Sacrificial Innocence

Sacrificial Innocence

By: Mirai Megami

Author Notes: Hello! Sorry to anyone that's reading this story because I do know that I haven't updated it in a long time! But hey ff.net was down for awhile, I have two other stories I'm trying to do, and then of course there's always that little problem that I call school! Ugh! We'll be getting report cards soon and I'm pretty sure if my mom sees it I'll be crucified! Wish me luck!! =P

Also I deleted all other chapters to this story so if I'm a little off in whatever please tell me so I can correct myself! Sorry (once again)!

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Hotaru walked further into the bar looking left and right for her blue haired comrade, but there was no sign of her anywhere.

'Ami? Ami? Ami? Where are you?' This thought currently ran through her mind and she could not help but still feel guilty for not helping her when she needed it most.

'What kind of friend am I to just stand around like an idiot when my best friend is being attacked and then kidnapped. I should have done something! Dammit Hikaru! Why did you do that! I'm sure she's gonna hate me forever and never want to even look at me again!'

Hotaru continued her little journey until she finally spotted Ami sitting at a booth in the corner of the room. At the sight of her Hotaru stopped dead in her tracks.

'There she is! What am I supposed to do? Just walk up to her and apologize. She probably only invited me here to yell and scream at me!' But soon after she finally processed this thought Ami motioned for her to come.

At first she hesitated but before she even knew what she was doing her legs were moving towards Ami. It was like they had a life of their own. And before she could turn tail and walk away she was standing in front of Ami. And all the noises and people of the bar seemed to fade away all she heard and all she saw was Ami.

"Please sit down Hikaru and wipe that look of your face! You look like you saw a ghost or something." Ami then motioned for her to sit down, face bright with a smile. Hotaru happily obliged to Ami's invitation.

"Um Ami?" Hotaru timidly asked Ami. She was sure her heart could have stopped right then and there, because she could hardly breathe.

"Yes?" Ami looked up from her glass of water to Hotaru. Ami's eyes then penetrated through Hotaru's and she knew exactly what she was thinking.

"If your going to ask if I blame you for what happened I don't. There was nothing you could have done anyway and I have no hard feelings toward you." Hotaru then let out a breath of air she had been holding in.

"I guess that was a load off of your chest! Well I'm glad you came anyway because I need to ask you something and." Ami hesitated for a moment contemplating the consequences that would follow her actions.

"And?" Hotaru titled her head a little to the left.

"And I also would like to tell you something." Ami finally finished. Ami could slowly feel her face get warmer and warmer.

"Ami you look like you're about to self-combust. Just tell me what it is." Ami then looked up and opened her mouth but before any words could come out a waitress came by and asked for their orders.

Hotaru ordered a salad while Ami ordered a chicken sandwich with a side order of salad. The waitress then left to serve others and fight off several of the drunks that continued to harass her.

"I feel so sorry for her. Those damn guys need to go and get counseling!" Ami then let out a small giggle as she took another sip from her water.

"You know Ami I never knew you ate meat. I thought you were a vegetarian." Hotaru inquired from her recently recovered friend and trainer.

"Neither did I. But I just have a craving for chicken tonight."

"Well alright. But anyway Ami what did you want to tell me? Or ask me?"

"Well why don't we wait till we get our food. I'm starving." Ami then scanned the room looking for Kiray and also for their blood-sucking enemy. Hotaru just looked at Ami with curiosity.

"Looking for someone Ami?" But Ami must not have heard her since she never answered her and was still scanning the room. "Ok…." Hotaru emptily said as she stared at Ami.

'Aha! There you are Kiray.' Ami saw her sitting at a stool by the bar with her black trench coat hiding her face and her weapons, which she must have gotten past security somehow.

"Excuse me Hikaru I'll be right back." And before Hotaru could reply Ami was already walking away from the table.

"Ah bye." Hotaru said to the retreating figure of Ami, and she then disappeared into the crowd, which left Hotaru all alone.

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"Duo?! Why do you always have to be the old ball and chain! You always pull as down!" Hiiro practically yelled at him attracting some unwanted and unneeded attention, which Hiiro simply just ignored.

"Some gratitude for you! God I only came here to help and look at the thanks I get!" Duo then scowled at Hiiro who was giving him one of his infamous glares.

"Well anyway why did you come here?" Duo pulled a total 180 on them and got completely serious.

"We are here to get that girl over there in the booth." Trowa then pointed across the room to the booth. Duo squinted his eyes and started to look left and right. Trowa merely sighed at his friends' near sightedness. "The one with the short black hair, purple streaks in them and purple eyes." Duo's face then lit up as he finally spotted her.

"She's pretty cute. So what's her name and what's with the targeting?" Duo then smiled at his comrades as they merely remained impassive to everything.

"Her names Hikaru but her real name is Hotaru. She's the one the elders want, the one that will release the spirits of hell onto earth. And it's time for her to become one of us after all this time of waiting." Wufei then jumped into the conversation with information he had known all along.

"Wu-man! Your telling me you knew all this time?! I bet Quatre does to! Man I hate you people!"

"Shut up Maxwell! And don't call me by that derogatory name ever again!" Wufei then glared at the braided man with pure anger and hatred. While Duo was the exact opposite, with his smiling face and snickering, but this only angered Wufei further.

