Disclaimer: Love Hina is the property of Ken Akamatsu, not me. I am a fan. I like shipping wars as well so I'm doing a Kei/toko fic. Please review
Motoko is the same age as Naru. As children both want to Keitaro's wife, years latter they are reminded of this and they try to get him to be so. Kei and Mutsumi didnt make their promise, and Kei learns how to fight.
Child's Love
Chapter 1: Four Year old Wifes
Fifteen Years age: Keitaro stood three in front of his promised girl, she had tears in her eyes. Again Keitaro said, "I'm sorry Mu-chan but my parents said that we have to go" Mutsumi nodded, "I understand Kei-kun, make sure to come back. After all Nu-chan after all she really likes you." "than why did she kick my shins?"
Mutsumi started giggling, after a couple of minutes she finnialy stopped "Because you're leaving, she doesn't want you to." Keitaro turns half way and waves bye "I will be back to see you both" Naru suddenly came running and right before reaching Keitaro tripped.
Keitaro and Mutsumi were at her sides, Naru shot her head up and cried out "Kei please be sure to come back and when I get older let me be your wife" Keitaro smiled at her and nodded and giving her a peck on the cheek said his final good byes and ran toward his parents.
Two weeks later: Keitaro found himself in front a traditional style dojo mansion. The sign above it read 'Gods Cry School'. "Mom what are we doing here?" his mother looked down on her son and told him of the history between the Urashimas and the Aoyamas. They entered and not ten feet away were the heads of the Aoyama clan and a girl Naru's age with short raven hair in a training gi. The Aoyamas approached, when they were directly in front of the Urashimas the Aoyama father Spoke "we welcome the son, daughter in law, and grandchild of Hina Urashima. This is our youngest daughter Motoko"
The girl took one look at Keitaro and said "I am not going to friends with some worthless talentless BOY!"she turned to her right and ran. Her parents emiditly began to spill out several apologies to Keitaro. When they stopped and looked at him, at first he said nothing and had a blank expression on his face. Then much to the surprise of Motoko's parents, he gave them the warmest smile they had ever seen and said
"She only said her peace and at that I could never be angry" his kind words and they weren't meant as to get on their good side, he meant them. the four grown ups began to leave when the motoko's mother spoke "she'll warm up to you, and we found you a teacher" Keitaro suddenly felt someone behind him, he turned around to see a woman about six foot three with dark brown hair that reached down to her lower back and was tied three inches to the bottom. She wore the same training gi as everyone else, but she carried her sword in her hands propped up on her right shoulder, and wore a smile almost as warm as Keitaro's.
"It is nice to meet you Kei-chan" the tall woman knelled down "I'm going to teach you how to fight" Keitaro looked at her in awe, she had experience with teaching children before and she though like all others he was going to start by saying 'you're tall'. But Keitaro suddenly looked sad
"I don't want to fight" the confusion was clear on her face
"why don't you want to fight?" the look in his eyes showed a kindness and wisdom that came from understanding things that no child his age should
"I don't want to hurt anyone" she looked into his eyes and saw the steranth of worrier, the determination of a monk and the wisdom of one of Schools concel members. she kept looking deeper into his eyes and thought 'He has such raw talent and power it would be a waste not to train him he could use even the most powerful techniques kept within the school for generations' Keitaro than looked to the floor
"I'm sorry" "About what Kei-chan?" he looked back up to her with tears in his eyes, she gasped silientely at the tears that began to run down the boy's face
"I bet you came here to train a kid who has the heart of a warrior and the talent to learn, but I don't have ether of those things" The tall woman place a hand on his shoulder and giving him a kiss on the forehead
"You do have those qualities and many more" he looked in the eyes his illuminated by tears and new found joy
"you'll even surpass the Hire to this school quickly if you show even just a little effort" Keitaro couldn't believe his ears , 'he would be strong' HIM the coward of the playgrounds who got beat on by everyone but still didn't want to hurt them.
"And fighting is not just for hurting people" Keitaro looked at her with a curious spark in his eyes
"it can also be used to save people from being hurt." A new expression donned his face. It showed iner conflict, he closed his eyes and an image of Mutsumi and Naru flashed though his mind. His eyes flashed open with a look of ultimate determination and resolve
"I'll do anything, even the most brutal of training" She smiled down on him
"My name is Sashashi Retsu I'll make you into worrier"
They were now in what seemed to be a large but plain training room, "Is there any particular way you'd like to learn in fighting?" Keitaro stiffed at the question but knew what he wanted
"To beat my enemy without doing any real harm." It took Retsu a matter of three seconds to know what he would willingly learn. Soft techniques of hand to hand and bow staff, but she wanted him to know more.
"I will be teaching you three styles then" he looked at her with intisapation
"The soft techniques of the schools martal arts, the bow staff, and the sword" Keitaro had kept up a very happy exterior untill the metion of 'the sword'
"But Sashashi-sensei why do i need the sword? I want to protect people" she gave him a look that said 'you should be ashamed of yourselef' Keitaro looked at floor.
"It is part of tradishin besides, sometimes to save lives you must take them as well." Keitaro looked angerly at his teacher and gave a diffenet nod. She then gave him a evil grin, he was about to learn that she would him to his vow to 'sufer the most brutal training'
Three weeks later: Keitaro was walking around aimlessly, he had come to regret when he 'even the most brutal of training' though he was happy. in the short time he'd been there he had gotten faster, stronger, and had gained enough skill to be called a protogy.
