Dragonfly: Fwee! Were back again! ^_^ Finally....
Yami Dragonfly: Unfortunately.
Dragonfly: Shuddup Yami...
Yami Dragonfly: I don't have too!
Dragonfly: *Slaps duct tape over Yami Dragonfly's mouth* There, no talkies.
Yami Dragonfly: Mmph mmph mmf mmph mmf!!!
Dragonfly: *Grins* *Pulls out a cell phone and dials a number*
Seto: *Barks* Kaiba!
Dragonfly: Hi, I made an appointment with you, you said you'd do my disclaimer today.
Seto: Oh, yes, that. I'll be right there. *Hangs up*
Dragonfly: *Waits for Seto to arrive*
*Ten minutes later*
Seto: *Walks in*
Dragonfly: *Rolls eyes* Fashionably late I see.
Seto: Can it. I'm here and that's all that matters.
Dragonfly: Get on with the disclaimer.
Seto: Dragonfly does not own Yugioh or the Vampire Chronicles. They are both property of their original owners.
Dragonfly: Thanks Seto, On with the fic!
Embracing the Darkness
Chapter 3: Dangerous Blood
The black haired man sat in the corner, taking the occasional sip of his Bailey's. He watched Mokuba and the stranger near him with great interest.
What was Mokuba doing here? This late? And who was the man he was with?
For now all he could do was watch. Watch and find out just what Mokuba was doing in a bar. Especially since he had only just turned the legal age to drink. So was he here to get sloshed?
"Just observe what he does," thought the man as he pushed a spiky black bang away from his face.
Mokuba still had not noticed he was being watched, and believe it or not, neither had Lestat.
Mokuba walked over to one of the unoccupied bar stools, and sat down. The bartender, a large, portly, loud man, walked over, and looked Mokuba over for a moment.
"What can I get ye?" he asked in a gruff voice.
Mokuba glanced up, and replied, "Just a small shot of moonshine please,"
The bartender nodded, and then turned away to get him his drink. After serving the teen, he wandered away to serve other rowdy drunks.
"Hey there boy." came a deep voice from behind Mokuba, "Your a fine one, wanna play?"
The mans voice was slurred, and Mokuba could tell by the way he had to struggle to stand, this man was definitely drunk.
Mokuba smirked. Well, he had found his first meal.
"Sure," he said casually, "but lets head outside."
Mokuba felt a little weird about this. He knew what the man was implying by 'play', and he sure new that he didn't want to play. However, he realized that this would be a good chance to catch a meal, and he wasn't about to miss it.
Mokuba followed the drunken man outside, then carefully lead him into an alley, smirking as he was engulfed in shadow.
"Follow me," slurred Mokuba semi-seductively.
The man had a dark smirk on his face as he followed Mokuba into the alley.
Meanwhile, the black spiky haired man had also followed Mokuba out, just in case he got into any trouble, but he made sure to keep himself hidden. He didn't want Mokuba to get angry with him because it was something he could have handled himself, so, he hid behind a trashcan and observed Mokuba's actions.
Mokuba turned and walked up to the drunk, and, without wasting a second, he latched onto the mans throat and began draining him of that precious liquid that gave him life.
The man behind the trash can gawked in horror. That couldn't really be Mokuba, drinking... Drinking the man's blood... It just wasn't possible. He stood up in a flash. "Mokuba! What are you doing?!" demanded the shocked man.
Mokuba looked up from the man, now going limp in his arms, "Otogi?!"
Lestat appeared behind Otogi and said in his usual silky voice, "Well well, what do we have here? A spy, threatening to destroy us!"
"Mokuba, put the man down and let me get him to a hospital," ordered Otogi, ignoring Lestat completely.
"No!" stated Mokuba, to Otogi's horror, "I will not! This man deserves to die, hitting on young people, getting as drunk as he possibly can, this man deserves the death I have set out for him,"
"Mokuba, you don't know what you're saying, just leave the man and go! I'll take him to the hospital and no one will ever know what you did," said Otogi, still not grasping the fact that Mokuba was a vampire, and could do the same to him as he had to the man.
"No," repeated Mokuba.
Mokuba flashed his fangs in the dark. Otogi suddenly realized what danger he was in.
"You... You wouldn't Mokuba... Not, not to me... I'm your friend. You wouldn't kill me would you?" asked Otogi in an almost pleading voice.
"Actually," replied Mokuba with a sly grin, "I would."
Mokuba was at Otogi like a shot, draining him of his life. All Otogi could do was gasp and mutter feeble calls for help, even though he knew there would be none.
As the darkness began to overtake him he saw Mokuba pull away, with a look of semi-shock on his face.
"I pity him... He may not want to hurt Kaiba, but... But sooner or later he will," thought Otogi before the blackness enveloped him.
"He's dead now," said Lestat from behind Mokuba.
Mokuba turned to look at Lestat. "I... I killed one of my friends..." he said shocked.
"It is no matter," said Lestat, "As I told you before, he is just a link on the food chain, and we are higher than him, therefore he is our prey, like... Cattle is to a mortal,"
Mokuba nodded slowly, then turned away from Otogi and the other man's bodies. He could bear to look at the other man, but... Looking at Otogi was just too much pain. Otogi had never done anything bad to him, and now... Now he was dead for trying to show Mokuba something... Something he couldn't quite grasp. Otogi had forgotten to say something. Something important that Mokuba was missing completely.
