Love Hina
Always and Forever
By: Belldandy'sKeiichi
Note: [any text in here is a thought text]
Author's Time: All your questions are going to be answered in this chapter. Or at lease some of them.
Disclaimer: You know the drill, I own Love Hina...
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Naru looked around her surroundings, confused.
"Where am I?" She asked herself as she tried to figure out where in the world she is. She was surrounded by pillars and in front of her was an alter. To her right were little shards of color that made a picture and to her left was a person. He was a little taller than her, wearing all black, but his face wasn't visible. As Naru continued to look on, she noticed that behind her were rows and rows of seats, each one having someone on it. She looked in front of her and there, in front of the alter was another man wearing all white. He held a think book and started to read from it. Even though Naru couldn't hear what he was saying, everyone else did. Then it struck her, she knew as plain as day where she was; she was inside a church. Naru looked at what she hoped wasn't a gown, but to her fear, it was. And there, next to her was Keitaro, looking back at her. Keitaro leaned forward and gently kissed her on the lips.
Just then, Naru jolted up from her slumber. Sweaty and breathing hard she looked back at where she was. She was back at the Hinata Inn and it was in the middle of the night.
"O god...not again..." she said to herself.
Chapter 3: Love Struck
Shinobu, up and early as usual, just woke up and headed off to the kitchen. As soon as she stepped on the floor, she slipped and fell on the floor.
"Owe...I need to be more alert from now on...that's strange, the floor's been re-waxed and polished."
"Hey Shinobu! Did you just do this? You did a great job!" Keitaro said, sliding on his back to where Shinobu is.
"But Sempai, I didn't do this...." She said to him.
"Did you also clean the spring?" Kitsune asked.
"It's sparkling clean Shinobu!"
"But I didn't do it...I just woke up..." Keitaro, Shinobu, and Kitsune looked at each other as everyone else came to them, telling them on how clean the whole Inn was.
"This is too stange..." Motoko said to them.
"I think I saw Naru in the kitchen." Su said. So everyone rushed to the kitchen and peered through the doorway. There stood Naru, in an apron, cutting the vegetables.
"O hi you guys, I can see you saw that I did. O and breakfast will be ready in just a moment, don't eat anything now." She said to them, smiling. Everyone else had a sweat drop on their head as they slowly walked away from the kitchen.
They sat down in the kitchen. "I wonder what happen to Naru..." Shinobu said to them.
"Dunno, but whatever happen, must have a really big impact in her life to change her like this." Motoko said.
"Hmm, now that I think about it, Keitaro! You were the last person to see Naru." Kitsune said, pointing at Keitaro. "You pig! You guys did it didn't you!"
"What! What are you accusing me of this time!" Keitaro yelled.
"Did...It?" Shinobu said to herself in shock.
"Damn you Urashima! How dare you blight Naru from her innocents?!" Motoko yelled, slashing Keitaro out of the Inn.
"But I didn't do anything!" Keitaro called as he was flying through the air.
"Hey you guys! Look, Naru's going upstairs!" Su called. Naru walked up to her room and closed the door. She looked back at the desk and there laid the blue feather. Naru walked to her desk and picked the feather up.
"Keitaro...thank you..." She said to herself softly. "This feather will complete my collection!"
**
"What? Naru's been acting funny lately?" Mutsumi asked as he gave Keitaro a cup of tea. Keitaro was at the Tea Shop. "Yeah, it's weird, ever since last night, she's been acting nice, cheerful, and been all dreamy eyed every time she sees me..." Keitaro said. Mutsumi took a seat across from him also having a cup of tea.
"O my, I see. O me, O my, did you guys do it last night!" Mutsumi asked.
"No we didn't!" Keitaro yelled at her.
"Aww, well, did you give her that blue feather?"
"Yeah, funny story. I was going to propose to her and then somehow I dropped the ring into the ocean. From there I gave her the feather as a gift." Keitaro told her. Mutsumi's face was all red and her hand was covering her mouth.
"O me, O my!" she said.
"Mutsumi! What kind of response is that?!"
"Keitaro...don't tell me you didn't know what the feather is for." Mutsumi said to him.
"Um...for a feather collection?"
"No silly! It's for...well, maybe I should tell this to Naru also, although she probably knows it also..." Mutsumi said, getting up and walking out the door.
"Mutsumi! What?! Tell me!" Keitaro yelled.
