Disclaimer: I don't own anything I'm using for this story. Love Hina's not mine, which sucks. There.

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"I'm going to fight. I am a man after all." Spoke Keitaro as he set himself, staff in hand. "And even if death is the price I pay, I will protect my master!" Clenching the weapon firmly in his right hand, he tensed his whole body, preparing for the fight with Seta. This was not a fight he would lose. All the times of being pushed around and knocked into orbit by everyone who felt like doing it to him would stop here. He had always known how to fight. It was instinctive. The staff and sword came naturally to him as well, when holding these they became like a part of him. Flowing with ease to every whim of his mind. He had always suppressed his ability to fight when the girls were around though. He didn't want to hurt any of them. Instead acting clumsy and stupid. He had done well in that for some time, until they started abusing him. And now it was time for him to slowly begin to become his true self.

"Let's begin Keitaro!" Shouted Seta. "As you wish!" Seta charged, and Keitaro waited. Right when the older man was upon him, fist at his face, the staff was twirled in his hands and knocked the arm away. Stepping sideways to his left, Keitaro then snapped the end of the staff into the still moving Seta's back. Causing him to pitch forward. Seta stopped his fall with his hands, and swept his foot back, trying to trip Keitaro. But the Ronin jumped over the outstretched leg, front flipping past the man on the ground, to land on his feet with Seta now behind him. Immediately putting his right foot forward, he turned his body at a side angle to his former employer. Seta jumped to his feet, facing Keitaro, and the performed a flying kick, aimed at the boy's head. Bringing the staff upward, while leaning his body back, Keitaro both avoided the kick, and firmly nailed Seta under the chin. Seta rose in the air a bit before beginning his descent to the floor, and while he was in the air, Keitaro swept down and around with his left leg, holding his position once his limb was directly under the falling man's head. Seta landed, head on knee, and was at once unconscious. Keitaro pulled his leg out from under the weight holding it down (Seta's head, Dofus!) and stood up.

The crowd of little kids went nuts, having seen this amazing display of martial art. Besides, Goku was the hero. Motoko stared in disbelief. Su, Sarah, Kitsune and Shinobu cheered. Naru refused to look at Keitaro as he untied her, and Haruka just nodded to herself. ::About time that boy let loose:: She thought to herself. Keitaro finished untying Naru and then walked off stage. Kitsune let go the curtains, and so the play was ended. Keitaro wasn't seen the rest of the day, and all the girls went to bed that night with dreams of the Ronin.