A/N: Hey, people. Haven't updated this story in, like, a week.

Su: Yeah. Don't you love us?

Chris: Actually, I was updating my other story.

Motoko: Oh. What story would that be?

Chris: My story called 'Are You Serious!'.

Naru: What's this story about?

Chris: Read it for yourself.

-Half an hour later-

Chris: Keitaro, stop bleeding!

Kitsune: Why would you write this?

Chris: It was my favorite plot.

Haruka: Why?

Chris: Well, I like stories where everyone ends up happy.

Naru: But, if you like stories where everyone ends up happy, why'd you write this?

Chris: You'll grow into the idea.

Shinobu: Um, can we get to the story? I want to be with Sempai.

Su: Yeah, and where's my gift?

Chris: Almost there, you two. Quick disclaimer: Ken Akamatsu owns Love Hina, not me. Otherwise, I would be one spoiled brat and my stories would be-

Su and Shinobu: STORY START!

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"So, you're going on a vacation and Tsuruko-san is going to be our manager?" Kitsune asked for confirmation. They were all sitting in the living room (with the exception of Motoko, who was still running around the house, freaking out) to discuss Keitaro's vacation. He had just explained the situation.

"Tsuruko-san and her husband," Keitaro corrected.

"So there will still be a guy here, even with you gone? Great," Naru said gruffly.

'There would still be guys even if Tsuruko-san didn't ask to bring her husband with her,' Keitaro thought. He said aloud, "Yeah. Don't worry. Nothing should have to change around here, but Tsuruko-san will change things if need be. When I come back, nothing should have to change back to what it was before her. Right, Tsuruko-san?"

"Correct, Keitaro-san. I wouldn't do anything to these girls. Besides, why would I change a perfectly great group of friends?" she confirmed.

"Awww, thanks," Su, Shinobu, Mutsumi, Kitsune, and Sarah with a blush. Naru was too moody to say anything and Motoko was freaking out still, this time trying to calm herself down.

"And you will do what you promised you'd do, correct?" Keitaro asked.

"Of course, Keitaro-san," Tsuruko confirmed.

"Great. That being said, I leave on Monday. Until I leave the house, with Shinobu-chan, Mutsumi-chan, and my suitcases, I am still the manager. This gives them some time to pack and Tsuruko-san to move in to the manager's room," Keitaro explained the procedure to them.

"Wait, Sempai, don't you need to pack?" Shinobu asked, confused.

"No, I packed during the week," Keitaro answered.

"Won't they need to pack a lot if you're going away for a long time?" Sarah asked, hiding the panic in her voice. After all, she had a right to be frightened by Tsuruko, having never seen anyone able to beat Motoko at Shinmei-ryu before they dueled at Kyoto. That was the time Naru got possessed by the Hina Blade.

"I can help them with packing. After all, they are my friends, like you guys," he pointed out.

"Oh," Sarah said, disappointed at her failed attempt to find something he didn't think of. Just like everyone else, Sarah did not want to have Keitaro replaced with Tsuruko, no matter how much they knew about it. After all, nobody could replace Keitaro as Kitsune's wallet, Naru's and Motoko's practice dummy, Su's guinea pig, and Sarah's target all at the same time and still be as good at it as or better than Keitaro.

"Am I in trouble?" Su asked, just as energetic as ever but with some concern littering her voice.

"No, Su, you aren't. At least, not unless you use any destructive inventions anywhere they can touch civilization," Keitaro answered.

"So, no rockets? No bombs? No Mecha-Tamas?" Su asked for clarification.

"Nothing meant to make explosions," Keitaro elaborated.

"Okay, I won't, Big Brother!" Su replied, as energetic and loyal as ever.

