Hey, I'm back from Italy, and I hope I find you all in good spirits. I had
a great time out there but I really want to get back to the fic.
As for the fic, some concern has been expressed that I may run out of ideas and the fic might falter if I try to keep up my proposed length. All I can say is that this fic has been running through my mind in bits and pieces for the last 2 months now. All I'm doing is piecing it together in written form. The reason it takes so long to post each chapter is the fact that I find very little time to sit down and write. With HW, work, a light social life and other hobbies, this becomes a balancing act of sorts. I do plan to make this my top priority though with my favorite online game just ending so I can't play any more, I need something else to devote my time. So after I return from Italy, I plan to devote much more time to my writing.
Hopefully this is good news for you, now thanks to the 5 reviews for this chapter and the 1 review for two chapters that was posted mere minutes after I updated my fic.
Also, I updated the first chapter and will rewrite every chapter eventually to clean it up and add more detail. Believe me; I miss some things considering I almost entirely write at 2AM in the morning or later.
This fic is brought to you by Reviewers like You
Vash: You hate Naru way to fucking much man. Ah well, you won't like the new fic I'm gonna start, in that one Naru and Keitaro are actually together. Also, try not to in injure your ego to much; that can lead to the "DARK SIDE" (Niak comes in with baseball bat)
Niak: Stop with the corny Star Wars rip offs already! *beats me with baseball bat* sorry about that, what he meant was that if you kill your ego, you'll end up with me hehehe.
Knights Shadow: Addressed your first point up above. Other then that, glad you keep reviewing.
Kei: Your wait is over I guess
Neo Mog: sorry I missed ya, well, Thanks for the first review and I hope to see more
Shigure: Hey again, and yes the plot is indeed thickening like bread dough
Gotenks: Glad you like the recommendation, as for Shinobu, I kinda have this feeling that everyone in the Hinata-Sou has picked up some skills or knowledge from each other member. One of those things would be Motoko's ability to read ki. While not that strong, she can sense it faintly.
Mantis: Hey, thanks for the review and glad you're in your LH phase again. Now I need to get obsessed. Thanks for the concerns with my writing, can always use ideas of where to improve my writing.
Drifter: Hey, your first review. I also hope that this next chapter is as strong as my last few.
Now on to the fic:
Chapter 6 – Kryptonite
"Koalla, Keitaro's in that plane that's taking off," screams Motoko as the plane begins to fade into the distance. Koalla jumps to attention at this and turns to Shinobu.
"Shinobu, take the wheel for me, don't land it quite yet though." Shinobu runs to do her task as Su reaches under a seat and pulls out a large weapon that appears to be a large rocket launcher. She points it at Keitaro's plane and pulls the trigger. The missile flies out of the launcher as Su flies in the other direction.
Now keep in mind Su did this in a few seconds, so everyone else just stood in shock as this occurred. Luckily for the flying Su, Motoko was able to recover in time and grabbed her before she flew out of the open seated airplane.
"Su, what did you just do," screamed Motoko "I just wanted you to stop him or something like that." To this Su just looked questioningly, as if she didn't know what Motoko was talking about. Then Mitsumi gasped as they heard an explosion. Motoko happened to be looking in the other direction and snapped around to see what had happened, fearing the worst.
Much to her surprise though, the missile had exploded long before reaching Keitaro's now departing airplane. From the explosion, another projectile appeared. This one was blinking red and it followed the plane where it attached itself under the left wing.
Motoko and the other 3 girls just stare at it and turn around to see a joyful Su. "Yay, my new invention was a complete success." Su continued to jump around with cheerful spirits. The rest just looked at her dumbly.
Well, everyone except Mitsumi of course. "Ara, what was that thing you shot at Kei-kun." Shinobu and Motoko visibly winced at the mention of her "Kei-kun" but they did there best to hide it. Su on the other hand just smiled and no body knew at this point how she could possibly be any happier, but they all were used to it.
"Simple, it's a Keitaro tracking device that I made at Mitsumi's last night." The rest of the group simply exchanged looks and shrugged. They didn't sweat the details anymore when it came to Su.
Then, Shinobu happened to realize a problem. "Uh, Su, if were all here, who's flying the plane right now." All of then turned around to see the plane falling from 200 ft above the ground. Su, Shinobu, and Motoko all made a wild jump for it, with all of them blocking each other from the control panel.
