Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh, although I may own some merchandise…
Hey! Sorry it took a while to update, but I had homework. My teacher's making us read A Separate Peace, and I'm actually interested in it (sweatdrop). Anyway, I won't be updating any of my other fics until this one is completed, mainly because it was supposed to be finished on Halloween… (--;)
There won't be a Thanksgiving fic because I can't really see the gang celebrating it and I'm not really interested in writing one; however, there will be a Christmas ficcie!!! (XD)
I'm so glad y'all enjoyed that last chappie! I felt like writing something humorous… could ya tell? Lol For the most part, things will become more serious, but sometimes I can't help but put a little funny in here and there.
And sorry about those weird author notes (1). Those weren't supposed to be there, heh.
Nightfall2525 – Sorry, there won't be a lemon. Some really good authors that I like have been kicked off for posting lemon, and, meh, I'm just not very good at writing them. Besides, if I did have a lemon, it would come at the end ;) Anyway, sorry if you were hoping for one.
LoneGothic – Yeah, Malik's a little whack in the head but… he'll become more serious in the rest of the chapters.
Master Ruby – Thanks for the encouragement. This fic should hit its climax next chappie.
Starian Princess – Things should tone done a bit, and Malik will get real serious in these next chapters.
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 Five – Bit of Acquired Knowledge
"Okay… Kaiba, explain again what happened," Malik requested.
Seto Kaiba was huddled on the Ishtar's couch, and Yami and Malik were sitting in chairs on either side of him. Isis was currently taking care of poor Mokuba; she luckily dismissed the pot incident… for now.
"Mokuba and I were leaving the theater when I first felt it. It was like that feeling you get when you know someone's drilling holes into your back with their eyes. I told Mokuba to hurry it up, but just before we reached the car, I heard Mokuba scream.
"I whipped around to see Mokuba was being attacked by a woman. She had long blonde hair and wore sluttish purple clothes. I yelled for her to stop, but she smacked Mokuba unconscious; he fell to the ground in a dead faint.
"Then the creepiest thing happened: she bent down next to him, pushed his hair aside, and opened her mouth. Well, her fangs were glistening in the moonlight, and I panicked.
"'What if there really are vampires in Domino?' Well, naturally, I did the only think I could think of: I pulled out my pistol and shot at her. I barely missed her right foot, but the shot got her worked up. She freaked out and FLEW away! That's about the time when I knew I was going insane," he finished.
"But why my house? I thought you hated me?" Malik questioned him softly.
"Because you are the only one who knows anything about vampires, and I figured you could give me some answers."
They sat in silence for a while, until Isis came in.
"Mokuba's doing fine; he's just taking a little nap," she told Seto.
"Isis, could you leave us alone for a while?" her brother asked. She gave him a 'you'd-better-not-do-anything-stupid' look before going back upstairs.
"So, Malik, tell me: when did you get laid?" Kaiba asked, looking around the room.
Malik's eye began to twitch.
"We were performing rituals," Yami explained quickly. "We're slayers now, and we're going to try to stop the vampires!"
"Who are you? Buffy?" Kaiba joked.
"Hey, do you want to help us?" Yami asked.
"Help you fools? Look, I don't want to become part of a threesome–"
"WE WERE NOT DOING IT!!!"
"–and personally, you dweebs are too low on the social scale for me to be seen with… but I really have no choice if I want to protect Mokuba…"
"That's the spirit!" Malik said, as he beckoned for Kaiba to join Yami and him in the circle of candles.
"Now… first," Malik explained once Kaiba had sat down, "you must cover your face with a dove's blood…"
'CRAP! WHAT DID I GET MYSELF INTO?'
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The house was quiet, and the two figures remained limp. He murmured something into her neck, and she smiled. Tea felt like the luckiest girl in the world right then, and she couldn't help but giggle.
"What are you laughing at?" he asked her in a whisper.
"Nothing really… I guess I'm just in a good mood…"
Bakura smiled and kissed her neck tenderly. He was kind of glad he'd decided not to bite her; he loved her views on life and perkiness, and he was sure that if she'd been forced to give up the life she had now for his predicament, she wouldn't surely nailed a stake through his heart. He hugged her body tightly, never wanting to let go.
She continued playing with locks of his hair, loving the way it felt and how it added to his already massive features. In the back of her mind lay the fact that Bakura had told her he was just visiting, but it stayed subdued beneath all of the fear and excitement that she was feeling.
"What time is it?" he asked in that sexy raspy voice of his. She glanced over at the clock and saw that it was early morning.
"It's 2:30 am; we've been up all night… unless we fell asleep…"
"I have to go at three," he said, a hint of sorrow in his voice. He didn't really want to trade in her nice warm body for the freezing crate he was forced to sleep in.
"Why?"
He sighed; he'd have to lie to her again.
