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A/N: Yes, a long delay and I've been real busy with a lot of other things. Keitaro's girlfriend is introduced in this chapter. It took me longer than I thought to work on this with my busy schedule and sadly, it how it's going to be.
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Following
Keitaro was glad to see his girlfriend as the she was running towards him with excitement. When she got close to him, she gave him a gripping hug. She was a young woman with shoulder length black hair, gray eyes wearing a light blue dress with white dress shoes and she had her bag dropped on her side when she hugged her boyfriend with Keitaro gladly hugging her back.
"Welcome back Miyabi," Keitaro said happily.
"It great to be back, especially to you," Miyabi responded happily.
They kissed each other and then they let go of each other for a moment.
"So how was your trip in Great Britain," Keitaro asked.
"It was wonderful," Miyabi said happily, "my friends and I had a great time there. I have a lot to tell you."
"Well, why don't you get on, besides, I have the whole day planned for our date," Keitaro said.
Miyabi was happy to hear what Keitaro said, "You really are sweet Keitaro."
Keitaro chuckled rubbing the back of his head. Miyabi had her bag on her side got on Keitaro's motorcycle and held Keitaro tight from behind. Keitaro started his bike and rode off unbeknownst to him, someone was watching. It was a man who was in his mid thirties with brown shaved hair, gray eyes with a little chubby figure who wore a gray polo shirt, black pants, and brown shoes and the man was Ryuichi Tomaru, the man Hina had asked to keep an eye on Keitaro.
"There's Keitaro and that girl he's with, that's…Miyabi Aizawa…" Ryuichi said to himself and narrowed his eyes, "I've heard about her... that little wench is the reason why my friend Ogi was fired from his teaching job. Now I definitely have to go follow them and make sure she doesn't ruin Keitaro's life as well."
Ryuichi went to his car, started the engine, and drove off to follow Keitaro and his girlfriend Miyabi.
In front of the Urashima Residence/Bakery
Haruka and the girls of the Hinata Inn had arrived at the family bakery.
"All right girls, this is the place," Haruka said.
"Wow, so this is the place, huh?" Kitsune spoke.
"They have goodies in there, right?" Su spoke.
"Su, we are not here to eat," Motoko said.
"We're just going to talk to Keitaro again, right?" Shinobu spoke.
"Yeah, we are," Naru said, "so Haruka, what are Keitaro's parents like?"
"I can only hope they are easier to talk to then Keitaro was," Kitsune said.
"We'll have to see…" Motoko said.
"Let's go inside and talk to my nephew," Haruka said, "and remember what I said, be on your best behavior and don't threaten Keitaro or his parents for that matter."
"Okay, okay Haruka, it won't be a problem. You don't need to keep telling us," Naru said as she was a bit annoyed that Haruka kept reminding them.
"Actually, I feel the need, besides; I wouldn't have to if for example Motoko hadn't brought her sword with her." Haruka was glaring at the sword Motoko always had with her.
"I'm swordswoman Haruka, I need to keep my sword with me at all times," Motoko said.
Haruka narrowed her eyes at Motoko, "And should my nephew say something that you don't like, what will you do?"
"I will correct him," Motoko simply said.
"With your blade?" Haruka asked with a raised eyebrow.
"…If it's necessary, I can't allow some weak pathetic male to insult our honor."
Haruka shook her head at what Motoko said, "You do remember that Keitaro threaten to press charges on you the last time you tried to do that. I'm sure it would hurt the reputation of your God Cry School in Kyoto if their heir was charged for assault with a deadly weapon."
Motoko didn't know how to respond and Naru stepped next to Motoko.
"It will be fine, there won't be any problems," Naru said.
"Naru, you're also one of the people I'm worried about as well," Haruka said.
"What do you mean?" Naru asked surprised.
"You have a short temper and a habit of lashing out. I want you to remain calm even when Keitaro says something that you don't like. I don't want a repeat of what happened at the inn yesterday."
