A/N: I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Even though the temperatures have dropped significantly, I'm doing my best to keep going!

Enjoy the new chapter!


Chapter 7: Sun Salutation

Both Akko and Diana gulped. "W-Well, you don't have to worry about me," Akko said, intimidated by the women around her. "I would never ever say such awful things to someone."

"I know you wouldn't," Nora said to Akko. "You seem like the kind of person who wouldn't hurt anyone's feelings. At least not intentionally."

Nora then looked at Diana. "But her though," she said, eyeing Diana with a fierce glare.

Diana began sweating like crazy as she could feel Nora looking at her and scanning her, trying to analyze even the smallest details of her body language. After dealing with this with Hiromi and now Nora, Diana was beginning to feel as if the whole resort was coming after all.

Then...Nora regained her cheerful demeanor. "Say, speaking of kickboxers," she said, cheerfully, "how about I introduce them to you girls?"

"Uh...no thank you," Diana said, quickly. "A-actually, we were planning on going to the beach. Right now!"

"Yeah! We should get going!" agreed Akko.

And with that, both Akko and Diana left the gym in a huff. "Okay! Nice meeting you guys!" Nora said, waving at them. Nora then made her way over to the showers.


Akko and Diana ran away from the gym as fast as they could. They stopped just a few feet away to catch their breath. "Let's agree to never go back there," wheezed Diana, as she clutched her chest.

"You think that story she told us was true?" Akko said, worriedly.

"Honestly, these stories sound a bit far-fetched," replied Diana. "A witch that casts an explosion large enough to create a giant crater? A supposed "goddess" instigates a fight with overly-muscular women? What's next? An alien crash-landed on the beach? A giant robot battle took place in the ocean?"

Akko perked her head up, excitedly. "Really? That actually happened?!" she gasped.

Diana only stared at her, bewildered by how dense she was being. "No Akko, I just made that up," she said, annoyed.

Although considering that Diana made up "nudist magic" and that somehow became real, she felt it would be best to not come up with any more far-out scenarios, especially life-threatening ones.

"Well, that's enough mingling with the regulars," Diana said, quickly changing the subject. "Let's head down to the beach, shall we?"

"Hey, yeah! That sounds like a great idea!" Akko said. "I can't wait to give skinny-dipping a chance!"

"Well then, let's grab our things and make our way down," said Diana.


Akko and Diana went back to their room to grab their bags. Then they headed down to Hadaka Beach.

Diana carried with her a small handbag. Inside was her towel, sunscreen, and other small items. In contrast, Akko brought her large backpack filled with all sorts of stuff.

Diana watched as Akko struggled to carry her backpack. "Again...I told you to pack light," Diana said, annoyed. "What in the world do you have in there anyway?"

"Just some…stuff," grunted Akko, "so we…can have…some fun…on the beach."

"I thought you said they were study materials," Diana said, raising an eyebrow.

"Oh! Right, I did say that, didn't I?"

Diana sighed as Akko let out a nervous laugh.

They walked a few more steps before the weight of Akko's bag became too much for her. She let herself and her bag fall to the ground. "Honestly Akko," groaned Diana, "it'll be dark by the time we get to the beach."

"Just…give me a minute," panted Akko.

Diana shook her head disapprovingly.

It was then that something caught Akko's attention. A nude young woman with wavy auburn hair was stretching underneath the straw roof of a large hut. She had her eyes closed and her arms stretched out, parallel to the floor. Her right foot was planted in front of her and her left leg stretched out behind her.

"Hey, check that out," Akko said, drawing Diana's attention to the young woman. "What is she doing? Dancing?"

"She's doing yoga," answered Diana. "That's the warrior pose."

"How do you know? You do yoga?" Akko asked, surprised.

"I've done it a few times. It helps you relax and calm your mind. Or at least it's supposed to. Although, I never felt that it worked for me."

Akko pondered for a moment. "Maybe it's because you weren't doing it naked," she answered. "Come on, let's go join her!"

"Oh, I don't think she would appreciate us interrupting her," Diana said, nervously.

"Why not? She seems nice enough. Come on!"

Akko then walked over to the hut, leaving her heavy backpack behind. "Akko, come back!" ordered Diana.

