Authoress Notes: I love you guys! hugs everyone Thank you for the reviews, even though it is not much! Oh, what the hell! I don't care much for quantity anymore, but just keep the reviews coming! I love you all! Now then, here's the second chapter to Dark Desires!

Disclaimer: Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Never have, never will.

Pairings: AtemxAnzu, SethxShizuka, JounouchixMai, and others.

Warnings: OOC-ness, strong language, mature themes, sexual themes... Get my drift?

Genre: Action/adventure, romance, angst and... I dunno.

Plot:

((AU Dark fic)) In a world where vampires are gods, humans are low, and slaves are treated as dirt, Anzu is a pleasure slave, serving years in bed. Atem is a high-ranked vampire, in need of... entertainment. Could love between a lowly pleasure slave that lost the ability to love and an arrogant, cold vampire exist in such a world where status is everything, and your image determines how you're treated? AtemxAnzu

Dark Desires By: xKuroSeraphimx

Chapter 2: New Environment

Anzu slowly trailed behind the guard, still shocked at what happened. But the shock soon ended when she entered a room with a huge bathtub where several females stood around. When the brunette walked past the guard, he shoved her to them and threw the keys to one of the females who caught it easily before walking out and slamming the door.

Immediately, the women began working on Anzu in silence. Being careful with her, they undressed her, and began applying herbs on her body, mostly her back. Anzu hissed slightly because of the herbs. It felt really cold on her body, but she knew she'd have to just deal with it. One of the women put a spell on her body to keep the water from washing the herbs off before they lead her to the tub. It was warm and it soothed the brunette's aching muscles.

Of course, that contentment ended abruptly before the women poured seemingly ice-cold water on her back Anzu hissed again, her eyes almost bursting out of their sockets but that was ignored since the women kept on pouring the water simultaneously.

After a minute of cold, silent torture, two women began applying sweet smelling shampoo and soap on her body. The water had grown cold, thanks to their insistent pouring of cold water and her body screamed to stand up, but she couldn't move for some reason. Maybe because of the spell one of the women put on her, she thought. And again, the thought was drowned down when two more buckets of cold water splashed on her head.

'If I had known I would have gone through this kind of thing,' a final bucket of water splashed on her head. '... I would've ran.'

It finally ended and one of the women took her hand and pulled her out so they could begin to dry her up. Dabbing her dry, one of them put on another cream of herbs on Anzu's back and body, and then began putting bandages around her upper body.

Then everything happened in a blur, first she was covered in nothing but a simple towel before she found herself standing in front of a mirror and gazing at what they did to her.

She looked... clean! My God, she was clean! To others, it may have been a big deal, but to her, she was shocked like a little child that had gotten an unexpected surprise present. In all her years that she could remember, she was dirty, not even bothering to wipe off the filth sometimes. It was as if she was staring at a twin that was an aristo. Anyway, she was wearing a black leather halter-top, tight pants, and boots, wearing a black jacket that ended a few inches past the halter-top. She grimaced at the collar that was still there though.

'I don't look like some lowly slave...' she thought, twirling around a bit to examine more of herself. 'More like... an aristo... What the hell is going on in that guy's head?'

"No one sometimes knows what's going on in his head. He just does it." Answered a voice at the doorway.

Turning to the voice, Anzu stared at a blonde-haired man who had his arms crossed and was leaning on the doorway, scanning her up and down.

'He... reads minds?'

"Duh, girl. I'm a vampire after all." He replied with a smirk. Anzu scowled at him. "Anyway, the name's Jounouchi, but you can call me Jou if you want."

Anzu said nothing. Jounouchi continued to stare at her too. Atem had some taste though. This girl was one to die for, now that he got a good look of her. Chestnut-hair, rare sapphire eyes, and a curvaceous body. He shook his head. It was good that Atem wasn't around, or he'd have a small fit if he was thinking such thoughts of the woman that now belonged to his friend.

He walked to her and extended a hand. Anzu looked warily at it before slowly taking his hand. He couldn't blame her for being cautious. Pleasure slaves in their world; usually become mentally unstable and wary of their surroundings after years of serving only in nothing but warming someone's bed. Jounouchi then began to wonder how long she served in bed but decided against it; it wasn't a matter to discuss now, much less in this room.

They began walking with two guards behind them to the garage of the auction building. All throughout the walk, Jounouchi kept on giving Anzu some side-glances. It was either that she was ignoring him, or that she didn't care to talk or glance back. It was then when he finally gave up, he heard the voice of Atem in his head.

((Told you so, didn't I?)) Came the smug question.

