I'm back, and glad for the reviews. Got them rather quickly this time, took
less then 7 hours after it appeared on the site for me to have 5, and got
my 6th a few days later. So I thank you again.
Right now I finally have the entire plot for this fic in my head, so I want to tell you some details. First this is the first of 3 blocks to the fic. This in essence is the first block which I am nicknaming Fate. The next two will be continuations of the story, which each take place to finish. The only reason I am splitting it into 3 sections is because there is a different feel to each section that you will notice when you read it all at once. As for updating, it will get worse before it gets better. Starting this next week I get to prepare for AP exams which are tests which I get college credit if I pass. Problem is they aren't easy, so I'll be studying for the next 2 months with most of my free time but I will try to update every week or two.
Thanks to these reviewers:
Vash: glad you like it and I hope that this next chapter meets your expectations. Plus, if you really want scenes between Kei/Mot, wait till I actually have them meet in the story again for a chance.
Kei: Glad you have enjoyed it.
Tambourine: I plan too.
Gotenks: Don't worry about Naru, if you actually saw the entire series/read the entire manga, then you know/should know that she really is a very emotional girl on the inside.
Knights: Now, you wouldn't want me to ruin the story this early by telling you that now would you.
Hawker: Glad you like it so far and this chapter should end up being between 3 and 4 thousand words so that should be what you're looking for.
Now, on to the fic.
Chapter 3: Must Get Out
Kitsune put her hand above her eyes as she watched the search team take off. Who knows where they'd go, but Kitsune knew they'd never stop till they drag Keitaro back. Whether he was in one piece or not was to be found out later.
'I have work to do myself,' Kitsune thought as she turned back and walked into the Hinata-Sou. Once she took care of the problem with Naru, she knew she could have a little fun on her own. This got her chuckling a little bit, but as she passed the bathroom, she heard Naru sobbing inside of it.
Kitsune put her hand up to the door and tapped on it lightly. She could hear Naru shifting around inside, but she didn't reply. So Kitsune decided to speak up, "Naru, when you feel like talking, come down, it'll only be me because the rest just went after Keitaro."
She thought maybe she heard Naru cringe at that, so she guessed that maybe she was more then partially right in her guess. So she walked down the stairs and sat on the couch, flipped on the T.V. and thought to herself 'now its time for the waiting game.'
At Tokyo Airport:
A voice shot over the loud speakers, "Flight 227 to Mongolia with a lay over in Beijing has been delayed till 6 AM tomorrow because of severe winds in Mongolia." "Please return tomorrow when the conditions have improved."
'God damn it all,' Keitaro thought to himself 'I had just wanted to get out of here, but luck is always against me.' He sighed and looked up to Seta, who was picking up his bags and turning to face him.
"Well Keitaro, where are you going to stay tonight?"
Keitaro's head sank and he thought over his options. 'I can't go home or else they guard me to make sure I don't take off, that leaves my only option as...' Seta, can I possibly stay at your place tonight.
Seta smiled back, he was always smiling, "you're always welcome, here, let's get going now."
The overly depressed Keitaro and the beaming Seta stepped out of the airport and stepped on too the train so they could reach Seta's house. All the while, Keitaro remained in his deep train of thought; nothing could stop the broken record of images in his head from stopping. The pictures of the last two years at the Hinata-Sou continued to flash before his eyes.
The first memory was of course, his first meeting of Naru, when they both were in the hot springs without there glasses. That misunderstanding ended up being painful for him, and really set the tone for the rest of the relationship between Naru and Keitaro.
Then there was the first time they studied together. There relationship began to build and Naru had taken it on her shoulders to see him into Tokyo U, while that goal succeeded, there relationship never became solid.
Then there was the time when they both failed the exam, and took off on the trip, supposedly alone. It ended up with them meeting each other and unknowingly hanging out for 2 days. That in the end was the high point of there time together.
Then the most solid memory of when Naru had told him she wished to go to Tokyo U with him. He had thought that was when they would finally be together, but once again, it was all futile.
Then the last memory was of first him breaking his leg and in fear of losing Naru telling her that he loved her. 3 months following Keitaro's declaration of love to her, she responds by telling him she wasn't interested. That is where he was left now, in his own memories and dreams, where he only touched reality when Seta would drag him out of it.
"Keitaro, were at my stop," Seta said through the dull fog of Keitaro's mind "We need to get off, come on." Seta pulled Keitaro off the train and they both walked down the street for a few blocks. After some time they finally reached a smaller house where Seta walked up and inserted his key.
