bShadow Games/b
bChapter 2: Lost Amidst the Night/b
Seto's run came to a dead halt. In the shadows, a couple of feet away from him were the outlines of three people. He breathed a small sigh of relief that he hadn't been spotted yet and ducked behind the nearest tombstone watching the scene unveil before his eyes. One of the figures that he couldn't identify because of the lack of light suddenly spoke.
"Take me instead."
Seto frowned. He recognized that voice, but couldn't quite identify whom it belonged to. He then heard a feminine gasp.
"Mai, it's the only way," came the voice again.
"Well isn't this an interesting turn of events." came a stoic voiced reply. ".the slayer is going to risk his life in exchange for his girlfriend's. And people say chivalry is dead."
Seto then heard a bitter laugh. He squinted slightly as his eyes adjusted to the moonlight moving as close as he possibly could without being notices by the obscure figures.
By what he could tell there was a tall male holding a woman who seemed to be struggling and a few feet away was another male. Seto tried to piece things together.
'The other male called the woman, Mai. Could it be Mai Valentine? One of the vampires told me she was a slayer. That certainly explains why she would be here at this hour. And that other voice sounds so familiar, why can't I place it. Should I try to step in, help the girl out or will I make things worse and possibly get her hurt?' Seto was conflicted.
"Well you certainly are a brave one." came the cold voice again. ".But, answer me this. Are you prepared to sacrifice yourself and abandon everything you stand for?"
"Yes. I'm positive now set her free," came the tentative response.
Seto watched as the dark figure harshly push the girl away. He quickly grabbed the other male, who dropped a tool of some sort and held what appeared to be a knife against his neck.
"No Joey, don't do it," the girl cried out before she fell to the ground, knocking herself out cold as her head hit a gravestone.
'The mutt!' his mind exclaimed in surprise. He could finally see Joey's face in the moonlight. It was etched in fear and worry as Joey looked helplessly at the unconscious young woman.
Seto now knew he had to do something, as much as he disliked Joey Wheeler he didn't want any more innocent blood on his hands. His hand fingered the sterling silver switchblade in his pocket. He quickly took it out flipping it open.
"Let him go."
The vampire turned in surprise, while maintaining his death grip on Joey to find a tall young man holding a gleaming blade similar to his own knife.
"And who would you would be?" the vampire asked scathingly.
"That would be none of your business. Now let the mongrel go," Seto replied coolly. He ignored the daggers Joey was glaring at him after the dog comment.
"What if I don't?" the vampire countered.
"Then I'll be forced to do this." With that Seto hurled his weapon at the vampire, hitting him squarely in the arm on purpose. Stunned, he momentarily loosened his grasp on Joey enabling him to grab his fallen stake and rush to Mai's side, checking to see if she was all right.
Face filled with contempt, the vampire pulled the blade from his arm and dropped it.
"That was a stupid move," he snarled making his pointed fangs very evident.
"You're a vampire too," Seto simply stated.
"Too? What the hell are you talking about Kaiba? You mean you're one of them?" came Joey's puzzled voice.
Seto scowled. Of all the people to discover his secret, it had to be big- mouthed Joey Wheeler, who also happened to be a vampire slayer. However, he didn't have a chance to answer because once the vampire saw that he was temporarily distracted he whistled loudly.
Joey and a finally conscious Mai looked up to see that a cluster of vampires had emerged from the shadows and surrounded them.
"Well, this doesn't look too good for us," Mai said dryly.
"Can't say I didn't tell you that you were making a big mistake," was the vampire's acrimonious retort.
"That wasn't us." He gestured to Mai and himself. "It was moneybags over there throwing knives."
"Shut up," came the strained voice of Seto Kaiba.
"Or what? You'll kill me. I pretty much run the risk of dying either way."
"You're. No one's going to die."
"How can you say that when we're clearly surrounded by homicidal blood- suckers?"
"You'd better watch your words mutt."
The irked vampire clutched his wounded arm, scarlet blood flowing freely.
"I really hate to break up this little exchange, but as you can see, you're completely encircled. And my companions and I are absolutely famished."
Joey's hazel eyes darted nervously around and he spotted five or six other vampires licking their parched lips, exposing razor-sharp fangs.
