Love Hina Fan Fiction ❯ Love and War ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )
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Location: CNN Japanese Headquarters, Hinata City.
Status: Urgent broadcast transmissions in effect.
Alert Level: Defcon 3
“It is now month two of the war. The PLA has already crossed the Korea Strait to the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, and is currently advancing through Kyoto. They are expected to reach Nagoya by eight o’clock this evening. Despite their best attempts, the JSDF (Japanese Self-Defense Force) is being overwhelmed. Their plea to the Russians for help has turned up nothing (note: I‘m not bashing the Russians, but from what I‘ve read their logistic capabilities into Eastern Siberia are comprised of only one rail system, which does not allow for easy troop movement). The U.S. military bases of Yokota and Yokosuka are for the moment on high alert. The American President is currently pushing Congress for a declaration of war, arguing that the U.S. is obligated to defend her allies against the spread of Communism, in reference to the Truman Doctrine, which was presented in 1947. But until then, the USMC military personnel in Yokota and Yokosuka cannot mobilize. At this rate it is advised that all residents of Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures evacuate immediately…”
Date: May 1, 2007; 8:57 am (UTC)
Location: Hinata Sou. Hinata City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Japan.
Status: Elevated stress levels detected.
Alert Level: Defcon 3
“Nya ha ha! It’s finished!” Su yelled happily. Kitsune, who happened to be on her way to the kitchen for some Tylenol (she had yet another hangover), heard this and came over to Su.
“What’s finished?” she asked.
“The new Hinata Sou all-purpose anti-personnel security system!” Su replied. “This system will make sure that the Chinese don’t get within a hundred meters of this place. I even built a bomb shelter in the basement!”
Kitsune sweat dropped. “You are one crazy little girl,” she said. “Anyway, I wanted to know where Naru is.”
Su’s smile immediately disappeared. “Naru is still in her room. She won’t come out for anything.”
“She’s still crying over him?” Kitsune asked in disbelief. “I always knew that she loved Keitaro, but this is ridiculous.”
“Well, he has not called or written in over a year,” Motoko said as she came down the stairs. “It is only natural for her to be upset.”
“Aha! You miss him to, don’t ya?” Su grinned evilly.
“W-What? No! Why would I miss that vile, lecherous male? If Naru was not so depressed over his absence, I would say that we are much better off without him!” Motoko was blushing furiously, and Kitsune could see it.
“There’s no use denying it, Motoko,” Kitsune said with a grin. “We all love the useless lug, even if he is a clumsy pervert. Heck, I wouldn’t hesitate to tie him up and keep him for myself, but I can’t lest I break Naru’s heart.”
“And I love him as a test subject!” Su said.
“Oh my, I never knew Naru had so much competition for Kei-kun’s affections.”
Everybody turned towards the front door to see Mutsumi. She had the usual smile and cheerful disposition, as well as her expected fainting spell as she walked through the door. She fell flat on her face, and got up a few seconds later like nothing happened.
“Oh my, what happened?” she asked. Everybody sweat dropped.
“Yo, turtle lady!”
Sarah and Shinobu entered the living room.
“Hey everybody,” Haruka walked through the front entrance, followed by Kanako. “We havin’ an emergency meeting or something?”
“Nah, we’re just chatting,” Kitsune replied. “Not much else we can do besides getting plastered and waiting for the Chinese to send this part of Japan to hell.”
“Auuuuuu! Don’t say things like that!” Shinobu cried out, going swirly-eyed.
“Myuh!”
Tama-chan flew through a window and landed on Motoko’s shoulder. Kitsune immediately pulled a camera out of nowhere and started filming.
“Rolling. Turtle attack scene twenty-two. Action!”
“Tu-Tu-TURTLE!” Motoko screamed. “Get it off of me! Get it off!”
Everybody started laughing hysterically. But they stopped when they saw Motoko unsheathe her sword. Fire was burning in her eyes.
