A/N: As you read these chapters please remember that although one character's opinion towards another character might change that doesn't necessarily mean that they've gone soft towards the entire species of that character. Ex: Malik might like Taylie but that doesn't mean he's changed his mind about humans being inferior. Just thought I'd let you know that this is still a pretty dark fic and won't be gushing over with mush. ^_~
A Deadly Embrace
Chapter Eight: Paying for Past Mistakes
Upstairs Yugi awoke to find Yami already gone. How is it he's always up at least five minutes before me? he wondered drowsily.
Shifting his gaze to the foot of the bed he noticed the Slayer still tied to bedpost with her head slumped forth on her bloodstained chest. Yugi truly didn't understand the stubborn-minded girl. She was so bent on adhering to her training that she never considered the possibility that her kind might be the ones at fault for the way things were.
As it stood now, the top slayer had only managed to put herself at dangerous odds with the world's most powerful (and deadly) vampire. Not a smart move.
And yet...Yugi was surprised by the amount of courage and spirit the young blonde possessed. She had proven on multiple occasions that she would not be swayed from her 'duties' and that intimidation tactics were nearly useless against her. Heck, Yugi thought, she's even managed to intimidate me, someone who's already bitten her!
Speaking of biting...Yugi's stomach growled causing a slight blush to tinge his nearly albino cheeks. He was starving now. Yami wouldn't object to him grabbing a quick bite from the slayer, would he?
Yugi assumed he wouldn't because pretty soon his darker self would return to punish the teen for her 'pitiful attempt at escaping' last night. So the rookie vampire quietly slipped his legs out from under the sheets and crawled stealthily towards his bound prey. Fangs emerging through his slightly opened mouth Yugi let out a faint hiss as he drew closer to his unconscious victim.
Rebecca's thoughts raced rapidly through her restless mind as her body slept. What did the vampires see in her soul room that caused them to spare her the previous night? Did those two really believe that vampires were innocent after all the murders their insatiable hunger had caused?! And how the heck could she have missed staking Yami's heart when he was at such close range?!?
A soft touch beneath her chin told Rebecca that the sun had set and her punishment would soon be underway. Her head was tilted back leaving her bare neck exposed to Yugi's hungry reddening eyes. Wincing Rebecca struggled to awaken herself as two sharp incisors penetrated her skin. The otherworldly sensation of blood being draw through the tiny wounds on her neck enveloped her senses again. Someone was draining her of her essence, raising her eyelids to reveal hazy emerald orbs she caught sight of her attacker.
"...Yugi."
The young one's eyes snapped open at the mention of his name from the slayer. Drawing back he stared at her questioningly. Rebecca could see his blood drenched chin and crimson eyes glowing dimly just a few inches away. The two studied each other silently for a moment before Yugi carefully edged back to his previous position at the base of her neck.
I need to drink blood to survive, remember? the vampire's voice came as he went back to sucking out her life force.
"Enjoy it while you can," Rebecca seethed, was it just her imagination or were his fangs getting sharper?
You have a lot of painful memories. Yugi observed, trying to obtain comforting information after having seen the disassembled puzzle in her soul room. He'd rather believe she was the key to preserving his species, rather the one who'd soon eradicate it.
"And who gave you permission to barge into my mind?" she demanded, still offended that the disgusting night crawlers had violated her mind.
Pulling away Yugi licked the last of the scarlet liquid from his lips. "You're so full of hatred for my kind, yet you're forgetting that we were once all human."
Fury flashed in her deep pools of green as Rebecca lowered her face to meet his gaze. "You infest the bodies of humans, you have the previous soul's memories, but you were NEVER human in any manner! You're vicious murderers who don't give a damn about the lives you destroy!!!"
"That's not true," Yugi shook his head, speaking tranquilly to try and calm the infuriated teen down.
Cursing and slapping herself mentally Rebecca struggled against the rope while tears once again spilled forth over her cheeks. She was crying again. She'd never cried this much in her whole life! Well—there was one other time—not so many years ago...