But Akko kept on walking. Diana sighed. "We're never getting to the beach," she murmured. Reluctantly, she gave chase after her.

The young woman was about to change into another pose when she saw Akko approaching her. She reached down and turned off the soft melody that was playing from her phone. "Hello there," she said, in a low soft voice. "Are you here to join me?"

"We sure are!" replied Akko. "I'm Atsuko Kagari, first-time nudist extraordinaire!"

The young woman laughed. "My name is Mio, life-long nudist…extraordinaire."

"Life-long?!" gasped Akko. "You mean you've been a nudist even when you were little?"

"Since the day I was born," said Mio. "The benefits of being born into a nudist family."

Mio then saw Diana coming up behind Akko. "Oh, Diana!" she shouted. "How good of you to come!"

Diana was surprised to hear Mio refer to her by name. "Uh, hello…" she said, anxiously. "How did you know…"

"That you were coming?" interrupted Mio. "Hiromi told me you were here. She's been telling everyone."

Diana gulped. "E-everyone?" she asked, worriedly.

"Wow, you must really be a big deal here!" Akko said.

"Certainly seems that way," muttered Mio.

"A-and what else has she been telling you?" Diana asked. She was almost afraid of the answer.

"Only that you were bringing a friend," said Mio, "one that was especially curious about other women's bodies."

"Curious is one way to describe it," replied Diana. "She pinched the buttocks of a weightlifter just a few moments ago."

"Because she asked me to!" argued Akko.

Mio laughed. "Don't tell me…Nora?" she replied. "She's always keen on showing off her rock-solid body, especially to first-time nudists."

"Rock solid is right," said Akko, remembering how she nearly broke her fingers trying her hardest to pinch Nora's buttocks.

"Anyway, how would you two like to join me in a yoga session?" asked Mio.

"Actually, we were just on our way to the beach," said Diana. "We didn't mean to bother you."

"Oh, it's no bother," said Mio. "I always like doing yoga with other people. Have you ever practiced yoga before?"

"I haven't!" Akko said.

"And you Diana?"

"I've…done it sometimes," Diana answered.

"Have you ever practiced while in the nude?" Mio asked.

"I…have not," Diana replied, sounding somewhat embarrassed.

"Just to warn you," Mio said, "once you start doing yoga naked, you'll never want to do it with clothes on again."

"Do you think it'll help make my magical energy stronger?" Akko asked, excitedly.

Diana winced upon hearing Akko bringing up magic. But before she could say anything, Mio answered her question.

"Magical, spiritual, physical…I find that yoga helps to improve every aspect of the human body," she said, calmly.

"Then let's do it!" Akko said, happily.

"We really should be…"

Diana was interrupted when Mio took both her and Akko's hands and helped them get situated.


The three girls stood in a triangular formation. They were two feet apart from one another so as to avoid hitting each other. Mio was kind enough to let Akko and Diana borrow some clean yoga mats for them to practice on.

Mio restarted the music on her phone, filling the room with the calm sound of a pan flute.

"Okay, I guess we're doing yoga," thought Diana.

"First, we'll practice our deep breathing," began Mio.

"Deep breathing? That's a yoga move?" Akko asked, confused.

"No, silly," giggled Mio, "it's exactly what it is. It's important to breathe properly no matter what pose we do."

Mio placed her hands on her stomach. "Now, take a deep breath," Mio said. "Breathe in through your nose."

Mio demonstrated by taking a slow, deep breath through her nose. Diana and Akko closed their eyes and followed Mio's example. "Take it nice and slow," continued Mio. "Use the sound of the ocean waves to help you with timing."

The three girls breathed in sync with the ocean and with each other. Much like during lunch, the sound of the ocean waves and the feeling of the ocean breeze blowing against their bare skin helped Akko and Diana relax.

"Good," sighed Mio, "Okay, it looks like we're ready to begin. We will start with an easy pose, the Palm Tree."

Mio then showed them the Palm Tree pose, which involved them standing on their toes with their heels raised off the ground and their arms hanging down. Much to Diana's surprise, Akko kept herself calm and balanced as they all did the pose.

"This isn't so hard," murmured Akko.

"I mean, you are essentially just standing on your tippy-toes," said Diana. "You'd have to be very uncoordinated to not be able to do that."

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Akko asked, defensively.

