Love Hina Fan Fiction ❯ Koihina Musou ❯ Shopping Mall Mayhem ( Chapter 13 )

[ 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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"Come on Keitaro-oniichan!" said Rinrin.

Keitaro was wondering what Deity he displeased to get himself into another fix. He was accompanying Rinrin, Shuuri, and Hinari to the shopping mall. Obviously this was going to be a long day. At least Touka, Aisha, Sei, and Sui didn't tag along, all of whom had other plans (though Touka was seething again).

First were the various apparel shops. Rinrin breezed through several, looking at and trying several dresses, blouses, shirts, skirts, jeans, and hats, roping Shuuri and Hinari along, and Keitaro now serving as a pack-mule for any articles bought. Next were the sporting good shops. While Keitaro heard of rumors of girls keeping 20 pairs of shoes at a time, he didn't really believe them until he saw Rinrin pick out at least 10 pairs to take home, and actually purchasing 5 of those pairs. Other items that came along included a volleyball, some new swimsuits, a few dumbbells, and a pair of badminton rackets packaged with a set of shuttle cocks. Their first break from shopping was a trip to the arcades, where Rinrin tore through the games getting top scores and winning prizes, adding to Keitaro's already heavy load of bags.

Shuuri then commandeered the group and took everyone to the bookstore. She had, to Keitaro's dismay, her own wide selection of items to buy, including cookbooks, housekeeping magazines, and self-help books. Hinari didn't help things much as she acquired her own pile romance novels. By the time they were done another three bags full of shopping items were added to Keitaro's burden.

Next on the agenda was the video/record bar. Rinrin mainly went for the action movies, mostly martial arts types, while Shuuri and Hinari picked up a few romantic titles. Their choices of music CD's were similar. Thankfully only one small bag was added to Keitaro's inventory.

As lunch time approached, the group at first decided to go to the food court, but along the way, they stumbled on an eating contest.

"And now the latest Nikuman Eating contest is open to entrants! Step right up! Everyone is welcome to join!" said a young girl with glasses, serving as an announcer, speaking into a PA system.

"Hey! I have an idea! That's gonna be for lunch!" said Rinrin.

"Um, no thanks!" said Keitaro. Shuuri and Hinari agreed.

"Aw you'll miss out on the fun, and free food!" said Rinrin.

"I'll pass on the upset stomach." said Keitaro.

"Your loss! I'm in!" said Rinrin, who skipped ahead to the booth and signed up. She noticed there was only one other competitor, a pink haired girl.

"Heyyo!" said the girl. "Got a big stomach for this?"

"Sure! Piece of cake!" said Rinrin.

"I'm Kii Kiyocho" said the girl.

"I'm Rinrin Chouhi!" said Rinrin.

"So, we have only two entrants in our competition. On one side, reigning champion Kii Kiyocho! And on the other, challenger Rinrin Chouhi!" said the announcer, pointing to each of the entrants, each with a tray piled with 100 pieces of Nikuman. "The first to finish the pile of Nikuman served to them wins! Let's... GO!!!"

Rinrin got off to a fast start, munching her Nikuman at a furious pace, eating about one every two seconds. Kii was not far behind. As the contest went on, Rinrin was beginning to feel queasy. "Ugh!" she moaned. "Just 30 more to go..."

Kii was taking regular breaks and thus was slower than Rinrin, but apparently wasn't having any problems. She had 50 more to go.

"If I could just munch on these..." began Rinrin, but then clutched her stomach. "Ohhhhhh..."

Kii then went on. She gobbled another 15, leaving 35 left, while Rinrin was still unable to eat a bite.

"No! Must... eat... more..." whimpered Rinrin, who felt like hell. She was dumbstruck when she saw that Kii at this point only had 10 left. "Must... eat... uuuhhhhhhh" moaned Rinrin, finally collapsing from indigestion, just as Kii ate her last Nikuman.

"And we have a winner - still undefeated, Kii Kiyocho!" said the announcer.

Keitaro, Shuuri, and Hinari approached the fainted Rinrin with concern.

"Hey! Rinrin, you alright?" said Keitaro.

"Ohhhhhhh" moaned Rinrin.

After about half an hour, Rinrin finally came to, fortunately not needing medical attention. She couldn't believe she was beaten. "Mou! How can this be!?" wailed Rinrin.

"Simple. You gotta pace yourself!" said Kii. "Because you ate too fast, your stomach couldn't take it fast enough."

"Ugh!"

"Well, time for more fun! See ya!" said Kii, who left the group.

"This is embarrassing!" said Rinrin.

"And messy too" said Hinari.

"I... gotta go... to the bathroom..." murmured Rinrin.

"Hawawawa! Lemme help!" said Shuuri, who lent Rinrin her shoulder and helped her to the ladies' room.

After about fifteen minutes at the rest room which was spent by Rinrin throwing up and relieving herself, she was good as new and decided to carry on with the shopping. "Haaaahhh! Time for shopping!"

"Geez. I can't believe that girl!" said Keitaro, wondering how much more of this he can take.

Fortunately Ririn decided only one last shop needed a visit - the pet store. The group made their way there, and immediately Rinrin gazed at every little animal on display. She immediately took a liking to a small fluffly brown furred dog.

"Hey Keitaro-oniichan!" called Rinrin. "Look at this one!"

"Hmm, yes, that looks nice" said Keitaro. He then turned to the shopkeeper. "Hey ma'am"

"Hello" said the dusky redheaded woman with unusual tattoo markings on her arms. "I'm Ren Ryofu at your service"

"How much for this dog?"

"23,699.90 Yen" said Ren.

"Ouch!" piped Keitaro.

"Aw" moaned Rinrin.

"However, I'm willing to give a discount"

"Oh?" asked Keitaro.

"If you still have some of that Nikuman"

"Yeah! I have some here" said Rinrin, holding a paper bag. "Help yourself"

"Thank you" said Ren, who began munching gingerly on the Nikuman. Her way of eating got everyone staring.

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"We're back!" said Rinrin, entering the main door of the Hinata Inn.

"Well, I guess you guys had fun?" said Sei.

"Yes we did" said Shuuri, who came in next, followed by a walking stack of shopping bags and boxes with a dog in a pet carrier; actually Keitaro. Hinari was accompanied home first before Keitaro and company came back to the Inn.

"Oh my" said Touka. "Are you alright Keitaro-kun?"

"Mmm Fnnnn" said Keitaro all muffled by the stuff he was carrying.
"Well, after you're done with all those, we have studying to do"

"Oh, yeah" said Keitaro.

-TBC


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A/N: Due to lack of ideas, I decided to combine Rinrin and Shuuri's "dates" into one event, and while at it had Kii and Ren appear. As for the price of the dog, I based it on the price my family got for a Labrador puppy (PHP12,000).