Umi, relenting to his disciples commands that he "worked them too hard" and they "cant continuous fight dragons for his amusement" forced him to take a group vacation of their choice, to which they chose the Ostian Hot Springs and Royal Summer Villa as there vacation spot. Paying the people in dirty money, he funded the retreat to the ancient capital of magic. While everyone was getting their things set up in their rooms, Umi was poolside with Yoko.

"As much as i hate MM's control over this place, i have to admit, we really did need to R&R."

Umi chilled while Yoko was in the water, naturally he loved to swim, but retired to a lounge chair so as to not get sucked down the lethal drain, like he did a few seconds ago when he had to be rescued

"It's so lonely being the only girl~ Well I guess it's kind of like a reverse harem! Well, I'm ready either way." Ayra smiles, patting her bed as she made her room tidy and clean, which doesn't reflect her usual appearance. She was glad to go on a trip with Mortimer, Umi and everyone.
Wrapping her body in a towel, she makes her way to the female side of the hotsprings. There were a lot of woman with giant breasts, making Ayra rather jealous. Even if Ayra was the most beautiful, she definitely wasn't the biggest where she wanted to be.

Nhieling, who have join the Ryugujo recently, was wondering about the other member that were part of this organization too. The balance of power between the Confederacy and the Empire were to tigh, adding other power in presence wouldn't be too bad...
He looked around him, Umi and Yoko were already here.

"Alright guys, settle down, we came here today on a mission: To have fun, so go crazy with your merriment. Yoko and I are going into town later for our annual 'Neither of us died this past year in battle' date, so dont go busting it up with your crazy shenanigans!"

Umi continued to lounge by the pool as he shooed the guys away

"Ah, Umi-san! I'll definitely be having fun with you!" Tristen comes from behind, giving him a hug. He smiles at Yoko, sticking his tongue out at his love rival.

"I'll always protect you, Umi! As thanks for saving my life and making this rare artifact with me..." He smiles, holding out his artifact card hugging it slightly.

Nhieling was seaking for men... TRUE men ! Because hot spring also mean... Sneaking.
Not like Nhieling was really interrested into seeing nake body, but it was always so fun to launch a sneaking operation on the girl side...

Yoko noticed Tristen's behavior and looked at Umi rather oddly, he didnt know that Tristen had a thing for his boyfriend.

"...Should i be worried?"

"Not particularly"

Umi sat on his lunge chair as they're ordered drinks were brought in, Umi loved smoothies, so he ordered a dozen of them in a variety of flavors, it was just one of his odd quirks. While he sat and drank his smoothies, he wondered about there current arrangements for the date.

"So where should we go for our date? Im thinking something fun, restaurants are played out"

Forgoing the pool scene Mortimer went straight to the hotsprings clad in one of the "short towels" that always seem to be the only acceptable dress at these places. He had his camera, water proofed and loaded with film. Now all he needed was a way to the other side and his vacation would truly begin!

"...How about a Sky Gondola?"

Yoko pointed up at the huge floating whale that drifting lazily through the sky. Along the side of it was the title Sky Gondola Rides: The Perfect Day For Two. Yoko thought it would be a good idea, with the rest of the guys caught up in the Ostian hot spring shenanigans, Umi and Yoko will be able to celebrate without any of them ruining it like the last time they were on a date.

Yoko got out of the pool and dried off, they agreed it would be fine to go on the gondola without changing, its would be a relaxing day for the both of them. He dried off and laid back on the lounge chair Umi was on.

Seeing Mortimer, Nhieling rushed over him. Smell the pervert kind. Any battle plan? asked him, as what he was speaking off seemed obvious.

There's pool and hotspring..? ]
Dai and Ryou were in the locker room throwing of their entire clothing into a basket. They wore a short towel around their waist and another was in a wooden bucket. They both opened the door and entered into the hotspring. Note that they are in the male's hotspring but able to go to the female's since those age lower than 10 are allowed. Dai and Ryou first scrubbed each other's back taking turns ~Srubbel dub dub~ It was enjoyful playing with bubbles as well -PoP-

Little did Mortimer and Nheiling know if they tried sneaking, they would be in serious trouble... Jess had needed some time away from town, and she'd decided to bring along a few of her less troublesome students... She just relaxed in the hot spring, letting them do whatever the heck they wanted... She knew if any of them got into trouble Alice would let her know through her telecommunication. In the meantime Jesss would be relaxing, trying to ignore the jealous stares of the other women.

Taurou saw all the interesting arrivals at the hotsprings. He was in a corner of the hot spring just soaking, and wasn't about to go on any perverted adventure with his master and Nhieling. He wanted to see how things would unfold, and see his master get flung outta the girl's side by someone. He laughed to himself.

"So far no... The only ways to the girls bath are through the front entrance to it, and the grate connecting the waterways of the two baths. The problem with the water way is that it's all underwater so no air while you're in it. Also if you're coming from the mens side then you're swimming against the current so it's doubly hard to swim up. Lastly there's a grate between them. You'd have to be smaller than half a foot to fit through it." This was their quandry. How to get through a metal grate underwater... and what's more, how to do it without getting caught by the women on the other side?

Taurou overheard master's plans and he sighed. He noticed Daisuke and Ryousuke earlier and walked up to Master and Nhieling. Hey, if you REALLY want to get into there, he said with a somewhat hushed tone, give Daisuke and Ryousuke the camera and have them swim through there. I'm sure they could turn into cat form and use their claws to pull themselves along the bottom of the tunnel and cats also have a much longer time span to survive without oxygen. He crossed his arms to see what the two would say.

Keke, we don't need the help of a brat. Sneaking is a matter of men !
Mortimer draw his puppet.
No need for oxygen, no problem to swin, the good size. Let's start our plan Mortimer.
Then Nhieling throw his puppet into the underwater passage, soon getting to the other side.
The puppet was still underwater, starting to get pictures. Then, to have other one it get out of the water, spinning over itself to get the maximum of information, and using the smoke as a cover.

Jess didn't know what it was but she could sense something was wrong... She tried to ignore the sense, but just couldn't... Evidently Alice could sense Jess's worry, and so together Jess and the telepath were able to calm each other down...

The puppet, a little too bold, get closer to Jess.
To the other side, seeing through the puppet eyes, Nhieling said through telepthy to the others that were still around him : Oh ! Jess is quite nice, maybe better without her clothe than with. Then the puppet found Ayra.
On the other side, there is nothing specil to see that we couldn't have see before on Ayra side...

Jess definitely knew something was wrong now, there was nothing she or her students could do to ease the sensation...

Taurou was surprised at Nhieling's comments and backed away into his corner again before things got out of hand.

Turning from Ayra, back to Jess, Nhieling made his first error. He was far too near from them. Ohoh..

Worried now- Taurou asked Nhieling: What's wrong? Did Ayra find you? You're doomed if she did.

Jess frowned... "Nheiling, you are so dead for this you pervert... And whoever's helping you do this too. I know you're not the sort to work alone."