“I will finally send you to the fiery pits of hell, you evil little monster!” she yelled as she brought her sword down. “Cutting Air Spark!”
Most of the room was enveloped in a cloud of smoke as she brought her sword down. Everybody fell to the ground as the nearby wall was reduced to splinters. When the smoke cleared, Motoko had sheathed her sword, and there was a crater where Tama-chan had been.
“The deed is done,” she said. She clapped her hands together and bowed. “You were a worthy opponent.”
“M-Motoko! H-how c-c-could you!” Shinobu started crying.
“Myuh,” Tama-chan’s head poked out of the crater, apparently unharmed.
“Tama-chan!” Shinobu ran over and embraced the turtle, while Motoko muttered, “Dammit.”
“Can everybody please keep it down? I’m trying to sleep here.”
They all turned and saw Naru at the bottom of the stairs. Her face was red and her eyes were bloodshot, she
had been crying recently. She was wearing a red mini-skirt and a pink T-shirt, and her hair was disheveled.
“It’s good to see that you’re up and about,” Haruka said. “I was getting really worried.”
“I’m fine, it’s no big deal,” she said assuredly.
“If you say so.”
“Well, now that we’re all here,” Kitsune smiled. “How about some TV?” She flopped onto the couch, grabbed the
remote, and hit the power button. CNN popped onto the screen.
“The PLA has just finished advancing through Nagoya, and have already reached the outskirts to the west of the
Kanagawa Prefecture. The U.S. Congress has signed a declaration of war and the mobilization of Marine forces from Yokota and Yokosuka has been immediately put into effect. They are expected to arrive in the next hour, and reinforcements from the American mainland are scheduled to arrive within the week. Given the current status of the JSDF, and the advancement of the PLA, Tokyo may be reached before a defensive line can be established. Once again, all of Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures should evacuate immediately.”
Kitsune immediately turned the TV off. She turned to see the looks on their faces.
“Maybe we should get ready to leave,” she said with a blank expression on her face.
“No we don’t!” Su said. “With the new security system and bomb shelter, we won’t have to leave!”
“True, but I still think that it is better to be safe than sorry,” Motoko said.
“Okay then,” Haruka said. “Let’s start packing up.”
About half an hour later, everybody had at least two suitcases of belongings ready. Except for Kitsune, who had four. Two for her clothes, one for her sake stash, and one for her…uh, various “knick-knacks.” Another five minutes later, and everybody was waiting in the lobby. Su said that she had a vehicle that they could use to get out of the city, so everyone had to wait for her. But, as usual, an exciting plot twist decided to interrupt the girls' lives.
A sharp, ear-piercing shriek suddenly rang through the air, followed by a huge teeth jarring explosion outside the front entrance. The front door and most of the wall on the first floor was blown into the lobby in the form of dagger-sized splinters. Everybody hit the ground and covered their ears, trying to block out the noise.
“What the hell was that!?” Sarah cried out.
“I hope that Su didn’t just incinerate our only means of transportation,” Haruka said dryly.
“Bad news guys,” Su said as she came down the stairs. “the gas tank is empty, so…”
She looked down at everybody on the floor, and then up to the huge hole where the front wall had been. Then
she looked back down at everybody.
“Awwww, man! What’d I miss?”
Everybody looked at her like she had two heads. The silence was extremely uncomfortable. Shinobu managed to find her voice and ask what was on everybody’s mind:
“You didn’t cause that explosion?”
“No.”
“But…if you didn’t…who?”
Another shriek, and another explosion, this time it could be seen through the big hole in the wall. Something flew through the air and smacked right through the top of a tall office building about a kilometer away. All of the windows on the top floor shattered, followed by the windows on the next floor down, and so on, causing a ripple effect. The roof caved in, and the whole building came down. Plumes of dirt and debris started appearing all over the city, like when a bunch of pebbles are tossed into a pond.
“Holy shit!” Kitsune screamed. “The Chinese are attacking!”
