Disclaimer: I don't own Love Hina, none of the characters are mine, no matter how much I wish it were true, it's not, props to Ken Akamatsu for being the owner, though!
A/N: Words in 's are thoughts
Keitaro's Hidden Abilites?: DUEL FOR NARU!
[Hinata Beach Play]
Keitaro looked at Naru, she was looking back at him, then he nodded, "Master, I will protect you even if it means sacrificing my life!" Keitaro took up a fighting stance, holding his staff up horizontally
Naru blushed slightly at his words, "Keitaro..." she knew it was a play, but she felt that this was different...that this was somehow deeper than just a little show for the kids, she felt as if this really was a fight to see who would take her.
"Let's begin, Keitaro-kun...." said Seta, not even bothering to slide into a stance, they stood like that for a while, just looking at each other, standing off, everyone was in suspense, Motoko looked at Keitaro with some new respect, Kitsune smiled as her plan was working, Shinobu stood in stunned silence, her hand close to her mouth, even Su and Sara were wrapped up in the moment, staring wide-eyed.
A rock fell from the small wall behind which Shinobu stood, as the rock hit the ground, it was like a signal for the match to begin, Seta charged Keitaro, who was doing the same to Seta, his staff down low, both hands on it, Naru's eyes followed Keitaro as he ran right past her.
They reached each other, Keitaro bringing the staff up to Seta's side, he pushed it down and came around for a backhanded blow, only to be met by the hard bamboo of the staff, Keitaro pushed Seta's blow away with little difficulty, he used the momentum to spin and come around for a powerful blow to Seta's head, missing by mere inches as he ducked out of the way, attemtping to trip him.
"Not bad, Keitaro-kun, no, Goku" said Seta as his leg connected with Keitaro's, succesfully tripping him, "But you're still no match for me."
"Is that so?" Keitaro said, he used the momentum of his falling to go into a one handed flip to the side, he landed on his feet leaning towards Seta, he kicked off the ground and flew towards Seta, his staff raised high above his head, ready for a vicious downward stroke.
Everyone was in awe of Keitaro's fighting ability, Motoko looked on wide eyed, Urashima, what technique are you using? I've never seen this before.. the young master swordswoman thought to herself, It shifts between very quick, weak attacks and slow, powerful attacks and continues to switch from entirely defensive, to heavily offensive
Su looked on all wide eyed and amazed like Sara was, "Wooooow!! I didn't know Keitaro could fight like that!" exclaimed Su, Sara watched Keitaro and her papa fight, "That guy will never beat my papa!" The young blonde american exclaimed proudly, no one had beaten her papa before.
The staff came down hard, Seta had blocked it with both arms crossed above his head, all watched in amazement as dust flew up in a ring around them from the hardness of the blow, Seta faltered under the intensity of the blow, but stood strong, Keitaro was above him, a look of pure determination in his eyes, then they jumped away from each other, Keitaro landing on one foot and then the other, holding his staff horizontolly behind his back and a flat palm out before him, Seta landed in his usual fighting stance, hands up, slightly cupped, a thin smile on his face.
Naru looked with amazement at Keitaro, he wasn't even breathing hard, where did he learn to fight like that...and...if he could fight so well all the time, how come...how come he let me hit him so much? She wondered, she saw Seta falter under the blow of Keitaro, Wow...he's strong.. she knew, right then, right there, that this was a serious fight, Keitaro wouldn't hit so hard if he was just playing around, she remembered his words from earlier, "Master, I will defend you even if it means sacrificing my life!" he was fighting for her, it seemed, the thought of it made her blush furiously Keitaro...
Kitsune looked on with glee, horror and amazement all at once. On one hand, her plan to bring Keitaro and Naru closer together worked, as Keitaro seemed to be fighting so hard, and what a fighter he turned out to be! On the other hand, she was worried for Seta, never in all her lifetime had she seen Seta struggle to keep something contained, usually he fought with an ease and fluidness.
