A Whole New Life

Chapter Two: The Hinata

Keitaro's P.O.V:

It's morning and a whole new day. hmm. I don't smell any smoke coming from the kitchen this morning though. I turn to see Mitsune still asleep on the bed. Usually she's up by now making breakfast, or at least what looks like it. There are two empty bottles on the new night stand. I guess she found where I hid the sake. I'll have to find another hiding place for them.

I think i'll make breakfast this morning and give Mitsune a break. I have a feeling she won't be awake for another few hours. A month and a half sigh. No one thought we would really last this long, even we didn't. But I guess life's just full of suprises huh? Anyways, I better go start breakfast before Mitsune wakes up.

Normal P.O.V:

Meanwhile, the residents at the Hinata were just starting to wake up. Shinobu went to the kitchen to start breakfast and Kaolla was sent to get everyone else ready for breakfast. Naru was sleeping rather uncomfortably at her desk after spending almost half the night studying. However, after hearing a loud knock on her door she quickly got up, a few papers some how glue to her face.

"Who is it?" she asked as she started putting away her books and putting together all the scattered papers on her desk.

"Shinobu says breakfast will be ready in a few minutes so wake up sleepy head." she heard Su say from the other side of the door.

"Tell her i'll be right down, just as soon as I get dressed."

"Okay then." then Su skipped over to Motoko's room and knocked on the door, but there was no answer.

"Motoko? Are you in there?" Su checked the door, it was open so she went in. She looked around the room but saw no sign of Motoko. The bed didn't look like it had even been slept in that night.

"Motoko? Where are you?" Su said again, but there still wasn't any answer. She looked through the room one more time before going out "Maybe she went out early this morning."

She went running back down the stairs to the kitchen, some thing she was told many times not to do but still did. Shinobu was almost done cooking breakfast and Naru was just comming down the stairs.

"Su, we've told you before, don't run down the stairs like that. You could fall and hurt yourself." Naru said sitting down at the table.

"Well it hasn't happened yet." Su said sitting next to her.

"Some times I think you won't listen untill you do fall, anyways, where's Motoko? Did you already wake her for breakfast."

"I went to her room to wake her," Kaolla said "but she wasn't there. I thought maybe she was already down stairs some where or maybe she went out some where early this morning."

"As long as she's out of her room," Naru said "She's been locked up in there alot the past couple of weeks."

"Every time I go to bring her down to eat she either doesn't answer or says she's not hungry." Shinobu said putting two plates of food in front of them.

"I wonder if any things wrong with her," Naru said

"Maybe we should try talking to her when she gets back," Shinobu suggested.

"Good idea."

XXXXXX Some where in town XXXXXX

It was a little windy that morning as Motoko walked around the streets of the town. She wasn't going any where in particular, she was just walking around not really knowing where it was she was going. This was some thing she had started doing the past two weeks, it helped her relax. The past two weeks had been pretty stressful for her and she really hadn't been feeling to well. She hardley stayed in the Hinata most of the day, she was usually just walking blindly around the streets.

The past few weeks she hadn't really been eating much and she felt she had lost alot weight, she wasn't so interested in training any more. All she did was just lie around on the floor of her room or as she did now, walk the streets. Today as she was walking she felt herself loosing the energy to keep walking, so she sat down next to a nearby building.

"I haven't trained much the past two weeks, my sword seems to be picking up dust now in it's corner of the room." she said to herself in her head "I don't even have the energy to walk any more. And no matter how many times I say to my self, i'll start training again first thing in the morning, I know once morning comes I won't.

"What's happening to me? Why do I feel like each day i'm getting weaker and weaker? I can't let myself get this weak, i'm not suppose to be." the wind suddenly got harder, blowing her hair in front of her face. When she pushed her hair back she found a paper right at her feet. Motoko picked it up, and after reading it she got up to throw it away. But half way to the trash can, she looked at it again.

"Maybe i'll just keep it with me. Just in case." Motoko said, putting the paper in her pocket and walking back to the Hinata.

XXXXXX Back at the Hinata XXXXXX

Back at the Hinata everyone was just finishing breakfast when there was a knock on the door.

"I'll get it," Naru said getting up from the table "maybe it's Motoko." When she opened the door, she found a girl of about fifteen, dark brown hair falling to her shoulders,with a black ribbon used as a headband and amber colored eyes. She wore black baggy jeans held up with a black silver spiked belt and a dark green tank top.

"Um, hello. May I help you?" Naru asked the girl

"Yeah, is Su here?" the girl asked.

Naru turned to call Su to the door but she was already there.

"Hi Kuki. You're hear early." Su said to the girl at the door.

"Are you ready to go?" the girl now identified as Kuki asked.

"Yeah sure. I'll see you later Naru. Bye Shinobu." she said

"Where are you going Su? I thought you were coming with us to see Mitsune."

I'm going to the mall with some of my friends and I already saw Mitsune yesterday. I don't think she'd miss me today if I didn't go." Kaolla answered "plus I see her all the time any ways."

"Fine, but don't get into any trouble and don't get back so late."

"Okay bye." Su said as her and her friend started down the stairs of the Hinata. Naru went back inside to help Shinobu with the dishes.

"Shinobu, do you know who that girl is that Su went out with?" Naru asked as she helped to dry the dishes.

"Kuki? She's a new girl at school. She just got her a few weeks ago and her and Su are really good friends. They're together alot at school." Shinobu answered as she started putting away the dried dishes.

"I wonder why Kaolla hasn't said any thing about her before."

"Who knows but Kaolla does have a few other friends at school too. They're mostly punks and I don't really know them that well." Shinobu said "But you can ask Su about them later when she gets back I guess."

"I guess I will." Naru looked at the clock "I guess i'll go back to studying. Tell me when Motoko gets back, okay?"

"Okay." Shinobu said as the phone started to ring.

Well I hope that you enjoyed the chapter. I'll try to post up the next one as soon as I can. Review and tell me what you think of my story so far. Thank you. And i'll be happy to answer any questions that you might have had about the chapter. That is if it isn't giving away any certain part of the story.