Crimson Feathers of Night
Sky: Hi! This is SSJ Sky, author of that crappy fanfic Small Two of Pieces, and its many spawns. Mwahaha. Kaori-chan and I have decided to do a joint fic from our RPG, and here it is! Oh, if you don't know, Kaori-chan is the wonderful Little Kaori Solo Yuy-Maxwell ::winks:: Read her stuff! It's cool!
LK: *Blushes* Erm... it is not!
Sky: Is too!
LK: *Huggles Sky* I like your stuff better! The reviews show it, too! I'd never be able to get 800 reviews for my story!
Sky: ::huggles Kaori:: Yesh you could! EVERYONE GO READ HER STORY 'WHEN OPPOSITES REALIZE'! And if you don't know where to find it, it's under Little Kaori Solo Yuy-Maxwell, or on my, (SSJ Sky) Fave stories list!
LK: ^________________________^ I'll be soooo happy if you do! Lemme tell you all a secret! *Whispers* I'm working on my Seto/Jou lemon! *Giggles madly*
Sky: Yay! Anyway, we'd better get on with our story now, so please r/r and make us happy little campers!
LK: *Digs through random stuff that suddenly appears* Tent, check. Canteen, check. Mosquito net, check. Bug spray, check. Reviews.... *Cries*
Sky: ::giggles and huggles Kaori:: See? We need reviews! Luvvies!
LK: ^.~ SO REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now onto the ficcie!
*****
Sitting on the swings at the park by himself, Yugi sighed, slowly rocking the swing back and forth. He stared up at the darkening sky, tears forming in his amethyst eyes. There was a bruise on his cheek from one of his bullies, and his small form shivered when it became windy. 'I should go home... They can't be waiting for me anymore... Even bullies have to give up somewhere...'
Yami traversed this silent town for an hour, in search of the fresh nourishment his body required to live. Not many people strode the streets after dark, which he understood fully with all of the "killings" that has been going on. For three weeks, it has become harder and harder to find food. Next thing he knew, he'd probably had to break in a house in order to find it. He preferred it the other way, he victims coming to him, unknowingly walking into his waiting arms of death. A sigh escaped his lips as he continued to slink around, the only light betraying his presence was the light of the moon. But it also portrayed the presence of another, and he hid himself in an alley, crimson eyes narrowing as he watched his next victim come into view.
Yugi walked timidly, fearing that someone was going to leap out of the darkness and attack him. He heard footsteps behind him, and he recognized the voice of one of his worst tormentors.
"Little Yugi come out to play?"
Choking on a whimper, Yugi darted into the nearest alleyway, praying the bully wouldn't follow him.
Yami stayed in the shadows as the boy came exceedingly close to where he stood. The moon shown brightly on the short figure, which was half immersed in the shadows, revealing the boy's features. Deep purple, innocent eyes looked troubled as they stared at the entrance that led to my hiding place, as his tri-colored hair seemed to stand out on end with fear. Ra, we looked like brothers, if not for small differences. He couldn't help but think the little one so cute. 'I could not take him, I couldn't feed off this pure soul. I would regret it for life.'
It took him a moment to realize that the fear radiating from him intensified as another person blocked off the alley. This... thug is what caused this child's fear? I sat silently, awaiting a chance to intervene.
Yugi stumbled back slightly, yelping as Risu grabbed his already bruised arm and yanked him forward. "Hiding from me, little Yugi? I thought you knew better."
"L-let go..." Yugi whimpered, trying to pull himself away, but not strong enough to even faze the older boy.
Yami's eyes narrowed dangerously. NO ONE will hurt this child. True Yami was a creature of the night, but he had morals. Still on silent feet, He managed to get behind the bully, tapping on his shoulder. Yami was confident in every way, as he had superior power to the pathetic flesh ling. He let a cold smile spread across his lips as he turned to the vampire with a scowl. "I believe you are creating a health hazard to yourself by hurting that boy." Yami's voice was deep, meaning every word.
With wide eyes, Yugi gaped, jerking away while Risu was distracted.
"Who the hell are you?!" Risu asked, staggering slightly.
Yami stood there, his arms crossed in a defensive stance. The smirk only grew at the fool's words. "Are you sure you want to know?" He moved his hands to his hips. "It could mean your end." Yami mentally rolled his eyes. 'Like his life was going to come to an end anyway', he thought, watching the other carefully with a critical eye. It seemed Yami managed to piss him off. The ruby eyes narrowed further. What he would was going to be much, much worse if didn't get out of his sight in five seconds.
Risu snorted at the words, then grabbed onto Yugi by the back of the neck. "Back off. This is between me and the shrimp. If you know what's good for you."
Yugi gave a startled yelp, then looked up at Yami, meeting his ruby eyes with terrified amethyst ones. He didn't want to be beaten up again, and he whispered his pleas out loud.
"D-don't g-go..."
Yami nearly melted at his soothing voice, somewhat liking the fear that seeped through those words. No! He will resist all and any urges to taste that boy. He MUST! Rolling his eye he looked at his watch. 6 seconds had gone by. Letting both of his hands drop, he turned his eyes to gaze coolly at the man. "Are you interested in a game?" Yami stepped closer. "I assure you it will be simple. And the prize-" he pointed to the boy "-will be him." He cocked his head to the side. "What do you say, Risu?"
Risu stared at Yami as if he were an idiot. "A game?" He looked over at Yugi, who flinched. A smirk grew on his twisted features. "Sure."
Yugi looked back and forth between the two, giving up on struggling.
Yami took out some cards that were stowed away in his pocket. "It's simple." He held up a deck. "Pick a card. If your card is higher than mine, then you can keep this little one. Yugi, I believe?" At the thug's nod he continued. "I if mine is higher, then I will decide your fate, as well as take Yugi as my prize." In the back of his mind, Yami was berating himself profusely. 'Not that way!' he yelled. 'Not, in any sense, that way!' But out loud he said different. "Simple?"
Risu smirked, then picked a card. "Simple as all hell, and look at this! This monster has a pretty high attack!" It was Curse of Dragon.
Flushing slightly, not understanding the second meaning Yami's words could have, Yugi watched with dread, knowing that 2000 was a pretty high attack power.
Closing his eyes, Yami concentrated on his deck, pulling one of his most powerful card to the top, making sure neither of the two saw the dimly glowing 'eye' on his forehead. He knew every card in his deck, every placement, of where they were. He always knew. And if he wanted to save this child's life.
Keeping his eyes closed for added effect, he drew the top card, sure of his instincts. After a brief moment of prayer, he looked at the card.... the smirk never leave his face as he showed it to the others. "The Dark Magician, with 2500 points." He quirked en eyebrow. "It appears you loose, Risu. Yugi and your fate are mine!"
Yugi's eyes, despite the fearful situation, brightened. The dark Magician was his favorite card.
Risu rolled his eyes. "I don't have time for this shit. Take the shrimp. I'll just get him later." He harshly threw Yugi towards the ground, shoving his hands in his pockets and walking towards the entrance of the alley.
Yami stopped him in his travels, a serious look on his face. "But you're forgetting your fate." He blocked the exit, arms crossed once again. "If you have time to beat him up, I'm sure you will have time for this." The scowl he received did not please him all too well, as the 'eye' once again appeared on his head, no longer hiding as it shown brightly. With this, Yami passed his judgment. "You do not deserve the luxuries of death. Instead you will fall ill." The thug seemed paralyzed as he waked closer to him. "You will live in a world of greed and never-ending torment of insanity. You will talk excessively about how you can fly, how you can swim like a fish." Momentarily forgetting about Yugi, Yami started circling the bigger man, an 'eye' appearing on his head too. He stopped in front of him. "So do I seal your fate with a kiss?" Grabbing the boy's hair, Yami lowered him until he reached his neck, the scent of blood wafting under his nose, too tempting to resist under his current state of hunger. He completely forgot of the innocent boy watching, as Yami sank his fangs deep within Risu's neck.
Yugi gave a startled yelp, eyes wide. He backed away fearfully, pressing against the alley wall.
Drinking deeply of the sour blood, he satiated his hunger for the moment, letting his judgment come to pass. Removing his fangs, experienced enough to not get any blood on his leather, Yami patted his head, and let the now, tired-looking thief exit, slow in his stride. He then realized he wasn't alone and turned his gaze on the boy cowering in the corner. The smirk was still there.
Yugi whimpered, tears streaking his pale face. "Don't hurt me..." He suddenly felt regret, wondering if Risu would ever hurt him as badly as he thought this new boy could.
Yami shook his head. "I won't hurt you, little one." He walked over to Yugi, swaying hips, the leather clinging to him as the moonlight passed over them. Many of his victims said, upon meeting him, that he looked ethereal in moonlight and leather. Stopping in front of him, he crouched down, leaning in to look into Yugi's eyes. "However, you are still mine."
