Love Hina belongs to Ken Akumatsu. This Fic Belongs to me

The skies over the Hinata Inn slowly darkened as the female residences awaited Naru to let them inside. However, the redhead was finding difficulty getting the doorknob to turn as she realized they were locked out

"Why's the door locked? Didn't I tell that idiot we'd been back by four." She grumbled while digging into her purse to grab her spare key.

Shinobu nervously adjusted the grocery bags in her hands "M-maybe Senpai just wanted to make sure no one broke in while he was in the office. He's been in there a lot lately, he doesn't even notice when we get home, so he might just of locked it and forgot we were going to be back by now…"

Motoko clicked her tongue as Naru inserted the key "Unlikely – the vile male probably just wants time to dig around our rooms for his perverted pleasure while we were out."

The thought caused a disgusted enraged shiver to go through her as Naru turned her key. That perverted bastard! Boyfriend or not, there's no way in hell she's going to let him get away with putting his hands all over her clothes like that!

Rather than a satisfying click as the door unlocked, the key refused to bulge

"What the-" the redhead growled as she struggled with the knob "It's still not opening!" She stared at her key for a moment. It looked fine and undamaged, so it wasn't the problem, and the door didn't look any different...Then again, she had had it since she first began living in the Hinata dorms, so maybe there was damage she wasn't seeing "Hey, can someone let me borrow their key – mine's not working."

Mutsumi skipped over to her childhood friend, handing over her own key with a huge smile "Here, use mine."

Naru thanked the melon-loving brunette and tried again, only for the lock to remain rigid. It happened again with Motoko's key, and Su's key, and Shinobo's key, and Mitsune's key. Even Haruka's own spare and skeleton keys wouldn't make the door budge.

"You think the lock's broken?" Mitsune asked, eager to get inside to get in her bets for this weeks races and polish off her newly bought beer. "We should have Kei-chan take a look at it once we get inside."

It was a long while before Naru went from jangling the knob to slamming her fist at the door "Hey, Stupid-Keitaro! We're back, open the door already!"

Su tilted her head curiously, swaying back and forth on the balls of her feet "You know, maybe Big Brother changed the locks – I saw him calling a locksmith last week and this morning."

Everyone paused and stared at the Momollian girl for a while. Changed the locks? While they were out? Without telling them?

Naru was the first to break the awkward silence "Why didn't you say something sooner!?" she yelled, getting a cheerful hum in return.

"Oh, I was busy organizing my banana collection and upgrading the mecha Tamas and forgot."

"W-why did he change them without telling us though?" Shinobu whimpered, clutching her bags to her chest "He's been so…out of it lately, is that why…?"

Naru stared at the doorknob in concerned frustration. She couldn't argue that there had been something off with her boyfriend the last couple of days – acting all moody and avoiding them like that – Not that it bothered her mind you, she was glad to have that four-eyed perv out of her hair. Still, he had been…different the past couple of days, and this wasn't the different that had happened when he left with Seta on that dig, this was…scary different, like that day her mother introduced her to…that girl's father. It had bothered her greatly throughout the week, making her wonder if something had happened…

But even then, that was no excuse to pull something like this in her book "Whatever it is, he better get down here and explain it!"

"I agree with Naru," Motoko said, bokken slowly being drawn "Whatever game Urashima's trying to play with us is not one that will be taken lightly."

It was a long while before they heard footsteps and were relieved that Keitaro was finally coming back to fix things – until a voice hissed at them from behind the door, they slowly realize that voice belonged to… Keitaro? "What do you want?"

"There you are!" Naru puffed her cheeks out and placed a hand on her hips "Where have you been?! We've been waiting out here for forever – hurry up and open the door, we just got back from shopping and I need to put my stuff away in my room so I can study."

"No."

Naru blinked. The answer had come so quickly. She had expected the door to be opened and that pathetic idiot Keitaro to ushering them inside and offering to take their things (not that she'd let him touch the bag holding her new lace panties) "What do you mean no? Open the door. Everyone's tired and wants to go inside."