Haruka, for the first time ever in her adult life, dropped her cigarette as she watched her nephew duel with her former lover, Keitaro...when did you learn to fight like this? In all the years she had known Keitaro, never once had he hinted that he could fight so well. She had never seen Seta struggle with a fight before, and he didn't appear to be, but she could see it in his eyes, he was having a hard time with Keitaro Could it be that...?
Once again the two fighters charged each other, Keitaro however, stopped half-way to Seta and jumped to the side, he kicked off the ground and flew at Seta from a new angle, anyone but Seta or Motoko would think this a senseless waste of time, but indeed it was a good tactic, it caused your opponent to have to adapt to a new circumstance, prepare for an attack from a new direction.
Seta saw this and adapted instantaneously, turning to face him and raising his defence just in time to fend off three quick blows to, respectively, his head, knee and stomach and , he prepared for a blow to the back, because it was the most logical place to go next, "HA!" he only caught the second, much more powerful blow to his head because of the yell from Keitaro about to strike.
Keitaro could see the suprise in Seta's eyes as he swept away his hard swing to the professors head, he could see that had he not yelled, he porbably would have hit him and probably would have won the battle, "I won't let you take Naruse--" he caught himself in mid-sentence "I mean Master Sanzou-houshi!" What the hell am I doing!? It's not like this is for real...it's not like I'm really fighting for Narusegawa...hold on a second...since when could I fight like this!?!?
Seta smiled, "She will be mine Kei--no, Goku!" Damn! He's a lot better than I thought he would be...I can't even identify his form... thought Seta, he knows that we're fighting for Naru-chan...maybe this is..?
Keitaro once again went into his series of quick jabs and heavy swings with the staff, driving Seta backwards, I don't understand, I never used to be able to fight before... the ronin thought to himself, it was as if he was doing it all subconsciously, not really aware of how his body was manipulating itself.
Naru looked on with wide eyes, This is definately a real fight, but Seta seems to be losing, how did Keitaro get so good, so quick? Is it...because of me? Naru blushed at the thought of Keitaro coming to save her, drawing upon some hidden power to rescue her...little did she know, that was exactly what was going on.
Haruka watched Keitaro drive Seta back with his varrying attack speeds and styles, Yes, it's as I thought, he's drawing upon his own hidden power, he could never do this on his own.. the middle aged woman turned her head to Naru, who was slightly blushing and looking at awe in the fight, She probably thinks that it's because of her that he's fighting like this.. Haruka closed her eyes and crossed her arms, she already knew the outcome of this fight, ...and she's right. She scoffed at the thought.
Motoko watched Keitaro like she would watch a sensei in kendo school, studying his motions and attack methods, it was so...unpredictable, every time she thought she got the hang of what he was doing, he would do something different, and it varied, sometimes it was a vast change of attack strength and speed, but sometimes it was only so much as switching from right-handed attacks to left-handed attacks to two-handed attacks, or holding his staff in a different way, the whole technique was based on getting the opponent to spend as much energy adapting to different styles of attack as possible with exerting yourself as little as possible, it was truly a sight, espiecially from that weakling Keitaro. She heard a scoff and turned to see Haruka-san with her arms crossed and her eyes closed, as though the fight were already over, at this rate...it would be.
The audience of children 'ohed' and 'awed' at the two people fighting furiously on stage, they were all young, so they couldn't see that this was an actual fight, they cheered loudly at the spectacular display.
Keitaro just let his subconcious take over, going with the flow, he got used to the movements, and slowly, he started to consciously fight himself, starting to recognize certain patterns in Seta's movement, in his own, following them, it wasn't long before he became completely used to his own movements, understood them, he was now consciously fighting, and the change could be seen, they were subtle things, only things that a trained eye such as Motoko's or Seta's could see, light changes in his footing, his eyes actually following Seta's moves instead of keeping his eyes on Seta's face, a slight delay in judgement to quickly ponder the next move, all were noticed by Seta and Motoko, Haruka would notice as well if her eyes weren't closed.
