Title: The Awakening
Summary: After her aunt's sudden death Anzu is left to inherit the mansion the old lady left her. Little does Anzu know she's descended form a long line of famous slayers and spellcasters so when she releases the four vampires sealed in the basement what's she to do?
Rating: PG-13 (may rise)
Status: 16 chapters written, 16 chapters posted
Review count: 4 (220 Keep it up people)
Nightfall2525 - Right...okay...here's the next chapter
prettyStupidGirl - Yeh Isis knows, so does Malik, Rishid and Mana but as you will find out next chapter, they can't tell!
Mrs. Bluesummers - lol, hope my story isn't so boring it's lulling u to sleep, glad u liked the chapter
DojomistressAmbyChan - Yep, she forgot, shame really, but crucial, yes, Anzu probably would be all 'thank-you thank-you thank-you' but not atm unforetunatly!
Pairings: Malik x Anzu x Marik, Seto x Shizuka, Jounouchi x Mai, Yami x Isis, Yuugi x Mana, Seth x Kisara, Mokuba x Rebecca
Notes: Um...it's almost over people (cries) only a couple of chapters left at most"""
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"Anzu dear, this is Mahado, he will be your mentor," Pegasus whispered into the brunette's ear. Mahado scowled as he saw the smirk that crept over the girl's features and the dark clouds that shielded her eyes, she'd been completely brainwashed. "Don't hurt him too much though dear, alright?"
"Yes master," she replied, she stuck her hand out as Pegasus retreated, a glaive appeared in her hand and she got into a fighting stance. "Are you ready?" she asked looking over at Mahado, he was disgusted by the fact that Pegasus had let her keep that innocent and sweet voice.
"What are you trying to pull Pegasus?" Mahado demanded but he yelped and jumped to the side as Anzu suddenly appeared next to him having brought the glaive down hard making a clang on the floor.
"Come on," Anzu jibed taking another swing at him, "I thought you were my mentor, how an you tutor me if you can't even beat me!"
"Pegasus, release her now," Mahado demanded as he dodged again, his staff materialising in his hand.
"Or you'll do what Mahado-boy? Through the staff at me?" Pegasus laughed as he left.
"Anzu stop," Mahado commanded as he threw a freezing spell at her, she struggled but couldn't move so she glared at him.
"What's the matter, are you afraid?" she sneered, but Mahado wasn't perturbed, she was just trying to get him angry and that wouldn't work.
"Anzu, don't you remember anything I told you yesterday?" Mahado asked desperately, Anzu looked at him in disgusted confusion.
"What are you talking about you loony, we've never met," Anzu scowled.
"Then explain where you learned you're powers," Mahado persisted well aware than in minutes the spell would wear off and he'd be forced to fight her again.
"Pegasus-sama taught me, I've lived with him for years, ever since my parents abandoned me," despite his horror and shock Mahado was somewhat impressed. It must have taken a bit to put that rubbish into her head, "And I have a mission, I am to destroy the Pharaoh and his lackeys along with the traitors."
"I won't tutor you unless you're thinking straight," Mahado insisted.
"I am thinking straight," she smirked and then the spell wore off, she leaned against him and wound her arms around his neck. "And you will be too…soon enough," and that was the last thing he remembered.
---Mazaki Residence---
"So you're trying to tell me than some wacko vampire is trying to take over the world, has kidnapped Anzu and we're all mages and druids and stuff like that?" Jounouchi sounded incredulous, disbelieving and scornful.
Rebecca groaned and ran a hand through her blonde hair, "And I thought I was blonde, we already told you, druids died out years ago and the only mage here would be Ryuuji. You," she pointed at Jounouchi, "my intellectually challenged puppy wannabe," Honda snickered, "have a ka, a spirit beast with whom you are bonded and will protect you in times of distress."
"The Red Eyes Black Dragon if I'm not mistaken," Ryuuji added in and Rebecca smiled at him.
"Quite so," she replied, turning to look at them, "the only question is, whom here is willing to go?" she looked around at them as though she thought they'd all want to pack and go home.
"I will," Yuugi stood up, but he turned the Senen Puzzle over and over in his hands, "but can you explain what this is?" he held it up for Ryuuji to see.
"That is the Senen Puzzle," Ryuuji said with a sigh, "It was born by a Pharaoh of Egypt 3000 years ago and it, like the Senen Ring and five other items, were made his father."
"That Pharaoh was that Yami guy wasn't he?" Ryou looked up and met the piercing green eyes of the dice master.
"How did you know that?" Ryuuji asked, Shizuka too looked him up and down in astonishment; Mokuba was glaring at Rebecca who smirked back.
"And the one that looked like me, he was a thief and I'm his…his reincarnation," Ryou said without really replying to Ryuuji's question. Everyone looked at Ryou in astonishment, he grinned nervously and scratched the back of his head in an agitated manner. "Well my father's an archaeologist and I've seen some of his notes on stuff he's found."
"Ah," Ryuuji sounded knowingly, "so it was you're father that uncovered the Pharaoh's tomb."
