Days and nights passed calmly to the village of Transylvania. The ball was coming though! In one night more or less the ball would start! Everyone was ecstatic! Joey unfortunately had to remain most of the time in the room trying to translate the book he had found! It wasn't just the Latin scripture. It was also the fact that the book was full with allegoric meanings and old legends that were hard to understand. Yami on the other hand was almost constantly drunk, as usually. The funny thing was that he hadn't seen Tea since that day. He was taking care not to be seen and he usually went to the forest at night to exercise or walk and he took care not to face her again. Joey wasn't sure about the reason. The truth was that Tea wasn't ready to face him either. She took care to hide whenever he was close. Joey could tell. Tea had saved him that was for sure, but still she was the one who had tricked him in he first place. Joey was also smiling at the memory of his dance with Mai. That woman definitely had fire under her skin! Joey shook his head and kept on translating the book…
That day Yami was in the forest as usually. He was holding his flask in one hand and he was sitting on a big root. He was lost in his thoughts cause he was thinking about the event of the night. His instinct was holding him on guard and he didn't know why. It was as if he was sensing the evil coming. He couldn't get it out of his mind that something bad was going to happen soon. He was so drawn in his thoughts that he almost didn't hear someone walking softly towards him. He gasped a little and turned his head to see…Tea. He relaxed a little and put an expressionless mask on his face.
"What are you doing here?" he asked her plainly.
She was holding her head down as if she didn't want to face him.
"I…" she hesitated, "I came here to apologize…you know…from the other time…"
Yami looked at her and then shrugged.
"Don't worry about that. Nothing happened in the end. You didn't have to…"
"But I wanted to!" she snapped her head up.
Yami looked at her eyes. She had raised her voice to him but this time she seemed ready to cry…but she kept her tears back anyway.
"I wanted to tell you that…it wasn't my idea…I mean…Mai…Mai wanted to get rid of you as fast as possible…and others agreed…however I never imagined…that…that I would have to…do that…or that…that they would…"
Yami stopped her raising his hand. He drank from the flask and said, without looking at her,
"You did that to save your village…or your friend… It is understandable. After all I am used to this kind of behavior towards me. It wasn't the first either the last time that someone tries to kill me. After all I keep killing all the time. Don't worry.."
He was speaking in a way that showed no anger, no hard feelings. As if he was accepting the fact that he was someone unwanted from other people. Tea sensed this.
"That's why…I came there to help you…and I…I gave you the spike…"
Yami's lips formed a small smile.
"So you took the situation in your hands again. You wanted to do what you believed it was right. Again you thought I didn't deserve to die…"
Tea's eyes shined in joy because of him for the first time. She knew that he didn't blame her! She started to walk away slowly.
"Will I see you at the ball tonight?" she asked over her shoulder.
Yami looked at her.
"Maybe…"
At night Mai's house was full with people. The sky was clear for the very first time that week and the almost full moon was hanging from the sky, alone in the blackness of the night. No stars were visible that night as if the shining moon was taking all their light… People kept on coming at the house wearing the most colorful dresses or suits and many of them had their masks on. Yami was wearing his usual outfit and he didn't bother to change, even if he actually had some other cloth to change in, he wouldn't bother to change. Anyway, with Joey by his side he walked to the house and inside it. There was a large ball hall there, with big windows that were allowing the invited ones a beautiful view of the forest and the moonlight outside. The big chandelier was full with lit candles and the night was turning into day in there. Some tables here and there would be for those who wished to sit down and enjoy their drink or something while a table to the corner was full with food and drinks while some musicians were playing music. Mai was for sure not the type of woman who liked passing by unnoticed! Yami and Joey walked in. A bunch of couples were dancing already! The scenery kind of reminded a king's ball or something.
"Whoa! This is really…wow!" Joey commented
Yami barely shrugged.
"I am going to sit somewhere. As for you, you better go. Your girlfriend is waiting"
"Hey! She's not my…"
He stopped when he saw Mai to the other side of the hall, dressed in a quite revealing dress that reminded him of Middle Ages, in black and dark purple. It had a really large skirt and the upper one was a tight corset that barely had the strings done so it was revealing quite…much! She was also wearing a black Venice mask to complete her appearance! Joey gulped hard.
