dontmesswithYami
Toli: Nah, we won't mess with Yami. Much! Hahahahahahahahahaha!
Mena: O.o; O-kay. Hey, an evil Yami is something kind of interesting! It's like one of those villains you love to hate! Like Pegasus, only much, much hotter!
Toli: Or something. Hope you like the next chapter!
Masami, Mistress Of Fire
Toli: Yeah! We're all friends! Of course!
Mena: Damie-chan, I want to see some of these pictures you have of me. You got what I look like right, correct? Brown skin, hazel-ish eyes, blue hair fading into black ends...
Toli: Are you gonna model fro him next?
Mena: Aw, quiet.
Toli: Masami, why does it seem like every time I turn around, you get a new injury? Broken leg...hurt knee...punctured lung...what next? Stroke? Concussion? Heart attack? Sudden poisoning? Well, anyway, immunity isn't something we all can have. But what am I talking about? I don't have it either! Anyhow, hope you enjoy.
Kameeko and Kamoray
Toli: Yeah, evil Yami. Some people like, some don't. Glad you like it, though. I'm not sure how evil Yami's going to get, but he will stay evil for the rest of the story, I'm pretty sure.
Mena: Wow! You think this is a really good fanfic? Great! We're sorry it took so long, but Toli got mega-mucho Writer's Block after the scene on the roof. She tried and tried, even downed some coffee, but all to no avail.
Toli: But it's here now! And this chapter is kind of...um...LONG. So, enjoy!
Toli: Hey! Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad! Mele Kalikimaka! Yumoquo Tupesas! Okay, now that that's done, say hello to the unblocked Mena! (while wrapping up Mena's head in bandages)
Mena: Hi, everybody! (waves bandaged hand)
Jesselda: At least she's still cheerful.
Toli: Ready to write, Mena?
Mena: No...I don't think so.
Toli: All right! I'll do it then! We don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, but it does own us! Hahahahahaha!
SIX: Secrets Of The Bloodsuckers 1
THE NEXT NIGHT
(Tea's P.O.V.)
"Tea?"
I turned at the vaguely familiar voice and found Duke Devlin behind her, dressed in black, with a sword strapped to his back. "Duke?" I said in disbelief.
Duke smiled. "So, this is why you stood me up on Saturday. You're a slayer too."
I turned and walked towards him. "I had no idea you were a slayer. You keep the secret quite well."
"So do you," Duke said, flipping a few strands of black hair out of his eyes. "I figured keeping up a good social life would help further hide the fact. Who would think a slayer would have time for Saturday dates?"
I couldn't help but smile.
"Hey, you two." The two of us turned and saw Mai standing on the roof of a building a few feet taller than theirs, wearing all black like them, a hip holster containing her gun, and a sheath strapped to her back. Unlike Duke, who was covered from neck to toe, and me, who had opted to wear black leather pants that night, she had on a black miniskirt with a matching crop top underneath a waist-length black leather vest. She expertly jumped from her rooftop to ours. "So, how would you two like your next lessons in interrogating vampires?"
"Why? Is there one to interrogate?" Duke asked.
Mai nodded. "I caught the sucker trying to make the home stretch and tied her to a tree. Come on." She turned and jumped back up to the higher rooftop, with Duke and I following, headed in the direction of the park.
The vampire Mai had captured was tied to a tree with a bike chain. I realized this was near the area where I had first met Yugi. My attention was then focused on the vampire, which Mai and Duke pointed their guns at. The girl had shoulder-length blond hair and bright maroon eyes that were flashing angrily at Mai. She looked pretty young, maybe just a little older than Yugi; I wondered absently if she was a birthed or morphed vampire.
"Let me go!" the bloodsucker yelled, trying to wriggle free of the restricting chain.
"Not so fast," Mai said. "We've got a few questions for you, and if we get the answers we want, we'll consider sparing you for now."
The vampire looked angry. "I can't tell you anything," she hissed, baring her lengthening fangs.
"Too bad," I said, taking out her own gun.
The girl looked from one gun's barrel to another. She panicked. "All right, all right. I'll tell you what I can. But I don't know much."
"Does that mean you were morphed into a vampire?" Duke wanted to know.
The girl glared at him. "Yes. A week ago. And it was the best damn thing that ever happened to me."
"That depends on how you look at it," Mai said.
"It's freedom. Freedom from the inferiority of being human. Freedom to be the dominant race, to have nothing to fear at night. If I had had the choice, I would have been born a vampire," the girl stated.
Something Yami had said to me came back to my mind. "Yugi is supposed to be a full-fledged vampire. He would happily accept the fact if he didn't have those inferior human emotions." So apparently becoming a vampire somehow made you less afraid to do evil and less guilty about murder.