Breath catching in his throat from the similarities they shared and the masculine voice, Yugi felt relief wash over him. His amethyst eyes were searching as he felt self-conscious in his own leather outfit. "Wh-what do you want with me...?" He asked timidly. His face flushed, starting at his cheeks and spreading over the bridge of his nose.
Yami lifted the boy's chin with one of his fore fingers and his thumb, making him look deeply into his blood-red eyes. He did not hide the desire and lust he felt for this boy, but he would not vocalize it either... for the time being. He let his thumb cross over the boy's velvety soft lips, leaning in closer. He could feel the boy's breath on his skin as he moved in to whisper seductively into his red-tipped ear. "You will soon find that out, little one." The reaction he got was just what he was looking for.
Flushing almost wildly, and tingling with an unknown passion, Yugi felt shivers racing up and down his spine. His ears and neck just happened to be THE most sensitive spots on his body, and he moaned lightly. "H-hai..."
He couldn't help but widen his smirk and nuzzle the boy's neck. 'Ra, I want him so bad...' He almost lost himself to his animal senses as he let his tongue trace over the juncture of his neck and shoulders, becoming increasingly hot at the skin's salty taste. His scent was also alluring, hair smelling of strawberries as his skin smelled like lilacs. His tongue could even taste it!
Yugi moaned again, clutching Yami's arm tightly at the sensation. 'What's he doing...? And why does it feel so good...?'
Mentally shaking his head to get those dazed thoughts out of his mind, Yami removed himself from the floor and hid himself in the shadows once again, positive that no one would be messing with Yugi for the rest of the evening. He had to leave, before he could do anything more. He was loosing control, something totally unlike him. He needed to regroup his thoughts...
By the time he regained enough of his senses to actually notice that the cinnamon smell was gone and the vampire had left, he was gasping against the wall. Shaking, he stood, and then left, eyes dazed and glazed.
Yugi stumbled into his house, avoiding his grandpa. He went straight up to his room, then lay down, not sleeping. 'What happened...? Who was that?' It vaguely occurred to him that he didn't know the stranger's name, even though the stranger knew his AND the bully's.
Yami watched from the rooftops as Yugi made his way home, trying to ignore the urge to just tackle the boy and ravish him right in that alley. His physical attraction for the boy grew beyond what he had originally imagined. He would have to be more careful.
Speaking of careful... He noticed the many lights of the neighboring houses clicking on. And soon they would find Risu. Mutterings a few words, he made his way back to his abode.
*****
Yugi yawned, finally falling asleep, not noticing the other vampire hanging outside his window, who stared at him with lusty interest. 'Sleep, little Yugi... I'll come back for you.'
And then he was gone.
*****
Stepping into his seemingly normal house, Yami locked the door behind him, pulling down the dark velvet clothes that huge from the windows to hide the daylight from his sensitive skin. Even though it wasn't daylight yet, he still didn't feel like going out for the rest of the night, so he wander the house, thinking of the boy he had met just minutes ago. There wasn't much to his house. The kitchen was bare; there was nothing in the 1st or second floor. Everything of his remained in the basement. Yawning, he decided to turn in early.
*****
Yugi dare not go outside, afraid of what could happen while it was night. Hid grandpa had gone off to a convention in the next town, leaving him all alone. 'But vampires can't come in if ya don't invite 'em, right?' Yugi sat on the couch in his black silk pajamas, munching on a peanut butter sandwich. There was a knock on the door, and assuming it was Jou, because no one else came by, Yugi absently called out. "Come in!"
The door opened, and Yugi gaped as a tall man with silver hair walked in. "Hello."
Yugi nearly squeaked. "Um... Hi... can I help you?"
In the blink of an eye, Yugi found himself pressed against the man, and the door slid shut. "Yes you can."
Yugi saw the fangs as the man smirked, and his eyes went wide.
Pegasus lowered his mouth to the side of Yugi's neck, then sunk his fangs in deeply, groaning at the sweet taste. Yugi gave a small cry of pain, seeing as how Pegasus hadn't been gentle at all. His vision grew blurry as he went weak, but before he passed out, he heard himself whisper. "...Yami...help..."
Pegasus frowned, but continued to drink from the boy.
*****
Surprisingly, Yami slept all through the day in his Egyptian styled bed, gold silken sheets giving him extreme comfort. Well, he WAS from Egypt. Stretching, he smiled. He had a very... interesting dream... Involving none other than his look-a-like angel he had met just a day ago. He would make his dreams come true, but not now. Now he would wake, and he would learn more about this lovely Yugi of his... and perhaps give him another hint as to what he wanted. He knew the little one was drawn to him too, he could feel it in the aura the boy gave off, his posture, his moans of pleasure... He had to see him! Quickly dressing, he made his way out into the moon- filled night.
Yami suddenly jerked with pain as he neared where Yugi lived, an intense feeling of fear and confusion. And he thought he felt a trace of... someone else... Another vampire! Yami growled. What did they think they were doing, touching his property? Yami sped up his pace, jumping roofs and running much faster. 'Hold on, little one, I'm coming!'
Yami floated to the ground near Yugi's place, not knowing exactly where he lived, but following his gut instincts. Running, he came upon a house, a game shop with its lights on, the only house to have been so. Yami ran to the doorway, and gaped at what he saw. "Pegasus!" The voice dripping with loathing, anger and fury. Yugi was HIS!
Pegasus pulled back, smirking as Yugi lay limp in his arms. "Hello Yami." A trickle of blood rolled down his face from the corner of his mouth, and Yugi moaned weakly.
Yami looked fiercely at Pegasus. "Drop him now!" Yami would've kicked and beaten him up, but he had not yet been invited to Yugi's house. He wished desperately to help him. 'Ra, look at the poor thing...' He made a mental note to kill Pegasus whenever he possibly could.
Pegasus chuckled, trailing a hand over Yugi's body. "Why would I do a thing like that?"
Yugi's eyes fluttered open tiredly, and he began to push against Pegasus again.
Yami's eyes narrowed, the 'eye' appearing on his head. "He's MINE, Pegasus! Leave him alone!" His every nerve twitched to help Yugi, but all he could do was stay at the door, defenseless unless Yugi told him to come in. 'Come on, Yugi. Wake up!' His brow creased with worry as he saw Yugi weakly struggle. Ra, it hurt him. It hurt him so much.
Pegasus grinned, then leaned in and began to suck more of Yugi's blood. Yugi gave a pained whimper, his struggling dying down as he grew weaker.
He began to glow with dark energy, fury raking his body. No one messed with his things... and lived. Pulsating magic, in its raw form, gathered at in Yami's palms. "Pegasus, by RA, if you do not drop him this instant, I'll end your pitiful excuse of a vampire existence!" He meant every word.
Pegasus drew back, smirking. "He's all yours." Leaving through the back entrance, he let Yugi sink to the floor, trembling and crying; completely vulnerable.
Yugi's face was pale, and his body was shaking. "Nn..."
Yami pounded against the magical barrier that held him from the little one, from his angel. "Yugi! Be okay! PLEASE be okay!" He kicked the barrier, white flashes meeting his feet as he pounded and kicked the shield, unwilling to admit that he would loose Yugi if he didn't enter. He had just met him! There was no way he was going to loose him now! "YUGI!" Tears swelled in his eyes as the boy continued to lay there, barely conscious. He was fighting for his life in there, and Yami was unable to get to him.
After beating his hands and feet sore, he slumped to his knees, hot tears of anguish flowing freely down his face. "Yugi..." For 5000 years, not once did Yami cry. Now he cried the loss of an innocent soul, dying. And Yami could do nothing. When he had first met the boy, he promised to protect him. He was a failure... He always kept his promises. ALWAYS. He leaned his forehead against the invisible surface which had prevented him from interfering. "Yugi...."
Yugi looked at him with tear filled and tired eyes, and still not knowing how he knew the vampire's name, he whispered. "Come....n...Yami...." His body still shook, and he was too tired to care if Yami killed him.
Yami was suddenly pitched forward by the earth's gravity and the suddenly loss of something he was leaning against. Realizing what happened, he got out of the heap he was in and ran as fast as a bolt of lightning to the boy's side, which for him was very possible. He held Yugi's head in his lap, stroking his hair. He could turn him, but... he would loose his innocence, wouldn't he? It would be up to Yugi to decide. "Little one, do you wish to die?"
Yugi whimpered from fear, then shook his head. "N-no..." His body trembled again. He didn't want to be a vampire either.
Yami's face smoothed out, not liking that look of fear anymore. "My little one... " He smiled as he clear saw what Yugi was thinking. "There would be no other way for you to live. I would teach you what you would like to know. I'll answer any question you might have." His hand slid down the boy's pale cheek. "These are your choices. To live the life of the creature of the night... or to die, be completely removed from this world." He placed a chaste kiss to Yugi's chapped lips. "What will it be, love?"
"I-I don't want to..." He whimpered, not liking the idea at all. He began to grow weaker, his eyes fluttering and his breathing growing shallow.
