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 fourteen: Inside the temple part 1
"I'm coming"
Keitaro climbed the stairs and entered the temple. Once inside he looked around, the walls were made of white brick and were covered with paintings of the turtle civilization. He also saw that they were in a large corridor but he couldn't see the end of it. That didn't bother him, since he was busy thinking of something else.
-Everything looks like new; the paintings look like they had just been painted. Even the floor it looks like it has been polished, but I thought this temple was very old-
Kame, looking the puzzled look on Keitaro, said.
"You're wondering why does the temple looks like this, aren't you?"
Keitaro just nodded.
"This temple has a spell who keeps it looking like the first day forever"
"That's amazing"
"Of course, I made it myself"
"I guess we shall continue"
"Indeed, but we have to be very careful. There should be some traps"
Kame said in a very serious tone.
"Can you just disappeared them or something"
Keitaro answered with a smile.
"Sorry, I can't. Those traps were created by a wish and I can't undo wishes, besides even if I could my brother powers will keep the traps working again as soon as I deactivate them"
Kame said very sorry he couldn't help.
"Don't worry we just have to be careful"
Keitaro said while patting Kame in the shell.
"With your luck we'll fall in every trap of this temple"
"Thank you for your support Tama"
"It was just a joke"
"Fine, let's go"
They started to walk. As they went forward in the corridor they could see more paintings of different traditions of the old civilization. After a while they stopped to rest.
"I'm tired, we have been walking for a long time and we haven't even saw the exit"
"We sure are close"
"I hope so"
After a while they kept walking, they stopped sometimes to see the paintings. Suddenly Keitaro stopped and pointed at the wall at his left side.
"This is weird"
"What?"
"This painting is very different from the others"
"What do you mean?"
"The others are about a tradition, a part of their history or something about the turtle civilization, but this one has only the symbol we found at the door"
Kame looked at it for a long time and then said.
"I remember now, this is the first trap"
"The first trap"
"Yes this corridor doesn't have an end, once you enter the doors close, and the paintings make you think you're going forward, because I made them change their position and color"
"And now you remember!"
Tama said hitting Kame in his shell.
"Hey, at least I remembered"
"Ok, ok. So how do we get out of here?"
"That's easy there's a hidden door somewhere. I cannot remember where exactly"
"Why that doesn't surprised me"
"You should be more respectful I'm a turtle god"
"Well, at least you remembered that"
"Guys stop this. We have better things to do"
Keitaro said trying to calm them down.
"Yeah like making Kame a tag with his name just in case he forgets that too"
"I've had had it"
"And what are you going to do"
"Maybe this"
Kame answered shooting a fireball from his mouth; Tama avoided it by flying away.
"Don't run little brat"
"Why, I'm too fast for you, grandpa"
Tama kept flying and Kame went after her. Keitaro just stood there thinking.
-There has to be a way to found the door…maybe if…ouch…-
Tama crashed on Keitaro's head.
"You should be more careful Tama and where's Kame?"
"He was behind me, maybe he stop to catch his breath"
"We should go look for him"
"Yes, before he forgets about us"
They walked trough the corridor looking for Kame. They finally found him looking closely at a painting.
"Kame, did you find something?"
"I know the door is near but I can't find it"
Keitaro looked around trying to find something, but he couldn't find anything unusual.
"Are you sure, I don't see anything"
Kame nodded and then he pushed the painting with one of his flippers. The painting disappeared.
"I knew it"
Keitaro smiled. Kame walked trough the new door so did Keitaro and Tama. Once on the other side they found a cliff and on the other side of it there was a door.
"We have to cross it somehow"
"That's easy I can fly"
"That wouldn't be a good idea"
"Why?"
Kame threw a large stone to the cliff, as soon as the stone was going to fall something made it fly to the ceiling where it broke in small pieces.
"That's why. I'm sure you don't want to end like that"
"What was that?"
Tama asked shocked.
"That is another trap; it's a very strong wind that blows when something leaves the border of the cliff"
"There has to be a way to pass"
"There is, we just have to figure it out"
They sat there to think of what they should do. After a while Kame decided to take a nap to see if he could remember anything. Tama got bored and took a nap too. So Keitaro was left alone to think.
-Maybe if we can get something very heavy and ride on it maybe the wind won't be strong enough to make it fly… No even if we found something heavy enough how are we going to move it from one side to the other-
-I have to think of something-
Keitaro got bored and began to throw rocks to the cliff; he thought that maybe seeing how the wind blew he could make a new plan.
