Well, my finals are over, and I got winter break work over with so now I have more free time to write. Plus I had some issues with my internet so sorry for the long wait. I'll try not to let it happen again.

Reviews:

To Ninnypants: I agree there really should be a continuous Love Hina yuri fic out there.

To Soda_chex13: Good idea, I think that I'll do something like that. Also, yes as a halfbreed Yumi does have powers. You'll see them soon enough.

To Hyrulian Hero Akai: Sorry to correct you but there are actually two occasions were Shinobu called someone a floozy in the manga. The first was when she went on a date with Keitaro and got drunk. The Second was when she first met Nyamo. Glad that you think I did a better job with Shinobu's character.

To Halo Expert: I don't think Shinobu was that aggressive. It's not like she physically hurt anyone. But there won't be any more of that between them, just some arguing as a result of their rivalry to win Yumi-chan. And don't worry about Yumi turning down Motoko. Motoko isn't the type to give up that easily.

To Chexpup236: thanx I think my story is cute too.

To October Autumn: Don't worry I'll work my butt off to keep this story updated.

Now without further ado: Chapter 7)

Yumi was on her way to the bath. Since her date with Motoko, the two hadn't really spent any time together. Yumi felt bad. She knew that when she turned Motoko down she had upset her. She wanted to do something to make it up to her. But what? Treat her to dinner? Take her to another movie? Neither would be easy, Motoko had been avoiding her.

Yumi sighed, she'd find a way to set things right with her and Motoko. In the mean time a hot bath might help her think of how to do it. If nothing else it would help her relax. She went into the changing room, undressed, entered the bath, washed up and settled down into the soothing hot water.

As Yumi sat in the water she tried to think of how to approach Motoko. She couldn't just walk up to her and say 'Hi Motoko. Sorry if I upset you the other day, wanna go and do something?'

No she had to go about this more delicately. First she had to think of what to do. She wanted to do something that Motoko would really like. Something special too. She racked her brains trying to think of what. She just couldn't come up with anything.

Yumi let out another sigh. This wasn't as easy as she had first thought. Maybe she could ask one of the other girls what Motoko would really like. They might even help her with it. She decided to ask one of them the next opportunity she got.

Fortunately the wait wasn't a long one. Mutsumi entered the bath and joined Yumi in the soothing hot water.

"Oh, hello Yumi-chan. How are you?"

"I could be better; I'm having a slight problem."

"I'm sorry to hear that. Anything I can do to help?"

Yumi figured Mutsumi might know how she could make things up with Motoko.

"Actually yes, I want to do something special for Motoko since I turned her down the other day. But I can't think of what I should do. You've known Motoko longer than I have. What do you think she'd like?"

Mutsumi thought for a few moments. Despite being a bit of a ditz she was very smart and could accomplish quite a bit when she focused and put her mind to it. Not to long after she started thinking her eyes lit up as she got an idea.

"Motoko sometimes goes out to train in the mountains on weekends. Maybe you can join her the next time and the two of you can spend the entire trip together alone. It'll be a great way for you to patch things up with her."

Yumi thought it over. It wasn't a bad idea. In fact it just might work out. It was definitely worth a try at least. Yumi got up, "Good idea. I'll go find Motoko and talk to her about it."

She went to exit the bath and find Motoko. Just as she was leaving Mutsumi gently took hold of Yumi's wrist.

"Wait, Yumi-chan. Here, take this for luck." Mutsumi gave Yumi a quick peck on the cheek, making the halfbreed blush in surprise.

Yumi was confused, did Mutsumi like her too? Mutsumi saw the look of confusion on her face and explained.

"Oh my, I've done it again. I'm sorry but I have a bad habit of kissing people I like. I didn't think of how you'd react."

"Oh, well that's ok. You just caught me by surprise is all."

Thanking Mutsumi for her help and kind gesture Yumi turned around and went to leave the bath again. Unfortunately she slipped and fell on top of Mutsumi, knocking them both down. Yumi landed on top of Mutsumi, with her face against the older girl's chest. Needless to say the position they were in looked suggestive.

Then things got worse as at that moment both Shinobu and Motoko walked into the bath area and were greeted by the site of Yumi lying on top of Mutsumi. Both girls were shocked by the sight and immediately became jealous. Shinobu looked very upset and Motoko was just plain furious at what she was seeing. Completely forgetting that she came to take a nice soothing bath, Motoko voiced her outrage.

"Yumi! I can't believe you! I thought you were better than this, but now I see that you're just a womanizer!"

"Motoko! This isn't what it looks like! Please give me a chance to explain!"

"I don't want to hear your excuses Yumi!"

