to be in keeping with the LH theme and most players are playing versions of themselves.
Currently you are welcome to contact Baka-Alaskan if you wish to join the league; however the game is not looking for extra players.
Players: Cody (Baka-Alaskan), Al (Althesushilovingfanficsage), Lance, Sam (British Dragon), Kyosuke (Blight)
GM: Steve (CheshireCat5)
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Operation: Bachelor
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Back in Hinata-sou, the residents of Hinata-sou were gathered in Kaolla's room, trying to work out what to do about saving Dizzy, Al's weasel friend, from a fate worse than death at the hands (flippers?) of Tama-chan... matrimony!
"Do you think they might be in this Annexe, then?" ask Al, after Keitaro had explained the contents of the book they had found.
"Looks possible," he agreed. "Maybe we should head over there?"
"Hey, how about this thing?" shouted Lance from the other side of the room, where he had been examining Kaolla's latest invention, the multiple-armed Hunter-kun. After a bit of work, he had deciphered the dial on the side, and had set it to 'Weezle'. Now he was trying to find a 'start' button, with little success.
"Crazy piece of junk..." he mumbled, giving it a kick.
Unfortunately, the force of the kick caused something to shortcircuit inside. Lights came on... and the dial, originally set to 'weezle', slipped and reset itself to the next setting -- 'Keitaro'.
Hunter-kun's eyes lit up, and it turned it's head until it faced Keitaro, who backed away nervously.
Everyone froze for an instant, before all hell broke loose. Keitaro ran for his life, as Hunter-kun leapt after him in hot pursuit.
"Foolishness..." murmered Kyosuke, and withdrew. "I'm returning to the dining room," he added, "as I for one would not wish to waste Shinobu's excellent cooking."
Shinobu blushed at this comment, although she was somewhat worried about Keitaro. Her worries evaporated, however, as Keitaro returned into the room, tied up like a Christmas package and carried by a proud-looking Hunter-kun. The others followed, with Naru and Kitsune at the back, exchanging a few bills.
"You should never bet against the fox!" smirked Kitsune, as she pocketed the money.
"I can't believe he was caught so quickly!" fumed Naru. "Useless pervert!" and she gave the hapless ronin a kick that sent him spinning around on the end of the rope.
Seeing that Keitaro was safe -- or at least, relatively so -- Shinobu decided that the Kitchen was calling. The others has the weasle's rescue in hand, and Kyosuke needed feeding, even if the others didn't think her food good enough to wait for.
So, the five guys (Al, Lance, Cody, Sam and Keitaro) ran off towards the annexe, with the three girls (Naru, Motoko, and an amused Kitsune) following.
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The Battle for Dizzy: Al/Cody/Kyosuke
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Al jogged lightly at the head of their little group, chuckling slightly. Why did this sort of thing always happen to him and Dizzy?
Keitaro ran alongside him, and led the way to the annexe. Suddenly, they were stopped dead in their tracks by a small line of tanks, and by Kaolla Su - in a tuxedo and tophat - holding some programs.
"Friends of the bride or friends of the prisoner....err...groom?"
"Su, I'm here to stop this thing. I'm sorry, but if there's one thing I don't beleve in, it's shotgun weddings." Al smiled lightly. Motoko glared - that fool was taking the situation entirely too lightly. A turtle-weasel hybrid? She shuddered, the result of such a pairing would be horrific! She knew how to handle the turtle, but what new strange beast would result from a turtle/weasel relationship?
It would be nothing but pure evil.
The tiny tanks raised their barrels, pointing them at the supposed rescue party.
"Sorry Al, but I can't let you interupt such a important day in my arch rivals life."
"Keitaro, do something, you're the manager." Naru gave Keitaro a shove, pushing him to the front of the group.
"Now eh...listen Su...um....you can't just go around cross breeding things, it's not right, you're playing God." Keitaro stumbled over his words as he attempted to exert some self confidence.
"But it's fun!"
"But you shouldn't do it!"
"You're no fun! FIRE!"
The tanks blasted their first round at Keitaro, sending him into a heap in the corner, smouldering lightly.
Al's eyes went wide and he sweatdropped as he watched the tiny tanks blow away the gangly man.
"D...did that really just happen?" He asked Kitsune, a little surprised.
"Get used to it, this sort of thing is normal."
