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Katana Behind the Bleak
Chapter Four: The Mysterious Figure
"Wait, don't go!" Motoko called out after the mysterious person. She was heading to the nearby woods where clusters of trees made the woods dense and difficult to pass through. Motoko hurried after the figure as fast as she could. She took the family sword with her and leapt into the air, hoping on roofs, pursuing the figure.
"Stop! Don't go!" Motoko persistently called after the figure. However, the figure was fast, even faster than Motoko, who had been pretty amazing with her speed already.
Motoko chased after the figure in the dense forest. The figure, leading the pursuit in the front, slashed vines that blocked her vision to the ground. Motoko, on the other hand, duck and bent her way through the forest, trying to be as swift as possible. It was quite difficult to run in the forest because the floor was very soft and absorbed most of her momentum. Motoko caught glimpses of red and white in front of her and persistently followed.
"I got to find out who she is," Motoko thought to herself.
The forest was very vast indeed. It stretched across the neighborhood with its mouth by a nearby river and the other end by Keitaro's college. The two girls moved their way through the forest and Motoko stopped when she lost sight of that mysterious girl. She halted, taking many deep breaths, and gaped at her surroundings. There was nothing but greens. The denseness of her surroundings made it difficult to breathe. It was surprisingly warm, and each breath had been very humid, making it non-refreshing. Motoko wandered around the forest looking for traces of that mysterious figure, such as any shadows or glimpses of red and white. However, little did Motoko know that, she was no match for her..
Meanwhile, the sun had already begun to set and school was already about to end. Keitaro left class as he let out a depressed sigh. He had just received another red F marking across his test paper. How was he ever going to go to Todai..
"Kei-kun!" Mitsumi cried out as she hugged Keitaro from behind!
"Argh..." Keitaro let out a gasp as he tried to struggle for breath, "Mitsumi-chan, please let go! You're strangling me!"
"Oh dear!" Mitsumi said as she let go. They went outdoors and stared into the open fields. "Ah..." Keitaro said as he gave another deep sigh, "Sweet freedom." His relaxation was soon disturbed when Mitsumi poked his shoulder consecutively.
"Kei-kun, isn't that your friend I met earlier today in that forest?" Mitsumi said, directing her index finger to the direction of the nearby woods.
Keitaro stared at where Mitsumi was pointing at, squinted his eyes, and saw Motoko moving to and fro in search of something.
"O dear! What is Motoko-chan doing in that forest? There are wild beasts in there! I must go help her," Keitaro said as he raced across the fields to the direction of where the forest was.
"Kei-kun! I'm coming along too!" Mitsumi called after but was soon stopped short when a basketball whacked her on the head, and she fell to the ground, dazed.
On the other hand, Kaolla Su and Shinobu had just been dismissed from school.
"What should we do now Kaolla?" Shinobu asked.
"We're going to find that kendo lady and get her teach us kendo of course!" Su cried aloud!
"But how?" Shinobu questioned whose mind was already whirling with ideas that Su might have thought up as "new inventions" since with Su, imagination has no limits.
"With my, Mega, Super-Duper, New and Improved, Kendo Girl Tracker Ten Thousand of course!" Su cried aloud as she waved her new device in the air.
"O..." Shinobu said, only slightly amazed since she had seen even crazier inventions of Su's before. This Mega, Super-Duper, New and Improved, Kendo Girl Tracker Ten Thousand was nothing compared to what she had invented last year...
"Now let's go!" Kaolla cried as the duo marched away, relying on the device's signal to determine Motoko's location. "She's in the woods. Now lets go!"
The duo raced to the entrance of the woods and there they met another man racing towards the woods. He was a young man in his twenties, wearing glasses, and looked as if he's looking for someone.
Keitaro stared at the two junior high girls for a while and continued looking for Motoko's presence. For some reason, the two girls seemed an awful lot certain of where they were going and so in the end, Keitaro ended up following them.
On the other hand....
Motoko was rummaging the forest, trying to look for the mysterious figure's presence but in the end, the mysterious figure found her instead...
The figure slapped Motoko's back from behind, causing her to give a little jolt and jerked away. Motoko turned to face the figure. She looked beautiful with her long black hair and she had strong resemblances to her mother. The golden colored bird flew about the sky, gently settling onto the lady's shoulder. It stood proudly, glowing with radiance. Motoko stared at her dumbfounded, gazing at her katana. She looked like a true warrior.
