Love Hina Fan Fiction ❯ Sempai, My Saviour ❯ Chapter 1

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

By: rincewind2012

Disclaimer: don't own love hina so don't sue me

Sempai, My Saviour

Chapter 1

She was dragged into an ally with a hand clamped over her mouth to stop her screaming. He pushed her against the ally wall where she had the wind knocked out of her and she fell to the ground. The man moves closer to his prey and savouring the look of fear in the young girl's eyes and the anticipation of what he was about to do and the thrill he would receive. He reached down, tore off her shirt and bra to admire his victim.

Shinobu Maehara, the very cute but incredibly shy cook of Hinata Sou, tried to fight against the man but it soon became apparent that she was nowhere near strong enough to fight off a kitten let alone a fully grown man. She was smart enough to realize what was going on and what most likely was going to happen to her. This is what her parents and friends had so often warned her about but there was nothing she could do. She was going to raped and most probably killed.

As she felt the hot breath of the pervert on her face Shinobu's mind was reeling. She prayed to any and every God that might be listening to help her, for this to be nothing more than a terrible nightmare and that she would soon wake from, but in the end she knew it was futile. This man, this Monster was going to rape her and there was nothing that could happen to prevent this. In an effort to block out what was happening to her she thought about the people that meant the most to her in life. First and foremost in her mind were her parents. She loved both of them dearly and the worst memories she had, was of the arguments they had been embroiled in and the divorce that followed. It was her love for her parents that led to her moving into the Hinita as she simply couldn't hurt one of them by deciding to live with one instead of the other. She remembers the day when that saint of a woman Grandma Hina saved her from making that dreadful choice between the two people whom she loved most in the world.

Her mind then wanders to her friends, no her family at Hinita sou. For that is what they had all become to her in the time she's spent with them and the adventures they had gotten entangled in. She thought of all the people that she now considers her family. Kaolla Su the girl she considers her closet friend, the young Gaijin with boundless energy and an ever cheerful personality which can brighten anyone's day.

Motoko Aoyama the strong and beautiful swords-woman Shinobu had come to respect and admire. She has often wished to be half as strong and beautiful as Motoko so she could look after herself and not rely on the protection of others. Now more than ever did she wish she was like Motoko so she could defend herself.

Then she thought of Mitsune "Kitsune" Konno the woman that was overflowing with confidence. Shinobu was not only jealous of how carefree the sake connoisseur always was but also how well endowed she was. Always in the hot springs Shinobu felt inadequate in comparison to her friends, even Su who was not much older than her, but she felt the saddest when she compares herself to the resident fox.

She feels jealous of every girl at the Hinata but none more so than Naru Narusegawa. Out of all the girls she lives with she is the most envious of Naru. Not only is she smart, she is beautiful, confident and strong. In other words everything Shinobu was not. But more so than anything she was jealous of the fact that the girl holds the keys to the heart of the man she loves. Her thoughts then go to the person she cares the most about. Keitaro Urashima, her sempai. Although the man was clumsy and slightly perverted he had succeeded in winning a place in her heart as the first man she ever loved. Through all his accidents and `perversions' Shinobu saw the sweet, caring, dedicated man he was. While he was not the smartest person in the world he still took the time to help her with her homework or any other problem she had. He was always there to catch her whenever she was about to fall, always there to protect her even if it meant he was going to get yelled at and beaten by Naru and/or Motoko for `molesting' her. While Shinobu was always distressed by this he always returned with a smile on his face, just happy that she wasn't hurt. This is what she loved most about him he was always there for her even if he ended up getting hurt.

`Sempai' Shinobu thinks to herself.

What would he think when he finds out what happened to her? Would he be angry at her for not being able to look out for herself, would he hate her and be disgusted with her because she had her virginity stolen from her?

`Perhaps it would be better if this monster did kill me instead of letting me live.' She wonders `at least then I won't have to live with the knowledge that Sempai hates me'.

Then another part of her mind says `But Sempai has always looked after me, so surely he couldn't hate me something I had no control over.' Her mind battles back and forth like this for what seems like hours to Shinobu but in reality barely even a second has passed.