Shinobu looked on, she wasn't stupid, she knew this was for real, she looked at the fight worriedly, worried for both fighters, neither had landed a blow yet, but Seta looked like he was losing, he was backing up slowly, the young cook could see the sweat on his brow, while Keitaro had yet to show any signs of weariness, senpai.. she thought, wondering whether to be happy for Keitaro's newfound abilities or worry if they came at some price.
Sara looked worriedly at her papa, "What's he doing? why is he losing?" she asked to no one in particular, no one had ever beaten her papa before, not even that crazy sword lady Motoko. Su watched in awe at Keitaro's skills, she was reminded of her big brother, he was always a good fighter, and they looked something alike, "Go Keitaro! Onii-chan! Show him what you're made of!" she said, submitting to the cheering of the crowd.
Kitsune, continued to watch, not hearing or seeing anything but Keitaro and Seta fighting, had her plan backfired? Was this now an all out war between Keitaro and Seta for Naru? All she could do is watch in stunned silence as the two go at it at top speed.
Seta, at this point, was very tired, but he saw that Keitaro had yet to break a sweat, Damn! At this rate I'm going to lose! The realization hit him like a bolt of lightning, yet it didn't show outside, he still had to fend against Keitaro's vicious attacks, then for a split second he saw the younger man glance to Naru, Yes! It's as I thought! He's fighting this way because Naru-chan is at stake! Haruka told me about this, she said something about Urashima's 'true power coming out when protecting a loved one...Well if that's the case...my first defeat will be glorious!
They fought for another minute before Seta found an opening and took it,"Got you!" he yelled as, lightning fast, his fist found it's way to Keitaro's face, the force was enough to knock him backwards several yards, Seta stood there, his arm still out and hand still balled in a fist, breathing heavily, he took this moment to rest, he knew he was going to lose, but he wouldn't go without a good fight.
"Keitaro!" yelled out Naru as she saw Keitaro get punched, she struggled against the chains that held her in vain, she turned to Kitsune, "Kitsune! get me down from this thing! Keitaro might be--" she was cut off as Kitsune just stared at the fight, and pointed, "Kitsune! are you listening to me!?" said an annoyed Naru, she was just starting to think of what she was going to do when she got down when she heard a loud 'crack!' coming from the battle field, she turned her head and gasped at what she saw.
Keitaro had flown back several yards, he smiled in and spun in mid air, he launched himself at the still recooperating Seta and sent a blow to the side of his neck, Seta amazingly blocked it, Keitaro expected this and threw all of his strength into the blow, the bamboo staff broke where seta's arm had blocked it with a loud 'crack!', leaving the his long sleeve torn and a bruise already forming on his arm, some blood seeping through the beaten skin. Keitaro stopped what remained of the staff, a sharp bamboo spike, a mere milimeter from Seta's neck, smiling in triumph.
Sara looked down, utterly and completely shocked, "Papa!!" was all she could manage.
Motoko was wide-eyed, realising the implications of Urashima beating Seta and her not.
Su rubbed her eyes to make sure she wan't just dreaming this all up.
Shinobi did likewise, no matter how big of a crush she had on senpai, she never would've expected this
For a few moments, everyone just kind of stared in complete and utter disbelief.
Then the crowd exploded! Whistling and cheering, the Hinatasou residents could hardly believe their eyes, but still managed to applaud and yell out compliments, Haruka opened her eyes and smiled, wondering if Keitaro remembered any of the technique he used, It would certainly make him a bit more coordinated. thought Haruka.
When the crowd had settled, and, more importantly, Keitaro and Seta remembered that they were in a play, Keitaro stepped back and Seta fell to one knee rather dramatically, "Bull Demon! You have been defeated! now release my master!" Seta looked to Kitsune and gave her a nod, then looked back up at Keitaro as Kitsune undid the chains, he whispered, "Very good, Keitaro-kun" then, in his louder, play voice "You'll never get away with this! I'll see you again Son Goku!!!" he yelled as Su, right on cue, activated the special effects, a swirling mist followed by a ring of fire, with an opening towards the rest of the hinata residents, he quickly ran to them, being careful not to be seen by the spectators.
