RG's Authoress Notes: *cough* *cough* HA! *points at people* Now you HAVE to stop being mad at me for not updating, because y'know what? I DID! Anyhow... Here's chapter 5.

You should really try to be pleased with me because my birthday's on Saturday (the 22nd) so I've actually taken time off from rambling about what I want so I could write this. Anyway...

I really am sorry for the delay. First I was supposed to update on Christmas break, then I was going to do it last month, but now, here on spring break, I have done it! Mwahahaha! So, I'm sorry for taking so long, feel free to NOT flame me as I now have something that will take care of any flames, my Black Skull Dragon! ^_^U Sorry, but I finally got the cards I need to summon him, so he is now the one who will cause any flames to run away in fear. Oh yeah, I've also put people's words into separate paragraph... things to make it easier to read. So, without any further adu, on with the fic!

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- ~-~-~-

Promise You'll Remember: Chapter 5 - Before You Can Succeed (Growing Stronger)

Mokuba yawned and stretched as he slowly opened his eyes. He had been staying with Horus for over two weeks now. Every morning, the well-aged man had him wake up early to help with chores, among other things. Despite the hard work, Mokuba found himself smiling more often then he had before, even with Léane.

"You up yet, Mokuba?" Horus called from the hall.

Yawning again, Mokuba stood lazily and replied, "Yes, I'm up. I'll be at the table in ten minutes, okay?"

"All right, then. But, hurry up. You need to pick up a few things for me today."

After eating, Mokuba found himself walking down to the near-by store. Over the past couple of weeks, he had gotten to know some of the guys who worked there. He was already beginning to think of some of them as friends.

"Hey, how are you doing, Mokuba?" one of them greeted him. He smiled and waved before beginning to work his way through the aisles of food and other products.

"Hmm, that's funny," the young teen mumbled to himself, "There's hardly anything on the list Horus gave me. He usually waits until we need much more than this." Mokuba decided that he'd just dismiss the small oddity and continued on his way to collect the small amount of food that was on the list.

Mokuba waved to a couple people as he left and started walking back to Horus' home. As he walked up his guardian's driveway, he heard some strange sounds coming from inside. Growing worried, he hurried through the door.

Dropping the bag of groceries in the front hall, Mokuba called out, "Hey, Horus? Are you here?" He heard the sounds again. They were coming from the main room at the front of the house. Mokuba slowly walked toward the large room, "Horus, is that you?"

The ageing man looked up as Mokuba entered. He smiled cheerfully before going back to his workout. All the furniture in the room had been pushed off to the sides. Several mats covered the now vacant floor-space and set up in what seemed to be random places were a few punching bags, dummies, and other equipment.

Mokuba stared on in awe. "What is all this?" he asked in a whisper.

Horus grinned, "So, I take it that you like what I've done with the place. You see, this," he waved his hand towards the middle of the room and all of the training equipment, "is your new training area. I've finally decided to pull out the old black belt and everything."

"My what?" Mokuba was still a little dumbstruck from what had happened to the once beautifully set up room.

"Your training area. I've given it a considerable amount of thought and have finally decided that you are ready to begin your training in the martial arts. This is, of course, one of the main reasons Léane brought you to me instead of one of the many other more qualified people."

Mokuba stared, "Umm... okay, I guess. So, what exactly do you want me to do?"

Horus gave an exaggerated sigh. "This is going to be harder than I thought," he said to himself before answering Mokuba's question. "Well, my young friend, I'm going to start you off with the basic blocks, punches, and kicks. After that, you'll move on to the tough stuff."

Three days later, Mokuba was lying sprawled out on one of the mats, every muscle in his body, including some that he didn't know existed, was sore. 'So,' he thought sarcastically, 'these are the basics. I can't wait until the hard stuff starts'.

"C'mon, Mokuba. Before you can even come close to succeeding in whatever it is you must do, you must learn to train your mind with your body. If you can't manage even the basics, how will you ever get any farther?" Horus lectured.

"Well, I suppose..." Mokuba began, but was cut off by the usually friendly old man.

"You suppose?! Please focus. You can't just 'suppose', you have to 'do'! Don't you want to grow stronger and find out about your past? Don't you want to help Léane?"

Mokuba's eyes went wide. He had just realised exactly why he was doing this. "Of course I want to help, Horus. Léane is my best and truest friend. I'll stop at nothing to help her because I owe her my life. Don't worry, I won't stop until I succeed." That night, Mokuba's muscles hurt more than ever, but he didn't care anymore because he knew what his mission was, for the moment, at least.

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- ~-~-~-

RG's Finishing Speech-Type-Thing: Wow, would you look at that - a whole new chapter. I'm so proud *sniff* So, Mokuba was brought to Horus to train in the Martial Arts. I wonder what will come of it now that he has motivation. I'll try to get something on where Léane's going in the next chapter. Also, just in case you're wondering, though I have no clue why you would be, Horus is, in some way related to Yugi, but I can't tell you how because that would ruin part the story. Though, outside of this story, he's Yugi's cousin. Anyway, as you can see, there's no actual cliffhanger in this chapter. Yay.. -_-U But, that's okay! ^_^ So, please R&R. And don't forget, any flames will be given to my new Black Skull Dragon, now known as Daemon. Thanks. ^_^

~RG