Love Hina: Kenshin the Keeper

Well by the feedback I have recieved it appears that this story will be continued to be written, so I will.

Here are my replies to the reviews;

Omegagaurdian- True, the other one was probably funnier (thus far) because of the first scene. I decided to put the new first scene there in order to create a kind of... looming doom... And thanks for telling me your opinion.

Infinite Freedom- Sorry man, it can only be one or the other.

Bobboky- Alright thanks.

silence- Well okay then.

ftayao- Well don't forget, this is a AU fic, so a little OCness is bound to happen. But if you could tell me what I'm 'doing wrong' it would help me.

Well now to get on with the next chapter of Love Hina: Kenshin the Keeper.

Chapter 2: Shit!! We're in Trouble!!!

Last Time

When we got there, a metal door blocked it off, with a lock around the handle. I used my sword to destroy the lock, and then quickly ran through the door, and then sliced into the door, cut around the handle, and then removed it. I backed up a bit and then turned.. I noticed that we were on the annex... we were trapped. Keitaro and I backed up to the railing as we heard banging on the other side of the door...

And Now For Our Featured Presentation

Kenshin POV

I began seeing my entire live flash before my eyes. I knew that this could very well be my last moment on Earth, and what a sad moment it was. I barely had been in this new town, or in this hotel for that matter, for one day and, even though I could defend myself easily I wouldn't have even thought about killing them, I was about to die, killed by girls, with a guy shaking beside me in fear... oh did I forget to mention that while we backed up we began to... well you ever see how when someone is extremely scared they will latch onto someone and start shaking wildly, well that was what he was doing, but he was also choking me.. But I had to say something before I died...

"Ke-Keitaro-san..." I said my voice shaking in fear, and lack of oxygen

"Y-yes Kenshin-san?" Keitaro said in an even more frightened voice.

"I-I just want you to know that even though I have only know you for..." I said as I pulled out a small pocket watch from my robe, and then put it back. "Two hours... I want you to know that it was a pleasure to get to know a man as kind as you sir, that it was." I said, as lumps started appearing in the door.

"Same here Kenshin-san, same here." He said as more lumps appeared in the door.

"And listen, if you somehow make it through this, I want you to tell my father I'll miss him." I said as I could here muffled sounds coming from the other side of the door.

"And... what's his name?" Keitaro said letting go of my neck and pulling out a notepad.

"Oh, its Hiko." I said as Keitaro wrote it down. "Seijuro." I said as Keitaro looked puzzled for a second.

"How do you spell 'Seijuro'." Keitaro said as I began tapping my chin.

"It's spelled S. E. I. J. U. R. O. Got it?" I said as Keitaro wrote each letter of Hiko's last name onto the notepad.

"Okay I got it, and sure I'll tell him." Keitaro said as he put the notepad back into his man purse.

"Okay thanks." I said as Keitaro began pulling me back into his frightened death grip.

"No problem." He said as the door busted open, flying towards us. "AAAHHHH!!!" Keitaro said as he released his death grip on my neck. I stood and put my right hand on my sword's hilt, and my left on my sheath as I got down into my stance. But then I sensed someone in the doorway, waiting for me to make my move... time to pull a fast one on them.

"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu!" I shouted as the door came even closer to me. "Batto-jutsu (Supersonic Sword Technique- Art of Drawing the Blade)!" I said as I arched my knees and drew my blade and hit the door with a vertical slash, splitting it in half, and forcing the two halves into seperate sides of the railing. Then out of the doorway, Motoko jumped foward.

"Now I got you! Shinmeiryu: Zanga..." Motoko began shouting till...

BAM

I thrust my sheath into her ribs, causing her to lose her breath, and also be thrown back a few feet backwards. "Soryusen (Twin Dragon Spark)!" I shouted as she continued flying through the air.

'But how!? I heard of many Batto-jutsu... he shouldn't have been able to... keep me from destroying...' She thought until she saw my sheath. 'He... he used his sheath in order to cover up the weakness of a Batto-jutsu! Amazing... he did something.. that not even my sister... could think to do...' Motoko thought as she hit the ground in front of the doorway, and the other Hinata Sou housemates.

"MOTOKO-CHAN!" All of the house members shouted coming out of the doorway.

"Motoko-chan!" Su shouted as she jumped over to Motoko... and began poking her ribs with a stick.

"OW! Su don't do that..." Motoko groaned out as she sat up.

"YAAAA! SHE'S ALIVE!" Su shouted as she began jumping up and down. Then she took a look in my direction with an envious gaze. "Wow! How did you do that to Motoko-chan, I couldn't make her go owie even if I hugged her as tight as I could!" Su said as she began hugging herself while I only had a singular huge sweatdrop form on the back of my head. "Are you some kind of super villian!?" Su asked as she got into my face.

"Ummm..." I began saying as Su jumped away.

"That must be it, you must be a super villian, and you must get your powers from..." Su said building up a dramatic pause. "TURTLES!!!" Su shouted making Motoko shudder.

'Turtles...' Motoko thought as she stood back up

"But serioiusly how did he do that to Motoko?" Naru said as she helped hold Motoko up.

"Now then, I am sorry for that, but if I didn't do that I would've been seriously hurt." I said as I put my sheath back onto my side, and my sword back into my sheath.

"You get hurt!? Why should we worry about that you're a Sake thief!" Kitsune shouted as she pointed at me.

"Look I'm sorry for that, but it was an honest mistake, if you would allow us to talk, like civil people, then we could straighten this all out." I said as I smiled.

"How could you straighten out my bottles of Sake, the rubble in the hallway, the door to this annex, and now Motoko!" Kitsune and Naru shouted at the same time.

"Look I'm sorry, but just allow me and my friend to talk, we can straighten this out, and help you fix all of your damages I swear on my honor as a..." I started saying as I walked towards them.

"Get away from us you theif! NARU PUNCH!!!" Naru shouted as she hit me square in the jaw and launched me into the railway, Keitaro screamed slightly as he saw me fly into the railway.

"Kenshin-san! Are you alright!?" Keitaro said as he began shaking me.

I groaned from the pain that was held inside my body as I tried to stand. "Y-yes Keitaro-san, I am..." I said as a small pouch slipped out of my pocket and then hit the sidewalk. "MY WALLET!" I shouted as I saw a dog walk by, sniff my wallet, and then grab it with his teeth and run down the street. "THAT DOG HAS MY WALLET!!!" I shouted as I tried to jump over the railway.

"Kenshin-san! Calm down!" Keitaro shouted!

"I know that if I jump now maybe I can catch it before it gets away!" I shouted as I fought against Keitaro.

"Calm down!" Keitaro shouted as he slapped me in the face.

"Thank you Keitaro-san, I needed that... but now that dog has my wallet that I was supposed to use to buy the train ticket to Kyoto, and spend the night at this hotel (Sigh)." I said, sighing while all the other girls look at me like I was crazy.

"Yeah I know, but hey I'll help pay your way." Keitaro said earning a few strange looks from the grils.

"Thanks Keitaro-san, I owe you a lot man." I said as I scratched the back of my head.

"Hotel, what are you two talking about?" Kitsune said as she began to calm down.

"Well this is the Hinata Inn isn't it?" I said as the girls now began looking at me as if I knew absolutely nothing.

"Don't try to trick us! There's no way you wouldn't have known that Granny Hina changed this place to a girl's dorm!" Naru said as the rest of the girls nodded, and we had looks of shock on our faces.

"WHAT!?" We both shouted!

"This place was turned into a girl's dormitory?! Hey did you know anything about this Kenshin-san?!" Keitaro semi-shouted as he looked into my direction.