Naru pouted, "Haruka, you being unfair besides, I can't help it; people like him really get on my nerves. They think they're better than everyone else and perverted men like him think that it's okay to peep on women."
Haruka shook her head, "Naru…"
"Let's all not worry okay," Kitsune said stepping with Naru, "don't worry Haruka, we'll be on our best behavior, okay."
"You all damn well better…" Haruka said as she walked to the bakery with the girls following her.
Inside the Urashima Residence/Bakery
Haruka and the girls entered in the bakery.
"Yes, how may I help you," Kyoshiro said as he appeared to greet who he thought were customers but was surprised to see Haruka and five girls that were with her, "Haruka? This is a surprise."
"Darling, did I hear you say Haruka?" Nanami asked as she stepped out of the kitchen, stood next to her husband, and saw the people that entered in their bakery, "Well…this is indeed a surprise, and it's been a long time since you've been here Haruka."
"Hello, Kyoshiro and Nanami," Haruka said.
Kyoshiro and Nanami were also looking at the people that were with Haruka.
"You girls are…?" Kyoshiro spoke.
"We're from the Hinata Inn," Naru said.
"The Hinata Inn…" Nanami said.
"Oh, you're the residents from my mother's inn that Keitaro told us about," Kyoshiro deduced.
"Ah…he told you about us," Shinobu said.
"Yes, and it was not pleasant to say the least," Nanami said.
The girls and Haruka didn't like what they heard.
"And what vile lies did your son say about us," Motoko asked upset.
"Vile lies, you say…hmph…" Nanami spoke shaking her head.
"Girls, why don't you introduce yourselves to Keitaro's parents?" Haruka asked hoping to ease the tension that was already starting to build.
The girls looked at Haruka and decided to do just that.
"I'm Naru Narusegawa," Naru said.
Kyoshiro and Nanami were surprised to hear the name.
Haruka and girls picked up on Urashima couple's reaction.
"Is something wrong?" Haruka asked.
Both Kyoshiro and Nanami shook off their shocked reactions.
"Oh, it's nothing," Nanami said.
"Yes, nothing at all," Kyoshiro added.
Haruka and girls didn't know but at that point, it didn't matter.
"Okay, that was weird," Kitsune thought.
"How strange…" Motoko thought.
"I wonder why they reacted like that when Naru introduced herself," Shinobu thought.
Su jumped up and down in front of Kyoshiro and Nanami, "I'm Kaolla Su, you can just call me Su, nice to meet you Keitaro's parents." Su then stood on her hands.
"What a…energetic girl you are," Nanami commented.
Su took that as a compliment, "Hee, hee."
Motoko spoke up next, "I'm Motoko Aoyama of the God Cry School."
"Aoyama…of the God Cry School," Kyoshiro said.
"That's correct."
"Oh, I see, so you're Motoko," Nanami said.
The girls and Haruka were surprised again.
"Excuse us, do you know about Motoko?" Kitsune asked.
"I'm friends with her uncle, Shinsuke Aoyama," Kyoshiro said.
This surprised the girls again.
"You know my uncle?" Motoko asked shocked.
"Yes, since my days in college," Kyoshiro said.
"That can't be, Granny never told me that."
"That's because my mother doesn't know but your older sister, Tsuruko's husband and brother-in-law, Hayato knows."
Motoko cringed when she heard her brother-in-law and the girls were surprised once again.
"Motoko, I didn't know you have a sister," Shinobu said.
"Yeah, neither did I," Kitsune said.
"Hey, how come I didn't know," Su said, "Does she wield a sword too and is she fun to play with as well?"
"It's not something I could just simply talk about," Motoko said and then had her thoughts, "this vile pervert's father is friends with my uncle. Does my sister know and if so why didn't sister ever tell me? Humph, no matter, it's not like I'm close with Uncle Shinsuke anyway."
