Disclaimer: Look, no disclaimer! Haha! I refuse to write it anymore!
*cough* I'm sick, so I might as well do something constructive and write this. *cough*
Noah: Yes, you're "sick." Hookey, hookey!
Am not!
Jounouchi: Who cares! As long as I'm in this fic, she can do whatever she wants!
What luck! You _are_ in this fic! Hope you like it!
Jounouchi: As long as I ain't being paired with Kaiba, I'm happy.
Oops...
Jounouchi: Oo You're kidding!
^^ Well, I could always pair you with Mai, if you want.
Jounouchi: Woof! Taken!
Kaiba: Told you he was a dog! And PLEASE pair him with Mai! *evil smirk masked as a nice smile* Cannon couples are wonderful.
Noah: *bounces up and down* Only if the reader's want it! Let's get another poll in, 'cause they seem to like that!
Sure! Vote for Seto/Jou or Seto/Mai! Oh, yeah. We've got a GIGANTIC turnout for people who want Yami/Yuugi, so here it is! Umm...Sorry for anyone who hates yaoi.
Yami&Yuugi: *blow kisses to yaoi fangirls*
Yaoi Fangirls: *faint*
Seto: *sweatdrop* *Turns to Jou* Why do I get the feeling that were gonna be making out very soon?
Jounouchi: -_-;;;
*~~~~~~~~*
There is Hope
By: Bishiehuggler
Chapter 4: Humanity?
*~~~~~~~~~*
They jumped from the top of the building to the sidewalk, making six quiet 'clops' on the ground and entered through the front door. The pungent odour of decaying insulation was heightened by the evaporated moisture on the humid summer's night. Five of the small party brandished various arcane weaponry, from crossbows to acid-tipped knives. One lagged behind in an almost lazy posture, unarmed, looking like a spectator for this warped game of cat-and-mouse. One of the men, a dirty blond with diluted green eyes, bent down and peered at the floor through his wire rimmed glasses. As a Tracker for 14 years of experience to back him up, he easily found the bloodsucker's trail.
An unnaturally short teen pushed him out of the way in hotheaded anger, holding up a stake in his right hand and a crossbow in his left. The spectator grunted at him in a disapproving fashion. "Yuugi, don't rush in, it'll only get you hurt." Yuugi seethed, muttering curses under his breath, hoping that the Damned take him. Nothing would get in the way of his revenge, most certainly not Kaiba Seto-kun.
A brunette laid his hand on the teen's shoulder. "C'mon Yuugi, you can allow Kaiba to get under your skin."
"That's not it, Honda-kun," Even though he was out to kill, the tri-haired Interrogator still held polite speech patterns. "I wish to take the thing's head off myself, to prove to everyone that I'm not some stupid little kid."
"Too late for that," Kaiba retorted. A loud, low growl that was absorbed by the walls disagreed. A figure in motion flashed by the green-eyed Tracker, vanishing as fast as it came, bisecting him. Both pieces fell to the ground with a wet thud, some miscellanious entrails the only things holding the two sections together. Two others, including the Tracker known as Hikaru, were picked off as well. Both having been punched in the head with such force that their skulls shattered on impact, grey matter of their mangled brains seeping out of the large holes. The creature then stopped its assault, leaving only Honda, Yuugi and Kaiba left.
"We have a strong biter here!" Honda exclaimed, voice crackling fom adrenaline and excitement. Kaiba snorted in passive disgust and pulled out a very large acid tipped knife, slightly serrated, fom a hip sheath under his blue trenchcoat. They stood in a back-to-back formation, eyes darting from side to side and occasionaly looking up, just in case.
They never expected the floor to be carved out from under Kaiba, caving in only the spot he was standing on as Yuugi and Honda watched as the hostile creature tackled him with a feral snarl. The two hopped through the hole that lead to the basement, where sounds of someone gurgling and choking could be heard.
