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Pre-Read by: Zenapax

I Fell For You In San Francisco: Pier 39

Shinobu takes a chair from the bedroom and her sketch book before going to the balcony. Once there, she sits down and starts to draw the scenery of San Francisco. She has done this every morning at the same time for an hour a day after they've arrived. She is almost finish when she starts to think about what she did to Keitaro last night in the jacuzzi. Not concentrating on drawing the scenery, she flips it over and stares at the sketch she drew last night of the two of them in the jacuzzi, doing things she wish they did.

"Oh Sempai." She close her eyes and thinks of them.

"Yes Shinobu?" Frighten, she opens her eyes and turns around to see Keitaro in the doorway of the balcony.

"SEMPAI!" She tightly hugs the sketch book so Keitaro won't see her drawing. "What are you doing here?"

"I was just wondering if you're ready to go. What are you doing?"

"Oh, just drawing." She flips back to the drawing of San Francisco and shows Keitaro.

"Hey. That's really good."

"Thank you," She says with a smile. "I'm not done, but I almost am. I'll be ready by then. " Handing back the sketch book, he goes back to the living room. 'Don't daydream like, girl!' Shinobu thinks, finishing up the last of the drawing. 'If he saw that drawing of the two of you, I'll just die!' Once finished, she closes her sketch book and puts it in her bag, dragging the chair along. Grabbing her purse, she goes in the living room and the both of them leave, heading to Pier 39.

They take the number three bus and get off at Montgomery to transfer on the 15 bus. It takes about 20 minutes before they get off and walk a few minutes on Embarcadero to Pier 39. At the entrance, they see a few men playing music with harmonicas. Keitaro tips them a dollar before asking Shinobu what to do.

"How about we go in there?" She says, pointing to a store called Only In San Francisco. Nodding his head, they go inside and see lots of souvenirs. They end up buying oven mitts and an apron for Shinobu, a bucket hat for Keitaro, mini-cable cars and mugs for everyone and a very large shot glass for Kitsune.

When they walk out, they go up to the upper level and walk around. They past by a few stores before going into Animal Country. Inside, Shinobu is flabbergasted with the store. She goes around seeing bracelets, figures, clay art works, shirts, mugs of animals. Further back, she sees a machine rotating some sort of white stuffing. She looks around the machine and sees bears. But when she picks one up, it's not stuffed.

"Hey? What are these people trying to sell here?"

"I don't know." A sells person sneaks up from behind them.

"That's our Stuff Your Own Bear collection Miss."

"What? Stuff Your Own Bear?" They say together.

"That's right. All you do is pick your bear that you want to be stuffed and the costume you want your bear to wear. We'll do the rest." She decides to get one and looks around for a costume, but ends up getting two shirts. She grabs another bear and within a few minutes, gets both of them stuffed. When they leave the store, she hands one of the bears to Keitaro.

"Why are you giving me this?"

"Because it's yours."

"What?" He looks at the bear and sees a blue shirt that read 'I ♥ Billy'. "Is this why you bought two of them?"

"Yeah." She sees a store on the other side of the small bridge, but decides that they could see it when they come back. "I found one with my English name, but also found yours. So I figure that I get both and give you yours." He looks at the bear and smiles.

"Thank you. I really appreciate this, but you could have told me. I would have bought it for myself."

"I know. but I wanted to use my own money. It was the least I can do." They continue to walk around. As they reach the end of the pier on the upper level, they hear something nearby. They go in the entrance way of the Sea Lion Cafe and see people leaning on the balcony, where the sound is getting louder. They lean on the balcony to see lots of sea lions resting on a wooden platform.

"WOW! I never seen so many sea lions in one place." Keitaro says.

"Yeah. And it's not even a zoo." They stare at the sea lions for a while, also enjoying the view of the Golden Gate Bridge. Shinobu felt someone slap her butt hard and lets out a scream. She turns to Keitaro, who looks at her with his arms crossed. Knowing that he would never do that to her, she turns around to see four boys younger then her laughing.

"Damn! That's one nice piece of ass you got there girl," one of the boys says while the others laugh. Keitaro notices her rubbing her butt and turns to the boys, feeling angry.

"HEY! Why did you do that for?"

"Because he felt like it," another boy says.

"We're sorry," a boy in the back says. "We're sorry that we didn't get to smack your sister's ass like Carlos here." He points to him while the other two laugh. He's getting more angry.

"That's not nice. And what makes you think that she's my sister?"

"Well," the last boy in the group begins. "We saw the stupid bear you're holding and figured you are a gay guy with your sister when we saw your lover's name printed on it." Keitaro looks at his hand and notices the bear that Shinobu gave him.

"That's my name!" He shouts.