The back door opened, a blonde teen walked in. "Hey Yug? What's goin' on in- " He stopped dead in his tracks as he saw the vampire hovering over his friend. "Get away from him! Holy shit! I have to get him to the hospital!"
Yami glared at him. "I don't know who you are, but Yugi is too unstable to make it to the hospital! He doesn't have much time left!" He turned back to Yugi, his hand still on his cheek. "Yugi, please! Try to say something! Make up your mind!" Ignoring the blonde kid that just walked in, he shook the little one lightly, as if trying to wake him from a trance.
"Yugi!" He sighed. 'Shit' he cursed, his mind so wanting to kill Pegasus now. But he couldn't leave Yugi here. If Yugi wanted to die so much, then he would die here, in Yami's arms, not some stupid white and neat freak room he was unable to go into! Yugi's last images would be of him, of the sorrowful look on his face. "Yugi...."
Jou snarled. "Look, they MIGHT be able to save him if you can get him there QUICK! They have blood transfusions for stuff like this!"
Yugi's eyes fluttered open and closed. "...J-Jou....?"
Yami wiped the hair out of the light's eyes. His neck was a mess, staining his pale skin. "Yugi. Do you feel you can go to the hospital?" Once again he stroked his hair. "Can you hold on long enough to go get a..." he looked about his mind... "...blood transfusion? Will that save you!?" He didn't know very much about medical technology in this time. He was still trying to get used to that little fact that everything had changed with the times. Sometimes he forgets, though.
Yugi managed to nod, trembling as his eyes slid shut. Why hadn't the vampire just killed him already?
Yami picked up his small body, cradling him in his arms. He felt like he weighed absolutely nothing. Of course, that could just be because of the fact that Pegasus nearly drained him dry. Also getting a washcloth to put against his neck, he turned to "Jou". Yami's didn't like this, but it had to be done. "Direct me to this hospital."
Jou nodded, staring at him distrustfully, before telling him how to get there. "And do it FAST, before my friend DIES!"
Yami smirked as he rushed to the medical facility, knowing he must've looked like only a blur to that Jou kid. At least he could run faster than he could. Keeping his eyes locked on their destination, remembering which streets to take, Yami found himself there in no time. A couple of paramedics just happened to be right by the front, and so they rushed the boy in, taking him from Yami's arms, leaving him in front of the doors once they asked what happened. He didn't know that the cliché "he fell on a steak fork" would work all too perfectly.
Jou got to the hospital sometime later, finding Yami and grabbing him by the collar. "What did you do ta him?!" He spat.
Yami glared and pushed the boy off of him with ease, almost sending him to the other side of the room with his force. "I hadn't done a thing." Lucky there was no one else in the waiting room right now. He sat down, head in his hands. That's just what it was. Had he done something, then Yugi wouldn't have been in this mess. It's not what he did. It's what he didn't do. Yugi suffered because he didn't do anything, when he should've been there earlier, should've been there to protect Yugi from that Pegasus bastard. Pegasus. He so wanted him to die! He was lost in his thoughts, immense guilt weighing on his shoulders, he didn't see the doctor walking up to them.
Jou looked up to the doctor, eyes wide. "Is he okay!?"
The doctor sighed. "We're having a hard time locating blood in storage... For blood type O+... it's a very rare blood type..."
'Must be why the damn vampire attacked him...' Jou glared at Yami, then looked up.
"Well I gots it. Give him my blood."
Yami kept quiet, still lost in his thoughts, the look of horror and guilt on his face. He would never be able to help out Yugi. He would never be able to keep his promise. He promised him! A promise is not something you break! He stood abruptly, fists clenching and unclenching at his sides. All his fault! He should've never met Yugi! Otherwise this wouldn't have happened. Yami quickly left, unable to bear anymore pain. But he had let his composure crack, as a single tear strode down his cheek.
After Yami left, and Jou was hooked up to a machine that gave Yugi blood, Jou began to think about what happened. 'He did look pretty damn guilty... But he's the one who did this ta Yug in the first place...'
Sometime later, Jou fell asleep, still giving his blood to Yugi. Neither noticed the silver-haired man in the doorway. "Two with the same sweet tasting blood... I will come back for them..."
A doctor walked into the room, feeling a chill as he looked to the other door. No one was there.
Yugi came to first, his eyes drained from being tired. "Where am I...?" He murmured. "And where's Jou.. And Yami...?"
Jou stirred, then woke, noticing that the needles were gone and that they were done with the transfusion. "Hey buddy."
Yugi looked to him, eyes filled with confusion. "How did I get here...?"
"Do you remember what happened?" Jou's eyes narrowed.
Yugi shook his head. "I remember you... And Yami..."
"Yug... Sorry ta break this to ya, but Yami, this vampire, drank almost all yer blood." Yugi's eyes filled with tears. "He did...?"
Jou nodded. "Why are you sad? Yer okay..."
Clutching his hospital blanket tightly, the young boy began to sniffle, trembling. "He said he wouldn't hurt me..."
"Yug..." The golden-haired boy placed a hand on Yugi's shoulder, wincing as he saw the bite marks on the left side of Yugi's neck. "That's what vampires do... They make you think you can trust them... Then they hurt you while you're vulnerable..."
Yugi buried his face in Jou's chest and cried, still shaking.
It wasn't long before the hospital said they could go, but Jou was still nervous. He and Yugi stood at the doors of the hospital, looking out into the dark night.
"Not that I'm a baby or nothin', but I don' wanna go outside right now..."
Yugi nodded, gripping Jou's hand.
"I can walk you both home."
Jou and Yugi turned to see a tall man with silver hair, and Yugi shivered. "Um.. Ok..." If anything, the man was creepy.
Yugi shivered as the man, Pegasus, as he had introduced himself, placed a hand on his shoulder. "We're almost there."
Yugi froze, and Jou looked at him. "I didn't tell you where I lived though..."
Pegasus smirked at him, baring his fangs, and Yugi jumped back in shock. Jou joined him, standing in front of his younger friend protectively. "Who are you!?"
"I am your new master."
Jou gave a soft cry of pain as he felt something sharp on the side of his neck, and it took him a second to realize that Pegasus had pulled him in close and was drinking his blood. Pain filled his body and he tried to kick the man, but Pegasus was much stronger. Yugi gave a horrified cry, then kicked Pegasus in the shin, who pulled away with a snarl. Not wasting a second, Yugi grabbed Jou's hand and began to run, shaking in terror. "Somebody help us please!" He screamed, his amethyst eyes filled with fresh tears.
'Yami...!' Yugi thought frantically, not knowing why.
*****
When Yami reached his 'home', he was too depressed and sad to notice two other people that happened to sneak into the building. Yami's face was tear- stained from the walk home, his eyes bloodshot and worn as he made his way to his Egyptian-styled bedroom, except for the TV and play station in the corner. He felt like curling up into a ball and never coming out again. Of course, not eating would turn you delirious, insane. That's what happened to Marik Ishtar. His brother, Malik, could barely contain his insanity. But that was like sweet music to him, rather than be like this, with so much guilt... Not five minutes after he slid in bed, he knew he wasn't able to get to sleep, being as there was someone straddling his hips.
Yami sighed and looked up at the person who dared enter his sacred place of resting. No one was supposed to know about this. However, once he saw who it was, he nearly screeched out. "Bakura!" However, he notice that he bed slanted to his left a little. But there was nothing on that side of the bed. Right? He looked over. "Seto!?!?"
Bakura grinned at him. "Hello, Pharaoh." His deep voice brought the said pharaoh's attention back to him. "How have you been?"
Yami glared. "Stop calling me that, Tomb Robber!" He wished he could move, but Bakura's current position prevented that. What the Hell where these two doing here? One of them should be in England and the other should have been in America. What were they doing here in Japan? It didn't really register that Bakura was playing with buckles as Seto began to talk.
"It's true that part of the reason we came here was to see your cute face again," Yami grumbled, "but there is something else out there that could be very dangerous to both humans and Vampires." Yami huffed, showing mock annoyance that he wasn't the center of attention like he used to be.
Bakura patted his cheek. "Aww... The Pharaoh is being left out. Say.... you wouldn't happen to know a vampy in this area known as Pegasus, would ya?"
Yami's eyes narrowed greatly as Pegasus's name reached his ears. He was soooo dead. Bakura stopped playing with Yami's buckles and patted his cheek. "Hello? What's wrong with you?" Seto also went over to the side of the bed, sitting next to the white, bat-haired vampire. Yami just stared at his two sires. Yep, the both of them managed to turn Yami into what he was. They both drank his blood, and in return, he drank theirs.
The tri-colored hair pharaoh looked away, easily explaining. "I did nothing to help Yugi, that's my problem."
They looked at each other before crossing their arms. "Tell us," Bakura insisted.
Like always, Yami ended up telling them everything, no matter how stubborn he had tried to act, his sires always got through to him, though! He hated them for that. Sighing, he finished his tale. "And hear I am, telling you all of this.." He rolled his eyes. "And that Jou kid is probably corrupting his mind right now, blaming all of Yugi's injuries on me."