Mitsumi managed to walk over and grab the controls just fine somehow though. "Ara, what do I do now?" she questioned as the plane continued its uncontrolled descent.
"Just pull up!" they all screamed as the ground was nearing them more by the second. So Mitsumi pulled up, but it was too late to avoid the crash. Lucky for the girls though, Mitsumi stopped the descent the plane skidded across the runway, coming to a stop.
Unlucky for the girls though, was the fact that crashing into the ground in an open aircraft is quite bad. After one or two skids on the ground, every occupant on the plane was heaved out.
Motoko felt herself flying through the air as she neared the ground. When her body first connected with the pavement, she blacked out, leaving the world behind her.
* * * * * * *
Naru got moving throwing off her cloths she had worn for the past two days. Then she looked at herself in the mirror, and was quiet horrified at what she was seeing. The girl in the reflection was gaunt and had bags under her eyes that seemed to go on forever. She hadn't realized what the emotion that had torn from her body had done to her. She held in her tears at that point and promised herself that she needed to stick to her decision.
"I gave up Keitaro, now I must go through with it." Was what her thought line appeared to follow; "So, I need to go with that decision and move on with my life."
Still the question remained, "is this the right path to choose?" With that she let her head sink once again as she routinely redressed herself and headed to the kitchen, wondering what the new girl would do when Naru made her appearance that day.
* * * * * * *
Kitsune couldn't help but wonder about the appearance of this new girl. Where she had come from, she had no idea. She also was flabbergasted at how she had gotten into the home. Still, she could tell she had some special relationship with Keitaro, she just didn't know what.
Currently, the girl, Kanoko was what Kitsune thought her name was, was currently sitting across the table from herself. She was deep in thought, and staring out of a window to her side.
Kitsune cleared her throught, trying to get Kanoko's attention. This had no effect though, so Kitsune tried a more direct approach.
"Uh, Kanoko, why did you come here anyway?"
Kanoko turned and blinked at Kitsune for a moment, as if just realizing she was in the room.
"Oh, well, if you really must know, I came to take my brother back." "He's been gone quite a long time, so my family really needs him to be home, especially since he has been accepted into Tokyo U."
Kitsune was taken aback to this. She had no idea that Keitaro's parents wanted him home. After getting over the split second of shock, she knew she had to divert this girls intentions or Keitaro may not be here much longer.
"Why should Keitaro go home, he's perfectly fine here and his parents threw him out in the first place?"
"Simple, my parents were trying to motivate him into making right decisions." "Now that he managed to achieve his goals though, there is no point to him staying out and costing our parents more money."
"How does it cost you more money?" asked a confused Kitsune. As far as she could remember, Keitaro had been living off of some of the rent he collected from the tenants, herself included.
"How blind are you," responded Kanoko "Keitaro wouldn't have any spending money if he didn't get money from his family." "He doesn't have a job or anything so there's no other place it could come from."
Kitsune realized this point was indeed correct, but what she didn't understand is why this would lead Keitaro's parents into the idea to bring there son home, he was the owner of a respected family Inn and he was a Tokyo U student.
"Why bring him home, he is an adult and should be responsible for his own life."
"If that's what you believe, then let him get a job on his own and spend the rest of his time working on his college life." "He can't live in this inn forever."
This is when Kitsune got a real smack in the face. More so then any argument so far, the fact that Keitaro wouldn't be there forever chilled her to the bone. Kitsune just watched Kanoko, as she stood up, spun on one heel, and proceeded to leave the room.
* * * * * *
Naru proceeded down the steps, now dressed for the day. She had taken the time to brush her hair out and even applied some make-up to hide the fact that she had been crying for the last day and a half now.
As she reached the bottom of the stairs, she ran into Kanoko, who had a look of triumph and one of anger written on her face. Kanoko looked her once over and then proceeded to give her an offer.
"What do you say to coming with me and going after Keitaro, that way we can return him to the Hinata-Sou and you can prove to me I don't know what I am talking about."
Naru just blinked to this as she stood, shocked at the very idea of chasing Keitaro. Something in her head told her to just go with her instinct though, and chase her lost love. So she nodded at Kanoko as she ran to her room and threw a simple travel bag together.
She finished packing the bare essentials and then returned to the entrance of the inn. There Kanoko, her cat, and Tama-chan were waiting for her. As they tore through the door they chased after a man they both cared for deeply, yet they had no idea where he was.
