Love Hina "Beware of what you wish for" Disclaimer: I do not Love Hina or any of the characters; they are property of Ken Akamatsu.
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Chapter Six: The old man.
The next morning Keitaro woke up still depressed, thinking of the plan he had made the night before.
-I have to see that old man. Maybe he knows something... or maybe he doesn't know and he just hand me the book...-
The bad side of Keitaro still hoped that the old man didn't know about the way of undoing the wish, but he had taken the choice of at least give it a try.
-Anyway I have to try, I don't have any other choice-
He stretched out, put his glasses on and then he stood up. Fortunately for him Naru has gotten back to her room not before she made Keitaro installed a ladder where the hole in the roof was.
- I have to get out before Naru wakes up, or she might want to come along-
He wasn't worried about Naru hearing something, he was worried that being with her take the few determination he had to do this. So he went out of his room, took a quick bath and get out of Hinata as soon as he could.
- I hope nobody saw me. Or they'd tell Naru-
Meanwhile on the roof of Hinata, Motoko was doing her morning practice when she was interrupted by Keitaro's escape.
-Where is Urashima going this early in the morning? He better not be cheating on Naru-sempai or I'll...-
Motoko decided to follow Keitaro to be sure he wasn't cheating on Naru.
-I'll use this as practice, I haven't use my stealth skills in a long time-
She lied to herself. She was doing this more for curiosity than for anything else. She left Hinata using her abilities to not being seen. Once outside she used her skills to follow Keitaro without being noticed.
Keitaro took the train to Hina city. He was standing at the station thinking.
-I should've thought about it before rushing into it. The library doesn't open until nine. What I am supposed to do, it's just "seven o'clock"-
He calmed down and remembered he hadn't had breakfast, so he decided to go to a coffee shop to eat something.
- Thank god I bring my wallet with me-
"A cinnamon roll and a cappuccino, please"
"Here you go. It's six dollars, please"
Keitaro took the money from his wallet, paid for his coffee and took seat near the window of the coffee shop.
-I have to think of something to do, I still have more than an hour until nine. Besides I have to think of a good excuse for leaving Hinata this early or Naru is going to get angry-
Keitaro was interrupted by a familiar voice.
"A espresso, please"
"Here you go"
Keitaro turned and saw the old man from the library talking with the clerk. Keitaro stood up and went to talk to him.
"Good morning, sir"
"Good morning young man. Can I help you?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, my name is Keitaro Urashima. You lend me a book from the turtle civilization the other day"
"Oh yes, yes. I remember now. Nice to meet you Keitaro, my name is Yoshida Tanaka"
"Nice to meet you. I really need to talk to you, it's very important. It's about the turtle civilization"
"I see, well join me in my daily walk in the park. We can talk there"
"Thank very much"
With that they left the coffee shop and walked to the park
Motoko had followed Keitaro to the coffee shop, and was watching him behind a tree.
-What is he doing there at this hour? -
Motoko watched as Keitaro ate his cinnamon roll and remembered she hadn't had breakfast.
- I haven't eaten yet. Maybe I should buy something I'm starving. My skills won't serve me much if I don't eat-
Unfortunately for her she had forgot to bring her wallet with her when she left Hinata. At least she had brought her train pass or she would have to walk back.
-This is all Urashima's fault. Now I'll have to wait until I get back to Hinata to eat something –
She watched as Keitaro and the old man left the coffee shop.
-What's he doing now and who's that man? What are you planning Urashima? I must find out–
Motoko follow Keitaro and the old man to the park
Keitaro and the old man walked to the park. Once they got there they sat on a bench and began to talk.
"Well, Urashima-san how can I help you"
"Just call me Keitaro"
"Very well Keitaro as long as you just call me Tanaka"
"Tanaka-san this is kind of complicated. But I'll try to explain the best I can"
"Very well, I'll listen to what you have to said"
Keitaro began to explain the old man all the events that had happened at Hinata.
Motoko followed them, and was trying to listen to their conversation from a tree that was near the bench.
-So finally I'm going to find out what are you up to, Urashima-
But before she could listen the story Motoko was interrupted by a couple of kids fighting near the tree.
"You go get the ball"
"No you go get it. You were the one who threw it"
"But my mom told me not to left the park"
"You just have to cross the street"
Motoko overcome her curiosity to help the boys. She dropped off the tree and went to get the ball for the kids. The she returned it to the kids.
"Here you go kids. Now play nicely"
"Thank you very much, Miss"
Both kids answered while they ran to play with the ball. Motoko look at the bench and was shocked to find it empty.
-Where did they go? I'm going to find you-
Motoko sat on the bench to think of where they could be. After a while she decided to stop looking for Urashima.
-This time you won Urashima. But next time I'm going to find out what you are planning-
She walked to the station and boarded the train back to Hinata.
Meanwhile Keitaro and the old man were walking to the library. Keitaro had finished telling the story when they entered the library.
"And that's it. I know it is incredible, but I'm sure that the vase granted me the wish"
"I believe you"
"You...you do?"
"Of course I do"
"Well I thought you were going to think I was crazy or something. Thank you for believing me"
"Actually you shouldn't be very thankful. The only reason why I believe you is because I have already use the Kame vase once"
"You... you use it"
"Yes I used it. It was a long time ago almost a thousand years ago"
"A...a thousand years ago?"
Keitaro was so much shocked that he fainted.
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