Keitaro threw aside the bamboo spike and went to Naru as the rest of the Seta's crew, Kitsune, Haruka and Sara, disappeared in a similar fashion, Naru pretended to be weak from hanging too long and fell into Keitaro's arms, he lifted her to her feet, Wow...normally he would've slipped or something...I guess the fight made him a bit more coordinated.. Naru thought to herself.
Keitaro looked into Naru's eyes, they both stood there for a moment, Naru blushed a little, "Keitaro..." Kitsune was the one who prompted them, "The play! finish your lines!" that brought them both crashing back to reality, "Master Sanzou! Are you alright!?" said Keitaro, supporting Naru firmly, she nodded, "Just fine, thank you, Goku" she stood up and brushed herself off, hiding the furious blush she had on her cheeks, "So you're free now, you can go to wherever you want to.." said Naru.
Keitaro shook his head, "No!" he said, "Master! I, Goku will continue to accompany you to Tenjiku" He paused for a bit, then added, smiling sweetly at her, "Can I be with you forever?" Naru, not missing a beat, said with the same kind of smile, "Of course! Let's keep going together!" said Naru, Su turned the knob to dim the lights they had built, but it wasn't working, after a few seconds, they heard the whispers of Kitsune, "The light isn't working! think of something!" Keitaro looked at Naru, and she looked back at him, not knowing what to do, then a child started chanting "Kiss...Kiss...Kiss...Kiss..." soon the entire crowd was chanting "Kiss...Kiss...Kiss...." Naru and Keitaro, not knowing what else to do, blushing furiously, wrapped their arms around each other and inched closer to each other.
Suddenly the huge crater where Su had made a blast before started to rumble, throwing Naru and Keitaro apart, all the kids freaked out and began wailing, then a guyser of hot water sprung from the hole in the ground, it sprayed everyone with it's warm water, under the order of the Hinata girls, everyone evacuated before the place filled up with hot water.
[By the Hinata Beach Tea House]
Keitaro and Naru stood next to each other, watching the repairs of the Hinata Beach Tea House, Naru turned to Keitaro, "The play turned out to be a real success! there was enough money to repair the Tea House and pay our bills!" Keitaro smiled and turned to Naru "Yeah, and we turned out to be famous, just this morning I heard some kids talking about the fight scene with me and Seta."
Naru smiled back, "That reminds me, Keitaro, since when did you ever fight like that! I mean, you almost broke Seta-san's arm!" she had remembered him saying that it was slightly fractured, unsuprisingly, her first reaction was anger at Keitaro, but Seta said that it wasn't his fault, so she calmed down, "Were you hiding this from us the whole time?" she said with a sly grin.
Keitaro raised his hands up and put on his innocent face, "N-no!" he then calmed a bit and looked down, a small smile on his lips, "It's just...when I saw you there, chained to a rock, and said my name, something snapped...I don't really know what happened, but next thing I know I'm in the middle of the fight with Seta, I guess I fought so hard because somewhere deep inside, I was afraid I really was goind to lose you.." he shut his mouth and looked up at Naru, wide eyed, realising what he had been implying, Naru was standing there, blushing, much to his suprise.
"Eh? Narusegawa?" Naru put on a smile, still blushing, and raised her head to look at him, she walked foreward being drawn closer, Keitaro felt the same pull and walked towards her, just then, Kitsune yelled out, "Naru! Keitaro! Way to go!" at this Naru turned around to face Kitsune, "No! It's not like that!" Naru started, "yeah! we weren't just about to do anything!" Keitaro helped her explain, but he was smiling inside, I guess some things will never change.. he thought.
[Hinata Beach House Springs]
Seta sat relazing in the public hot springs, Haruka not to far from him, "So it's true then, he's inherited the Urashima fighting skill?" he asked the woman, who now had her usual cigarette in her mouth, she nodded, "It seems so...usually only the woman inhereit it, but on some rare occassions where a male has been forced into a situation where he must not lose..." she let Seta figure out the obvious conclusion, "So what now?" Seta asked, "I don't know...we'll wait and see what becomes of him..." replied Haruka with a shrug.
