Hey, yall, I am back once again with my new chapter. First of all, I can't even begin to express my gratitude to all of those that reviewed my story. Thank you from the bottom of my Dark Heart. But before I start my new chapter, I would like to comment on some of the reviews. First, since this IS an AU, the original promise never existed. The only promise made at the sandbox was that neither Mutsumi, Naru, nor Keitaro ever forget each of them. So that's why in the last chapter Keitaro said he felt like he knew Mutsumi from somewhere. Secondly, all I have are the english translated Mangas from TokyoPop. And that is what I am using my basic notes from. And finally, for the background of remembering the two girls, yeah, my last reviewer does have a point, but the way I am writing it, Keitaro may have an undescribable amount of ki within him, but at that age point, I made it so he wasn't trained to recognize ki signatures yet until Tsuruko and Keitaro went back to see baby Motoko. Eh, call it a lack of training on Tsuruko's part if you must. But enough about this. Time to get to what you all really want--Chapter 6!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Love Hina. That couresy belongs to Ken Akamatsu and TokyoPop. I do own several lighthouses(or at least figurines of said light house) =P
A Samurai's Heart and A Ronin's Love
Chapter 6
Keitaro and Naru had just left Mutsumi's apartment and were walking toward Hinata-Sou when they spotted three girls in front of them. They looked like sophomores and juniors from high school. The one in the middle seemed to be the leader of the group, due to the fact that the other two were talking to her with the utmost respect. Keitaro and Naru then recognized her as their friend Motoko. Naru was about to run up to Motoko to say something when Keitaro suddenly grabbed and stopped her.
"What in the hell do you think you're doing, baka??" a slightly angry Naru yelled.
Keitaro quickly pulled her down and said, "Stay down. There is something not right here. I feel an evil presence lurking about." And just as he said that, three dark figures appeared from a ghostly mist, trapping the three girls. Two of the dark figures grabbed Motoko's friends while the third one stared at her. Motoko had already drawn her bokken and was about to attack when her target hissed out a warning.
"Foolish Mortal!! Take one more step, and your friends are finished." She looks at the captors of her two friends and saw their razor sharp claws ready to slice open her friends' necks. She stops moving but still has her bokken up in an attack stance.
"Ha Ha Ha," the leader said. "It's so much fun to see you God's Cry School fools squirm so much. Now I am going to ask you only once. Where is your sister??"
"Why should I answer you, foul demon?" Motoko spat. "You haven't even told me your name. That way I will know who it was that I sent to hell today."
The demon laughed at her and said, "Perhaps I should tell you my name, although the chances of you beating me are slim to none. Very well. I am Akita-Daimou, the Fox Demon King. And your sister and I have some unfinished business. But I grow weary of this, so I think I shall have some fun by having your friends killed. Now don't you think that sounds like fun?? HAHAHAHAHA!!" He then snapped his fingers and waited to hear the sound of flesh ripping.
Nothing happened. He snapped his fingers again. Still nothing. Damn Shadow demons, he thought. They can't do anything right. He looks over to where the demons should be standing with the supposed lifeless bodies of the two girls. What he sees shocks and terrifies him. Where once stood his two soulless shadow demons now stood two balls of light.
"Where are my Shadow demons!!??" Akita-Daimou bellowed. He then heard a voice that brought instant fear in his black heart, one he feared more than that accursed Aoyama Tsuruko. "Oh, Hell," he muttered. "Not Him."
"Foolish kitsune demon king," The voice rang out. "Having two low level shadow demons attack defenceless girls is a sign of pure cowardice. I, Urashima Keitaro dispatched them easily. Now you shall face the both of us. Prepare yourself for oblivion! EVIL CUTTING SWORD FIRST FORM!!"
The ki blast sent the evil fox demon high in the air. Black blood started spewing from his injuries. As he headed back to the ground, about to make his counter attack, he heard Motoko shout.
"EVIL CUTTING SWORD SECOND FORM!!"
The second ki blast went through the demon's left side, leaving only smoke where his arm and leg once were. The fox demon then started spouting curses at the two God's Cry School masters. "You may defeat me, but mark my words. I will be avenged!! Prepare yourselves!!" He then launched his final attack against them, but they dodged it easily.
