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A/N: Okaay, finally! Sorry for the long wait, but I kinda lost my inspiration on this one. Thanks for most my reviewers for their patience, and NO thanks to the one who felt the need to flame just cuz I wasn't updating. . .shame shame.
Anyway, good news for you. Dunno if it'd make much difference to you ppl out there, but this chappie is one page longer than most other of chappies of Innocent Blood. Guess you could call it a treat, though one page isn't much. Heh, srri. Maybe I'll make the next one extra extra extra long.
OK, I'm done talking, ur probably bored now. On with da fic!
~Chapter 5~
"What's wrong Yugi?"
Again, Seto answered for him. "He needs blood, Yami. He hasn't fed in a while. With him being so young and all, he has to feed everyday."
Anzu chewed her lip nervously. "What can we do? We can't exactly let him go out to kill an innocent person, despite his reluctance for it, and I definitely object to letting him kill one of us."
"We _could_ inject him-"
The girl interrupted. "No we can't, Honda. He's too young- it'll kill him."
Yugi was now groaning loudly from the stomach pangs. He had ignored them earlier, but they had intensified beyond that point.
"What are we going to do?" Bakura inquired.
"He can take blood from me." Seto declared.
The whole group gasped, and even Yugi was surprised. "Are you nuts? That's suicide! He'll drain ya clean!" Jou hissed.
Smirking, Seto replied casually, "Glad you care." In a more serious tone, he said, "Look guys, I'm a half vampire. I have some qualities of a vampire, and one of them is that my blood will revitalize faster than humans do. Another quality is that I can survive a temporary loss of a lot of blood."
"Well. . .if you say so. . ."
Turning to Yugi, Seto spoke. "Yugi, drink my blood. But not all of it- I'd like to live a few more years, if you don't mind."
Seto lifted the smaller boy so he could easily bite his neck.
Seto winced as he felt the fangs digging in. He felt much of his blood drained, and when Yugi had finished, Seto was feeling quite dizzy. As Yugi withdrew his fangs from Seto's neck, the taller teen thumped to the ground.
"Seto, are you alright?" Yami hovered over him.
Smiling lopsidedly, Seto tried to wave him aside, but blacked out.
". . .He's not dead, is he?"
"He's just unconscious." Yami turned to Yugi. "Did you take too much?"
Yugi shook his head.
"You better not have or I'll. . ." Honda cracked his knuckles.
Yugi began to back away, thinking maybe accepting Seto's invitation to drink his blood wasn't a good idea.
"Honda, stop it! You're scaring him!" Bakura chided.
"I'm sure Seto'll be better after some rest. Jou, Honda, can you two carry him to another room? I still need to discuss some stuff."
The two teens nodded, and half dragged half carried the half vampire.
Yami turned back to Yugi. But this time, the vampire asked a question. "What's this injection you keep talking about?"
"Oh, that. It's this substance Bakura," Yami pointed to the white haired teen, "invented. Every time we catch a vampire, we inject him or her with this liquid. I'm not sure exactly what it does, you'll hafta ask Bakura for that, but generally it gives the vampire the nourishment they need to last the rest of their life. So, in other words, they don't have to drink blood to survive. And I think it erases their memories of being a vampire at all. Ingenious, isn't it?"
"Why can't you do that to me?" Yugi asked timidly. 'I wouldn't have to kill people that way. And it's not like I'd actually _want_ to keep the memories of how I live. Except maybe one. . .'
"You're only 15, Yugi. ("Though incredibly short for one." Yami muttered under his breath.) Most vampires we capture are at least in their hundreds, so the injection only works for older vampires. If we inject you, we risk killing you, and that's something we don't like to do."
By now, Bakura and Anzu had joined Yami on the floor, facing Yugi.
"So. . .what will you do with me?"
Anzu spoke up. "That's a good question. What _are_ we going to do with him, Yami? He can't exactly drain Seto of his blood _every_ day."
