Authoress Notes: Hello, folks! I'm back with another chapter! I'm glad that everyone liked the previous chapter, I was proud of it myself! Anyway, enough of my chatter, let's get on with the story, people!!
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
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Chapter 16: Memories and Demons
Red lights flared on top the police cars as detectives and investigators inspected the huge crater that looked liked it could hold at least thirty tons of water inside. Seto nodded at a detective after the vampire finished their report, crossing his arms. Shizuka came over to him after looking at the crater, a suspicious, but alert, look on her face when she approached him.
"I don't know anything that could cause a crater that big in Domino City. The healers said that they sensed immense amount of magical energy around the streets ten miles away from here." She sighed, hooking a stray strand of her hair behind her ear. "And finding Atem and Hikaru unconscious nearby. Not to mention, Anzu's been acting weird ever since we began investigating the place."
Seto bowed his head in thought, closing his cobalt blue eyes. Then he spoke, "She'll talk soon. And Jounouchi and the others are on their way right now."
"I'm worried though…" Seto shot a glance at his ex-wife. "About Anzu, I mean. She seems really shaken, and distant… Do you think Akito had anything to do with this?"
The CEO narrowed his eyes at the mention of the dark-haired man. "Could be… He seems more than a normal man, and what he did to me…" He growled, feeling his hands tighten on his biceps at the memory. "With Obelisk with him… It is possible for him to cause this amount of destruction, and—"
"KAIBA!!" Jounouchi's voice called, Mai, Malik, and Isis trailing close behind him and running to him and Shizuka. "Kaiba! Shizuka! What happened?" Once he and the others came closer, their eyes settled on the deep looking ground in the middle of the street, shock and surprise written all over his face.
"What in the seven hells happened here…?" Mai asked slowly, a hand coming up to her mouth in surprise, her violet eyes staring at the hole.
Seto rolled his eyes. "Something happened…" he started, trying to keep his voice steady and not lash out his anger on people that didn't deserve to feel his wrath. "But that woman Anzu won't tell us what exactly happened here."
At the mention of Anzu, Mai looked up at the tall brunette. "Anzu? She's here? Where, Kaiba?" she questioned, motherly instincts kicking up.
Shizuka spoke, "Follow me," and they did, following her to a large ambulance truck and found Anzu sitting on the edge of the back two stretchers behind her, her head bowed down. Immediately, the group ran to her, even as they came over to her, she didn't bother to look up to see who approached her.
"Hey, Anzu!" Jounouchi called as they neared. "You okay? What happened? Are you hurt? And what happened to…" he trailed off as his chocolate-colored eyes looked up to see the two bodies on the stretchers behind her. Atem and Hikaru, looking rather ragged, their trench coats off, and bandages around the places where they were hurt.
Mai was checking Anzu closely if she had any injuries on her. Well, at least the healers that got here early fixed up a few bruises she had on her body with bandages. But how did she get them? And… She looked back at the crater before turning back. Did Akito played a hand at this? Was there another confrontation?
"… Anzu?" she called to Anzu. No response. Feeling more worried than she was feeling now, the female blonde vampire reached a hand to Anzu, but a hand grabbed her wrist and when she looked up, Isis shook her head. Mai glared at the Egyptian healer but let her hand fall to her side.
After a long period of silence, she spoke, "… A… Akito… appeared to us… again…." She said softly, too softly that her voice was barely above a whisper.
At the mention of Akito, everyone around the brunette tensed and became alert, as if the dark-haired man would suddenly appear out of nowhere and start to attack them. But hearing the frailty in Anzu's voice… slightly disturbed them. It was hollow, as if she was sucked from the inside out, dull without life, and sounded like she hadn't used her voice in a long time.
