Tenshi- Whoever said Senior Year of high school was a time to slack off, never went to our school.
Spirit-Tell me about it. Anyways here be the next chapter!
Diclaimer- I claim no ownership to Sailor Moon, Yu-Gi-Oh, or Practical Magic.
Pairings- Hotaru/Yami Marik, Steven(oc)/Minako/Yami
88 Last Time 88
After giving him her number and directions to her house. He promised to call. The boy then hugged her and the two parted ways. When Minako got home she couldn't help but squeal at the top of her lungs. Hotaru immediately rushed out of her room to see what the big fuss was about. When her sister told her she was going on a date, Hotaru felt both happy, and slightly angered. After all she thought the girl was dying. When she was finished relaying all the details to the violet eyed girl, she went to go pick out something to wear. Hotaru shook her head but smiled. She was happy for her sister. Finally life seemed to be agreeing with them. Dodging a pink dress as she passed Minako's door, she went back to her room to continue her research.
88 This Time 88
88 That Friday Night 88
Marik furiously banged his head against the cave wall. He was getting soft. Too soft. That damn witch was casting some sort of weakness spell on him, he just knew it! The first thing he did wrong was not kill the girl when he found her, or at least make her his slave. Then he saved her, and helped her when she was injured. And now just last Monday, he unwillingly agreed to work in her stupid, girly shop when she broke him out. Why was he being...nice?! Did such a word exist in his vocabulary? He knew other people could be nice, but him?! This was an outrage! He was Marik!! Malik's yami, a born psychopath. He has done nearly every bad thing in the book. The only things he hasn't accomplish were things he found to be defiling to his own self, and not successfully have taken over the world.
Feeling the blood began to trickle down his forehead he stopped smashing his head and sat on one of the larger rocks. Banging his head had just made his headache worse. He didn't know why he thought it would help, but it did make his ego feel better. Hotaru would be coming in about twenty minutes or so. He probably should clean the blood up so she wouldn't have to get all worried about him. That was another thing he hated. That she actually cared about him. Who in their right minds would do that?! He was a killer! A deranged psycho, who had stepped on loads of people just to get to one person and conquer the world. Hell, why wasn't he stepping on her? Maybe he was. After all she was getting him out of there. Perhaps he could find the Millennium Items again and attempt to take over once she got him out. She did say he could. Her only wish was that he didn't kill her or her family. That was only what? Five people total? He could do that. Yes, that was a good plan. Let her bust him out, go and get the items, kill the pharaoh, conquer the world and make all his slaves except for five people.
"Marik, you're bleeding."
That was enough to snap the yami out of his own thoughts and back into the real world...well at least the Shadow Realm. He looked up to see Hotaru handing him a handkerchief. He narrowed his eyes at the piece of cloth then looked away. "I don't want that."
"Will you then let me heal that?"
"No! I'm fine! I did it to myself anyways!" he snapped, now glaring up at her. Hotaru's composure didn't falter.
Instead she asked a simple. "Why?"
"Cause I hate you!"
There was a moments pause. For a second he thought he might have actually hurt her feelings. But then she just smirked. "Well I know that, but that's a fairly stupid reason to go and hurt yourself. Why waste your time on me?"
That surprised him a bit, but anger soon replaced that feeling. "No wonder people burned witches."
"No wonder people lock up psycho's." she snapped back. The two fell into a glaring contest for about five minutes. It seemed it could last forever, but a screech in the distance made both jump and look out the cave entrance. "What was that?"
"The Reaper found a monster. That was it's dying cry." Marik explained. He then noticed that she had a book in her hand and a bag full of something. "What's all that?"
Following his gaze to the book she lifted it up to her face and opened it. "Oh, I think I found a way to get you out of this place." Now he really wanted to strangle her! She couldn't have told him that when she first got there?!
Gritting his teeth, he made an effort to refrain from beating the shit out of her. Once he felt he wouldn't attack he said, "oh really? So how do we do it?" through his still clenched teeth.
