Dragonfly: *Blinks at clock* It's not possible that it's four in the freaking morning. No bloody way...
Yami Dragonfly: It is, so deal with it!
Dragonfly: You know, I should be asleep... But I'm soooooo hyper!
Yami Dragonfly: Get the disclaimer done, so you can write the fic.
Dragonfly: Mokuba, since you're the star of this fic, will you do the disclaimer?
Mokuba: Sure. Dragonfly does not own Yugioh, or Lestat, or anything associated with either. Both are characters copy written to their original creators.
Dragonfly: Thanks Mokuba, on with the fic! ^_^
Embracing the Darkness
Chapter 2: Keeping the Secret
Now Mokuba was really nervous. The closer they got to the Kaiba mansion, the more likely he thought that Seto was going to start hating him because of what he was now.
Suddenly, there was a deep pain in his stomach.
"Uhn..." he moaned as he began to double over in pain.
"Don't mind the pain." said Lestat with a flick of his hair, "Your body is just dieing, you'll need new clothes very soon."
Mokuba couldn't reply, the pain... He couldn't believe death could hurt this badly. Then, with a sudden splooshing sound, the pain was gone.
Mokuba looked at the body waste on his clothes. He wasn't disgusted with it, which surprised him.
"Your right, I will need new clothes." replied Mokuba.
Mokuba straightened himself out again and resumed heading towards the Kaiba mansion. He wasn't as worried as before, he still didn't want his brother to know, but he felt he could deal with what may happen if his brother DID find out, but for now it would be his secret.
Mokuba slipped through the gates of Kaiba mansion and waved for Lestat to follow.
Lestat smiled at the richness of Kaiba mansion.
"Not bad." he murmured, "Not bad at all."
Mokuba glanced at the black limo, his brother was definitely home. He swallowed nervously as he opened the door quietly.
"Come on." whispered Mokuba.
Lestat nodded and followed Mokuba inside, neither made a sound.
Mokuba showed Lestat to his basement, then he slipped upstairs and grabbed some fresh clothes, and threw the ones he was wearing into his fireplace. He watched them burn for a moment, then turned away and went to see his brother. But first.
He had to check if his neck wounds had healed or not.
He went into the bathroom and looked at his neck.
No trace of anything. Nothing. Mokuba looked slightly paler, but otherwise... Nothing. No mark, no scar, no blood, nothing.
Nodding with satisfaction at there being nothing there, he walked down the hall to his brother's room.
"Big Brother?" He asked, pushing open the door.
Seto looked up from his desk in the corner, and then smiled.
"Hey Mokuba!" said Seto, "How was your birthday?"
"It was great!" answered Mokuba, "Me and Yugi and the gang hung out, we went and saw that new movie, Deception, it was really good, we had pizza before that..."
Mokuba trailed off, only just realizing that the last normal foods he had eaten were pizza, popcorn, and a soda.
"What's wrong Mokuba?" asked Kaiba, noticing how Mokuba trailed off.
"Nothing big brother!" Mokuba said, giving Seto one of his winning smiles.
Seto smiled back and replied, "Alright, but it's getting late, and you have school tomorrow, you should go to sleep soon."
"SCHOOL?!?" screamed Mokuba inside his head, "I can't GO to school!!!"
"All right big brother, but uhm... I'm going to sleep in the basement all right?" asked Mokuba.
"The basement? Why the basement?" inquired Seto with a raise of his eyebrow.
"I just think it's too hot up here, I've always been heat sensitive big brother, you know that!" replied Mokuba.
"All right Mokuba, I'll get you up in the morning!" smiled Seto.
"G'night big brother..." said Mokuba as he slipped out of the room.
Mokuba walked down the hall quietly. Trying to figure out what he was going to do tomorrow. School! He couldn't go to school!!! He couldn't even go in the daylight! What was he going to say to his brother?!
"Shit... What have I got myself into?" muttered Mokuba.
He opened the door to the basement and saw Lestat sprawled on the couch.
"Mokuba, that is your name isn't it? Anyway, we should go out on the town. It's only 12:43, there's still plenty of time until dawn, and I'm restless." said Lestat.
