Disclaimer: Not owning Love Hina… damn
AN: To the reviewer known as 'dan ()': I think you missed the purpose of fanficton. The point is for someone to take their own unique view of a previously published work and write it in a manner that they would have liked to see it. I am simply doing that. Besides, I'm not forcing you to read this story, so just ignore it and move on.
'nother AN: This is going to be a 'slow' chapter, I apologize in advance.
An Urashima-Aoyama Romance
Chapter 2: Explanation… please?
"So… who has questions?" Haruka asked the group before her, herself smiling as she held onto Tsuruko's hand.
The location was the roof… still. Nobody had left the rooftop since the fight had ended, and it was only recently that Keitaro, Motoko, and Shinobu had finally woken up. The two older women also had just recently finished their rather lengthy make-out session, but only because Kitsune had stopped them (she may have been open minded, but she didn't really want to watch two women attempting to score a home run in front of her). Now everyone was sitting against one of the railings, except for Keitaro and Motoko who were standing, looking onward at the nearly topless couple before them.
Naturally, Kitsune would be the first one to inquire about the new couple.
"So, how did all this happen?" she asked, quite bluntly (personally, she just didn't know where to start her questioning).
"Hm, you want to do it, or should I?" Haruka asked her new girlfriend.
"I'd love to weave the tale." Tsuruko answered happily "But where should I start."
"Eh, just tell them all of it." Haruka responded "It'll keep them from asking questions later."
"We're right here ya know." Kitsune said, feigning anger to some degree.
"I'm not blind 'ya know'" Haruka said, actually teasing Kitsune back for once.
"Oh, calm down you two. I can't begin with the two of you conversing." Tsuruko said with a chuckle, gaining their attentions once more "Now, I believe that we met almost five and a half years ago, while I was at the dojo."
'That's why I didn't know how they met, that was after I left for Hinata-sou.' Motoko thought as she listened to her sister's tale.
"I had just finished my training for the day when Haruka crash landed into me."
"Wait, crash landed?" Kitsune asked.
"Yeah, Seta's van blew up and threw me a good distance from one of the higher mountain tops." Haruka explained, her face noticeably frowning "I'm personally not very happy about having to test my skill in healing."
"Wait, are you saying that you can utilize your ki to heal your own body?" Motoko asked, obviously interested in the subject.
"The Urashima family used to be a clan of spiritual healers long ago, so healing our own body is reflexive for us to varying degrees." Haruka continued "Keitaro, Hina-oba-san, and myself are masters of the art."
"Keitaro can do that too?!" Motoko and Kitsune asked, both equally surprised.
"How else do you think he survives here? Immortality?" Haruka asked sarcastically "He's actually better than me at it."
"Urashima, why have you not told us about this?" Motoko asked, her face twisted into a glare that scared Keitaro quite well.
"Well, um, you guys haven't really asked me about it so…" Keitaro answered, mentally planning an escape route should Motoko try and attack him.
"That can wait till later, I wanna hear about Haruka and Tsuruko's love life first." Kitsune said with a smirk.
"Fine, we will discuss this later, Urashima." Motoko told the still mildly frightened man before turning back to her sister "Please continue onee-chan."
"I shall, Motoko-chan." Tsuruko said with a pleasant smile "Anyway, after she woke up from a mild concussion and a few scrapes…"
"And after being pulled from a ten-foot deep hole…" Haruka interjected.
"… I questioned her as to what had happened and where she had come from, as well as figuring out whom she was exactly. Afterwards, I offered to let her stay at the dojo until Seta-san eventually found her."
"Which would take till the day before her wedding six months later." Haruka explained with a frown "The bastard still wonders why I left him that day."
"Well, do ya think he knows you're a lesbian?" Kitsune asked out of the blue.
"What's a 'lesbian'? Is it good to eat?" Su asked innocently.
Everyone's face turned a mild to severe crimson color, except for Tsuruko's and Haruka's of course.
"I… don't think there's an actual answer to that question." Haruka muttered to herself.
"I do not think so either." Tsuruko whispered in response.
"Um… moving on…" Kitsune said, desperately wondering if she had enough liquor back in her room to forget that comment.
"First off, I'm not gay, I'm bi." Haruka said "Second, he has no idea what my interests are."
"As for myself: it is quite common for Aoyama women to be bisexual." Tsuruko stated.
Whether they meant to or not, everyone's thoughts drifted to a certain younger Aoyama standing in the same vicinity, and the aforementioned woman also had a blush pass across her face.
"No, I'm not." Motoko stated calmly, noticing that everyone's face was slowly turning her way.
