The Love I have

By : Thowell3

Chapter 3: Looking back

A/N: Hey all Thowell3 once again. This chapter will have a lot of flashbacks. The reason for this is that I am trying to give the story a little more of a background and vigour. So enjoy this chapter. And for all those criticising my spelling from Chapter 1 just stop. Ok. And that goes for any other Spelling mistakes. Ok. Next person who points out my spelling mistakes in a Review I Know I spelled some things wrong so stop telling me. Anyways enjoy the chapter .

B/N: Any problems with spelling, P.M. ME!! Midami Uchiha of the sand, comment on my name and see what happens… P.S. I don't own Love Hina, I just BETA.

Disclaimer: I don't own Love Hina. This story is my own views on what I believe should have happened.

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Chapter 3: Looking back

Keitaro was dreaming of sorts. He was dreaming of the first time he met Motoko. A dream he hadn't had in years. A dream so vivid it was like he was there again.

--------Dream--------

9 years ago...

Keitaro was 10 years old, watching over his little sister, Kanako who had just been adopted 6 months before. Keitaro was very excepting of his new sister. She was only 4 but she was very smart and mature for her age, but she had an unhealthy need to always be around her new adopted brother; not that Keitaro minded. He liked being around his new little sister.

At that time he was reading a story to his little sister. The book was beyond a regular child's grasp but she insisted that all the other books were too childish. She was sitting on the floor in front of Keitaro listening intently to what Keitaro was read aloud. He was reading her "Journey to the Center of the Earth."

Kanako looked confused for a moment.

"Kei ?" Kanako said quietly .

"Yes Kanako?" Keitaro responded.

"Is their really all of this at the center of the earth?"

Keitaro sighed, "Maybe I shouldn't have let you pick the book. I should have just read you one of the simpler books we have." Keitaro stated.

"No!" Kanako whined, "I can understand! Please Aniki! Don't stop reading! I want to hear you read it!" Kanako begged.

Keitaro looked at Kanako's pleading eyes and sighed once again. "Alright but if you have any more questions later on, please wait till I get to the end of this chapter." Keitaro said, re-opening the book to the page where they left off.

"All right, nii-san." Kanako said with a big smile.

Keitaro was just about to read when his Kaa-san interrupted him.

"Keitaro?" His mother called.

"Yes Kaa-san?" Keitaro called back.

"I need you down stairs." She answered.

"Alright Kaa-san." Keitaro responded.

Keitaro looked at Kanako, "Sorry Kan, Kaa-san wants me. I have to go see what she wants." Keitaro said as he put the book down, looking at a saddened Kanako.

"Is Kanako up there with you?" His mother called.

"Yes she is." Keitaro responded.

"Well bring her down here, this involves her too." His mother replied.

Keitaro looked at Kanako, "Well you heard Kaa-san, come on." Keitaro said gesturing for her to follow.

"Can you give me a piggy back ride?" Kanako asked in a sweet tone of voice that Keitaro could never really refuse.

Keitaro looked at her and thought for a moment, "All right, hop on." he said getting down low enough for her to hop on.

"YAY!!" She screamed as she got on his back.

He carried her down the stairs and towards the living room, where he knew his Kaa-san would be. When he got there he saw his Kaa-san and Tou-san sitting next to each other and his Obaa-san, aunt and a little girl sitting on her lap.

"Granny, I didn't know you would be coming today!" Keitaro said as he let Kanako off his back. And went over to Granny Hina and hugged her.

"And Aunt Haruka it's good to see-" Keitaro only got half of what he was saying out before Haruka smacked him over the head.

"Don't call me Aunt. I'm only 5 years older then you." Haruka said angrily, hand bright red.

"Hehehe. Right HARUKA! "He said just to emphasize he understood as he gave her a hug.

Then Kanako ran over. She screamed in a happy squealing voice, "Granny Hina!" and promptly jumped into her arms.

Granny Hina giggled in her own little way and gave Kanako a big hug. "Hello my little granddaughter, how are you"

Kanako started to babble on about what she had been doing in only a way a four year old can and told Granny how Keitaro was reading her "Journey To the Center of the Earth."