"No."

Her eyes twitched "Come on, we have to put our stuff away. Let us in."

"No

She ground her teeth "Look, we're all tired and I have classes tomorrow, so open the door already you idiot."

"No."

She started to seethe and clenched her fists. This was getting annoying now "Okay, I'm not sure what kind of game this is but it's getting old quick. Now open the door right now before I – "

"No."

Naru saw red as she dug her fist into the door, surprised it was making no indent but too angry to care "What do you mean no?! Open this door right now!"

"No."

Naru sneered as she turned around and banged on the door again "Why not?! And why don't any of our keys work?! Su said you called a locksmith! What's going on?!"

She pulled back and snorted "Oh I get it now – maybe Motoko was really on the money with her comment earlier. A pitiable man like you couldn't handle the fact that I wasn't giving in to your advances, so you called the locksmith last week so you could figure out how to get into our rooms to sniff around to get off at our stuff. Now you're scared that we've caught you and are trying to get out us rightly beating that deprave ass of yours into the ground by keeping the door locked! But there's no getting out of this! So if you unlock the door now and apologize, I promise I'll just beat it in half way."

There was no response (though Shinobu did give a squeak of embarrassment at the word "get off", and Kitsune seemed to be whispering something to her that feed her blush.) and the redhead just hit the door again, hoping that the reverb shook him up "You didn't go through my clothes did you? You better not have touched any of my underwear you disgusting pervert!"

There was still no response, and Naru hit the door harder this time "Did you hear me? Answer me you dumbass!"

Again, there was still nothing, so the redhead continued banging the door and yelling profanities at the man behind it until chilling laughter filled the air, causing Naru and the other Hinata women to nearly seize up as they realized it had, like the voice, belong to him.

"What's so funny?!"

There was another laugh as Keitaro, in a disturbingly calm but cheerful tone, stated curtly "I'm just amazed at how quickly you came up with that ridiculous scenario. You really have an interesting imagination there Naru." Naru slammed her fist into the door again "For your information, I called the locksmith because I wanted to learn how to change all the locks around the Inn, rooms included, and asked him to help me today."

Naru's stopped midknock(if you could call it that). He really changed the locks. "Why the hell did you do that?! And without telling us either! How am I supposed to get into my room if the lock's different now?"

There round of laughter "Shut up you idiot! Answer me or – "

He cut her off quickly "I'm sorry Naru, but you don't have a room anymore."

Naru froze and deepened her glare as she slammed her fist down hard and kept it there "What do you mean I don't have a room anymore? What the hell are you taking about?!"

"I'm saying what I said; You don't have a room anymore." Keitaro continued "In fact, none of you do! For too long I've let you guys live like spoiled sheltered princesses in this house and walk all over me, but that ends now!"

Haruka teeth bit into her cigarette as she attempted to keep her wits about her, eyes on the Inn. There wasn't a single cloud in the sky yet the oppressive force within the Inn seemed to be trying to loom over them, as if aiding the bespectacled boy behind the door in his speech. "Keitaro, what are you trying to say?"

"What I'm saying AUNT Haruka (Haruka found herself hitting the air with her paper fan the moment she heard that word) – is as of this moment forward, you are all evicted from the Hinata inn."

Everyone stared at the door. Evicted? Keitaro was evicting them? Since when? How did he even plan on doing this? Not a single girl knew what was going on, but at the same time they did. One thing was certain to every one of them though – Keitaro had lost his mind.

Shinobu began to shake as Su tried ask her what was going on "W-what are you saying Senpai? Please stop saying such strange things!"

"I agree" Mutsumi said rather scolding, as if she were lecturing a child "This joke's going too far and I think everyone's had enough. Please unlock the door and let us in. This isn't funny anymore…"

"Oh I'm being quite serious Mutsumi," he sneered, causing a wave of fear from, surprising not him, but the inn, to nearly overtake her "I'd tell you to pack you bags, but I already took that liberty of doing that for you."