*****
"Flying, it always seems so long and tedious for what you get in the end." These were the random ideas floating through Keitaro's mind as he watched the land hover beneath him as they continued to there final destination.
Next to Keitaro's shoulder, was his mentor Seta, who was currently fast asleep. This left Keitaro preoccupied with his own thoughts, which was not a good thing considering the events that had occurred as of late.
For you see, the more Keitaro went over the past few days, the more he began to doubt himself. He was at a totally new beginning, with the last 2 years left behind him as a waste along with the 17 year promise.
After much thought over the long flight, he came to one final conclusion. 'I need a new promise, something to give my life meaning or motivation.' After pondering some more he finally came up with a promise with himself. 'I know what it must be, I promise to continue my life with those who's lives he had become entangled in over the last 2 years.'
'More then that, I shall stay by there side and do what I must to protect them from any harm that I can.' 'Finally, I need to actually begin college and get my degree, that way I may be able to create my own life.' Content with this plan, the exhaustion of the past few days slammed into him as he quickly drifted to sleep, and it relieved his troubled mind from his troubles.
* * * * *
The plane ride came to a stop when they touched down in Mongolia's main airport, but the adventure for the two archaeologists' was just beginning. As they got out of the airport, they both walked out, Seta in the lead and Keitaro following. They both hopped in a taxi and they took off for the excavation site which happened to be 300 miles away.
Keitaro stared out of the window watching the Mongolian countryside fly past as they drove through the country. Then a realization hit Keitaro 'this is the first time I've intentionally traveled to a different country.' With that he sighed though, for he found no matter what he did, he couldn't shake the feeling that he should be here with the girls.
They really are my family now and I just left them behind with a second thought till it was too late. Keitaro kept thinking along these lines till he drifted to sleep still tired from the long day he'd just gone through.
Seta on the other hand, simply watched Keitaro as he had a fitful sleep. He seemed lost in a dream in which there was no escape. Seta could fully understand though, looking back on it. He had gone through much in his own life, having to choose between two women he both loved dearly being the first that came to mind.
It went much deeper then that though, for shortly after getting married to the women he chose, she fell ill and died. This happened long before his passion for Haruka died though, but he also knew that it was unrealistic to ever believe she would ever return his love again.
To fill the gap in his life, he adopted Sara and they made a family of sorts. He stayed in America to raise Sara for quite some time, but he knew he must return to the Hinata-Sou where this road surly lead. So after 5 years he did, that's when he met Keitaro who reminded him much of himself.
'Surprising how it seems that fate is running out of ideas,' thought Seta as he continued to watch Keitaro sleep. 'In my lifetime I meet a young boy who is leading a nearly identical path in life; I just hope his turns better for him.' Seta laughed and continued his usual way of lightening situations 'or if not I'll give fate a piece of my mind.'
* * * * *
Now, while Seta and Keitaro knew where they were going, the girls on there trail were not so lucky. They had followed the plane easy enough, thanks to Su, but the trail ran cold at that point. "Well, now what," asked a slightly annoyed Motoko as they wandered around the airport looking for some clue of where to find Keitaro and Seta.
'This has not been my day,' thought Motoko as they continued to search the airport. First we spend hours chasing after Keitaro and then we end up unconscious on the runway till the runway crew came to our rescue and woke us up.' 'Also, they helped Su fix the plane, which was about the only good thing that happened.'
Now she sighed as her story continued to run through her mind 'now we got the plane fixed just to get lost in another countries airport, what luck we have.' She continued to walk with the others till Su spotted a map of Mongolia on one off the walls.
"Look, maybe we can find out where Keitaro is from that!" Su lead the others to it and they began to search the map for any clue. Su continued to be her usual self by examining from the ceiling. "Now if I were a Keitaro, where would I be?"
The rest choose to ignore her and concentrate on there own search up until Motoko felt a hand come to rest on her should. Her initial reaction to draw her sword was halted, mostly because she couldn't have it in the open at an airport, also because a man, who appeared to be just an innocent Mongolian citizen, was the culprit.
So instead of reverting to her usual tactic of kill first and ask questions later, she simply sighed and turned to look the man in the eyes. "May I help you," was all she said, the problem was she only knew Japanese.
The man simply smiled and in perfect Japanese responded "you ladies appear to be lost, are you in need of some help?"