**
"O my, it seems that you didn't know what that feather is also Na-chan." Mutsumi said, sitting across from Keitaro and Naru.
"But, isn't it just an ordinary feather that's blue? It's really pretty and it's an excellent feather for my collection." Naru said.
"See, that's what I thought..." Keitaro added.
"O my, no. That blue feather is from Okinawa and it is known there as the feather of bonding." Mutsumi said to them.
"Feather of bonding?" They both said.
"Yes, it's a feather that has magical powers. It is known that when someone gives this feather to a loved one, they will be the next couple to marry."
"Marry!" They both said again.
"O my, you didn't know?" Mutsumi asked as Keitaro and Naru looked at each other.
"Yup, it's like catching the bouquet superstition except that this one comes true." Mutsumi added.
"Then Keitaro! You can have your feather back!" Naru quickly said, handing the feather back.
"Naru! How can you be so cold?!" Keitaro said to her.
"You can't reverse the magic. Once the feather is passed on to a love one, it will keep on working until it fulfills it duty. I mean, it's only a matter of time before you guys start dreaming of marriage and standing in front of the alter inside a church." Mutsumi said to them.
"How did you know what I dreamed about last night!" they both said.
"O my, you see? The magic at work."
"Seta!" Sarah called outside. They got up and looked outside to see Seta greeting everyone.
"Enough of this, I'm going down to see Seta..." Naru said, walking out the door.
"Mutsumi...are you serious about the feather?" Keitaro asked. "Yes Kei-kun. I'm sure."
"I don't want to interrupt but I have something for you Keitaro." Haruka said, at the doorway. She then reached into her pocket and fling something at Keitaro. He caught it and looked at what she tossed.
"Hey, my engagement ring!" Keitaro said. "Yeah, it seems Seta found it along the beach. You have to be more careful about where you place things Keitaro." She said, walking off.
**
Naru and Seta were sitting outside of the Hinata Inn.
"Something the matter Naru?" Seta asked.
"It's nothing...I was just thinking of stuff." Naru said.
"Like what?"
"O, just thinking how a normal looking feather can change your life forever..." Naru sarcastically said.
"O, you mean like the Okinawa feather of bonding? It's really weird but it seems that the feather has magical powers. But it is known that when someone gives this feather to a loved one, they will be the next couple to marry. Of course, that's really silly. Although everything I saw someone give something like that, they often have a baby whenever I see them again..."
[A...baby?!] Naru thought in shock.
"...so I guess that the stories about that feather is turn...maybe I should get one and give it to Haruka." Seta said to himself. Naru stood up and started walking towards the Inn.
"Naru? Where are you going?"
"Nowhere, I'm just going to take a long, good look at my life right now..." She said, stomping away. A sweat drop appeared on Seta's head.
"Um...ok..."
**
"So what is holding you up Keitaro?" Mutsumi asked as Keitaro stared at the ring.
"It's like this...every time the mood gets right, I want to propose, but I just freeze and I forget where I am." Keitaro said to her.
"Hmm, maybe you need practice." She said to him.
"Right, like I can just practice proposing to something." Keitaro teased.
"Well, you can always practice with me." Mutsumi offered. "Practice proposing to you?"
"Yeah, don't worry about it! I know it's just practice. I won't take it seriously." She said.
"Ok...in that case..." He said, getting on one knee and opening the box to Mutsumi.
"Will you marry me?" He asked. "Hmm...Sounds really corny Kei-kun..." Mutsumi said.
"Corny!" Keitaro said.
"Come on Kei-kun! You have to put more emotion in it! I want to actually feel the heat of love." Mutsumi encouraged him.
"Ok...how about this." Keitaro said, again, going down on one knee and opening the box.
"I've known you for so many years and even knew you when we were little kids. You were my sweetheart from then and you're still my sweat heart now. Naru Narusegawa...." Keitaro started closing his eyes. Just then, Naru opened the door with a tray with three cups of tea.
"Hey you guys, want some tea?" Naru asked, but then she noticed what was going on. "Will you marry me?" Keitaro said with all his heart.
"O my...Kei-kun...I do!" Mutsumi said, hugging Keitaro. "Mutsumi! You said you won't take this seriously!" Keitaro said to her.
"Sorry Kei-kun, couldn't resist..." Mutsumi told him. Then there was a loud crash. Both of them turned around and Naru stood there in disbelief.
"K-Keitaro..." Naru practically whispered.