"No Keitaro-san, I was just as ignorant of the situation as you were, that I was." I said as I began to think. "However that would explain why I haven't seen a single male guest here since we've been chased." I said as Keitaro's head simply dropped.

"Come to think of it you're right." He said as he sighed.

One of the girls coughed to try and get our attention, but Keitaro and I were just too encumbered by grief to hear them. "Now where am I supposed to stay this place was my last chance." Keitaro said in a defeated tone, while the girls started coughed again.

"I know what you mean, and now not only do I have no money to get to Kyoto, I have no place to stay in this entire city." I said as I crossed my arms. "What to do, what to do." I said as the girls coughed even louder than before.

"(Sigh) Oh well, I've had worse times than this..." Keitaro said in a defeated, but yet also slightly hopeful tone. "And I've gotten through those times too so I guess things will turn out for the best." Keitaro said making me grin slightly.

"I have to say your hope for this situation is astounding Keitaro-san. And I guess you're right." I said putting my hands to my sides. "I have also been through much worse than this, but I think I can find a way out of this." I said as the girls began to become slightly angry, well Kitsune, Naru, and Motoko were, about being completely ignored.

"Yeah, I have a good feeling about the rest of the day." Keitaro said in a excited tone.

"As do I Keitaro-san, as do I." I said, not even aware of the three girls just within ten feet of us who wanted to kill us.

"Say you wanna travel around the city for another hotel, I'll even help you pay for it." Keitaro said making me smile.

"Thank you Keitaro-san, your generousity is much appreciated, but I think I'll just find a few odd jobs in this city to help pay for a hotel." I said as he began laughing.

"That's cool, being a rurouni must be a cool life experience." Keitaro said as I began laughing as well.

"Actually some times it is, you wouldn't believe the interesting people you get to meet whenever you travel around, and all of the knowledge you pick up." I said as Motoko's, Kitsune's, and Naru's faces began glowing red.

"That does sound pretty awesome." Keitaro said as this time we both heard a very loud cough. We both turned our heads to see the girls, just standing there staring at us. "Yes, you need something?" Keitaro said making all of the girls face vault onto the ground.

"HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN WHY YOU'RE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?!" Naru shouted as both me and Keitaro began tapping out chin's.

"Actually I kinda did." Keitaro said making the girls face vault again.

"Yeah same here, could you remind us?" I said, because I actually had forgotten why we were here, not suprising seeing as how I had forgotten my own age, making the girls face vault even harder.

"YOU'RE HERE CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BEAT YOU BOTH TO A PULP FOR BEING THEIVES!!!!" Most of the girls shouted as both me and Keitaro's face began taking on that of a grimace.

"Oh yeah..." We both said as we looked at each other, then back to the girls, before backing up to the railway and kinda holding each other again while shaking...

"Now you thieves..." Motoko said drawing her blade.

"prepare to get..." Kitsune said cracking her knuckles.

"what you deserve..." Naru said, also cracking her knuckles.

"TIME FOR YOUR BEATING!" Su shouted as she pulled out another rocket launcher.

"Where does she keep on getting these rocket launchers!" Both Keitaro and I began screaming as suddenly there was a deep sigh coming from the doorway.

"Well, I see that all of have met my nephew and... this guy I don't know." A rather bored sounding voice said as everyone turned to see an older looking woman at the door, smoking a cigarette. When Keitaro saw her his face immediately began lighting up with hope.

"Aunt Haruka!!!" Keitaro yelled as he lept towards 'Haruka' as she hit him over the head with a fan.

"I told you it's Haruka-san!" She said as she took another drag of her cigarette.

"Eh?" The five girls all said out loud as Keitaro stood up.

"Sorry Haruka-san." Keitaro said scratching the back of his head.

"It's okay Keitaro." Haruka said taking another drag of her cigarette. "So who's this guy right here?" Haruka said bringing Keitaro's attention back to the situation at hand.

"Oh yeah. Haruka-san, I would like you to meet..." Keitaro started saying before Su began yelling.

"TIME TO BLOW UP THE THIEF!!!" She said as she aimed her rocket launcher.

"NO DON'T DO THAT!" Keitaro shouted as Su pressed the button and a huge rocket sped towards me. I simply jumped to my feet and with all of the skill I had gained in my training, I lunged fowards, towards the projectile that was coming towards me. "Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryƫ: Ryƫkansen Arashi (Dragon Spiral Strike Storm)!" As the missle neared I somersaulted foward, my sword drawn out of its sheath and above my head, as the missle harmlessly passed above my head.

In the next instance I was kneeling on the ground, my sword still in my hands, as the missle went behind me. Then all of a sudden the missle split into two pieces, and the two individual pieces spiraled out of control into different directions. The missle halves were heading for a room on the third floor and a room on the second floor...

BOOM

A giant explosion sounded as the rocket hit the two rooms, causing them to both combust. As I stood up a large sweat drop appeared on my head as I nervously looked at the girls. "Ummm... I can fix that..." I said as I noticed Kitsune and Motoko had their heads down, their fists shaking like crazy.

"Those..." Kitsune said, venom lacing her words.

"Were..." Motoko said, her voice sounding slightly demonic.

"OUR ROOMS!!!" Kitsune and Motoko shouted as Kitsune ran up to me and sent me a powerful upper cut, sending me about twenty feet into the air. Then Motoko sent a ki wave right at me, when it struck there was an explosion so large that it sent me and additional fifty feet into the air. Then Su smiled and pulled out another rocket and stuck it in her rocket launcher.

"Oh boy, target pratice!" Su shouted as she aimed her rocket launcher for me, and then with the push of a button sent a rocket flaring out towards me. I simply was there, in mid-air, watching the rocket comes towards my way. This time thanks to Kitsune's and Motoko's combination attack I was in no condition to do anything about the giant explosive heading towards me...

KABOOM!!!!

The explosion sounded as the rocket hit me and exploded. There was a large cloud of smoke surrounding me until I began falling. I fell out of the cloud of smoke and I looked down, myself barely able to make out my surroundings, but it looked like I would be landing into the waters of the hot spring. Several seconds later I hit the water of the hot springs... and everything went dark for a few minutes.

General POV

Everyone on the annex stared for a second before Haruka broke the silence. "Come on, let's go see if he's alive." Haruka said as everyone began following her down the stairs. "So can anyone explain to me what is going on here?" Haruka said as Keitaro was about to talk, but was interupted by three of the girls.

"Well you see Haruka-san, it all started when Shinobu screamed about how there were thieves in the house!" Naru shouted Shinobu nodded.

"Then we ran and found these two, your nephew..." Kitsune said while kinda just looking back and forth between Keitaro and Haruka, trying to find any sign that they were actually related. "And that read-haired dude in front of Shinobu wearing these hood things." Kitsune said pointing an accusing finger at Keitaro.

"Wait a minute those were just..." Keitaro began saying before being interupted again.

"Then we began chasing them, and while they were running Motoko cut them off." Naru said while Motoko nodded.

"Then I attempted to cut them down with one of my techniques which the red-haired one simply dodged by running on the walls and ceiling.. and the attack..." Motoko said as she glanced at the other girls as they shuddered about being hit by Motoko's technique.

"Then I found them and I tested my latest invention on them, but the red-haired guy just went whoosh!!!!" Su said as she began making swinging gestures with her arms. "And then, and then the ceilings, walls, and even support beams went CRASH!!" Su said, this time gesturing the parts of the hallway falling. "And then they hit my rocket and it went BOOM!" Su said as she jumped up into the air. "And then the hallway went bye-bye!" She said describing the rubble in the hallway. "And it was FUN!!!" She said jumping around.

"AND THEN WE FOUND OUT THEY STOLE SOME OF MY SAKE AND DRANK IT!!!" Kitsune shouted in anger.

