Lady Deadly Nightshade: I do not own Yu Gi Oh!! I only wish I did! ^_^
Lady Deadly Nightshade: Here is chapter 7, just like I promised. Remember I said first days of March. This chapter is twice the size of the last one, so I hope you enjoy it. There is a new player introduced in this chapter. It's the person who took Yugi at the end of chapter 6. I added this person because he's one of my friends fave character. So I guess you could say the chapter is for her to drool over. Enjoy Ms. Luna and don't drool too much! ^_~ Well let me be quiet and enjoy the chapter, everyone. Read and review. Thanks! ^_^
Chapter 7- My Dark Child, My Savior
Yugi groaned as he stirred, he was waking up. His amethyst eyes slowly flickered open and it took them a while to focus. When they finally did he noticed he was in a room unfamiliar to him. He lay on top of a bed with a dark red comforter covering him. He pulled it down and noticed he had a dark blue shirt on. Dark blue shirt? He wondered as he looked at it. He remembered he had put on a black shirt and then that shirt had disappeared. Heck he didn't really care about the shirt; he wanted to know where the hell he was.
"Sire, I took the liberty." He heard a gentle male voice, it had an accent.
Yugi turned to look at who had spoken and gasped. "Ryou Bakura!" He exclaimed. (A/N: This is the nice Bakura as we all know. No Yami Bakura in this story, sorry folks ^_^) "I thought you were dead." Yugi said still shocked to see Ryou standing in front of him.
"My sire-" he began, but Yugi interrupted him.
"Call me Yugi, none of this 'sire' business." Yugi told him.
Ryou nodded. "As you wish…Yugi." He rolled his tongue on his name savoring it. He was not used to being so familiar with his maker.
Yugi smiled as he heard him speak his name. "Just because I'm your sire, doesn't mean you have to address me that way. We are more then that, we are friends." Yugi said sincerely.
Ryou smiled at his words. It was true; Yugi had changed him on a whim to save his life. So yeah as time passed they did develop of some type of friendship. Now Ryou seemed to be returning the favor. "Yugi, why were you injured?" Ryou asked him.
"Were?" Yugi looked at him questionably. Then it hit him, he wasn't feeling pain anymore. He placed his hand on his abdomen and pressed on it, gently. There was no pain. He lifted his shirt and gazed down at his smooth skin, the wound was gone. "How?" Yugi raised his eyes to look at Ryou.
Ryou raised his wrist and Yugi looked at it to see a recent, red looking scar on his wrist.
Yugi understood. "You feed me some of your blood."
Ryou nodded and suddenly the line on his wrist vanished. Ryou could have healed the cut instantly, but he left it to show Yugi. "I had to. You were going to die." Ryou told him.
"You should have let me die." Yugi said simply and he stood up from the bed.
"What? Why?" Ryou looked mortified. "You just said why I did it. You are more then my sire. It would pain me deeply to see you die or to here of your death, especially if I could have helped. Besides I remember long ago you saved my life." Ryou said softly.
"Yes I remember," Yugi replied his voice soft. "But I was the reason why you were in danger of losing your life in the first place." He kept his eyes averted from Ryou as he spoke.
"No, that wasn't you. It was the bloodlust; it had taken control of you." Ryou replied. Yugi acknowledged Ryou's words but he kept his head down. He was still ashamed at what he had done. His amethyst eyes blanked over as he thought of things in the past.
~flashback~
Yugi walked the city's darkened streets. He was starving, the lust for blood ever present in his system. He hadn't fed in days, weeks, months. He didn't even know anymore. He couldn't concentrate on anything; it was like he had a brain fever. He remembered he had tried to feed on an animal, but it didn't sate the bloodlust for long. He knew what he craved, what he needed. He needed human blood, but he couldn't bring himself to drink from someone. That made him feel too much like an animal. It made him feel like someone else, not the man that Anzu had loved. The pain of losing Anzu was always fresh in his mind, he could never escape it.
As he walked through the streets he saw two men struggling. They were arguing loudly. Someone was being robbed. Yugi did nothing to stop it but he watched from the shadows. He saw something shine in the moonlight and he heard someone cry out in pain. The thief took off running into the night and his victim fell into a heap on the cold street. Yugi knew no one would come to his aid, it didn't seem to matter. There were no cries or pleas for help, he must have died.
Yugi didn't know why but he headed toward the body on the floor. He immediately knew it was a mistake. Fresh blood filled his nostrils as soon as he neared the body. He glanced down to the ground and saw a young man. He was just about Yugi's age. The young man had white hair long enough to reach his shoulders and brown eyes, a deep shade of brown. His eyes expressed pure terror.
"Help me!" He muttered to Yugi. "Please!"