Seta just smiled back and opened the door. They both stepped inside and set there things down in the front hall. Seta walked into the kitchen area and put a kettle on for some tea. He turned around and gestured for Keitaro to sit down. As they seated themselves at the table, Seta gave Keitaro a very serious look.
"Now, I want to know why you are running away before we go on this trip." "So tell me everything that has led up to this point."
Keitaro wasn't surprised that Seta brought this issue up, but that didn't mean he was anymore prepared for it. Keitaro sighed and looked down at the table, plotting where to start his story.
"Well, it begins about 16 or 17 years ago when I met this girl at the Hinata apartments." "She and I made a promise to go to Tokyo U together when we got older." His voice wavered off for a second, than he started to speak again. "For 15 years, I worked with the only goal of my life to get into Tokyo U and meet the girl of my dreams which fate would give me if I made it into Tokyo U, or so I assumed." "Then just 2 years ago I met Naru and the others when I came to the Hinata-Sou."
Keitaro seemed weary of going on, but seemed to gain his resolve and started up his story once more. "After getting to know Naru I began to grow closer to her, and my prayers seemed to be answered when I saw a diary entry which said something about a promise 15 years before." "Of course I assumed it to be something that related to my promise and made of a fool of myself doing so." "After that though, we both failed our test for Tokyo U and we both left on vacations of our own."
"At that point we both ran into each other but because of a little problem with our glasses, we didn't know it was the other person." "Then we met Mitsumi, who over time told us about how the three of us had known each other 15 years before hand." "Mitsumi also hinted quite a few times that Naru was the real promised girl." Keitaro sighed and stopped for a minute, Seta almost asked for him to continue when the kettle went off, so Seta walked over and grabbed the tea, which gave Keitaro some more time to ponder to himself.
Seta poured the tea and walked over to the table and set down the cups, Keitaro put his hands on it, and began to tell the rest of his story. "Well, at this point I had fallen head over heals with Naru and soon after, I passed my Tokyo U exams." "The next fall I had broken my leg and I feared that Naru would leave me so I told her that I loved her."
Keitaro seemed unusually anxious now and took a long drink from his tea. "Well, she didn't respond to me, but I just assumed she was to afraid to tell me her true feelings like she always seemed to be." "Then, just a few hours ago she told me that she had no feelings for me, when she left me standing there on the stairs, at the point I ran away, met you and now were here..."
Seta nodded knowing that he had heard the end of Keitaro's story. So he decided to ask a new question, "So, what do you plan to do now?" This surprised Keitaro and he really needed to think about how to answer that, so he sat there for a good ten minutes, drinking some tea occasionally, before finally giving an answer.
"I really don't know Seta, I guess I'll finish school, maybe move out of the Hinata-Sou and live on my own in an apartment or in the dorms or something." "The only thing I truly wish now is to move away from that dorm, where all the memories will haunt me."
Seta took his turn and sighed at this statement, and simply muttered "you haven't learned anything from the last two years have you." Keitaro was quite taken aback at this and was even a little angry at Seta for this.
"What should have I learned, I tried following my heart and it failed, so shouldn't I just leave and move on?"
"You fool, you're not moving on if you have to leave the place that has memories of it just to be able to cope." "You should have learned from all the conflict you met there that a bad thing does not mean the end of the world."
Keitaro looked at him and shook his head, "I don't get what you're saying, and personally I'd rather just leave this as far as I can behind."
Seta sighed once again and decided to finish the argument. "Well, I apparently can't change your mind right now, but hopefully over this trip you'll come to understand what I mean." "I also want you to know that I'll be here for you if you ever need someone to talk to and someone to help you get through something." "As long as I'm on this earth I welcome you to come and ask for assistance."
Keitaro smiled and muttered something about being appreciative of the offer. Seta smiled in response and got up and began to clear away the cups and kettle. Keitaro continued to sit there and looked at the table with the lack of emotion he'd been showing for the last day.
"Keitaro, you may want to get some sleep before we board the flight tomorrow, so go and take a nap on the couch if you wish, I'll be in my room if you need me." With that Seta left the room and Keitaro was alone.
'What a day,' thought Keitaro. He walked over and fell onto the couch, where the worst day of his life up to that point came to a close.
In the air over Okinawa...
"Su, how close are we to the place where Mitsumi lives," asked the nervous Shinobu.
"Were coming up on it, about 30 more seconds till we touch down." Su continued to monitor the equipment and said "were lucky that we got here before it got dark or else landing would be impossible."
