IMPORTANT NOTE: Some people voted Bakura/Tea/Malik and some voted Bakura/Tea; I'm not sure who had more votes, but it's going to be a Bakura/Tea fic. I'm sorry, but that's how I originally planned it to be, and I really just want Bakura/Tea. Sorry for those triangle fans, but I do have a Bakura/Tea/Marik story going if you want to read that. Sorry again!
Disclaimer: I do not own YGO or A Walk to Remember.
Hey! Sorry this story's not going to up by Halloween but I can't write that much in less two days.
I went to a Halloween party last night… hehehe, I dressed up as a YGO character! Lol. I had their little school uniform and purple hair (I was supposed to be Miho…). The purple hair spray got all over my clothes, the couch, and anything else my hair touched! I wonder if I left any stains at my friend's house… (OO")
This chapter's going to have some funny stuff in it (mostly with Yami and Malik…), and the group of slayers will finally come together!
Nightfall2525: Uh, sorry, but it's not going to be a Malik/Tea fic. I'd originally planned it to be Bakura/Tea, and I think I'm going to stick with that.
LoneGothic: Well, you might change your mind about Malik after this chappie… LOL
Summary: It's October once again in Domino City, and everyone is preparing for another Halloween, including a group of vampires who've recently settled in a graveyard. After several attacks on innocent civilians, a group of slayers get together to try to hunt down the Undead. But unknown to them, Bakura (a vampire) has fallen in love with Tea, a mortal. However, Malik and the others aren't about to let another person be murdered, and Tea's trapped in the middle of it all. Who will win, the vampires or the slayers?
Bakura x Tea
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Once in a Full Moon
By: Chi Yagami
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Chapter Four - The Crazy Vampire Ritual
"Vampire Bunnies of Doom?"
"Yep!"
"Mokuba, are you sure you want to see this?" Seto Kaiba asked uneasily. "It looks so… lame."
His little brother looked up at him at with those adoring eyes.
"Unless you'd rather me go see it with Serenity an Joey," he replied in a singsong voice. His brother gave him a loathing glance.
"And have more of that dog's mannerisms rub off on you? I don't think so."
Kaiba was tired of seeing Mokuba going off with the Wheelers and coming back all happy and perky-like. So he'd decided to take Mokuba this time, even if the movie he wanted to see was a bit childish.
"Let's go, Seto!" he cried as he pulled his big brother into the dark movie theater. Little did they know they weren't they only ones who'd come for the late night show…
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As they were walking down the street towards downtown, she couldn't help but think about what had just happened. Why couldn't she see him in the mirror? Tea gave shot him a sideways-glance.
Bakura was too preoccupied to notice she was staring at him. He was too busy contemplating over whether or not she'd seen him in that mirror. If she had, she'd probably join forces with Malik or something.
"We're here."
She looked up to see that they had stopped in front of a large club. Bakura pulled her inside, but the bouncers stopped them.
"Do you have reservations?" one asked in a heavy Italian accent. "You can only enter if your names are on the list."
"Our names are on the list," he growled, gripping Tea's arm and giving the man a hypnotic stare.
"Uh… yes, yes, yes… here y'all are."
'The fool… One of the very few good things about being a vampire is that you can hypnotize others.'
Once they were inside, Bakura found a small, isolated table in the back. Tea's eyes glittered as she watched all of the people dancing. She instantly began to tap her foot to the beat.
"How did you do that?" she asked.
"Do what?"
"That, back there…"
"Uh… just lucky I guess," he replied smiling sheepishly.
"Do you want to dance?" she asked him.
"Umm, maybe later…"
'I'm waiting for the lights to dim!'
"Well, I'll come back in a little while," she said. "I'm going to dance, okay?"
"Okay…"
He watched her drift away into the swarm of people out on the dance floor. He despised large crowds of mortals, especially since he was thirsty, but he was willing to give it all up just to see Tea.
She was dancing by herself near a large group of people. She saw some of the guys looking at her, but she just ignored them. Tea loved dancing; she wasn't about to let a couple of perverts stop her.
She felt a tap on her should and spun around, her hair whipping the guy's face.
"Sorry about that… Can I help you?" she asked. The guy smirked. He was wearing a black shirt with a red vest, black pants, and a black/red headband. He also had a… dice earring??!!!!??!!!!????!??!!!??
"S'up, babe," he asked seductively.