"This has been fun," Keitaro said, "but now it is time to end this. Motoko-chan, are you ready?"
"Hai, Keitaro-sensei" Motoko shouted. They stood together and shouted in unison:
"EVIL CUTTING SWORD FINAL STRIKE!!"
They both swung down their weapons in a vertical motion, sending their combined ki blasts straight through the demon. There was nothing left of it but a cloud of smoke and scorched earth the demon was standing on.
After sheathing his sword, Keitaro turned to Motoko and asked, "Motoko-chan, are you alright?"
Motoko sheathed her bokken and said, "Yes, Keitaro-sensei, I am unharmed. And thank you for assisting me. If you hadn't stepped in, my friends most assuredly would have been killed. I must go chek on them, please excuse me." And with that, she went to check on her injured friends.
Keitaro made his way back to where he left Naru. "Sorry about leaving you here, Naruesgawa-san, but I did it for your own protection. I didn't want you to be hurt as well.
Naru just looked up in shock and stuttered, "WH-WH-What the hell just happened??"
Keitaro sighed and said, "I had to stop that demon before he hurt Motoko or the others with her. It's something that I really don't like having to do, fighting in order to kill. But if my friends are in danger, I will fight, even if it means death to the opponent." He then smiled at her. "But enough about this dark talk. I don't know about you, but I am getting hungry. Shall we see if dinner is ready?"
He then started walking toward the Hinata-Sou with Naru right behind him. He was smiling, thinking of what the rest of the day will bring to him, while Naru was deep in thought. My God, he sure is strong. Stronger than Motoko is. And those attacks were beautiful. But was that thing they were attacking really a demon?? Calm down, Naru, and get ahold of yourself. Demons do not exist...do they?
[Hinata-Sou: After dinner]
Dinner was finished, and everyone thanked Shinobu for their wondrous meal. Keitaro stayed back and helped wash the dishes. When they were done, Keitaro left to work on his classwork in his room. He had gotten through the first three pages of problems when he heard a knocking on his door.
"Come in, Motoko-chan," Keitaro said. The door slid open and Motoko came in, bringing with her some green tea. Keitaro smiled at her and said, "Please, have a seat."
Motoko sat down across from him and poured out some tea. After handing Keitaro a cup of tea, she said, "Keitaro-sensei, thank you once again for your help. I would have been lost without you."
"No thanks are necessary, Motoko-chan," Keitaro said. "I am proud of you. You did the right thing by not attacking Akita at first. The safety of others is the most important thing to value when in a fight. Sort of like police hostage negotiators. Their responsibility is to make sure the hostages are safe before they can attack the criminal. I am just glad I was their to free your friends." He then frowned. "But what did that demon mean when he said he had 'unfinished business' with Tsuruko?"
Motoko hung her head sadly and said, "I don't know. Only she knows what demons she has either killed or sealed up in a sword. So I couldn't tell you what he meant."
Keitaro thought for a moment on her words and dismissed it later. "Okay, Motoko-chan, thanks. Oh, was there something else you wanted to discuss?
Motoko blushed and nervously said, "Umm, I w-would like it if you would join me in training again, like we did back at home." She could feel her heartbeating a mile a minute.
Keitaro looked at her, smiled, and said, "I would be honored to join you for training, Motoko-chan. How does tomorrow morning at sunrise sound?"
"That seems to be a reasnoable time, Keitaro-sensei," Motoko said. Yes!! He said yes!! Oh, this is a dream come true. If we keep training, I just might be able to work up the nerve to ask him out for dinner. Oh, I hope, I hope, I hope...
She then got up to leave. "Thank you for agreeing to train with me, Keitaro-sensei," Motoko said. "Now if you will excuse me, I shall leave you to your studies." She then left.
Keitaro chuckled to himself. "Motoko-chan sure is a sweet girl. I could tell she had a hard time asking me to train with her. Heck, I knew she had a big crush on me since she was a little girl, but I didn't expect it to be this huge after all this time. But I can't help but wonder. Does she like me for my strengths, or does she like me as myself?" He shakes his head to clear his mind. "I'll think about this later. Right now I have this Math to work on..."