((Yes, you told me so... But damn man, I just noticed she's wearing that new collar they produced. What'd she do?))

There was a pause but Atem spoke, ((The steward informed me she did a crime of killing humans and vampires a while back.))

((WHAT?))

Jounouchi felt like stopping but his legs didn't obey the command, just kept on walking. He was shocked at the information he was now given. How could a human-much less a woman-do that kind of thing?

((Surprised? I was a bit too, but that doesn't matter to me.))

((W-Wait a second, Atem! Doesn't matter? Is there a real reason you bought her, knowing that?)) Jounouchi said back to the seemingly nonchalant vampire.

((... Do you not sense it?))

Jounouchi raised an eyebrow up in confusion. (('Sense it?' Sense what? Is there something up with the girl? Something special, Atem?))

((... I don't know what it is but... I want to find out. That's one of the reasons why I bought her. A human woman shouldn't have this kind of aura. If you could just try harder, Jounouchi, I think you'll feel it. Try.)) Atem suggested.

((... Well, okay.)) Then Jounouchi closed the link with Atem and concentrated hard to feel any sort of strange feeling in the atmosphere around them

And then he felt it. It was just a twitch but it sent a small tremor down his spine. He quickly shot a glance at the silent brunette, who stared ahead with a blank expression on her face, but there was something in her eyes, deep down, something was stirring in the depths of her being, something dangerous.

Then Atem reconnected the link between them himself. ((I take it you finally found it.)) He said, his voice a bit holding a serious tone in it.

It took a while for Jounouchi to finally get his bearings before replying, ((Yeah... But there was something up with it... Aside from the fact it felt rabid it feels sort of like...))

((... That's the thing. And the fact that it holds a sense of humanity baffles me a bit.))

((Do you think that she's a...))

((We just have to see, Jounouchi. For now, we should keep her monitored.)) Atem said thoughtfully.

((But tell me this, Atem. What if she uses this kind of... power? I mean, if I don't like the feel of it then--))

The blonde-haired man was cut off when he heard a soft chuckle in the mental link. Honestly, you'd think the King of Games would be cautious and serious all the time, but he was actually lax!

((Hehehe... Don't worry, Jounouchi. As soon as she even thinks of that, I'll have her in the palm of my hand.))

And the mental link was cut off. For now at least.

They finally got in the garage and walked to the only limo in there. Anzu was surprised to see a car. Since cars were only used by people of high rank or were a vampire used transportation like this, and carriages in their world were only used to bring slaves back and forth between cities. The only times she rode a vehicle like this was whenever she was going to be used in bed by someone. Jounouchi was surprised to find that Atem wasn't inside. He shrugged, before leading Anzu inside. Atem must've already gone back to the mansion and had that chat with him before he left. He closed the door and went to the driver's seat and was baffled to see a familiar face on the other seat.

"Y-You!" Jounouchi said.

The man waved a hand to him. "Hello Jounouchi, a pleasure to meet you again." He sat calmly on the seat with his arms crossed. He was wearing a white trench coat, and a tight black turtleneck sweater, wearing slim, black leather pants and boots. He had white, long hair in a high ponytail, which was strange for a vampire to have white hair like him, but he never explained about it, so people just ignored it. Beside him, a sword lay.

Jounouchi glanced at the brunette but found himself staring at the black screen. He shot a glance at the other vampire who sat calmly on his seat. He sat down on the driver's seat, starting the engine and driving out.

"I... didn't expect to see you again, Hikaru. Are you just here for a visit?" Jounouchi asked quietly.

Hikaru shrugged. "Maybe. I met up with Atem a while back and he told me of the woman. Anzu, correct?"

Jounouchi nodded his head before staring at the cold eyes of Hikaru's black, indigo ones. "So, you're just here to get a glimpse of her? I mean, whenever you're around, everyone seems to be on end."

"Is that an insult, a comment, or are you just saying?" Hikaru asked in a soft voice that didn't betray the deadly tone in it. Despite his calm demeanor, he had an attitude of cold ice and a brutal mind when pushed. Of course, being a former pleasure slave and serving people who were worse than Kaiba Seto and Mutou Atem, your insides were turned brutal and hollow, only filled with thoughts of torture of the ones who wronged you, leaving only little room for compassion.

"I was just saying, geez, don't snap my neck you know. I'm just wondering. You seldom stay in one place in a long time." Jounouchi quickly replied.

Hikaru laughed a little. "Errands come to me in a rush. You can't blame me for being so busy. I take it you finally sensed what was special of the woman, didn't you?"

"Huh? You were listening in?"