"My aunt gets worried if I don't get home by three… but I really don't want to leave," Bakura lied.
"Then don't."
He removed his face from her neck to look her in the eye. She seemed quite serious, and he couldn't help but wait for her to explain.
"Couldn't you call your aunt and tell her you're staying over at a friend's house for the night?" Tea asked, her eyes pleading.
"I guess… but that means I have to move," he said, giving her one of his twisted grins.
"Awe… Come back soon," she said as he got up. She felt his body heat leave, and she felt the coldness surround her. Well, as much as she hated to admit it, Bakura didn't radiate a lot of body heat. In fact, sometimes she thought he was colder than room temperature.
While he was in the kitchen pretending to make a phone call to a non-existent person, Tea pulled the sleeper-sofa out.
"My aunt said it's fine," he announced, coming back into the room.
"Do you care about sleeping out here?"
"Actually… I need to sleep somewhere dark," he said.
"Oh… anywhere in particular?" Tea asked.
"As long as the sun can't find me, I'll sleep there," he replied.
"Okay… What about the large closet in my parent's room? There aren't any windows in there…"
She led him to the master bedroom and showed him the closet.
"Perfect," he said, smiling. His white fangs flashed in the shadows, and she felt her stomach do a little flip. And it wasn't that kind of flip your stomach does when you're excited.
Tea left him there and went back to her own room. She closed the doors and took off her belt. Then she flopped down on the bed. She closed her eyes and sighed deeply.
'There's something wrong. I can't put my finger on it, but I know that he's not all good… I just know it! How could I feel this way about a guy after just a couple of days? I can't be in love… can I?'
"What am I getting myself into?" she moaned. She suddenly felt a large weight upon her, and when she opened her eyes, she saw that Bakura was sitting on her stomach smirking.
"Do you need something?" she asked worriedly.
"No, I just wanted to be with you," he replied, leaning down and kissing her neck. She tilted her head to the side so he could nuzzle as far as he pleased. He had to restrain himself once from biting her, but that was all. He was slowly letting the idea of turning her into a vampire slip away, and he himself was slowly slipping into the human lifestyle, forgetting complete about why he had followed her in the first place.
He stayed with her until about four in the morning, when the sun began to peak over the hills. Bakura silently left her room and retreated to the murky corners of his closet-bedroom. He discovered a long, cushioned bench sitting against the back wall that he could use as a bed.
Bakura had made sure to lock the door, and he'd left a note outside on the floor reading DO NOT DISTURB UNTIL AFTER SUNSET. He closed his eyes, images of Tea and him living normal lives dancing around in his mind.
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"Great," Marik muttered, "now somebody else knows about us."
"I'm sorry!" Mai apologized for the thousandth time. "If I had known he had a gun, I never would've approached them!"
"It's not your fault," Duke reassured her. "I mean, Bakura's dating a mortal; he's putting us in more danger than he realizes."
"Yes, the fool…"
The three of them sat there for a while, looking anywhere but at each other.
"So, Duke, I hear that you saw Bakura and his girlfriend at that club I recommended, eh? Was she cute?" Marik asked.
"Yeah. I was going to take her myself; she was dancing all alone. But, man, as soon as I started dragging her away, Bakura appeared out of nowhere. He seems to really like her because he looked really peeved when he saw me trying to sneak off."
"That's Bakura: possessive and moody," Mai said.
"Mai, what did these two boys look like?"
"Well, the younger one looked like he was about ten, with long black hair, and the other one was probably our age. He's got brown hair, really tall, and he was wearing this ugly trench coat. I heard the little one call him Seto or something…"
"Seto? Seto Kaiba?! That arrogant freak; I always hated him. So now both Malik and Kaiba know of our presence. What a great combination," Marik muttered.
"You think they know each other?"
"Only from school," Marik replied. "Kaiba doesn't have any friends, only a fan club of girls who keep shrines devoted to him in the backs of their closets."
"So, where is Bakura anyway?" Duke asked. "The sun came up a half an hour ago."
"He better not be outside somewhere in the light…"
"Come on, this is Bakura we're talking about here. I'm sure he's smart enough to handle himself."
"You think maybe he's with that girl?"
"Who knows…"
"Well, I'm going to sleep because I know Bakura can take care of himself," Marik told them as he snagged Bakura's crate. "And as long as he's not here, I'll sleep in here; it's better than the usual floor."
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The only sound in the house was a continuous, annoying BEEP!! BEEP!!
Her hand smashed over the SNOOZE button as she groggily opened her eyes.
"Six-thirty already?" she mumbled half-asleep. "Fine… fine… I'm getting up."
Tea got out of bed and started getting ready for school. It was only after she had popped her waffles into the microwave that she remembered he was here.
She crept up to the closet door and placed an ear onto the wood.
Nothing.
She was about to knock when she noticed the note on the carpet. She sighed and turned back to the kitchen.