Yuugi gritted his teeth in anger and determination as both he and Honda raised their crossbows and fired the arrows. The force of the spiked projectiles knocked the vampire off of Kaiba, one of the steelheaded arrows embedding itself in his bicep, the other in the space between his shoulder and his neck. Kaiba sat up instantly, hacking and gasping, filling his lungs with precious air. When Honda ran over to help him up, his icy eyes set on the other brunette and he shoved him away yelling, "Baka yo! I could've been hit, or do you have no brains inside that thick skull of yours?"
"Of course he does," The vampire's unique, erotic accent played on his tongue almost uncertainly, toying with the Japanese language. "If he did not, I would have killed you." He grabbed each arrow in turn and pulled them out by the shaft, careful not to let the head snap off. Two large, bloodless holes were the remainder, making the vampire whimper slightly and run his wounds over with his tongue, the exessive amount of platelets in his saliva sealing off the wounds instantly. He turned to gaze at Kaiba, red eyes alight with determination and his jaw set in a morbid, stoney expression.
Yuugi had crept closer to Yugioh as he was distracted, tightening his muscles into a humanoid spring about two feet away. He set down the crossbow and pocketed his stake carefully, so as to not make any noise that would allude to his presense. He unsheathed the knife from its binding in his boot, his muscles uncoiled and the tri-haired boy pounced on his undead lookalike, swinging his knife in a wide, diagonal sweep. Without a single twitch as warning, Yugioh ducked out of the way as best he could and grabbed both Yuugi's wrists, turning on his heel and slamming him into a nearby wall. The vampire chuckled darkly as Yuugi struggled in vain. He lay his mouth next to the teen's neck, the boy shivering when he felt Yugioh's lips graze the newly healed scar.
"You're doing quite a bit better than last time, Interrogator," he nipped Yuugi's ear almost affectionatly. "Last time you didn't even scratch me. This time..." He trailed off, pulling away from Yuugi slightly to show a long gash from his collarbone to the bottom of his ribcage. "I commend you."
The tri-haired boy raised an eyebrow exclaiming, "You sound like some kind of teacher! What kind of sick freak are you?"
"A sick freak stalling for time." He let go of both Yuugi's wrists and punched the Interrrogator hard in the gut, causing him to double over. He then whirled around to face Kaiba and Honda, who had been surveying the unfolding scene with interest. He ran at them, claws extended and ready to tear some human flesh. He slammed his hand into Honda's side, making the brunette cry in agony. Yugioh received a kick in the stomach from the other brunette who had anticipated his actions. The vampire teetered off balance for a moment, allowing Kaiba the opportunity to hook him under the jaw, sending him sprawling to the far side of the dilapadated basement.
Kaiba picked up the fallen stake and shoved Yugioh even further across the floor as he was attempting to stand. "Even if you did beat Yuugi, that doesn't make you strong. You're a pathetic excuse for a fighter compared to me." The vampire was helpless as the soulless eyes fixed on him and the Slayer raised his stake, ready to plunge it into the bloodsucker's heart.
"Iie!" someone screamed as ten individual claws and a set of inch-long fangs sunk into Kaiba's arm, making the brunette scream and writhe in pain, giving Yugioh his chance to escape from the steely grips of 'death.'
"Jounouchi-kun! You were not supposed to come back! You are incapable of fighting!" The young vampire stopped to let Kaiba feel the pain of his strangle hold, allowing the two injured Slayers to identify him. This 'Jounouchi-kun' was a tall teenaged bloodsucker with brown eyes full of compassion and defiance covered by a mop of unruly blond hair.
Yuugi's skills kicked in, making accurate assumptions. 'Probably three months old on top of about sixteen years. I don't get it, though. His eyes aren't full of hate like a normal bloodsucker's. Come to think of it, neither are Yugioh's.' He shook his head in disbelief. "Vampires aren't s'pposed to be humane!" Both undead turned to him, looking slightly shameful. Jounouchi let go of Kaiba, knowing he was barely concious anyway. He took the brunette's arm in his hands and lapped up the spilt blood, placing the platelets from his saliva into Kaiba's wound, scabbing it over quickly. Yugioh walked over to the semi-concious Honda with the same intentions.
