Keitaro had healed surprisingly fast despite having one of the most lethal toxins flowing through his body. It was a grueling and gruesome twenty-nine hours for him. The poison was flushed out of his system through excessive vomiting, diarrhea, sweating, mucous ejection. The worse part of it was that his night terrors had increased drastically. Wether it was a side effect to the poison or not, the other residents weren't sure. It scared the girls nearly half to death to hear him screaming throughout the dorms.

Knowing the way of warriors and assassins, Motoko feared that his cries could by the enemy coming to finish him off. Every time they arrived in his room, they caught him kicking and screaming in absolute fear. Seta made it a habit to pin him down and wake him out of his nightmares. Once the incidents passed, most of them would shakily return to their rooms. However, they all had the agreements that at least two people would stay behind for a few minutes. Haruka in particular would enter his room and make sure he was breathing properly.

Both Sarah and Haruka sat beside his sleeping form. The step daughter looked up to her mother. The look on Haruka's face made herself concerned for Keitaro as well. She may have been a child, but she was just as worried about him just as much as Haruka. Keitaro's calm form before them was a good sign. His body showed no signs of rejecting anymore venom, and he looked as if he had calm thoughts in his slumber.

"Haruka", Sarah asked.

"Yeah Sarah."

"Is Keitaro gonna be okay?"

"I sure hope so", Haruka said in a tone of melancholy.

She had no doubt that he was going to recover. However, to see him in such a banged up state really tugged at her insides. She couldn't even imagine what he constantly put his mind, body and soul through. Someone his age shouldn't have to go through this. At the same time, someone Sarah's age shouldn't have to see someone like this either.

"C'mon Sarah, let's let him rest for now", Haruka said as she stood up.

Sarah took her hand and followed the older woman to the door. A question marked popped above Haruka's head when Sarah pulled her hand away from the woman. Sarah swiftly stepped back to Keitaro's form before placing a small kiss on the side of his forehead. She may have thought he was a slow-witted idiot, but Keitaro was family to her now. Haruka smiled to her step daughter's kind gesture.

"That's only a one time thing", Sarah abruptly said. "An that dork can never find out about that!"

Haruka said nothing as she closed the door behind them. It didn't settle right with her to leave Keitaro alone. Yet, she had a smiling feeling that everything was going to be alright.

Outside in the front of Hinata Sou, was Naru. She passed the time by sweeping the small amount of dirt at the door entrance. It was an almost pointless job, as the dirt would only build up again when the wind picked up. Still, it made the place look cleaner, and the sense of satisfaction was enough to do the labor. Naru on the other hand wasn't feeling satisfied in any way. She was feeling...Lost.

The sense of being lost had plagued her for days. The night he kissed her was still fresh in the brunette's mind. The physical feel of his lips still tingled on hers. It was a surprise at the time, and sent her mind into overload. Looking at Keitaro he seemed more of a wreck than her. In her defense, Naru didn't mind being kissed by him. She half way welcomed it, something she couldn't quite come to terms with yet. Then there was that moment Keitaro said something to her.

"Naru, I'm sorry...I didn't mean to...When you asked...Masuka...And..", His words still rattled her mind.

She wanted more than anything to build her relationship again with Keitaro, but she didn't want to be Masuka's replacement. Maybe that's why he gave her another chance...Maybe he missed Masuka, and he needed that feeling again from someone else. Was that the real reason he was back here? It brought Naru back to the ledge of tears. She fought back the water in her eyes, but the mucous membranes in her sinuses barraged her as well. She began to snivel as she continued her sweeping chores.

As she gazed towards the ground, a shadow covered the ground beneath her. A voice called her name. It was oddly familiar to the girl. Naru strained her eyes as she looked up. Different factors glossed her vision for a second. The welling tears in her eyes, the bright sun, and the fact that she wasn't wearing her glasses all stalled her vision for some time. Once her eyesight cleared up, she saw five new face, with three of them recognizable.

"Hey long time no see", One person spoke with some enthusiasm.

Naru recognized this person, and the one next to him.

"Haitani, Shirai", Naru repeated the names.

"Hey, she DOES remember us", Keitaro's shorter friend Shirai said.

"Wh-What are you two doing here?"

"Is Keitaro here", A third person said from behind them.

Naru also knew this person as Nentou, the person who flew the jet when they pursued Neon.

"Nentou, you're here too", Naru asked.

"Yeah, we kinda need to talk to Keitaro. It's urgent, is he around?"

"Yes, he's asleep in his room", Naru spoke to the other soldier.

"Wait, wait, wait! He's asleep", Haitani asked.

Naru shook her head to confirm yes.

"Haitani had an evil grin on his face as her said, "O-hoho, this could be fun!"