"As for the rest of you, Tsuruko-san won't be just your proxy manager, but she will also be your teacher. I want you girls to learn why I went away. Motoko-chan, Naru-chan, Sarah-chan, and Kitsune-chan, the four of you are the main reason I'm leaving. I can still put up with your abuse, but none of you are learning how to deal with boys that do something harmful with no harmful thoughts," he continued. Motoko stopped freaking out when she heard her name and sat on the couch. He went around to each girl as he mentioned them. "Kitsune-chan, I know you're lazy, often drunk, and used to manipulating people with charm, but boys aren't always going to let you get something out of them like me. Some of them might even want to get something out of you, like con you out of money or pull pranks on you. Sarah-chan, you smash pottery on my head and kick me in the face. And I would tell you to stop, but you wouldn't listen to me if your life depended on it, right?"

"Oh, sorry, what was that? I wasn't listening," Sarah replied distractedly

"My point exactly," Keitaro continued. "Motoko-chan, you always assume that, just because I'm a guy and I always find myself in bad positions, you always think I'm a pervert and basically not your idea of a typical man. And Naru-chan, you're just like Motoko, but worse. You hit me so many times, you have an involuntary punch reflex."

"What? I do not!" Naru protested. Of course, then her involuntary reflex to punch Keitaro went off again and she tried smacking him in the face. He saw it coming, though, and dodged it.

"See?" Keitaro pointed out.

"Okay, fine, you have a point," she submitted.

"Why would we be the problem now? You never seemed bothered by Naru smacking you into orbit, Motoko hitting you with her sword, or Sarah hitting you with pots before," Kitsune asked.

"Hey! Don't forget your conning him out of money!" Naru said indignantly.

"Oh yeah, that too," Kitsune replied dismissively.

"Well, after I settled in, I found a note from Granny Hina. It said that you girls all had problems of your own with boys. At first, I denied it, but afterwards, I noticed she was right. Kitsune-chan was trying to mess with boys rather than trust them, Motoko-chan did have a hatred for men that knew no bounds, Naru-chan did have a little trouble socializing. Plus, when Sarah-chan got here, I didn't think that I would get along with her very well," Keitaro explained, looking to each of them as he mentioned their name. Their face fell at his gaze.

"Now, Shinobu-chan and Su-chan were also mentioned and Mutsumi-chan also had some problems. However, they have either addressed these problems and are fixing them or have fixed them. Shinobu-chan's more open to others, Mutsumi-chan is still a nice girl, even with her health, and Su-chan has fixed her family issues and can fix what she has left.

"But don't think that what you haven't fixed has made you bad people to me. None of you deserve my anger. I don't hate any of you; I just want you to become better people. I'm still just the same old Keitaro you know and…well, however you feel about me. And, to me, you're all the same girls I've known for a while."

Their faces lit up a little at hearing that Keitaro didn't hate them, but that did not ease their worries. 'How long will I last with her as manager? She certainly isn't as easy as the dork,', 'What does he mean, "we haven't learned our problems"? Am I too drunk right now to understand this?', 'Great, that idiot is going away and is replaced by a person more intensive than Motoko's sister,', and 'At least Urashima doesn't hate us. I couldn't take the shame if I earn the anger of a man such as him,' were the thoughts on the minds of Sarah, Kitsune, Naru, and Motoko.

"I'm sorry," Keitaro said. Nobody needed to ask what he meant; everyone could gather that he didn't want this.

…

The next morning came, and every occupant of the house woke up slowly and groggily for a change. Mutsumi and Shinobu were up all night thinking of this opportunity to get away from the dangers of all the girls at the Hinata-Sou with the man of their dreams to somewhere far away. Just herself, a friend, and him. To them, the only thing better than this would be if they were alone and their friend didn't come along. That way, they could be alone with her Sempai/Kei-kun. Still, they were happy to have an opportunity as close to that as this.

Tsuruko, on the other hand, was disappointed in all the other tenants, Motoko in particular. She was a warrior of the Shinmei-ryu school of martial arts, the members of which possessed discipline that got its own legend, and she could barely contain her anger to her mind. If nobody had learned a lesson of their treatment of a fine young gentleman, she would teach them. Fortunately for them, Keitaro told her not to hurt them for life, so she would have to pull out only half of all the stops she has.