Jounouchi started to speak first. "We aren't the strain of vampires that kill," he stated simply.
Yuugi snorted. "Bullshit. What the hell are you talking 'bout?"
Yugioh spoke up next. "During my time as vampire, I found out that I could not kill like the other vampires I knew, did. They took out humans for the fun of it, I thought it was sick. That is what the two strains are, vampires with humanity in them and vampires without."
"Honto? Demo, every vampire we've studied have the same behavioural patterns. They all are out to hurt, kill and rape."
"You've only caught one strain. The ones with humanity can be illusive."
"Then how come we found you?"
"I was being careless, just trying to get Jounouchi-kun out of this building. He does not have the energy to defend himself well."
"Why is that?" Jounouchi removed something from his pocket, throwing it across the room to Yuugi. The small bag held traces of red liquid inside of it. "A hospital blood packet?"
Jounouchi sighed. "I can't kill. It's just wrong for me, when I had a human family an' everything. So I suck on these, even if the blood's watered down and weak."
The two scowled at Yuugi's reluctance and he knew that this next tidbit would reveal the truth. "How come there have been so many genocidal bloodsuckers in the vicinity lately? They've been goin' on killing sprees for about a three years now."
Yugioh bit his lip, crimson eyes filled with uncomprehendable sadness and frustration. He waved in a circular motion to let Jounouchi answer for him. "We're dying out. The Damned without humanity have been picking us off, seeing us as pathetic and obstacles to their Hunting. " He gritted his teeth, "They began to Hunt us, so we've all gone into hiding as they thrived, letting us know what failures we are," He cracked his knuckles. "Me 'n' Yugioh are just tryin' to stay alive."
By this time, Kaiba and Honda had woken up from their deadlike states. Hearing all this information, Kaiba growled in disbelief. "You honestly think that we're gonna take that shit?"
"Yes." Yuugi's voice held a tone in his voice that carried a strange emotion that the two brunettes didn't dare to argue. "I am an Interrigator. The best in the world, in fact. I know they are speaking the truth." He stretched his legs and walked over to Yugioh, hand extended. "Sorry. We didn't mean to Hunt you." Yugioh smirked kindly and shook his hand.
"It's my fault, I was the one who bit you in the first place." They both smiled and began to introduce themselves, Yuugi instantly becoming fast friends with the vamps.
"Shut the fuck up, all of you!" Kaiba yelled, unstable. Teetering on the brink of insanity because of past ordeals, he turned to Yuugi. "How the hell can you believe these creatures?! They'll just turn around and kill us!" Honda walked briskly over to the other brunette and slapped him.
"Just because they've killed your itouto, doesn't mean they're all bad! We could use all the help we can get." Kaiba stopped and gritted his teeth.
"You don't know what it's like," he whispered. Jounouchi walked over to him and took out a piece of paper and a pen and began scrawling something. He handed the paper to Kaiba, letting him take the time to decipher the messy kanji.
Jounouchi Shizuka-chan.
"She's lost a brother as well, maybe you can talk to her."
*~~~~~~~~*
x_X What a terrible ending.
Kaiba: I've gone mental you baka!
Jounouchi: That's why it's such an _excellent_ ending.
Noah: But you help him out in the end.
Jounouchi: Kuso! You're right! That was a crappy ending!
Actually, no, it's not. *shakes head* And don't try to correct me on saying that Jounouchi Shizuka-chan is wrong, 'cause it isn't. Jounouchi is really the family name and Katsuya is Jounouchi-kun's first name. Oh, R&R and DON'T FORGET TO VOTE! Mai/Jou (Mai'll be added in later) or Kaiba/Jou!
PS: If you can guess what creature Mai is going to be and why Yami differs from everyone else (other than being a 3000 year old vamp), you'll get a prize!