"We want to know more about the vampires' hidden realm," I said.
The vampire's glare swung to me. "It exists," she snapped.
My eyes narrowed. I hated sarcasm. And especially in vampires. All of Yami's sarcasm had been grating on me for long enough, and I wasn't taking it any longer. Before Mai or Duke could say anything, I had raised my gun and fired.
The vampire bit down on her lip to keep from screaming, but she couldn't old back a whine of pain. Blood oozed from the new hole in her right hand. The blood was much thicker and human blood, and much darker. It resembled molasses. The veins in her hand around the hole darkened from ultraviolet poisoning.
"Answer the question," I said, aiming the gun at her other hand. "And answer it without sarcasm. You can't afford to be witty."
The girl's eyes had squeezed shut in pain. She opened one to look up at me. "The realm...is called Ambit. You enter it via a series of...portals located in different places in the city. Every night, the location of the portals are rearranged...by the leader to help keep trespassers like slayers from entering. You have to find one of the overseers to learn the...location of the nearest portal to Ambit."
"Who are the overseers?" Mai asked.
"I don't know," the girl said. "They're changed every week for the same reasons the portals are moved."
Mai nodded. "That's all we're going to get," she said to Duke and I. She stepped forward and unwound the chain. The vampire was free to go for giving us some information. She clutched her right hand with her left and glared at me before retreating into the darkness.
"Spread out, you two," Mai said. "Go ahead and kill vampires, but see if you can get any more information. Don't let a potential squealer escape." She started off.
Duke nodded to me. "Happy hunting," he said. He turned to run off. I did so also. Suddenly, my vampire senses flared strongly, indicating a vampire coming towards me. Without missing a beat, I turned, pulled out my gun, and shot the vampire (NFT: The one they had just been questioning) in the chest as she leapt through the air, aiming for me. Her face took on a look of shock before she crumbled into dust.
"Wow," Duke said. "You're good."
I smirked, blew the wisp of smoke off the barrel of my gun, and gave him a play salute with the tip of my gun barrel. "One of the best," I said easily. I broke into a run, my vampire senses homing in on another bloodsucker.
This promised to be a good night.
(Normal P.O.V.)
Yugi remained underneath Tea's sheets, shivering. The pain was increasing. He'd tried eating as much regular food as Joey, which was a lot, but it only helped in the barest sense of the word. He knew that he would only get complete satiation if he had some blood, and lots of it. But he would not break his promise. He was determined not to.
But it's pretty hard to willingly starve yourself when there's a perfectly good resource of blood downstairs, a little voice said in his head.
No! Yugi fought back. There is no way I'd do that to Joey. Not after he's been so nice to me!
He's a human; he's inferior. You would only be feeding yourself, like Yami said.
Yami is wrong! I can't let go of my resolve. It's absolutely crucial--
What are you talking about? You are a vampire. Do vampire stuff!
I can't!
I see no reason why not.
It's wrong, I tell you, wrong. I can't--I won't--
Wrong to a human, maybe. But not to a vampire. What are you starving yourself for? You know good and well eventually you'll need blood. Why not now instead of later?
Yugi pressed his hands over his ears, trying to block out the persistent voice. It had gotten louder with every night that passed, just as the pain had gotten worse. He could feel tears slipping through his squeezed eyelids.
I can't do it, he said as a last resort.
Yes you can, and you will. Go downstairs right now and get the sustenance you need from that inferior human.
The voice then sounded like Yami. Yugi felt almost too weak to disobey it. He rolled from one side to the other and eventually fell out of bed. He stood up, slowly, the pain throbbing inside of him from head to toe. Now he could smell Joey's blood; it smelled tasty. Slowly he left the room. At the stairs, he hesitated. Joey was talking to someone on the "phone". This was wrong; he shouldn't do it. Then the pain in his body intensified, and he could hear his brother speaking again. Just do it, and then run. Run and find a vampire to take you home.
Yugi cautiously made his way down the first step, and then the next. Finally he got into a steady walk. He reached the bottom just as Joey got off the phone. The highschooler turned and saw him. "Hey, Yugi, I thought you were asleep."
Do it! Kill him NOW
"I can't," Yugi breathed, and then the pain consumed him and he collapsed.
When he woke up, the pain had subsided to merely an empty feeling. He must be human again. He opened his eyes and found Tea and Joey leaning over him. Daylight was streaming through the open window.
"What happened?" Tea asked. "Are you all right?"
Yugi nodded. "But--but I-I almost went against my word. I almost...I almost killed Joey."
Joey's eyes widened. "So dat's why you was lookin' at me all funny," he said. "Well, I guess I'm glad you decided to pass out instead."