*Flashback*
A younger blonde with emerald eyes full of life and tenderness rode the bus home from school one chilly autumn day. She shuffled carelessly up the sidewalk that led to her house while a brisk breeze whipped brightly colored leaves around her sneakers.
She would always come home a good hour before either of her parents got off work so today she grabbed a box of graham crackers off the kitchen counter and headed upstairs to complete her homework.
The fall days brought the darkness around earlier than the lazy summer ones. Rays of orange and fiery red seeped through her slightly opened blinds and danced across the walls of her bedroom while she lay on top of her bedspread flipping through a spiral notebook. Bored with the lack of background noise she grabbed the remote off her nightstand and turned on her CD player choosing a rather loud song to shatter the silence and allow her to think.
Being so engrossed in her assignment she failed to hear the commotion going on just outside her window which overlooked the front walkway.
A woman's scream of terror finally rang out over the booming music and sent Rebecca jolting upright on her bed, the notebook and loose leaf papers flying everywhere.
Rushing to the window her mouth fell open in speechless fright when she saw her father's body lying in a crumpled heap on the doorstep and her mother lying lifelessly in the arms of a shadowy figure. The stranger jerked her head upwards at the startled gasp that finally made its way out of the young girl's mouth.
Slinging the body of the drained woman to the ground by her first victim the vampiress hissed at the window above her, crimson eyes meeting emerald. Quivering Rebecca tried to draw back from the window, but her feet remained frozen to the carpeted floor, her hand still held down a section of the blinds, revealing the bloodthirsty predator below whose intimidating expression seemed to screech the words You're next! to Rebecca's fearful heart.
The door downstairs stood wide open, Rebecca's parents had obviously been about to step inside when they were attacked. The nocturnal predator rushed into the dwelling, impervious to the rule of invitation that the newer vampires had to abide by.
Rebecca had no more than set foot outside her own doorway when she came face-to-face with the creature.
"Aw, don't be scared little moral," the vampiress smiled mockingly, "this won't hurt...for long."
With an ear piercing scream Rebecca stumbled back into her room and slammed the door shut. Then she desperately began searching for something to defend herself with. Her primary thoughts at the moment were to get rid of the predator and help her parents. Maybe they could still be saved...but not if she didn't act fast!
Hisses and violent inhuman noises came from the other side of the locked door as the creature beat against it. It would just be a matter of seconds before she was in.
"It's no use running little girl!" the black haired attacker spoke as she raked her long curved nails down the door. "You're not getting out of here unless it's in a body bag...just like those appetizers outside!!"
Angered by the heartless statement of the demoness in the hallway Rebecca yanked open a desk drawer to find a few ballpoint pens, a ruler, and a stack of college-rule notebook paper. She had a split second before the door was thrown off its hinges to grab the one thing that she prayed would stop the vampiress.
"Die mortal pest!" the vampiress cried out as she raced towards Rebecca from behind.
Spinning around with her weapon in hand Rebecca shrieked as time slowed to an agonizing pace. She saw the bloodied fangs of her assailant, the demoness's flaming scarlet pupils, and then...her smooth pale face wither and crumble away into ashes as the broken ruler was pressed into her heart.
With one last screech of pain the vampiress disintegrated before the panicked teenager. Gasping for air Rebecca blinked once...twice...three times and each time her lashes rose from her eyes she saw the same disturbing sight. A large pile of gray ashes scattered across her sand colored carpet, the remains of the blood sucking fiend.
Body quivering with fright she dropped both hands to her sides. One released its grip on the makeshift stake while the other dropped the fragment she'd broken from its tip.
Rushing outside Rebecca had checked her parents' for a pulse. To her extreme relief she found one on both of them. The girl dialed 9-1-1 from the living room phone and waited with her unconscious mother and father on the doorstep until the ambulance arrived. Her sobs grew worse with every glance she cast at the lifeless forms of her parents.
