I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of the affiliated characters. I do own Starlyte and the Dhampiri Clans, Hatuhukra and Fulira.
Kaiba jumped from the ledge, he'd significantly beaten Yugi, even if he'd had to play dirty. He took the starchips handed to him and walked off after picking up Starlyte. She was still out, and he was beginning to get worried. The mumblings had ceased, but her skin was only getting paler. It looked as though she had no blood in her whatsoever.
'Starlyte, you had better wake up soon.' He was attached to her, he knew that, but how attached he wanted to find out. He wouldn't fall in love; he refused to let himself wallow in such a weak emotion.
She felt like nothing in his arms; she weighed so little. 'But that's a problem with being a dhampira; you don't weigh hardly anything at all.' His eyes flitted closed for a second, mainly to ward off the sudden blindness that comes after being outside in an unusually bright day and then walking into a dimly lit building. He walked through the hallways and stopped when he found himself waiting for something.
'Her, just what I need another distraction while I'm dueling.' He set her down, carefully. He didn't want to force her to wake from whatever poison she'd been given. He knew enough of things like that to understand it was exceedingly dangerous to do so.
He leaned against the wall and waited.
