This chapter is very important. I for one am quite proud of how it turned out.

Reviews:

To J1210: Thanx for your reviews on the last few chapters. Glad that you like Yumi's powers. I actually got the idea for them from Rosario + Vampire. One of the characters is a succubus and I based Yumi's powers off of that.

To Hyrulian Hero Akai: Thanx; and I love the way to refer to Shinobu as Maehara-Hime. It really suits her; she's my favorite girl in the manga/anime series. Glad you like Yumi's powers too. Like I said before I got the idea from Rosario + Vampire.

To soda_chex13: thanx, I originally planned to do something like that. But I got another idea. I just don't see Yumi as the fighting type, even though she did pull that stunt during the first chapter of my story when she saw Motoko. But I think that just shows she isn't a good fighter.

To midnight,moon: Glad you like my story. And yes Yumi does have a tail. As well as a set of wings and she has long, claw like fingernails. It's just that she needs to hide them by taking on a human shape, even though Succubi do look like humans as it is. Once again I got the idea from Rosario + Vampire. I'd tell you what happens as far as Yumi and Motoko getting together is concerned, but i don't want to give away the end.

To: DevilxChild: thanx, glad to know that more and more people are reading and liking my story.

To October Autumn: yeah Yumi's power is interesting.

To Ninnypants: A little confused about your review, it said "YumixMotoko=" and that was it. YumixMotoko= ???

To Fujino: I agree that Shinobu is super kawaii when she's jealous. That's why I had to have a scene where she was jealous about something.

To XXCookieXmeowgirl: Glad you like the story so far. And don't worry, I'll be writing lots of Love Hina stuff so long as I have the time. Until then enjoy the rest of this story.

And finally here's Chapter 8)

It was Friday, and school had just ended. Yumi couldn't wait for her weekend to start. This weekend she was going home to visit her father. She hadn't seen him since she had moved and missed him very much. She rushed back to the Inn and up to her room so she could pack. She was going to head out as soon a possible.

Once she had finished packing she rushed downstairs for a quick snack. She didn't eat the food served at school. She just didn't like it. So most days she skipped lunch and just ate a quick snack after school. Plus, by skipping lunch she had more room at dinner for Shinobu's delicious cooking. It was too bad she wasn't going to get to have any tonight.

Grabbing an apple she rushed for the front door, passing Motoko and Naru on the way.

"Yumi, there you are. You didn't wait to walk home with me today."

"Sorry Motoko, but I'm going home to visit my father this weekend. I guess I was so excited that I forgot we were supposed to meet after school got out."

"That's okay Yumi-chan. You have a nice weekend with your father."

"I will. See you on Sunday night."

Yumi left. As she walked away she turned and waved to the other girls. Naru and Motoko waved back. Feeling mischievous, Yumi winked at Motoko and blew her a kiss. She wasn't disappointed when Motoko blushed, just as she had expected. She giggled to herself as she descended the stairs.

Naru shook her head at Motoko's reaction to Yumi's flirting.

"Motoko, you really like her don't you?"

Motoko turned her attention to Naru, "Yes, I do."

"So why don't you just tell her?"

"I already tried to. But she said it wouldn't work out between us. Because of the whole issue with my sister."

Naru put her hand on Motoko's shoulder, "You shouldn't let that come between the two of you. If you really love her you should find a way for the two of you to get past that."

Motoko shrugged Naru's hand off, "You're one to talk. What about you and Keitaro?"

Naru blushed, "What about us?"

"What's your reason for not telling him you love him?"

The blush on Naru's face deepened, "What?! I don't love him! At least I don't think I do."

Unknown to both girls, Kitsune was at the top of the stairs, listening to their conversation. Hearing Naru's denial of her feelings for Keitaro, she spoke up.

"Is that so Naru? You could've fooled me. Especially after last week."

Naru and Motoko turned to face her. Naru seemed to have become nervous after what Kitsune said.

"Kitsune! How long were you standing there?"

"Since you started tellin' Motoko to tell Yumi she loves her."

Motoko raised her eyebrow in curiosity, "What did you mean by 'last week' Kitsune?"

"Oh nothing really, it's just that Naru was cuddling with him in his room…in his bed."

Naru's face turned beet red, "It wasn't what it looked like!"

Kitsune smirked, "Naru the only one you're foolin' is yourself." She turned to Motoko, "but seriously, you should try to help Yumi get past the fact that your sister murdered her mother."

"Actually I'm already working on that. Since Yumi won't be here for the weekend, I decided to invite my sister over so we could discuss the matter. I'm hoping if I can find out why my sister did it, then I can help convince Yumi to forgive her."

Both Naru and Kitsune found it to be a good idea. Motoko was expecting her sister to arrive within the hour and went to change out of her school uniform.

