I do not own Love Hina. I just modded the shit out of it. I've also referenced characters from Hellsing I don't own it either. Obviously.

I've been having a hard time thinking up for things to do for Keitaro while he bonds with the girls one at a time and it's taken me a bit but I think I have some good ideas for Naru.

"..." is speech

/.../ is thoughts.

Story!

Keitaro woke up purring and confused. He was hugging something and something was hugging him. It took him a moment to realize that he was cuddling against a plush toy with catnip rubbed into its head. /Alright when I find out whose been pulling this crap I'm going to kick their ass. Tsuroko you're on the top of the list./ he snarled internally. "K-k-Keitaro! What are you doing in my futon?! And what are you doing to Liddu-kun?!" Naru stammered and she started shaking him like a rag doll. "What the hell is wrong with you?! Acknowledge me you goddamned demon!" Naru howled at him bringing half the inn into her room. /Oh god I think I'm gonna be sick.../

"Wow Naru I know he's cute but don't you think you're running the bases?" Kitsune asked laughing a little. /Laugh it up lady, you're on the list too./ Keitaro thought bitterly as Naru started stammering.

Motoko walked in and took a hard look at Keitaro before shaking her head. "Naru take both him and Liddu into the springs and wash off Liddu's head someone's smeared catnip into it." Motoko said calmly before leaving to go back to her training. As Keitaro's senses swam as he found a much more concentrated spot of catnip time blurred and he felt something being rubbed into the plush's head and a moment later he was on his back and still purring. A few moments later he twisted off the ground and sat up facing Naru who was frowning at him.

"Man you're nothing but trouble, you know that?" she said staring at him and his ears flattened in shame.

"Look Naru I didn't like that anymore then you did. I went to sleep early last night dog tired in my own room... In that goddamn basket... and woke up drunk on catnip cuddling a plush toy and being cuddled by you. I fucking hate catnip and what it does to me! I wish the worlds supply would be burnt and scattered to the winds to never terrorize anything with cat blood again!" Keitaro said with a passion but the bit about the basket was very soft.

"Oh come on it can't be that bad." Naru said seriously a little confused by his attitude.

"Not that bad? Naru catnip for a cat is like an uncontrollable unstoppable and undeniable addiction that leaves you painfully aware of your situation while leaving you completely helpless. It then gets worse when it hit's the second stage and both time and every sense you have goes swimming! It leaves me completely helpless and the more it happens the better a chance a slayer will figure it out and use it to render me helpless! These stunts could end up costing me my life!" Keitaro said a whine and fear in his voice. Naru's head was spinning as she started to realize the implications of his words. "Every day of my life the chance that a master demon slayer outside the four elemental schools showing up with me in the hit list increases, every day there is a better chance that me and everyone I care for will be killed by some misguided son of a bitch who thinks that anything that can talk that isn't human deserves the death sentence!" Keitaro said his voice straining and tears in his eyes.

"Then why don't you run to live with demons instead?" Naru asked confused at the hurt child in front of her.

"I have no idea where to look, I spent years trying to find my roots but every demon I've ever met has either hated my guts or was as much in the dark as me... And they all hated having me around because of the chance I'd blow their disguise. Every day I live in fear for my own life and the lives around me, there are slayers more terrible and bloodthirsty then some of the worst demons alive." Keitaro said and Naru just had to ask.

"Like who, how can someone be that horrible?" Naru asked and Keitaro chuckled darkly.

"I only saw the bastard once and luckily for me he was facing down a master vampire. Father Anderson is a regenerator from the Church of Rome and is more bloodthirsty then the vampire he was fighting. Which still blows my mind." Keitaro said slowly his eyes distance.

"Who was the vampire?" Naru asked completely fascinated.

"He was called Alucard but I wasn't fooled. It was the legendary Count Dracula himself, the most powerful and malicious vampire of all time. The vampire was so bloodthirsty that I'm proud to say that all I did was collapse in fear. Another demon nearby me went and shat himself when he saw Alucard go all out against Anderson. That was some scary shit." Keitaro said slowly shaking his head at the memories.

"You saw Dracula himself?" Naru asked stunned and Keitaro slowly nodded. "Wasn't he killed by Van Hellsing?" she asked and Keitaro shook his head.

"No, an S class demon, or Demon Lords as their better known as are true immortals, they cannot be killed only locked away, Dracula or Alucard is the Demon Lord of Vampires. For a human to be so bloodthirsty and so powerful that he can go toe to toe with that monster... It still blows me away four years later." Keitaro said slowly as if just remembering it left him winded.

"Where did you see this?" Naru asked her eyes wide.

"It was in London, I was travelling the world using my shapeshifting to sneak onto planes so I could seek out other demons around the world to learn about myself. I left with barely any combat prowess or elemental control and now I'm at least at intermediate levels with all four primal elements and can hold my own as a high C or low B class demon through skill alone. If I was just using my natural abilities without the intensive training I've had I might be a low to medium C class demon." Keitaro said and Naru began to think.

