A/N: Well I'm going to be writing a lot this summer since I have a lot of ideas. This I hope you enjoy chapter 5!

Chapter 5: It was only an Accident…

"… last night… everything was fun, it was great. I loved the festival and the time we had," Naru said. Though she knew in her heart that she had to tell him eventually, she could not break his heart.

They walked towards the town, looking for a place to eat since it was about noon. The sun was high up in the air. They walked towards the mall district to find a restaurant. She thought it would be easier to confess to him over a meal. The walked for hours looking for an open restaurant since it was New Year's Day. Eventually they found an inexpensive restaurant and they walked in. Took their seats and waited for the waiter.

"How can I help you two today?" asked the waiter. "Today's chef special is the Unagi Roll, Broiled fresh water Eel, with Seared Scallops Sushi."

Keitaro said, "I think we are still deciding."

"What about drinks? Is there any drinks I can get you?" the waiter asked.

Keitaro said, "I'll have a Coke."

Naru said, "I'll just have the water here."

"Alright, I'll be back in about 5 minutes," the waiter said.

The waiter walked away to help the other customers. Keitaro turned around to look at his future wife, not knowing that some terrible news would soon come to break his heart. "Naru, what is really troubling you? I know you better than this," Keitaro inquired. "Really nothing is wrong, I just wanted to walk with my fiancé on this New Year's Day," Naru answered. Naru got her menu and slowly hid her anxiety with it so Keitaro could not see her unease disposition. Naru picked up her glass of water and quickly drank it to calm her down. The waiter came back with their drinks as well as to take their orders.

"Are you two ready now?" the waiter asked.

"I think we are," replied Keitaro.

"I'll have the… Chef's Special," said Keitaro.

"And you miss?" the waiter looked at Naru.

"I guess I'll just have the… Shrimp and Vegetable Tempura," Naru replied.

"Alright, it will be about 10 minutes until your orders are ready," the waiter replied. "I guess you want a refill as well. I'll be back with your refill."

There was no conversation between the lovebirds. They were both uneasy. Keitaro could not figure out what is going on, and Naru just could not sum up enough courage to tell Keitaro. The waiter came back to refill Naru's glass of water. As soon as he left, Naru quickly drank the water. Keitaro quickly noticed this and said, "Naru are you okay? You seem quite thirsty today." Naru said in reply, "As I said before, nothing is wrong. I just wanted to have a good time with my future husband." She knew that he saw her uneasiness. She quickly made an excuse, "I have to use the ladies' room." She quickly got up and went into the restroom, locked herself in a stall and started to cry. She knew in her heart that not telling him would leave her tormented, but telling him would leave him tormented. "Why did I ever make that mistake, WHY?" she cursed at herself. She knew she had made grave mistakes in the past, and that she had paid for her mistakes, but the final payment lies ahead of her, Keitaro. She cannot pay her final payment, she cannot seem to let go and forget.

Hours passed by. Other women came in the restroom, heard Naru crying and did nothing.

One woman entered the restroom, washed her hands, and then left. A few minutes later, she entered the restroom again and knocked on the door of the stall, "Hey, you okay in there? I could not help but notice that you are crying about something. Can I help you?" asked this woman.

Naru said in reply, "Why are you helping me, you don't even know me."

She said to Naru, "Well I believe your boyfriend asked me to see what is wrong. He asked me if I could help. He has been outside the bathroom asking other women if they could help him, but they all ignored him. All I know is this man loves you no matter what, regardless of what happened. He loves you a lot and he is willing to sacrifice himself for you."

At that instant, Naru realized that Keitaro really does love her. The task that lay before her became heavier and harder to do. She was convinced that she would break his heart and he would leave her.

She got up from the toilet, and opened the stall. She washed her hands, fixed herself up, and went back to her cold lunch. She sat back down and met her Keitaro. Though she had changed, she still could not tell him. They ate their meals silently, and decided to go back to the inn.

They walked back silently. When they got there, they quickly went up to their rooms. They skipped dinner, they didn't talk to anyone – they just went up to their rooms. Everyone wanted to know what was going on.