Shinobu's mind is now completely closed off to the rest of the world and she doesn't even notice the pervert grip the hem of her skirt while her inner monologue continues

`But I can't die yet, not without telling Sempai how I feel about him' to which the cynical part of her mind responds `and what would he say? That he loves me back? He loves Naru-sempai and there's no changing that. Why would he want an unattractive girl like me who is always in the way and won't even be a virgin for much longer? It would be better if this monster would just kil-'

“GET THE HELL AWAY FROM HER YOU BASTARD!” roared a voice breaking her mental train of thought.

In her current sate of mind, she barely registered the fact that her attacker had just been knocked away from her and was currently having his face rearranged and a very sensitive part of his anatomy kneed repeatedly.

Once Shinobu's rescuer thinks he got the point across to the rapist he turns to go check on the girl.

“Hey miss are you alright, did that guy hurt yo- oh my god Shinobu-chan is that you?! Are you hurt? Did that guy touch you? Please Shinobu-chan, you have to tell me if you're hurt!”

Briefly revived from her state of shock when she heard her name Shinobu looks up to see who is calling to her.

"Sempai" she whispers.

"Shinobu-chan thank god you're alright! Please you have to tell me if that guy did anything to you, this is really important, please tell me!" Keitaro urges the shaken girl.

Shinobu just stares up at him and thinks 'He came.'

While he is waiting for a reply from his young friend Keitaro looks over Shinobu to see if she's been hurt.

'Please god don't tell me I was too late.' Apart from a few scrapes and bruises she seems to be unharmed, 'Only her shirt is torn and her skirt is still on. I hope this means I wasn't too late' he thinks to himself.

Keitaro finally notice's that her shirt is now little more than scrapes of cloth on the ground and that her breasts are fully exposed to the world, so he removes his own coat without a seconds thought and wraps the girl up in it to protect the her modesty.

Once this is done Keitaro looks at Shinobu's face still waiting for an answer. When its obvious that she is in too much shock for him to get any information out of her, he says "Shinobu-chan listen, I need to get you back home as quickly as possible so I'm gonna carry you OK?"

He waited for her to say something but when she just stared at him blankly he sighs and picks her up.

"Don't worry Shinobu-chan I'll get you home in no time, you'll see, I won't let anything bad happen to you"

Shinobu stays silent but his words register 'He came. He saved me'.

As Keitaro passes the man who tried to harm the sweetest person Keitaro had ever know in one of the worst ways imaginable, he is filled with rage and kicks the man in the crotch as hard as he can and then runs back to the Hinita leaving the unconscious man to die for all he cares.

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As Keitaro runs as fast as he dared for fear his natural clumsiness would appear and hurt the girl further he thinks 'oh god what am I going to do Shinobu-chanwas almost rap- Fuck for all I know she was raped! I swear to every and any god listening that I'll hunt that bastard down and kill him with my bare hands if he did rape her'.

He looks down to check on his young friend and sees that she is still staring at him blankly."Don't worry Shinobu-chan we'll be home soon enough with the other girls - oh crap the girls!"

Keitaro realises that returning home with an obviously distressed Shinobu, half naked in his arms might not get the best reaction from the residents (two particular tenants come to mind) and what Shinobu doesn't need right now is to see him fly through the air very fast.

'Damn Shinobu-chan needs help but if I get blasted to main-land china before I get a chance to explain who knows what could happen to her. I need someone who would know what to do in this type of situation but not fly off the handle the moment they see us..... of course Haruka! She'll know what to do!'

Looking down at her cradled in his arms he said "Hey Shinobu-chan slight change of plans we're going to see Haruka in her tea rooms OK?" hoping for a response for her but she remains silent.

Shinobu knows he's talking but doesn't understand what he is saying the only thing she knew right now was what she kept repeating in her mind.' He came. He saved me'.

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Once they arrive at the tea rooms Keitaro finds it is starting to close for the night and so decides to go in around the back entrance to spare Shinobu the embarrassment of walking through a room of strangers half naked. Luckily for him and Shinobu, Haruka usually keeps the back door open and today is no exception. He rushes in, deposits Shinobu on the sofa and called out

"Haruka I Need Your Help Back Here!"

Over the years Keitaro and his aunt have formed an informal system and it's doubtful that Keitaro even notices it but Haruka knows that when Keitaro doesn't call her 'aunt' it usually means the shit has hit the fan.

