Authors Notes: Chapter 5 is up!

Thanks everyone for staying with me this far – especially after Chapter 4 – I know it wasn't a very fun chapter but sadly a little needed. It will forever be a curse between our girls, though in the 4th Season it was a bit better, their communication about the deeper things in their heart that is. Though, there is still one thing left to communicate so let's hope that gets resolved soon XD (in reference to this story and hopefully a Season 5?).

I've gotten some negative reviews about Yumi being 'muscled'. Even with negative feedback I am appreciative of everyone's opinions because sometimes it can make you a better writer. What I did want to state, just to clarify (because I love Yumi and Sachiko) is that Yumi is not a steroidal mutated muscled monster. I feel the need to talk about this because there seems to be a miss-communication.

When I spoke of Yumis' neck, shoulders, and back muscles moving in fluid harmony it meant that because she was lifting a heavy axe and wearing a tank top Sachiko had the ability to see her muscles more defined because they were working hard. When a woman doesn't have any muscle mass her body is 'straight lined' but if she is active enough to build upon those muscles she is 'defined'. That doesn't mean she is bulky, can't fit into any of her clothing, or she ripples by just moving her neck – no. Think of it as Yumi was a girl who had no physical attribute to her and then obtained the body of a runner, lithe and trim lined.

In Chapter 4 she told Sachiko she was 'unlady like' in appearance. This does not mean she's bulky and a She-Hulk, but in the sense that Yumi see's Sachiko to be the ultimate lady. Sachiko is always telling her what is lady like and not – so Yumi becoming stronger physically and noticing that her body had changed in appearance, she saw herself as 'unlady like' because she was different looking that Sachiko. The melodramatic Yumi, especially when she is thinking she's done wrong to or by Sachiko, is always over the top. This incident was no different. Though in Chapter 3 Sachiko does recognize that Yumis' body had changed but that it was still feminine, just stronger.

I'm not mad or flaming or upset in any form, I'm just sorry that there was such a huge miss-communication that led to some readers not being able to enjoy what was written.

So thank you again everyone for your support and kind words (even the not so kind)!

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Thoughts by the characters are italicized and between two of these * little guys.

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I don't own any of the characters, I wish I did because they are amazing, but a girl can dream XD

She almost didn't want to do it.

The way those raven tresses were splayed across the pillow, how long elegant fingers grasped at the pillow, basically just how incredibly beautiful Sachiko looked sleeping on her side with the sheets tangled around her feet. Yumi had watched her Onee-sama sleep for at least an hour, after an early morning work out, while she thought of the night before.

There wasn't much to think about if Yumi was honest with herself. It was what it was. She had decided it was just Sachiko being concerned while Yumi had been in a delicate emotional state – nothing more. Yumi was fine with that because that is all she could really have with Sachiko, she wasn't part of Sachikos' world like that, and she didn't have the money or the stature.

It hurt her heart to think that she could never really have with her Onee-sama what she wanted but she had her for nearly two weeks all to herself and right now that was enough.

"Onee-sama…Onee-sama…" Yumi reached out to gently stir Sachiko from her sleep, shivering for a moment as her skin touched against the warm skin of her soeur.

"Mmmmhhh."

"Onee-sama you need to wake up please. I've made breakfast and gotten our things ready for today." Yumi said as her hand felt like it was tingling from touching Sachiko but she smiled wide as she heard Sachiko mumble sleepily about not getting up.

"You'll want to get up, Onee-sama, it's fresh fruit for breakfast and we're going for a hike."

"Five minutes…" Sachiko groaned, she hated mornings, so much so that she was well known to not be a morning person among the Council.

Yumi suppressed a chuckle at this side of Sachiko. It would be interesting to see how the many Sachiko fans at Lillian would react if they knew how very unlady like she was in the mornings.

"Five minutes but if you're not up I am coming back with cold water. You don't want that, One-sama." Yumi giving it her best to use a stern voice, failing as blue eyes shot open.

"You wouldn't dare." The sleep leaving Sachikos' body as she sat up to give Yumi a stern look, reinforcing her massive dislike of mornings, her voice indicating as much.

"Then get ready with the clothes I've laid out for you because the clothes you brought wouldn't do well with the hike today." Yumi told her while she stood at the door, smiling wide at the noises coming from the room as Sachiko made her way to the bathroom.

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The cold water felt good on Sachikos' skin as she forced herself to completely wake up and her mind began filling with the night before. She shook her head to clear her thoughts. It wasn't a good way to start the day but she wasn't going to ignore what had happened. Now was not the time to think on it though.