Al made an attempt to run and jump over the line of tanks.
"These little toys wont stop meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!"
Al's cry was extended as the tanks had shot him while he was jumping over them, and sent him flying high into the air, only to land on his head a few feet away from where Keitaro was.
"Man, that had to hurt..." Cody said with a wince, "There's got to be away to get past those tanks." He quitly backed away from the group ,to find a new way in. He couldn't really fight his way in anyway, having no weapons and no training with weapons.
"Oh, for crying out loud!" Motoko growled, and let loose a blast of Ki at the tanks before beginning to slice her way through the tiny hazzards.
Meanwhile, Cody was investigating the side of the building.
He walked around the side of the annexe, when he found an open window.( Lucky huh?) Seeing that there was a way in, he did what anyone else would do - he went in through said window.
He entered a dust filled room, dust swirled around him. "Now to let the others in," he coughed, as he headed out to find the front door.
He quickly found his way to the main door, which he opened and was greeted by a large battle scene. Heaps of tanks lay in ruin around the clearing.
" Oh, man...." He said, a little shocked. The rest of the tenents were nowhere to be seen.
" They must be inside already." Cody said to himself as he ran back inside to give whatever help he could in saving Dizzy.
While Cody was clambering through windows, Motoko's sword was making short work of Su's Mechas. Su escaped before her army was defeated, and as soon as the way was clear, the gang piled into the Annexe, led by Al and Keitaro.
The headed down a dark corridor, before coming to a large pair of doors. From the other side, the sound of organ music could be heard.
"This must be it!" whispered Keitaro. "Ready?"
Al and Keitaro each grabbed the handles of the two doors and pulled, opening the large doors to see a sight that made them freeze in their tracks.
Somehow, some way, Su had managed to convince the Pope to preside over the wedding, and at the moment the ceremony was at the most perfect point for stopping a wedding. Not only that, the seats on either side of the aisle were filled with a large number of turtles. At the front, a bound Dizzy lay between a veiled Tama-chan and another weasel that seemed to be the Best Man.
"Should anyone have any objection to this wedding, may they speak now or forever hold their peace." intoned the Pontiff, looking up at the new arrivals.
"Oh, this is perfect! I ob...!" Al was cut off by su wrapping her arms around his neck, choking him.
"One Mississippi, two Mississippi..." The pope counted off, waiting to make sure.
Keitaro attempted to help pull Su off Al, as Motoko stood frozen.
"Ta...ta...ta...ta...ta!" It seemed the sight of so many of Tama-chans turtle relatives and the had overcome her, and she couldn't produce a single word.
"Wait a minute, don't I know you?" A tall dark-haired girl asked turning around in her pew right in front of them.
"Mutsumi!?! What are you doing here?!?" Naru asked surprised that the Okinawan hadn't used her better judgement to stop the wedding.
"I'm the flower girl!" She giggled cheerfully as she held up an empty flower basket.
Naru face faulted, perhaps she wasn't that surprised.
"6 Mississippi, 7 Mississippi...."
"I OBJECT!" AL yelled as he, Su and Keitaro crashed to the floor in a heap.
Dizzy, who had finally noticed the gang, gave a "GRRR!" of joy - he had almost begun to think he'd be leaving with Mrs. Dizmark rather then with Miss Tama.
"Now why'd you have to go and ruin things!" Su called from on top of the Keitaro/Al pile. "Bring on the bridesmaids!"
An eerie "MYU!" sounded from the darkness. A number of purple lights lit up, shortly after revealed to be a horde of mecha-tamas, all wearing garlands of flowers around their heads.
"Mecha-Tamas - GO!" shouted Su, before Keitaro and Al could sort themselves out.
The Tamas flew together and formed a human sized tama-robot, with long extending fingers that wrapped around the various members of the rescue party and lifted them into the air.
"KYAHHHHH, Get me down!!!" Naru cried as she was hoisted into the air and her skirt fell over her face as she was turned upside down.
"WHA!" Keitaro yelped as his nose began to bleed, he was awfully close to her...
BAP! She kicked him in the face as she attempted to escape the machine's grasp.
Motoko stood like a statue, frozen in fear, watching her friends get attacked by the evil demonic machine.
"I...I cannot allow this to continue!"
