Love Hina – Peril
Fanfic by Steven Biggs
Chapter Six – Triple Play
AN: Sorry for the long time between updates. Between my full-time job and 14 hours of college a week, I just haven't had much time to write. Things have slowed down a bit, so I'll try to work on these stories while I can! ^_^
Thursday Evening.
Keitaro walks through the inn looking for the other residents. Maru smiles as she quietly follows him, holding the tail of his jacket.
"Hello! Where is everybody?"
His voice echoes in the empty inn. He turns to Maru.
"Do you know where everyone is?"
She nods her head,
"They are at the Tea Shop. We have Hinata-sou to ourselves."
Keitaro rubs the back of his head and steps away from Maru.
"I, uh, don't think that's a good idea. Not that you aren't pleasant to be around, but, you know, things happen and I don't want to make anyone mad at me."
As they pass by his room, Maru slides open the door and motions for him to enter.
"Let us speak for a time. There is much that you should know."
Unable to resist her request, he enters and sits at the kotatsu table. He looks up as she stands next to him.
"I'm still not sure that you're telling the truth about Narusegawa and Motoko-chan being willing to merge with you."
Maru nods her head and then closes her eyes.
"We will remove your doubts."
Light blossoms from her body, causing Keitaro to cover his eyes. The light fades and he peeks out at the room. Naru, Motoko and Moe stand before him. He leaps to his feet and stares at the three girls.
"Narusegawa, Motoko-chan! Are you okay?"
Naru smiles at him.
"Of course we are. I, we were telling you the truth. We weren't held hostage at all."
Motoko nods her head.
"It is as Naru-sempai said. We retained our free will at all times."
He turns to Moe.
"Why did you hurt them? I don't understand why you'd do that!"
Moe bows to him.
"I, I am sorry, Keitaro. It was painful to see how they treated you. I could not bear it."
Naru places a hand on Moe's shoulder.
"Don't be mad at her. She never meant for us to suffer lasting pain."
Motoko stands with them.
"She reacted in the only way she could. I hold no ill will towards her."
Keitaro bows to them.
"Thank you. I didn't know how to handle this. I couldn't face the thought that I'd have to give up liking her because of what she did."
Keitaro sits at the table once more.
"I'm happy that everything is back to normal now that all of you are separated. It would have been awkward to have all three of you, ah, in love with me."
The silence in the room causes him to look up. The three girls stare at the floor. Moe clears her throat.
"I, I always loved you."
"Moe-chan."
Naru blushes and looks at him.
"Keitaro, I ah, that is, I love you too."
As Keitaro starts to stand, Motoko places her hands to her chest.
"I love you also, Urashima."
He crashes down, flipping the table over.
"Wh-wh-what?"
Motoko gently lifts the table off and kneels next to him. Naru and Moe join her. Keitaro sits up and rubs his head.
"I, uh, I, ah, what do, uh, uh, I mean, oh heck!"
Moe smiles at him.
"Will you give us your answer? Which one of us do you choose?"
Naru leans closer to him.
"Keitaro?"
Motoko looks into his eyes.
"Urashima?"
Keitaro stares at them.
"How, how can I say anything without hurting one of you?"
He pulls at his hair and then bows his head.
"This is impossible! What should I do? I, I . . ."
He looks up again.
"I can't do it!"
He crawls into the corner and punches the wall.
"What do I do? What do I do?"
The blinding light returns for a few seconds. Keitaro turns around and sees Maru standing in the middle of the room. She lowers herself to her knees and bows to him.
"Say the word, my love, and you shall forever have us in this form."
The music of her voice touches his soul, but it does not demand his consent. Only her desire sings to him, she leaves the choice to his heart.
"I can't ask you to do this for me."
Maru smiles at him.
"You do not understand. We do this for ourselves. Each of us desires you, yet cannot bear that the others should be forsaken. Also, Moe planned all along to permanently bond with the one you love. That is what she meant by saying that she would not leave alone. If you would have us like this, we would be content."
"But, what about Toudai and the Shinmei School?"
She moves across the floor and sits in front of him.
"We will continue pursuing our goals. That will not change."
Maru reaches out and places her hand on his chest.
"What is your decision, my love?"
Keitaro swallows the lump in his throat and stares into her eyes. He slowly leans towards her.
In the Tea Shop, Kitsune taps on the table.
"Ya'll know, Maru said that they'd be right down. It's been over an hour now and I'm afraid for Keitaro-san."
Shinobu wrings her hands.
"Do, do you think she did something to Sempai? Aaauuuuu!"
Haruka looks at Su.
"What can you see with Video-Tama?"
Su shakes her head.
"Don't know. It stopped workin' about an hour ago."
"Why didn't you say something?"
Mutsumi raises her hands to her cheeks.
"Oh my! Maybe they eloped! That would be so romantic!"
Hikari looks at Haruka.
"I have a bad feeling about this."
They all rush outside and up the steps to Hinata-sou. Kitsune reaches the manager's room first and knocks on the door.
"Keitaro-san! Are you in there? Are ya'll okay? Keitaro-san!"