"Naru, it's not what you think." He said, getting up and walking to. He reached for her but his head was slapped away from her. Then, unexpectedly, Naru ran.
"Naru!"
"Na-chan!"
Naru kept on running.
"Naru wait!" Keitaro yelled, running after her.
"Keitaro! What's up?" Kitsune asked.
"Naru saw something she wasn't supposed to see again." He called, running out the door.
"Come on you guys! We have to catch them!" Shinobu called as everyone chased after.
**
Naru kept on running and trailing right behind her was Keitaro. "Naru! Wait!"
"Why should I? Go have a happy life with Mutsumi!" Naru called, not looking back. Just then, Naru ran into a box of supplies that were just lying around the sidewalk.
"Naru! Are you ok?" Keitaro asked, finally caught up to her.
"Get away from me you jerk!" Naru yelled, facing away from Keitaro. Keitaro backed away from Naru. "You're nothing but a liar! A con artist! All that things you said to me last night. It meant nothing! All that garbage you made up about loving me was nothing but pure bull shit!" Naru screamed, crying.
"Naru..." he said, reaching for her.
"Don't touch me! You didn't mean anything you said! You just said that to impress me! You're a jerk! A liar! A con! An imposter! You didn't mean anything you say! I don't want to see your face ever again!" Naru bellowed.
"Naru, I did mean everything I said. I mean it with all my heart. Swear to god, hope to die if it were a lie...you mean the world to me Naru and I don't want to lose you. You're my guiding light, my sunshine, my inspiration, my life. I'll do anything for you Naru." Keitaro said to her as she continued to cry. "I know love some times hurts and there will be difficult times. But I believe that we can clear those hurdles together...and I want it to be like that...so Naru..." Keitaro said.
"But how do I know that! How do I know that you're not just making it up?!" Naru yelled as she turned around. There, Keitaro was on one knee, arms outstretched and in his hands was the ring. In the background, the boarders stood there in silence.
"Will you marry me?"
End of Chapter 3
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O man are you guys mad at me for stopping it right there! O yeah, this space is for the preview for the next chapter....oops. In the next chapter, Naru is faced with a lot of things she need to think about. With her heart going in circles, what's going to be Naru's response? Next time, Chapter 4: The Sound of Wedding Bells!
Always and Forever
By: Belldandy'sKeiichi
Note: [any text in here is a thought text]
Author's Time: All your questions are going to be answered in this chapter. Or at lease some of them.
Disclaimer: You know the drill, I own Love Hina...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Naru looked around her surroundings, confused.
"Where am I?" She asked herself as she tried to figure out where in the world she is. She was surrounded by pillars and in front of her was an alter. To her right were little shards of color that made a picture and to her left was a person. He was a little taller than her, wearing all black, but his face wasn't visible. As Naru continued to look on, she noticed that behind her were rows and rows of seats, each one having someone on it. She looked in front of her and there, in front of the alter was another man wearing all white. He held a think book and started to read from it. Even though Naru couldn't hear what he was saying, everyone else did. Then it struck her, she knew as plain as day where she was; she was inside a church. Naru looked at what she hoped wasn't a gown, but to her fear, it was. And there, next to her was Keitaro, looking back at her. Keitaro leaned forward and gently kissed her on the lips.
Just then, Naru jolted up from her slumber. Sweaty and breathing hard she looked back at where she was. She was back at the Hinata Inn and it was in the middle of the night.
"O god...not again..." she said to herself.
Chapter 3: Love Struck
Shinobu, up and early as usual, just woke up and headed off to the kitchen. As soon as she stepped on the floor, she slipped and fell on the floor.
"Owe...I need to be more alert from now on...that's strange, the floor's been re-waxed and polished."
"Hey Shinobu! Did you just do this? You did a great job!" Keitaro said, sliding on his back to where Shinobu is.
"But Sempai, I didn't do this...." She said to him.
"Did you also clean the spring?" Kitsune asked.
"It's sparkling clean Shinobu!"
"But I didn't do it...I just woke up..." Keitaro, Shinobu, and Kitsune looked at each other as everyone else came to them, telling them on how clean the whole Inn was.
"This is too stange..." Motoko said to them.
"I think I saw Naru in the kitchen." Su said. So everyone rushed to the kitchen and peered through the doorway. There stood Naru, in an apron, cutting the vegetables.
"O hi you guys, I can see you saw that I did. O and breakfast will be ready in just a moment, don't eat anything now." She said to them, smiling. Everyone else had a sweat drop on their head as they slowly walked away from the kitchen.