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Al was thrown by one of the fingers and crashed into the best man (oddly enough, Dizzy's evil twin brother Bizmark). Bizmark ended up in a swirly-eyed pile at the side of the hall.
"Ow, ow, ow...oh hi Dizzy." Al smiled at his friend who was tied to a post in front of him. "Lemme get that for you." Al grabbed at the knot tied in the back of the post and was pulled away by another tentacle finger of the giant Mecha-tama, pulling the rope undone and freeing Dizzy.
"GRRR!" cheered Dizzy. Free at last!
"M...myuh?" Tama-chan whimpered as tears filled her eyes. Was she being jilted at the altar?
Dizzy looked rather sheepish "Grrr." he growled, as if to try and apologise.
Tama began crying "Myuh!"
Dizzy kicked at a pebble, looking rather ashamed of himself. What could he say?
"If I may interject?" came a voice from the sidelines.
The Pope (who had stood rather calmly throughout the whole ordeal) looked down at the two creatures.
"One cannot force love, little turtle, you must work at it. Give him the chance to choose for himself -- he is his own person, after all, and if in time he is so different from you that he cannot share your feelings then mayhaps he is not the one for you."
The Pope smiled down at Dizzy, "Long time no see, old chum, still play a mean game of chess?"
Dizzy nodded and smiled a big toothy smile. "Grr!"
"Good to hear, now if you'll excuse me, I must take my leave -- my plane leaves in half an hour, and I still would like to take a quick dip in the famous Hinata hot springs before I leave. " And thus the pope left the annex, leaving most everyone staring after him in shock.
"A...Al? Explain?" Keitaro looked over at Al who was hanging by a foot from one of the fingers.
He shrugged and looked over at Dizzy, who whispered something to Tama.
The two of them then shot towards a nearby table, and began pelting the mecha-tama's head with wedding gifts.
WHAM, (toaster oven), WHACK, (breadmaker), SPLAT, (Watermelon).
"That one was from me!" shouted Mutsumi, happily.
"I guess it's time to end this game then." Su sighed, and pushed a button on a remote-control unit, causing the mecha-tamas to separate and shoot a final round of fire at the rescue party.
"Now these I can handle!" Motoko ran and began slashing at the mechas. This proved the catalyst for the others. Lance grabbed a nearby piece of wood, Cody swung a candlestick, and even Kitsune hefted her empty sake bottle ready to join in. After the break-up of the giant mecha, Keitaro and Naru fell to the ground and were starting to organise the retreat towards the door. Al was running towards Dizzy and Tama-chan. Mecha-tamas flew all around, and were smashed, sliced, or pelted with assorted items from Tama-chans wedding list.
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Kyosuke watched intently as the battle raged on from his hiding spot in an old air vent. It was literally man (er, and woman) against machine as both the residents of Hinata Sou and the Hinata Defense Force clashed. He smirked in amusement but focused his attention to the task at hand. There was something that went against the very law of nature itself going on and it was unfolding before his very eyes as he observed Dizzy trying to get out of his last few shackles as Tama-chan continued pelt the mecha army with wedding gifts in defense of her one-time fiance.
'Pathetic little creatures, aren't they?' Kyosuke asked himself in thought, knowing full well that the slightest peep would cause about 500,000 of those strange robots to train their weapons on the source and fire at his cramped and helpless self in the small shaft he was squatting in.
He sought for the right moment, hesitating to just leap out and wreak hell upon the little toys that were displaying an impending doom upon the Hinata house residents; he grabbed the weapon behind him, a scythe. He prepared to attack as time was running out. He was wearing the gray sweater he had worn the first day he had arrived, with the exception of there being what appeared to be blood-stains on them, and pulled the hood over his head.
Kyosuke had been waiting for a moment much like this - he spared no time as he donned a mask resembling that of a custom painted skull, grabbed his trusted blade and burst through the vent grating, shattering the pieces of old and broken wood and alerting all in the annex of his presence. He landed on the ground before a stunned, and almost shocked, Tama-chan in a crouch, rising up to greet both the female turtle and the swarming army that was almost half of the Mecha-Tamas with a sadistic grin that held no quarter of mercy for either and eyes that burned with primal hunger for blood.
Tama-chan passed out in shock and lay swirly-eyed on the floor, as Kyosuke leapt over her inert form to engage the mecha army.