There are some scraping noises in the room. After a few seconds, the door slowly opens. Maru looks out at them.
"Is there a problem?"
The girls stare in shock at what they see. Maru's appearance is different from when they last saw her. Her face and hair are the same, but she is garbed in Keitaro's clothes and is wearing his glasses. Shinobu points at her and faints.
"She absorbed Sempai too! Aaauuuuu!"
Maru watches the young cook as she falls to the floor. Haruka reaches out and grabs the sweater.
"Keitaro! Can you hear me?"
Keitaro peeks over Maru's shoulder.
"What's wrong, Haruka-san?"
Maru steps to the side and smiles at Keitaro. Kitsune rubs her chin and cocks her head.
"Ya'll look kinda nice in Motoko's gi, Keitaro-san!"
Keitaro looks down at the clothes he wears.
"Uh oh!"
He looks at Maru, who blushes as she covers her mouth.
"Oh dear!"
Mutsumi claps her hands.
"Oh my!"
Hikari turns her head and smiles.
"Oh brother!"
Haruka takes the cigarette holder from her mouth and looks at Maru.
"It must have been really crowded in there with the four of you."
Shinobu opens her eyes and looks up at the manager.
"Oh Sempai!"
Keitaro raises his hands.
"Oh no!"
Su looks around.
"I don't gets it!"
Maru raises her hands and leans towards Kitsune.
"It, it was not what you think, really Kitsune-san!"
Kitsune smiles slyly at her.
"Oh? And just what do you think I think that you think you were doing?"
"Huh?"
The resident fox places her hands behind her head and walks down the hallway.
"I never thought ya'll would be bold enough to try a four-way, Keitaro-san!"
The manager stares at her receding back.
"A four-way? W-with Narusegawa and M-m-motoko-chan?"
He slowly turns his head and looks at Maru who smiles at him. Blood gushes from his nose as he falls over backwards.
"Gack!"
Haruka looks at her unconscious nephew.
"Well, I guess we can rule that out. Just what was going on in there Maru, if you don't mind my asking?"
Maru walks back into the room and points at the kotatsu table. Two glasses of tea and some cards are on it.
"We were just playing cards. That is all."
Shinobu climbs to her feet and wipes her forehead.
"Thank goodness that was all."
Hikari peeks in the door.
"What game were you playing?"
Maru smiles once more and kneels next to Keitaro.
"Strip Hearts, of course."
Shinobu immediately falls to her previous spot on the floor.
"Aaauuuuu!"
End of Chapter Six.
Fanfic by Steven Biggs
Chapter Six – Triple Play
AN: Sorry for the long time between updates. Between my full-time job and 14 hours of college a week, I just haven't had much time to write. Things have slowed down a bit, so I'll try to work on these stories while I can! ^_^
Thursday Evening.
Keitaro walks through the inn looking for the other residents. Maru smiles as she quietly follows him, holding the tail of his jacket.
"Hello! Where is everybody?"
His voice echoes in the empty inn. He turns to Maru.
"Do you know where everyone is?"
She nods her head,
"They are at the Tea Shop. We have Hinata-sou to ourselves."
Keitaro rubs the back of his head and steps away from Maru.
"I, uh, don't think that's a good idea. Not that you aren't pleasant to be around, but, you know, things happen and I don't want to make anyone mad at me."
As they pass by his room, Maru slides open the door and motions for him to enter.
"Let us speak for a time. There is much that you should know."
Unable to resist her request, he enters and sits at the kotatsu table. He looks up as she stands next to him.
"I'm still not sure that you're telling the truth about Narusegawa and Motoko-chan being willing to merge with you."
Maru nods her head and then closes her eyes.
"We will remove your doubts."
Light blossoms from her body, causing Keitaro to cover his eyes. The light fades and he peeks out at the room. Naru, Motoko and Moe stand before him. He leaps to his feet and stares at the three girls.
"Narusegawa, Motoko-chan! Are you okay?"
Naru smiles at him.
"Of course we are. I, we were telling you the truth. We weren't held hostage at all."
Motoko nods her head.
"It is as Naru-sempai said. We retained our free will at all times."
He turns to Moe.
"Why did you hurt them? I don't understand why you'd do that!"
Moe bows to him.
"I, I am sorry, Keitaro. It was painful to see how they treated you. I could not bear it."
Naru places a hand on Moe's shoulder.
"Don't be mad at her. She never meant for us to suffer lasting pain."
Motoko stands with them.
"She reacted in the only way she could. I hold no ill will towards her."
Keitaro bows to them.
"Thank you. I didn't know how to handle this. I couldn't face the thought that I'd have to give up liking her because of what she did."
Keitaro sits at the table once more.
"I'm happy that everything is back to normal now that all of you are separated. It would have been awkward to have all three of you, ah, in love with me."
The silence in the room causes him to look up. The three girls stare at the floor. Moe clears her throat.
"I, I always loved you."
"Moe-chan."
Naru blushes and looks at him.
"Keitaro, I ah, that is, I love you too."