About half an hour later, Tsuroko arrived. Motoko met her at the front door and greeted her with a respectful and formal bow.

"Thank you for coming to visit Nee-san."

"Thank you for inviting me little sister."

Motoko and Tsuroko went to sit in the living room. Shinobu brought them some tea and then she went to her room to study. The two sisters sat and sipped their tea for awhile, just chatting and catching up. Motoko was trying to think of how to go about asking Tsuroko about Yumi's mother, when Tsuroko gave her the opportunity to bring the subject up.

"Motoko, why is it you needed to see me? I doubt you only asked me to come and visit just so we could sit and talk."

"To be honest I needed to talk to you about a very serious matter. Do you remember a time when you killed a demon, which had a child with a human?"

Tsuroko thought for a moment, "I can only recall one occasion where that happened. She was a succubus and had a daughter. Why do you ask?"

Motoko took a deep breath, mentally preparing herself for however her sister might react.

"The daughter of that succubus, she's living here. She and I have grown close, but she still harbors ill feelings towards you. I was hoping you could tell me why you killed her mother."

Motoko wasn't sure of what would happen next. Tsuroko might be angered by the fact Motoko had befriended a demon, or she might not want to talk about the matter at all. But what she didn't expect was the way Tsuroko really reacted. She had definitely never seen her sister this way before. Tsuroko Aoyoma looked ashamed of herself, completely and utterly ashamed.

"I remember that day too well. It's one of my deepest regrets."

"What do you mean? What happened?"

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Meanwhile, Yumi had just gotten off the train and exited the station. She could have called her father and asked him to come and pick her up, but since it was so nice out she felt like walking. Her house was only 20 minutes away. She walked down the street, enjoying the warmth of the sun.

Several minutes passed and something didn't seem right. Yumi looked around. She could have sworn she was heading in the right direction, but if so she should've arrived home by now. In fact, none of her surroundings looked familiar.

She started to feel worried; she looked for someone to ask for directions. Then she realized that there was nobody around either. Now she was feeling afraid. Something was definitely wrong.

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Back at the Inn, Tsuroko retold her side of the story concerning the death of Yumi's mother.

"The whole incident could have been avoided if I hadn't acted so rashly. I was deceived and the worst part is how easily it happened."

Motoko was taken by surprise. Her sister acting rashly? Being easily deceived? That didn't sound right. She wanted to ask her what she meant, but felt it best not to interrupt her.

"To put it simply, I fell prey to an illusion, cast by a succubus. A rather powerful one too. It caught me completely of guard and caused me to murder that poor child's mother."

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Yumi ran up to one of the houses and knocked. No answer. She knocked again, louder this time. Still no answer. She tried another house. No answer their either. She tried again and again, each time no one answered. She began to panic. It made no sense. Why was nobody around? She ran up to yet another house, praying that someone would answer this time.

That's when she heard it. Laughter. Not joyful laughter, but an evil cackle. The shrill sound sent chills down Yumi's spine and then she watched as her surroundings shifted and melted. She wasn't on the street, she wasn't even outside. She was in an old, abandoned warehouse.

At least that's what she thought. It looked like one, as far as she could tell from movies and television. It had a high ceiling, windows that were broken and filthy, and was just huge in size. She looked around, seeking the source of the noise that had gotten her attention.

From the shadows, a figure emerged. It was a woman. A woman with pitch black hair that went down to her mid back, pale skin, and a pair of demonic looking grey eyes. She was slightly taller that Yumi, and clearly older, even though she looked quite young. She had a perfect hour-glass figure and long legs that would any man go crazy.

But that isn't what Yumi noticed right away. What she did notice was that this woman's ears were pointed, that her fingernails were actually long, dagger-like claws, and that she had a pair of black, bat-like wings and a devil's tail that hung down to her knees. Yumi knew very well what this woman was, because her mother had been one.

This woman was a succubus.

She advanced towards Yumi. A playful, yet evil glint in her fierce looking eyes. Yumi backed away and soon found herself backing into a corner. The succubus kept advancing until she was blocking any possible escape for Yumi.

Her lips spread into a twisted smile, "Hello Yumi. I've been waiting for you."

Yumi was afraid. She didn't know why but her instincts were telling her that she was in danger. The fact that the succubus knew who she was didn't help matters at all.

"Who…who are you?"

The succubus stepped closer, her eyes full of malicious intent, "My name is of no importance to you. All you need to know it that you're going to die at my hands, just like your mother did."

Yumi's fear was now mixed with shock and confusion, "W-what? But my mother was killed…"

"By that sword wielding brat from the Aoyoma family? Yes, but who do you think got her to kill your mother? It was so easy to trick her into doing it too."