"Eh, alright." Kitsune said, then turned back to the happy couple "Let's get back to the main storyline, m'kay?"
"Sounds good to me." Haruka said, slowly wishing she had a cigarette.
"Well, let's see… after letting her stay at the dojo, I offered to train her in the unarmed form of Shinmei-ryu."
"Before any of you ask: I'm not very good with swords, and I already had knowledge of two other forms of unarmed combat." Haruka explained as she saw Kitsune's mouth begin to form another question.
"She was a natural at it, and she mastered the basic style and concepts in four months, though not to the same degree as myself and the Master of that particular art. She was dubbed a genius in the use of lightning ki, in contrast to my mastery of light ki." Tsuruko said "In fact, by now she could be considered stronger than our master in that particular area."
"I already told you-" Haruka began.
"I know, I was just commenting on you skills, Haru-chan." Tsuruko said pleasantly "Anyway, aside from the training, we became much closer over time. It was originally that of a host to their guest, then a bond between master and student. After that, it progressed to a rather close friendship, and then a certain accident in the onsen at our dojo brought about Haruka's feelings for me."
"An accident in the hotsprings?" Kitsune said with a smirk "What happened, she tripped while leaving the pool and landed on top of ya in a-"
"Kiss? Why yes, that is what happened." Tsuruko said happily, though it was noticeable that Haruka was a little embarrassed by the retelling of the story.
'I don't know which is worse, knowing that even Haruka's prone to clumsiness, or knowing that all of the Urashima's I know are prone to intimate accidents.' Motoko thought as she stared at the oldest woman there.
"Y-You k-kissed a m-m-married woman?" Shinobu finally squeaked out, having not been able to find her voice throughout the whole story so far.
"Not on purpose." Haruka said with a frown "Besides, she was not married yet. She still had four days left of being single."
"So in the space of three days, ya'll decided you'd meet in five years and have a knock-down, drag-out fight?" Kitsune questioned once more.
"The first day I spent figuring out my feelings, the second day I tried to work up the nerve to talk to her again, and the last day, I asked her to make me a promise." Haruka explained "Before you ask, Kitsune, I asked her to promise me that should she ever become unattached again, that she'd give me another chance."
"But I wanted to add my own twist to the promise." Tsuruko interjected "I made her a promise that should she be able to beat me in combat, then I would honor her desires."
'That definitely sounds like onee-chan.' Motoko thought with the very briefest hint of a smirk.
"Wow, that's amazing!" Keitaro finally said happily "After so long you actually still cared for each other, and even kept your promise!" 'Then I have hope! If their promise can be fulfilled, then so can mine!'
"Well, we didn't really stop seeing each other." Haruka admitted "Tsuruko came by about once a month up until seven months ago, which is when she was going through the divorce regarding that man."
"It was fun being able to see both you and my sister at the same time." Tsuruko admitted "Now I have the chance to see both of you on a daily basis, so long as manager-san has a room I can use."
"Of course I do! I couldn't turn away Motoko's sister!" Keitaro said happily "And I certainly wouldn't do anything to upset Haruka-oba-san."
Whack!
Crack!
"I'm not that old!" Haruka growled, her fist ablaze with ki and Keitaro with his head through the boards in the floor.
"Was that necessary Haru-chan?" Tsuruko wondered aloud.
"That was his hundredth transgression since he got here, he deserved it." Haruka said calmly "Let's go pick out your room while he wakes back up."
Tsuruko simply smiled as the two of them stood up, their hands never breaking their grip on one another as they did so. The other members of the household began to crowd around Keitaro to see if he was actually alright as the new couple began their descent into the building.
"Hey, Tsu-chan."
"Yes, Haru-chan?"
"Do you think they're all ok with us?"
"Would it make a difference in how you felt if they did?"
"No."
"That's good, but I don't think you'd have to worry about it anyway."
"That's what I figured." Haruka said with a smile, placing a light kiss on the taller woman's cheek as they headed to a room near Keitaro's own.
Meanwhile…
"Wow, the dork's aunt really did a number on him." Sara said as she inspected Keitaro's head.
"Oh, I hope sempai is alright." Shinobu whimpered aloud.
"How come nobody told me if a lesbian was tasty or not?" Su asked with a rather pitiful look on her face.
"Wait till tomorrow and ask either Haruka or Tsuruko that question." Kitsune responded with her rather mischievious grin.
"Kitsune! Don't say things like that about my sister!" Motoko screamed with a rather embarrassed look on her face.
Back with the couple…
Tsuruko sneezed once as they entered the room that hadn't been used for quite a while, and she decided to attribute it to the dust that undoubtabley inhabited the room.
End Chapter 2
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