The rest of the gang started to talk amongst themselves. "What happened?" ask Shinobu. Motoko, grabbed her sword and started to dart up the stairs saying, "KEITARO WHAT DID YOU…" The swordswoman was interrupted by Kitsune saying, "I don't think that Keitaro hurt Naru at all." Everyone, outraged at what Kitsune said, yelled, "Kitsune are you drunk again? Naru was obviously hurt by Keitaro. Kitsune explained, "No, I'm not drunk. If you look at the past, Keitaro would try and explain himself if he hurt Naru, but this time, Keitaro did not try to explain. I think that there is something wrong with Naru. We should really try and be nice to Naru for the next couple of days." Everyone looked at Kitsune as if she was crazy, but everyone knew that she was right.

Keitaro, with his head resting on top of his hands and arms, was still wondering what was bothering Naru so much. He tossed and turned around his futon. He could not sleep at all. He eventually got up from his futon and headed for the kitchen. As he was walking, he walked past Kitsune's room. He heard two voices, Naru and Kitsune. Compelled at what they could have been talking about, he slowly crept up to Kitsune's door. He slowly placed his ear on Kitsune's door and started to listen to the conversation.

"Kitsune, I'm such a horrible person!" Naru exclaimed.

"No you aren't Naru," Kitsune rebuked at her. "Why do you feel that way?"

"Because I know all I will do is hurt Keitaro," Naru replied. "I know all I will just bring him pain and suffering. I am such a terrible person. I do not deserve a person like Keitaro."

"Naru, Keitaro loves you regardless of what you have done," Kitsune said as she tried to comfort Naru.

"That will only make it harder when I tell him what happened," Naru said.

Keitaro, too eager to find out what is going on, leaned on the door too much and knocked it over. Kitsune and Naru saw him and nearly attack him as if he was a thief. Keitaro yelled out, "HEY IT'S ME KEITARO, DON'T HURT ME," while he protected his head. Realizing who they were about to attack, they stopped their attack. Naru, quickly ran out of the room and went to sleep.

"So watcha doing up so late?" Kitsune asked.

"Well, I couldn't sleep because I was thinking of Naru," Keitaro said. "I just don't know why she has closed up to me all of a sudden. Do you know what it could be?"

"Well, all I know is that she is going through a rough time. Give her time, she'll open up," Kitsune advised.

"Thanks Kitsune. I'll fix that door for you tomorrow," Keitaro said as he left her room.

Keitaro started to think to himself as he walked down to the kitchen. "What could she really be so upset about? She knows I love her regardless of what happened in the past. Could it have been that bad that I could stop loving her? No. No matter what, I love her. Whatever she did, I still love her. That is why I chose her," Keitaro thought. He came down to the kitchen, got a glass of water, and went back to sleep, knowing that he loves her and knowing that he will wait forever for her.

Naru, cried herself to sleep again. She woke up in the middle of the night by a noise. She followed the noise. As she walked closer to the source, she found what the irritating noise was. It was the sound of crying. She followed the noise and it was coming out of her own room. She opened the door to her own room, and found herself miserable, crying, and mentally drained. She shook herself up. She asked herself, "What's wrong? What happened? Are you ok?" Her other self replied, "I am so miserable. All because I did not have the courage to tell the one I truly love. All because you were so scared and frighten to tell him. Keitaro committed suicide because of all the grief you caused him." Immediately, Naru woke up and it was morning.

Naru started walking towards the kitchen. She picked up an apple and decided to start walking to Tokyo U, something she has not done in a very long time. She would normally walk with Keitaro, but she could not stand to see his face after last night. As she arrived at the university, many people were outside enjoying the weather. She walked by a few couples sitting under the trees giving each other kisses. When Naru saw this, she quickly ran into her classroom and waited for the class to begin.

"Keitaro, you're going to be late for your classes today aren't you?" Kitsune asked.