"I'm gonna make you all scream like cats in heat." he said before charging into the swarm of Mecha-Tamas, screaming bloody-murder all the way with the scythe at the ready to mow down the mechanical guards.
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Al grabbed Dizzy into his arms, dodged a couple of attacking mecha-tamas, and made for the door. The rest of the inhabitants were already at the door, covering his withdrawal, as the mysterious masked stranger maniacally hacked at the swarm of mechatamas.
"Come on!" shouted Keitaro, as all the others left the building. Motoko stood just inside holding her sword warily, as Al and Dizzy raced for safety. Immediately behind flew Tama-Chan, and immediately behind her flew a thousand mechatamas.
Al ran out the door, screaming and trying to put out the fire on his pants, Dizzy waving to Tama who was following behind, having recovered from her recent shock. Keitaro and Naru slammed the door shut just after Tama-chan escaped, and a micro-second later, there were a series of thuds and a number of mechatama heads were poking through the woodwork of the door.
"MYU!" they said, in unison, before pulling out, and disappearing back into the darkness of the annexe.
Keitaro sighed in relief. They had escaped!
"Myu, myu!" shouted Tama-chan, as something flew through the air towards Naru. She caught it by reflex, before looking down and realising she had just caught Tama-chan's tiny bridal bouquet. She looked up, into Keitaro's face, and blushed heavily.
"Ara, ara... looks like you and Kei-kun may be next, ne?" commented Mutsumi cheerfully, popping up between them.
"What? That baka?" denied Naru furiously, as she saw Keitaro's beet-red face and the start of a nosebleed. "Keitaro...!" Naru's fist swung back, and Keitaro took the fast route back to Hinata-sou.
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Tama-chan floated in the air sadly. Of course, His Holiness had been right about forced weddings, but love can make a fool of anyone. Dizzy had reminded her of Su's actual plan -- to use them to breed hybrid 'wurtles' for snacks -- and that had convinced her that it was better off not going ahead, if her babies were destined for Su's bottomless pit of a stomach. Still, her tiny heart still ached for her furry beau.
A hand snatched her out of the air.
"Well, if I can't get my wurtle-snacks, then I'll just have to have some commiserative turtle soup!" shouted an unabashed Kaolla Su. Tamachan slipped out of her grasp, and flew off back towards the inn, chased by Kaolla.
"Su-chan!" shouted Keitaro, as he saw her, and then the whole group gave chase, running back in the direction of Hinata-sou.
Back in the annexe, all was quiet. But, in the darkness at the back of the hall, a pair of glowing purple eyes blinked.
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That evening, Al relaxed in the hotsprings with Dizzy as he told the weasel about his day.
"And then the two little wackos tried to feed me to this albino aligator." Al sighed, mopping his brow with a wash cloth.
"Grrr." responded Dizzy, as if to imply that Al had had it easy compared to his day.
"Anyway, how are you getting on with that cute piscine girlfriend of yours?"
"Grrr!"
"What do you mean, 'prepare for take off'?"
Dizzy pointed before scurrying off to safety, and Al turned to see a very angry gang of towel-clad females looking down upon him.
"YOU PERVERT!"
"But today it's the mens day to bathe! Tuesday!" he pleaded, but to no avail. He was launched sky high by Hinata's own space program.
"Erm... you wouldn't hit a man of God, now, would you?" came a worried voice from through the steam, as the Pope decided that, even with the excellent scenery currently on view in this area, it might be prudent to return to Italy about now. As the girls debated the point, he swiftly made his escape.
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Next Morning: Kyosuke's Move
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The morning sunlight burned through the paper-screen windows of Hinata as the birds chirped and the morning dew rose from the trees. All was joyful as the new day had begun, except for one boy. Kyosuke was struggling on the floor, trying to shade his eyes from the light while still staying in la la land. It took only minutes before he realized that Wednesday morning had just snuck up on him and poked both his eyes out.
"Arrgh that must've been some party." Kyosuke half-joked to himself, looking down only to find the bloodied garb from the day before. "Eh? What the heck?" at that moment, the realization smacked him right in the face. Memories started flooding into his head like day-old beer from a ten year-old. "Let's see, I remember jumping out of that dusty vent and… scrap metal flying all over the place, and oh wait. I'm still wearing my costume, that's not good." Kyosuke springs up onto his feet and begins the chore of exchanging his suspicious clothing for something more common.
