Disclaimer: I don't own Love Hina.
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Day 1…
As Tsuruko led the couple to where Motoko's parents were, Keitaro looked around. The place was surrounded by a lot of trees, almost looking like it was being swallowed up by nature.
"I can see why you liked to train me near the woods," Keitaro said. "Looks nice and I like it."
Seeing a few blushing students look at Keitaro, Motoko hugged his arm and glared at the girls. She said, "Yes. Those spots reminded me of home, Keitaro."
"Fu fu fu. Not even a day home and you fear losing Keitaro to students about Ms. Maehara's age," Tsuruko uttered as they neared a building that held two people waiting inside.
-o-
""Well, they liked my gift of wine, a box of macaroons I made, and some tea leaves from Haruka," Keitaro said to Motoko as they walked away from the building they met Motoko's parents in.
"Yes, the Macaroons smelled delicious and I look forward to trying some," Tsuruko said as she followed after them. "So shall we start the trial now or wait until you've set up your room? I advise the latter."
"If you say so…" Keitaro replied, looking a bit unsure.
Motoko wanted to say something, but the last time Tsuruko gave a warning and she refused to heed it, Motoko had welts all over her body.
When Tsuruko led them to one of the larger guest rooms, Motoko asked, "This is a rather large room for Keitaro to be in for his time here. This is a room more befitting a couple."
"Precisely," Tsuruko said before she began to walk away.
"Ane-ue, You can't be serious!" Motoko cried out.
"Your old room is simply too small for the two of you, Imouto," Tsuruko replied before she turned a corner.
Motoko sputtered for a few moments before she walked to one side of the room and began to unpack. As she did so, Motoko said, "Keitaro, if you need help unpacking, please let me know."
"Anything I can do to calm you down?" Keitaro asked. Motoko shook her head.
"Aside from what I taught you, what skills do you have?" Motoko asked.
Keitaro looked up at the ceiling in thought for a few moments before he said, "Well, I doubt repairing will help. You refused my offer to have a cooking challenge. I know some stuff I was taught when I was younger… Like how to recover fast, take a hit…. I kind of remember how to fight from Haruka… Ah! I know how to tie someone up in a hurry!"
"How fast and who taught you?" Motoko warily asked.
"Been awhile, but last time was a couple of seconds. As for who…" Keitaro began before he blushed. "I'd rather not say, but they tied me up a lot as they learned from my mom."
Motoko thought for a few moments before she said, "I'll think about it, but we might be able to use those skills."
-o-
Keitaro and Motoko were slammed through a wall.
Tsuruko stared as the couple slowly stood up.
"Can't you take it easy on us? It's only the first day and I came in injured," Keitaro pleaded.
Tsuruko smirked as she said, "Oh, but I am! I'm allowing you to team up, I'm allowing you to be able to have more than one weapon, and I'm holding back!"
Keitaro groaned. Tsuruko felt a moment of pity for him, but it vanished the moment Motoko tried to attack.
Blocking the strike, Tsuruko stared at the struggling Motoko and coolly said, "It seems that you and your fiancee aren't working together as you thought, Imouto. Perhaps it's merely infatuation between you two."
Something in Motoko snapped upon hearing that, so she tried to kick Tsuruko. However, Tsuruko vanished, causing Motoko to stumble forwards. Reappearing behind Motoko, Tsuruko slapped Motoko's rear, causing the younger Aoyama to fall. Just as Motoko was about to hit the ground, Tsuruko plucked the bokken out of Motoko's hands.
"A point for effort, but you two really need to plan things out," Tsuruko said as she spun around and performed a weak ki slash, returning the bombs Keitaro tried to throw at her.
She then gently placed the bokken on the ground and walked off. "Lunch will be in an hour. I'll give you some space to talk things over and I do believe I said for Urashima-san to use Imouto's sword."
A soot-covered Keitaro watched as Motoko slowly sat up. She looked back with angered eyes and said, "We need to work together better! If only you weren't injured!"
"Hey! What do you want me to do? Parade around in a speedo and hope Tsuruko gets distracted enough for you to get a hit in?" Keitaro snapped back. When Motoko didn't answer and began to blush, Keitaro said, "Motoko? Motoko? I was talking about giving your sister a show, not you."