"What class of slayer are Motoko and Tsuroko?" Naru asked and Keitaro turned it over in his mind.

"Well Motoko has no track record so she's got no rank, but I'd put her at a medium to low B class if she would use stealth and guile as well. Tsuroko is either low S class or high A class, she could easily wipe the floor with me if it really came to that. Lucky for me she considers me a twisted mix between pet, sibling and friend." Keitaro said bitterly.

"You're scared of her aren't you?" Naru asked and Keitaro nodded.

"The raw amount of power she's packing is staggering and her tight control of it coupled with her wind magic could turn her into the ultimate assassin if she didn't have her sense of honour. If that isn't bad enough Motoko takes after her more then she believes. Oh and it get's better, her bird Shippu is like Tama, a full blown high B class demon that's been tamed and befriended, but they are no less powerful. I've seen Tsuroko fly own Shippu's back and saw the bird use elemental water control. If she had any reason to kill me I'd be able to count my life span in milliseconds." Keitaro said and Naru shivered.

"How can you stand it? Living in fear and loneliness with that kind of grim knowledge...?" Naru asked just staring at him.

"Do I have a choice? This is my life, it's the only one I have and the only one I ever will. I try to live so that at the end of each day I can look back without regret. To simply fill my life with whatever I can so that it's actually worth something. Remember Naru, I'm a guardian type demon unless what I protect has value I can barely protect it at all. My life... no matter how I swing it... I can't find value in it unless I'm protecting one thing or another... When I was younger I would protect my sister from feeling alone or unloved... When I wandered the world it was so I could learn to protect myself... And now I protect this Inn and all within it..." Keitaro said his speech breaking off he pulled off his clothes quickly and slipped into the water with a sigh of contentment.

Naru was simply stunned this kid had just openly said that he would pretty much jump in harms way for her. After thinking for a moment she slid into the water beside him. "Hey Keitaro, any guess on what you'll look like when your older?" She asked and Keitaro thought for a moment.

"Well... the naiad who taught me most of my water magic first called me a bishie to be although I'm a little afraid to look it up." Keitaro said sounding confused.

"...Keitaro bishie means beautiful young man... Have you ever seen a fully grown member of your race before?" Naru asked and Keitaro sighed.

"Yeeeessss" he sighed exasperation raising his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Naru asked and he sighed again.

"I've met three of my race all male, the lot of them are goddamned pretty boys in tuxes attending parties full of bimbos and they treated me like a little kid." Keitaro said bitterly and Naru bit back some laughter. /If this kid is really going to be a bishie then he certainly will be in no end of trouble. Kitsune will be flirting left right and centre and Shinobu won't be able to look at him sideways without blushing. Su will be unaffected but what about Motoko? Or me for that matter I've only seen pictures of bishies and blew it off because it was a picture... Will I be able to do the same with the real deal?/ Naru thought wondering just what the hell the kid would look like, she didn't realize it but she got a slight nose bleed and Keitaro examined her curiously.

"Hey Naru why's your nose bleed... Oh I get it. Naru you dirty, dirty little girl!" Keitaro said inwardly laughing at her.

"Wh-what? No I'm not you little pervert!" Naru spat at him wiping the blood away from her nose.

"I'm not a pervert! You're the one with a bloody nose you female pervert! Naru's got dirty thoughts! Naru's got dirty thoughts! Naru's got dirty thoughts! Naru's got... OW!" Keitaro taunted then was bopped in the head by Naru. "Alright I deserved that." He muttered and started drifting through the water. He sunk down for a moment and reappeared practically on Naru's lap where he leaned against her and sighed with contentment.

"I should knock your block off..." Naru muttered a vein throbbing.

"But you won't" Keitaro said cuddling against her.

"And why is that?" Naru asked looking down on him

"Well that's easy, I'm too goddamned cute!" He said looking up and meeting her gaze with a big grin. "Face the facts if something bad happens here then you as the more physically mature one will be blamed over the cutie kid." Keitaro said looking up at her and talking with a slight purr.

"You are pure evil." Naru said as she leaned back against the rocks and Keitaro leaned back against her with a slight purr.

"Oh so you figured it out eh? That's right, kittens are evil incarnated." Keitaro said evoking a slight giggle from Naru. He yawned broadly and his senses swam.

"How can you be tired you just woke up?!" Naru demanded and Keitaro shrugged.

"The catnip, it keeps me purring and halfway between awake and high. Part of my mind was asleep but my body was moving ever since I got access to the catnip. I've probably been up since about an hour after you fell asleep." Keitaro murmured starting to fall asleep. /No man get up! Don't! She's not family! You've flirted enough! You don't know her! Get your lazy tail off her lap and back in the basket! The catnip's made you weak don't fall asleep on her for godsakes! DON'T LISTEN TO THE CATNIP!!/ He mentally screamed at himself as his vision faded and he drifted off to sleep.

