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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
((start chapter))
Chapter 12: Rage and Checkmate
Ishtar Isis looked up to see her younger brother, Malik climb down the stairs from the top floor to the first, walking towards her in fast strides. She smiled at him as he came over, shock and puzzlement written over his face.
"S-Sister? Sis? Wh-What're you doing here?" he asked, sputtering.
She laughed softly, putting a hand over her lips to try and stifle the sound as she looked at Malik. "Oh Malik, I'm just here to pay Atem and the rest of the gang a visit. I hope that everyone's doing okay." She replied.
Malik stared down on the ground. "Well you see, sis… Bakura had attacked not too long ago. Seto's injured, but, thanks to my healing and because he's a vampire, he'll live."
Her azure eyes widened at the news. "Really? Are you hurt? Is anyone else hurt?" she questioned.
They began walking up the stairs and to the room where Seto was resting in.
Malik spoke on the way. "Well, one of my friends got injured as well. But I'll explain more in detail when we get there."
Isis nodded, feeling slightly overwhelmed and worried over what her little brother had just told her. They walked down a hall and entered a room and found Shizuka sitting beside the bed Seto sat on, holding his hand. She looked up to see Malik and Isis at the door and her face immediately brightened.
"Malik! Isis? What're you doing here, Isis?" she asked, standing up and walking over to them while Malik closed the door behind him as Isis and Shizuka gave each other a friendly hug. He smiled warmly at the scene.
"I was just coming over here to visit and see how you guys were doing. But," she cast a solemn look to Seto. "I guess something did happen."
Shizuka followed her gaze and gently smiled at the Egyptian healer. "Hey, don't worry. Thanks to your brother help, Seto will be fine." She gave Malik a wink after saying that, causing a pink tinge to work up to Malik's face.
"My duty as a healer and as a friend, Shizuka," he replied, humbly bowing in amusement.
"Good job, Malik," Isis praised proudly. "So what happened, really? Did Bakura really do this? I thought he was dead long ago."
Shizuka's lips pursed into a thin line at the memory of what happened previously, her brows furrowing slightly to a scowl. "Yes… But Bakura was just a diversion; another guy who was working with Bakura helped him. Another got hurt, but he's fine." She let out a sigh, placing her hands on her hips. "He was just here a few minutes ago, helping me with information before he told me to get rest and asked to borrow my laptop. I got rest, but with Seto in bed…"
"Oh… I see, Shizuka. Has he awoken yet?" Isis asked, her voice full of concern.
The auburn-haired vampire shook her head. "No, not since the attack. But Malik said he'd wake up soon. But the damage was pretty severe, even for a vampire, so he might wake up in a few days or so." She replied.
Isis nodded in understanding. Then she turned to Malik, "So who was the other man that was with Bakura when the attack commenced?"
Before Malik could answer, a man with raven-colored hair walked in, carrying a laptop, his silver eyes immediately scanning Isis. "…Isis?" he asked.
She looked quizzically at him, tilting her head slightly. "Um… Not to be rude, but do I know you?"
He narrowed his eyes at her. Malik stood before him, eyeing the both of them strangely. "You two know each other?" he asked.
The raven-haired nodded while Isis shook her head. Both Malik and Shizuka looked at Hikaru and Isis quizzically, wondering what was going on between the two.
Then Shizuka spoke, "Are you sure you know her, Hikaru?"
Isis's eyes widen as she said the name. 'Hikaru? THE Hikaru? It couldn't be…! I thought he died long ago…'
All Hikaru did was smirk. He didn't need to read minds to figure out what Isis was now thinking. She now knew him, and what he now looked like.
'I still don't forgive you for what you did, Isis…' he thought coldly in his head.
((scene change))
Anzu followed closely behind Atem as they walked to the port of Domino City. Vampires and others bowed their heads at Atem who merely smirked back, while they gave loathing looks her way. She sighed, she didn't mind it; she was used to it when she was in other courts, but now that she was with Atem…
Atem, on the other hand, didn't like their looks towards his woman, and hissed at them to stop, which had the desired effect; they all stopped but before he had a chance to solidify what he wanted of them to treat of Anzu, she stopped him by tugging at his trench coat and silently pleading in her eyes to not start a scene. He frowned, but obeyed, giving their onlookers a nasty look before restarting their trek.
'As much as I appreciate Atem's defense, it doesn't matter… I am a slave after all…'
Atem's voice cut through her thoughts like a sharp knife. ((You are NOT, my little angel.)) He hissed. ((And you shouldn't take any more shit from them any more. Why did you stop me?))
Anzu bowed her head. 'We don't want to make a scene… Who knows, Bakura and Akito could be out there and they would hear of it.' She replied back in thought.
