Disclaimer: I don't own Love Hina.

A/N: I owe my readers an apology. I know I said that in this chapter that Keitaro's girlfriend would be introduced but the problem is I'm having trouble deciding. The suggestions I got from who should Keitaro's girlfriend should be is actually harder than I actually thought it would be, mainly because the suggestions I've gotten have been real good. I'm still trying to decide so I'm holding off until the next chapter. I've been looking for the info on the girls that was suggested to me and trying to get as much information that I can.

So with that in mind, to Major Mike Powell III, Ty Maxon, J Garrett, and Lastofakind: I'm taking your suggestions in very serious consideration. I hope I'll be able to choose one of the girls and that it will fit for the story. Also to Ty Maxon, if you can give me more info regarding the ones you suggested from Real Bout High School, it would be much appreciated. I won't have much time to go through the manga.

To F.X. 271: To answer your question, it was before I re-read the manga again.

Intentions

Marumi Urashima entered her brother's bakery. She saw Shirai and Haitani.

"Hello boys," Marumi greeted.

Shirai and Haitani saw and waved at Marumi.

"Hi there," Shirai greeted smiling.

"How are you?" Haitani asked smiling.

"I'm fine…boys, is my mother in still here?" Marumi asked.

"Yeah, she hasn't left yet. We'll take you there."

"Okay, thanks."

The living room of the Urashima Residence

"So you really have a girlfriend?" Hina asked.

"Yeah," Keitaro answered.

Hina couldn't believe it, "What is she like? What does she do? Does she go to school?"

"Granny…"

"Hello, anybody here?" Marumi called as she entered the living room.

"Hi Aunt Marumi," Keitaro greeted.

"Hello Aunt Marumi," Kanako greeted.

"Hello Keitaro, Kanako," Marumi greeted, "Kyoshiro, Nanami."

"Hi Marumi," Nanami greeted her sister-in-law.

"Hi sis," Kyoshiro greeted.

"Marumi, I'm surprised you're here," Hina spoke.

"Hello Mom, I'm glad that you're still here," Marumi said, "I heard that you went on world tour a year ago."

"Are you bothered that I didn't tell you?" Hina asked.

Marumi simply shook her head, "Of course not. There's no reason why I should be, it's your business if you want to travel around the world but what's interesting is that I heard that you tried to get Keitaro to run your inn, the place that you changed to an all-girls dorm and the girls were more than…unpleasant with Keitaro, even though you requested for him to go there and even though Keitaro explained himself about who he is and why he was there."

"It was all a misunderstanding," Hina simply said.

"It seems more than a 'simple misunderstanding'," Kyoshiro commented.

"Kyoshiro, please…"

"Mom, if you're looking for someone to run the inn in your place, I'd be willing to help you with that," Marumi said.

"That's nice of you Marumi but that won't be necessary," Hina replied, "I have to go and Keitaro?"

"Yes Granny?" Keitaro replied.

"You shouldn't make promises you don't intend to keep. It can hurt the person when the other breaks the promise for no reason."

Hina left her son's house and the rest of the family watched her leave shaking their heads at what Hina said.

Kyoshiro looked at his sister, "Marumi, would you like something to drink?"

Marumi looked at her brother, "Sure."

"I'll get you some tea," Kyoshiro said.

"I'll help," Keitaro said to which Kyoshiro nodded.

Nanami and Kanako started to talk to Marumi.

Outside of the Urashima Residence/Bakery

Hina walked out of the place and looked back. She sighed and shook her head.

"This has all been very disappointing," Hina said to herself, "I just don't understand. Why couldn't they see that I was doing this for them?" Hina sighed, "I'll have to give the girls the bad news," Hina then began to walk, "I'll have to cancel my plans to go back on another world tour."

Hinata Teashop

After some time, Hina arrived back at the steps to the Hinata Inn and was approaching Haruka's tea place when she saw a man walking out of the place angry with liquid dripping from his head.

"I don't know who the hell you think you are," the man said angry, "it's not like your beverages are the best in Kanagawa anyway."

Haruka walked out of her teashop and glaring at the man, "If you don't like it then get the hell out of here and don't come back."

"Tch, miserable wench…" The man countered and walked away.

Hina was surprised at the exchange and looked at Haruka, "Haruka, is everything okay?"

"Oh Mom, you're back," Haruka said, "It's nothing, just a rude customer."

"I see…"

"So Mom, how did it go with Keitaro?"

