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Disclaimer: Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Never have, never will. If I did, Atem would act darker like this one, and wouldn't leave!
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? Now with the mention of Bakura, necromancers, sorcerers, and the three God Orbs, could things become more complicated?
Dark Desires
By: xKuroSeraphimx
Chapter 8: The Hunt Begins
Seto paced around the room of his office, one hand under his chin, his face contorted into fierce concentration, clearly he was thinking.
His mind still couldn't leave on what had previously happened. Well, if some cloaked psycho who is probably working with a supposedly dead doppelganger just attacked you, what do you expect? Growling in frustration, he let out a roar, throwing his hands up in defeat as he couldn't think up a possible solution to all this.
'Bakura… He should've been dead! I saw him die! Atem killed him himself! And that was 250 years ago! No one could resurrect the dead, only necromancers d---' At that thought, he stopped pacing around the room, a shocked expression on his face but it immediately turned into a look of hatred.
'Blast it! This is all too much; first some cloaked stranger attacks me, and then Bakura shows up and takes him away! No one could resurrect the dead… Shit! Back to square one!' he thought angrily, a fierce growl rumbling from his throat.
The sound of the door to his office opening cut off his thoughts as his younger brother Kaiba Mokuba walked in the room. Mokuba was already a vampire in his prime, but looked a bit like a 14-year-old boy when in reality he was only 12 years younger than Seto (Seto being 3039 which makes him 3027). Possessing most of the traits his older brother had in attitude towards others (except being more nicer), he attracted a lot of people toward him, women mostly.
"Big brother? Something wrong?" he asked in a soft, mid-deep voice.
Seto sighed, raking a hand through his chestnut-colored hair. "Yes, Mokuba, something is wrong, but you don't have to worr—"
"C'mon, tell me! I want to know!" The jet-black-haired vampire insisted, taking a step forward to him.
The taller vampire let out another exasperated sigh. Sometimes, even though it was mostly out of concern, his little brother could be so nosy sometimes!
Thankfully the room was soon filled with a ringing sound and Seto quickly rushed over to his desk, grasping the phone and putting it to his ear. "What is it?" he asked almost annoyingly, his little brother walking up behind him.
"…Seto?"
The voice of the woman on the other end would've made himself fall had one of his hands hadn't clamped on the edge of his mahogany colored desk. It took a while to get his heart back in his chest before he spoke, "Shizuka?" he really didn't expect to hear from her again after a while. Especially at a time like this.
"Shizuka?" Mokuba asked hopefully, his keen sense of hearing picking up his older brother's whisper.
Shizuka spoke on her pink cell phone, "Yes, it's me, Seto. Look, I just got this strange call from Mai and she's wanting that you and I go to Atem's house to discuss something."
There was a pause on the other end before she giggled softly, hearing pleas from Mokuba to talk to her and Seto declining his requests while talking to her.
"Really? Why couldn't she just—No, Mokuba, you can't talk to her—what do you mean 'why?' I'm still on the phone! … Get off my arm, Mokuba, stop acting like a little kid!" there was a loud whacking sound and Mokuba's pretend crying buzzed through on her cell phone. Shizuka let out a soft, hearty laugh; Mokuba really didn't want to act his age.
Giggling after a few moments, she spoke, "Why don't you let Mokuba talk to me, Seth? It has been a while since we last had a decent chat together, please?" she asked the last part in a high, playful tone.
The auburn-haired vampire heard a mutter from Seto about how people don't act their age anymore but reluctantly passed the phone to Mokuba.
"Hey, big Sis!" came the happy greeting from the other end.
"Hello Mokuba, hope you're doing well." She replied.
"Of course! What do you expect from a Kaiba, huh?" he said proudly. "Anyway, why couldn't Mai call us here, herself?"
Shizuka shrugged her shoulders, adjusting the purse on her lap. "I don't know. All she said to me was to call Seth and to have the both of us come over to Atem's place. She seemed to be in a hurry too. I was just about to go in their myself to visit the rest of the gang." She explained.
"Well, okay. I'll tell big brother that, okay?" there was a sudden pause on the other end before Mokuba added, "Hey Shizuka! Big brother wanted to say that he still lov---"
The sound of the phone on the other end was off buzzed out of her cell phone. Shizuka stared at her cell phone a bit before shaking her head and pocketing the item. A soft giggle across her snapped her back to her senses. Shizuka looked up, one of her friends, Lockhart Tifa (AN1) was laughing at her.
