Sorry people for taking so long to update. I have been busy with finals and other various projects. I am ending this fic soon. Just a few more chapters to go then I will work on my one shot and other various stories that I have planned.

Chapter 25

Deadly Poison

Yami Malik looked at Serpentus with extreme hatred as he glowered his pearly white fangs at the sight of the luring older vampire trying to corrupt his human as the elder smirked defiantly in his spite to come after him than continue what he was doing to Bakura. Serpentus glanced away from Mariku and bore his fangs at Bakura again hoping to bite him one more time and to change his life forever as the walking dead.

"Get the fuck off me." Bakura narrowed his eyes as they began to grow very dark. It was like another part of him was calling something from his soul.

"You heard him. Get your fat ass off my lover right now before I rip you to shreads." Mariku went into a fighting stance as he began summoning some of his vampiric power. He even reached behind his back and pulled out an ancient sword that only his kind knew how to use.

Serpentus smirked evily as he licked Bakura's neck again and began touching the yami who was getting pissed and humiliated with each second that passed. The vampire's fingers moved down Bakura's just very slowly and came across the millenium ring that was beginning to burn his fingers. The demon ignored the artifacts' power and yanked on it trying to strangle Bakura with it. He then pressed on one of the points of the ring into the spirit's chest and laughed in an ugly tone as the spirit tried very hard to not satisfy the vampire further by screaming out his wishes.

"You will die before I am through with you. Your rotting dead carcass I will throw out into the sun and then I will gloat when I see it deteriating into ashes and smoke." Mariku menacingly felt a sharp growl enter his throat as his hard cold eyes would not leave the vampire torturing his partner.

In his mind, Mariku was being careful and blamed himself that he should have gone after the white haired devil spirit when he had the chance. Serpentus had noticed that Mariku's aura had risen and knew that the other vampire would do what it took to protect his human even if it meant a challenge from the one who had transformed him in the first place.

"Mariku, I am surprised that you haven't claimed this weakling as your own yet. He is too pathetic to be worthly to a warrior vampire such as yourself. Just let me end his misery. Vampires are not capable of feeling love. You do know that, don't you?" Serpentus licked the blood that was beginning to seap out of Bakura's chest.

Mariku let his eyes wander to Bakura's bruised and bleeding body and saw that it was beginning to change color to a sickly pale white because of the lack of color and loss of large amounts of blood. The rage was filling his being entirely as he promised that he would kill Serpentus for even touching his lover. His heart was also beginning to sink as well as he knew that his lover could die if he didn't do something.

"He is worthly to me, you wouldn't understand because you were always a vampire, but you are the demon sorceror vampire who transformed me when I was in the Shadow Realm." Mariku jumped at Serpentus whose eyes grew wide as he didn't know that Mariku would spiring on him in short periods of time.

"You traitor. I will kill you for this!" Serpentus spit out the blood that was in his mouth and twirled his fingers making a septor appear and began blasting Yami Malik with it who avoided the magic easily with his own sword.

The battle continued for some time, while the sceptor and sword clashed and each one of them was bleeding with the slashes they had received from their opponents weapon until Mariku had realized that he needed to save Bakura now and not spend time fighting his enemy. He would have to attack the stronger vampire or cause some kind of distraction.

"Fight me vampire to vampire. Not with your stick." Mariku knocked the swirling sceptor to the ground and broke it in half.

"As you wish!" Serpentus smirked evily. He knew that Mariku was up to something and would not let him save his friend if he had the chance.

Vampires always played with an individual's weakness so he needed time to make him lose focus. "Why fight? Your friend is just going to die anyway. You are wasting your energy for something that is going to pass away at any given time. It depends on how well his spirit holds up that depends on how long he has to live really."

That did it. Mariku was sick of playing games and beyond the point of tolerance that he was ready to cause some kind of distraction so that he could heal Bakura and get him out of harms way. His anger was feeding off him and he gleamed at thechance to tear of fhis adversary's face and discentigrate it to ashes.

"Don't doubt the possiblities Serpentus." Mariku smiled licking the metalica liquid off his lips. Frowning miserably he leaned down and coued to spit it out as he did not like the foul taste the bitter vampire.

Serpentus leaped on Mariku as he was down for the moment and forced him over on his front. Reciting a spell Mariku's arms immediately lied by their side as the blue haired vampire was smirking up at him his nails making blood marks in the blonde yami's wrists as without warning he sunk his gruesome yellow plaque teeth into his neck. Yami Malik's vampire spirit's eyes began to roll in back of him as he felt his own strength leaving him as a tingling and tightening, sharp stinging pain deepened within as his body fought to fight the poison the elder vampire was injection into him. Mariku screamed in agony and wrenched his head back and forth trying to knock Serpentus off him.

