Spirit- Hey guys. Yep, another update. And now to reveil who gets to be with Hotaru!!

Tenshi- No One!!

Spirit- Stop being over-protective! You're not even in this story.

Tenshi- : cries in a corner:

Spirit- Ok, so I decided to do something a little different. Most people don't go through life only having one boyfriend. So Hotaru is actually going to get several guys. I'm keeping the order a secret. So you'll just have to read to find out who she ultimatly ends up with at the end.

So Hotaru will be with(in no particular order): Yami Yugi, Neji Hyuuga, and Edward Elric.

Tenshi- That means this story will be a bit longer then expected but we bet you all don't mind.

Spirit- Yep, now enjoy the chapter!!

Disclaimer- I dont own any of the animes/mangas in this fic.

Hotaru awoke the next morning and looked at the clock. It read 9:48 a.m. Grumbling she got out of bed and took a shower. When she was all dressed she walked out of her room to find Michiru, Yusuke, Kurama, and Haruka talking in the living room. Michiru got up and hugged her. Yusuke ruffled her hair and Kurama just smiled.

“Oh Hotaru we are so glad to see you’re alright.”Michiru said. Hotaru nodded, she didn’t really care at the moment, she was starving. After getting some poptarts and juice she sat down next to Haruka.

“Why aren’t we training today??” she asked.

“Well since you just got out of the nurses we figured we should give you a day off. However that doesn’t mean you get to relax. Cause we’re going to the beach!!” Haruka said. Hotaru was surprised she was so hyper. Then Hotaru remembered what she said and her face fell.

“The beach?...but I don’t have a swimsuit.” she said. At that Haruka’s face fell. Michiru smiled.

“That’s alright. The mall is on the way to it. We’ll stop there and buy one for you. Oh and other people will be meeting us there as well. Usagi called and practically invited the whole school. But us five will be together.” she said. Haruka nodded and told Hotaru to grab herself a towel and get ready since they would be leaving around 10:30. The girl went to do so and they waited till the right time rolled around.

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“Yusuke I am NOT wearing this!!” Hotaru shouted as she held up a skimpy swimsuit that was a few sizes too small even for her. Yusuke just gave her puppy dog eyes which made her feel even more disgusted with him. Haruka grabbed the bathing suit away and threw it at him.

“Pervert!! Go sit next to Kurama and let Michiru and I help her pick one out!” she yelled. Yusuke pouted but decided to listen to her. Hotaru shook her head then was handed a few swimsuits by Michiru to try on. Three were two-pieces and the last one was a one-piece. She was glad to see they were either black or purple and weren’t as revealing as Yusuke’s choice. She went in the dressing room to put them on and would model them for the girls.

“Hm...I really like the purple two-piece with the black gemmed flower on the bottoms. It’s simple, yet elegant. Which did you like Haruka?” Michiru asked when Hotaru was done modeling.

“The one-piece.” she answered.

“But it’s just plain black.”

“Yeah and it’s the one that covers her the most.” she said. Michiru shook her head. Haruka was acting like she was Hotaru’s father. Hotaru was having a problem choosing. They all looked good on her and none of them were too expensive either. There was no way in hell she was going to ask Yusuke, and she didn’t know Kurama very well so decided against that too. That’s when Michiru came up with an idea to help.

“Ok Haruka, which one would you like to see me in?” Michiru asked. Haruka started thinking.

“Um...they’re not really your colors, but I guess the purple one too.” she said reluctantly. Hotaru smiled and put the others away. She paid for the suit and they went back to the guys.

“So you’re all finally done? Well what’d yah get Hotaru?” Yusuke asked with a big smile that was way to suspicious. Haruka hit him on the back of the head. “Ouch! I wasn’t being perverted I just wanted to see the suit that took you all so long to pick out.” he said.

“Yeah, sure that’s what you meant. Just move your ass so we can get to the beach already. The others are all waiting for us.” Haruka said. Yusuke glared at her then headed out to the car.

“Thanks for helping guys.” Hotaru said. Haruka winked at her and Michiru just said a polite your welcome. They all got in the car and headed off to the beach. Hotaru was glad to see there were only a few clouds in the sky and the wind was gentle as well. It was a perfect day for the beach. She tuned out Haruka’s and Yusuke’s bickering over which radio station they wanted to listen to and rested her head on the window to feel the breeze.

They soon arrived to the beach and parked. Since they ended up listening to Yusuke’s station he now had to carry most of the stuff to a spot. Michiru and Hotaru went on ahead and found a perfect spot where everyone else was. They finished unloading and setting up the stuff in no time and the girls went to change into there suits. Hotaru was now having second thoughts on hers. A lot of the guys from her classes were there and it was making her subconscious.

“Hotaru aren’t you coming out?” Michiru asked.