Shinobu had been hesitating just outside Kyosuke's room, wondering if he'll show the same annoyed expression as he did before. The image came back to her mind and she shivered at the thought before opening the door with a shaky hand.
"U-umm...breakfast w-will be ready s-soon so, um… come down when y-you're ready." she squeaked before attempting to turn to the door, but something in the corner of her eye grabbed her attention.
Kyosuke was busying himself with identifying what was for breakfast by whiffing the air and not noticing Shinobu, who had walked over to the object that caught her eye. To her, it looked like the inside of a mask, and as she picked it up she wondered what would a mask be doing on the floor. But as she turned it over to see the front she froze in terror, it was the same mask that was worn on that mysterious boy who helped them rescue Dizzy. There was no mistake, the same skull, same blood, same smell of rot and death. She tried to scream but no words came out, she spun around to back away from Kyosuke, she was confused, her head felt dizzy and blackness soon overcame her as she felt her body fall to the ground.
Kyosuke had just heard a dull 'thud' and quickly shifted his attention to the blue-haired girl who was now unconscious and on the floor.
"What the heck? Oh my God." he looked at his clothes and patted various pockets on his shirt and pants, searching for something. Then he saw the mask that was lying on the floor next to her collapsed body and slapped his forehead. "Aww, man! I can't believe I was that careless! Rrrrgh! Oh well, I just hope she'll wake up thinking it was a dream or something."
The young lad picked up the mask and threw it into a pile of clothes in the corner of the room. He then picked up and carried Shinobu over his shoulder and out of his room where he just propped her on the stairs and leaned her against the wall. Satisfied at the job well done, Kyosuke continued down the flight of steps and on to breakfast where he hoped that no one would find the girl anytime soon.
"I seem to be developing a habit of carrying unconcious girls from my room..." he commented to himself ruefully.
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After breakfast, Lance headed off to School in the company of Shinobu and Kaolla (although Kaolla did her best to encourage Al to give her another ride on his scooter). Al, however, decided to take his life in his hands and offer to accompany Motoko to their school. Surprisingly, she agreed -- or rather, she mumbled a brief affirmative and didn't send Al spiralling skyward. This, he mused to himself, could only be an improvement.
Cody left to go to his new job, and Sam went off to try and find somthing to do to earn some money. Keitaro and Naru headed off to work and study, and Kitsune started in on the sake.
Hinata-sou returned to peace and quiet, until the evening.
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Sam's Move: Dilemma
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Samuel was heading up the stairs to Hinata Sou, after getting refused a job for the 6th time running. He was beginning to despair.
"Great..." he sighed, "where the hell am I gonna get the money to pay Keitaro?"
He wandered in through the main entrance of the inn, and bumped into none other then Motoko.
"Um.. evening Motoko!" he mumbled, sweatdropping.
"I have had enough of your lies..." scowled Motoko. "You tell me it all, here and now. Where are your parents, for a start? How come you are here alone, and apparently not attending an educational establishment?"
"Um, er, hey wait a minute -- where are *your* parents?" he retorted.
"Why, my parents are in Kyoto at the dojo. I have... hey, wait a minute! Don't change the subject!"
"okay, okay... Jeeze. They are back in England. I'm in Japan because I sort of had... a few family problems, and I needed to get away from it all."
"I understand... Now then, what is it with the smell of sake on your clothes? And if you run, I will make sure you will never walk again."
"Okay.. I, um, like a small glass of it every now and then..."
"A boy at your age, drinking! Disgraceful! You will not drink another drop of this substance while you are here, do you understand?" she shouted angrily, using the tip of her katana to emphasise her point eloquently.
"Yes! I understand! Ah, can I go now?"
"You may go... but one more thing -- that duel we spoke about before. At 9oclock this evening, on the roof. Be there, or I will come to get you." Motoko smiled ominously. She was looking forward to teaching this irresponsible fool a sharp lesson! Not waiting to hear an answer, she strode off, leaving a nervous Sam in her wake.
"Shit..." he groaned. "I am /so/ dead..." And with this, he continued up to his room.
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Motoko's Move
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Back in the lounge, Al and Lance were discussing their finances -- or to be precise, their lack of them. They were speaking in English partly to conceal their meaning from eavesdroppers, but mainly because talking Japanese was difficult, and everyone likes a rest every so often.
