A/N: Ok, it is the fourth ending of my story. Sorry for the long wait, I'm trying my best… However on with the story.

Completely confused Shinobu didn't resist and soon she was sitting in around a small lamp with all other tenants listening to their conversation. And the conversation just was not going to end constructive.

Everyone wasn't listening to one another, Motoko and Naru insisted that Keitaro must be dealt with, Su and Kitsune wanted to leave him alone, Shinobu tried to say something but was ignored. Girls shouted and quarreled for the rest of the day but still they couldn't come to any conclusion. After all they decided to leave the male alone and let him think of what he'd done understand that he was wrong and then apologize to them next morning. After making this wise decision girls left for their respective rooms and prepared to sleep because they were very tired because of the 'conversations'.

At first Naru was a bit scared to sleep in a room above Keitaro – he wasn't very nice this afternoon and her anger already died out. So she was really nervous and wanted to ask one of the girls to sleep with her but resisted and headed in her room. As quietly as she could she changed and laid on her futon. She really wanted to sleep but the Morpheus's kingdom evaded her. Naru's mind suddenly started to play the earlier day's scenes involving Keitaro. It disturbed her really much so she tried to cast them away by talking to herself:

"Why? Why do I keep seeing this? Why can't I stop thinking about this Baka? I don't have any feelings towards him! I don't!!!"

However her words didn't have desired effect; worse of that – she caught herself listening to what Keitaro was doing. A little piece of guilt was clouding her judgment over the whole situation but even she didn't acknowledge it.

Understanding that she can't get rid of her attention turn she decided to submit and interest herself in his wellbeing for a bit. Then she suddenly understood that for the whole hour while she was fighting with herself no dingle sound escaped Keitaro's room. This startled her: usually the Idiot turned in his sleep or something but now the silence in his room sounded deadly. Naru decided to go on a quick recon mission looking through the floor hole and seeing what his condition was. And she immediately didn't like what she'd seen.

At first sight the situation could be called normal – a boy was lying in a dark room on the floor still probably sleeping with a content smile on his face. But: his floor had a big spot of dark liquid and a metallic scent could be recognized in the room. One plus one gets you the fact that this spot was blood of the young boy. And this fact has enough to make Naru really started. More of that - the amount of blood Keitaro lost looked like the critical one, humans tend to die if they loose any more. Of course, she thought, it was the invincible Keitaro who can't die of a simple blood loss and all, but still… She tried to imagine her life without this perverted idiot and she didn't like it. Yeah she definitely didn't like it.

Naru had already forgotten about the whole fighting thing, now she just wanted to ensure Keitaro's… safety. She slid through the hole to his room and cautiously crawled to Keitaro. The smell of blood strengthened as she came near him confirming Naru's worst thoughts and the amount of it spilt on the floor made her really worried. Seeing many wounds and broken bones didn't help to ease her. But the content smile resting on the dying boy's lips puzzled her completely. She couldn't understand how he could be happy in such a pain. The thought about a dream world didn't come into her mind. The piece of guilt that guided her here finally surfaced and made her want to help the boy. She didn't know what to do but… what the hell? Failing is better then not trying at all, isn't it? And the things couldn't get worse for him than they already were. Powered by these thoughts Naru finally approached young man's body and lowered herself on the floor next to him. She was still fighting with herself saying that she had no feelings towards this perverted idiot and so on but she was already losing this battle. As a sign of the complete defeat her hand betrayed its master and reached carefully for young boy's limp form. Then her voice followed suit and asked quietly:

"Keitaro, are you ok?"

Realizing the unreasonableness of further struggle Naru gave in and asked louder:

"Keitaro, are you ok?"

She got no reaction from lying boy and it pissed her so she groped his shoulders and shook him:

"Answer me, dammit!"

The shaking was strong enough to drive Keitaro from his dream world back to reality with all the pain in his body. To say that he was unhappy about this would be an understatement - he was deadly furious. Pain once again started his engine of rage and hate and became a fuel for it. The only thought left in his mind was: "Get rid of the intruding person with much damage to it preferably." Fortunately his body was too weak to do it under normal circumstances. But his rage could soon empower it to act after all. He didn't know who this intruding person was but he really didn't care about it. Whoever it was he was going to die soon. A thought of his old self struck him suddenly: "What if it was Naru worrying about him? Maybe she wanted to show her care? Or maybe even l…" But it was immediately shoved away. And then he opened his eyes…

The first thing he saw was Naru's face close to him shouting something. Then his ears began transmitting the things she shouted – something about answer, wake up and… ok? care? "Where did this come from?" he asked himself. He was going to start moving (and that meant fighting) but something didn't let the rage take full control of Keitaro's body. Whatever it was he didn't know. Maybe it was his love to Narusegawa? Though it didn't stop him from hitting her during the fight they all had in the daytime it restricted him now. Maybe the fact that she was alone in his room and she wasn't hitting him meant some? Whatever, Keitaro only opened his eyes and stared intently at Naru still remaining in his half-lying position on the floor. (His upper half was lifted a bit by Naru when she was shaking him.)