Now this really took Motoko aback, and her normal views of strange men began to change quickly. "Yes, we do in fact, were looking for a friend but we don't know where in this country he is."
"Hmm, I see, that is a mighty big problem," he lamented as he looked them over. "Tell you what, how about we go get a bite to eat and then we can discuss this problem further."
"Food!" was the only sound that was responded, this by an overly energetic and hungry Su. She then jumped straight at there new acquaintance and they proceeded to fall to the floor in a heap.
Motoko and Shinobu rushed to the poor man's aid, after they pulled him to his feet and pried Su off; Shinobu had a question she needed to ask. "What is your name?" she asked, blushing profusely in doing so.
The man just laughed at the girls reaction, "don't be so shy about it, you have every right to know." He then continued "My name is Martin and I guess I am your tour guide in Mongolia."
End Chapter 6
Welcome to the end of the toughest two weeks going into the toughest 3 weeks of my life. I finally found a break to finish this chapter up and I hope to get 1 more update before my AP tests. After those are done updates will resume at faster then normal speed till the end of the summer.
As for the preview not lining up with the chapter, I had a change in plans and stretched this chapter out a bit and slowed the plot (Mantis's idea)
One more note, I plan to reissue A Compromising Situation sometime in the next month and a half and have it released through chapter 5. Chapters 1 and 2 will also be rewritten for more detail and better format.
That's all from me, now here are 2 recommendations before I head out.
Spring's Gift by Fanficzgrl
This is a story of Naru and Shinobu fighting for Keitaro's heart. It is already an epic in length and in only on part 1 of 4. Only problem is slow update times.
4.2/5
Another Promise by Motoko Aoyama
This is the story of the growing passion between Motoko and Keitaro as they learn that there differences will not necessarily keep them from each other.
4/5
Plus one change to a former recommendation
Same guy, Different story by RPGer
You all know this one and I just need to redo the score because these last two weeks have made me realize that he puts out high quality work at an absolutely astounding pace.
4.5/5
That's it and I hope my life gets easier here before I go completely insane, also if you see and places where my fic seems to conflict with itself in this chapter tell me so I can change it, I was half sick, and can't remember what I was going to write when I started this chapter 2 weeks ago.
And I'm out.
As for the fic, some concern has been expressed that I may run out of ideas and the fic might falter if I try to keep up my proposed length. All I can say is that this fic has been running through my mind in bits and pieces for the last 2 months now. All I'm doing is piecing it together in written form. The reason it takes so long to post each chapter is the fact that I find very little time to sit down and write. With HW, work, a light social life and other hobbies, this becomes a balancing act of sorts. I do plan to make this my top priority though with my favorite online game just ending so I can't play any more, I need something else to devote my time. So after I return from Italy, I plan to devote much more time to my writing.
Hopefully this is good news for you, now thanks to the 5 reviews for this chapter and the 1 review for two chapters that was posted mere minutes after I updated my fic.
Also, I updated the first chapter and will rewrite every chapter eventually to clean it up and add more detail. Believe me; I miss some things considering I almost entirely write at 2AM in the morning or later.
This fic is brought to you by Reviewers like You
Vash: You hate Naru way to fucking much man. Ah well, you won't like the new fic I'm gonna start, in that one Naru and Keitaro are actually together. Also, try not to in injure your ego to much; that can lead to the "DARK SIDE" (Niak comes in with baseball bat)
Niak: Stop with the corny Star Wars rip offs already! *beats me with baseball bat* sorry about that, what he meant was that if you kill your ego, you'll end up with me hehehe.
Knights Shadow: Addressed your first point up above. Other then that, glad you keep reviewing.
Kei: Your wait is over I guess
Neo Mog: sorry I missed ya, well, Thanks for the first review and I hope to see more
Shigure: Hey again, and yes the plot is indeed thickening like bread dough
Gotenks: Glad you like the recommendation, as for Shinobu, I kinda have this feeling that everyone in the Hinata-Sou has picked up some skills or knowledge from each other member. One of those things would be Motoko's ability to read ki. While not that strong, she can sense it faintly.
Mantis: Hey, thanks for the review and glad you're in your LH phase again. Now I need to get obsessed. Thanks for the concerns with my writing, can always use ideas of where to improve my writing.
Drifter: Hey, your first review. I also hope that this next chapter is as strong as my last few.
