Keitaro Urashima½

By AzureTemplar

A Ranma ½ crossover

Standard disclaimer: Ranma ½ is the property of Rumiko Takahashi and Love Hina is the property of Bandai and who ever else own it's.

Authors Rants:

Ranma Saotome from now will be refer to as Keitaro Urashima

" " = speaking

' ' = Thoughts

Chapter 02

A New Friend

Keitaro Urashima is startle out of his sleep as the train came to a halt at the Hinta Train Station. He gathers his belong and made his way off the train. While walking down the street he pull out a map that his grandmother had given him and look at the instruction once again to make sure that he is heading toward the right direction.

As he made his way across a bridge he heard a sniffling noise. When he looks around he saw a cute girl with short blue hair sitting on the edge of the water cannel crying her eye out. No matter how much he had change, he still had a soft spot in his heart when he sees a girl crying. He made his way toward her and sat down next to her.

He gently tough her on the shoulder and ask what was wrong. She didn't response at first but after a while she turns her head and look at him. What Keitaro saw made his heart wrench.

'Who or what could have hurt this kid so bad' he thought. She is clutching onto a sketch book tightly while her tear ran freely down her cheek. The thing that bother him the most were her eye. They had a level of sadness that should not have been on one so young and gentle looking.

She saw concern in his eye and look away while whispering "I'm sorry." Before Keitaro could respond to her light whisper, she had gotten up and ran away.

He is still trying to figure out what she meant when she whisper that, when he notice the sketch book that she was holding on to a moment ago. 'She must have drop this during her quick get way' thought Keitaro.

So he did the only thing he could do in a situation like this and pick up the sketch book. Then he took off after her, he didn't know why but he had to return the book to her. He also felt that she needed someone to talk to. Only Kami-Sama know how many time he wish he had someone to talk to, someone who would just listen to his problem without any judgment.

Even though his muscle where still relax from the technique, it didn't take him long to catch up to her. He had found her on the ground grabbing her ankle.

'She must have trip and twisted her ankle while running up these stairs' thought Keitaro. He stop next to her and bent down to examine the ankle.

She is hesitant to let him touch her ankle, she hasn't looked up and didn't see who it is. When she did look up she saw that it is the same guy from the canal and decided to let him help her.

As Keitaro is examining her ankle he said "Your sprain ankle isn't so bad. By tomorrow your feel better but for now I wouldn't recommend you don't put to much pressure on it."

"By the way my name is Keitaro Urashima and what your name?" he look up and smile at her.

While her face is flushing red from embarrassment she stouter out "Sshhinobu Maebara." She didn't know why but she felt comfortable talking to him and at the same time felt nervous. When he smiles at her she felt her heart race. He help her to her feet and then he lead her to a near by park and sat her down on one of the benches.

"Well Shinobu, there's an ice cream vender near by. I'll get us some ice cream and if you feel like it you can tell me what troubling you." he said as he got up and made his way toward the vender.

He came back with some ice cream cone and handed one to her. After some encouraging on his part she finally open up and told him what is troubling her. 'Poor kid she really had it rough' thought Keitaro as he digest what she is telling him. From what he could gather she is having family trouble. Her parents were getting a divorce and she blames her self for this.

Shinobu couldn't believe that she is sitting in the park with a really handsome guy and eating ice cream. She had even open up and told him about her problem, which she is still wondering why she told him. She thought it was really sweat how he tried to convince how that it wasn't her fault that her parent were breaking up. He had told her that she is still lucky that her parent still love her even though were getting a divorce. She is surprise when he told a little about his life and how his mom had disowned him. He even talk to her about how he is starting a new life and is now going to be a manager at the Hinata Apartments, while he study to get into Tokyo University. 'Is this what it feel like to be on a date' though a smiling Shinobu.

It is now getting late in the afternoon and she had to get home before her mother get worried. She tried to get up but felt pain in her ankle and fell back down to the bench. She had total forgotten that she had sprain her ankle while she was talking to Keitaro.

Keitaro saw that she still had trouble with her ankle and knew what he had to do. So got up, turn his back toward, bent down, and told her to hop on.

Shinobu didn't know what to do, she is really a shy girl that never really had any interaction with the opposite gender. She had gotten a piggy back ride from her dad when she was smaller but this is different though. She didn't know how to react to this. First he helps her by listening to her problem and now he is offering her a piggy back ride.

Keitaro turn his head around and saw her nervousness' and told that she didn't need to be embarrasses. They were friend now and friend help friend in need. After some more encouraging on his part she finally got on his back and started giving direction on where to go.

Shinobu face is still red as a cherry as Keitaro made his way toward her home. Her heart is beating so hard that she thought it would burst right out of chest (after all this is her first contact with a boy). After the initial embarrassment had die down, she began to get sleepy. It is so warm and comfortable riding on Keitaro back that she snuggles closer to him and fell asleep.

'She must have spent all her energy crying' he thought as he made his way toward her home.

To be continued..