"Keitaro what's wrong?!" Haruka asked as she walled into her living area.

"Its Shinobu-chan something terrible has happened to her!" says the distraught nephew as he leads his aunt over to where he left Shinobu. When he sat Shinobu down on the sofa his jacket had fallen off her so the first thing Haruka notices is that Shinobu is naked from the top up.

"FUCK KEI WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO HER?!" she yelled as she rushed to Shinobus side to see if she's alright.

Keitaro proceeds to tell his aunt what had just happened, how he saw a girl being attacked, when he rescued her it turned out to be Shinobu, that she has only said one word since he found her and why he chose to come see her instead of going straight up to the dorm.

"God Haruka I don't even know if she was raped or not, I mean her skirt and everything is still on so that's a good sign right Haruka? Right Haruka? Please tell me that's a good sign!" Begs the woman's nephew.

Haruka can see that he is nearly hysterical and tries to calm him down "Keitaro I'm not going to lie to you, right now I don't know if she was or not, I can find out bu-"

"Just FUCKING do it Haruka! I have to know if the beating I gave that guy was enough or if I have to go back and kill him!"

"KEITARO URASHIMA CALM DOWN NOW!" She yells at him. when she sees that he has visibly calmed down she goes on to say "Firstly you running around and screaming bloody murder is only going to make things worse and secondly if I want to find out if she's been raped I have to check to see if she's still a virgin. Do you understand?"

Keitaro gives her a confused look and she sighs, 'He can be such idiot sometimes'. "Fine I'll put it in a way that even you will understand. I have to look at Shinobu's vagina. OK? "

Despite the situation Keitaro blushes and says "O-oh I s-see. I'll just go and wait in the other roo-".

"NOOOOOOO" Before he can even finish his sentence Shinobu breaks from her self imposed spell at the thought of being separated from her Keitaro, and leaps across the room to his arms weeping.

"Please Sempai don't leave me alone, please only you can protect me!" As she says this she gives him a hug that makes one of Su's feel like a firm handshake.

Both of the Urashimas were taken by surprised by this. For one, the normally quiet and reserved girl had just yelled and leaped into the arms of her not-so-secret love interest, something the young girl would never normally do unless she was truly terrified by something, and for another this was the first words since he had first found her.

Keitaro looked down at the trembling girl attached to him. He had no idea what he was meant to do in this kind of situation but he did know that he had to calm her down so he gently stroked her blue hair and whispered to her

"It's alright Shinobu-chan, it's alright your safe here you know that, Haruka wont let anyone hurt you and I'll just be in the next room so you don't have to worry about a thing. OK?"

"NO! Don't you understand?! It wasn't her that saved me it was YOU! It wasn't Naru, it wasn't Motoko, it was YOU! I'm only safe with YOU!" The girl shrieked.

Keitaro relented, he could never say no to any of his girls up at the dorm let alone Shinobu, especially in her current state.

"OK Shinobu-chan I won't leave you come let's sit you back down."

He led her over to sofa by the hand where Haruka was waiting.

"You alright Shinobu?" she asked. She nodded briefly but never let go of Keitaros hand.

"OK Shinobu-chan I have to ask you this. Can you remember what that pervert did to you?” she asked softly.

Shinobu shakes her head and Haruka sighs once again.

"That's alright Shinobu-chan I understand. Listen I have to check you down there. Do you understand?"

She nods then looks up towards Keitaro.

"Do you want Keitaro stay while I look or should he step outside?"

As she sees the grip on her nephews hand increase to what seems like breaking point Haruka pats her free hand and smiles reassuringly at her and says "OK, don't worry he can stay". She reaches into her apron for a wash cloth and handed it Keitaro.

"Here cover your eyes with this" he somehow manages to wrap the cloth around his head even though one had is still trapped by Shinobu.

Once he tells her that he's ready she tells Shinobu "OK Shinobu I have to take off your underwear and touch you down there, are you ready?"

Shinobu nods and Haruka says "OK I'm going to start now". She says in a slow measured tone.

Keitaro, blinded by the cloth, can only hear the rustling of material and Shinobu squeezing his hand tighter than before.

He heard Haruka sigh and some more rustling and Haruka said "OK Kei you can take that off now".

He tore off the blindfold and looked questioningly at his aunt.

"It looks like you got to her in time". She informs him.

