"Back so soon?" Honda asked as Jou walked into their apartment. Both Honda and Yami were sitting on the couch watching TV.

"Mokuba wasn't home," Jou informed them with a frown as he sat down in a chair. "And he wasn't at his office either. He's been doing this a lot since Seto died. It's not wise to disappear without telling anyone, especially where we live."

"Don't worry about it," Honda replied. "Mokuba has a Night Pass. No vampire would dare to touch him."

"Yeah I guess," Jou grumbled.

"I'm bored," Honda suddenly announced. "Do either of you want to go for a walk?"

"Why not?" Yami replied while Jou merely shrugged his shoulders. Therefore the three of them stood up and quickly exited the apartment building.

"Yay for quitting time!" Anzu happily cried as she and Malik exited the store together leaving Mai to finish locking up.

"Just quit if you hate it so much," Malik told her as they walked together down the street.

"Yeah well there isn't exactly a great job market out there right now," Anzu replied with a sigh, not noticing cloaked individuals had started to follow them. Fortunately for them Malik noticed right away.

"Keep walking don't look behind you," he whispered to her. "Also get ready to run if you have too but make sure that you stick close to me."

"What?" Anzu whispered back. "What's going on?"

"Vampires are following us."

"Vampires?! But how?! Its still light out!"

"Don't be fooled by stupid stories," Malik hissed. "Only weaker or newly turned vampires need to fear the sun. The rest can function normally but prefer the dark because they've been in hiding for so long."

"What are we going to do?" Anzu asked, starting to panic.

"Just remember what I said," Malik told her as he took a quick glance over his shoulder and saw that the group of five vampires was getting closer. "Okay, now we run!" he cried as he grabbed Anzu hand and started running down the street while the vampires gave chase.

The pair ran down the street and ducked down an ally but the vampires were slowly gaining on them. "It's no use!" Anzu cried.

"Go!" Malik ordered her. "I'll hold them off!"

"But-"

"I'll be fine! Just go!"

With one last glance back at Malik, Anzu took off running. She didn't get far when she literally bumped into to Yami who caught her in his arms before she could fall to the ground.

"Anzu! What's wrong!" Jou cried.

"Vampires!" She cried. "They came out of nowhere and started chasing us! Malik helped me escaped but now he's trying to fight them all by himself!"

"Show us!" Yami demanded suddenly coming to life. Anzu quickly took off leading them all back to where she had left her co-worker.

"What's the meaning of this?!" Malik demanded as the five other vampires surrounded him. "Do you know who I am?!"

"We know all too well," one of the entirely cloaked gang, said. Because of their cloaks Malik had no way in identifying them. "Our master gave us specific instructions that you need to be captured so the sacrifice can take place. Only then may the great lord be released from his sleep."

"Zork!" Malik spat knowing immediately who the great lord they spoke of was. "I'm not going to go easily!"

Malik lunged at the vampire to the left of him and grabbed him by the front of his cloak; Malik then threw him over his head towards another vampire and the pair collided together. Unfortunately the first vampire gracefully landed on his feet instead of falling to the ground and the second was quickly back on his feet after a few moments.

Another two vampires lunged at him trying to trap him in between them, but Malik quickly ducked causing the two vampires to hit each other. Their heads crashed together knocking them both into unconsciousness. Malik then spun back around, ready for another attack when he felt a piercing pain from his chest. Looking down, Malik was horrified to find a sword sticking through his chest.

"We want you alive, not unharmed," one of the three remaining vampires laughed as he removed his sword from Malik's chest. Malik then slumped forward as he struggled to stay on his feet.

"There he is!" Anzu cried pointing towards Malik and the vampires. They watched in horror as the sword plunged through Malik's chest before it was pulled back out again.

"Stay here!" Yami ordered as he sprinted forward and jumped onto the back of the vampire who had the sword. Before he realized what he was doing he ripped the hood off the vampire and quickly bit into the newly exposed neck.

"Amelda!" Another one of the vampires yelled as the one called Amelda dropped to the ground, dead, with Yami still on top of him. Yami then stood and turned his hungry/angry glaze to the other two vampires.

