okay u ppl know how ppl talk. But this is new so "/" this is a foreign language, I won't say what it is so...Its just for fun I .
Yay thnx for all the comments readers. It really does make me happy that others are enjoying this juat as much as me.
Now then back to Hina... Oh you guys still know this is a flash back right? Just making sure cause well, nvm happy reading.
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The lessons began immediantly the next day. Naru didn't have prep school until next week. She had all the week off other than keitaro. He understood so little, she had to go through all the pronounciation of the english language.
The lessons would lead to 1-4 hours she found out during the few days of that week. She found that he was clumsy but through these flaws he seemed to be an all around good natured, well the clumsiness did get him into a number of squabbles with her.
"(Naru, why did you come to Hinata dromitory?)" He was looking up from the english prep books Naru made him buy.
Its none of your business, focus on your book work.
"(Focus on your book work Keitaro.)" She looked at him from the other side of the table.
They had been working in the lobby for numerous of reasons, Naru didn't want to be left alone in a room with him.
They sat in the lobby, Naru watched the clock as the time faintly passed by. Just a few more minutes and then I'm outta here. She looked back at Keitaro as he dillegently tried to write and pronounce the words.
Naru reached for a plate of moochi that had been set aside for the two of them by Haruka. She nibbled it lightly and watched the girls walk pass them.
She had been noticing the few weird stares that they had been giving her but the rest were already begining to warm up to her.
They had given her freindly smiles and had started to welcome her to the dorm.
She looked back at Keitaro, what and how was he staying here anyways?
"(hmph so Keitaro why you hanging out here at a girls dorm?)" She gave him a stare, he went back to his book work.
A minute passed...
"( I'm going to a prep school here. Trying to pass the entrance exams to Tokyo U." He sighed. "but I've tried to take the test before when I came here before. I failed 3 times already and I don't think that I may try again if I fail this time. I'm 21, I have to get going with my life.)"
Naru couldn't help but feel sorry for the guy.
"(I'm Sure that you're doing just fine what are your mock exam grades?)"
He froze and then continued what he was doing.
"( whats your percentile Keitaro?)"
"(39 )"
Time froze after that Keitaro continued to write.
"(You're trying to get into tokyo U with that kinda ranking? You gota be crazy to keep trying-)"
She noticed a clear tear drop from his face. There was no one else walking around. He lifted his glasses and started to wipe his face.
"( you don't think I know that? My parents think that i'm hopeless and they won't pay for my trip home. I have no money to rent a place and my grandmother allowed me to stay as long as i do the everyday chores here. I work part time for this Teacher helping him with his research but the pay is crap either way.)" He finished wiping his tears. What a baby.
("Thats why if I don't make it this time, I'm just going to go back home and accept the family trade...)"
"(And that would be)"
"(Running a small confectionary they own back at home and her at tokyo.)"
"is that really a bad thing?"
He gave Naru an odd look. Oh yeah I forgot not to speak in Japanese.
It ws already hard for her to imagine within the end of the week he was alreadyhe had accumalated so much experience.
I should be a teacher,Naru smiled to herself.
"(is something wrong Naru?)" He had noticed the smile on her face.
"(Get back to work Keitaro, oh nevermind thats time for today.)" Naru got up to stretch her legs and noticed that Keitaro was looking at her.
Her skirt wasn't fully down and noticed that he was looking directly at her.
"(Keitaro you pervert!)" She immediamtly lounged at him beating itno his face with a ariel to a mid air round house kick to end it. They smashed into the Lazyboy couch and Naru was looking down at Keitaro. His hair was flitted around and he was rubbng his face with the availible arm that he had.
It went quiet and the sun shown through the thin paper pane that was meant to keep the sun out. Naru heard the noise of sensational gigling coming her was. She immediantly jumped off him and patted herself, trying to prevent her clothes from wrinkling after the squabble.
They passed on talking about the hot spring gingerly glancing at Naru. However the silence shattered when Alice appeared and walked over to Keitaro. Slashing her hair at my face as she tried to get his full attention.
"So how are your english lessons going Keitaro?" She had something behind her hands, and she handed it to him saying that it was just a bottle of sake that her parents had sent her and that they should both drink to a toast.
Keitaro kept his eyes on Naru. He then looked at Alice with a blind look in his face.
"Oh I geuss you don't understand that just yet. Oh well, I geuss we can drink to it when you know more." She looked back at Naru. "You better teach him..." She smiled back at Keitaro and walked outside, probably going to the cafe.
Naru stared back to Keitaro. "I know you can understand that basic of a sentence..."
Keitaro smiled "/talaga?" He was fumbling through his notebooks trying to tidy up.
He looked up and put the materials behind the entrance counter. "(So do you wana get a latte?)"
"(Oh but i think I should be getting ready... You know i got stuff to do tomoorrow.)" Her stomach grumbles...
"(Are u sure about that one san?)" He was smiling and had a glint in his eyes.
"(sure if you throw in a few bagles.)"I guess a few bagle won't hurt me. Not with the workouts I get beating the living daylights out of-
"Alright he had a happy smile on his face." Naru looked overhead realizing that it was almost 6. Geesh I gotta get to bed early or I won't be so cherry.