After she was completely ready and out the door, she swung her book bag over one shoulder and headed off to school.
"Great," she complained, remembering yesterday's little fight, "I have to see Malik at school…"
She was walking fast with her head down, and she was so deep in thought that she didn't notice the person walking slowly in front of her.
OOF!!!
"Watch where you're going, Gardner."
Tea glared up at Kaiba's back; he hadn't even bothered to turn around because he knew she was the only person who lived in that neighborhood who went to Domino High.
"Hey! Kaiba! Tea!"
They turned to their left to see Yami running towards them.
"Yami," Tea said, glad to see anyone but Malik, "how've you been?"
"Good," he snapped, then turned to Kaiba and began to drag him to the school.
"Come on! You couldn't have forgotten the DVSA's FIRST meeting, could you? Come!"
She watched as a very angry, very embarrassed Seto Kaiba was dragged away.
'I wonder why Yami snapped at me… Did he not want to talk to me or something? Or was the VSH's or VISA's or whatever it was's meeting more important? Yeah, that must be it… Yami would never ignore me…'
During lunch, Tea avoided the usual table and instead ate up on the roof. She had so many feelings swarming around inside of her, and she was so confused about everything.
"Hey," a soft voice said from behind her. She turned around and saw Malik slightly smiling at her. "Can I sit here?"
"Sure."
'Not like I can stop you.'
"Tea, I'm sorry about yesterday… I shouldn't have yelled at you or grabbed you so hard. I should've explained my situation more calmly and rationally, but I lost control of myself," Malik apologized.
"Uh… I forgive you," Tea said, smiling and pulling him into a warm embrace.
"But, Tea, will you please hear me out this time?"
"Not again with the vampires and Marik returning… Malik, you can't give me any proof!"
"Just hear me out!" he pleaded. She sighed but nodded.
"Marik and a, uh clan of vampires are hear in Domino City. How else do you explain all of the attacks? And I saw Marik with my own eyes! He showed me his fangs and everything!"
"Is that all?" she asked, kind of annoyed.
"No, I have more. Seto Kaiba and Mokuba were attacked by a she-vampire last night!"
"What? Are you sure?"
"Yes, he showed up at my doorstep with a knocked-out Mokuba. Now, Yami, him, and me are in a group called the Domino Vampires Slayers Association, and we had our first meeting this morning."
"Well, I don't really believe in vampires… but what do you want me to do?" Tea asked him.
"You could join our club! How about it? Oh, and you could get Bakura to join it too!" he said excitedly.
"Uh, sorry but no. I am not that supportive of you."
"Well, you can at least stop going out at night, and wear garlic!" Malik said exasperatedly. "Well, maybe not garlic, but how about this cross necklace?"
"Fine," she said, taking the necklace and putting it in her pocket.
Malik thanked her and stood up.
"Oh, and you might want to give a cross to Bakura too, seeing how he is always wandering out after dark."
"What?"
"Yeah. Not last night but the two nights before that when I was coming back from the arcade a little after midnight, I could see him sneaking around the graveyard and stuff, like he's stalking somebody," he told her. "You have the weirdest taste in guys, Tea, that's for sure."
"Oh shut up!"
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When she got home from school, Tea instantly went to her parents' closet. She found a note that Bakura had left.
I'LL BE BACK LATER. OH AND I TOOK YOUR PARENTS COMFORTER SO DON'T WORRY; NO ONE STOLE IT.
"He took some bed covers? What the hell is up with him?"
She got out her homework and sat down at the kitchen table. She'd just busy herself until he got back.
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Marik, Duke, and Mai woke up to a loud noise coming from outside.
"Is it still daylight outside?" Duke asked sleepily.
"Somebody's at the door," Marik said suddenly. All three of them looked at each other worriedly.
"OPEN UP!!! IT'S STILL F.CKING BRIGHT OUT HERE!!! HURRY UP BEFORE I MELT!!!"
Mai opened up the door just wide enough for a large bundle of cloth to squeeze through.
"WTF?" Marik asked, kicking the bundle.
"OUCH!! Damn it!!! That hurt!"
"Bakura?"
Duke unraveled the covers to reveal a very peeved Bakura.
"Dude, you walked over here during the day? What are you? Crazy?"
"Maybe," he muttered.
"Where have you been?" Mai asked.
"Out."
Marik arched an eyebrow suspiciously.
"You were with her, weren't you? That mortal woman."
"If you must know, yes," he replied, standing up.
"You moron, what were you thinking?! What is she finds out!?"
"She won't," Bakura said smoothly. "She's too concentrated on other things to even notice my fangs."
"Did you sleep with her?"
"No."
"Did you kiss?"
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"Awe, that's so cute! Bakura has a girlfriend," Duke cooed. "When do we get to meet her?"
"You already did."
"I meant be introduced."