"Eh. . .but I'm sure Jou would like that." Yami sniggered.
"Stoppit, Yami! They may quarrel a lot, but Jou wouldn't want Seto dead!" Anzu scolded.
"We also have another problem to deal with." Bakura spoke up quietly.
"Huh?"
"You two probably forgot, but Yugi _is_ being followed by that other vampire, for whatever reason, and probably lots more. They're not likely to give up so easily on Yugi, according to what that man said when he met us. I'm sure he'll be back like he said he would. Having that vampire sense, he'll easily be able to track down where Yugi is. Now, if Yugi is with us, and that other guy wants Yugi. . ."
Anzu realized where he was going at. "Then we're in danger too as long as Yugi stays with us!"
Yugi flinched slightly in guilt, which went unnoticed.
"So, we have another problem on our hands. That's just great." Yami muttered. "And on top of that, we have to wait for Seto to recover, and we don't know how long _that_ will take."
"It'll take him just a day or two to recover." Yugi spoke up.
"That's a relief. . .I think."
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*two days later*
"I wonder why those guys didn't come yet?" Anzu pondered. "Maybe they're getting ready to launch a mass attack, or something. Urgh, I've been watching too many action movies. . ." She rubbed her neck where a bite mark was seen. The group had resorted to giving Yugi a little bit of their blood- much to the protest of Jou.
"But I don't wanna get turned into a blood-sucking fiend!!!" Jou had yelled in panic, hiding behind Bakura while watching Yugi.
Yami had answered with an exasperated sigh. "Jou, as a vampire expert, remember you don't turn into one unless the vampire himself wants you to by. . .uh. . ." Yami looked to Yugi.
"By drinking the person's blood and then spitting it back in, mixed with the vampire's saliva." Yugi had supplied helpfully.
Anzu shuddered, hoping they would come up with a better solution, as the idea of being sucked dry just to keep one kid vampire alive wasn't too enticing.
Jou snorted in answer to her question. "I doubt it. Yami once told me vampires didn't get along with their own kind, unless they were family. Even then, it's rare. So unless this guy has really loyal cronies, he's probably gonna be alone."
"True. . ."
"Unnnh. . ."
"Seto!"
Seto blinked groggily. "Uh. . .hey. . ."
"Hey Yami! Seto's awake!" Honda hollered.
No response.
"Yami?"
*In another room*
Yami crouched, staring at the boy in front of him while ignoring Honda's call. Yugi tried his best to ignore the other as he was trying to sleep, but it was quite hard under that piercing crimson gaze. Finally, the little vampire's patience wore out.
"What?!" Yugi snapped. Normally, Yugi was a pretty mild guy for a vampire, of course only if he had the chance to socialize. Which wasn't much. And this wasn't exactly a normal situation.
Yami continued to stare as if he hadn't heard Yugi's outburst. Which in fact he hadn't.
A minute passed.
Then two.
Ten more.
And Yugi's last shred of patience passed along with the time.
"WOULD YOU STOP IT?!!" He yelled.
Only to realize Yami had completely ignored him *again* and resumed staring.
Fed up, Yugi bared his miniscule fangs, hoping for *some* sort of reaction.
Yami only chuckled , causing Yugi to twitch in annoyance. Not the reaction the little blood-sucker had wanted.
"So you can yell after all. One wouldn't believe that after the amount of talking you did previously."
Yugi just crossed his arms, now sitting up on the bed while subconsciously pouting. (KAWAIIIIII!!!!^_^)
The taller boy raised an eyebrow in amusement. It wasn't everyday you get to see a vampire *pouting*.
"Gomen, Yugi. I'm just really curious about how we. . .you know. Look so much alike."
Yugi shrugged, still feeling a bit irked. He opened his mouth to reply, when the sound of shattering glass interrupted him. . .and the accompaniment of Anzu's scream.
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Well, there it was. Not really too proud of this chapter, but I still had fun writing this one. Still, I'll probably make a few edits someday.