Bakura absentmindedly began to fiddle with his buckles. Yami still had no idea what made Bakura do that. "Soooo why aren't you at the hospital?"
Yami looked at Seto. "I told you I couldn't handle it."
Bakura and Seto nodded. "Oh..." They shared some looks, none of which Yami liked.
Yami struggled as much as he could, but it was fruitless while being held by Seto and Bakura. They had a reputation as the strongest vampires ever known. So Yami just decided to accept his fate and allowed himself do be dragged to the hospital. He had a feeling that he wasn't going to like what he saw. 'Damn Jou' he thought.
However, when he got there, he was surprised to find out that they had all ready left. What was a vampire to do now? If you were Seto or Bakura, you'd force the address out of your protégé and take him there, and so began the journey to Yugi's house.
The three vampires that were walking down a mostly deserted street perked up as they heard a distant cry for help. To Bakura, it's sounded like someone was being murdered, to Seto, it sounded like a couple of kids goofing off, but Yami felt different. One of those voices he heard sounded familiar...
"Somebody help us please!"
Realization kicked in. Yugi! That voice was Yugi's! Quickly, Yami ran straight for the voices, confused sires following behind.
Yugi stumbled and tripped, so Jou scooped him up and kept running as the vampire followed. "Running from me? How juvenile." Jou and Yugi both cried out as some kind of thin and sharp cord shot out and wrapped around them, holding them in place. Pegasus smirked at them, two fingers in the air. The light glinted off the ruby colored cord that came from one of Pegasus' fingers, made of his blood.
"It's sharp, so you might not want to move.. I could kill you both right here and now."
Yugi felt Jou tense, and he began to cry. "P-please..."
Yami turned a corner and stopped, paralyzed by what he saw. Yugi.... along with Jou, was wound in a red cord of blood, hovering in the air. Yami followed that cord back to the person at the other end of it. Pegasus. Yami growled as Seto and Bakura came to view. Their eyes widened as they all fell upon Pegasus, the current threat to everyone. 'What the fuck are we going to do?' Bakura asked himself. They had no plan, no weapons. Not to mention Yugi was there, and Jou.
Seto stepped forward. "Pegasus! At last we all meet."
Pegasus turned to Seto, raising an eyebrow. Since Jou and Yugi were facing him already, they both gaped.
"Who are you?"
He tugged lightly on the cord, making both of his captors cry out. Jou fell to his knees, bowing his head as the cord cut into his arms and shoulders lightly. Yugi spotted Yami, and his doubts, he called out to him.
"Y-Yami...!"
Yami rushed to Yugi's side, setting the small blood cord afire and letting go of the boys. He and Seto went in to lift them up, carrying them as they were too weak to walk on their own. Bakura had put himself in front of the four, defending them with his magic and any barrier he was able to put up. Bakura was the first to speak. "I suggest that it would be wise to retreat!" Yami and Seto both nodded and we all turned back to the silver- haired freak.
"This is not over!" Yami yelled, fury in his voice promising he would someday carry out his wrath. "I will still kill you, Pegasus!" and the five made like a bat outta hell, code named Bakura, and ran nonstop to Yami's place.
Yugi clung to Yami tightly, his eyes closed tightly. He buried his face in Yami's chest.
Jou groaned weakly, having lost more blood than he intended, what with the blood transfusion and being bitten. There were small gashes on his arms and shoulders, and his green jacket was torn in many places.
Seto held the boy in his arms, ignoring the familiar pang of hunger. He would so be dead if he were to drink from the blonde. Looking down at him, he tilted his head. The boy was kinda... cute. He glanced over at Yami to see him holding Yugi close to his chest, and Bakura was leading the way. He couldn't help it as a growl came from the pit of his empty stomach. Why had he not eaten when they arrived here?
When the five arrived at Yami's home, a young boy with silver hair was waiting for them. "Vampires..." He hissed.
Bakura snarled at the boy, who looked a lot like him. "We don't have time for game, brat! Move it, we're on an important mission here!" He took a quick glance back to see if the others were okay, and if Pegasus was at all attempting to follow them. He looked back at his mirror self. "So step aside!"
Ryou glared at them. "Release the innocents!"
Yami tightened his hold on Yugi, never wanting to let him go. Seto had no idea who this kid thought he was, but these two boys have been through enough. He dared not let go of the blonde and Yugi would probably have his neck, then Yami would for making Yugi mad. Bakura shook his head. "No way!'
Ryou raised one hand, chanting quietly under his breath. When he stopped, both Yugi and Jou were suspended in midair on either side of him, unconscious and healed. "Step away vampires."
Bakura snarled but did not have the time to yell back at him as they all heard footfalls behind them. Glancing back, they could see Pegasus calmly walking nearer. "Shit!" Bakura cursed.
Ryou's eyes widened in fear, and he chanted again, thrusting both hand sup in a defensive stance, making Pegasus fly backwards several feet. "Y-You!"
The others stared, slightly surprised at the power that the guy had. Bakura smirked and him. "Nice shot, but shouldn't your attack be more centered around the lower regions of his-"
"Bakura!" He winced when Seto called sharply at his name.
"What?" He held up his arms defensively.
Ryou's eyes turned hateful. "I think I SHOULD have..." He spat angrily, then chanted again, sending Pegasus to another part of the town. His eyes turned to Bakura next. "Do not make me use my magic on you three as well.."
Bakura spread his arms in a completely clueless state. "And why WOULD you in the first place, other than the fact the we are vampires and trying to save these boys from that Pegasus guy who is the epitome of all evil and a danger to all races?"
Ryou's eyes filled with pain. "N-none of your business...!"
Bakura rolled his eyes. "Well, that's great to hear and all, but some of us would like to know why we are dying before we actually do! Now, would you let us pass already? You may think of us as horrible, monstrous creatures that prey on innocent people, but have I made an attempt to bite you, yet?"
Ryou glared again. "You know I could kill you. That is why." He stepped aside, taking Yugi and Jou with him as he moved several feet away. "Go."
Bakura narrowed his eyes. "I didn't ask you for a reason or excuse. I stated a simple yes or no question." Though Yami and Seto made to move into Yami's house, Bakura just stood there, looking hard at Ryou.
Ryou glared harder, then blinked as Jou and Yugi stirred. "I'm taking these two and leaving the likes of YOU."
Bakura stood there, arms crossed in a defiant way. "Answer my question, and I'll let you leave. Really, it's just a simple yes or no."
Holding his ground, Ryou crossed his arms over his chest. "... No."
Bakura smirked. "Was that so hard to say?" He turned on his heel. "We'll be needing those humans back soon. Yami has something to say to the smaller one. I suggest you don't keep away too long." With that said, he entered the house as well.
Ryou gaped at the empty space, then chanted again, warping him and the other two to his house.
As soon as Bakura closed the door, he had to hurl away from it to escape a very expensive-looking china plate headed for his head. He blinked and looked at a very pissed off Seto. "What?" he asked, thinking a bit. "I think that little witch is kinda cute..." He saw a fuming Yami and rolled his eyes. "Settle down, Pharaoh. You will talk to him soon, I am sure."
Ryou set Yugi and Jou down on the couches, then fell to his knees from exhaustion. "Gods... I have no strength left.. And that... That monster... Was there..."
Ryou moved to his room, then lay down on the bed, falling asleep.
Yugi curled up on the couch, his dreams plagued with silver-haired vampires.
*****
Meanwhile, later on that night, a tri-colored haired Pharaoh was dreaming of his precious innocence, how everything started off so right, now end up so wrong, dazed, and confusing. He longed to hold the little one in his arms again, to breathe in his scent, to taste his skin once more, perhaps even his sweet-smelling blood. Yugi...
Yami shifted his bed, unable to get to sleep, even though it was only 3 in the afternoon. It was to him like it was 4 in the morning to humans. He carefully snuck out of it, so as not to wake the other two sleeping. There were no windows in the basement, so sunlight couldn't pour through. He didn't need the lights, as he had superb, compared to humans, sight. He went into the bathroom to take a nice long shower, something he desperately needed. A cold shower, as his dreams were filled with purple eyes and tri- colored hair much like his own. Black with red tips and yellow bangs. Yep. He began to go into past reflection as he sat there in the tub...
*****
Ryou sighed, sitting next to Yugi and Jou, pouring through his book of shadows. "There must be something in here about how to kill powerful vampires...."
The two boys had been sleeping throughout the day, and Ryou wasn't too surprised. It took him sometime, but he finally found the spell. At just about the same time, Yugi shifted and awoke.
"Hello." Ryou said quietly.
Yugi looked up at him. "Who are you...?"
Smiling kindly, Ryou waved his hand and a glass of water appeared. "My name is Ryou."
Looking around in confusion, Yugi's amethyst eyes met Ryou's chocolaty ones. "How did I get here... Last thing I remember is... Yami..."
