Seto silently unlocked the door to his bedroom, discarding his shoes and tie the moment he locked it. He was in the process of changing into his night clothes when the light suddenly came on by his desk. Seto froze.

His high back office chair turned around, and there. Was his little brother, Mokuba. A stern father expression on his face and arms crossed over his chest. "It is 11:01, Seto. You left at exactly 9:10. I called map quest. It takes an hour and fifty minutes to get here. Where were you for the unaccounted minute?"

Kaiba sighed and sat on the bed, Mokuba was next to him in an instant. "Alright Seto, just playing. So, was it a boring Green Peace thing like you expected?"

His brother nodded and finished tugging on his sweat pants. "That Dartz, he is a complete embarrassment to the corporate world. I don't like the looks of him. His company doesn't even have a clear focus. That makes him dangerous."

Mokuba nodded, "Don't worry Seto. It'll never rival Kaiba Corp. I bet it'll go under in a year or two any way."

Seto scoffed. "Anzu doesn't seem to think it will." As soon as her name left his lips, he was regretting it.

Mokuba pounced on his brother and shook him. "Anzu was there! And you two talked! Details, details!"

Seto groaned nearly, and took a deep breath and spilt the beans.

Anzu glanced up at Amelda through tired eyes. They had been riding at a nice fifty mile per hour rate and she must have fallen asleep at some point and she woke up as soon as he got off the bike and she fell fore ward and smacked her nose. She her she sat, holding a red nose, cold and tired.

"Amelda? What are we doing here?"

The red head in question glared at her with malice, stopping any further protest. "The man you were… dancing with." He spat out the word dance as if it were a curse. "Do you know who he is?"

Anzu yawned and nodded, not fully understanding what he was saying. "Kaiba Seto, a fellow classmate and Yuugi's—"

"He's a sick bastard!" Amelda yelled, grabbing her shoulders roughly. Anzu's eyes snapped open when he squeezed down, hard. "I don't know how you can even stand to touch him. He is scum! The worst kind of it!"

Anzu moved to push him away with her hand, "Amelda! Stop it!"

He grabbed her wrist before she could shove him and pulled her to her feet, staring eye level with her. "I can't believe you. You're just as sick as the rest of them." Anzu winced as his grip on her wrist tightened.

After he tightened his grip, Anzu when into panic mode and pushed him, hard. Amelda stumbled back and fell down the hill on the side of the road, still holding Anzu.

They stopped several times, one pinning the other to the ground, the other pushing them off and pinning them in turn. Amelda finally ended up on top of her, straddling her waist. His frame was stretched out over her, pinning her wrists in his hands and his nose nearly touching her. Both were panting from the trip down the hill.

Anzu panted while glaring up at him. Something in his eyes seemed far away. Like this wasn't Amelda she was talking too. "Amelda," she began, trying to slip them over but he held strong. "Amelda, stop it." She ordered softly.

Amelda stared down at her in wonder, he could tell he was speaking but no words were reaching him. His head was spinning like he was drunk but he knew he wasn't. What am I doing? Why do I… Anzu, what's wrong with me… It seemed the minute he thought her name; someone grabbed hold of his heart and twisted it. Amelda gasped lightly and turned his head away from her.

Anzu easily flipped him when his attention was diverted. What is his problem? One minute he looks ready to strangle me, the next he's in pain! Anzu broke free of his hold and shook him by the shoulders. "Amelda! Snap out of it!"

His eyes snapped open, for a moment the gray orbs were cloudy and dull but soon they went back to their sharp and hard normality. He stared at her for a moment before roughly pushing her off of him and sitting straight up, staring blankly at the ground.

Seya! He growled to himself. Damn her, how could I have been so stupid! That lying wench deceived me. When I get my hands on her she'll regret the day she ever--

He stopped when a small hand was outstretched before him. Amelda looked up, shocked. The hand belonged to Anzu, who was smiling at him. Dumbfounded, he took it and she helped him to his feet. "Anzu, I—"

SLAP!

Anzu huffed, her hand still outstretched, her blue eyes burned with anger.

Amelda slowly brought a hand to his stinging cheek. She had slapped him!

