..::: Unexpected

by: Asa

Pairings: Joey x Asayo (OC, duh! ^_^;;)

The Point?: I'm sorry I did this, but this is a vampire fic.. Please don't hate it already! Give it a chance!!

Archive: Why would you want to? Um, just ask, okay?

More About This "Horrible" Vampire Fic: Okay, I was watching John Carpenter's Vampires last night (July 23, 2003) when I got the idea for this fan fiction. This first chapter might be a little confusing after the "intro" of sorts, but it flows into the second one (which is in a "normal" format, hehe) rather smoothly. I had thoughts about making this a yaoi but I changed my mind and made it.. eh.. normal? ^_^;; Anyway, this is a story about Joey (whom I'll be calling Jou, in this fic) and I'm not sure what else to say about it, so I should probably just shut up. Now.

Asa's Random Before Thoughts: I listen to MIDIs while I write, most of the time, some people think I'm God or something because I'm able to.. ^.^;; But I think it's alright. Aish (get the pen name, Asaish? Asa+Aish? lol.) doesn't know about this fic but I'm sure she'll find out when she looks in our account. I wonder if she'll like it.. lol. Just so everybody knows, I'm also known as Evil Cupcake of Doom here, and I'll continue to use that account, but this is a shared account Aish and I have so we can post our shared writing projects (though this is not one). I'm going to have a lot of free time to write due to my boyfriend losing his Internet connection for only God knows how long. I'm sad.. (*sniffles*) but it'll give me more time for my writing projects and playing with Dante in Devil May Cry 2! (*glomps*) But anyway, I really ought to stop rambling on and start writing, huh? Reviews will be appreciated, flames will be used to light my Dora the Explorer doll's hair on fire in the high school parking lot.. ^_~

Also, the word umbra means (quoting from dictionary.com) "1. A dark area, especially the blackest part of a shadow from which all light is cut off."

And I'll probably be using the "alternate" (as I call them in fics) names, unless I get annoyed and switch them. Hehe.

..::: 1. Umbra Twilight

"Wow, look guys!" Anzu pointed upward toward the darkened sky, where the mysterious moon was being cloaked in deep shadows.

"Ah, a lunar eclipse." Ryou commented, secretly wishing their fire was larger as to illuminate a larger area in the darkest time to come. The forest in which they had stopped to camp that night belonged to the Duelist Island, where hundreds upon hundreds of people flocked to duel with other competitors and hoped to gain entrance to Duelist Kingdom, home of Pegasus, creator of the whole card game named Duel Monsters.

"Man, do you know everything?" Honda groaned, not nessecarily meaning to be hostile toward the white haired boy. Ryou blushed, looking to Yuugi for support. The smaller boy scolded Honda for being mean, then made the absence of their other friend known.

"Hey guys, where'd Jounouchi go?"

Jou sat crouched down at the edge of the small pond, marveling at the beauty of the still water. Whether his friends believed it or not, he was a very deep person, if only they'd care to notice. They didn't notice a lot of things about him, they'd already failed to recognize his current bout of depression, hence his wandering away from their campsite alone. He didn't think it was dangerous, and if he did, he wouldn't have cared anyway.

Not many things mattered to the boy anymore, and among the things that did, his previous friendships were not one of them. The only friend he really had was Yuugi, but he'd have to let go of that if he wanted to succeed. Succeed in what? He didn't even know. Maybe suicide, but he wasn't ready for that. He still had a fading flicker of hope inside him, as small as it was.

Jou...

(Jou's POV)

I keep hearing this voice, I think it's a girl's.. and it keeps whispering my name. It's starting to scare me, and the moon keeps getting darker and darker. I think it's some kind of eclipse, but it's scary. I think someone is creeping around behind me. It's probably just Honda trying to scare me or something, I shouldn't get all worked up over it, nothing's going to happen like in the movies..

Jou turned his head to look behind him at the trees, only to find that he couldn't see anything. His eyes were definitely open, but there was darkness all around, no light at all. Then he remembered, the eclipse, the voice in the dark..

Jounou...

Nails ran down the back of his neck, long fingernails that trailed over his shoulder and across to the base of his neck. A body shifted in the dark, moved around from behind him to the front. A fingertip gently traced his lips as a silvery voice spoke to him in his mind.

Jou...