Love Hina Fan Fiction ❯ Love Hina Next ❯ The Strange Girl and the Samurai! ( Chapter 4 )

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<P>Wah-ha, hello everyone! Here we are, the 4th chapter in this tale… Here we go!</p><P>Kouji Tamino</p><P></p><P>&#9;And so, the rest of the day went on… Shima, after recovering from that violent encounter, rubbed the back of his head again. He then got a grin on his face. “T’was worth the pain…” He walked out of his room and walked up another set of stairs. He sighed as he stood in front of Tokimi’s door. “Now I really think I should apologize…” He knocked on her door, and waited.</p><P>&#9;The door opened, and Tokimi glared. Fortunately for Shima, she was fully clothed this time. “What do you want?…” She then looked away, remembering what had happened earlier.</p><P>&#9;“Um, I was just wondering…” Shima began. “When I first came here, this room was almost completely empty except for a doll and a blanket…” He waved his hands in front of him in defense. “I had NO idea that you were staying in this room!”</p><P>&#9;Tokimi blinked. “Oh… Well you see, about a day before you got here, my old room got totaled during a Mecha Tama battle between the ‘Su Sisters’… I just recently settled into this room.”</p><P>&#9;“Oh… Okay…” Shima backed up slowly. “Um, I’ll be going now!”</p><P>&#9;“Wait…” Tokimi muttered.</p><P>&#9;“Hm?” Shima wondered, stopping.</p><P>&#9;“You saw them, didn’t you?…” Tokimi asked.</p><P>&#9;“I didn’t mean to, though!” Shima shouted.</p><P>&#9;Tokimi shook her head. “No, silly… I mean… The marks…”</p><P>&#9;Shima calmed down and sighed. “Well, yeah…”</p><P>&#9;“… Come on in…” Tokimi stood aside to let Shima in. Shima accepted the invitation and walked in. Tokimi closed the door.</p><P>&#9;</p><P>&#9;<B>Love Hina Next</p></B><P>&#9;Chapter 4: The Strange Girl and the Samurai!</p><P>&#9;A few minutes later, Shima was listening to Tokimi talk, his fist clenched. “That’s horrible! I can’t believe that someone could do that to their own child, their own flesh and blood…”</p><P>&#9;“And that’s why my mother sent me here… Unfortunately, I have to visit my family occasionally, and then my father continues to beat me and mother…” Tokimi began to cry.</p><P>&#9;“That’s… not right…” Shima began. “You shouldn’t let him do that. You should tell someone!”</p><P>&#9;Tokimi looked up, tears running down her face. “But I can’t! I’m too scared…”</p><P>&#9;“Don’t be scared!” Shima yelled. “If he even tries to touch you, I’ll kick his ass!”</p><P>&#9;“… Why would you do that for me?” Tokimi muttered.</p><P>&#9;“Umm… Because, I hate guys like that…” Shima quickly recovered fom her question. “While I do get in fights, I don’t beat up the defenseless…”</p><P>&#9;Tokimi glared playfully. “Hey, I’m not defenseless! Why do you think I took Kung-Fu? Take that!” She began to punch the young man playfully, but <I>hard</I>.</p><P>&#9;“Ow, ow! Hey! Stop!” Shima laughs, trying to guard himself from the punches.</p><P>&#9;“But really… I’m… kind of scared of the next time I have to go over there…” Tokimi sighed.</p><P>&#9;“Don’t worry… He may be your father, but he’ll have to get past me…” Shia glared.</p><P>&#9;Tokimi shook her head. “… Thank you, but no… I don’t want you getting hurt over me…”</p><P>&#9;“Getting hurt?!” Shima yelled.</p><P>&#9;“Yeah…” Tokimi began, looking away. “My dad is a big guy…”</p><P>&#9;Shima stared at her. “…So?”</p><P>&#9;Tokimi burst out laughing. “You… But you should get out of here, before people get the wrong ideas…” She suddenly, somehow yanked him up off the ground, opened the door, and pushed him out. “Bye!” She said, closing the door. She smiled slightly. “He’s kind of cute when he’s not being a jerk…”</p><P>&#9;Shima blinked rapidly. “Well that was… Interesting…” Suddenly, he was pounced on and attacked. “Gyah!”</p><P>&#9;“Tell me!!!” Rikina Su screamed, yanking on his ears. “What did you do to poor Tokimi in there, you pig?!”</p><P>&#9;“Nothing!! We just talked!” Shima yelled, his ears being yanked. “Now get off!”</p><P>&#9;Rikina stared at him in digust. “…You wish I would…”</p><P>&#9;“…What the hell is wrong with you?!” Shima screamed in exasperation. “You always think the worst of me!”</p><P>&#9;“Because you did some pretty freaky stuff the first time we met!” Rikina sighed, then got up off of Shima.</p><P>&#9;“… Well, that was an accident…” Shima muttered.