Love Hina – Peril
Fanfic by Steven Biggs
Chapter Two – Will the Real Keitaro . . .
Wednesday Evening
Naru starts to rush downstairs, but Motoko grabs her arm.
"Do not fly headlong into such an obvious trap, Naru-sempai."
"But it has Keitaro! We have to go save him!"
"That is what this doppelganger would want. It would avail nothing if you were to be captured or killed by this monster. We must plan our every move carefully."
Haruka grabs Motoko's shoulder.
"That's my nephew out there. The longer we wait, the greater the chance that, that, thing will hurt him!"
Kitsune and Shinobu stand with Haruka and Naru. Su, Mutsumi and Hikari side with Motoko.
"Haruka's right. Ya'll are playing with his life just standing here waiting!"
Hikari turns to Kitsune.
"If that being meant to harm Keitaro, it would not have carried him away. Obviously, it has some plan that requires him alive."
"Aaauuuuu! We have to help Sempai!"
Su hops next to Shinobu.
"Ya got that right. But we haves to be careful. That anti-Keitaro thingy stood up to my Mecha-Tama. We're gonna need some serious firepower to take it on. If only we knew a way to lure it out in the open so we could get a clean shot at it.'
Mutsumi coughs and raise her hand. The others look at her.
"Oh my! If that Keitaro is really like Keitaro then it would be simple to get him here."
Naru shakes her head.
"What are you talking about?"
They stand there with their mouths open as Mutsumi explains her plan. They are surprised that something so simple was not so obvious. Su and Motoko work together in the lab while the others prepare to draw the doppelganger out of hiding.
In an unused and locked building behind Hinata-sou, Keitaro looks up at himself, still unwilling to believe what his eyes see. He paces the floor in front of himself, occasionally brushing at his burned clothes.
"Who are you?"
"I am Urashima Keitaro, of course."
"That's impossible! I'm Urashima Keitaro!"
Urashima continues pacing and turns his green eyes towards Keitaro.
"Why can you not accept the truth of your own eyes? I am obviously and most assuredly you."
Keitaro shakes his head.
"You can't be! One, I don't have green eyes! Two, I can't make invisible walls! Three, even I can't stand up to an all-out attack from Su and Motoko!"
Urashima stops pacing and stares at Keitaro.
"Green eyes? How could I have made such a simple mistake? Well, that is easily corrected."
As Keitaro watches, Urashima's eyes change to dark brown.
"You're some kind of freak!"
"Oh please, how can you say that? You are the one that keeps walking in when they are in the hot spring. Are you not the one that keeps getting attacked by the girls, even when you are innocent? Are you not the one that survives injuries that would kill anyone else?"
"That's different! They're just careful, even when they are angry!"
Urashima laughs at him.
"Motoko should have killed you eight times. Naru, fifteen times. Su's mechs give you another five and Shinobu and Kitsune two more. Cats pray for that kind of luck."
"Luck has nothing to do with it! They really like me; I just get a little clumsy sometimes."
"They like you? They never truly accepted you as the manager and they will use any excuse to torment you. And do you know why? It is because you are a chicken! You never, ever fought back. You are an easy target, and you always will be. Unless you show some backbone and stand up for yourself."
"That's absurd, why would I do that?"
Urashima smiles at him.
"You have no idea how much respect you can get with a little fear."
"What do you mean? What have you done?"
Pacing with his hands behind his back again, he tells Keitaro what has happened. Keitaro strains at the ropes binding him to the pillar.
"You're insane! Oh my god! Narusegawa, Motoko-chan! Let me go you animal! I'll tear you apart with my bare hands!"
Urashima lashes out with his foot and catches Keitaro on the chin.
"Shut up! Your problem is that you think you really care about them! Even after everything that they have done to you."
"Stop what you're doing!"
Brushing the last of the soot from his clothing, Urashima heads towards the door.
"Stop? I am doing this for you. When I am finished, you will never have to worry about them hurting you again. You can live here happily with the girls. At the very least, there will be one less person left to threaten you."