"Right, Right…" Motoko said as she shook herself out of her little fantasy. She then glared at Keitaro as she added, "And if you do try that, then I will punish you…"
Keitaro nodded with a frown.
"By having you wear it for a few days once we get back home," Motoko finished with a smirk.
"And what of Kitsune's reaction?" Keitaro asked with a similar smirk.
Motoko frowned. "Must you ruin my fun?"
Keitaro chuckled.
-oOo-
Night fell…
Motoko and Keitaro had finished getting ready for bed.
Keitaro attempted to stretch, but as he did so, both he and Motoko heard his bones loudly creak.
"Am I out of practice from spending time in the hospital?" Keitaro muttered as he began to move slower, every movement bringing new pain to him..
"No, I blame my sister being so terrifyingly skilled at fighting," Motoko said, holding herself back from rushing over and hugged Keitaro to death. "Lay down. I might be able to help with a massage."
Keitaro slowly laid down on his stomach and Motoko got to work. Briefly, his pain actually hurt worse before it quickly faded. Then Motoko's massaging began to turn him on more and more.
When he began to blush and pant, Motoko stopped and asked, "Keitaro, is everything alright?"
"Y-yes! It feels good! Really good!" Keitaro quickly said.
"Alas, she has to stop. I will not let you attempt to get an easy way out of my test with a child," Tsuruko said, watching the two from the doorway.
"Ane-ue!" Motoko exclaimed as she leapt away from Keitaro. Motoko noted that one of Tsuruko's hands was hiding out of view.
"Relax, I will not attack unless struck first, " Tsuruko replied with a smile. "So I do ask that you two keep it clean or else I'll pop up to put a damper on your fun."
"Like you are now?" Keitaro grumbled under his breath.
"Ah, keep that up and a punishment in in store!" Tsuruko said before she closed the door.
"It seems that we have no measure of privacy here," Motoko said as she laid next to Keitaro.
"Perhaps so…" Keitaro quietly said. After a few minutes of silence, Keitaro climbed over Motoko and began to kiss her. Though she was surprised. She began to return the favor.
The moment that Motoko's hands began to slide into Keitaro's boxers, a bucket of water being poured over them.
"I did say I would put a damper on your fun if you did not keep it clean," Tsuruko said with amusement. Both Keitaro and Motoko gave her the stinkeye.
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The second day…
Rather than simply attacking, Motoko used a bokken a weak Ki attack to strike the dirt to create a cloud
Tsuruko sighed, "So much for thinking that I wouldn't have to wash my clothes today."
She swung her sword to blow away the dirt fog… but was blocked by Keitaro using Shisui. To her surprise, Keitaro was starting to push her sword back.
"Well, if you're there… then Motoko must be…" Tsuruku muttered before she jabbed Keitaro in the stomach, watched him begin to fall to his knees, and spun around. "Behind me!"
"Almost, ane-ue!" Motoko said as she appeared near Tsuruko's left side. Before Motoko could hit Tsuruko's head, the elder sister sliced the bokken, making the upper half of the bokken hit Motoko on the head. Like with Keitaro, Tsuruko punched Motoko in the stomach.
"Owww... " Keitaro muttered.
"And now the punishment…" Tsuruko said. "Jakuzankūsen!"
Naru was walking by the Shinmei-ryu when Keitaro landed nearby before Motoko landed on his back.
"Ack!" Keitaro uttered.
"What happened to you two?" Naru exclaimed before she ran to help her friends.
After Naru's friends recovered enough to tell her what had happened, Keitaro said, "And then Tsuruko knocked us into the air and… well, we landed near you."
Naru had a sad slight-smile. "Wow… It kind of seems like you have a mountain to climb. I wish I could help, but… I'm having trouble coming to terms with getting used to the idea of you two getting together, so I'm probably bad help…"
"Tis alright. It is our trial and I do not wish to trouble you for help, when you're quite conflicted," Motoko replied.
"Even so… I do see that you're a great couple and I don't wish to see you fail," Naru added as she looked away. "If it helps any, I think it doesn't matter if you won the prize if you can't keep or hold it."