“Oh my,” Mutsumi said. “Does this mean that we aren’t leaving?”
“Everybody to the shelter!” Su yelled, pointing down the basement stairs. “I’ll power up the security system!”
The girls ran down the stairs like bats outta hell. Su joined them shortly and proceeded to open up a huge metal door that led to the bomb shelter. Everybody scrambled inside as another artillery round impacted nearby. When they were all inside, Su hit a large red button, causing a half meter thick titanium door to slide down, sealing the entrance. In the shelter there were ten cots, two sofas, a widescreen TV set, a bathroom, a kitchen/dining room, and along the wall were computer monitors.
“So, watcha think of it?” Su grinned. Everybody just stood there, slack-jawed. “Pretty impressive, eh. But that’s not all.” She flipped a few switches, and all the monitors popped on, displaying city streets, forests, alleyways, and other various areas.
“I installed video cameras all over the city. There are five hundred in all. Even the weapons emplacements on the roof have cameras in case anyone wanted to control them manually from here.”
Many of the monitors showed streets and buildings being blown apart by the endless artillery barrage. Many people were fleeing to the north. Some Japanese officers could be seen directing their troops.
“I wonder if the American military is even coming,” Kitsune said morbidly.
“Let’s find out then!” Su said. She flicked a switch, turned a knob, and selected a radio frequency. Extra loud heavy metal music blasted from the speakers and reverberated off the walls.
“Auugh! Turn this demonic sound off!” Motoko cried out, covering her ears.
“Oopsies. Wrong frequency,” Su said sheepishly. She turned the knob and another frequency was selected. What
came out was in a foreign language, English to be exact. Su activated the radio’s translator, and it came out in Japanese.
“This is Stallion One, now approaching the LZ. Alpha Team is ready for action. Over.”
“What’s this?” Naru asked.
“Stallion One, this is Control. You are go for drop. Over.”
“It sounds like a military channel,” Su replied.
“Roger that. We are commencing drop. Stallion One out.”
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Date: April 29, 2007; 11:45 am (UTC)Location: CNN Japanese Headquarters, Hinata City.
Status: Urgent broadcast transmissions in effect.
Alert Level: Defcon 3
“It is now month two of the war. The PLA has already crossed the Korea Strait to the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, and is currently advancing through Kyoto. They are expected to reach Nagoya by eight o’clock this evening. Despite their best attempts, the JSDF (Japanese Self-Defense Force) is being overwhelmed. Their plea to the Russians for help has turned up nothing (note: I‘m not bashing the Russians, but from what I‘ve read their logistic capabilities into Eastern Siberia are comprised of only one rail system, which does not allow for easy troop movement). The U.S. military bases of Yokota and Yokosuka are for the moment on high alert. The American President is currently pushing Congress for a declaration of war, arguing that the U.S. is obligated to defend her allies against the spread of Communism, in reference to the Truman Doctrine, which was presented in 1947. But until then, the USMC military personnel in Yokota and Yokosuka cannot mobilize. At this rate it is advised that all residents of Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures evacuate immediately…”
Date: May 1, 2007; 8:57 am (UTC)
Location: Hinata Sou. Hinata City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Japan.
Status: Elevated stress levels detected.
Alert Level: Defcon 3
“Nya ha ha! It’s finished!” Su yelled happily. Kitsune, who happened to be on her way to the kitchen for some Tylenol (she had yet another hangover), heard this and came over to Su.
“What’s finished?” she asked.
“The new Hinata Sou all-purpose anti-personnel security system!” Su replied. “This system will make sure that the Chinese don’t get within a hundred meters of this place. I even built a bomb shelter in the basement!”
Kitsune sweat dropped. “You are one crazy little girl,” she said. “Anyway, I wanted to know where Naru is.”
Su’s smile immediately disappeared. “Naru is still in her room. She won’t come out for anything.”
“She’s still crying over him?” Kitsune asked in disbelief. “I always knew that she loved Keitaro, but this is ridiculous.”