Unaware to his approaching old friends, Keitaro remained sound asleep in his room. His mind and body finally felt at rest. This feeling, what he was experiencing in his mind was exactly what he needed. The soldier dreamed of being in an open green colored field. Many daffodils littered the short grassy plain. There was a cooling breeze that ruffled his hair and his clothes. It was in no short, a definition of heaven. He stirred when he felt two slender hands wrap around him from behind.

"Guess who", A sweet female voice called whispered in his ear.

Keitaro chuckled out loud as he spun around and around with her.

"I'm gonna get ya, I'm gonna get ya", Keitaro said in a singing tune.

"No you're not", She called to him.

Somehow Keitaro ended up on his back, with the girl straddling his hips. Both of them laughed from the horseplay, but soon their chuckles died down to giggles. His eyes stared into the deep orbs that belonged to only one person, Naru Narusegawa. He couldn't stop looking into the depths of this wonderful, beautiful person in front of him.

"Oh how I've missed being with you Nar", Keitaro said to her.

"I've missed you too Keitaro", Naru lovingly said to him.

There was a silence between, that even the winds couldn't break. It remained until Naru said something that confused him.

"You need to wake up Keitaro."

"What", Keitaro asked confusingly.

"You need to wake up", Naru's voice changed into a more masculine one.

"Huh", Keitaro asked now confused beyond belief. This wasn't the voice of Naru Narusegawa...It sounded more like...

"Haitani", Keitaro yelled out in shcok, confusion, anger, embarrassment, and disbelief.

The taller gentleman sat on Keitaro the way he imaged Naru only a few seconds ago.

"Wake up Keitaro", Haitani said with a terible impression of Naru.

"OH MY GOD GET OFF OF ME YOU PERV", Keitaro yelled as he roughly shoved the other boy from him.

Haitani laughed on the floor as the other guest entered his room, laughing just as hard.

"You call that funny", Keitaro asked, "I'll show you funny!"

Keitaro hurled one of his shoes at the other people. The piece of clothes missed and landed somewhere in the hallway. Reacting to the commotion quickly, since they've had to deal with Keitaro's night terrors, Motoko, and Kanako quickly entered the room.

"What's going on in here", Kanako asked.

Eyes darted back and forth between the people in the room. Motoko's first thought was, "Assassins". She immediately drew her sword to the others in the room.

"Who are you, and what are you doing in Keitaro's room", Motoko demanded.

"Motoko", One of the voices asked.

The Kendo girl looked to her right to one of the boys. He was a few inches shorter than her, despite being older than her. Their eye color was the same, as well as their hair color.

"Tokui", Motoko asked in disbelief.

"You two know each other", Keitaro asked.

"Yeah, her sister married my brother", Tokui pointed to her.

"He's my brother-in-law", Motoko said to him.

"Yeah, I see you're still practicing Kendo", The soldier said as he removed a small Tanto from his jacket. "Tsuruko has been teaching me some things too.

This was certainly a blast from the past, and it was only going to become bigger. In the mist of the events taking place, one of the soldiers narrowed his vision to Kanako. The world around him seemed irrelevant as he stared at the black adopted Urashima sibling. Before he could get a chance to approach her, a certain blonde haired child dashed for him.

"Han-san", Sarah yelled as she bolted into the room.

"Hi Sarah", The young man named Han said as he lifted Sarah onto his shoulder.

He was the biggest of the people in the group, standing a full seven feet. Even through his jacket and pants covered his body, they could see that he exercise a great deal. Han split his focus between listening to Sarah and looking back at the black-haired beauty across the room. It didn't take long for the other's to enter Keitaro's room.

"Well I'll be, Angel", Kitsune called from the doorway.

Angel was known as the sniper from his department, and never missed anything. How he missed knowing that Kitsune was there, he never knew.

"Uh, Kitsune", Angel said with a wide eye.

The girl rubbed her arm as Angel rubbed the back of his neck.

"Well uh, this is awkward", Angel commented.

From the center of the room, Keitaro observed everyone. It seemed that he wasn't the only one who had connections to Hinata Sou.

The manager's room was too small for them to all cram in. Conversation had to be moved to the living room where tea, and sitting spots were provided.

"Now let's get this straight", Keitaro mused to all of his comrades. "How do you all know them.

"Tokui is my brother-in-law", Motoko confirmed. "His brother is my sister's husband.

"I used to help Sarah's father with his excavations", Han said as Sarah playfully ruffled his hair, still sitting on his shoulder.

Despite being so close to Han's face, not even Sarah noticed when Han repeatedly looked over in Kanako's direction.

"And you", Keitaro pointed to Angel and Kitsune.

"We uh, we used to date", Angel sheepishly told them.