Mokuba shifted a bit uncomfortably, then replied, "All right... But... Lestat, I have school tomorrow, what am I going to tell my brother tomorrow morning?"
"Does he wake you up in the morning?"
"Yes..."
"Hmm..."
Lestat thought for a moment then looked up to Mokuba with a sly smirk.
"Leave a note saying you went to school early to do some extra work or something, then you and I can find a nice coffin to rest in during the day." said Lestat.
"Alright..." answered Mokuba as he grabbed a piece of paper and pen and scribbled down the note to his brother, "There."
"Good." Lestat said as he raised himself of the couch, "Now, let's go."
Mokuba nodded and the two were out of the mansion in a flash.
"First lesson, feeding." began Lestat coolly.
"Doesn't that require killing someone?" asked Mokuba.
"Of course. You kill to survive."
"But..."
"Don't worry about it, we'll start you off on... Easy pray."
"Isn't killing them murdering them?"
"Of course not, they are just a link in our food chain, as cattle are a link for mortals."
"So they are our cattle..."
"Yes."
"All right then."
The two princes of darkness stalked the streets, and Lestat talked about all the old times in France.
"There were murderers galore, there blood didn't taste as good as the ones who were innocent, but they were enough to live." he grinned, "Besides, once a vampire became desperate for food, then you could always resort to rats, chickens, dogs, or cats, whatever animal was around and wouldn't be noticed."
"That sounds extremely interesting Lestat, but... I'm... hungry." said Mokuba, his eyes glowing with red fire for a moment.
Lestat blinked. Did he really see what he thought he saw? No, it was probably just the glow from the traffic light turning red. He brushed away his hallucination and followed Mokuba down the street.
"So what kinds of people do we feed on?" asked Mokuba.
"Any person we want. But it helps if you keep a low profile and drink from the people you think will not be missed." replied Lestat, "For example..."
Lestat walked into the shadows and Mokuba followed.
"There," said Lestat as he gestured to a skanky girl standing on the corner, "Is our next meal." And with that, he disappeared for a moment, then reappeared behind the girl.
"Hey there hot stuff," Mokuba heard the girl say, "What are you doing on my corner this late at night?"
"What any man wants from you this late at night." Lestat smirked.
Lestat then wrapped his arms around the hooker, and lowered his face to kiss her, but instead he completely missed her lips and began kissing her neck.
The girl began to giggle, but the giggles slowly turned into a scream of pain, then small quiet moans of torture.
All the while Mokuba watched his teacher, he saw how afterwards he tossed the prostitute's dead body into a large dumpster, and then left, like he had done nothing, all done without getting a spec of dirt on Lestat's clothing.
"Your turn next boy." said Lestat through a smirk.
Mokuba nodded and then asked, "Do you only feed on hookers?"
"No. I feed on the drunken wanderers, prostitutes, rapists, murderers, people without pure souls." answered Lestat.
"How do you know if a person is a murderer?"
"You can hear it in their mind."
"Oh."
Lestat began to laugh, "You're so young and you know so little, but I do know that you know a lot more than you let on."
Mokuba smirked, "So now it's my turn to feed?"
Lestat nodded and said, "Follow me, I can smell a drunk, this way."
Mokuba followed quickly, keeping pace with Lestat as he turned down alley after alley, finally emerging in front of the Talwar Pub.
"Here," declared Lestat, "Pick the most drunken man or women you can find, then lure them outside and then kill them."
Mokuba nodded and the two vampires entered the pub. Little did Mokuba notice the black haired man watching from the corner.
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Dragonfly: Fwee! Second chapter done, and spell checked!
Yami Dragonfly: Don't forget-
Dragonfly: Yeah yeah, I know, thank you to my beta reader Death Blade! She is a really awesome writer! Make sure you read her fic 'Autobiography of an Elf, It's a really good Lord of the Rings fic about Legolas, and it has a total The Vampire Lestat feel to it!
Yami Dragonfly: Read and Review, and we'll see you in the next chapter!
Dragonfly: Byez! ^_^