By Shadows and Lights
by: jade_tiger
Disclaimer: I do not own. Nuh uh *shakes head* But I wish I did. Don't make
money off this either. Then why do I bother writing if I don't make money?
Ryou: *pops out of nowhere*
'Cause you enjoy torturing the Yamis? Bakura: *also pops out of nowhere*
You don't enjoy torturing me do you? *gives puppy dog eyes* tiger:
No.....but it's so much fun! ^_^
Warning: This fic contains slash! You all know what that means, right? If not it means male/male pairings, so continue at your own risk!
A.N. Okay people I was just reading through my intro for the Shadows and I realized that I made a mistake in Bakura's intro on how he became a vamp. First I said that the vamp that killed his parents turned him - then I said that Yami turned him! I kinda confused myself there when reading it so now I wish to clarify it, and hopefully re-edit that chapter! Bakura's parents were killed by a vampire in front of him - YES! That is true. However, that vampire was not the one that turned him - it was Yami. Okay? I hope that clears it up! Oh and the Shadows will be appearing in this chap so let me clear it up Ryou - Ryou, Yami Bakura - Bakura. I also still ask for any ideas for last names, and this is the LAST time 'cause I think I'll use the Shadows in the next one as well.
In this chapter four years have passed since the death of Seto and Yugi's parents and the disappearance of Mokuba. The Lights are now 17 years old and their skills as hunters have grown along with their deadly reputation. The Vampires around the world have begun to realize the danger the three represent to their race and move to eliminate the threat.
Chapter Five: Missions
The three young men walked along the sidewalk in the silence of the night. If anyone had been around to see this they would have wondered what the three had been up to, however, the only life that moved on the streets were feral animals who have been abandoned by their owners, and the homeless people whom society have turned their backs to. Those few humans tried their hardest to disappear into the shadows; they knew there was more in the night than most people knew of, things that killed without remorse. The three knew of these things as well, although they were not homeless, they lived in an old Victorian home together, they knew; and that was what they had come to this place for.
Ryou wore a long, black trench coat, which was uniform with the three, dark jeans with boots and a black shirt. Seto wore a dark green shirt and dark blue, almost black, jeans with boots under his dark blue trench coat. Yugi, being a bit shorter than the others, wore a slightly smaller trench coat of a dark grey, with light blue jeans rolled up at the hem, a grey shirt and black running shoes. They were hunting like the stray cats that would sometimes run by; however they were hunting something larger than rats, but to the three what they were hunting was by far worse than rats. This was their self assigned missions, to hunt and kill all of the undead that they could.
Seto suddenly stopped, then began to run the others following him easily through the dark alleys. "What did you hear?" asked Ryou as he jumped over an over-turned garbage can. "A scream." was his reply. They continued to run and suddenly stopped at a lot, as the smell of death reached their noses and the sight of a small body on the pavement came into view. "Shit!" snarled Ryou, knowing that they were too late; another victim had just been added to the ever-expanding list of mysterious deaths in the area. "He's still here." said Yugi looking around the abandoned lot. The others tensed, their senses expanding to easily pick up the slightest disturbance in the air, as they surveyed their surroundings looking for the demon that had caused this death.
"So it's true, the three Lights are nothing but children." snarled a voice from the darkness, the sound echoing in the lot. "Show yourself." Seto ordered his ice blue eyes moving slowly across the shadows. "Well if I did that I'd be as good as dead, not to mention incredibly stupid, wouldn't I?" mocked the voice, the sarcasm dripping from the sweet tones. The vampire was confident that the reputation of the Lights was nothing but rumours. Surely these three whelps couldn't do what they were reputed of being able to do. The Ancients (1) were being too paranoid, was his thinking, and that he could kill the three easily without breaking a sweat. Unfortunately for him, he had been too busy with his thoughts to notice that the small spike haired one of the group had disappeared from his sights. Before he knew what had happened Yugi had already driven the stake through his chest and his precious blood was pouring through his fingers even as he attempted to stop the flow.