"Kill him!" the second of the vampires yelled and the first one lunged at Yami with a punch but Yami caught his fist and drove a swift kick to his gut. Then with all his might, Yami lifted the vampire up by his wrist and threw him into the nearby brick wall.

"I'll enjoy killing you," the last of the vampires hissed as he drew his own sword from the inside of his cloak. The vampire then charged at Yami who stood motionless until the tip of the vampire's sword almost touched his chest. Yami sidestepped the vampire, sticking his foot out in the process. The vampire then helplessly fell over Yami's foot and stumbled to the ground. Before the vampire could regain his footing, Yami was upon him, successfully wrestling the sword away. Yami then raised the sword and beheaded the fallen vampire before rushing over to Malik's side who was now kneeing on the pavement.

"Atemu," Malik whispered before slumping over into Yami's arms unconscious.

"That was amazing!" Honda cried as he, Jou and Anzu came running over to them.

"Is Malik alright?" Anzu asked and Yami nodded his head.

"Yes. We should take him back to the apartment though."

"He needs a hospital!" Honda replied.

"There's no time!" Jou argued. "It's alright getting dark yet. We could never make the nearest hospital by nightfall!"

"What about them?" Anzu asked motioning towards the three unconscious vampires. "What should we do about them?"

"Leave them," Yami commanded as he lifted Malik up into his arms. "We have more important things to worry about."

"Yeah," Jou agreed. "Hopefully before they wake up another vampire will come along and find out that they were hunting before dark."

The four of them then hurried off while Yami carried Malik.

"This is not good," Isis said as she paced back and forth in the main chamber of the palace. "Seto has now gone missing as well."

"Are you sure?" Akunadin asked, while the other vampires in the room, Marik, Ryou, Bakura and Mahado looked at him. To them it seemed as if Akunadin wasn't concerned at all.

"Yes, he has not been seen since this afternoon," Isis replied. She left out the fact that the last time he had been was when he returned to the palace with Mokuba but for some reason she found herself not trusting Akunadin with that news. Akunadin would be the angriest of them to learn that a human was now living with them.

"I want people out searching for him now!" Akunadin snapped before walking off.

"What an idiot," Bakura muttered as soon as the elder vampire was gone. "Why does Atemu keep him around anyway?"

"Because he's the only one left that served his father," Mahado replied. "Atemu feels as if he has to keep Akunadin around to repay him for his serves."

"Has anyone seen Malik?" Marik suddenly asked worriedly. "He should have been back by now."

"Oh no," Isis replied while exchanging a worried look with Mahado. "Both Seto and Malik are missing and the Pharaoh is gone as well. This is worst then we thought."

"Why? What do you mean?" Bakura demanded.

"Zork couldn't be killed so he was sealed away," Mahado explained. "And to strengthen the seal to make sure it could never be broken, the Pharaoh selected three vampires to go through a blood ritual. That way the only way the seal could be broken is if the three vampires are sacrificed. Seto and Malik are two of the three vampires needed."

"What?!" Marik demanded. "Why wasn't I informed of this! Malik's my wife and he could be in danger!"

"It was Malik's choice," Isis quickly replied. "He didn't want to worry you. Only myself, Mahado and Mana know the truth."

"So who's the other vampire?" Bakura asked. "They're going to need protection."

"I am," Ryou softly replied and everyone else took a large step backwards away from Bakura.

"What?! But you were only a year old at the time!" Bakura yelled. "Where is that Pharaoh! I'm going to kill him myself with my bare hands!"

"I was the least obvious person," Ryou told his lover trying to calm the white-haired vampire down. "Atemu didn't force me to do it. He asked and I agreed."

"You should have never have done that!" Bakura yelled as he continued to rant. "Do you realize you could now be killed because some maniac is trying to release Zork!"

"You'll just have to protect me," Ryou said giving Bakura a smile.

"Of course I will," he scoffed. "Don't even think you're going to leave my side ever again!"

"I'm going to go look for Malik," Marik announced since Bakura was finished with his outrage. "Maybe he figured we were still out looking for Atemu so he didn't bother to come back."