"See ya later!" Joey said walking to her.
Yami rolled his eyes.
"Yeah right…" he mumbled and then he took a good swing from the flask.
He walked to one of the tables to sit down. That strange feeling that something bad would happen was still there…
Yami was drinking to his table. He had drunk some of his absinthe and he had also drunk a couple of glasses of wine. He was quite tipsy of not drunk. That strange feeling kept bothering him though. He then heard steps close to him. He raised his head and couldn't help but stare at her. It was Tea, wearing a beautiful medieval gown in a flaming red color. It wasn't too revealing. It was open enough to reveal her collarbone and shoulders, while the long, airy sleeves were pointing out her white hands. Her hair was up in a bun with a golden string leaving some hair framing her face. The golden string on her hair was fitting with all the golden ropes and stuff on her simple, yet really elegant dress. She was wearing a golden mask that was pointing out her blue eyes. He had to admit it! She was breathtaking tonight! She smiled a little.
"Good evening" she said politely.
"It is" Yami said but he couldn't help but stare at her.
She blushed slightly even if she tried to hide it.
"Is there something on my face?" she asked him.
Yami snapped out of it right away.
"No. It is just I never expected to see you in a dress."
"That was something every woman wants to hear!" she teased him.
Yami shrugged.
"I didn't have the intention to flatter you or insult you in the first place…"
She didn't answer. She just looked at him and at the alcohol he had consumed and then she extended a hand to him.
"Come on. Let's go to dance" she told him
A soft waltz had started to play already.
"I don't dance" he said
However she giggled slightly.
"Well it's easy. Come on!"
She pulled him up from his chair and leaded him to the center of the ballroom. She held his one hand while she rested the other on his shoulder. He on the other hand passed his free arm around her waist as they started dancing in a circle. Tea looked at him from top to bottom and she seemed quite surprised with his steady steps.
"Are you sure you're drunk?" she said half-jokingly
Yami smirked smugly.
"I never miss a step" he whispered in her ear.
He spin her slowly once and they continued dancing. Yami had lied obviously cause he was pretty good dancer. Suddenly Yami snapped his head looking upwards and outside the window.
"What? What is it?"
"I think I sensed something…" he said looking around.
"A vampire?"
"I don't know… I will go and check"
He stopped dancing with her and looked at her.
"You stay here and pretend that nothing is happening!"
"But you can't face him in your condition! I'll come with you!"
"No! You stay here and keep doing what you're doing"
"But…you're drunk…"
"Do you prefer absolute panic to happen in here? Just do as I say. Don't worry I'll be fine!"
And with those words he started to walk outside while Tea was left behind biting her lip…
Yami walked out in the night. The cold was bitter but the sky was still clean. Completely clean. Only the moon was in the middle of the sky, big and yellow almost like a full moon. Yami looked around at the snowy forest and walked a little further from the mansion in the forest. The night was extremely calm. Suddenly he turned around and he barely avoided Rolland who flew down and nearly hit him! Yami rolled to his shoulder on the snowy ground. He stood back to his feet in no time and he staggered slightly when he did so and also from the second sudden attack. He managed to pull two daggers out of his belt and he looked at his opponent that was now on a branch and he had taken his human form staring at him with his red eyes.
"You can't fight me like thissss…" he hissed to him starting to take his bat form again
Yami looked back at him with his own flaming eyes.
"Sorry. Miscalculation by my part." He said.
He then put his thumb in his mouth and turned around. He bent down and started throwing up. He emptied most of the alcohol in his stomach, he whipped his mouth with the back of his hand and then he swiftly turned around and started fighting with the fully bat-like Rolland! He kicked and blocked and threw some daggers at the vampire! Rolland simply pulled them out of his wounds and smirked. Yami searched his belt, while having his back at the vampire, and found a small bottle.
"Holy Water" he thought.
