Introduction: YEAH BABY! Updating this story, boo-yeah! - -' hehe, calming down… I'm taking a one week vacation trip to DAYTONA for the PEPSI 400rds! (NASCAR race if you didn't know.) Sry, but I feel special, so in every story I'll be telling my readers this! XD
Announcements: I just want to say that I enjoyed writing this chapter. There's one part that is sad, depending on what you think of a certain character. But other than that, let's get this story on the road! I hope you like the chapter and please leave a review so I look forward to coming home!
Shout Outs:
ANAYAS-CREATER: It was my biggest scene with Seto and Shizuka in any of my stories so far. I'm happy that you thought it was good . Sorry about A Secret Essence, but don't worry, new chapter is being updated right now!
agent-doo: Well, Anzu is gonna be a little surprised with some of the things Atem has in store for her. For your second question, I meant evil as in like other demons, ghosts, and monsters.
Ice-Fairy Princess: I'm extremely sorry for not updating within the month! (bows low to the ground) Please forgive me, here's the next chapter!
silver-moon-sapphire-sky: Thank you so much! Please enjoy!
Pairings:
(Main) AtemxAnzu
(Other) SetoxShizukaJonouchixMai
" " – dialogue
' ' – thoughts
( ) – a/n, add ins
Italics – important facts, flashbacks, sayings, thoughts, or mental telepathy
Chapter 1
Rebirth of true Satan
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"Hello my little angel."
The heat of his warm breath inched down the brunette's skin, she felt light headed as he kept his face so close. "Atem." She murmured. Honestly, Anzu didn't know what to say. He just, appeared out of no where. How in the world did he even come back to Earth? Atem was dead.
At least… That is what she thought until now.
Anzu began to shake slightly as Atem's hand clasped itself on her waist.
Jonouchi stood there speechless. On and off would his open mouth quiver in, was it fear? The blonde clenched his fists together and let out a low snarl. 'How, how in the hell is Atem back? Why did it take him so long to get here?... But, there's no way he's back. He was dead! We all saw him dead. '
Slowly he let the hand that rested on Anzu's waist, slide down to her hip. The crimson-eyed male smirked wickedly as he heard a low moan escape from her throat. Atem's left hand continued to move gracefully down Anzu's leather adorned thigh.
He saw it happen. He saw it with his two chocolate-eyes. Jonouchi knew what was going on here, and the thing that made him wonder, was that if Anzu knew too. 'The bastards just seducing her. '
'Come now, I was your friend, and now I'm a bastard? Shame on you Jonouchi. '
A deep cynical voice had penetrated through the corridors of the blonde-haired vampire. 'Atem, this isn't you. I know it isn't. You were always shy around Anzu, you never would dare to push yourself onto her this much! '
He heard an audibly chuckle coming from Atem. The tri-haired demon grinned at the blonde. Who in turn, let out a low growl.
"Ahh Jonouchi, still the overprotective kind eh? I knew you were always watching your sister, but Anzu too?" At this point Atem had removed his hand from Anzu's leg, and walked behind her. His arms wrapped around her waist and his hands laced together to lock the brunette in front of him. Gently he began to kiss the side of her neck.
"I've changed Jonouchi. I'm sure you can recognize that." Atem pressed himself against Anzu, who replied by arching her head back against his shoulder in pleasure. "And… I think my little un-blossomed flower likes my transformation, both physically and mentally." He let out an alluring snicker afterward.
"Indeed." Jonouchi replied as he narrowed his eyes.
"Atem." A soft, feminine voice whispered. "Why are you here? How did you come back to Earth? I-" The male demon placed a slender finger on her lips. "All in good time my love, all in good time."
However the vampire standing a few feet away didn't agree quite as easily.
"I don't give a crap, tell us what is going on now!" He placed his black gloved hand on his left hip. Nevertheless, that caught the attention of Atem, who stood up and walked steadily over the blonde.
His malevolent grin had caused Jonouchi to back down faintly as his hand gripped the sheath tightly. "Now that's a dangerous toy Jonouchi, and I'm sure you don't want to hurt your best friend." Atem walked away with his back turned towards the other vampire, and returned to embrace Anzu as he had been doing before.