"He…" Anzu began again, but she shivered before grasping her head, bringing her knees up to her chest. Isis eased closer, placing a hand on the younger woman's arm; slightly curious at the way Anzu flinched at the contact, but didn't let go of her head. "He… after Hikaru summoned… B-Bahamut," a series of gasps followed afterwards. "… Injured Atem. And… And he took… Osiris… Bit him, I don't know what he did… He told me… He told me I was…" she trailed off, shaking her head.
Jounouchi stepped up. "What did you say?! Akito took Osiris from Atem?" he questioned.
"Took… Took the God Orb, Osiris… Told me… Showed me…" Anzu shook her head. "I… He told me I was…"
Isis paled at her words while the others began wondering what she was talking about until she shushed them, but deep down inside, the Egyptian healer was feeling fear, a feeling of anxiety and worry with it. 'Please no… Akito…. Are you going to torment your flesh and blood until you get what you want…?' she paused, taking in a deep breath. 'This… This is too cruel, Akito…'
"What did he say, Anzu?" Malik asked gently, easing closer to the brunette as well. He knew and felt Anzu was feeling shaken up and nervous beyond her control, and something was scaring her… yet, something was making her feel… excited for some reason.
And that was not good.
Just as Seto came near, Anzu spoke, finally looking up at them. They all stared at Anzu's sapphire-colored eyes and was surprised, the color in her eyes weren't sapphire, but looked a bit… purple, like a light indigo shade. But just as it appeared, it returned to its natural color.
"I… I was… I'm his little sister…"
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Anzu was thrown on the cold, concrete floor hard, a huge bruise forming on her cheek. She got up from her elbows and stared at Akito's sleepy, amused sapphire-eyes that mirrored her own. He stood between Hikaru and Atem's unconscious bodies and Anzu feared that she wouldn't get to them in time to stop what Akito might have planned for them.
He raised his right hand that clutched the glowing red orb. "Ah… Osiris is now in our hands. Now there's only need for one more…" he murmured quietly.
Anzu stared wildly at the orb with wide eyes. 'Osiris?! Osiris was inside… Atem…?'
Akito stared down at Atem, a sneer tugging at his lips. "… Why do you stay with them, hmm? They're vampires, Anzu. A race that cares for nothing but gaining dominant power over the remaining races, and treat humans like dirt beneath their feet. You're a pleasure slave, and…" he shot a disgusted look upon Atem's face. "They treat you like you're their equal. But no, Anzu, no, no, no… You will always be a pleasure slave if you still wear that collar around your neck. They could be just lying to you…"
Anzu shook her head, sitting upright, but felt her legs couldn't move for some reason. "No… Atem's… Everyone's not like that in his house… I… belong to him…"
Akito snarled at her, walking toward her with the speed of a predator until he was only a step away. "Listen to yourself, Anzu. You say you belong to him. That's the thing, woman. You belong to him, not with him." Her eyes widen at what he said, but she still shook her head, denying the subtle truth beneath his words.
"… That doesn't… matter to me…" she murmured, turning her head away from him.
He grabbed her chin, forcing her to face him, his sapphire-colored eyes glinting with madness. "Liar," he hissed. "Now that I've pointed out the truth, you're beginning to deny it. Well, darling," that cold, cruel smile replaced the frown on his face as he stroked her cheek. "If you hadn't realized it, as long as you're around your so called 'friends,' you're a danger to yourself and them, as long as you stick with those… vampires. And you wouldn't harm come to them, do you?"
She heard the threat evident in his words as she finally got the strength back in her legs to move them and she angrily swatted him away from her, her own sapphire eyes flicked with something raw and dangerous unknown to her. The smile on Akito's face twitched at the look in her eyes.
"No, I would never wish harm upon them. Ever. And… And I won't let you do anything to them anymore, Akito!" she said with vigor in her voice.
Her sudden feel of courage amused him. Oh, how that courage could so easily crumble with a few words. Not to mention the fact that she didn't know what she was and how she had a connection to him.
The joy in seeing her crumble while another started to build in her place.
The other person that Akito so badly wanted to see.