He snarled dangerously but Anzu wasn't fazed by it. ((Stupid excuse, Anzu…))
She shrugged. 'Can't hurt to be cautious…'
He let out a groan, and without warning, grasped hold of her hand and pulled her forward, keeping her to close to his side, causing a few heads to turn their way.
"How many times do I have to say this, Anzu? You're not a slave anymore." He growled low, glaring at their onlookers, which made them look away before turning back to the brunette at his side.
She shrugged nonchalantly. "It's how I am, no matter how many times you tell me I'm not. Besides," she looked down her neck. "This collar says differently, doesn't it?"
"Screw the collar and screw them." Atem snarled, baring his long teeth.
Anzu said nothing, only continued to stare ahead.
In a few minutes, they reached the port and saw several burly men carrying huge boxes to a gigantic boat. They both raised their eyebrows at the scene before Atem told Anzu to follow him closely as they walked to a vampire with dark hair in a high-ponytail and emerald eyes, overseeing the transaction that was occurring now before his gaze fell on the vampire and female human coming towards him.
A smile curved up his lips, baring his long fangs as he caught sight of Atem. "Well, well! What business does the great, Mutou Atem, have in this part of the city, hmm?" he asked in an amused voice.
Atem scoffed, waving his hand to wave the question off. "I just needed to ask a few questions of you." He replied.
Otogi nodded. "I see. But first," he inclined his head to Anzu's direction who was a few feet away from them, watching the men and women moving the huge boxes to the boat with interest. "Who's that human?"
Atem turned his head to where Otogi was looking and smirked slightly. "Her? She's Mazaki Anzu. She…" he trailed off on a sigh, shaking his head. "Is a pleasure slave I bought from an auction one time."
The dark-haired vampire cocked an eyebrow up, whistling in awe at the information he saw. Turning to Atem, he had a sly smile on his face. "I see how it is. So, that means you're getting a good time in bed, right?"
"I haven't gotten there… yet." The King of Games added slyly, smirking. "But I'm there. Until then, she's hands off, Otogi, if you know what I mean." He said, his voice holding a dark possessive voice as he said that, his crimson eyes glinting with mad savagery.
The other vampire got the message straight off. "I see… Well, what was it that you wanted me talk about?" he asked, changing the subject of their conversation to something a bit lighter. Hey, he might be a friend of Atem, but he was still scared of him like everyone else.
As Atem and Otogi began to converse, Anzu stared at the dark ocean, able to see her reflection because of a light from behind. She stared at her reflection, stared at her face, the sapphire eyes which seem to glint with something raw and dark, the outline of her face, her neck, the collar that wrapped around the base, her body, the clothes, her legs… Everything that she could see from the wavy reflection of herself.
'… No matter how many times I look at myself, I always picture the slave… the slave act that I played for most of my entire life. But why do I think that there was something else I played…?' she contemplated in her head.
Rubbing her temples, she continued to stare at her reflection before someone had bumped into her. Her eyes widen as she felt herself moving to the water, but then a hand grabbed her jacket and pulled her away from the edge.
Letting out a sigh of relief, Anzu turned to face her savior from the cold water and faced a tall woman with long, dark blonde hair tied up in a braid, she had hazel-colored eyes which looked slightly blue for some reason, and she wore a plain white shirt and jeans, staring at the brunette with an apologetic look.
"Oh, I'm sorry! I wasn't paying attention to where I was going. Sorry about that." The blonde-haired woman asked, scratching the back of her head. "By the way, I'm Katie (AN1), a human woman, what's yours?"
Anzu stared at the woman before realizing that she was staring. She also scratched the back of her head in embarrassment before saying, "Oh no, it's okay. I should've mind where I stood on. I'm Mazaki Anzu, a human woman just like you… and I'm a pleasure slave."
Katie's eyes widen slightly. "A pleasure slave? Never seen much pleasure slaves 'round here. Whom do you belong to?"
Anzu pointed with her thumb at Atem's direction. Katie looked to where she pointed and her lips made the silent "oh." Then her expression turned to a scowl as she looked in Atem and Otogi's direction.
"Crap! There she goes again…" Katie muttered, raking a hand through her dark blonde locks.
"Huh?"
Anzu turned her attention to Atem and Otogi's again and found the problem. It looked like some woman was hitting on Atem. Though they weren't rather close, Anzu couldn't help but feel a fierce sense of jealousy well inside her chest, a quiet rage awakening within her, amplified by the wild stranger's hatred as well.
Katie noticed the change of atmosphere around them and looked at Anzu, a cold shiver running down her spine as she looked at the brunette. Something in Anzu's sapphire eyes was quietly raging, quietly seething at the sight she was witnessing, and if she weren't careful, even a simple word would set her off. And this aura that she was feeling around Anzu, this powerful, deadly, brutal and savage aura was suffocating the air around her, making it hard to breathe.