"Well, I'm Mitsune Konno," Kitsune introduced herself, "Everyone calls me Kitsune."
"Kitsune…as in fox…" Nanami spoke.
Kitsune smiled in a fox like grin, "That's right."
Nanami whispered to her husband, "Is it just me or does she seems like the type that likes to cause mischief."
"What makes you think that?" Kyoshiro whispered back to his wife.
"Oh, I don't know, maybe they way she's got that fox-like grin…"
"It's a possibility…I don't like making assumptions but the way she told about her nickname…"
Nanami noticed Shinobu who looked around, "Young lady…?"
Shinobu snapped out of her thoughts and looked at Keitaro's mother, "Uh, yes?"
"I don't think you gave us your name but it seems you looked interested in the place."
"Oh, yes," Shinobu responded by greeting Nanami and her husband with a bow, "I'm Shinobu Maehara; it's um, nice to meet you. Sorry, I was fascinated with your bakery and the desserts you have in display. Are you both bakers?"
"Yes," Kyoshiro nodded, "Well, I'm Kyoshiro Urashima," Kyoshiro motioned to Nanami, "this is my wife, Nanami Urashima."
"Hello," Nanami spoke.
"So exactly what brings you all here? Cakes? Mints? Rolls?"
"I would like some cakes," Su said excited.
"Su, we're not here for that," Naru admonished.
"Oohh, why? I want some…" Su pouted.
"Kyoshiro, Nanami, we're here to see Keitaro," Haruka said.
"Keitaro?" Nanami asked raising an eyebrow, "For what reason?"
"We're here to convince him to be the manager of the Hinata Inn in Granny Hina's place.
Kyoshiro and Nanami were baffled.
"Is this some sort of prank?" Nanami asked.
"No, we're not in the mood for jokes Mrs. Urashima," Motoko said.
"Did my mother send you all to talk to Keitaro?" Kyoshiro asked.
Naru shook her head, "No, we're acting on our own."
"Okay, but why?"
"We want to help Granny and it looked like it was important for her."
"Do you actually believe that?" Kanako asked as she appeared in front of Haruka and the girls.
"Oh, Kanako," Haruka commented, "nice to see you again."
"Oh, so, you're Kanako," Kitsune said, "Keitaro's sister."
"Yes, now why exactly do you want to help Granny?" Kanako asked with her arms crossed and glaring at the Hinata Inn residents.
With Keitaro and Miyabi
Keitaro was riding his motorcycle with his girlfriend, Miyabi as his passenger. Miyabi felt lucky that she had someone like Keitaro in her life. She recalled events in her past, the things she had done in that now she was not proud of and makes her regret. She leaned a bit more on Keitaro and hugged him a bit tighter.
"Miyabi, is something wrong?" Keitaro asked concerned about his girlfriend.
Miyabi shook her head, "No, it's nothing."
Keitaro suspected that it wasn't entirely true but didn't press on about, "Okay, but just so you know, you can tell me anything."
Keitaro looked back a bit and gave Miyabi a warm smile and Miyabi felt happy and relaxed on Keitaro's back.
"I know Keitaro and I thank you for that," Miyabi said happy.
"Heh, it's my pleasure," Keitaro responded.
"So where are we going for our date?"
"Well first, there's a nice restaurant I want to take you, then we can take a nice walk to the park…" Keitaro was discussing the plan for the day and Miyabi was looking forward to it while from behind Ryuichi was following them in his car and making sure he kept his distance. He picked up his car phone to call someone.
Hinata Inn
Hina was in the manager room thinking about her day and feeling bitter that things didn't go as plan since it was the kind of thing that didn't happen to her before but she wasn't discouraged because she figured that it was just a minor delay. Hina then heard the phone ringing. Hina left her room and went to the common room to answer the phone.
"Hello, Hinata Inn," Hina said when she picked up the receiver.
"Hello, Ms. Urashima, it's me, Ryuichi," Ryuichi said on the other line.
