The ninth chapter of Vampire Destiny is now underway! Kairi, who is now mortal, has to deal with the Master being after her and the gang. What will happen? Read onward and find out!

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Yugi heard evil laughter in the distance, and raced off towards the sound, the group following quick on their heels.

"Come on, Yuge," Joey shouted to the speeding boy. "Slow down, will ya?" Yugi didn't listen, since he was still running and not looking back. The snow flurried around them as they found the place where the laughter came from. Yugi suddenly stopped abruptly, as did the group. Lying there on the snow covered ground was Kairi, her vampire wings gone.

"Yugi, be careful," Tea whispered as Yugi walked up to the girl, checking her pulse. He looked up at the group with his bright indigo eyes.

"We need to get her to a hospital," he whispered urgently. "Otherwise, she'll die out here. Pharaoh, help me carry her." Yami nodded, and helped the boy carry Kairi while Tea called 911 on her cell phone. An ambulance appeared just as soon Tea hung up. They placed the unconscious girl onto a stretcher, and drove off towards the hospital, the group following.

On a nearby rooftop…

"I knew that the foolish Pharaoh and his friends would find her," the Master whispered to Mai, her wings folded at her sides.

"You're letting her go?" Mai asked, thunderstruck. The Master nodded and watched the ambulance drive off to the hospital.

Kairi awakened by a gentle shaking from both the Pharaoh and Yugi. Her red eyes opened slowly as the hospital room and the gang came into focus.

"Where am I?" she asked wearily, looking around the room. "Why am I not dead?"

"You were lying in the snow, unconscious until Yugi and I found you," Yami explained. Kairi suddenly burst into tears as Yami nervously embraced her. "Is someone after you?"

"Yes, my former Master is going to kill me!" she wailed, her tears flowing down her white face. "Now, I'm nothing but a weak human, with no significance of my own strength! You have to help me defeat him, or else the whole city will suffer!" Yami patted her shoulder as she sobbed into his jacket.

"Don't worry, Kairi," he whispered, stroking her hair. "We'll help you defeat this new evil." With that, the gang walked out of the room as Kairi rested, still fearful for her new life.

What will happen to Kairi and the gang? Does Kairi know of the Master's weaknesses? Find out in chapter ten!

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