He removed the cork with his teeth and when he heard the vampire flying to him again he threw the water on his face! Rolland covered his burning face with his hands screaming. The Water had burnt his eyes. Yami titled his head a little.
"Good. Now we both see blur" he said
Rolland hissed in hatred and anger he rushed on Yami again. Yami fell to the side rolling to his shoulder throwing some more daggers in the meantime.
Meanwhile Tea was in the ballroom. She was pretending that everything was fine but in reality she couldn't help but stare around concerned…
Back with Yami, he was now some meters away from his vampire enemy that was flying a few meters off the ground and he had a tree behind him. Yami was thinking of his next move.
"Should I...nah! I am not that young anymore! Will I still be able to do it?" he thought
Rolland was smirking at him.
"Come a bit lower dammit…" Yami thought
Rolland seemed already ready for another attack.
"Fine…this will do…" Yami thought as he started running towards him.
He jumped and then…used Rolland as a step as he pushed with his hands on him and his body jumped upwards so he could grab the first branch that was a dozen of meters from the ground! Then grabbing branch to branch he climbed upwards as if he was some cat or monkey! He climbed the high tree in no time at all and stood there at the highest branch, now only the sky was above him.
"Phew! I didn't know I could do that!" he mumbled to himself.
He snapped his head at the other direction cause he saw Rolland flying upwards with speed. He stopped in the mid air right a few meters in front of him! Now they were both facing each other with the sky above them! The yellow moon was above them as if watching this dance of death! Rolland attacked. Yami jumped and he grabbed the branch of the nearby tree. He lifted himself up again. And again and again…he threw daggers that would find the vampire to the wings or the eyes while jumping from tree to tree! After some time, he looked over his shoulder and saw the small church in the forest. He saw the faucet at the church's yard!
"The church! Holy Water!" he thought!
He then attacked again! He jumped and kicked and then he jumped to the other tree. His foot slipped a little when the vampire caught his attention once and he slipped a little. He hit his leg on the tree. He growled in frustration! He then jumped and grabbed the tree bole and he later let go of it to land on his feet. He rolled his eyes.
"Damn I hate when this happens!" he thought
He then kept on fighting with the vampire! Rolling…jumping…kicking and throwing his daggers! He then pulled his two pistols out and shot again and again! The vampire hissed. Yami put the guns back at his belt and then he looked back… The church! His only hope! He just had to hope that he would run faster than he could fly! He started to run as fast as he could! He ran and Rolland was following him from the air now! Yami pulled out a dagger…Rolland had stretched his arms out ready to grab him… Yami reached the church…his feet had got wings! He managed to wet the dagger with Holly Water and he immediately threw it. The dagger stabbed into Rolland's chest! Rolland screamed before turning into dust and ashes. Yami, panting heavily, did the sign of cross.
"May God spare you…" he mumbled.
He pulled his flask out and drew a deep swing of it.
"Damn!" he mumbled, "All that good booze had to go waste!"
He drank more of it letting the strong booze reach his head again, driving him to the warm dizziness he knew. After all some of the alcohol he had consumed was already in his blood. His back was killing him since he had hit it countless times and he had scratched his hands at the boles and from some of Rolland's attacks. Yami drank again.
"Damn! Now I have to get back!" he mumbled frustrated.
He started heading back to the mansion staggering just a little. He was alone so he had allowed himself to relax a little. No one was there to see him anyway…
Later in the night Mai walked fast in Yami's room at the inn. She opened the door to find Yami shirtless, sitting on his bed, with Joey washing the scratches, putting some alcohol on them. Yami hissed from time to time. Tea was there too, handing to Joey the things he needed. She put her hands on her hips.
"What happened Yami? I see that the vampire hasn't killed you yet!" she said
"Don't worry. He's getting to it!" Yami said sarcastically.
He then hissed as Joey put more alcohol on one bad scratch.
"I see…so the third and last Seto Kaiba's servant is dead… I must say that I am impressed…"
"Emm…as for that Mai…Yami and Joey have something to say…" Tea interrupted.