"Whoa! No need to yell at us Billy." Carlos says, trying to calm him down. "All I want is your sister's name and phone number..." Shinobu tunes him out, feeling the swelling of his slap going down. She doesn't understand why Keitaro didn't tell them it was only his English name, but might as well play a long.

"My name is Rebecca."

"You think I can get your number?"

"Why? It's people like you the reason why I'm dating my brother." With a fake smile, she grabs Keitaro by the hand. "Let's go, my love." She pulls him and leave the cafe, hearing Carlos' friends laughing at him. Fearing that her joke trigger something, they hide in Babushko. Instead of checking if the boys will find them, they act casual and look around the store, seeing a lot of wooden dolls.

"Shinobu," Keitaro begins. "Where did you learn to talk like that?"

"You mean trash talking?" She picks up a doll and begins to play with it. "Kazuhiro always doing that. Especially if anyone is picking on either me, Akiko or Sachiko. I asked him where he learned to do that and he told me that he wants to be a stand-up comedian. He taught me a few one liners to say to people if anyone bugs me." She puts the doll back.

"Oh. I never heard you say anything like that before. I was a little surprised to hear that." He lets out a giggle, thinking 'I wish we were really dating.' After looking around the store, they go downstairs and catch a performance of jugglers. Once the show ends they go into Hollywood U.S.A. Like in previous stores, they see shirts, sunglasses and postcards, but all of them have some sort of movie theme. The only thing they get are a pressed penny with the design of a cable car.

After leaving, they notice Riptide Arcade is next door. They go in and play arcade games like dance maniac, police 911 2, Time Crisis 3, Silent Scope EX and Initial D version 2. After an hour and a half, they walk to the back of the pier, looking at the scenery. They see Alcataz, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge in a distance.

"This place is so beautiful," Shinobu says.

'It maybe,' Keitaro thinks. 'But nothing compared to you.' Both of them continue to look at the scenery. He turns to her and notices that they're inches away from one another. He wants to put his arm around her, but is afraid. He feels a cold wind blowing at them. By the expression on her face, she's a bit cold. Thinking that it's the perfect opportunity to do it, he stretches his arm and is about to put it around Shinobu when he feels a piercing pain on his stomach. Holding it, he drops to his knees, aching in agony.

"Sempai! Are you all right?" As she's about to comfort him, someone grabs her from behind. She struggles to break free, but after a minute, feels fatigued. She stops fighting with her attacker, hoping that Keitaro will help her. But when she sees him, two young boys holding his arms back.

"Well Well." , She recognizes Carlos coming from the side, staring at her. "Isn't it Rebecca and her brother. Or should I say" He turns around and kicks Keitaro in the chest. "Her boyfriend?!"

"Stop it!" Shinobu cries. "Why are you doing this?"

"Why? That's simple." He punches Keitaro in the face, causing his glasses to fall off. "NO ONE MAKES FUN OF CARLOS OLIVIERA! NO ONE!"

"Then why don't you pick on me and leave him alone?"

"Because I think it'd be better for a bitch like you to watch your lover get hurt instead." Shinobu watches helplessly as Carlos beats up Keitaro like a punching bag. She has seen him get beaten up by nearly everyone at the Hinata Sou, but not like this. Once he stops, his two friends from behind let go of Keitaro. Blood slowly bleeds out from his forehead before falling to the ground. He holds his chest, being that is the area hit the most.

"Sempai." She says in a low and surprised voice, hearing the boys start to laugh. Even the guy holding her is laughing. She never likes it when anyone hurts Keitaro. Not Naru. Not Motoko. Not even herself on a few occasions. No one. Seeing him bleeding on the floor combined with the boys laughter fuels her rage towards them and decides to fight back for his honor.

She bends forward enough to kick over her head, connecting with the guy holding her. Surprised from the attack, he let's go of her. Once he does, she elbows him in the chest, leaps forward and side kicks him on the head, instantly knocking him out. She quickly turns around to see the boys stop laughing and staring at her.

"What the hell?" Carlos says, shaking a bit. "What did you do to Chris?"

"The same thing I'm going to do to you for hurting my Billy!" Without hesitating, she runs at him, but jumps when they're five feet close to each other. Astonish by her actions, he's unable to move as she put her legs between his neck, spins towards the two other boys and somehow throws him in their direction. Landing on her feet, she sees Carlos stun, but quickly gets up, ready to attack her.

"I'm going to kill!" He takes a swing at her, but ducks. As his momentum slowly stops, she gets up and does a spinning back kick to his stomach. When she lands on her feet, she kicks him in the shins, lands a few jabs to the head before giving a left cross, knocking him out instantly. With fire in her eyes, she turns towards the two boys, who are scare out of their wits.

"You want to mess with me?" Both boys nervous shake their heads. "Then I suggest you take your friends and leave before this bitch takes you out!"