Ryou blushed and nodded slowly, "Well now that that's sorted," Rebecca smirked, "any volunteers."
"I'll go," said Yuugi, Ryou nodded as well.
"Me too," said Mokuba and Shizuka at the same time, they looked at each other and blushed.
"Oh no you don't," Jounouchi started, rounding on his sister, "you are staying right here!"
"Jounouchi, I am old enough to make my own decisions," Shizuka protested.
"I think I'll go home," Honda said, everyone looked at him in disbelief.
Rebecca snorted, "There's always one."
"Well haven't got anything to offer have I?" Honda defended himself in a fashion glaring at Rebecca.
"Okay, okay," she held up her hands in a surrendering fashion, "I'm not saying anything.
"If you want Jounouchi-kun my brother can take her to the mansion," Mokuba suggested looking at his feet, Rebecca raised an eyebrow.
"What makes you think she'll be safer at that place than at her own home, well?" Jounouchi demanded, not being overly fond of the aforementioned CEO of Kaiba corp.
"Take a guess," Mokuba replied hotly, Jounouchi looked taken aback at the rage in the raven haired boy's eyes. "We have guards and security systems, what do you have? A drunken father?" Mokuba snarled, a wind began to pick up, liquids rippled and china rattled.
"What was that you punk," Jounouchi growled raising his fists ready to hit Mokuba.
Rebecca felt her temper rising at their ridiculous behaviour, Honda had left a while ago, Ryuuji sighed and rolled his eyes. The lot of them were lunatics and a right pain when Anzu wasn't around. It was a wonder they ever acted like friends, bloody hell, they needed that girl back more than they thought. Mokuba's hair flew up as a tornado formed around him, Ryuuji growled under his breath and waved his hand.
Both Mokuba and his tornado tantrum was suddenly encased in a green tinted force field as was Jounouchi. Ryuuji then stood up and all attention was focused on him. "If you will all, kindly," he stressed the word, "behave then maybe we will get somewhere, if not, I am quiet capable of erasing your memories of both this and Anzu. Me, Rebecca and this lot," he gestured at Mana, Malik, Isis and Rishid who, up to this point, had been silent, "will rescue Anzu."
Actually Ryuuji had no power over the human mind but they didn't need to know that.
"You're coming with me," Rebecca suddenly declared reaching inside Ryuuji's shield and pulling Mokuba out, she dragged him away to another room.
Ryuuji then looked at Shizuka, "Shizuka-chan, I would advise that you stay at home, Jounouchi," the blond looked at him, "Mokuba is right, she will be safer with Kaiba. Plus," Ryuuji smirked, "he'd defend her with his life if it came down to it."
Shizuka blushed and Jounouchi went red with anger at what Ryuuji was implying about his sister and Seto Kaiba.
"Alright, now that that is settled can we please make a plan?" Malik demanded as he banged his fists on the table finally annoyed enough by their childish behaviour to actually say something. Isis tried to calm him, "No sister, I…I like Anzu and I don't want her to get hurt," Yuugi noticed the slight red tinge in the Egyptian boy's cheeks even if no one else did.
Mana noticed to and she smiled, she also realised that Yuugi had recognised the symptoms too. Malik loved Anzu, but that presented a problem because Marik-kun was in the same situation but as far as either knew Anzu had made no inclinations to either about her feelings.
---Pegasus' Lair---
There was a yowl of pain as a blonde haired cat woman in very little leather was pushed to the ground at the feet of the vampire lord. "You bastard, you killed my clan!" The woman raised her burning violet eyes to meet his one, there was a small cut on her cheek from which ran a rivulet of blood. There were bruises one her arms, one of her ears was bent, her lip-gloss was smeared and there were splotched of blood on her body and uniform that wasn't even hers.
"Well what did you expect?" the vampire smirked down at her, her tail flicked dangerously, he kneeled down in front of her and twirled one of her sharp locks around his long fingers. "You led a hoard of fresh blood into a vampire lair," she looked horrified, he leaned forward to whisper dangerously in her ear, "we haven't had fresh blood in a long time."
"Are you…are you going to kill me?" she sounded panicked and a drop of sweat ran down her cheek.
He wiped it away before it dropped, "No my dear," he snapped his fingers and she found herself dangling three feet off the ground, shadow magic binding her wrists and ankles together so she was stretched out. "In fact, you'll make a lovely ornament," she blushed and growled at the indecency of his comment.
However she could do nothing to stop herself becoming attached to the wall, the blood left to run freely over her pale skin. Her emotions drowning her mind in the sorrow of the loss of her clan and doom of her now certain life of slavery.
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I know, I know, I'm mad for posting on X-mas day but really if all you had to do was draw pictures for £12 a drawing wouldn't you write some fiction? Honestly, my life is so dull sometimes, however there is good news. I'm going to be getting Fruits Basket DVD Box Set (jumps around like a rabbit) when it arrives from America. I mean wow and I got 4 manga for x-mas, copic markers and some even more cool pens with two colours in one nib. How cool is that?
Anyway, next chapter we have the rescue getting there and meet with a very nasty surprise...poor Mahado...