"Duh, Jounouchi. I am vampire also. I was just probing the link and heard what you two were talking about." The ivory-haired vampire replied.

"No wonder I felt that there was somebody else on the link. You're such a nosy person." Jounouchi snorted but that comment was ignored.

There was silence between them until someone muttered, "... collar... not enough... keep... in..."

"What'd you say?" Jounouchi asked.

"Huh? I didn't say anything..." Hikaru replied slowly. They glanced at the screen separating Anzu from them before they turned back.

"That was weird..." the blonde-haired.

"Anyway, we're near the mansion. We're finally home, eh?"

"I have to get Atem out if he's here. You think you can watch over her?" Jounouchi asked as he got out of the limo. They were parked outside a lavishly looking mansion that belonged to Atem.

Hikaru snorted while he got out the vehicle too. Crossing his arms over his chest and leaning on the limo, he stared back at Jounouchi with a bored expression on his face.

"Jounouchi, of all things to ask me. Of course I can watch over her. It's not like we're strangers." He replied.

The blonde-haired man cocked an eyebrow up. "You guys know each other?"

"Hmph, Jou, she and I worked as pleasure slaves, of course we would know each other. We worked in the same court once." Hikaru sighed, shaking his head. "But that doesn't concern you, go announce that we're here. I know Atem knows that we're back, but he's too busy to notice sometimes. I'll come in with Anzu later on."

"What are you, my boss?"

"That can be arranged," Hikaru replied simply with a bit of amusement in his voice.

The blonde vampire glared at him before turning around and walking away. After he was finally out of sight, Hikaru stood up straighter and walked to open the door where Anzu was.

"... Didn't think I'd be able to see you again, Mr. Mikagami Hikaru." Said Anzu while she slowly got out of the limo and slamming the door.

Hikaru smirked down at her. "Well, Fate is a fickle thing, my beautiful friend. I guess that's how life is when you're a pleasure slave. But I'm glad... that you're okay."

Anzu stared at him a bit before saying, "Okay, who are you, and what happened to the other Hikaru that I know? You've changed."

"Gee, and you haven't?"

"Did you really think it would be that easy? At least... I'm out of that hellhole... For now at least. I don't know what that guy Atem has in store for me." She sighed, shaking her head before her expression turned hard. "I'm sure one of the reasons he bought me was to warm his bed, there's always a reason to buy a pleasure slave and that is the most important and obvious one."

She heard Hikaru sigh. He raked a hand through his ivory locks for a moment before saying, "You've grown wise and yet you seem to have become blunt, Anzu. Look at me here, I'm free from doing bedtime romps and that's thanks to Atem. And he gave me the privilege of killing the people who wronged me and used me. I'm sure he will grant you that. Didn't I teach you that looks don't mean anything?"

Anzu snorted. "Yeah, and actions speak louder than words..." she muttered, remembering the kiss he gave her before he left. She shivered at the memory. But something inside her actually liked the feel of his lips against his for some odd reason. She was a pleasure slave, but that action alone sent a different feel than what she thought.

Hikaru raised an eyebrow up but then he felt some thing probe his mind. Motioning for Anzu to follow him, they began walking to the entrance of the huge mansion.

"... I heard what happened." Hikaru said while they walked. "I'm rather surprised they didn't kill you because of it."

Anzu shrugged. "I was surprised too, but I wasn't surprised that they beat me into a coma. I just don't know why I ended up that way. All I remember was blacking out. Of course, I didn't say anything about that since, hey, I'm a slave, who'd believe one?" she said.

"..."

"Hikaru?" called Anzu as she noticed that his expression turned hard and dark. "Hey, Hikaru? Are you mad? I know you take care of me whenever we're together but..."

He sighed. "It's nothing... Nothing at all..." he replied slowly, not bothering to look at her.

Anzu looked at him quizzically but decided not to push it any further. Sometimes, Hikaru was a strange man to be around. He was a vampire and vampires rarely get sold off into slavery. He never told her about his past that made him even more mysterious yet alluring.

They walked through a well-lit hall and Anzu found herself staring at ebony walls with gold linings and she was stepping on soft red velvet carpet.

'... Like his eyes...' Anzu thought absent-mindedly. She stopped. Wait, what did she just think of just now? Was she unknowingly becoming a poet? What was her mind thinking?

Hikaru looked back, seeing Anzu glued to the spot with a blank stare on her face. That cocked an eyebrow up before calling out to her, breaking her thoughts.

"What made you stop like that?" he asked curiously once she finally caught up with him.

The brunette shook her head. "No... It's nothing really... Just a stupid thought ran through my head..."