Keitaro breathes a huge sigh of relief that Shinobu wasn't hurt, pulls her into a hug, kisses her forehead and whispers "Thank god".

"So what now?" he asked aunt.

"Now we go to the police".

"NO!"

Both adults looked at their young friend in surprise.

"Please don't tell anyone about this. Please no one else can find out about this."

Haruka tried to reason with the distraught girl "Please Shinobu you have to let us call the police. What if this sicko tries to do it again?"

Keitaro sneers at this and tells his aunt "Haruka, after what I did to that bastard it would be a medical miracle if he can piss straight let alone rape some one."

Haruka doesn't doubt him when he says these uncharacteristic words, but then if you knew Keitaro as long as she had you wouldn't have been surprised at how protective he is of people he loves either.

She does glare at him for being counter-productive and is about to yell at him when Shinobu says

"Please I couldn't stand it if everyone found, please promise me that you won't tell anyone what happened."

Everyone knew about Urashimas and promises Keitaro being the prime example of this but he had a habit of making promises that were nearly impossible keep and so he has been teaching himself to think things through before committing himself to something. His aunt is far smarter and level-headed than him and so is able to work in a loop-hole to her promise.

"OK Shinobu-chan we promise not to tell unless we have to, is that alright?"

"Y-you too Sempai?"

"Yes me too Shinobu-chan" trusting his aunt to know what is best to do.

"Thank you" She whispers before the days events finally catch up to her and she faints.

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They lay the young girl out on the sofa and cover her with a blanket and Haruka goes to make some tea for her and nephew while he watches over Shinobu. When she comes back she hands him his cup and he says

"Why her Haruka, out of everyone in the world why her? Out of every person I have ever known or heard of, if there's one person that doesn't deserve it's her".

"These things just happen and we have no control over. Just be thankful that you were able to save her in time."

"But what will happen to her now, you saw how she was how scared she was when I was about to leave her. What if the damage done was more mental or emotional than physical?"

"I don't know Kei, I really don't know." she sighs.

"The girls will be wondering where me and Shinobu are by now"

"Yeah but right now might not be the best time to take her up there."

"Why not?"

"You said it yourself, how will Naru and Motoko react to you carrying an unconscious and half naked Shinobu."

He smiles slightly and scratches the back of his head "oh yeah I guess your right. Um could you - "

"Sneak into the dorm; grab one of Shinobus shirts with out being caught? Consider it done."

"You know I hate it when you do that Aunt Haruka" to which he receives a fan to the side of his head.

"And you know I hate it when you call me aunt!" she not so gently scolds him

"hehe sorry must of slipped my mind" he says with a smile. He suddenly becomes a more serious and said to her "Thanks Haruka, I really mean it. If you weren't here I would have been completely lost."

"Don't worry about, what use is being your favourite aunt if I cant help you once in a while." She smirks at him knowing what he is going to say next.

"Um aren't you my only aunt." -SMACK-

"I just told you not to call me that."

"But you just.. I was just.. I give up"

She gave him a small smile and told him to keep an eye on Shinobu while she went to get her clothes.

Once he saw that is aunt had gone he walked back over to where his young friend was recovering.

He looked down upon the resting face of his young friend and he was relieved. From looking at her you could never imagine what had nearly happened to her not even an hour ago. Her eyes were covered by a few stray locks of blue hair but all in all she looked... peaceful.

Acting on instinct he reached down to brush the hair to the side of her pretty face. In doing so he woke the poor girl from her sleep. She slowly returned to the realm of conscious people. She looked around and was very surprised to see the smiling face of her Sempai who also had a hand stroking her hair.

"Sempai? Is that you? Where are we?"

"Yes it's me Shinobu-chan and we're down at Harukas tea shop." He explains to her.

"Tea Shop? Why was I asleep down here? Unless... it wasn't a dream was it Sempai?" She added quietly.

"No I'm afraid it wasn't Shinobu-chan" he replied sadly.

She sat up and looked at her hands resting in her lap. After a minute of silence she began to shake and weep. Seeing this Keitaro scooped her up in his arms and embraced her.

He whispered in her ear "Don't worry Shinobu-chan I promise I'll always look after you."

