Disclaimer: I don´t own Love Hina......but....I still own Brendi!

Having convinced Naru to take over the Tea-house for an hour Kitsune was in the hot-spring,drinking sake and having a sigarette, being abit bored.Kitsunes mind was working at a hard rate trying to find something fun.As she sits there pondering the door into the hot-springs open and in steps Motoko with Suu on her back.Talking to Suu Motoko doesn´t notice Kitsune right away and Kitsune picks up the last of their conversation."Now it would be very pleasing if you didn´t tell anyone about this Suu-chan,it is something I wish to keep private."
"Sure,I won´t tell anyone!" Suu half-yells as she jumps from Motokos back into the hot water.Having found her fun kitsune makes her presence noted."Don´t tell anyone what?"She says, startling Motoko in the action.Motoko freezes on her way down into the water,one leg in,one leg out."You two having a secret female-on-female love affair on the roof or something?"The smirk in its place.
As Motoko tries to stutter out a reply Suu answers with a serious tone in her voice."We ain´t gonna tell ya."
Not paying much attention to Suu,but instead driving full drive on Motoko Kitsune keeps it going."Or maybe it is the new guy,huh?Did Suu catch you two doing something,.....private?"
Finally recovered Motoko blushes,but doesn´t put her foot in her mouth."No,nothing of the kind Kitsune-san.But this is still a private matter between me and Suu-chan.Now leave the matter."She retorted with more than a glare.Knowing when to stop,temporarily,Kitsune stops,knowing that she found her fun.Now if she could just play her cards correctly."Ah,ok I´ll leave it,now anyone of you two want a drink?"

Coming back to the Tea-House Brendi finds that Kitsune is gone and Naru is alone during rushhour.As he enters he runs in to the kitchen and saves several dishes about to be into the kitchen Naru sees him and lets out a breath.
"Thank Kami one of you two came,the rush is exeptional today,and having me as a chef for some reason doesn´t please the customers that much.Now, I will leave this to you as I have studying to do."
"Sure,it is what I am being paid to do after all,sorry for not showing sooner though,I had a matter to sort out."
"Whatever,I don´t care.I am just glad to e relieved of this apron and this stress.Cya at dinner" She says as a goodbye,leaving through the backdoor.
As Brendi somehow takes care of it all,the rush slowly drips away and at last there are only the usual old men sipping at their tea-cups while remenissing their days of youth.
A few hours later Brendi closes the shop with a notice saying,out for dinner on the door.

As Brendi closes up a figure clad in red and white is stepping up the stairs of Hinata-Sou,a sword at her to the top she stares at the dorm.Her long green hair blowing in the wind framing her pale skin and beautifully formed face."Let us see how you are doing this time....Imotou-chan.With no further ado Aoyama Tsuruko steps inside the front doors.

After a little while of greetings and politeness most of the Hinata-sou sits around the dinner table.As usual for her,Tsuruko is the center of attention.Mostly because she is using her Look-I-am-beautiful skills on the people there to keep them off-guard.Now standing in the door is Kitsune,with a very vicious grin on her in right after her is Motoko,as she enters she sees her sister for the first time in a while and stops."Oneh-san,what brings you to Hinata-Osen?"
Tilting her head abit Tsuruko deftly avoids the question."Is a sister required a reason to visit her closest relative?Isn´t that abit rude?"Everyone but Motoko being spellbound by her charms Motoko just answers."Well,I guess not."she says,but mutters to herself"But you usually do."Now everyone gets seated and as Tsuruko just waits for the rest to say "Itadakimasu" and start she notices that there is a free spot and an extra plate."Uhm,Shinobu-san,why is there an extra place?Are you expecting someone?"
"Ah,yes we have another resident at Hinata-Sou now,he should be coming about now."
"He?......"
"Oh,yes,you didn´t know,heh my mistake."says Keitaro.
"My littlebrother came some time back and he have had a few problems so I let him stay here,with the consent of the girls of course."He hastily added.
"Oh,I am looking forward to meet this man then.Uhmm,not to be rash,but how old is he?Is he a little boy?"
"Heh,no problem.And to answer your question he is 17."
A sparkle goes off in Tsurukos eye.That is a good age,if he is as trustworthy as Urashima this could go very well.Very well I shall use my beauty skills to dig up all about him.´As Tsuruko stops her forthcoming interrogation spree as Brendi enters through the door.
"Hi,guys!I am sorry for being late,but I had to practically chase out those last old men before I could close up."Realising that everybody is shutting up,Brendi notices the guest.A woman resembling Motoko,also wearing the same Hakama and Gi.
"Oh,I didn´t know we had a guest,I am so sorry for being so rude."
Bowing in greeting towards Tsuruko Brendi presents himself.
"Welcome to us,my name is Urashima Brendi."
Rising and bowing herself Tsuruko presents herself as Motokos sister.
"Ah,I guessed as much,I can see that you to are relatives just by looking at you"Brendi says with,hopefully,his most charming smile."But,let us talk later and start dinner isn´t much fun is it?"
"itadakimasu "Everybody say in unison.

