As night fell, the three remaining residents at the Hinata apartment left what they had been doing alone and headed to the kitchen to put their heads together and attempt to make dinner. After a short while in the kitchen, smoke began to seep from the door, and after some loud banging and commotion, a shout bought it all to a silence.

"I told you this wouldn't work with Keitaro cooking!" Shouted Naru as she picked up some pots from the floor, near where Keitaro was sitting with a large pan shaped bruise on his head.

"Sorry guys. I'm not really a good chef. If you want I will leave the kitchen." Keitaro sat on the floor, holding his head from where Kitsune had hit him with a pan accidentally in the commotion.

"Ok, everyone… I have a plan. Lets clear this kitchen out, and see what Haruka can cook up for us. I'm sure she wont mind."

It took about 30 minutes to get all the food scraps clean, to pick the mess up off the floor, and to get everything back the way it was, but once they had finished, they all headed out to the Hinata teahouse to visit Haruka.

The rain had slowed down a bit from before, but still a light amount of rain stayed. Naru had forgotten her jacket, and by the time they were half way to the teahouse, she was shivering. Keitaro took off his jacket and put it over Naru's back. He had always been kind, and always thought of others over himself. That was just the kind of person Keitaro was. Naru started to feel bad for him as she become aware of what Keitaro had done.

"Wont, you get cold now, Keitaro?" She spoke, slowly gaining heat back to her body.

"You know what, your right, I might get a little cold," Keitaro began as a small grin appeared on his face, "So that's why I will just have to use you as my jacket wont I."

Keitaro ran in front of Naru and knelt down with his back to her, signaling he wanted to carry her. Doubt ran through Naru's mind for a moment, wondering if Keitaro could support her for the rest of the way. Then she began to wonder how Kitsune would feel about the two of them being close and her being alone and cold, but when she turned around to look and see what Kitsune thought, she noticed that she was grinning with Keitaro, enjoying what was happening. Naru got onto Keitaro's back, and grabbed around his neck tight so she wouldn't fall off. As he got to his feet, she pulled herself into him, partly to stop from falling, and partly to show her affectionate thanks to him. The three continued the short remainder of the walk to the teahouse. As they traveled, Keitaro began to calm down from the excitement of the trip, and noticed Naru's heart beating heavily on his back. He didn't say anything; he just gave himself a small smile. Happily knowing that being around him caused such a reaction for Naru.

"Well, here we are… the Hinata teahouse." Keitaro proclaimed as he let Naru down off his back. The three of them walked up to the small shack, the rain slowly picking up intensity, as they got closer.

Kitsune turned to the others, and smiled once more. "Looks like we got here just in time."

"Aunt Haruka, have you got some fo…" Keitaro's sentence was stopped by yet another pan to the face, thrown by Haruka who was standing at the door, undercover at the Hinata teahouse.

"How many times must I tell you, just call me Haruka?" She said calmly, raising her voice only enough so they could hear her over the rain.

The three sat inside around the table, with Haruka in the kitchen cooking up a feast for the now severely hungry Naru, Kitsune, and Keitaro. After a short time of general chat with Haruka and a short part of repair work done to Keitaro's head, dinner was served. All 4 sat there, eating their meals and discussing the events going on.

"So everyone else is gone for the night, leaving just you three alone." Haruka questioned as they finished telling what had been happening.

"Yeah, and after our failed attempt in the kitchen, we all decided to come visit you." Naru responded. Quickly, keeping the conversation flowing.

"Oh, by the way Kitsune, what were you doing today, I called out to you when you walked past, but you were so involved in something that you must not have heard me."

Kitsune stopped and thought back to the day's events and realized that when she was walking past the Hinata teahouse, she was so tuned off because she was thinking about the stones and about the wish. And then on the way back, she didn't visit because of what the old man had said to her. "Oh, I just had a lot playing on my mind… it was nothing major so don't stress to much about it." Trying to keep the subject away from her, she turned to Keitaro and changed the subject. "So, did anything happen at the university other than you two getting the last lecture freed up?"

Keitaro was thrown off by such a random question, but composed himself fast and answered her. "Oh, nothing out of the ordinary I guess." He chuckled trying to cover the awkwardness that the quick change Kitsune had made caused.

After a few moments of silence, Haruka and Naru had both finished their meals, and so got up and started cleaning the dishes. Once they are gone, Kitsune leant over to Keitaro and whispered to him. "Keitaro, I have to go to a small gathering with some old friends in Tokyo tonight, so looks like its gonna be you and Naru home alone. Don't you get up to anything to naughty." She elbowed him before sitting upright again and finishing the last of her meal. Keitaro wasn't far behind on finishing his, and they both got up and finished clearing the table for Haruka.