They continued to lower in elevation till the wheels touched down on the beach and they came to a stop in front of Mitsumi's house.
Shinobu hopped out of the plane along with Motoko and Su and they walked up to the door. As they knocked on the door they heard some movement inside. A few seconds later the door opened and they all saw Mitsumi in the doorway.
"Oh mi, oh my," she stated as she saw the three outside "what brings you guys here."
Motoko was the first to respond "were looking for Urishima, have you heard from him." "We also believe Mr. Seta is with him because he had left on business just house before we got to Tokyo U."
"Oh, Sarah is here and she talked to Mr. Seta a little while ago, do you wish to talk to her?"
"You heard from Seta, well then let' go and talk to him quickly so maybe we can go and leave for where Sempai is this evening," pleaded Shinobu. The three of them walked into the house and ran into Sarah into the Kitchen.
"Su, Shinobu, Motoko, what are you three doing here?"
"Were here looking for Mr. Seta and Sempai," answered Shinobu.
"Oh, there talking about going to Mongolia, but it was delayed and is leaving first thing in the morning," Sarah replied and continued. "They are currently staying at my dad's house and the dork and he are leaving at about 6 AM tomorrow."
Su then looked around nervously and said "that's bad because it's too dark for us to take off so we'll have to wait for morning and they'll be gone by the time we can get to Tokyo most likely."
The rest of them knew she was right but they decided to spend the night. Mitsumi was quite happy to hear that even more people were staying at her house. "Even though it's temporary, I'm glad that you're staying, the more the merri..." At that point she fell to the floor, unconscious, or she would have if Motoko hadn't quickly caught her.
"Well, we had better go to sleep, we need to be up at the crack of dawn so we need to sleep as much as possible." Motoko set Mitsumi on her shoulder and carried her to her room. Su and Sarah ran to Sarah's room. This left Shinobu who walked into the living room, where she laid down on the couch with only one thought in her mind. 'Sempai, I wonder what your going through right now,' then her eyes closed and the world went black as she fell into sleep.
It's done, I know it's a week late but it is a lot longer. I also needed some more time to write it because my schedule has been full. I really hope you have enjoyed it and I plan to update every week or two starting from this point on. It will all depend on how much homework I have during the week. Other then that I leave you with a great thanks for sticking with my story so far and I hope you look forward to the rest of the story.
Right now I finally have the entire plot for this fic in my head, so I want to tell you some details. First this is the first of 3 blocks to the fic. This in essence is the first block which I am nicknaming Fate. The next two will be continuations of the story, which each take place to finish. The only reason I am splitting it into 3 sections is because there is a different feel to each section that you will notice when you read it all at once. As for updating, it will get worse before it gets better. Starting this next week I get to prepare for AP exams which are tests which I get college credit if I pass. Problem is they aren't easy, so I'll be studying for the next 2 months with most of my free time but I will try to update every week or two.
Thanks to these reviewers:
Vash: glad you like it and I hope that this next chapter meets your expectations. Plus, if you really want scenes between Kei/Mot, wait till I actually have them meet in the story again for a chance.
Kei: Glad you have enjoyed it.
Tambourine: I plan too.
Gotenks: Don't worry about Naru, if you actually saw the entire series/read the entire manga, then you know/should know that she really is a very emotional girl on the inside.
Knights: Now, you wouldn't want me to ruin the story this early by telling you that now would you.
Hawker: Glad you like it so far and this chapter should end up being between 3 and 4 thousand words so that should be what you're looking for.
Now, on to the fic.
Chapter 3: Must Get Out
Kitsune put her hand above her eyes as she watched the search team take off. Who knows where they'd go, but Kitsune knew they'd never stop till they drag Keitaro back. Whether he was in one piece or not was to be found out later.
'I have work to do myself,' Kitsune thought as she turned back and walked into the Hinata-Sou. Once she took care of the problem with Naru, she knew she could have a little fun on her own. This got her chuckling a little bit, but as she passed the bathroom, she heard Naru sobbing inside of it.
Kitsune put her hand up to the door and tapped on it lightly. She could hear Naru shifting around inside, but she didn't reply. So Kitsune decided to speak up, "Naru, when you feel like talking, come down, it'll only be me because the rest just went after Keitaro."
She thought maybe she heard Naru cringe at that, so she guessed that maybe she was more then partially right in her guess. So she walked down the stairs and sat on the couch, flipped on the T.V. and thought to herself 'now its time for the waiting game.'