*cough* I'm sick, so I might as well do something constructive and write this. *cough*
Noah: Yes, you're "sick." Hookey, hookey!
Am not!
Jounouchi: Who cares! As long as I'm in this fic, she can do whatever she wants!
What luck! You _are_ in this fic! Hope you like it!
Jounouchi: As long as I ain't being paired with Kaiba, I'm happy.
Oops...
Jounouchi: Oo You're kidding!
^^ Well, I could always pair you with Mai, if you want.
Jounouchi: Woof! Taken!
Kaiba: Told you he was a dog! And PLEASE pair him with Mai! *evil smirk masked as a nice smile* Cannon couples are wonderful.
Noah: *bounces up and down* Only if the reader's want it! Let's get another poll in, 'cause they seem to like that!
Sure! Vote for Seto/Jou or Seto/Mai! Oh, yeah. We've got a GIGANTIC turnout for people who want Yami/Yuugi, so here it is! Umm...Sorry for anyone who hates yaoi.
Yami&Yuugi: *blow kisses to yaoi fangirls*
Yaoi Fangirls: *faint*
Seto: *sweatdrop* *Turns to Jou* Why do I get the feeling that were gonna be making out very soon?
Jounouchi: -_-;;;
*~~~~~~~~*
There is Hope
By: Bishiehuggler
Chapter 4: Humanity?
*~~~~~~~~~*
They jumped from the top of the building to the sidewalk, making six quiet 'clops' on the ground and entered through the front door. The pungent odour of decaying insulation was heightened by the evaporated moisture on the humid summer's night. Five of the small party brandished various arcane weaponry, from crossbows to acid-tipped knives. One lagged behind in an almost lazy posture, unarmed, looking like a spectator for this warped game of cat-and-mouse. One of the men, a dirty blond with diluted green eyes, bent down and peered at the floor through his wire rimmed glasses. As a Tracker for 14 years of experience to back him up, he easily found the bloodsucker's trail.
An unnaturally short teen pushed him out of the way in hotheaded anger, holding up a stake in his right hand and a crossbow in his left. The spectator grunted at him in a disapproving fashion. "Yuugi, don't rush in, it'll only get you hurt." Yuugi seethed, muttering curses under his breath, hoping that the Damned take him. Nothing would get in the way of his revenge, most certainly not Kaiba Seto-kun.
A brunette laid his hand on the teen's shoulder. "C'mon Yuugi, you can allow Kaiba to get under your skin."
"That's not it, Honda-kun," Even though he was out to kill, the tri-haired Interrogator still held polite speech patterns. "I wish to take the thing's head off myself, to prove to everyone that I'm not some stupid little kid."
"Too late for that," Kaiba retorted. A loud, low growl that was absorbed by the walls disagreed. A figure in motion flashed by the green-eyed Tracker, vanishing as fast as it came, bisecting him. Both pieces fell to the ground with a wet thud, some miscellanious entrails the only things holding the two sections together. Two others, including the Tracker known as Hikaru, were picked off as well. Both having been punched in the head with such force that their skulls shattered on impact, grey matter of their mangled brains seeping out of the large holes. The creature then stopped its assault, leaving only Honda, Yuugi and Kaiba left.
"We have a strong biter here!" Honda exclaimed, voice crackling fom adrenaline and excitement. Kaiba snorted in passive disgust and pulled out a very large acid tipped knife, slightly serrated, fom a hip sheath under his blue trenchcoat. They stood in a back-to-back formation, eyes darting from side to side and occasionaly looking up, just in case.
They never expected the floor to be carved out from under Kaiba, caving in only the spot he was standing on as Yuugi and Honda watched as the hostile creature tackled him with a feral snarl. The two hopped through the hole that lead to the basement, where sounds of someone gurgling and choking could be heard.