A/N: So whaddya think of my first fanfic? Like it? Don't like it? Should I make more chapters? Review please, give me your thoughts!
A/N: Words in 's are thoughts
Keitaro's Hidden Abilites?: DUEL FOR NARU!
[Hinata Beach Play]
Keitaro looked at Naru, she was looking back at him, then he nodded, "Master, I will protect you even if it means sacrificing my life!" Keitaro took up a fighting stance, holding his staff up horizontally
Naru blushed slightly at his words, "Keitaro..." she knew it was a play, but she felt that this was different...that this was somehow deeper than just a little show for the kids, she felt as if this really was a fight to see who would take her.
"Let's begin, Keitaro-kun...." said Seta, not even bothering to slide into a stance, they stood like that for a while, just looking at each other, standing off, everyone was in suspense, Motoko looked at Keitaro with some new respect, Kitsune smiled as her plan was working, Shinobu stood in stunned silence, her hand close to her mouth, even Su and Sara were wrapped up in the moment, staring wide-eyed.
A rock fell from the small wall behind which Shinobu stood, as the rock hit the ground, it was like a signal for the match to begin, Seta charged Keitaro, who was doing the same to Seta, his staff down low, both hands on it, Naru's eyes followed Keitaro as he ran right past her.
They reached each other, Keitaro bringing the staff up to Seta's side, he pushed it down and came around for a backhanded blow, only to be met by the hard bamboo of the staff, Keitaro pushed Seta's blow away with little difficulty, he used the momentum to spin and come around for a powerful blow to Seta's head, missing by mere inches as he ducked out of the way, attemtping to trip him.
"Not bad, Keitaro-kun, no, Goku" said Seta as his leg connected with Keitaro's, succesfully tripping him, "But you're still no match for me."
"Is that so?" Keitaro said, he used the momentum of his falling to go into a one handed flip to the side, he landed on his feet leaning towards Seta, he kicked off the ground and flew towards Seta, his staff raised high above his head, ready for a vicious downward stroke.
Everyone was in awe of Keitaro's fighting ability, Motoko looked on wide eyed, Urashima, what technique are you using? I've never seen this before.. the young master swordswoman thought to herself, It shifts between very quick, weak attacks and slow, powerful attacks and continues to switch from entirely defensive, to heavily offensive
Su looked on all wide eyed and amazed like Sara was, "Wooooow!! I didn't know Keitaro could fight like that!" exclaimed Su, Sara watched Keitaro and her papa fight, "That guy will never beat my papa!" The young blonde american exclaimed proudly, no one had beaten her papa before.
The staff came down hard, Seta had blocked it with both arms crossed above his head, all watched in amazement as dust flew up in a ring around them from the hardness of the blow, Seta faltered under the intensity of the blow, but stood strong, Keitaro was above him, a look of pure determination in his eyes, then they jumped away from each other, Keitaro landing on one foot and then the other, holding his staff horizontolly behind his back and a flat palm out before him, Seta landed in his usual fighting stance, hands up, slightly cupped, a thin smile on his face.
Naru looked with amazement at Keitaro, he wasn't even breathing hard, where did he learn to fight like that...and...if he could fight so well all the time, how come...how come he let me hit him so much? She wondered, she saw Seta falter under the blow of Keitaro, Wow...he's strong.. she knew, right then, right there, that this was a serious fight, Keitaro wouldn't hit so hard if he was just playing around, she remembered his words from earlier, "Master, I will defend you even if it means sacrificing my life!" he was fighting for her, it seemed, the thought of it made her blush furiously Keitaro...
Kitsune looked on with glee, horror and amazement all at once. On one hand, her plan to bring Keitaro and Naru closer together worked, as Keitaro seemed to be fighting so hard, and what a fighter he turned out to be! On the other hand, she was worried for Seta, never in all her lifetime had she seen Seta struggle to keep something contained, usually he fought with an ease and fluidness.
Haruka, for the first time ever in her adult life, dropped her cigarette as she watched her nephew duel with her former lover, Keitaro...when did you learn to fight like this? In all the years she had known Keitaro, never once had he hinted that he could fight so well. She had never seen Seta struggle with a fight before, and he didn't appear to be, but she could see it in his eyes, he was having a hard time with Keitaro Could it be that...?
