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Toli: Hi! (sits at a table with a giant cement block over her hands) Sorry it took so long. We were working on our other story!
Mena: O.o What is that block for?
Toli: What do you think it's for?
Mena: Ummm, blocked sinuses?
Toli: No! It's because I have Writer's Block!
Mena: Ohhh! Okay! I get it! So, what are you gonna do about it?
Toli: (exasperated) YOU WRITE THE CHAPTER!!
Mena: Ohhh! Okay! I get that too! We don't own Yu-Gi-Oh but I have a flyer for this hot meeting rallying up a bunch of people who want to own Yu-Gi-Oh! I'm going after this chapter!
Toli: -.-;
THREE: A Vamp In The House
The bell rang. Twelve seconds later, Tea was the first one out the front double doors. Soon after came Serenity and Joey.
"Tea, wait!" Serenity called.
Tea slowed down enough that they could catch up with her.
"Where are you off to in such a hurry?" Joey asked.
"I have to get home right away!" Tea said.
"Why?" Serenity asked.
"Not really time to explain! If you wanna know follow me home!" With that she sped up. Joey and Serenity followed as quickly as they could.
When Tea made it her apartment there was a note on the back of the door. Dear Tea, it read with hasty handwriting, I have emergency at my job and won't be back until 1:00 am. All the thing you need to make yourself dinner and snack is in the fridge. Love, Auntie. Tea snatched the note off the door and left the door open so Serenity and Joey could come in. She headed upstairs to her room in the attic. Her aunt's apartment was one of three with an attic.
Joey and Serenity finally made it inside the apartment. They were worn out. Serenity saw Tea going up the stairs, so she followed. Joey had to break on the couch.
Serenity made it to Tea's room and knocked on the cracked door. "Come on in," Tea invited.
Opening the door, Serenity was surprised to see some unfamiliar kid asleep in Tea's bed. Tea was sitting beside the bed in her desk chair.
"Tea, who's..." Serenity began.
"I don't know what his name is yet," Tea said. "But he needs my help. So I let him stay here. My aunt's gone so much, she won't even notice."
"Well, what...why...Tea, please explain," Serenity said.
"He's bispecies," Tea said.
"He's what?" Serenity demanded.
Tea sighed. She told Serenity the whole story the boy had given her, including seeing him turn to human in the light. When she was finished, Serenity looked astounded. "So you're telling me that he's half-vampire--or bispecies or whatever--and he's just going to stay here until you and the rest of the vampire killers destroy all the vampires so he can become completely human?" When Tea nodded, Serenity's puzzled expression deepened. "Do you know how crazy that sounds?"
"So?" Tea said. "I saw the proof. Besides, who wants to become a vampire when you don't have to be?"
Serenity sighed. "Well, how do you know he won't go psycho one night and kill somebody?" she asked. "I mean, even though he says he doesn't want to kill, who knows how irrepressible the urge to drink blood is when you're a vampire?"
"Well, until he gives me reason otherwise, I'm keeping him," Tea said firmly. "And anyways, in exchange for me taking care of him, he's going to give me information about vampires and the S.V.H., so it benefits us both."
Serenity sighed and eyed the kid. He did look pretty harmless, at least while he was asleep. "Okay," she agreed. "Besides, you are a certified vampire killer, so he couldn't do but so much with you watching him."
Suddenly, the kid awoke, and Serenity's fear kicked in anyway. She stepped behind the door and watched, half in fear, half in awe. The kid opened large, bright amethyst eyes. Serenity had never seen anyone with purple eyes before. She guessed that it was a vampire thing.
Tea turned to him. "You're awake," she said as if just talking to any boy. "Have you been asleep all this time?"
The boy nodded slightly. "Well, at least until after you gave me those, um, whatever you call those things you gave me."
"Waffles," Tea said with a smile.
"--Yeah, 'waffles'. I was kind of tired. I rarely get to sleep for several hours straight," the boy said. He suddenly noticed Serenity. "Who is that behind the door?"
Tea turned and noticed what Serenity had done. "Will you get from behind that door!" she exclaimed. "I told you, he's harmless. Especially during the day."
Serenity came back into the room. "Hi," she said shyly, raising one hand for a split second in a pathetic wave.
"Hi," the boy answered.
"Serenity, be a little nicer!" Tea said, kind of annoyed.
"I can't help it! He's a vampire!" Serenity said, backing away a step.
Tea sighed loudly as the boy lowered his eyes to his lap. "Will you stop it with that?" she demanded. "You aren't making things any better. And he's not a full-fledged vampire, he's only half-vampire."
