Author´s Note: Ok, I know, it´s been a long time, sorry... I didn´t had the time to update the story... but at least I´m alive and I´ll try to keep this updated more oftenly. Probabily this fic is going to have a good number of chapters, but I don´t really know how many... And I´m sorry about my grammar (I know that it sucks...).

"words" - speech

"words" - thoughts

Hard life as manager and student

A week passed smoothly (perhaps not really for Keitaro) without any great emotion, (except by Keitaro being launched to the sky, due to his clumsiness or being a guinea pig to Kaolla new weapons) as Keitaro started to go to the school and do his duties as manager.

"Ugh... Time to wake up..." said Keitaro in a very sleepy tone. "I have to clean the hot springs before everybody wakes up, and after that I got to rush to the school" he thought.

As he finished to clean the hot springs, he heard some noises.

"What could it be?" he said and started to follow the sound that leaded him to the roof. "Ah, that´s right, it´s just Motoko-chan in her morning session of training." he though. "Better leave or I´m going to piss her..." he just thought that as, Motoko launched him a ki blast.

"Arrrghhh!" he screamed.

"What are you doing here so early?" she said with a stern expression.

"Ouch... I heard you as I finished the cleaning in the hot spring, but I was still a little sleepy and I forgot that only you wake up so early, sorry about the sneaking." he said smiling.

"But why you cleaned the hot spring so early? Why not after the school?" she asked.

"Uhn, well... you see... I guess I wanted to avoid being attacked by you or Naru thinking that I was peeking on the girls.." he said with a sweatdrop in his face. "Well, I better go and make the breakfast." he said as was leaving the roof.

"What a way to start the day... a morning attack... I guess this is a bad sign" Keitaro thought while making the breakfast.

"Good morning, Sempai." greeted Shinobu as she entered in the kitchen. "Oh, you done the breakfast alone?" she asked.

"Well, I woke up early today, so I got some free time to do this." Keitaro replied.

"Good morning." said Naru. "Huh? The breakfast is ready? You are very fast, Shinobu-chan." she said looking to Shinobu.

"It was not me, Sempai done it alone." Shinobu said with a light blush.

"What? He made it?" Naru replied with a surprised face. "He´s not that bad after all..." she thought.

"Good morning, everybody! Is breakfast ready?" entered a jumping Kaolla.

"Yes, it is ready." Keitaro replied smiling.

"Urgh.. Good..morning..." said Kitsune with a plastered face.

"Drinking again, Kitsune?" said Naru with a stern face.

"Good morning." said Motoko with a plain voice.

"Since everybody is here, let´s eat." said Keitaro taking his seat.

Everybody started to eat and talking, but only Keitaro wasn´t speakning because he was eating very fast.

"Why the hurry, Keitaro?" asked Kitsune.

"I have to go to the school, remember? Or your hangover made you forgot that?" Keitaro replied with tenuous mocking face.

"Well, I have to go, I´ll finish the cleaning Hinata Sou after school." He said running outside.

(at school)

"Well, well... how was your test today, Keitaro?" said Haitani.

"Uhn, not so well, but not so bad I guess." Keitaro replied.

"Hey, the result of the last test is up!" called Shirai. "Let´s see where are you Keitaro..."

"Keitaro Urashima... Ranked 109th? That´s average, I guess." said Haitani. "It´s not that bad, why haven´t you passed in the other years?" he asked.

"Ah, don´t remember me that... the first time I got really nervous and because that I forgot almost everything that I studied that day... the second time, I got many troubles in my way to the exam, like I almost got hit by a car twice, and another got me in the third time and others things happened after that, and because of all that fuzz I got late to the exam..." Keitaro replied.

"Well, sorry about that... we´re going to eat something, are you coming with us?" asked Shirai.

"No, thank you, I´ll eat something later." Keitaro replied.

"Ok, then we´ll see you later." said Haitani, and after that both them leaved the class.

"108th, huh? It´s not bad really, but if I´m going to Toudai better improve my grades... and who were the first?...HUH! Naru Narusegawa!... But if she have done the test where is she?..." Thought Keitaro, as started to look for Naru. "Let´s see... ?" Keitaro was surprised to almost not recognise Naru due to her hair outfit and glasses. "I never knew that she use glasses..." As he thought that he walks towards Naru.

"You really wants to get into Toudai, don´t you? You still in high scholl and also goes here." Keitaro said with a smile. .

"Huh! Keitaro?" Said Naru with a very surprised face. "How did he recognise me?" she thought. "Ah.. well... I guess you can say it so." she replied. "How did you knew that I study here?" she asked.

"Not hard to tell, you were ranked first on the test..." he replied.

"Ah, that´s right, hehe..." she smiled with a sweatdrop in her face.

"But why this outfit? You are much more pretty with your usual outfit." he asked.

With that commentary Naru blushed and put her face down, but suddenly she raises her head with a angered expression and punchs him throwing Keitaro outside of the class.

"AAARRRGHH!" Keitaro screamed.

"THAT´S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" She yelled.