Meanwhile in the real world Naru stopped shaking young man and her voice was losing its sound every second. She began to wonder if Keitaro would ever answer her. A thought about his death appeared once again and didn't go away now. It scared her to the max – if Keitaro was dead it meant that she along with others killed him! She killed the person she cared for, whom she liked and maybe even loved? This thought scared her and she began to sniff holding Keitaro (though she was doing this much gentler now) and her voice became a bit desperate to reach him. Kanrinin chose this moment to open his eyes. Naru didn't see this at first and was still trying to wake him up by shaking. But at that moment her 'shaking' was more like gently rocking as if she was soothing a baby. Add a lullaby to the scene and a perfect mother-child one could be seen. Something like this came through Keitaro's mind at the moment so he decided to try and contain his rage (and feel his pain) for a little bit longer and see how the situation will unfold.

Naru finally noticed that the man in her hands opened his eyes. It eased her down and tensed at the same time: former because he was alive and latter because she didn't like the look (or rather stare) she got from him. His eyes were burning with rage and it was directed at her! She even wanted to run away because now she confirmed that he was still alive and she could now call for an ambulance rather than police, but something stopped her from doing this. The reason was simple – Keitaro's upper half was too heavy for frightened girl to shake off… and besides he still didn't make any move to hurt her. Then she noticed one thing – as she was continuing to mindlessly and gently rock Keitaro's body his stare was becoming less and less dreadful. It proved that her actions were right and it relaxed her very much – she didn't want the repetition of what has happened earlier.

At the same time Keitaro was thinking about Naru's actions. She seemed so caring and kind, totally unlike to what she seemed during the fight. Was she sorry for what she'd done? Or maybe she just pitied him? Whatever it was she still showed some concern in his wellbeing and thus could be excluded from the 'bunch of evil witches' that plagued his mind. She could have been cruelly joking, but he didn't think it was the deal – her actions were of too genuine care for a joke. These rational and non-enraged thoughts significantly lowered his rage and hatred engine. It was a slow process and he didn't notice it at first, but slowly his pain became not a fuel but just pain that he felt returning all over his body and then he felt it all… His actions were quite predictable: he screamed.

Naru has seen his scream coming and she didn't want to have the whole Inn up so she covered his lips with her hand and pleaded:

"Keitaro, please be quiet, you'll wake everyone!"

Of course her request wasn't granted - the amount of pain Keitaro felt couldn't be held without showing it and screaming was the best one… so he screamed and then began tossing in her arms. The girl was startled at first – she couldn't understand why did he start to scream and struggle now because he has already been pretty harmed before but then a realization struck her like a lightning bolt! "It must have something to do with the whole hate thing!" One more question popped in her mind then: "Why did this hate come in the first place?" Naru tried to understand it thinking of how to constrain Keitaro's movements. I'm sure I don't want ever to feel what he is feeling right now… Then another bolt struck her: "Feelings! Keitaro's feelings! We've hurt him beyond the limits and he just couldn't forgive us! So that's the reason of this 'incident'! Poor guy, we must have been much too rash to him…" Then a sudden warm feeling emerged inside her: "I should make up for his suffering at least a little bit."  So she decided a certainly nice way to constrain his movements, but still being Narusegawa Naru she said:

"Listen to me Keitaro, if you think I'm deeply in love with you or something you're totally mistaken. I'm doing this to help because I don't know any other way!" She said and hugged him strongly. Young boy didn't understand a single word from that tirade but close contact with her body helped him to relax a little – he was fighting with himself to not break of pain… And was slowly losing, but then a little comfort that Naru provided strengthened his defense and let him fight more. And the fact that this comfort was provided by no one else than Naru herself helped him a lot. So he continued to suppress cries of pain and tossing and finally winning fell asleep in his love's arms. And his love couldn't let him go because she was too afraid of him going frenzy again so she soon fell asleep too holding him gently.

Several hours later they woke up. Keitaro was up first and he could see Naru sleeping peacefully holding him in warm embrace. He thought at first that the pain went away but it immediately proved him wrong and struck all over the body. It was much less than before and this level of pain was quite bearable, but his first reaction – short scream and small tremor awakened sleeping beauty. She stretched a bit and wanted to cuddle her liddo-kun a bit more but ten a sudden realization hit her: she was not in her room, she was not cuddling her liddo-kun and she WAS holding something in her hands! Before she could go ballistic the events of hours before appeared in her mind and she let out a sigh. Then she tensed up again, finally opened her eyes and looked at Keitaro… to see him looking at her and smiling his normal smile (well, not quite normal – he was still feeling much pain remember it.) Then she understood the situation she was in and tried desperately to find a way out. She simply couldn't admit that she cared for the boy… yet so she needed an excuse and she needed it fast! Then the thought about Keitaro's feelings reappeared in her mind and she finally got it. She would need to do some great talking work with the girls, what the hell she should need help from Mitsune the matchmaker but still she got out of the hook.

