One of my stranger ideas for a fic. Of course the whole, 'put someone else in Keitaro's place' has been done. But never with Nabiki. I was really into Bleach at the time so I was planning on tossing that into the mix as well as Grenadier since I had just watched the series. This one still has potential and I may work on it if the mood hits.

Keitaro was having the best, weirdest day of his life. It started when he accidentally bumped into a long brown haired girl on his way to the entrance exams for Tokyo University. When she failed to get back up from her fall, he had nearly panicked, thinking he'd killed her. Kneeling down to check on her, she suddenly sat up, cracking their foreheads together painfully. Both apologized profusely, nearly knocking heads again when they bowed. Realizing their near miss, the couple began laughing.

"You remind me of a boy I knew when I was little. We promised we'd get into Tokyo University together when we grew up," she sighed, "I'm sure he's forgotten all about me by now," she said in a moment of clarity. Whether this was from her knock to the head was unknown.

Keitaro nearly fainted because he'd briefly stopped breathing. "R-r-really... How long ago was this?" he stuttered.

The girl put her finger to her chin in thought for a moment. "I must have been at least fifteen years ago I think. Some old inn we were staying at I think. I'll never forget Kei-kun."

Keitaro couldn't believe it. There she was, right before him. His promise girl! The girl he had struggled for years to meet again and he just happened to literally bump into her?

"That was me! I'm Keitaro Urashima! My grandmother owns the Hinata Inn where you stayed." He was overjoyed. Things were playing out just as he'd always dreamt.

"Kei-kun? I'm uh, my name is... Mutsumi Otohime!" The girl said after a little thought.

Keitaro was too excited to notice the girl's momentary airhead spell and just stared at her in wonder. She was beautiful, everything he could hope for in a woman. She had really big breasts too. Keitaro turned his head away with a blush. It wouldn't do for his promise girl to suddenly think he was a pervert. His eyes caught a sign on the wall directing students to their testing rooms.

"The test! Oh my god, we're going to be late! Otohime-san, can we meet after the test? I'd love to talk to you again."

"Of course Kei-kun. Call me Mutsumi-chan."

The two headed off towards their test room. Coincidentally they had the same room and made it with just seconds to spare.

Keitaro couldn't believe it. Everything was going so well. It would be just like his dream. They meet, get into Tokyo University together. They have lunch together in the quad, and finally a summer wedding after graduation. He slowly shook himself out of his daydream and glanced at the clock.

Panic seized him as he realized that somehow the testing period was almost over! Looking down at his test he saw he was still on the first page! He furiously began to go through the questions. He knew that there was no way he could finish the test in less than twenty minutes. He felt like crying as he began filling in the dots on the test sheet almost randomly. His beautiful dream was crashing down in flames. There was no way his promise girl would want a first year Ronin as her boyfriend let alone fiancée.

The instructor called time and Keitaro quickly filled in the last few bubbles on the test sheet. Quickly signing his name to it, he turned it in.

Mutsumi was having different problems of her own. She had gone through the test quickly enough. After finishing though she realized she had some time left before it was over and let her thoughts drift. She looked over at Keitaro who seemed hard at work on his test and she quietly cheered him on in her head. She was glad to have run into her promise boy. She knew she was forgetful and absent minded and had almost given up when she could no longer remember the boy's name. Like a bolt of lightning however, the knowledge had surfaced when she'd run into him in the hallway.

'I wonder if he still wants to be together when we get into Tokyo U?' she thought, 'Keitaro Urashima,' she mulled the name over in her mind, 'Mutsumi Urashima,' she though with a slight blush to her pale skin. In her daydreaming, she didn't realize that she had written 'Mutsumi Urashima' down in the name place on her test.

Later the two of them were having coffee at a nearby shop. Keitaro couldn't bring himself to tell Mutsumi how badly he thought he must have done and tried to cheer her up. Mutsumi was worried that she had forgotten to put her name on her test and that she'd have to try again the next year.

"Well, Todai is hard to get into. If we fail this year, we'll just keep trying until we finally get in!" Keitaro finally said emphatically.

Mutsumi clapped her hands together and smiled. "We'll keep on trying until we're old and gray!" she said in agreement.

Keitaro saw the image in his head of the two of them all bent and worn with gray hair and wrinkles taking the entrance exam in a classroom filled with young students and shook his head to clear the thoughts.

"Don't worry about it Mutsumi-chan. I'm sure we both did fine," Keitaro lied.

They parted ways after spending the whole day together and promised to meet in front of the university the day they announced the test results. So it was a week later that the two prospective students pushed their way through a huge crowd of people who were all there to see if they were the lucky few to get into the most prestigious university in all of Japan.

