Chapter 1: Suspicious!?

"Heeei! Keitaro how is this sake tasted?" Kitsune asked, she was forcing Keitaro to drink up the whole bottle of sake. "Kitsune! This isn't the time for drinking sake! My life depends on this entrance exam!" Keitaro shouted to Kitsune who was now already drank 6 bottles. She wailed, "oh come on Keitaro, failed the exam once wouldn't make you die" she was looking through Keitaro's study book. "..." For a moment the room went silence.

She finished looking at the test result, Keitaro wonders what she was looking for, it was just his results. "A ano..Kitsune" Keitaro muttered. "Well maybe I should go and buy more sake, and gomen I shouldn't have disturbed you" she sat up and went out of the room quietly. Keitaro was feeling confused. 'One minute ago she was making me nuts and now?' he stopped thinking when he saw the page that Kitsune left open, it was showing a big red zero in there. He blushes in embarrassment when he realized the reason why Kitsune left him alone. 'Shouldn't have left that book lying on the floor...' he thought.

The room went quite hot " hmm...maybe I should take a walk for a while, I've been stuck here for hours" he went out of his room and went wondering around Hinata sou for a while thinking what to do next, suddenly a loud growl was heard "should have taken a breakfast before I study" he was holding his stomach he was looking around in case somebody heard his 'growl'. He was just thinking about having Shinobu to cook for him when Suu landed on him with a kick. "Haiyaaa!!! Keitaro why are you wondering out here!? Looking for girls?" Suu now wrapped her legs around Keitaro's head, Keitaro were stumbling around " I, iie sona koto ja nai" he was still recovering from the shock at Suu-chan's mighty kick.

"Oh I see" Suu-chan was looking at Keitaro with a curious look. "O yeah why are you here, shouldn't you play with Motoko-chan?" Keitaro asked her while he was asking Suu to stop hanging on him. "Motoko was out for a kendo training since morning, I've asked everybody but none of them would play with me" for a second she looked lonely, but she quickly covered it, Keitaro just stared at her. "Ne, Keitaro would you play with me?" Suu begged, he was thinking about something when he answered "hai".

So, here they are, in a banana takoyaki shop near Hinata sou (I wouldn't call it a restaurant cause it has merchandises). "S, Suu-chan wouldn't it be too much for you to eat 60 plates in 5 minutes?" Keitaro was shocked by what he was seeing, and of course his wallet was empty too. "Hmm, want one Keitaro?" Suu said while munching a mouthful of banana takoyaki, she offered Keitaro one. "That's not what I'm saying!" Keitaro shouted with tears in his eyes but he took the banana takoyaki Suu offered anyway. After finishing about 127 plates Suu went satisfied "this restaurant was good, take me again here sometime, Keitaro" Suu said, grinning wide. He just looks at his empty wallet "I have to work here for a week to cover up my bill" he sighed. The only thing he wished for now was Motoko to come home.

"Whoa, you look white all over, Keitaro" Naru said eyes wide open. "Da, daijobu ka Urashima-sempai?" Shinobu stammered, looking worried "hmmm." Kitsune looked at Keitaro in unison, hands on her chin. "Must be you've taken Suu out and spend your money to feed her, right?" Keitaro just nodded a few times. "Heh, so it's the matter, you're making me worry" Naru said sighing in relief. They were all in the dinner room, sitting and relaxing. "Shouldn't Kaora be with Motoko-san?" Shinobu asked, puzzled. "Motoko went to a Kendo training" Keitaro shook his head and sat in the chair beside an empty chair where Motoko usually sits. "Shinobu, may you cook me some feast, I haven't eat since yesterday" Keitaro asked Shinobu, but Shinobu just stood there, frozen. "Huh, what's wrong Shinobu?" Kitsune asked. She was drinking her 10th bottle since morning. "S s s spider!!" she pointed to wall opposite her. Keitaro turned over and screamed "Spider!!!!!" Naru and Kitsune just look at Shinobu and Keitaro's act, because they're far enough not to be frightened. "Naru, don't you think those two were over-acting just for a tiny spider?" Kitsune whispered to Naru who was shocked. "I, I think so" she answered back with a big sweat drop on her head.

"Iie!!!!!" Shinobu screamed, the spider has jumped on her hand. "Shinobu-chan!" Keitaro screamed with panic "wait, I'll remove that thing from you!" he take the horse racing newspaper from the table and try shoo the spider. "Hey that's my newspaper! Give it back!" Kitsune stood up and try to grab the paper from Keitaro. "What's the matter, you never win on the race!" he said through panicking "I'm sure I'm gonna win now so just give it back!" Kitsune said with a vein pop on her head. "Iie!!!" Shinobu screamed. "Look, we're now in a emergency, so wh-!" it was cut by Kitsune who punch him through the roof. "That's the deal for stealing my paper!" she said from gritted teeth. Just when she finished saying that Keitaro landed on top of the poor Shinobu who was so terrified who don't even notice that Keitaro landed on top of her. "Keitarooo taking advantage to a junior high girl who was terrified! Yurusai!!!!" Naru punched Keitaro into the orbit. So the spider escaped without being harmed but the dining room was a big mess, apart from the falling roof, there were plates crashed and waters spilling over. They were looking at the mess without saying a word, just when Motoko came in. "How does this happens?" she said eyeing Keitaro who just landed.