Now on to the fic:
Chapter 6 – Kryptonite
"Koalla, Keitaro's in that plane that's taking off," screams Motoko as the plane begins to fade into the distance. Koalla jumps to attention at this and turns to Shinobu.
"Shinobu, take the wheel for me, don't land it quite yet though." Shinobu runs to do her task as Su reaches under a seat and pulls out a large weapon that appears to be a large rocket launcher. She points it at Keitaro's plane and pulls the trigger. The missile flies out of the launcher as Su flies in the other direction.
Now keep in mind Su did this in a few seconds, so everyone else just stood in shock as this occurred. Luckily for the flying Su, Motoko was able to recover in time and grabbed her before she flew out of the open seated airplane.
"Su, what did you just do," screamed Motoko "I just wanted you to stop him or something like that." To this Su just looked questioningly, as if she didn't know what Motoko was talking about. Then Mitsumi gasped as they heard an explosion. Motoko happened to be looking in the other direction and snapped around to see what had happened, fearing the worst.
Much to her surprise though, the missile had exploded long before reaching Keitaro's now departing airplane. From the explosion, another projectile appeared. This one was blinking red and it followed the plane where it attached itself under the left wing.
Motoko and the other 3 girls just stare at it and turn around to see a joyful Su. "Yay, my new invention was a complete success." Su continued to jump around with cheerful spirits. The rest just looked at her dumbly.
Well, everyone except Mitsumi of course. "Ara, what was that thing you shot at Kei-kun." Shinobu and Motoko visibly winced at the mention of her "Kei-kun" but they did there best to hide it. Su on the other hand just smiled and no body knew at this point how she could possibly be any happier, but they all were used to it.
"Simple, it's a Keitaro tracking device that I made at Mitsumi's last night." The rest of the group simply exchanged looks and shrugged. They didn't sweat the details anymore when it came to Su.
Then, Shinobu happened to realize a problem. "Uh, Su, if were all here, who's flying the plane right now." All of then turned around to see the plane falling from 200 ft above the ground. Su, Shinobu, and Motoko all made a wild jump for it, with all of them blocking each other from the control panel.
Mitsumi managed to walk over and grab the controls just fine somehow though. "Ara, what do I do now?" she questioned as the plane continued its uncontrolled descent.
"Just pull up!" they all screamed as the ground was nearing them more by the second. So Mitsumi pulled up, but it was too late to avoid the crash. Lucky for the girls though, Mitsumi stopped the descent the plane skidded across the runway, coming to a stop.
Unlucky for the girls though, was the fact that crashing into the ground in an open aircraft is quite bad. After one or two skids on the ground, every occupant on the plane was heaved out.
Motoko felt herself flying through the air as she neared the ground. When her body first connected with the pavement, she blacked out, leaving the world behind her.
* * * * * * *
Naru got moving throwing off her cloths she had worn for the past two days. Then she looked at herself in the mirror, and was quiet horrified at what she was seeing. The girl in the reflection was gaunt and had bags under her eyes that seemed to go on forever. She hadn't realized what the emotion that had torn from her body had done to her. She held in her tears at that point and promised herself that she needed to stick to her decision.
"I gave up Keitaro, now I must go through with it." Was what her thought line appeared to follow; "So, I need to go with that decision and move on with my life."
Still the question remained, "is this the right path to choose?" With that she let her head sink once again as she routinely redressed herself and headed to the kitchen, wondering what the new girl would do when Naru made her appearance that day.
* * * * * * *
Kitsune couldn't help but wonder about the appearance of this new girl. Where she had come from, she had no idea. She also was flabbergasted at how she had gotten into the home. Still, she could tell she had some special relationship with Keitaro, she just didn't know what.
Currently, the girl, Kanoko was what Kitsune thought her name was, was currently sitting across the table from herself. She was deep in thought, and staring out of a window to her side.
Kitsune cleared her throught, trying to get Kanoko's attention. This had no effect though, so Kitsune tried a more direct approach.
"Uh, Kanoko, why did you come here anyway?"
Kanoko turned and blinked at Kitsune for a moment, as if just realizing she was in the room.
"Oh, well, if you really must know, I came to take my brother back." "He's been gone quite a long time, so my family really needs him to be home, especially since he has been accepted into Tokyo U."