Ryou's eyes darkened. "You were attacked by vampires. So was your friend."
Taking a sip of the water, Yugi nodded. He could remember Pegasus, and he could remember the pain he felt when the red cord touched his pale and smooth skin. But more than anything, he could remember Yami's strong protective arms around his slim form, holding him and keeping him away from danger.
Yugi was silent for a moment, before he looked at the Book of Shadows. "What's that?"
Ryou smiled. "I'm a witch. This is my book of shadows. It has all my spells."
"Oh..."
The two sat in silence, as Yugi continued to stare, his body shivering. 'Yami...'
*****
A/N: R/R? Please? Because it was hard to edit and Kaori-chan and I would love it if you would review?
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*****
Sitting on the swings at the park by himself, Yugi sighed, slowly rocking the swing back and forth. He stared up at the darkening sky, tears forming in his amethyst eyes. There was a bruise on his cheek from one of his bullies, and his small form shivered when it became windy. 'I should go home... They can't be waiting for me anymore... Even bullies have to give up somewhere...'
Yami traversed this silent town for an hour, in search of the fresh nourishment his body required to live. Not many people strode the streets after dark, which he understood fully with all of the "killings" that has been going on. For three weeks, it has become harder and harder to find food. Next thing he knew, he'd probably had to break in a house in order to find it. He preferred it the other way, he victims coming to him, unknowingly walking into his waiting arms of death. A sigh escaped his lips as he continued to slink around, the only light betraying his presence was the light of the moon. But it also portrayed the presence of another, and he hid himself in an alley, crimson eyes narrowing as he watched his next victim come into view.
Yugi walked timidly, fearing that someone was going to leap out of the darkness and attack him. He heard footsteps behind him, and he recognized the voice of one of his worst tormentors.
"Little Yugi come out to play?"
Choking on a whimper, Yugi darted into the nearest alleyway, praying the bully wouldn't follow him.
Yami stayed in the shadows as the boy came exceedingly close to where he stood. The moon shown brightly on the short figure, which was half immersed in the shadows, revealing the boy's features. Deep purple, innocent eyes looked troubled as they stared at the entrance that led to my hiding place, as his tri-colored hair seemed to stand out on end with fear. Ra, we looked like brothers, if not for small differences. He couldn't help but think the little one so cute. 'I could not take him, I couldn't feed off this pure soul. I would regret it for life.'
It took him a moment to realize that the fear radiating from him intensified as another person blocked off the alley. This... thug is what caused this child's fear? I sat silently, awaiting a chance to intervene.
Yugi stumbled back slightly, yelping as Risu grabbed his already bruised arm and yanked him forward. "Hiding from me, little Yugi? I thought you knew better."
"L-let go..." Yugi whimpered, trying to pull himself away, but not strong enough to even faze the older boy.
Yami's eyes narrowed dangerously. NO ONE will hurt this child. True Yami was a creature of the night, but he had morals. Still on silent feet, He managed to get behind the bully, tapping on his shoulder. Yami was confident in every way, as he had superior power to the pathetic flesh ling. He let a cold smile spread across his lips as he turned to the vampire with a scowl. "I believe you are creating a health hazard to yourself by hurting that boy." Yami's voice was deep, meaning every word.
With wide eyes, Yugi gaped, jerking away while Risu was distracted.
"Who the hell are you?!" Risu asked, staggering slightly.
Yami stood there, his arms crossed in a defensive stance. The smirk only grew at the fool's words. "Are you sure you want to know?" He moved his hands to his hips. "It could mean your end." Yami mentally rolled his eyes. 'Like his life was going to come to an end anyway', he thought, watching the other carefully with a critical eye. It seemed Yami managed to piss him off. The ruby eyes narrowed further. What he would was going to be much, much worse if didn't get out of his sight in five seconds.
Risu snorted at the words, then grabbed onto Yugi by the back of the neck. "Back off. This is between me and the shrimp. If you know what's good for you."
Yugi gave a startled yelp, then looked up at Yami, meeting his ruby eyes with terrified amethyst ones. He didn't want to be beaten up again, and he whispered his pleas out loud.
"D-don't g-go..."
Yami nearly melted at his soothing voice, somewhat liking the fear that seeped through those words. No! He will resist all and any urges to taste that boy. He MUST! Rolling his eye he looked at his watch. 6 seconds had gone by. Letting both of his hands drop, he turned his eyes to gaze coolly at the man. "Are you interested in a game?" Yami stepped closer. "I assure you it will be simple. And the prize-" he pointed to the boy "-will be him." He cocked his head to the side. "What do you say, Risu?"
Risu stared at Yami as if he were an idiot. "A game?" He looked over at Yugi, who flinched. A smirk grew on his twisted features. "Sure."
Yugi looked back and forth between the two, giving up on struggling.
Yami took out some cards that were stowed away in his pocket. "It's simple." He held up a deck. "Pick a card. If your card is higher than mine, then you can keep this little one. Yugi, I believe?" At the thug's nod he continued. "I if mine is higher, then I will decide your fate, as well as take Yugi as my prize." In the back of his mind, Yami was berating himself profusely. 'Not that way!' he yelled. 'Not, in any sense, that way!' But out loud he said different. "Simple?"
Risu smirked, then picked a card. "Simple as all hell, and look at this! This monster has a pretty high attack!" It was Curse of Dragon.
Flushing slightly, not understanding the second meaning Yami's words could have, Yugi watched with dread, knowing that 2000 was a pretty high attack power.
Closing his eyes, Yami concentrated on his deck, pulling one of his most powerful card to the top, making sure neither of the two saw the dimly glowing 'eye' on his forehead. He knew every card in his deck, every placement, of where they were. He always knew. And if he wanted to save this child's life.
Keeping his eyes closed for added effect, he drew the top card, sure of his instincts. After a brief moment of prayer, he looked at the card.... the smirk never leave his face as he showed it to the others. "The Dark Magician, with 2500 points." He quirked en eyebrow. "It appears you loose, Risu. Yugi and your fate are mine!"
Yugi's eyes, despite the fearful situation, brightened. The dark Magician was his favorite card.
Risu rolled his eyes. "I don't have time for this shit. Take the shrimp. I'll just get him later." He harshly threw Yugi towards the ground, shoving his hands in his pockets and walking towards the entrance of the alley.
Yami stopped him in his travels, a serious look on his face. "But you're forgetting your fate." He blocked the exit, arms crossed once again. "If you have time to beat him up, I'm sure you will have time for this." The scowl he received did not please him all too well, as the 'eye' once again appeared on his head, no longer hiding as it shown brightly. With this, Yami passed his judgment. "You do not deserve the luxuries of death. Instead you will fall ill." The thug seemed paralyzed as he waked closer to him. "You will live in a world of greed and never-ending torment of insanity. You will talk excessively about how you can fly, how you can swim like a fish." Momentarily forgetting about Yugi, Yami started circling the bigger man, an 'eye' appearing on his head too. He stopped in front of him. "So do I seal your fate with a kiss?" Grabbing the boy's hair, Yami lowered him until he reached his neck, the scent of blood wafting under his nose, too tempting to resist under his current state of hunger. He completely forgot of the innocent boy watching, as Yami sank his fangs deep within Risu's neck.
Yugi gave a startled yelp, eyes wide. He backed away fearfully, pressing against the alley wall.
Drinking deeply of the sour blood, he satiated his hunger for the moment, letting his judgment come to pass. Removing his fangs, experienced enough to not get any blood on his leather, Yami patted his head, and let the now, tired-looking thief exit, slow in his stride. He then realized he wasn't alone and turned his gaze on the boy cowering in the corner. The smirk was still there.
Yugi whimpered, tears streaking his pale face. "Don't hurt me..." He suddenly felt regret, wondering if Risu would ever hurt him as badly as he thought this new boy could.
Yami shook his head. "I won't hurt you, little one." He walked over to Yugi, swaying hips, the leather clinging to him as the moonlight passed over them. Many of his victims said, upon meeting him, that he looked ethereal in moonlight and leather. Stopping in front of him, he crouched down, leaning in to look into Yugi's eyes. "However, you are still mine."
Breath catching in his throat from the similarities they shared and the masculine voice, Yugi felt relief wash over him. His amethyst eyes were searching as he felt self-conscious in his own leather outfit. "Wh-what do you want with me...?" He asked timidly. His face flushed, starting at his cheeks and spreading over the bridge of his nose.
Yami lifted the boy's chin with one of his fore fingers and his thumb, making him look deeply into his blood-red eyes. He did not hide the desire and lust he felt for this boy, but he would not vocalize it either... for the time being. He let his thumb cross over the boy's velvety soft lips, leaning in closer. He could feel the boy's breath on his skin as he moved in to whisper seductively into his red-tipped ear. "You will soon find that out, little one." The reaction he got was just what he was looking for.