"Stop!"
"Sorry, I have to get ready. No rest for the weary!"
After Urashima leaves, Keitaro continues struggling against the ropes. A few minutes later, he finally frees one hand and unties the remaining bonds. He rushes out the door and heads towards the inn.
The girls are standing around the hot spring. All of them except Haruka are only wearing bras and panties. Naru, her arms crossed, shakes her head.
"I won't do it! Otohime-san, you must be going crazy! I am not going to do the 'Melon Dance', even to save Keitaro!"
"But it will be fun! Urashima-kun's double won't be able to resist. He will have to find some reason to come out here if we are dressed like this and holding our melons."
Naru blushes and shakes her head again.
"But, but it seems almost indecent, somehow!"
Kitsune pokes her elbow into Naru's ribs.
"Ya know a better way to lure him here? If he's as perverted as Keitaro-san, it's sure to work!"
Shinobu stands by the table and looks at her melons.
"Aaauuuuu! Why are mine so small?"
Su touches her own melons.
"At least yours are the same size! I'm gonna be lop-sided!"
Haruka reaches out to touch a melon. Hikari slaps at her hand.
"Please do not touch my melon, Haruka-san."
"Sorry about that. I thought those were Mutsumi's."
Kitsune smiles at her.
"Nah, Mutsumi's are the big ones over here!"
Naru stamps her feet and shakes her fists.
"Why is everyone so concerned about the size of their melons? Oooooh! If we're going to do this, let's get it over with!"
In spite of the circumstances, Motoko smiles at the scene.
"This plan is most devious. The doppelganger is sure to fall into our trap. Su-chan, are your mechs prepared?"
"Warmed up and ready for action! This is gonna be a heck of a triple play!"
"Then let us begin. Urashima needs our assistance."
Su jumps over to the table, switches on the cassette player, and then grabs her melons and takes her place with the other girls. Haruka adjusts her cigarette holder and crosses her arms.
"I just don't understand why it has to be the Macarena."
Following Mutsumi's lead, the girls hold their melons and start dancing in sync to the music. Naru shakes her head.
"Even if this works, I'm not going to be able to look at myself in the mirror again."
A few seconds later, the door to the changing room opens and the manager runs out.
"What is going on here? Why are you throwing a party at a . . . . Oh my god! I am sorry!"
Motoko grabs her sword and makes a quick gesture to Su, who pulls out her remote control. As they are about to launch their attack, the manager comes running around the end of the building.
"Where is everyone, I've got . . . . . Oh my god! I'm sorry!"
All of the girls freeze, their hands still gripping their melons. The sight of Urashima Keitaro standing in two places at once is too disturbing. Su looks at Motoko.
"Which one is the real Keitaro? They both have brown eyes now! Talk about playing dirty."
Naru stares back and forth at the two managers, unable to decide which is which.
"What do we do now?"
The first Keitaro points at the other.
"He is the fake! Do not go near him!"
The other points at the first.
"Stay away from that guy! He's the fake!"
Motoko looks sideways at Haruka.
"Haruka-san, which one is, is the real Urashima?"
Haruka drops her cigarette holder.
"I, I don't know! They are exactly alike!"
The managers rush at each other and lock hands, striving to overpower the other. A bluish light emanates from their clenched fists and a humming sound fills the air. Motoko stares at them as Su's finger hovers over her remote control.
"No, it cannot be! Urashima does not possess that kind of power! He cannot stand against the doppelganger!"
Su shouts at her.
"Which one do we help!"
One of the managers yells at them.
"Do it! Hit us both!"
Naru runs up to Motoko.
"Which one said that? It has to be the real Keitaro!"
"I, I do not know. The light is too bright!"
Naru rushes next to the managers and holds her hands out.
"Keitaro?"
They look at her and pause. The light dims to almost nothing and they speak as one.
"P-p-pink!"
Blood gushes from both of their nostrils.
Naru blushes and tries to cover herself.