"But…"

"No buts! Meet me up on the roof. We shall settle things there."

Motoko left in a huff. Yumi was both upset and confused. She was upset because now things had gotten worse between her and Motoko. But did what Motoko said mean she wanted to fight? Yumi didn't know if she could do that. Yumi turned to ask Shinobu what she should do. But Shinobu was also gone. She was obviously just as upset as Motoko about this whole thing and must have run off, probably crying. That only made Yumi feel worse.

Checking to make sure Mutsumi was alright first, Yumi left the bath and got dressed. She then went to meet Motoko on the roof. She took her time, hoping that Motoko might calm down a bit if she did. When she got to the roof, Motoko was there but still fuming. The other girls and Keitaro were there also.

When Motoko had left the bath she ran into Naru on the way to her room. She noticed that Motoko was upset and asked what was wrong. Motoko summed it all up in a single sentence. That she and Shinobu had "Interrupted an intimate moment between Yumi and Mutsumi." Naru went to check on Shinobu and found her in her room, very upset.

It was only a matter of a few minutes before all the others had heard what happened and knowing Motoko, guessed were this was going so they assembled on the roof. Motoko stood battle ready in her shrine maiden uniform. She held her sword in her hand, waiting for Yumi to arrive.

Yumi swallowed the lump in her throat. Looked like she was going to have to fight after all. She tried one last time to reason with the swordswoman.

"Motoko, wouldn't it be easier for us to just talk this over?"

"You're not taking the easy route out of this Yumi-chan. I plan on going through with this. And if you win I'll forgive you for what you did and accept your decision. However if I win then you will train under me as my student and…" Motoko blushed as she said this, "go steady with me."

Nobody was completely sure of what they just heard. It was definitely out of Motoko's character to say something like that. Yumi was most confused of all. That had come out of nowhere. She stared blankly at Motoko, wondering if she heard her right. The others were doing pretty much the same. Except for Shinobu who was glaring at Motoko.

Motoko was slightly embarrassed. She didn't know what possessed her to say that but it wasn't as though she didn't mean it. She shook her head to clear her thoughts. It was too late to take back what she had just said. She needed to focus on the battle.

Wasting not another second she charged at Yumi making the first move of the battle.

"Rock splitting maneuver!"

Yumi managed to get out of the way just in the nick of time. She couldn't have been more grateful that she was quick on her feet. However that wouldn't be much help in the long run. She didn't know how to fight, especially not against someone with as much experience as Motoko.

Motoko didn't allow Yumi any time to recover; she went straight into her next attack. She didn't want to hurt Yumi. In fact she was intentionally missing. Her plan was to just continually attack until Yumi gave up. She knew that it was only a matter of time and she would win.

Yumi dodged Motoko again only to have the swordswoman immediately turn and lunge at her again. Yumi quickly retreated and was quickly met by yet another attack by Motoko.

"Steel cutting flash!"

Yumi barely got out of the way in time and lost her balance in the process, nearly falling flat on her butt.

"Motoko please stop!"

Motoko didn't listen. She charged again and once again Yumi dodged. Things weren't looking good. Yumi didn't know how much longer she could keep this up. She knew she couldn't match Motoko in physical combat, but there was something she could do. But she had to act fast and be very careful because she could actually kill Motoko by doing this if she wasn't.

Succubi are able to charm and seduce others through a type of illusion. They are also able to use illusions to confuse, scare and distract. In some illusions the victim may be attacked and because their brains register the illusion as being real, the pain is real even though no actual harm was done. Some illusions are even strong enough to kill as they either scare one to death or the victim suffers a fatal wound during the illusion thus causing the brain of the victim to register that they have died.

That is why Yumi had to do this carefully. If she overdid it she could actually harm Motoko.

The next time Motoko attacked, Yumi dodged like she had the other times, only this time she tripped Motoko in the process. Motoko fell, letting go of her sword to stop herself using both hands. Yumi quickly grabbed Motoko and pinned her with her back on the ground.

"Motoko I'm really sorry about this."

Yumi looked Motoko in the eyes. Her eyes glowed and put Motoko under the illusion.

Motoko broke free of Yumi's hold and stood up. She went to retrieve her sword when she noticed something. She was sinking. She looked at the ground, confused. It was then she realized she was standing in some sort of muck. That was when she noticed that her surroundings had changed. She was no longer on the roof of the Hinata Inn, but in the middle of the woods at the shoreline of a swamp-like pond and her feet were stuck in the mud.

She was completely confused about what was going on. Deciding that standing around wasn't going to get her answers she opted to get out of the mud and onto drier land. She walked slowly and carefully lest she should sink into the soft muddy ground and end up getting stuck. She had almost made it when something caught hold of her foot.

