(A/N: Okay thanks to everyone who reviews as always. But I do have one gripe, Thank you kindly everyone who proves I am not a car expert. It was intended to be funny, not accurate. In fact, It came about after a night of playing Need For Speed: Underground with my best friend. So when I went to write I was inspired by my friend and his horrid driving. Sorry if I messed up the car thing. And Im trying my best to clean up the typos, and Im trying to keep the characters as close to character as possible. On that note, I figured to do a back story in Ninamori, the girl in Keitaro's body in this chapter to set the stage. It has become apparent to further explain why Keitaro has this girl inside of him. And I hope after this chapter you will understand. Again as always, thanks for reading and I hope you will continue to do so.)
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Ninamori talking to Keitaro.
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The Eternal Saga Of Lost Spirits
Chapter Five: Ninamori's Past Life
Flashback three years...
Ninamori looked over the man sitting next to her on the train. It was her partner andthe man she dearly loved, Atsushi Norotaku.
"Atsushi?", asked Ninamori, stretching her arms. "Do you remember the day we ended up together?"
Atsushi said nothing, all he did was snore.
"Atsushi?", asked Ninamori, poking him in the stomach. "Hello? Sushi? You alive in there?"
Atsushi again snored, louder this time.
"ATSUSHI!", shouted Ninamori, grabbing him by the collar and shaking him violently. "Wake up! Wake up! I seem to have lost my clothes!"
"Huh?", snorted Atsushi, coming out of his sleep. "Hey... You liar! You still have your clothes!"
"As I was saying.", Ninamori sighed. "Do you remember the day we ended up together?"
Atsushi sat back in his chair and stroked his chin. "Of course I do.", replied Atsushi with a smile. "Why Ninamori! Did you forget? Im so hurt!"
Ninamori hit Atsushi in the shoulder and said, "Damn it Atsushi you know I haven't forgotten! I just want to pass the train ride by having a nice conversation."
"Okay then, you want a nice conversation? Thats what you will get.", said Atsushi. "It was two years ago, Back on Okinawa. You had read an ad about traveling the world in the newspaper and decided to go to that dank hole in the wall of a bar Master Lexus owned."
"And when I got there Lexus set me on my training.", said Ninamori. "That was something I would never do willingly again."
"Ahh come on, it wasn't that bad.", laughed Atsushi. "As I remember it, you where the top of our class."
"Yes I was, and you happened to always get your ass kicked in Sparing. I believe Master Lexus took pleasure in it.", Ninamori chuckled. "Anyway get back to the story."
"Right.", Atsushi sighed. "Anyway, after we were versed in the tricks of the mercenary trade, the graduates were paired off. Now, as I recall we where the last two picked, you the top of the class, and me the last. Not long after that we got our first job. Oh boy, I had my ass handed to me on that one. And the next several missions after that. But you where always there to pull me out of the fire."
"And now jump ahead to now.", said Ninamori. "We do have a mission to do."
"Yes, your right...", Atsushi mumbled. "A dangerous one too. We have to stop a yakuza hit."
The train came to a stop, and the conductor announced that they had arrived in Tokyo Harbor. Atsushi and Ninamori stepped off the train and looked around. As soon as the train had finished boarding and departed, bullets ripped from the inky shadows.
"Shit!", shouted Ninamori, rolling on the ground, drawing a shotgun from her trench coat. "It's a ambush!"
Atsushi followed suit with Ninamori and a mass confusion of gunfire erupted from all sides. Ninamori ducked behind a cargo container, only to find that Atsushi was pinned down by one hit man with an AK-47. Ninamori swallowed her fear and started to fire her gun toward the hit man, giving Atsushi time to get cover. But before he could blink, Ninamori had thrown a grenade, killing all the remaining hit men.
"NO!", shouted Atsushi, running over to a bloody Ninamori. As he picked her up, Ninamori died in Atsushi's arms. "NINAMORI!" Atsushi broke down on the ground sobbing, he was now a broken man.
Back to the present day...
"Shinobu.", yawned Keitaro. "Im getting really tired. Lets stop for the night."
"Okay.", said Shinobu. "I got some food in my bag, so I can cook us a little something."
/She can sleep. I want to hit a bar./
"Your dead, since when do you need to drink?", thought Keitaro.
/Just have a few drinks. I promise that you will not be disappointed./
"Okay, okay.", thought Keitaro. "A few drinks, but I decide when to stop."
Shinobu stopped walking and yawned, "Sempai, across the street, it's a hotel. That looks like as good of a place as any to stop."
"Okay, now remember. False names and stuff unless we are alone.", laughed Keitaro. "I don't want to end my little vacation now."
Shinobu laughed as they entered the doors to the hotel. Behind the front desk of the aforementioned hotel was a stout old man, with big, thick glasses.
"How can I serve you to lovely ladies tonight?", asked the man. "I assume you seek a room for two?"