Hina shook her head sadly, "Not so well. Keitaro still refused. He won't even consider it. He has really hurt me."

Haruka was sad to hear it, "I see, well that's too bad. So what are you going to do?"

"I don't know. I couldn't even get Kanako to come with me for my world tour. She didn't want to come and Kyoshiro and Nanami wouldn't approve, they wouldn't even consider it."

"Maybe it's for the best, after all, Kanako does have school and it would really effect her education if she took some real time off since she is just starting the eighth grade."

Hina sighed and then decided to ask, "Haruka, did you know that Keitaro has a girlfriend?"

Haruka was surprised, "Keitaro has a girlfriend? I didn't know that. He never mentioned to me when he was here."

"Yes, it surprised me too…there has to be some way to convince Keitaro to run the Hinata Inn."

"Mom, maybe you should stop trying to convince Keitaro."

"Why?"

"Well, it seems that Keitaro is strongly against the idea of running the inn. Maybe, you should consider other options?"

Hina crossed her arms, "What options are you talking about?"

"Well, there's Marumi-"

"Haruka," Hina interrupted, "having Marumi here would not be a good idea. You know that."

"But Mom, maybe if you talked to Marumi about it and try to convince her that-"

"That won't happen, Marumi is very stubborn about certain things and when she makes up her mind on something, she won't change it. No, she would kick the girls out without a second thought and then what? What is going to happen to them? You know why each of them are here in the first place, don't you?"

Haruka sighed, "Yeah, I know Mom."

Hina sighed of relief, "Okay then. I need to have a talk with the girls."

"What are you going to do?" Haruka asked.

"I don't know…I'll think of something. I have to somehow get Keitaro to agree. I've already have the deed set to his name."

Hina walked up the stairs and Haruka watched her go up.

"I really don't understand why Mom is insisted about this. I just hope she knows what she's doing because if she's not careful, she could end up…" Haruka stopped herself and shook her head, "No, that would never happen…"

Haruka went back inside to her teashop.

Urashima Residence/Bakery

After some time in the residence, Marumi decided it was time for her to head out and she gave her goodbyes to her brother and his family. Keitaro volunteered walk his aunt to her car and Marumi nodded for it and told Keitaro there was something she wanted to tell him anyway. Marumi was walking out of the place with Keitaro walking with her to her car.

"So what did you want to talk to me about Aunt Marumi?" Keitaro asked.

"Keitaro, do you know why your grandmother is being adamant about you running the inn?" Marumi asked.

Keitaro shook his head, "No and at this point, I really don't care."

"What if I was to tell you that Granny had some sort of plan for you?"

Keitaro was confused, "Plan for me?"

Marumi nodded, "What if I were to tell you that your grandmother was doing all this just so you would be with your so-called 'promise girl'?"

"Aunt Marumi, what do you know?" Keitaro asked.

"Well, I don't know all the details but I think I have an idea what my mother, your grandmother wants you to do."

Common Room in the Hinata Inn

Hina had the girls of the inn gathered and told them what happened.

"So he still refused," Naru said.

Hina nodded, "Unfortunately, he wouldn't even consider it."

"That's too bad," Shinobu said, "you seemed sure he would do it if you talked to him."

"Yes, I know Shinobu."

"So he really doesn't want to play with us?" Su asked.

"Well, this is something, I thought you would be able to convince him Granny," Kitsune said.

"I thought so too Mitsune," Hina replied.

"Well, I say it's not needed," Motoko said, "You don't really need him anyway."

"Granny, I have a suggestion," Naru said.

"Hm? What is it Naru?" Hina asked.

"Why don't have me, Motoko, and maybe Kitsune look after the inn while you can go back and have fun on your world tour. I'm sure we can handle it on our own and keep things in order."

"You want to run the inn yourselves?" Hina asked surprised.

Naru nodded, "Yes."

"I'm sure we can handle things while you're gone and keep things in order," Motoko said.

"Yeah, this way, Haruka can run her teashop without having to worry about the inn," Naru added.

Hina smiled, "I'm happy that you girls want to help but I can't let you girls run the inn."

"But why?" Naru asked sadly, "Is it because you think we can't handle it?"

"No Naru, it's not that. I'm sure you can handle it, it just that this inn was started by my father and it's tradition that the place be run by a member of the Urashima family, a tradition I take very seriously and I can't break that tradition."

"But then what are you going to do Granny?" Kitsune asked.