As Keitaro starts to stand, Motoko places her hands to her chest.
"I love you also, Urashima."
He crashes down, flipping the table over.
"Wh-wh-what?"
Motoko gently lifts the table off and kneels next to him. Naru and Moe join her. Keitaro sits up and rubs his head.
"I, uh, I, ah, what do, uh, uh, I mean, oh heck!"
Moe smiles at him.
"Will you give us your answer? Which one of us do you choose?"
Naru leans closer to him.
"Keitaro?"
Motoko looks into his eyes.
"Urashima?"
Keitaro stares at them.
"How, how can I say anything without hurting one of you?"
He pulls at his hair and then bows his head.
"This is impossible! What should I do? I, I . . ."
He looks up again.
"I can't do it!"
He crawls into the corner and punches the wall.
"What do I do? What do I do?"
The blinding light returns for a few seconds. Keitaro turns around and sees Maru standing in the middle of the room. She lowers herself to her knees and bows to him.
"Say the word, my love, and you shall forever have us in this form."
The music of her voice touches his soul, but it does not demand his consent. Only her desire sings to him, she leaves the choice to his heart.
"I can't ask you to do this for me."
Maru smiles at him.
"You do not understand. We do this for ourselves. Each of us desires you, yet cannot bear that the others should be forsaken. Also, Moe planned all along to permanently bond with the one you love. That is what she meant by saying that she would not leave alone. If you would have us like this, we would be content."
"But, what about Toudai and the Shinmei School?"
She moves across the floor and sits in front of him.
"We will continue pursuing our goals. That will not change."
Maru reaches out and places her hand on his chest.
"What is your decision, my love?"
Keitaro swallows the lump in his throat and stares into her eyes. He slowly leans towards her.
In the Tea Shop, Kitsune taps on the table.
"Ya'll know, Maru said that they'd be right down. It's been over an hour now and I'm afraid for Keitaro-san."
Shinobu wrings her hands.
"Do, do you think she did something to Sempai? Aaauuuuu!"
Haruka looks at Su.
"What can you see with Video-Tama?"
Su shakes her head.
"Don't know. It stopped workin' about an hour ago."
"Why didn't you say something?"
Mutsumi raises her hands to her cheeks.
"Oh my! Maybe they eloped! That would be so romantic!"
Hikari looks at Haruka.
"I have a bad feeling about this."
They all rush outside and up the steps to Hinata-sou. Kitsune reaches the manager's room first and knocks on the door.
"Keitaro-san! Are you in there? Are ya'll okay? Keitaro-san!"
There are some scraping noises in the room. After a few seconds, the door slowly opens. Maru looks out at them.
"Is there a problem?"
The girls stare in shock at what they see. Maru's appearance is different from when they last saw her. Her face and hair are the same, but she is garbed in Keitaro's clothes and is wearing his glasses. Shinobu points at her and faints.
"She absorbed Sempai too! Aaauuuuu!"
Maru watches the young cook as she falls to the floor. Haruka reaches out and grabs the sweater.
"Keitaro! Can you hear me?"
Keitaro peeks over Maru's shoulder.
"What's wrong, Haruka-san?"
Maru steps to the side and smiles at Keitaro. Kitsune rubs her chin and cocks her head.
"Ya'll look kinda nice in Motoko's gi, Keitaro-san!"
Keitaro looks down at the clothes he wears.
"Uh oh!"
He looks at Maru, who blushes as she covers her mouth.
"Oh dear!"
Mutsumi claps her hands.
"Oh my!"
Hikari turns her head and smiles.
"Oh brother!"
Haruka takes the cigarette holder from her mouth and looks at Maru.
"It must have been really crowded in there with the four of you."
Shinobu opens her eyes and looks up at the manager.
"Oh Sempai!"
Keitaro raises his hands.
"Oh no!"
Su looks around.
"I don't gets it!"
Maru raises her hands and leans towards Kitsune.
"It, it was not what you think, really Kitsune-san!"
Kitsune smiles slyly at her.
"Oh? And just what do you think I think that you think you were doing?"
"Huh?"
The resident fox places her hands behind her head and walks down the hallway.
"I never thought ya'll would be bold enough to try a four-way, Keitaro-san!"
The manager stares at her receding back.
"A four-way? W-with Narusegawa and M-m-motoko-chan?"
He slowly turns his head and looks at Maru who smiles at him. Blood gushes from his nose as he falls over backwards.
"Gack!"
Haruka looks at her unconscious nephew.
"Well, I guess we can rule that out. Just what was going on in there Maru, if you don't mind my asking?"
Maru walks back into the room and points at the kotatsu table. Two glasses of tea and some cards are on it.
"We were just playing cards. That is all."
Shinobu climbs to her feet and wipes her forehead.
"Thank goodness that was all."
Hikari peeks in the door.
"What game were you playing?"
Maru smiles once more and kneels next to Keitaro.
"Strip Hearts, of course."
Shinobu immediately falls to her previous spot on the floor.
"Aaauuuuu!"
End of Chapter Six.