---------------------A few minutes later at the front of Hinata cafe--------------------------
The place was lively. Everyone was talking and it seemed that they were having a special. There stood a tall sign.
-------------------FRESH COOKING TODAY-------PLEASE WAIT PATIENTLY-------------------
Naru could smell the scent of fresh pastry filling the air then she noticed it. There was a vagus scent of food other than that, it was coming from behind the door to the kitchen.
Keitaro strolled through the door and had put on an apron.
He has to cook also? How rough. Naru waas thinking to herself, wll at least he can cook, I can't cook anything next to instant-
(hey Naru come in here meet my assistance.)" Assistance what could that mean. She walked inside, she could feel the cold grip of eyes as she walked in, the girls outside were watching her.
"(This is Shinobu, she helps me cook herever since I came, she makes some of the best food, you gotta try it sometime.)"
There stood beside hera small young girl, still in her uniform stirring what seemed to be curry. It smelled devestating sweet with a hint if spice.The steam rose and she pulled out ladle to taste it.
Keitaro took a sip. And nodded.
"You can't speak english?" She looked up at Naru and went back to work.
"Yeh I can't speak english so we just nod when we think things taste alright., he soes know the names of everything that has anything to do with the kitchen in Japanses though." she was blushing to, did this girl have a crush on him too?
He looks so flimsy and weak. He's a pervert, and well... He has spirit I'll give him that. Above anything else about him.
Although, he does look rather, different when he's serious about something.
Naru could feel her face truning red. She immediantly put her focus on the food.
"(So Naru what do you feel like eating?)" He was already gathering an assortment of ingredients.
"Anything will do." She went out of the kitchen and into the counter. She bought a latte. The fragrence was delightfully enjoyable as she tried to take minimal sips.
She looked back into the kitchen. He won't be done for a while and I really don't wana distrub him soo. She took the seat that he had first used when they first met.
The sunset was beautiful and it seemed to glaze the Hinata Dorm with a briliant firey light. She took another sip.
"Hi Naru how are you doing?" It was Miho, she had her hair tied up, almost looked life a femal samurai.
"I'm doing fine haven't seen you for well... the entire week. Where were you?" She took a seat beside Naru and started to chomp on a burrito that seemed to have come out of nowhere.
"No where special. Just here and there." She was avoiding the question, but Naru did't want to instigate. "I heard that you are teaching Keitaro english," was that the problem?
"Because before you told me that you couldn't"
"Oh well about that I just didn't want to attract any attention."
"Oh okay. Well I'll see you around Naru I got to do stuff." She left without waving...
"She is a peculiar girl ain't she Naru?" It was Haruka,where did she come from, she scarred the living daylight outta me.
"She seems alright to me..." Naru once again took another sip of her coffee.
"She has many problems, that she does..." She puffed a breath of smoke and walked away.
She has many problems, that she does..There something serious when she says it that way.
Keitaro appeared and gestured Naru's return to the kitchen. She got off the chair and daintly made her way to the others.
There was a small spread on the counter where all the ingredients had once been. There stood a bowl of curry, terriyaki, and what seemed to be some mixture of noodles and vegetables. And of course a side of white rice.
They were already sitting down and Keitaro was telling her to sit beside Shinobu. She plopped herself onto the chair and checked the spread of food.
"Dig in," shinobu said as she tried to gather some rice onto her plate.
Keitaro sat down looking at Naru. His face leveled, to her chest.
She spoke using only her mouth so that he could make out the words that she said.
"I'm gona beat the crap outa you after this keitaro."
Naru took the food onto her palte and began to eat her fill. This tastes... SO GOOD!
She began to eat faster but luckily she remebered her manners and waited. Keitaro looked sceptical on what he wanted to eat first and piled teriaki and rice onto his bowl.
"Hey shinobu, why do you do this?" Naru asked before knawing on a piece of teriyaki. She looks like a middle school student.
Shinobu swallowed the contnents in her mouth before answering. "I only moved her recently before sempai did and my parents are only sending me sonugh for rent and food. So this is just a task for extra spending money and to learn from Kie- err sempai. I already knew how to cook but one day when I was experimenting in the kitchen in my dorm, Haruka came in to check on me and liked what I was doing and invited me to cook at the cafe every friday and sunday, mainly so that the renters get some fresh home cooked meals, not so much fast food."
"That's nice to hear," she had stopped eating to listnsen to the short story.
"Then when sempai came, he helped me with my cooking, now I believe that my cooking has gotten far better that it ever was." She was smiling playing with the food in her plate.
"(Naru I'll be right back I'm gona get some drinks.)" He left the kitchen, now why did he need to leave? This was a kitchen after all. What a waste of time.
Alice quickly replaced him, along with a few girls from the time they met...
Naru continued to eat...they were looking at Naru, they didn't even notice shinobu in the least.
Keitaro walked back in carrying a few canned teas.
"So watcha here for alice? You wanted sex?" Naru flanced at Keitaro, he wasn't paying attnetion.
Alice turned red, Naru couldn't tell if she was blushing or if she was furious. Most likely furious...