'GREAT, he's one of the perverts…'
"Uh… nothing much. I kind of need to get back to my date–"
"You have a date?" he asked, grabbing onto her wrist and drawing her closer. "Then why were you dancing alone?"
She could feel his hot breath on her nose, and Tea didn't like the way his eyes kept raking over her body.
"I-I… I… he… He…"
"Yes?"
His nose was almost touching hers, and both of his arms had slithered around her waist. She couldn't escape.
"Let me go…!" she cried, trying to push him away. But he only smirked and held on tighter.
Bakura's head suddenly shot up.
He could sense it' presence…
"BAKURA!!!"
And another dead giveaway was hearing Tea scream his name from across the room.
"I knew it… You've got another thing coming, Duke," he growled.
Duke began to drag Tea towards the door. She was surprised, disappointed, and angry that no one else in the club had seemed to acknowledge the fact that she was being carried away against her will.
In a flash, Bakura stood in front of Duke, his arms crossed.
"Put her down," he commanded. Duke gave him a puzzled look.
"What are you doing here?" he asked. Why wasn't Bakura on his quarter of the city?
"She is with me," Bakura growled. "Stop hurting her."
Duke looked at Bakura for a couple seconds before realizing that this must be the girl Bakura liked. He instantly let go.
"Oh," was all he said.
Bakura yanked him by the ear and dragged him away.
"This will only be a moment," he called back to a confused and angry Tea.
Once out of earshot of anyone else, Bakura set Duke down.
"Sorry, Bakura, I didn't know she was with you. I mean, you are in MY quarter of the city, you know."
"I know, I know… but Marik recommended we should at least check out this place before we leave," he replied. "I couldn't think of anywhere else to take her."
"Are y'all on a date?" Duke asked slyly. "Well, are you ever going to bite her or not?! I mean, who've you been biting for the last two days?"
"People… Hey, I'm going to bite that man over there; would you mind showing him the ropes?"
"So you can stay with your mortal babe? Sure, why not; just do it quick. I can sense your chick's worried," Duke snickered.
She was looking around frantically. Where'd he gone? She hoped he wasn't beating that other guy up… never mind. Considering she could've been raped, she didn't really care what happened to dice boy.
"Let's get out of here," a raspy voice whispered into her ear. She turned around only to find a ticked Bakura. They left the club and decided just to walk around until they found something else to do.
"That guy didn't mess with you, did he?"
"What? Oh, no! He was just talking sick…"
'What a pervert!'
"So," Tea began, trying to get onto a different subject, "where do you think we should go?"
"I don't know…"
"We could just hang out at my place…"
"Okay…"
They changed their walking direction back to Tea's neighborhood. Subconsciously, she slipped her hand into his. Bakura smirked; she'd be under his spell in no time.
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DING-DONG!!
DING-DONG!!
Yami waited patiently for Malik to open the door.
"MALIK, OPEN THE #$!&$!!#& DOOR!!!"
Screw that – Yami waited IMPATIENTLY for Malik to open the door.
He could hear a lot of loud noises coming from inside the house. Including a BANG, CRASH, SMACK, and "$#IT!!!!!"
Yami sweatdropped as Malik opened the door, a large pot sitting atop his head.
"What in Dracula's name is going on in here?! I thought you said we'd be discussing our plans?!"
"We will," Malik relied, stepping aside so the Yami could enter, "but first we must perform the ritual."
"Ritual?! What ritual?! Nothing involving sharp, pointy objects I hope…?"
Malik snickered.
"Nope… just lots and lots of garlic."
They entered the living room only to find…
"YOU'RE MAKING A PORN MOVIE?!?!?!?!?!?!"
Yami's jaw dropped as he saw that the room was filled with lots of dim candles, the lights were out, and there was a rug on the floor! Something you'd see in movies where people set up the living room to have sex!!!
"No…"
"THEN WHAT THE HELL IS WITH ALL THE CANDLES?!?!?!"
"Oh yeah… I forgot to mention the ritual involved them too…"
"WHAT KIND OF RITUAL IS THIS?!!!! ARE YOU TRYING TO GET ME TO HAVE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH YOU???!!"
Malik slapped his forehead. Maybe he should've explained the ritual before Yami came over…
He'd had enough! There was no way he was gay and he wasn't going to start now! Yami lunged at Malik, knocking him onto the floor. They began wrestling with each other.