"It's going to take all night. . . and a lot of my energy. The only spell I could compose is for A-class witches. The only person I can think of, who can actually pull this off without any problems is my guardian Setsuna. But she's been trained all her life." she sighed.
Marik got up, ignoring the blood that now was making it's way down his nose and looked at the book. It was all in Latin so he couldn't read it. "Can you manage it."
"Probably not, but I can try. I just have to be careful not to kill myself in the process."
"Wait! You can die from this?" Marik asked, stepping back.
Hotaru nodded. "Of course. It is a A-class spell. I'm still only a D-class witch. But don't worry, in most cases the spell just dies, or you end up with a missing limb."
Ok now Marik wasn't so sure he wanted to go through with this. He couldn't tell if the girl was just trying to psych him out, or if she was being serious. It was then she started taking candles and other items out of her bag and placing them around the area. Marik, after finally wiping the blood off, just sat back and waited for the preparations to be done. He was surprised at how much stuff she could fit in that tiny bag of hers. Eventually he figured, it had to be magical. What about this girl wasn't weird?
The last things Hotaru did was draw a large circle on the ground with chalk and make a five-pointed star in the middle of it. Each tip on the star just barely touched the inside of the circle. She then brought out matches and ordered Marik to help her light all the candles. Once that was accomplished she opened the book and began to read through it. Mumbling to herself in Latin she took out dried lavender petals and sprinkled them on the outside of the circle. She then got out several vials with strange liquids in them. Again she poured them around the circle and one over the star. Taking the last vial she pour a little in her hand and made the sign of the star on her forehead with it. She went over and did the same to Marik.
"What the hell is all of this for? I feel like I'm in a cult." he grumbled.
"The star on our foreheads is to help the spell realize that we are the only ones to leave this realm. I don't want one of those monsters popping up at the last minute and end up in Domino with us. The rest of the stuff is just to help the spell. Except for the lavender, which is for luck for us." she explained.
Did this girl enjoy making it seem like they both were going to die? Then again he couldn't say that he was any better. Finally it seemed the preparations were done. When the violet eyed girl asked if he had any personal items he wanted to bring with him he arched a brow and made a comment about wanting his puddle. Hotaru just rolled her eyes and the two stepped within the circle. Taking a deep breathe hotaru said. "Well this is it. Say good-bye to the shadow Realm Marik."
He looked out at the world, then held up his right hand and flipped it off. The Egyptian then turned back to her. "I've said my good-byes."
"Good. Oh and there's one more thing I forgot to mention. . ."
He sighed. "Does it have something to do with us dying?"
"No. . . you just have to be my guardian once I get you out of here." At this Marik narrowed his lavender eyes at her.
"What do you mean guardian?"
"To atone for your sins you have to now serve me as a protector. But don't make a big fuss about it. This isn't the dark ages, and no one in Domino knows what Minako and I am. I doubt you're actually going to have to protect me from anything." she said, then took a bracelet out of her pocket. It was a simple silver band with a strange dark purple stone on it.
She handed it over to him and said. "The stone is called Amethyst. It will act as a link between us. It also signifies that you are my guardian since I have a matching stone on my necklace." at this she held up her necklace to show him. "You have to wear it at all times, and only I can take it off you."
Without waiting for a response she grabbed his wrist and put the thing on. "Hold on!! I never agreed to this."
"That's to bad for you isn't it? The only way I can get you out of here is to make you my guardian. So just put up with it. After a couple of months it will no longer be required of you and I can remove the bracelet. If it is removed before the end of three full moon cycles, then you will be automatically sent back here, with no way of ever getting back out. Got it?"
Glaring at her, he nodded. Unless another psycho like him tried to take over the world, he knew she was right about not really having to protect her. Hotaru turned the page to in the book and read through it. When she was sure she had the next steps memorized she closed it and put it in her bag. Slightly holding her arms out to her sides, she closed her eyes and began to chant in Latin. The circle beneath them began to glow and the gravity seemed to lessen. Some of the pebbles began to float up around them, while Hotaru's hair also became weightless.(Marik's hair already defies gravity). In her mind Hotaru once again began to pray for Hecate to protect them. She knew she was breaking the rules by performing such a powerful spell, especially alone.