"I'm dangerous," Yugi said fearfully.
Tea put her hand on his forehead. "No, you're just hungry. And, well, I guess that does make you kind of dangerous."
"Maybe I could cut myself and let him have whateva comes out," Joey suggested.
"That's not a good idea," Tea said. "If he's as hungry for blood as he says he is, a meager taste from some dumb cut is only going to make him want more. He might end up trying to hurt you. We just have to find a better solution."
"Like what?" Joey asked. Then his eyes lit up. "Hey! How 'bout we go to a blood bank, and steal some blood, and give it to Yugi--"
"Also not good," Tea said. "Theft is against the law, remember?"
Joey pouted. "Well, then maybe he should jus' go to sleep when night falls."
"That seems like the best solution," Tea said. Joey beamed at her approval at one of his ideas.
"What if I wake up in the middle of the night?" Yugi asked. "Maybe you should lock the door, too. I don't want to get loose and hurt anybody."
"Are you sure?" Tea asked.
Yugi nodded.
"All right, then I'll lock the door and the window when I go out at night," Tea agreed. "But right now, why don't we have something to eat?"
"Pancakes!" Joey demanded eagerly.
"I'm not sure if I should include you in 'we'," Tea said, smiling.
"Aw! You can't do dat!" Joey cried. He was blushing a little underneath Tea's smile.
So they had pancakes. Joey had twelve, and Yugi had eleven, and Tea just stared. "You're giving him bad habits," she said to Joey.
"Well, he could use some weight!" Joey shot back.
Tea checked her watch. "Yikes! Joey, we need to get out of here and go to school."
"Why don't we just call in sick?" Joey asked.
Tea sighed. "We're going to school." She turned to Yugi. "Think you can stay here alone until 4:00 PM?"
Yugi nodded. "The sun won't have gone down yet, so I--I'll be all right." But he didn't sound exactly sure of that.
"Okay," Tea replied. "Come on, Joey! Put your shoes on and let's roll!" She stopped and turned back to Yugi. "If you use the microwave, don't set it for more than two minutes at a time. If you eat something in a can, use the automatic can opener on the counter. Instructions are on the side. Don't use the stove. We'll see you at 4:00." She left, practically dragging a reluctant Joey with her.
Yami stared out. He was looking into a small, oval-shaped portal that showed him the outside world. It was currently focused on Tea's "highschool".
A figure appeared to Yami's left, through the perpetual darkness of Ambit. He didn't turn to address her; he merely spoke over his shoulder. "Is it ready?"
There was a nod. "Yes, Master," the little girl said. In her hands she held a black globe about the size of an average crystal ball. It had a purple sheen. She stepped forward and extended her arms, offering the globe to Yami. He took it.
"And how long will the magic last?" Yami asked.
The girl tilted her head to one side to remember the words spoken to her. "Panik said that it would last for about six hours."
Yami grunted. That was longer than usual. Good, then. Everything was falling into place. Except the part concerning Yugi. Even Panik, who had once tried to overthrow Yami's reign, saying he was meaner, stronger, and more capable, and had learned the hard way that he wasn't, was serving faithfully. That meant that either something was wrong with his mind, or Yami's powers were now strong enough to intimidate the rebellion out of the vampire. Yami flexed the fingers on his free hand. "Very well. Return to your duties."
The girl nodded again and melted back into the darkness.
Yami glanced down at the globe in his hands and smiled. Things were going well.
Quite well, indeed.
AFTER SCHOOL
Once again, thirteen seconds after the bell rang, Tea was the first one out the door. Joey followed her, and Serenity brought up the rear.
"I'd better hurry!" Tea said over her shoulder as she ran down the sidewalk. "Yugi might be worried about me. It's already 4:30!"
"Well, couldja slow down jus' a little?" Joey cried as he puffed after her.
"I guess," Tea said, slowing. She was still looking over her shoulder and missed the crack in the sidewalk, which her toe hopped right into. She began to fall forwards.
"Look ou--" Serenity's surprised cry stopped in mid-syllable for a split second. Tea's senses alerted her of the presence of a vampire, but it quickly faded, as did the surrounding light. It became dark, as if someone had just flipped a switch and turned off the sun. She gained her footing quickly, and Serenity resumed her call. "--t, Te...a?"
"Who turned out da lights?" Joey asked, bewildered. It was night.
Tea looked down at her watch. "Oh my GOSH! It's 9:39!" she cried. She realized now that somehow, five hours had passed. She started for home at top speed, and realized that if it was night, her special abilities were working, so of course she left Joey and Serenity in the dust as she sped for home.