Serenity looked at the ground. "Sorry," she said. "It's just kind of hard to get out of my mind."
"I understand," the boy said suddenly. "I'm used to this happening a lot. It's not a big deal...I'm used to it."
Tea stood up. "Don't worry about it. Serenity is just acting birdbrained. Aren't you?"
"Uh, yeah," Serenity said. "I just need a little time to get used to it. Vampires are supposed to be something I fear, so..."
"That's okay," the boy said. "By the way, um, I'm kind of hungry again."
"Okay. let's go have something to eat," Tea said. She took his hand and helped him get out of bed. He was still wearing his tank top and pants, which were both two completely different shades of blue, but his black boots were in the corner underneath the jacket hanging over a stool.
"I'd better go downstairs and tell Joey, too," Serenity said. "He's probably watching TV by now."
AFTER SUNSET
"I'm headed out, then," Tea said. "Do you think you guys can manage without me?"
"Don't give us that," Serenity said. "We are perfectly capable of functioning without you."
"Last week says otherwise," Tea said with a bigger smile.
Serenity snorted. "Just go out and shoot your vampires," she said.
Tea nodded and left through the window. Serenity and Joey watched her leap to the next roof and head off. It was amazing how different she looked when wearing all black and toting weapons.
"So, let's see what's on TV!" Joey said. He flopped on the couch, next to the boy, and turned on the TV. Then he began channel surfing.
Serenity rolled her eyes. "Is TV all you think about?" she asked rhetorically.
"No. I think about food," Joey and. "And you!" he continued channel surfing.
Why'd he say food before me? Serenity wondered as she narrowed her eyes at the back of his head. Speaking of heads... Her eyes traveled to the back of the vamp-kid's head. He has a really strange hairstyle. Letting it pass as some weird vampire fad, she went into the kitchen to get herself something to eat. Behind her she heard, "Dude, you really oughta think about trimmin' those fangs!" She shivered. Of course. The kid would be a vampire now that the sun had gone down. How could Joey possibly joke with him now? What if he went back on his word and killed her and her brother and sucked out their blood and left them in a dead heap on the floor and ran back to his vampire tribe and--
"Hey, Serenity!" Joey bellowed, startling her. "What!" she snapped.
Joey had flipped over and was resting his chin on the back of the couch. "Get us somethin' to eat, too?" he asked.
"Sure," Serenity said. "What?"
Joey thought. "Um, get me a soda and a coupla apples--in fact, bring da whole fruit basket out here, wouldja?"
Serenity sighed. "You are such a pig," she said as she grabbed the full fruit bowl and carried it to the living room. She walked around the sofa on the kid's side, and hesitated when she saw his face. It was solid white, and she saw unmistakable little fangs hanging over his lip. He was staring at the TV, which was currently tuned to an infomercial boasting an "amazing" type of pan spray.
Serenity set the fruit bowl on the table. "Here's your order," she said, raising herself up quickly. She leaned against the wall and watched the vamp-kid.
Joey grabbed an apple and a pear and took big bites out of both. "Why don't you hev some?" he said around the fruit to the kid. "It might help yer stomach feel bett'r."
Hesitating, the boy carefully selected a pear from the bowl, as if afraid all of the fruits were poisoned. He stared at it for a few seconds, and then stuck the wide part into his mouth and bit the whole thing off, leaving only the narrow part in his white hand. Serenity shivered as he swallowed it whole.
"Hey, I used to eat like that too!" Joey said happily. He grabbed a pear and tried biting off the entire wide part, but could only get half of it. "Uh well, I tried," he mumbled through his full mouth.
The vamp-kid was staring at Joey like he was an item on display. Serenity shivered again. Was it her imagination, or were that kid's eyes fixed no Joey's neck instead of his face?
She knew it would be a long while before she got used to him.
END CHAPTER
Toli: Great job, Mena! (struggles to get her hands out from under the cement block)
Mena: Why, thank you. (bows) I had no idea I could write so almost like you.
Toli: Well, now that you're done, help me get this block off my hands!
Mena: Okay, I'll-- (looks at watch) Uh oh! The meeting's starting in five minutes! Sorry, Toli, but I'll help when I come back! (dashes through exit door)
Toli: Wait! You can't just leave me here! Mena! Come back! Me-naaa! MEEEEEENAAAAAAAAAAA!!
Bispecies: a creature that has two parents of different species, i.e., Yugi had a vampire father and a human mother, making him half-vampire and half-human, or bispecies. Only humans use that term, and very infrequently, for cases like Yugi's are incredibly rare.