"I don't care!" Jonouchi finally countered with. He then pointed a deadly finger towards the tri-haired demon. "You let go of her now! I don't know what the hell happened to you over five years, but I don't like it." His two russet eyes narrowed into slits. The threat though, didn't faze the spiky, multi-colored haired demon.
Trailing his hand up Anzu's inner thigh he replied, "Kaiba has really rubbed off on you hasn't he?" Jonouchi let his hand drop back to where the sword hung off his belt. "Is it because you want to be more of a man to impress that slut Mai?(a/n)Or is it that you lost your baby sister to the compassionless bastard and now the only one left for you to protect is dear Anzu?" That last sentence was more of a remark rather then a question. But Atem still won his game, he still made Jonouchi's insides twist into a series of knots.
The fire began to burn in his eyes, 'How dare he.'
"To bad because now I'm protecting Anzu, she is mine…" He looked harshly into the two rich chocolate orbs a small distance away. "I'll have her by my side when I take full control of both the demon and the human realm. She…" Atem pushed his forehead into the brunette's silky hair, "Will be my queen as I rule everything."
Anzu gasped in horror, 'Atem… What has happened to you? I can't, I can't let him control me! ' She let out a cry while releasing herself from the masculine demon. Atem watched with both of his mystifying crimson orbs as Anzu ran over to Jonouchi and hid behind him for protection.
The corner of his mouth curved. "Is there something the matter dear Anzu?"
Her face grimaced at the 5' 11'' male that stood on a cracked piece of pavement. "You're not the same anymore Atem, you've changed for the worse, what happened to you?" She shouted at the spiky haired adult, trying to see if he would break free of this curse that had been put on him. "Oh this is no curse my love, this is the real thing." He began to walk forward unhurriedly. Each step he took echoed down the empty road, it started to hurt Anzu's chest as she clutched it, trying to ease the pain.
Jonouchi turned his head slightly, trying to gesture to the brunette behind him to listen up. "Anzu." He whispered, "You need to go, I don't know what he might try and do… So I want you to be safe."
Anzu's cerulean eyes cast a gaze at her best-friend's narrow face. "Jonouchi…" She trailed off. "I-I can't go."
By now Atem had only been a few feet in front of them as his right hand gripped an almighty sword attached to his waist.
"If you want to protect her then you must fight me Jonouchi."
The blonde's gaze redirected towards the taller demon. "Fine." Unsheathing his sword Jonouchi set his position for when he would start the battle. With his two arms holding the sword above his head and the right leg further out than the left he calmly said, "Anzu… Go."
Tears moistened her eyes, but she would not dare let them fall. The brunette turned around quickly and ran down the street, leaving Jonouchi to face the unknown power of Atem's wrath.
He watched her run away. He watched her so intently.
"Get your eyes off a her. Your battling me now." Jonouchi dug his foot into the pavement beneath him. Atem turned back to him. "You do know that you'll die if you fight me."
Jonouchi let out a low snicker. "I don't think so."
Atem tilted his head while raising his brows. "Why is that friend?"
In response the vampire closed his eyes and said, "Because I'm fighting for the safety of someone."
"You don't think Anzu's safe with me?" Atem countered with as Jonouchi had been saying the last few words of his previous sentence.
He looked up not hearing what the tri-haired demon had said. "Huh?"
The vampire moistened his dry lips with his tongue. His crimson gaze peered directly into Jonouchi's soul. "I said, you don't think Anzu's safe with me?"
Jonouchi didn't bother to answer that question, he let his eyes do the talking as Atem watched and nodded with a knowing reply. "Alright then. Are you ready dear comrade?" The blonde haired vampire snorted through his nose. "I've always been ready Atem, but never for a day as heartbreaking as this." It pained him to say that, to tell himself that he now had to kill Atem. To witness his best friend's death once was more than enough strain on his heart. But twice?
He lunged forward, bringing down the silver blade as he did so.
Atem chuckled, and disappeared as the blade sliced through the air. Jonouchi's eyes narrowed as he felt a presence behind him. Turning around, the golden banged vampire was falling from the air, holding his sword behind his head.
As he came closer to Jonouchi he brought his blade down with a mighty growl.
There was a loud strike that boomed into the distance. When Atem brought his blade down Jonouchi had just enough time to block his attack by bringing out his blade and holding it in front of him.
"Not bad." Atem complimented, applying more force onto the defending sword.