After Keitaro and Motoko thanked her, Naru waved them goodbye. From behind her, Tsuruko asked, "Miss Narusegawa, would you like a room?"
Naru looked back and said, "No. I have a room in a hotel and I need to get back to my study group."
"Very well. Don't be surprised if Urashima-san or my sister call you after all is said and done, either for victory or support," Tsuruko replied.
"So… you aren't going to warn me to not help them?" Naru asked.
Tsuruko smiled before she walked off.
-o-
That night…
Motoko and Keitaro stumbled into their room. Bruises and welts covered their body.
"We need to come up with a better plan…" Motoko grumbled as she slowly sat down on her futon. "Ow… Ow… Ow… Tomorrow, Hot springs after the test."
"That's the best plan ever," Keitaro muttered as he merely fell onto his back.
Tsuruko leaned into the room and cheerfully asked, "Who wants hot pads and ice packs?"
"We do!" Motoko happily cried as she held out her hands. Keitaro quickly nodded.
Tsuruko held back a laugh as she brought in a couple of hot pads and Ice packs.
As she left the room, Tsuruko head Motoko and Keitaro moan with delight.
After Tsuruko stood outside the room for nearly an hour, she heard Motoko ask, "Keitaro… I have a request."
"What is it?" Keitaro nervously asked.
"Co-could we… cuddle? If we don't succeed in impressing my sister soon, then we might not…" Motoko uttered, sounding scared.
"Sure. I think we're allowed to cuddle," Keitaro said as he slowly got up and walked over to Motoko.
Tsuruko looked in and smiled at how cute the two looked as they fell asleep.
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The third day
"Shisui?" Motoko asked as she put a few bombs under her Hakama.
"Shisui, check," Keitaro answered and he made sure the sheath and sword were in place. "Bombs?"
"Bombs, check," Motoko answered. "Ropes?"
"Ropes, check," Keitaro said as he patted the ropes on his person.
"Let's save that as a last resort," Motoko said with a blush. She then asked,"You finished the modifications on your crutch?"
"Yep. the fan I made for you?" Keitaro asked as he held up the crutch.
"I don't see how they can be useful, but yes," Motoko answered.
"Hina blade?" Keitaro asked.
With great reluctance, Motoko picked up the blade and put it on her person.
-o-
Tsuruko sighed as she felt Keitaro and Motoko walk out into the open behind her. As she turned around, she said, "Imouto, Urashima-san, Are you certain you want to try this method?"
"You gave us no choice," Motoko said, her hand on the Hina blade.
"But we will defeat you!" Keitaro said, drawing Shisui.
'Odd that Motoko isn't drawing that blade… why does it feel dangerous?' Tsuruko thought as Keitaro charged at her. As she easily blocked each swipe, she said, "Imouto taught you well, but…"
She was a little surprised when Keitaro swung his crutch at her, forcing her to step back. "It seems you're quite the handyman. While I can see the use for for such skills…"
A weak Ki slice knocked Keitaro away, tore apart his shirt, and made him land on his back. Before he could stand up, Tsuruko pointed her blade in his face. She added, "You lack the will to even try to injure me. All your attacks had the intent to go near me, but not to injure me. With what only my family faces, you are a liability."
Tsuruko then glared at Motoko and said, "And I don't know what's worse. That Urashima-san is more proactive enough to attack me than my sister is or that his presence made her too afraid to do anything!"
'Dare I risk drawing this accursed blade?' Motoko thought as her hand tightened.
On a whim, Tsuruko asked, "Perhaps I should erase his memory of you, so that one of the others at the Inn can have him?"
Motoko drew the fan and swung it as she cried out, "Zantetsusen."
To both the Aoyama's surprise, Motoko was able to do the technique and even managed to cut Tsuruko's sleeves a little bit.
"Your skills have improved, Imouto," Tsuruko said, holding up her damaged sleeves., "However… Zankūsen!"
Motoko was knocked backward. Somehow, the Hina blade was knocked into the air.
Tsuruko looked up, muttering, "Why does that look familiar?"
Within a few moments, Tsuruko easily caught the falling sword.