"You aren't."
"Bakura's right," Mai said. "Even a human can feel the presence of darkness in large numbers."
"Malik's hot on our trail, though," Marik told them. "Last night he and this freak named Yami whose brother died tried to perform rituals to protect themselves from us. Only Malik's too dumb because instead of using correct ingredients, he used household items. A load of good sh!t that'll do him."
"We've got to be prepared for the worst."
"I saw we all get together tomorrow night and do something as a group," Mai suggested, trying to bring the conversation out of the dark.
"I can't," Bakura said. "I have to be somewhere."
"Is that human interfering with your life? Don't let her control you. One of these days you'll be wishing you never met her because believe me, if you don't bite her she will find out. They always do."
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Seto, Yami, and Malik were currently in the mall.
"Are you sure we should be here? I mean, if I was a vampire, I would go somewhere more dark," Yami said.
"We're not here for vampires," Malik said, waving his hand as if he were dismissing the subject. "We're here for slayer attire."
"WHAT???!!!"
"We're going to dress like real slayers! We can get the orange jump suits, and put leaf-blowers on our backs–"
"WE'RE NOT GHOSTBUSTERS FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE!!!"
"Oh yeah…"
"Anyway," Kaiba continued, "why should we dress the same? If we all wear certain jackets and such, the vampires will be able to spot us easily."
"Oh yeah," Malik said looking defeated.
"So, what now?"
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"We shall go back to my house!" Malik announced proudly.
"And do what? Sit in your candled living room?" Kaiba sneered. "I don't think so."
Malik looked ticked but dropped the argument.
"Let's go eat," Yami suggested. They all agreed and headed off towards the Food Court.
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Tea was just about to go to bed when she heard the doorbell ring.
'Who could that be?'
She opened the door to find Bakura.
"Hey, come on in," she said, stepping aside. He sat down on the couch, and she sat down next to him.
"What's up?"
"Nothing. How was your day?" he asked, pulling her into his lap and kissing her cheek.
"It was okay… Malik is starting up some vampire club," she giggled. Tea felt him tense up and release very quickly.
'What was that about?'
'Malik has started up a vampire club?! Great. I bet it's a slayer's gang or something…'
"So have you decided what you're going to do for that talent show?" he asked, trying to find a more comfortable topic.
"Yeah… Joey and Yami finally convinced me to sing a song. Now I just have to figure out which one."
She looked up at him and smiled. Bakura bent his head down and rested his lips upon hers.
"So, what do you want to do?"
"I don't know… How about we just sit here?" he suggested.
"Okay…"
"I didn't mean just sit here," he said with laugh, kissing her deeply.
She smiled and kissed him back. His lips were cold, but it was that kind of coldness that has a subtle warmth just below the surface. She felt him shift his position and he pushed her down onto the sofa.
"Bakura," she murmured in a warning voice, "you remember what happened last time…"
"Yes I do," he replied while kissing her neck, "and quite frankly, I didn't mind it."
Tea sighed and wrapped her arms around his waist. She couldn't think of a moment in time where she'd been happier.
"I have to go," he whispered into her ear an hour later.
"Really?"
"Yes," he replied sitting up. Tea sat up also and looked at him with longing eyes.
"I'll miss you."
"Yes, but I'll see you tomorrow at the talent show. 8:00pm right?"
"Yeah…"
Bakura looked into her eyes and flinched. He hated how he was leading her on. If she ever did find out, she'd be super mad and probably never speak to him again.
'You've got yourself in one big pickle, that you have…'
She leaned forward and kissed him so passionately that he thought he was going to lose his balance. But he kissed back with equal force.
Tea felt his tongue push on her lips. She opened her mouth and let him in. She always wondered what it was like to be French-kissed, and here she was, being Frenched by a guy she didn't even know the last name of. But she was too caught up in the moment to even have such thoughts.
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The three "slayers" were walking down the dark street, picking at the remainder of Yami's fries.
"So, Kaiba, do you have a crush on my sister?"
"Isis?! N-no! Of course not!"
"Your stuttering isn't helping you," Yami snickered.
"I think you DO have a crush on my sister! EWE!!!"
The three were so busy arguing with each other that they didn't notice the figure on the ground a few yards in ahead of them. It was only until they heard the pleased moan that they bothered to look.
Malik pulled out his stake.
"A vampire!" Yami screamed stupidly.
It stood up, blood dribbling down its chin, and they could see a man lying on the ground.
"YOU!!!"
Malik, Kaiba, and Yami all stared at Bakura, who stared back.
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Well, what did y'all think? Good enough mushy stuff for ya? Well, in the next chapter, Tea finds out Bakura's a vampire! Yes, I left the story at another cliffhanger, but they're so much fun! I'll try to update faster, but with all of the schoolwork I've got lately, I'm being forced to write at night. Oh well. Please review!