Motoko blinked, he couldn't have… "What is that suppose to mean?!"

"Look to your left."

Everyone blinked as they did as he asked and gasped - Out on the curb, for the entire world to see, were their belongings. Most were packed away in neat boxes with each Hinata inn tenant's name neatly scrawled on the side. Anything too large or that couldn't fit was next to or on them "It was a bit troublesome packing away all your things, but all things considered, it was worth the effort."

Su had walked up to the door, eyes wide with confusion "Big Brother, what's going on? Why are you doing this?"

There was silence again before he spoke again as clear as the Tokyo sky, but as cold as the tundra "I already told you Su – I've had enough of being your personal whipping boy. You guys always talked about kicking me out and how better off you'd be without me as you beat me and cursed me and tricked me and kicked me and hurt us an– " Keitaro's voice stopped as his throat hitched, like he was chocking on something rotten, (or chocking period Naru hoped) but eventually continued "So I granted your wish, now your all free from me and my "lustful male perversions" and can finally live your lives in peace."

Glances were exchanged, mainly between Naru and Motoko. It was true that there was no patience had for their landlords perverted tactics against them in their everlasting battle to preserve their own and their dorm mates chastities from him (even though the former was dating him), and the threat of removal was thrown about when he got particularly bad.

But that was at him, not them!

"Then why don't you leave then!" Motoko growled, eying Naru as the redhead's fist slamming had upgraded itself to rapid-fire punches aimed at the frame (why was the door still there?) "What gives you the right to do this to us? This is our dorm! You think you can just throw us all out into the street like we're trash!? Just who do you think you are!?"

"Yeah," Sarah cried, tiny fist pumped in rebellion "Don't act like you own the place you dork! You really think you can get away with this?!"

There's a sharp snort "Yes, and do you know why?" he asked coldly before his voice rose again "Because I do own the place! It's not your dorm – it's MY dorm! With MY name on it! Given to ME by the deed from MY grandmother! You're all just a bunch of girls who are living here provisionally here because she felt bad enough for you to offer you a lease and think you're entitled to treat it like it's your own personal castle! I'm surprised kicking you out never crossed my mind sooner, or her mind for that matter, especially with your attitudes. Guess foolish naivety must run in the family..."

Naru grit her teeth. Insulting them was one thing but she wasn't going to let him get away with taking about their previous patron that way "Don't call Granny a fool!" the red head hissed "She's the best thing to ever happen to us! Makes me wish she had stayed instead of handing the dorm over to a worm like you! And who are you calling entitled!"

Mitsune stared as a rather toxic verbal war was building up between Keitaro, Naru, Motoko, and Sarah, desperately trying to figure out a way to get out of this. She had always prided herself in the fact that she could get out of any trouble by the skin of her teeth with her silver tongue – she wasn't called Mitsune "Kitsune" Konno for nothing, but right now it felt like heavy lead. She wasn't sure of how serious the threat (no, announcement – the threat had already been given a long time ago) of eviction was, but that fear-driven survival instinct of hers that kicked in every time it seemed she was about to get thrown out of a place over rent or have a debt collected on her was ringing in her ears, begging her to delay the inevitable, telling her there was still a chance to salvage the sinking ship if she could just get him to listen for a few minutes.

All landlords/bosses/managers/bartenders/siblings/relatives/bookies had that tiny window in their "Your outta here" speech, a chink in their armor where she could, if done properly, squeeze an extra day or two out of them, enough to keep her alive and drinking for another day (if she save enough from her horse betting celebration binge afterwards). A little smoozing, some buttkissing, and a "heartfelt" apology were all that was needed to make this whole thing water under the bridge and put life back on track. She never considered having to use it on Keitaro of all people though, but that was mostly because he was so easy to get extensions on – he would even spot her rent a couple of times if she cried the right way (and if that failed, she always had her camera ready to take some…interesting pictures with him or any of the others).

