Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or its characters, except for Kajita, she's my character. I'm rating this story R because of violence, blood, and gore. Beware faint of heart! ************************************************************************

From Darkness to Light By Yami Kajita

Chapter 1: Darkness Awakens

In the darkest corner of the Shadow Realm, a creature of unholy power and magic lie dormant until now. His master has summoned him, specifically, to go to Earth and gather life energy from innocents. He bowed before his master and left to prepare for his mission. The reason he was chosen over the others was because he was the most skilled and deadly of all vampires. He kills with no mercy towards his prey. With a flick of his fingers and a deadly smirk, he disappeared in a shroud of smoke.

In no time, he appeared in the middle of Domino City Park. /What a disgusting world. / It was pitch black, except for the glow of the street lamps. Not far away, he spotted a young couple taking a stroll. He smiled a very toothy grin. /Perfect timing. / He hid near a bush and waited to ambush his first catch. The young couple stopped when a cloak and armored figure blocked their path. He stood fairly tall, wearing red and black armor, but the most stunning feature was his hair. It was like an ebony crown tipped with crimson, golden bangs showered over his face, and three streaks blonde shaped like thunder bolts. His eyes were a crimson red.

"Excuse me sir, are you lost?" the man asked. With a wicked growl, the creature lunged at the man and sank his teeth into the others' neck. The creature snapped the man's neck and blood shot from the punctured neck, drenching the creature's face. Lapping the rest of the blood from the corpse, these evil eyes set their sights on the woman. The creature moved in for the kill but yowled in pain as a small ray of sunlight started to fry his arm. /I'll be back for you, my sweet dish. / and teleported to a nearby cemetery to sleep until nightfall.

The woman screamed for the police and an ambulance. It was that day that three friends happened to pass by the park when they noticed a crowd of police cars, medics, and news vans. "Let's see what's up!!" said a tall, blonde-haired boy, Joey. "We can't or we'll late for class AGAIN!!" shouted a girl with short brown hair, Tea. "Aww man, you're no fun." whined Joey. A short boy with purple eyes, a crown-like mass of black hair rimmed with red, and gold bangs, Yugi, walked over to Joey and said, "Tea's right, if we don't go now, we'll get detention again."

Their day at school was the same as always, dull and boring. Fortunately, one of their teachers was a substitute, a beautiful woman with long, spiked brown hair. She introduced herself as Ms. Kajita, the English teacher. "Today we have two new students." A tall, white-haired boy with chocolate brown eyes entered the classroom followed by a taller boy with short brown hair and sapphire blue eyes. "This is Ryou and Seto. Please take any seat and I will get you up to date on the class work." The two looked around and noticed two empty seats next to Yugi. Ryou turned to Seto and whispered something in his ear.

After that, they walked to the back row and took their seats on both sides of Yugi. "Ah, I see you found your seats. Class, please open your red text books to page 237. Yugi, would you please begin reading. Yugi nodded, looked at his book, and began to read. In mid-sentence, Yugi winced in pain and fell out of his chair. *********************************************************************** Nice and bloody! Please R&R