“Well, he has not called or written in over a year,” Motoko said as she came down the stairs. “It is only natural for her to be upset.”
“Aha! You miss him to, don’t ya?” Su grinned evilly.
“W-What? No! Why would I miss that vile, lecherous male? If Naru was not so depressed over his absence, I would say that we are much better off without him!” Motoko was blushing furiously, and Kitsune could see it.
“There’s no use denying it, Motoko,” Kitsune said with a grin. “We all love the useless lug, even if he is a clumsy pervert. Heck, I wouldn’t hesitate to tie him up and keep him for myself, but I can’t lest I break Naru’s heart.”
“And I love him as a test subject!” Su said.
“Oh my, I never knew Naru had so much competition for Kei-kun’s affections.”
Everybody turned towards the front door to see Mutsumi. She had the usual smile and cheerful disposition, as well as her expected fainting spell as she walked through the door. She fell flat on her face, and got up a few seconds later like nothing happened.
“Oh my, what happened?” she asked. Everybody sweat dropped.
“Yo, turtle lady!”
Sarah and Shinobu entered the living room.
“Hey everybody,” Haruka walked through the front entrance, followed by Kanako. “We havin’ an emergency meeting or something?”
“Nah, we’re just chatting,” Kitsune replied. “Not much else we can do besides getting plastered and waiting for the Chinese to send this part of Japan to hell.”
“Auuuuuu! Don’t say things like that!” Shinobu cried out, going swirly-eyed.
“Myuh!”
Tama-chan flew through a window and landed on Motoko’s shoulder. Kitsune immediately pulled a camera out of nowhere and started filming.
“Rolling. Turtle attack scene twenty-two. Action!”
“Tu-Tu-TURTLE!” Motoko screamed. “Get it off of me! Get it off!”
Everybody started laughing hysterically. But they stopped when they saw Motoko unsheathe her sword. Fire was burning in her eyes.
“I will finally send you to the fiery pits of hell, you evil little monster!” she yelled as she brought her sword down. “Cutting Air Spark!”
Most of the room was enveloped in a cloud of smoke as she brought her sword down. Everybody fell to the ground as the nearby wall was reduced to splinters. When the smoke cleared, Motoko had sheathed her sword, and there was a crater where Tama-chan had been.
“The deed is done,” she said. She clapped her hands together and bowed. “You were a worthy opponent.”
“M-Motoko! H-how c-c-could you!” Shinobu started crying.
“Myuh,” Tama-chan’s head poked out of the crater, apparently unharmed.
“Tama-chan!” Shinobu ran over and embraced the turtle, while Motoko muttered, “Dammit.”
“Can everybody please keep it down? I’m trying to sleep here.”
They all turned and saw Naru at the bottom of the stairs. Her face was red and her eyes were bloodshot, she
had been crying recently. She was wearing a red mini-skirt and a pink T-shirt, and her hair was disheveled.
“It’s good to see that you’re up and about,” Haruka said. “I was getting really worried.”
“I’m fine, it’s no big deal,” she said assuredly.
“If you say so.”
“Well, now that we’re all here,” Kitsune smiled. “How about some TV?” She flopped onto the couch, grabbed the
remote, and hit the power button. CNN popped onto the screen.
“The PLA has just finished advancing through Nagoya, and have already reached the outskirts to the west of the
Kanagawa Prefecture. The U.S. Congress has signed a declaration of war and the mobilization of Marine forces from Yokota and Yokosuka has been immediately put into effect. They are expected to arrive in the next hour, and reinforcements from the American mainland are scheduled to arrive within the week. Given the current status of the JSDF, and the advancement of the PLA, Tokyo may be reached before a defensive line can be established. Once again, all of Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures should evacuate immediately.”
Kitsune immediately turned the TV off. She turned to see the looks on their faces.
“Maybe we should get ready to leave,” she said with a blank expression on her face.