But from the yelling he had done, he was already past the "You sweetheart you" Brown-nosing threshold, so she'd have to skip a few parts. Probably.

"H-hey now Kei-chan, girls, let's all calm down now!" Mitsune stammered, eyes nearly pinpricks as she raised her hands in defense, managing to get all eyes on her. She even felt Keitaro stare at her, even though he was inside and hidden behind that imposing wooden door.

Good, his listening. Now reel him in "Now let's not get too hasty here! There's no reason for any of us to be getting upset." She cooed cautiously, grinning nervously as Naru gave a skeptical glare "This is all just a huge misunderstanding, alright? I'm sure if we all sit down and talk this out, we can reach an agreement here. Now I know our sweet old Kei-chan wouldn't say something crazy like he's evicting us!"

"He is."

Beads of sweet collected on the silvernette neck. Yep, definitely past the brown-nosing threshold. This was going to be a lot more harder than she thought...

You got this! Keep going girl, "And I definitely know our Kei-chan wouldn't just toss us out into the street with nowhere to go."

"He did."

Her palms felt sweaty Keep him on the line, put out more bait "But I see where you're coming from. We screwed up," Naru looked ready to argue against her but Shinobu stopped her (thank god!) "and you have every right to be angry with us" Motoko almost interrupted, but Mutsumi pulled her back (another miracle!) "But doesn't the good lord always talk about second chances? Does reincarnation not offer those with regretful hearts a new lease on life and a chance to redo? Don't video games give you the option to continue and try to beat the final boss again? Isn't our dear country of Japan built on the belief that any person, no matter who they are, should be allowed to reform and start from scratch?"

Now bring out the net! "Did you not come to the Hinata with the hope of escaping from your poor Ronin lifestyle and start anew – and didn't we let you, help you do so? Don't you think it's time you returned the favor?"

He didn't say anything this time– that was a good sign right? It had to be!

Okay Kitsune honey, bring it home! "So please Kei-chan," she said in the most sincere repentant tone she could give and even got on her knees for good measure (even though he couldn't see her) "give us our second chance. Let's just go inside, talk, and start over again - put everything back to normal. Surely, there's no problem with us…stating from scratch, right?"

It was quiet, so Mitsune took it as him contemplating her words and felt proud of herself – even under pressure like this, she could still pull it off (and out of her ass). Now all that was left was him to tearfully accept her –

"Oh sure Mi-tsu-ne," He grumbled sardonically (Keitaro being sarcastic? Did he even know what sarcasm was?) "We can go back to normal and you can go back to telling me you're having trouble paying rent and have a "better deal" before lining me up for a date with Naru's fist! Like three months ago!"

She stiffened. Was he still holding a grudge over that? She never meant for Naru to send him into the next district like that, but he really should have seen it coming (plus, it was kind of funny ) "H-hey now, that's not fair Kei-chan." She pouted, a hesitant worry pulling at her from nowhere and rent survival instinct telling her to shut up now "Now if this is about me telling Naru you were asking for nudes of me in place of rent, it was joke and I'm really sorry, so-"

A cold, painful pressure pressed down on all of them as Keitaro…no, as something yelled back "OH NOW YOU'RE SORRY!"

Everyone coiled back. Even Naru looked on edge as Sarah buried her face into her blouse – was that really Keitaro this time? There was almost no single trace of him in that scream! It sounded so…inhuman.

They could hear his breathing turn ragged behind the door before he spoke in a strained voice "But you bring up an excellent point."

Mitsune blinked "I do? I mean, course I do! When don't I bring up excellent points!" she laughed, before asking "Which was...?"

"That everyone deserves a second chance," He said, though the tone he was using prevented her from getting her hopes up again "Though you guys have used your fair share of them if I recalled."

The girls all looked at each other while Naru glared as he continued "So, since your so very eager to make it up to me, I have a bit of a proposal for you."

