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Chapter 11: A New Romance Blooms
The next morning, Keitaro woke up to the sweet smell of pancakes. "mm…Smells good…wait a sec….." his eyes opened. "What time is it?" he said nervously as he looked over at his clock. "Oh, good, it's only 7:30." He sighed to himself. Rubbing his head and yawning, he get up and walked to the kitchen, only to see Shinobu in an apron making breakfast with a sweet smile on her face. "Good morning Sempai!" She said as her eyes went sparkly. The only other person in the room at this point was Kensai who was sipping a cup of coffee and reading a manga. Seeing the coast was clear, Shinobu ran over to Keitaro and gave him a big hug. "I love you sempai." she said in his arms, snuggling in. Keitaro was taken aback that she openly showed her affection in front of someone. Looking over to Kensai, Kensai's eyes looked a bit towards Keitaro as he gave a toothy grin, and then went back to his manga. "I love you too." Keitaro said hugging her tightly.
After the moment was over, Kensai spoke up. "So when are you going to tell everyone?" He said, not looking up from his manga. "Um…I.." Keitaro stuttered. "If you don't tell them, I will." "But we couldn't possibly…" Keitaro began weakly. "WHAT?" Kensai burst out. "You're going to hide it? Why? There's nothing to hide! It's LOVE!" Hearing this, Shinobu gathered a determined look on her face. "You're right! We have to tell them!" she said, her legs shaking. At this, Kensai laughed. "Calm down Shinobu, It'll be all right. You can tell them at lunchtime. I'll go tell them to meet here at noon." He finished as he put his mug down, closed his manga, and began to walk out. As he did, however, Shinobu called out to him. "Kensai Sempai!" Kensai turned back. "Kensai Sempai…Thank you…for everything." She smiled to him. Kensai just tilted his head sideways, smiled, and nodded slightly, turned back, and walked out the door.
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After what seemed like an eternity, lunchtime finally arrived. Haruka, Mitsune, and everyone else in Hinata house gathered in the kitchen to hear the big announcement that was to be said. "So what's up?" Mitsune asked smiling, having already known, Kensai having told her the night before. Shinobu stuttered. "well, um…I…um…sempai and I are…" trying her best, she looked up to see the entire room staring at her in anticipation. Out of the corner of her eye though she managed to see Kensai who was sitting there give a slight nod with a smile. Slightly nodding back, Shinobu closed her eyes and clenched her fists tight. "Sempai and I are seeing each other!" she screamed with all of her power. Waiting a moment to recover from her outburst, she waited for the reaction. At first there was stunned silence. Everyone's face was shocked except for Naru's which was turning into one of rage. However, as she tried to get over to them, Kensai stood in front with his back to her and began to clap. Mitsune followed suit, followed by Motoko. Shortly after, Haruka and Su started to clap too. It seemed the only person who wasn't clapping, was Naru.
After a moment, Naru cut them off. "WHAT ARE YOU CLAPPING ABOUT! This is wrong! He's 21 and she's 13!" Kensai piped in. "Love is ageless." "DON'T GIVE ME THAT!" she said looking furious towards Kensai. "Keitaro's messed with her mind, and you only made it worse! He's corrupted her, and I for one won't stand for it!" Leaping over Kensai, she reared back her fist in mid air, aiming it towards Keitaro. Taking Kensai completely by surprise, he was about to jump in the way, but looking over, he smiled, and stopped. Closing her eyes, as she reached out to hit Keitaro, she was three feet away when, "CLANG!" "CRUNCH!"
Landing on the ground, Naru grabbed her hand in pain and was beginning to scream. What had happened was, Shinobu had stood in front of Keitaro holding a frying pan, which Naru fractured her hand on. At this point, Shinobu was in tears. "I won't let you hurt sempai anymore!" she said, extremely upset. "All those times I had to sit and watch you beat him for no reason. Do you know how PAINFUL that was for me to watch?" she continued, tears streaming down her face. "If you can't be happy for us, maybe you should just leave." She managed to use what reserve energy she had to say. However, Naru was in so much pain that she didn't catch most of it, just looking towards Keitaro angrily. "Why do you hate Sempai so much?" Shinobu managed to ask. "I…I…" "I know why." Kensai broke in. Everyone then turned towards Kensai. "She's in love with him. It's actually quite obvious. You've had feelings for him for a while, but you wanted to dismiss them because you thought you didn't want to be with him. But instead of embracing this emotion, you believed if you beat him up and tried to hate him, you could make these feelings go away. Am I warm?" Kensai said, sipping a drink.
"SHUT UP!" Naru said through a stream of tears. "WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT ANYTHING!" "I know a bitch when I see it." Kensai said viciously, yet cool. "DAMN YOU!" Naru said, more infuriated than anyone at Hinata house had ever heard, turn towards Kensai using her left hand to bitch slap him. However, she felt someone else grab her hand from behind. It was Keitaro, holding her left hand. When she turned around to see who it was, all she could let out was a "Keit…" before "WHAM!" Keitaro's other hand connected her with her face so hard that it caused her to go tumbling out of the door, and down all the flights of the steps, not getting up. Kensai just looked down towards where she fell. "Strike Three." He said as he closed the door. And there was Naru lying there, beaten in every sense.