"You really shouldn't underestimate your opponents," said Seto looking at the figure as he fell due to lack of blood and the poison of the wood coursing through his veins, "It'll get you killed. Actually it already did, didn't it?" he asked his eyes cold as he stared the vampire in the eyes. "This is for all those you've killed in this century and the ones that have come before." said Ryou quietly, his eyes hard as the body twitched one last time and seemed to disappear into the air. "What'll we do with her?" asked Yugi quietly looking sadly at the young body on the concrete. A life had just been cut painfully short, and not even for food but for enjoyment, this was evident to the three with the smell of human blood in the damp air surrounding them.
"We can't do anything," said Ryou, "If we touch anything, it might give them a clue to tracking us. Even more would be killed then." The short young man hung his head in defeat knowing that even in death the vampire had control over their lives. "When will it end?" Yugi asked his companions in the silence, "When will they stop the pain they cause in the world? When will we be able to reclaim the life that was taken from us? Don't they realize that their actions affect everyone, including their own race?" Seto knew the pain that his brother felt, he too felt it, and he knew that Ryou held the same pain in his heart as well. "We can't stop Yugi." he said in a gentle voice, "We can stop hunting, yes, but you know as well as I do that if we stop we will never be able to live our lives in peace. We know too much of the shadows that are present in this world to be able to fully live in the light."
Ryou looked at his two friends, his only family, the ones he trusted with his life every night they left to hunt, and as always he felt guilt in his heart. He knew that they were here because of him, because he had come into their lives and dragged them into this secret war. "This is a mission that few are given, and even fewer accept. I chose this path to avenge my family, and I have killed more in my years than some soldiers will in their lifetimes. I have killed both vampires and humans a like, maybe not by my hands but by existing, by hunting. The two of you did not willingly throw yourselves into this fight, I dragged you in, for that I will never forgive myself." said Ryou startling his friends who tried to protest, only to be cut off, "I know you both have given me your forgiveness, and I thank you. But I promise, somehow, someday I will return to you the lives that was taken from you because of my actions." Yugi went over to Ryou and put a hand on his arm and smiled gently. "We chose our own paths, Ryou, and you guided us when we needed you, you owe us nothing. If it wasn't for you Seto and I would be dead long ago." "Yugi is right," Seto inserted turning to look up at the full moon, "We chose out own paths, and we have accepted all consequences with our choice. Like you said, few are chosen and few accept. This is our mission and no matter what we will finish it, together." With this the three turned away and headed for home, knowing that even though they were not able to save one, maybe, just maybe, they were able to save another.
"Gentlemen, welcome." purred the soft voice in the shadowed room, "Just in time too, as always." "Cut the crap. What the hell did you call us for?" asked a deep smooth voice [1], the owners fist clenching as their host laughed. "Such impatience, you haven't changed one bit." "Just answer the question, we don't have all night." snapped another voice [2] this one slightly more rough than the first. "Hello, to you too. And how have you been?" the voice asked sarcastically. "Look, you requested our presence and we came. Now would you mind telling us what we're here for?" yet another voice [3] asked this one more relaxed, but tension was still discernable in the tone. "You'll all find out in due time, after all we have all night. You three have fed, right?" the host asked teasingly. "Just tell us what the fuck we're here for, so we can leave. How's that for a plan." the second voice snapped it's owner holding the host by the throat adding pressure. "Calm down, and take a seat." said the host easily finally released as the other two held their companion. "Alright I'll tell you. You three are the best of all of us, you've killed more of those pests than any other team." "What's your point? And you've better hurry, I'm getting bored." the first voice warned dangerously. "My point is that you three are the best for this little hunt I have planned." "What hunt?" asked the third voice. "The hunt of a lifetime. I want you three, Yami, Bakura, Joey, to hunt the infamous Lights."
to be continued
1. Ancients are the really old and powerful vampires.
tiger: well? well? you like? Ryou: i sound so grim. Yugi: me too. Seto: you still haven't told me where Mokuba is. tiger: patience, my dear, is a virtue. Seto: which i don't happen to own. tiger: you actually think i'll tell you? Seto: *sigh* no. but he better be okay Ryou: i don't like being so grim, i sound like my yami, and it's freaking me out. Yugi: don't you want to be more like your yami? Ryou: do i want o be more like yami......hhmmm..let me think....NO! would you want to be more like your yami? huh? well!? *gets crazed look in eyes* Yugi: *nervously* uumm... no? Ryou: i thought so! Seto: thank god i don't have a yami tiger: i could fix that for you, you know Seto: o_O NOOOO!!!