"Ane-ue?" Motoko asked as she stood back up.
Tsuruko continued to look up at the Hina Blade.
"Ane-ue?" Motoko asked with worry in her voice.
Still no sign that Tsuruko knew that Motoko was coming closer.
"Ane-ue?" Motoko asked again, concern and worry entering her voice. All of a sudden, Tsuruko quickly looked down, scaring Motoko into uttering "Aaa!"
Tsuruko had a gentle smile on her face. However, her upper face was completely covered in shadow. The spots where her eyes were glowed with an unholy light.
"Don't forget about me, Tsuruko!" Keitaro yelled as he charged at Tsuruko and readied himself to use Shisui to slice at Tsuruko's back.
Tsuruko easily blocked the strike that had been aimed at her back before she spun around, knocking Shisui out of Keitaro's hand. Then, Tsuruko dropped her own sword, grabbed Keitaro by the neck, and…
Kissed him.
Keitaro felt his strength began to drain from him as he tried to break free from Tsuruko. An enraged Motoko ran towards the two, grabbing Tsuruko's sword on the way. It didn't last long before Tsuruko leapt into the air, replaced by Motoko cutting the air where Tsuruko once stood.
"Motoko, I-" Keitaro began as Tsuruko landed nearby.
"Shut it and stick with the plan!" Motoko yelled as she charged at Tsuruko. As she and the possessed Tsuruko attacked and blocked each other's blades, Motoko uttered, "Ane-ue, I can only hope you can forgive me for using your new sword on you!"
Keitaro blinked a few times before he realized what Motoko wanted him to do. He waited for an opening.
'She's fast! Faster than I remember! Just how much has Ane-ue been holding back this whole time?' Motoko thought. When her back hit the wall and Tsuruko knocked the sword out of Motoko's hands, she thought, 'Keitaro, hurry!'
The possessed Tsuruko raised her blade, intending on taking her time with the final blow.
Keitaro threw a few bombs. Tsuruko used her sword to send them back, but the moment her Ki attack hit the bombs, they exploded and created a big enough cloud that Motoko used to escape.
When the smoke cleared, the possessed Tsuruko looked around for her targets. Keitaro stood nearby. Tsuruko raised the Hina blade and attacked. Keitaro blocked the strike, but was having a lot of trouble. As the Hina Blade neared his face…
Motoko leapt from behind the wall and uttered, "Zanmaken!"
Tsuruko used a hand to shove Keitaro away and then tried to run away. However, Keitaro used his crutch to trip her.
The possessed Tsuruko instinctively raised the Hina Blade to block the attack. She grimaced as the sword took the attack. In one moment, Tsuruko leapt to attack Motoko.
The next moment, Tsuruko was now tied up in a kind of erotic way. The Hina Blade fell to the ground.
Motoko followed up with "Shinmei-Ryu Secret Arts : Zanmakeninotachi!"
After Motoko's attack hit it, the Hina blade sparked for a few moments.
"Brimstone Turtle Binding!" Keitaro cheerfully said, holding onto the rope.
Motoko did the sensible thing and gave Keitaro a karate chop to his head.
"Ow!" Keitaro uttered as he covered his head. "What did I do?"
"My sister kisses you while she's possessed and you decide to get her back by tying her up in an erotic manner?" Motoko asked with some anger in her voice. "I meant for you to tie her up in a non-perverted way! And just how will she seal up the Hina blade?"
"Not bad! Though I was careless and wound up being possessed by the Hina Blade, you seem to have sealed it! It looked like not only have you been training hard, but the two of you seem to have the beginnings of a good team!" Tsuruko said. She then asked, "Urashima-San, if it isn't a bother, could you untie me?"
"He won't, but I will," Motoko said, glaring at Keitaro. Before she could, a man appeared next to Tsuruko.
They had spiky hair, a headband, wore a black jacket over a white shirt, and a pair of jeans. Tsuruko looked at the man and said, "Beloved!"
As Tsuruko's husband picked her up and put her over his shoulder before he began to head to their bedroom.
"Thank you, Urashima-san!" A heavily blushing Tsuruko called out as her husband patted her on her behind. "Once my husband unties me, I'll double-check the Hina Blade as fast as possible!"
