Disclaimer: I don't own Love Hina.

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Both Keitaro and Motoko smiled a little.

"Well, I guess it was during summer... August in 1999…" Keitaro said, his smile turning into a grin as he began to hold Motoko's hand. "When Haruka invited us to her beach Teahouse for a few days of sand, surf, and part time work to help fund the dorm's maintenance costs. Never one to turn down a trip to the ocean, we eagerly accepted."

"And it was also when I confessed my feelings to him," Motoko said, now sporting a similar grin

-oOo-

Shortly after Keitaro was punished for accidentally entering the changing room while the most of the Hinata girls were in the middle of changing, Motoko returned to continue changing herself. Shinobu and Kitsune were almost done changing.

After Motoko huffed in an annoyed tone, Kitsune asked in playful tone, "Kinda seems like you went light on him."

"He's practically immortal. Besides, I had to take it easy. There are innocent children all over the area," Motoko answered as she placed her towel down and began to take off her panties. "If he continues, I'll merely increase his training as punishment."

Kitsune was about to say something to make Motoko sputter and blush, but the fox was momentarily stunned when Motoko picked a swimsuit out of the square messenger bag she brought. Kitsune thought that Motoko would go with her school swimsuit.

Instead, Motoko had what appeared to a one-piece racing swimwear. Kitsune noted it was a drop back swimsuit with a teardrop cutout and thick straps on the back It was mostly black, except for a few blue lines. Two went from the holes for Motoko's legs to the back straps.

Motoko paused when she heard a whistle from Kitsune. As Motoko turned her head to face the Fox, Kitsune said, "Didn't think you'd wear something like that."

"What? Did you think that I'd wear my school swimwear out of a reason like 'it's good enough'?" Motoko asked in an annoyed tone as she slipped on the bottom part.

"Pretty much," Kitsune answered in a mostly flat tone as she finished putting on her black two-piece. There was a hint of curiosity that she was unable to hide. Shinobu slightly nodded in agreement with Kitsune. With a smile, Kitsune asked, "So what made you put on that nice little number? Was it… Keitaro?"

The last words made a big devious smile grow on the self-proclaimed fox's face.

Motoko was glad that putting on the top hid her face. She thought to herself, 'I need to come up with… Wait!'

After getting her head out of the neck hole, Motoko smirked and said, "I felt like getting a rise out of Urashima. After seeing you try it so much, I figured it shouldn't be hard at all."

Kitsune chuckled for a bit as she walked past Motoko. Before leaving the changing room, she looked back and said, "Heh, can't argue with that. Guy loses his composure faster than you can blink."

After she left, Motoko sighed. She let out a 'Urk!' when Shinobu passed by her.

"I like your swimsuit, Motoko," Shinobu said before she blushed and ran out of the changing room.

"..Thanks, Shinobu…" Motoko said after the young Hinata tenant left her sight. 'I hope that Urashima also likes it. I had to save up quite a bit for it.'

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After leaving the changing room, Motoko began to look around for the Landlord.

After almost fifteen minutes of not being able to find him and some attempts of flirting from a few men that ended when she glared at them, Motoko began to grow annoyed.

'Where is-' Motoko thought as she began to grit her teeth just before she spotted a inner tube on the water. 'There! He was out on the water the whole time!'

As she made her way to the water, Kitsune, Su, and Shinobu followed after her.

"However, since the others were more in a playful mood, I wasn't able to get him to notice my swimsuit at that time, Ane-ue," Motoko explained to Tsuruko. Tsuruko noted a slight blush on Motoko and Shinobu's faces that hinted at an interesting detail that was being left out. "But it didn't take long for another opportunity to arise…"

"Hey, Someone might have to 'sacrifice' themselves to give Keitaro a boost," Kitsune said as she looked Motoko over with a grin.

"What… what do you mean 'sacrifice'? And stop looking at me that way," Motoko muttered. She looked away, towards the ocean and thought, 'Perhaps I might be able to use this. I can just claim Kitsune went overboard.'

A few seconds later, Motoko sighed as she thought, 'No, he'll probably confront Kitsune after I tell him and find out that I lied.'

"Heh, I was just messing with you," Kitsune replied with a chuckle. When Motoko didn't reply, Kitsune's smile began to go down.