"Shut up Naru, and what are you doing back here?" She looked jealus. Her hair now had small bells tied to the end of them. She was shaking, in anger and the bells were ringing.
"What the hell is your problem? What if he heard you?" She was looking back at Keitaro.
"oh but remeber he can't understand us..." Naru was full, and rather disgusted by her own actions. I guess what i did was rather uncalled for...
"So why are you here Alice?" Naru was now giving her, her full attention. She was closer now and taking a better look at the food.
"I came here to order my food but-" Keitaro returned.
"So watcha girls wana drink?"
There was a dead silence.
Keitaro can talk he can really talk now!" She ran over to him ramming him to the floor. She was now on top of him and she had a rather wide grin on her face.
Naru got up and grabbed her "sorry wait till your older or you might get Keitaro sent to jail... Right Keitaro." Naru gave him a rather grim stare.
Keitaro had a confused look and got up right away, not knowing that he had done something immensely wrong.
"Oh Keitaro now that you know Japanse maybe you can teach me how to speak English now." Alice was closer to his face.
As for Keitaro he still didn't know what was going on. Naru did however... "He's only talking in Japanse but he can't fully make out just exactly what we're saying yet. So for short, he can speak a bit but he won't understand a dam thing in which we say." Naru stood up and yawnes.
"As for you guys don't you think that you should be going to bed," (the development of naru's maternal insticnts...).
"DON'T you tell me what to do, you're no older than I am. Graduating early doesn't mean shi-" Naru and Alice then got into a stare down. Both thier eyes burning with passion...(well not exactly Naru).
Alice shoved Naru yelling" I don't care little miss top score."
They were pulling each others faces by this point and it soon became harder to make out what exacltly they were saying.
"How do you know about that you little staulker?" Naru's grip tightened around Alice's mouth. Her freinds approached and began to help her pulling at other portions of her face.
Keitarocame sloser."(Please stop before someone gets hurt now," his voice pitifully low. "I don't even know whats going on but please stop-)"
Everything halted.
Keitaro stood there. It was quiet. He looked down, both of his hands gripping the chest of Alice and Naru...
The kitchen door slammed open. A young girl with brimming black hair and dreesed in tradional robes with red and white. In her hand stood a wooden sword...
"KEITARO YOU PERVERT I JUST GET BACK FROM CAMP AND YOUR ALREADY TRYING TO PISS ME OFF!" She positioned herself dancing in some type of sword form.
"(OH CRAP MOTOKOS BACK!)" He immediantly let go running to the corner picking up a small fork on the way there. Did he actually think he could defend himself with that short thing?
Narus muscles tensed instantly, usually before she hit Keitaro, she was pulsing with adreniline.
Motoko jumped mid-air yelling "boulder cutting slash!" (I apologize if I said it wrong people). Her sword releasing a wave of energy smashing into Keitaro.
"You could get sent to jail for rape you idiot!" Naru took the place after the waveassailing Keitaro and sending him through the roof, rubble showered everywhere.
"what the hell did you just do?" Alice was pulling her."I thought the girls were kidding when you could hit him that hard, you're just as monstrous as the tomboy.!"
Motoko shoved her aside,"you have suprising strength." She commenting her. Naru didn't pay any attention... I'm gona get in so much trouble for all this..
"Oh god we're gona have to figure out another payment plan for this won't we..." Haruka was behind her patting her shoulder.
"You gave him one hell of a wallop though. She did worser than you did Motoko." She was laughing at the entire thing.
"I could do worser..." She was polishing her what now looked like a kendo stick, with the sleeve of her yukata.
"You should get a latte Naru, I don't think that he'll be back for sometime now." She took a seat looking at the food that was now covered in ruble."Smells good Shinobu."
Oh crud I totally forgot about her. She turned and noticed that her eyes were teary. She was wiping the tears right after and she left the kitchen.
"What the hell is gona happen to Keitaro?" Alice was in the center staring back at us,"what is gona happen if he dies?"
Haruka smiled" don't worry he's immortal for all we know. He is the Hero of th story after all..." She went back to her business puffing aplume of smoke.
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------------------------------Sometime later----------- real later-----------------------------------------------
"Wow Motoko hit him bunches of times but he never fell from the atmosphere before."
Keitaro was asleep in the back, somehow he had gotten away from the incident suffering only minimal damage. The birds had broken his fall...
"We'll figure a payment plan tomorrow Naru you're excused for now..."
Naru knowing that she had made yet again another bad impression on some of the girls at the dorm. She continued walking to her room, but she saw a crying girl in the corner. It was Miho, she had clapsed around her hand a paper.
Naru came closer to her placing her hand on her shoulder. She hugged Naru wailing like a puppy.
"Oh Naru...(sniff)..." She had dropped the paper onto the floor and was now crying more dramatically as it slowly glided to the floor.
END OF CHAPTER...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Authors Comment
Okay ppl that all for now... (Sniff) Its so sad... What could be inside the letter guys?
However I will say one thing, it has nothing to do with-
Oh yeh this is still a flashback... I don't know when I'll get to the present time story yet so wait and see.