'Sigh' I don't even know why I promise anything if I just end up breaking it.

To those of you who were waiting and expecting a new update/chapter to Taste of Her Own Medicine, I'm very sorry. I have so many things to do at school that I don't have time to finish the next chapter.

But to those who wanted a new chapter to the unrevised version, then here you go. But be warned, there are a lot of things that resemble the revised version here. And I do mean a lot. Also, this is the last unrevised chapter I wrote, this is when I decided to revise/change it.

I really am sorry. But try to understand my sisituation.

"So what are you going to do?" Haruka asked Keitaro.

"Truth to be told, I actually don't know what to do." Keitaro said truthfully. "Knowing she's my promised girl, getting into Toudai together and also the things we've been through. And now knowing that she's cheating on me, it hurt, but I still love her."

"Why not talk to her?" Haruka suggested.

"I don't know," Keitaro said. "After what I saw, I don't want to talk or see her, actually."

"You can't avoid her forever, Kei." Haruka said.

"I know that," Keitaro sighed. "But, that's only thing I can do, for now."

"I'll respect your decision, but sooner or later you'll have to face the music." Haruka reminded him.

After a little chat, they said their goodbyes and hung up.

Keitaro didn't want to sleep, he was dreading tomorrow. But his body was telling otherwise, he was exhausted, not only physically but also mentally.

Crawling to his futon, he immediately fell asleep.

Meanwhile, Haruka was feeling bad for his cousin, going through all those things for the love of his promised girl and she just's cheats on him.

"Had a good chat with Keitaro?" Seta said, with Sara on his back.

"Far from it." Haruka muttered, but Seta still heard it.

Knowing that the topic will have drama in it, Seta sent Sara to play outside for now.

When Sara grudgingly followed, Seta asked what it was about.

After Haruka explained to Seta the situation Keitaro was in, his expression was a mixture of surprised and disappointed.

"I didn't see this coming at all." Seta said. "I thought Naru was the kind of person who was loyal, but now I'm having my doubts."

"Everyone didn't." Haruka said. "You would think that after all the trouble their relationship had, you'd think that they'll treasure each other. Keitaro did, but Naru didn't."

"Does Hina know about this?" Seta asked.

"No," Haruka replied. "Only the girls, Keitaro and both of us know."

"Shouldn't you tell her? And what about Keitaro's parents, shouldn't they know what happened?"

"It's up to Keitaro, to tell them. But if he doesn't do anything about it, I'll tell mom when the time comes."

'I just hope it doesn't come to that.' Haruka thought.

Morning fell at the Hinata-sou.

As usual, Motoko as the first one to wake up.

After washing up, she went up to the roof to start her morning session.

But something was different today, her mind wasn't focused on her Katas, she was focused on Keitaro.

Reliving the events of last night, she shuddered at the image of Keitaro with his fake smile. That was the only time she saw him so broken that the smile he always showered upon them was gone, and also hearing him cry and sob, it broke her heart.

'Why would she do such a thing to him?!' She thought vehemently. "After showing pure loyalty, passion and kindness, she repays him by having another relationship!'

With every stroke of her bokken, the force increases as her thoughts curse Naru.

'Doesn't she know that we are jealous of her relationship with him?! Doesn't she realize that if I didn't respect their relationship with one another, I could just steal him from her?!' She thought, screaming inside her head and tears dripping down her face. Then she broke down on her knees as one last question repeats itself in her head. 'Why couldn't it have been me that's with him?'

She kept crying for the rest of the hour and calming herself for the rest of her practice.

Shinobu woke up after Motoko's practice, a little later than usual. After washing up, she immediately went to the kitchen to make breakfast.

Even though last night's revelation was too much for the little cook, she still resumed her cooking duties with vigor, thinking that making something special will at least ease Keitaro a little.

Hearing light steps come in the kitchen, knew that it was Motoko and greeted the Kendo girl.

"Good Morning, Motoko-chan." Shinobu greeted.

"Good Morning to you too, Shinobu." Motoko greeted back.

Shinobu immediately saw Motoko's red eyes, and surmised that she had cried this morning. She wasn't surprised to see it, for she too was crying last night, and she also knew that Motoko had feelings for their manager.

