Disclamier: LIKE I SAID I DONT OWN LOVE HINA...and...yeah...damn you ken
Previously on: A new light
"Come one Sakura-chan" Keitaro replied, by giving a Smile and offering his hand to her. "Lets get you out of this rain, shall we?"
"H-Hai!" was Sakura's meek reply, while taking his hand.
Chapter: 2
The Savior
Keitaro didn't know exactly was going on but all he knew was that there was this little girl laying in an alleyway, alone, scared, and soaking wet.
Keitaro, being the kind hearted soul he is, only had one thing in his mind, and that was to rescue this girl, get her out of the rain and into a home so she doesn't get sick.
"Well Sakura-chan, My name is Keitaro Urashima, I was walking back to my house but it seems it will take a while on foot! And because it seems to be raining, shall we rent a room to wait out the storm, so we don't catch a cold?" Keitaro told the child
Keitaro saw Sakura contemplate with herself for a second.
Keitaro stood still eagerly waiting for an answer so he can get her into a dry place before she gets sick. Meanwhile Sakura was indeed arguing with her self.
Being in a dry warm place would be good to her of course, but she would be spending that place with a complete stranger. However this stranger seemed kind of nice, and looked like his whole intention was to just dry her off and keep her safe.
"I...I..I don't know"
Keitaro noted the nervousness in her voice while saying that and tried to reassure her to come. "You don't want to stay out in this rain do you? Come on I will even rent two rooms, one for me and one for you. What do you say?"
Sakura looked up at Keitaro's smiling face and was convinced that he was a man of his word and decided to come with him. "O..ok Keitaro-Onii-chan" Sakura said back and held on to his hand tighter while walking towards the nearest hotel, in the middle of a raging storm.
Hinata-sou...
It had now been an hour since that little incident at breakfast. Everyone was now waiting for their perverted landlord to come back from his little free trip. So it was to be expected that everyone would be bored. During that time Naru went back to her studying at her room.
Shinobu was sitting down watching TV while worrying about Keitaro. Motoko was in her room facing her window meditating. Su was her usual self, bouncing off of everything and sometimes bumping into the others. Kitsune of course was slouching near Naru in order to get rid of her huge hangover.
"Uuugghh...where is that Baka!" Naru screamed out in frustration, causing Kitsune to stand up straight.
"Well...well, I see someone is worried about their boyfreind" Kitsune said in her usual fox like voice. Causing Naru to blush.
"No, no I'm not! Its just that he needs to be here because he is the landlord, and to check if there are any leaks coming from the roofs in this storm"
"What leaks?" Kitsune said observing Naru's perfectly organized room. "This one!" said Naru while punching the ceiling causing a small leak in the roof. Kitsune looked to where she was taking about totally oblivious to the punch Naru gave to the ceiling.
"Oh..that leak...funny I never seen that there before" Kitsune said while scratching her head
"Well maybe you need glasses Kitsune dear" Naru replied with a grin.
"Whatever.."
Kitsune then went back down lying on the floor groaning from her headache.
Back to the duo Keitaro managed to find a motel to stay to that offered a good price. He rented a room that contained a bath and two queen sized bed. Keitaro offered her a separate room, but she didn't want to be alone in a big room so she decided to stay with Keitaro.
He did not mind at all, and was now relieved that they were no where near the Hinata-sou, because if Motoko or Naru saw that he took in a girl, they would most surely misunderstand the situation and he would find himself in the air once more.
"Ok Sakura-chan you should take a bath or a shower while I go get you some dry clothes at the department store across the street, ok?" he told Sakura
"H--Hai Keitaro Onii-chan"
"Oh yeah don't worry, I only have the key so keep the door locked so no one comes in ok?" "Ok" she replied.
And Keitaro was gone.
Sakura was now in the comforts of a warm bath washing her gold blonde hair, and could not believe what was happening. She was in the dumps jus at couple of minutes ago, and now she was here.
Inside the comforts of a warm bath thanks to a guy she barely even knew.
A guy that she seemed to trust a lot for some odd reason.
But she didn't mind as she continued to take a bath.
Sakura played with the water.
The water…
Then a flood of memories of what happened yesterday came rushing back to her.
And she couldn't help but cry inside the misty small room.
It was a gorgeous day outside, and Sakura was loving it. She was currently playing in her favorite sandbox waiting for someone to come. She then heard her running past the jungle gym and towards her and the sand box. It was her twin sister, Asuna.
Being twins they were identical, however Asuna didn't want to be identical so she changed her hair style to show her individuality. Instead of having the same hairstyle as Sakura's, which was short trimmed hair and having a bang of hair coming down both ears.
Asuna decided to have her hair long and make it into two ponytails, being held together by a bow with little bells ornaments.
"Hi Asuna-chan!" was her greeting
"Heyo Sakura-chan!"
