Blood & Roses

Author's Note – Thanks to all my reviewers , you guys rock!! Btw this is just an interval chapter before we proceed… ;D

Disclaimer- I didn't do the previous part's disclaimer because I almost convinced myself that I owned Yu-Gi-Oh… however, I don't. Now I am going to put a little sad face here… (

Chapter 9

Playtime

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Koji demanded; his amber eyes glinting dangerously as he surveyed Kisara carefully.

"I don't think it's beneficial to harm Seto Kaiba. Besides, even if we did regain souls God would still reject us." Kisara said matter-of-factly without a trace of emotion across her face. Koji glared at Kisara, "SHUT UP! IT WILL WORK; DO NOT QUESTION ME!" his normally pale skin was flushed and he was panting from the effort of losing his temper. He then straightened his posture and stated coldly, "You've fallen for him."

Despite Kisara's detached expression a flicker of emotion became evident as Koji aimed an energy ball at the wall behind her, missing Kisara's head by an inch and yet she had not flinched. "Don't be foolish." Kisara said simply; Koji remained unconvinced and in a fit of anger growled, "Fool! Your heart will betray you; he will betray you! Why can't you see that?"

"I'm not going to do it." Kisara repeated as she disappeared into the shadows, but as she was about to leave her bedroom Koji used some energy to entrap her and haul her back to him. "You ARE going to do this Kisara, because if you don't I will extract the force within Kaiba's mind myself… " Kisara's eyes widened as Koji continued, "- and I will make sure he lives long enough to know the taste of his own intestines – So what will it be?" he finished, his voice barely higher than a whisper and yet the threat was clear.

With a curt nod Koji left Kisara to her thoughts…

And her bloody tears.

Kaiba turned to Kisara and played with her hair fondly; he had taken her to a park since it was a warm day and admired how her whole being seemed to emanate a glow when exposed to direct sunlight, this light had a blueish tinge and yet again reminded him of his Blue Eyes White Dragon.

Kisara paused her stream of thought to gaze at Kaiba curiously, "Why are you looking at me like that?" Kaiba smirked, "I gain a sense of satisfaction from looking at you – is that a problem?" Kisara laughed in response as her eyes changed from blue to purple; Kaiba noticed and said, "Your eyes are purple."

"It does that sometimes." Kisara replied unperturbed by the comment and in an instantaneous blur of movement, had managed to stand in front of Kaiba – twirling and dancing slowly in circular patterns.

"Well, it's really weird." Kaiba stated bluntly; Kisara rolled her eyes, "Gee, aren't we the sweet-talker?"

"I'm not going to lie to you." Kaiba stated firmly. "Not even a little a bit?" she asked feeling hopeful; Kaiba replied, "Forget it."

"I forgot you were the romantic." Kisara said sarcastically, Kaiba laughed without humor, "You want romantic? Go read a Mills & Boons." Kisara wrinkled her nose, "You're such a pessimist."

"That must be such a disappointment for you – I thought I was just a cynist."

With a sigh Kisara collapsed beside Kaiba on the grass; this sudden dark mood of his caught her off-guard.

"What's wrong?" she asked; Kaiba glared moodily in the distance, "Doesn't matter."

"Oh really?" Kisara said as she leaned closer to him, "I want to try something…" she continued with a flirtatious grin and lightly pressed her lips against Kaiba's, ignoring the sudden burning sensation at the base of her throat that arose whenever she was around food, basically.

Kaiba responded immediately.



He crushed his lips to Kisara, his arms threading around her waist, desperate to pull her smooth, cool body against his – becoming intensely aware of a very subtle, tempting scent which lingered on Kisara's skin.

Kisara struggled with the intense needs that arose inside her; the need for intimacy and more violently… her need to drink blood – which was rather difficult when all she could hear was the dramatic increase in Kaiba's heart rate, the steady throb of his veins and the gushing of blood throughout his entire body.

However, Kisara regained focus… and retaining… with difficulty… absolute control.

Abruptly she pushed Kaiba back as he was overcome with desire to pull her even closer to him, "Do try and behave yourself." Kisara said teasingly as a crooked grin crossed Kaiba's features, "Hmmm… I liked that. A lot." He said breathlessly and then frowned, "What have I told you about using vampire strength? It's a serious advantage on your part and is completely unfair on mine!" Kaiba huffed; Kisara laughed again, "So that's what's on your mind."

Kaiba laid on the grass; resting his head against his hands as he continued, "What is it like… living forever."

"Lonely." Kisara replied; Kaiba nodded, "Do you… hunt humans?"

"Not in this century… I'm trying to redeem myself – hell isn't a holiday island, you know."

"I don't believe in hell." Kaiba said simply.

"Hell is real all right – it's where I'm going when I die."

"Aren't you already in hell?"

"Not completely – there is a light that makes everything worth it now…"

Lacking an appropriate answer, Kaiba remained silent as he committed every feature of Kisara's face to memory.

"She sure does look great in purple…" Kaiba muttered under his breath, completely forgetting about Kisara's sensitive hearing; however she just laughed in response and nestled her head on Kaiba's chest, "You mean lilac…" she corrected lightly as Kaiba cocked an eyebrow.

"Sure. Lilac too – wait, you heard that?" Kaiba replied dubiously as she replied, "Indeed."

"You trully are amazing," Kaiba mused, completely mesmerized and stretched comfortably on the grass.



"Kisara…" Kaiba started hesitantly as the sun began to set.

"Hmmm?"

"How old are you?" Kaiba asked while keeping his gaze focused solely on his feet, caught completely off-guard when Kisara burst into fits of laughter.

"Took you long enough." She said, gazing at Kaiba adoringly and continued seemingly light-heartedly, "It'll… how do you Americans say? Freak you out!"

"Not at all," Kaiba insisted as Kisara's head snapped backwards to stare at the stars, his eyes narrowed curiously as he analyzed her many innocent gestures – her age really intrigued him now.

"Guess." Kisara finally decided, peeking at Kaiba from beneath her eyelashes.

"What?" Kaiba asked, rendered dumb-founded before shaking his head despairingly, "You really don't take anything seriously, do you?"

"Why, Seto," Kisara started, stressing emphasis on Kaiba's name, "when you've lived as long as I have you realise that life is a big joke… and it pretty much sucks the rest of the time…."

When Kaiba didn't respond, Kisara sighed and replied, "A hundred."

"What?"

"A hundred."

"Oh, I heard floor sex and I must comply."

Kisara laughed as Kaiba kissed her along her jaw, unwittingly she released a low growl – a very vampiric growl…

Kaiba's hands gathered at the edge of Kisara's waist, further traveling to caress the skin just above her knees… while the rest of Kisara's dress had gathered to the nape of her thighs, thus exposing a lot of leg – the coldness of her flesh made Kaiba shudder with pleasure.

However, Kisara ceased her playful laughter and froze – releasing a guttural growl which gathered from her throat as a distinctly non-human scent caught her attention…

Not now - It can't be!