!!please review!!
Warning: This fic contains slash! You all know what that means, right? If not it means male/male pairings, so continue at your own risk!
A.N. Okay people I was just reading through my intro for the Shadows and I realized that I made a mistake in Bakura's intro on how he became a vamp. First I said that the vamp that killed his parents turned him - then I said that Yami turned him! I kinda confused myself there when reading it so now I wish to clarify it, and hopefully re-edit that chapter! Bakura's parents were killed by a vampire in front of him - YES! That is true. However, that vampire was not the one that turned him - it was Yami. Okay? I hope that clears it up! Oh and the Shadows will be appearing in this chap so let me clear it up Ryou - Ryou, Yami Bakura - Bakura. I also still ask for any ideas for last names, and this is the LAST time 'cause I think I'll use the Shadows in the next one as well.
In this chapter four years have passed since the death of Seto and Yugi's parents and the disappearance of Mokuba. The Lights are now 17 years old and their skills as hunters have grown along with their deadly reputation. The Vampires around the world have begun to realize the danger the three represent to their race and move to eliminate the threat.
Chapter Five: Missions
The three young men walked along the sidewalk in the silence of the night. If anyone had been around to see this they would have wondered what the three had been up to, however, the only life that moved on the streets were feral animals who have been abandoned by their owners, and the homeless people whom society have turned their backs to. Those few humans tried their hardest to disappear into the shadows; they knew there was more in the night than most people knew of, things that killed without remorse. The three knew of these things as well, although they were not homeless, they lived in an old Victorian home together, they knew; and that was what they had come to this place for.
Ryou wore a long, black trench coat, which was uniform with the three, dark jeans with boots and a black shirt. Seto wore a dark green shirt and dark blue, almost black, jeans with boots under his dark blue trench coat. Yugi, being a bit shorter than the others, wore a slightly smaller trench coat of a dark grey, with light blue jeans rolled up at the hem, a grey shirt and black running shoes. They were hunting like the stray cats that would sometimes run by; however they were hunting something larger than rats, but to the three what they were hunting was by far worse than rats. This was their self assigned missions, to hunt and kill all of the undead that they could.
Seto suddenly stopped, then began to run the others following him easily through the dark alleys. "What did you hear?" asked Ryou as he jumped over an over-turned garbage can. "A scream." was his reply. They continued to run and suddenly stopped at a lot, as the smell of death reached their noses and the sight of a small body on the pavement came into view. "Shit!" snarled Ryou, knowing that they were too late; another victim had just been added to the ever-expanding list of mysterious deaths in the area. "He's still here." said Yugi looking around the abandoned lot. The others tensed, their senses expanding to easily pick up the slightest disturbance in the air, as they surveyed their surroundings looking for the demon that had caused this death.
"So it's true, the three Lights are nothing but children." snarled a voice from the darkness, the sound echoing in the lot. "Show yourself." Seto ordered his ice blue eyes moving slowly across the shadows. "Well if I did that I'd be as good as dead, not to mention incredibly stupid, wouldn't I?" mocked the voice, the sarcasm dripping from the sweet tones. The vampire was confident that the reputation of the Lights was nothing but rumours. Surely these three whelps couldn't do what they were reputed of being able to do. The Ancients (1) were being too paranoid, was his thinking, and that he could kill the three easily without breaking a sweat. Unfortunately for him, he had been too busy with his thoughts to notice that the small spike haired one of the group had disappeared from his sights. Before he knew what had happened Yugi had already driven the stake through his chest and his precious blood was pouring through his fingers even as he attempted to stop the flow.
"You really shouldn't underestimate your opponents," said Seto looking at the figure as he fell due to lack of blood and the poison of the wood coursing through his veins, "It'll get you killed. Actually it already did, didn't it?" he asked his eyes cold as he stared the vampire in the eyes. "This is for all those you've killed in this century and the ones that have come before." said Ryou quietly, his eyes hard as the body twitched one last time and seemed to disappear into the air. "What'll we do with her?" asked Yugi quietly looking sadly at the young body on the concrete. A life had just been cut painfully short, and not even for food but for enjoyment, this was evident to the three with the smell of human blood in the damp air surrounding them.