"You're going to try to convince your grandson again, are you?" Motoko asked.

"He's the only one I can ask for this task. I'm getting real old and I need to someone that I can trust to run the inn. Keitaro is the only one that I can ask."

"But Granny, why?" Shinobu asked, "What if he decides that he doesn't like us and kicks us out and converted it back to a regular inn."

"Shinobu, don't you remember what we said?" Naru said.

"I remember but I don't think that would stop him from doing that, besides if anything, I think that would just make him want to kick us out even more."

Hina spoke before Naru could, "Shinobu, please don't worry. He won't do that. I'll make sure he doesn't."

"I still think we don't need him," Motoko said, "We don't need some male running this all-girls house."

"Motoko, I understand that you feel that way, but remember you can't go on your whole life avoiding men. Once you get acquainted with my grandson, you'll find that he's not really a bad guy."

"You really think you so?" Shinobu asked.

"Absolutely," Hina answered smiling, "right now, I think the real reason he won't accept is because he's too distracted with other things. I need to talk to the person that is giving Keitaro a place to live."

"What? Is he being kicked out by his parents?" Naru asked.

"No, it seems that Keitaro and my son, Kyoshiro talked to someone for Keitaro to live at their apartment building. There may be another factor."

"Oh, what other factor Granny?" Su asked.

"People influencing him of not seeing the right things," Hina said and then sighed, "I'm going to rest in the manager's room," Hina stood up, "if you girls can help me convince my grandson to run the inn, I will be so grateful."

Hina left and when she went upstairs, Naru nodded and looked at the rest of the girls.

"It seems we don't have a choice. We have to help Granny on this," Naru said.

"Help Granny?" Kitsune asked.

"Yes, help her by getting that grandson of her to run this place."

The other girls were shocked at what Naru said.

"Naru, I don't think that's wise," Motoko said, "besides, I thought you were against the idea of having some male be here as well."

"Believe me Motoko, I am against the idea," Naru replied, "but this is for Granny. She helped us and allowed us to live here and I want to do everything I can for her. You all feel the same, don't you?"

Motoko agreed with what Naru was saying, "I do, Granny Hina has been very helpful and understanding. Even if I hate the idea of some weak, perverted male being here in an all-girls dorm, if it's to help Granny, I'll do it."

"Yeah, I'll help to," Kitsune said, "Granny has done a lot for us. I think we should help her this time." Kitsune was smiling thinking of some of her own ways of having fun on Hina's grandson's expense.

"I want to help Granny as well. She was very understanding of my situation and lets me live here in exchange to cook and clean," Shinobu said, "besides, Granny seems like she wants to be sure that the inn is safe hands and if she feels that her grandson is the only one to do it, then I want to help her."

"I'll help too," Su said excitedly, "Granny has always been nice and she helped me fell at home. I want to help her."

Naru nodded, "Then, it's decided."

"So what the plan Naru?" Kitsune asked.

"First, we find out where he lives and then we start to question him and let him know that Granny really needs his help."

"And if he decides to be a problem again?" Motoko asked.

"Well, we'll show him that's he's wrong. We won't let him get away with being rude about Granny."

"I hope it will be okay," Shinobu said worried.

"Oh don't worry, it'll be fine," Kitsune said smiling, "besides, this sounds like fun."

"Yep, it's sounds real fun," Su added.

"Okay, should we go ask Granny where he lives?" Motoko asked.

"No, Granny looked tired. Let's make it a surprise for her," Naru said, "let's ask Haruka."

The rest of the girls nodded.

Hinata Teashop

The girls approached the teashop and went inside. When they did, there wasn't much business going on in the teashop. Haruka came out from the back and was surprised to see the girls.

"What are you all doing here?" Haruka asked.

"We need your help," Naru replied.

"…Let's talk outside."

Haruka and the girls of the Hinata Inn went outside of the teashop.

"You girls have better have a good reason why you showed up not as customers," Haruka said.

"Haruka, we want to help Granny," Naru said.

"Help Granny?" Haruka asked surprised, "with what exactly?"

"To get that guy to agree to be the manager of the inn," Kitsune said.

Haruka was surprised again, "I thought none of you were sold of the idea to have Keitaro run the inn."

"We aren't," Motoko said, "but if it's for Granny to assure her that things will be maintain order in her place, then we want to help."

"Granny has done so much for us," Shinobu said, "we want to do what we can for her and have her feel at ease."

"It's going to be a nice surprise for Granny," Su added.

