Xeno-man: yep yep.
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Episode 2: Life is way too hard
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"Ugh..." Keitaro groggily got up and proceeded to perform his daily chore of moving the rock.
'It's way too early.' He blurrily thought, getting use to his daily chore wasn't easy.
'I might get a peek its about the right time.' He moved the blockage to receive a prize Motoko changing.
"Keitaro!" She blushed as she quickly knocked him down the hole. "THIS WASN'T MEANT TO BE A PART OF YOUR TRAINING!"
She finished getting dressed and headed to the deck where Keitaro was already warming up.
"Today we will Test leaves." Keitaro drew his prized Blade of Hina and began slashing at leaves in a repetitive manner.
"Keitaro, your warm up is over." She pull out bags of leaves and started throwing leaves at him.
"Slice them all." He franticly hurried to the lowest leaves easily cutting them but having a hard time keeping up.
After minutes of franticly trying to cut them fast enough the bag was empty. the rain of leaves Motoko had strewn for him to practice with exhausted.
"Alright today's session is done." Keitaro sheathed his sword and sat on the top stairs to the deck.
"Motoko-chan Domo Arigato for my training." He rubbed the sweat off of his face. He smiled to her happily. 'Perhaps my time without Naru will prove to be the happiest of my life.'
"Your welcome." Motoko bowed while she blushed lightly. The two continued down to the breakfast table.
Su went overboard with Bananas in her cereal as she normally did.
"Oi Su would you like some cereal on your Banana?" Keitaro mused. Kaolla proceeded to throw the bowl away and just eat the banana, but it was a daily thing no one really cared that she did it.It was just'Normal'.
"So Motoko what did you and Keitaro do this morning." Kitsune whispered to the Samurai.
Motoko responded with a blush. Her thoughts turned to Rated R.
"Well nothing out of the ordinary." She played with her hair a bit.
"I guess you aren't interested in him. Can I have him?" Kitsune snickered at the response of rage she got.
Naturally what you get for playing with fire.
"I'm done." Our hopeless Kanirnin picked up his stuff set it in the Kitchen and walked out to his room.
Looks of concern were on everyone's face. Motoko got up quickly to run after him to his room.
"Urashima-Sempai." Motoko said as she walked in. The room was dark and dank as though he wished to think. "Are you there?" She stumbled around in the darkm, her eyes hadn't adjusted yet.
"Hai i'm here Motoko-chan." A somewhat monotone voice sounded from the farthest corner.
The figure got up andwalked before her.
"Please Keitaro just forget about Naru." She summoned all her courage, "I love you, I don't want to see you so depressed." She hugged him. "It isn't fair. She isn't here anymore."
"Motoko-chan, I... never... knew." He embraced her tightly.
"Congratulations you two!" Kitsune yelled turning on the lights as they other poured in through the windows, doors, and the hole in the ceiling. The newly made couple blushed.
"What are you guys doing here!" Keitaro shrieked as they were crowded.
"Sempai is this true!" Shinobu was so happy that her Sempai had found someone to make him happy again, It still hurt her terribly for her to lose her chance.
"Keitaro you lucky dog." Sarah said as the tiny devil hit him on the back. "But yur still a loser"
"Let's throw a party!" Kitsune yelled hopping to get some free liquior. The group hurrahed as the new couple sweat dropped at Kitsune's ploy and the others' unbelievable glee.
'I woulda thought Shinobu would be upset and Kanako would break down crying.' He glanced around for Kanako. 'Where is Kanako?'
"Onee-chan There is a cockroach visitor here for you." Kanako yelled very very mechanically.
"DAMMIT!" Keitaro yelled. The long haired brute brunette had come back the source of their troubles.
"Keitaro I'm glad to see you." Naru said as she walked into his room. She now had a scar on her left hand.
"The feeling isn't very mutual." Keitaro said as he looked away. "You left laughing... Spitting in my face! Now you return..." He stood up. "You may stay... but you are no longer in my heart." Hewalkedout not like himself, he was Angry, furious, as though he could acctually kill. With His gentle soul still partially shattered he still harbored so much bitterness to Naru his years of waiting lost because she threw him to the curb.
"Naru, you were my best friend... but what you did to Keitaro was unforgivable." Kitsune walked over comepletely sobered by her former friend's arrival.
"Naru-sempai." Motoko grabbed her sword along with Hina. "How could you?" She ran to the deck crying.
Naru stood shocked, that they, her friends would reject her, and then the memories of her taunting them came back. Images ofthe man she had gone off with, and Keitaro rushed through her mind.
"Naru-sempai. Ano,Motoko-chan moved to your old room so I suggest you move into a different one." Shinobu bowed and ran to her room.