TEA'S APARTMENT
Yugi shivered as he watched the final rays of daylight sink beneath the horizon. It was already 6:57, and Tea was not home. Worse still, he was changing into his vampire form again, and the pain he had been able to escape last time rushed back with a vengeance. He nearly lost his balance when it came over him.
Stumbling to the sofa, he laid down on it and simply curled into a ball and held his stomach. Why was Tea not home yet? She said that she would be home at 4:00, and it was three hours after the appointed time. He hoped that she hadn't simply forgotten about him.
He didn't know he had fallen asleep until a noise woke him up. He was in too much pain to look over the sofa and see what it was, but he hoped it was Tea. It had gotten darker outside, and he had on no lights, so he was in the dark, though he could see right through it as any vampire could.
"You look pathetic."
Yugi started at the sound of Yami's voice. He should have known it wasn't anybody good. When he looked up, he could see a silhouette looming over him and the back of the sofa. It was obviously his brother. After a few seconds, he could see his brother's face through the darkness. It took his eyes longer to adjust than those of a complete vampire.
"Why are you putting yourself through this torture?" Yami went on. "It's ridiculous. You're only delaying the inevitable, and going through unnecessary pain while you're at it. Will you eat already?"
"No!" Yugi said forcefully, or as forcefully as he could with the pain gnawing on his insides. "I refuse."
There was a loud sigh. "This is foolish," Yami continued. "Why do you insist on making yourself miserable, and pathetic-looking, might I add, like this? You know sooner or later you're going to need some blood. You can't just hope the pain will magically vanish like some, some human stomachache." He spoke the last word like it was a four-letter word.
"I'm not doing it," Yugi repeated. "I'm not breaking my promise."
There was another sigh. "Do you happen to know how angry you are making me? How much I want to wring your neck and return you to your senses? You're making this hard for the both of us."
"How in the world is this hard for you?!" Yugi demanded.
There was silence. Then Yami spoke in a less harsh tone than the one he had been using. "Despite the fact that you believe I'm a coldhearted murderer who thinks about no one except himself--"
"And that you won't leave me alone," Yugi cut in. "Don't forget that."
"--I do care about you," Yami continued, like Yugi had never spoken. "I'm worried about your well being. If I didn't care, do you honestly think I'd even be bothering? I'd let you starve yourself and die a monster. But I am trying, Yugi, to save you from a lot more pain, and not just the physical kind. I can see you've obviously put your trust in that--that vampire slayer you've decided to move in with. Don't you realize that she doesn't trust you back? She never could. You know that she's secretly afraid of what you could do to her and her friends. Don't think she wouldn't hesitate to kill you if she thinks you're a 'threat'. She would. And you would have no one to blame but yourself."
"She wants to help me," Yugi said through teeth gritted with pain.
Sarcasm entered Yami's voice. "Help you do what? Endure the pain better? No matter how much you try to deny it, you are a vampire and that's all you'll be. That stupid myth about becoming a human--that's untrue. It wouldn't even make sense! You need to get it out of your head that--"
"Leave me alone," Yugi snapped.
Another silence. Then Yugi felt hands grab his shoulders and pull him into a sitting position. Yami was right in front of him, their noses only inches away. Yugi could see right into Yami's eyes, which were deep red, like always. They were glowing slightly, enough to notice that they were, but not enough to cast light on anything. "Tell me the truth," Yami said in a low voice. "How much pain are you in?"
Yugi gulped. At the question, the pain seemed to intensify. Now it felt like acid burning inside of him. "A-A lot," he whispered. "It's excruciating."
"Then I tell you what," Yami said. "I have an idea. It will relieve you of your pain but it won't cloud your incredibly sensitive conscience. Will you hear me out, or will you send me away?"
Yugi looked down at his lap, which of course he could see, and considered through the pain. Then he looked back up. "Yes. I'll hear you out."
Yami smiled. "Good."
END CHAPTER
Toli: Let's see now, E-N-D, space, C-H-A-P-T-E-R! I'm finished! (lifts fingers from keys) Yow! Yowyowyowyowwww! My fingers are killing me!
Mena: Here you go, sis! (holds up bowl of cold water)
Toli: I guess I felt I had to make up for Mena's lack of writing. Yowwww... (sticks fingers in bowl of water. Steam rises and water bubbles and sizzles) See you next time!
Slain trivia
Vampires have four distinctive qualities that humans do not have. One, they have skin that is solid white and tending towards pale blue, because they are not truly "alive" in the human sense. Two, they have elongated (and sometimes enlarged) canines, which will lengthen when they feel extreme emotions such as anger, or when they are about to feed. Three, they all have eye colors that are none of the regular human eye colors, like Yami's crimson eyes, or Yugi's amethyst eyes. Four, they have blood that is twice as thick as regular human blood, and shades darker, because they feed off of blood so often.