Anzu took a deep breathe before going off on him. "Fist off, don't ever under any circumstances insult my friends!" she yelled. "Second, if you ever touch me like that again I swear you'll spend the rest of your life working as my mom's secretary. And third!" He gave the tiniest of flinches that possible couldn't be seen by the human eye.

Her face softened and she suddenly flung herself at him and buried her face in his shirt. "…don't ever scare me like that ever again. Do you understand?"

Amelda stiffened, not since his brother died had he allowed anyone to hug him like this. Anzu continued as if she didn't notice this. "I don't know what happened, but you got so mad at me…Amelda-kun." She said adding on the honorific. "I thought I was going to lose you to…I don't know what it is. But—"

Anzu didn't understand, one moment she was scolding him, and the next moment he was kissing her! She tried to break away from him but Amelda held her fast, finally she closed her eyes and kissed back.

Finally, what she was doing clicked with her brain and she pushed away. Amelda let her go this time. They both stood there, panting and refusing to make eye contact with each other. When they did, Anzu's mouth went dry and she shook her head rapidly and ran past him. Amelda made no move to stop her; he hung his head, sniffling a cry of anger before turning around sharply and kicking a tree branch. It froze before snapping off.

With a defeated look he retreated back up the hill, towards his bike.

Anzu panted as she ran down her street, it was pitch black except for the street lights. The lights to her own home were shut off as she snuck inside and tip toed up the stairs. She peeked in on her parents; sound asleep, before retreating to her room and closing the door quietly.

Anzu sighed and removed the ruined dress. Great, Mom will have a field day with me. I can't tell her what happened though. She changed into her pajamas and climbed into her bed, pulling the light sheet over her body and drifting to sleep.

Anzu looked around. This was no way her room. Yes, the bed was soft and bouncy, and the pillows were nicely fluffed…but that was not the point! The point was that there was a grown man, leaning on the door frame of a very dark room with no sunlight or bright colors. Just a few candles. A blond haired man was leaning against the wall, yellow eyes staring at her.

"It's useless to find out where you are. You're no where." He said in a light but somber voice. He shifted his weight and sauntered towards her. Anzu in turn jumped off the bed and grabbed a pillow, holding it in front of her.

He laughed, exposing two glimmering white fangs. Anzu gulped as panic raced through her veins. A vampire! But those only exist in those stories that Jou and Honda make up to try and scare me!

He laughed again, this time it came from behind her. Her scream died in her throat when she felt a set of fangs gliding across her neck. "I assure you, Anzu." He murmured against her neck. "We are all too real."

A pale hand with sharp, long nails tilted her chin up. "I can smell it in you. The poison they gave you. Yes, it clashes with that beautiful scent you carry. It taints your blood. It's a pity. I thought you were the one, but it appears I was wrong."

He growled and prepared to sink his fangs into her but warm arms in closed her and snatched her out of the vampire's grip. Anzu looked at her rescuer with shock andawe.

Spirit Tigertowered over her.

Spirit Tigerwas with out a doubt a formidable force. The body of a built man, strength of a tiger. A striped tail wrapped tightly around his left pant leg, a pair of keen tiger ears fixed in his wild mane of black hair. But what Anzu admired the most was his eyes. Narrow and deep amber in color. And right now they were glaring at the vampire with unmatchable anger.

Spirit Tigerreleased her and pushed her gently to the side. A black chain appeared in his hands and he waited. Anzu's right arm felt suddenly heavier; a Kaiba Corp duel disk was strapped to it. Spirit Tiger was in attack mode her deck was placed in the correct spot as well.

She had to duel the Vampire.

She glared at her opponent. He had already drawn his hand and was smirking at her; his crimson blue eyes sparkling.

Anzu nodded and drew her hand. "Game on!" She shouted. The bedroom changed into a brightly lit dueling arena. Both of their life points at 4000.

"I place one card face down and end my turn!"

A large duel monster card appeared face down, behind Spirit Tiger

The Vampire grinned.

"I'll play Meda Bat in attack mode. And place this card face down."

A hideous flying blue and purple bat with one eye taking up most of small body appeared on his side of the field. Anzu made a face and drew.

Meda Bat: 800/400

Spirit Tiger: 1700/1800

"I summon Magician of Faith." Anzu's favorite monster, a sweet looking magician, formed on stage. She looked down to her hand, Maha Valio, Black Magician Girland Waboku; she let a grin slip on her face. I couldn't have asked for a better hand!

