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Haruka was preparing tea for her sick daughter when her son fell through the roof. Dropping the tea tray, fine china destroyed, Haruka ran to Kei. Not since his discharge from Kingdom Hospital did he look so bloody. Blood trickled out of his mouth; jaw set at an impossible angle. His front was slashed and Haruka saw his beating heart. A piece of the ceiling's wood protruded from his leg; grimacing Haruka yanked it out so Keitaro's body could start the healing process. The scream she was expecting as she removed the wood never came, but his body tensed up as if in anticipation of more pain. Haruka so wanted to help him, but there was nothing she could do; not even pain killers helped him. When he had broken his arm last year, the pain medication the doctors gave him had no effect whatsoever. Haruka thanked her lucky stars that Sara was too sick to leave her room to come downstairs and see what was going on. It was times like these that she wished she hadn't quit smoking, for that would definitely help her frayed nerves. Forcing herself Haruka watched as broken bone fused together, cut skin stitched its self back. The worst was watching his dislocated jaw realign its self up in Keitaro's mouth with a sickening pop. Haruka walked towards him to help him up, but was shocked when Keitaro slapped the offered hand away. His mismatched eyes, full of fear and betrayal, cut deeply into her. The only thing he was saying was, "Why? Why did you lie to me?"
Haruka's cracked heart shattered at his harsh but true words. She knew exactly what he was saying and what he meant; all his life he had been abused in the worst ways possible by males. Then when Haruka showed him warmth and love, Keitaro started to develop a complex. The complex was similar to Motoko's but much more justified. The idea was that all males will hurt you and you should never ever place your trust in them until you would die for them. Females on the other hand, Keitaro saw as his saviors, would never allow any form of harm to fall onto him. Hinata knew this and that was why she made the dorms his inheritance.
Finally, after what felt like hours, Keitaro had calmed down enough that Haruka was able to hold him. She had barely embraced him when he gasped and shoved her away from him. Caught off guard, Haruka fell backwards and saw Naru's fist and Motoko's crimson sword striking Keitaro. He went flying out the brick wall and landed in the garden. Realization dawned on her; these were the two responsible for hurting her son!
"Motoko go make sure the pervert doesn't try and escape," Nodding Motoko ran through the new floor to ceiling window to the 'pervert'. Naru took note of the shattered tea tray and the blood on Haruka's cloths; immediately she apologized to Haruka, "Oh I'm so sorry Haruka. We didn't mean for that filth to hurt you. Don't worry once Motoko and I get through with him, he'll be lucky to remember his own name." Naru spun around intending to beat the 'pervert' when she heard a cough from behind her. Turning her nose met fist; than a quick but firm jab to the solar plexus followed by a throat punch. Naru collapsed to the ground in pain, unable to make a noise barely able to breathe. She watched as Haruka stepped over her, but not before bending over to spit into her face, heading outside to deal with Motoko. Motoko was having a grand old time of hitting the 'pervert' with the flat of her blood stained sword. She raised her arm for another strike but someone grabbed her wrist; said person then dislocated Motoko's wrist. Howling in agony the back of her legs were kicked forcing her to fall to the ground. The unknown person shoved Motoko forcing her to lay belly down on the blood ground, kicking her in the ribs ending with a forehead punch. To say Haruka was mad would've been a massive understatement; her wrath surpassed the Seven Deadly Sin's Wrath. Keitaro had finally been showing signs of improvement, and now these girls were undoing it all, and for what reason? The son who had left barely had returned as Freak. He was currently passed out, but it was obvious he was reliving past nightmares. Picking him up Haruka carried him upstairs and placed him into his bed, ignoring the blood staining the sheets. While he slept, there was going to be hell released on the girls.
Two Hours Later
It was a wondrous day outside, birds chirping and it wasn't too hot or too cold. It was a day to ride a bike, jog or even have a picnic. Despite this every single one of the girls were in the lounge room. Haruka originally wanted to go crazy earlier, but restrained herself; only because she didn't want to dispose of the bodies later. Motoko had needed medical attention on her wrist which she received. Even though Haruka was beyond angry, she couldn't allow a child to suffer. Now all the girls were sitting on the chairs, on the couch was Motoko with Su on her lap, Mitsune in the middle and Naru on the end. Mutsumi and Shinobu were sitting in the chairs on the sides of the couch. Taking a deep, deep breath in an attempt to calm herself, Haruka started speaking through clenched teeth, "What the FUCK happened?"
