By Aiko Hotaru

I don't own SM or Yu-Gi-Oh! However the cards I create the mystic Maat and of course the evil villains I use are mine so there: P! J J J J JA!

Hotaru stared at Bakura in shock. His soft green eyes looked at each of her new found friends with surrow and agony. 'He didn't want a thing to do with this….' She whispered in her mind softly. 'I wish there was something I could do…' she spoke to herself, a gentle wave overtaking her voice. Suddenly, as if electricty was sparkling around her, Hotaru felt herself remerge into her own body. A transformation beginning to take place.

Soft white and golden light caressed Hotaru's body, sending shivers all over her as Joey and Yugi cried with Tea and Tristan at the same time "Hotaru!" . The group watched amazed as the soul self dressed as the amazon elf disappeared and reappeared as the real elf. Her body floated above the ground, seeming to never cease its endless journey. White clothe wrapped carefully in the light, surrounding her entirely, until it seemed as though she were nothing but a white ball of silk. As the clothing disappeared, the girl gracefully landed.

Hotaru now stood before Yugi and the others, as Yami and Yami Bakura did. Her eyes wide as she glanced about herself. Her hair was up in a strange bun, triple soft feathers poking out of it in a strange shocking way. The raven hair was held up tightly by golden hair bands with little rubies on it. Her clothing had faded into a white Egyptain empress style dress, covering over her completely. The dress was a silky white with a slit that ran from the end of the toes to the upper knee. Her arms bare nothing but the braclet and about her waist was a single golden chain with the eye of Ra clapsing it closed. Upon her shoulders drapped a gold silken cloth, that wrapped down her slim arms and raced to the ground. Two gold clasps held the shoulder pieces together with the symbol of another Egyptain god or goddess on it. The feathers within her hair bent over to a tiara upon her forehead, jeweled with a single purple gem. A soft gold viel wrapped about her lower face, covering her lips and lower nose. Soft violet eyes opened wide to gaze upon the group. "Maat…." Yami Yugi's whisper came, his own violet eyes large…

Hotaru froze as she saw something seeming to take over Yugi's body. His soft eyes went hard and large as they stared upon her strangely dressed form. 'Aibou…' came a soft voice from inside. Hotaru fainted, as Maat took over. Her violet eyes glared hard upon the features of Yami Bakura. "You have done forbidden great things, thief of evil…and for that, thy punishment shall be just as great…." Her ancient voice spoke. "To the realm of darkness, thee shall stay, till thy except thy new friend." She pointed from yami Bakura to the real one and soon both vanished.

As the dark area about them disappeared, Maat felt herself drained of all power. Tristan, Tea and Joey lay upon the ground next to Mokabu. She glanced about herself, noticing that she no longer stood. She was laying against something warm…something warm and soft and something that made her skin go all tingly. Looking up, Maat lost herself in the gaze of Yama, Phaoroh of Egypt…..

TBC…