Lestat knew though. Lestat knew that if Mokuba didn't get away from Domino City he was just going to hurt more of his friends like this, but how could he convince the boy to leave?
He couldn't.
The only way to get Mokuba to leave was if his brother left, and that wasn't happening anytime soon.
So, Mokuba was going to go on like he was now. Maybe killing one of his friends once in awhile, but Mokuba would come to learn that it wasn't such a great deal. Mokuba had to learn this, or it would destroy them both.
"Lets go." said Mokuba quietly as he dumped the drunk man's body into a garbage dumpster and walked quickly past Otogi's limp form.
Lestat disposed of Otogi's body, then the two vampires continued walking down the street.
"Where to now?" asked Mokuba.
"Wherever we want to go," replied Lestat.
Mokuba sighed. Where did he want to go? He could go anywhere now. At least, anywhere on this earth that he was doomed to wander for eternity.
Suddenly Mokuba noticed Lestat was no longer standing beside him.
"Lestat?!" he asked fearfully, whirling around to try and find out where his mentor went.
"Up here," answered Lestat from the roof of the building beside Mokuba.
"How'd you get up there?" asked Mokuba, giving Lestat a curious look.
"It's just another one of our... talents." replied Lestat with a smirk.
"Well then how do I get up there?" asked Mokuba, crossing his arms and tapping his foot.
"Just jump,"
Mokuba blinked for a moment then curled his legs up into a jump. He sprang up and sailed through the air, landing on the left side of Lestat.
"Huh. Would you look at that," smiled Mokuba, amused as he looked down at the ground behind him.
Lestat smirked, "We still have a few more hours to kill, come on, I'll show you more of your special talents."
Hours passed by and Lestat taught Mokuba many things vampires could do. Mokuba mastered speed and stealth easily, he could sneak up on a jumpy cat, and it would never know what hit it.
Mokuba was overjoyed with his new talents. It was all just a big game to him now, and with a world full of food, any person could become his next meal. Mokuba laughed out loud. This new world, it was wonderful! It was his oyster, and nothing could stop him anymore. Nothing.
Nothing except the sun.
Sun could destroy him. Well, he wouldn't let the sun destroy him. The world was his orange, and he was going to squeeze as much orange juice out of it as he possibly could.
"Come Mokuba, the sun will rise soon, we need to find a place we can sleep safely," said Lestat with some urgency.
"All right," answered Mokuba, "This way, there's a graveyard near Kaiba mansion,"
Mokuba lead Lestat down streets and alleys, including the alley where Lestat turned Mokuba. Mokuba stopped, and paused to look down at the concrete.
"My blood is still on the cement..." muttered Mokuba as he looked towards the spot where he remembered being bitten.
Mokuba shrugged it off and continued walking down the alley, emerging down the block from Kaiba mansion. He then turned the other direction, away from the Kaiba mansion, and headed down four blocks, until the cemetery came into view.
"Here we are," said Mokuba cheerfully.
Lestat smirked and replied, "Home sweet home,"
The two men walked into the cemetery and looked around. They chose a suitable crypt for themselves, one large enough to suit both of their needs. They easily broke the lock upon the large, heavy iron door, and stepped inside. There were two large stone coffins, extravagantly decorated, and obviously final resting-places for a married, deceased couple. Lestat walked over to one of the stone coffin's and pushed off the lid.
"You'll stay in this one," drawled Lestat.
Mokuba walked over and slid into the coffin, crushing old dry bones. He shifted, making himself comfortable, and then glanced up towards Lestat.
"Tomorrow I shall teach you more about your New World Mokuba," Lestat smirked, then slid the heavy stone lid back into place.
Lestat then slid the lid off of the other coffin, then slid into it himself, and sealed himself shut.
Mokuba lay in his coffin, listening to the sounds. People's thoughts from far away, people talking, earth moving, sounds he wouldn't have heard if he were a mortal. But that didn't matter. He wasn't a mortal and he couldn't change it, unless he wanted to die completely. Slowly, Mokuba slid into a dreamless sleep.
Meanwhile, at the Kaiba mansion, Seto had woken up. It was time to get Mokuba up. He pulled on his housecoat and padded in bare feet down to the basement. He shivered slightly outside the door, then pushed it open and walked in.
Mokuba was no where in sight.
Fear sparked in Seto's mind and he rushed down the stairs, then he saw the note laying on the coffee table. He picked it up and read it.
Seto,
Woke up early, decided to get an early start to school and do some extra work when I get there. See you when I get home, and don't work too hard.
Mokuba
Seto sighed in relief. At least he knew his little brother was safe. He stuffed the note in his house coat pocket and then went back upstairs to get ready for work.
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Dragonfly: ...I've put off updating for so long... I had this chapter done... Months ago! ...
Yami Dragonfly: Mmmph mmmphle mmph!!! *Still has duct tape over mouth and is duct tapped to the wall so she can't move to get it off*
Dragonfly: Again, thank you to my beta reader (I have two)! Stephy, your a life saver! You too Alena-chan! I luff you both, and owe you my fan fiction writing life. ^_^ I have the next chapter started, although when I'll post it... I know not. So please-
Yugi: Read and Review! ^_^
Dragonfly: What he said. See you next chapter! Byez! ^_^