A/N: no idea where this idea came from but I hope you all like it!
Pairings: YugixRyou, YamixSeto, TristanxDuke, TeaxBakura. these are the only set ones so far.
Warning: None as of yet….
Yugi Motou sighed as he ran through the rain. Though rain was one of the very few things he loved, there was such a thing as having too much of a good thing. His leather was starting to become unbearably tight and the chains were cold as they bounced gently on his wrists. No doubt Tristan was going to have to help him cut off the clothes when he got back.
Yugi glanced up at the sky, sighing in despair when he saw that the sky was filled with clouds, no sign of the moon or stars peeking through. The streets were eerily quiet and dark, no sign of a human anywhere. The tall buildings loomed above him, dark and forbidding, but Yugi paid it no mind. He was a creature of the night and relished times like these.
He stopped short of a street filled with lights. Yugi cursed silently as he remembered the carnival that was in town. No doubt the few humans who didn't mind getting wet were out. Pulling up his collar and keeping to the shadows, he walked along the wall of a bakery, making sure to avoid catching the eye of any perceptive humans.
He kept to the wall until he reached an alley filled with shattered glass from a fourth floor window. The window had been broken by a teen trying to escape his abusive father. Yugi had been on the bakery roof and had watched as the youth jumped, admiring his courage to fall from that high. He had then fed on the teen, erasing his memory of the incident and went on his way.
Yugi's boots crunched on the glass and trash as he walked to the escape ladder of the apartment building. He often wondered why the abused youth didn't take that route instead of jumping, but he didn't ponder it now as he looked for his charge.
He growled with annoyance when he saw no sign of anyone on the escape route. He clawed out some of the wall to create a foothold and started climbing, clawing out a bit of the wall when there were no suitable holds.
When Yugi crawled onto the roof he glanced around and rolled his eyes at the sight of Yami, who was shivering with cold and standing under an umbrella. The tanned youth didn't seem to notice Yugi and he took advantage of it, muffling the sound of his boots with shadows as he walked to the shivering teen.
"You told me you would be on the escape route." Yugi said, crossing his arms.
Yami jumped and turned around, glaring when he saw that it was just Yugi. "No, I stated clearly that I would be on the roof and don't sneak up on me, I was about ready to shoot you."
Yugi glanced down and saw that, indeed, Yami was gripping the sleek black weapon. Though Yami knew Yugi wouldn't hurt him, he always carried a gun loaded with silver bullets in case one of Yugi's friends decided to tag along one day.
Yugi smiled. "You don't have the courage to lift it, let alone pull the trigger."
Yami snorted. "You wanna bet?"
Yugi's smile turned into a smirk. "You know better than to shoot me, Yami. Even I know you would die of guilt if you killed me."
"Which is why I'm saving you for last." Yami mumbled under his breath.
Yugi smiled gently and walked to the edge of the building. "I have what you were asking for, but I'm not handing it over until you tell me who it's for."
"Téa." Yami said simply.
Yugi turned around and stared at Yami incredulously. "Téa? Why in Leach's name? She's hardly a threat to humans, least of all you."
Yami smirked, knowing that he'd caught Yugi off guard. He only used the name of the Night god when he was genuinely startled or confused.
"She's becoming a nuisance. Last week one of my friends claimed to have been fed upon by a kind looking woman with brown hair and blue eyes. Téa's the only one in Domino who fits that description."
Yugi shook his head. "But why kill her for one attack?"
"No one feeds on my friends," Yami said, "you know that."
Yugi snorted and looked at the carnival, watching all the people with curiosity. Some were arguing and others were dragging their friends or lovers to rides and games. Almost everyone was smiling.
"Well, no one hurts my friends either, you know that." Yugi finally replied, turning back to Yami who was watching him with an odd expression on his face. "What?"
"Do you miss being human?" Yami asked, sympathy evident on his face.
Yugi sighed and rolled his eyes. "We've been through this before, Atemu. But I'll be happy to tell you again that I don't even remember what it was like to be human."
Yami winced. Yugi only called him by his first name when he was annoyed with him or being deadly serious.
"Anyway, I have to go. Daylight is soon and the others are expecting me back before then." Yugi said, getting ready to jump from the apartment roof to the bakery roof and continue roof hopping until he was home.
"I thought you said you had what I wanted." Yami protested, not wanting his friend to leave yet.
Yugi grinned. "It's at the base, but now that I know what it's for, I'm not giving it to you."
Yami rubbed his temples. "You said that you would have it with you when I called for it."
"Yeah, but you didn't call for it yet, this meeting was just a checkup that I scheduled."
"What are you, a doctor?" Yami asked, annoyed with the ancient being.
Yugi smiled. "I might as well be, but I'm not. I'm just your guardian angel, ordered by your ancestor to watch over you."
Yami snorted. "You may act like it every once in a while, but we both know that you're no angel."
Yugi grinned. "So, I've killed a few humans, is that really so bad?"
"Yes, especially when those humans are innocent."
"Ah, well, can't change the past." Yugi said, shrugging. "I'll see you next week, Yami."
Before Yami could reply, Yugi raced off, wanting to get back before the others started to worry. He took a shortcut through the city, when he usually would go around it to the docks.
The rain turned into a slight drizzle as he reached the warehouse that had become his home. Shrugging off the black jacket he was wearing, he made his way into the basement. As he descended into the room he stopped and cursed loudly, realizing that he hadn't fed. He hadn't fed for three nights now. He'd have to feed tomorrow night, before the hunger took over him.
Sometimes being a vampire just wasn't worth it.
A/N: yeah, yugi's a bit OOC, but he'll be IC by the end of this, or at least i hope he will!