"Easy now," Mio said, calmly. "Just concentrate on breathing and stretching."

Next, they moved on to the Half-Moon pose. The three girls stretched their arms out towards their left side while keeping their feet firmly planted. The way their body were bent made them look like a half-moon, hence the name.

It was here that Akko was beginning to have trouble. Mio saw that Akko was trying very hard to bend her body far more than it was capable of bending. She could see the pain on her face.

"Don't overdo it," warned Mio, "just bend as much as you're able to. In yoga, there's no prize for pushing yourself more than you can handle."

"Easy for you to say," murmured Akko. It was not lost on her that out of all three of them, Mio was easily the most flexible.

"Akko, yoga is not a competition," Mio said, kindly. "This is not like bodybuilding or weightlifting. If you're in pain, you're doing it wrong. Just relax and go only as far as you can."

Taking the advice to heart, Akko lifted her upper body up to the point where she was more comfortable.

The next pose they did was the Warrior pose. They planted their right foot in front of them, then they kneeled down forward while holding their arms up.

"What do you think?" Akko asked Diana. "Is naked yoga better than regular yoga?"

"You know, it actually is," Diana replied with astonishment. "Without clothing, I feel…less constricted. As if I can stretch my body much more than I can while fully clothed."

Mio smiled. "Nudism is great because of that," she said. "Whether you're swimming, exercising, or simply taking a stroll, it all feels much better without clothes holding you back!"

Mio then pulled her foot back and stood upright. "Now, let's switch to the Standing Knee pose."

The three girls then switched to the Standing Knee pose, which required them to stand on one leg while bringing in and pulling back their other leg towards their stomachs. Akko and Diana were able to keep themselves balanced, albeit with a little bit of trouble at first.

"I like yoga," said Akko, as she pulled on her knee. "You don't have to think too hard about it. Just do the move and lose yourself in the moment."

Diana couldn't help but laugh. "Not thinking too hard? That must be easy for you," she joked.

"They should have this at Luna Nova," suggested Akko.

"What? Yoga?" replied Diana.

"Yeah, have everyone do a few stretches in the morning before classes. It's like when companies have their employees do morning stretches before they work."

Diana knew what Akko was talking about. She then imagined the students of Luna Nova stretching in the courtyard before classes. "That's actually not a bad idea," she said. "It would be a great benefit to the students, maybe even to the professors as well."

"Yep, especially if we can do it naked," added Akko.

Diana sputtered. "Don't be daft, Akko!" shouted Diana.

"Keep your voices down please," Mio asked, nicely.

"You know the school wouldn't approve of public nudity at Luna Nova," whispered Diana, "the other students certainly wouldn't!"

"But look at me!" Akko said. "I didn't like it at first, but then it turned out to be amazing! I bet everyone they gave it a chance like we did, they would love it!"

"Akko, name one other student that would be comfortable being nude in front of others," challenged Diana.

Akko thought about every other Luna Nova student she could remember. In particular, she thought about her friends, Lottie and Sucy.

"I bet my friends would enjoy doing naked yoga!" she said, optimistically.

"Are you sure about that?" Diana asked, doubtfully.

Akko thought hard about whether or not Lotte or Sucy would be comfortable as nudists. She imagined what it would be like if she had brought them to the Hadaka Beach Resort.

She can definitely see her friend Lotte being super embarrassed to be nude at first. Heck, even if it were just the three of them, Lotte probably still wouldn't do it. Although, if she was told about the secret source of magical energy…

Well...

"Nah," thought Akko, "she would die of embarrassment before becoming a nudist."

She then thought about Sucy being a nudist. Sucy was never the expressive type. Akko didn't know of her interests besides potions and mushrooms. It made predicting her reaction a little difficult. But if anything, Sucy would most likely be disgusted and rebuke nudists as freaks.

Then again, Sucy was always an…odd person. Maybe she would surprise everyone and join in!

"Then again," thought Akko, "do I really want to see Sucy naked? And how would she behave around the other nudists? And…should she really know about nudist magic?"

The more Akko thought about her being a nudist, the more her mood soured.

"I thought so," Diana said, noticing Akko's hesitation.

"Fine, I guess you're right," conceded Akko.