Keitaro, while swiping the sweat off his face, said, "No worries my classes don't begin until 1 pm." Keitaro quickly repaired the broken door in Kitsune's room and decided to take a small nap before he went to his classes. Two hours later, Keitaro woke up and headed off for his classes. He knew Naru left long before him, so he left earlier to try and catch up with her.

When he arrived at the university, he started to look for Naru. He looked for half an hour until he had to go to his classes. He assumed that she probably got stuck talking to a professor like all the other times he was looking for her.

Keitaro finished his classes and it was about 4 pm. He decided to get Naru a present, knowing that it might cheer her up. He headed over to the mall and started to look for something she would like. He looked for about 2 hours until he saw something that caught his eye. He saw a stuffed Liddo-kun. He remembered all the times that Naru had her Liddo-kun stuffed toy. She was always so happy with it, but now, she has not been happy since he proposed to her.

Keitaro decided to buy the Liddo-kun and decided to take it home. He picked up the stuffed toy, brought it to the counter and brought it back to the inn. He decided to wrap it and leave it in Naru's room. He pulled out the gift wrapping paper, and with much struggle, he wrapped her present as best as he could. He wrote a card for Naru, expressing how he feels about her, signed it, and placed it on top of the gift. He placed her new toy by her door and waited for her to come home.

He went downstairs and sat on the Lazy Boy chair, and waited for his fiancé to return. He eventually fell asleep and started to dream.

He realized where he was, right in front of the Hinta Inn. He walked inside and said, "Hello is anyone here?" He walked to every room, and realized that there were only two people living there. He looked in and around the inn, hoping to find the residents of the former inn. He walked around, and found Naru, miserable and unhappy, with another man, whom he could not recognize.

Naru said, "Keitaro, I am happier with this man. He provides me with more things than you could. I have much better life now. I don't have to work; all I have to do is take care of our three children." Keitaro looked intently at Naru's expression as she said those words. He knew that she was lying. After he saw she say those words, she leaned over and kissed her unknown husband, and walked away. Keitaro was devastated. He ran out of the inn and unknowingly tripped from the top of the stairs and fell into a black abyss that grew darker and darker.

Meanwhile, while Keitaro was shopping and dreaming, Naru was taking a stroll in the park to think. Worrying about what her love would say to the news. She walked for hours just thinking about how she could run away from her problems. She thought of everything, ranging from running away to suicide. She knew all of those things would only cause him even more distress and grief, something that would make her an even worse person. Eventually, she decided to run away to the north again so that she could save herself from the pain of looking at her boyfriend's face after. She decided to sneak home late at night and take some of her belongings with her before she left. She looked at her watch, and it read 9:06. She decided to walk back to the inn and secretly leave without notice.

Suddenly, Keitaro woke up. He was sweating and breathing heavily and he came out of his unconscious state. He looked over at the windows and saw that it was dark. Instinctively, he turned around and looked at the clock on the wall. It was 8:23 pm. He looked around the house, and looked for Naru to see if she had come home yet. He ran up to her room and saw that the present has not moved yet. Panicky and assuming the worse, he quickly grabbed his coat and headed out of the inn to look for her.

Right as he was about to leave Kitsune stopped him. "Kitsune, not now, Naru is missing and I have to look for her," Keitaro said. "I know that Keitaro," Kitsune replied, "all I can say is that Naru is in depressed about something, I am confident that you will find her and cheer her up. I am sure that Naru's past is troubling her. She constantly looks at her old diary and she only cries when she starts to read them. Bring her back, and do what you think is best. Alright, go and find Naru, for every one of us." Keitaro said in reply as he ran out of the door, "I sure will, I know she did in the past, nothing can change my love for her, nothing can."

Naru arrived at the back of the inn as silent as a mouse. From a bush, she looked at the windows, and saw that all the lights were out. Quickly, she ran through the kitchen and darted up to her room without making a sound. As she approached her room, she found a giant present outside her door. Not wanting to wake up the other residents, she grabbed the present and a few personal belongings and left. She quickly ran to the door, got a cab, and asked the cab driver to take her to the train station.

