Updated - July 3, 2009.

Name. Rizu
Penname. Hotaru
Age. 20
Occupation. 3rd year in university.
Location. Texas.
Three Likes. Thunderstorms, fashion, horror films.
Three Dislikes. Hot weather, nato, P.E.

WOW! I just noticed I haven't updated my profile in two years. @.@ That's crazy! Well, I just got back from another venture in Japan! This time it was only for a month but it was still amazing. I have been slacking with my writing, but don't fear, I've not stopped. I have one chapter of King of Me halfway written. The next chapter of Forgotten Memories is almost done. I just need to get a few more pages in before I post it. I have every intention of completing all stories, I just get into slumps where I have no inspiration for certain ones. Well, all that aside, I want to thank all the people who wrote such awesome reviews for my CCS story. I never expected such a response for my first venture into that genre. It took me a few years to finally get Kenshin readers.

Current:

Forgotten Memories.

Sakura is a fashion-ista, one of the top designers in Japan. Xiao Lang is a mobster, leader of the underground factions of the Japanese Yakuza. She did it in memory of her best friend. He did it as a form of revenge against his Chinese brethren. The days of their running together in search of the Clow cards have been long forgotten. A scary twist of fate brings the two back together into a now dangerous world of magic, and it is all they can do to stop it, and try to remember what was lost all those years ago, before it’s too late…
Chapters 1-4 are up!
Chapter 5: 80 PERCENT WRITTEN.

King of Me.
One Night with the King spinoff, but different! Kaoru was just an ordinary girl. However, when the King is in search of a new queen, she catches his eye. She, on the other hand, is not as enthusiastic as any other girl would be.
Chapters 1-5 are up!
Chapter 6: PENDING

Flavor of Life.
Kamiya Kaoru is a successful actress, as well as a demon. Himura Kenshin is a government official, and a fallen angel. The government has discovered the existence of their kind, and chaos has started to grow with terrorist threats on Japan.
Chapter 1-4 are up!
Chapter 5: 50 PERCENT WRITTEN

Double Edged.
AU: present day. BKK. Kamiya Kaoru thought her bodyguard was dead. The Bodyguard is an Assassin. The Assassin's employer is a Business Leader. And the Business Leader is Kamiya Kaoru's StepFather. See story for more info. xD
Chapters 1-6 are up!
Chapter 7: PENDING

Rivers Run Dry.
Post-SM. The weather has been acting unnatural of late. The planets are not the cause. What is it that is strong enough to break the planetary power over the weather, what is strong enough to create such powerful winds, such powerful storms? Perhaps the weather is simply a warning of what is to come. A warning that the beings wishing for power over all, have come, that havoc will be let loose very soon. This power, comes from no normal enemy, as they are not human, they are far worse, far superior... and this time around, the Sailor Senshi may not be enough to quench it.
Chapters 1-6 are up!
Chapter 7: CURRENT HIATUS

Complete:

Butterfly Kisses.

An AU placed in present day Tokyo. Battousai-Kenshin-Kaoru. Kaoru has been chased by the leader of Japan for several years. Salvation comes when she is taken by none other than Hitokiri Battousai, under orders from his boss. Hiko wants to know what lies within this woman, what it is, that Shishio, lusts after. To find out what it is, then you must read.
Part 1 Complete: Chapter 1-12!
Interlude Complete: Chapter 13!
Part 2: Complete: Chapters 14 - 17!

Happiness in Slavery.

BATTOUSAI-KAORU, slight AU. Kyoto. The immense capital of Japan. Filled with people of every type: commoners, hookers, samurai, lords, the emperor of the entire nation ruling from his beautiful palace, Nijyoujyou. However, lying in the shadows, await assassins. Sent by their superiors to do their bidding. Among the best, are Hitokiri Battousai. A manslayer who has never been caught, only seen, bearing eyes as gold as the sun, hair as red as blood. Known for his mercifully quick deaths. And then, there is another, a ghost assassin no one knows the name to, no one has ever seen, except for the dead victims. Simply, that this person kills ruthlessly. Slow, painful deaths await those who are victims to the ghost's blade. When these two are made to work as a team... only those who see them are able to observe what develops...
Complete: Chapters 1-15!