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"So you were tricked into killing Yumi's mother?"

Tsuroko nodded, "I was returning from training in the mountains one day when it happened. I had left the woods and was about to make my way home when a woman ran up to me. She was bleeding very badly and crying hysterically. She was raving about monsters coming to her house and killing her family."

Motoko was confused. She didn't see what that had to do with Yumi's mother. Not wanting to interrupt she sat quietly and let Tsuroko continue.

"Seeing the condition the woman was in I tried to tend to her wounds. But she refused, telling me I should run as the creatures that killed her family were probably following her. Before I could get a word in she ran off. She was headed toward the city which wasn't very far. I felt it would be best to let her go since she would obviously get the medical attention she needed when she got there. It was then I went in the direction she had come from.

I soon found what I assumed was her home, a small house at the edge of the woods. What awaited me when I got there was a scene of pure carnage. There was blood and gore everywhere, and as far as I could tell there were no survivors. It was then I saw them. Two grotesque beasts, one large and one small, emerged from the house. They walked on two legs and looked very much like gargoyles. Both of them had blood all over their hands and mouths. The smaller one was dragging a dead body with it.

Knowing I had the element of surprise on my side I waited for the best moment to make my attack. It came when the larger of the two turned its back towards me. I took the opportunity without hesitation. I thought that if I were to strike the bigger one with a lethal attack when it wasn't looking, then I might be luck enough to catch the smaller one by surprise and quickly destroy it as well. I was right; I sliced the head off of the larger beast and the smaller one dropped the body and let out a shriek. Not giving it a chance to counter attack I went to kill it as well when the strangest thing happened.

A man came out of the house and screamed with despair when he saw the monster I decapitated. He turned to see me about to attack the smaller one and begged me to stop. He ran over and stood between me and the little beast. He stood his ground and the monster ran into the house crying.

It was at this point I was horribly confused. This man, who looked no older than his mid thirties, was fighting back tears in his eyes. He seemed so grief stricken over the dead monster. And then there was the other monster that had actually run away crying. I had seen many things fighting demons and the like, but I had never seen a monster cry. It made no sense."

Motoko suddenly understood what was going on, "It was all just an illusion wasn't it?"

Tsuroko nodded, "When I realized that, the illusion broke. All the blood and gore was gone, the dead body turned out to just be a doll, and the 'monster' I had killed was a woman. I wanted to think it was all just a bad dream and that I would wake up any second. But in the end there was no denying it; I had murdered someone in cold blood, albeit unintentionally."

Tsuroko stopped there, letting her gaze fall to the floor. Motoko waited for her to say more, but she didn't. She knew there was more, and she needed to know it.

"What happened after that?"

Tsuroko looked back up, "I tried to explain everything to the man. He seemed reluctant to believe me at first and I couldn't blame him for it. Surprisingly, when I told him that I was under a spell, he didn't question me. It was then he told me that his wife, who was the one I killed, was a succubus so he was familiar with the concept of illusions. He even told me who he thought was responsible for casting the illusion on me."

"Did you ever find out whom?"

"Yes. It turns out he knew who was responsible. She was an old friend of his wife's. Her name is…"

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"Mizore!" Yumi's eyes lit up with realization, "I remember you know! You were a friend of my mother's! Why would you do something like that to my mother!?"

Mizore cackled, "Friend? Ha! Yes I was once friends with your mother. But that was before she went all soft on me. She shamed all demons by wedding and raising a child with a human. I tried to kill her myself but she was too string for me. I bided my time trying to think of a way to end her worthless existence, and one day I was lucky enough to come across that Aoyoma girl as she left the mountains near your home. I hid in the woods and cast my illusion before she had a chance to sense my presence. Then I watched as she went and killed your mother!" She cackled again, "The look on her face when she realized what she did was priceless! It's such a shame she didn't get to kill you as well. I was planning on doing it myself and then killing that father of yours as well."

Her wicked smile melted into a foul grimace, "But that Aoyoma bitch found me out and I had to lay low for a while. So I've been watching you and waiting for the right moment to strike. I would have killed you sooner but I decided to watch you for a bit. I started to think that I could take you in and teach you how to act like a true demon, but then I saw you with that girl."

She spat in Yumi's face, "You're disgusting! Flirting with humans! You're just as bad as that pathetic excuse of a mother of yours! I changed my mind and went back to my original plan to just up and kill you. But first I'm going to kill your father and that little girlfriend of yours. Shinobu, that's her name right?"

Yumi's sense of fear grew. Things had just gotten much, much worse.

TBC.

Well that took long. I'm sorry to just end the chapter like that as I know many will be eager to see what happens next. But I'm working on the next chapter right now and plan on getting it up soon.