Granny looked over at Keitaro

"Why are you reading that to a child of 4, grandson?" Granny Hina asked, slowly turning her head towards him.

Keitaro scratched his head, "Well, she asked me to read it to her." Keitaro said truthfully.

Then the small child on Haruka's lap began to speak, "I like that book." She stated merrily.

"Did your dad read it to you?" Keitaro asked, looking kindly to the small child.

"No, I read it myself." she stated proudly.

Keitaro was shocked. "Who is this little girl, Granny? Is she another cousin from a part of the family?"

"Actually Keitaro," His Kaa-san spoke up, " She is... was from the Aoyama Clan."

Keitaro looked at the small girl. His family had heard what had happened to the Aoyama clan because of how close the Urashima Clan was to it.

Keitaro gave a sad look. "I am sorry for your loss, young one." Keitaro said with a bit of a tear in his eye.

"Well Keitaro, Granny asked us if we would take her in and let her live with us till she is old enough to live on her own." His Tou-san said, " How do you feel about taking care of another little girl?" He asked.

"I have no problem with it. I will help any way that I can." Keitaro said, smiling brightly.

His Tou-san smiled back at his son with the same bright smile that both he and Granny Hina had.

Granny Hina looked at Keitaro. "Splendid. How do you feel Kanako about having a girl your age around? " Granny Hina asked.

"I am happy! Now I have someone to play with!" Kanako said, happy for a new friend.

Granny smiled wider, "Good, I would like to introduce you to Motoko Aoyama." Granny Hina got up and helped her off of Haruka's lap. She then ran behind Granny Hina. She poked her eyes out from behind Granny's left leg.

The little girl was shy, really shy.

Keitaro could tell that she wasn't all comfortable. He bent down so he was face to face with her.

"Hi, I am Keitaro. I will always look out for you just like a little sister." Keitaro said in a kind voice.

And for the first time, but not the last, Motoko gave Keitaro a big hug.

--------Dream Over--------

Keitaro awoke from his dream.

"I haven't thought of that in a long time, but its always good to remember." Keitaro said as he looked at his clock. His clock showed it was only 6 in the morning. He got up and opened the door to window and looked outside. It was raining.

He liked the rain. Always had, probably always will. Just the way that it refreshed the world just like a sun rise marked the dawn of a new day the rain marked the re-freshment of the earth.

----------- Motoko--------------

Motoko was meditating on the porch. Letting her mined roam freely. She began to remember the reason she fell in love with Keitaro.

~0~0~0~

She was 12 and Keitaro was 16.

She was in the back garden practicing for her next kendo match- which was against the captain of her school's Kendo Club. It was her chance to lead instead of follow. All she had to do was beat the Captain. She had tried many times before. She never thought she would get it quite right. Although she had been trained in her family's style from age 4 up to 6 and then trained in a mix of different martial arts she still couldn't get a strong enough Ki attack to defeat the Captain.

She was practicing her strikes and counting.

"113,114,115,116…" she droned, all most like each number was a chant.

Little did she know that Keitaro had snuck into the back yard to watch.

She continued to practice still counting till she heard Keitaro finally say.

"LOOK OUT THERE'S A TURTLE!!!!"

Motoko started to freak out. "TURTLE WHERE!!! WHERE IS IT!!!! IT MUST DIE!!!!" as she moved rapidly around.

Keitaro started to chuckle loudly.

Motoko glared when she realized that she had been tricked she growled loudly.

Keitaro was still laughing. Motoko came up to him looked him straight in the eyes and yelled at him.

"Keitaro did you really think it was funny to shout "Turtle" when you know I am deathly afraid of them?!?!"

"The-haha- look on –haha-your face-haha- was PRICLESS!-haha" Keitaro said still laughing a bit.

"It wasn't funny!" Motoko said angrily.

Keitaro had taken Motoko in a head lock and proceeded to mess her hair around.

"Awww cheer up Mo! I am sowwie!"

