Ottawa: BATMAN!

Hao: What?

Rye: *singing the Batman them song* Batman!

Hao: ... *walks away*

Ren: Whatever, same disclaimer and warnings apply.

Ottawa landed silently outside of Domino Hospital and quickly went inside. She knocked out a nurse and tossed on her scrubs before she hurried down the halls, she had taken the time to sniff the group while Rye and Luke had their little spat and was now following the stale scent that Joey had left.

She walked down the hall more and stopped outside of room 245. She smiled and walked in. Waiting a moment to make sure no one had seen her walk in and that no one would come to check on the girl. She walked over to the bed and smiled at the young girl laying there.

"Sweetie, wake up..." She cooed softly, gently waking the girl.

"Hmm... what?"

"Hi, my name's Ottawa... I'm here to take you somewhere safe. Okay? Your brother's pretty worried." Ottawa said.

"Joey?" She asked as she sat up and rubbed the sleep from her eyes, but she still saw darkness. "How do I know it's not a trick? Joey said not to trust anyone because Seto-kun's adoptive father was planning on kidnapping us..."

"What? No! I'm not working for that old fart! Look, let's put it this way, Seto put a gun to my head and told me to get you or I can kiss my brain goodbye." Ottawa said.

"Sounds like Seto-kun... okay, but how are we going to get out of here?" She asked as Ottawa began removing the wires from the girl, making sure not to trigger the alarms.

After removing the IV from Serenity's arm and bandaging it, Ottawa picked the girl up and jumped out the window, Serenity bit back a screaming seeing as they needed to sneak out. Ottawa landed in the garden and then jumped up onto the nearest roof. She ran along, jumping from time to time. Serenity said nothing more as she wondered how the girl was moving so fast with her on her back, Serenity wasn't exactly light, but she wasn't too heavy either.

"There's our next stop!" Ottawa said and jumped again. She landed in front of the Kame Game Shop and knocked on the door.

There was a light on and she figured that Solomon Motou had gone to check on his grandson and found him missing and was waiting up for him. She was right too seeing as Solomon looked ready to scold her ears off when he opened the door.

"Whe- Serenity?"

"Grandpa?" she asked.

"What's-"

"Not to be rude sir, but can we come in?" Ottawa asked.

The old man let them in and led them up to the house and sat down as Ottawa set Serenity on the sofa and then she sat down as well, her legs were overheated, but it felt good to push her body to the limits. Once she caught her second wind she began explaining why they were there in the middle of the night.

"... and seeing as these people attacked us, my friends and I figured we gather up the family and friends so these people can use them against us. So please don't be cross with Yugi, it was mine and my friend's fault anyway..."

"Well... alright. Allow me to at the very least pack up a few things for me and my grandson."

"No! Don't touch anything... It's hard to explain, but we can't leave a trail behind." Ottawa said quickly.

Solomon looked at her with a stern glare, but nodded and agreed. Ottawa paused, who next… Seto had Mokuba with him and she just got Solomon and Serenity. She sighed and pulled out her cell and pressed speed dial.

"Rye? Yea, I got Solomon and Serenity. Who else are we missing?... Pirika, Jun, Pailong and Manta? What about the Asakuras?... You're right... but still can't we at least take their mom?... fine. See you shortly." She hung up and Solomon asked how they would get there.

When she said nothing he took his car keys and they left, after locking the door...

Ottawa snuck into the En Inn and moved silently to Manta's room and quick as death, she gagged him and stuffed him in a bag, telling him to be silent or die. He held still and she went to get Pirika and Jun. Pailong tried to attack her, but Jun stopped him as she held up her cell and smiled.

"My brother called me... we're ready to go... Pirika... come." she woke the blue haired girl and Ottawa thanked her for being so silent. They snuck back out, Ottawa paused. She smelt something...