"Why this things only happens to me?" He said with sad expression. "Mental note: I´ll keep my commentaries to myself till the right time..."

After that the rest of the classes went smoothly (for Keitaro too, after all, Naru can´t punch him in normal circunstances during the class) and then when the classes finished Naru stands beside to Keitaro.

"Shall we go now?" she asked with a light smile.

"Sorry, I have to go to the grocery store..." he replied.

"Ok them, see you later." with that Naru leaved.

So Keitaro took a path to the grocery store, and after an hour he got back to Hinata Sou and got a kicking greet from Kaolla.

"Welcome back, Keitaro! Won´t you play with me now?" said Kaolla.

"I guess I´ve born under a unlucky star..." Keitaro thought. "Later, Kaolla, now I have to put this things on the kitchen and after that I have to finish the cleaning in the inn..." he said with a smile.

"Ok, them. I´ll ask someone else." said Kaolla smiling.

Then, Keitaro headed to the kichen and stored the food, and went to his room to change his cloth to clean the rest of the inn, the corridors to the outside windows, and now while he was sweeping the front of Hinata Sou, Kitsune, Motoko, Kaolla attached in Motoko´s back, were seeing Keitaro doing his work as manager.

"He´s handling his duties very well." said Kitsune.

"But because of that he only can play with me few times." added Kaolla with a little sad face.

"What have you seen in that stupid pervert male?" asked Motoko.

"That´s because he looks like my big brother." replied a smiling Kaolla.

"Plus." added Kitsune. "He may have that baby face, but he´s not that stupid, he´s smarter than he may appear."

After finishing the sweeping Keitaro ocasionaly looked to all the windows and got a glimpse of the three girls upstairs and waved to then smiling. Kitsune and Kaolla waved back in response.

"Time to get a bath, and try to study till the dinner." he said while heading inside the inn. "I´ll study if I don´t sleep before... I don´t have to pay the rent, but this job is surely tiresome..."

Changing his cloths to go to the bathroom, Naru popped down through the hole between their rooms, but Keitaro was only wearing his underwear that made him to appear a sweatdrop in both faces.

"Keitaro, are you there...?" she asked with her eyes wide open. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOUR PERVERT!" saying that while throwing a punch in his face.

"Why me...?" he thought, and then putting a pair of pants. "It was YOU who entered in my room without knocking, but why I have to get a punch?" he asked.

"Ah.. well... sorry... But I wanted to know if you wanted a help to study together after the dinner." she said changing the subject.

"Oh, that´s fine to me, after all you were ranked 1st in the test." he said with a smile. "Now, if you excuse me, I´m going to take a bath."he added.

Now inside his bathtub, he started to relax his sore muscles. "Oww... this day were really tiresome, not only today work, but today I´ve got attacked more than usual...well, better get used to it..." he thought.

After his bath, Shinobu gathered the residents to dinner and one by one were entering in the kitchen. After all the people got a seat, they started eating and talking some amenities, then Shinobu turned to Keitaro.

"You worked really hard today Sempai, didn´t you?" she asked.

"Oh, nothing really, just doing my job." he replied smiling.

"You seem to understand now your dutie as manager." added Motoko with her eyes closed and sipping her miso soup. "And more important, today you hadn´t make any perverted act."

"Not me, at least..." Keitaro thought smiling with a sweatdrop in his face.

After the dinner Keitaro got up and headed to his room.

"The dinner were great, thank you Shinobu-chan." he said.

"Ah, thank you, it was nothing..." he replied with a faint blush.

"When she grows up, she is going to be a great wife, but I still have to understand why she likes me, neither how to handle it... I never had a girlfriend... I´m nothing great..." Keitaro thought as he opened the door of his room, then he closed it.

Some time later, Naru started to get impatient about Keitaro´s delay, while she were studing.

"Why that idiot is so late? I bet that he forgot." saying that she opened the hole in the floor and started yelling. "HEY, YOU IDIOT, HADN´T ANYONE SAID THAT´S UMPOLITE TO LEAVE A WOMAN WAITING!" but all she saw was a sleeping Keitaro resting his head in his arms on the table.

So she got down and with faint smile she put a futon on him.

"I guess that today were a hard day for him... but he looks cute like this." she thought and then she got back to her room.

A update at last... I have put aside my laziness... and I don´t think that this chapter is good, but not so bad either, so give me some feedback... so I can write something better.

Now I want another opinion... I haven´t decided a pairing... so you can vote and that´s is going to help me a lot to evolve this story, so which one?

Keitaro/Naru - I think that´s something redundant...

Keitaro/Shinobu - It´s a interesting one...

Keitaro/Motoko - Well, this one is very popular...

Keitaro/Mutsumi - Although she hadn´t appeared yet...

Keitaro/Kitsune - That´s a little improbable...

Keitaro/Kaolla - Honestly I don´t think that they fit...

Keitaro/Kanako - I like her, but she also hadn´t appeared yet.

Keitaro/OC - This would be a hard one...

So I want your opinion and please review.