Kitsune was taken aback to this. She had no idea that Keitaro's parents wanted him home. After getting over the split second of shock, she knew she had to divert this girls intentions or Keitaro may not be here much longer.
"Why should Keitaro go home, he's perfectly fine here and his parents threw him out in the first place?"
"Simple, my parents were trying to motivate him into making right decisions." "Now that he managed to achieve his goals though, there is no point to him staying out and costing our parents more money."
"How does it cost you more money?" asked a confused Kitsune. As far as she could remember, Keitaro had been living off of some of the rent he collected from the tenants, herself included.
"How blind are you," responded Kanoko "Keitaro wouldn't have any spending money if he didn't get money from his family." "He doesn't have a job or anything so there's no other place it could come from."
Kitsune realized this point was indeed correct, but what she didn't understand is why this would lead Keitaro's parents into the idea to bring there son home, he was the owner of a respected family Inn and he was a Tokyo U student.
"Why bring him home, he is an adult and should be responsible for his own life."
"If that's what you believe, then let him get a job on his own and spend the rest of his time working on his college life." "He can't live in this inn forever."
This is when Kitsune got a real smack in the face. More so then any argument so far, the fact that Keitaro wouldn't be there forever chilled her to the bone. Kitsune just watched Kanoko, as she stood up, spun on one heel, and proceeded to leave the room.
* * * * * *
Naru proceeded down the steps, now dressed for the day. She had taken the time to brush her hair out and even applied some make-up to hide the fact that she had been crying for the last day and a half now.
As she reached the bottom of the stairs, she ran into Kanoko, who had a look of triumph and one of anger written on her face. Kanoko looked her once over and then proceeded to give her an offer.
"What do you say to coming with me and going after Keitaro, that way we can return him to the Hinata-Sou and you can prove to me I don't know what I am talking about."
Naru just blinked to this as she stood, shocked at the very idea of chasing Keitaro. Something in her head told her to just go with her instinct though, and chase her lost love. So she nodded at Kanoko as she ran to her room and threw a simple travel bag together.
She finished packing the bare essentials and then returned to the entrance of the inn. There Kanoko, her cat, and Tama-chan were waiting for her. As they tore through the door they chased after a man they both cared for deeply, yet they had no idea where he was.
*****
"Flying, it always seems so long and tedious for what you get in the end." These were the random ideas floating through Keitaro's mind as he watched the land hover beneath him as they continued to there final destination.
Next to Keitaro's shoulder, was his mentor Seta, who was currently fast asleep. This left Keitaro preoccupied with his own thoughts, which was not a good thing considering the events that had occurred as of late.
For you see, the more Keitaro went over the past few days, the more he began to doubt himself. He was at a totally new beginning, with the last 2 years left behind him as a waste along with the 17 year promise.
After much thought over the long flight, he came to one final conclusion. 'I need a new promise, something to give my life meaning or motivation.' After pondering some more he finally came up with a promise with himself. 'I know what it must be, I promise to continue my life with those who's lives he had become entangled in over the last 2 years.'
'More then that, I shall stay by there side and do what I must to protect them from any harm that I can.' 'Finally, I need to actually begin college and get my degree, that way I may be able to create my own life.' Content with this plan, the exhaustion of the past few days slammed into him as he quickly drifted to sleep, and it relieved his troubled mind from his troubles.
* * * * *
The plane ride came to a stop when they touched down in Mongolia's main airport, but the adventure for the two archaeologists' was just beginning. As they got out of the airport, they both walked out, Seta in the lead and Keitaro following. They both hopped in a taxi and they took off for the excavation site which happened to be 300 miles away.
Keitaro stared out of the window watching the Mongolian countryside fly past as they drove through the country. Then a realization hit Keitaro 'this is the first time I've intentionally traveled to a different country.' With that he sighed though, for he found no matter what he did, he couldn't shake the feeling that he should be here with the girls.
They really are my family now and I just left them behind with a second thought till it was too late. Keitaro kept thinking along these lines till he drifted to sleep still tired from the long day he'd just gone through.
Seta on the other hand, simply watched Keitaro as he had a fitful sleep. He seemed lost in a dream in which there was no escape. Seta could fully understand though, looking back on it. He had gone through much in his own life, having to choose between two women he both loved dearly being the first that came to mind.
It went much deeper then that though, for shortly after getting married to the women he chose, she fell ill and died. This happened long before his passion for Haruka died though, but he also knew that it was unrealistic to ever believe she would ever return his love again.