"And then they ran to the annex and that was basically it." Naru said as they reached the base floor, and then began traversing the hallways to try to get to the hot springs.

Haruka actually had a very shocked look on her face. "Wow Motoko, you must be slipping for someone to be able to dodge your attack." Haruka said making Motoko's head lower. "And even more so for him to do that kind of damage to you." Haruka said pointing to how Motoko was holding her ribs. Motoko only was able to let out a low growl before regaining her composure. "Now then, Keitaro, could you fill in the rest of the story?" Haruka said as Keitaro's head perked up.

"Oh yeah sure Aunt Haruka." Keitaro said earning yet another hit from a fan. "Ow... anyway, where should I begin..." Keitaro said as he began tapping his chin.

"Try from when you first got here." Haruka said taking another drag of her cigarette.

"Oh yeah good idea. Let's see here, well when I first walked in this morning I saw Kenshin-san..." Keitaro said earning Haruka's attention.

"His name's Kenshin?" Haruka said taking another drag.

"Yeah, Kenshin Himura is his name." Keitaro said to Haruka.

"Huh. Good name for a swordsman, continue nephew." Haruka said as the other girls had there own thoughts... much of them being the same.

'Kenshin... sword heart... Himura... of the scarlet village? Sword heart of the scarlet village...' All of the girls thought... well except for Su, she just thought...

'Wow! What a cool name!!! That sounds lika a awesome name for a manga character!!!' Su thought while Keitaro continued his story.

"Anyway, I saw Kenshin-san meditating inside, we talked for about a minute and then he said he needed to see granmda to see if he could get a room. So we made our way around the place, trying to find grandma's room so we could see her, but we ended up in a room filled with Sake bottles and other trash, apparently hers." Keitaro said while pointing to Kitsune.

"Damn straight!" Kitsune shouted at the mention of her room.

"So we began cleaning it up, and then Kenshin-san found a loose floorboard where there was some Sake stashed. He figured anyone who drank that much wouldn't need anymore Sake, and that grandma when we saw her may like a drink so he took the bottles." Keitaro said earning a glare from Kitsune. "Then when we got to grandma's room it was empty so we waited for a while... then Kenshin and I drank the Sake..." Keitaro said while scratching the back of his head, not sure whether or not to tell them about his and Kenshin's bath in the hot springs.

'If I do tell them then they'll definetly kill Kenshin and me...' He thought as he decided to keep that information to himself.

"Then we began wandering around the halls, I thought that if we couldn't find grandma we could at least find you, and that's when we bumped into that girl here." Keitaro said while pointing to Shinobu. "And caused the clothes she were carrying to scatter all over the place. So we decided to help her pick them up, and when we finished she saw us and screamed... and that's basically it." Keitaro said while Haruka took another drag of her cigarette.

"... And things were so quite before..." Haruka said out loud making Keitaro lower his head.

"(Sigh) You know you could be a little more supportive." Keitaro said as they reached the hot spring area. As they walked in there was so must mist in the area that they could barely even see their hands right in front of their faces. Then all of a sudden, there was a moan coming from in front of them, and my body's form started showing up as the strange figure continued to moan.

"OH NO!!! HE DIED AND NOW HE'S A ZOMBIE!!! DIE ZOMBIE!!!" Su shouted as she pulled her rocket launcher back out.

"SU! NOOOOO!!!" Everyone shouted at once as Su launched another rocket at me, and hit its mark dead on. As the smoke, debris, and mist cleared it showed the figure, completely covered in black.

Kenshin POV

The figure was me, and Su had once again shot me with one of her rockets. I coughed up a little bit of smoke before I collapsed, landing in a hot spring. The others ran over to me, and Keitaro and Haruka pulled me out, most of the black had been washed of me by the spring, but I had those spinning symbols in my eyes.

"Kenshin-san, are you alright?!" Keitaro said shaking me slightly.

"(Moan) No... (Moan) (Cough)" I said as they began carrying me to the living room. They layed me down on the coach, I was still very... disorientated. "Where am I... wasn't I in the springs being blown up?" I said sounding very dazed.

"Su, I mean sure he might be theif, but don't you think you over did it a bit?" Naru said making me sigh slightly.

'Great, she still thinks we're theives...' I thought as I lay there.

"I'm sorry, its just that he's so fun!" Su shouted energetically.

Haruka coughed to get everyone's attention once again. "Now that everyone's here I think it's time we discuss what we're going to do about this." Haruka said while Keitaro perked his head up.

"Yeah, I need a place to stay, and so does Kenshin-san so..." Keitaro started saying before being cut off by Naru.

"Absolutely NOT!" Naru shouted at him.

"Come on. I only need to stay here for a little while, and Kenshin-san would only need to stay until he can get enough money to buy a ticket to Kyoto." Keitaro said in a pleading tone. "Besides we didn't know the inn had been converted to a girl's dorm." Keitaro said hoping to gain some support from me, but unfortunetly I was still quite dazed.

"No way!" Naru shouted, and this time Kitsune joined in with her.

"There's no way guys could stay in a GIRL'S dormitory! You might end up doing something... weird!!!" Naru shouted slamming her hand on the desk.

"Yeah besides, you guys are SAKE THIEVES!" Kitsune shouted also slamming her hand on the table.

"Yeah, but also you guys have done practically THOUSANDS of yen worth of damage!" Naru shouted as Kitsune practically jumped on top of the table.

"Yeah! And you destroyed Motoko's room and my room!" Kitsune said while Keitaro kinda backed up.

"Wait a minute that was her fault!" Keitaro kinda shouted in a frightened tone while pointing at Su.

"And on top of that, you hurt Motoko-chan, and you terrified Shinobu!" Naru shouted while Keitaro only backed away even more.

"Well, it wasn't that bad, I mean they didn't look all that threatening honestly. I was just shocked I guess..." Shinobu said while Keitaro and I thought.

'Do we really look that pathetic?' As our heads sunk.

"This isn't good, I thought grandma would let me stay for sure, so I barely brought any money with me... oh yeah, where is grandma anyway, I'm sure if I talk with her she'd..." Keitaro said before being cut off by Haruka.

"She's not here." Haruka said in between drags of her cigarettes.

"What?" Keitaro said sounding a bit shocked.

"A year ago she went on vacation to tour the entire world, and she hasn't been back since. We do recieve an occasional fax from her though, but none recently." Haruka said taking anoth drag of her cigarette.

"A... world... tour?" Keitaro said completely and utterly shocked.

"Yes, though she has pasted the retirement age she still wanted to go out and seek some new romance.. or something along those lines. So she took the opportunity and turned this place into a girl's dorm and just up and left." Haruka said while Keitaro just sat back in on the couch.

"I see... (Sigh) so she's not here... that's it..." Keitaro said while he sighed and stood up. "I understand, it's not right for a man to stay in a girl's dormitory.." Keitaro said while standing. I moaned as I was upset, yet understanding, about our problems, I still couldn't talk too much because I could still barely open my eyes without becoming dazed. "Sorry for disturbing all of you." Keitaro said as he picked me up off the couch and slung me over his shoulder.

"Sorry Keitaro. Living here would've saved you a lot of rent money. The commute would've been hard is all." Haruka said in an apologetic tone.

"(Sigh) Yeah... it would've been." Keitaro sighed out.

Haruka looked a little down at first, but then she perked up as she cooked up an idea. "So, you should be a sophomore at Tokyo U now shouldn't you?" Haruka said with a smile.

"What?" Keitaro said with a look of suprise on his face.

"Yeah, you should be in your second year at Tokyo U by now right?" Haruka said as she winked at Keitaro.

