Spirit-Thanks to those who voted for my next story.
Tenshi-:bouncing off the walls:
Spirit-...who gave you sugar?
Tenshi- I found some pocky in your room!
Spirit- You ATE My Pocky :lunges at him and theres a hug fight clud with Tenshi screaming, soon cloud is gone and Tenshi is all tied up in some rope and is tryig to inch way like a worm; I'm not through with you, but i need to update this before i can.."properly" punish you. well here's the next chapter for you all.
Shout Outs!-
Sailor Ra-Vegeta no killing hondo, i would let you, but then that would ruin the whole purpose of haveing him in the story. oh and Ra-chan what do you mean cute? Bakura's down right HOT! hehe, i'm weird too. and hey at least i'm not posting my story till this one or the other one's done. so there. thanks for the review and vote.
Saturn's Spawn-thank you for the vote and spelling thing. i really needed that, so thanks!
bluedragonflyofdestiny- evil bastard yes, make him into stew, no. i think it would taste bad. but it still would be fun makeing him into stew! i'm a little sadistic what can i say? thanks for the review.
Harpygirl91- Aw Kitty Eyes! i like cat's more then dogs. cats don't bark at 7o'clock in the morning! yep, they're starting to get along...kinda. Hondo will get his, so don't worry. i just haven't decided who should kill him yet. either Hotaru or Bakura or both. thanks for the review and vote!
Taeniaea- Thank you, i'm glad you like it. thanks for the review too!
Wolf Jade-i'm going to write more with those two, but it won't appear for awhile. But i will have it! hehe. thanks for the review!
Disclaimer-i don't own anything except a few minor characters, hondo,and the plot. got it? good!
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A smile soon appeared on his own face, and he turned the horse around to head back to the camp. The battle had ended and Hondo's men were retreating. The thieves all cried out in victory. Hotaru looked back to see the man who had tried to take her still on the hill. He glared at her then smirked and turned his horse and road after his men. This would not be the last time they saw each other, and the next time they did one of them would have to die...and it sure as hell wasn't going to be her!
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A small boy with blueish black messy hair, and brown eyes was led into the throne room by two guards. The pharaoh and priests stopped their conversation to see what was going on. The boy looked up at Atem a little fearful, so the Pharaoh smiled at him to relax his nerves. One of the guards told them that the boy had a message from Bakura, which immediately caught everyone's attention. Pharaoh Atem looked at the boy and nodded for him to recite it.
"Bakura wished to tell you that he has Hotaru Kaiba and she is still alive." Atem glanced over at Seto and saw he was listening intently. The boy went on. "If her brother, Seto, does not hand over his Millennium Rod then in a weeks time they are going to kill her. Till then or the time you give the item up, no harm will come to her."
The Pharaoh nodded and the boy was taken out of the room while he and the priests talked about the matter. All of the priests turned and looked at Seto who seemed to be indifferent to what was going on. Atem was the only one that knew better. Right now the young priest was trying to figure out a way out of this. The situation was a difficult one.
"You can't seriously be thinking of handing it over!" Akhenaden cried. Seto glared at him.
"She's my youngest sister! I have to protect her!" he shouted at the old fool. Akhenaden glared at him with his one eye.
"She's not even of your blood, and you would throw everything away for her pathetic life?" Seto charged at him ready to throw a punch when Atem quickly held him back from doing so.
"What would you know about compassion you old fool? Yeah I would throw all this away to get her back! And what are you going to do about it? Kill me? I'm not doing a damn thing wrong!"
"Seto calm down. We'll get her back, and you won't have to hand the rod over either." Atem said. Seto stopped his assault and turned to look at him.
"And how do you propose we do that!"
"We find Bakura before the week ends and put an end to him once and for all. I have search parties already out and looking for him. I myself am going on the next one. You can come with me." Seto stared at him for a moment then nodded. The Pharaoh motioned for the guards to bring the boy back in.
"Tell Bakura we are discussing it. Come back in three days and we'll have an answer." Atem said the boy nodded and fled the room.
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The boy ran through the market streets, careful to make sure none of the guards followed him. Once the guards had opened the door he took off running and soon lost them. They were out of sight now and he smiled at his cleverness. That was when a small rock was tossed and hit the top of his head. He stopped and looked at the alley it had come from. His smile grew when he saw Khalid leaning on the building in the shadows. Quickly he made his way to him.
"What did the Pharaoh say Haku?" Khalid asked as the boy joined him in the alley.
"They said they are still discussing it and in three days they will have an answer." the boy replied. The red haired thief remained quiet for some time then finally spoke again.
"I guess we can't do anything for now. Well stay in this city and in three days you'll go back." Haku nodded then looked up at Khalid with sad eyes.
"Bakura's...not really going to kill her is he? He didn't seem like he was going to, especially after he saved her from Osuma." Khalid looked at him blankly then looked up to the sky.
