Love Hina Fan Fiction ❯ Koihina Musou ❯ The Promise; Resurging Memories? ( Chapter 4 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Koihina Musou (A Love Hina x Koihime Musou crossover)

Disclaimer: Love Hina is property of Ken Akamatsu. Koihime Musou and Shin Koihime Musou are properties of BaseSon.

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Touka sighed as she put the book she was reading at down. She was in the middle of a study session with Keitaro in her room. While she did pretty well in most subjects such as math, those that did count, at least for what was demanded of her from her parents such as history and social sciences, she did poorly. She looked at Keitaro, who appeared to be struggling with a math problem, and then put his pen down and sighed loudly.

"Stuck on something, Keitaro?" asked Touka.

"Yeah, this math problem" said Keitaro, showing her his notebook.

"Hmm" hummed Touka, who then scribbled a few things on Keitaro's notebook. "Try substituting those"

"Alright" said Keitaro, following Touka's suggestion. "Hey, I got the answer! Man you're good!"

"Well, at least in math, and science" said Touka. "But on the stuff I really need to be good at just to please father and mother, I'm hopeless" she ranted. "AWWWW! What am I gonna do!?" she cried, tears flowing from her eyes like fountains.

"Well, I wish I could help you there, but" said Keitaro, not finishing his statement. "Well, maybe we should take a break"

"Yeah," said Touka dejectedly. "So tell me, what's your reason for going to Tokyo U?"

"Well," said Keitaro. "It might sound silly, but there was this girl I once knew when I was much younger. We were really close. Then one day she and I made a promise to meet at Tokyo U when we grew up. But that was fifteen years ago, and I now I can't even remember what she looks like or what her name was. She probably doesn't even remember me, or the promise we made."

"NO WAY!" exclaimed Touka, taking Keitaro's hands. "She'll definitely remember! Oh gosh that's really sweet of you Keitaro! That girl is really lucky. I wish I had someone like that who'd still remember a promise made that long ago."

"Well, if you say so" said Keitaro. "But like I said, I've failed to get in to Tokyo U twice already. Some idiot I must be for failing to keep the promise." he added, taking his glasses off for a minute to clean them with the hem of his shirt. As he did, Touka got a good look at him, and blushed.

"Um, Keitaro?" said Touka meekly.

"Yeah?" replied Keitaro.

"I, uh, well" muttered Touka. "You have rather nice eyes. You look good without your glasses." said Touka shyly.

Keitaro gulped. "Uh, really?"

"Yeah" said Touka, who was now staring at Keitaro, who in turn was staring back at her. Before they knew it, they were slowly moving close to each other. They were just a few inches apart when they were taken aback. "KYAAA!!!" yelped Touka, jerking back.

"GWAK!" yelped Keitaro, who leapt backwards as well. "I- uh-" stuttered Keitaro. "I'm sorry!"

"No! It's okay!" said Touka quickly. "I'm the one who should say sorry!"

"Um, Touka?" said Keitaro after composing himself.

"Yeah?" said Touka.

"Maybe we should call it a night?" suggested Keitaro.

"Hmm, yeah you're right." replied Touka.

"Well then, I guess I'll head back to my room" said Keitaro, taking his books and getting up.

"Okay, goodnight" said Touka.

"Night" replied Keitaro, walking out of the room and shutting the door, leaving Touka alone.

"Geez, what came over me?" Touka asked herself. "Well, he is kinda cute. KYAA! What am I thinking?" she yelped, putting her hands on her cheeks and blushing. "Still, there's something about him. As if I've known him before. Hmm, what if..." she paused, then stiffened at a particular thought. "What if I'm the girl he made that promise to?" she pondered. "Gosh, that would be really nice." she thought, now with her head in the clouds.

Keitaro reached his room. His head was swirling due to the fact that he almost kissed Touka. "What was I thinking!? She's not my promised girl." He said to himself, then stopped. "Or could she... no way!" He shook his head. "Gotta concentrate on Tokyo U." he sighed. He lay down on the floor on his back. Looking up, he suddenly noticed a poster at the middle of the ceiling. Standing on a chair, he reached up and examined the poster, and when he peeled it away, discovered there was a jagged hole big enough for him to fit in, covered up with a section of plywood on the other side. He could also faintly hear voices through it, though he couldn't quite tell whose. Pushing lightly, he noticed the plywood wasn't fixed, and was merely covering the hole from above. As he did so, he stuck his head through and looked around, before his eyes came to a stop, right at a pair of a girl's legs. Stunned, he slowly looked up, and saw the legs' owner, a very stunned and red-faced Touka.

"K-k-k-Keitaro!?" mumbled Touka nervously.