Suddenly, a few pieces of paper slide out from under the door. Naru picked it up and handed it to Haruka to read over "These are the changes to both the dorm and your previous leases. The terms are quite clear and fair. It doesn't even have to be a majority vote - just have everyone read over it, sign, with a blood pack for good measure, and the people who agree can live here again."

"And the people who don't?" Haruka asked

"I hear the apartments downtown have pretty nice prices."

There was a collective gulp from three of the residents as Haruka looked over the paper, with Naru and Motoko reading over her shoulder. He was right about it being clear cut – all violence was absolutely prohibited, no alcohol (Mitsune would be pissed) in the morning or past 4 pm, rent must be paid every three months on the dot or residents will face eviction and be charged interest (again, poor Mitsune), any damages to the dorm caused by the residents would be charged to and be repaired/paid for by them out of pocket or (if any) by their guardians, younger residents will have all indiscretions reported to their guardians, any and all accusations of sexual harassment or issues with fellow dorm mates must be brought to the landlord/manager (with actual physical proof) to be discussed before deciding if legal action must be brought and not handled on one's own, residents must now assist with maintenance of the dorms (including cleaning the springs, wiping down the halls, dusting, etc.), the springs would be restricted for bath time use only with limited recreational use on weekends and holidays, since the dorm was now going to be coed, baths and similar other commodities would be split between sexes, the dojo would now be communal with schedules put up to split up use time depending on what sport/martial art(s) the resident participates in, residents now had a curfew that would be determined in due time, Su's robots were –

Wait.

She looked back three sections, focusing on the word "Coed" until it took up the entire space of the paper. She searched the document until she spotted it atop the header in big bold letters

Terms of Lease for the Hinata house Coed Dorms

Unfortunately, Naru noticed it too.

"Wait – your turning the dorms Coed!"

"Not turning," He said quite plainly "turned, as of...two hours ago now that those documents I sent in five weeks ago got validated, the Hinata House is officially Coed. Around the end of the current term at Tokyo U, I will be welcoming the new male residents as well as the others that are coming to replace you if you chose to not return."

A/N:Clink-Clink. It's Lockdown.

So, we're now on to part two, and the girls have been kicked out of the Hinata.

It is well known fact that the Hinata in houses some rather odd mystical qualities, and it is fanon belief that those qualities make the a sort of intangible sentient that can be utilized by the Urashimas depending on who owns the Inn at the time and if the Inn itself is willing to lend them – so why wouldn't it help Keitaro keep the girls out? After all, it had to suffer too with all the holes left in it's roof with the constant Naru punches and Motoko slices and while Keitaro wasn't the…greatest guy, he still took pretty damn good care of it while he was in charge, better than the girls did the whole time they were there.

My head cannon is the The Hinata is a mix of Empathetic Weapon and Fisher Kingdom – it's powers and state reflect the current owner and, if it feels necessary, give them it's influence.

However, this does not invalidate Keitaro's actions – he is doing this on his own, the Inn's just lending itself as an Ally of sorts. Haruka's, on a deeper level, understands this, but there's a part of her unwilling to accept a possibility she and the girls may have driven the nails in their own coffin...yet. It's like when you know you did something bad (like stealing a cookie or recording over the superbowl without getting approval from the NFL) and caused something worse to happen in turn, but the rest of you has yet to catch up on this.

Speaking of which, for those who are probably wondering why Haruka got kicked out too - while owned by her and herself being a co-Den-mother of sorts for the dorm, the teashop is technically part of the Inn's property, meaning that family or not Haruka is under the same obligations and penalties as the other residents and subject to them if she steps out of line. (Though if I'm wrong I might edit it out later)

I apologies to those who just want to see the girl's kicked to the curb permanently and don't like that Keitaro's offering them a deal, but I plan on doing this fic by giving character development all around to everyone here!

Oh, and thanks for all your comments!

To Samhan: I put their names up to show people that the main characters are going to be part of the story - not sure about pairings Yuri or otherwise at the moment