Flushing almost wildly, and tingling with an unknown passion, Yugi felt shivers racing up and down his spine. His ears and neck just happened to be THE most sensitive spots on his body, and he moaned lightly. "H-hai..."
He couldn't help but widen his smirk and nuzzle the boy's neck. 'Ra, I want him so bad...' He almost lost himself to his animal senses as he let his tongue trace over the juncture of his neck and shoulders, becoming increasingly hot at the skin's salty taste. His scent was also alluring, hair smelling of strawberries as his skin smelled like lilacs. His tongue could even taste it!
Yugi moaned again, clutching Yami's arm tightly at the sensation. 'What's he doing...? And why does it feel so good...?'
Mentally shaking his head to get those dazed thoughts out of his mind, Yami removed himself from the floor and hid himself in the shadows once again, positive that no one would be messing with Yugi for the rest of the evening. He had to leave, before he could do anything more. He was loosing control, something totally unlike him. He needed to regroup his thoughts...
By the time he regained enough of his senses to actually notice that the cinnamon smell was gone and the vampire had left, he was gasping against the wall. Shaking, he stood, and then left, eyes dazed and glazed.
Yugi stumbled into his house, avoiding his grandpa. He went straight up to his room, then lay down, not sleeping. 'What happened...? Who was that?' It vaguely occurred to him that he didn't know the stranger's name, even though the stranger knew his AND the bully's.
Yami watched from the rooftops as Yugi made his way home, trying to ignore the urge to just tackle the boy and ravish him right in that alley. His physical attraction for the boy grew beyond what he had originally imagined. He would have to be more careful.
Speaking of careful... He noticed the many lights of the neighboring houses clicking on. And soon they would find Risu. Mutterings a few words, he made his way back to his abode.
*****
Yugi yawned, finally falling asleep, not noticing the other vampire hanging outside his window, who stared at him with lusty interest. 'Sleep, little Yugi... I'll come back for you.'
And then he was gone.
*****
Stepping into his seemingly normal house, Yami locked the door behind him, pulling down the dark velvet clothes that huge from the windows to hide the daylight from his sensitive skin. Even though it wasn't daylight yet, he still didn't feel like going out for the rest of the night, so he wander the house, thinking of the boy he had met just minutes ago. There wasn't much to his house. The kitchen was bare; there was nothing in the 1st or second floor. Everything of his remained in the basement. Yawning, he decided to turn in early.
*****
Yugi dare not go outside, afraid of what could happen while it was night. Hid grandpa had gone off to a convention in the next town, leaving him all alone. 'But vampires can't come in if ya don't invite 'em, right?' Yugi sat on the couch in his black silk pajamas, munching on a peanut butter sandwich. There was a knock on the door, and assuming it was Jou, because no one else came by, Yugi absently called out. "Come in!"
The door opened, and Yugi gaped as a tall man with silver hair walked in. "Hello."
Yugi nearly squeaked. "Um... Hi... can I help you?"
In the blink of an eye, Yugi found himself pressed against the man, and the door slid shut. "Yes you can."
Yugi saw the fangs as the man smirked, and his eyes went wide.
Pegasus lowered his mouth to the side of Yugi's neck, then sunk his fangs in deeply, groaning at the sweet taste. Yugi gave a small cry of pain, seeing as how Pegasus hadn't been gentle at all. His vision grew blurry as he went weak, but before he passed out, he heard himself whisper. "...Yami...help..."
Pegasus frowned, but continued to drink from the boy.
*****
Surprisingly, Yami slept all through the day in his Egyptian styled bed, gold silken sheets giving him extreme comfort. Well, he WAS from Egypt. Stretching, he smiled. He had a very... interesting dream... Involving none other than his look-a-like angel he had met just a day ago. He would make his dreams come true, but not now. Now he would wake, and he would learn more about this lovely Yugi of his... and perhaps give him another hint as to what he wanted. He knew the little one was drawn to him too, he could feel it in the aura the boy gave off, his posture, his moans of pleasure... He had to see him! Quickly dressing, he made his way out into the moon- filled night.
Yami suddenly jerked with pain as he neared where Yugi lived, an intense feeling of fear and confusion. And he thought he felt a trace of... someone else... Another vampire! Yami growled. What did they think they were doing, touching his property? Yami sped up his pace, jumping roofs and running much faster. 'Hold on, little one, I'm coming!'
Yami floated to the ground near Yugi's place, not knowing exactly where he lived, but following his gut instincts. Running, he came upon a house, a game shop with its lights on, the only house to have been so. Yami ran to the doorway, and gaped at what he saw. "Pegasus!" The voice dripping with loathing, anger and fury. Yugi was HIS!
Pegasus pulled back, smirking as Yugi lay limp in his arms. "Hello Yami." A trickle of blood rolled down his face from the corner of his mouth, and Yugi moaned weakly.
Yami looked fiercely at Pegasus. "Drop him now!" Yami would've kicked and beaten him up, but he had not yet been invited to Yugi's house. He wished desperately to help him. 'Ra, look at the poor thing...' He made a mental note to kill Pegasus whenever he possibly could.
Pegasus chuckled, trailing a hand over Yugi's body. "Why would I do a thing like that?"
Yugi's eyes fluttered open tiredly, and he began to push against Pegasus again.
Yami's eyes narrowed, the 'eye' appearing on his head. "He's MINE, Pegasus! Leave him alone!" His every nerve twitched to help Yugi, but all he could do was stay at the door, defenseless unless Yugi told him to come in. 'Come on, Yugi. Wake up!' His brow creased with worry as he saw Yugi weakly struggle. Ra, it hurt him. It hurt him so much.
Pegasus grinned, then leaned in and began to suck more of Yugi's blood. Yugi gave a pained whimper, his struggling dying down as he grew weaker.
He began to glow with dark energy, fury raking his body. No one messed with his things... and lived. Pulsating magic, in its raw form, gathered at in Yami's palms. "Pegasus, by RA, if you do not drop him this instant, I'll end your pitiful excuse of a vampire existence!" He meant every word.
Pegasus drew back, smirking. "He's all yours." Leaving through the back entrance, he let Yugi sink to the floor, trembling and crying; completely vulnerable.
Yugi's face was pale, and his body was shaking. "Nn..."
Yami pounded against the magical barrier that held him from the little one, from his angel. "Yugi! Be okay! PLEASE be okay!" He kicked the barrier, white flashes meeting his feet as he pounded and kicked the shield, unwilling to admit that he would loose Yugi if he didn't enter. He had just met him! There was no way he was going to loose him now! "YUGI!" Tears swelled in his eyes as the boy continued to lay there, barely conscious. He was fighting for his life in there, and Yami was unable to get to him.
After beating his hands and feet sore, he slumped to his knees, hot tears of anguish flowing freely down his face. "Yugi..." For 5000 years, not once did Yami cry. Now he cried the loss of an innocent soul, dying. And Yami could do nothing. When he had first met the boy, he promised to protect him. He was a failure... He always kept his promises. ALWAYS. He leaned his forehead against the invisible surface which had prevented him from interfering. "Yugi...."
Yugi looked at him with tear filled and tired eyes, and still not knowing how he knew the vampire's name, he whispered. "Come....n...Yami...." His body still shook, and he was too tired to care if Yami killed him.
Yami was suddenly pitched forward by the earth's gravity and the suddenly loss of something he was leaning against. Realizing what happened, he got out of the heap he was in and ran as fast as a bolt of lightning to the boy's side, which for him was very possible. He held Yugi's head in his lap, stroking his hair. He could turn him, but... he would loose his innocence, wouldn't he? It would be up to Yugi to decide. "Little one, do you wish to die?"
Yugi whimpered from fear, then shook his head. "N-no..." His body trembled again. He didn't want to be a vampire either.
Yami's face smoothed out, not liking that look of fear anymore. "My little one... " He smiled as he clear saw what Yugi was thinking. "There would be no other way for you to live. I would teach you what you would like to know. I'll answer any question you might have." His hand slid down the boy's pale cheek. "These are your choices. To live the life of the creature of the night... or to die, be completely removed from this world." He placed a chaste kiss to Yugi's chapped lips. "What will it be, love?"
"I-I don't want to..." He whimpered, not liking the idea at all. He began to grow weaker, his eyes fluttering and his breathing growing shallow.
The back door opened, a blonde teen walked in. "Hey Yug? What's goin' on in- " He stopped dead in his tracks as he saw the vampire hovering over his friend. "Get away from him! Holy shit! I have to get him to the hospital!"
Yami glared at him. "I don't know who you are, but Yugi is too unstable to make it to the hospital! He doesn't have much time left!" He turned back to Yugi, his hand still on his cheek. "Yugi, please! Try to say something! Make up your mind!" Ignoring the blonde kid that just walked in, he shook the little one lightly, as if trying to wake him from a trance.
"Yugi!" He sighed. 'Shit' he cursed, his mind so wanting to kill Pegasus now. But he couldn't leave Yugi here. If Yugi wanted to die so much, then he would die here, in Yami's arms, not some stupid white and neat freak room he was unable to go into! Yugi's last images would be of him, of the sorrowful look on his face. "Yugi...."