"I'll go with you," Isis offered. "I'm not going to sit here knowing there could be someone out there who wants my brother dead."

Seto jumped from rooftop to rooftop searching for any sign of Siegfried. So far he was not having any luck however.

"Where are you hiding?" Seto muttered to himself as the last rays of sun slipped behind the earth covering the land once again in darkness. Seto's search just got a lot easier now that there were other vampires out that he could ask where Siegfried was.

"Put him in my room," Honda offered as soon as they reached their apartment and Yami did what he was told. Yami didn't know what it was but he felt as if he knew the young blonde. He was also extremely curious what it was that the blonde said before he passed out, since he seemed to recognize Yami. Was Atemu a name, a place or something completely else in a different language? Yami chose to keep the information to himself for the time being since he was confused over what happened earlier when he fought the vampires. He was acting on instinct but he knew that no ordinary human could take out three vampires the way he did.

"He doesn't look too good," Anzu said bringing Yami back out of his thoughts. She took a look at his wound and was amazed to see it had started to heal up. "What the-" she gasped.

"He's a vampire!" Jou snarled and Honda ran to get a butchers knife from the kitchen. "We need to quickly kill it!"

"But he's my friend!" Anzu protested as Honda returned.

"Anzu is right," Honda sighed in defeat. "Besides, what if other vampires found out and become pissed with us? If we save him then we might be rewarded!"

"Give me that," Yami commanded and Honda handed him the knife. Acting on instinct Yami took the knife and slit his palm with it. He then his placed his palm up against Malik's mouth. To his relief, even while unconscious, Malik slowly began lapping up the blood.

"How did you know how to do that?" Anzu asked in shock as she stared at Malik lap at the blood. "How did you defeat those vampires?"

"I don't know," Yami admitted as he continued to watch Malik. When it looked like Malik was finished, Yami pulled his hand away and wrapped it up in a cloth that Anzu had gotten to use on Malik to soak up his blood until she discovered that the wound had already healed. "He's resting," Yami announced as Malik's breathing evened out.

"Look! We deserve some answers!" Jou yelled at him. "Who are you?! Are you one of them?!"

"I don't know," Yami replied with a shake of his head. "I don't have teeth like him and sunlight doesn't effect me."

"Malik told me right before we started running that vampires being effected by sun was only a myth for the most part," Anzu explained. "He said only newly turned or weak vampires had to worry about the sun. Also I've seen Malik's teeth and I know for a fact he doesn't have fangs."

"He does now," Yami said and he opened Malik's mouth up just enough so that they could get a look.

"Lets get a look at your teeth," Jou demanded and Yami opened his mouth and Anzu gasped when she saw his fangs. Judging by their reactions Yami knew what they had seen and hung his head in shame. The group then fell into silence as they became lost in their own thoughts.

"His trail goes that way," Marik announced pointing down the street as Isis and Marik stood in front of the now closed store where Malik worked. Vampires had an incredible sense of smell and could track another vampire but their ability only went so far in that they couldn't distinguish between vampires. Marik however had the rare ability to know Malik's scent from another vampire so tracing him would not be a problem.

"Do you smell that?" Isis asked as they followed Malik's trail.

"Yes, he was being followed by other vampires."

"Five of them," Isis confirmed becoming worried. Her brother was a great fighter but not good enough to take on five vampires. Only someone like Marik, Bakura, Seto, Mahado and Atemu could take that many vampires without help.

"That way," Marik said pointing to an alleyway and the pair continued on their way.

"Another was here," Isis said picking up a seventh vampire scent.

"Yes," Marik replied. "But this one is different. It's familiar somehow."

"I know," Isis agreed as she took in the scene of the splattered blood all around the area. "There was a battle, but no bodies. The survivors must have carried the dead off with them or else we would have heard about it."

"Malik and the newcomer head that way," Marik said nodding his head. "The others went off in a different direction."

Marik and Isis followed the trail that Marik was sniffing out and eventually they reached an apartment building. "He's somewhere in there," Marik said as he stared up at the building trying to determine what apartment his wife was in. "I got him!" Marik cried as he pointed to an apartment on the third floor.