"Uh, I, uh..." stuttered Keitaro, turning to look away, only to end up staring at Aisha, who glared at him.

"You- you- PERVERT!" yelled Aisha.

"GWAH! I'm sorry!!!" yelled Keitaro, waving his hands about, then suddenly realizing that he was no longer holding the edge of the hole to support himself. "YAHHHH!!! OW!" He fell to the floor of his room with a thud.

Aisha sighed. "I told you he was trouble, Touka-sama" she said flatly to Touka. "Cutting a hole on the floor so he could see into your room..."

"I don't think so. That hole was already there even when Granny Hina was still our landlady" Touka explained. "She and I used it to communicate without leaving our rooms."

Aisha blinked. "Oh, I see" she mused. "But that doesn't excuse his actions..."

"Please don't judge him so quickly" said Touka.

"What?" piped a surprised Aisha.

"He's a good man" said Touka. "I can sense it. He has a childhood dream to fulfil, and he's giving it all to achieve it."

"What do you mean?" asked Aisha.

"He told me about a promise he made when he was a child. A promise he made to a girl" said Touka. "That they would meet in Tokyo U someday when they are grown up."

Something in Aisha's mind clicked. 'There's something familiar about that' she thought. "I see." said. "I won't trouble you further, Touka-sama" said Aisha, getting up.

"Goodnight, Aisha" said Touka.

"Goodnight, Touka-sama" replied Aisha, leaving the room.

Touka looked through the hole on the floor of her room to find Keitaro slowly getting up, then looking back at her. He then laughed goofily rubbing the back of his head, then got up and walked off. Touka sighed, then replaced the plywood on the hole. It so happened on the plywood was a Liddo-kun plushie.

Keitaro cringed at another disasterous incident with the tenants of the inn. "Man am I getting in trouble too much around here." he ranted. Then he heared a knock on his door, and he approached it. As he opened it, he was startled to see Aisha in front of him.

"Urashima-dono," said Aisha.

"Uh, yes, Aisha-san?" asked Keitaro.

"May I come in? I wish to speak with you" said Aisha.

"Um, sure" replied Keitaro, leading Aisha into his room and to a chair. "Have a seat."

Aisha sat down. "Touka-sama told me about a promise you made to a girl when you were a child. Is that true?"

"Uh, yes it is." replied Keitaro.

"I see." replied Aisha. "Despite my misgivings about you, I find it rather honorable that you are trying to keep such a promise until now."

"Ah, well" began Keitaro. "I just feel it would be wrong not to keep it. Even though I don't even remember who that girl was."

"I understand" said Aisha. "I'd like to know something though. I presume you've been here in the Hinata Inn during your childhood?"

"Oh yes I have" said Keitaro. "Those were happy times, though I don't remember much of the details."

"By chance, the girl you made your promise with was also here?" asked Aisha.

"Actually yes, she was." said Keitaro. "She moved out shortly after though, before I began going to school."

"Do you really believe you will meet her again?" asked Aisha firmly.

"I..." began Keitaro. "Yes I do!" he declared.

Aisha looked at the firm resolve in Keitaro's face, then gasped, as if seeing something familiar.

"Um, Aisha-san," said Keitaro. "Is there something on my face?"

"Ah! No! Nothing at all!" said Aisha quickly, pulling back a bit and almost blushing.

"Uh, okay." said Keitaro.

"Perhaps I did judge you too quickly earlier." said Aisha. "I won't disallow you from studying with Touka-sama in preparing for Tokyo U."

"Okay" said Keitaro. "Anything else you wish to talk about?"

"No, that will be all." said Aisha, getting up. "I'll take my leave now. Goodnight Urashima-dono."

"Goodnight Aisha-san"

Aisha bowed lightly, then left the room.

"I guess she's not bad at all" said Keitaro to himself.

Meantime, Aisha retreated to her room. After untying her hair and changing into nightclothes, she lay down on her futon, and went into deep thought.

'There's something really familiar about Urashima-dono, as if he reminds me of someone' thought Aisha as she started to drift to sleep. Before finally sleeping, she muttered one word.

"Anii-chan"

-TBC

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A/N: Well I admit this wasn't quite what I originally envisioned it to be. I was considering a fight scene similar to what happened in Love Hina in the episode where Motoko came back from training camp. Instead I decided on a twist - that possibly Aisha met Keitaro before, and that he reminds her of her older brother (something that will also come into play, like it did in the Koihina Musou anime).

frosts: Characters from the other kingdoms will definitely appear, and taking the places of more Love Hina characters. You'll be surprised at two of them I assure you. As for Ren, I'm considering giving her an appearance, but as for any romance developing between her and Keitaro, that's already out the window, since it's already set to be Keitaro x Touka.