Keitaro slowly scanned the board for his student number knowing it wouldn't be there but doing it for Mutsumi's sake. Suddenly his eyes widened in disbelief.

Elswhere, an American woman named Nancy Rogers cried as her hundred million dollar lottery ticket suddenly spontaneously combusted.

In New York City, thousands of people were late for work as every single light signal in the city suddenly started flashing red.

In Las Vegas, several casinos went bankrupt when almost every patron suffered a winning streak.

Africa began experiencing rain across much of the dry savannah and it was showing no signs of stopping in the near future.

Around the world, flipped coins all landed on their edges.

While no one died, it would come to be known as the day of strange luck.

"I made it... I made it! Whoo Hoo! I MADE IT!!" Keitaro screamed to the world.

"Congratulations Kei-kun," Mutsumi said cheerfully.

"We're going to Tokyo U. together!" Keitaro leaned in and kissed Mutsumi right on the mouth. She was surprised only for a second before she kissed him back.

"I'm happy for you Kei-kun. Perhaps you can help me get in next year."

Keitaro stopped dead cold. She didn't pass? He who must have a kami looking out for him managed to get in but Mutsumi failed?

"Wait! Didn't you say you think you forgot to put your name on the test?" Keitaro asked.

Mutsumi nodded sadly.

"Well lets go to the office and see if they have it. Maybe there's still something we can do about it."

"Do you think so?" Mutsumi asked.

"It never hurts to try," he responded.

It took some time, but they managed to finally find the testing office and cornered a secretary to look into the problem.

"Oh yes, here it is. The student numbers matched up but we were concerned because the name was different," the secretary said after pulling out a test sheet from the files.

"You wrote down some one else's name?" Keitaro asked confused.

"I-I Don't know," Mutsumi stammered.

"Yup, right here. Mutsumi Urashima," the secretary said holding up the paper.

"Urashima? That's my name!"

The secretary's eyes widened in realization. "Oh, that's no problem then. She has a passing score here. If you and your wife can bring in a copy of the marriage certificate, she can enroll right away."

There was a sound of two bodies hitting the floor. The secretary giggled to herself. "They must be so relieved that they are able to go to school together after all. Newlyweds are so high-strung these days."

"Do you have any idea of how much I had to alter probability to get that kid to pass?" an angry voice spoke. Said voice was attached to an attractive dark skinned figure of a woman with white long hair sitting in a chair in what appeared to be a non descript office, "I'll be filing paperwork for years to account for all the luck I had to siphon off to get him to accidentally pass. As far as I'm concerned, we are officially even."

A white bearded figure sat back in his chair behind his desk and steepled his fingers Gendo Ikari style. "That's fine. I apologize for the paperwork but I needed him to get into the school on his first try."

"Why are you so concerned about this guy anyway?"

"Why Urd, I'm surprised at your curiosity. Well not really," he stuck his tongue out at her playfully, "Simply put though, I just fulfilled his destiny a little early to clear the stage for new players of my choosing. I've always wanted to try my hand at one of these 'bet' style universes."

"Whatever," the goddess of the past muttered as she stood up and walked over to a television in the corner, "I'll see you on gaming night, ok Tannius?"

"Sure, don't forget, it's your turn to bring the Mountain Dew."

Three Years Later:

The woman looked up the steps before her to the inn situated at the top of the hill. Off to the side she could see a small shop with the sign 'Hinata Tea House' above the door. She'd have to check in with Aunt Haruka later. First off was to see Grandma Hina and look into getting a place to live.

Grabbing her suitcase, she quickly ascended the stairs, thankful she'd resumed her training after all those years. She wasn't really that bad off. Her father had made sure that all his daughters were at least black belt level before letting them all pursue their own life goals.

Panting a little as she cleared the last step, she looked around at the old inn. It had been well taken care of from what she could see and even though she had no clear memories of it, she knew her mother had brought her here at least once before her death. She smirked at the sign proclaiming 'Hinata Inn Girl's Dormitory. No Men Allowed!' It looked like Grandma Hina had made good her threat to make the inn unisex. After her Grandma's fight with her Father she should have expected it. Her Father never like her Mom's side of the family especially given his view of women. She thought that was odd considering he had three daughters that he'd raised by himself after Mom died.

Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, the girl brushed her short black hair back behind her ear and slid the door open. Entering the foyer, she looked around before calling out.

"Grandma Hina? It's me, Nabiki Tendo."

There was no response. In fact it was too quiet for what was supposedly a girl's dorm.