Later she was informed that her parents required blood transfusions and that she'd have to spend the night with a friend or relative. Dina, her longtime friend from school, had naturally insisted that she stay with her. Not even an hour after the transfusions Rebecca was called back to the hospital where she learned that her parents had received blood poisoning from the transfusion—and they hadn't survived.
"I'm sorry," Dina had said sympathetically to her grieving friend, "and I'm even sorrier that no one believes it was a vampire attack. But at least you killed the thing right?"
"That hardly compensates me for what happened." Rebecca replied bitterly.
Dina had remained quiet for a moment in deep thought, "Rebecca...there's this place, where a woman I know works with special civilians and trains them to track down and eradicate vampires."
"You mean like—slayers?" Rebecca's eyes widened.
Without facing her friend Dina nodded.
"I want in!" the blonde declared.
"Wait," the older girl warned, "once you become a slayer there's no turning back. And the vampires will hunt you down just as you'll hunt them."
"I don't care!" Rebecca stated passionately, "Dina those things killed my parents, they'd still be alive if that demoness hadn't attacked them!"
"I understand, but no one, not even the authorities will take you seriously." the redhead cautioned, "When you're out there tracking them down...you'll be on your own."
Rebecca considered this for a minute, "Well what if I had a partner?"
Dina smiled at the implication, "Exactly what I was thinking. C'mon, I'll introduce you to Felaine."
*End Flashback*
Unable to take the painful memories anymore Rebecca finally broke down at her recollections of what first drove her to become a slayer.
Yugi witnessed her memories as well, Rebecca's own strained mind preventing her from reconstructing her mental barriers. The young vampire felt such guilt and helplessness after learning of the slayer's past. "I'm sorry," he murmured, "that vampiress...she just proves that like humans, not all vampires are good either."
"None of you are good!" Rebecca blurted out between sobs.
"Yes we are," Yugi insisted, "you just won't see it because you've been led to believe we're all monsters, but we're not Rebecca!"
The vampire's pleas fell on deaf ears, "You and Yami, you're two of the worst monsters." she tugged at her bonds exposing raw skin, "You want me to believe that vampires can be humane, yet you behave like heartless demons!"
Her words cut Yugi like a knife. He stared at her injuries, her nearly shattered spirit, and the tears that formed a continuous river flowing down her face. Yami just doesn't see it, the pain he's causing this mortal. The anguish we've caused her.
To his own surprise Yugi reached out and began untying the knots of the rope that held Rebecca's shuddering body against the bedpost. One final tug and she was free.
The sudden lack of support caused her to fall forward towards the floor, but fortunately Yugi caught her just in time and pulled her back against him.
"It's okay, see, I'm not going to hurt you." he spoke softly.
Stretching out Rebecca allowed her tense muscles to relax for a moment. Hesitantly she rested her head against the vampire's shoulder.
"What are you two blood suckers going to do with me?" she asked with dismay, "Why haven't you killed me by now?"
"Yami thinks you might by the key to unifying our species." Yugi answered in a gentle tone, "He said there was a prophecy made long ago, before even he was a vampire. A woman wearing another item called the Millennium Necklace received a vision of a world where vampires and humans lived as equals."
Rebecca turned away from Yugi and sat up on the edge of the bed, "And just how was this world supposed to come into being?"
Nervously scratching the back of his head the male with tri-colored hair shrugged, "I guess that's where you come in. See Yami, Marik, and Yami Bakura were the original three members of the Scarlet Clan, they needed Malik, Bakura, and I—their counterparts—and certain mortals to unite the species."
"You mean crossbreed them." Rebecca's tone carried a harsh sting. "And did Yami happen to mention what's going to happen to the human race afterwards? You just don't see it do you? The way things will be if this 'prophecy' gets fulfilled. The human race won't stand a chance against the vampires once they can hunt during the day and become resistant to our defenses!"
"A stake through the heart would kill a human too ya know?" Yugi was beginning to regret untying the slayer. "The slayers are really the ones to blame for this whole mess. If they hadn't killed the first vampire there wouldn't even be a grudge against humanity."