One of the managers falls backwards and flips the other with his feet, throwing him into the wall. Motoko picks her target.
"Su! The one on the ground, quickly!"
Two Mecha-Tamas, outfitted with various devices, swoop down from above Hinata-sou. Motoko raises her sword, pausing for a second to time her attack.
"SHINMEI SCHOOL SECRET ARTS! ROCK SPLITTING SWORD!"
The vortex of force rolls off her blade, lifting loose stones as is rolls towards its target. The Mecha-Tamas release their payload of fire, anvils, and sinks. The manager against the wall crawls out of the way to avoid the edges of the blasts as they envelope the manager on the ground.
The girls cover their eyes as the combined explosions rip the ground, sending shards splashing into the water. Amidst the fury, a figure stands for a few moments before falling back to the ground. Dirt and smoke swirl around and slowly settle down on the rocks. Su leaps up on the table.
"We got the sucker!"
Kitsune, Shinobu, and Naru hug each other. Hikari drops her melons and shakes Mutsumi's hand.
"That was a wonderful plan."
Haruka walks over to Motoko.
"Do you think we finished it this time? It was hardly scratched by the last attack."
Motoko, sweat dripping from her brow, keeps her sword raised.
"We hit it with everything we had. I do not believe it could survive."
Next to the door, the other manager stands up.
"What in the heck was that? I have never seen the two of you let loose like that before!"
He smiles and does a back flip, landing on the roof of the building.
"It is too bad that you picked the wrong one. I guarantee that you will pay for this! Dearly!"
Urashima leaps over the inn and disappears, leaving the girls dumbstruck. Hikari's instincts take over and she rushes to the hole in the ground and kneels next to the figure lying there. Haruka joins her an instant later.
"Damn it! We took out the real Keitaro! Hikari-san, help him!"
Naru starts to move towards Keitaro. Haruka looks up at Motoko and Kitsune.
"Keep her back! She can't see this!"
Naru struggles as the others hold her back.
"K-k-Keitaro? Keitaro! NO!!!"
End of Chapter Two.
Fanfic by Steven Biggs
Chapter Two – Will the Real Keitaro . . .
Wednesday Evening
Naru starts to rush downstairs, but Motoko grabs her arm.
"Do not fly headlong into such an obvious trap, Naru-sempai."
"But it has Keitaro! We have to go save him!"
"That is what this doppelganger would want. It would avail nothing if you were to be captured or killed by this monster. We must plan our every move carefully."
Haruka grabs Motoko's shoulder.
"That's my nephew out there. The longer we wait, the greater the chance that, that, thing will hurt him!"
Kitsune and Shinobu stand with Haruka and Naru. Su, Mutsumi and Hikari side with Motoko.
"Haruka's right. Ya'll are playing with his life just standing here waiting!"
Hikari turns to Kitsune.
"If that being meant to harm Keitaro, it would not have carried him away. Obviously, it has some plan that requires him alive."
"Aaauuuuu! We have to help Sempai!"
Su hops next to Shinobu.
"Ya got that right. But we haves to be careful. That anti-Keitaro thingy stood up to my Mecha-Tama. We're gonna need some serious firepower to take it on. If only we knew a way to lure it out in the open so we could get a clean shot at it.'
Mutsumi coughs and raise her hand. The others look at her.
"Oh my! If that Keitaro is really like Keitaro then it would be simple to get him here."
Naru shakes her head.
"What are you talking about?"
They stand there with their mouths open as Mutsumi explains her plan. They are surprised that something so simple was not so obvious. Su and Motoko work together in the lab while the others prepare to draw the doppelganger out of hiding.
In an unused and locked building behind Hinata-sou, Keitaro looks up at himself, still unwilling to believe what his eyes see. He paces the floor in front of himself, occasionally brushing at his burned clothes.
"Who are you?"
"I am Urashima Keitaro, of course."
"That's impossible! I'm Urashima Keitaro!"
Urashima continues pacing and turns his green eyes towards Keitaro.