"What's so funny, Tifa?" Shizuka asked curiously.
The female brunette waved her gloved hand around. "Oh no, it's nothing really, Shizuka. It's just that it looks like the Kaiba brothers are still the same, still the same around you." She replied softly, her wine-colored eyes twinkling with amusement as she tucked a stray lock of chocolate-brown hair behind her ear.
Shizuka tilted her head slightly. "I don't know what you mean, Tifa."
Tifa shook her head before standing up from her seat. "Well, you best get going, girl. You were supposed to go to a friend's house, remember? And besides, you'll be able to see your ex-husband again." She put her head on her hips, letting out a soft sigh from her lips. "I still don't see why you won't give him a chance…"
The auburn-haired vampire shook her head. "No, I already gave him many before. We just… need to get on with our lives, right? Anyway, you're right, I gotta go. Give my regards to your husband, Cloud okay? Bye."
With that, she waved goodbye before walking out of the bustling bar, Tifa's crimson-colored gaze following after her. A small smile curved up her cherry lips.
"Oh, Shizuka… Love doesn't give up that easy… You just don't notice that it already hasn't." she murmured.
"…Disgusting really… And the result was something like this…"
"Vile… Abomination… I don't see why we have to let it live on…"
"Ugh, her scent… Neither of any race…"
A young girl shouted out to the darkness, tears spilling down her cheeks, shouting at the taunting voices.
"It wasn't my fault I'm like this! Everyone's the same! Family? Status? What the hell's race?"
"…Ugly… Blood, humph, I agree, why should we keep this one alive?"
"…After all, bad blood is bad blood…"
"I don't have bad blood! Leave me alone!"
A dark chuckle emitted from the darkness around her. "No… why don't we have other uses for her, hmm?"
"NO! Get away from me!"
The young girl began running, running off into the darkness. Finally, after she lost the will to move on, she collapsed on her knees, tears of anguish and pain flowing down her cheeks. The sound of boots from ahead of her made her look up to see a cloaked stranger. She bowed her head down, her body shaking, not from the tears, but from anger. When the stranger raised their arms to pull the hood from their head, it was then the young girl shouted at the adult version of herself, sapphire blue eyes meeting the angry red eyes of the adolescents.
"I HATE YOU!"
Screaming, she jerked out of her position, scaring Atem and the rest of the vampires and healer in the room. Anzu's sapphire eyes twitched from one vampire to the next, her body shaking uncontrollably, gripping the crimson sheets tight, her breathing coming out of short, raspy gasps.
Immediately, Atem stood up from his seated position next to the bed and checking Anzu over, just as she began muttering incoherently. She looked like a frightened child after escaping something that must've had hurt her which made Atem become frustrated and angry to see since he felt like he couldn't do anything about it since he didn't know what was the problem. He shot a glance at Malik who mouthed the words, "I didn't do anything," before turning his attention back to the shaking Anzu.
"Anzu? Anzu what's—"
"Where am I? What am I doing here? What happened to me?" she asked quickly, fixing her terrified gaze on his face.
"Anzu, nothing went wrong. Why are you—"
"No, no, no, no… I don't want to go back, I don't! They'll hurt me again--!"
Even her choice of incoherent words frightened everyone in the room. Hikaru narrowed his eyes, taking a few steps toward the bed before he felt that sudden twitch, the atmosphere in the room changing dramatically to something really wrong. He glanced at Malik and Jounouchi to see them shaking slightly, fear written in their eyes. He could see that something was flickering in her eyes, that rabid feel again.
Atem stared painfully at the shaking brunette. The next thing he knew, he was embracing her petite form, pulling her close to his body despite the growing fear that was welling up in his chest. She seemed to have gotten more alarmed at his action but was slowly, but surely, calming down from his protective embrace.
Hikaru narrowed his indigo black eyes even more so in suspicion, but the change in atmosphere relieved him slightly. Even Jounouchi and Malik seemed to have calmed down too.
'Thankfully, Atem was here. Proves the fact that he will be able to control her… For now at least. Good thing 'he' isn't around and hasn't felt the change. I'll have to keep a close eye on her from now on. She's changing too quickly…' he thought quietly in his head, making sure no one had heard him.