-Guess this doesn't help either, well at least is…-
He noticed something strange. It was one of the stones he had thrown, it was floating, or at least it looked like that, but the wind didn't blow it all the way to the ceiling.
He threw another near the one floating, and he was shocked to see the same reaction. So he kept throwing stones near the ones floating to see if there were more spots where this happened. He stopped when he noticed that the stones were also floating near their edge of the cliff.
-Maybe the wind isn't as strong in that spot-
Keitaro decided to try if he could walk trough the path the stones showed him. He walked to the edge, then he put one of his feet in the air and retreat it as fast as he could when he fell the wind. He try again this time he left his foot to see how strong the wind was, when he was sure it was strong enough for him to stand on it but not strong enough to slam him against the ceiling, he put both feet.
-This is amazing I can walk trough here, I just have to be careful enough not to astray from the path-
He woke up Tama and Kame, and explained them what he had found out.
"I knew there was a way to pass"
"Yeah, you just forget how"
"Well, let's go, but be careful"
They walked carefully to the other side of the cave. Once on the other side they decided to rest before entering the next room.
"We finally made it"
"I thought we were going to be crushed when you slipped"
"Yeah I thought so too"
"Well we're fine"
"The question is for how long, I'm sure there are a lot more traps around here"
"Yes, there are some more traps"
"Sorry for bringing you here, Tama. Maybe you should wait here"
"No, that's ok Keitaro. You've been a good friend; I'll help you in all I can"
"Thank you"
"Stop or you're going to make me cry, let's go"
They walked in the next room. It looked like the first room except this didn't have any paintings on it.
"This looks like a normal room"
"Well, didn't the first too"
"You're right. We have to be very careful"
They keep walking trough the room, but nothing unusual happened.
"Look, that's the exit"
"Yes and there wasn't any traps in this room"
"Wait, I remember this room. It's one of my best traps"
"But nothing happened"
"That's why it's perfect. You let your guard down and then…"
"We get it; now tell us what the trap is"
"Once we walk trough that door…"
"What, we'll fall in bottomless pit"
Tama interrupted trying to guess what the trap might be.
"Or we'll get crushed by a giant boulder"
Now it was Keitaro who tried to guess.
"Are you going to let me finish or what?"
"Ok"
"Sure, we better let you finish before you forget"
"As I was saying, once we walk trough that door we will be covered in purple paint"
Tama started to laugh, Keitaro looked confused.
"That's the great trap!"
"Oh, I'm covered in purple paint…I'm so scared"
Tama said pretending to shake in fear.
"Yes, isn't it great?"
"Kame, I think Tama is just making fun of you"
Keitaro answered scratching his forehead.
"What! Aren't you scared of purple?"
Keitaro had a puzzled look.
"Why…why should I?"
"Oh, never mind"
-I better not tell them or they'll make fun of me-
"Is there a way to avoid been cover in purple paint"
"Maybe…If we could find something to protect us"
"I wish we had an umbrella"
Kame move one of his flippers and an umbrella appeared. Keitaro's jaw dropped.
"How…how did you…"
"You wish for an umbrella remember"
"Yes, but I thought you couldn't use your powers here"
"I never said that. I just said I couldn't deactivate the traps"
"So all this time we could have used your powers"
"Yes"
Keitaro just sighed. Then he took the umbrella and opened it.
"Well, let's go"
"I make that umbrella extra strong so it won't break with the weight of the paint"
"That's great, because that purple paint really worries me"
Tama mocked Kame again. They go trough the door and to Kame relief they weren't touched by the paint.
The next room was a big hall, with a big red carpet on the floor; the walls were full of carvings of what looked like words of an ancient language and the ceiling had a big chandelier hanging from it. Keitaro could see a big iron door at the end of the hall.
"Do you remember anything from this room?"
"No I think this one is just a normal room"
"That's good"
"Yeah, it's…I'm getting sleepy"
Keitaro said yawning.
"I think I'm going to take a nap"
Keitaro lied down on the carpet and closed his eyes. Tama and Kame did the same.
"Keitaro, Keitaro wake up"
Keitaro was waked up by a familiar voice.
"Sorry I must have fallen asleep…Naru?"
Keitaro asked surprised.
"Of course it's me, who were you expecting"
Naru answered smiling
"But what are you doing here?"
Keitaro asked not sure of what was going on.
"What do you mean silly, I live here with you and the rest of the girls"
Keitaro looked around and was shocked when he realized he was in his room back at the inn.
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I make this chapter longer and better than the last one (at least I hope so), please leave a review.