"Stop it you two. And anyway Wufei you have to go meet Quatre remember. So you better run if you wanna get their on time." Trowa calmly stated with his eyes closed and arms folded across his chest.

"I'm going but I would already be there if it wasn't for the braided baka over here." Wufei then speed walked right out of the bar.

"I swear that guy'll never lighten up!" Duo then averted his head back to Trowa and Hiiro.

"So anyway have we known about her for awhile or did we just find out?"

"We've known about it ever ever since she was about five." Hiiro replied in his monotonous voice.

"What?! Why did we wait all this time?!" Duo practically jumped out of his chair as he heard this news.

"We've got no time to explain now but you will know soon enough." Hiiro said slightly turning his head toward Hotaru.

"So who's gonna bite her?" Duo asked looking over at Hotaru once again.

"We're still not sure on that one but I think it's gonna be Hiiro." Trowa said with his eyes still closed.

"Well I wanna have a part in this too so I think I will." And before either of them could react Duo was out of his chair and already halfway towards Hotaru.

'God dammit Duo! Why do you always have to do things like this! I'm gonna kill you when you get back here!' Hiiro angrily thought in his mind.

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'Man where could Ami have gone?! She's been gone awhile.' Hotaru then pulled her sleeve up and noticed Ami had been gone for about five minutes. 'I wonder what she could be doing.'

Then in mid-contemplation a young man with extremely long chestnut-colored hair sat down next to her.

"Hey baby! What's your name?" Duo then got an insidious look on his face, which frankly caused her to back away a little.

"Um. May I help you?" Hotaru said timorously.

"No. I just wanna know your name." Duo then rested his left arm on the back of the booth.

"Well it's Hikaru. I suppose this is where I ask for your name right?" Hotaru's heart felt like it skipped a beat, there was obviously something off about this guy she just couldn't put her finger on it.

"Well I guess it is and I guess my name is Duo. Duo Maxwell." Duo then slowly inched closer to Hotaru who continued to back away.

"Well why did you come over here?" She asked wanting him to just leave her alone.

"Just to talk and to get to know you more, unless there's a law against this now." He then stopped his approach and gave her one of his hearty smiles, and Hotaru could only weakly smile back.

"Well what is it that you want to know?" She was beginning to calm down since he had stopped his approach.

"Anything really. Where you live, what's your number is thing's like that!" Duo then winked at her and continued to smile.

"Really smooth there. Could you please leave me alone, my friend will be returning soon and." She couldn't find the words to finish off her statement.

He then was right in front of her, Hotaru couldn't back up any further and he was practically on top of her. Hotaru tried to yell but nothing came out. And before she could even slide under the table and escape he grabbed the back of her neck and her upper left arm.

"This won't hurt." Duo then smiled at her as he saw the fear in her eyes. "Much." He then pulled her neck to the side and started to bite her. But to everyone else to looked like he was merely kissing her so no one paid attention to the two.

Hotaru began to gasp for air as she felt her strength leaving her along with her consciousness. And Duo kept biting her neck as blood started to run down her neck and his mouth. Hotaru's head then fell limp against his shoulder and he took his teeth out of her neck, and wiped away the blood that had smeared his face.

"Sorry. Just so you know I think you are cute so don't take it the wrong way." He then winked at her unconscious form and pushed her body against the booth and walked back toward Hiiro and Trowa.

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"So Ami you know what to do right?" Kiray asked not looking up at Ami.

"Of course I do, I just wanted to ask you if you were absolutely sure about all of this."

"There's no time for doubts in this game I hope you know." Kiray then stared at the booth where Hotaru was seated and noticed her limp form against the booth not moving. 'Hotaru?!' Shouted Kiray in her mind.

She immediately got off her stool and started to walk toward Hotaru not taking her eyes off of her. Ami then got a shocked look on her face a she ran over to Hotaru.

She stopped dead in front of her as Kiray sat down next to her. Kiray then felt for a pulse and while there was one it was very faint. Ami then attempted to grab Hotaru's hand but Kiray stopped her.

"The culprit must still be close. I'm sure of it! I can smell that ugly old rat here." Kiray then stared toward the door and there was a man with a long braid walked out the door.

"There!" Kiray practically shouted running toward the door only to stop short at the entrance to see no one. Ami then followed out the door with Hotaru's arm draped across her shoulder and her arm around Hotaru's waist.

"Kiray we have to get to the safe-house soon or else she could die!" Ami then stared down at her friend. Kiray then noticed everyone staring at them.

"We're to conspicuous here lets go." Kiray whispered to Ami.

"Hey does your friend need a doctor? Call the ambulance someone!" The guard roughly shouted.

"We don't need an ambulance. Got it!" Kiray then grabbed Hotaru and ran off toward her car with Ami close on her heels.

Ami got in the back with Hotaru while Kiray took the drivers seat. Kiray started the car and took off quickly, which was well beyond the speed limit.

'I wonder why they bite her but just left her there?! What are they planning? They always seem to be one step ahead of us! Fuck!' Kiray the speeded past several cars at record breaking speed, heading toward the safe-house.

TBC………….

An: Well just to tell you know this story will only have about three chapters left! Well anyway review please! And thanks to all that already have! ^.- It's most appreciated!