During the dinner Tsuruko tries to get Brendis attention several times,half putting him to a test using her beauty skills,but she fails each time.Somehow Brendi does not seem to be influenced as men everywhere do when she works those skills.In contrast to that though,Tsuruko notices that there are often pauses in Brendis actions where he simply stares at Motoko.Tsuruko was not sure if she was believing this,Motoko had somehow spellbound the young man by not even trying, Motoko not having trained those skills at all.This actually made Tsuruko feel abit....jealous?......yes,that was probably it,but if this was the way things were going,maybe she could get Motokos life on the right track again.
Then she noticed......both Motokos and Brendis eyes looked abit red,red from crying.Yes,this might be very good.´

åØAfter everybody had finished eating each went to their own,Brendi helping Shinobu with the dishes while chatting idly.

Motoko was upstairs prepairing for her last practice for the day.After dressing herself she went to the roof and did some meditation to prepare for her training session,but when she opened her eyes again she was not alone.

Standing on the rail a couple of metres ahead of her is Tsuruko,Katana in hand.
With a slight smirk on her face Tsuruko says."So little sister,I you have moved on."

Abit taken aback by Tsurukos sudden appearance and her words all Motoko can get out is."W...what are you talking about?"

"Oh,I am talking about Urashima and your relationship to him."Mentioned Tsuruko,all the while closing in on Motoko.

With a forgotten sadness in her Motokos voice came out a little less stronger than intended.
"A..all I have with Urashima is a landlord/tenant relationship besides our friendship."

Now a few inches from Motokos eyes Tsurukos eyes flash up abit.fuuu"Oh,but I am talking about the OTHER Urashima."

At this Motoko gasped.H..how can she know?Is she all-knowing?No,she must be guessing.´
"Oh,You are referring to Brendi-san?Well me and him haven´t had much intercourse."

"No,it would perhaps be abit early for that?"fuuu

Not even half as skilled as Tsuruko at these things Motoko froze her train of thought leading somewhere interesting."Err...no that was not what I meant,sister......."

Pulling herself up Tsurukos face goes from Fuuu to in a flash."I know that was not what you meant,sister dear." She does seem a bit smitten by him as well.......I can work this.´Her thoughts going somewhere else,Tsuruko decides to start playing her game.

"Motoko-han,please tell me what he is like,is he a disresputable character?"
As the two sisters chat on Motokos training session proves to be quite strenous.

åØThe sun rises over Hinata Hot-Springs and the birds play their music loudly,waking some and raising the spirits of those already awake.Ciccadees softly play the last of their symphony for the early morning and for once the wind does not blow very strong.
Upon the roof of Hinata-Sou stands two figures,one clumsily waving a bo-staff around,the other gliding through graceful moves,splitting the air in halves.

Brendi struggles to perform the kata Motoko showed him.Him not really a master of any weapon,he had taken a liking to the staff he had fought Motoko with,but he still favors his body.
The kata he was struggling with, and had been strugglling with for 30 minutes, was a little bit better now than at first.
Now he actually managed to do all the moves.

"Swing that staff faster!You are trying to hit someone,you are not playing!"Came from his sensei,now finished and waiting for him to do so.

