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 Seven: The Black vase.

The man lifted Keitaro and put him in a chair. Then he woke up Keitaro.

"I'm sorry but that shocked me."

"Yes, I understand."

"But tell me. H...how can it be?"

"How I have lived this long? That's easy I was just a boy, a dumb boy who made a wish without knowing the consequences."

"Just like me"

"No, not exactly. You made your wish without knowing that it was going to came true."

"That means that you already knew that your wish was going to be granted."

"Yes, let me tell you my story. I hope it can help you."

"Thank you."

"Everything started almost a thousand years ago, in an island that's now called Pararakelse"

"That's were the vase was found."

"Yes, I hid it there. I was a member of the Kame clan, what you call Turtle civilization. We have a peaceful civilization. Our island gave us what we need and we were happy. But things weren't always like that. Our legends told of a traveler which ship sunk and had to swim to a deserted island, where there wasn't any food or water. The second day the traveler was there he saw an injured turtle, he thought of eating the turtle but he couldn't instead he healed the injuries of the turtle. The turtle amazed with the man behavior gave him the Kame vase as a symbol of the friendship between humans and turtles."

"So the traveler used the Kame vase to change the island"

"Yes with the power of the Kame vase he could change the island. When the people around found out about the change they came to the island and that way the Kame clan started."

"That's amazing. You should write a book about it."

"Actually I wrote the book I gave you."

"Really, but the author name and your name aren't the same?"

"Of course not, during these thousand years. I have to change my name many times so people wouldn't suspect"

"Oh I see."

"Well as I was saying our island was a peaceful place. We even made a temple for the turtle that gave us the vase. The vase was keep at the temple and was guarded by priestess. I was young back then, a little younger than you indeed. A couple of friends and I decided it would be fun to steal the Kame vase from the temple and prove to everyone it was just an old vase, of course back then I didn't know that the legend was true. So we stole the vase"

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A couple of boys running into the forest, they looked for a spot to hide and then they sat down to talk. "That was close, they almost got us."

"Don't worry Tara they didn't follow us."

"Are you sure? If they find us we are going to be in trouble."

"So this is the mighty Kame vase. Hey Hoi want to try it?"

"Are you kidding Junta? Don't tell me you believe in that!"

"Of course not. But we can try it anyways"

"What will you wish for?"

The black haired boy stopped to think for a moment, grinned evilly and turned to the red head.

"I wish Tara was a dog"

Then red haired boy began to shake and fell in the grass. His hair began slowly to transform in fur and a tail grew from his back. The two remaining boys look at each other amazed.

"What the..."

"What have you done to Tara?"

"I didn't want to, I swear I just thought this vase powers were a myth. I...I'm sorry Tara"

Then the black haired boy ran into the forest crying leaving the vase behind. ================== End of Flashback =================================

"That was the last time. I saw Junta"

"What happened to Tara?"

"I just stood there not knowing what to do. A couple minutes later I grabbed the vase and made the worst mistake of my life..."

"You made a wish."

"Yes, I wished that I would be immortal!"

"You wished to be immortal"

"Yes, I thought it would be great to live forever. How wrong I was"

"You were young, you didn't know."

"I guess so. Well after I made my wish the priestess found Tara and me. I explained how Junta transformed Tara into a dog, but I didn't tell them about the wish I made, that was my second mistake. They weren't very happy that we had used the Kame vase..."

"But could they transform Tara back to a human"

"They tell me that once a wish is made to the Kame vase, there was no way that the Kame vase could undo it"

Keitaro's expression was full of sadness. He thought that after all there wasn't a way to undo all of this. The old man saw the expression of Keitaro and kept telling the story.

"So they kept Tara and I was exiled from the island. Somehow at that time that didn't bothered me. So I decided to travel around the world, I visit many countries, met a lot of people and learn a lot of things, even a little bit of magic but that's a different story. The first five hundred years were very fun... but then I fell in love, I marry the most wonderful woman and we had two kids, a boy and a girl..."

Now was the turn of the old man to get sad. Keitaro didn't know what to say, but he knew why he was sad.

"I guess by now you have seen the flaw of my plan"

Keitaro just nodded.

"Forty years later my wife died, I fell very sad but I have my son and daughter but then they died too, so my grandchildren as the rest of my friends and family. After that I just travel for a hundred years without knowing what to do. Then I decided to get back to Pararakelse thinking that after almost seven hundred years they should have forgotten about me, I'm not sure why I wanted to go but I did it anyways"

"So have they forgotten about you?"