"Yami, get off me!!!"
"OMG!!! MY BROTHER'S BEING RAPPED BY MAN!!!"
Yami and Malik instantly flew apart and turned their heads up towards the top of the staircase where Isis was standing.
"Hehehe… Isis, it's not what you think… I, uh," Yami tried to explain.
"Malik, what have you done to our living room?! It looks so… sex-oriented… Maybe Seto and I could use it…"
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"It's set up for a ritual!!!" he screamed at them. "Yami and I are going to perform that will protect us from vampires!"
"Oh no, not again," Isis said, shaking her head. "Malik, I thought we cleared all of this nonsense out of your mind when Marik disappeared! I mean, you went to 42 different psychologists!!!"
Yami snickered, but Malik hushed him.
"But that's just it sister-dear, Marik has returned. Only this time as part of the Undead," he said in a serious tone.
"That's it; I'm calling the shrink," she said, walking into the kitchen.
'And what the hell is up with "sister-dear"?'
"Oh no you don't," Malik muttered. He snatched the large pot off of his head and–
WHACK!!!
Malik stood over an unconscious Isis proudly.
"HA!!! In your face, SISTER!!!"
Yami just stood there dumbfounded.
'The Ishtar family has large ISSUES… maybe this wasn't such a good idea…'
"YAMI!!"
"What?" he asked meekly, his right foot halfway out the door.
"Get back in here!"
Yami frowned and closed the door. Then he and Malik sat down in the center of a circle of blue candles. There were Tupperware containers of different color substances, liquids, and a tiny jar contained a small… TOOTH??? WTF???
"What is all this?" Yami asked. Malik opened a large, old book and flipped through the pages.
"These are our supplies for the ritual. First, we must say a prayer."
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"OH HEAVENLY GOD ABOVE, HELP US TO RID THE WORLD OF THE LIVING DEAD BY HELPING US TO PERFORM THIS SACRED RITUAL!!! LET US BEGIN!!!"
"That was so stupid," Yami muttered.
"SSSHHH!!! They can hear you!!!" Malik whispered.
"Who?"
"I don't know… but they can!!!"
(--;)
"Now we must smother our faces with," Malik said reading the text, "uh… a dove's blood…"
"What? I'm not doing that!!" Yami said.
"Don't worry; we can substitute ketchup…"
Malik pointed to a large bowl of ketchup.
"Dip your hand into the sacred blood and smother it onto your face!" he read from the book.
He and Yami began to put ketchup all over their faces.
'Well, at least I won't have to worry about accidentally tasting a dove's blood…'
"It says here that the dove symbolizes peace…"
"Go figure," Yami said. "Malik, where'd you get this book?"
"From some merchant dude; I'm not sure exactly who it was…"
'Great…'
"Now we must dip the garlic necklaces into the blood of a lamb…"
"Why a lamb?" Yami asked. He didn't really like how this ritual was involving so much blood…
"It says here that the purity of the lamb symbolizes how humans are pure while the vampires emit sins… or something like that."
"You got something we can use for that, too?"
"Yep: Pure Essence Hand Sanitizer."
"What? That doesn't even look like blood!!! It's blue!"
"No, but I figured since it had 'pure' in the name, it would work," Malik said shrugging. "Unless you'd rather go kill a lamb…"
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"Nah," they both said in unison.
They dipped their garlic chains into the "blood" and held up high, preparing to say a chant.
"MAY THE PURITY OF THE LAMB SAVE US FROM THE UNDEAD'S SINS AND POISON!!!" they chanted, hanging the garlic around their necks.
"Now what?"
"Umm, we need to sanitize and bless our weaponry," Malik explained.
"WEAPONRY???!!!"
"Yes, our stakes, knives, silver bullets, and silver bullet guns."
'I think Malik's gone insane…'
They dipped the weapons into a yellow liquid that Malik said was supposed to be tree sap from the tree that Dracula was supposedly murdered next to, but all he could find was honey and uncooked egg yolk (1).
Next, they had to clean their sacred crosses.
"Umm, the book says we're supposed to get the crosses from Jerusalem but all I've got are two crosses on two necklaces that I planned on splitting with Tea."
He showed the necklaces to Yami; one read Best, the other read Friends.
"That's so sweet," Yami cooed sarcastically. "Isis make you get that?"
