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Dark Soul: iieeee! Here is the next chapter!! Finally! Sorry I took soooo long!

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN YU-GI-OH! But if I did, I would be the
luckiest person on the planet!

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Chapter 2 - The Prince of Vampires

"Leave him alone!" Yami yelled as he ran at the man.

Yami pulled back a fist and struck the man down in one hit. Yugi immediately fell to the ground. He curled up, hugging his knees while he shivered uncontrollably. Then Yami gathered his dark energy and threw it at the man and in a few seconds, he evaporated and the man's screaming faded away. Yami quickly knelt by Yugi's side and examined him to see if he had any wounds. Finding none, he lay Yugi on the bed and tucked him in. The vampire then turned away from Yugi and started to climb out the window. He didn't want to cause

"Wait!"

Yami looked behind him. Yugi was standing right behind him, clutching his hands together. Yami went back into the room and stood in front of Yugi. There was complete silence for a few moments. The two of them were staring at each other, Yami looking down at the young light, Yugi looking up at his dark savior. It was like a spark had shocked both of them. Yugi was confused that he was looking at the dark figure in the way he was. He didn't even know that Yami was looking at him the same way and thinking the same thing.

"Th-thank you for s-saving me.again," Yugi smiled.

"Do not thank me little one," Yami answered grinning.

Deep inside, Yami loved Yugi. Deep inside, Yami wanted to pull Yugi into his arms and kiss him passionately. But also deep inside, his heart told him that now was not the time. Yugi had been through enough, and Yami knew that he did not want to scare Yugi anymore. Yugi needed rest.
Yami then crawled out the window again and turned back to Yugi.

"You must get some rest Yugi. I will see you soon."

"Tomorrow?" the boy asked.

Yami smirked. "Perhaps. Goodnight, Yugi."

He jumped off the roof and headed down the street, while Yugi closed the window, a slight breeze from the cold wind chilling him.

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Yami walked down the dark and deserted street. Being away from the little light made feel colder than usual. Yugi brought him a comfort that he had never felt before. Yugi was certainly different from anyone he had ever met. Never had Yami seen such beauty in one person. Such innocence and determination.

The vampire shook his head. "What am I doing? The boy should not be on my mind!"
"Something troubling you, your highness?" a voice asked.

A figure jumped out of the shadows and stood before Yami. A pair of dark eyes stared at him. Yami noticed the figure smirk and walk towards the vampire. Soon Yami saw who the person was.

Yami sighed. Bakura.

"What are you doing here Bakura? Did my father send you?"

Bakura grinned, his fangs glinting from the moonlight. "Yes, he did my prince. You know he does not like you to leave the Shadow...unless you are going out to eat."

"Perhaps I was," the dark prince said.

"But you did not tell anyone that you were leaving. You're father is upset..."

Yami hissed at Bakura, his fangs protruding out of his mouth in anger. "I will do what I wish!"

Bakura nodded, still smirking. "Of course, but as you know Prince Yami, there will have to be an explaination for your absensce, other than going into this world to feed."

Yami tried not to show that he was confused. "And why should there be?"

"Because...you missed the ceremony."

Yami's eyes widened. He cursed aloud. Bakura walked over to a dark corner and approached a swirling portal. The prince knew what Bakura wanted him to do next.

"You must return to the Shadow, prince. I will do my best to explain for you to your father, if that is what you wish."

"No," Yami said shaking his head. "I will take the punishment. My father just gave you orders to get me. I will face him alone."

Yami walked to the portal and was aboutin walk in, when he felt something grab his arm. Bakura's grip was light.

"Did you take any innocent souls?" he asked.

Yami thought about Yugi. He had not stolen his purity. He wasn't going to. At least...not yet.

"No. None tonight, Bakura." Yami walked into the dark portal, dissapearing off the Earth.

"You're losing your touch, Yami," Bakura said, walking after him.

~*~

Yugi woke up to his annoying alarm clock.The sun was shining into his eyes through the weak blinds covering the window. He covered his head with a pillow and lay there. Yugi didn't know how long he had been laying there, but he didn't really care. He was thinking about last night. Finally he sat up and rubbed his tierd and sore eyes. Slowly, he pulled the covers off his body and stood up. Then Yugi quickly checked the time on his clock.

"Ahhhhh!" he yelled. "School starts in 10 minutes!!!"

Yugi rushed to do his things. Get on clothes. Brush hair. Brush teeth. Grab a nutrition bar. (a/n: who eats that?) yugi also saw the note on the kitchen counter from his Grandpa and he frowned. Why did he always have to leave?

Remembering that he had to get to school, he raced out of the house.Yugi practically was running in a marathon. Even for Yugi's size and height, he was pretty fast. All of Yugi's senses were lost while he was running. His only goal was to reach the school in time and-CRASH!

Yugi ran head first into another person. Yugi was hit back pretty far by the obviously taller and larger man. Yugi rubbed his aching head and and managed to open his eyes to see who he had run into. Yugi slipped a chuckle into his groaning of pain. A blonde haired, skinny boy was sitting on the ground. He rubbed his sore gut. Yugi was so short that he had gotten Joey in the stomach. Joey's eyes fluttered open and he saw the small teen infront of him.

"Yugi!" he said jumping up to help his friend. "We were worring about you! Where have you been?"

