Hi everyone! Well, this chapter is going to be kind of not so angsty, except people getting bitten by some weird thing you saw at the end of the last chapter. Honestly I had no idea what I was doing with the last chapter but it turned out fine and in a way that I can use to my advantage to humanize the villain in the fic. Read on, my pretty mind slaves…

Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh, but I have twenty four episodes of it on DVD!


Sami backed against the wall and cried in pain as the creature; hidden by the darkness of the cave, bit her. Then…she saw a branch lying near the fire, and as quickly as she could, she ran over to it and set it alight. Following the sounds of the beast's feet, she advanced on the creature and whipped her newly made torch at it, hoping to light it up and catch a glimpse as to the identity of the creature. When she saw what had been attacking them, she backed against the wall once more. It was a wolf; the biggest one she had ever seen, with snarling jaws, and gleaming eyes filled with hunger.

Holding her breath, she struck out at the wolf with her flame, hoping desperately to drive it away from the cave. All that did was drive the creature even further into the cave. Growling furiously at her, the wolf made its way over to the shadow, Akefia; still lying unconscious against the cave wall. It smelled flesh, and turned to Akefia, sniffing the air to follow the scent. It followed the scent to Akefia's arm, which had been bruised upon impact with the wall.

It then bit into his arm, relishing the taste of human flesh. All of a sudden, it howled in pain. It withdrew from Akefia with foam coming out of its mouth, and a weird noise came from deep inside its throat, as though poisoned. Sami watched in horror as the wolf slowly decomposed before her eyes. It seemed that whatever darkness Akefia was that was possessing Ryou, its blood was poisonous to anything that dared to attack him.

As the wolf slowly turned to dust, she regained her composure and went to see how hurt Akefia was. It seemed he had lost a lot of blood, as he was paler than before. There was a gash on his forehead that was bleeding profusely, and she winced as she saw his jaw was bruised and swollen. Without a second thought, she ran to Akefia and turned him over so she could see the full extent of the damage. There were little scars everywhere from where his body had hit the wall, and his breathing was uneven.

Thinking quickly, she ran out of the cave to gather as many leaves as she could, and laid them all down upon the cave floor to make a soft place to lie. Gathering Akefia in her arms, she carried him with much effort and pain; as he wasn't all that light (114 lbs). She finally managed to rest him upon the bed of leaves, with as little pain as possible. Looking over him, she realized she needed water to bathe his wounds, and that they had none in the cave.

Without water, there wasn't much she could do, and she wasn't about to take him back to the city to find a hospital because a) there was no way she could carry him that far and b) he would be sent back to the institution if she took him back. It was almost a hopeless case, but she wasn't going to give up. Looking outside she discovered a few leaves still wet from that mornings dew. She gathered them up carefully and brought them back to the cave.

Akefia's breathing was shallow and coming in odd movements, so she had to act quickly. Setting the leaves down next to her she used them to wash the drying blood off his pale skin, and to wipe his face clean of the dirt it had gathered. When this had been done, he looked much better, and was breathing a bit better. But he was still bleeding. Sami knew they needed bandages, and this time leaves were of no help to her. As a last resort, she tore the sleeves off or her shirt and used them to wrap around Akefia's arm, where he had been bitten by the wolf.

After all of Akefia's wounds had been seen to, Sami leaned back against the cave wall; tired and confused. It was only this morning she had seen Ryou at the institution, looking like himself and moderately well for someone meant to be mentally unstable. Now it was night, and there was no longer any Ryou, just this shadow…this darkness that had possessed her beloved friend. Akefia…the name echoed through the tunnel as she spoke it aloud. She shook her head, trying to clear her mind, and sat down next to Akefia to check on him.

Looking at the shadow, she saw peace written upon his features, which she had never seen before on Akefia's face. His eyes were resting and looked innocent when they were closed like that. There was a smile on his face that reminded her of Ryou so much…who knew a demon could look like an angel when it sleeps? Unconsciously, she raised her hand and rested it on Akefia's forehead, checking his temperature. She stroked his hair, wanting the nightmare to be over, and for everything to be okay. 'God, he looks so much like Ryou when he's sleeping like that…' she thought.


Well, no cliff hanger this time. I am sorry for the cute parts, but I really wanted to humanize Akefia into something more of a likeable character. He is the villain, but I wanted you to sort of feel like he was something slightly more than that, I guess…thanks:

Samuraiduck27 –I am also glad that I updated! Is it really getting good? I thought so too! Well, I hope I updated soon enough! Thanks for reviewing!

Computerfreak101 –Sorry, Akefia is still unconscious, but he did destroy the wolf that dared to bite and attack him…he just wasn't awake while doing that… Please do not review me when you are hyper! Sorry for the lack of angst, but I am planning blood and gore next chapter! Beware the death of animals! Or not, I will write whatever comes to my head. Thanks for reviewing!

Hallo Puppy –Cruel, dramatic and sad…just how I intended this fic to seem! Awesomeness! He will talk to her eventually, but not for a couple of chapters. His spirit will always survive, otherwise how can it be passed into the next Ryou that gets born? Did you actually say that to your friend? "The most depressing, terrifying, bloody, gory, scary story you have ever never seen", that is an amazing compliment, thanks so much! I don't think it is that scary; you should read the Exorcist, which is what I read straight before writing this fic. Now THAT is a disturbing piece of written text! Thanks for reviewing!

ttSerenity –Okay, I will wait for the mysterious story behind your pen name…maybe you should turn that into a fiction, "The story behind the double T". Nah, maybe not. I will always keep dreaming, of Bakura, Noah, Ryou, Seto, Mokuba, Marik, Malik, Joey and Valon! Thanks for reviewing, um Alzheimer's?

Stormrose Dewleaf – Creepiness and angstiness… Well, the second one isn't a word, but I saved it in my computer's dictionary so now it IS a word according to my PC! How can you possibly kill and kiss at the same time? Impossible! Oh well…AH, they're coming this way! Stormrose hide me from your psychotic Yami and her boyfriend! Get me out of here or I shall SCREAM like the title of a Michael Jackson song! Thanks for reviewing!

Love Sami.