All of the girls visibly flinched, Haruka had never cursed while she was around them. Naru in her infinite stupidity spoke up, "The pervert attacked Shinobu and then lied about being a part of the Urashima family; and then he attacked you. What I want to know is why did you attack Motoko and me?" Haruka wanted to do nothing more than give Naru the same treatment as she gave Keitaro, but restrained herself, barely.
When she spoke next it was low and commanding, "Naru if you value your ability to speak you better shut up! Shinobu what happened?" Haruka softened her voice as she spoke to Shinobu. Scared Shinobu stammered what happened out. When she was done she tried to say on how it was just a big misunderstanding but Haruka gave her a, shut up or die look. Haruka turned towards Motoko asking, "Why did you attack? Why didn't you look before you strike?"
"Because he is a male and all males are scum, per-". Su had clamped a hand over Motoko's big mouth, for she had seen Haruka's clenching fists. Su might not be a genius social wise but even she knew when to be quite.
"What do you care anyway, he's just-". Again Naru demonstrated her unending idiocy. This time Mitsune's hand was over her friend's mouth. Glaring daggers at Motoko and Naru, Haruka continued speaking, voice colder than ever if it were even possible, "If I ever hear any of you speak ill of Keitaro Urashima I will personally end you. He is Seta and mine son, owner and manager of this dorm; first time ya'll meet ya'll jump to conclusions and try to kill him!" Naru tried to get Mitsune's hand off her mouth to respond, but the hand remained in place. Plowing on Haruka said, "He didn't do anything wrong, in fact he caught Shinobu from falling. His reward is pain and misery! As of now, Motoko and Naru, ya'll two step so much as a toe out of line…" Haruka left the unspoken threat linger in the air.
Sadly Naru got Mitsune's hand off her mouth and spoke, "Is he gay?" Taking Haruka's silence as an indicator to continue speaking, Naru did just that. "Cause if he is then that's fine; he just better not screw around in here." The words had barely left her mouth when Haruka pounced onto her. It wasn't so much as what Naru had said, but the way she spoke. She had said it as if Keitaro couldn't do anything unless she approved of it. That had brought of memories she had tried to forget, memories that told her of her previous failure with Keitaro. It took the combined efforts of all the girls to pry Haruka off of Naru. As she was pulled off Naru, they saw Naru had double rings around her eyes. Shaking them off Haruka left the dorm, returning to her shop.
One Month Later
In the time since his rude welcoming, things had been tense in and around the Tea store. It consumed all of Haruka's patience to deal with the girls and to convince Keitaro to return to the dorm. Whenever Seta called, he'd end up going deaf in one ear because of Haruka's ranting against the girls.
Today was the day Keitaro was going back to the dorm, hopefully nonviolently. This time though, Haruka and Sara were accompanying him. Sara was well recovered from the flu and was pissed when she learned what the girls did to her brother; she was already planning revenge. Kei's shoulder length hair was pulled back in an intricate french braid, with his bangs still covering his eyes. Haruka normally tried to get him to show his eyes off, but after what happened Keitaro wasn't going to give the girls any more reason to hurt him. As they approached the door, Sara and Haruka walked in first; standing on either side of him as he addressed the already assembled girls. "My name is Keitaro Urashima; I'm 21 years old and am the manager of the dorm. Oh and I am also the elder brother of Sara." At the mention of her name, Sara wrapped her arms protectively around him. Sara had learned all the gory details about her brother's childhood when he had a nightmare, and vowed to kick ass if he was hurt. The only reason she was holding back was because Keitaro was there and he loathed violence.
Mutsumi none too subtly shoved Motoko and Naru forward. "Look we just want to say sorry for attacking you last month." Minutes passed and still Keitaro didn't respond; mentally Haruka was banging her head against a wall. Kei wasn't being rude; he honestly had no clue what to say! He had never been in a situation when he had to accept an apology from members outside the family. In their family they just kiss and make up. Where Sara was trouble with a capital T, and was constantly pulling pranks or getting into mischief; Kei always took the blame because of how he was raised. Come to think of it Sara had never pranked Keitaro badly, but Haruka had to digress. The sound of Naru screaming brought her out of her thoughts.
Few Minutes Earlier Kei's POV
I heard the girls' apology, now what? If it were anyone else I'd hug them but these girls would probably castrate me for doing so. They were staring at me as if I was supposed to say something, "So what's for lunch?" This was obviously the wrong thing for me to say because the sword wielder and puncher spoke "Well…?"
I just looked confused and shrugged my shoulders, "Well what?" Then they erupted worse than a volcano, "What! We said we're sorry and you don 't even have the decency to accept!"