"Well now, suddenly feeling courageous, eh? Hmph, do you know that I could obliterate them any time I wished it?" Akito asked with cruel malice that made Anzu shiver. She balled her hands into fists, the glint in her eyes shining a bit brighter. "So you see my point, Anzu? They're you're weakness as well as you are to them. But," he chuckled for a few moments. "Not now, that would ruin the fun that I have planned for in the next few days. For now, you should simmer down."
"What is up with you, anyway?" she asked cautiously. "What is you're connection with me, and what are your real intentions in having me used… in your schemes?" she glared at him, standing firm and straight, ready for battle. "You sound as if you know me."
"And well I know, dearest Anzu," he replied with that same smile. "And you want to know why I know so much about you? Well, you're the same blood as I," he paused and Anzu blinked and found him nowhere to be seen. She swerved her head, but then, "We share the same eyes, the same power… The same father and mother…" he added slowly, knowing her eyes widen at his words.
She whipped around, attempting to hurt him with her fist but found him nowhere again. "You… You couldn't be…!" she spoke, feeling her knees shake from shock. "You… I could never be related to someone like you!"
"Oh, but how unfortunately, we are, Anzu. You're my little sister, sharing the same blood from our mother and father," he spat the last word out in disgust. "You and I share his legacy. You're my little baby sister," Akito said with a mocking smile. "And nothing's going to change that…"
"Akito--!" She turned her head again, but felt his hand cover her eyes and felt herself going numb for a few moments.
"But seeing as how you're so utterly naïve about this, I'll let you see a memory. A memory from a painful past that has been so successfully locked deep within the recesses of your mind…" With that, a blinding light came from Akito's hand and he let go.
Anzu staggered in place, her eyes shut as Akito left with a satisfied smile. Once she opened her eyes, she saw memories flash through them in a flash. Blood around her… screams… blazing fire… a tube that could fit a body… blood… the crave of it… masked faces… crimson… more screams, the sound of crushing bones and organs ripped out… eyes… a loud roar of a dragon…
And an ear-piercing scream erupted from the area.
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Domino City was up in flames. Vampires and doppelgangers were being killed left from right in a mad frenzy. But he wasn't interested in the blood shedding. Not now anyway.
He had to find him.
He was being sent somewhere, led to a trap, but he had to find them, save the one he needed to save, and kill the one who had kidnapped him.
"Too late, vampire…" said a cold, raspy voice up ahead. He looked up and his crimson-eyes widen. A white-haired doppelganger was behind a torn and bloody and beaten up vampire. His brother
"NO!!" he shouted as he tried to get to them, just as the doppelganger raised a dagger and plunged it to his brother's chest.
An agonized scream filled the sky before the vampire turned to dust. The vampire that had tried to get to him froze in place at what he saw, not believing what he saw. He couldn't be dead! No! He promised he'd protect him! But now…
"Aww… Tears from a vampire?" the doppelganger mocked coyly, flipping the dagger expertly in his hand. "How touching. But really, a vampire crying because he lost his idiot of a brother? How absurd as well…"
Without warning, the vampire grabbed hold of his sword and thrust it through the doppelganger's stomach. He kicked the doppelganger off and raised the sword above his head, his crimson-colored eyes blazing with fury, sadness, and hate.
And all he could see was red.
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He stood against the wall between two guards, his head bowed to hide his expression from anyone who cared to look at him.
Then he heard someone screaming for him, a young girl. He looked up and saw a chestnut-haired girl being dragged by two men in white lab coats with masks over their mouths to a room far into the hall. The little girl saw him and her screams and pleas for help grew louder as she began passing him, looking at him desperately with sapphire-colored eyes flowing with tears.
His face contorted with distress and the need to help her as she was continued to being dragged away from him. Finally, he moved toward her but was held down by the two guards beside him.
"Stop! Let me go!! You shouldn't be doing this!" he shouted, trying to break free from the guards' grip. "She's just a little child, dammit! You have to stop the experiments!!"