Once again the two fighters charged each other, Keitaro however, stopped half-way to Seta and jumped to the side, he kicked off the ground and flew at Seta from a new angle, anyone but Seta or Motoko would think this a senseless waste of time, but indeed it was a good tactic, it caused your opponent to have to adapt to a new circumstance, prepare for an attack from a new direction.
Seta saw this and adapted instantaneously, turning to face him and raising his defence just in time to fend off three quick blows to, respectively, his head, knee and stomach and , he prepared for a blow to the back, because it was the most logical place to go next, "HA!" he only caught the second, much more powerful blow to his head because of the yell from Keitaro about to strike.
Keitaro could see the suprise in Seta's eyes as he swept away his hard swing to the professors head, he could see that had he not yelled, he porbably would have hit him and probably would have won the battle, "I won't let you take Naruse--" he caught himself in mid-sentence "I mean Master Sanzou-houshi!" What the hell am I doing!? It's not like this is for real...it's not like I'm really fighting for Narusegawa...hold on a second...since when could I fight like this!?!?
Seta smiled, "She will be mine Kei--no, Goku!" Damn! He's a lot better than I thought he would be...I can't even identify his form... thought Seta, he knows that we're fighting for Naru-chan...maybe this is..?
Keitaro once again went into his series of quick jabs and heavy swings with the staff, driving Seta backwards, I don't understand, I never used to be able to fight before... the ronin thought to himself, it was as if he was doing it all subconsciously, not really aware of how his body was manipulating itself.
Naru looked on with wide eyes, This is definately a real fight, but Seta seems to be losing, how did Keitaro get so good, so quick? Is it...because of me? Naru blushed at the thought of Keitaro coming to save her, drawing upon some hidden power to rescue her...little did she know, that was exactly what was going on.
Haruka watched Keitaro drive Seta back with his varrying attack speeds and styles, Yes, it's as I thought, he's drawing upon his own hidden power, he could never do this on his own.. the middle aged woman turned her head to Naru, who was slightly blushing and looking at awe in the fight, She probably thinks that it's because of her that he's fighting like this.. Haruka closed her eyes and crossed her arms, she already knew the outcome of this fight, ...and she's right. She scoffed at the thought.
Motoko watched Keitaro like she would watch a sensei in kendo school, studying his motions and attack methods, it was so...unpredictable, every time she thought she got the hang of what he was doing, he would do something different, and it varied, sometimes it was a vast change of attack strength and speed, but sometimes it was only so much as switching from right-handed attacks to left-handed attacks to two-handed attacks, or holding his staff in a different way, the whole technique was based on getting the opponent to spend as much energy adapting to different styles of attack as possible with exerting yourself as little as possible, it was truly a sight, espiecially from that weakling Keitaro. She heard a scoff and turned to see Haruka-san with her arms crossed and her eyes closed, as though the fight were already over, at this rate...it would be.
The audience of children 'ohed' and 'awed' at the two people fighting furiously on stage, they were all young, so they couldn't see that this was an actual fight, they cheered loudly at the spectacular display.
Keitaro just let his subconcious take over, going with the flow, he got used to the movements, and slowly, he started to consciously fight himself, starting to recognize certain patterns in Seta's movement, in his own, following them, it wasn't long before he became completely used to his own movements, understood them, he was now consciously fighting, and the change could be seen, they were subtle things, only things that a trained eye such as Motoko's or Seta's could see, light changes in his footing, his eyes actually following Seta's moves instead of keeping his eyes on Seta's face, a slight delay in judgement to quickly ponder the next move, all were noticed by Seta and Motoko, Haruka would notice as well if her eyes weren't closed.
Shinobu looked on, she wasn't stupid, she knew this was for real, she looked at the fight worriedly, worried for both fighters, neither had landed a blow yet, but Seta looked like he was losing, he was backing up slowly, the young cook could see the sweat on his brow, while Keitaro had yet to show any signs of weariness, senpai.. she thought, wondering whether to be happy for Keitaro's newfound abilities or worry if they came at some price.