Shinobu escapes from his arms, looks at him and says "Sempai I can't ask you to do that for me, I can't ask you to give up your dreams, what about Naru and Tokyo U and finding your promise girl?"

Keitaro curses himself for doing it again. He was about to make a promise that would change his very life all because he spoke before he thought of the consequences. Shinobu was right, what about Naru and his 15 year old dream of getting into Tokyo U., could he just give all that up? He was still debating within himself when Shinobu's next words froze all his current thoughts.

"Besides I don't want to be a burden to you."

Those ten simple words broke Keitaros heart.

'She thinks she's a burden to me?'

Keitaro thinks back over all the memories he has made since he came to Hinita Sou. He realised something. It was always Shinobu. When he was sad it was her smiling face that cheered him up, it was her that cheered him on when ever he lost faith in himself, her that made him his favourite food after a long days work, was always worried about him when he got 'punished'. Through it all it was always Shinobu that was there for him.

'No I'm sure that can't be right' he thinks to himself.

He then closely examines the other girls under his care:

First there was Su the sweet little girl who had adopted him as her spare Oniisan. While there was never any malicious intent in her 'Hello-kicks' or any of the times she used him as a test subject she still caused him a lot of pain.

Secondly there was Kitsune. While she rarely caused him pain directly she has always delighted in playing with his emotions in order to skip out on rent or to get some free sake. She was always tricking him into compromising positions in which he would get in trouble for. He new it was all in good fun for her but she still caused him a lot of pain.

Thirdly there was Motoko, the beautiful kendo-girl. You would have thought that after all the time's he had helped her, shown her how kind he can be she would listen to his side of the story once in a while. Even though she only did it because she felt it necessary to protect her friends it still caused him a lot of pain.

Finally there was Naru the girl he loved, the girl who he opened up his heart to, the girl he was willing to give up his promise girl for. The girl had hurt him the most, always willing to take others sides over his, never listening to what he wants, even though he loved her she still caused him a lot of pain.

His mind drifts back to the girl in his arms. He thinks

'The closest thing to an angel on this earth and she thinks she's a burden to me?!'

Keitaro has always loved the young chief but he was unsure if it was a brotherly love or something more that he felt for her, the feeling was there, though and it was defiantly love.

He thinks about all the help she has given him since they met, everything that she has done for him. He thinks of all times he has made her sad, made her cry, disappointed her and through all this she stuck by him.

'She truly is an angel.' he thinks to himself.

Then he feels something he has never felt before.

Disgust.

Disgust with himself.

In that moment he sees what he thinks he truly is.

'I'm no better than that rapist.'

He thinks to himself.

Like a rapist he has used Shinobu countless time and not five seconds ago he was going to agree with Shinobu, that he shouldn't put his life on hold for her.

'What kind of person am I? This angel has always been there for me and I was about to abandon her, discard her like she was nothing.'

He starts to feel sick at the thought of what he nearly did.

He looks straight into the eyes of one of the people he considers most important and starts to cry.

Shinobu sees this and thinks she's the cause. She tries to leave his arms but he pulls her closer to him and she hears him whispering

"I'm so sorry, please forgive me. I'm so sorry, please forgive me. I'm so sorry, please ..."

Over and over again he recites those words. She pulls back and looks at his tear filled eyes. She has never seen him like this before and never wants to again.

"S-sempai? What's wrong? Please tell me I want to help you; I hate it when your sad Sempai please stop crying."

Her words reach him and he stops what he is saying to look at the girl.

"Sempai please tell me what you think you've done to be sorry about."

"I'm a terrible person Shinobu." He says looking away unable to meet her eye.

"No your not Sempai what made you think your a terrible person. You're the most wonderful person I know and one of my closest friends."

Keitaro flinches when she says this. "I don't deserve to be called your friend Shinobu-chan. What kind of friend would even think of abandoning you when you need them most? When you tried to talk me out of my promise to you I actually thought about listening to you. I actually thought about abandoning you for my own needs. Even after all the help and support you've given me since we met, I was willing to walk away from you. That's why I'm a terrible person and I don't deserve your friendship or your forgiveness." as he finishes he starts to cry again.

"Sempai" Shinobu says with tears in her eyes "whether you think you deserve them of not you have them. You don't even have to ask for them. You are my dearest friend, always trying to protect me, making sure that I'm happy and not an hour ago you saved my life. Because of you I'm alive and I wasn't raped and you will always have my friendship and forgiveness." She gathers all her courage and gives Keitaro a peck on the lips.