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And so ends chapter six. Well, I hope you like it, and I am sorry if it still seems a little short and dry, but hey. I am working on this with a lack of sleep, so please bear with me. And as far as updating this story, it turns out that it might end up being weekly instead of as before. My work schedule changes from week to week. so who knows when my next chapter will be posted. Anyways, like I always say, DON'T GET ELIMINATED!!
PS: Read and review!! Thanx--DarkHeart =P
Disclaimer: I do not own Love Hina. That couresy belongs to Ken Akamatsu and TokyoPop. I do own several lighthouses(or at least figurines of said light house) =P
A Samurai's Heart and A Ronin's Love
Chapter 6
Keitaro and Naru had just left Mutsumi's apartment and were walking toward Hinata-Sou when they spotted three girls in front of them. They looked like sophomores and juniors from high school. The one in the middle seemed to be the leader of the group, due to the fact that the other two were talking to her with the utmost respect. Keitaro and Naru then recognized her as their friend Motoko. Naru was about to run up to Motoko to say something when Keitaro suddenly grabbed and stopped her.
"What in the hell do you think you're doing, baka??" a slightly angry Naru yelled.
Keitaro quickly pulled her down and said, "Stay down. There is something not right here. I feel an evil presence lurking about." And just as he said that, three dark figures appeared from a ghostly mist, trapping the three girls. Two of the dark figures grabbed Motoko's friends while the third one stared at her. Motoko had already drawn her bokken and was about to attack when her target hissed out a warning.
"Foolish Mortal!! Take one more step, and your friends are finished." She looks at the captors of her two friends and saw their razor sharp claws ready to slice open her friends' necks. She stops moving but still has her bokken up in an attack stance.
"Ha Ha Ha," the leader said. "It's so much fun to see you God's Cry School fools squirm so much. Now I am going to ask you only once. Where is your sister??"
"Why should I answer you, foul demon?" Motoko spat. "You haven't even told me your name. That way I will know who it was that I sent to hell today."
The demon laughed at her and said, "Perhaps I should tell you my name, although the chances of you beating me are slim to none. Very well. I am Akita-Daimou, the Fox Demon King. And your sister and I have some unfinished business. But I grow weary of this, so I think I shall have some fun by having your friends killed. Now don't you think that sounds like fun?? HAHAHAHAHA!!" He then snapped his fingers and waited to hear the sound of flesh ripping.
Nothing happened. He snapped his fingers again. Still nothing. Damn Shadow demons, he thought. They can't do anything right. He looks over to where the demons should be standing with the supposed lifeless bodies of the two girls. What he sees shocks and terrifies him. Where once stood his two soulless shadow demons now stood two balls of light.
"Where are my Shadow demons!!??" Akita-Daimou bellowed. He then heard a voice that brought instant fear in his black heart, one he feared more than that accursed Aoyama Tsuruko. "Oh, Hell," he muttered. "Not Him."
"Foolish kitsune demon king," The voice rang out. "Having two low level shadow demons attack defenceless girls is a sign of pure cowardice. I, Urashima Keitaro dispatched them easily. Now you shall face the both of us. Prepare yourself for oblivion! EVIL CUTTING SWORD FIRST FORM!!"
The ki blast sent the evil fox demon high in the air. Black blood started spewing from his injuries. As he headed back to the ground, about to make his counter attack, he heard Motoko shout.
"EVIL CUTTING SWORD SECOND FORM!!"
The second ki blast went through the demon's left side, leaving only smoke where his arm and leg once were. The fox demon then started spouting curses at the two God's Cry School masters. "You may defeat me, but mark my words. I will be avenged!! Prepare yourselves!!" He then launched his final attack against them, but they dodged it easily.
"This has been fun," Keitaro said, "but now it is time to end this. Motoko-chan, are you ready?"
"Hai, Keitaro-sensei" Motoko shouted. They stood together and shouted in unison:
"EVIL CUTTING SWORD FINAL STRIKE!!"
They both swung down their weapons in a vertical motion, sending their combined ki blasts straight through the demon. There was nothing left of it but a cloud of smoke and scorched earth the demon was standing on.