"If the first vampire hadn't survived by sucking the life out of innocent peasants," Rebecca countered, "there'd have been no pissed off villagers to invent ways to track down his kind KILL THEM!"
"Then I guess we're just two species who are gonna have to do whatever it takes to survive this battle between us?!" Yugi concluded angrily, he'd given up on trying to reason with this hotheaded blonde.
"It certainly looks that way." Rebecca agreed.
A brief silence followed, the calm before the storm, it was the slayer who made the first move. Jabbing Yugi in the chest with her elbow she caught his arm as it flew upwards to cover the injured area and flipped him over herself and onto the floor.
THWACK!
A blow to the back of the young vampire's head sent him collapsing back onto the floor just as soon as he'd risen.
Great, Rebecca scolded herself realizing that she was still trapped in the mansion due to the blood bond the vampire's held over her, now what slayer? I need a plan and fast!
Yami stormed back into his chambers after delivering what he considered to be 'the bittersweet news' to Joey and Tristan. He was already in a cross mood and the sight awaiting him certainly didn't help matters.
"Yugi!" he shouted, rushing to his young counterpart.
Gulping Rebecca backed away towards the balcony doors. Slipping her hands behind her back she gripped the handles and gave them a light tug. Urgh, locked! Isn't anything open in this place?!
Yugi groaned as Yami gingerly lifted his head off the floor. "Yami...the slayer...she's loose."
"I know Yugi, but don't worry." Yami said softly casting a dark glare in Rebecca's direction, "She won't get far."
"Don't count on that vampire," Rebecca replied cockily, "Yugi's already told me all about your little 'prophecy' and there's no way that I'm gonna mate with a member of the same species responsible for the deaths of my parents."
Eyes aglow with a dangerous red Yami eased Yugi up against the bed and swiftly glided over to where Rebecca stood rattling the balcony doors. "If you were even half as smart as you think you are, you wouldn't judge an entire species by the acts of only one of its members."
For a second Rebecca seriously debated using her fist to shatter the glass doors behind her, but the idea of stalling for time held slightly more appeal. "It's not just one of you parasites that's drank the blood of an innocent human, you're all guilty!"
"Both humans and vampires are dying!" Yami shouted, yanking the slayer's hands away from the doors. "The only hope either species has of survival is to join the two!"
"The only reason you're in this sick attempt at species' unification is to get vengeance against the Slayers!" Rebecca snapped, "Don't think I'll have any part in your long sought after revenge against my kind! You're not repairing the past, you're destroying the future!"
"Vengeance is a motive for your actions as well Slayer!" Yami spat.
"What are you talking about?!" Rebecca demanded.
"When the young one and I entered your soul room there were many mental pictures lining the walls," Yami explained, a sense of impending triumph in his voice, "One of those pictures depicted two humans I believe you once called parents. Death by blood poisoning from a bad transfusion, I wonder if a vampire might've led to that."
Rebecca fell silent at the mention of her parents.
A twinge of guilt hit Yugi, giving him the sudden urge to comfort the captive. And had Yami not been present to witness such an outlandish act, he most likely would've done so. But Yami's presence gave him time to remember the reason he was in his current position, bruised and slumping against the side of his bed. The slayer certainly wasn't an enemy they could take lightly. The young vampire felt himself regretting ever untying Rebecca in the first place, what a rookie mistake that had been.
"Like I told your accomplice," the blonde finally answered, "you two had no business entering my soul room uninvited and I won't tolerate you trying to do it again. What I keep in there is private, not for bloodsuckers to gawk at!"
A loud smack resounded through the room and Yugi lifted his head to see Rebecca hit the glass doors and raise a hand to her cheek. Her expression was that of one completely caught off guard. Yami was still as a statue, giving the slayer a stone cold glare.
"Watch your tongue Slayer," he warned, "or you just might lose it."
"Yami..." Yugi couldn't believe that his mentor—the vampire with the remarkably calm composure—could've snapped and struck a mortal woman (regardless of whether or not she was a slayer).
"And just when I thought I couldn't hate you heartless demons any more than I already do." Rebecca said solemnly, her hand still placed lightly over her cheek.