"Now, where are these clothes Yumi was talking about?" she looked around the room to find them lying folded on the chair.

An eyebrow rose questioning as she saw a pair of her shorts, a tank top she didn't recognize, and then beside the chair a pair of boots with so many laces. With a moments hesitation she looked at the clothing almost unsure how to dress.

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"So, we are going to climb…that?" Sachiko asked while she pointed politely in the direction Yumi had indicated they were going to go.

"Hai! When we get to where we need to go there is a very nice private pool there. It's really beautiful and it's almost like a hot spring on one end, while closer to the shore it's cooler." Yumi stated excited to get going and show her Onee-sama this part of her life.

Sachiko was glad to see Yumi happier today and was pleasantly surprised to see the reaction from her petite soeur when she walked into the kitchen after getting dressed. As Yumi continued to tell her about the place they would eventually end up in a few hours she couldn't help it as her mind drifted.

"Yumi, whose clothes and shoes am I wearing?" Sachiko asked as she walked down the stairs to see Yumi eating some fruit.

"Oh! Some of it is mine and some of it my mothers…"

Yumis' sentence faded as she caught sight of the "Outdoors Sachiko" standing before her beginning to casually eat some of the strawberries she had cut earlier that morning. Yumis' favorite white tank top hugged Sachiko in all the right places and she noticed that the shoes she lent Sachiko fit perfectly right under her calf. Within the moments of processing all of this information the half eaten strawberry held in Yumis' fingers fell back on her plate with a noticeable "splat". Yumis' face becoming radiant with a blush that Sachiko found adorable and thrilling all at once.

"Did I not dress right? The boots were a bit tricky at first but…" Sachiko said as she did a spin for Yumi.

"P…! You did well, Onee-sama, you look really…beautiful."

"Onee-sama…Onee-sama?" Yumi asked several times before the glazed look in Sachikos' eyes faded and focused on her.

"Yes, Yumi?" Sachikos' cheek blushed as she realized she had been caught.

"I said it would be too hot today if you kept your hair down like you always wear it. Would you like one of my ribbons?"

"I have too much hair for one of your ribbons but if you hand me the pair of chopsticks you packed for our lunch that would be better." She said with a smile.

Yumi was confused for a moment but dug around in the pack she was carrying and handed Sachiko the wooden chopsticks. She watched with surprise as Sachiko spun the wood in her fingers for a moment before putting both hands behind her head. Yumi leaned to better see, which Sachiko noticed, and turned around with her back to Yumi to show her what she was about to do.

With a motion that Yumi could only call graceful Sachiko pulled her hair into one hand to collect it before using both chopsticks to twist her hair over and over again. Somewhere along the way when Sachikos' neck became visible Yumi got...distracted, but then Sachikos' hair was finished in a bun – two chopsticks holding it in place securely.

"It should be alright now." Sachiko said with a smile, feeling the light breeze instantly on her neck.

Yumi nodded and led the way to the pool deep in the forest behind their cabin.

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To say that the hike was strenuous was an understatement – at least in Sachikos' mind. With the heat of the day and doing physical activity she was glad for Yumi's suggestion of putting her hair up. They had been hiking for a couple of hours already but Sachiko had yet to see the pool Yumi had mentioned, a pool she so very much wished was near. Conversation between the two had been nothing but laughs, enjoying the scenery, or Yumi telling her about the different histories of the area. While she was hot and sweating Sachiko couldn't be happier.

"Onee-sama, would like you to rest for lunch now? By the time we eat and get to the pool our lunch will have digested properly for us to be able to swim." Yumi stated as she turned to see if Sachiko would like that.

A slight blush went through Yumis' cheeks as she saw Sachiko a little breathless from the heat and walking, a slight sheen of sweat on her brow. She saw the older girl nod and take off her pack to go find a spot in the shade for them to eat using her handkerchief to dab the back of her neck.

For the millionth time Yumi wondered why her Onee-sama had agreed to be here with her. This type of vacation didn't seem like something Sachiko would enjoy but she had readily agreed and it had made Yumi so happy. They hadn't been at the cabin very long but even in the short time of them being here it made her very happy that she hadn't had to share her Onee-sama with anyone. So far Sachiko had been agreeable about their plans when Yumi had thought it would have been like the summer home. While that didn't bother her she was glad for the activity.

"Yumi? Are you coming?" Sachiko called to her petite soeur when she realized Yumi had yet to come to the blanket.

"Hai! Coming Onee-sama!" Yumi called back knocked out of her thoughts.