"But you didn't say or do anything to stop us, hmm?" said a deep voice from his left.
He turned to the voice. "Father! You have to stop these experiments! Stop playing this game of revenge against 'him,' father! If you don't stop now---"
He was knocked down to the floor face first. He lifted his head, but was smashed back down to the floor painfully one foot on his head from each guard, his jaw creaking a bit. He stared up at his father who looked down at him with contempt in his dark eyes.
"Don't speak that way to your father, you insolent little cur. Be thankful you're not her or the brother. I've been lenient on you long enough, it's time you faced the real side of the world." He said with a cold smile.
The younger vampire growled as he stared up at his father. 'Damn, damn, damn…!'
The girl kept on screaming.
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They all stared at her as if she had grown a second head, their eyes wide and mouths open. Then, Jounouchi spoke, breaking the silence, "WHAT?! How could you be little sister to that… that… psycho??" he questioned out loud.
Anzu bowed her head again, keeping silent.
Mai and Shizuka glared at the blonde vampire who looked back at them in question. "Jounouchi! Stop being so inconsiderate!" Shizuka shouted to her older brother.
"But Shizuka…!" Jounouchi started, but sighed, combing a hand through his hair. "… That guy… Akito could be making it up! He might've just said that to mess up your head, Anzu!"
"We wouldn't know if Anzu and Akito are related unless there was evidence that they were, Jounouchi," Malik said. "But considering Anzu's state of mind… You can bet that what he said is really true, no matter how hard we deny it."
"That could explain some things as to why Akito seems to have an interest in Anzu," Seto spoke, crossing his arms. "But there's the matter of questioning his motives. Why would anyone want to kill his or her own sibling? Much less, torture them and her friends like this?"
"Akito is the kind of man that would overlook that line, Seto," Isis spoke, turning to him. "He would still acknowledge his link to Anzu… But that won't stop him from doing what he does to her or us. He only sees Anzu as a way to complete his plans… whatever they are."
"Then he's a sick man…" Jounouchi muttered darkly, growling for a moment.
Isis lowered her head to the ground. '… If only you knew the half of it…'
There was a long period of silence after that, until someone screamed in pain. Jumping slightly, Seto, Jounouchi, Shizuka, Mai, and Malik turned and ran to where the sound came from, leaving Isis with Anzu.
Isis took a step forward but her mind was reminded of Anzu who sat behind her. She turned and stared sadly at the brunette with worried azure eyes.
'Oh, Anzu… I wish that I could atone for what I've done to you and to Akito… But I…' she thought sadly, but her thoughts were soon interrupted when Anzu suddenly sprang into action, and ran to where the others had gone.
"Anzu!!" the Egyptian healer called, but the brunette ignored her and kept running. Rubbing her temples, Isis followed her soon after, not knowing the dark aura circling around Atem, the puncture holes on his neck glowing a deep gold.
"What is happening here?!" Seto roared as he came to the police force, the others trailing behind him. Then his cobalt blue eyes settled on a bloody vampire body that was being devoured by…
"Are those demons??" Shizuka called, as she looked at rows of monstrous looking creatures that resembled something of a human, but all the more, looked different. Some were behind the crater and making their way to them, climbing up from the deep hole with their long, sharp claws. The demons they faced seemed to comprise of dog, wolves, bats, and cat features, nothing startling, but really dangerous.
"I thought those demons were sent back to Hell!" Jounouchi said to Seto. "Why are they here now?!"
"That doesn't matter because they're coming right toward us!!" Mai shouted, drawing her gun, just as dozens of demons rushed to them.
"Shit!!" Jounouchi cursed, taking out his broadsword, while the others did the same and charged back at the demons, slashing, shooting, and knocking down the demons in a crazed frenzy.
"Finally! At last, we're freed from our imprisonment of Hell!" One dog demon cried out in triumph.