"Oh Ryuichi, I'm glad you call," Hina replied, "So, what can you tell me so far?"
"Keitaro's girlfriend, her name is Miyabi Aizawa."
"Do you know her?"
"Not personally but I have a friend who used to be a school teacher."
Hina was surprised, "Used to?"
Ryuichi nodded, "Yes, he was fired from his teaching job years ago…and your grandson's little girlfriend…is the reason why. In fact, it's fair for me to say that she not only ruined the life of someone who was a great teacher but also ruined the life of a student all because of the lies she told."
Hina didn't like what she heard and narrowed her eyes, "What can you tell me about that girl?"
For Hina, it made her feel even more justified in what she was doing for to have the relationship between her grandson and the girl that cost someone their career, end.
"I was right, I never even met the girl but I was right," Hina said in her head, "Keitaro, when this is over, you will be glad that I intervened when I did."
Urashima Bakery/Residence
Haruka asked again, "Keitaro is here, isn't he?"
"No, he's not," Nanami said.
Haruka and the girls were disappointed.
"Um, do you know when he went?" Shinobu asked.
"Keitaro went to pick up his girlfriend and he will be on a date with her," Kyoshiro said.
This surprised the girls of the Hinata Inn.
"He…has a girlfriend?" Naru asked.
"Yeah," Kanako simply said, "he does…"
"That can't be true, he doesn't have a girlfriend," Naru said.
"No Naru, you made the assumption that he doesn't have a girlfriend," Haruka replied.
Naru grumbled silently, "Well, he doesn't seem like the type to have one, that's all."
"Well, this is a surprise," Motoko commented.
"What's a surprise?" Kyoshiro asked.
"That your son actually has a girlfriend considering that he doesn't really have much respect for women."
"Excuse you?" Nanami said irritated.
"You need to know that your son has no respect for women and I wonder what woman would want that weak male."
"How rude," Nanami said glaring at Motoko.
"I'm surprised that some girl would actually want to be with that pervert," Naru added without thinking.
"Yeah and considering he was very rude to not only us, but also to Haruka and how he was insulting Granny…well, his girlfriend probably doesn't know that he's really a jerk," Kitsune said.
Kyoshiro, Nanami, and Kanako were disgusted with what they were hearing.
"You girls are despicable," Kanako said.
"Hey, he's the one who gave us that impression" Naru said upset.
"You come here in our family's bakery and you starting insulting Keitaro," Nanami said irritated.
"He insulted us first," Naru countered.
"Well, with how you all behaved when you met him, it no surprised," Kyoshiro said.
The girls were offended at what Kyoshiro just said.
"Humph, we should have known…you're just like that son of yours…" Motoko said.
"Yeah, seriously," Naru added.
"Just who do you think you are anyway," Kitsune said.
"Girls, will you stop," Haruka demanded and then looked at his brother and sister-in-law, "I'm sorry about this. It's just that things haven't been easy for them, they're just upset."
"How stupid…" Kanako said and Haruka and the girls twitched at what Kanako just said.
"Listen, you-" Naru was trying to say.
"What did you all come here for anyway?" Kyoshiro asked interrupting Naru.
"We came to convince Keitaro to run the run in Granny's place," Shinobu said nervous about the tension that was gradually running a bit high.
"With all the insults that three of your fellow housemate just spewed about my brother, I can't understand why," Kanako said.
"We're doing this for Granny," Kitsune reasoned, "despite that Keitaro is rude, it seems that she has no one else to rely on but Keitaro. We came here to convince him and remind him that Granny should be able to rest and wants to leave things in care to someone she trust."
"And Keitaro is the one for it, right?" Nanami asked.
"That's right, although we really don't need some male in our sanctuary, it is the wish of Granny Hina that we came to convince Keitaro," Motoko said.
Kyoshiro shook his head, "This girl is just as how Shinsuke described her to be, hard to believe to that she's the heir to the God Cry School with her attitude towards the male gender."