"Why can you not accept the truth of your own eyes? I am obviously and most assuredly you."
Keitaro shakes his head.
"You can't be! One, I don't have green eyes! Two, I can't make invisible walls! Three, even I can't stand up to an all-out attack from Su and Motoko!"
Urashima stops pacing and stares at Keitaro.
"Green eyes? How could I have made such a simple mistake? Well, that is easily corrected."
As Keitaro watches, Urashima's eyes change to dark brown.
"You're some kind of freak!"
"Oh please, how can you say that? You are the one that keeps walking in when they are in the hot spring. Are you not the one that keeps getting attacked by the girls, even when you are innocent? Are you not the one that survives injuries that would kill anyone else?"
"That's different! They're just careful, even when they are angry!"
Urashima laughs at him.
"Motoko should have killed you eight times. Naru, fifteen times. Su's mechs give you another five and Shinobu and Kitsune two more. Cats pray for that kind of luck."
"Luck has nothing to do with it! They really like me; I just get a little clumsy sometimes."
"They like you? They never truly accepted you as the manager and they will use any excuse to torment you. And do you know why? It is because you are a chicken! You never, ever fought back. You are an easy target, and you always will be. Unless you show some backbone and stand up for yourself."
"That's absurd, why would I do that?"
Urashima smiles at him.
"You have no idea how much respect you can get with a little fear."
"What do you mean? What have you done?"
Pacing with his hands behind his back again, he tells Keitaro what has happened. Keitaro strains at the ropes binding him to the pillar.
"You're insane! Oh my god! Narusegawa, Motoko-chan! Let me go you animal! I'll tear you apart with my bare hands!"
Urashima lashes out with his foot and catches Keitaro on the chin.
"Shut up! Your problem is that you think you really care about them! Even after everything that they have done to you."
"Stop what you're doing!"
Brushing the last of the soot from his clothing, Urashima heads towards the door.
"Stop? I am doing this for you. When I am finished, you will never have to worry about them hurting you again. You can live here happily with the girls. At the very least, there will be one less person left to threaten you."
"Stop!"
"Sorry, I have to get ready. No rest for the weary!"
After Urashima leaves, Keitaro continues struggling against the ropes. A few minutes later, he finally frees one hand and unties the remaining bonds. He rushes out the door and heads towards the inn.
The girls are standing around the hot spring. All of them except Haruka are only wearing bras and panties. Naru, her arms crossed, shakes her head.
"I won't do it! Otohime-san, you must be going crazy! I am not going to do the 'Melon Dance', even to save Keitaro!"
"But it will be fun! Urashima-kun's double won't be able to resist. He will have to find some reason to come out here if we are dressed like this and holding our melons."
Naru blushes and shakes her head again.
"But, but it seems almost indecent, somehow!"
Kitsune pokes her elbow into Naru's ribs.
"Ya know a better way to lure him here? If he's as perverted as Keitaro-san, it's sure to work!"
Shinobu stands by the table and looks at her melons.
"Aaauuuuu! Why are mine so small?"
Su touches her own melons.
"At least yours are the same size! I'm gonna be lop-sided!"
Haruka reaches out to touch a melon. Hikari slaps at her hand.
"Please do not touch my melon, Haruka-san."
"Sorry about that. I thought those were Mutsumi's."
Kitsune smiles at her.
"Nah, Mutsumi's are the big ones over here!"
Naru stamps her feet and shakes her fists.
"Why is everyone so concerned about the size of their melons? Oooooh! If we're going to do this, let's get it over with!"
In spite of the circumstances, Motoko smiles at the scene.
"This plan is most devious. The doppelganger is sure to fall into our trap. Su-chan, are your mechs prepared?"
"Warmed up and ready for action! This is gonna be a heck of a triple play!"
"Then let us begin. Urashima needs our assistance."
Su jumps over to the table, switches on the cassette player, and then grabs her melons and takes her place with the other girls. Haruka adjusts her cigarette holder and crosses her arms.
"I just don't understand why it has to be the Macarena."