</p><P>&#9;“Not to mention the fact that Sarah warned us of you talking about peeking on us…” Rikina glared.</p><P>&#9;“I was just kidding!” Shima defended.</p><P>&#9;“… Saying it numerous times?” Rikina yelled. “I don’t think so…”</p><P>&#9;“Look, I really don’t want to deal with your crap right now… I just want to--”</p><P>&#9;“By the way…”, Rikina interrupted, “Sarah needs you down at the restaurant…”</p><P>&#9;Shima growled in annoyance. “Then why didn’t you tell me that in the first place, instead of wasting my time?!”</p><P>&#9;Rikina smiled evilly. “Because you’re so fun to annoy… Now get out of here, Yama-chan, you’ll be late…”</p><P>&#9;“…Shut up…” Shima muttered, walking down to the restaurant. When he made it there, he saw Sarah standing next to a girl with brown hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a pink tank top, the left strap drooping down her shoulder slightly, and jean shorts. On her feet were a pair of sandals. Her hair was tied into a short pony tail that seems to droop over to her right side.</p><P>&#9;The girl waved and smiled. “Hi hi!”</p><P>&#9;Shima raised an eyebrow. “Um, hey…” He said, waving back.</p><P>&#9;Sarah put her hand on the girls shoulder. “Yamato, this is Nina Chase. Age 16. She’s the daughter of an old friend of mine in America. She’s going to be staying with us for a little while.”</p><P>&#9;Shima glared. “I said don’t call me Yama--” He quickly stopped speaking as Sarah gave him a quick glare.</p><P>&#9;“… Anyway”, Sarah began, “There really isn’t much work for you to do today, so I want you to show Nina around the town…” She glared at Shima again. “You don’t have a problem with that, do you?…”</p><P>&#9;“Ooooh…” Nina cooed, as a butterfly flew by. She began to chase it.</p><P>&#9;Shima shrugged. “Well, I don’t see why not… She seems normal enough…” He sweat dropped as Nina ran by, chasing the butterfly. “… Sort of…”</p><P>&#9;Sarah smiled. “Good, good…” She then leaned over to Shima and whispered. “Just one thing, though… Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT give her any sweets…”</p><P>&#9;“Eh?!” Shima exclaimed.</p><P>&#9;“Um…” Sarah began, standing back and smiling again. “Trust me on this one…”</p><P>&#9;“Uh, okay…” Shima raised and eyebrow. He called over to Nina. “Yo! Let’s go!”</p><P>&#9;“Ehhh?” Nina tilted her head, her tiptoes on the edge of the steps. “Wazzat?”</p><P>&#9;“Er…” Shima muttered. “I’d be careful if I were--”</p><P>&#9;Nina suddenly tilted over, rolling down the stairs. “Wee! Ow. Wee! Ow.”</p><P>&#9;Shima sighed. “Oh, shit… We got another psycho…”</p><P>&#9;</p><P>&#9;In the city, Shima sighs as Nina zooms around in circles around him. People begin to stare, some people laughing. “Oh god, please kill me…” Shima’s eyes widened as he heard a zooming car speeding towards him and Nina. “I didn’t mean it literally!” He turned and stared in horror, prepared for the worst. Suddenly, the car seemed to split in two, the driver unharmed. The driver looked around and began to run away. He suddenly ran right into a tall woman with a sword, wearing a familiar outfit…</p><P>&#9;The woman sneered at the man. “Drunk driving this early in the day? You digust me… Begone, before your car isn’t the only thing that tastes my blade…” She dangerously began to unsheathe the sword at her side. The man screamed, then ran away as fast as he could.</p><P>&#9;Shima raised an eyebrow. “Now <I>that</I> was cool… She sliced that car in two without even touching it with her sword!” He ran toward her to thank her, but a crowd began to form. He fought his way through the pushing crowd, but by the time he got through, she was gone. “Damn… Oh, well. Oops, forgot about Nina!” He ran back to the streets, but Nina was nowhere to be seen. “Nina?” He screamed, searching around for her. “Nina! Damnit!” Shima whimpered. “Sarah is gonna kill me…” Suddenly, he heard people screaming and talking. He saw another crowd, and tapped someone on the shoulder. “Um, excuse me…” He asked. “But what the hell is going on?”</p><P>&#9; A random guy looked to Shima, eyes widened. “I gave this cute, but hyper girl my ice cream, and all of a sudden she went insane! She trashed a few nearby stores and is now climbing up that tall building!” He pointed. Sure enough, Nina was climbing, no, <B>running</B> up the side of the building.