“Um...”

“Don’t worry the suit looked great on you and I’m sure if anyone says anything Haruka will make them change there minds.”

“I don’t want that either.” Hotaru said, still inside the stall.

“Ok how about this? I’ll go get the other girls and we can all walk out there together. Then you won’t be the only one they stare at.” Michiru compromised.

“Ok.” Michiru smiled and went and got Sakura, Alice, Rini, Usagi, Minako and Makoto. When they were all there Hotaru finally came out with a slight blush on her cheeks.

“Oh Hotaru! That swimsuit looks great on you!” Rini cried. Hotaru felt better as the others agreed and they walked out together. When they got back to the spot a lot of the boys were starring at the group of girls. That is until Haruka noticed and gave them a warning glare. Rei and Ami soon joined them.

“Well I’m going in the water. Who’s coming with me!?” Usagi cried. All of her friends raised there hands and got up to go in. This left Hotaru, Sakura, Alice, and Rini still on the towels.

“Why aren’t you guys going in?” Hotaru asked.

“I want to get a tan first. You should get on to, you’re way to pale.” Sakura said.

“Hey, Hotaru’s just fine the way she is, but a tan does sound nice.” said Rini as she soon joined Sakura and they put tanning lotion on. Alice and Hotaru remained under the umbrella and just watched the others play in the water.

They said hi to Naruto and Sasuke when they stopped by for soda’s and talked to them for a bit. Jun came dragging her brother along and sat with them as well. It wasn’t long before a few more people came over. The girls were just glad they didn’t ask them to go swimming yet. They just didn’t feel like it at the moment. Hotaru wanted to go get a chair to sit on but when she got up and turned around she bumped into someone.

“Oh I’m sorry, I didn’t see you there.” when she looked up to see who it was her face turned red. It was Dark.

“Well hello again Hotaru.” he said with a smirk.

“Y-You!?” she cried. This got the attention of some of the people behind her.

“Yep, me. Well now I thought you looked cute the other night but seeing you in this swimsuit I’d have to say you look down right hot.” Hotaru’s face now resembled a tomato. This guy had no shame did he? He then took her hand. “How about coming on a walk with me. I know a perfect place where we could be alone.”

“Let go of Hotaru!” came Sakura’s voice. The two looked back to see two very pissed pink haired girls. “You heard me Dark. Why don’t you go flirt with some other girls who will buy your stupid pick-up lines.”

Dark then pulled Hotaru close to him and wrapped a arm around her shoulders. Her head was leaning on his chest (lucky!!)and she was having trouble on remembering to breathe. “Aw come on girls I just want to get to know her.”

Rini glared at him, marched right up, and yanked Hotaru out of is grasp. Sakura then stepped in front of Hotaru as means of protection. Both fiercely glared at him daring to do more. He sighed. “You ladies are no fun.” with that he turned around and walked away. Rini and Sakura waited until he was a ways away before turning back to Hotaru who was breathing again, but still was red in the face.

“You ok Hotaru? He didn’t do anything funny did he?” Sakura asked.

“N-no...I’m alright.” Hotaru said. Rini turned to the guys that had joined them.

“Some knight in shining armor you guys are. Not one of you had the guts to save Hotaru!” she fumed. Alice got up and walked over to the girls and put a hand on Hotaru’s shoulder.

“A lot of them seemed worried though.” she whispered with a wink. They tuned out Rini’s lecture to the guys and sat Hotaru down in a chair till her face resumed it’s natural color. Sakura said she hadn’t seen anyone turn that red before and they laughed. Finally Rini was done and joined them. They continued to talk, leaving the episode with Dark a thing in the past.

They soon were so into their conversation that they didn’t notice Yusuke and Frey come up to them until their shadows loomed over them. They looked up to see they both had smirks on and where looking down at the girls. The girls gulped and Alice whispered to them that on the count of three they run. She counted down and the four split into different directions. Alice was immediately caught by Frey, and when Sakura went to go save her he got her as well.

Yusuke ran after Hotaru and Rini and soon caught them. The two guys dragged the girls by their wrists over to the water. “Come on girls we just want you to enjoy the ocean.” Yusuke said with a grin.

“Why don’t you enjoy it on your own?!” Rini shouted as she struggled from his hold on her. Frey had already managed to throw Sakura into the water then picked up Alice bridal style and carried her out farther. She clung onto him as he soon was waist deep in the ocean.

“Frey don’t you dare!” she cried.

“Dare what? Oh you mean this?” he said and dropped her into the water. She went under then soon surfaced gasping for air.

“See now doesn’t that look like fun?” Yusuke said to Rini as he quickly tossed her in. Then he turned to Hotaru. “Your turn now.”

