Love Hina Fan Fiction ❯ Love Hina Next ❯ Just Settling into Things, Here... ( Chapter 3 )

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<P>No disclaimer this time… So nyeh.</p><P>Sorry I didn’t update yesterday, had a headache that got worse the longer I stayed on the computer. I decided to take a nap and didn’t wake up until 12:00 A.M. Doh! Anyway, the headache is gone now. Alright, this time, there will be no typos… I swear! (3 Typos later…) Damnit!</p><P>Kouji Tamino</p><P></p><P>&#9;And so, morning once again arrived, the sun shining on the old Hinata House. In the kitchen, the remaining previous generation of residents was gathered in the lobby of the former hotel turned all-girls dormitory turned several girls and one guy dormitory. They were all drinking tea, enjoying the peace that had returned to the building. But soon…</p><P>&#9;“Odd…” Sarah muttered, taking a sip of her tea.</p><P>&#9;“What?” Shinobu asked.</p><P>&#9;“Things are peaceful…”, the American began , “…too peaceful… Where are the girls?”</p><P>&#9;“Taking baths…” Ema answered.</p><P>&#9;Sarah raised an eyebrow. “And where is Yamato?”</p><P>&#9;Ema scratched her head. “He’s also taking a bath… In the Men’s side…”</p><P>&#9;“Oh… Did you tell him that the wall separating him from the girls is a bit broken?…” Sarah took another sip of tea.</p><P>&#9;Ema got a concerned look on her face. “Um, no. I wasn’t aware of that fact.”</p><P>&#9;“Ah, I see…” Sarah put down her tea, crossed her legs and begin to count on her fingers. “1... 2... 3...”</p><P>&#9;<B>CRUNCH! CRASH!</p></B>
<P>&#9;“Urashima! You pervert!”</p><P>&#9;“Wait, it’s not what you thi--”</p><P>&#9;“Hiiiiyah!”</p><P>&#9;“PWA GH!!!”</p><P>&#9;Sarah sighed, then picked up her cup of tea and nodded. “Ah, now that’s the stuff…”</p><P>&#9;</p><P>&#9;<B>Love Hina Next</p></B><P>&#9;Chapter 3: <I>Just Settling into Things, Here…</p></I>


<P>&#9;“What the hell was that for?!” Shima yelled, walking over to Tokimi. Both were now fully dressed. Shima glared at her.</p><P>&#9;“What do you think, you pervert? Don’t think that Sarah didn’t warn us about you!”</p><P>&#9;“She told?!” Shima screamed.</p><P>&#9;Tokimi smirked. “Ah ha! So it is true!”</p><P>&#9;Shima clenched his fist. “No it’s not!”</p><P>&#9;Tokimi frowned. “St-stop yelling at me!”</p><P>&#9;Shima, feeling like being cruel, taunted her. “Oh, what’s the matter? Can’t handle it? Then I have some advice for you… Don’t start fights!”</p><P>&#9;Tokimi bit her lip slightly, then ran away. Shima sighed, then crossed his arms. “Yeah, whatever…” Suddenly, he was punched in the back of the head. “Ow!”</p><P>&#9;“Jack-ass…” Sarah muttered. “She’s a sensitive girl… She’s probably crying.”</p><P>&#9;“Well, sorry! I didn’t mean to peek on the girls!” Shima got another lecherous grin on his face. “Well, at least not this time…”</p><P>&#9;“And it’s crap like that that’s gonna keep you from being respected around here… Your father was a pathetic loser, but he was a nice guy. Even so, it took him a few years until he had the respect from everyone in Hinata House. In fact, besides Haruka of course, every girl had a crush on him at one point… And he didn’t do it by being a bad-ass. So keep that in mind, you with your macho exterior…” Sarah then walked off.</p><P>&#9;Shima then sat down on the sofa and sighed. “Well, whatever… I could really care what the people here think about me… They stay out of my way, and I’ll stay out of theirs…”</p><P>&#9;“… You don’t really mean that, do you Yamato?…” a soft voice asked. Shinobu sat down on the sofa next to Shima.</p><P>&#9;“Argh, don’t call me that! I hate that name!” Shima yelled.</p><P>&#9;Shinobu frowned. “Why are you so angry… Shima?…”</p><P>&#9;“… None of your business…” Shima stood up and walked away.</p><P>&#9;Shinobu stood up and called over to him. “Fine, then… But if you ever need to talk, you can come to me…”</p><P>&#9;Shima turned around. “You really mean that?”</p><P>&#9;Shinobu smiled. “Of course I do!”