Jou snarled. "Look, they MIGHT be able to save him if you can get him there QUICK! They have blood transfusions for stuff like this!"
Yugi's eyes fluttered open and closed. "...J-Jou....?"
Yami wiped the hair out of the light's eyes. His neck was a mess, staining his pale skin. "Yugi. Do you feel you can go to the hospital?" Once again he stroked his hair. "Can you hold on long enough to go get a..." he looked about his mind... "...blood transfusion? Will that save you!?" He didn't know very much about medical technology in this time. He was still trying to get used to that little fact that everything had changed with the times. Sometimes he forgets, though.
Yugi managed to nod, trembling as his eyes slid shut. Why hadn't the vampire just killed him already?
Yami picked up his small body, cradling him in his arms. He felt like he weighed absolutely nothing. Of course, that could just be because of the fact that Pegasus nearly drained him dry. Also getting a washcloth to put against his neck, he turned to "Jou". Yami's didn't like this, but it had to be done. "Direct me to this hospital."
Jou nodded, staring at him distrustfully, before telling him how to get there. "And do it FAST, before my friend DIES!"
Yami smirked as he rushed to the medical facility, knowing he must've looked like only a blur to that Jou kid. At least he could run faster than he could. Keeping his eyes locked on their destination, remembering which streets to take, Yami found himself there in no time. A couple of paramedics just happened to be right by the front, and so they rushed the boy in, taking him from Yami's arms, leaving him in front of the doors once they asked what happened. He didn't know that the cliché "he fell on a steak fork" would work all too perfectly.
Jou got to the hospital sometime later, finding Yami and grabbing him by the collar. "What did you do ta him?!" He spat.
Yami glared and pushed the boy off of him with ease, almost sending him to the other side of the room with his force. "I hadn't done a thing." Lucky there was no one else in the waiting room right now. He sat down, head in his hands. That's just what it was. Had he done something, then Yugi wouldn't have been in this mess. It's not what he did. It's what he didn't do. Yugi suffered because he didn't do anything, when he should've been there earlier, should've been there to protect Yugi from that Pegasus bastard. Pegasus. He so wanted him to die! He was lost in his thoughts, immense guilt weighing on his shoulders, he didn't see the doctor walking up to them.
Jou looked up to the doctor, eyes wide. "Is he okay!?"
The doctor sighed. "We're having a hard time locating blood in storage... For blood type O+... it's a very rare blood type..."
'Must be why the damn vampire attacked him...' Jou glared at Yami, then looked up.
"Well I gots it. Give him my blood."
Yami kept quiet, still lost in his thoughts, the look of horror and guilt on his face. He would never be able to help out Yugi. He would never be able to keep his promise. He promised him! A promise is not something you break! He stood abruptly, fists clenching and unclenching at his sides. All his fault! He should've never met Yugi! Otherwise this wouldn't have happened. Yami quickly left, unable to bear anymore pain. But he had let his composure crack, as a single tear strode down his cheek.
After Yami left, and Jou was hooked up to a machine that gave Yugi blood, Jou began to think about what happened. 'He did look pretty damn guilty... But he's the one who did this ta Yug in the first place...'
Sometime later, Jou fell asleep, still giving his blood to Yugi. Neither noticed the silver-haired man in the doorway. "Two with the same sweet tasting blood... I will come back for them..."
A doctor walked into the room, feeling a chill as he looked to the other door. No one was there.
Yugi came to first, his eyes drained from being tired. "Where am I...?" He murmured. "And where's Jou.. And Yami...?"
Jou stirred, then woke, noticing that the needles were gone and that they were done with the transfusion. "Hey buddy."
Yugi looked to him, eyes filled with confusion. "How did I get here...?"
"Do you remember what happened?" Jou's eyes narrowed.
Yugi shook his head. "I remember you... And Yami..."
"Yug... Sorry ta break this to ya, but Yami, this vampire, drank almost all yer blood." Yugi's eyes filled with tears. "He did...?"
Jou nodded. "Why are you sad? Yer okay..."
Clutching his hospital blanket tightly, the young boy began to sniffle, trembling. "He said he wouldn't hurt me..."
"Yug..." The golden-haired boy placed a hand on Yugi's shoulder, wincing as he saw the bite marks on the left side of Yugi's neck. "That's what vampires do... They make you think you can trust them... Then they hurt you while you're vulnerable..."
Yugi buried his face in Jou's chest and cried, still shaking.
It wasn't long before the hospital said they could go, but Jou was still nervous. He and Yugi stood at the doors of the hospital, looking out into the dark night.
"Not that I'm a baby or nothin', but I don' wanna go outside right now..."
Yugi nodded, gripping Jou's hand.
"I can walk you both home."
Jou and Yugi turned to see a tall man with silver hair, and Yugi shivered. "Um.. Ok..." If anything, the man was creepy.
Yugi shivered as the man, Pegasus, as he had introduced himself, placed a hand on his shoulder. "We're almost there."
Yugi froze, and Jou looked at him. "I didn't tell you where I lived though..."
Pegasus smirked at him, baring his fangs, and Yugi jumped back in shock. Jou joined him, standing in front of his younger friend protectively. "Who are you!?"
"I am your new master."
Jou gave a soft cry of pain as he felt something sharp on the side of his neck, and it took him a second to realize that Pegasus had pulled him in close and was drinking his blood. Pain filled his body and he tried to kick the man, but Pegasus was much stronger. Yugi gave a horrified cry, then kicked Pegasus in the shin, who pulled away with a snarl. Not wasting a second, Yugi grabbed Jou's hand and began to run, shaking in terror. "Somebody help us please!" He screamed, his amethyst eyes filled with fresh tears.
'Yami...!' Yugi thought frantically, not knowing why.
*****
When Yami reached his 'home', he was too depressed and sad to notice two other people that happened to sneak into the building. Yami's face was tear- stained from the walk home, his eyes bloodshot and worn as he made his way to his Egyptian-styled bedroom, except for the TV and play station in the corner. He felt like curling up into a ball and never coming out again. Of course, not eating would turn you delirious, insane. That's what happened to Marik Ishtar. His brother, Malik, could barely contain his insanity. But that was like sweet music to him, rather than be like this, with so much guilt... Not five minutes after he slid in bed, he knew he wasn't able to get to sleep, being as there was someone straddling his hips.
Yami sighed and looked up at the person who dared enter his sacred place of resting. No one was supposed to know about this. However, once he saw who it was, he nearly screeched out. "Bakura!" However, he notice that he bed slanted to his left a little. But there was nothing on that side of the bed. Right? He looked over. "Seto!?!?"
Bakura grinned at him. "Hello, Pharaoh." His deep voice brought the said pharaoh's attention back to him. "How have you been?"
Yami glared. "Stop calling me that, Tomb Robber!" He wished he could move, but Bakura's current position prevented that. What the Hell where these two doing here? One of them should be in England and the other should have been in America. What were they doing here in Japan? It didn't really register that Bakura was playing with buckles as Seto began to talk.
"It's true that part of the reason we came here was to see your cute face again," Yami grumbled, "but there is something else out there that could be very dangerous to both humans and Vampires." Yami huffed, showing mock annoyance that he wasn't the center of attention like he used to be.
Bakura patted his cheek. "Aww... The Pharaoh is being left out. Say.... you wouldn't happen to know a vampy in this area known as Pegasus, would ya?"
Yami's eyes narrowed greatly as Pegasus's name reached his ears. He was soooo dead. Bakura stopped playing with Yami's buckles and patted his cheek. "Hello? What's wrong with you?" Seto also went over to the side of the bed, sitting next to the white, bat-haired vampire. Yami just stared at his two sires. Yep, the both of them managed to turn Yami into what he was. They both drank his blood, and in return, he drank theirs.
The tri-colored hair pharaoh looked away, easily explaining. "I did nothing to help Yugi, that's my problem."
They looked at each other before crossing their arms. "Tell us," Bakura insisted.
Like always, Yami ended up telling them everything, no matter how stubborn he had tried to act, his sires always got through to him, though! He hated them for that. Sighing, he finished his tale. "And hear I am, telling you all of this.." He rolled his eyes. "And that Jou kid is probably corrupting his mind right now, blaming all of Yugi's injuries on me."
Bakura absentmindedly began to fiddle with his buckles. Yami still had no idea what made Bakura do that. "Soooo why aren't you at the hospital?"
Yami looked at Seto. "I told you I couldn't handle it."
Bakura and Seto nodded. "Oh..." They shared some looks, none of which Yami liked.
Yami struggled as much as he could, but it was fruitless while being held by Seto and Bakura. They had a reputation as the strongest vampires ever known. So Yami just decided to accept his fate and allowed himself do be dragged to the hospital. He had a feeling that he wasn't going to like what he saw. 'Damn Jou' he thought.