“No we don’t!” Su said. “With the new security system and bomb shelter, we won’t have to leave!”
“True, but I still think that it is better to be safe than sorry,” Motoko said.
“Okay then,” Haruka said. “Let’s start packing up.”
About half an hour later, everybody had at least two suitcases of belongings ready. Except for Kitsune, who had four. Two for her clothes, one for her sake stash, and one for her…uh, various “knick-knacks.” Another five minutes later, and everybody was waiting in the lobby. Su said that she had a vehicle that they could use to get out of the city, so everyone had to wait for her. But, as usual, an exciting plot twist decided to interrupt the girls' lives.
A sharp, ear-piercing shriek suddenly rang through the air, followed by a huge teeth jarring explosion outside the front entrance. The front door and most of the wall on the first floor was blown into the lobby in the form of dagger-sized splinters. Everybody hit the ground and covered their ears, trying to block out the noise.
“What the hell was that!?” Sarah cried out.
“I hope that Su didn’t just incinerate our only means of transportation,” Haruka said dryly.
“Bad news guys,” Su said as she came down the stairs. “the gas tank is empty, so…”
She looked down at everybody on the floor, and then up to the huge hole where the front wall had been. Then
she looked back down at everybody.
“Awwww, man! What’d I miss?”
Everybody looked at her like she had two heads. The silence was extremely uncomfortable. Shinobu managed to find her voice and ask what was on everybody’s mind:
“You didn’t cause that explosion?”
“No.”
“But…if you didn’t…who?”
Another shriek, and another explosion, this time it could be seen through the big hole in the wall. Something flew through the air and smacked right through the top of a tall office building about a kilometer away. All of the windows on the top floor shattered, followed by the windows on the next floor down, and so on, causing a ripple effect. The roof caved in, and the whole building came down. Plumes of dirt and debris started appearing all over the city, like when a bunch of pebbles are tossed into a pond.
“Holy shit!” Kitsune screamed. “The Chinese are attacking!”
“Oh my,” Mutsumi said. “Does this mean that we aren’t leaving?”
“Everybody to the shelter!” Su yelled, pointing down the basement stairs. “I’ll power up the security system!”
The girls ran down the stairs like bats outta hell. Su joined them shortly and proceeded to open up a huge metal door that led to the bomb shelter. Everybody scrambled inside as another artillery round impacted nearby. When they were all inside, Su hit a large red button, causing a half meter thick titanium door to slide down, sealing the entrance. In the shelter there were ten cots, two sofas, a widescreen TV set, a bathroom, a kitchen/dining room, and along the wall were computer monitors.
“So, watcha think of it?” Su grinned. Everybody just stood there, slack-jawed. “Pretty impressive, eh. But that’s not all.” She flipped a few switches, and all the monitors popped on, displaying city streets, forests, alleyways, and other various areas.
“I installed video cameras all over the city. There are five hundred in all. Even the weapons emplacements on the roof have cameras in case anyone wanted to control them manually from here.”
Many of the monitors showed streets and buildings being blown apart by the endless artillery barrage. Many people were fleeing to the north. Some Japanese officers could be seen directing their troops.
“I wonder if the American military is even coming,” Kitsune said morbidly.
“Let’s find out then!” Su said. She flicked a switch, turned a knob, and selected a radio frequency. Extra loud heavy metal music blasted from the speakers and reverberated off the walls.
“Auugh! Turn this demonic sound off!” Motoko cried out, covering her ears.
“Oopsies. Wrong frequency,” Su said sheepishly. She turned the knob and another frequency was selected. What
came out was in a foreign language, English to be exact. Su activated the radio’s translator, and it came out in Japanese.
“This is Stallion One, now approaching the LZ. Alpha Team is ready for action. Over.”
“What’s this?” Naru asked.
“Stallion One, this is Control. You are go for drop. Over.”
“It sounds like a military channel,” Su replied.
“Roger that. We are commencing drop. Stallion One out.”