</p><P>&#9;Shima smiled back. “Thanks…” As he walked upstairs and walked into his room, he smirked. “Well, at least there’s one person I can count on…” He then got a dark, angry look on his face as he sat on the floor. “Unlike my father… That bastard, always off on some damn excavation of some dumb old artifacts… And to make matters worse, he sometimes wants to take mother with him, too… And as expected, she goes along with him… I always had to hang around with my god-mother, Mitsune…” Shima calmed down a bit. “But she was pretty cool… A little weird, though… I heard that she used to drink a lot, and when she got drunk, she did some pretty freaky things…” Shima sighed. “Look at me, talking to myself… I’m pretty damn pathetic…”</p><P>&#9;“Who said you were talking to yourself?…” someone in the doorway suddenly said.</p><P>&#9;Shima quickly turned around to see Tokimi. “What are you doing here?”</p><P>&#9;“So that’s what your problem is… You’re really just a lonely boy that wants his parents…”</p><P>&#9;“Shut up!” Shima screamed. “What would you know?!”</p><P>&#9;“Stop whining! At least your dad cares about you!” Tokimi suddenly stopped herself and gasped.</p><P>&#9;Shima was caught off guard by that last remark. “… What?”</p><P>&#9;Tokimi shook her head. “N-no… It… It doesn’t matter… I mean…” Tokimi abruptly ran away, leaving a shocked Shima.</p><P>&#9;“So that’s it…” Shima sighed. “Now I really feel bad…” He then began chuckling. “She’s right, though… I’m just a whiny little boy that wants his parents… My problems are probably nothing compared to hers…”</p><P>&#9;</p><P>&#9;Kaolla Su suddenly burst into Rikina Su’s room. “It’s here!”</p><P>&#9;Rikina, busy putting some last touches on a gadget she was working on, looked over to her older sister. “What’s here?…”</p><P>&#9;Koalla smiled. “Motoko’s romance novel!” She showed Rikina the book, titled <U>Romancing the Ronin</U>.</p><P>&#9;Rikina sighed. “I already snuck a look at one of the drafts… Total trash if you ask me…”</p><P>&#9;Kaolla shook her head and smiled. “No, that was the draft of one of her older novels! This is her brand new one, first one in 5 years!”</p><P>&#9;Rikina blinked. “Oh… Well maybe I’ll give it a look later… Maybe…”</p><P>&#9;</p><P>&#9;Meanwhile, Shinobu was cooking breakfast. Ami was helping her. Shinobu frowned, there was a container that was a smidge too high. She didn’t feel like getting a stool or chair, so she looked to Ami. “Ami dear, could you get that box for me up there?” She pointed to the box of cereal above her. Ami smiled and nodded. She stared at the box and Shinobu watched as the box hovered down into her hands. She smiled and patted Ami on the head. “Thank you Ami, you’re such a sweetie!” Ami smiled even more, then ran off. She then bumped into Shima, who looked at her.</p><P>&#9;“Um, hey…” Shima waved. He raised an eyebrow as Ami ran away from him hurriedly. “Weird kid…” He muttered, then made his way into the kitchen. “Hey, Shinobu… What’s for breakfast?” He grunted as Shinobu shoved a cup of ramen at his chest. “Whaaaaa?! Again?!…”</p><P>&#9;“I suggested letting you starve”, a dry female voice called from behind him, “but Shinobu’s too sweet for that… Pity.” Rikina shoved Shima out of the way and walked into the kitchen. “Hey, Shinobu… Need a hand?…”</p><P>&#9;Shima grumbled his way back upstairs to his room. “‘Pity’” he mocked. “…‘I suggested letting you starve’… God, I hate that girl!” Suddenly, he heard a sound on the roof. “Eh?… What’s that?” He ran up stairs, then climbed his way to the roof. He saw Ami there, staring at the beautiful view. “Oh, um hey…”</p><P>&#9;Startled, Ami turned around quickly, causing her to lose her balance. She was leaning backwards towards the edge of the roof, trying to regain balance.</p><P>&#9;“H-hey! Careful!” Shima quickly ran towards her, catching her as she completely lost balance. He sighed in relief, then chuckled. “You silly girl… I’m sorry I startled you, but you’ve gotta be more careful when on the roof, okay?…”</p><P>&#9;The white haired girl, blushing wildly, nodded, eyes wide open. She quickly yanked herself out of his grasped and made her way off the roof.