Keitaro was far too happy to be embarrassed by this and he hugged the girl to him and just kept saying thank you over and over again. Shinobu didn't mind this she was just happy that he was happy and that he was still part of her life.

They stayed like this for the next five minutes before someone cleared their throat and said "Not that I mind but some but some people might jump to the wrong conclusion if they see you hugging a shirtless girl in your lap."

Both of them looked up, their tears long since dried to see Haruka with a shirt in her hand and a small smile upon her lips.

It took a minute for what she said to register with both of them. When it did they both looked down to confirmed that Shinobu was indeed topless and still being hugged by Keitaro, they both turned a deep shade of red and while Shinobu dived for the blanket that covered her a little while ago Keitaro looked for something to stop be blood pouring out his nose.

Haruka laughs lightly at the two before her. She hands Shinobu the shirt and tells her to put it on. She waits until the two have composed themselves enough to get a coherent sentence out of them.

"It's good to see that you somewhat back to your old self Shinobu-chan, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you if your sure about not going to the police."

Shinobu looks at the floor while saying "I'm sorry but I don't want anyone else to know what nearly happened to me. I couldn't live with myself if everyone knew." As she thinks about how humiliated she would be if everyone found out she begins too tear up. That is until she felt someone squeeze her hand. She stares at the hand and follows it up the arm and into the eyes of Keitaro.

"Shinobu-chan what ever you decide me and Haruka will support you. I promised you that I'll always look after you and I plan on doing just that in any way possible. And don't even think of trying to talk me out of it." he said smiling warmly at her

"Sempai" Shinobu mummers as her eyes once again fill with tears. She soon finds herself in his arms again with him softly stroking her hair.

Across from the pair Haruka looked at her nephew and she has never felt as proud of him as she did right now. She could hear the conviction in his voice and she knew that no matter what he would keep this promise.

As the two separate from one another Shinobu looks at Haruka and sees her nod and smile in agreement to what Keitaro just said.

"OK then are you two ready to go up stairs now the girls are probably wondering where you are by now."

Keitaro stiffens hears this and realizes what is likely to happen to him if he turns up late with Shinobu. He looks towards Haruka for help.

"Don't worry Kei I'll be coming up with you to stop any misunderstandings."

"Thanks Haruka."

So the three of them left the Tea rooms together and made their way up the Stone Staircase. Haruka allowed her two companions to go a head so she can observe them. Apart from the fact that they were both a bit more nervous than usual (which is understandable seeing as what had just happened to Shinobu and what was likely about to happen to Keitaro) and that Shinobu was standing closer to him than her shyness would usually allow. Haruka wasn't sure if this was a good thing of not but she believed that either one or two things have happened. Either Shinobu has developed a dependence on her nephew and could possibly become distressed if she spends any amount of time away from him or the relationship between the two has moved to a new level. What level this is will remain to be seen but its obvious to nearly everyone how Shinobu feels about him and from how he acts around the young chief its obvious that he cares about her but as to the nature of this affection is unknown to everyone.

Her musings were interrupted when she heard a woman yelling "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN AND WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING TO SHINOBU!”

Haruka sighs and picks up the pace to catch up with her nephew.

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As soon as Keitaro and Shinobu reach the top of the stairs they hear

"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN AND WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING TO SHINOBU!”

Both Keitaro and Shinobu flinch when they hear the voice and Keitaro starts to shake in fear.

"N-Naru I haven't been doing anything to Shinobu-chan".

"LAIR, I KNOW WHAT PERVERTS LIKE YOU DO TO INNOCENT GIRLS LIKE SHINOBU, NOW STAND STILL AND TAKE YOUR PUNISHMENT!"

Naru pulls her arm back and lets swing her strongest punch ever to deal with the pervert once and for all.

Imagine every-ones surprise when instead of a flying pervert they see a very pissed off looking Haruka with Narus fist safely in the palm of her hand.

To say that Haruka was angry was like saying that the North Pole was slightly chilly. Normally Haruka didn't involve herself in her nephews squabbles with his tenants, deciding that he was old enough to fight his own battles but after everything that just happened there was no way in hell that she would allow him to be punished for this.