"Kei-chan!" Keitaro turned around and saw his teacher waving him over and he took off running toward her. when he was three feet away he jumped right into her lap. As she began to run her fingers through his hair, to anybody who was walking by they would have sworn that they were mother and child. After they stayed that way for a while Motoko and her older sister Tsuruko. Tsuruko was shocked to see Retsu holding onto a child. Then she put on a playful expression
"oh my! Retsu I never knew you were into that!" Motoko shot her sister a shock expression showing that she knew what her sister meant.
"Lady Sashashi is into kids!?!" Retsu simply brought a sleeve to her mouth as she began to chuckling. Both of the Aoyama children looked at the distinguished master being she never laugh or ever took students for more than a day.
"He's been training under my teachings and methods for three weeks" Tsuruko looked Keitaro with udder shock, it was known that currently the most feared and powerful concile member was Sashashi Retsu. For him to survive three weeks training with her, either he was emortal or a protogy (ironically it was both)
"Well Keitaro-san it is nice to see that Retsu took a real student, what techniques has she taught you so far?" At that Retsu began chuckling again earning strange looks from the two girls.
"Surly Tsuruko you've heard of the new talent that has graced our grounds" Tsuruko's eyes widened in surprise, she had indeed heard of the new student. Having already mastered techniques that students in their third year were still just learning and in three different weapons, a child of limitless talent. He was the pride of the Urashimas and the only true student of Retsu. Tsuruko gave him a polite smile that made him acualy feel uneasy and he knew why,
"Keitaro-san would you mind displaying you're skills for me?" Keitaro didn't want to fight and so he politely refused and left, but not before "As expected, boy's are powerless and cowardly" spat an irate Motoko.
Later that Day: Motoko stood with her wooden sword in hand panting as she looked around, there were ten boys surrounding her three of them had staffs but used them like spears.
"I can't win" a winded Motoko said. the supposeid leader of the boy's grinned at her,
"You deserve this! always looking down on others, when the only expressive thing about you is you're older sister" Motoko looked around intensely, 'Big sister, please save me' she took a fighting stance. In the distance sat Tsuruko, as she watched she couldn't help but wonder
"Will Keitaro-san really save Mo-chan Retsu?" Retsu sat claimly sipping at her tea,
"it's in his nature, just watch" Tsuruko did as she was instructed to do and looked back to her baby sister. All ten boys decided to strike at the same time. Motoko prepared to feel pain but after a moment, she didn't. Instead she felt a warm calming surrounded her moving like a river passing over her, when she opened her eyes she saw all ten boy's attacks striking one another. When she turned around she expected her sister but instead she saw a boy, not any boy but Keitaro Urashima. She even knew the name of the technique he used, it was known as 'whirlpool sphere' a technique that uses Ki to redirect a person's attack that was know to only the most powerful of masters.
"Impossible" was the only word that came to mind when she saw the chi pouring out of his arms and the way it flowed was in several small whirlpools, at that moment he Motoko thought him as strong as her sister. Tsuruko's eyes widened,
"He's capable of using skills of that level!" "yes he's already better than you on an over all level" grinned Retsu as she took another sip of her tea, "Two weeks and he's already reached the level of a master."
Motoko stared at Keitaro, she couldn't believe it. He was at a level where he could probably hold his own against her sister.
"why?" Keitaro looked at her, "Why did you save me?"
He gave her the same warming smile that he gave her parents,
"Because you needed saving" her eyes widened and tears started to cry
"th-then why didn't you say anything when ta-talked down at you" Keitaro walked up to her and put a flower and some of her hair behind her ear. She stop crying when she realized what he did she was happy he showed her a type of kindness that she had only gotten from her sister before. She felt joy, pain, hate, and love, her feelings were at war she didn't know what to make of anything, he was male and he saved for no other reason then she'd needed it. He than walked off, she ran off to find her patents. When she found them she jumped into her mother's lap and sobbed. She cried of how she was surrounded, the fight, of Keiatro and of how he was so forgiving.
It was about dinner time and Keitaro was heading toward his bedroom, when he got near his door he saw Motoko.
"It's dinner time . . . Keitaro-kun" "O.K. Motoko-sama" she walked past him but hid the fact she felt a little hurt due to how formal he was. They entered the dinning room and sat down, but what suprized Keitaro was what that she sat next to him instead of her sister. Keitaro's father entered
"Keitaro, we're leaving tomorrow say you're good byes and be ready to go" when Motoko heard this she wanted to break down crying. After dinner everyone had a bath and when Keitaro got to his door yet again Motoko was waiting for him, she was wearing bed robes and when she saw him she blushed
"Keitaro-kun, could we sleep together tonight?" he was shocked but nodded dumbly. they laid next to each other but it became unconformable for him when she clung to him. He looked down at her and her smile reflected content and that put him at ease and quickly fell asleep. The next morning he said his good byes to his teacher, her host, and then Motoko. But as they were leaving, Motoko came running.
"Keitaro-kun come back when you're older, then . . . LET ME BE YOURE WIFE!" slapping her hands over her mouth realizing how loud she was. Keitaro at first looked shocked then before she could think he kissed her on the cheek. "We'll see" then he walked off, Motoko's parents were happy she found first love.
Fifteen years later: Keitaro Stepped in front of the building known as Hina House,
"It's been fifteen years."
Chapter 1 please review. There will be much more to come