"Can you tell his condition?" Isis asked.

"Unconscious," Marik replied as he flew up to the balcony of the apartment with Isis right behind him. Fortunately for the two vampires the sliding door to the balcony was open so Marik and Isis were able to walk right inside.

"Someone's here," Yami told the others breaking the silence in the room. "I can sense it." Hearing this, Honda stuck his head out the door and saw the two vampires in his living room. Unfortunately for Honda they also saw him, who quickly slammed the door to his bedroom.

"Two vampires!" he yelled and Jou rushed forward to try and help him hold the door. Their attempts were useless however as the vampires easily knocked down the door and stalked inside the room.

"Leave us alone!" Yami yelled as he jumped to his feet. To everyone's surprised the vampires stared at him in shock before bowing slightly.

"My lord!" the female vampire said, sounding relieved. "We were beginning to fear the worst!"

"Malik!" the other vampire cried upon seeing Malik sprawled out on the bed. He rushed over and sat on the bed, clasping one of Malik's hands. "What happened to him?" he then demanded giving a glare to the three humans.

"We were attacked," Anzu quietly explained. "Malik tried fighting them but was losing until Yami showed up. Will he be okay?"

"My brother will be fine," the female vampire reassured them all. Anzu however was surprised to learn that the vampire was Malik's sister. "He was lucky to have Atemu show up when he did," she added before turning her attention to Yami. "Atemu, where have you been? We were so worried. We've been searching for you non-stop since you disappeared last night!"

"My name is Atemu?" Yami asked them and the two vampires shared a worried look. "I can't remember anything," he explained.

"Nothing my lord?" the female asked and Yami shook his head. "Well then, yes, your name is Atemu. My name is Isis. The one worried sick is Marik and our companion is Malik. Malik and I are siblings and Marik is Malik's husband. Malik and I were both born as vampires 3000 years ago just like you."

"You all look so young!" Honda replied in amazement.

"When vampires reach a certain age they stop aging," Isis explained. "For vampires like Marik who have been turned, they stay the age they were turned at. That is why we have rules about only turning people after a certain age. Children are never turned and we try to stay away from turning older people, but there are some exceptions."

"That's why that old fart Akunadin is so ancient," Marik grumbled as he scooped Malik up in his arms. "We better finish this conversation at home though. Those other vampires could track down your trail here so it may not be safe."

"What about my friends?!" Yami demanded. "If they stay here those vampires will kill them if they show up!"

"Look! Just because Seto brought a human in doesn't mean I'm going to let any old human into my home especially ones that you've only known a day when you were not well!" Marik yelled and Isis laid a gentle hand on his shoulder to calm him down.

"Even though he does not remember we must still obey his commands," she whispered to him. "We owe these humans for helping both Atemu and Malik."

"Fine!" Marik spat before giving the three humans a glare. "Pray to your god that your rooms are no where near mine. I've been known to sleepwalk so who knows what could happen to you."

"Marik stop it!" Isis yelled at her brother-in-law before turning to Anzu. "May I borrow your phone? It'll be easier and safer if we fly to the palace but Atemu and I can not carry all three of you since Malik needs to be carried as well in his state."

"Umm . . . sure," Anzu nervously replied before leading Isis back out into the living room. "I'm Anzu, by the way. My friends are Jou and Honda."

"Thank you for what you've done," Isis replied before picking up the phone and dialing the number for the palace. Vampires were in fact telepathic but it used up a lot of their power so they decided to install the palace with all kinds of the latest technology. "They will be arriving shortly," Isis said hanging up the phone just as Yami, Honda, Jou and Marik who was still carrying Malik entered the room. A few minutes later there was a knock at the door.

"Who is it?" Isis cautiously called.

"Mahado and Otogi," a familiar voice called back and Isis swiftly walked over to the door to unlock it and let them in.

"Atemu!" Mahado and Otogi both cried upon seeing the Pharaoh.

"We're glad you're safe!" Mahado added before Honda noticed one of the vampires and recognized him.

"Otogi!"