Before Akko could give up the idea of naked yoga at Luna Nova, one name suddenly popped into Akko's head. "Wait a minute, Amanda!" she said, proudly. "I bet you she would get nude in a heartbeat!"

"Absolutely not," Diana said, bluntly. "That girl causes enough problems already. Last thing the school needs is for her to do so while frolicking about in the nude."

"Meh, who knows?" Mio asked. "Maybe covering her with nudism might chill her out."

"I doubt it," replied Diana.

Mio then put her foot down. "Alright, now let's try something a bit more challenging," she said. "The dance pose."

"Dance?" Akko asked. "I didn't know there was dancing in yoga."

"Here, let me show you," Mio said.

Mio then lifted her right foot backward. She reached back and grabbed it with her right hand. Sticking her left arm outwards, she pulled on her foot, bringing it up higher.

Akko and Diana's eyes widened upon seeing Mio bringing her foot up almost to her head! "There's no way I can do that," muttered Akko.

"Don't worry, I can't either," assured Diana.

"Come on, girls! Give it a try!" cheered Mio. "Remember, only go as far as you can."

Against their better judgment, Akko and Diana tried lifting their right foot up and pulling it closer to their heads. It was here that both of them had trouble with keeping their balance. Their legs quivered as they tried hard to not fall.

"Straighten your back a bit, Akko," Mio said.

"I think this is as straight as I can get it," grunted Akko.

Suddenly, Akko swung her arms around rapidly as she felt herself losing her balance. She tried hard to stay on her feet, but her body leaned too far to one side and she began to fall!

"Akko!" shouted Diana.

Diana dropped her foot and quickly wrapped her arms around Akko, catching her just as she was about to hit the floor.

"Are you alright, Akko?" Diana asked, worriedly.

"Yeah, I'm fine," replied Akko. "But...uh, could you...move your hands, please?"

Diana didn't know what she was talking about...until she looked down and saw where her hands were.

She realized that her hands...were cupping both of Akko's breasts!

Diana gasped, then quickly moved her hands down to her stomach. She then lifted Akko up and back onto her feet.

"I'm...I'm sorry," stammered Diana. She rubbed her elbows nervously. "I didn't mean to grab you...there."

"No, it's fine," Akko replied, quickly. "I know it was an accident. The important thing is...I didn't fall."

Mio watched as they turned away from each other. They were red in the face and looking very embarrassed. Diana had her arms around her stomach while Akko was quick to cover her chest.

"Oookay," she said, awkwardly. "How about we go back to an easier yoga pose?"

"Actually, I think we're done for now," rejected Diana. She knew what that pose was and that was not something she wanted to do naked.

"Yeah, we should head down to the beach," added Akko.

Akko quickly bowed down to Mio. "Thanks for teaching us yoga!" she said, frantically.

Diana bowed down to Mio too. "Yes, it was quite an experience," she added.

Before Mio had a chance to reply, the two witches grabbed their belongings and hastily made their way out of the hut. They were moving faster than when they were when they left the gym. Mio was left all alone. She was completely stunned by their reaction. "I knew we should have moved onto Downward Facing Dog instead!" she said, berating herself.


Akko quickly picked up her heavy backpack and she and Diana made haste towards the beach.

Along the way, Akko and Diana continued to look away from each other. They were both very quiet, as they had very mixed feelings about what happened.

Akko looked down at her chest. She could still feel Diana's slender fingers pressed against her bosom. "I wonder," she thought, "Was that what it felt like when I grabbed hers?"

Meanwhile, Diana looked down at her hands. She was quite taken back by how soft Akko's chest felt in her hands. "I wonder," she thought, "Did mine feel that soft to her?"


TO BE CONTINUED…

A/N: I'm beginning to learn two things. One, it is tricky to write stories about nudists when it's freezing cold outside. Two, at least for me, it's difficult to lewd Akko.

Originally, the chapter was going to end with Akko getting excited and unknowingly slapping Diana on the bum, embarrassing them both. But then, I had the idea of having her fall and then Diana catching her and accidentally groping her. I felt it fit much better and it may help to lead them into...moving forward, so to speak.

Like in the last chapter, Mio may have also been based on a character from another series. I won't mention it here because I want to see if anyone even knows which series I'm talking about. I can tell you that there needed to be more of Mio in that show.