Motoko tugged her leg, trying to free herself. Her foot finally pulled free, and Motoko saw why she had got stuck.

Something's arm was reaching out of the mud and grasping her ankle.

Motoko let out a cry of surprise and kicked at the appendage. It relinquished its hold of her and the rest of its body emerged from the muck. Motoko looked on in horror as the creature revealed itself. It was as large as a man, but it had scaly green skin and was bald. Its eyes were soulless and black as onyx. Its mouth was a sharp hooked beak, it had wicked curved claws on its hands and feet where fingers should have been and its whole body was encased in armor like shell.

Motoko had never seen anything like it. But she had seen things similar to it in when she had nightmares. The creature looked like a big humanoid turtle. Motoko reached for her sword, but it was nowhere to be found. She backed away from the creature slowly, hoping if she didn't make any sudden moves she could get away.

Step by step she retreated from the monstrosity. She was terrified out of her mind. It was all she could do to not scream and run away like a coward, but that might startle or anger the monster and provoke it to attack her.

She kept moving backwards at a slow and steady pace, not taking her eyes of the beast in front of her. It didn't advance toward her, it just stood there. Motoko kept moving until she bumped into something. At first she thought it was a tree, but it was wet and slimy. She turned around and came face to face with another turtle creature, its black eyes staring at her hungrily as its sharp beak snapped shut only a centimeter from her face.

This time Motoko did scream. She screamed and ran, but slipped in the mud and fell. As she struggled to her feet she saw more of the creatures crawling out of the muck and emerging from the water. They were all around her. She turned to run again but found one of them directly behind her. She backed away only to bump into another one. They were closing in on her.

Motoko was at a loss. There was nowhere to run, she didn't have her sword and those nightmarish turtle creatures were only seconds from tearing her apart. Motoko's fear got the better of her and her world went black.

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Motoko's eyes fluttered open. She sat up and rubbed her eyes drowsily. What happened? Where was she? As the memory came back to her she suddenly became fully awake and quickly looked around.

She was back in her room, in her bed. The creatures were nowhere in sight. She tried to make sense of what the heck was going on. One minute she's fighting Yumi, the next she was in the middle of nowhere about to be eaten by those disgusting creatures and then she wakes up in her room. She couldn't make sense of any of it.

Then she realized something. What had happened to the others when all that had been going on? Were they alright? Had those monsters gotten them? She got to her feet and ran to her bedroom door. She opened it and ran smack dab into Yumi.

Yumi, seeing that Motoko was awake and unhurt, pulled her into an embrace.

"Motoko, you're awake! I'm so sorry Motoko! Please don't hate me!"

Motoko pried Yumi off of her, "Yumi, what's going on here?"

"I… earlier I cast an illusion on you. I only meant for it to last long enough for me to take your sword from you but I made the illusion too powerful and you passed out. I was so scared; I thought I had hurt you. I'm sorry Motoko. Please forgive me."

Motoko took all of this in. Those things that attacked her, it was all just an illusion? That made sense. And she did recall her sister warning her that some demons, like Succubi, could make people hallucinate. She was slightly mad at herself for not taking into consideration the fact that Yumi was half succubus.

As for the whole incident being an accident, Motoko believed it. Yumi was very sincere with her apology and seemed heavily upset by the whole ordeal. In fact it looked like she might have been crying. So she accepted Yumi's apology.

"I forgive you. But don't think for a second that I'm not still angry with you for earlier!"

"Motoko I tried to tell you but you wouldn't let me. I was taking a bath with Mutsumi and we talked. I went to leave the bath to find you and I sort of…" Yumi started to poke her fingers together, "slipped and fell on top of her."

"Yumi that's the type of lame excuse I'd expect from Urashima."

Yumi giggled a tiny bit. "It does sound like something he'd say but it's the truth I swear!"

Motoko sighed, "I'll give you the benefit of the doubt this time. Just don't let it happen again."

"Don't worry I won't. After all, I don't want to end up like Keitaro."

"Ugh, that's the last thing we need. Another person like him around; I don't think I could live like that."

They both laughed a little at that. They went downstairs and joined the others. Everyone was relieved to see that Motoko was okay and happy that she and Yumi had made up. Shinobu prepared dinner and they all sat down to a peaceful meal. That is until Keitaro had one of his incidents.

The poor sap had gotten up, tripped over his own feet and fell. He threw his hands out to stop his fall, and ended up groping Yumi's chest in the process. The result: a very angry Motoko sending him on a trip through the atmosphere.

TBC.

Once again sorry for the wait. I plan on getting the next chapter up soon and this time I mean it!