"Honda!" the black-haired vampire cried upon seeing his boyfriend. "Umm . . . hi! . . . Surprise!"

"This just keeps on getting weirder and weirder," Anzu said as she followed the vampires and the others out to the balcony. To her surprise Isis wrapped her arms tightly around her waist.

"Just stay calm and there will be nothing to worry about," Isis told her. Glancing around Anzu saw that Jou and Honda were being held in a similar matter and she did notice that Honda refused to be touched by Otogi so he was with Mahado. She also noticed that Yami was looking nervous.

"My lord is something wrong?" Mahado asked him.

"He lost his memory," Isis explained. "Perhaps he doesn't remember how to fly?"

"No, I know how to do that," Yami replied with a shake of his head. "I don't know how I know but I know. Why do you all treat me with such respect?"

"He really does remember nothing!" Otogi said in surprise.

"We'll tell you when we get back home," Isis replied before flying off being followed closely by Marik. Yami then took off after them with Mahado and Otogi bringing up the rear. The vampires flew through the night until they reached the palace and gently touched down in front of it.

"That was so cool!" Honda cried and even Jou looked excited and a lot like his old self. Anzu however was frozen stiff from the fear she had from the flight.

Without a word the vampires strolled into the palace and the three humans as well as Yami closely followed them. "We're heading to where the sleeping chambers are," Isis informed them. "Malik needs some rest."

Marik led the way and kicked opened the door to his and Malik's room when they got to it. He then placed Malik on the bed before sitting in a nearby chair. "Leave," he commanded and the others did what they were told. They left the room and started walking down the hall again, however they didn't get very far however when a young female vampire came walking towards them.

"Ouji!" she cried when she saw Yami as she ran forward and jumped into Yami's arms. "You're back!"

"Mana!" Mahado sighed as he pealed Mana off of Yami, but he had a smile on his face. He didn't blame Mana for being excited to see Atemu again and knowing that he was all right.

"I'll be right back!" Mana cried before taking off down the hall where she had just come from.

"Yugi!" Mana cried bursting into his and Atemu's room.

"What's wrong? I thought you were going to get something to eat from the kitchen?" Yugi asked sitting up in the bed as Mana bounced onto the bed and grabbed his wrist so that she could pull him out of it.

"Come on!" she cried as she successfully dragged him out of the bed. "Come see!"

"Mana!" Yugi yelled as stumbled trying to keep up with her as she dragged him out of the room and down the hall where he could make out a small group of vampires were waiting. Yugi immediately recognized who one of the vampires was.

"Atemu!" he yelled as he broke out into a run.

Yami and the three humans looked around at the interior of the palace. While the humans were in complete awe of the place that was almost like an Egyptian palace except with modern conveniences, Yami was positive he could remember some of the things he saw. Suddenly someone yelled his name and looked down the hall to see a miniature version of himself running towards him. "Yugi," Yami whispered as he caught the younger vampire in a hug. Yami could feel Yugi's tears against his chest and he too started crying.

"Yugi!" he heard Jou gasp from somewhere behind him but he didn't bother to look. All he cared about was his Yugi being back in his arms. He slowly started to remember things like keeping a watchful eye over Yugi when he was ill and holding the young vampire tightly in his arms at night.

"Yugi," he whispered again as he slightly pulled away so he could look at Yugi's face. He also began to gently kiss away Yugi's tears.

"I was so worried!" Yugi sobbed. "Where were you?! What happened?!"

"I don't know," Yami admitted. "I don't remember a lot. But I remember you."

"Yugi what are you doing here?!" Jou cried and Yugi finally noticed his friends.

"Hey guys," Yugi said as he whipped away his tears and pressed tightly against Yami. "I live here. Atemu saved my life and I've been living here since then. I can't go out in daylight yet so that's why I haven't visited."

"You're a vampire?" Anzu asked and Yugi nodded his head.

"Yeah," he replied with a small laugh. "My wounds were too deadly for a human so the only way Atemu could save my life was if he turned me."

"Why the hell would you want to be a vampire?" Jou asked him and all the vampires, except for Yugi, shot him a dirty look.