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Seeing the happy couple hug, Motoko smiled vaguely as she looked over to Kensai. "you're a good friend." The words from the day before still burned in her. Just as she thought. She was a friend. He had completely ignored the pairing her sister decreed. Motoko thought to herself, "Why would he want me? I can't cook, clean, and I can't even be a proper girl." She said as she shed a single tear that streamed down her face. "I can't stay here any longer. My heart hurts too much." She said as she headed back to her room, to gather her things.
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A few hours later everyone was sitting in the main entrance hall. " I wonder why Motoko called us all here." Shinobu asked wonderingly. As if to answer, Motoko, donning her Kimono and traveling hat entered. "Hello everyone. I called you here to say, "Thank you for everything you have done. You've all made me feel welcome, and I feel like I was part of a family. But now, I must take my leave. I'm going to take over my sister's school. I know I don't have to, but this is my choice. Thank you all." She finished as she gave a slight smile, and began to walk out. "but…but…" Keitaro started to mumble. Kensai just stood there shocked as he saw Motoko slowly walking out the door.
"Come on Kensai!" a small girl called to him. "Ok, I'm coming!" a young boy replied garbed in his elementary school clothes. A bright light flashed and the boy and girl were in a room. "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" the small girl screamed, followed by images of her being slammed against a wall. The scene then cut to a hospital bed. "Thank you Kensai…" she said as the girl closed her eyes forever.
Kensai grabbed his head. "No….it's happening again! someone I care about is leaving me!" Not again!" he thought to himself as his eyes started to get moist. Jumping out of the house, he ran after Motoko who was steadily getting away.
Running after her, it still looked like she was getting away. The scene flashes to black and white. "I'll never forgive you!" Motoko screamed as she burst into Kensai's room. "I want you to be my friend." Kensai said smiling as Motoko blushed surprised. "Thank you, husband." She said, the scene cutting to when Tsuruka had visited. "you're a good friend." He said transitioning to the amusement park. The scene then cut back to Kensai, who now started to run in the darkness. "How could I have been so stupid?" he asked himself. "why didn't I realize it sooner? It was obvious, yet I pushed it away, not wanting to love someone in fear of my own past. Yet this is the same thing I yelled at Naru for…I'm such an idiot. I now know that i can't stop my feelings. It doesn't work that way. I have to tell her that…." At this point, Kensai had finally caught up with Motoko. Turning her head, he embraced her in a huge hug. "Motoko, please, don't leave me. Please don't!" he said as tears streamed down his face. "I can't have you leave me." He said holding her tighter. Gathering all his confidence, he said to her in a burst of emotion, "MOTOKO, I LOVE YOU!" at this, Motoko blushed deeply as she looked down. "You…you love me?" she said confused and embarrassed, making sure she heard right. "I love you so much" he said holding her even tighter, never wanting to let go. Her eyes shifting down, she opened her mouth. "I…I…love you too kensai." She said softly and barely inaudible. "What?" Kensai said not being able to hear. "I said I love you Kensai!" She said very loudly, as if releasing a long hidden secret. Following this, she shifted her head straight up as her lips embraced Kensai's in a kiss. Shocked at first, Kensai closed his eyes and they both wrapped their arms around each other, and for a few moments, they were lost in each other.
However, at that exact moment, a gigantic "CRASH!" came out of nowhere. Kensai and Motoko broke apart. "What the hell!" Kensai said as a cloud of dust was beginning to clear to reveal an upside down van. "Oh god, it's Seta." Kensai smiled. Sure enough, stepping out of the wreckage was Seta, injury to head and all. All of the Hinata girls had run over at this point to see what the explosion was. "Oh, hello everyone." Seta smiled. Looking over, her noticed Kensai. "KENSAI!" he said happily. "I haven't seen you in 5 months! How is everything?" Kensai smiled back. "I've been doing fine! What brings you here?" He asked wonderingly. "Well, I'm here to drop off Sarah since I'm going on another expedition." Looking over, Seta saw Mitsune who was blushing. "Oh, hello Mitsune." Seta said noticing her. "umm..hi." Mitsune said back very embarrassed. Kensai looked from Seta to Mitsune, at first confused, but then gathered a devious look on his face with a toothy grin. Beginning to walk away, Motoko followed him. "Where are you going Kensai?" she asked coming up next to him. "Well, I have to get started on my next mission!" he said grinning to her. "What mission is that?" she asked confused. Kensai stopped and turned to her with a big smile. "Operation Mitsune and Seta!" he said happily. Motoko just smiled as she looked over to him. "Then let's get going!" she said happily as she grabbed Kensai's hand and began to run, pulling him with her, off to a new adventure, but this time, not as friends, but as soul mates.
THE END
Damn that was a long one. Sorry it took so long everyone. It's a shame it's over, but all good things must come to an end. I hope you enjoyed it though! Thanks for reading!
BYYYYEEE!