Haruka was amazed, "You really want to help Granny with this?"

The girls nodded with determination.

"Will you help us Haruka?" Naru asked.

Haruka sighed, "Well, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try again but I'm going with you. That way, I can make sure you girls don't make things worse."

"Haruka, what possibility would there be that we would be the ones to make things worse?" Motoko asked.

"Do you really need to ask?" Haruka then shook her head, "Actually…never mind. Besides, Granny did look down when she came back."

"Haruka, are you sure it's okay to leave your teashop?" Shinobu asked.

"Not to worry, I have someone that can cover for me looking after the teashop while I'm away. I'll be right out and then we'll go."

Haruka went inside her teashop and asked one of her employees to look after the teashop while she was away. Haruka went back outside to meet with the girls.

"Okay, let's go," Haruka declared.

"Where are we going?" Naru asked.

"To where Keitaro lives, with his parents, they run a bakery."

"That's right, he mentioned something like that," Kitsune commented.

"Yay! We can get some snacks," Su said happily.

"Su, we're not going there for treats," Motoko said.

"Ahh, but I want some…"

"We'll see what happens," Haruka said, "We're just going to there to talk to Keitaro alone, and girls?"

"Haruka…?" Naru replied.

"Let's not have a repeat of what happened yesterday. Let's show Keitaro that we can all be civil and don't you dare try to threaten him. Do that and it's just going to make things worse."

"But Haruka, what if he starts insulting us again?" Motoko asked, "My honor cannot allow that male to get away with such disrespect."

"I won't let him get away with insulting us again," Naru declared.

"Will you two calm down?" Haruka said, "Let me handle it. Just don't say or do anything that will just make things worse, understand?"

Naru sighed, "Yes Haruka."

"I understand Haruka," Motoko added.

"Okay, let's go." Haruka led the residents of the Hinata Inn out to head for Kyoshiro and Nanami's bakery.

Hinata Inn

Hina had looked out of the window and saw Haruka and girls were heading out.

"Hm, I wonder where they're going." Hina said herself, "Well, I'm sure it will be fine since Haruka is with them. This is actually perfect."

Hina went downstairs, went to the telephone. She decided to give someone a call. She dialed the number and after a few rings, someone picked up.

"Hello?" a man's voice answered.

"Hello Ryuichi," Hina replied.

"Ah, Ms Hina Urashima, how are you? I didn't know you were back in Japan."

Hina smiled, "I'm fine, thank you for asking."

"So what can I do for my former employer?" Ryuichi said happily.

"I need your help Ryuichi," Hina said.

"Sure, what do you need?"

"It's regarding my grandson Keitaro."

"Your grandson Keitaro? Is he in some kind of trouble?"

"I believe so. He's with some girl and she may be a bad influence to him. Could see if you can find out about the girl he's with? I believe my grandson is going to go pick her up soon."

"You want me to find out who this girl that could be a bad influence to your grandson? Do you know for sure if she's leading him into some kind of trouble?"

"I'm pretty sure she is. I want to know who she is and what she does."

"Hmm, okay, I'll get right on to it. It's the least I can do when you allowed me to work in your inn years ago."

Hina smiled, "Thank you Ryuichi. I knew I can count on you."

"No problem Ms. Urashima, I'll get right on to it."

"Thank you," Hina said as she hung up the phone. Hina sighed and had her thoughts, "Keitaro, I'm doing this for your sake. I know this is what's best for you. You may not like this now but I know that you will thank me one day."

On the road

Keitaro was riding his motorcycle on his way to pick up his girlfriend. Keitaro was happy about seeing her again. He had made plans to go out with her on a date when he picked her up. He had a whole plan for the day.

Train Station

Keitaro arrived at a train station and waited for his girlfriend to show up. He looked around to see if he could see her.

A female voice called out, "There you are Keitaro."

Keitaro looked at the direction where the voice came from and saw the person he was waiting for and he was filled with joy, "Hey, there you are. I'm so glad to see you again."

That's it for this chapter. Next chapter: Keitaro's girlfriend is introduced for real this time. Haruka and the girls arrive at the Urashima Residence/Bakery and they meet Kyoshiro, Nanami, and Kanako. Ryuichi tails Keitaro and his girlfriend and Haruka and the girls meet up with Keitaro and his girlfriend while the two are on their date. Keitaro's past is revealed on what changed him to the person he is in this story. It might take me a long time for an update for the next chapter.