"But I broke up with him", Kitsune cut in.

"I broke up with you", Angel argued in a whisper.

"No, I broke up with ya because ya were lagging", Kitsune responded with the same low tone.

"You were stealing", Angel continued.

"Okay, okay, I get the picture", Keitaro turned his focus to Nentou, Shirai, and Haitani.

"We went to school together, so that's how we know you", Shirai gestured to both Haitani and himself.

"And I just met them that one time", Nentou rasied his hand.

Kanako looked to these new characters within the dorm. They were all unfamiliar with her, but most of them had a connection with someone here. Her eyes darted back and forth between them. The last one she looked to was Han, and for some reason he was watching her.

"What is it", Kanako asked.

"N-Nothing", Han said as he shyly looked away.

No one noticed the small pink cheeks Han now wore on his face. The male Urashima in the room had not noticed they way Han was looking at his sister. Keitaro sighed as he held the bridge of his nose. He hadn't recovered from Viperous's encounter completely, and the headaches were easily triggered from stress.

"So I guess that explains everything huh", Keitaro asked as he looked to everyone.

"Indeed", Tokui plainly said.

"Well I don't think you came here just to reminisce. So why is the entire ERT here", Keitaro asked them.

"For two reasons actually", Nentou said. "We have orders from Avianna to be stationed here.

The girls all gasped in shock. Even Keitaro was shocked by what they said. This was a girls only dorm, and no boys were able to stay unless they had reservations. Keitaro was the exception because he was their manager.

"What, why here", Motoko asked defensively.

"Look it's just temporary", Tokui tried to calm the atmosphere. "We have to set up place somewhere out here for a while. We'll be gone in a few days I promise."

"But why do you need to be stationed out here anyways", Asked Naru. "Isn't there room on the military base?"

"Yes there's room, but it's for Keitaro's sake that we stay here.

"Me", Keitaro asked.

This was another surprise for Keitaro. Sure he had his problems, but nothing Avianna needed to keep tabs on him for.

"You said yourself that Viperous cornered you, right", Tokui asked.

"Yeah", Keitaro admitted to his comrade.

"If that's true, then that means that Viperous, Draconian, and Neon have a general location of where you are."

"I already figured that out", I'm prepared for whatever they throw at me", Keitaro said as he thumped his fist against his chest.

"Keitro you can take a hit pretty good, but you're not invincible. Neither are the people here", Tokui said to him.

He was at a loss for words. What Tokui said was true after all.

"As your friend, I have to keep your safety in mind. As a captain, I need to do what's best for the team. As a brother-in-law, I need to think of Motoko's safety; And as a soldier, I can't endanger the lives of any other civilians."

"Okay", Keitaro agreed with his captain.

The Shinmei-Ryū student clapped his hands together as he spoke, "Okay, go get dressed the wings lift off in ten."

"Lift off, what for", Keitaro asked.

All of the soldiers looked back to Keitaro as if he had a tarantula on his head.

"Dude, it's today", Shirai said from the couch.

"What's today", The Urashima asked still confused.

Keitaro brought his eyes to the calendar on the wall. He readjusted his glasses as he took a better look at the sheets.

"Today's not Tuesday", Keitaro corrected himself.

The girls of Hinata Sou remained silent, because they didn't know what was going on. The soldiers on the other hand, stayed quiet because they wanted Keitaro to figure out what today was. The manager removed a few of the sheets on the calendar until it was set right. The name Saturday was written in bold red letters. However, that's not what made Keitaro panic.

"Holy Chet, it is today! I'll go get dressed!"

Keitaro bolted up the stairs faster than it was safe to in his condition. None of the girls had a chance to argue with him before Keitaro shut the door to his room

"What's so special about today", Naru asked.

"It's personal military business", Nentou asked.

"How can it be military, and personal in one", Mutsumi asked in confusion.

"Aw, it's complicated", Nentou said to the girl from Okinawa.

Han set Sarah back on the couch as he leaned closer to Nentou. The bigger soldier whispered into his ear. Eventually the two came to an agreement.

"So Han had the idea that you can tag along with us", Nentou announced.

"Oooh, a road trip", Kitsune cheered. "Where will we be goin?"

"We're gonna visit some old friends", Nentou said as he pulled out a pair of keys from his pocket. "The same goes for the rest of us, the wings lift off in ten."

Luckily I didn't have homework on my first day back, so I decided to post something up. The word "Chet", that Keitaro said, was a censored version of the word Shit. Just wanted to clear that up. I wanted to bring Shirai and Haitani back into the Love Hina story. They weren't exactly the most loyal friends to Keitaro, but they were the only ones he had. As for the rest of the military team and what they're up to now, you'll find out more about it all later.