With this determination Naru released young boy (unwillingly) from her embrace, blushed a bit and the spoke to him:

"Let me explain some things Keitaro. I didn't come by myself to your room – I was selected as a member of Hinata girl council to try to ask forgiveness for our actions. I was chosen because I was less likely to be hit when you'd see me alone so that our mission could be a success. But when I came into your room and saw you lying on the floor dying I as a human being felt pity for you and tried to help you. Don't misunderstand that… holding for a lover's embrace it's nothing like that!"

 This 'statement' was said in a way that revealed her lie pretty good but Keitaro was naturally dense and more of that he was quite distracted by bearing his pain at the moment to notice it. As Naru was talking his smile was fainting more and more until his face became sad and regretful.

"So… " She continued "I'm here to ask for forgiveness for our previous actions as a member of Hinata Sou's girl council. Please Keitaro don't hold any grudge against us we'll try to make up for our damage dealt to you later ok?" She sighed again and bowed her head in shame before going on: "We are really sorry Keitaro and we would never do it again. Please forgive us! Let the Hinata Sou be a peaceful place where everyone likes each other once again!"

After holding this speech young girl stood still waiting for Kanrinin's decision. She was a bit afraid that he can reject the offer and part with them or go berserk again, but she hoped that kind and caring person Keitaro really were could find it in himself to forgive them… and she wasn't mistaken. After some thinking (a bit dazed off by his current condition) Keitaro managed a sad smile. His thoughts of the moment were not so nice: "Oh well, at least it shows me that she cares about my well-being. Well, who else would do all the chores in this darned Inn if I had left? Still they asked for forgiveness, they understood they were wrong so it is no use to be angry any more. I don't feel like I would want to be angry with them anyway. Might as well forgive them."

Thinking like this young man sighed and answered the girl's question:

"Yeah, of course I forgive you all. Please don't do it again – I may not be able to survive THIS next time. And thank you for your care Narusegawa I really appreciate it." He thought for a while and added: "Can you leave me now? I need some sleep to heal my wounds in the body and in the soul and I'm sure you wouldn't like to be in my room when I sleep any more, would you?"

Inside her head Naru heard some loud shouting to say "yes" and stay with him, but she still couldn't do it so she shrugged, wished Keitaro good night (even though it was already almost over) and returned in her room. She needed some sleep too – she's got a lot of work in the morning. The rest of sleep was uneventful. In the morning Naru managed to wake up first and she immediately went to talk with other girls (shaking them up if she needed to).

She talked with each girl in Hinata Sou and convinced them that they were wrong and they should go apologize to Keitaro. It wasn't easy and she got a lot of teasing of her 'relationship' with clumsy Kanrinin but eventually her plans came to fruition – all girls apologized to Keitaro and he accepted it, the peaceful atmosphere of Hinata Sou has been restored and their life became normal again… At least almost normal – Keitaro lost most of his cheerfulness and will to life. But wounds in his soul closed also (maybe not as soon as in his body) and life returned in him again. At the same time Naru had more and more problems with hiding her affection towards Keitaro (especially because she was attending same uni with him and they were together in classes often – yeah, Keitaro hadn't got under roof top and his leg was never broken so he got to study in Toudai with Naru and Mutsumi) and so on the summer vacation she finally gave up and admitted her love to Keitaro and they spent it together really happy. So when Keitaro had to go to USA she was waiting for him as a girlfriend and probably even bride. And this time Keitaro managed somehow to send her a letter every week. Kanako never showed up knowing that her dear brother was really happy with Naru and she needn't save him from 'evil witches inhabiting Hinata Sou'. Yes, girls went much easier on him after that fateful day partly because he was so sad and partly because he wasn't so clumsy anymore (guess which reason was the main). When Keitaro returned from USA matured and handsome Naru completely fell for him and decided to marry him as soon as possible. And she did it in age of 19 (yeah, not 4 years later!) Girls from Hinata Sou were really happy for a young couple but all of them were jealous of Naru for a bit – Keitaro became really handsome and each of them wanted him for herself! Keitaro and Naru lived a long and nice life, had many children and grandchildren and passed away in the same day. Other girls from Hinata Sou also had pretty lives and each of them was happy that that little 'accident' didn't have any bad consequences.

This ending is much closer to the original idea of Love Hina (still deviating from it of course – elsewhere there wouldn't be a need in this fic). This way promise was fulfilled and promised ones were united. Life was set back on its rails after the accident and everyone were happy long after because of one simple thing – they had enough guts and sense to ask for forgiveness! Even if Naru talked them into it still it was their decision. It wasn't easy for all of them but in the end they were happy they did it.

Remember that only death is irreparable!

A/N: Ok, it was the last chapter – the fourth 'happy' ending of my story. Anyone'd like to say it wasn't happy? Well, I don't have any other ideas how to end my story in other way for now so you may consider this fic finished. But if I ever have an idea – another chapter may come then. Sequels aren't my specialty but if anyone would like to use my world – you're free to do so (but if you'd mention in your fic which world you are taking from I'd really appreciate it – I have my ambitions after all!) Anyway this fic is over at least for now and I'm going to write Eva/Vandread fusion soon so stay tuned. Good bye, see you soon my dear readers!