"We can't do anything," said Ryou, "If we touch anything, it might give them a clue to tracking us. Even more would be killed then." The short young man hung his head in defeat knowing that even in death the vampire had control over their lives. "When will it end?" Yugi asked his companions in the silence, "When will they stop the pain they cause in the world? When will we be able to reclaim the life that was taken from us? Don't they realize that their actions affect everyone, including their own race?" Seto knew the pain that his brother felt, he too felt it, and he knew that Ryou held the same pain in his heart as well. "We can't stop Yugi." he said in a gentle voice, "We can stop hunting, yes, but you know as well as I do that if we stop we will never be able to live our lives in peace. We know too much of the shadows that are present in this world to be able to fully live in the light."
Ryou looked at his two friends, his only family, the ones he trusted with his life every night they left to hunt, and as always he felt guilt in his heart. He knew that they were here because of him, because he had come into their lives and dragged them into this secret war. "This is a mission that few are given, and even fewer accept. I chose this path to avenge my family, and I have killed more in my years than some soldiers will in their lifetimes. I have killed both vampires and humans a like, maybe not by my hands but by existing, by hunting. The two of you did not willingly throw yourselves into this fight, I dragged you in, for that I will never forgive myself." said Ryou startling his friends who tried to protest, only to be cut off, "I know you both have given me your forgiveness, and I thank you. But I promise, somehow, someday I will return to you the lives that was taken from you because of my actions." Yugi went over to Ryou and put a hand on his arm and smiled gently. "We chose our own paths, Ryou, and you guided us when we needed you, you owe us nothing. If it wasn't for you Seto and I would be dead long ago." "Yugi is right," Seto inserted turning to look up at the full moon, "We chose out own paths, and we have accepted all consequences with our choice. Like you said, few are chosen and few accept. This is our mission and no matter what we will finish it, together." With this the three turned away and headed for home, knowing that even though they were not able to save one, maybe, just maybe, they were able to save another.
"Gentlemen, welcome." purred the soft voice in the shadowed room, "Just in time too, as always." "Cut the crap. What the hell did you call us for?" asked a deep smooth voice [1], the owners fist clenching as their host laughed. "Such impatience, you haven't changed one bit." "Just answer the question, we don't have all night." snapped another voice [2] this one slightly more rough than the first. "Hello, to you too. And how have you been?" the voice asked sarcastically. "Look, you requested our presence and we came. Now would you mind telling us what we're here for?" yet another voice [3] asked this one more relaxed, but tension was still discernable in the tone. "You'll all find out in due time, after all we have all night. You three have fed, right?" the host asked teasingly. "Just tell us what the fuck we're here for, so we can leave. How's that for a plan." the second voice snapped it's owner holding the host by the throat adding pressure. "Calm down, and take a seat." said the host easily finally released as the other two held their companion. "Alright I'll tell you. You three are the best of all of us, you've killed more of those pests than any other team." "What's your point? And you've better hurry, I'm getting bored." the first voice warned dangerously. "My point is that you three are the best for this little hunt I have planned." "What hunt?" asked the third voice. "The hunt of a lifetime. I want you three, Yami, Bakura, Joey, to hunt the infamous Lights."
to be continued
1. Ancients are the really old and powerful vampires.
tiger: well? well? you like? Ryou: i sound so grim. Yugi: me too. Seto: you still haven't told me where Mokuba is. tiger: patience, my dear, is a virtue. Seto: which i don't happen to own. tiger: you actually think i'll tell you? Seto: *sigh* no. but he better be okay Ryou: i don't like being so grim, i sound like my yami, and it's freaking me out. Yugi: don't you want to be more like your yami? Ryou: do i want o be more like yami......hhmmm..let me think....NO! would you want to be more like your yami? huh? well!? *gets crazed look in eyes* Yugi: *nervously* uumm... no? Ryou: i thought so! Seto: thank god i don't have a yami tiger: i could fix that for you, you know Seto: o_O NOOOO!!!
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