Zypher: I'm back! And with it comes a new chapter to Demons of the Darkness. Enjoy!

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Demons of the Darkness

Chapter 11

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Yugi woke up the next day and yawned softly. He looked down to Yami and smiled. Compared to his original demon nature, he seems so gentle in the morning light. 'Just like he was last night.' Yugi thought as he remembered last night. He really hoped that now, they would have more nights like this soon.

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Seto woke up as the sun shined through the room and he looked down to Jounouchi, his puppy. 'I just like to see Otogi try and take him from me now.' he thought as he got up quietly so he wouldn't wake the boy and went into the private bathroom he had to get cleaned up.

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Bakura was already up and dressed. He was sitting on the ledge of the window, nibbling at a bloody heart he gotten from a drunk man. The man himself was on the floor. He brought him in so Ryou would get a taste for human flesh. Now that he's a demon, he will need to adapt to the new sustenance.

'Hopefully he won't regret becoming a demon of the darkness.' he thought as he finished off the heart and turned to look back at Ryou, waiting for him to wake up.

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When Malik woke up, he was greeted with Marik's smiling face. "Good morning, love." Marik greeted. Malik smiled to him as well as he got up. "Good morning to you, too." Malik whispered as he stretched a bit. Marik wrapped his arms around him and licked the skin behind his ear lightly, making him shiver.

"So, would you like to go out on a hunt with me? After last night, I'm pretty famished and this would be the best time to get you used to eating human." Malik nodded as he got up. "Let me get dressed and them we can leave." Marik nodded as he watched Malik get dressed with a slight grin. 'Life for me would never be better without him by my side.' Marik thought.

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After Yami and Aqua woke up, they gotten dressed and went to take Yugi out for his first hunt, seeing as created demons are different from ones that have been born. They would have to teach him everything they know. Yugi really didn't like the idea of eating humans for sustenance but it was important so he will get used to it eventually.

Aqua spotted a woman standing near the corner and looked to Yami. He nodded and looked down to Yugi. "Since this will be your first time, I want you to watch us. Soon, you will have to hunt on your own if we're not around but we may not leave you alone as there could be hunters around that may have followed the last of the supernaturals." he explained and Yugi nodded as he went to follow Aqua into the nearby alley.

Yami walked over to the woman and she looked to him with a smile. "Hello there, are you looking for a good time?" she cooed and Yami had to resist the urge to gag. He was thankful that some humans were stupid enough to live out their lives like this. Makes it easier to find a good meal without hurting an innocent. He gave her a smirk and nodded. "Sure and I have the perfect place in mind." Yami purred as he led the girl to her doom. He led her into the alley and she turned to look for him but he was gone. She looked around before walking deeper into the alley. That's when the bloodshed started. Aqua jumped down from the roof and pinned her to the ground.

She screamed in terror but she was silenced as he bit into her neck. She gaped as she tried to scream again but she was slowly dying so she didn't have much time left. Aqua started to tear at the skin lightly before he backed away, licking at the blood that pooled around her head.

"She's ok, Yami. Her blood is not too disgusting." Aqua called as he and Yugi walked over from the shadows as well. "I won't have to do anything brutal like this if I hunt alone, will I?" Yugi asked as they knelt beside the slowly cooling corpse. "No, at the most, either Aqua or I will be doing the killing for you. I know this is all new for you. If there's something you don't want to do, tell us and we'll do it for you. We wouldn't be very good mates if we make you do something you don't want to do." Yami said with a soft smile.

Yugi smiled as well and watched as Yami used sharpened claws to tear off bits of flesh from the woman. Once he had enough in hand, he turned to Yugi and fed him quietly as Aqua started to delve deeper into her body to devour the juicy organs. Yugi started to like the taste of the woman's flesh drenched in blood and once he was done with what Yami gave him, he walked over to the body and tore off more, eating until he was full.

After that, he just watched as Yami and Aqua finished their fill before disposing of the body. Once they cleaned themselves off, they left the alley, full and happy.

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With Malik and Marik in another part of the city, they looked for a person to have for a morning meal. "Hey, what about those two?" Malik asked as he pointed to two men that looked like convicts from jail and he nodded. "Nice choice, and there's two of them so we can take one back to Toben and Topaz. Come on." Marik whispered and Malik nodded as he followed him. One looked to them and smirked. "Hey, look what we have here, two little boys." He jeered and the other laughed. "Really, and there aren't many people out so why don't we have a little fun with them?" The other man asked and the first nodded and they both started to advance on them.

But that was their undoing.

With fast reflexes, Marik reacted and sped past the first man, killing him swiftly. His claws dripped blood and the other man was stunned when he saw his appearance compared to earlier. He backed away and was about to run off but Malik somehow appeared in front of him and knocked him out. Marik smiled and picked up the dead man. "Leave him there. We'll pick him up on the way home, let's eat." Marik said as he took the dead man into the alley nearby and Malik followed. They finished of the man quickly since it was getting closer to that time when people are about to leave and do their daily errands. Marik got rid of the bones in the dumpster that was in the alley after cracking them so no one would figure them out to be human bones and they left with the other man in hand.

"So, how do you like the taste of human flesh now?" Marik asked as they flew above the city. "I still don't feel alright with it just yet but it's the best tasting thing I had so far after my first day of being a demon." Malik replied, smiling over to Marik. "I'm glad you have chosen me as a mate, Marik. I never thought that being a demon can be so invigorating. Flying in the air without a care in the world." Malik said happily.