A/N: Okaay, finally! Sorry for the long wait, but I kinda lost my inspiration on this one. Thanks for most my reviewers for their patience, and NO thanks to the one who felt the need to flame just cuz I wasn't updating. . .shame shame.
Anyway, good news for you. Dunno if it'd make much difference to you ppl out there, but this chappie is one page longer than most other of chappies of Innocent Blood. Guess you could call it a treat, though one page isn't much. Heh, srri. Maybe I'll make the next one extra extra extra long.
OK, I'm done talking, ur probably bored now. On with da fic!
~Chapter 5~
"What's wrong Yugi?"
Again, Seto answered for him. "He needs blood, Yami. He hasn't fed in a while. With him being so young and all, he has to feed everyday."
Anzu chewed her lip nervously. "What can we do? We can't exactly let him go out to kill an innocent person, despite his reluctance for it, and I definitely object to letting him kill one of us."
"We _could_ inject him-"
The girl interrupted. "No we can't, Honda. He's too young- it'll kill him."
Yugi was now groaning loudly from the stomach pangs. He had ignored them earlier, but they had intensified beyond that point.
"What are we going to do?" Bakura inquired.
"He can take blood from me." Seto declared.
The whole group gasped, and even Yugi was surprised. "Are you nuts? That's suicide! He'll drain ya clean!" Jou hissed.
Smirking, Seto replied casually, "Glad you care." In a more serious tone, he said, "Look guys, I'm a half vampire. I have some qualities of a vampire, and one of them is that my blood will revitalize faster than humans do. Another quality is that I can survive a temporary loss of a lot of blood."
"Well. . .if you say so. . ."
Turning to Yugi, Seto spoke. "Yugi, drink my blood. But not all of it- I'd like to live a few more years, if you don't mind."
Seto lifted the smaller boy so he could easily bite his neck.
Seto winced as he felt the fangs digging in. He felt much of his blood drained, and when Yugi had finished, Seto was feeling quite dizzy. As Yugi withdrew his fangs from Seto's neck, the taller teen thumped to the ground.
"Seto, are you alright?" Yami hovered over him.
Smiling lopsidedly, Seto tried to wave him aside, but blacked out.
". . .He's not dead, is he?"
"He's just unconscious." Yami turned to Yugi. "Did you take too much?"
Yugi shook his head.
"You better not have or I'll. . ." Honda cracked his knuckles.
Yugi began to back away, thinking maybe accepting Seto's invitation to drink his blood wasn't a good idea.
"Honda, stop it! You're scaring him!" Bakura chided.
"I'm sure Seto'll be better after some rest. Jou, Honda, can you two carry him to another room? I still need to discuss some stuff."
The two teens nodded, and half dragged half carried the half vampire.
Yami turned back to Yugi. But this time, the vampire asked a question. "What's this injection you keep talking about?"
"Oh, that. It's this substance Bakura," Yami pointed to the white haired teen, "invented. Every time we catch a vampire, we inject him or her with this liquid. I'm not sure exactly what it does, you'll hafta ask Bakura for that, but generally it gives the vampire the nourishment they need to last the rest of their life. So, in other words, they don't have to drink blood to survive. And I think it erases their memories of being a vampire at all. Ingenious, isn't it?"
"Why can't you do that to me?" Yugi asked timidly. 'I wouldn't have to kill people that way. And it's not like I'd actually _want_ to keep the memories of how I live. Except maybe one. . .'
"You're only 15, Yugi. ("Though incredibly short for one." Yami muttered under his breath.) Most vampires we capture are at least in their hundreds, so the injection only works for older vampires. If we inject you, we risk killing you, and that's something we don't like to do."
By now, Bakura and Anzu had joined Yami on the floor, facing Yugi.
"So. . .what will you do with me?"
Anzu spoke up. "That's a good question. What _are_ we going to do with him, Yami? He can't exactly drain Seto of his blood _every_ day."
