Love Hina
Endless Love

By: Belldandy'sKeiichi

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

Author's Time: Kitsune is up...uh oh...
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Motoko and Su both returned to the waiting room and they had the same reaction as Shinobu, miserable, sad, and cheerless. "I'm going to go see him now..." Kitsune told them as she left the room. "I'm going to see if Keitaro really looks as bad as his sickness..."

Kitsune: Outcast

Kitsune walked into Keitaro's room and a cold chill ran down her spine. "Keitaro?" she called to him but no response. She walked up to his bedside and saw him asleep. "O good, he's asleep. For a minute there I thought he was..." "Dead?" Keitaro said opening him eyes. Kitsune jumped backwards. "Ack! Keitaro!" "Hi Kitsune...what's up?" Kitsune ran up to his face. "Don't you ever do that to me ever again!" she screamed. "Kitsune...stop it, I'm sick. And besides, that is for all the times you scared me, tricked me, and used me..." Keitaro told her. There was no response. "You know Kitsune...why were all your tricks on me or Naru? Or how about this...why did you do tricks?" Keitaro asked then coughed violently.

Kitsune took a deep breathe and let it out. "I guess I should start explaining myself before you kick the bucket huh? Well, here I go...well, my habit of pulling tricks on people goes way back...back when Naru and I were in high school. Naru and I were two young teenagers in high school except for one thing...she was a popular, cute, attractive which everyone notice and I was in the back, watching my friend get all the attention.

I already told you that her dorky, nerdy style she inherits was just one of her fronts in high school, but I haven't told you exactly why. She didn't want the popularity, she didn't want a boy friend, and she didn't want all of the attention. But I did. I wanted to be popular, I wanted have a boy friend, and I wanted all the attention. But I didn't, I was looked over as an outcast, a ghost, a shadow of Naru so I wasn't givin' a second look.

Everyday, all the jocks come up to us and say, 'hi Naru, hey...um...what's her name again?' This drove me nuts! I didn't want to be an outcast anymore or a mere shadow of Naru. I wanted to be someone. And I was always the bringer of bad news. Every time she wanted to dump a jock, she had me do it. And when I tell them, they wanted to kill the messenger. From there on, I had a bad rep on me. This rep followed me until I graduated from high school. I thought that all men were bad from there on...until Naru's tutor, Seta showed up.

It was love at first sight for me...I couldn't say the same for Seta. Every time I see him, I always get dumbstruck and I don't know what to say to him. But I wasn't the only one eyeing for him; Naru was interested in him also. And I don't blame her; Seta had the power to make any girl's heart into play dough. Seta was hansom and all but it that wasn't the reason that I liked him. The real reason that I liked him is because he saw me as an individual. I noticed me when I was round Naru and called me Kitsune. He was the only one that really looked at me and called me a human. That's why I liked him. But since Naru wanted him and he was the only person that could resist Naru's charm, I knew that I had a chance, not a very good one, but a chance. After thinking about it for awhile, I really didn't want to see Naru hurt if Seta and I become an item; so I go the idea of hooking Naru up with someone else so that Seta will become free. And that is where you come into play Keitaro.

I guess you could say that I used you all this time. I had the whole thing planned out ever since we graduated from high school; find someone for Naru so I could have Seta for myself. But it was hard, let me tell you. Every person and I introduced to Naru, she backed them down. But when you came, I knew that you would be the perfect man for her. So I tried my best to make Naru like you. Yes, some of my stunts were...um...extreme but most of the time, they work. So I was actually doing both of us a favor. You get Naru and I get Seta. That's the main reason I do tricks on you and Naru.

But another problem arose. Every time I did one of my tricks on you, I started to become more and more attached to you, up to the point where...I guess to the point where I had feelings for you. They weren't strong feelings, but feelings. I envied you. You were striving on a dream that you probably lost hope of but went for it anyways. I wanted to be that confident, and if I was...I probably wouldn't be a slacker like I am today.

Now I probably answered all your questions about me except for one right? Why am I a slacker instead of a student in collage. Well, that's a simple answer and it goes back to my high school years. Knowing that Naru also wanted to go to collage, I wanted to go to collage also but what would happen if it was exactly like high school? What if Naru gets really popular and I was seen as a shadow? What if Naru gets a boyfriend and I'm just a third wheel? Of course I didn't want to be like that... I didn't want to re-live what happened during high school...I didn't want to get hurt or feel hurt inside...so I decided right after high school to give up my education and become what you see now, a slacker. To tell you the truth Keitaro, I never wanted to be a slacker. I always wanted to be someone and to give my contribution to the world...I never thought I would become this... Heh, funny. Long ago, I said to myself 'You know what Naru, I'm never going to be like the hobos on the streets, I'm going to have a life.' But look at me...I am what I don't want to be. That's what I envied you most Keitaro. You were a free soul that still had a future. A very bright future. So I rooted you on from the side lines. I prayed that you succeed so that you wouldn't be what I've become."

Kitsune got up. "Well, I hoped I answered all your questions..." She started to head for the door when a can of sake caught her eye and next to it, a bottle of water. Kitsune smiled, picked up the bottle of water and held it up like a toast. "This one is for you Keitaro..." she said, and she drank the water.

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Whew! Done! Two more to do, Mutsumi and Naru. Keep the reviews coming!