Every other tenant was up all night for different reasons. Keitaro was up thinking of all of what had to be done, making preparations and accommodations, planning them for tommorrow. Su was thinking about Shinobu's food, disappointed that there wouldn't be much more of her meals since she was leaving with Keitaro, but at the same time happy that her 'big brother' didn't hate her and wasn't angry with anyone.

The four reasons for Keitaro's plan to vacation who-knew-where with Mutsumi and Shinobu were troubled, to say the absolute least. Naru's general train of thought was something like, 'It will probably be better with a female manager for an all-girl dorm than that idiot. She'll probably fit the bill as manager better than him. After all, with no pervert "tripping" just to stare where the sun shouldn't shine or to grope one of us, life should be much better around here.' Yet the thing she denied vehemently, even in thought, was the few gaps that she knew Tsuruko could never fill once Keitaro had left.

Motoko didn't fare so well either. She was thinking, 'Why would Urashima do this to us? Him leaving is definitely a good thing, but replacing himself with my sister? Plus, he did not specify a time for his absence. *sigh* Why did I ever know such a coward as him? Running from his duties as manager here just because he is a pervert? My life will be much better with a lecherous pervert not in it, but my sister? She will almost kill me if she found out I beat up a man in justice. She would not understand. She has no clue what men are really like under their gentleman facades,' she thought, yawning for quite a while.

Kitsune was practically running on fumes for all the sleep she got the previous night. Her waking thoughts were, 'Why is he doing this? He said we "haven't learned our lessons yet". He told me that I mess with boys instead of trusting them. Why would he say that? Well, I have tricked boys into buying me things or into pranks that didn't need much planning. Maybe he was right. Maybe I really am only a trickster to men.'

Sarah was the worst of them all. She was as groggy as though she hadn't slept for two days. She was the only one to even remotely want to apologize to Keitaro because she finally realized she didn't even try to give him a hard time, more like an instinctual response to his face. She basically thought, 'I really wish I could take it all back. I was part responsible for him having a hard time here. Now that I think about it, why do I feel as though I was one of the mature ones here?'

Apparently, they all thought Keitaro was capable of that kind of thought process, where everyone who wrongs you gets some of your anger.

When everyone arrived at the breakfast table, their emotions shone clearly on their face. Keitaro's face was one of hope. Hope that, by his return, they would have learned their lessons that he could not teach them. Shinobu was much, MUCH happier than usual, what with the trip with her Sempai. Mutsumi was more relaxed than usual, being happy about the trip, like Shinobu. Sarah was looking sorry for once, having realized just how badly she messed up. Kitsune was picking at her meal, obviously sad to some degree. Motoko was silent and tried to remain stoic, however ruined with flustered confusion that mask became whenever she looked at Keitaro. Naru looked like she was avoiding Keitaro's gaze, as if she was too good for him. Overall, nobody could look at Keitaro normally. Not even Mutsumi, the calmest of them all.

…

Nobody thought that Monday would come, but, twenty-seven hours and three unhappy meals later, Keitaro, Mutsumi, and Shinobu were walking down the stairs, suitcases in hand, and a watermelon-like purse, in the case of Mutsumi. Everyone else was standing at the top of the steps, Tsuruko and her husband, who recently arrived, in the middle. Despite their feelings towards him at that given point, they waved to him, telling him to visit soon.

"Bye! Don't forget to feed Tama-chan!" Keitaro yelled back. Just then, though, Tama came flying out from behind Motoko with a small suitcase in hand.

"I think she wants to come with you!" Kitsune yelled back. The three on the steps turned around to see the turtle flying towards them at that moment. They smiled at the sight and continued down once Tama caught up to them.

When the group of four was out of range of the steps, everyone headed inside, the last ones outside being Tsuruko and her husband.