"You won't win without a fight." Joey stated boldly.
"Very well then. You want a fight? You've got one." With that the vampires rushed at them from all sides.
The first one, a petite, shorthaired woman lunged at Mai. She didn't get far, as Mai had her stake out and she ran directly into it, becoming a pile of dust.
Seto, still weak from the lack of blood in his system, felt a sudden burst of adrenaline. He rushed towards the vampire he had thrown his knife at and tackled him to the ground. He picked up his fallen switchblade, which was covered in blood and stabbed the vampire with it and he too exploded into dust. Then the brown-haired teen collapsed in exhaustion at a nearby tombstone.
Joey had turned just in time to see a strong-looking vampire coming at him with a knife. He dodged what could have been a fatal blow and kicked his attacker in the stomach causing him to fall backwards on to a tombstone and drop his weapon. Joey seeing the vampire off-balanced, slammed his stake into his foe's stomach.
The blond-haired boy looked around and saw that Mai was in a comfortable position to slay another vampire. 'How many vampires were there?' He himself had slain two, Mai was about to do the same and Seto had slain the one that had held Mai hostage.
'That means there are two left.' Joey's eyes landed on Seto's form, slumped across a tombstone. 'He doesn't look too good. I'd better check on him. After all he did save my life.'
Seto groaned. He definitely needed blood immediately. He looked straight up to see one of the remaining vampires ready to plunge a dagger into his torso.
Seto closed his eyes. He knew he didn't have the strength to save himself, so he silently prayed that Mokuba would be safe and waited for a sharp pain to come.
The cobalt-eyed teen finally looked up to see Joey standing, stake in hand, where the vampire had been only seconds ago. He also saw that he was now covered in gray ash. His eyes drifted once again to Joey and he faded into darkness.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Seto? Please don't die."
Sapphire eyes fluttered open to see a concerned boy peering over.
"Mokuba?"
"Big brother!" the younger Kaiba exclaimed. "You're okay."
"How did I get here?" Seto found that he was in the comfort of his own bedroom.
"Joey and Mai brought you. They said that you helped them out. I think it's really good that you're starting to make friends, Seto."
Seto ignored the last sentence and looked around. Sure enough his eyes soon landed on the aforementioned light-haired teen who was currently sitting by Seto's desk twirling around in his rolling chair.
"What's he doing here?"
Almost immediately the spinning wheels stopped.
"Seto, I told you already. Joey and Mai brought you here. Mai had to go home, but Joey stayed here to see if you were alright."
"I'm alive aren't I? Now tell the mutt to leave as I am in no condition to get up myself."
"Y'know Kaiba, it's not a good idea to insult someone who just saved your life. Maybe next time I'll leave you there to die."
"I saved yours first. We're even now so you can leave."
"Not yet Kaiba. First, I want some answers."
"Get the hell out of my house!" Seto got up from his bed angrily only to fall into Joey's strong arms.
"Take your hands off me." Seto was too weak to struggle.
"Big brother. He's only trying to help."
Joey gently lifted Seto and placed him on the bed.
"You should really listen to the little guy. He really cares about you."
"Shut up." Seto hissed in response.
"Fair enough. But, seriously you look terrible. You're much paler than usual and you look like you're about to collapse any second from now. Does this have anything to do with the.vampire thing?"
Seto knew there was no point in denying it, since Joey had been there when he admitted it.
"I need to feed. Haven't done so in a week. Didn't want to hurt anybody else."
"How long have you been...one of them? I wouldn't have known. You don't even have fangs."
"I was bitten a couple of months ago when I was walking late at night. And about the fangs, they only come out when I'm about to feed. Shouldn't an experienced slayer such as yourself know that?"
Joey turned red in embarrassment. "It's not like I researched them or anything."
"Stupid dog."
"Hey, I heard that."
"You were supposed to. Which is why I said it aloud."
"Stop being a smart ass for once Kaiba. This is serious. Are you going to die if you don't get any blood soon?"
Seto nodded weakly.
"Then that leaves us with only one option."
"And what would that be?"