"Who are you?" Motoko questioned as she motioned forward to the kendo woman.
"Motoko-han! Lets see how much your kendo skills have progressed!" the woman cried as she yelled out an attack and slammed her katana in front of Motoko who had just blocked it in the nick of time with the broken Aoyama Katana. However, the blast of ki was already strong enough to send Motoko to her ground. Motoko crashed hard onto the soft ground. At that moment, Keitaro, Su and Shinobu had just arrived to the scene. They hurriedly race towards Motoko and helped her up.
"What are you trying to do you big bully?!" Keitaro cried, trying to defend his friend.
"Motoko-chan, I am ane-ue!" the woman said, "And I am disappointed of your kendo skills! You will never be able to inherit the Shinmeiryuu dojo"
"Ane-ue...?" the others gasped.
"Ane-ue.." Motoko stammered, trying to hold her breath, "Where have you been all those years? Mother and I thought you were dead!"
"Motoko-han, I have gone further than training my skills. I needed to complete father's mission of finding that better sword. But..but...I lost my legitimacy when I..I.shed tears for a man, a man I loved. I am now married" Motoko's sister, Tsuruko muttered to herself with tears building behind her eyes. "I could no longer wield that sword, but I know where it is. And now Motoko-han, it is time up to you to carry the Aoyama mission and find that sword. You must carry out father's last wishes. You shall master kendo and find that sword.!"
Having that said, Tsuruko threw a ragged, cloth-made bag and a katana at Motoko and disappeared into the distance.
"Ane-ue.." Motoko whispered as she touched the katana that had the words "Shisui" engraved neatly on the handle. All of a sudden, a pillar of blinding light surrounded the crew and the four of them disappeared.all remained silent in the depths of the forest.
********** Ok ppl! So that was chapter four! Please continue to support this fic with reviews. I know this is a twist in love hina fics but I promise to make it the best I possibly can. I really thank those who continued supporting this fic all the way. Best wishes for the New Year!
Katana Behind the Bleak
Chapter Four: The Mysterious Figure
"Wait, don't go!" Motoko called out after the mysterious person. She was heading to the nearby woods where clusters of trees made the woods dense and difficult to pass through. Motoko hurried after the figure as fast as she could. She took the family sword with her and leapt into the air, hoping on roofs, pursuing the figure.
"Stop! Don't go!" Motoko persistently called after the figure. However, the figure was fast, even faster than Motoko, who had been pretty amazing with her speed already.
Motoko chased after the figure in the dense forest. The figure, leading the pursuit in the front, slashed vines that blocked her vision to the ground. Motoko, on the other hand, duck and bent her way through the forest, trying to be as swift as possible. It was quite difficult to run in the forest because the floor was very soft and absorbed most of her momentum. Motoko caught glimpses of red and white in front of her and persistently followed.
"I got to find out who she is," Motoko thought to herself.
The forest was very vast indeed. It stretched across the neighborhood with its mouth by a nearby river and the other end by Keitaro's college. The two girls moved their way through the forest and Motoko stopped when she lost sight of that mysterious girl. She halted, taking many deep breaths, and gaped at her surroundings. There was nothing but greens. The denseness of her surroundings made it difficult to breathe. It was surprisingly warm, and each breath had been very humid, making it non-refreshing. Motoko wandered around the forest looking for traces of that mysterious figure, such as any shadows or glimpses of red and white. However, little did Motoko know that, she was no match for her..
Meanwhile, the sun had already begun to set and school was already about to end. Keitaro left class as he let out a depressed sigh. He had just received another red F marking across his test paper. How was he ever going to go to Todai..
"Kei-kun!" Mitsumi cried out as she hugged Keitaro from behind!
"Argh..." Keitaro let out a gasp as he tried to struggle for breath, "Mitsumi-chan, please let go! You're strangling me!"
"Oh dear!" Mitsumi said as she let go. They went outdoors and stared into the open fields. "Ah..." Keitaro said as he gave another deep sigh, "Sweet freedom." His relaxation was soon disturbed when Mitsumi poked his shoulder consecutively.
