Line #31 Fanfic/TheMerryKillers


1	''The Merry Killers'' is the latest fanfic by the Sage of Toads, and takes place in the same universe as ''Fanfic/TheKeyToASuccessfulInterview'' and ''Fanfic/BeautifulDestroyerSailorMoon''.
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3	As is usual for a Sage of Toads fanfic, the fic is a deconstruction of Love Hina.
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5	The twist?
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7	The Urashima clan are [[ProfessionalKiller assassins]] who work for the Emperor himself! And apparently, more than one of the Hinata-Sou girls are the same!
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9	Read it [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/love-hina-the-merry-killers.252782/ here]].
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12	!!'''This fanfic contains examples of:'''
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14	* AdaptationalBadass: Every girl at the Hinata Sou from Haruka to Shinobu is a skilled assassin. Even Kitsune, who specializes in organizing and managing their hits, manages to hold her own against Golgo. While Keitaro isn't an assassin or even really a fighter, he's still NighInvulnerable, even shrugging off JumpingOnAGrenade and being annoyed at most upon being hit by a sniper round.
15	* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Knowing Kitsune is more dangerous than she looks, Golgo 13 realizes the only way he can kill her is to induce [[HeroicBSOD a major case of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder]] before doing so. He didn't count on [[SpannerInTheWorks an UNKILLABLE Keitaro]] protecting Kitsune, though.]]
16	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Shinobu is the same sweet little girl she is in canon, but also has a split personality (named Red) with a higher kill count than the other Hinata Sou assassins combined. It's especially obvious when Red mentions liking Keitaro as a reason for Motoko to stop trying to kill him. After hearing this, Kitsune suggests Motoko just give up lest Red blow off her hands.
17	* BookSmart: The total opposite from the three-year Rōnin Keitaro, Naru ranked first on Japan's national mock exam.
18	* BoomHeadshot:
19	** Naru does a fist-based version with her infamous "Naru Punch," in which an assassin's head gets turned into a cloud of red mist and short-cut hair. Keitaro is the only one who it can't hurt.
20	** As a ColdSniper, Kitsune has done a few.
21	* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: [[spoiler: Ten Million US Dollars, and first-class plane tickets to the destination of the his choice lets Haruka buy out Golgo 13's contract on Kitsune. He accepts, seeing he's also surrounded. Haruka also throws in getting him "patched up" before the flight as well.]]
22	* ChildSoldier: Mitsune's family are trained to kill at a very young age.
23	* TheFixer: Haruka has arranged for transportation, and gear and weapons Su cannot create. She also arranges the jobs the girls take.
24	* GeniusBruiser: Naru is incredibly BookSmart and is strong enough to punch a [[YourHeadAsplode man's head into a bloody mess]].
25	* ImmortalityHurts: Keitaro may not be killable (so far), but he can still feel pain.
26	* MuggingTheMonster: The yakuza that targeted Kitsune learn the hard way that she belongs to the Urashima Clan and the Urashima belong to [[spoiler:the Emperor of Japan]].
27	* PunctuatedPounding: Done with periods and not exclamation marks, but as Kitsune neutralizes one gunman after another with her sniper rifle, "This is the best gun in the world. I hit. Every. Mark."
28	* RelationshipUpgrade: Naru and Keitarou hook up at the of chapter 3 and have sex.
29	* ShoutOut: As per the course in Sage of Toads fics. Examples include Deadpool himself being given half a billion dollars, put on an island with Keitaro, and told to go nuts with the money to try and kill Keitaro...It all failed.
30	** Chapter 6 had Kitsune say "Hellsing ARMS, I am your loyal customer ''for life.''" When Shinobu asks where Haruka could have gotten what's hinted to be the [[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard "General Lee"]] on Molmol, Su just goes, "Oh, everyone in Molmol loves the Dukes!"
31	** [[Franchise/SailorMoon Haruka Tenoh]] shows up in Chapter 8, facing Motoko in a friendly spar. This is also an EarlyBirdCameo - as of the time of its writing, Sailor Uranus hadn't yet shown up in [[Fanfic/BeautifulDestroyerSailorMoon BDSM]] yet.
32	** Chapter 9 features the abandoned [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Jindai High]].
33	** Chapter 10 has a gun-woman hinted to be [[Fanfic/TheKeyToASuccessfulInterview Nodoka Saotome]] armed with a Kalashnikov rifle taking out Yakuza at one of their warehouses. [[spoiler: Before she was a Saotome, Nodoka was born a Urashima.]]
34	* SplitPersonality: As result of Shinobu's harsh training, she has a second personality called "Red" who embodies her murderous side. Wearing red clothing, no matter how small, causes this personality to come out. She also uses a small mirror lined with red tape to communicate with red.
35	* SuperPoweredEvilSide: "Red" for Shinobu.
36	** Keitaro seems to have one as well.
37	* UnresolvedSexualTension: The legendary Naru/Keitaro relationship passes this stage VERY early.
38	** To explain, they actually get together in the third chapter, after Naru's identity as the [[ChildhoodMarriagePromise "Promise Girl"]] was revealed along with Keitaro inheriting the Hinata-sou. Naru sees it as fate having them reunite after all those years and decides to sleep with Keitaro shortly after.
39	* YourHeadASplode: What could someone of Naru's strength do if she punched someone other than Keitaro? Her punch turns his head into a fine mist.
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