"Do you think he'll come back soon or in a while?" her husband asked.

"Yo-sama, I know Keitaro. He's going to give them time. To heal and to learn," she answered in a low, serious voice. "But I would suggest you take in this experience. Living in an all-girls dorm with your wife. Sounds like a crazy experience to me," she added jokingly.

"Yeah. I'll bet you that, if I told this to my cousin, she would freak out! I mean, seriously, the only guys she doesn't attack are either in the family or try to stay away as much as possible," he joked, continuing the joke chain and getting a slight chuckle from her.

"Tell me about it. I would try to keep this from Motoko if she didn't already know about it," Tsuruko mused, now playing along more comfortably now that the tenants were gone. They both started laughing a little harder.

Inside the Hinata, someone saw this. Saw them laughing. Her eyes widened in disbelief. 'No…why?!'

Meanwhile, in Kyoto city

Keitaro, Mutsumi, Shinobu, and Tama had just arrived at the place in Kyoto that Keitaro had picked out for his vacation. It was a hotel room, a large hotel room, with a huge couch, a bed big enough for the whole Hinata gang to sleep on comfortably, without touching someone else, plus room to spare. The TV was big too, almost like a small movie theater. There was even a kitchen, a balcony, and an enormous bathroom, easily big enough for all three of them to use it at once. They wouldn't, obviously, but they could if they wanted to.

"S-Sempai, this room is huge! Where did you find this place?" Shinobu asked.

"Myu!" Tama said in surprise, marveling at the room all the same.

"Ara, you said it, Tama-chan," Mutsumi replied. "Kei-kun, this is incredible! How did you afford this?" she continued, turning to Keitaro.

"Well, I called to make my reservation. They asked for my name, which I gave, and they told me my great-grandfather was a family friend and a city power back when this place was built. He was great friends with the family who built and ran this hotel. One room, this one, was dedicated to him. Apparently, he made one wish in his will that his son-in-law use it. Well, apparently, he couldn't use it because he was busy in the hospital most of his life, what with having HIV, so he adopted my mother, who fell in love with someone, my dad. Neither of them knew about this suite, so apparently, I get to use it for free with whomever I bring. And that's you two. Three, including Tama-chan. In fact, he wanted to meet me and my friends in person," he explained.

Then Shinobu looked at the pamphlet on the nightstand. It read 'Welcome to the Romance Suite'. This caused quite the blush to appear all over her face. Mutsumi noticed this and went over to where she was, causing Keitaro to follow because they were still in conversation.

"Hey, Shinobu-chan, what are you-" Mutsumi started. Then she started blushing as madly as Shinobu when she saw what she was looking at.

"Hey, Mutsumi-chan, Shinobu-chan, what are you…looking…at?" Keitaro asked, slowing down when he got a look at the pamphlet his two friends were holding. He also started blushing, albeit he was blushing more out of embarrassment than out of the implications of the pamphlet. "Oops. I guess that's why Keisuke Urashima wanted his family to use this suite. Sorry. Heheh," he said, scratching the back of his head, embarrassed. The two fainted, Mutsumi out of poor health and Shinobu out of the pamphlet's meaning, leaving Keitaro frantically worrying about them.

|| |Five minutes later, same room| ||

Shinobu woke up in the bed of the romance suite, wondering what happened. Then she remembered: she fainted when she found out that the room she would stay in with Keitaro and Mutsumi was a romance suite dedicated to Keitaro's family solely for the purpose of romance with a girl. The image almost made her faint again and left her lightheaded. However, she managed to stay conscious and checked her surroundings. Keitaro was on the couch, watching TV. About a foot away from her in the bed was an unconscious Mutsumi. Then she saw Mutsumi stir and open her eyes. They made eye contact and saw their close proximity. Blushing, they backed away from each other on the bed a little.