Keitaro laughed lightly before answering. "Come one Haruka-san, you know Tokyo U has only been a objective for me these past few..." Keitaro started saying before...

'Something wicked this way comes...' I thought as I suddenly felt aprehensive about the surging ki that suddenly made an appearance as Haruka finished her sentence.

"Tokyo U?" We both heard coming from the girls. Keitaro slowly turned to see the shocked faces of four out of five of the girls. "TOKYO UNIVERSITY!!!" They all shouted at once.

"Ye... yeah..." Keitaro said backing away from the girls.

"YOU'RE A TOKYO U STUDENT! THAT'S AMAZING!!!" They all shouted at once again.

"Wait, wait a minute!" Keitaro said trying to get himself out of the lie that Haruka had just basically created.

"Man you don't look all that smart." Kitsune said pushing Keitaro on the couch, causing him to drop me on the floor.

'Ow.' I thought as I moaned on the floor.

"I guess you really can't judge someone just by how they look." Motoko said while resting her head on her hand.

"Now just wait a minute!!!" Keitaro started saying.

"What's Tokyo Ewe? Is it edible, what does it taste like!!??" Su started shouting.

I just sat there on the floor, listening to the choas insue, that I could not even throw my two cents into. I already knew that this wasn't true, and the fact that I couldn't even stop it because I could barely even stand was already frustrating to me.

"OKAY!" Kitsune said getting everyone's attention. "How about this everyone? We let him stay and be our tutor!" Kitsune said earning a confused look from Keitaro.

"Now just.. stop.. let me talk!!" Keitaro said while everyone ignored him.

"Don't worry we'll let your friend stay here too." Kitsune said while grinning while Keitaro simply shut up.

'Kenshin-san needs a place to stay... I guess that I'm going to have to risk this.' Keitaro said while straightening up.

I still sat there on the ground I began struggling to get up, which after a little while I could. I began getting up on my knees, then I was able to plant my left foot on the ground, then my right. Then I stood all the way up, my body in so much pain it was killing me, but I couldn't let Keitaro do this, I couldn't let him get himself, and myself, into something we couldn't handle. But... I stood up just in time to hear this...

"WELCOME TO HINATA SOU!!!" They all shouted at Keitaro and I at once.

"Umm... thanks?" We both said at once. "Pleased to meet all of you." We said one after the other. Then I started walking off.

"Hey where are you going?" Kitsune said while I walked.

I turned around to face my now fellow roomate Kitsune and smiled lightly at her. "Well Kitsune-san, I'm afraid that because of the recent beatings I have taken on today that my body feels like it could fall apart on me at any second. So I will be taking a more... relaxing dip in the hot spring so that I can recover a bit, that I am. Please no one enter till I exit, thank you." I said as I made my way out of the room.

I made my ways through the hallways, and back at the doors to the hot spring. I stepped inside the locker room area again, took off all of my clothes, and then dipped myself into one of the pools of spring water, allowing the warmth of it to just relax my throbbing body. I sat there for a few moments, I needed some time to think. I began thinking about things that needed to be done before things got out of hand, and even about the current situation.

'Well, maybe this is a good thing, afterall I mean Keitaro-san and I do need a place to stay, and maybe I can make some money around the town with this place as my temporary home.' I thought as I sunk deeper into the relaxing waters. I heard the sliding door open and I sunk deeper into the water to prevent someone, if it were one of the girls who didn't listen to me, from seeing something. I saw that it was Haruka and my body immediately untensed.

"Yes Haruka-san?" I said dumping a bucket of hot water over my head.

"I heard about your money situation and since I'm technically the person taking care of the dorms now, I got an offer for you." She said making me turn to look at her.

"Thank you Haruka-san." I said as she began waving it off.

"I haven't even told you what the job is yet." Haruka said taking a drag of her cigarette.

"I'm thanking you for helping me, that I am." I said sinking into he water even deeper.

"No problem kid." Haruka said while smiling a bit. "Anyway, I want to hire you to take care of the place. You know kinda like a..." Haruka said trying to think of the right term.

"Repairman, cook, cleaning personel?" I said listing jobs that might be found in a dorm.

"Well not a cook, but yeah other than that." Haruka said taking another drag of her cigarette.

"Alright then, I'll take it. Thank you Haruka-san." I said while sinking deeper into the water.

"No problem." Haruka said while walking out. I watched her until she left and allowed myself to sigh, I was expecting it to be a while before I would be getting a job for some money, but now that I have that done I have no more problems... except one.

'According to Hiko-san Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu was more suited for more muscular men such as him. If I want to apply my style to its fullest I best continue training, as early as tomorrow.' I thought as I got out of the water and went back into the locker room. I quickly put my robes and things back on as I walked outsidet the locker room. As I got out I saw Haruka there waiting.

"Oh, and by the way, you'll be sharing a room with my nephew, in the manager's room." She said as she walked off.

"Thank you!" I said as I began walking towards my new room.

I finally got back to the manager's room to see that Keitaro was sitting in front of the small desk in the room. I looked around and saw Keitaro's bags had been unpacked and that his things were place around the entire room. Since I never really carried anything on me except my sword and my current pair of robes there was nothing of mine to be seen in this room except for a rack for my sword and a futon for me to sleep on. Keitaro turned to me and smiled lightly.

"You really pack light don't you?" He said while smiling lightly while I only smiled and nodded.

"When you travel constantly there is very little need to pack many things." I said as I sat down beside him. We both sat there for a second before we both just sighed. "What are we going to do?" I said sounding depressed.

"Yeah I know, I got myself into quite the situation, and I dragged you along for the ride." Keitaro said in an apologetic tone.

"It's no problem, afterall if you didn't then I wouldn't have a room to stay in while I'm here. Or a job to get me some money for that matter." I said while smiling.

"You gotta job?" Keitaro said in a shocked tone.

"Yeah, your aunt hired me to do some work around here." I said while Keitaro patted me on the shoulder.

"Congratulations!" Keitaro said.

"Thanks, couldn't have done it if you hadn't taken the fall." I said while Keitaro scratched the back of his head.

"No problem, I was glad to do it Kenshin-san." Keitaro said as he walked over to the window. "Man you gotta take a look at this view." Keitaro said as I nodded and began walking over to the balcony.

"Wow." I said as we overlooked the entire city, it was truly a spectacular sight. And the sea it was even more amazing. This was only the day view, so I could only imagine the night view when all of the lights would be turned on.

"It's funny isn't it?" Keitaro said while looking out.

"What is?" I said also enjoying the view.

"How much of a difference the name Tokyo U can make." Keitaro said while taking off his glasses and cleaning them with his shirt.

"Yes, but then you gotta expect that, when people meet people who will grow to become rich and powerful, like people who graduate from Tokyo U will most likely become, they will in essence begin to change there entire views." I said as I gained a more dark look in my eyes. "Titles, that's all that matters to most people now a days." I said earning a nodd from Keitaro. "But then again if it weren't for that we wouldn't have a room here now would we?" I said earning a nod from Keitaro.

Keitaro looked out to the sea again. "It's been a while since I was able to talk to girls like that." Keitaro said while I glanced at him.

"Yeah, I barely got to talk to many girls while I trained with my father." I said while Keitaro looked over to me.

"You mean you never went to school?" Keitaro said curiously.

"By technical means no, I was home schooled really." I said while grinning.

"I never would've guessed that." Keitaro said while turning his attention back to the view.

"So, speaking of girls, did you ever have a girlfriend?" I said while Keitaro kinda blushed.

"Well... no not really..." Keitaro said while put my hand on his shoulder.

"Do not worry about telling me, I promise I won't say anything, afterall you and I are in the same boat, that we are." I said while patting his shoulder.