Pailong looked at her and she waved him out the door after giving him Manta before she went to see what that smell was. She looked into the kitchen and cursed under her breath, sitting on the counter was her potion notes! She had been so worried about the potions that she forgot about the book and seeing as the pages were torn out, she was pretty sure that there were a few pages missing. Anna stood at the stove, brewing a potion, and judging by the scent it was a potent love potion.

'What the hell is she doing?' Ottawa thought as Anna turned and she hid, Anna muttered out loud as she read the notes.

"Two locks of hair, one from the caster and the other from the victim... Well it's good that Yoh let me cut his hair... This will make keeping him in line easier... He'll be my devoted little slave while I rule as Shaman queen!" she smiled and went back to her brew.

Ottawa hissed softly and glared at a vase on the far side of the room, her eyes flashed and it shattered. Anna ran out to see what was the noise, but before she could turn and face Ottawa, said werewolf looked up and the lights began flickering before bursting in their holders and more glass up stairs shattered.

It was all the tale tell signs of a haunting and Anna ran up to her room to get her prayer beads, never once noticing the werewolf sneaking into the kitchen and snatching back her notes and ruining her potions, dumping in salt in the love potion and snatching the finished ones before she ran out and got into the car with the others. Pailong opted to sit on the roof.

She drove off like a madwoman and stopped when they were in front of the Kaiba mansion. She looked up to see that a good section was missing from the east wing and figured that was where they had been attacked.

"Come on..." she said before she walked up to the door and with the key twisted to the right once and then to the left twice before opening the door. "You guys go first. I gotta close the door properly."

Pailong picked up Manta and Serenity before walking into the pitch black doorway as Jun and Pirika followed and Solomon took up the rear as Ottawa walked in behind him and locked the door from the inside. They walked the darkness before coming to a door. Jun opened it and they stepped out into the parlor room where everyone else was sitting and Rye was smiling at them.

"Got them okay?"

"Yep... Had to scare Manta though, he'd have screamed and that would have been a pain..." Ottawa sighed. "How much have you told them?"

"The basics of the Eye, what you and me are, that sort of thing." Rye replied, rubbing her temple.

"You didn't go into a whole lot of detail." Hao accused angrily. He turned his glare on Ottawa, who saw the killing intent in his eyes; he was pissed off beyond hell.

"Hao, if you kill me I'm coming after your soul first." She promised. "Details would take too long and they involve things that human beings don't understand well, like the concept of a world without time."

"Huh?" Yoh blinked in confusion.

"Exactly my point." Ottawa suddenly found her arm in a hard grip as Hao hissed in her ear.

"You were the one who sent me that note." Ottawa regarded him with calm blue-grey eyes.

"You got it, good. Here's something I forgot to add, if Yoh could remember the life he had with you, do you think he'd be happy with what you've become?" Hao could only stare and Ottawa yanked her arm out of his grip. "Put away your rage for five seconds and think about what you're doing for once."

"What do we do about that one?" Seto asked as Ottawa sat down, jerking his head in Lyserg's direction. The green-haired boy had been tied, gently, to a chair and had his weapons removed from him. His eyes betrayed a mixture of fury and terror.

"He could know something, best to get information out of him now so that we can figure this out better." Marik growled, holding up the Sennen Rod.

"I'll never tell you anything!" Lyserg bellowed defiantly.

"Could have Marik brainwash him." Rye muttered.

"Let's try a less extreme tactic first, shall we?" Ottawa replied, standing back up and walking over to Lyserg. "Lyserg, do you know what the Eye of Anubis is doing at the moment?"

"Lady Jeanne is using it." He replied stubbornly.

"She's not supposed to. There's a reason that object stays in the Divine Realms and is handled by only those that know how." Ottawa continued, keeping her voice gentle. She liked Lyserg, he was a good kid, just a little mixed up and a lot mad. "And right now, it is collapsing the multitude of universes that makes up everything. Things are being held together, for now, but they won't forever, and the more the Eye is used, the worse things become. On top of that, the gods from all corners of the universes are blaming each other and gearing up for war. Divine wars rarely stay in the Divine Realms, so we'll have gods ripping apart our homes as well. All we want Lyserg, is to bring the Eye back where it belongs and repair what damage has already been done. We can't do that without knowing where the X-Laws are going and what they have planned."