Sara looked worriedly at her papa, "What's he doing? why is he losing?" she asked to no one in particular, no one had ever beaten her papa before, not even that crazy sword lady Motoko. Su watched in awe at Keitaro's skills, she was reminded of her big brother, he was always a good fighter, and they looked something alike, "Go Keitaro! Onii-chan! Show him what you're made of!" she said, submitting to the cheering of the crowd.
Kitsune, continued to watch, not hearing or seeing anything but Keitaro and Seta fighting, had her plan backfired? Was this now an all out war between Keitaro and Seta for Naru? All she could do is watch in stunned silence as the two go at it at top speed.
Seta, at this point, was very tired, but he saw that Keitaro had yet to break a sweat, Damn! At this rate I'm going to lose! The realization hit him like a bolt of lightning, yet it didn't show outside, he still had to fend against Keitaro's vicious attacks, then for a split second he saw the younger man glance to Naru, Yes! It's as I thought! He's fighting this way because Naru-chan is at stake! Haruka told me about this, she said something about Urashima's 'true power coming out when protecting a loved one...Well if that's the case...my first defeat will be glorious!
They fought for another minute before Seta found an opening and took it,"Got you!" he yelled as, lightning fast, his fist found it's way to Keitaro's face, the force was enough to knock him backwards several yards, Seta stood there, his arm still out and hand still balled in a fist, breathing heavily, he took this moment to rest, he knew he was going to lose, but he wouldn't go without a good fight.
"Keitaro!" yelled out Naru as she saw Keitaro get punched, she struggled against the chains that held her in vain, she turned to Kitsune, "Kitsune! get me down from this thing! Keitaro might be--" she was cut off as Kitsune just stared at the fight, and pointed, "Kitsune! are you listening to me!?" said an annoyed Naru, she was just starting to think of what she was going to do when she got down when she heard a loud 'crack!' coming from the battle field, she turned her head and gasped at what she saw.
Keitaro had flown back several yards, he smiled in and spun in mid air, he launched himself at the still recooperating Seta and sent a blow to the side of his neck, Seta amazingly blocked it, Keitaro expected this and threw all of his strength into the blow, the bamboo staff broke where seta's arm had blocked it with a loud 'crack!', leaving the his long sleeve torn and a bruise already forming on his arm, some blood seeping through the beaten skin. Keitaro stopped what remained of the staff, a sharp bamboo spike, a mere milimeter from Seta's neck, smiling in triumph.
Sara looked down, utterly and completely shocked, "Papa!!" was all she could manage.
Motoko was wide-eyed, realising the implications of Urashima beating Seta and her not.
Su rubbed her eyes to make sure she wan't just dreaming this all up.
Shinobi did likewise, no matter how big of a crush she had on senpai, she never would've expected this
For a few moments, everyone just kind of stared in complete and utter disbelief.
Then the crowd exploded! Whistling and cheering, the Hinatasou residents could hardly believe their eyes, but still managed to applaud and yell out compliments, Haruka opened her eyes and smiled, wondering if Keitaro remembered any of the technique he used, It would certainly make him a bit more coordinated. thought Haruka.
When the crowd had settled, and, more importantly, Keitaro and Seta remembered that they were in a play, Keitaro stepped back and Seta fell to one knee rather dramatically, "Bull Demon! You have been defeated! now release my master!" Seta looked to Kitsune and gave her a nod, then looked back up at Keitaro as Kitsune undid the chains, he whispered, "Very good, Keitaro-kun" then, in his louder, play voice "You'll never get away with this! I'll see you again Son Goku!!!" he yelled as Su, right on cue, activated the special effects, a swirling mist followed by a ring of fire, with an opening towards the rest of the hinata residents, he quickly ran to them, being careful not to be seen by the spectators.
