Love Hina
Keitaro's Past

By: Belldandy'sKeiichi

Note: [any text in here is a thought text]

Author's Time: Well...here is the next chapter! Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up, it's been one hell of a week for me. Enjoy, and don't forget to review. BTW, I'm going to finish this idea first, and then I'll finish Back to the Beach House. Sorry if you like that fanfic rather than this one! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Keitaro just woke up and was heading to the kitchen. "Man did I sleep well..." He said to himself. "And today, a new border is coming!" As he turned the corner, Keitaro looked up and saw Naru walking the opposite way. "O, hey Naru!" Keitaro greeted. She just stood there. "You ok Naru?" "Um...I just remember I have to...um, do the laundry!" Naru quickly turned away from him and ran. Keitaro ran after her. "Wait up Naru! What's wrong with you? You've been acting like this since yesterday!" Keitaro called to her. "I'm just fine! Now leave me alone!" She yelled back. "Naru! Stop!" "Just leave me alone will you?!" Naru shouted at him. Then, without noticing, Naru broke through the second floor rail and fell outside. "Ack! Naru!" Keitaro ran to look outside to see if she's alright. "Naru! You ok?"

Chapter 2: Mikoto moves in!

"Geez Naru, I never expected you to fall from the second floor window..." Kitsune said to her, bandaging her up. "You must have been in la la land if you didn't see it coming." "Enough already Kitsune...a lot of things are in my mind..." Naru told her. Keitaro walked in with Shinobu. "Naru, are you ok?" Shinobu asked. "Yeah, I'm fine..." "You know Naru, you took quite a fall...It's not like you to do something like that..." Keitaro told her. "Yeah, I expected it from Keitaro." Kitsune said quickly. "Hey! What is that suppose to mean Kitsune!?" Keitaro yelled at her. "O it's nothing...come on Naru, your all done." Kitsune and Naru left. "Sempai, when is the new border coming?" Keitaro looked at his watch. "Hmm...In a couple of minutes...come on Shinobu, let's go to the living room.

Everyone was in the living room, watching the door, waiting for the new border to enter. A shadow appeared behind the door and as soon as the door opened, everyone got their party poppers and shot them right at her. "Welcome to the Hinata House!" They all cheered. "We are glad to have you as a roommate!" They opened their eyes and saw Haruka standing there. "Well...I didn't know I would be miss this much..." is all she said. "Oops...sorry Haruka, we were waiting for the new person to show up..." Keitaro said, cleaning her up. "Um...excuses me..." They all turned around to see a girl with golden brown hair. "Um...am I at the right place?" "Mikoto! You're here! Um..." Keitaro greeted and looked around for another popper. He picked one up and popped it in front of her. "Welcome!"

"My name is Mikoto Ayukas. I've meet most of you guys yesterday but I haven't seen you yesterday." Mikoto said introducing herself and then turned to Naru. "O, I was out on a walk...my name is Naru Narusegawa..." [Wow...Keitaro got himself a really pretty girl for his girlfriend...] Naru thought to herself. "Ahh...so you're Naru. I've heard sooo much about you from Keitaro!" "O really?" Naru said, eye twitching. "What exactly did he tell you about me?" Mikoto thought about it for awhile. "WELL Mitkoto, let me show you your room...come on..." Keitaro butted in and took Mitoko's hand. "Alright...geez, what's the hurry?" They both climb the stairs up to the second floor. "Well...looks like you have yet another rival Shinobu..." Kitsune said, nudging her. "Kyahh?! What do you mean?" "Boy...never though Keitaro would be a ladies man..." said Kitsune. Naru turned around and headed for the kitchen. "Hey Naru, where are you going?" "Don't mind me; just going to make some tea is all." "Do you need help?" Shinobu offered. "That's ok...I think I can my tea by myself..." Naru was out of sight. "Shinobu, make sure Naru doesn't poison herself ok?" Kitsune told her. "Um...ok... but where are you going?" "Just up to my room..." Kitsune said, walking away.