In a few short, long seconds, Anzu finally calmed down, going back into another fitful sleep, also because of the soft soothing Atem was whispering in her ear. Slowly and gently setting her down back on the bed, the vampire flicked a few rebellious strands of her hair from her face, a soft smile curving up his lips.
After a while, he turned to them, letting out an exasperated sigh, combing a hand through his silky, tri-colored hair.
"Man, that was weird…" he immediately smiled innocently as Jounouchi received a nasty look from the King of Games, warning him that it was not the time to start any jokes.
"She needs rest…" Atem growled, leashing in his temper that he was suddenly feeling thanks to Jounouchi who smiled at him innocently. "Must've been having nightmares, bad ones at that. Not putting the blame on you, Malik, but you must've pulled out a few painful memories…"
The Egyptian healer bowed his head low. "… I didn't mean to…" he said solemnly.
"It doesn't matter now." Hikaru cut in sharply. "For now, we should focus on the task at hand until Shizuka and Kaiba get here. I'll be going for a while. I need to meet up with someone again."
Everyone looked suspiciously at him, which he did his best to ignore. He sighed, "Look, the person that I'm going to meet may have answers that you are all questioning. If I hear anything important, I'll come back and tell you straight away, alright?"
They still didn't seem to trust him with the look on their faces. Hikaru rolled his indigo black eyes before turning the knob on the door. "See you then." He said before slamming the door.
A few moments of dead silence passed by until Malik looked his head around. "Huh? Where did Mai go?"
"Oh, she went out to greet Shizuka and Kaiba when they get here, also add them in on what's going on." Jounouchi explained. "You were resting by then."
"Oh, I see…" Malik scratched the back of his head. "Hey, Atem, I'm going to call Isis and Rishid to tell them what I'm doing. Mind if I used the phone?"
Atem shrugged. "Sure, but not in here. She needs rest of course, you can use the one outside in the hall nearby." He replied.
Malik nodded as thanks before leaving the room to call. Another agonizing moments of silence flew by before Jounouchi spoke up, "So… what do we do now?"
The other vampire shrugged again, sitting on the bed, his gaze fixed on Anzu's content and peaceful face.
"You can go do whatever you want, Jounouchi. I'll stay here and watch over her. If not, we just have to wait for Kaiba and Shizuka to get here…"
He walked out of the office, muttering a number of profanities and curses under his breath, his cloak billowing behind him, the hood on his face threatening to fall off from the wind passing by because of his long, forceful strides.
"Sorry to have interrupted your 'hunt.'" Bakura said as he leaned on the wall, arms crossed, a small smirk upon his face. "But, orders are orders. I couldn't—or well, can't ---disobey him, you know?"
The cloaked stranger stopped in his tracks. "Then kill him yourself for all I care. At least he is doing exactly as I tell him to. Your boss is expendable, just like you." He growled, not bothering to even shoot a glance at the albino-haired doppelganger.
Bakura narrowed his pale violet eyes, but said nothing. A smirk was now plastered on the cloaked figure's face as he began his walk down the hall.
"Don't forget who resurrected you, Bakura. Our bargain isn't over yet." He said while walking away. Hearing a faint growl amused him as he went on.
The cloaked figure slowly halted to a stop, gazing at half the city of Domino through the huge window of the building.
'Are you being amused, hmm? Or do you simply… want to get out? Are you tired of being confined? Don't worry, this'll all end… At least being cooped up has taught you some patience…' he thought. Slowly, he raised a hand, touching the glass window, as if trying to grasp the dark scenery before him.
The smirk on his face widened, just as his hand balled into a fist. His shadow seemed to move off the floor and manifest into something dark, the growl of a dragon echoing throughout the hall, slowly surrounding the hooded figure.
'The God Orbs… with my power, they would fall easily under my feet, even if they were together… You could too, if you knew you had the other 'half' to what I want… What I seek and what is needed for my plans… This world will pay for the suffering it has caused to us, won't it? And you'll be my little helper…'
A high, cold laugh echoed throughout the whole building, the sky around it seemed to have darkened even more.
'The real hunt… shall begin…'
These are not a part of the story. Just notes:
AN1: Tifa Lockhart is a character from the game called Final Fantasy VII/7! She's one of my favorite characters and I just can't wait to see her in the movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children which takes place two years after the game. Just thought she should come in as a special cameo. Long live Tifa!
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