Following Mutsumi's lead, the girls hold their melons and start dancing in sync to the music. Naru shakes her head.
"Even if this works, I'm not going to be able to look at myself in the mirror again."
A few seconds later, the door to the changing room opens and the manager runs out.
"What is going on here? Why are you throwing a party at a . . . . Oh my god! I am sorry!"
Motoko grabs her sword and makes a quick gesture to Su, who pulls out her remote control. As they are about to launch their attack, the manager comes running around the end of the building.
"Where is everyone, I've got . . . . . Oh my god! I'm sorry!"
All of the girls freeze, their hands still gripping their melons. The sight of Urashima Keitaro standing in two places at once is too disturbing. Su looks at Motoko.
"Which one is the real Keitaro? They both have brown eyes now! Talk about playing dirty."
Naru stares back and forth at the two managers, unable to decide which is which.
"What do we do now?"
The first Keitaro points at the other.
"He is the fake! Do not go near him!"
The other points at the first.
"Stay away from that guy! He's the fake!"
Motoko looks sideways at Haruka.
"Haruka-san, which one is, is the real Urashima?"
Haruka drops her cigarette holder.
"I, I don't know! They are exactly alike!"
The managers rush at each other and lock hands, striving to overpower the other. A bluish light emanates from their clenched fists and a humming sound fills the air. Motoko stares at them as Su's finger hovers over her remote control.
"No, it cannot be! Urashima does not possess that kind of power! He cannot stand against the doppelganger!"
Su shouts at her.
"Which one do we help!"
One of the managers yells at them.
"Do it! Hit us both!"
Naru runs up to Motoko.
"Which one said that? It has to be the real Keitaro!"
"I, I do not know. The light is too bright!"
Naru rushes next to the managers and holds her hands out.
"Keitaro?"
They look at her and pause. The light dims to almost nothing and they speak as one.
"P-p-pink!"
Blood gushes from both of their nostrils.
Naru blushes and tries to cover herself.
One of the managers falls backwards and flips the other with his feet, throwing him into the wall. Motoko picks her target.
"Su! The one on the ground, quickly!"
Two Mecha-Tamas, outfitted with various devices, swoop down from above Hinata-sou. Motoko raises her sword, pausing for a second to time her attack.
"SHINMEI SCHOOL SECRET ARTS! ROCK SPLITTING SWORD!"
The vortex of force rolls off her blade, lifting loose stones as is rolls towards its target. The Mecha-Tamas release their payload of fire, anvils, and sinks. The manager against the wall crawls out of the way to avoid the edges of the blasts as they envelope the manager on the ground.
The girls cover their eyes as the combined explosions rip the ground, sending shards splashing into the water. Amidst the fury, a figure stands for a few moments before falling back to the ground. Dirt and smoke swirl around and slowly settle down on the rocks. Su leaps up on the table.
"We got the sucker!"
Kitsune, Shinobu, and Naru hug each other. Hikari drops her melons and shakes Mutsumi's hand.
"That was a wonderful plan."
Haruka walks over to Motoko.
"Do you think we finished it this time? It was hardly scratched by the last attack."
Motoko, sweat dripping from her brow, keeps her sword raised.
"We hit it with everything we had. I do not believe it could survive."
Next to the door, the other manager stands up.
"What in the heck was that? I have never seen the two of you let loose like that before!"
He smiles and does a back flip, landing on the roof of the building.
"It is too bad that you picked the wrong one. I guarantee that you will pay for this! Dearly!"
Urashima leaps over the inn and disappears, leaving the girls dumbstruck. Hikari's instincts take over and she rushes to the hole in the ground and kneels next to the figure lying there. Haruka joins her an instant later.
"Damn it! We took out the real Keitaro! Hikari-san, help him!"
Naru starts to move towards Keitaro. Haruka looks up at Motoko and Kitsune.
"Keep her back! She can't see this!"
Naru struggles as the others hold her back.
"K-k-Keitaro? Keitaro! NO!!!"
End of Chapter Two.