The puncher was cracking her knuckles and the sword wielder pulled out a wooden sword. I remembered Haruka saying something about an older sister who she sent the old sword, but frankly I was getting scared. I threw a worried look at Haruka, she never let me call her mom says it makes her feel old; pleading for help; but one glance and it was obvious she was in her own little world at the moment. "What you to good to speak to us?" The puncher mad a move towards me, drawing her fist back as she did.
Sara saw this and stood in front of me, "Leave him alone Naru! Motoko put that thing away!" I was told that when she spoke to the residents, they normally listened or took her words into consideration; but this time it just served to make them angrier. The girl named Naru shoved my sister to the side, the unexpected action causing her to fall onto the ground letting out a whimper. Something inside me snapped at the sight. Red covered my screwed up eyes as I reacted towards the unprovoked assault. I closed the distance between us, seeing me move towards her Naru threw a punch. At the last moment I side stepped and brought my finger up and jabbed her arm. Her arm not hitting anything Naru stumbled forward, trying to regain her balance. Intertwining our legs, I forced her to fall forward; jabbing at various points on her spine. Naru let out a cry as she hit the ground, unable to move any part of her body.
End Keitaro POV
Motoko couldn't believe her eyes at what just happened; Naru was taken down in a matter of seconds by a man! Raising her wooden sword Motoko brought it down onto the male; she was thankful that her dislocated wrist had healed quickly. Her eyes widened as the male caught the wooden sword in one hand, and the other he jabbed at her right armpit. Numbness flooded her arm as she dropped the sword, quickly followed by her body as he took her down the same as he did Naru. As Motoko fell, Keitaro strode to his sister's side to make sure she was alright. Keitaro's rage was less but was still burning red hot at Naru, who had dared hurt his sister.
Haruka just took a look at the two girls on the floor and at Keitaro who had Sara climbing on to his back. Smiling inwardly Haruka said, "Su, Sara, Mutsumi will ya'll three show Kei around the dorm. Naru and Motoko stay where you are and don't move." That last bit earned her a glare from Naru, who couldn't move even if her life depended on it. As the others left to show Keitaro around the dorm, a frown graced Haruka's face, "Where's Mitsune and Shinobu?"
Hung-over and visiting her parents, was the mumbled response from Naru. Sighing Haruka bent over and jabbed a point on their backs. Slowly feeling returned to their body and the two found that they could once again move. Haruka gave them the answer to their unspoken question, "Martial Arts, a variant on our family's style. Keitaro hasn't really had a chance to interact with others, so he is a bit socially awkward. Just don't hurt Sara, regardless if it is intentionally or unintentionally Keitaro will go berserk on you." With that Haruka left for her store, leaving two bewildered girls behind.
While this was happening Keitaro was getting the grand tour. Su was bouncing along, showing all of the rooms and a few of the secret passageways. Sara was pointing out odds and ends from her perch on his back. Mutsumi was walking along silent for most of the time. When they entered the annex, Keitaro felt a shot of fear course through him. Where it came from he had no idea just that he wanted to get out of that room. As they were walking through Su's jungle paradise, Sara had dozed off on his back, appearing innocent for once in her life. Keitaro didn't know who he had to watch out for; did he look after the hyperactive girl, or Mutsumi who was currently stroking her beloved melons. How she managed to keep them under her cloths, Keitaro gave up after she showed him her largest ones. Apart from her hypnotic melons, she had already collapsed twice and only because of his quick reflexes did he manage to catch her.
Finally they ended up in the springs, tour complete. As they stepped out from the hollow rock at the edge of the springs, Keitaro noticed how dark it had gotten. Sara's stomach growled loudly surprising everyone present including Su; and that was saying something considering her inventions. Amused Keitaro turned his head and grinned at Sara's red face. "Wow! This is perfect! Now I have a chance to test out the Fat Man!" And with that she whipped out something that looked like a missile launcher.
Sara and Mutsumi sweat dropped at the thought of another mushroom cloud, and Keitaro was intrigued as to what that thingy did. Sliding off his back, Sara explained to Su the noise while Mutsumi chatted about her melons to Keitaro. When Sara mentioned food, Su actually pointed out grumpily, the only food in the dorm was going to give them food poisoning. At her brother's quizzical expression Sara elaborated; Shinobu normally cooked butt today she was with her parents. On these days Naru, Motoko, or Mitsune cooked. Their cooking was so bad, not even Su could match a previous explosion. And if the food did survive to be served; everyone had a convenient excuse not to eat. Only the aforementioned three could eat it and live.
