Spirit-well heres the next chapter! sorry, i ususlly update it sooner than this, but i had to tke a shower.
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88 Last Time 88

Spirit-lets see...last time. well Hotaru was beaten up and Bakura saved her then she fell asleep in his room. Seto and Makoto finally kissed after he broke down from finding out his father was dead and now Hotaru was captured. that's about it yeah.

88 This Time 88

88Hotaru's Dream88

There was nothing but darkness again. The pure comforting darkness Hotaru had seen before. She turned around and smiled when she saw Darius standing behind her. He smiled back at her and walked till he was at least two feet in front of her. "You've been busy Hotaru. I'm just relieved you are still alive." he said.

"Well that makes two of us. Though I don't know if I'll be alive much longer. I'm being held prisoner by Bakura, the King of Thieves." she explained. His smile only grew.

"The King of Thieves huh? That shouldn't be any trouble for my best pupil." he said. Hotaru looked at him confused.

"Pupil?" she asked. He nodded and walked around till he was directly behind her.

"It's about time you remember the past you had forgotten. You will need it to help remember your mission. I will help you, but then you will have to complete your mission on your own." he then placed his hands on her shoulders and the darkness disappeared.

Looking around she found she was in a very green place with weird looking houses. She soon realized that these where northern lands. Where trees, and grass were plenty. It was a small village and no one seemed to be around. Then a little girl no more than four ran out from behind one of the houses chasing a ball. Hotaru gasped when she realized it was a younger version of herself.

"Hotaru!" came a serene voice. A woman came from which the girl had come and quickly picked her up. "You mustn't be out here!" she cried. Suddenly an arrow flew into her throat and the woman fell the to the ground dropping the child.

The young Hotaru stood up and rushed over to her. "Mama? Mama wake up!" she cried as tears rolled down her face. War cries where heard and the child became even more frightened. She quickly got up and ran into the forest and hid behind a bush. Men on horses stormed into the village and began to slaughter the people who had been hiding inside their houses.

Soon the massacre had ended and the little girl came out. She looked among the bodies and kneeled next to a white haired man. He was still alive, but it didn't look like he would last much longer. "Papa? Are you going to leave too?" she asked. The man smiled.

"No Hotaru...I'll always be with you. But you can't stay here. You must go...and find a new place to live." he said. He took a sharp intake of breathe and was gone. The young Hotaru cried and curled up next to her father. Time seemed to speed up and it was late the next day when a man came into the village.

He looked amongst the carnage and sighed. Then he heard the sniffing of the young girl and went over to her. "You survived? What's your name?" he asked. Hotaru looked up at him with her teared stained face.

"Hotaru...what's your's?" she sniffed. The man gave her a warm smile before he replied.

"My name is Darius."

The image faded and the darkness returned. Darius stepped out from behind her and looked at her. Hotaru just starred up at him blankly. "I remember that...you found me there and took me in. I became your student and was taught how to fight. I remember all my lessons and missions you had sent me on, and...I remember the day you were killed. When you had left me in that basket hoping I would live a normal life for awhile. ...But...I still can't remember what it is I'm suppose to do now." she said.

Darius placed a hand on her shoulder. "Give it time. You still have plenty. I'm sure when the time comes you'll know what it is you have to do. Now I must go. I am able to finally rest now that you have your memories. Farewell Hotaru, you were always like a daughter to me." with that he kissed the top of her head and faded away into the darkness.

88 End Dream 88

The violet eyed girl opened her eyes and blinked at the light that shined through the window next to her. She moaned and turned away from it. She closed her eyes again but then felt warm air brush against her face. Irritated she opened them again and froze. There a mer 2ins away from her was Bakura's sleeping form. She starred at him wide eyed for a moment...then screamed.

This startled Bakura and when he got up he accidently leaned to far back and fell out of the bed. Hotaru wrapped the blanket around her and glared at him. He sat up and rubbed the back of his head which he had hit. "Idiot woman! What was that for?"

"Because you were sleeping right next to me! Aren't there other places you can sleep?" she snapped. He glared up at her.

"Well excuse me but that's My bed in the first place! I have every right to sleep in it! And no, this isn't an inn so there aren't any rooms left for me to sleep in!" he barked back.

Hotaru growled at him. "Then you should have slept on the floor, or moved me to it or something! Geez it's not that difficult!"

"Oh shut up! You owe me for saving your sorry ass last night, so don't give me that crap!"

"You wouldn't have had to have done anything if you hadn't kidnaped me in the first place!"

"I thought you were the Princess! Wasn't that who you were 'pretending' to be anyways! For being a bodyguard you should have known the consequences!" he said, getting off the floor. He threw a dress at her. "Here get dressed in this, and stop complaining! You're lucky I kept you alive this long!" he then stomped out of the room, slammed the door, and locked it behind him. Hotaru fumed. She picked up the dress, took one look at it, then presumed tearing it to pieces.

Bakura sighed and splashed some water on his face to help wake him up. Not that he really needed it after he had gotten himself all worked up at Hotaru. Was anyone actually even missing that brat? Deciding it would be best not to think about her, he left the kitchen and went into the dinning room where a few of his men were already up and eating.