Yuugi gritted his teeth in anger and determination as both he and Honda raised their crossbows and fired the arrows. The force of the spiked projectiles knocked the vampire off of Kaiba, one of the steelheaded arrows embedding itself in his bicep, the other in the space between his shoulder and his neck. Kaiba sat up instantly, hacking and gasping, filling his lungs with precious air. When Honda ran over to help him up, his icy eyes set on the other brunette and he shoved him away yelling, "Baka yo! I could've been hit, or do you have no brains inside that thick skull of yours?"
"Of course he does," The vampire's unique, erotic accent played on his tongue almost uncertainly, toying with the Japanese language. "If he did not, I would have killed you." He grabbed each arrow in turn and pulled them out by the shaft, careful not to let the head snap off. Two large, bloodless holes were the remainder, making the vampire whimper slightly and run his wounds over with his tongue, the exessive amount of platelets in his saliva sealing off the wounds instantly. He turned to gaze at Kaiba, red eyes alight with determination and his jaw set in a morbid, stoney expression.
Yuugi had crept closer to Yugioh as he was distracted, tightening his muscles into a humanoid spring about two feet away. He set down the crossbow and pocketed his stake carefully, so as to not make any noise that would allude to his presense. He unsheathed the knife from its binding in his boot, his muscles uncoiled and the tri-haired boy pounced on his undead lookalike, swinging his knife in a wide, diagonal sweep. Without a single twitch as warning, Yugioh ducked out of the way as best he could and grabbed both Yuugi's wrists, turning on his heel and slamming him into a nearby wall. The vampire chuckled darkly as Yuugi struggled in vain. He lay his mouth next to the teen's neck, the boy shivering when he felt Yugioh's lips graze the newly healed scar.
"You're doing quite a bit better than last time, Interrogator," he nipped Yuugi's ear almost affectionatly. "Last time you didn't even scratch me. This time..." He trailed off, pulling away from Yuugi slightly to show a long gash from his collarbone to the bottom of his ribcage. "I commend you."
The tri-haired boy raised an eyebrow exclaiming, "You sound like some kind of teacher! What kind of sick freak are you?"
"A sick freak stalling for time." He let go of both Yuugi's wrists and punched the Interrrogator hard in the gut, causing him to double over. He then whirled around to face Kaiba and Honda, who had been surveying the unfolding scene with interest. He ran at them, claws extended and ready to tear some human flesh. He slammed his hand into Honda's side, making the brunette cry in agony. Yugioh received a kick in the stomach from the other brunette who had anticipated his actions. The vampire teetered off balance for a moment, allowing Kaiba the opportunity to hook him under the jaw, sending him sprawling to the far side of the dilapadated basement.
Kaiba picked up the fallen stake and shoved Yugioh even further across the floor as he was attempting to stand. "Even if you did beat Yuugi, that doesn't make you strong. You're a pathetic excuse for a fighter compared to me." The vampire was helpless as the soulless eyes fixed on him and the Slayer raised his stake, ready to plunge it into the bloodsucker's heart.
"Iie!" someone screamed as ten individual claws and a set of inch-long fangs sunk into Kaiba's arm, making the brunette scream and writhe in pain, giving Yugioh his chance to escape from the steely grips of 'death.'
"Jounouchi-kun! You were not supposed to come back! You are incapable of fighting!" The young vampire stopped to let Kaiba feel the pain of his strangle hold, allowing the two injured Slayers to identify him. This 'Jounouchi-kun' was a tall teenaged bloodsucker with brown eyes full of compassion and defiance covered by a mop of unruly blond hair.
Yuugi's skills kicked in, making accurate assumptions. 'Probably three months old on top of about sixteen years. I don't get it, though. His eyes aren't full of hate like a normal bloodsucker's. Come to think of it, neither are Yugioh's.' He shook his head in disbelief. "Vampires aren't s'pposed to be humane!" Both undead turned to him, looking slightly shameful. Jounouchi let go of Kaiba, knowing he was barely concious anyway. He took the brunette's arm in his hands and lapped up the spilt blood, placing the platelets from his saliva into Kaiba's wound, scabbing it over quickly. Yugioh walked over to the semi-concious Honda with the same intentions.