"Cool. But, while I never had a girlfriend, there was this girl... who I considered... my sweetheart..." Keitaro said while I looked at him.

"So who was this sweetheart of yours?" We both heard from behind, scaring us out of our skins. We turned around to see Kitsune behind us.

"Wha.. wha... wha... Mitsune?" Keitaro gasped out after his scream.

"Oh so you remembered my name. My full name is Mitsune Konno. But my friends call me Kitsune!" Kitsune said while grinning.

"Uh.. hi. My name.. is Keitaro Urashima..." Keitaro said while sheepishly scratching the back of his head.

"Hello Tokyo U student Keitaro." Kitsune said while smiling.

"And my name is Kenshin Himura." I said while bowing slightly.

"Hello Sake thief, and property destroying Kenshin." Kitusne said while scowling

"I said it was a misunderstanding, and an accident for that matter, I'm sorry, that I am." I said while keeping my smile on my face.

"And I don't care, now Motoko and I gotta sleep in the Tea House with Haruka, she won't even allow me to have any Sake in there!!!!" Kitsune said making myself tense a great amount while Keitaro was just thankful the yelling wasn't directed at him.

"Please, let him off the hook, it was just a misunderstanding, and an accident." Keitaro said while Kitsune smirked and winked at him.

"But speaking of misunderstandings, she really was very mean wasn't she?" Kitsune said while leaning against the wooden rail of the balcony.

"Who?" Keitaro said confused.

"Naru Narusegawa, the girl who was really against you both coming at first, other than me." Kitsune said while we both nodded.

"Oh yeah, that girl with the long hair..." Keitaro said while also leaning against the rail.

"Well I wouldn't call her mean, today was afterall not exactly the most normal day for any of us so I wouldn't blame her." I said while crossing my arms.

"Yep.." Kitsune said while gaining a smirk on her face. "So Keitaro..." Kitsune said getting both of our attention. "You... prefer girls with long hair huh?" Kitsune said while faking a blush.

"No, no, no! That's not it!" Keitaro said while getting highly excited.

I just watched this spectacle in a little bit of interest, I never had seen too many men and women converse, but from what I could tell it was awkward, there was lots of stuttering, and... wait, her ki signature... is she acting?!

"Keitaro do you have a girlfriend?" Kitsune said while grabbing Keitaro's hands.

"Eh?! No, of course not." Keitaro said growing more flustered by the second.

"That's just perfect then..." Kitsune said while letting go of Keitaro's hands. "Cause for the longest time... I have always had this dream to date someone from Tokyo U." Kitsune said making Keitaro's face begin practically glowing.

"Wha.. eh!?" Keitaro started off, not even being able to form whole sentences.

"Oh I did it again... I haven't even asked how you feel and I'm telling you this..." Kitsune said while getting closer to Keitaro.

'Wow if she's acting then she's doing a very good job, that she is.' I thought as I continued watching Kitsune seduce Keitaro.

"Keitaro what do you think of me?" Kitsune said while holding Keitaro's hand.

"Wh... wha... wha... what do you mean?" Keitaro said, his face very similar to that of a light bulb at this point.

"Here, words aren't enough..." Kitsune started saying as she began pulling Keitaro's hand to her left boob. I watched with my eyes practically bugging out of my head. Now I am sure this is unacceptable, cause I remember Hiko-san was going to touch a woman's breast when he was drunk and he got slapped. I quickly grabbed Kitsune's forearm and Keitaro and Kitsune looked at me with raised eyebrows.

"Now, now there Kitsune-san. I'm pretty sure that is not acceptable." I said as I pulled Kitsune's arm back.

"Well he doesn't seem to care whether it is acceptable or not." Kitsune said while pointing out Keitaro's practically glowing face, and pulling his arm closer to her breast.

"Well he doesn't seem capable of making his own decisions at this point now does he?" I asked as I pulled Kitsune's arm back, and then Kitsune pulled back, then I did, then Kitsune, then I did, and then it turned out into an all out tug-of-war between us. That is, until Naru, Su, and Motoko barged in, causing Kitsune to blush at how this current situation looked.

"What the hell are you doing Kitsune?!" Motoko and Naru shouted as Kitsune began stummbling with her words.

"Well.. uh umm..." Kitsune began saying as she ran to the rail on the balcony. "You'll never get the answers out of me alive!" Kitsune said as she jumped.

"Wait! Suicide is not the answer!" I said as I ran to the railway. After I got to the edge everyone heard three sounds; the sound of clothes tearing, the sound of something hitting the ground, and the sound of a woman screaming as well as the sound of a sliding door quickly opening and closing. Everyone looked at me as I simply stood at the railway, not saying a thing.

"Kenshin-san?" Keitaro said as he walked over to me. "Are you alright?" He said as he looked at my face, which was completely red. The other three girls came over and looked down. They saw first, Kitsune's shirt and... bra... stuck on a large splinter sticking out of the edge of the balcony, and the imprint of Kitsune on the ground... then it became clear...

'He saw her naked...' Keitaro thought as he blushed.

'He saw Mitsune-san naked...' Motoko thought as she watched me.

'HE SAW KITSUNE'S GIRLS!!!' Naru thought as she also began watching me.

"Keitaro, are you alright? I mean you've been like that for a little while..." Keitaro said as he poked me and then, as if it were triggered by touching me, I began shaking fiercely.

"LOOK OUT HE'S GOING TO BLOW!!!" Su shouted as everyone backed up in time to see blood start shooting itself out of my nose, and launching me, or more specifically my head, into the wall of our room, and knocked myself out. Everyone just stood there and looked over my body, out cold, blood still coming out of my nose, and for the second time that day I had the spinning symbols in my eyes.

General POV

"Well... I guess this would probably as good a time as any to tell you to knock before you enter the bathrooms here. Okay... well... we'll send up some nose plugs and a cold towel here in a second." Naru said, obviously feeling very uncomfortable.

"Well, I think I need to talk to Mitsune-san's perverted act." Motoko said also feeling uncomfortable.

"And I'll go with Motoko-chan!!!" Su shouted as she jumped on Motoko's back as all three girls left the room.

Keitaro sighed as he looked at my body, lifted it up, and then carried it over to one of the futons, and put me in it. He got a tissue and began wiping all of the extra blood off of me. Naru came in with the nose plugs and towel.

"Man... today... has been so weird..." Naru said as she put the towel on my forehead while Keitaro put the plugs in my nose to prevent me from bleeding on myself. "I mean, it is just so weird..." Naru repeated.

"Yeah I know..." Keitaro said as Naru began leaving the room.

"Oh yeah, and don't forget to tell Kenshin about the bathroom thing." Naru said as she closed the door. Keitaro sighed as he walked over to the desk where many of his books were as he began studying.

Kenshin POV

I began waking up a few minutes later after being knocked out. I had to say, I thought that my first sight of a breast would be more... endearing than the stories Otou-san told me of. I woke up with a headache and feeling a bit groggy, afterall I had just hit my head on the wall. I sat up, and noticed Keitaro sitting at his desk, writing in some book. "Hello Keitaro-san." I said making him practically jump out of his skin.

"Where are you going Keitaro-san?" I said still trying to get the clutter out of my head.

"To use the restroom, oh and by the way, knock before you use it." Keitaro said as he noticed the confused look on my face. "Naru said so." He said as I nodded in understanding.

"Oh okay then. I'll just rest some more." I said as I layed back down in bed.

"Okay see ya then." Keitaro said as he opened and closed the door, and left the room.