"Nah, I don't think he will. Despite that those two hate each other now...I don't think they will soon. Now get back to the inn. I'm going on a walk." he said and pulled the hood of his cloak up to hide his main features. Haku smiled, nodded, then ran off. Khalid soon left the alley and began to wonder the streets of the large city.
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Haku looked around for anyone that might see him. When the coast was clear he moved a huge rock to reveal a small tunnel just big enough for him to go through. He crawled in and moved the rock back to hide the hole once again. Then he crawled through the small space until he came out at the palace gardens. He felt bad for lying to Khalid but he had to get something far worse off his chest.
Soon Seto and a brown haired girl walked into the garden. Haku starred at the girl for awhile and thought she was pretty. Quickly he shook his head and got out of his hiding place and ran over to them. Seto recognized him and looked at him in shock.
"You're that boy. What are you still doing here?" he asked.
Haku glared at him. "My name is Haku, and I wanted to tell you something, but only you." he said with a glance at the girl. She giggled at how grown up he was trying to act.
"Fine I can see this a man to man talk. I'll be over by the roses." she said and walked away from them. Seto then grabbed the boy by the back of the shirt and lifted him up.
"All right squirt. What do you know?"
"Don't call me squirt! My names Haku!" the boy cried struggling. Seto sighed and set him back down before crossing his arms and waiting for him to spit out whatever he had to say.
"I wanted to tell you that Bakura doesn't really intend to kill your sister." he said. Seto raised a brow.
"And how would you know this?" Seto asked.
"Because the night he took her she was chained up in the bar. A man named Osuma began to beat her because she mouthed off to him. I was told to go get Bakura because they had just found out that they had gotten the wrong girl. When we both entered I saw what Osuma was doing and looked up at Bakura. He was really mad and even killed the guy for hurting her so badly." Haku explained, remembering the shocked face of Bakura when he saw it was Hotaru, then how quickly that had changed to anger when he saw Osuma beating her.
Seto looked at the boy in surprise. Bakura had actually saved his sister? The boy had to be lying, but why would he be lying about something like this? The priest looked into Haku's eyes and clutched the Millennium Rod. He couldn't feel any bad Ka on the boy so he in fact wasn't lying. Still it was hard to picture the Great Bakura saving the girl who defeated him.
Haku thought maybe Seto wasn't convinced yet so decided to say more. "Bakura was really nice to her, he even let her sleep in his room."
This got a reaction from Seto. "And where did Bakura sleep?" Haku blinked.
"Well with her I think."
"What?" Seto cried. Haku realized his mistake to late. "That Bastard slept in the same bed as my sister? I'll skin him alive!"
The girl with brown hair quickly came over and tried to calm him down. She turned to Haku. "What did you say to him?"
"Uh...nothing!" he cried and quickly ran back to the tunnel and shot into it, afraid Seto might soon take his anger out on him. Seto's shouts could still be heard even after Haku exited the tunnel and covered it up. He had gone there hoping he could talk Seto out of killing Bakura, now it seemed he did just the opposite. "I am going to be in so much trouble" Haku said before rushing off into the crowd.
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Bakura walked back into the tent to find Hotaru asleep. When they had returned to the camp after the fight he found all of his pick locks in her shoes and took them back. She wasn't to happy about being chained up again, but it was the only sure way she wouldn't escape. He couldn't exactly lock up his tent. Oh yeah and did she throw a fit.
Thanks to her the tent practically came down on them and she ripped up his favorite shirt too. He finally couldn't take it and left the tent to join the others in burning their comrades bodies and taking Hondo's men out to become food for the buzzards. Not only had that girl started a war with him, she was starting one with his people and Hondo's. No doubt they would be back for her which meant he and the others had to get out of the area quickly. But for today they would rest.
Bakura sighed at Hotaru as she was finally quiet. He wondered when she had fallen asleep, not that it really mattered. He then found himself sitting next to her sleeping form and stroking her raven hair. A flashback of when she reached out to him when Hondo was taking her played in his mind. She had looked so frightened and sad. It had made his heart hurt when she called out his name, her voice sown with the fear she had been feeling.
He leaned down till he was a few inches from her face. "Why are you still here?" he whispered. It didn't make sense to him, she would be back with her family if she had gone with Hondo. Something else had to have been going on. Something about that guy had scared her. The scene played again. "Hotaru,...why did you reach out to me?"he whispered again and before he could stop himself he had leaned in the rest of the way and laid a gentle kiss on her lips.
Spirit- aw their first kiss!
Tenshi-to bad Hotaru was asleep though ;still tied up;
Spirit-Don't Ruin It! anways that's all, now if you'll excuse us i have to go hang Tenshi outside my window then put him in a room with my demon bunny, Ebony. Please Review.
Tenshi-:tears like waterfalls: Have Mercy!
Spirit-i don't do "Mercy". Ja ne :drags a screaming Tenshi off:
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