"I'll place another card face down. Now, Spirit Tiger, attack Meda Bat!" Her male monster lunged fore ward, swinging his chain above his head before launching it at Meda BatIt sliced the monster in half and it scattered into digital parts. "Magician of Faith, attack him directly!" Her female monster raised her staff high and sent a bright beam of stars at the Vampire. He cringed, but his grin remained.

Anzu: 4000

Vampire: 2800

His face down card flipped over, revealing a crake in the Earth. "I should thank you, foolish girl. I can activate my trap: Gates of Torturous." Meta Bat reappeared on the field, a second one joined it. "This card brings back the last monster that was destroyed as long as it has under 1000 attack pointed and copies it. Now," He grinned and placed a monster card on his disk.

"Firewing Pegasus! Show yourself!" Both Meda Bats disappeared and a black and red demonic Pegasus appeared. Black fur and a mane, wings and tail made of scorching flames, its red eyes settled on Spirit Tiger.

Anzu cringed and her eyes watered up. That monster had attack strength of 2250.

"Now- I summon—"

"Hold it!" Anzu screamed. "You can only summon one monster per turn!"

He laughed darkly, tossing his locks of blond hair around as he shook his head. "You are indeed a foolish mortal! Gates of Torturousallows me to special summon a five star monster at no cost to me. It also allows me to let all my monsters attack on the turn they were summoned. Get ready, now! I summon Black Hound of the Night!"

A sleek, dark dog appeared next to Firewing Pegasus. It was the size of a small car and had passive, glowing red eyes.

The Vampire laughed again, this time it made her hair stand on end and her skin crawl. His now amber eyes, which looked very cat like at this moment, stared at her. "And don't try reaching for that trap card, Black Hound of the Night destroys all trap cards on the field and in your hand the instant it attacks. Firewing Pegasus, attack Spirit Tiger!"

The flying monster snorted and ran towards her monster and trampled him harshly. Anzu gasped in horror and shielded her eyes from the attack.

Anzu: 3450

Vampire: 2800

Black Hound of the Night attacked her Magician next. Holy Barrier Mirror Force was destroyed along with Waboku.

Anzu: 1750

Vampire: 2800

Anzu fell to her knees, panting as her life points dropped down. With a groan she got back to her feet and drew. Graceful Charity"I'll play graceful charity. And discard Black Magician Girl and Maha Valio." She winced, both were excellent cards. She drew three none the less and smirked in a Kaiba like way.

"First, I'll summon Spirit Ox, in attack mode!" The weak, bull like old man appeared a too large axe in his hands.

Spirit Ox: 400/500

Firewing Pegasus: 2250/1800

Dark Hound of the Night: 2000/1400

The Vampire laughed again, "This is too easy! That old man can't defeat my monsters!"

Anzu closed her eyes and scoffed, looking like a female Kaiba at the moment as she placed her magic card on the field. "With Spring of Youth, he'll be more than a match for them." Her monster instantly began to grow young. His hair turned black, his skin smooth and his body gained in height and muscle mass.

Spirit Ox: 2400/500

"He's more than enough to take out your beasts." Anzu's eyes snapped open and she pointed at Firewing Pegasus. "Destroy him!" Her lone monster ran fore ward, axe in his hands and swiftly beheaded the demonic horse.

Vampire: 2550

"Obviously, you lack the finer points of the game." He commented, coolly. "That attack was almost meaning less." He drew. "I summon Saggi the Dark Clown, in defense mode!"

Anzu grinned; I got him on the run! He can't place any trap cards down because he boxed himself in with his Dark Hound of the Night!

"I'll use Monster Reborn to bring back my Spirit Tiger. Now! Incase you didn't notice, my Spirit Tiger gains an extra 200 attack points for every Spirit card on the field. Show that brings him up to 1900!" she glared at him before issuing her orders. "Spirit Ox, attack Dark Hound of the night!"

Vampire: 2150

"Spirit Tiger, send Saggi to the graveyard!" Her monster did so, cutting him neatly in two. None of the Vampire's life points were deducted as a result though.

She could tell the vampire was anger, his eyes became even more cat like and he bared his fangs at her before drawing roughly and grimacing. "Necro Mannequin, in defense mode." He said bitterly. A deformed jumble of bones appeared on his side of the field with 500 on attack and defense.