Anzu caught up to them and found the group fighting what looked to be demons! Anzu's breath hitched in her throat at the sight of them, feeling her heart pounding slightly, and the warm tingling on her back. Then her sapphire eyes caught sight of a brown wolf demon running to a vampire policeman that stood against the back of a police truck, the policeman shocked and didn't seem to move when the wolf ran toward him at a fast speed, baring it's jaws at him.
Cursing softly, Anzu ran to him and got in the way of the officer, just as the wolf clamped onto Anzu's left arm that tried to shield herself. The brunette hissed in pain, feeling her arm nearly break from the force the wolf was putting into biting her. Then she turned her head to the frozen officer and hissed, "Get out of here, or you'll get killed!!"
He didn't need telling twice as he ran away, like the coward he was. Turning back to the wolf, Anzu growled at it before, swinging her arm and smashing the wolf to the truck. Just as she suspected, the wolf let go of her arm, whimpering softly. Then it got up and snarled at Anzu, its hackles raised, teeth bared. Anzu glared back at it, before her eyes spotted at the nightstick that the policeman she defended must've dropped while running. She made a grab for it, the wolf charged, and Anzu fell on her back.
The wolf attempted to rip her throat out before Anzu placed the nightstick in its mouth, preventing it from doing so. She pushed it back, seeing the wolf try to swipe at her face with its paws. But Anzu found that the wolf's strength was beyond that of a normal one and found her arm bleeding more because of the strain she was putting on it for holding the nightstick. The wolf still tried to swipe at her face as it put more strength on its body to push the nightstick down, and managed to swipe at Anzu's cheek, causing a shallow wound.
Then Anzu caught sight of another wolf coming toward her. 'You've got to be kidding me!!' she screamed in her head. In one last push, Anzu kicked the wolf that was on her, off and prepared to defend herself against another one, a white wolf.
"ANZU!!" Isis called, coming into view. Anzu's eyes widen at Isis appearing. Then they heard a screech from above and found that a bat demon was descending to attack Isis.
"Isis! Move!" Anzu shouted, but cursed, as Isis seemed to be frozen in place, just like the police officer she met a while ago. She ran to Isis, causing the white wolf to hit the metal truck, some of its teeth seeming to fall off at the impact. Anzu pushed Isis down, just as the bat demon swiped at her neck, and flew her up.
"Oh no… Anzu!" Isis called, seeing the bat taking the brunette up into the sky.
Anzu gagged at the pressure the bat was applying to her neck, trying to pry his hands off her throat. The bat smirked before he reached down and licked at the wound on her cheek.
Her eyes widen, hearing her heart beating loudly in her ears, something glowing red on her back, her sapphire eyes darkening maliciously. The bat stared wildly at the woman he held before something hit him with the force of a speeding train.
"Don't you dare touch me, you filthy demon!!" she roared in a voice that didn't quite sound like her own, before Anzu punched him in the face, sending him over to the battlefield between the demons and the vampires.
In pain and shock, the bat demon let go of her. Anzu fell, seemingly unconscious for some reason as she fell fast toward the ground
"Anzu!!" Shizuka shouted as she saw that the brunette was falling from a thirty feet height that would surely kill her if she plunged to the ground. A demon rushed to her, but the auburn-haired vampire ducked and sent a kick under the demon's chin. She looked up but found herself swamped by more demons.
Anzu continued to fall, before Seto sliced through a wall of demons, running to the spot on where she might land and caught her in his arms. He cursed softly before having her saddle on his shoulder, while he cut through a barrage of demons and went to Isis and killed the two wolf demons that prepared to attack her.
"MALIK!!" he roared to the male healer who shot off a bat demon that tried to swoop down on him. Malik backed up to them and asked, "Yeah?"