At Tokyo Airport:
A voice shot over the loud speakers, "Flight 227 to Mongolia with a lay over in Beijing has been delayed till 6 AM tomorrow because of severe winds in Mongolia." "Please return tomorrow when the conditions have improved."
'God damn it all,' Keitaro thought to himself 'I had just wanted to get out of here, but luck is always against me.' He sighed and looked up to Seta, who was picking up his bags and turning to face him.
"Well Keitaro, where are you going to stay tonight?"
Keitaro's head sank and he thought over his options. 'I can't go home or else they guard me to make sure I don't take off, that leaves my only option as...' Seta, can I possibly stay at your place tonight.
Seta smiled back, he was always smiling, "you're always welcome, here, let's get going now."
The overly depressed Keitaro and the beaming Seta stepped out of the airport and stepped on too the train so they could reach Seta's house. All the while, Keitaro remained in his deep train of thought; nothing could stop the broken record of images in his head from stopping. The pictures of the last two years at the Hinata-Sou continued to flash before his eyes.
The first memory was of course, his first meeting of Naru, when they both were in the hot springs without there glasses. That misunderstanding ended up being painful for him, and really set the tone for the rest of the relationship between Naru and Keitaro.
Then there was the first time they studied together. There relationship began to build and Naru had taken it on her shoulders to see him into Tokyo U, while that goal succeeded, there relationship never became solid.
Then there was the time when they both failed the exam, and took off on the trip, supposedly alone. It ended up with them meeting each other and unknowingly hanging out for 2 days. That in the end was the high point of there time together.
Then the most solid memory of when Naru had told him she wished to go to Tokyo U with him. He had thought that was when they would finally be together, but once again, it was all futile.
Then the last memory was of first him breaking his leg and in fear of losing Naru telling her that he loved her. 3 months following Keitaro's declaration of love to her, she responds by telling him she wasn't interested. That is where he was left now, in his own memories and dreams, where he only touched reality when Seta would drag him out of it.
"Keitaro, were at my stop," Seta said through the dull fog of Keitaro's mind "We need to get off, come on." Seta pulled Keitaro off the train and they both walked down the street for a few blocks. After some time they finally reached a smaller house where Seta walked up and inserted his key.
Seta just smiled back and opened the door. They both stepped inside and set there things down in the front hall. Seta walked into the kitchen area and put a kettle on for some tea. He turned around and gestured for Keitaro to sit down. As they seated themselves at the table, Seta gave Keitaro a very serious look.
"Now, I want to know why you are running away before we go on this trip." "So tell me everything that has led up to this point."
Keitaro wasn't surprised that Seta brought this issue up, but that didn't mean he was anymore prepared for it. Keitaro sighed and looked down at the table, plotting where to start his story.
"Well, it begins about 16 or 17 years ago when I met this girl at the Hinata apartments." "She and I made a promise to go to Tokyo U together when we got older." His voice wavered off for a second, than he started to speak again. "For 15 years, I worked with the only goal of my life to get into Tokyo U and meet the girl of my dreams which fate would give me if I made it into Tokyo U, or so I assumed." "Then just 2 years ago I met Naru and the others when I came to the Hinata-Sou."
Keitaro seemed weary of going on, but seemed to gain his resolve and started up his story once more. "After getting to know Naru I began to grow closer to her, and my prayers seemed to be answered when I saw a diary entry which said something about a promise 15 years before." "Of course I assumed it to be something that related to my promise and made of a fool of myself doing so." "After that though, we both failed our test for Tokyo U and we both left on vacations of our own."
"At that point we both ran into each other but because of a little problem with our glasses, we didn't know it was the other person." "Then we met Mitsumi, who over time told us about how the three of us had known each other 15 years before hand." "Mitsumi also hinted quite a few times that Naru was the real promised girl." Keitaro sighed and stopped for a minute, Seta almost asked for him to continue when the kettle went off, so Seta walked over and grabbed the tea, which gave Keitaro some more time to ponder to himself.
Seta poured the tea and walked over to the table and set down the cups, Keitaro put his hands on it, and began to tell the rest of his story. "Well, at this point I had fallen head over heals with Naru and soon after, I passed my Tokyo U exams." "The next fall I had broken my leg and I feared that Naru would leave me so I told her that I loved her."
Keitaro seemed unusually anxious now and took a long drink from his tea. "Well, she didn't respond to me, but I just assumed she was to afraid to tell me her true feelings like she always seemed to be." "Then, just a few hours ago she told me that she had no feelings for me, when she left me standing there on the stairs, at the point I ran away, met you and now were here..."