They sat down in the kitchen. "I wonder what happen to Naru..." Shinobu said to them.
"Dunno, but whatever happen, must have a really big impact in her life to change her like this." Motoko said.
"Hmm, now that I think about it, Keitaro! You were the last person to see Naru." Kitsune said, pointing at Keitaro. "You pig! You guys did it didn't you!"
"What! What are you accusing me of this time!" Keitaro yelled.
"Did...It?" Shinobu said to herself in shock.
"Damn you Urashima! How dare you blight Naru from her innocents?!" Motoko yelled, slashing Keitaro out of the Inn.
"But I didn't do anything!" Keitaro called as he was flying through the air.
"Hey you guys! Look, Naru's going upstairs!" Su called. Naru walked up to her room and closed the door. She looked back at the desk and there laid the blue feather. Naru walked to her desk and picked the feather up.
"Keitaro...thank you..." She said to herself softly. "This feather will complete my collection!"
**
"What? Naru's been acting funny lately?" Mutsumi asked as he gave Keitaro a cup of tea. Keitaro was at the Tea Shop. "Yeah, it's weird, ever since last night, she's been acting nice, cheerful, and been all dreamy eyed every time she sees me..." Keitaro said. Mutsumi took a seat across from him also having a cup of tea.
"O my, I see. O me, O my, did you guys do it last night!" Mutsumi asked.
"No we didn't!" Keitaro yelled at her.
"Aww, well, did you give her that blue feather?"
"Yeah, funny story. I was going to propose to her and then somehow I dropped the ring into the ocean. From there I gave her the feather as a gift." Keitaro told her. Mutsumi's face was all red and her hand was covering her mouth.
"O me, O my!" she said.
"Mutsumi! What kind of response is that?!"
"Keitaro...don't tell me you didn't know what the feather is for." Mutsumi said to him.
"Um...for a feather collection?"
"No silly! It's for...well, maybe I should tell this to Naru also, although she probably knows it also..." Mutsumi said, getting up and walking out the door.
"Mutsumi! What?! Tell me!" Keitaro yelled.
**
"O my, it seems that you didn't know what that feather is also Na-chan." Mutsumi said, sitting across from Keitaro and Naru.
"But, isn't it just an ordinary feather that's blue? It's really pretty and it's an excellent feather for my collection." Naru said.
"See, that's what I thought..." Keitaro added.
"O my, no. That blue feather is from Okinawa and it is known there as the feather of bonding." Mutsumi said to them.
"Feather of bonding?" They both said.
"Yes, it's a feather that has magical powers. It is known that when someone gives this feather to a loved one, they will be the next couple to marry."
"Marry!" They both said again.
"O my, you didn't know?" Mutsumi asked as Keitaro and Naru looked at each other.
"Yup, it's like catching the bouquet superstition except that this one comes true." Mutsumi added.
"Then Keitaro! You can have your feather back!" Naru quickly said, handing the feather back.
"Naru! How can you be so cold?!" Keitaro said to her.
"You can't reverse the magic. Once the feather is passed on to a love one, it will keep on working until it fulfills it duty. I mean, it's only a matter of time before you guys start dreaming of marriage and standing in front of the alter inside a church." Mutsumi said to them.
"How did you know what I dreamed about last night!" they both said.
"O my, you see? The magic at work."
"Seta!" Sarah called outside. They got up and looked outside to see Seta greeting everyone.
"Enough of this, I'm going down to see Seta..." Naru said, walking out the door.
"Mutsumi...are you serious about the feather?" Keitaro asked. "Yes Kei-kun. I'm sure."
"I don't want to interrupt but I have something for you Keitaro." Haruka said, at the doorway. She then reached into her pocket and fling something at Keitaro. He caught it and looked at what she tossed.
"Hey, my engagement ring!" Keitaro said. "Yeah, it seems Seta found it along the beach. You have to be more careful about where you place things Keitaro." She said, walking off.
**
Naru and Seta were sitting outside of the Hinata Inn.
"Something the matter Naru?" Seta asked.
"It's nothing...I was just thinking of stuff." Naru said.
"Like what?"
"O, just thinking how a normal looking feather can change your life forever..." Naru sarcastically said.
"O, you mean like the Okinawa feather of bonding? It's really weird but it seems that the feather has magical powers. But it is known that when someone gives this feather to a loved one, they will be the next couple to marry. Of course, that's really silly. Although everything I saw someone give something like that, they often have a baby whenever I see them again..."