"Trust me Slayer," Yami replied, grabbing a fistful of her golden hair and dragging her over to his bed, "you've only just begun to hate me."
Yugi whimpered slightly as he saw Yami sling the poor girl down atop the blankets. Yami then motioned for him to come nearer; no doubt he wanted to merge into one form, a power of the Puzzle that he had only mentioned once or twice to the amateur vampire.
"Y-Yami," Yugi whispered hesitantly, "do we really have to take her...this way?"
"Yes," came his darker self's firm reply, "Yugi we must take her now, as our mate. This is the only way to save our kind. You've already seen the unwavering hatred that her people bare us."
"But Yami," Yugi objected, "you seem to hate humans just as much as the slayer hates vampires."
Yami was momentarily at a loss for words, but quickly recovered. "The slayers and vampires have been at odds since we both came into existence. But if the human and vampire races are joined then vampires won't be subjected to the dangers of the mortals' defenses. Think of it Yugi, we'd be able to embrace the sunlight again. All of us, no matter how newly 'turned'."
"But, doing it this way-" Yugi paused to carefully choose his words, "-it just seems wrong to me."
Rebecca watched the scene unfold above her with mixed emotions. She loathed the vampires for their murderous hunger, that was still for sure, but now that she saw Yugi—defending her, urging his more vicious counterpart to show her mercy—a new emotion surfaced from somewhere deep within...but she couldn't make herself understand it. "The vampires are our enemies." Felaine's teachings echoed through her mind, "They seek the destruction of the human race. Feeding off our deaths is the only way that they can survive. To show them mercy is to condemn our kind to extinction. No matter what trickery they use against us, we must fight for the preservation of humanity!"
When Rebecca came to her senses she noticed that the area surrounding the bed had been engulfed by a familiar golden glow. "The Millennium Puzzle," she breathed rapidly, "you're trying to enter my soul room again!"
"Not this time Slayer," a new voice, a combination of the two vampires' answered her, "we've already seen into your soul, now its time to fulfill our destinies."
A pair of magenta irises stared back at her from amidst the dimming glow. "Y-you used the power of the Millennium Puzzle to merge bodies!"
"That's right," a smirk played upon the new creature's face, "now two souls inhabit this body with one common goal."
Disgusted by this new turn of events the emerald-eyed teen shoved against the creature atop her with all her might but couldn't budge him an inch. His strength was remarkable, like no other foe she'd ever encountered. And his eyes shone with an otherworldly determination that pulled at her soul and threatened to overpower her entire being.
"You can't do this," she choked, her voice barely above a whisper, "I won't let you do this to me!"
"This doesn't have to be an unpleasant experience," this time the voice carried a more concerned tone similar to the one Yugi would use. "Then again," the voice changed back to Yami's regal tone, "I do still owe you a punishment for your defiant attempt at escaping last night."
Breathing heavily while struggling against her fused captors Rebecca tried her best to formulate a plan, some way to get out of this regrettable situation, but no ideas would come.
"Well," the creature inquired impatiently, "what will it be Slayer?"
"Get OFF me vermin!" the Slayer growled.
"Very well then," the creature sank his fangs into her neck, greedily sucking in the blood that spilled forth, trickling over her shoulder and onto her chest.
Thrashing about with her fists flying the emerald eyed teen wracked her brain for some vital memory from her teachings, anything at all, that would get her out of this vampiric mating ritual.
"Even when mating you're obsessed with blood." Rebecca seethed.
Claw-like nails ran up the length of her body, starting at her hips. When the creature pulled his nails downward again it took with it the shreds of the Slayers bloodied garments. Time was not something to be wasted tonight.
Finally Rebecca's fist connected with the merged vessel's jaw. This seemed to anger the vampire more than harm it.
"Your punishment begins now." the creature seethed in a voice clearly belonging to the Scarlet Clan's leader.
In the blink of an eye the being atop Rebecca disrobed and eased back on its haunches. Confused and horrified Rebecca stared at him frozen in place as a menacing smirk spread across his face. She felt her legs pried open and was just about to start struggling again when...