"Wow, it's been 17 years. What have you been up to Mikoto?" Keitaro asked her as they sat around a table in Keitaro's room. "Well, after finishing up collage, I just took a trip to America. What about you? What have you been up to? How's Tokyo U?" Keitaro nervously scratched his head. "Heh, well, where to begin..." Keitaro wondered. Then, the door slid open and Naru and Shinobu walked in with tea. "Hi Shinobu. Hey Naru. Thanks for the tea." Keitaro said, taking the tea. "You know," Mikoto said, "this is a good time to learn some names. So who you and what do you like to do?" "Well..." Shinobu started. "Um... My name is Shinobu and...Well, I like to cook, clean, and do the laundry." "Well, I'm Naru and I like to study..." They continued to talk when Shinobu noticed a ring on Mikoto's finger. "Um...excuse me, miss Mikoto..." Shinobu started to talk. "O please, call me Mikoto..." "Sorry, but are you married? You're wearing a really pretty golden ring." Naru, Keitaro and Shinobu looked at the ring as Mikoto removed it and placed it on the table. "I'm single. This ring was given to one of my best friends a long time ago." "Really? Who? Anyone I know?" Keitaro asked. "Well..." Mikoto started but was cut off by Kitsune. "Hey you guys, the hot spring is ready." Kitsune said as she walked by. "You guys have a hot spring? I love hot springs!" Mikoto said happily. "Come on Mikoto, we have a lot to talk about, let's continue this conversation there." Naru said, pushing her out the door. They we all out of Keitaro's room. "Hey, what about me? I as talking to her first..." Keitaro said, just sitting there in his room.

"This is great..." Mikoto said as she relaxed in the hot spring. "So tell us Mikoto, how do you know Keitaro?" Kitsune asked. "Yes, I am curious how you know our landlord." Motoko said. "Ok, but where should I start?" Mikoto said, rubbing her chin. "How about when you two first met?" Naru suggested. "Yeah, that sounds good...let's see, we met probably 17 years ago..."

~Flash Back~

"God! At this rate, I'll never get into Tokyo U!" Keitaro said to himself as he looked at the text book on his lap. "If I can't figure this out, then there is no hope for me!" Keitaro took out his notebook and started writing. "There...I think I finally got it!" Then, a girl looked at the notebook. "Um...can I help you?" Keitaro asked her. "I'm sorry; I just wanted to know the time." She said. Keitaro checked his watch, "its 7:39 am." "Thanks..." She said, taking a seat next to him. She took out the same book Keitaro had and turned to the page he was on. "Let's see..." she said to herself as she looked at the problem. "Hey! You're on the same lesion as me!" Keitaro pointed out. Yeah, I'm already half-way done with this, how about you?" Keitaro hesitated. "Um...well..." She giggled. "You're not even close to done are you?" "You're right! This stuff is hard! This is the only answer I got!" The girl took a look at it. "Um...you need to move the decimal 2 places to the left..." Keitaro looked back at his work. "God! I give up!" He said, closing the notebook. "Come on, don't give up. If you want, I can help you." Keitaro looked up at her. "Really? Are you sure? I'm really hopeless..." "Come on, you can't be that hopeless, by the way, what's your name?" "Keitaro, what is yours?" "I'm Mikoto. Nice to meet you!" They shook each other's hands and she began helping Keitaro study.