Then Katie turned to Atem and was doubly scared now. The woman was oblivious to the disgust and hatred in his crimson-eyes, and the aura surrounding him. Even Otogi seemed to notice, but being the smart vampire he was, made no move or sound that might make Atem rip the foolish woman apart.
"… Stupid bitch." Came the dark, cold voice from Anzu as she made her way to them. Katie, despite the fear welling up inside her chest, followed her to make sure there weren't any more casualties.
"Leave him alone," Anzu demanded, her voice dripping with deadly venom, her sapphire eyes turning to a cold, biting blizzard.
The woman turned to Anzu with a triumphant look on her face. She had red curls for hair, and brown eyes, her clothes rather fit for a whore, showing much of her body. She wrinkled her nose at the sight of Anzu, not aware that she was in between two angry people that one wouldn't annoy if they wanted to sign their death warrant.
But she already had.
"And why do I have to listen to a lowly human slave, like you, eh?" she asked in a high voice that raked both Atem and Anzu's nerves. Even Katie's and Otogi's.
Katie took a step toward the red-haired vampire. "Look, Touko, you already screwed one man yesterday while we were here, you've already had your fun." She said in an angry voice.
"Oh? Another human slave? You guys just keep multiplying like cockroaches, huh?" Touko asked annoyingly. Katie growled at her, muttering that she wasn't a slave. Then Touko rounded back on Anzu. "As for you, I don't need to listen to a little bitch like you, to—"
Something snapped within Anzu's mind as a torrent of memories flooded into her head.
"Anzu! You little bitch! Stop struggling!"
"Eew… I don't want to play with a freak like you! Go away, bitch!"
"And look at the result right here, a bitch born from bad blood. How… disgusting…"A roar erupted from the port as Anzu grabbed Touko's head and slammed it down on the hard cement floor. Placing herself on top, Anzu began slamming Touko's head onto the ground with sickening thud sounds as Atem, Katie, and Otogi tried to pull her away from the vampire.
When they had the success of Anzu letting go of Touko's head, they didn't have time for Anzu to begin pummeling Touko with a barrage of punches to everything that she could hurt.
"Anzu stop!" Both Atem and Katie roared at Anzu as they both tried to get the brunette off. But Anzu was blind with rage, her sapphire eyes blazing with untamed, raw rage, her eye color slowly fading into something else.
"ANZU!" Atem shouted, at the top of his lungs, trying to heave Anzu away from Touko.
It seemed his voice had a desired effect to Anzu as she finally stopped her assault. They pulled her off, before she grabbed her head and started screaming. Everyone around the port gathered and watched as Anzu began screaming, shaking her head, saying no over and over again. She had gotten quiet after a while before Atem scooped her in his arms, checking her mind for something wrong. He was actually forced back from her mind by a fierce maelstrom of memories and negative feelings that he his knees nearly gave way.
"Sorry Otogi, but I have to go back. I have to get Anzu back home and have her checked. Sorry."
"Don't worry, man, I'll try to get some of the information you wanted from me." Otogi nodded before he turned his head to the female vampire who looked like a bloody pulp and was crying. He gave her a look of disgust.
Atem looked at the vampire, with the sudden urge to pay back Touko full but stomped it down when his mind registered and focused only on Anzu. He nodded his head goodbye and disappeared.
Katie looked after him before turning to the sobbing Touko.
"…Stupid bitch," she muttered with great dislike before she went back to her work.
((scene change))
Akito moved his black pawn up a square as he and Bakura played Chess. It looked like the game was even but it was clear to the one that had real experience in the game, they would see who was really winning… and from the beginning.
"Why aren't we doing anything?" asked Bakura as he moved his knight piece to take out one of Akito's bishops.
"What do you mean?" Akito asked in a small, sensual voice that didn't bother to hide the deadliness in it while he moved his queen a few squares diagonally left.
"Why aren't we gathering the God Orbs? Why are we just here? What are we waiting for?" the doppelganger questioned angrily, moving a white pawn a square up.
The dark-haired man let out a small laugh, looking at Bakura with narrowed sapphire-colored eyes. This made Bakura shiver slightly at the way he was looking at him. Maybe he would've preferred in having Akito's face concealed by his hood he used to have on before the attack on Atem and the gang.
"Because, my dear doppelganger, it is not yet time. I have some other plans that would set things in motion. A way to reveal the weapon they have in their possession. Till then, we lay low." Akito replied, staring down at the Chessboard with interest.
"And when this 'weapon' is revealed, what then?" Bakura asked uncertainly.
A smile curved up Akito's lips, a sweetly murderous smile. He moved his queen on the board and spoke, "Checkmate…"
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Well, there ya go! Chapter 12 for you! Now then, I have to work on other things. If you want the next chapter, click on that button down there and tell me what you think, okay? See you in the next chapter!
These are not part of story. Just notes.
AN1: I actually modeled Katie after a friend of mine. She asked to be in it for a while for fun and so I did.