"Yes, it is very vitalizing to be a demon but it is not always like this." Marik whispered.

Malik looked to him. "What do you mean, Marik?"

"Well...a long time ago, there were a lot more supernaturals that roamed the world, from vampires to werewolves. Some of us lived in harmony like the vampires and us demons while others try to start wars and cause problems like the orcs and dark elves. Soon enough, a human stepped up and said this world should be rid of us beasts and started to learn more about us until they found ways to defeat us. Werewolves may be impervious to things like silver but stabbing them in the heart with it killed them swiftly. Vampires the same way, since now, if we were to see one, they would be able to walk in sunlight and stay around garlic and whatnot, compared the other myths that humans told." A light sigh left him as he continued.

"But their weakness was their heart. Many vampires live long but never experience love so the human thought it would be a way to kill them by breaking their hearts and emotions so they wouldn't be able to do so much as protect themselves when killed by the person they assumed loved them. It worked fairly well and most of the vampire population is gone until this day; same with werewolves and other wereanimals. We were next. There wasn't much that would get rid of us since we were so headstrong, could control our emotions and be impervious to many things. So we risked our lives to make sure other races were ok so we have gained many allies. But in the process we lost many." He sighed softly. "By means of decapitation." He finished and Malik gasped.

"Why?" he asked. "Way back then, most humans have realized we couldn't be destroyed by much so they thought of us as the ultimate creature and wanted to get rid of our kin quickly. They made sure not many were alive to see the Blood Moon in order to mate with another and bare children to keep the race alive. The vampires and wereanimals helped as much as they could but they were weak. They barely can get food because of humans being prepared for attacks and keeping livestock inside for the nights. So we worked on our own but it didn't go to well.

"Many have tried swords; cutting off arms, legs, even wings for those who had them. It was painful for us, fighting with humans only to get certain appendages cut off. It was slow recovery for us but we managed. But soon, they thought about decapitation and they tried a demonstration with a demon child they manage to capture and found it worked quite well. And that's when the blood fest started.

"More demons fell and so did other races. Now, they are only so many of us left and as much as we don't want to hurt the innocent, if we don't get rid of those hunters, we'll be extinct along with other races that have lived longer than us." Marik said and he nodded. "I hope we succeed then. I am only so young and starting my life as a demon is new but I'm not going to let myself die off so quickly because of it." Malik said with determination as they landed back at their home and went inside to deliver the human to Toben and Topaz.

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After Ryou woke up and had his fill from the human, he went back to sleep and Bakura got rid of the body, tearing off any remains of flesh that Ryou didn't pick off and gave them to Crimson so he wouldn't have to worry about hunting for Diamond until dusk when no one will notice if they killed someone or not. Bakura sat beside Ryou, running a hand through his hair. He could sense that the remaining hunters were starting to regroup and coming after the remaining demons. He wasn't about to let Ryou become a victim. 'It might be best if we started to leave. I know that I'm not risking Ryou's life in this city and I'm definitely sure Yami isn't risking little Yugi's life.' Bakura thought and sighed a little.

'Ryou will miss his home and I will too. This is where I first met him and I really wouldn't like to leave. But I can't risk his life here. If the hunters kill him, by Ra I don't know what I would do.' He thought once more before he laid down beside the boy comfortably, falling asleep as well.

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Seto stared out of the window. He could feel the presence of the hunters coming near and he wasn't at all happy with that. He sighed as he remembered his past. They were living in a remote place, rarely seen by many. But those hunters came and tried to kill them. Him, Ruby and their little brother. They managed to get away but they gave chase and soon, his little brother was caught and killed right before their eyes.

He will never forgive them and promised that he will find a way to bring back their brother and kill all hunters. He looked and to Jounouchi and shivered as he imagined him in Mokuba's place. He shook his head from such thoughts and opened the window. Best time to hunt before it gets too crowded out there with people around. Can't go and find a decent meal without people noticing you.

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Yugi, Yami and Aqua stopped by the game shop. He was worried about his grandfather and wondered where he could be. While he was trying to see if he could reach his grandfather, Yami and Aqua looked around. While looking through the living portion of the home, Aqua found a small, secret door and they looked inside to find a book. A very old book. Yami was starting to worry since he too felt the hunters coming near, more or less here to Domino. They would have to leave if his suspicions are correct. He didn't want to do this to the younger demon but he nor Aqua wasn't about to let him die by hunters. They looked through the book and gasped. Inside was some short entries all about the demon races.

It was dated way back so they knew Yugi couldn't have written it since he just learned about the demons a while ago. The only person they could think of was his grandfather or at least an ancestor of his. If that was true then they are in trouble if he comes back with a batch of hunters. They would have to leave before then. When Yugi came back in, Yami explained everything to him and he was worried. He never knew of this and if it's true then not only his life is in danger, but Yami and Aqua's as well. He didn't want to leave his only home but he knew he must.

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Zypher: Ok, I feel very evil right now. We all know Yugi's grandfather isn't a bad guy and I'm not planning to make him that way for long. So no one will have to worry about him being killed and all, he will be just fine and that's all I will tell you. You will have to review if you want to find out more.