"Yes ma'am!" Both boys say, rushing to their fallen comrades. Because both Carlos and Chris are unconscious, they have no choice but to drag them. Once Shinobu can no longer see all four boys, she picks up Keitaro's glasses and walks towards him.

"Are you OK?" Handing him the glasses, he gently takes them and puts it on. Before he can speak, she grabs a big bandage from her purse, placing it on his open wound. She learned that whenever he's in a fight, he always needs one.

"Thank you Shinobu." Rubbing his head. "I'm fine, but...ouch...he hits hard." She lifts him back up and starts to walk. Both reach near the entrance of the pier when their stomach loudly growl. Feeling embarrassed and a bit hungry, they go into Sal's Pizzeria. Shinobu orders a slice of sausage pizza and a sprite while Keitaro gets a deli sandwich and a coke. Once they find a table, they sit down and being to eat.

"So," Keitaro begins, taking a bit from his sandwich. "Where did you pick up those moves? I don't recall Motoko ever teaching you."

"Oh that!" She says with a sight blush. "Tsuyoshi and Hideki taught me some martial art moves. They thought since I only knew kendo from Motoko that I need to learn some hand to hand."

"Well, at least you learn to fight without a sword." He takes another bit of the sandwich. He feels ashamed of himself, letting Shinobu rescue him against those boys. He had learned a lot of different styles of martial arts in college and could have easily taken them on by himself. But not expecting a surprise attack, he lost focus. 'I wish there was something I could do to repay Shinobu back for saving me.' he thinks, then hears her making bubble noises in her drink.

"You what?"

"What?"

"You said you wanted to do something for me for saving you." Keitaro is a bit surprised that he was thinking out loud. "Is that true?" He starts sweating.

"Well...I...huh..." Not wanting to get tongued-tied like always, he lowers his head. "Yes. I want to do something for you." He lifts his head. "You saved me. I am in your debt. If there is anything you want, I'll do it. No questions asked." Shinobu smiles like an on/off switch, very delighted at his favor. Millions of ideas race through her head, but knows the one thing she wants from him.

'I would like a date with Sempai,' she thinks, but realizes she too was thinking out loud. She looks at him, who seems bewildered by what she said, sipping his coke.

"A date?" he says, confirming that she was thinking out loud. "You...want a...date? With me?" She feels a little embarrassed for thinking out loud.

"Well...I...yeah." She lowers her head, feeling that he will reject her for not only her age, but she knows that deep down, he loves Naru. Keitaro finishes his coke and moves his chair closer the hers, placing a hand on her shoulder to get her attention.

"If you want a date with me, then I'm all right with it." Surprised at what he said, she looks at him, smiling.

"You are?!"

"Yeah. We can do it tomorrow, if you like?" he nervously says.

"That's would be great!" Shinobu's eyes sparkle. "But do you think with can check out one more place before going back to the hotel?"

"Sure." Finishing up the last to the food, they go back upstairs, into Fun Earrings. While Shinobu looks around, Keitaro sits in a chair, still feeling a bit sore from the fight. Just as she's about done, he sees her looking depressed. Wondering why, he gets up and walks over to her. "Something wrong?"

"I want those," pointing at the 18k ruby and diamond earrings. "But it costs 3,000 dollars."

"Do you really want them?"

"Yes, but..."

"I'll buy them for you. We haven't even broken 1,000 dollars yet, so buying these won't hurt us."

"But don't you think that having you buy this for me cancels out our...huh..."

"Date? Course not. Just think of them as part of the date." He purchase the earring and gives them to her before leaving the pier.

Back at the hotel, Shinobu goes into the bathroom and puts on her new earrings. Checking them out in the mirror, she see how beautiful they look on her. She steps into the living room where she hears Keitaro snoring on the sofa. She knows that he's a heavy sleeper and doesn't wake up easily. Plus, he's still recovering from the beating he got. She leaves him alone and goes on the internet to check around San Francisco so she can plan their date tomorrow. It takes her a few hours to map out the places to go. When she turns off the computer, she see Keitaro looking peaceful while he sleeps.

"You look so cute like that." She walks over to him and with a little courage, hugs him. "Goodnight Sempai. Don't let the bed bugs bite." She places a blanket over him before going in the bedroom to turn in for the night.

Note: Before anyone reviews this, telling me that they went on a date before, let me explain the storyline. Originally, I have none, but because the next chapter is of them on their first date, I think I have finally figured where it falls. The storyline takes place two years after volume 9 of the manga. The differences is that Keitaro never confess to Naru that he loves her. Since he never did, I think most, if not, every event from that point on changes. You have to take that into a count for reading the rest of the story.

Warning: Please don't use this story as a guide to San Francisco. I don't want to be responsible for you getting lost!

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