I layed there for a few minute, thinking about everything that has happened so far today. Today was very hectic now that I think about it, but then again I've been out cold for a good portion of it so I can't say to much. Tonight, I should probably get as much rest as possible, if I was going to train myself as hard as Hiko-san trained me then I would need all of the rest I could get. I checked the clock to see that I had been thinking aimlessly for about ten minutes. I stood up and walked over to the balcony, I tried to take a smell of the fresh air only to find the nose plugs still in my nose. I laughed as I pulled them out and then took another breath. The air here smelt so good, so fresh, so clean, just like the air at...

No, that part of me is over, I need to stop thinking about it...

I began looking around and saw Keitaro walking around the grounds, then I saw Shinobu walk up to him with a book of sorts in her hands. They walked over to a bench and Keitaro began flipping through the pages, I couldn't quite tell what the book was about, but my best guess would be that it is a questions book. I continued watching as Keitaro finished with the book and handed it bck to Shinobu. I watched them converse for a while and then Naru walked up to him, with a book of her own in her hands.

I watched as Keitaro opened the first page of the book, close it, and then throw it back to Naru. And I watched as Naru and Shinobu gained a shocked expression and Keitaro just face vaulted into the ground. I then watched as Keitaro was taken by the hand by Shinobu and lead off to some place, I was only able to see them for a few seconds before they disappeared from m sight. I walked back into the room and laid down on the futon and closed my eyes, just to rest them for a while.

I was snapped out of my almost rest when I heard someone opening the door. I looked up and saw Keitaro walking in, sighing slightly.

"So how did the trip to the restroom go?" I said in a amused tone.

"(Sigh) Well after I used the restroom I walked around and I met up with the junior high girl, Shinobu. I helped her with her work, and then she gave me a cookie.. it was good on a side-note." He said making me laugh slightly. "After that Naru gave me a Tokyo U study guide..." He said lowering his head.

"How'd you do?" I said in a questioning tone. Then Keitaro looked up with a amused look on his face.

"I got the first four questions absolutely right." He said happily.

"Great job!" I said with a joyous tone.

"Yeah... then Shinobu started calling me sempai, showed me her private spot in Hinata Sou, then I... lied aout being Tokyo U student again... this is getting... pretty bad." Keitaro said as he sat down in front of the desk.

"Listen, if we get you into Tokyo U this year, before they find out then it won't be lieing Keitaro-san." I said as I sensed a new Ki signature coming down the halls.

"Yeah but... what can a person do at a time like this..." Keitaro said as he sunk his head. "I mean the truth is..." Keitaro began saying as I began waving my hands and shaking my head 'no', if he keeps on talking then we're going to be busted!" I'm no Todai student at all... I can barely do these problems..." He said as he sunk his head even lower.

'Oh no...' I thought as I eyed the door leading to the hall, the ki signature had leaned up against the side of it to listen in. This was bad, whoever heard us could now use this information to their advantage, if they wished it they could have us do whatever they wanted... I motion Keitaro to look at me and then mouthed out "Someone is at the door and they heard you".

Keitaro looked at me with a worried expression and then mouthed out. "Are you sure?" I nodded yes and then he sighed and mouthed out. "What are we going to do?" I thought for a second and then mouthed out.

"Nothing, just don't let them know we know." I mouthed as Keitaro nodded and continued.

"But still Keitaro-san, either way we go now, we can't let them find out." I said as Keitaro lifted his head up.

"Yeah!" He said with a determined look on his face. "I won't be this lucky again, and as a Todai student I need to be able to solve all of the problems!" Keitaro said as he rolled up his sleeves. "Alright! I'll start with the study guide they left behind! Let's see..." Keitaro said as he looked at the first question. "Uh... I'll start with the next one..." Keitaro said as I stood up and sat beside him.

"No, I'll help you." I said as I sat beside him.

"Seriously?" Keitaro said as he stared at me.

"I told you I was home schooled, I can probably help you out." I said also rolling up my sleeves.

Keitaro stared at me for a few more minutes before smiling. "Alright then!" Keitaro said as we both began jumping into the study guide as if it held the answers to the meaning of life. All through the nigh we began studying. At about 3:00 in the morning we were done. "Alright we're finished..." Keitaro said as he began nodding off. "I'll just tally up the score in the morning..." He said as he yawned. I was tired as well, but then I realized that it was time for me to begin my training. If I did it in the state I am know I would collapse... So I reached into a pocket in my robe and pulled out a plastic bag full of herbs. "What are those?" Keitaro said as I pulled out a thick stick and a cup.

"These are herbs that my father uses for a super Sake he invented." I said as I finished grinding up the herbs. Then I went through my robe again and found a small container of alchohol (Kenshin has a lot of stuff in his robes doesn't he?). "It gives the drinker tons of energy, but also loosens them up if they're stiff." I said as I walked out, went into a bathroom, got some hot water running, and allowed some into the cup. Then I walked back into our room and began mixing it all together.

"Hey I heard of a tea in China that could do that." Keitaro said as he looked at me mixing the herbs, and the alchohol into the cup.

"Yes, in fact this Sake is actually based off of that tea." I said as I finshed stirring up and drank it all down in one gulp. For a few minutes nothing happened... then my eyes snapped open, the dark circles underneath them disappeared, and I just stood up. "Now then if you don't mind I gotta go train before this stuff eventually wears off." I said as I went out the door.

"Okay see ya later." Keitaro said as he undressed, got into his sleeping clothes, and got into a futon and fell asleep.

I quickly walked through the halls, down the stairs, and then out the door. I took a deep breath and then began running down the steps, out onto the streets, and began running a lap around the town. I saw many shops around town, a ramen shop, a tailor, good, and a martial arts dojo, I stopped to check the sign which read;

"Sorry, we are closed today." I shrugged as I continued running my lap. I returned to Hinata Sou about a half-hour later. When I arrived I went up to the annex, and began doing various other exercises. I had to do them if I were going to gain any muscle on my bones. So I began doing lots of push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks, after a while I began hanging on the edge of the annex and began doing chin-ups. After a hour and a half later I was done doing my Sake powered exercises and began practicing with my sword. About fifteen minutes after that I heard the door to the annex open and Motoko walked out of it. We both stared at each other for a few minutes before Motoko spoke.

"I didn't think someone like you would practice this early as well." Motoko said as she closed the door.

"What can I say, I might not be able to do it later, since I have to earn some money for a train ticket." I said as I swung my sword again.

Motoko stared at me for a few minutes before speaking. "So, why do you travel?" Motoko said as I stopped.

"What do you mean?" I said as I continued swinging.

"Don't you have to be somewhere? Or do something other than traveling." Motoko said as I continued swinging.

I stopped momentarily before starting again. "Motoko-san, I am a rurouni, that I am. I travel wherever the wind takes me, doing whatever I can to survive... but.. I also have a greater purpose for my travels..." I said as I sliced the air again.

"May I ask what this 'greater purpose' is.." She said as I stopped once again.

"... Motoko... I hope you don't mind if I don't tell you..." I said as I took another swing. Motoko at first appeared insulted, but after a while her expression went back to its deadpan look.

"So other than that you just travel to travel?" Motoko asked as I stopped for a third time.

"I suppose you could say that." I said as I continued my swings. "I guess it gives me a sense of freedom." I said, picking up the pace on my swings.

"Freedom?" Motoko said as she lifted her head up.

"Yes, the freedom of knowing that no matter what you are free to chase your passions, free to go where ever you feel like going... free to be.. free I guess." I said as I began stabbing the air in front of me.

"Free.. to be free..." Motoko muttered as she began walking back to the door. "Rurouni!" She said catching my attention. "I hope that your travels bring you good fortune. And that you can achieve your greater purpose" Motoko said as she left the annex.