Keitaro threw aside the bamboo spike and went to Naru as the rest of the Seta's crew, Kitsune, Haruka and Sara, disappeared in a similar fashion, Naru pretended to be weak from hanging too long and fell into Keitaro's arms, he lifted her to her feet, Wow...normally he would've slipped or something...I guess the fight made him a bit more coordinated.. Naru thought to herself.
Keitaro looked into Naru's eyes, they both stood there for a moment, Naru blushed a little, "Keitaro..." Kitsune was the one who prompted them, "The play! finish your lines!" that brought them both crashing back to reality, "Master Sanzou! Are you alright!?" said Keitaro, supporting Naru firmly, she nodded, "Just fine, thank you, Goku" she stood up and brushed herself off, hiding the furious blush she had on her cheeks, "So you're free now, you can go to wherever you want to.." said Naru.
Keitaro shook his head, "No!" he said, "Master! I, Goku will continue to accompany you to Tenjiku" He paused for a bit, then added, smiling sweetly at her, "Can I be with you forever?" Naru, not missing a beat, said with the same kind of smile, "Of course! Let's keep going together!" said Naru, Su turned the knob to dim the lights they had built, but it wasn't working, after a few seconds, they heard the whispers of Kitsune, "The light isn't working! think of something!" Keitaro looked at Naru, and she looked back at him, not knowing what to do, then a child started chanting "Kiss...Kiss...Kiss...Kiss..." soon the entire crowd was chanting "Kiss...Kiss...Kiss...." Naru and Keitaro, not knowing what else to do, blushing furiously, wrapped their arms around each other and inched closer to each other.
Suddenly the huge crater where Su had made a blast before started to rumble, throwing Naru and Keitaro apart, all the kids freaked out and began wailing, then a guyser of hot water sprung from the hole in the ground, it sprayed everyone with it's warm water, under the order of the Hinata girls, everyone evacuated before the place filled up with hot water.
[By the Hinata Beach Tea House]
Keitaro and Naru stood next to each other, watching the repairs of the Hinata Beach Tea House, Naru turned to Keitaro, "The play turned out to be a real success! there was enough money to repair the Tea House and pay our bills!" Keitaro smiled and turned to Naru "Yeah, and we turned out to be famous, just this morning I heard some kids talking about the fight scene with me and Seta."
Naru smiled back, "That reminds me, Keitaro, since when did you ever fight like that! I mean, you almost broke Seta-san's arm!" she had remembered him saying that it was slightly fractured, unsuprisingly, her first reaction was anger at Keitaro, but Seta said that it wasn't his fault, so she calmed down, "Were you hiding this from us the whole time?" she said with a sly grin.
Keitaro raised his hands up and put on his innocent face, "N-no!" he then calmed a bit and looked down, a small smile on his lips, "It's just...when I saw you there, chained to a rock, and said my name, something snapped...I don't really know what happened, but next thing I know I'm in the middle of the fight with Seta, I guess I fought so hard because somewhere deep inside, I was afraid I really was goind to lose you.." he shut his mouth and looked up at Naru, wide eyed, realising what he had been implying, Naru was standing there, blushing, much to his suprise.
"Eh? Narusegawa?" Naru put on a smile, still blushing, and raised her head to look at him, she walked foreward being drawn closer, Keitaro felt the same pull and walked towards her, just then, Kitsune yelled out, "Naru! Keitaro! Way to go!" at this Naru turned around to face Kitsune, "No! It's not like that!" Naru started, "yeah! we weren't just about to do anything!" Keitaro helped her explain, but he was smiling inside, I guess some things will never change.. he thought.
[Hinata Beach House Springs]
Seta sat relazing in the public hot springs, Haruka not to far from him, "So it's true then, he's inherited the Urashima fighting skill?" he asked the woman, who now had her usual cigarette in her mouth, she nodded, "It seems so...usually only the woman inhereit it, but on some rare occassions where a male has been forced into a situation where he must not lose..." she let Seta figure out the obvious conclusion, "So what now?" Seta asked, "I don't know...we'll wait and see what becomes of him..." replied Haruka with a shrug.
A/N: So whaddya think of my first fanfic? Like it? Don't like it? Should I make more chapters? Review please, give me your thoughts!