"Huh, Motoko-chan? When did you arrive?" Naru asked as she helped Shinobu cleaning "you said you were on a kendo training" Keitaro said, Kitsune was just looking at her paper. "D, did I?" Motoko asked back, looking slightly confused. "Well, Suu-chan told me that" Keitaro said. "Yeah she was telling me that" Suu suddenly appeared behind Motoko. "What are you guys talking about? I was in the balcony the whole time, swinging my sword" now she looked very confused. 'Hmmm, this is getting very fishy' Kitsune thought, but she wouldn't suspect Motoko to do anything weird. "Demo..." Keitaro couldn't finish his words "demo janai! I'm here the whole time! Look at my Hakama, it's sweaty right!? That's why I'm here!" she said in a harsh voice. "Then maybe Suu-chan heard the wrong thing. Motoko-chan, did you talk to Suu-chan this morning?" Naru asked, she was moping the floor now. "Yeah I talked to her for a few minutes" Suu was hanging to Motoko as she answered Naru back "you must heard the wrong thing, Suu" Motoko faced Suu "I didn't even mentioned the word 'training'". Suu just nodded a few times, sign of agreement. "I'm glad Motoko-chan, you looked suspicious, yokatta..." Keitaro sighed. "Urashimaaa. You're suspecting me to do something bad!!!!!?" she swinged her sword "Ougi! Zanmaken ni no Tachi!!!!!" came a blast of her ki and Keitaro went flying for the third time but more violent this time.

"Can't stay that Urashima guy" she spoke quietly and left the room, followed closely by Suu into the onsen. "Kitsune, don't you think Motoko had some problems?" Naru said to Kitsune as she left. "Uhm"that's the only answer she received from Kitsune.

"Mataku he's suspecting me for something" Motoko said to herself. She was on the onsen wiping down her sweat. "Ne, Motoko, are you mad because I heard a wrong thing?" Suu quietly asked her. "Course not' it's not your fault" Motoko answered her back with a soft tone "it's Urashima's" she add quietly. "It's alredy 1 hour since we enter the onsen, Suu, let's get going. We'll catch a cold if we're here for too long" she wrapped the towel around herself and exit the onsen with Suu.

The next morning everything went right, except one thing. All of the Hinata resident's money was stolen. "AAARRRGH, my whole part time earns!" Kitsune shouted in a pile of empty sake bottles. "Noooooo, my money!!!!!" Keitaro puts his hand on his head and ruffling his hair and shouting like crazy. "Iiiieeeee!!! My piggy bank!!!!" Shinobu's was swirling around and she was totally panicked. "Nai!!! My wallet!!!!" now it's Naru's turn to shout, and followed closely bu Suu "my super charged computer!" "What's going on?" Motoko still wants to sleep but all the fuss in Hinata sou made her awake. "Motoko! Did you see my money!?" Kitsune asked Motoko as she 'digs' around his room. "Wha...! Course not, what's wrong?" Motoko asked her back and tried to calm her. "Huh, Motoko-chan didn't loose anything?" Naru appeared suddenly behind Kitsune. "N,no I didn't" Motoko stammered. She was about to help Kitsune when Keitaro said "Hmmm, that means Motoko-chan was the burglar" Keitaro looked like Kindaichi with hands on his chin. "W,what makes you think that?" Naru eyed Motoko who started to rage. "Course she doesn't loose anything and we all does, that's why she was the bur...kyaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Without any hesitation, Motoko swinged her sword "Hiken! Zankuusen!!!!!!!" Keitaro flew at least 120 miles above before he landed. "Urashima Keitarooo!!!!!!!! You're suspecting me!!!!!!!?????? It's the second time and if you do it again, I can't guarantee your life!" before she left, she blasts Keitaro once again and causing Keitaro to faint.

"I haven't seen Motoko so upset in my whole life" Naru said to herself. The others just stood there without taking any action about Keitaro, even Suu was frightened. Maybe it was normal for them to see Motoko blasting Keitaro to the orbit, but today there was something different about her, she looks like she tends to kill Keitaro. "There was a tense silence between them, but Shinobu broke the silence. "Anoo, shouldn't we help Urashima-sempai? He's bleeding" she pointed to keitaro who indeed, bleeding very badly. "Waah! We forgot about Keitaro! Grab some tissue quick!" Kitsune held Keitaro with her left hand and gave him the first aid. "Will Urashima-sempai be okay?" Shinobu asked Kitsune. She was touching Keitaro on the forehead. "Of course! He's invincible! He'll revive in a few minutes" Kitsune looked as cheerful as usual, like nothing happened to Keitaro. "But he received extra damage today" Naru looked worry about Keitaro. Just when she finished saying that Keitaro was dream talking "Let's go to Toudai, Narusegawa" he mumbled between snores. "See" Kitsune grinned "he remembers you even in sleep". "Ano baka….!" Naru punched Keitaro, who was still dreaming into the clouds. She was rubbing her fist with a vein pop on her head (and blushes on her cheek). Kitsune puts her hand above her eyes, looking at the hole Keitaro made with amusement "looks like he's not going to survive with one punch and two blasts in a row".

Two days after this whole fuss. "Oiii! Keitaro I think somebody knocked on the door, go check it out!" Kitsune's voice was heard into the ofuro where Keitaro were cleaning. "Must be Shirai and Haitani," he was thinking what they're up to. The knock went louder. "Matte kudasai!" he ran towards the entrance in Hinata sou. "Dare ka i…" he was not able to finish his sentence because 'Motoko' stood there. Motoko stood there waiting for the door to be opened, she was getting impatient. "Motoko-chan, why are you in your uniform, it's holiday right?" Keitaro said after opening the door for her. Keitaro tried to be as polite as possible. He doesn't want to be attacked by her ki again. "What are you saying? I was gone for the kendo training, didn't Suu tell you?" her tone was as cold as ever, but today it was much softer than the last two days. She sits on the sofa and held her Bokken up in case it's broken from the hard training. "A..a..a" he pointed to the behind Motoko. "Urashima, are you alright?" She waved her hand in front of Keitaro's face. When she turned around her eyes went wide. She couldn't believe what she saw. Two Motokos stood in front of each other.