Haruka pushed Naru back and she fell on the ground and said

"Both Keitaro and Shinobu have been helping me out down at the tea rooms. They asked me to call up here to tell you but I was too busy and it slipped my mind. So if you have a problem with that I suggest you take it up with me rather than my nephew."

She glares at each of the tenants in turn to make sure that none of them have a problem with that.

"Good now if I see my nephew fly across the sky tonight I will be very annoyed is that clear?" Even Keitaro nods his head at her. Satisfied that her point has been made she continues "Now its been a long hard day so I'm going to down to my tea shop and have a drink, I may be up later to use the hot springs if I can be bothered walking up the steps again but if I don't come up it means I don't want to be disturbed tonight unless its an emergency."

Only once she it was certain that Haruka was out of ear shot Kitsune was the first to snap out of her thoughts and said

"Well that was unexpected wasn't it?"

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~11 O'clock Managers room~

We find our lovable hero Keitaro lying awake in his futon staring at the ceiling unable to sleep with all of the days events ruining through his mind. At the front of his mind he thinks about his poor Shinobu-chan and whether she is really coping with what happened or if she's just hiding it away. This thought then led to the revelation of Shinobu believing she was a burden on him and the others. He would have to find a way to boost her confidence and to reassure her that she wasn't a burden on anyone. This then led to him thinking how was he meant to do anything without raising suspicion with the other girls. Thinking of this then leads to another dozen issues that need to be addressed which is why we find Keitaro awake at a time he would either be studying for the a test or sleeping the sleep of the exhausted. A soft knocking on his door interrupts his thought process.

He groggily lies on his side to face the door "Who is it?" he asks.

The door slowly opened revelling a quite distressed Shinobu dressed in her pyjamas "um sorry to be um bothering you this late Sempai but um..."

"Shinobu-chan what's wrong is there something that I can help you with" he asked with a voice full of concern.

"Um Sempai I'm-m scared to sleep by my self tonight. S-so I w-was wondering if I could s-stay w-with you?"

Keitaro froze. What should he do? If the other girls found out they would kill him! and with Naru always poking her head through that hole we would be cau-

While his mind was going a mile a minute he suddenly remembered the promise he made to her.

'I can't believe that I'd nearly broke my promise I only made to her a few hours ago' he scolds himself

Looking at Shinobu he smiled, slid over to the other side of the futon and said "of course you can Shinobu-chan".

The look of relief that flooded her face was enough to banish any misgivings about letting her stay with him.

When she lay down facing him he noticed she was shaking so he wrapped his arms around her giving her the comfort that she was looking for.

"Thank you Sempai I'm sorry for being such a bother to you." she says with a slight blush on her cheeks and her eyes unable met his.

Keitaro takes his arm that is not trapped under Shinobu and uses his hand to gently lift her face so their eyes met and to softly stroke her cheek with his thumb.

"Shinobu-chan never think of yourself as a bother or a burden. If you ever need help please just ask, if you're sad, lonely, angry, confused please come see me so I can help you."

Shinobu sees the sincerity in his eyes blushes even more and says "Thank you".

Keitaro smiles and tenderly kisses her on the forehead and says "Anything for you my Angel now get some rest OK."

Shinobu snuggles against his chest in order to fell better and she smiles. She might not know what would happen tomorrow, but right now? She was safe.

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Well that's the end of my first ever attempt at writing fan fiction. I hope you all enjoyed it, any ways to improve or just any mistakes that you find please tell me. If you enjoyed it please tell my why if you hated it don't just say so. Please give a reason otherwise I can never improve. Any ways please leave a review regardless of your opinions.

Other things

1) I have no idea when this is set in the LH timeline but I know it's before Kei and Naru get together.

2)the ages of the characters are

Kei & kit - 20

Naru - 18

Motoko - 17

Su & shin - 16

3) If you're pissed of because of the things I said about Shin at the beginning don't be. I think she and Kanako are the best characters and what I said was sort of meant to be from Shin's perspective and how she feels in comparison to her friends with her low self esteem

4) This Fic it will most be a keiXshin fic as the majority out there are Motoko based and while they are good stories I think there is a deficit of Shin fics

Well that's all I can think of but if you have any questions just ask and ill try to get back to you.