He was still alive. Yugi's gaze fell from the young mans's eyes to the blood that oozed from the cut at the side of his throat, he roamed farther and looked at the bleeding wound at his side. There was blood everywhere. His amethyst eyes returned to the young man's brown eyes.
"Help me!" he released a wet gurgle; blood trickled down the side of his mouth.
Yugi didn't say a word, but he knelt down beside him. "Ryou," Yugi started but he got cut off.
"How did you know my name?" Ryou muttered.
Yugi raised Ryou's upper body off the ground and cradled him in his arms. "Shh, it doesn't matter. It's not important."
Ryou's breathing quickened and became shallow. He was dying or he would be in a couple of minutes.
"Ryou, I can't help you. You're going to die." Yugi told him sadly looking into Ryou's eyes.
"No. Please help me." Ryou pleaded.
Yugi's eyes once again landed on the blood that poured out of him. The sweet scent engulfed him. Before he realized what he was doing he had leaned forward into the nape of Ryou's neck.
"What are you doing?" Ryou protested weakly.
Yugi pressed his lips to Ryou's neck and licked up some blood from his neck. His blood was so sweet, it was very tempting. Yugi's fangs embedded themselves deeply into Ryou's neck, causing him to jerk up in pain. Yugi began to drain Ryou of his remaining blood.
"No! Stop!" Ryou protested, but it was all in vain. He had no strength to fight Yugi with and Yugi seemed not able to hear him. As Ryou's head fell limply to the side, Yugi pulled away from him.
"I'm sorry!" Yugi apologized, but it was too late. Whatever time Ryou had left Yugi had just shortened it considerably. He had just Ryou right to Death's door.
Ryou's eyes were still open. They were groggy and unfocused. Yugi had just finished him off and he needed to do something. Yugi bit his wrist and placed it to Ryou's lips.
"No," Ryou said softly and swallowed "let me die."
Yugi hesitated for a second. The dialogue seemed so familiar. Still he pressed his wrist firmly to Ryou's lips forcing him to drink.
Ryou gulped down the dark red blood; he could do nothing to avoid it. He was too weak to have pulled Yugi's wrist away from him. After some time had passed, Yugi removed his wrist. Ryou felt a tingling, painful sensation spread through his body. He wanted to sleep but he could hear Yugi talking to him.
"I am sorry for leaving you at Death's doors. So I give you a new life in return. Forgive me." Yugi said sincerely and he vanished with Ryou in his arms.
~end of flashback~
The images faded from Yugi's mind and he turned around to face Ryou.
Ryou gazed down at the ground, lost in his own thoughts. "Yes the night you made me I could never forget that. I remember soon after you changed me, you left me all alone." Ryou's words were soft, but some hidden emotion lingered there. Ryou turned to look at Yugi.
"You hated me. I taught you what you needed to survive and then I left. I could feel your hatred for me, but I needed to make sure you could survive on your own." Yugi told him.
"Bullshit," Ryou said in the same soft tone. "You left because of your guilt." Ryou stated catching Yugi off guard. "I can feel it even now." Ryou continued. "You're surprised that I am still alive. You wanted me to die so your guilt could die with me." Ryou said bitterly and he headed out of the room.
"Wait! Stop! That's not the reason why I left you alone, my dark child."
Those words stopped Ryou in the doorway and he turned around to face his sire.
Yugi sighed in resignation. He was going to tell Ryou the truth. "I was stupid, selfish and I wanted to be alone. It wasn't you, never you. I just couldn't bring myself to be around people. I wanted to be alone. When I was stronger I would always check on you, but now I can't. I'm too weak." Yugi admitted.
Ryou stayed by the open doorway and nodded. "Yes, you have let yourself grow weak, but your blood is still powerful. The power is in you." Ryou told him.
Yugi walked to Ryou and placed a hand on his shoulder. "I doubt that Ryou, you saw that I couldn't even heal a bullet wound." He smiled bitterly at him. "By the way Ryou, thank you for everything. It was great to see you again, my dark child." Yugi gave him a sincere smile and walked passed him.
"Where are you going?" Ryou called after him.
"I don't know but I need to go." Yugi replied vaguely.
"You need to feed." Ryou advised him. "You're still weak."
"I'm fine!" Yugi called back. He could feel Ryou's blood in him. It was strong, it would be enough.
Lady Deadly Nightshade: Well what did you think? Drop me a review and let me know. I have new questions. Why is Yugi such a bleeding heart? Why did he save Ryou? Why did he hesitate when Ryou told him to let him die? Why did I bring Ryou into the story? What part does he have to play? Does he even have a part to play or did I just bring him in cause I could? Where is Yugi going? What is Yami doing? Knowing him, probably doing something to get him into trouble. Lol, anyway, now that I wasted more of your time with my annoying questions, please review. Next Update: 3/11-3/13. Keep them peepers open for the next chapter. I promise it's a long one. ^_^ now please review! Thanks!