However, when he got there, he was surprised to find out that they had all ready left. What was a vampire to do now? If you were Seto or Bakura, you'd force the address out of your protégé and take him there, and so began the journey to Yugi's house.
The three vampires that were walking down a mostly deserted street perked up as they heard a distant cry for help. To Bakura, it's sounded like someone was being murdered, to Seto, it sounded like a couple of kids goofing off, but Yami felt different. One of those voices he heard sounded familiar...
"Somebody help us please!"
Realization kicked in. Yugi! That voice was Yugi's! Quickly, Yami ran straight for the voices, confused sires following behind.
Yugi stumbled and tripped, so Jou scooped him up and kept running as the vampire followed. "Running from me? How juvenile." Jou and Yugi both cried out as some kind of thin and sharp cord shot out and wrapped around them, holding them in place. Pegasus smirked at them, two fingers in the air. The light glinted off the ruby colored cord that came from one of Pegasus' fingers, made of his blood.
"It's sharp, so you might not want to move.. I could kill you both right here and now."
Yugi felt Jou tense, and he began to cry. "P-please..."
Yami turned a corner and stopped, paralyzed by what he saw. Yugi.... along with Jou, was wound in a red cord of blood, hovering in the air. Yami followed that cord back to the person at the other end of it. Pegasus. Yami growled as Seto and Bakura came to view. Their eyes widened as they all fell upon Pegasus, the current threat to everyone. 'What the fuck are we going to do?' Bakura asked himself. They had no plan, no weapons. Not to mention Yugi was there, and Jou.
Seto stepped forward. "Pegasus! At last we all meet."
Pegasus turned to Seto, raising an eyebrow. Since Jou and Yugi were facing him already, they both gaped.
"Who are you?"
He tugged lightly on the cord, making both of his captors cry out. Jou fell to his knees, bowing his head as the cord cut into his arms and shoulders lightly. Yugi spotted Yami, and his doubts, he called out to him.
"Y-Yami...!"
Yami rushed to Yugi's side, setting the small blood cord afire and letting go of the boys. He and Seto went in to lift them up, carrying them as they were too weak to walk on their own. Bakura had put himself in front of the four, defending them with his magic and any barrier he was able to put up. Bakura was the first to speak. "I suggest that it would be wise to retreat!" Yami and Seto both nodded and we all turned back to the silver- haired freak.
"This is not over!" Yami yelled, fury in his voice promising he would someday carry out his wrath. "I will still kill you, Pegasus!" and the five made like a bat outta hell, code named Bakura, and ran nonstop to Yami's place.
Yugi clung to Yami tightly, his eyes closed tightly. He buried his face in Yami's chest.
Jou groaned weakly, having lost more blood than he intended, what with the blood transfusion and being bitten. There were small gashes on his arms and shoulders, and his green jacket was torn in many places.
Seto held the boy in his arms, ignoring the familiar pang of hunger. He would so be dead if he were to drink from the blonde. Looking down at him, he tilted his head. The boy was kinda... cute. He glanced over at Yami to see him holding Yugi close to his chest, and Bakura was leading the way. He couldn't help it as a growl came from the pit of his empty stomach. Why had he not eaten when they arrived here?
When the five arrived at Yami's home, a young boy with silver hair was waiting for them. "Vampires..." He hissed.
Bakura snarled at the boy, who looked a lot like him. "We don't have time for game, brat! Move it, we're on an important mission here!" He took a quick glance back to see if the others were okay, and if Pegasus was at all attempting to follow them. He looked back at his mirror self. "So step aside!"
Ryou glared at them. "Release the innocents!"
Yami tightened his hold on Yugi, never wanting to let him go. Seto had no idea who this kid thought he was, but these two boys have been through enough. He dared not let go of the blonde and Yugi would probably have his neck, then Yami would for making Yugi mad. Bakura shook his head. "No way!'
Ryou raised one hand, chanting quietly under his breath. When he stopped, both Yugi and Jou were suspended in midair on either side of him, unconscious and healed. "Step away vampires."
Bakura snarled but did not have the time to yell back at him as they all heard footfalls behind them. Glancing back, they could see Pegasus calmly walking nearer. "Shit!" Bakura cursed.
Ryou's eyes widened in fear, and he chanted again, thrusting both hand sup in a defensive stance, making Pegasus fly backwards several feet. "Y-You!"
The others stared, slightly surprised at the power that the guy had. Bakura smirked and him. "Nice shot, but shouldn't your attack be more centered around the lower regions of his-"
"Bakura!" He winced when Seto called sharply at his name.
"What?" He held up his arms defensively.
Ryou's eyes turned hateful. "I think I SHOULD have..." He spat angrily, then chanted again, sending Pegasus to another part of the town. His eyes turned to Bakura next. "Do not make me use my magic on you three as well.."
Bakura spread his arms in a completely clueless state. "And why WOULD you in the first place, other than the fact the we are vampires and trying to save these boys from that Pegasus guy who is the epitome of all evil and a danger to all races?"
Ryou's eyes filled with pain. "N-none of your business...!"
Bakura rolled his eyes. "Well, that's great to hear and all, but some of us would like to know why we are dying before we actually do! Now, would you let us pass already? You may think of us as horrible, monstrous creatures that prey on innocent people, but have I made an attempt to bite you, yet?"
Ryou glared again. "You know I could kill you. That is why." He stepped aside, taking Yugi and Jou with him as he moved several feet away. "Go."
Bakura narrowed his eyes. "I didn't ask you for a reason or excuse. I stated a simple yes or no question." Though Yami and Seto made to move into Yami's house, Bakura just stood there, looking hard at Ryou.
Ryou glared harder, then blinked as Jou and Yugi stirred. "I'm taking these two and leaving the likes of YOU."
Bakura stood there, arms crossed in a defiant way. "Answer my question, and I'll let you leave. Really, it's just a simple yes or no."
Holding his ground, Ryou crossed his arms over his chest. "... No."
Bakura smirked. "Was that so hard to say?" He turned on his heel. "We'll be needing those humans back soon. Yami has something to say to the smaller one. I suggest you don't keep away too long." With that said, he entered the house as well.
Ryou gaped at the empty space, then chanted again, warping him and the other two to his house.
As soon as Bakura closed the door, he had to hurl away from it to escape a very expensive-looking china plate headed for his head. He blinked and looked at a very pissed off Seto. "What?" he asked, thinking a bit. "I think that little witch is kinda cute..." He saw a fuming Yami and rolled his eyes. "Settle down, Pharaoh. You will talk to him soon, I am sure."
Ryou set Yugi and Jou down on the couches, then fell to his knees from exhaustion. "Gods... I have no strength left.. And that... That monster... Was there..."
Ryou moved to his room, then lay down on the bed, falling asleep.
Yugi curled up on the couch, his dreams plagued with silver-haired vampires.
*****
Meanwhile, later on that night, a tri-colored haired Pharaoh was dreaming of his precious innocence, how everything started off so right, now end up so wrong, dazed, and confusing. He longed to hold the little one in his arms again, to breathe in his scent, to taste his skin once more, perhaps even his sweet-smelling blood. Yugi...
Yami shifted his bed, unable to get to sleep, even though it was only 3 in the afternoon. It was to him like it was 4 in the morning to humans. He carefully snuck out of it, so as not to wake the other two sleeping. There were no windows in the basement, so sunlight couldn't pour through. He didn't need the lights, as he had superb, compared to humans, sight. He went into the bathroom to take a nice long shower, something he desperately needed. A cold shower, as his dreams were filled with purple eyes and tri- colored hair much like his own. Black with red tips and yellow bangs. Yep. He began to go into past reflection as he sat there in the tub...
*****
Ryou sighed, sitting next to Yugi and Jou, pouring through his book of shadows. "There must be something in here about how to kill powerful vampires...."
The two boys had been sleeping throughout the day, and Ryou wasn't too surprised. It took him sometime, but he finally found the spell. At just about the same time, Yugi shifted and awoke.
"Hello." Ryou said quietly.
Yugi looked up at him. "Who are you...?"
Smiling kindly, Ryou waved his hand and a glass of water appeared. "My name is Ryou."
Looking around in confusion, Yugi's amethyst eyes met Ryou's chocolaty ones. "How did I get here... Last thing I remember is... Yami..."
Ryou's eyes darkened. "You were attacked by vampires. So was your friend."
Taking a sip of the water, Yugi nodded. He could remember Pegasus, and he could remember the pain he felt when the red cord touched his pale and smooth skin. But more than anything, he could remember Yami's strong protective arms around his slim form, holding him and keeping him away from danger.
Yugi was silent for a moment, before he looked at the Book of Shadows. "What's that?"
Ryou smiled. "I'm a witch. This is my book of shadows. It has all my spells."
"Oh..."
The two sat in silence, as Yugi continued to stare, his body shivering. 'Yami...'
*****
A/N: R/R? Please? Because it was hard to edit and Kaori-chan and I would love it if you would review?