"Oh, good, you're alright," Keitaro said, seemingly oblivious to the growing blushes on their face. "You two just fainted on me. Are you okay?" he added, concerned.

"I'm fine, Sempai," Shinobu said.

"I'm okay, Kei-kun," Mutsumi added.

"Good. So, what do you two want to do now?" Keitaro asked.

"How about watching TV?" Shinobu and Mutsumi suggested eagerly at the same time.

"Okay," Keitaro said. The two of them joined him on the couch to watch the anime Keitaro was watching about a boy living in an all-girls dormitory.

"You know, this looks kind of like what happened the first day you came to the Hinata-Sou, Sempai," Shinobu noted.

"It does, doesn't it?" he said. The three of them started laughing.

|| |Ten-o'clock, the romance suite| ||

The three of them were preparing to go to bed. Shinobu was in her pajamas, Mutsumi was in her night robe, and Keitaro was brushing his teeth in his night shirt and night pants. Shinobu and Mutsumi were sitting on the couch, simply waiting for Keitaro. Tama was already asleep on the nightstand. Shinobu and Mutsumi were trying to work out sleeping arrangements. After all, there was only one bed.

"So, it's very simple. On the first six days of the week, one of us will sleep on the couch and the other will sleep on the bed with Sempai. You'll take the bed with him on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, and I'll take the bed with him Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and on Saturday we'll both sleep on the couch. Do you know the plan?" Shinobu explained, asking for confirmation.

"Yes. Wait, can you repeat what you said after 'it's very simple'?" Mutsumi asked, clearly confused.

Shinobu groaned in frustration. "Mutsumi-sempai, I already explained the whole plan five times. You get the bed with him on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, and the couch with me on Saturday. Uuuunnngh, this is impossible! We'll never get these sleeping arrangements down!" she groaned in frustration.

"What sleeping arrangements?" Keitaro asked. He was completely oblivious to the plan, having just come out of the bathroom.

"Oh, uh, I-I came up with a plan so we could decide when I sleep in the bed and when Mutsumi-sempai sleeps in the bed," Shinobu said hesitantly.

"Well, I have a solution. H-How about...you both sleep with me tonight? It solves the problem," Keitaro suggested.

"Uhhhh..." Shinobu tried to form words.

"I'm okay with that, Kei-kun," Mutsumi said.

"Well...okay," Shinobu finally said those two words.

They all climbed into the bed, blushing a little. After all, he suggested it to make her happy. Finally, they settled in. But no one could sleep. They were all a little...new to the situation at hand. Everyone was really shy. Nobody had the courage to speak. Finally, however, Shinobu asked a question on her mind.

"H-Hey, Sempai?" she asked.

"Yeah?" he yawned.

"How did you do it?" Shinobu asked, voice dripping with curiosity.

"W-Well, it's kind of a secret. But I will tell you if you promise to keep a secret," Keitaro answered, now very awake and serious.

"I promise, Sempai," Shinobu said.

"Me too, Kei-kun," Mutsumi added.

"Okay. Well, here goes...I can use ki energy, just like Motoko-chan," he said, a little quickly.

"Ki energy?" both girls asked at the same time.

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And that's chapter three, everyone.

Motoko: WHAT? YOU GAVE HIM KI ENERGY?

Chris: I didn't give him ki energy; he has had it for a while.

Naru: OH, DON'T YOU GIVE ME THAT **** MISTER! YOU'RE KNEE DEEP IN IT ALREADY!

Chris: I can see that. Besides, it's not like you will know in the story. Besides, you guys are going to get some tutelage in what you're doing wrong.

Motoko: THAT'S IT! YOU'RE DEAD!

Chris: Oh, no.

(Chris gets beaten up with every imaginable hit)

-One hour later-

Chris: Really? You had to make a new sword?

Motoko: It doesn't help that you have a thick skull.

Naru: Yeah, don't think you're off the hook, mister.

Chris: Yeah. Well, goodbye readers.