During this moment Bakura closed his eyes hoping for his life to pass before his eyes, but his instincts shot up as he felt and heard the pain from his lover. He did not understand it, but then thought that perhaps the mark that he gave him was enabling him to feel the pain. The yami was still relunctant to step in because of his weakend condition, but he also knew that Yami Malik wouldn't want him to interfere in his fight. Gambling with the choices he had, the thief of darkness' heart was shred in knots and something inside his soul was telling him to save Mariku.

"In a few minutes, Mariku, the poison will come into affect and kill you very slowly and painfully as it works its way into your nervous system." Serpentus snickered, once in a while he raissed his eyes glancing up at the night sky to make sure the sun wouldn't be rising any time soon.

Mariku tried to talk, but couldn't since the creature had his fangs driven into his throat and he couldn't do much of anything. He felt his body spazing out on him, but remained calm, his mind strategically looking for a way out of this.

Bakura had difficutly getting to his feet as he heard the piercing cry breaking free of his lover's lips once again. Every fiber of his being was fuming with rage as he clumsily drew his knife from his pocket and slit his chest a little with the hopes tha tSerpentus would come to him. What he learned from Mariku was that a vampire's greatest weakness was blood.

" I don't want a dying body, kid. Go kill yourself for all I care." Serpentus growled at the scent of blood that was beginning to make him drool.

"Oh come on, you mosquito. If I live I will tell every vampire that I run into, that there was one vampire who actually refused blood. You wouldn't want that now, would you? It would hurt your pride." Yami Bakura taunted as his smirk was turning in a twisted corner. The spirit already knew that the dead like creature was being drawn to him in a way that he found quite satisfying.

Serpentus glared at the yami who walked over to him. "You wouldn't dare! I doubt they even know what you are talking about." Serpentus gripped the ground firmly.

Yami no Bakura layed his eyes on the confused and paranoid vampire doing his best to not look at Yami Malik. "Try me." The spirit concentrated on making a dark light appear from his millenium ring that was addicting to the vampire who had decided to just go after him.

Yami Malik looked towards his lover and smiled evily as he knew exactly what his lover was doing. Serpentus was falling right into his trap.

Yami Bakura waited for the vampire to begin his chest again. He did not anticipate that the vampire though would get fiesty on him. Serpentus slithered his tongue along the yami's chest and tried to put his hand in a violating area, but Yami Bakura hissed and slapped his hand away from him.

Within a few minutes Serpentus started coughing and choking violently as he starred at Yami Bakura in confusement. "Your blood tastes of Garlic."

"Oh, I am sorry to disappoing you, but it is Garlic. The one thing that instantly causes a vampire to die if they consume their fill." Yami Bakura smirked darkly as he watched the paralyzed vampire fall down and die instanly.

Mariku forced himself to his feet and looked at Yami Bakura in amazement. "How did you do that?" The yami asked as he made his way to hug his lover who felt him slipping from his grasp.

"I'll tell you when we get home." Yami Bakura smirked, pulling his pants comfortly on, but then the smile disappeared as he started feeling the poisoned affect from Mariku. The yami fell on his side and started twitching. "What's wrong with me? I feel like I am going to die."

Mariku went to his side and started healing Yami Bakura with his hands. "It's a deadly poison and it is temporary. It's the affect of the mark that I gave you. I told you that it protects you. The pain is actually healing you not killing you. Trust me you will be back to your old self in no time."

Yami Bakura nods while trying to bite down on his tongue. "What about you? That nasty grotesque vampire poisoned your neck." The thief spirit raised his arm to feel the wounds on Mariku's neck that were self healing at a slow pace.

Mariku grins slightly as he disposes of the body of Serpentus by doing exactly what he said he would do. His eyes leveled the sky his keen senses noticed the weather turning into a vicious thunder storm and he did not want Yami bakura to catch pheumonia as he was glancing at a clock that only read nine 'o clock.

"I'll be fine. Let's get out of here before something else happens. I almost couldn't save you , but saved my life." Mariku's eyes then layed on Yami Bakura's millenium ring. The yami had forgotten to take off the dark light and it was attracting the vampire more besides the fact that Yami Bakura had his chest exposed.

"I couldn't just leave you there to die. I have feelings for you." Yami Bakura answered as he purred rubbing himself against Yami Malik almost in a protective state.

"As do I." Yami Malik answered as he claimed his lover's lips and began kissing him passively. He played with his lover's hair who pulled him down, but Yami Malik wrestled free forcing Yami Bakura down in a summisive position.

Yami Bakura noticed Mariku's strange behavior, but didn't care for the moment when the other yami threw himself on him. His body was telling him that he wanted the vampire and did not care about the affects if receieved any from having sex with him. The thief had decided that soon would be the right time for him and Mariku to actually have their intimacy when they get back to Bakura's house.

At the moment the two yamis were just relieved that they were together again. They were licking and kissing eachother fiercely. Mariku felt his body throbbing in pain from the poison, but he would not let it spoil his moment with Bakura. He did not want to wrry his partner and feared that if he did tell him then he would be lacking more of his time with the other.

End of Chapter 25. There are only two more chapters left plus an epilogue. Please review.