The temperature in the shade was noticed instantly by the younger girl and was glad for the reprieve from the heat. Within moments Yumi had all the food out on the blanket that had been in Sachikos' pack and was pulling bottles of water from the mini cooler that had been in her own pack.

"So what did you pack us for lunch?"

"Lots of fruit, cheese, and thick bread Onee-sama. Things to give us a bit of an energy boost but not so heavy we wouldn't be able to make it the rest of the way." She said as she began dividing the food among them.

Sachiko watched Yumi as she did her task. She couldn't help it. With Yumi not covering herself up anymore it was easy for Sachiko to look at Yumi freely, or at least as freely as not getting caught would allow.

*She looks so good, I really can't stop looking.

I know I shouldn't but I can't help it.*

"Onee-sama?" Yumi asked with a very dark blush on her face under the intense gaze of Sachiko who in turn blushed – getting caught again.

"Hai?" Sachiko recovered and reached for a grape.

"Here you go." Yumi said with her blush still rampant on her face.

Sachiko turned her eyes to see Yumi holding a small bit of bread with cheese on top of it while her other hand held a grape that she took a bite from. She noticed the cheese and bread getting closer to her face.

"Since you always eat with utensils of some sort and yours are in your hair, I thought…well…I thought…" Yumi tripped over her words and looked down for a moment.

In all the years she had been able to remember, Sachiko couldn't remember anyone trying to feed her. Everything in her told her to thank Yumi and take them from her hand, as it was proper, but another part of her wondered what it would be like.

"That was very thoughtful of you, Yumi, thank you."

A smile came to Yumis' face as she looked back up at her Onee-sama as she watched Sachiko lean in. Without even thinking Yumi closed the space to very carefully place the food into Sachikos' mouth. Yumi was instantly aware of the heat from Sachikos' lips so close to her fingers but she couldn't take her eyes off of how her lips moved. She couldn't help the tingle that went through her at feeling Sachikos warm breath on her skin nor could she control the thoughts that flooded her mind.

Daintily taking the offered food into her mouth Sachiko knew it was some the most amazing food she had ever tasted. She chewed politely until the food was down her throat but was cheese on bread without the sweet, juicy grape to follow? Blue eyes turned to see the half eaten grape in Yumis' other hand, some of its juices already on the younger girls' fingers.

*I want a grape…

Kami-sama I want that grape.*

Before Yumi could get her mind off of the image of feeding Sachiko her mind stop functioning beyond reason when she felt something warm against her finger. Her motor functions still worked properly because brown eyes snapped instantly to her other hand to see Sachiko there, her tongue out of her mouth touching…

Electricity so intense shot through Yumi's whole body as she felt Sachiko's tongue move up her finger and snake itself around the half eaten grape as her mouth enclosed the two fingers holding the grape. Yumis' free hand moved without thought to move one of the two tendrils of Sachiko's hair behind her ear, her breathing heavy and through her mouth, while Sachikos' lips dragged themselves over her fingers they encased as she sat back and chewed.

Yumi couldn't stop looking at her fingers seeing them glisten with a mixture of grape juice and Sachiko's saliva. She couldn't slow her breathing or the furious pounding of her heart. Her mind was all over the place with so many questions in her head. She was confused, thrilled, scared, and…aroused? Yes, the ever present throbbing in her body told her that's what that feeling was, a feeling she experienced the first time she ever saw Sachiko, and a feeling that was ever present the days that followed. She dared a look at Sachiko and saw something for a split second in her eyes that she had never seen in them since becoming the older girls' soeur.

*What is in your eyes Onee-sama?

It can't be what I think it is or is it simply my own feelings that I saw reflected?*

Sachiko's mind was screaming at her so loudly it was almost deafening. She had given into impulse, she had tasted Yumi's skin for a fraction of a second, and she had eaten a grape that surely had Yumi's saliva on it. With all of that together it had been the best damn grape she had ever eaten in her whole life. Within moments to taking the grape she controlled her expression though she was sure there had been a slip for a moment.

"Thank you, Yumi that was delicious." She said as she took some more food for herself, her hands shaking uncontrollably.

"H..h..hai, Onee-sama." Yumi stuttered, her mind still so very unsure.

Authors Notes: Very gutsy there Sachiko! I think her feelings are beginning to get the better of her don't you? I'm not a huge grape fan but I would start eating them if it was Sachiko hehe. I hope you enjoy the beginnings of what is to come!

Thank you everyone for sticking around so far!

Chapter 6 to follow in the days/weeks.