Motoko saw that the little cook was making clam flavored soup, and knew that Keitaro liked that particular soup.

Walking closer to Shinobu, Motoko asked, "Shinobu-chan, can I help you in making breakfast?"

Shinobu was surprised at what Motoko asked, she hadn't touched the Kitchen ever since she won the battle from her sister, Tsuruko.

"Oh, uh, sure, Motoko-chan." Shinobu stammered. "You can help by cutting the vegetables."

Moving towards the cutting board, Motoko cut the vegetables slowly, not using any techniques. She knew that her cutting style wasn't appropriate for cutting vegetables.

Silence wrapped the room and tension was slowly building up. Having enough of the silence, Motoko was the first to break it.

"What do you think of yesterday?" Motoko asked in a low voice.

"I'm upset with Naru-sempai," Shinobu said, truthfully. "Hurting sempai like that."

"Yes, I am too." Motoko nodded. "Keeping their promise that she forgot, waiting a lifetime for her, and also willing to sacrifice everything for her. And she goes for another man."

"I don't know her reasons, but I don't think that it will justify her." Shinobu said. "Right now, Keitaro needs us to comfort him."

"Yes, that is right Shinbou-chan." Motoko agreed.

While making breakfast, Keitaro awoke staring at the hole in the ceiling.

As he was staring, everything for last night came back to him, and he instantly became sad.

'Why, Naru? Did I do something wrong? Is being with me a pain that you'd rather be with someone else.' Keitaro thought sadly.

Shaking his head, he sighed.

Hearing wood being moved, Keitaro looked at the ceiling and saw Naru removing the plywood that was covering their rooms.

Peeking down, Naru smiled at him and greeted him.

"Good morning, Keitaro." She said quite cheerful.

"Oh, Good morning to you too, Naru." He said, faking a smile.

Feeling that Keitaro's voice was a little down, she asked him what's wrong.

"Nothing, just slept a little late last night, I studied." He lied.

"Is this about me, not coming with you? If then I'm sorry, my friends were a little persistent that I joined them." She apologized.

'Not exactly.'He thought, "Nah, like I said it's just I was up late." He said out loud, waving his hand dismissively.

"Is that so," She said, not entirely convinced. "Well then, let's wash up and I think breakfasts almost ready."

"You go on ahead, Naru." Keitaro said. "I'll catch up, just need to clean up here a bit."

'Good thing that little my little tantrum last night made a little mess here.' Keitaro thought.

"Oh, Ok then, I'll see you at breakfast." Naru said, closing up the hole again.

Seeing that the hole is indeed closed and hearing Naru's door open and close, Keitaro sighed deeply.

Looking around his room, it did really need to be cleaned.

'Better start now.' He thought climbing out of his futon.

After washing up, Naru went to the kitchen and saw that Motoko was helping Shinobu in preparing breakfast. This was a surprise for Naru, for she was at Kyoto the day after Tsuruko defeated Motoko and stripped her of her title as heir to the Shinmei-ryu school.

Stepping inside the Kitchen, she greeted the two. This earned her two surprised looks, and for a moment they glared at her then returning their neutral expressions to greet her.

This confused Naru, it was like she did something wrong, and they were only being civil towards her.

"Hey, uh, guys, what's with the looks?" She asked. "Did I do something?"

Knowing that Keitaro wouldn't like it if they berated, screamed or scold her 'Girlfriend', they decided that they would act like they didn't know anything. It was Keitaro's job to do that

"What are you talking about, Naru-sempai?" Shinobu said acting confused.

"It's just that just now, both of you were glaring at me. Also last night, you were avoiding me." Naru stated. "Did I do something wrong?"

"I do not know about just now, Naru-sempai." Motoko said, with her usual monotone. "But last night, we were merely tired. We accompanied Keitaro him to where he was going to take you, it was mere coincidence that Kitsune also had tickets for all of us."

"Oh, Is that so." Naru said, convinced by their lie.

Then Naru asked something that made them stiffen. "Where was it?"

They didn't know what to answer, if they told her the truth, she'll know that they all saw her last night. They didn't know any places that needed a ticket to go inside at night.

"We went to this Jazz club, it was a good thing that they let Shinobu and Su in." Kitsune said from the door with Su in tow. "I got the same ticket as Keitaro from his two friends, whose names I forgot.