Before Kitsune could say anything, Shinobu exclaimed, "I'll… I'll do it!"

Kitsune faced Shinobu and uttered, "Eeh?"

Shinobu closed her eyes and she shook her fist as she said, "If Urashima-Sempai will be restored, then I will do it!"

"Looks like the sweet little chef is putting her-" Kitsune began as she turned to look at Motoko. Seeing that Motoko was missing, Kitsune asked, "Motoko? You didn't faint, did you?"

-oOo-

"I'm going," Naru muttered in a rather annoyed tone.

"Uhm Uhm…" Keitaro muttered as he half-heartedly chased after her with a hand outstretched. He paused when a hand touched his shoulder. He turned his head to look back and saw Motoko. He quickly looked forward and saw that Naru had sped up and was quickly walking out of sight.

"Urashima, I came to warn you that Kitsune is planning on cheering you up and probably will be using Shinobu for it," Motoko explained. When Keitaro raised an eyebrow, she added, "And how often when she cheers you up, do you wind up being attacked for her amusement?"

Keitaro let out a sigh before he looked at Motoko. With a bit of a sad smile, Keitaro said, "Thanks for letting me know, Motoko."

"You're welcome," Motoko replied. "If she sees you with me and you appearing to be cheered up, I think she might give up any current schemes and simply watch."

"Don't you have better things to do than be with me?" Keitaro asked, raising an eyebrow. 'I wonder what would have happened last night had Haitani didn't throw that beer can and knocked me on top of Narusegawa?'

'He must be thinking that Kitsune sent me!' Motoko thought. She raised her hands up in a panicked, placating manner as she nervously said, "I'm just concerned about my friend and student's well being, you've been pretty down these last few days. Not to mention, we all start work tomorrow, so it seems a waste to let today slip by without enjoying it."

She began to blush and shake a little. Keitaro found it to be a bit cute as he thought, 'Well, might be a good idea to let Naru calm down. Besides, unlike Kitsune, I bet nothing will happen.'

Keitaro let out an amused huff before he said, "Yeah, might as well relax while we can."

Motoko seemed to calm down upon hearing that. She said, "I'm glad you understand, Urashima. Let's go back before anything happens."

Keitaro nodded before the two of them began to head back to the beach tea house Hinata. Motoko blushed as as observed Keitaro checking out her body. Her hands began to curl as she asked with only a touch of anger, "Urashima?"

"Oh-Oh! Nothing!" Keitaro quickly said, making placating gestures. "I was just admiring your swimsuit! It looks really good on you!"

Motoko blushed once again. She looked away and coughed into one of her hands before she said, "T-thank you, Urashima. I recently bought it for this trip."

She began to walk away from Keitaro a little quicker than before, but he was able to follow.

"...When we encountered the others, save for Naru, we learned that they spent an hour in the water, waiting for Keitaro to pass by," Motoko said.

Tsuruko looked at Kitsune and Su. Kitsune nodded and seemed a bit upset. Su cheerfully said, "Yup! Then Kitsune later scammed Keitaro out of a few drinks as revenge!"

Before Tsuruko could say anything, Keitaro said, "A few days later there was a local festival near the beach teahouse. The girls were loaned some Yukata from Haruka, We met up with Seta and Sarah, and another step was taken…"

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"Anyway, no need for concern for that stupid perverted idiot," Naru said as she and Seta walked away from everyone else, heading towards the goldfish dip stand.

Each of Naru's words hit Keitaro like a knife. a mix of sadness and anger slightly ran through him as he gritted his teeth.

However, Naru's words also seemed to hit Motoko. As with Keitaro, they stroked her anger. Unlike him, she also began to feel a bit… possessive. She looked at Keitaro's face and noticed the look in his eyes.

As Keitaro turned to face Shinobu, he uttered, "Shin-Urk!"

"We are going to look around, Urashima. I will not accept anything else," Motoko said in what seemed to be an annoyed tone as she hugged Keitaro's arm and dragged him away from the blue-haired chef.

Naru had heard that and looked back. A look of uncertainty crossed her features. Seta seemed to notice that, as he asked, "Narusegawa? You feeling alright?"

Naru looked at Seta and smiled, "Yeah, I'm fine. I was concerned about nothing important."