Seta nodded knowing that he had heard the end of Keitaro's story. So he decided to ask a new question, "So, what do you plan to do now?" This surprised Keitaro and he really needed to think about how to answer that, so he sat there for a good ten minutes, drinking some tea occasionally, before finally giving an answer.
"I really don't know Seta, I guess I'll finish school, maybe move out of the Hinata-Sou and live on my own in an apartment or in the dorms or something." "The only thing I truly wish now is to move away from that dorm, where all the memories will haunt me."
Seta took his turn and sighed at this statement, and simply muttered "you haven't learned anything from the last two years have you." Keitaro was quite taken aback at this and was even a little angry at Seta for this.
"What should have I learned, I tried following my heart and it failed, so shouldn't I just leave and move on?"
"You fool, you're not moving on if you have to leave the place that has memories of it just to be able to cope." "You should have learned from all the conflict you met there that a bad thing does not mean the end of the world."
Keitaro looked at him and shook his head, "I don't get what you're saying, and personally I'd rather just leave this as far as I can behind."
Seta sighed once again and decided to finish the argument. "Well, I apparently can't change your mind right now, but hopefully over this trip you'll come to understand what I mean." "I also want you to know that I'll be here for you if you ever need someone to talk to and someone to help you get through something." "As long as I'm on this earth I welcome you to come and ask for assistance."
Keitaro smiled and muttered something about being appreciative of the offer. Seta smiled in response and got up and began to clear away the cups and kettle. Keitaro continued to sit there and looked at the table with the lack of emotion he'd been showing for the last day.
"Keitaro, you may want to get some sleep before we board the flight tomorrow, so go and take a nap on the couch if you wish, I'll be in my room if you need me." With that Seta left the room and Keitaro was alone.
'What a day,' thought Keitaro. He walked over and fell onto the couch, where the worst day of his life up to that point came to a close.
In the air over Okinawa...
"Su, how close are we to the place where Mitsumi lives," asked the nervous Shinobu.
"Were coming up on it, about 30 more seconds till we touch down." Su continued to monitor the equipment and said "were lucky that we got here before it got dark or else landing would be impossible."
They continued to lower in elevation till the wheels touched down on the beach and they came to a stop in front of Mitsumi's house.
Shinobu hopped out of the plane along with Motoko and Su and they walked up to the door. As they knocked on the door they heard some movement inside. A few seconds later the door opened and they all saw Mitsumi in the doorway.
"Oh mi, oh my," she stated as she saw the three outside "what brings you guys here."
Motoko was the first to respond "were looking for Urishima, have you heard from him." "We also believe Mr. Seta is with him because he had left on business just house before we got to Tokyo U."
"Oh, Sarah is here and she talked to Mr. Seta a little while ago, do you wish to talk to her?"
"You heard from Seta, well then let' go and talk to him quickly so maybe we can go and leave for where Sempai is this evening," pleaded Shinobu. The three of them walked into the house and ran into Sarah into the Kitchen.
"Su, Shinobu, Motoko, what are you three doing here?"
"Were here looking for Mr. Seta and Sempai," answered Shinobu.
"Oh, there talking about going to Mongolia, but it was delayed and is leaving first thing in the morning," Sarah replied and continued. "They are currently staying at my dad's house and the dork and he are leaving at about 6 AM tomorrow."
Su then looked around nervously and said "that's bad because it's too dark for us to take off so we'll have to wait for morning and they'll be gone by the time we can get to Tokyo most likely."
The rest of them knew she was right but they decided to spend the night. Mitsumi was quite happy to hear that even more people were staying at her house. "Even though it's temporary, I'm glad that you're staying, the more the merri..." At that point she fell to the floor, unconscious, or she would have if Motoko hadn't quickly caught her.
"Well, we had better go to sleep, we need to be up at the crack of dawn so we need to sleep as much as possible." Motoko set Mitsumi on her shoulder and carried her to her room. Su and Sarah ran to Sarah's room. This left Shinobu who walked into the living room, where she laid down on the couch with only one thought in her mind. 'Sempai, I wonder what your going through right now,' then her eyes closed and the world went black as she fell into sleep.
It's done, I know it's a week late but it is a lot longer. I also needed some more time to write it because my schedule has been full. I really hope you have enjoyed it and I plan to update every week or two starting from this point on. It will all depend on how much homework I have during the week. Other then that I leave you with a great thanks for sticking with my story so far and I hope you look forward to the rest of the story.