</p><P>&#9;“Holy shit!” Shima screamed. “How is that even possible?!” He groaned, and smacked his head. “Great… If she gets hurt, Sarah will mutilate me…”</p><P>&#9;“Need a hand, young man?…” a female voice said.</p><P>&#9;“Huh?…” Shima turned around, seeing the samurai woman from before. “Oh, hey! It’s you again! I never got to thank you for--”</p><P>&#9;The samurai woman glared. “There’s not enough time… Hop on my back… I can only hope my aging body can pull this off… Plus, I’ve been caught up in my writing lately…”</p><P>&#9;Shima raised an eyebrow. “Um… Okay…” He carefully got on her back, when she suddenly hopped on top of the smallest building. “Wait! You aren’t going to do what I think you’re going to do, are you?!”</p><P>&#9;“Look, you want to save her?” The samurai woman asked. “Then please cooperate…” She then began to hop from building to building, each one taller than the last.</p><P>&#9;Meanwhile, Nina had reached the top of the building she was running up. She began doing flips and cartwheels on top of the roof. “Weeeheeheehee! ChocoChoco Ice Cream with Bubblegum!” She began to walk on a flagpole. “Step, step, step…”</p><P>&#9;Suddenly, the samurai woman and Shima reached the top of the roof. “Nina!” Shima yelled. “Don’t move!”</p><P>&#9;Nina looked back and smiled. “Shima-Shooma, Yama-Yummy!”</p><P>&#9;Shima slapped his forehead. “Oh hell…” Nina then took this opportunity to jump. “Nina, no!” Shima ran toward the roof, but the samurai woman stopped him. “What are you doing?! We have to save her!”</p><P>&#9;The woman simply stared. “Wait…”</p><P>&#9;Shima heard an engine. Suddenly, a cat shaped mecha of some sort appeared in the sky. It opened up and Rikina smiled, Nina bouncing in a seat next to her. “Hello, Yama-chan… I see that you can’t even watch an innocent girl without getting in trouble.”</p><P>&#9;“Rikina Su?! What are you doing here?! And what is that thing?!”</p><P>&#9;Rikina pouted playfully. “Awww… Is that anyway to treat the person who helped you out?… Oh, and this thing? It’s the Mecha-Kuro Mark 20... But oh well, I won’t let you ruin my day… I’ll just tell Sarah how irresponsible you were, and let <I>her</I> deal with you…” The Mecha-Kuro started closing again.</p><P>&#9;“Rikina, no!!! You’d better not tell Sarah, or I’ll--” The mecha had closed, and was now leaving. “Damnit…” Shima sighed and turned around. “Well, thank you anyway, Miss---”</p><P>&#9;“Aoyama. Motoko Aoyama.” The woman replied. She then smiled. “And it was my pleasure… Yamato Urashima.”</p><P>&#9;“Wha?! You know my name?!” Shima said, surprised.</p><P>&#9;“Of course… I was there with the others, the day your parents came back with you as a baby…” She sighed. “Well, I must be off for now… Goodbye!” Motoko then jumped down to the nearest building, hopping off into the sunset.</p><P>&#9;“Bye!” Shima yelled. After about a second, a horrifying thought came to mind. “Wait! I don’t know how to get down from here!” He yelled I the distant, shaking his fist. “Get back here, damn it!”</p><P>&#9;</p><P>&#9;A few hours later, a tired, beaten Shima made it back to Hinata House. He wipe the blood trickling down his mouth. “I really gotta stop pissing so many gang members off… Heh, that was a fun fight, though…” He walked up the steps, flinching as his fractured leg hit the ground hard again. He reached the top, and sighed. “Sarah’s gonna be extra pissed off, though…”</p><P>&#9;“I sure as hell am extra pissed off! First you get poor Nina in trouble, then you get in another friggin fight!” a voice screamed over from the left.</p><P>&#9;“Oh, crap!” Shima yelled, looking in the direction of the voice. “Sarah, I’m sorry!”</p><P>&#9;“Oh, you’ll be sorry… Right after I kick the shit out of you!” Sarah lunged at Shima.</p><P>&#9;The scene quickly changes to Tokimi and Rikina hanging out in Tokimi’s room. Tokim was painting Rikina’s finger nails black. “Rikina?” Tokimi asked.</p><P>&#9;“Yeah?” Rikina raised an eyebrow.</p><P>&#9;Tokimi put the nail polish down. “Did you just hear Shima scream in agonizing pain?”</p><P>&#9;Rikina looked at the hand that was currently drying. “Yama-chan? Macho Shima? Nah, it’s all in your head, dear…”</p><P>&#9;Tokimi blinked, unsure. “Okay…”</p><P>&#9;<B>End Chapter 4</p></B>
<P>&#9;</p><P>&#9;Sorry this one took so long. I think I’m gonna only update on Monday’s, Wednesday’s, and Friday’s. If I miss a day, I’ll try my best to update the next day. With that in mind, seeya Wednesday!</p><P>Kouji Tamino</p>