I smiled at the door that Motoko left through as I continued stabbing the air... For some reason I couldn't help but feel that there was something else underneath what she said. I knew that she meant what she said as she left, but I also couldn't help but feel there was something underneath it... I help but feel that there was an envy of my freedom to choose my destiny, or a longing for it.. but I could tell... she wanted that kind of freedom. I shook those thoughts off as I put my sword back into my hilt as I began practicing Batto-jutsus.

As the sun rose over the horizen I could feel the Sake begin to where off. I needed to do three things before going to sleep. Take a bath, eat, and get to my futon before collapsing of exhaustion. I heard Shinobu begin to call everyone for breakfast as my stomach growled rather loudly. I began walking down the seemingly endless flights of stairs to the bottom floor, I walked into the kitchen to the best smelling food I thought I would ever smell.

"Good morning everyone." I said as I tried to smile.

"Good morning Ken-AHHHH!!!" Shinobu and everyone else practically screamed when they looked at me.

"What?" I asked while yawning.

"What? What!? Just take a look at yourself!" Naru said pointing to a mirror. I walked over to the mirror and I nearly jumped out of my skin at what I saw. What good old dad said was true, when the Sake wears off you will look terrible. The bags under my eyes were now suitcases, I had sweat covering practically every inch, and it also was in my hair. I was almost brown from all of the grime that had accumulated on my body.

I laughed before turning to face everyone. "I'm sorry everyone, you see I culdn't sleep last night and then I got up at 3:00 in the morning to train..." I said making Motoko practically choke on her food.

'THREE IN THE MORNING!!!' She thought as she stared at me.

"All I need is some food, a bath, and some good sleep." I said as I sat down.

"I'd say, I mean usually Motoko is the worst looking one here at the table during breakfast but you broke that record." Kitsune said making almost everyone, except for me and Motoko laugh, me cause I was too tired to laugh, and Motoko cause she was the butt of the joke.

Shinobu placed the food in front of us as I took another wiff. I began digging into the food as if I were a fat guy who was hanging over an all-you-can-eat buffet for three hours. I was done so fast, that even Su stared at me as if I were some freak.

"Wow, and I thought Su was the fast eater... you're just breaking all kinds of records around here..." Naru said as she stared at me, along with everyone else.

"Sorry I'm just hungry... anyway I'll be taking a bath now. Thanks for the food Shinobu, it was the best food I've ever had." I said making Shinobu blush.

"I-I'm sure it wasn't all that great..." Shinobu said as she pushed her fingers together.

"No really Shinobu this was a great meal. I can appreciate being humble, but you got to give yourself some credit Shinobu, that you do." I said making Shinobu smile lightly.

"Th-thank you... Kenshin-kun." Shinobu said bowing slightly. I bowed as well as I walked down the hall.

I walked down the hall and into the locker room. I took off all of my clothes, and I noticed a small dirty laundry basket. I put moat of my clothes in the basket, afterall I needed to wear something on the way to the laundry room, and then walked into the hot springs, and literally lept into one of the pools of water. I moaned as I bathed in the warm, soothing water. I dunked several buckets of water over my head to get the sweat out of it. After I was done cleaning myself, I just soaked my body in the water... it felt so good... I could just...

I shook myself to keep myself awake. I was about to fall asleep inside the water. I tried to get out of the water when I heard an 'eep' sound coming from the opposite end of the pool. I looked over and saw Naru bathing there!

"NARU-SAN!!!" I said as I lowered myself into the water to hide myself. "I-I thought I told everyone that I was taking a bath." I said, a blush rising on my face.

"THAT WAS LIKE A COUPLE HOURS AGO!!!!" Naru shouted as I raised my hands out of the water... they were very wrinkled.

"Oh... I must have fallen asleep in here..." I said out loud as I sank even deeper underwater.

"WELL GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!!!" Naru shouted hiding herself also deeper underwater.

"Oh yes! So sorry!!!" I shouted as I sped out of the hot springs.

"God, today is going to be worse than yesterday by the looks of it." Naru said as she sat in the water.

I quickly walked out of the locker room in my white under clothes that I normally wore under my robes, with the actual robes bundled up in my arms as I heard the sound of laughter nearby. I looked to my right to see Kitsune standing there laughing her ass off at me.

"Ha! That's payback for yesterday!" Kitsune said as she began running down the halls.

I stood there, a giant sweatdrop forming on the back of my head as I walked down the halls to the laundry room. I threw in my robes, and the top of my white under robes, only leaving the lower half of it left, into the washing machine. I turned it on and then went back up to Keitaro's and my room, and I found Keitaro at his desk with the guide we worked on last night/this morning.

"Hey Kenshin-san." Keitaro said as he turned his attention back to his guide.

I smiled as I layed down in my futon and began drifting off until...

"Wake up." I heard a bored voice say as I was kicked in the ribs.

"Ow!" I said as I saw Haruka standing over me.

"Wake up, time for you to work." Haruka said as I moaned.

"Can't I do it later, I had a rough night and I haven't gotten any sleep." I moaned as I yawned.

"That's your problem not mine, now come on." She said as I groaned and followed her.

She put me to work immediately, fixing the entire hallway Su and I destroyed yesterday, the door and lock to the annex, cleaning the springs, fixing Motoko's and Kitsune's room ,my white under cloth nearly went up in flames when some embers got on it, and other chores left undone. After several hours I stood, barely, in front of Haruka, panting deeply.

"Well here's your pay Kenshin." Haruka said as she through a envelope at me. I opened it and saw that there was a TON of yen in it.

"Ther-there's so much money here." I panted out as I saw it.

"Yeah, it's for all the work you did, if I payed you any less I could be sued." Haruka said as she took a drag of her cigarette, muttering something about child labor laws.

"Yeah but... it's more than enough to pay for a train ticket to Kyoto..." I said as I counted the money.

" I guess you can leave tomorrow then." Haruka said as she left. And as she left I began to become sad. I only stayed here for two days, and now I was going to leave... I sighed as I tried to walk to my room... when I say try I mean that I fell flat on my face after taking one step, and had to crawl the rest of the way. As I made it to the room I saw Keitaro finishing up his grading.

"Hey Kenshin-san, you won't believe this, my average for all the papers were between 55 and 67!" He shouted as he held up his papers.

"Congratulations Keitaro..." I groaned out, they really didn't sound all that great to me.

"I couldn't have done it without you, I mean my averages used to be in the 10 percentiles!" He said smiling.

'Okay maybe they were good...' I thought as I laid there/

"No problem..." I groaned as I crawled into the futon. And as I was about to fall asleep...

"Here, these are for you two." Naru said as she put down a plate with three glasses, a pot of tea, and a lot of deformed rice balls. Then Naru and Keitaro heard the sound something crawling on the ground as I made my way to the table. "You know you could just sleep if you wanted..." Naru said looking at me with worry evident in her voice.

"No, no. It would be very rude of me to turn down such kindness Naru-san." I said as I began pouring some tea.

Keitaro looked at the rice balls with a bit of a displeasured look on his face. "Are these rice balls? They're different from the ones Shinobu made for lunch..." Keitaro said as he stared at them.

"Oh I missed lunch..." I said in a bored tone as my face, was flat on the table as I used my hand to feel around, and when I found a rice ball I brought it over to my mouth and took a giant bite out of it...

"DEAR GOD THIS IS AMAZING!" I shouted as my head sprang off the table and I took another bite, then I felt something other than rice in my mouth and I pulled it out. "The pot lid?" I said to myself as I shrugged and continued eating the rice balls from Heaven.

"Wow he's right these are delicious!" Keitaro said as Naru blushed.

"Thank you both..." She said as she looked at me. "Oh and don't worry, I know it was a trick made by Kitsune... but if it happens again..." She said as she grabbed a rice ball and crushed it.