~End of Flash Back~

"So you knew our helpless cause before us huh." Kitsune said. "He wasn't that helpless...he knew what he was doing but his mind wasn't in place..." Mikoto said. "What happened to you after you graduated from High School?" Naru asked. "Well...I went off to collage, but Keitaro sadly didn't get in...he wanted to get into Tokyo U and didn't want to go anywhere else. I tell you, I haven't seen someone so persistence to go to one school." "Heh, well that's Keitaro for you...So, by the time Keitaro got in, what happen to you?" Motoko asked. "Well, after I graduated, I took a trip to California..." "I'm from California!" Sarah said suddenly. "Cool...now where was I?...o yeah, I took a trip to California to meet my uncle that lives there. Now that I answered your questions, how about you answer some of mine..." The borders looked at each other. "Ok, shoot!" "Does Keitaro have a girlfriend?" "Aren't you his girlfriend?" Naru suddenly blurted out but then covered her mouth with her hands. "O no, of course not. Me and him are just really good friends. I really don't think we could be an item. Besides, he told me he was trying to fulfill a childhood promise to a girl. So does he?" "No, a sad, lonely, man he is..." Kitsune told her. "But you might want to asked Naru for the real answer." Kitsune said, playfully. "What is that suppose to mean!" said Naru, starting to choke her. "Stop it Naru...can't...breathe..." Naru released Kitsune. "You know...this is probably one of the most peaceful bath we ever took...I mean, Keitaro is always interrupting us with some dumb excuse to peep." Naru said. "What do you mean Naru?" Mikoto. Just then, a little object fell from the sky and fell into the spring. Everyone gathered around where the object landed in the water. "What was that?" Su asked. "I'm not sure..." Just then, Keitaro entered the bath. "Did you guys see anything fall from the sky. If you did, can you return it to me? It's kinda important...ack!" Keitaro suddenly realized that he just intruded on them, once again. Mikoto just stared at him. "This is what I mean Mikoto...Keitaro! You god damn..." "Ack! Sorry Naru!" Keitaro said, running...but wasn't fast enough. Naru socked him on the face and sent him into orbit. Kitsune placed her hand on Mikoto's shoulder. "Don't worry, he'll be alright...he's always alright before..." "It's not that...Naru can really hurt someone can't she..." Mikoto said, still looking up.

[Whew...so Mikoto and Keitaro aren't together...maybe I just imaged that in his diary...] Naru thought to herself as she walked down the hall to her room. There, she just laid in her room. "Now where were we..." Naru sat up and headed towards the hole. [Great...I can hear them talking from my room...] Naru thought. "You were about to tell me how you got here Keitaro." Mikoto said.

Mikoto and Keitaro were the only ones in his room "Well...I came here when I was a second year ronin..." "You mean you failed two times? I thought you would have gotten in by then." "Well...anyways, I came here because my grandmother lived her. I thought a change in scenery would do me good. But my grandmother left and the hotel became a girl's dormitory." "So how did you become the landlord?" Mikoto asked. "Well...my grandma left an inheritance saying that I now own the Hinata House...and here I am..." Just then, the door opened and Haruka walked in. "Long time no see Mikoto." Haruka said, handing them tea. "It's good to see you again Haruka." "So you'll be staying with us huh?" Mikoto nodded. "Well, if you want, you can cook dinner today." Haruka told her as she left the room. "Great! You haven't lived 'til you tried my cooking!" She said to Keitaro and she hurried to the kitchen. "That's odd...I don't remember Mikoto cooking..."

Everyone was around the table eating. "Hey! This stuff is great!" Keitaro said. Everyone agreed. "Stop it you guys, your making me blush!" Mikoto said. "But really, where did you learn how to cook. Maybe Naru should get lessons..." Keitaro said but then was hit by a bowl. "Don't think I didn't hear that you idiot!" Naru said to him. "O, it's just something I picked up along the way. I wasn't good in the beginning but I did improve." Keitaro got up and walked out of the room. "I'm going to get myself cleaned up." Keitaro was out of sight. "You know Mikoto, you still haven't told us about that ring." Shinobu said to her. Again, she took off the ring and placed it down so everyone can see it. "Like I said, this ring was given to me by a good friend a long time ago." "Who gave it?" Motoko asked. Mikoto picked up the ring and placed it back on her finger and smiled. "It was a present from Keitaro." "Keitaro gave you that!" they all said. "Yup, I and he were good friends back at high school. I was there for him and he was there for me. And on graduation day, we exchanged presents so that we don't forget about each other. He gave me this ring as a best friends forever symbol." "I see, so you guys gave each other something so you don't forget about each other later on in life." Kitsune said. "So what did you give Keitaro then?" Naru asked. "Well...you see I gave him..."

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It was the middle of the night, and Keitaro couldn't sleep. [Good to see one of my past friends again...] He thought to himself. He got up and walked towards his bookshelf. He took on of the books and opened it. It really wasn't a book at all, but a safe, and inside was a small box. Keitaro took the box and opened it. Inside, was a golden ring. [Good thing I manage to get it out of the girl's bath.] He thought to himself as he read the inside of the ring. Inside, along the ring was the inscription. "To Keitaro. From Mikoto. Friends Forever."

End of Chapter 2
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