"Keitaro..." Motoko whispered as she stepped onto the deck, to find Keitaro practicing, the moves Seta had taught him. She moved closer to hand him his sword, he stopped his practice to get it himself.
"Motoko-chan.. I gave up on Naru…. and I want to be with you." His eyes burned with intensity his emotions poured out into Motoko. "Aishiteru Motoko-chan." He hugged her tightly. "These feelings for you have been strong since our near marriage experience."
"I've finally admitted it, Keitaro." She hugged him as hard as possible to show her undieing affection for him. "I truely do love you." Her mind now filled with the reasons why she did this.For his strength, compassion, will, and most of all His heart.
"I Really only realized it when I almost married you." She hid her blushing face. "By the time I had won, I wanted to lose."
Naru and Kanako stood shocked at the sight hiding on the stairs. At the sight of the former Man-hater and the Hopeless Romantic Kanirnin.
'Onee-chan' 'Keitaro' The two walked away in disappointment, their was love rejected.
Later that day it was Dinner, Motoko and Keitaro were missing and no one would tell Naru or Kanako where they went.
"Motoko-chan!" Our hero yelled. He smiled while walking over to his significant other.
"Our table will be ready in a half an hour want to go and shop for a bit?" They had taken the train to Kyoto Mainly to avoid the others but to inform Tsuroko that they were dating officially.
"Hai, I know a nice place to go!" She grabbed him by the arm and dragged him to the store.
It was a Sword Restoration shop as well as a Smithery. The walls were ornate with Swords of high quality mounted from wall to wall. Naginatas, were lining the foyer ceiling with two battle axes crossing each other in front of a picture of a warrior donned in traditional samurai armor.
"This is impressive." He walked with her to the counter where a short man sat smoking.
"Ahhh Motoko-chan! Ano... Whose that?" He scratched his bald head
"This is Keitaro we are together." She said with a confident smile. "ButI do have other business...Could you fixmy sword?" She held out the Sword she was Originally given.
"It has been a long time since it was broken."
"No problem. I'm glad you finally met someone." He took the sword and looked it over more carefully. "Come back in four days it will be fine."
"Arigato Gouzai-masu." She bowed with a smile.
"Motoko-chan umm we still have sometime what else would you like to do." He checked his watch as they walked out down the block. "Hey how bout a walk in the park?" Blushing at a few ideas from Kitsune Motoko nodded a bit.
'Why is he taking me into such a dark place!' She was blushing at the R-rated visions of her and Keitaro flashing before her. Mostly attributed to Kitsune's 'Sisterly' Talks about Men and Women. "Ano... " She stopped looking down at the ground trying to hide her furious blushing. "Keitaro... Aishiteru!" She lunged into his arms crying tears of joy she couldn't hold it in anymore. She wanted to be with him. Her feelings for him swelled.
"Motoko-chan." He brought his hand to cradle the side of her face. "Aishiteru, I always have." The love birds hugged each other tightly. The two began making out on the park bench. It didn't take long to for them to be interrupted by a curious pair of jealous women, Narusegawa and Kanako. They both Jumped from the near by trees in Pigeon costumes to destroy their perfect moment. "Can't you two leave us alone." Keitaro snapped at their sudden appearance.
The had really never seen him so furious its as though their very existance is an annoyance.
"Demo, Keitaro-kun We just..."
"No You need to stop there is a certain line that you've crossed hundreds of times and now you want me because you can't have me. You pushed me away for so long finally accepting me then about four days later LEAVING ME! AFTER PRECIOUS YEARS OF MY LIFE! MY HEART WASTED! His fury was only being restrained by the presence of Motoko.
"Onee-chan Onegai listen!" Kanako eyes filled with tears. "Give us a chance!" Even Naru was brought to tears. The two pleaded. Motoko felt sorry for them she still clung to the Kanirnin's arm.
"I gave you a chance." He brought his emotions under control keeping a cool and cold attitude leaving Naru with a few last words. "I gave you many chances." He turned to Kanako. "Kanako, You're my little sister And I only love you as a sister." He walked off holding Motoko, leaving Kanako and Naru paralyzed at this response.
"Lets go its almost time." He noticed figures following them. "So Motoko When will we be going to you family's school?"
"Tomorrow, We should try to get a hotel for the night since we are already out here. We could stay at my family's shrine after that." She clung to his arm in bliss. 'I wouldn't trade this for the world.'
Keitaro checked his watch. 'Its time we started for the restaurant.' "Alright lets go." They headed off to Restaurant.
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Never a dull moment at the Hinata Harem.
I know what its like to be a Hopeless Romantic and It ain't all fun.