Yugi took Joey's hand and got to his feet. "I woke up late."

Suddenly Tea, Tristan and Ryou walked around the corner. They saw Joey helping yugi off the ground and ran to their two friends.

"Yugi? Are you ok?" Tea asked.

"Yeah! I'm fine, I just-"

"He woke up late," Joey butted in.

"We were so worried," Ryou said. "Are you sure you're ok?"

"Yes! I'm fine!!" Yugi reassured them.

Knowing that Yugi was fine, the group of friends walked into the school as the bell rang. Yugi didn't know it, but a pair of crimson eyes were watching him. Always watching.

(4:00 p.m. after school)

Everyone gathered outside at the end of school and Yugi invited them to his house. His grandpa wasn't going to be home for a long time and so he wanted his friends to keep me company. Joey agreed to go and so did Tristan, but Tea said that she had to head home. Yugi and friends walked down the street to the Game Shop. Yugi stared at the alley where Yami had came and saved Yugi from death itself. Yugi shivered, remembering the cold blade agaisnt his skin. If it wasn't for the vampire...

"Yugi?"

Yugi's thoughts were interupted by Ryou.

"Are you ok, Yugi? Looks like your thinking deeply."

"Oh yah! Well, just thinking about some things. Not important though. Sorry if I'm acting odd you guys. I know it's weird." Yugi said smiling bitterly.

"It's ok Yuge," Joey said putting a hand on his friend's shoulder. "We just wanna make sure that your doing fine."

Yugi's grin grew. He was so lucky to have such great and caring friends. He wouldn't ask for anything else in the world. As soon as they arrived at the shop, Yugi felt as though he was being watched. It freaked him out a little, but he felt safe being near his friends, so he just let it pass as something that didn't exist.

Once the friends piled into the small home, Yugi offered everyone drinks and and when everyone said yes, Yugi scurried off to the kitchen. When he got there, he noticed that there was another note. He knew it couldn't be from his grandpa. He was already gone, but when Yugi read the note, he gasped. It was from the Vampire!

"Light," Yugi read aloud. "I will be seeing you later. Don't be afraid. I am your friend forever. Yami."

Yugi was speechless. He was going to come back? At the same time, his heart with joy and with sorrow. Yami was very kind to him and Yugi wanted to thank Yami properly. But at the same time, Yugi did not want to see the vampire. What if he was gong to hurt Yugi? Yugi didn't want to think about the fangs that would be harshly thrust into his neck. Yugi shivered. He had to stop watching vampire horror movies. Yugi read over the note a few more times and while he was reading it, Joey walked into the kitchen.

"What's wrong Yuge?"

Yugi jumped and crunched the paper in his fist behind him. "Joey! D- don't neak up on me like that!"

Joey smiled and stuck his tongue out. "Just wantedto know what you were up to man. Here, I'll help you with the drinks."

Joey ran over to the fridge and got a few cans of soda. Then he went to Yugi and gave him one

"Come on Yuge."

Stuffing the note in his pocket, Yugi joined Joey and the others in the den. They decided to watch a movie. Tristan requested a horror movie, and although Yugi would normally not want to watch one, he agreed. All of Yugi's friends thought that he was very different today. Yugi helped Tristan decide and in the end, they chose a vampire flick. They all sat on the same couch together, all cuddled up and each person held a person's arm to squeeze when the gorey and horrifying parts would come up. (a/n: don't you love those? ^_^)

In the shadows stood another friend. Yami pushed his back against the wall. He was going to watch the movie as well. He was very curious about how well these mortals made movies about what they did not know. As soon as the movie started, Yami had a look of disgust on his face. All the vampires looked like they had candle wax faces that had melted and they were deranged, like mad animals. For this, the dark prince was very upset. How could they have vampires look so foolishly? For starters, vampires were not ugly and definitely not stupid. These so-called "vampires" in the movie were as smart as rats and as fast as turtles.

Yami then suddenly realized that if Yugi got a wrong impression of vampires from the movie, he would be in trouble. Yami knew that he had to do something to gain the little one's trust, but he could not think of anything. In true fact, he cared much for Yugi. He understood the first time he saw Yugi, why his heart was racing. Yami wanted so much to touch Yugi's velvet lips with his own, but he knew not to act too soon. It would scare Yugi. It would him no chance of loving Yugi the way he did.

Once the ghastly and grim movie ended, Yugi sent his friends home.

Yugi closed the door behind Joey, the last one to leave and he sat on the couch. Yugi yawned. He was tierd. He got up and walked up the stairs to his room. As he entered, he felt the warm and comfortable atmosphere of his bedroom. At times, when grandpa was away and Yugi was alone, without his friends, he liked to sit in his room. It brought him comfort and made him feel good inside.
The young teenager lay on his bed, his head on a cushioning pillow. He wanted to fall asleep, but Yami was coming.
'I'm so tierd...' Yugi thought. 'Yami is coming soon though...but i'm tierd....maybe I should just-'
His thoughts faded and he began to sleep. Little did Yugi know that the vampire was already in his house. Yami was hiding in Yugi's room, a smirk on his face while he watched in his own pleasure the rise and fall of the little Light's chest.

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That's the end of this chapter. I'll be doing the next one soon. A thanks to all the reviews! Next chapter will have a little Yaoi! ^_^