Naru was shocked, she in the span of half an hour went from cuddling this kid in her sleep to him falling asleep on her in the hotsprings. She mentally groaned as she felt herself scratching him between the ears, she picked him up out of the water dried and dressed herself while wrapping him in a towel and carried him to the basket in his room. /Who keeps switching it from that futon anyways?/ She thought as she tucked him in, jostling him slightly back to consciousness again.

/Maybe she isn't so bad... Kanako would have brought me to her own futon.../ Keitaro thought as his view faded again and he dozed off. Naru grinned at him and stared for a few moments. "Hard to make sense of him isn't it?" Haruka asked and Naru turned to glance at her.

"Yea, one moment he was telling me about a man so horrible that he was proud to say he only collapsed in fear the next he's exhausted and using me like a big stuffed animal. Haruka what's with him?" Naru asked seriously looking at Haruka seriously.

"His personality is Nature vs Nurture. His nature tells him that he's powerful, fearless, and superior. What he grew up and saw went against that telling him that he's a monster with no rights to live. He has instincts of nobility but every portrayal of demons he's seen and almost every demon he's met has been weak, cowardly and completely stupid." Haruka said looking at him helplessly.

"... Did you say before he was trying to get into Tokyo U?" Naru asked and Haruka nodded.

"Yes, he purposely failed twice so he wouldn't have anything to tie him down. He's actually memorized a couple of textbooks..." Haruka said slowly and Naru's eyes lit up.

Three hours later

Keitaro woke up to a rumbling in his gut and he padded down to the kitchen and ate some salmon raw he then started wandering around the inn. He heard Su putting something together in her room which involved a loud humming noise and cracks of electricity sending shivers down his spine. He didn't hear a thing as he passed by Shinobu's and then Motoko's room. Kitsune gave off a drunken snore and Keitaro shook his head wondering how she avoided liver damage. He was about to pass Naru's room when he heard her scribbling, curiosity getting the best of him he poked his head in and saw Naru working with a Tokyo U prep book.

He padded up behind her silently and looked over her answers. It was math and he could see a few mistakes here and there. Small mistakes but in the end they were still the wrong answers. "You forgot to carry the two with this one. It's three hundred and ninety two, not three hundred and seventy two." Keitaro said pointing to one of the questions Naru frowned and picked up her calculator she quickly drilled in the question and saw that he was right.

"Alright then smart boy if you're so good are you willing to quiz and be quizzed?" Naru asked and Keitaro sat opposite of her.

"Bring it on Tanuki." Keitaro said flashing a fanged grin at her. She asked him a few dozen questions that he answered from memory then he drilled her on a few of his own drawing her up short a couple of times especially in math and science.

"Oh come on that question probably won't even come up!" Naru said as she frantically flipped through her textbook for the answer.

"Oh yes it does. It came up on both times I took the entrance exam." Keitaro said and he turned the page for her as she stared at him.

"Both times?" Naru asked her eyes narrowing.

"Well it would be the normal and harmless thing to try so I did it. I've failed twice on purpose so I wouldn't be held down. Still if I can feel safer in one area, maybe after adulthood I'll probably end up in a law class. By the way you forgot to carry the one here, the answer 8967.49 not 8967.39." Keitaro said as he looked over her work again and Naru silently fumed at this. "You're pretty good at this you just need to slow down a little and you'll pass without a problem." Keitaro said and Naru groaned. "Now what?"

"It's just so weird for someone who looks like they're pushing ten to be correcting university level math questions. It feels like you're showing me up or something." She said before realizing what had just come out of her mouth, Keitaro just grinned at her.

"Eh! Remember I'm older then you! And just because I'm smaller doesn't mean I'm stupid, it just shows what aisle I buy my clothes from." Keitaro said grinning and Naru rolled her eyes. "You may laugh now but remember the one thing I do know about my future demon form is that my beast form will be enormous and powerful. Let's compare sizes then." Keitaro said impudently.

"Ahh young love." Kitsune said from the doorway snapping a picture. "Wait... I thought you two would be doing something! Oh man you guys are boring." She said and walked off in a huff complaining about how kittens don't enter heat.

"Is she always like that?" Keitaro asked and Naru nodded. "Alright then I'm going for a walk before the fox gets any ideas." Keitaro said and inwardly Naru nodded at the wisdom there. "Remember take your time, a wrong answer is as bad if not worse then failing to answer altogether." Keitaro said as he shoved the box over the hole aside and dropped down into his room. Naru shoved it back in place and returned to her studies her head spinning at what had already happened that day.

Polls!

Sorry about the slow updates it's hard as bloody hell to make it so that they get closer but not overwhelmingly so, even if the polls say otherwise. I'm still trying to find a way for a guy with a really sensitive nose and a drunk to get together but hey don't worry I can put my muse on 'roids sometimes.

Every Girl available: 2

Motoko: 5

Kitsune: 12

Shinobu: 3

Su: 1

Mutsumi: 2

Naru: 2

My Choice: 3

Original Character: 0

Kanako: 0

Wow no one likes Kanako, I guess she was too much of a bitch in the original series.