"Yep. Anyway, I figure they're good enough… It says here we're supposed to dip them in Holy water…"
Malik pointed to the bowl on the far right, which contained… water!
"Today after school, I stopped by that church and got it from a puddle near the doorstep. I figure it's Holy enough…"
Both of them placed their crosses in the water for five minutes before taking them out and putting them on.
"After that we're supposed to… drink a potion that will make us immune to the bite of a vampire."
"That will never work," he said but Malik only shrugged.
"Uh, the potion's supposed to made from the hair of a bat, two sets of frog eyes, and a piece of a vampire…"
"The hell it is!!! There's no WAY I'm drinking anything with eyes!!!" Yami shouted, freaking out.
"Calm down; I've got the hair of a cat and olives for substitutes."
"What about the 'piece of a vampire'?"
"I've got that, too," he said slyly, pointing to the jar with the tooth. "One of Marik's baby teeth that Isis was dumb enough to keep. And Marik thought the tooth fairy took it…"
"Yeah, how dumb…"
'Wait, the tooth fairy isn't real??!!'
While Yami was off in his own little world, Malik was busying himself with the task of mixing the potion.
"Pot of boiling water next to me on Bunsen burner… check. Place hair into pot… check. Put eyes, or olives, into pot… check. Last, put tooth into pot and mix… check. The potion is complete!!! 'Tis ready for tasting!!!" Malik said, giving off a sinister laugh.
"You sound like a dieing chicken," Yami said but took a glassful of the potion.
"I'd advise holding your nose," Malik warned.
They both held their noses and drank it all in one gulp.
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They both looked at each other and reached for an empty Tupperware box (well, they definitely weren't doing the dishes tonight).
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"That was…"
"…nasty…"
"…disgusting…"
"Ewe, I just tasted a cat hair!"
"Ewe, I just tasted one of my brother's teeth!"
"EWE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" they both cried out at the same time, taking huge gulps of the Holy water…
"Ugh, and that was on the ground… gross…"
Malik and Yami tried to ignore the sordid taste they had in their mouths, and reverted their attention back to the task at hand.
"Now we must say the ancient Transylvanian chant that all slayers before us have used!" Malik said.
'Jeez, he's really into this…'
"AB OVO… IN TOTO… DES CRATO BYG VIDA; YUHI OHJA ME FITU… RESGUES TE FRIJOLE ME HYJU… ALHI BAGA EDHI KLYUFU WHAHIDME GIKUFAMINOSA… MORDAMO VAMPIRAS!!!" (2)
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Bakura was flopped down on the couch as Tea prepared dinner. He snickered as he watched the news people discuss the recent attacks on Domino civilians.
"Bakura, what do you like to drink?" she called from the kitchen.
"Blo-Red Wine!" he shouted back.
"Umm, we don't have any of that. Anything else?"
"No, that's okay!"
He grumbled. He had to keep a lot of things under control when he was around her, and he had to keep telling himself not to stare at her neck.
'I have to bite her tonight! I HAVE to! I can't afford to wait any longer… Malik already knows too much, and I'm sure he's bound to discover me if our paths cross again.'
"Dinner's ready!" Tea called.
She couldn't understand why he liked to have the whole place so dark. When they'd gotten to her house, he'd insisted that the only lights to come on would be dim. He also very clearly stated that he liked to eat his steak raw, something Tea found to be quite foul.
Bakura sat down at the small table and watched her bring the food over. Her steak was nice and cooked while his was still raw.
'I could get used to this…'
While they were eating, Tea noticed the most peculiar thing: four of his front teeth were pointy at the tips but the rest were dull.
'Wait… he is not!!! No, he IS! He's picking his teeth with a toothpick and letting the bits of food fly everywhere!!! EWE!!!!'
"So… what's your family like?"
"Umm, okay I guess."
"Do they live with you in Tokyo?"
"No…"
"So where do they live?"
"That's none of your business," he replied sharply. His eyes were deadly and he looked really mad.
'Oops… How was I supposed to know that would upset him?'
"You like black and red, huh?" Tea asked, trying to start a nice conversation. His eyes flickered for a moment but he seemed to settle down.
"Yes, they're my favorite colors. What are your favorite colors?" he asked. Tea smiled at him, glad to finally be talking about something.
"I like pink and blue… and lucky for me, our school uniforms are pink and blue! Do you have a school uniform?"
"Er-umm, no… we can wear whatever we want," he said trying to sound truthful. "What are you doing at school?"