A power surge shot through her body. Immediately she grabbed Marik's hand as they both lifted off the ground. Marik's eyes widened as he watched both of them become transparent. Tightening her grip on the boys hand, she felt one last burst of power, before landing on something soft, and blacking out.
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Minako was attempting to cook pancakes for herself and sister again. The kitchen was a disaster area so to say. For one, she was making the pancakes from scratch, so flour and dough was everywhere. Her hands were completely white and she had a few smudges on her face. Humming to herself she flipped the two pancakes she already had on the stove over. This time she wasn't going to burn them. Looking at the clock she found it was already nine in the morning. That was strange. Hotaru never slept in that late.
Suddenly a crashing sound was heard coming from her sister's room. Not wasting any time Minako bolted out of the kitchen and done the hall. She flung the door open and her jaw hit the ground. Hotaru's bed had broken and said girl was unconscious on the mattress. But that's not what made the blonde nearly go into shock. It was the fat that a strange boy was on top of her sister. Said boy was still conscious and rose up a little. He opened his eyes and saw the violet eyed girl passed out beneath him.
"Hota-."
"Get The Hell Off My Sister!" before he knew it, an insane blonde was beating him on the head with a spatula. Instantly he jumped off the bed to get away from the metal thing that actually hurt.
The blonde did not stop her rain of attacks though. She ran around the bed and cornered him. Still beating him and yelling that she was going to kill him and call the cops and all this other stuff that didn't really make any sense to do after she killed him. Marik just brought his arms up to shield himself. After a few more whacks he realized this must be Minako, Hotaru's sister. Boy and he thought the violet eyed girl was crazy.
"Would you Shut Up Woman!" he yelled, grabbing the spatula out of her hand and hitting her once on the head with it. Minako yelped slightly and looked at him with puppy-dog eyes. At this the tension in the room seemed to died done. Exhaling Marik began to explain himself, "I wasn't trying to rape your sister. I'm Marik, the guy from the Shadow Realm."
"I thought it was called the Shower Elm." at this he hit her on the head again and she shut up. Her attention on him soon vanished and she went over to her sister. Checking her pulse she let ut a sigh of relieve to see it was still there. "I can't believe she actually got you out. And she could of told me she planning on doing it tonight so I wouldn't have attacked you."
Marik was now also wishing the same thing. Red square marks were starting to appear on his arms and face where she had hit him. Then realization dawned on him. He was actually out!! And alive! Not much of a welcome party, but that didn't matter. He was actually free of that horrible place. Free to wreak havoc once again!
"Marik-san?"
"San?"
"Fine then, Marik-hentai, could you move Hotaru to my room? I don't want her laying in all this dirt and wood." the boy glared at her and his hands twitched, wanting to strangle the blonde. However he did promise he wouldn't kill any of Hotaru's family. Unfortunately for him, he made that promise before meeting them. Instead he made to hit her once again with the spatula. She flinched and shut her eyes. When she opened them she found he was actually handing the kitchen tool to her. Taking it, she then watched him pick her sister up bridal style. The blonde led him over to her room and he set the small girl down.
"Happy?" he snapped.
Minako just smiled. "Yep!"
"Is something burning?" Immediately Minako's face paled.
"Oh no my pancakes!" she cried then rushed out of the room. Marik just arched a brow at the vanished girl then looked back down at Hotaru.
"You actually expect me to survive with that woman?" receiving no response he walked out of the room to explore the rest of the apartment and watch the blue eyed girl try to put the fire out.
Spirit- This was a fun chapter to write.
Tenshi- Lol! Yes!! Go Minako!! Kick his ass!
Spirit- . . . with a spatula? Anyways, please Review! Ja ne
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