About ten minutes later, Naru was at the train station, she went to the ticketing booth, and ordered a ticket to Kyoto. Since her train was leaving half an hour from now, she decided to open up her present. She sat down on a nearby bench, took out the present, and opened it. Unnoticing the card Keitaro placed on it, it fell into her opened bag. She opened the boxes and found the stuffed toy looking at her. She wondered who it could have been. Only one person knew that she loved Liddo-kuns, Kitsune. She thought to herself, 'Did Kitsune buy this for me? Why would she do such a thing? Did she know I was leaving?'

Suddenly the intercom said:

Train 753 leaving for Kyoto. All passengers board the train now. The train will be leaving in 15 minutes.

Naru, with the stuffed toy under her arms, grabbed her bag and boarded the train. When she sat down, the train engineer stopped her and said, "Ma'am, would you mind placing your stuffed toy into your bag, we are apparently short on room, and we all the room we can get." Naru said in reply, "Alright, sorry for the problem." Naru opened her bag again, and saw the card written to, Naru. She opened up the card and read it.

Dear Naru,

I bought you this liddo-kun, because I went through your diary a long time ago, and I saw that you always loved liddo-kuns. I bought this for you because I wanted to remind you of the past, the times when we were together having fun and laughing. I hope that this liddo-kun will make you smile remembering all the good times we had in the past.

I know that you are in great anxiety now, and that you are troubled and confused about what to do, but know that I am always here for you. Last night, I heard what you were talking to Kitsune about. I know that there will be times when we will argue and fight, times when we will be angry at each other, and times when we just simply do not talk to each other about what is going on our minds, but I still love you anyways. Even though you do not seem to want to tell me what is troubling you, I love you and will always wait for you to let me know what is going on. No matter how long I will have to wait, I will always wait for you to return to me, because I love you no matter what happened in the past.

Loving you and always waiting for you,

Keitaro

At that very moment, tear drops started to wet the cheap paper card that she was reading. Naru finally realized what everyone was saying. The woman at the restaurant, Kitsune, and finally Keitaro, broke to her. She realized Keitaro's unlimited love for her. He is willing to wait his entire life for her to return to him. Suddenly, the intercom went off again and said:

Train 753 will be leaving in 5 minutes, please prepare to depart

Naru, eager to confess everything that has been bothering her to her future husband, packed everything into her bag and tried to get out of the train. The train engineer stopped her at the door and said, "Miss please take your seat, we are about to…" He was interrupted by Naru when she said, "I DON'T CARE. I WILL LOSE MY FUTURE HUSBAND IF I STAY ON THIS TRAIN, SO LET ME OUT!" Startled by Naru, the engineer opened the door and let her go.

Keitaro, suddenly running around the street looking for his love, looked everywhere for her. He thought of every place that she could have been, and could not find her. As he was running on the sidewalk, he heard sirens blaring. He looked to his left and saw a paramedic team speeding through the streets. Horrendous thoughts went through his head. 'What is Naru was hurt, what if she was caught in a fire, what if she got hit by a car, what if…' "KEITARO, KEITARO!" Someone was yelling his name from a distance. He looked around, and saw Naru on the opposite side of the street. Naru, crying and suddenly filled with joy, dropped her bags and ran towards the street to hug the one she loved the most.

Suddenly, a drunk driver darted through the streets without a care for pedestrians crossing the street. Keitaro, noticing that he wasn't stopping, ran out into the street to save the one he loved the most. Leaping into Naru, he pushed her out of the way, and got hit by the drunk driver. The drunk driver got out and said, "I'm so sorry, it was only an accident, it was only an accident." The driver, mumbling to himself trying to believe he was in a horrible nightmare, he stare at horror at what trauma he put the woman through. "KEITARO, KEITARO!" Naru shrieked and she stood over his broken, unconscious body. "WHY DID YOU DO THAT FOR ME, WHY?" Naru yelled. Suddenly, the street was filled with the bright lights and loud sirens, as the emergency medical team took Keitaro away from a completely devastated Naru.

A/N: I hope you really like this chapter; I know that this probably caught everyone off guard. Anyways, please read and review.

Ms. Naru.