"Lets starts making that castle now before Mama comes back from picking papa from the airport! Ok Asuna-chan?" said Sakura
"Ok"
With that the two continued to play and make their sandcastle for about 30 minutes. Until a man in a black coat and hat came and interrupted them.
He stood outside the perimeter of the Sandbox. His eyes not actually staring right at the girls for some reason. "Are you girls Asuna and Sakura Natsuki?"
"Hai" said the two in unison. Causing the man to feel guitly for what he was about to say. "Um...you do know that your mom went to pick up your father at the airport right girls?"
"Yes?"
"Well..you see...I'm a police officer...and...I regret to inform you but…both your parents died in a car accident about 30 minutes ago coming back home...I'm sorry..." he said
"..." There was a creepy silence that took probably a whole minute..and then when reality sun in for the both of them,
Sakura shouted. Fists pumped. "YOUR LYING! YOU HAVE TO BE LYING! Please...tell me your lying... please!"
Sakura's voice faded in the end and she fell to the ground with uncontrolled sobs.
Asuna closed her eyes and crept closer to her shaking sister.
She hugged her and forced her sister and herself to stand up.
She looked up to the officer and spoke "How did they get into the car accident officer?"
A single tear falling from her right eye. Slowly trickling down her cheek.
The officer bit his lip.
"Ano...they were crossing an intersection and...a drunk driver was speeding and crossed a red light. Accidentally crashing into you mother's car in a T-boned fashion at about 80 mph..." he replied looking at the two with pity in his eyes.
Sakura was still sobbing uncontrollable and another trickle of tears came from Asuna's eyes.
"So let me guess...Me and Sakura here have to be in a foster home or orphanage because we are both Ten...and we have no family."
Sakura's eyes jolted open.
This obviously caught Sakura's attention and shouted "NO I don't want to live like that!"
The officer replied closing his eyes "Yes...we contacted your other relatives..but it seems there weren't alot left..and when there was some one, he or she was unreliable to take care of you two."
Asuna concurred, there was no getting out of it, they had to go to the orphanage. "Come on Sakura we hav-..." She cut her self off when she found no one beside her "SAKURA-CHAN!"
This made the officer open his eyes and find only one out of two children in his view. "Crap" He then joined Asuna in her desperate attempt on finding her only family she knew.
Sakura didn't know what was going on. She just knew that her mom and dad are gone and now she is running leaving Asuna behind. She didn't want to run, but it was as if her legs had a mind of her own.
She just continued to run, and run, and run down the windy sideways and weaving through crowd after crowd of people.
Then it started to rain.
Sakura continued to cry while taking a bath.
Butwith the help of the soothing warm water, she stopped crying. The memories slowly fading away.
Suddenly the slamming of a door and a voice calling out.
"Sakura-chan I bought you only a T-shirt and a pair of jeans sorry, but I hope this fits you! So when your ready I'll hand them to you ok?"
"Ok Keitaro-Onii-chan"
Sakura couldn't explain it but hearing his voice calms her down and lifts her worries away.
Like some kind of angel, or savior.
She shuffled out, a bathroom towel around her small body. She quickly grabbed the articles of clothing and went back into the bathroom.
She put them on and quickly fixed her hair.
She stepped out once again to find her rescuer sitting on the bed nearest the window.
His gaze fixed on the storm still raging without mercy outside.
He felt her presence and looked back at Sakura.
Thier eyes suddenly locked and with a gentle hand patting on the bed, he motioned her to sit beside him.
Sakura obeyed and sat next to Keitaro. "Ok Sakura-chan...want to tell me what's going on?" Keitaro said after she sat down.
"Um..."
"Its ok if you don't want to ...but maybe it would be good if you can tell some one" he said patting her head lightly.
"O..ok" And like tha she started to tell him everything, about Asuna, the accident, and why she ran away. All that time Keitaro was looking at her with a serious face on and could not help but feel a little saddened about her story.
Keitaro concluded that she was mostly likely sad about abandoning her sister back there all alone, and formulated a plan.
"How about this...after this storm passes, I will help you look for your sister! How about it?" he said in a sincere voice.
Sakura couldn't help but look up "You will"
"Yes...I will" he replied.
Unexpectedly Sakura jumped and hugged Keitaro.
Burying her head into his chest all while saying thank repeatedly, crying uncontrollably unto the young man's shirt.
All Keitaro could do now was wait in the hotel until the rain stopped and hold this distraught child until she stops crying
With a smile he looked outside "We will find her don't worry...we will"
The rain suddenly stopped. Clouds parted, and the sun showed itself to the two.
"Perfect timing." mumbled Keitaro, looking down at girl.
She was now sound asleep in his lap. Her blonde hair seeming to shine under the sun's rays.
"Perfect timing…"
-----End of Chapter 2------------