A/N: OK, before I get a decent amount of flames and bashings from you Love Hina fans…please note this is my first one so bare with me here. Also, I've barely seen the anime so I'm also gonna need your help with this as well. If there's any information that I leave out, I'll need you guys to help me fill in those gaps. Now some of you are probably wondering why someone like me is starting to write Love Hina fanfics, let's just say after seeing some AMVs and reading a few fanfics got me interested. Also, there's another warning for ALL of you, this fanfic is going to be VERY depressing so you might need a tissue box.

Disclaimer: I do not own Love Hina nor do I own any characters associated with the anime. All rights to this anime go directly to its creator and Ban-Dai Entertainment. All characters not relating to the anime are strictly from the author's imagination and not meant to depict any real life persons or situations thereof.

Blind Love
By: SulliMike23

Chapter 1

It was a beautiful summer day in the Hinata Inn; the birds were chirping, the people outside the Inn were going about their daily business…

"KYAA! PERVERT!" BAM!

…And Keitaro was once again sent to L.E.O. (Low Earth Orbit) by his girlfriend, Naru. Yep, it was just another typical day in the neighborhood around the Hinata Inn. Even though there were a few things different than they were a couple years ago, since Keitaro and Naru confessed their love for each other back during the holidays, it was still the same bashings he got every time the girl tenants of the Inn thought he was doing something perverted thanks to his bad luck he claims he has. Luckily for him, he's immortal so no matter how high the altitude he goes…Keitaro always comes back in a cartoonish style.

Speaking of the devil…BAM! He just fell face first into the middle of a construction sight startling the workers. Someone was about to use his or her cell phone to call an ambulance but Keitaro simply got up and spoke in a woozy-like voice, "I'm Ok." Then fell down again from the pain.

After a few minutes, he regained consciousness and looked around holding his head from the headache from landing. "Ugh…why me?"

"The NERVE of him!" Naru groaned, as she got dressed after Keitaro after he walked in on her in the hot springs earlier that earned him a one-way ticket into the stratosphere. She then sighed knowing he'll be back with his apologies as usual. "Sometimes I even wonder why I love him."

"Keitaro walk in on you again?" Came a voice, which came from the inn's drunken resident Kitsune.

"Yep." Naru sighed walking into the dining room where everyone else was eating another one of Shinobu's meals that she cooks regularly for everyone. "I swear he needs to start knocking once in a while."

"Yeah, it'll save him a few trips into the atmosphere." Mutsume joked, getting a laugh out of every girl at the table.

"I hope sempai hurries or he'll miss breakfast." Shinobu said with a glum look as always.

"Oh don't worry, Shinobu," Motoko said to ease her companion's worry while sipping her tea. "You know how much he loves your cooking, it's one of the many reasons why he never misses breakfast."

"I hope so…"

Speaking of Keitaro, he was already rushing to get back home even though he was still in his pajamas. He didn't care though, all he cared about was getting home to enjoy Shinobu's meals and apologize to Naru, as always. Hey, how would you feel if you accidentally walked in on your girlfriend if she was half-naked in some hot springs while underneath her towel she was wearing nothing and she hit you sending you a mile away from home? Still, Keitaro did love Naru and she felt the same, despite the quirks (which they're still trying to work on).

"C'mon legs, get me home!" He muttered to himself as he continued to sprint back to the inn.

"WATCH OUT!"

Keitaro immediately stopped in his tracks in time to see a truck carrying over a dozen barrels with a toxic emblem on them almost spinning out of control. Many of the frightened bystanders managed to get out of the way but during the calamity one of the barrels managed to snap off the bed and roll down the street towards a five-year-old boy. Keitaro noticed this and immediately sprang into action; he got in front of the kid and managed to catch the barrel, although with the added weight he fell on his butt.

"Ow…"

"Thanks mister." The boy said walking out of the street.

"No problem, kid." He said with a smile but it was to be short lived.

"LOOK OUT!" A woman screamed, making Keitaro whip his head back towards where the truck was only to see another barrel rolling towards him.

Knowing he couldn't catch this one, he did the only thing he could do; he lifted the barrel he already had in his hands and used it as a shield to try and bounce the other one away. However, when the two barrels impacted, Keitaro was knocked down into the concrete while the two barrels broke open spraying their toxic chemicals around the area, some of which into Keitaro's eyes. Screaming in pain, he let go of the barrel he held and brought his hands to his face covering his eyes from any more of the chemicals that might spray elsewhere. The two now empty barrels rolled to the side while many of the pedestrians and drivers went over to Keitaro while some had already reached for their cell phones and called for an ambulance.

Sunset had already come to the Hinata house, and yet Keitaro still didn't return after Naru practically sent him into orbit. The strain of worry was already beginning to settle in on the seven ladies of the house. The one who was worried the most, other than Shinobu, was Naru.