"Yeah" Joey said, "Yami noticed that the vampires were attacking independently"
"They were attacking at their own will. Even after I killed two of them, Seto Kaiba didn't move a muscle. As if he didn't care at all…" Yami said, "Also there is the other detail. Even if he didn't care about them, why wouldn't he create someone else in their place? Instead you people say that you haven't seen a turned vampire for more than one hundred years isn't that right?" he looked at Mai
"That's true…and your point is?"
"Well we know that Seto Kaiba can turn some of his victims to his own kind…"
"…At will" she finished the sentence for him, "So what?"
"Well, we didn't know about it since the day we found out…"
"Now you're speaking nonsense!"
Yami ignored her and continued.
"So…what if the same goes for him?"
Mai blinked.
"What are you…saying…?"
"Those three were simply Kaiba's first victims, not his servants! They are attacking independently and they do not follow his orders! Also…Tea had said… Callisto attacked Kisara like a jealous wife!"
"Callisto was jealous of Kisara because we wanted to offer her to Seto Kaiba as a bride!" Tea got in the conversation. "Callisto was killed by him but she still felt jealous of other women around him!"
Mai was completely speechless. Everything made perfectly sense.
"Those three had no longer anything to do with your vampire! Seto Kaiba is still there and completely unpredictable!" Yami said. And everyone could see he was right…
Later on Mai was walking at the hallway along with Joey that would escort her outside.
"If what Yami said is true…we were wrong all this time…" she said.
"If I am not offending you, I believe this is the very least of your problems!" Joey said
Mai frowned a little and she continued walking down at the stairs.
"In that case, we need to know more about him! We need a plan to find a way to defeat him!"
"Apparently we agree to that but I am still struggling to translate that damned book!"
"Hey! You cursed. Aren't you supposed to become a monk?" she smirked
"I am still an apprentice! I can curse all I want!" Joey grinned back
Mai chuckled and turned serious again.
"Anyway if you ever need anything, my library is open to you! Take all the books you need! I want this story to end as fast as possible!"
"Thank you. That's exactly what I am planning to do…"
They both stopped and a moment of silence passed between the two of them. The inn hall was half-dark, illuminated only with some candles. Their golden hair were glowing warmly at the light of the candles while her violet eyes were staring in his own hazel ones.
"Thank you…" she said
"For what?" he blinked confused
"For what you're doing for us…both of you but…"
"Nah! You're welcome…actually Yami does the dirty work but still…"
They said no more. As if both of them were polar-opposites they were drawn to each other till their lips met! Their eyes closed in delight! They embraced tightly…slouch and happy…as if they wanted to draw each other in the other's body. Breathing together the kiss became really passionate and heated… Nothing in the world seemed to matter to them right now! They were together and nothing else mattered… They were following their hearts and instinct… Her hands were all around him… His hands were all around her… The sweet warmth around them was embracing them… Her hands now cup his face passionately and impatiently…and his arms wrap around her waist to bring her closer to him… Her breasts are now against his torso… Their heartbeats are now beating in union…the same was for their lips too that were moving harmonically against each other as their tongues were also dancing now…a dance of dominance and tenderness… There was chemistry between them…and the night was young…
Hello! After returning home I started writing again! Voila! The new chapter of my story!
I hope you liked it! Hehehehehe! Sorry that Kaiba isn't up yet but I promise you'll see him soon!
Now for the dresses...
Tea's dress looks somehow like this: art/Transylvania-Tea-385656154
while Mai's upper corset looks kinf of like this: . ?1307908569
while her skirt is like this: files/2012/01/05/1/1887/18878922/a1c3cf47c7b80507_ (of course at the colors I mentioned both of them!)
I hope you liked it! Also the music that inspired me for the battle Yami vs Rolland was this! "The Leviathan" (Atlantis the lost empire ost)
Also the three of them weren't Kaiba's servants in the end!...And a Pollarshipping ending! Well I believe everyone saw that coming! From the next chapter I guarantee a Kaiba-chapter!
Please review! Enjoy!