Jounouchi started to speak first. "We aren't the strain of vampires that kill," he stated simply.
Yuugi snorted. "Bullshit. What the hell are you talking 'bout?"
Yugioh spoke up next. "During my time as vampire, I found out that I could not kill like the other vampires I knew, did. They took out humans for the fun of it, I thought it was sick. That is what the two strains are, vampires with humanity in them and vampires without."
"Honto? Demo, every vampire we've studied have the same behavioural patterns. They all are out to hurt, kill and rape."
"You've only caught one strain. The ones with humanity can be illusive."
"Then how come we found you?"
"I was being careless, just trying to get Jounouchi-kun out of this building. He does not have the energy to defend himself well."
"Why is that?" Jounouchi removed something from his pocket, throwing it across the room to Yuugi. The small bag held traces of red liquid inside of it. "A hospital blood packet?"
Jounouchi sighed. "I can't kill. It's just wrong for me, when I had a human family an' everything. So I suck on these, even if the blood's watered down and weak."
The two scowled at Yuugi's reluctance and he knew that this next tidbit would reveal the truth. "How come there have been so many genocidal bloodsuckers in the vicinity lately? They've been goin' on killing sprees for about a three years now."
Yugioh bit his lip, crimson eyes filled with uncomprehendable sadness and frustration. He waved in a circular motion to let Jounouchi answer for him. "We're dying out. The Damned without humanity have been picking us off, seeing us as pathetic and obstacles to their Hunting. " He gritted his teeth, "They began to Hunt us, so we've all gone into hiding as they thrived, letting us know what failures we are," He cracked his knuckles. "Me 'n' Yugioh are just tryin' to stay alive."
By this time, Kaiba and Honda had woken up from their deadlike states. Hearing all this information, Kaiba growled in disbelief. "You honestly think that we're gonna take that shit?"
"Yes." Yuugi's voice held a tone in his voice that carried a strange emotion that the two brunettes didn't dare to argue. "I am an Interrigator. The best in the world, in fact. I know they are speaking the truth." He stretched his legs and walked over to Yugioh, hand extended. "Sorry. We didn't mean to Hunt you." Yugioh smirked kindly and shook his hand.
"It's my fault, I was the one who bit you in the first place." They both smiled and began to introduce themselves, Yuugi instantly becoming fast friends with the vamps.
"Shut the fuck up, all of you!" Kaiba yelled, unstable. Teetering on the brink of insanity because of past ordeals, he turned to Yuugi. "How the hell can you believe these creatures?! They'll just turn around and kill us!" Honda walked briskly over to the other brunette and slapped him.
"Just because they've killed your itouto, doesn't mean they're all bad! We could use all the help we can get." Kaiba stopped and gritted his teeth.
"You don't know what it's like," he whispered. Jounouchi walked over to him and took out a piece of paper and a pen and began scrawling something. He handed the paper to Kaiba, letting him take the time to decipher the messy kanji.
Jounouchi Shizuka-chan.
"She's lost a brother as well, maybe you can talk to her."
*~~~~~~~~*
x_X What a terrible ending.
Kaiba: I've gone mental you baka!
Jounouchi: That's why it's such an _excellent_ ending.
Noah: But you help him out in the end.
Jounouchi: Kuso! You're right! That was a crappy ending!
Actually, no, it's not. *shakes head* And don't try to correct me on saying that Jounouchi Shizuka-chan is wrong, 'cause it isn't. Jounouchi is really the family name and Katsuya is Jounouchi-kun's first name. Oh, R&R and DON'T FORGET TO VOTE! Mai/Jou (Mai'll be added in later) or Kaiba/Jou!
PS: If you can guess what creature Mai is going to be and why Yami differs from everyone else (other than being a 3000 year old vamp), you'll get a prize!