"Immortality for one!" a new voice rang out around the palace and from down the hall strolled Bakura with Ryou close behind him. "There is also the ability to have the strength of a hundred men, the power to fly and be feared by pitiful humans."

"We're glad to have you back Atemu," Ryou said. "It has not been the same without you around here."

"Ahh yes! The great Pharaoh returns!" Bakura added with a grin on his face. "Pity, since I was about to make a move to be the new Pharaoh. Pharaoh Bakura has a nice ring to it don't you think?"

"Pharaoh?" Yami asked looking at them all with a confused look on his face and Bakura's grin faded away.

"What's wrong?" he asked. "Don't you know who you are?" Yami shook his head and wrapped his arms once again around Yugi out of fear.

"Great," Bakura muttered as he began to pace back and forth in the hallway. "We have Seto missing, a Pharaoh who doesn't know he's Pharaoh and four humans stinking up our home. By the way, I'm still pissed at you for what you did for Ryou but he's managed to talk me out of killing you for the meantime." The truth was that although Bakura was still mad at Atemu he was glad that the Pharaoh was all right.

"Uhh . . . there's only three of us," Honda timidly replied.

"Hi guys!" Yet another voice called out and the group turned to find Mokuba walking towards them licking an ice cream cone with Kisara following him close behind him. "It's so cool here! Is Seto back yet?"

"Mokuba!" Jou cried, ready to faint if he didn't fear that the other vampires would try to attack him as soon as he was unconscious. "You're a vampire too?!"

"Of course not!" Mokuba scoffed. "Mana and Kisara have told me all about vampires and I'm too young to be turned yet. Seto is a vampire though. It's a long story. I'm living here now to be near Seto but he took off sometime this afternoon and hasn't been back since."

"Yes we should probably send out a search party for him," Isis suggested. "With way things have been recently I don't think anyone should be going off my themselves."

"I'm taking Atemu back to our room," Yugi announced as he took Yami's hand and started dragging him down the hall towards their bedroom. "Maybe he can remember more if after a good night's sleep."

"I thought you guys were most active at night and slept during the day," Honda said and he received a glare from Bakura for his trouble.

"The first thing you need to know about vampires is not to believe all the myths," he growled.

"Bakura these are guests of the Pharaoh," Mahado told the white haired vampire. "It would be wise to hold back your temper." Bakura gave a small snort for his reply before crossing his arms in front of his chest and following silent.

"Vampires sleep at any time of the day," Isis informed the humans. "Typically we sleep no more then four hours at one time. Sometimes only an hour or two."

"Why the wacky hours?" Anzu asked. "Isn't it easier to get your sleep all at once?"

"Survival," Mahado replied. "In the old days people would hunt us when we were asleep as they knew that was the only time they could kill us. That is why we started sleeping less at one time and having completely random times when we sleep. Rarely will a vampire sleep at the same time day after day."

"Why don't you just give away all our secrets?" Bakura asked in an annoyed voice and the other vampires shot him a stern look. "Fine! I'm out of here!" Bakura said getting the hint. He then dragged Ryou off by the arm.

"Mokuba it is time for bed," Kisara told the youngster.

"Do I have to?" Mokuba whined.

"Yes, you are a human and need your rest."

"But I want to wait for ni-sama!"

"I will wake you when Seto-sama returns," Kisara replied before leading Mokuba back to his room.

"You three should also be getting some sleep," Isis said to the other three humans. "Follow me, your rooms are this way."

Latias gang - thanks. Don't worry, I'll be updating a lot.

Destiny - Honestly I haven't decided yet if Pegasus is going to be one of the villians. He's used a lot in stories so I may not use him unless I run out of guys.

Kitty Neko - Don't worry I update as soon as possible. These chapters are a lot longer then my other stories so it takes longer to update sometimes.

Maruken - Thanks for your review. I found that a lot of people it seems don't like Kisara so it's hard finding her a role sometimes. I agree with you that Marik's always been bloodthirsty and insane. lol.

yaminkathy - Thank you very much! I've been trying really hard to improve my writting skills with this story.