“Yusuke if you do I’ll tell Haruka!” she threatened. Yusuke seemed to think on it, but not for long as he soon picked her up and went to follow Frey’s example. Hotaru saw only one way out of this, and that was if she went down, then he would go down with her.

As soon as they got waist deep and Yusuke dropped her in she stayed under and pulled his feet out from under him. “What the-!!” he called as he too went under the water. Hotaru surfaced and took in a breathe of air. Yusuke soon followed and he looked pissed. Hotaru eeped and quickly ran away from him. He chased after her though and soon was upon her.

She went under to avoid him and swam a ways before coming up. She looked around to see Ren and a tall blue eyed, brown haired boy talking near by and swan over to them. Quickly she hid behind Tao Ren.

“What are you doing?” He asked. She pointed and he followed her gaze to Yusuke swimming towards them.

“Hotaru get back here!!” he shouted.

“You’re the one who dunked me first!! You deserved it!!” she shouted back at him. He stopped swimming when he reached them and glared at her. She was still behind Tao Ren and the brown haired boy, who seemed annoyed.

“Hey we’re talking here so why don’t you both get lost!” he snapped. Yusuke turned his glare to him.

“Oh shut up Seto! Unless you want me to get Rei over here.” he snapped back. Seto growled but didn’t say more. Was he afraid of Rei or something? She didn’t seem too scary to her, and she only lost her temper with Usagi mostly.

Yusuke looked back at her and she hid more behind Ren again. Oh why did she have to dunk him? And why was he so angry? If anything she should be the angry one. Looking around she found there was no where else to go. He would get her if she moved now and she wasn’t going to risk that. However she didn’t feel like standing here behind the young shaman all day either. Darn it what was she going to do?

“Move Ren.” Yusuke said. Ren just crossed his arms.

“Make me.”

“You asked for it.” Yusuke said and was about to tackle him when Haruka came out of nowhere and held him back.

“Causing trouble again? Sakura and the others told me what you and Frey did. I took care of him and now it’s your turn.” she said and dragged Yusuke away from them. Hotaru let out a sigh, she was so thankful for being Haruka’s friend. Well actually it was more like her daughter but oh well.

She got out from behind Ren. “Thanks for protecting me.” she said. He smiled at her, no it wasn’t his infamous glare, but a actual true smile.

“For once could you stay out of trouble, but you’re welcome.” he said. Hotaru smiled back at him then heard Rini and Alice call her name so she went over to them.

The rest of the day the girls played in the water. Naruto even joined them at one point but ended up getting pinched by a crab when he stepped on it. They laughed when he started hoping around in the water clutching his foot and almost died when he lost his balance and fell in. They didn’t see Frey or Yusuke for awhile and wondered what Haruka actually did to them. However they all agreed it was better not to ask.

They watched as some of the boys held a surfing contest, and Usagi’s group was judging. The winner turned out to be Sasuke. Music from Haruka’s car was blasted and Kra (A Japanese rock band) was on. They started a volley ball game and it was some of the girls against some of the guys. Hotaru and Rini were in it as well as Makoto, Minako, Rei, and Michiru. The boys team consisted of Seto, Kurama, Naruto, Bakura, Ren, and, much to Hotaru’s dismay, Dark.

The game soon started. Minako was the captain of their team and positioned them. It was their serve so she did it. Ren got it and it flew over to Makoto who spiked it. Usagi and Ami cheered and Haruka recorded the girl’s point. Again it was the girls serve so Rini served it. It wasn’t going to make it over so Rei helped it out. Dark dove and caught it in time and it hit the ground on the girls side.

They carried on with it and the girls won by one point thanks to Minako who caught it before it hit the ground and Michiru who spiked it. It was 21 to 20. Hotaru had scored two points in the game but also helped the others score some of their’s as well. Minako and Makoto had scored the most seeing as they were the best at the game. The boys shook their hands, even Seto who seemed reluctant to until Rei gave him a hard glare.

It was soon getting dark and they packed up their stuff to head back to the dorms. Yusuke decided to ride back with Seto and Frey seeing as he and Haruka were still mad at each other. So in his place Rini rode with them. The two girls sat in the back with Michiru and soon fell asleep.

“They out already?” Haruka asked as she looked back at them through the mirror.

“Yep, they had a big day. I myself am tired as well.” Michiru said with a soft smile.

“Good thing tomorrow’s a Sunday. I am so resting all day.” Haruka said.

“Same here. I just hope Yusuke does the same.” Kurama put in. Haruka nodded. She didn’t want to get up early and train and she doubted Hotaru would want to as well. They soon arrived back and woke the girls so they could get out and go to their dorms. They said good night to everyone and Haruka and the violet eyed girl went into their apartment. In no time Hotaru had changed and collapsed on her bed instantly falling back to sleep.

Spirit- I always loved this chapter. I don't know why. So what do you guys think?

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