"Kei-kun, isn't that your friend I met earlier today in that forest?" Mitsumi said, directing her index finger to the direction of the nearby woods.
Keitaro stared at where Mitsumi was pointing at, squinted his eyes, and saw Motoko moving to and fro in search of something.
"O dear! What is Motoko-chan doing in that forest? There are wild beasts in there! I must go help her," Keitaro said as he raced across the fields to the direction of where the forest was.
"Kei-kun! I'm coming along too!" Mitsumi called after but was soon stopped short when a basketball whacked her on the head, and she fell to the ground, dazed.
On the other hand, Kaolla Su and Shinobu had just been dismissed from school.
"What should we do now Kaolla?" Shinobu asked.
"We're going to find that kendo lady and get her teach us kendo of course!" Su cried aloud!
"But how?" Shinobu questioned whose mind was already whirling with ideas that Su might have thought up as "new inventions" since with Su, imagination has no limits.
"With my, Mega, Super-Duper, New and Improved, Kendo Girl Tracker Ten Thousand of course!" Su cried aloud as she waved her new device in the air.
"O..." Shinobu said, only slightly amazed since she had seen even crazier inventions of Su's before. This Mega, Super-Duper, New and Improved, Kendo Girl Tracker Ten Thousand was nothing compared to what she had invented last year...
"Now let's go!" Kaolla cried as the duo marched away, relying on the device's signal to determine Motoko's location. "She's in the woods. Now lets go!"
The duo raced to the entrance of the woods and there they met another man racing towards the woods. He was a young man in his twenties, wearing glasses, and looked as if he's looking for someone.
Keitaro stared at the two junior high girls for a while and continued looking for Motoko's presence. For some reason, the two girls seemed an awful lot certain of where they were going and so in the end, Keitaro ended up following them.
On the other hand....
Motoko was rummaging the forest, trying to look for the mysterious figure's presence but in the end, the mysterious figure found her instead...
The figure slapped Motoko's back from behind, causing her to give a little jolt and jerked away. Motoko turned to face the figure. She looked beautiful with her long black hair and she had strong resemblances to her mother. The golden colored bird flew about the sky, gently settling onto the lady's shoulder. It stood proudly, glowing with radiance. Motoko stared at her dumbfounded, gazing at her katana. She looked like a true warrior.
"Who are you?" Motoko questioned as she motioned forward to the kendo woman.
"Motoko-han! Lets see how much your kendo skills have progressed!" the woman cried as she yelled out an attack and slammed her katana in front of Motoko who had just blocked it in the nick of time with the broken Aoyama Katana. However, the blast of ki was already strong enough to send Motoko to her ground. Motoko crashed hard onto the soft ground. At that moment, Keitaro, Su and Shinobu had just arrived to the scene. They hurriedly race towards Motoko and helped her up.
"What are you trying to do you big bully?!" Keitaro cried, trying to defend his friend.
"Motoko-chan, I am ane-ue!" the woman said, "And I am disappointed of your kendo skills! You will never be able to inherit the Shinmeiryuu dojo"
"Ane-ue...?" the others gasped.
"Ane-ue.." Motoko stammered, trying to hold her breath, "Where have you been all those years? Mother and I thought you were dead!"
"Motoko-han, I have gone further than training my skills. I needed to complete father's mission of finding that better sword. But..but...I lost my legitimacy when I..I.shed tears for a man, a man I loved. I am now married" Motoko's sister, Tsuruko muttered to herself with tears building behind her eyes. "I could no longer wield that sword, but I know where it is. And now Motoko-han, it is time up to you to carry the Aoyama mission and find that sword. You must carry out father's last wishes. You shall master kendo and find that sword.!"
Having that said, Tsuruko threw a ragged, cloth-made bag and a katana at Motoko and disappeared into the distance.
"Ane-ue.." Motoko whispered as she touched the katana that had the words "Shisui" engraved neatly on the handle. All of a sudden, a pillar of blinding light surrounded the crew and the four of them disappeared.all remained silent in the depths of the forest.
********** Ok ppl! So that was chapter four! Please continue to support this fic with reviews. I know this is a twist in love hina fics but I promise to make it the best I possibly can. I really thank those who continued supporting this fic all the way. Best wishes for the New Year!