NO!!!! she squeezed her eyes shut and collapsed backwards clenching the sheets beneath her in unbridled agony.
The vampire had mercilessly and without any sort of warning or preparation stripped her of her innocence in one dynamic thrust. Things within her that she'd never wanted to imagine feeling were being ripped and torn sending wave after wave of mind numbing pain crashing through her once-virgin body.
Her entire being rattled with pain, anger, and disgust. Something inside her mind snapped, forcing her to acknowledge that she was now at the mercy of the nightmarish tormentor she'd spent years tracking down. The hunter was now prey for her number one target. The leader of the Scarlet Clan was using her as a sex toy, a breeding machine in his twisted plan for revenge. This 'unification' was sure to mark the end of the human race and to make matters worse---she would be the case of its macabre success!
The joined forms of Yami and Yugi proceeded to claim their mate in the cruelest of ways. Pumping in and out, ignoring her cries of both emotional and physical torment. While Yami was still very much angry with the slayer he was currently lording so much power and control over, Yugi's rage was beginning to subside, leaving him with regrets and pity for the human girl.
Emerald eyes finally opened when the pace was dramatically slowed. Her face, now reddened with anger, gradually started to fade into a pinkish tinge when she saw that it was now Yugi exercising more control over the vessel above her.
"Yugi?" she couldn't hold back the twinge of hope in her voice. Yugi had always been the more humane of the pair. As much as she hated to admit it, she'd much rather have him in control at this moment than Yami...not that she wanted this to be happening at all!
Swallowing hard Yugi nodded-or at least he tried his best to being so inexperienced with sharing a body-and gingerly eased his face towards the prisoner. "I-I don't want you to suffer like this. It's not necessary. You may not want to...well..." he fake coughed to hide his embarrassment of what he was discussing, "you can at least get some pleasure out of this. It doesn't have to be sheer torture."
Her eyes narrowed signaling to Yugi that her reply would be curt and callous, "This is my punishment Yugi. And I certainly don't see how I can find any pleasure out of getting raped by two prophecy-crazed vampires!"
You're wasting your time trying to reason with her young one. Yami sighed.
I don't think it's as hopeless as you think Yami. Yugi disagreed. She's had a hard life and some pretty bad experiences with vampires, that's all.
So now you're defending her actions? Yami inquired.
Yugi paused, the vessel's head shaking in dismay. Yami, she watched her parents being drained nearly dry by a powerful vampiress. Then she waited for an hour with her friend before being called down to the hospital only to find out that her parents, whom she'd hoped to save, died of blood poisoning.
Yami didn't reply.
I just don't see, given the facts, why we should treat her this way. Yugi continued, Please, can't we try to make this easier. I know you won't stop, there's too much on the line, but we don't have to break her spirit to do this.
Rebecca lay stiff on the bed beneath the dark and light vampiric souls as the body they shared continued to claim her own. How much longer was this going to last? Her own body was exhausted from struggling. Her mind longed to be at ease instead of constantly fighting off any magical intrusion. And all hopes of escape were straying far from her reach, she could feel her determination wither, her very spirit was dying with every passing second of shame and futility.
Two soft lips being gently pressed against her own brought her thoughts back to the world around her. She'd tried so hard to tune this vile act out of her mind, but now...she was willingly wondering back to the present.
The kiss lingered until the need for air drew the creature away so the slayer could inhale. She stared at him quizzically. "What happened to pounding my brains out and punishing me for my defiance?" she asked using as much sarcasm as she could manage.
"We are willing to wave your punishment Slayer," a voice that was decidedly more Yami's tone spoke, "Try to relax, this will be over soon. You have our word that we shall be loyal lovers. There's no need for life mates to act so cruelly towards one another."
"You may consider me your mate," Rebecca clenched her fists tighter, ignoring her whitening knuckles, "but I will NEVER think of you as mine!"