Jonouchi was being pushed down as a result, but still replied through gritted teeth. "This... Is just the beginning." He pushed the other demon off, causing Atem to skid on the pavement. He then regained full grip of his sword and charged at full speed towards the threatening vampire.
Atem flipped himself over Jonouchi's attack. And twisting his body, the tri-color-haired demon swiftly brought his sword back down onto his old friend once again.
However Atem wasn't as lucky as he planned to be. Right before the assault, Jonouchi had jumped from his spot and ended up next to him, then with one fist, the blonde haired adult sent a punch that hammered right into Atem's face.
The blow sent him flying towards a street lamp that easily split in two and fell towards the cement. He dropped to the ground after his back hita guard railing, causing it to crush and break underneath the force.
Shaking his fist the blonde flexed it to get the blood circulating before grasping his sword. Breathing heavily Jonouchi prepared for an onslaught of attacks to come from the demon that he sent flying ten yards.
There was no sound. Jonouchi hesitated on dropping his guard, but Atem could still be seen lying in the rubble.
Swallowing hard the demon cautiously walked towards the unconscious fighter. Making sure his steps were soft and unheard. Nervously running a free hand through the light-colored mess on his head, Jonouchi let out a faint sigh.
Now all he had to do, was kill him before he woke up.
((Scene Change))
Anzu heard something break off in the distance, but she kept running anyway. There was no way she would turn back. Nothing could make her.
But all she hoped was that it wasn't Jonouchi who had broken that thing.
The brunette's breathing started to grow heavy as her lungs began to feel as if they were on fire. 'I've been running at full speed since I left Jonouchi, I just need to make it to Kaiba Corp. I'm almost there. ' A large glass building was coming into view, and it made Anzu run even faster.
She kept running even though she had already entered the lobby. Going up to the elevators she rammed her fist against the up arrow, which turned green in response.
The two steel doors opened, and she hurriedly walked inside before pressing the button that would lead to Kaiba's floor.
As the elevator gained speed and passed each story Anzu leaned against the back wall. There were pearls of sweat dripping down her face. She wiped them away with the back of her hand.
There were so many questions that she needed to ask. Why the hell did she have to walk out on Kaiba like that? He was only trying to help her and give her the answers she needed. Now she was running back to him, wanting to know those answers when he may damn well not give them. She couldn't really blame him though, he did try and help her.
'I also owe him an apology. ' she thought to herself.
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"HE was a human! NOT some demon like you, he had a heart and a good mind as well! Which is something you obviously lack!" she snapped back at him.
"He was made to look like a human! That doesn't mean that he wasn't trained like any other demon, I mean come'on Mazaki, ATEM WAS THE SON OF SATAN!" Seto shouted as his fist slammed against the marble desk, creating a rumble throughout the entire office.
"I have to disagree with you Seto, Atem didn't seem at all like a thing from the underworld! He was so kind and caring, he never hurt anyone!"
"That's because he didn't get the chance to!" Seto's intense cobalt eyes were formed in sharp slits at this point, and staring dangerously at the short haired brunette.
"And why not?" she shouted back, superior in voice.
"Because if he did he knew that he would have to hurt you!"
.:.:.:((End Flashback)):.:.:.
A pain shot through Anzu's heart as her eyes once again filled with water.
'Why Atem, why did it have to be you?'
There was a small chime that came from the elevator doors to announce the arrival of Kaiba's floor. It cut short Anzu's conversation with herself as her two cerulean eyes watched the metal doors spread apart, allowing access between the elevator and the story.
She walked out and searched the floor for Kaiba's secretary. The doors closed behind her as she moved away from them.
Each shoe clacked against the black tiled flooring. It reflected her image as Anzu brushed the short chestnut colored hair away from her face. She walked over to the brown-haired secretary, who looked up and smiled when she stood at the desk.
"Hello again Ms. Mazaki. What can I do for you?"
Placing her forearm onto the marble counter Anzu stared down to the sitting woman behind the desk. "I need to see Kaiba." She said sternly.
The woman took her eyes off Anzu, and then brought them over to a black flatscreen computer that was just below a shelf. "He doesn't have a meeting right now, but his door is locked. You'll have to go over and see if he will let you in himself." She smiled at the young brunette who headed over towards the two doors sealing the CEO inside.