[A...baby?!] Naru thought in shock.
"...so I guess that the stories about that feather is turn...maybe I should get one and give it to Haruka." Seta said to himself. Naru stood up and started walking towards the Inn.
"Naru? Where are you going?"
"Nowhere, I'm just going to take a long, good look at my life right now..." She said, stomping away. A sweat drop appeared on Seta's head.
"Um...ok..."
**
"So what is holding you up Keitaro?" Mutsumi asked as Keitaro stared at the ring.
"It's like this...every time the mood gets right, I want to propose, but I just freeze and I forget where I am." Keitaro said to her.
"Hmm, maybe you need practice." She said to him.
"Right, like I can just practice proposing to something." Keitaro teased.
"Well, you can always practice with me." Mutsumi offered. "Practice proposing to you?"
"Yeah, don't worry about it! I know it's just practice. I won't take it seriously." She said.
"Ok...in that case..." He said, getting on one knee and opening the box to Mutsumi.
"Will you marry me?" He asked. "Hmm...Sounds really corny Kei-kun..." Mutsumi said.
"Corny!" Keitaro said.
"Come on Kei-kun! You have to put more emotion in it! I want to actually feel the heat of love." Mutsumi encouraged him.
"Ok...how about this." Keitaro said, again, going down on one knee and opening the box.
"I've known you for so many years and even knew you when we were little kids. You were my sweetheart from then and you're still my sweat heart now. Naru Narusegawa...." Keitaro started closing his eyes. Just then, Naru opened the door with a tray with three cups of tea.
"Hey you guys, want some tea?" Naru asked, but then she noticed what was going on. "Will you marry me?" Keitaro said with all his heart.
"O my...Kei-kun...I do!" Mutsumi said, hugging Keitaro. "Mutsumi! You said you won't take this seriously!" Keitaro said to her.
"Sorry Kei-kun, couldn't resist..." Mutsumi told him. Then there was a loud crash. Both of them turned around and Naru stood there in disbelief.
"K-Keitaro..." Naru practically whispered.
"Naru, it's not what you think." He said, getting up and walking to. He reached for her but his head was slapped away from her. Then, unexpectedly, Naru ran.
"Naru!"
"Na-chan!"
Naru kept on running.
"Naru wait!" Keitaro yelled, running after her.
"Keitaro! What's up?" Kitsune asked.
"Naru saw something she wasn't supposed to see again." He called, running out the door.
"Come on you guys! We have to catch them!" Shinobu called as everyone chased after.
**
Naru kept on running and trailing right behind her was Keitaro. "Naru! Wait!"
"Why should I? Go have a happy life with Mutsumi!" Naru called, not looking back. Just then, Naru ran into a box of supplies that were just lying around the sidewalk.
"Naru! Are you ok?" Keitaro asked, finally caught up to her.
"Get away from me you jerk!" Naru yelled, facing away from Keitaro. Keitaro backed away from Naru. "You're nothing but a liar! A con artist! All that things you said to me last night. It meant nothing! All that garbage you made up about loving me was nothing but pure bull shit!" Naru screamed, crying.
"Naru..." he said, reaching for her.
"Don't touch me! You didn't mean anything you said! You just said that to impress me! You're a jerk! A liar! A con! An imposter! You didn't mean anything you say! I don't want to see your face ever again!" Naru bellowed.
"Naru, I did mean everything I said. I mean it with all my heart. Swear to god, hope to die if it were a lie...you mean the world to me Naru and I don't want to lose you. You're my guiding light, my sunshine, my inspiration, my life. I'll do anything for you Naru." Keitaro said to her as she continued to cry. "I know love some times hurts and there will be difficult times. But I believe that we can clear those hurdles together...and I want it to be like that...so Naru..." Keitaro said.
"But how do I know that! How do I know that you're not just making it up?!" Naru yelled as she turned around. There, Keitaro was on one knee, arms outstretched and in his hands was the ring. In the background, the boarders stood there in silence.
"Will you marry me?"
End of Chapter 3
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O man are you guys mad at me for stopping it right there! O yeah, this space is for the preview for the next chapter....oops. In the next chapter, Naru is faced with a lot of things she need to think about. With her heart going in circles, what's going to be Naru's response? Next time, Chapter 4: The Sound of Wedding Bells!