As she forced Seta to follow after her, Naru thought, 'There's no need to worry. Motoko's there to prevent Keitaro from being a pervert to everyone here!'

After losing sight of Naru and Seta, Motoko seemed to calm down enough to let Keitaro walk under his own power.

"So what where shall we head first? Perhaps some ice cream to wet our appetite?" Motoko asked. She seemed to smile a little bit.

"Motoko?" Keitaro asked, sounding slightly worried. For some reason, Keitaro's tone made Motoko let go of his arm and jump away from him a little.

"I-I was making sure you didn't try to involve Shinobu in any attempts to spite Narusegawa. She is too innocent," Motoko answered, trying her best to look like how she usually did when she was intimidating. Luckily for her, being attentive wasn't Keitaro strong suit most of the time.

Keitaro looked away and rubbed the back of his head. After a few moments, he said in a guilty tone, "Yeah…"

Motoko took his hand and led him to one of the food stands, saying, "Now that's out of the way, let's get something."

Keitaro looked at Motoko and said, "We did get a few booths commenting that we made a cute couple."

Motoko nodded, making Tsuruko ask, "Did my Imouto-chan blush like a love-struck schoolgirl?"

"Yup!" Keitaro quickly said with a nod. Motoko blushed as she looked away.

After they got some ice cream, the two idly wandered around. Just as they neared the haunted house attraction, a thought went through Motoko's head.

"Shall we try this, Urashima?" Motoko asked, pointing at the attraction. Keitaro looked at it. After a few seconds, Motoko asked in a confused and annoyed tone, "Urashima?"

"I just… You sure you wanna go here now? Why not lead up to it?" Keitaro asked. Inwardly, he thought, 'If I had said that I couldn't see her going into this because she'd get bored by it, I bet she'd attack me before I could even finish the sentence!'

Motoko smiled once again. There was an urge to hug his arm once again, but she quashed it as she said, "That does have merit, Urashima. Let's try something else then."

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"After that, we had fun. We even managed to get the stuffed animal that Tama prevented Urashima from getting for Shinobu," Motoko said.

"Did you return to the Haunted house attraction?" Tsuruko asked, inwardly hoping that they did.

"Yes and he jumped when he got scared," Motoko quickly said.

"You did as well. Though you did attempt to attack some of them," Keitaro commented. Motoko's response was to hug his arm tight enough to have him let out, "Ow!"

With a smirk, she loosened her grip. Motoko then said, "Before we went looking for everyone else, We watched the festival fireworks together."

"We ended up staging a play for the local kids, It was Journey to the west. I played Genjou, and Motoko played Gojou Sa," Keitaro continued. "Though I switched parts with Naru when the part where Genjou was kidnapped because Seta played Gyuumao."

"Due to the training, Keitaro did fairly well, though Seta was playing around with him," Motoko explained.

"Ah, so how long before this Seta defeated Urashima?" Tsuruko asked. 'I have an idea I know who Seta is, but better to play ignorant for now'

Motoko lightly chuckled before she said, "Seta didn't defeat Keitaro. The staff that Keitaro was holding extended for some reason. It hooked onto Naru's top and took it off. Naru then hit Keitaro and he flew into Seta, thus she defeated them both."

"Didn't Seta beat you on stage, Motoko?" Kitsune asked. Motoko lost her blush and slowly looked at Tsuruko, who only tilted her head in curiosity and raised an eyebrow.

After a few moments, Motoko nodded as she said, "I'll explain later."

'Should be interesting…' Tsuruko thought. She head back a naughty smirk as she thought, 'Perhaps at that time, I might inquire about that nurse outfit she was wearing? There should be an interesting story behind that.'

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Author's note -

This fanfic was an idea started by Antimatter of TheFanfictionForums. They are also the planner of this fic.

Someone who went by aldocasas helped while the chapter was on GDoc.

The chapters used were 35 to 37.

Edit on June 13, 2015: Thanks to the advice of Wittmann the Tiger Ace's review, I changed how Tsuruko and Motoko greet each other.

Edit on March 24, 2017, A reviewer by the handle 'Rubius ', found a mistake that went unnoticed for a few years. Somehow, when I went to type 'Gojou Sa', I typed 'Sagajo'