"So... how are you managing to pay our landlord?" asked Al. "I know you're doing odd jobs for him to help pay, but you're going to get into trouble if you miss school. They take it seriously here, you know..."
"I know, I know..." moaned Lance, head in hands. "I've got some work at school, helping the professor with some research, but I'm still awaiting the next cheque from home. I'm not so good at budgeting, it seems!"
"Me neither," admitted Al. "My shipment should be coming soon, and a bit of cash has come, but not enough to pay the month yet. Keitaro's been good to us to let us stay anyway, but I feel bad about taking advantage like this since I can see he needs the money -- this place is in serious need of repairs."
"Not to mention that we're going to be measuring our life expectancy using an egg timer if that Kendo chick gets to hear that we're freeloading..." added Lance, gloomily.
"Kendo 'chick'??" came an annoyed voice from behind them. They both turned, and sweatdropped when they saw Motoko, who was holding an opened English/Japanese dictionary and a notepad. She also had a very angry expression.
"Am I to understand that /neither/ of you has paid for their accommodation?" she enquired, spearing each of them with a glance. "Has Urashima finally lost the few wits that Naru-sempai has not knocked out of him? Taking in yet more vagrants? Well??"
Lance and Al stammered something unintelligible, as both frantically tried to work out an escape route.
"I intend to make sure that Urashima promptly evicts you both, and replaces you with someone who can pay their way!" she growled, holding the pair of them at swordpoint, "After I first relieve you both of your no doubt undersized manhoods..."
However, fortunately for our heros, Motoko was interrupted in her tirade before any removal of anyones manhood could take place.
"But K-man, it's a great idea!" came a voice from the hallway, as Keitaro entered, followed by Haitani and Shirai. Haitani was doing the talking.
"Look, you need more tenants, right? We needs somewhere to stay since we were evicted over that minor misunderstanding with the camera in the neighbour's shower room, and we'd love to stay here... the scenery is so... nicely shaped!" Haitani and Shirai smirked a hentai grin at each other.
"Well, err," responded Keitaro, torn between his desire for money to pay the bank, and his desire to keep himself from being flayed alive by Naru and Motoko. "Er, I would need a couple of months rent up front, and you don't have that, do you?"
"No problemo!" smiled Shirai, waving a bundle of yen. "For the chance to cohabit with the Hinata Honeys, we've sold off everything we own to pay the rent. No difficulty paying!"
"And, er, I dont think there are any rooms free, unless someone moves out..."
Motoko had listened to this exchange with horror. Knowing how desperate Keitaro was for money, there was actually a chance he might agree! And if Lance and Al moved out... there was only one thing she could do.
Lance and Al suddenly found the sword point removed, and a budle of yen pushed into each of their hands.
"Quick... pay Urashima your rent, now, before he changes his mind!" she hissed at them. "Please! I'm begging you, don't let those hentai move in here!" She pushed Lance over towards Keitaro.
Al was about to follow, before pausing to talk to Motoko.
"This is so kind of you! I really didn't know you cared..."
"Don't get the wrong idea! I'm charging you interest on that. And this is only for the first month..."
"No, no... I really appreciate it! Err... maybe, what do you say, I can treat you to dinner one evening as thanks? As... part of the interest?"
"What?!? You mean you have money already? Then why..."
"Er, not enough money to pay the rent, just a few yen. I couldn't take you anywhere fancy, but - "
"Very well... that would be acceptable! Stop wasting time, get that money to Urashima before those perverts take your room!"
"Okay, it's a date then!" Smiled Al happily, as he ran off to pay Keitaro.
"Date? What?? No, that's not what I meant!" called Motoko frantically, blushing crimson and waving her arms wildly. But it was too late, Al had left to catch Keitaro and Motoko was alone.
At least, she thought she was alone, until Kitsune spoke from where she lounged against a doorway on the other side of the room.
"Well, Motoko! Looks like you're going to need some help from big sister Kitsune, to make sure you manage to keep your beau out of your panties, eh?"
Then Kitsune had to beat a hasty retreat, because sometimes, you can push a girl a little bit too far...
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GM notes:
This chapter was the most difficult for me to process due to the multiple interaction. Although the 'Dizzy/Tama' plotline is sorted out, we have several other plotlines now making an appearance.