For that outburst she was expecting a harsh slap but instead she was dumbfounded upon receiving yet another tender kiss. What is WRONG WITH YOU?! she cringed, Why are you acting like this now?! What mind games are you trying to play?!?
No games Slayer, no tricks...the elder vampire promised ...We're aware of your past, why you personally despise us so. And we would like to give you a reason to trust us. Please dearest love, give us this chance.
"You-you're lying to me!" Rebecca sobbed when the vampires pulled away once more. She couldn't believe them. It just wasn't true! Vampires and humans did not treat each other as equals, they did not show mercy and tenderness to one another, and above all else they did NOT fall in love!!
"Until now..." came the soft whisper of Yugi and Yami's combined voice as the creature proceeded to quicken its pace, all the while planting soft kisses along Rebecca's neck and shoulders.
The gentle touches and soothingly rhythmic sensations caused the blonde to relax her muscles and back away from the edge of hopeless emotional oblivion. She was safely in the arms of her affectionate captors now. Rocking back and forth with their bliss giving movements. It was all suddenly so perfect that had she not been taught better she would have sworn it was meant to be.
How am I supposed to despise an enemy that I find more seductive than my own kind? she questioned herself, H-how did they lure me-the world's top slayer-into this?! An-and why...don't I care?
A moan escaped her lips, causing them to part ever so slightly. But this was more than enough room for the supernatural being as he bent down to kiss her again, this time easing his tongue into the sweet cavern of her mouth. Yami and Yugi explored their human mate, enjoying the new taste that was perhaps even more delectable than her blood. This woman, she was more delicate than any member of their species, yet she was so much stronger than any human in her own. And even Yami had to admit, the unique and fiery persona of this woman was perhaps her most enticing quality.
Rather than fight the kiss Rebecca instead moaned into it, gaining a newfound pleasure from her mates' affections. She felt herself tittering upon a new edge, this time it was one of undreamed of euphoria. Every move made by her lovers brought on new sensations of rapture and tore hushed cries of yearning from her quivering lips.
Is this what it's like to be completely at the mercy of a vampire's seductive powers? she mused, I knew they sometimes took humans...but never as mates. And-and this one-no, these TWO vampires claim to love me. It's laughable really, for even one vampire to fall in love with a slayer. What would the others say if they saw me now, like this, bending to the bloodsuckers' will?
Before she could muster up resistance with such thoughts Yami and Yugi thrust one final time, spilling their seed within their lover, claiming her for all time as their own, and perhaps far more...fulfilling their great destinies.
The cry that echoed throughout the chambers was one of triumph, lust, and pride. They had their mortal lover now, the species would be unified. She was as much a tantalizing temptress to the nocturnal predators as they were to her. And as they fell forward, wearily landing upon the teenage beauty below them, staring up into their eyes with half-lidded emerald orbs, a new realization dawned upon the pair...she was theirs' now, forever. Their prisoner had become their mate. Rather than devour her life-force they'd now stop at nothing to protect her from harm.
A brilliant golden glow briefly illuminated the chamber as Yugi and Yami separated into their own bodies again. Each laid on an opposite side of the slayer with an arm draped across her torso protectively.
With a smile Yugi drifted off to sleep. Rebecca found herself smiling back at him as his eyelids slid shut, hiding those enticing purple orbs of his for another day. Then she turned her head to the other side and found Yami staring back at her with an enticing crimson gaze. They lay like that a moment. Thinking back upon the last few moments in which so much had transgressed. Sworn enemies had somehow turned into lifelong mates. And bitter hatred had transformed into something that neither had been expecting...undying love.
And with that reluctant revelation, the sun ascended into a picturesque sky.
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*Life gave me some time, albeit in the early hours of the morning (yawn, about 1-2 a.m.), to get some work done on this story. So here's the newest chapter, please review but remember to hold the flames. ^_~ Next chapter: One slayer down, and one to go...how will Yami Bakura and his counterpart convince the highly combative Dina to agree to her part in the prophecy? And it probably won't be to their advantage when they start competing over who can best persuade her to become their mate.*