As Tsuruko's husband walked off with his wife towards their room, Motoko walked over to a nearby tree. Once her older sister was no longer in sight, Keitaro said, "Well, I'm sure he has only pure intentions in mind. Right?"
"I'm going guard the Hina blade until my sister comes back," Motoko replied. Before Keitaro could say anything. Motoko hugged him and gave him a small barrage of kisses. Satisfied that Keitaro was too stupefied to for anything, Motoko sat nearby and watched the Hina Blade.
-o-
The next day…
Keitaro stood next to Motoko. They bowed to Tsuruko.
"I do have one question," Keitaro said as they stood up.
"What is it?" Tsuruko asked, curious at what it might be.
"What if instead of accepting the challenge to defeat you, we offered to have a cooking challenge?" Keitaro asked.
"Like she would accept…" Motoko grumbled, looking away. Keitaro gave her a stern look.
"Actually, I would," Tsuruko gently said, getting their attention. "It still would've allowed me to see how the two of you work together and you would have a much easier time winning!"
Motoko just stared at Tsuruko, who added, "I would have put my all into it, Imouto."
"Thank you for accommodating us and giving us your blessing, Tsuruko," Keitaro quickly said.
"You're welcome, Keitaro. I look forward to the formal engagement ceremony," Tsuruko replied. "From what I've seen of the other tenants at the Hinata, it promises to be very interesting."
They all chuckled, though Motoko and Keitaro had anime sweatdrops behind their heads.
After they all bowed to each other one more time, Keitaro and Motoko headed to the train station, wondering if they would meet with Naru.
Tsuruko watched them walk away until they were no longer in sight. She then headed back in the Shinmei-ryu grounds. It didn't take long for her to find her parents.
Her father looked and acted calm, cool, and collected. Her mother looked a lot like her daughters, but seemed to have a personality flair ot Kitsune.
Aoyama-Papa asked "Well, Tsuruko. Were they able to leave without any problems? No accidents on Urashima's part, like him tripping sand trying to grab something to stop his fall, only to rip off Motoko's and yours tops?
"Husband! Keitaro-kun is not a raging pervert! He's just clumsy!" Aoyama-mama quickly said, looking annoyed.
"I never said he was a raging pervert, just trying to insinuate his clumsiness is perverse. I worry that he might wind up on the page of a tabloid, with it claiming that he is a pervert because he walked in on a musical group as they were changing, " Aoyama-papa replied before drinking some tea. "Thought it might be worth it to let the marriage occur, just to have more of this tea."
"Don't forget that it appears that Keitaro-kun's teacher will be Seta. There's also the fact we'd be connected to Hinata Urashima," Aoyama-Mama said back before nibbling on a macaroon.
"Yes, yes. We'd have our own Indiana jones who'd cook for us whenever we ask. All we'd have to do is ignore how he'd fall and trip into any pretty face," Aoyama-papa grumbled.
"Including mine?" Aoyama-mama asked in a flirting way.
"You're too skilled for it to happen, save for when you allow it," Aoyama-papa retorted. His wife hit him with a fan. With a wry grin, he asked, "And since I was mistaken for a woman a few times in the past, do you think that he'd trip into me?"
Both Aoyama-Mama and Tsuruko hit him with fans.
"Now that the humor is out of the way, does Urashima have any skills or abilities that would be considered useful to our way of life?" Aoyama-Papa asked, ignoring the bumps on his head.
"Well, ignoring the injured leg, he seems to have the ability to quickly recover from any injury, as well as being able to learn how to use a technique after it's been used against him a number of times. I suspect if he was trying to learn how to use it, then he might learn how to imitate any of our sacred techniques after merely seeing it," Tsuruko answered.
Both Aoyama-parents nodded.
"Well, I'm glad that such a kind man has such to offer our family!" Aoyama-mama said. "And such a fine cook as well!"
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Notes from HotelKatz : This fanfic was an idea started by Antimatter of TheFanfictionForums . They are also the planner of this fic.
A huge round of thanks to everybody at TheFanfictionForums for their help.
Wasn't able to think of good names for Aoyama parents, so they're stuck with placeholder names.