After sheathing his sword, Keitaro turned to Motoko and asked, "Motoko-chan, are you alright?"
Motoko sheathed her bokken and said, "Yes, Keitaro-sensei, I am unharmed. And thank you for assisting me. If you hadn't stepped in, my friends most assuredly would have been killed. I must go chek on them, please excuse me." And with that, she went to check on her injured friends.
Keitaro made his way back to where he left Naru. "Sorry about leaving you here, Naruesgawa-san, but I did it for your own protection. I didn't want you to be hurt as well.
Naru just looked up in shock and stuttered, "WH-WH-What the hell just happened??"
Keitaro sighed and said, "I had to stop that demon before he hurt Motoko or the others with her. It's something that I really don't like having to do, fighting in order to kill. But if my friends are in danger, I will fight, even if it means death to the opponent." He then smiled at her. "But enough about this dark talk. I don't know about you, but I am getting hungry. Shall we see if dinner is ready?"
He then started walking toward the Hinata-Sou with Naru right behind him. He was smiling, thinking of what the rest of the day will bring to him, while Naru was deep in thought. My God, he sure is strong. Stronger than Motoko is. And those attacks were beautiful. But was that thing they were attacking really a demon?? Calm down, Naru, and get ahold of yourself. Demons do not exist...do they?
[Hinata-Sou: After dinner]
Dinner was finished, and everyone thanked Shinobu for their wondrous meal. Keitaro stayed back and helped wash the dishes. When they were done, Keitaro left to work on his classwork in his room. He had gotten through the first three pages of problems when he heard a knocking on his door.
"Come in, Motoko-chan," Keitaro said. The door slid open and Motoko came in, bringing with her some green tea. Keitaro smiled at her and said, "Please, have a seat."
Motoko sat down across from him and poured out some tea. After handing Keitaro a cup of tea, she said, "Keitaro-sensei, thank you once again for your help. I would have been lost without you."
"No thanks are necessary, Motoko-chan," Keitaro said. "I am proud of you. You did the right thing by not attacking Akita at first. The safety of others is the most important thing to value when in a fight. Sort of like police hostage negotiators. Their responsibility is to make sure the hostages are safe before they can attack the criminal. I am just glad I was their to free your friends." He then frowned. "But what did that demon mean when he said he had 'unfinished business' with Tsuruko?"
Motoko hung her head sadly and said, "I don't know. Only she knows what demons she has either killed or sealed up in a sword. So I couldn't tell you what he meant."
Keitaro thought for a moment on her words and dismissed it later. "Okay, Motoko-chan, thanks. Oh, was there something else you wanted to discuss?
Motoko blushed and nervously said, "Umm, I w-would like it if you would join me in training again, like we did back at home." She could feel her heartbeating a mile a minute.
Keitaro looked at her, smiled, and said, "I would be honored to join you for training, Motoko-chan. How does tomorrow morning at sunrise sound?"
"That seems to be a reasnoable time, Keitaro-sensei," Motoko said. Yes!! He said yes!! Oh, this is a dream come true. If we keep training, I just might be able to work up the nerve to ask him out for dinner. Oh, I hope, I hope, I hope...
She then got up to leave. "Thank you for agreeing to train with me, Keitaro-sensei," Motoko said. "Now if you will excuse me, I shall leave you to your studies." She then left.
Keitaro chuckled to himself. "Motoko-chan sure is a sweet girl. I could tell she had a hard time asking me to train with her. Heck, I knew she had a big crush on me since she was a little girl, but I didn't expect it to be this huge after all this time. But I can't help but wonder. Does she like me for my strengths, or does she like me as myself?" He shakes his head to clear his mind. "I'll think about this later. Right now I have this Math to work on..."
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And so ends chapter six. Well, I hope you like it, and I am sorry if it still seems a little short and dry, but hey. I am working on this with a lack of sleep, so please bear with me. And as far as updating this story, it turns out that it might end up being weekly instead of as before. My work schedule changes from week to week. so who knows when my next chapter will be posted. Anyways, like I always say, DON'T GET ELIMINATED!!
PS: Read and review!! Thanx--DarkHeart =P