"H..Hai,sensei."This being their first real practice together Motoko had required that Brendi would call her Sensei during their training.
Brendi didn´t mind,he liked finally having a sensei.Especially one so beautiful´He thought and the last swing hit him on his arm.
"Ouch!"

"That was your own fault for not focusing.You must not let your mind wander during practice.When you become as used to your katas as I am now you can focus your thinking while performing.At your level you will just end up hitting yourself."

Rubbing his arm Brendi catches her every word,scolding himself inside for screwing up.
"Hai,sensei."

"Now,we will go into the last part of our training.The spar."

"A spar?"

"Yes,a spar."Motoko said,her voice and face turning a tad stern at having to repeat herself.

A glint in his eye Brendi remembers that he was in favor the last time they fought.She was not that great, lets do this.´
"Lets do this then." Brendi says and charges at Motoko,whirling his staff overhead.

As he closes in Brendi aims a strike at Motokos lower leg to throw her off balance.The staff closes in and closes in while Motoko still haven´t moved a single muscle.A split second before the staff connects to her leg,Motoko bend her legs slightly and jumps over Brendis head.Brendis head goes up after her, as she disappears above him,only to receive a kick in it from behind.
Brendis staff connects with the fence and Brendi tumbles a few metres further.As he is about to open his eyes again he feels a slight chill on his neck.
Lying on his back Brendi realises that Motoko is standing above him,her katana resting on his neck.As he lies there Brendi realises that having Motoko in full control of him is actually a bit.....arousing.
Looking up he see her raven hair encircling that wonderful face,and Brendi thanks every universal power that he came to Hinata-Sou.

Finishing his daydreaming is Motoko saying,with a smile that is only a turning of her lips,yet still one of the most beautiful Brendi has ever seen.
"The fight is mine,admit defeat."

Holding up his hands in defeat Brendi says."I admit defeat,sensei."

Removing her katana,Motoko goes to the middle of the roof and sits down with her legs crossed.
"Come here,we shall now finish the training by meditating over what we have learned."

"Hai."

Coming over Brendi sits down in position next to Motoko,a few feet away, all the while thinking of how lovely she is.

Meanwhile in another room of Hinata-Sou lies one,doing something quite different from training.
On the couch in the living room is a sleeping Kitsune,a sake bottle in one hand, the other resting in a bag of chips and to finish it off a little trickle of drool on her chin.
As she lies there something of a ruckus can suddenly be heard from upstairs.

"I NEVER TOLD YOU YOU COULD TOUCH ME THERE!!!" NARUPUNCH

Keitaro flies down the stairs,bounce of the floors and fly in direction Tokyo U.
All the while screaming "GOMEEEEeeeeennnnn........"
Right behind him comes morning temper Naru stomping down with her school bag in her hands.
"Wait,you pervert!I am not done yet!."

Before the now awake Kitsune can say anything she is also out the door and running down the stairs.

"Gees,now what is the point in waking me this early on my day off?"Suddenly the hangover also wakes up and makes it presence known."Argh,I need coffee."Kitsune exclaims,rubbing her forehead.

Instantly appearing next to her is Shinobu,coffeecup in hand.
"Here you go,Kitsune-san. "The cute little girl says as she gives Kitsune the cup." The breakfast is standing ready on the table,I am getting the others right now."

"Gee,thanks Shinobu-chan.You are the best,I don´t think Hinata-Sou would last if it weren´t for you."

Blushing at the compliments Shinobu simply says "Arregato gozaimasu,Kitsune-san." And scurries off to the hot-springs to tell the others.

Sipping on her coffee Kitsune tries to recollect what Tsuruko had said last night.

åØBreakfast at Hinata-Sou is usually a noisy affair,mostly due to Kaolla, and this day is no different.
But things are about to become interesting.
Now that her eyes had been opened Kitsune was keeping her eyes on Brendi and Motoko,and it had paid off.
She had noticed several glances between the two,glances filled with affection.

They look like two shy, teenagers curious about their first kiss, well that is what they are I suppose.You can´t really called being kissed by Suus kissing machine nor being kissed by Suu a real first kiss.´

As she finished the thought Kitsune decided to start the game,how much fun she would have!Just as Tsuruko had promised,she had even agreed to paying Kitsunes rent for the month if she gave her results.