To fill the gap in his life, he adopted Sara and they made a family of sorts. He stayed in America to raise Sara for quite some time, but he knew he must return to the Hinata-Sou where this road surly lead. So after 5 years he did, that's when he met Keitaro who reminded him much of himself.
'Surprising how it seems that fate is running out of ideas,' thought Seta as he continued to watch Keitaro sleep. 'In my lifetime I meet a young boy who is leading a nearly identical path in life; I just hope his turns better for him.' Seta laughed and continued his usual way of lightening situations 'or if not I'll give fate a piece of my mind.'
* * * * *
Now, while Seta and Keitaro knew where they were going, the girls on there trail were not so lucky. They had followed the plane easy enough, thanks to Su, but the trail ran cold at that point. "Well, now what," asked a slightly annoyed Motoko as they wandered around the airport looking for some clue of where to find Keitaro and Seta.
'This has not been my day,' thought Motoko as they continued to search the airport. First we spend hours chasing after Keitaro and then we end up unconscious on the runway till the runway crew came to our rescue and woke us up.' 'Also, they helped Su fix the plane, which was about the only good thing that happened.'
Now she sighed as her story continued to run through her mind 'now we got the plane fixed just to get lost in another countries airport, what luck we have.' She continued to walk with the others till Su spotted a map of Mongolia on one off the walls.
"Look, maybe we can find out where Keitaro is from that!" Su lead the others to it and they began to search the map for any clue. Su continued to be her usual self by examining from the ceiling. "Now if I were a Keitaro, where would I be?"
The rest choose to ignore her and concentrate on there own search up until Motoko felt a hand come to rest on her should. Her initial reaction to draw her sword was halted, mostly because she couldn't have it in the open at an airport, also because a man, who appeared to be just an innocent Mongolian citizen, was the culprit.
So instead of reverting to her usual tactic of kill first and ask questions later, she simply sighed and turned to look the man in the eyes. "May I help you," was all she said, the problem was she only knew Japanese.
The man simply smiled and in perfect Japanese responded "you ladies appear to be lost, are you in need of some help?"
Now this really took Motoko aback, and her normal views of strange men began to change quickly. "Yes, we do in fact, were looking for a friend but we don't know where in this country he is."
"Hmm, I see, that is a mighty big problem," he lamented as he looked them over. "Tell you what, how about we go get a bite to eat and then we can discuss this problem further."
"Food!" was the only sound that was responded, this by an overly energetic and hungry Su. She then jumped straight at there new acquaintance and they proceeded to fall to the floor in a heap.
Motoko and Shinobu rushed to the poor man's aid, after they pulled him to his feet and pried Su off; Shinobu had a question she needed to ask. "What is your name?" she asked, blushing profusely in doing so.
The man just laughed at the girls reaction, "don't be so shy about it, you have every right to know." He then continued "My name is Martin and I guess I am your tour guide in Mongolia."
End Chapter 6
Welcome to the end of the toughest two weeks going into the toughest 3 weeks of my life. I finally found a break to finish this chapter up and I hope to get 1 more update before my AP tests. After those are done updates will resume at faster then normal speed till the end of the summer.
As for the preview not lining up with the chapter, I had a change in plans and stretched this chapter out a bit and slowed the plot (Mantis's idea)
One more note, I plan to reissue A Compromising Situation sometime in the next month and a half and have it released through chapter 5. Chapters 1 and 2 will also be rewritten for more detail and better format.
That's all from me, now here are 2 recommendations before I head out.
Spring's Gift by Fanficzgrl
This is a story of Naru and Shinobu fighting for Keitaro's heart. It is already an epic in length and in only on part 1 of 4. Only problem is slow update times.
4.2/5
Another Promise by Motoko Aoyama
This is the story of the growing passion between Motoko and Keitaro as they learn that there differences will not necessarily keep them from each other.
4/5
Plus one change to a former recommendation
Same guy, Different story by RPGer
You all know this one and I just need to redo the score because these last two weeks have made me realize that he puts out high quality work at an absolutely astounding pace.
4.5/5
That's it and I hope my life gets easier here before I go completely insane, also if you see and places where my fic seems to conflict with itself in this chapter tell me so I can change it, I was half sick, and can't remember what I was going to write when I started this chapter 2 weeks ago.
And I'm out.