"Uh yes. My sister and I do need a place to stay tonight.", Keitaro said. "Uh, what is the cheapest room for the night you have?"
The man scratched his head and looked in his log. "Hmm, it seems we have a nice room here for 1,000 yen."
"That will do nicely, Thank you.", Keitaro replied, pulling out 1,000 yen from his pocket.
"Okay, I will need both of you ladies to sign my guest log, please.", said the man, sliding a pen and a book over the counter to Keitaro and Shinobu.
"Damn it Ninamori!", thought Keitaro. "You didn't give us any last names for our aliases!"
/Oh... Oops. Sorry, yeah I did kinda forget didn't I?/
"Uh, Anju.", Keitaro said absently. "You go first."
Shinobu looked at Keitaro with despair and said, "Oh no dear sister. After you."
/Just put down your alias and move on. Im sure it wont matter./
Defeated, Keitaro sighed and scribbled down Sachi as his name, and some bogus address. Following his lead, Shinobu put down Anju and the same bogus address. The man took the book back and eyeballed it, raising his eyebrows.
"Excuse me uh Sachi and Anju.", said the man suspiciously. "Are you trying to hide something from me?"
/Busted./
"Nope, its just we have one name.", laughed Keitaro. "Its all the rage these days, right Anju?"
"Hai.", Shinobu nodded. "Our parents where a little strange anyway. Blame it on them."
"Yes blame our parents, crazy bastards!", exclaimed Keitaro.
The man behind the desk chuckled to himself and said, "Eh, maybe Im a little out of touch with things. Thanks for the insight into today's culture. Take the third room on the right."
"Oh and could you point me to the nearest bar.", Keitaro laughed nervously. "I need a drink. Its been a long few days."
The man behind the desk got out a bottle of sake from behind the counter, and threw it to Keitaro. "Compliments of the house.", laughed the man.
Keitaro thanked the man and ran off to join Shinobu in the room.
/Next time if you work the butt of yours a little more we could get more booze./
"Im not going to dignify that with a response Ninamori.", thought Keitaro. "Are you speaking from experience?"
/Of course. Why pay for something you can get for free./
"Good point.", thought Keitaro. "Hey which room are we in again?"
/Third one on the right./
"Thanks.", muttered Keitaro, entering the room. "Hey, Shinobu. Im back."
"No luck with the bars?", asked Shinobu.
"Nope.", replied Keitaro, holding up the bottle of sake that the front man have given him. "Compliments of the house."
Shinobu smiled and took out an electric skillet from her bag. "Hmm...", Shinobu muttered. "What to make... Sempai? What would you like?"
Keitaro thought for a moment and then said, "I don't care. I was just gonna have a drink and sleep."
/Go ahead offer her a drink./
"What!?!", Keitaro yelped. "She is underage, I could get the book thrown at me!"
/Just offer her a bloody drink and loosen up. I swear Keitaro. You have no sense of just how Im trying to help you!/
"Ninamori your on crack!", yelled Keitaro out loud. "You have gone of the deep end!"
Shinobu was a little taken back by this comment, so she decided to wait before she said something, to find the right thing to say.
/Fine, fine. Don't. All I thought that a drink would relax you and its always nice to have someone to drink with./
"Whats the matter?", asked Shinobu, finally.
"Ninamori wanted me to offer you a drink.", sighed Keitaro. "And you know what? This whole situation has me so damn confused half the time I don't know what I should do anymore!"
"I don't know what to say.", whimpered Shinobu, as she started to tear up. "I came with you because I love you, yet I don't know how to help you. You're my Sempai and I hate seeing you in pain."
Shinobu ran over and cried in Keitaro's arms, and like this Shinobu cried herself to sleep, with Keitaro falling asleep soon after.
Early Next Morning, At Hinata Sou...
The girls of Hinata Sou sat around the living room, still sore of the pervious days crash. When a lone figure approached outside.
"Girls Im home!", shouted a man who appeared to be Keitaro.
"Oh, hey Kakano.", sighed Kitsune, from her spot on th couch. "Nice to see you back again."
Kakano tossed down her mask in anger. "How did you know it was me?", asked Kakano. "My disguise was flawless!"
"Yes, for the old Keitaro.", laughed Kitsune, taking out a can of beer. "Oh wait, you don't know yet do you?"
"Know what?", asked Kakano, taking off the rest of her Keitaro costume. "Is there something I should know?"
"Your brother is now your sister.", laughed Kitsune. "He has been possessed by something or rather and he is a girl now. And he ran off with Shinobu to some unknown location, which lead me to about be killed by a Su experiment. Now if you will excuse me I'd like to do less talking and more drinking. If you want a better explanation, go talk to someone else."
When the full force of what has happened came into Kakano's full comprehension, she fell to the ground and started to sob, her lifelong dream slowly dying.
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