"When I got there the Kame clan didn't existed anymore, I just found ruins. I could never find out what really happened to them. I went to the temple to find an explanation, and I was surprised to find the Kame vase there. It was strange that they have left it behind. So I took the Kame vase and decided to hide it so nobody had to suffer what I have. I made a subterranean temple and hide it there"

"I found the temple by accident when I was at Pararakelse. It was full of paintings and statues"

"Well, when you are immortal the time doesn't matter, besides I have learned how to do all those things traveling. But now that I thought of it I should have added a curse to the temple. I guess is too late"

-I don't think a curse would have stopped Seta anyways-

"When I finished I seal the temple and returned to the ruins. Not sure of what to do next, I just try to investigate what had happened to them. I read all the books of the priestess and couldn't find anything. With the time I was getting angrier about no answer. Once I got so angry that I almost destroyed the temple, and I glad I did that because when I hit a pillar I discovered a secret book..."

The old man stopped suddenly. Keitaro didn't know what had happened and was about to ask when the old man continued.

"It's time I open the library. Wait here while I open"

"Do you need help?"

"Oh no it's ok, thank you anyway"

The old man left Keitaro in his office thinking.

- So there isn't a way to undo the wishes why does he want me to hear the story. Unless.... -

"I'm back; well I think it is time for me to finish the story. You'll find the next part very interesting as it could be the solution to your problems"

Keitaro smiled to the old man.

-So maybe there is a way...-

"I open the book; it contained the rest of the legend of the Kame clan. The turtle that gave the human the vase returned to the island a year later and was amazed at what the human had done. The turtle had expected to find the humans fighting over the vase, but they lived there peacefully. The turtle knew that even is this human was good there would be others that will seek the Kame vase to use it to their own good. So the turtle gave the human another vase. It was called the Black vase; it has the power to undo any wish that the Kame vase had granted..."

"So there is a way to undo the wishes"

"Yes, but the traveler hid the Black vase surrounded by traps so nobody would use to turn the island into a desert again"

Keitaro's expression changed from joy to sadness again.

"Don't worry Keitaro, I deactivated the traps. You could say that for once being immortal was useful"

Keitaro couldn't help but laugh at the last statement.

"So the Black vase is unprotected now"

"I didn't say that. The Black vase can protect itself, but don't worry if you have a good intention on undoing the wish the Black vase will help you"

"Do you know where it is now?"

"Yes, it is in the same temple I found it. I didn't think of taking it since it doesn't grant wishes just undoes them. And with the Kame vase hidden I didn't think it would be necessary again"

"I understand. Can you tell me where it is?"

"The Black vase is in Pararakelse. I have a map here"

The old man walked to a painting in his office. Turned it and took a piece of paper which was on the frame of the painting then he handed it to Keitaro.

"Thank you. Thank you very much"

With that Keitaro left the library running.

"Keitaro Wait! Wait!"

He stopped yelling when he remembered that he was in the library. Keitaro didn't hear the old man so he kept running.

-Well I hope he makes it...-

Meanwhile at the inn, Motoko was just arriving.

- Well, I'll just eat breakfast and ...-

"So Motoko were have you been? We were worried when we woke up and couldn't find Keitaro or you"

Kitsune, with her usual grin on her face surprised Motoko with her comment. Motoko was blushing so much it looked like she was on fire.

"WH...What are you trying to say?"

"Nothing"

"Motoko you are back, have you seen Keitaro"

"Naru-sempai, I...I followed Keitaro this morning. He was acting very suspicious. He went to the city, then he went to the coffee shop and met with an old man, I have never seen before, and they were went to the park, but then I missed them"

"Don't worry Naru; he probably was a tutor or something"

"Yes that can be but..."

Su jumping in the room interrupted Naru.

"I finish it! I finish it!"

"What did you finish?"

Motoko asked confused.

"The Keitaro tracker of course"

"You made a tracker to find Keitaro"

"Yep, isn't it great? With this we can find Keitaro anywhere in Japan"

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go"

- Well, looks like I'm not going to get any breakfast...-

And then all the girls left the inn to follow the track of Keitaro.

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What do you think? This is a longer chapter to make up for the last one. Feel free to read and review.

I want to thank all of you who took the time to review this story. I'm trying to do better just remember this is my first fanfic and that English isn't my native language.

Special thanks to "KeitaroMotoko 4 ever" for pre reading this chapter