Laughing, Keitaro walked to the kitchen to do the cooking. Su and Mutsumi had wanted to help but Sara dragged them off somewhere. She did it because Su would either add an insane amount of curry or bananas and Mutsumi would add watermelons.
One Hour Later
The succulent scent of garlic bread wafted throughout the building. Finally Kei called for dinner to be served. The sight of Italian style pasta with meatballs, complete with bread was too much for them to resist. Everyone that night ate as fast as Su normally did, setting new records for eating. There wasn't much talking, partly due to the tension between Kei and the dumb duo, (Motoko and Naru); however it was largely due to the divinity of the meal. Grabbing a plate, Naru brought some food upstairs to Mitsune before it was all gone. Keitaro tried to clean and help put away the dishes, but Su and Sara insisted he rest while they clean.
Three Days Later
So far things where progressing nicely, Keitaro was well liked by the girls and even the dumb duo grudgingly admitted he was good. They had tried to make him do all the work, but Sara encouraged them to drop it with the aid of A3-21 Plasma Rifle curtsey of Su. During his free time, Keitaro could be found fleeing for his life from a very sugar high Sara. It was during one of these days that Keitaro met Mitsune, who was mainly asleep in her room since he arrived. Keitaro had fled into a random room and slammed the door shut, releasing his pent up breath as he heard Sara running past his hiding spot. "Huh? Naru is that you?" The voice sounded garbled not because Mitsune was drunk but because she got woken up by Keitaro's sudden interruption.
Turning Keitaro saw a scantily clad Mitsune, realizing where he was he snapped his head up towards the ceiling. Keitaro was mumbling apology after apology while a surprisingly sober Mitsune grabbed her cloths to cover herself up. Once dressed Mitsune extend an arm to touch him, she saw an involuntary shudder go through his body at her touch. Frowning Mitsune withdrew her arm and called him over to sit down and have a drink with her. Pulling out two sake saucers and the drink, Mitsune poured them both a healthy portion of the drink. They sat in an awkward silence till Mitsune spoke, "So you're the new manager." At the nod of his head, Mitsune wished she was present when he had returned a few days ago. He wasn't too bad looking and maybe this was a divine message for free rent for herself. Turning on the old fox charm she continued, "You better hope Naru or Motoko don't find you, or they'll punish you."
In the past she got nervous stuttering wrecks of men who would agree to her price for silence. This new manager on the other hand dropped his saucer, sake spilling everywhere. His tanned skin paled visibly and he started to tremble. His hair obscured his face but Mitsune could still see his lips move, forming the words, "No don't, I promise to be good. Don't hit me Master! Please don't rape me!" Sweat glistened all over him and Mitsune actually regretted her actions. She tried to touch him but he jerked backwards tumbling over. For the first time she could see his eyes. His right was black as the raven and his left was a brilliant blue; they were not staring at her but behind her at something only he could see.
"Hay brother there you are. I shou-"The words died in Sara's mouth as she saw her brother. Throwing Mitsune a dirty look, Sara hugged her brother, cooing into his ear words too low for Mitsune to hear. Slowly the color returned to him and he stopped shaking; Sara helped him up and guided him back to his room. At dinner Keitaro was absent to the disappointment of many of the residents. Mitsune had wanted to ask him what had gone on earlier and when she tried to bring him food, Sara yanked to away from her, saying she'll do it. Mitsune went to bed wondering what the hell happened earlier. IN the manager's room Sara cuddled next to her brother muttering to him, "Its over Keitaro, he can't hurt you anymore. I won't let you be taken away again." Outside someone gasped at the information, hurrying back to her room.
A/N: Thanks to all the people who reviewed the previous chapter! Now time to answer some questions.
Kanako might make an appearance in future chapters and if she does then she won't be mentally instable as she was in my previous works. And yes I do enjoy making Kanako crazy .
This is NOT going to be a KeitaroxNaru fic! I can't stand those pairings.
Either Naru or Motoko will be nicer towards him. One will defiantly be nicer just haven't decided yet.
Age wise they are as follows; Su-15, Motoko-20, Mitsune-21, Naru-21, Shinobu-15, Sara-14, Keitaro-21, Mutsumi-21, Haruka-34, and Seta-39.
To all the people who thought I was serious on the chapter holding for ransom, I was just screwing with ya'll! I update when I can and don't demand reviews, just wanted to see what people would say.
Seta did take on the Urashima name.
And to the reviewer Firemore, there is a similar story called Happy Birthday but it hasn't been updated in a long time.
Reviews in the normal manner.