It was obvious from her looks and posture that she had a hangover.

Su was energetic as ever, but she was making note to avoid Naru.

"Yup, the food was good too." Su said grinning.

Both Shinobu and Motoko were relieved that Kitsune was there at the right time to save them.

Before seating beside Naru, she poured herself some coffee to help her ease her hangover.

Su seated beside where Motoko always sat.

After a minute, Keitaro arrived and sat beside Naru, albeit a little distant, Naru didn't notice this.

Motoko and Shinobu prepared the table, Keitaro saw that there was clam flavored soup there.

He smiled at took a spoonful and tasted it.

"As always your cooking is always great, Shinobu." Keitaro commented.

"Ah, Thank you, Keitaro." Shinobu said, blushing a bit. "But Motoko helped me in making the soup."

Looking at Motoko, he saw that she was looking at her plate with a blush on her face, avoiding eye contact.

"Is that so?" Keitaro asked while smiling, teasing Motoko a bit. "Well, you've improved Motoko-chan."

"T-Thank you, Keitaro-san." Motoko said, still blushing a bit.

This little interaction was not missed by Naru, 'He already tasted her cooking?' She asked herself. 'And also, Motoko using Keitaro's first name. Did something happen last night?'

Shaking her head, Naru shrugged off the thought.

Breakfast was silent, everyone felt the tension in the air, albeit Naru only felt part of it.

Keitaro was acting like he didn't see Naru with someone else last night, well he was being lovey dovey with her either, but everyone thought that he'd at least confront her.

'What's wrong with you, Keitaro? Are you just going to pretend like nothing happened?' Kitsune thought.

Motoko's thought was like an exact copy of Kitsune's, but her's was more louder. 'Are you really going to pretend that Naru wasn't with someone last night?! Are you really that spineless?'

Shinobu was trying not to think about the current situation.

'Sempai…' Was the only thought inside her head.

'I hope Keitaro is okay.' Thought Su.

Motoko was the first to finish her meal along with Su, who ate like a storm, she picked up their plates and placed them in the sink.

Shinobu then finished her meal and placed her plate in the dish, she then started to wash the dishes.

"Excuse me, but I need to resume my training." Motoko said, politely.

"Don't force yourself, Motoko-chan." Keitaro said, looking at her with concern. "I don't want any of my tenants to be over fatigued."

Motoko blushed at this, and said, "N-No need to concern yourself with me, Urashima-san. I can handle myself."

Keitaro nodded and continued eating, Motoko went on her way to the roof with Su in tow.

The interaction of Keitaro and Motoko wasn't missed by Naru, again.

'Is there something between them that I'm not aware of?' Naru thought, her jealousy rising.

Naru looked at Keitaro with criticizing eyes.

Kitsune saw the dirty look Naru was giving Keitaro, and thought with a smirk, 'Is little miss cheater getting jealous of Motoko and Keitaro?'

Feeling the intense gaze, Keitaro looked back at Naru with confused eyes.

"Is something a matter, Naru?" Keitaro said, tilting his head.

"Oh, nothing," Naru feigned innocence. "It's just that, you were a little too friendly with our dear resident Kendo master."

"What are you talking about?" Keitaro said, a little agitated. "We were just talking."

Then something clicked inside his head.

"Are you jealous of Motoko?" He asked with a smirk. 'Naru's getting jealous of nothing.' Keitaro thought, laughing inside his mind. 'I could use this to my advantage, but I'll need to ask Motoko first. I don't want to just use her.

"W-What are y-you talking about?!" Naru stammered, not expecting this turn of events. "W-Why would I be jealous of Motoko?"

Keitaro then wrapped his arms around Naru, who blushed pure red.

"You don't have to worry a thing, Naru." Keitaro said, sweet fully. "There's nothing between us, you're my only one."

Naru, who was still blushing, could only muster up one word to say.

"B-Baka…"

So how was it? Like I said, it really had so many things that were copied to the revised version.

I'm only posting this because I want to at least give you, readers, something to signify that I haven't given up on this story. I appreciate my you, my readers, so much that I won't leave you hanging like that.

I'll try to at least finish a chapter by next week. Again, I'm very sorry.

P.S. The original title I had for this story was "Things Change".