Giving it her best smirk Kitsune leaned over the table in her low-cut top, purposely exposing not just a little cleveage, and caresses Brendis hand with her own and asks with her best voice for flirting.

"Could you give it to me Brendi?Please?"

Instantly the atmosphere around the table changes.
Shinobu blushes furiously and goes "auuu".
Keitaro and Naru gape wide,their mouthes ready for any flies on the loose.
Suu is just grinning madly,waiting for what comes next.
Motokos and Brendis reaction is exactly the same,they both become as red as a cherry and as stiff as a board.

Finally Motoko actually manage to stutter something out.
"W-what are you talking about Kitsune-san?"

Taking back her hand,Kitsune waves it in front of her face and laughs.
"Hehehe,I was just asking for the soy sauce,no reason to get all flustered Motoko"
That last comment ended in one of those patented smirks.

Suddenly feeling abit exposed Motoko drew back,holding her hands in front of herself.
"I..I am not flustered,I was just abit confused there a second."

"Oh,you weren´t were you?Now Brendi if you could actually pass the soy sauce?"

Brendi gathered his confused self and gave her the sauce.
"H-here you are."
What are you up to Kitsune?´

Still smirking Kitsune was quite satisfied with her results.
"Thank you Brendi-kun.Just one more thing,the tea-house is supposed to be up in 10 minutes,shouldn´t you be ready for the morning rush?It is my day off you know."

For a few seconds Brendi was looking confused again.
"Huh,tea house."Then his eyes lit up in memory.
"Oh,damn!Thanks for the food Shinobu,it was great as it always is!
I am sorry ,but I don´t think I can help you with the dishes."

"That is not a problem Brendi-san,you should hurry and get down to the tea-house!"

Already standing Brendi is up and running through the door,cursing as he run down the hall.

After a little while all the others had also finished and were going different places.
Kitsune had decided that she was to spend alot of time in the hot-spring, drinking and relaxing.
Five minutes after she had begun to drink and was comfortable in the springs she heard sounds coming from the wardrobe.
After a little while Motoko comes in,wrapped in a towel with a soap basket in one of her hands,her blade in the other.
As she closes in Kitsune spots the determined look on her face,and knows that something is up.

Motoko had decided that while she was taking her bath she would find out just how much Kitsune really knew.
Why did she flirt like that with Brendi?Has she really taken an interest in him?Then she will have to fight me!´
Thoughts like these were constantly running through Motokos mind as she sat down in the hot water.
I guess I will have to be blunt.´

"Kitsune-san,just what were you attempting to do at breakfast today?!"

Rolling her cup Kitsune smirks.
"Oh,you know that was just me trying out some new blood."

Stunned at the remark Motoko feels a sting of that old loneliness.
Lowering her head a little Motoko went on.
"Do you,really mean that,or are you just teasing the boy?"

"Heh,who are you to call him boy?You´re not much older than he is,but to be honest I was teasing you."

Those words froze Motoko.
Does she know?How much does she know?How did she come to know?´
Suddenly Motoko knew just what Tsuruko was trying to do.
"So, she told you something."

"Indeed she did,you´re not that slow you know?
I saw for myself today though,all those hidden looks, I don´t know how or when you got to be that way,but you guys are in love."
Now the smirk had become a smile and Kitsunes eyes were open.

Trying to come up with an excuse,Motokos head goes from the left to the right, and for the second time that day Motoko was blushing.
"Uh,uhm,urmm......."

"Don´t worry Motoko,I won´t tell the others.Instead I will help you guys get along.
I know you aren´t the best with confessing,and I doubt he is either."

"Err....t...th...thank you, Mitsune. I don´t know what to do about our current situation......"

Kitsune instantly opens her mouth.
"Oh,here is wha....."

"But I need to find out for myself....thanks for the talk Mitsune,you´ve helped."

Motoko rises and walks back into the wardrobe,thinking of how busy they both were and how little time there was....
Then suddenly a thought struck her.
We will train together,eat together and study together.I guess things will come along naturally.´
Then another thought came to her and she blushed again.
When Haruka comes back in two weeks time it will be the Weaver festival,maybe we can make it a date?´
Blushing and smiling Motoko went into her room to study.