"Eh. . .but I'm sure Jou would like that." Yami sniggered.
"Stoppit, Yami! They may quarrel a lot, but Jou wouldn't want Seto dead!" Anzu scolded.
"We also have another problem to deal with." Bakura spoke up quietly.
"Huh?"
"You two probably forgot, but Yugi _is_ being followed by that other vampire, for whatever reason, and probably lots more. They're not likely to give up so easily on Yugi, according to what that man said when he met us. I'm sure he'll be back like he said he would. Having that vampire sense, he'll easily be able to track down where Yugi is. Now, if Yugi is with us, and that other guy wants Yugi. . ."
Anzu realized where he was going at. "Then we're in danger too as long as Yugi stays with us!"
Yugi flinched slightly in guilt, which went unnoticed.
"So, we have another problem on our hands. That's just great." Yami muttered. "And on top of that, we have to wait for Seto to recover, and we don't know how long _that_ will take."
"It'll take him just a day or two to recover." Yugi spoke up.
"That's a relief. . .I think."
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*two days later*
"I wonder why those guys didn't come yet?" Anzu pondered. "Maybe they're getting ready to launch a mass attack, or something. Urgh, I've been watching too many action movies. . ." She rubbed her neck where a bite mark was seen. The group had resorted to giving Yugi a little bit of their blood- much to the protest of Jou.
"But I don't wanna get turned into a blood-sucking fiend!!!" Jou had yelled in panic, hiding behind Bakura while watching Yugi.
Yami had answered with an exasperated sigh. "Jou, as a vampire expert, remember you don't turn into one unless the vampire himself wants you to by. . .uh. . ." Yami looked to Yugi.
"By drinking the person's blood and then spitting it back in, mixed with the vampire's saliva." Yugi had supplied helpfully.
Anzu shuddered, hoping they would come up with a better solution, as the idea of being sucked dry just to keep one kid vampire alive wasn't too enticing.
Jou snorted in answer to her question. "I doubt it. Yami once told me vampires didn't get along with their own kind, unless they were family. Even then, it's rare. So unless this guy has really loyal cronies, he's probably gonna be alone."
"True. . ."
"Unnnh. . ."
"Seto!"
Seto blinked groggily. "Uh. . .hey. . ."
"Hey Yami! Seto's awake!" Honda hollered.
No response.
"Yami?"
*In another room*
Yami crouched, staring at the boy in front of him while ignoring Honda's call. Yugi tried his best to ignore the other as he was trying to sleep, but it was quite hard under that piercing crimson gaze. Finally, the little vampire's patience wore out.
"What?!" Yugi snapped. Normally, Yugi was a pretty mild guy for a vampire, of course only if he had the chance to socialize. Which wasn't much. And this wasn't exactly a normal situation.
Yami continued to stare as if he hadn't heard Yugi's outburst. Which in fact he hadn't.
A minute passed.
Then two.
Ten more.
And Yugi's last shred of patience passed along with the time.
"WOULD YOU STOP IT?!!" He yelled.
Only to realize Yami had completely ignored him *again* and resumed staring.
Fed up, Yugi bared his miniscule fangs, hoping for *some* sort of reaction.
Yami only chuckled , causing Yugi to twitch in annoyance. Not the reaction the little blood-sucker had wanted.
"So you can yell after all. One wouldn't believe that after the amount of talking you did previously."
Yugi just crossed his arms, now sitting up on the bed while subconsciously pouting. (KAWAIIIIII!!!!^_^)
The taller boy raised an eyebrow in amusement. It wasn't everyday you get to see a vampire *pouting*.
"Gomen, Yugi. I'm just really curious about how we. . .you know. Look so much alike."
Yugi shrugged, still feeling a bit irked. He opened his mouth to reply, when the sound of shattering glass interrupted him. . .and the accompaniment of Anzu's scream.
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Well, there it was. Not really too proud of this chapter, but I still had fun writing this one. Still, I'll probably make a few edits someday.