"You're going to have to feed off me."
bTBC/b
bA/N:/b This is my pathetic attempt at a cliffhanger. Again I apologize for everyone not being as IC as I would like. So please read and review and tell me what you think.
bChapter 2: Lost Amidst the Night/b
Seto's run came to a dead halt. In the shadows, a couple of feet away from him were the outlines of three people. He breathed a small sigh of relief that he hadn't been spotted yet and ducked behind the nearest tombstone watching the scene unveil before his eyes. One of the figures that he couldn't identify because of the lack of light suddenly spoke.
"Take me instead."
Seto frowned. He recognized that voice, but couldn't quite identify whom it belonged to. He then heard a feminine gasp.
"Mai, it's the only way," came the voice again.
"Well isn't this an interesting turn of events." came a stoic voiced reply. ".the slayer is going to risk his life in exchange for his girlfriend's. And people say chivalry is dead."
Seto then heard a bitter laugh. He squinted slightly as his eyes adjusted to the moonlight moving as close as he possibly could without being notices by the obscure figures.
By what he could tell there was a tall male holding a woman who seemed to be struggling and a few feet away was another male. Seto tried to piece things together.
'The other male called the woman, Mai. Could it be Mai Valentine? One of the vampires told me she was a slayer. That certainly explains why she would be here at this hour. And that other voice sounds so familiar, why can't I place it. Should I try to step in, help the girl out or will I make things worse and possibly get her hurt?' Seto was conflicted.
"Well you certainly are a brave one." came the cold voice again. ".But, answer me this. Are you prepared to sacrifice yourself and abandon everything you stand for?"
"Yes. I'm positive now set her free," came the tentative response.
Seto watched as the dark figure harshly push the girl away. He quickly grabbed the other male, who dropped a tool of some sort and held what appeared to be a knife against his neck.
"No Joey, don't do it," the girl cried out before she fell to the ground, knocking herself out cold as her head hit a gravestone.
'The mutt!' his mind exclaimed in surprise. He could finally see Joey's face in the moonlight. It was etched in fear and worry as Joey looked helplessly at the unconscious young woman.
Seto now knew he had to do something, as much as he disliked Joey Wheeler he didn't want any more innocent blood on his hands. His hand fingered the sterling silver switchblade in his pocket. He quickly took it out flipping it open.
"Let him go."
The vampire turned in surprise, while maintaining his death grip on Joey to find a tall young man holding a gleaming blade similar to his own knife.
"And who would you would be?" the vampire asked scathingly.
"That would be none of your business. Now let the mongrel go," Seto replied coolly. He ignored the daggers Joey was glaring at him after the dog comment.
"What if I don't?" the vampire countered.
"Then I'll be forced to do this." With that Seto hurled his weapon at the vampire, hitting him squarely in the arm on purpose. Stunned, he momentarily loosened his grasp on Joey enabling him to grab his fallen stake and rush to Mai's side, checking to see if she was all right.
Face filled with contempt, the vampire pulled the blade from his arm and dropped it.
"That was a stupid move," he snarled making his pointed fangs very evident.
"You're a vampire too," Seto simply stated.
"Too? What the hell are you talking about Kaiba? You mean you're one of them?" came Joey's puzzled voice.
Seto scowled. Of all the people to discover his secret, it had to be big- mouthed Joey Wheeler, who also happened to be a vampire slayer. However, he didn't have a chance to answer because once the vampire saw that he was temporarily distracted he whistled loudly.
Joey and a finally conscious Mai looked up to see that a cluster of vampires had emerged from the shadows and surrounded them.
"Well, this doesn't look too good for us," Mai said dryly.
"Can't say I didn't tell you that you were making a big mistake," was the vampire's acrimonious retort.
"That wasn't us." He gestured to Mai and himself. "It was moneybags over there throwing knives."
"Shut up," came the strained voice of Seto Kaiba.
"Or what? You'll kill me. I pretty much run the risk of dying either way."
"You're. No one's going to die."
"How can you say that when we're clearly surrounded by homicidal blood- suckers?"
"You'd better watch your words mutt."
The irked vampire clutched his wounded arm, scarlet blood flowing freely.
"I really hate to break up this little exchange, but as you can see, you're completely encircled. And my companions and I are absolutely famished."
Joey's hazel eyes darted nervously around and he spotted five or six other vampires licking their parched lips, exposing razor-sharp fangs.