Anzu laughed and drew. "You don't look so tough now do you? I bet you don't have any trap cards left in your hand. If its one thing I did learn from Yuugi, it was that you can't win on monsters alone." She threw her card down. "I summon Spirit Rat in attack mode!"

A shy looking monster appeared on the field. Short lavender hair reaching his chin and a small dagger in his hand.

Spirit Rat: 600/400

Spirit Tiger: 2100/1800

"Spirit Tiger; attack his monster with your Chain Whip!" He did so, swinging it high before slicing through the opposing monster. "Now, Spirit Ox finish him off with your Big Axe Smash!"

He raised his axe and delivered a blow to the Vampire directly. His life points dropped down to zero and both duel disks disappeared with their decks. Anzu dropped to her knees, over whelmed.

The vampire paced around her grinning. Anzu cringed. I'm going to die; I'll never go to New York and dance. I'll never—

"Are you finished?" he mused with a grin. Anzu looked up; he was outstretching a hand to her, eyes human like and a smile on his face. Not knowing what else to do, Anzu took it. As if she were a feather he pulled her up easily.

"It appears I'm not going to kill you. You've proven yourself to be the girl that will settle this matter." He let go of her hand and circled her. "I wasn't kidding when I said they gave you poison. When the time comes, you'll transform into their puppet and will do his bidding."

"Who is he?" Anzu asked confused. The vampire stopped his pacing.

"The Great Serpent, the master of cold-blooded beasts and monstrosities." He said bitterly, turning to her suddenly. "But, I can help you. I can't remove his hold completely but, I can change it so you can fight it." He looked as if wanted to do something but held off. "Or, you can wait. Until he orders his followers to force you to turn on the Pharaoh."

Anzu looked at him in shock. "How do you know! What are you talking about? What am I talking about? There is no way you can know about the other Yuugi. And me? Making a difference? Ha! I don't have magic powers or a good duelist and am only good for bait!" Anzu sniffed. Am I really that worthless? Dancing does nothing to save the world. I can never help when my friends need me.

"That's not true." He said with a growl. Before Anzu could comprehend, he was lifting her by the collar of her shirt off the ground. "Stop feeling sorry for yourself. If these is one thing I hate more than that serpent it is a mortal that feels sorry for themselves! I am giving you the power to stop being a stupid cow trapped in a circle of doubt and what do you do? Head back on into it!" He dropped her with disgust and stepped away. "Fine, go back to being used, little girl. Prove to me how worthless you are."

Anzu watched as he began to fade into the dark. "Wait!" He continued to fade. Anzu stood, fists clenched at her sides. "You're wrong!" she screamed, tears pricking her eyes. "I'm not a little girl! And, I am no where near worthless!" He stopped and smirked, Anzu gulped and took a step back, knowing she had fallen into his plan

His cold hand rested against her fore head. Anzu's eyes closed on their own as her blood began to heat and her skin froze. The Vampire was chanting. "With my power of the Circle of Ori—"Anzu lost focus and fell backwards as he finished.

She managed to stutter before she lost consciousness. "…n-name…"

"Lestat. My name is Lestat, the beast of the Circle of Orion."

Kio: I know, not the best of chapters and it's short. But it's the second part of chapter 5. Mostly has to deal with Lestat. If any of you can guess what his part will be in this story then you get a romance pairing of your choice from me. Keep the Great Serpent in mind along with the seal.But you have to guess before I reveal it. Good luck!

BubbleWheel: Thank you much ma'am. Keep in mind Seya's ring. She'll have an eviler role in later chapters. ;)

yllom21: Hey! Someone new! -dances-. Thank you for the review. I hope you like it and keep reading.

Fifilafemme: Just wait, she only get's crazier. I love to hate Seya too!

LeDiva: I liked those parts too. This is what happens when you type and listen to White Chicks at the same time.

crtsinna: Sadly no, but I'll keep it in mind. You might want to try the challenge gfr this story and then I can write one for you.

MOG: By the looks of the votes, you're going to get you pairing.

Sailor Tiamat: Poor 'melly's brother was killed in a war I believe. By the way he sounds in the anime, he seems to think everyone loves war and seeing people in pain. Atleast, that's how I see it.