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 fifteen: Keitaro's birthday
"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.
"So…sorry I didn't know what I was thinking"
Could I've been dreaming? All looked real…I have to calm down and think-
Naru was looking at him suspiciously, when Keitaro noticed he smiled at her.
"Well we should get going the girls are waiting"
"Waiting? What do you mean?"
"Don't tell me you forget about the picnic"
Keitaro looked surprised. He didn't remember anything about a picnic.
Maybe I should look for Kame-
"Oh, the picnic yes, I remember now. We should get going"
Keitaro said and then he stood up and walked to the door. Naru looked at him puzzled. Keitaro stared at her and asked.
"Is something wrong?"
"Well, you may want to change first"
Keitaro realized he was still wearing his pajamas. He scratched his head and smiled.
"Sorry, why don't you wait for me downstairs I'll be there as soon as I'm ready"
"Ok, I'll wait there, but hurry up"
Naru left the room. Keitaro went to his closet to look for the vase.
I'll just ask Kame what's going on, and everything will be ok-
Keitaro looked in his closet but he couldn't find the vase.
Maybe I put it somewhere else, but where…-
He decided that it would be better to get ready for the picnic and then worry about the vase.
I should take a bath first-
He took a quick shower, changed his clothes and then he went downstairs to meet Naru. She was waiting there for him. When she saw him coming she smiled.
"Well, we should get going now"
"Yes we should"
Naru grabbed Keitaro's arm and walked to where the picnic was held.
"Can you tell me again why are we having this picnic?"
Naru looked puzzled and then she laughed. Keitaro didn't know what was going on.
"Don't tell me you forget about your own birthday"
"My birthday…no I didn't forget about it. I just wanted to be sure"
"You sure are acting weird today"
"Maybe it's because I'm a year older"
Naru smiled and kissed him. He smiled and replied.
"I'll behave weird all the time"
She hit him playfully in the arm. He frowned and was going to said something when he was interrupted by Su.
"They're here!"
When the girls noticed they have arrived the shouted together.
"Happy birthday, Keitaro!"
"Thank you girls I really appreciate it"
"Don't worry Keitaro this is the least we can do for you. After all the nice things you have done for us"
Keitaro scratched his head and smiled.
"Ok, let's eat"
"Sure Su"
They sat and eat the food Shinobu prepared while talking.
"How's the food, Sempai"
"It's great Shinobu, thank you"
"I'm glad you like it"
Keitaro was surprised he was expecting her to blush. He looked at Naru.
"She sure has changed"
"Yes thanks to you, she is less shy now"
"Thanks to me. What do you mean?"
"Well you've helped her…I mean the talk you two have after you found out she had a crush on you"
"She had a crush on me"
"Come on, it's been more than six months since you tell her you loved her as a brother and that someday she was going to find someone just for her"
"I…I can't believe"
Naru touch him in the forehead.
"Are you sure you're ok?"
"Yes, I think so"
The meal ended without further incidents, Keitaro was grateful for that.
"Why don't you open your presents now?"
"Yes, that's a good idea"
Su was the fist to give Keitaro his gift, he was unsure whether to open it or not since he guessed it was going to be dangerous.
Let's hope it doesn't blow-
Keitaro opened the box and was surprised to find a nice black leather wallet inside.
"I hope you like it"
"Thank you very much Su"
"I hope it isn't and explosive wallet"
Keitaro whispered to Naru. She replied smiling.
"She hasn't been testing her experiments on you since you help her to get the job as a video game programmer"
Keitaro nodded and smiled.
What's going on here? Everything seems out of place-
Next gift was from Shinobu who gave him a book about archeology.
"Thank you Shinobu. I'm going to enjoy reading it a lot"
"I'm very glad"
Next was Motoko who gave him a blue Hakama and Gi. Keitaro was surprised because he didn't why would she gave such things if he wasn't practicing Kendo.
"All your old ones are torn so I thought you could use these ones"
"O…old ones, so you mean I had others"
"What do you mean, Keitaro? We have been practicing Kendo for months"
He faced the other girls all of them nodded.
I've been practicing with Motoko…for months… and she just called me Keitaro, definitely there is something wrong here-
Naru looked worried. Keitaro smiled and said.
"Sure, sure we've been practicing. Is just that time passes so fast I hadn't realized that it has been months."
Everyone looked at him confused. Keitaro decided to change the subject.
"So Kitsune what do you got for me?"
"I almost forget to give your present. Here you go"
Kitsune said handing him a bag. Keitaro smiled and said.
"Let me guess another bottle of extra strong sake"
Every one of them laughed at the joke until Naru said.
"Like Kitsune would buy alcohol after you talk to her"
"Yes, I learned my lesson them"
"Yo…you mean Kitsune doesn't drink anymore"
"But how could I, after you tell me that I should stop if not for me for the ones who care about me and them you made me promise that I wouldn't drink anymore"
That's it, Kitsune not drinking there is something very wrong in here. I must found Kame right now-
"Well it's good you followed my advice"
"Keitaro are you ok, you look troubled"
"No, no. I'm fine really there is no need to worry about it"
"If you said so"
I have to go-
"I'm going to the inn I forget something"
"I'm going with you"
"There is no need to do that, Naru. I'm fine"
"Ok, but don't take to long or I'm going for you"
"Ok"
Keitaro walked to the inn. Once there he went to his room to look for the vase.
It isn't here but where else could I have left it-
He went to the living room, to the kitchen even to the hot springs, but he couldn't find it.
Where could it be? –
Suddenly a thought came to his mind.
The sandbox, I have to go there…but I don't think is there, I mean why would I put it there…I don't know but something is telling me to go there-
Keitaro ran to the sandbox.
"I was expecting you"
"Who's there?"
Keitaro looked around but he couldn't find anyone around.
"In the sandbox"
Keitaro got near the sandbox and finally found who was talking to him. There was a turtle in the sandbox, the turtle looked like Kame but with a black shell instead of the gold one Kame had.
"Y…yo…you must be Black"
"Yes I'm"
"So you're the one that put me in this dream"
Keitaro said angry.
"This isn't a dream"
Black answered like it was nothing.
"What do you mean?"
"This is the future"
"The future, but…"
Keitaro didn't know what to say.
"Let me explain it to you. This is the future, six months in the future to be exact, if you don't undo the wish of course"
"You mean that all the girls will be like this in six months if I don't undo the wish"
"Exactly"
"But the wish included Naru only why are all the girls changed"
"Because being with Naru changed you, it gave you more confidence in yourself and that's how you get the courage to help the girls"
Keitaro looked troubled, he was confused and didn't know what to think of all of this. So he just asked.
"Why are you showing it to me?"
"That's easy, because you want to undo the wish. I wanted you to realize how that could affect you"
"You mean that if I undo the wish none of this will happen?"
"I can't tell for sure, but that's more likely"
What should I do? I want to do the ring thing but this is…-
"So Keitaro what's your final decision, Do you want to undo the wish or not?"
"I…I…"
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