Motoko finally got out of the head lock and proceeded to fix her hair while grumbling death threats under her breath.

"Look I am sorry." Keitaro said, "But you really have to lighten up a bit if you want to beat this Captain that you talk about."

"If you're so sure, why not spar with me?" Motoko said with a smirk, "After all you have some training in the Urashima Style."

Keitaro went sickly pale. "And go against you and the Aoyama family style as well as a mix of god knows what Granny Hina and Seta have been teaching you. No Thanks." Keitaro said backing away from her.

"Come on Keitaro. You might have a chance...." Motoko said with an evil smirk plastered on her face.

"Ummmm." Keitaro was about to make a dash for the door when Motoko rushed and blocked off his exit with an inhuman speed.

"Start running, Keitaro. I'll give you five seconds." Motoko said giggling evilly.

"Can't we talk about th-"

" 5, 4, 3,"

"Yipe!" Keitaro said while starting to run. Although they both knew he had the odd gift of never really hurting himself, Motoko still enjoyed training some of her Kei attacks.

She started to practice some of her attacks while he started to dodge them.

"ROCK SPLITTING SWORD!!!!!" She screamed as she swung her sword at him. He eventually got to a bow staff and started to fend her off.

Keitaro was trained using a bow staff instead of a sword because it was what his teacher thought would be better for his clumsy manner.

The sound of fighting cut through the air.

Finally, Motoko got in a lucky shot bonking Keitaro on the head, sending him to the ground like a bag of bricks.

"Keitaro" She ran over to him. Why did she care so much for him? As she took him in her arms to see if he was alright she could feel her heart flutter. 'What is this feeling? Could it be love?' She had always read that love would make you feel like this.

She moved her head closer to his to capture his lips with her own. She was mirror inches away from kissing him when a shrill voice stopped her from doing so.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ANIKI YOU BITCH!!!!!"

It was Kanako. She had just come back from her friend's house. Motoko was miffed.

"Keitaro and I were training and...." Motoko started.

"Shut up. I'll let Kaa-san and Tou-san deal with you. "Kanako moved Keitaro from the ground and placed one of his arms over her shoulder and took him inside.

~0~0~0~

Motoko came out of her meditative state and she remembered that she had promised herself that day that she would make sure that Kanako never got to be with Keitaro. Motoko wanted him all to her self and if she had to take out every one that got in her way she would.

'Keitaro... I am so angry at you.' Motoko thought. 'But I can't stop loving you. I only hope you can prove yourself to me. To prove that I can trust you again. Trust you with my heart.'

Motoko sighed and started to practice her sword strikes.

------Tea House--------

Haruka lit another cigarette and took a drag when she heard a knocking at her door. She had started to ignore it. The pounding on the door got louder and it did not cease.

"We're! Not! Open! Yet!" Haruka seethed.

The knocking still did not stop. Haruka walked over to the door, swung it open with an extremely pissed off face plastered over her regular emotionless face.

"I said-" She had started when she saw some one she hadn't seen in a long while.

"Hi." said the person.

Haruka's cigarette fell out of her mouth when she saw who it was. It was...

A/N: Oooooo Cliff hanger. :P now you have to come back. I am sorry I didn't update sooner but I hit a bit of a writers block and just couldn't get past it. I probably won't have the next chapter ready for a while so this is the closest to a Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza, or whatever-you-celebrate present that you'll get. All I'll tell you is that next chapter will be a major turn around. With maybe some healing of some wounds. But that is all I'll say. I hope you all have a Happy Holiday and if I don't have the next chapter ready around New Years, maybe later. Happy New Year and I hope you enjoy where I will go with this story.

Till Next time, Cya in Cyber space – Thowell3

P.S. I am soooo sorry that This wasn't finished eairlyer I was really busy with my 1st semester of College and also I am finally where I have to be for my 2nd semester of College. I will try to write more a little later on and I hope to have another chapter finished for January . Thank you for your Pashas

B/N: Sorry fans! I've been having little family troubles and I just got back from a vacation, but I fit this in! Happy Holidays! 0/.\0