Motoko looked at Kyoshiro, "What is it?"
"Nothing…" Kyoshiro simply said, "Anyway, Keitaro isn't here but there is something I want to ask you all."
"Hm? What is it Kyoshiro?" Haruka asked.
"Does my mother really deserve such loyalty from you all?"
This surprised Haruka and the girls.
"What is that suppose to mean?" Naru asked.
"Just what are you getting at? She's a great lady who helped us when we had problems," Kitsune said.
"You're going to say bad things about Granny, are you?" Shinobu asked upset.
"I would ask that you stop," Motoko said, "I will not stand here and listen to you insult your own mother, she is trustworthy and has honor, unlike your son."
"Oh, really?" Nanami spoke.
Haruka was upset as well, "What are you trying to get at?"
Kanako noticed something and her eyes widened, "Hey, what do you think you're doing?"
"Kanako, what are you-?" Kyoshiro didn't finish his question as he and Nanami saw Su eating the brownies that had just been out of the oven.
The rest of the Hinata Inn as well as Haruka were horrified at what Su did.
"Su, what the hell are you doing?" Haruka asked upset.
Su looked at the others and smiled, "Heh, they are really good."
"Su, how many times did I tell you, we didn't come here to eat?" Motoko said upset at what Su did.
Haruka turned and saw Kyoshiro, Nanami, and Kanako were giving death glares and trying hard not to lose their tempers.
"You better have the money to pay for all the brownies you consumed," Kyoshiro said angry.
"Those brownies were meant for a customer that ordered them, what is wrong with you?" Nanami said angry.
"Oh, but they were really tasty," Su simply said.
Kyoshiro and Nanami were livid and Haruka as well as the rest of the girls were not seeing things well from here on.
"You better have the money to pay for all the brownies that your friend ate Haruka," Kyoshiro said glaring at Haruka, who in turned glared at Su.
The rest of the girls sighed in defeat; they didn't think things would be so complicated.
Shinka Restaurant
Ryuichi entered the restaurant and was greeted by a hostess. He requested a table by the window. The hostess nodded and showed Ryuichi to his table. Ryuichi sat down and then looked at his left side. On his left side, he saw Keitaro and Miyabi having a conversation with each other, enjoying each other's company. Ryuichi was glaring at Miyabi and reminded himself that he would do whatever it took to separate her from Keitaro per wish of his former employer Hina Urashima.
Keitaro was getting up with Miyabi pointing to a certain direction, "All right, I got it. Be right back," Keitaro said.
"I'll be waiting," Miyabi said with a smile.
Keitaro nodded and went to another direction.
Ryuichi saw this and wondered what it was, "What's going on? Did that little witch sent Keitaro to do her bidding? I better stop him before he makes a mistake."
Ryuichi got up and without Miyabi noticing Ryuichi went to follow Keitaro. As he got further to a corner of a hall of the restaurant, he saw that he lost sight of Keitaro and wondered where he was.
"How did I lose sight of the boy?" Ryuichi asked in his head.
"You mind telling why you've been following me and my girlfriend?" Keitaro asked from behind Ryuichi causing the man to be surprised and turned to see Keitaro with a serious expression and arms crossed.
"Uh, Keitaro…" Ryuichi spoke nervously.
"Who are you and why are you stalking me and my girlfriend?" Keitaro asked glaring at Ryuichi.
Ryuichi never thought that Keitaro would find him out already and it took him by surprise.
That's it for this chapter. Next chapter: Ryuichi gives his reasons and Keitaro and Miyabi meet with not only the girls and Haruka, but Keitaro decides to have a 'talk' with his grandmother. Keitaro also gets prepared for his year in Tokyo University of the Arts.
A/N 2: The character Miyabi Aizawa is from GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka) and is set two years after she and her classmates from the Holy Forest Academy graduate. Chosen from the list of anonymous reviewer J Garrett.