"You won't win without a fight." Joey stated boldly.
"Very well then. You want a fight? You've got one." With that the vampires rushed at them from all sides.
The first one, a petite, shorthaired woman lunged at Mai. She didn't get far, as Mai had her stake out and she ran directly into it, becoming a pile of dust.
Seto, still weak from the lack of blood in his system, felt a sudden burst of adrenaline. He rushed towards the vampire he had thrown his knife at and tackled him to the ground. He picked up his fallen switchblade, which was covered in blood and stabbed the vampire with it and he too exploded into dust. Then the brown-haired teen collapsed in exhaustion at a nearby tombstone.
Joey had turned just in time to see a strong-looking vampire coming at him with a knife. He dodged what could have been a fatal blow and kicked his attacker in the stomach causing him to fall backwards on to a tombstone and drop his weapon. Joey seeing the vampire off-balanced, slammed his stake into his foe's stomach.
The blond-haired boy looked around and saw that Mai was in a comfortable position to slay another vampire. 'How many vampires were there?' He himself had slain two, Mai was about to do the same and Seto had slain the one that had held Mai hostage.
'That means there are two left.' Joey's eyes landed on Seto's form, slumped across a tombstone. 'He doesn't look too good. I'd better check on him. After all he did save my life.'
Seto groaned. He definitely needed blood immediately. He looked straight up to see one of the remaining vampires ready to plunge a dagger into his torso.
Seto closed his eyes. He knew he didn't have the strength to save himself, so he silently prayed that Mokuba would be safe and waited for a sharp pain to come.
The cobalt-eyed teen finally looked up to see Joey standing, stake in hand, where the vampire had been only seconds ago. He also saw that he was now covered in gray ash. His eyes drifted once again to Joey and he faded into darkness.
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Seto? Please don't die."
Sapphire eyes fluttered open to see a concerned boy peering over.
"Mokuba?"
"Big brother!" the younger Kaiba exclaimed. "You're okay."
"How did I get here?" Seto found that he was in the comfort of his own bedroom.
"Joey and Mai brought you. They said that you helped them out. I think it's really good that you're starting to make friends, Seto."
Seto ignored the last sentence and looked around. Sure enough his eyes soon landed on the aforementioned light-haired teen who was currently sitting by Seto's desk twirling around in his rolling chair.
"What's he doing here?"
Almost immediately the spinning wheels stopped.
"Seto, I told you already. Joey and Mai brought you here. Mai had to go home, but Joey stayed here to see if you were alright."
"I'm alive aren't I? Now tell the mutt to leave as I am in no condition to get up myself."
"Y'know Kaiba, it's not a good idea to insult someone who just saved your life. Maybe next time I'll leave you there to die."
"I saved yours first. We're even now so you can leave."
"Not yet Kaiba. First, I want some answers."
"Get the hell out of my house!" Seto got up from his bed angrily only to fall into Joey's strong arms.
"Take your hands off me." Seto was too weak to struggle.
"Big brother. He's only trying to help."
Joey gently lifted Seto and placed him on the bed.
"You should really listen to the little guy. He really cares about you."
"Shut up." Seto hissed in response.
"Fair enough. But, seriously you look terrible. You're much paler than usual and you look like you're about to collapse any second from now. Does this have anything to do with the.vampire thing?"
Seto knew there was no point in denying it, since Joey had been there when he admitted it.
"I need to feed. Haven't done so in a week. Didn't want to hurt anybody else."
"How long have you been...one of them? I wouldn't have known. You don't even have fangs."
"I was bitten a couple of months ago when I was walking late at night. And about the fangs, they only come out when I'm about to feed. Shouldn't an experienced slayer such as yourself know that?"
Joey turned red in embarrassment. "It's not like I researched them or anything."
"Stupid dog."
"Hey, I heard that."
"You were supposed to. Which is why I said it aloud."
"Stop being a smart ass for once Kaiba. This is serious. Are you going to die if you don't get any blood soon?"
Seto nodded weakly.
"Then that leaves us with only one option."
"And what would that be?"
"You're going to have to feed off me."
bTBC/b
bA/N:/b This is my pathetic attempt at a cliffhanger. Again I apologize for everyone not being as IC as I would like. So please read and review and tell me what you think.