"Well, I entered the talent show… I don't know exactly what I'm going to do; my friend Yami thinks I should sing. Maybe I will, I don't know. I need to figure out something soon though; it's only a couple of days away… You can come if you want, as long as you don't make fun of me."
Bakura smiled and nodded.
They continued eating, talking, and (sometimes) making a joke or two. Tea was really starting to like him.
'He's nice, sweet, handsome… and mysterious… I'm so lucky to have met him…'
'She's so hot… I wish I were human and I could just tell her all this stuff instead of lying to her… I hope she never finds out who I really am…'
After they finished eating, they sat on the couch and decided to watch a movie.
"So, what'll it be?"
"I don't know; you choose," Bakura said sighing. He'd much rather be doing other stuff than watching a movie… but he had to remember that he could only win her over slowly and carefully.
"Okay… how about A Walk to Remember?"
Bakura agreed and watched Tea pop the movie into the VCR. He loved the way her hair fell into her sapphire blue eyes, and how she seemed so childlike and full of life…
Too bad he'd have to get rid of all of that.
To his surprise, Tea sat down next to him and leaned her body up against his. Maybe she wasn't so distant after all.
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"That was a great movie, wasn't it? Seto?" Mokuba asked.
"Huh? Oh, yeah… whatever."
'That movie was so STUPID!!! If I ever have to watch that again I think I'd kill myself. Maybe he should've gone with Wheeler…'
As they were exiting the theater, Kaiba noticed someone lurking in the shadows behind them…
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Yami and Marik were sitting on the couch reading up on books about past vampire hunts when the doorbell rang.
Yami arched an eyebrow as Malik got up to open the door.
"What the hell happened to you?"
Yami got up and joined Malik when he heard his friend speak.
Standing in the doorway, trench coat ripped to shreds, hair askew, was none other than Seto Kaiba. He was carrying an unconscious Mokuba, and he was trembling.
"You were right, Malik," Kaiba whispered.
"About what?"
"Them… Mokuba and I were just attacked by a vampire…!"
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By the end of the movie, Tea was curled up in a ball, her back resting against Bakura's chest, his arms wrapped securely around her. Her eyes were closed, and he thought she might be asleep.
"Tea," he said, kissing her cheek, "the movie's over."
She looked up at him and smiled.
"Do I really have to move?" she asked.
"Yes… unless you want me to do this," he said, tickling her in the side.
"Hahaha… Bakura, stop it!"
He shifted his position to where he could tickle her with both hands. She rolled over onto her back covering her stomach with her hands.
'Uh-oh, bad move on my part…'
Now Bakura was sitting on top of her, and he could tickle her more easily.
"Bakura!!! Stop!!! Hahahahahaha!!! Please! Hahahaha…!!!"
"I'm sorry, but I think you like it; you seem to be laughing," he replied, but he decided to stop.
Tea used this time to catch her breath. He watched her stomach rise and fall slowly, and he saw her red face start to turn back to its normal color.
"Tea?" he asked quietly.
"Hmm?"
She propped herself up with her hands so that her face was almost level to his.
"Never mind."
He looked at her, and she looked at him.
An eerie silence filled the room.
'Okay, Bakura, it's now or never: you've got to bite her. But why can't I do the job? Why do I keep thinking of Ryou? She's nothing like him, save her innocence, but… Actually, now that I truly think about it, is Ryou really what's stopping me? Or is there something more? I'm feeling all these emotions, and whenever I look at her, I can feel my heart beat faster. Am I in love with her? But I barely know her…'
'He's so attractive… yet, whenever he's around, my stomach ties up in a knot and I get this really bad feeling like I'm going to be sick. He saved me, and I thank him for that, but is that the only reason I'm hanging around him? There must be another reason… if only I could figure it out.'
He leaned forward, ready to strike his prey, but he stopped when she leaned forward too.
She placed her lips on his and wrapped her arms around his neck.
'She mistook my actions for a kiss… but I… oh the hell with thinking!'
Bakura kissed her back and pushed her down onto the couch. They remained there for a long time, only separating when they needed air.
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Well, I hope that was a good enough Halloween chapter for ya! I'm trying to write it quickly, but I can't really have Bakura and Tea falling in love after only two dates! I hope I finish it before Thanksgiving though… (sweatdrop)
Please review!
Sayonara!