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Love Hina: Aoyama Generation

Ch.6: Ananda Amala

***One week later***

'I wonder where he is?' she asked herself. 'He told me he'd be here at 6, but it's a little after.' Sakura hadn't stop thinking of Shadic since that night, the night of their "confessions." She hadn't even thought of anyone else, for that matter.

Here at the restaurant she waited, wearing a seductive black dress that ended at the knees and had some of the back missing. She also wore stunning black stilettos and had her hair perked for an evening with Shadic. Her eyes and lips looked like they were perfectly hers. The only thing that made her stand out a little was that she did not have an actual pair of earrings, nor did she have an engagement ring. Also being a month 'til eighteen kind of helped with her become noticeable.

"Sorry I'm late," said Shadic's voice from behind her. She turned to see a clean-shaven man wearing a dark blue suit, red tie, and carrying a briefcase. He also wore a silver watch that happens to be eco-friendly. He sat down saying why he was late.

"It's amazing how different you look compared to when we first met," he began. "I still can't believe that you're the beautiful woman that tried to kill me back then." Shadic paused. "Oh, did I mention that you look beautiful?"

"Thank you, Shadic," she responded, blushing. "And I never thought that you were a handsome man inside. I guess that I never really looked for something like that in you before."

The waiter then walked up to the table and asked for drinks.

"The peach tea for her, and one blackberry tea for me, please," Shadic answered.

The waiter went to send the drink orders. Shadic looked at his watch, noting that it was fifteen minutes after. Sakura looked in her black bag, mainly to find her phone so she could call Nariko and Kitsune about getting back to the Inn later than usual. Not being able to find it, she asked Shadic for his, and he let her use it.

The waiter returned five minutes later with the drinks and asked for their orders. Sakura ordered some sort of citrus chicken with extra rice, while Shadic ordered one of their famous steaks. After confirmation of the orders, the waiter sent it off to the cook.

"So, I guess the new job you got at the sunglass place is doing good for ya?" Sakura asked Shadic, now that he could pay for his part of the rent. "So far, for the first day, I sold about ten pairs in the first three hours today. And it's only the first day," said Shadic, somewhat happy that he had profited so quickly.

"The job I have at my workplace may be cut, since the company hired too many people to work for them last month," Sakura said depressingly. "I have a 25% chance of staying, since I couldn't make many sales last month." She lowered her head.

"Hey, don't get sad because you might lose it," Shadic assured her. "There are still lots of places hiring nearby that might be able to use your talents."

The check came, and Shadic paid for it. Both Sakura and he got up and left the restaurant. By the time they had gotten halfway to Hinata-sou, Shadic's cell rang. He looked at the number, which was the number for the inn, and answered a very surprised Kitsune on the other line. "What's going on, Kitsune?" he asked.

"Well, looks like we got ourselves a new recruit, if ya know what I mean," was Kitsune's reluctant voice, answering his question happily. "I need you to get here as soon as possible. And if you find Sakura with you, tell her to come with you."

"You got it," Shadic replied. He hung up and looked at Sakura with a look of shock. "We are going to need an excuse on our looks when we get to Hinata Inn. Other than that, we need to get there, ASAP. There's a new denizen there that Kitsune wants us to meet."

"Can you carry me there?" Sakura asked him. She didn't want to call a cab, and she did not want to walk the whole way there.

"I guess I could, but you're gonna need to hold on to me tightly," he responded to her. "You're going to need to hold my briefcase for me."

She grabbed his luggage, he picked her up, and he ran so fast, it made Edward Cullen look like a turtle. They hurried there, making time to get there a few seconds less.

Shadic halted in front of the Inn, his shoes sliding on the dirt-covered pavement. He put Sakura down gently, and they both ran inside, Sakura still holding his briefcase. They were both surprised when they only saw Nariko and Shinobu standing in the middle of the entrance room, speaking with Kitsune and Katsumi, sitting on the couch.

"Well well, the two love birds are back!" exclaimed Kitsune with her fox-like smile. Shadic and Sakura looked at each other, and then looked down to see their hands held together. Both released, and quickly pulled their hands back, blushing a little. The others near Kitsune stared at them, their jaws dropped. "Oh, and where did you get that sexy little dress, Sakura?" Kitsune asked in a joking way.

"You wanted us here, Kitsune?" Shadic asked, serious-like. "It must have been very important for us to get here so soon."

"The new recruit is upstairs, unpacking her stuff. I think you'll like her like your mother liked Su," Katsumi responded for her. "Did Motoko tell you about Kaolla Su?"

"Many stories about her," Shadic told him, asking for his briefcase back from Sakura. They both sat down on the couch across from Kitsune and her husband. "They weren't as bad as they seemed, but they were not good, though. Su apparently annoyed my mother long ago." He paused for a little bit. "What does 'Aunt' Kaolla have to do with this?"

"The new one looks exactly like her, and she acts just like her, too!" exclaimed both Shinobu and Kitsune at the same time. "We figured that you might have the same problems that Motoko had with Su. But, things might be a little different."

"What's her name?" Sakura asked them. Kitsune and Katsumi looked at each other in surprise, Nariko sat next to Sakura, and Shinobu ran to the file cabinet behind the front desk.

"My name's Ananda Amala," came a forte from the stairs. A young, blonde headed girl with tanned skin, and blue eyes. She wore a sort of Kendo outfit with black sandals, and had a ring on her middle left finger. She also wore a headband with the kanji for happiness on it, and armbands with the kanji for love sewn into them.

"You must be Shadic and Sakura. Both of you look like a cute couple!" Ananda exclaimed in front of the crowd. Sakura blushed heavily now, and Shadic face-palmed his head. He didn't enjoy hearing that in front of the other residents.

We now have a new character to keep up with (when I say we, I mean me). This was not a brief thing at the time, but it looks like it. Hope to see some sort of Su-like actions from Ananda later on. End of Chapter 6.