</p><P>&#9;Shima shook his head, laughing. “That silly, silly girl… She’s still a bit weird though… Cutely weird…” He looked around, took a deep breath, then also made his way off the roof and back inside the house. When he made his way back downstairs, he was stopped by Rikina, arms crossed, holding her latest invention, the ‘Portable Pervert Neutering Device’. “Oh, uh… Yo…”</p><P>&#9;“Don’t play innocent with me!” Rikina yelled.</p><P>&#9;“What are you talking about?” Shima said, confused.</p><P>&#9;“When I saw Ami run by, she was acting very awkward, and she was blushing… She is usually a very calm, but happy girl… Until today. What did you do to her?” Rikina asked, holding up the neutering device threateningly.</p><P>&#9;“Gyah! Nothing, you psycho!” Shima screamed defensively. “All I did was catch her when she was about to fall off the roof!”</p><P>&#9;“Mmm hmm… A likely story… I’ll bet you defiled her, then tried to push her off and make it look like an accident to hide the evidence! Prepare to be neutered!”</p><P>&#9;“What are you talking about? I’d never intentionally harm cute little Ami!”</p><P>&#9;“Oh, so she’s cute, is she? Prepare to die, pedophile!” Rikina lunged toward Shima.</p><P>&#9;Shima, however, skillfully dodged, then grabbed her wrist, the hand carrying the device. He slapped it out of her hand with his free hand. “Look, I don’t know what your problem is, psycho woman, but I am no pedophile! I meant cute in the sisterly way!”</p><P>&#9;Rikina stared at him. “… So you’d do your sister?! You sicko!”</p><P>&#9;“Grah!” Shima screamed. “You’re twisting all my words around!” He let go of her wrist. “I do not have to take this! I’m going to my room…” Shima turned around and walked up the stairs. “Ugh, she’s so out of it… In some ways, she’s crazier than Kaolla!” He suddenly thought about Tokimi. “I was kinda mean to her earlier…” He shook his head. “Naw, I shouldn’t get all worked up about it…” He sighed, then laid down on his futon. He finally got a real good look at the ceiling, discovering a huge hole, covered up by something. “Oh, yeah… That damn hole that I fell in… Some oughta fix that thing… I almost broke my neck!” He looked around the room and saw a chair. He grabbed it, set it right under the hole, and stood on top of it. He saw what was covering up the hole. “Huh? This cardboard wasn’t here before…” He pushed it out of the way and got quite a sight.</p><P>&#9;Standing with her back towards him was Tokimi, in nothing but a pair of panties. “They’re white!” He whispered to himself. A bit of blood trickled down his nose like a leaky faucet. He quickly pinched his nose. But then, he got a good look at her back. You could barely see them now, but he could make out healing bruises on her back. ‘<I>I see now…</I>’, he thought, unplugging his nose. Suddenly, Tokimi turned around, unintentionally flashing her breasts before she discovered the ‘spy’, screamed, and covered herself. Blood gushed from Shima’s nose.</p><P>&#9;“EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKK!!! YOU PERV!” Without warning, she kicked Shima right in the face, sending him right down the hole again. “And don’t ever let me catch you doing that again!”</p><P>&#9;The kick sent Shima flying into the chair, where his butt landed perfectly on the seat. His trip continued, as the chair tipped backwards and he landed on his back. Shima lay on the ground in complete shock over what had just happened. Finally, he spoke. “Ow…” He got up and rubbed his back. Then he suddenly raised an eyebrow, and began to think to himself out loud. “But wait… That room was completely empty when I first got here…”</p><B><P>End of Chapter 3</p></B>
<P></p><P>Whoo! This was a really fun chapter to write! Things are beginning to feel a bit more ‘Love Hina-ish’, eh? But don’t worry… While poor Shima will get smacked around a bit more in the coming chapters, he won’t become a complete punching bag! Well bye everyone, until next time!</p><P>Kouji Tamino</p>