I shuddered as I drank some tea, which was also delicious. "Oh yeah, I heard some people say that there was a delicious lobster special in the Todai cafeteria... have you had any?" Naru said to Keitaro. I could tell Naru was lieing by her aura... she must've been the one outside of our room last night.

"Oh... oh yeah! That's my favorite, lunch just doesn't feel right without it." Keitaro said in a shaking tone while drinking some tea.

"Liar, no such thing exist." Naru said making Keitaro spit his tea out.

"You go around telling people you're a Todai student! In reality you've failed the test twice! And on those tests you got an average of 48, or less, points! And on top of that, you're a "runaway" with no money left!!!" Naru shouted as little arrows began piercing Keitaro in the chest. "And you!" She shouted pointing to me. "You knew about this all along!!!" She shouted as I drank my tea.

"Anything else? I said in a bored tone.

"...No, actually that's the only thing you lied about, other than that you have a clean slate." Naru said.. as her face took a look of anger again. "But I'm telling you both!" She shouted as all of a sudden we were both strapped to a cross, this time my face matched Keitaro's, a look of pure terror. "There's no way we can forgive liars like you! You should be taken to Hell and have your tongues taken out!!!" Naru shouted as Keitaro and I began spazing out.

"I-I-I'm sorry!!! I'm sorry!!! I'm really sorry!!! I didn't lie to you guys on purpose!!!" We both shouted as Naru began laughing.

"There is no way... there is no way guys like you two can fool us all you idiots. I was joking, only joking." She said as she stopped laughing. "I'll let you both go this time." Naru said as she plucked Keitaro's glasses off his face.

"But why?" Keitaro said as he strained his eyes.

"Yes, why indeed?" I said as I watched her.

"You two.. Shinobu was really happy when you told her effort is what really counts, and that she should give herself some credit for all of the good things she does..." She said as she walked over to the balcony. "She was really down, because of you two she's really becoming herself again... and this place has never been more alive..." She said as she leaned against the railway. "Keitaro, if you make it into Todai this year, then you won't be lieing, and neither will you be Kenshin." She said as she looked out over the city. She turned around, took off Keitaro's glasses and looked at us. "The effort is all that matters. So don't give up and keep trying!!" She said as Keitaro blushed. "Hehe... You're pretty cute without your glasses." She said making Keitaro blush a ton.

"Ah... ha.. well..." Keitaro said, unable to speak at the moment.

Naru then walked over to the desk Keitaro worked at and picked up the study guide. "Is this yours?" Naru asked Keitaro.

"Yeah why!?" Keitaro said with a hopeful look in his eyes.

"Not bad, if you keep this up you may get into Todai." She said as Keitaro smiled.

"Yeah, but Kenshin-san helped me." Keitaro said as Naru shot me a questioning look.

"I'm home schooled by my dad." I said as Naru went 'Oh' and left it at that.

"By the way, could I have my glasses back." Keitaro asked with a light smile.

"Oh yeah sure." Naru said as she walked over to Keitaro. I watched in slow motion as Naru tripped over something on the ground and fell on top of Keitaro, and both of them ending up in an awkward position. I watched with wide-eyes as they stuttered like idiots as they began getting closer... the ki they both are giving off... for them both to do this, only after knowing each other for a day... this ki... is it love?!?!? I sat there puzzled over their ki as they continued getting closer. I almost didn't feel the other ki signatures approaching the... OTHER KI SIGNATURES?!?!!? At that moment I was glad I only had the lower half of my outfit on as I ran to the door as it opened and only stuck the upper half of my body out.

"Don't come in I'm naked!!!" I shouted as they immediately slammed the door shut. I sighed as I turned around to see Keitaro and Naru, just staring at me. "I'm sorry but that was the only way I could keep them out, don't mind me you two keep doing what you were. Hehehe." I said snickering as Naru and Keitaro realized the position they were in and they shot up, took three steps away from each other, and blushed like mad.

I began laughing at the two before I began holding my head with my right hand. "You know what, all of a sudden I don't feel so good..." I said as I fell to my knees, and then fell to the floor as Naru, Keitaro, and the other tenants ran in as I passed out...

I began to awaken to the sound and smell of someone smoking a cigarette. I strained to open my eyes as I saw the light coming from the balcony. I sat up and stretched as I took in my surroundings.

"So you're finally awake huh?" I heard a bored voice say as I looked to see Haruka say. "About time to, the guests were worried about you. When you passed out they brought me up here to check on ya. You only passed out from exhaustion so I told them after a good night's sleep you should be good as new." She said taking a drag of her cigarette. I looked around the room for a sign of Keitaro's things, but they were nowhere in sight.

"Where's Keitaro-san's things?" I asked as Haruka sighed.

"Unfortunely while we were taking care of you, Su found a Student ID showing that Keitaro was not a Tokyo U student. So he left sometime this morning, the girls saw him off though..." She said as we heard a fax machine begin going off. "Hold on..." She said as she walked over to the fax machine that I had neglected to notice, afterall I had never seen one before. "Wow... I gotta get this to Keitaro." Haruka said as she began walking out.

"What's wrong?" I asked, though I knew what was next.

"Grandma Hina has given the dormitory to Keitaro, he's going to be the new manager." Haruka said as she walked out the door. I smiled lightly as I got up and made my way over to the rack where my sword was and picked it up. I also grabbed my new pouch filled with money and walked downstairs to the laundry room. I pulled out my clothes, they must've dried out over night, and put them on. I made my way to the front to see all of the others coming in. They looked at me as I approached them.

"What are you doing?" Kitsune said as I walked in front of them.

"Yesterday Haruka got me on a series of jobs that gave me enough money to leave for Kyoto." I said with an apologetic tone, though I had a smile on my face.

"B-but Kenshin-san, why do you have to go?" Shinobu said with slight amounts of tears in her eyes.

"Yeah you're so fun! Please don't leave!!!" Su shouted from her position from Motoko's shoulders. Motoko simply looked me in the eye and I nodded at her silent message.

"I'm sorry, but I've got to leave...I have something I have to do... for myself..." I said as I began walking till Keitaro stood in front of me.

"Kenshin-san I, Keitaro Urashima, manager of Hinata Sou, would like to offer you the job of grounds keeper so that this place can make this place your home!" Keitaro said making Su and Shinobu smile, Naru and Kitsune gasp slightly, and suprisingly Motoko grin, even just a little. I looked Keitaro in the eye as I walked past him to the open door. Nobody turned to watch me go as they heard the sound of a door closing, and they sighed.

"You know..." I said as they all turned around. "that you'll have to put up with me being around." I said walking towards them a small smile on my face.

"No problem! You're fun!!!" Su said happily.

"You'll also have to take care of some extra laundry and food." I said scratching the back of my head sheepishly.

"I'd be glad to Kenshin-kun!" Shinobu said blushing lightly.

"You'll have some competition around from now on." I said, talking more to Motoko than anyone.

"Heh. I could use a good sparring partner." Motoko said solidly.

"You'll have to put up with always having to ask for a second opinion." I said, aiming this one for Keitaro.

"Hey, I'm not that great of a decision maker anyway." He said sheepishly.

Then I faced Naru and Kitsune. "We may end up in more embarrassing situations." I said making them both blush, but then they grinned.

"Well if that happens then we can just..." They said at once.

BOOM

They hit me in the face with two punches as I fell to the floor out cold. "Oh my God sorry I didn't mean to hit you!" Kitsune and Naru said at once as everyone ran to my side.

General POV

Then we see Haruka outside smoking a cigarette. "Well Kenshin Himura, welcome to Hinata Sou, hope you enjoy yourself..." She said to herslef as she took another drag of her cigarette.

Alright chapter done! Now then onto a poll...

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Su-

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Kanako-

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