"It's already nine o'clock and he still hasn't come back yet!" Naru practically yelled. "It's not like him to be out this late."

"Relax, I'm sure he's got a good explanation. You probably sent him site-seeing over America." Kitsune joked trying to ease up the tension in the house, but to no avail.

"You're not helping Kitsune!" Naru snarled through her clenched teeth.

"Hey I'm just trying to calm everyone down. Besides, when has Keitaro ever not returned without his patented apologies?" She asked with her foxy grin.

"Indeed, he always does act civil towards us, despite his perverted antics." Motoko added to the conversation. "After all, he is the house landlord and does so much for us."

"Only because we tell him to." Su added almost cheerfully.

"Yes but still…" Naru said looking out the window towards the sunset. "This isn't like him to be out so late."

For once, all of the girls agreed with a nod and looked at Naru; who had a saddened and worried face all in one. As much as some of them enjoy punishing him for his antics, it's not as fun at the Hinata House without him and even they admit that. There's not a day that goes by the girls adore him for all the things that he's done for them, especially Naru. He does pretty much everything to make these girls happy, even though it backfires on him in the end, and yet most of the time he succeeds.

Now things were starting to go back to the way they were before he came along into their lives. But they were also very worried on where he was. Just then, the heard the doors to the house open and their spirits began to lift. But the only person they saw coming through the doors was Keitaro's aunt, Haruka and their faces fell into frowns again. Neither of them noticed the even bigger frown on Haruka's face. Naru noticed it though.

"What's wrong Haruka?" She asked.

Haruka gave a sigh before looking at the girls. "I'm afraid I have bad news…" This started to get everyone to worry even more. "Keitaro's in the hospital." But then everyone gave a relieved sigh.

"And that surprises us how?" Motoko said sarcastically and bluntly.

"I'm afraid it's much worse than what you're thinking, Motoko." Haruka continued getting a more fearful look in the girls' eyes. "There was an accident…"

Several moments later, the girls were all at the hospital huddled in the waiting room. Kitsune was trying her best to comfort Shinobu before she broke into tears, yet again, while everyone else had worried or saddened looks on their faces waiting for the doctor to come out with the results about Keitaro. A few minutes later, Dr. Chikei came in towards the girls and they all looked at him with desperation on their faces.

"Well doctor, will he be alright?" Haruka asked since she was the blood-relative of the bunch.

"He's stable and he's lucky to be alive…but I'm afraid the chemicals have done serious damage to his eyes…and I'm afraid it might be permanent." Doctor Chikei said calmly.

"What are you saying doctor?" Naru almost cried out on the verge of tears.

"I'm afraid Keitaro is now blind." He replied softly but the words he said to the girls, was like a deathblow to all of them.

A few minutes later, they were all in Keitaro's hospital room. Other than the minor fact that he was asleep and the bandages that were covering his eyes, he was never going to be the same Keitaro the entire group knew and loved. Speaking of whom, he began to regain consciousness with a groan. After he brought his hand to his head and tried to open his eyes, he began to panic.

"Wha-what happened? Why can't I see? Where am I? Is the accident over?" He kept asking random questions while trying to feel around him and see.

"Keitaro…" Naru said as she reached out and grabbed his hand.

"Naru? Naru is that you?" He looked around trying to find her in the darkness that clouded his eyes.

"We're all here for you Keitaro, me and the girls." Naru said softly trying to ease Keitaro's frantic cries.

"W-why can't I see, Naru?" He asked with his voice nearly cracking.

"Other than the bandages wrapped around your head…" She began to explain, but she was cut off.

"Then take them off!" Keitaro cried taking his other hand to try and take the bandages off his head.

"Keitaro wait!" He immediately stopped hearing the utmost sadness in her voice, what came next answered his fears. "The accident damaged your eyes…you're blind." She finally said with the last part in almost a whisper.

If Keitaro's eyes weren't covered, they'd be wide as saucers by now. He just couldn't believe his ears now, he was blind; getting punched by Naru was one thing…but becoming blind was now a worse nightmare come true. Behind the bandages, he could feel tears well up in the corners of his eyes as he shook his head.

"No…no….NO!" He brought both his hands to his head now breaking down into a fit of repetitions of the word 'no' and a few sobs. Keitaro then felt a pair of arms snake their way around him and he knew right away that they were Naru's. She held him close as he sobbed onto her shoulder, but she too couldn't fight back her tears any longer. Neither could the other girls, it was as if an alien species had come in and drained them all of their energy that made them all so lively. The following days in the Hinata House will never be the same again.

End Chapter

A/N: Well, I warned you that it would be depressing. And about the other girls, I do know their names and all I just haven't gotten their parts in the story in yet. Now like I said, I'm gonna need help from all of you Love Hina fans since I'm just starting to get into it myself. So don't start flaming me off the bat, I'm still new to Love Hina. So please review and help me out here!