Lyserg turned his face away from her, jaw locking stubbornly. Ottawa sighed, but waved off Marik. "We'll give you some time to think on it." She yawned widely. "I think it's time for bed, it's been a messy day, but in here we're all safe, so everyone should get some rest."

The occupants scattered, finding a bed to lie down in, and soon the house grew dark and silent. Yoh however, couldn't sleep. He wasn't thinking of the mess they were in, though it was on his mind, but the fact that Hao had tried to protect him from attacks, twice that day. Finally giving into his restlessness, he tossed the covers off and padded through the halls. He heard several soft and not-so-soft groans, cries and screams coming from various rooms as he walked along and he blushed, trying to ignore them.

He headed into the kitchen, looking for something to calm his nerves. "Couldn't sleep either, huh?" Yoh jumped about a foot in the air and then spun around to face his brother sitting at the table. "There should still be hot water in the kettle, tea's in the cupboard above the stove."

Yoh found the items Hao pointed out and then sat down at the table across from the pyromaniac. "Ottawa said… she said that I was your wife in your first life. Is that true?" Hao took a careful sip from his tea and gazed at Yoh thoughtfully for a moment.

"You weren't my wife in that you were female, more in that you took the duties of a wife of that time. You were my lover, a shaman that I had rescued from a village that believed you to be a demon." Hao explained. Yoh swallowed softly, remembering his dreams. "You remember on some level, don't you?"

"Dreams…" Yoh replied. "I wasn't sure if they were real or not, but when I figured out it was you in your first life who was in the dreams, I figured they had to be real." Yoh paused and then looked at Hao thoughtfully. "But then… why did you try to kill me?"

"I didn't know who you were until after our fight. I always thought my attraction to you was because of our unique bond, but it wasn't. When I absorbed you, I started assimilating your memories, including those locked away. If I had been in my right mind, I would have seen it right away, but I was far too furious. It was only while I was recovering that I realized…." He trailed off for a moment, looking away. "It all made sense then. I used to hate you because you reminded me so much of my Yoh, his gentleness, his compassion, his absent-mindedness."

"You were compassionate too, I remember that. What happened?" Yoh asked. Hao still refused to look at him.

"You were killed, by fearful, hateful humans that saw us as nothing but demons though we only sought to help them. I couldn't protect you, and you fell."

"And you lost it." Hao nodded his head bitterly. Yoh's heart pulled at the sight. Somewhere under all the hate and rage was a man he had loved in another life. Could he bring him back? He bet he could. "But I'm here now, I'm back." Yoh hesitantly reached out and grasped one of Hao's hands. Hao turned to him and Yoh was stunned to find the ebony eyes filled with tears.

"Let me protect you." Hao whispered, moving around the table and bringing Yoh to his feet, wrapping his arms around him and burying his face in his hair. "Let me love you." He murmured against Yoh's skin.

"You're giving me the choice?" Yoh asked.

"Yes, of course. I could not hold you against your will, I love you too much to keep you caged. You would only hate me for that." Yoh looked up at Hao and saw that his harsh face had softened into an expression of aching, pleading love.

"Yes." Yoh whispered, wrapping his own arms around Hao's neck. "Yes." He tilted his face up and lips met in a tender, loving kiss. Two pairs of unseen eyes, one jade green, the other blue-grey, watched the couple. One problem solved, one massive one to go.

Ottawa: Yoh and Hao, sitting in a- YAAHHHH! *ducks fireball*

Rye: F-U-C-K-I-N-G! First comes love, then comes marriage! There comes Yoh with the baby carriage! *dancing around*

Hao: Gah! Devil women! *chases them around with another fireball*

Yoh: Ok, just please review or at least give some sign you enjoy, it will keep them from hurting anyone, mostly.