He collapsed into a chair at one of the tables and two of his friends came and sat with him. One gave him a bowl of who knew what and a jug of water. Bakura scowled at the food. It appeared they needed to go "shopping" again. He drank half of the water and began to eat the weird tan muck that was supposed to be his breakfast.

"So Bakura you and the Misses already had your first fight I hear." on teased. He had shaggy black hair that stuck out everywhere and blue eyes. A scar ran over one of his eyes and little hairs were growing on his chin and upper lip. He had a bad habit of making ladies fall in love with him then dumping them when they began to want a more serious relationship.

"Shut up Hamadi. I'm not in the mood for this." Bakura said.

"Hey I'm not the only one who heard that little brawl of yours. All the men in that hall did." he said. Bakura grumbled, and tried to concentrate on keeping the food down in his stomach. "Ok ok, I'll stop. But you might want to get used to it before the others start to come in here."

"Heh, if anyone other than you two says anything I'll slit there throats."

"This isn't what we came to talk to you about though." the other one spoke up. He had long red hair that was kept tied out of his face and brown eyes. His own bad habit consisted of killing anyone who even so much as looked at him the wrong way, other than Bakura and Hamadi. "What are we going to do now? We were planning on using the princess as blackmail for the Millennium Items, but now we have that little brat instead."

Bakura thought about this. He was right, that plan was of no use anymore, but another one began to form in his head and he smirked. "The girl. She's High Priest Seto's younger sister. Well use her to get his item then take on the other priests one at a time with it." the two grinned.

"That's an excellent idea. Not as good as the first one, but it still works." Hamadi said, leaning back in his chair. "Now there's only the manner of getting the word out to the damn priest."

"Leave that part to me." Khalid said and got up. Bakura and Hamadi nodded and he left to do the task he asked for. Hamadi turned to Bakura.

"What are we going to do with the girl ahead of time? All the tents and wagons are going to be full. Even Khalid and I have to share a tent now." he said. Bakura grumbled and finished the last of his breakfast and water.

"Guess she'll have to stay in my tent then if there's no where else to put her. Though I don't know if I can take much more of this. Hopefully Seto will agree to our terms quickly." with that he took his bowl and jug and went to give them to the servants. He got another bowl of food and water and went back to his room.

When he opened the door his mouth nearly hit the floor. "What in the name of Ra are you wearing?"

Hotaru jumped as she had been lost in thought and looking out the window when he had shouted the question. She looked at her outfit and smiled. She had white pants on(the kind like Wufei's or the guys on Inuyasha wear), that was held in place since they were a bit big by a red sash, and a white halter top shirt that she had obviously made from a normal one. There was also the fact that those were his clothes. What happened to the dress he gave her to wear?

"Why aren't you wearing the dress I gave you? And why are you in my clothes!" he shouted. Hotaru just smiled at him which got him more angered.

"Well to begin with I hate dresses. I like the freedom men's clothes provide. And seeing as how your clothes are the only ones in here I really had no other option. If you don't like it, tough." she said ending with a glare at him then turned to look back outside.

Bakura tired his best to refrain from strangling the girl. He had to keep her alive if he wanted to blackmail Seto. It wasn't likely the priest would hand over the item for a corpse. Gritting his teeth he set the food down on a stand. When Hotaru heard him do this she looked over and saw the food. She looked up at him as if asking if it was for her. When he nodded she quickly grabbed the bowl and began to scarf it down. This caused a smirk to form on his face.

"Hungry aren't we?" he asked. Hotaru took a spoonful of the stuff and flung it at him but he dodged out of it's way. "You certainly are a child aren't you?"

"Better a child than a pompous egotistical jerk." she said. To her surprise Bakura just laughed at the statement.

"I'm glad you think so highly of me. Now when your done with that pack whatever's your's. We'll be leaving in one hour." with that he made to leave but Hotaru stopped him.

"Why? Where are we going? And who said I was going anywhere with you?"

Bakura turned back to her with a grin. "You have to come. This whole trip is for you after all. Plus I highly doubt you'll want to stay here where I can't protect you from the rest of my men. So deal with it woman."

"Hmph, fine I'll go, but stop calling me woman. I know you know my name so use it, or I won't answer to you."

"Fine oh and as to your second question. We're going to meet with your brother. You see we really want that item of is known as the Millennium Rod, but he won't give it to us. Now that we have you though, that's a whole different story." his grin only grew when her violet eyes narrowed further at him and she growled.

"Bastard. You're using me to get the power of the Millennium Items. We'll I'm not going to be apart of your twisted little games. I have my own agenda to pursue." Bakura raised an eyebrow to her and crossed his arms.

"Oh and what would that be?" the words of Darius crossed through Hotaru's mind and Bakura became confused when her eyes softened as if she were in a trance of some kind.

"I have to find...the one they call Hondo Runihura." suddenly her eyes widen as images of the childhood when her parents were killed, to ones of a group of men killing her adoptive father, to that of a Shadowed man with his foot on the dead body of the Pharaoh and all of Egypt burning. When she tried to see his face the images stopped and she blacked out.


Spirit-
well now we know some of Hotaru's past. the rest of the time she just spent training and traveling with Darius.
Tenshi- yep, and now we know her mission too!
Spirit- ah but we don't know what she has to do once she finds this guy now do we?
Tenshi- wait you know!
Spirit- Mwahahaha, and i'm not telling! well...at least not now. well please Review! Ja ne

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