Once they had finished everything, and had a bit more talking with Haruka, the three headed back to the apartment. The rain had come to a complete stop now, and most of the dark clouds had blown over leaving majority of the star filled sky in view.

The air wasn't as cold, and so Naru offered Keitaro back his jacket.

"No, its alright, you can hang on to it for now. I don't really need it." He insisted as he put the jacket Naru had handed him back over her.

After a small journey home, the three returned to their rooms. Kitsune finished getting her things together and got up to head out. On her way past Keitaro's room, she slipped a note under his door, before quietly leaving, heading off down the steps on her way to the big city.

Keitaro saw the piece of paper at his doorway and got up to read it.

'I will see you tomorrow night Keitaro.

You be a good boy now.

Kitsune.'

Keitaro went over to his bed and lay down. He started thinking the exact opposite of what Kitsune had ordered. He forced himself to suppress his thoughts as much as he could. After a while, Keitaro got up, and went upstairs to Naru's room. He knocked on the door and waited for a response. Meanwhile on the other side, Naru was buried under a pile of books, looking for the study notes she needed. She heard the door and jumped out from under the pile. She stood beside the large pile, and dusted herself off. "Come in."

Keitaro opened the door and for the first time in nearly ever wasn't met by the sight of Naru in some obscure position.

"Hey Naru, do you have a minute?" He asked her in a soft sounding voice.

"Sure, what's the matter, want to come in?" She asked, pointing him to the spare seat at the desk they normally study at.

"Well, actually, I was just wondering if you wanted to come for a short walk… we won't leave the apartment exactly, I just need to get a bit of fresh air is all."

Naru grinned and walked up to his side where she took his hand. "Sure, I need a break from all this anyway. Lets go."

Keitaro and Naru walked out to the balcony where the washing was usually hanging, but due to the recent weather, was empty.

"Up here." Keitaro said as he climbed up onto the roof.

"Is that safe… it looks wet, and we might slip." Naru shuddered a little at the thought of going up there under the current weather conditions, but was re-convinced by Keitaro taking her hand.

"Don't worry, I will hold on to you." He said, and he assisted Naru's climb by pulling her up. Once on the top of the roof, Keitaro held onto Naru's hand tightly so she wouldn't fall. They walked to the edge and sat down, looking over the town below. Above them sat millions of tiny stars, twinkling brightly in the jet-black sky. And right above them, a bright full moon shone over them like a spotlight. The two of them sat there in the light of the moon, gazing over the majestic view. Enjoying each other's company. Naru shuffled over as close to Keitaro as she could, let go of his hand, and wrapped her arms around his waist.

"This is amazing Keitaro, it is just what I needed to clear my head."

Keitaro would have said the same, but he didn't need to, enough had been said, instead he drew Naru into his chest and held her close. After a small moment, something caught Naru's eye, shining briefly at the top of the stairs to the apartment.

"What's that down by the stairs?" She asked, hoping Keitaro saw it shine too.

"I didn't see anything, but if you want we can go have a look."

"We may as well before I forget all about it." She said with a small chuckle in her voice before loosening her grip on Keitaro. She sat up beside him, still with her arms around him. Keitaro looked at her, his eyes immediately drawn to hers. His face was lightly coated red as he blushed. Their faces drew closer and closer, both now holding each other, and then finally their lips met in a wonderful and passionate kiss under such a beautiful sight. Naru closed her eyes, caught up in the romance and excitement. They stayed that way for what seemed to them as an eternity, before finally, they stopped and looked at each other again, a smile on both their faces, happy to have each other by their side.

They got down from the roof, Naru still holding Keitaro for stability, and walked down to where Naru saw the shine before. She leant down and searched the ground below… nothing out of the ordinary. But after a few minutes of sitting there with Keitaro, still slightly looking around, she saw it glisten again, it was no more that a few feet in front of her. What appeared to be a small circular ring sitting on the ground, and was about the size of a doorknob. Naru quickly leant forward, and went to pick the ring up. It was stuck there at one end by something, and after a bit of effort, she yanked it from the ground. The ring was a bright blue in color, yet it shone like it was silver or gold. Suddenly the earth below them began to shake, and collapsed under them. They fell quite some distance. Halfway down, Keitaro grabbed Naru and pulled her over him. When they landed, Keitaro hit the ground hard, and Naru landed on top of him. The impact was harsh, and hurt Keitaro a lot. Keitaro looked at and saw the hole in the sky closing over from both sides. Before darkness cloaked the cave, and both Keitaro and Naru blacked out.