"KAIBA WE NEED TO TALK! OPEN THESE DOORS NOW!" Anzu deliberately banged and yelled with as much force as she could muster. The curly-haired secretary stared open mouthed at the flailing brunette.
She continued to pound against the two copper colored doors and opened her mouth to scream when they suddenly unlocked and slide into the panels at the side.
Greeting her was the infamous CEO himself, and Shizuka who looked sort of drained. Anzu threw the notion over her shoulder.
"What do you want now Mazaki?" Seto said irritably.
"Atem's back."
That was all she needed to say for him to pull Shizuka out of the way, and let her walk in. Both doors shut lightly and relocked behind her as the brunette sat down in the same chair that she had previously been in.
Seto looked sternly into the eyes of Anzu. He then sat down in the chair placed behind the desk. "Are you being serious?"
Anzu stood up and balled her hands into fists. "Why the hell do you think I'm shaking? I just ran six blocks to get away from him!" This caused Shizuka to widen her eyes in worry while she sat on the leather couch a few meters away.
Seto took his eyes off of the long-haired woman, and placed them back onto Anzu who was now crying. He jumped up at once. "What the hell happened then?"
She uncovered her mouth and started to speak.
"When I left here I started to walk back towards my apartment, thinking about everything you've said. Jonouchi had been following me, trying to tell me something that I never heard from you since I left so abruptly." Seto crossed his arms in remembrance. "It was then that Atem showed up. He, he just appeared out of nowhere. Then he came over to me and started to touch me as if we've been strongly intimate for years."
"Listen Mazaki, I don't want to hear this sex crap about you and Atem." He narrowed his eyes in displeasure. "Tell me what I need to know or leave at once."
Anzu fidgeted in her chair. Then taking a deep breath she continued. "He had said some bad things to Jonouchi. Only because, your brother Shizuka, was trying to protect me from Atem. He knew that he had changed. This change caused Jono to not trust Atem anymore. So when I had the chance he told me to run. But in order for me to go without Atem latching onto me, Jonouchi had to fight him…" There was a small gasp that came from Shizuka. "I don't know if they're still fighting. But as soon as I ran from Jonouchi, I never looked back."
Seto stood up and then walked to the tinted glass wall behind him.
"Did Atem say anything?" he asked in a deep voice.
Anzu looked up to see the back of the male-brunette's head. "Well, he said that I'll be at his side when he takes full control of both the demon and human realms."
Seto's face paled as his eyes widened in shock. He turned around and stared furiously at the brunette. "He said what?"
"She already told you Kaiba."
There was a drop in temperature as a profound voice came from the entrance to the office.
Both Anzu and Shizuka turned towards it, while Seto looked up.
And there, standing in the mist of shadows, was a figure that made the heart beat within Anzu's chest quicken.
The figure slowly walked away from the doors and towards the center of the room. Everyone was quiet, no one dared to speak a sound. Shizuka got up and ran hastily over to the silhouette. A feeling of relief washed over her as her arms wrapped lovingly around the masculine body.
"Oh Jonouchi, big brother… I was so scared." She began to sob into the shirt the male wore, "I thought you were killed." As she gripped the being tighter she smelled a foul aroma coming from his black top. The scent crawled into her mouth and down her throat. Shizuka stepped back and began to cough as the odor wrapped itself around her taste buds.
Seto and Anzu still stayed in their current positions as Shizuka uncovered her mouth after her coughing had ceased. She brought her two hands in front of her face and the scream that followed made Anzu and Seto run to her aid.
"It's blood!" Shizuka cried as Seto pulled her into a protective grip.
"That's correct Shizuka. However it's not my blood…"
Everyone looked over towards the lone figure who had now walked fully into the light. His narrow scarlet orbs watched excitedly underneath the protection of golden strands as the faces on the three became even more traumatizing.
A cold smirk formed on his lips.
"It's Jonouchi's."
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Closing: I wanted to make the chapter longer, but I had a time limit. I leaving for Daytona on the 30th and I just started to type this on the 28th. It was really a pain in the ass. With any luck you guys enjoyed it. I really wanted to have the whole thing nicely done, but alas I had to rush through it and type as quickly as possible. Well then, I hope you guys thought it was a good chapter and please leave a review!
a/n - I do not think Mai is a slut! She is my second favorite female character and Atem right then is just being a meanie cuz he's supposed to be evil!
- peachi