He stared at her for a moment before a small smirk curved up his lips.

"My, my, Anzu, daydreaming about Atem now, hmm?" he asked playfully.

Anzu paled then bowed her head. She shook her head and glared at Hikaru.

"You're so nosy. Why can't you just keep to yourself?"

"Sorry, habit of mine," He replied. Anzu's glare hardened as he said that. "In fact, I think I heard that somewhere before..."

Anzu sent him a nasty look before they caught sight of Jounouchi trailing behind Atem. They both stopped a few feet away from each other, staring at one another. Except Anzu had her head turned the other way to not gaze back into the crimson orbs of Atem's that made a small smirk appear on his face

After a few moments of silence flew by, Atem turned his head to Hikaru. "Well, I don't suppose you're going to stay here for long, now are you?" he asked.

Hikaru chuckled for a moment. "Actually, I might stay, Atem. You see, I'm an old acquaintance of Anzu's so, I'd like to be around for a while to catch up with her. It has been some time since we last seen each other since." He replied curtly.

Atem raised an eyebrow up, noting the sort of, lie in his voice. "Oh really?" he turned to Anzu who immediately whirled her head away again to avoid his look. "Well, fine, do as you wish."

Noting the tension between Anzu and Atem, Hikaru smirked slightly before turning to Jounouchi and saying,

"Hey Jou, why don't you and I have a little chat shall we? You haven't been updating me on things lately, even though I told you to."

"Well that's because you've been running around a lot, it's hard to keep track on someone who keeps on moving from place to place!" Jounouchi exclaimed, raising a fist at the tall, ivory-haired man.

"Then why don't you tell me now, since I don't seem to have anything better to do, hmm? Come on now," with that, he grabbed Jounouchi by his wrist and started to drag him down the way he and Anzu went through.

Shooting a sly glance at Atem, he heard his voice on a mental link.

((How cruel are you?)) He asked with a sort of amused tone in his voice. Atem heard the taller vampire chuckle softly while walking down the hall with the confused Jounouchi.

((Gee, look who's talking. Just don't break her. She's not entirely broken. I'm sure she'll be okay with you.)) Hikaru replied without looking back.

((Oh? And you actually trust me with her?))

((Oh, I trust that you know what's good for you. You aren't stupid. Now then, take care...))

And the mental link between them was cut off and so were Hikaru and Jounouchi. There was an awkward silence between Atem and Anzu before the vampire decided to take the initiative.

"So," He said, causing Anzu to jump slightly. "Welcome to my humble abode. I hope that you've enjoyed some things in the house, little angel."

"..." Anzu said nothing back, just kept her eyes away from his. Slightly irked that she wasn't ready to face him, he gently grabbed hold of her chin and pulled her face towards him.

Finally summoning the courage to speak, Anzu said, "... Well? What the hell do you want me to do?"

He raised an eyebrow up in interest surprised she had some spunk. "Wait, are you implying that I want you in my bed, now?" he asked with a surly smirk on his face.

Anzu unconsciously took a step back when he smirked but gain her composure.

"Well... isn't that why you bought me? That's always a reason for a person-a vampire no less- to buy a pleasure slave..." she said slowly.

It took a few moments to finally see what she was leading to. He raised his hand again and pulled her closer to her, his mouth near her ear that sent tremors down her spine for some reason. Strangely enough, she wasn't fighting back.

He whispered seductively in her ear, "If you think I'm going to use you like those fools who did then think again, little angel. I'm not like them, don't you dare compare me to them. Besides, I see that you're more worth than you think you are. Just trust me. By then, I'll think that you'll like it here. In fact,"

He took a step back away from her that made Anzu stare at him peculiarly. He raised both his hand to her neck, where her collar was, and unexpectedly, took it off. Anzu stared at him wildly with shock. What the hell was he doing?

He pulled her close again cutting Anzu's shock, nuzzling her neck fondly.

"And also, this stupid collar would get in the way of explorations that will soon take place, no? Time to get rid of nuisance like that." He kissed her neck, sending shivers down her spine.

'What the hell... is wrong with me...?' she thought.

"Nothing's wrong with you, my little angel. You're just going to have to get used to that." He replied the question in her head before pulling away from her, surprised to see a small pout on her face.

Anzu glared at him as she realized he read her thoughts. He merely smirked back, then they both heard a pair of high-heeled boots coming towards them. Once Anzu got a good look at the person coming to them, her azure eyes widened and said,

"Mai?"

Well, there ya go, chapter two! Hope you all enjoyed! Read and review for a faster update! Thankies!