"Defend your sister, and—"
Seto was cut off in mid-sentence when an onslaught of wolf, dog, and bat demons charged to them, knocking them into the truck. With a roar, Seto fought them off, freeing Malik and Isis from a pack of dogs and wolf demons. Then he found that Anzu wasn't on his shoulder. He looked up and found a bat demon flying away from them with the brown-haired young woman in his arms.
"Damn those bat demon's existence to the bowels of Hell!" Seto cursed, trying to run to it and jump but found that he had to wrestle with a cat demon.
Anzu slowly opened her eyes after a sudden blackout and found herself in the arms of yet another bat demon. She snarled and began scratching at the bat's face, punching him under the jaw.
The bat swayed at her beatings, descending slowly to the crowd of demons and vampires. In the next attempt, Anzu elbowed him hard in his groin, causing him to howl and let her go, dropping her painfully on her back, but it was a good thing she was close to the ground. But then a dog demon caught sight of her and growled, running to her.
"Anzu!!" Jounouchi shouted after slicing a wolf in half and tried to reach her but couldn't.
The dog jumped, it's teeth bared at Anzu who grit her teeth and closed her eyes.
Then she heard a dog whimper in pain and the sudden silence around the area was suddenly abnormal. Anzu cracked one eye open, then the other, finding the demons facing the right where the trucks and police cars were. She slowly stood up and found the source of what caused everything to go silent.
Mai stared wildly at the man approaching them, feeling her legs weakening at the dark and powerful energy around the figure. 'What… What happened to him…?'
Atem stood before the demons, straight and tall, but his expression was grim and deadly, and the swirling darkness around him sent chills down their spines and would've sent a whole army fleeting. His crimson eyes were a deep, blood red color and if one could see through the swirling darkness was that his face was lined with dark, intricate marks that seemed to come from his neck and was slowly trailing around his left arm and side that wasn't covered by bandages.
He spoke, voice deep and deadly, each word dripping with cold venom. "Where's Anzu?" he asked, taking a step forward to the demons who cringed at the action. "Where is SHE?!" he hissed, his voice rising to a roar.
Seto's eyes widen as he saw the tri-haired vampire walk past him and to the demon field. 'Something's wrong with him… This power… He never had this much power before… Wait a second…?!'
"Shit, his Limiter's off!!" he hissed to himself and to Malik and Isis who looked up at him in question.
"Limiter?" Malik asked curiously. "What's a Limiter?"
The CEO growled. "A long time ago, the High Vampire, Lucifer, granted most vampires with souls. But because vampires were so strong, he set Limiters on each and every vampire that had a soul. There are ways to break a Limiter from a vampire, but everyone's forgotten how and left it alone, but…" Seto shook his head, growling again. "His Limiter was broken. I sense it is. But if a Limiter is off, that vampire's a danger to others around him, because he turns more aggressive and then becomes very violent, and gets to access most of his powers now. And right now, he's pissed off."
The demons shuddered as Atem walked to them. Then, someone grabbed Anzu from behind and held their claws at her throat. "If you come any nearer, I'll tear this wench's throat apart!" the dog demon shouted.
Seto cursed viciously. 'The fool! Hasn't he realized that was a stupid idea?!'
Really, bad mistake.
Atem's crimson-colored eyes trailed to the demon that held Anzu in a death grip, their claws inching closer to her and pricking her skin lightly. Not to mention the wounds that she had gotten.
The bastards!
Anzu began struggling, but the dog demon pushed his arm to her throat and raised their hand, preparing to rip her apart. "Grr, you stupid wench!!" he shouted and plunged his hand to her.
In the next few seconds, he screamed, falling to the floor, blood flowing from his shoulder as his arm was ripped off.
Atem stood in front of Anzu, holding the wrist of a whole demon arm. He threw the arm to the ground and stared down at the dog demon, something malevolent flicking in his eyes. "Touch my woman, I'll have your bowels on silver platters…" he turned to face the other demons that stared in horror at him. "… I see that's she's suffering, I'll pay the ones who did it back in kind… double the pain…." He hissed, raising his hand and showing off his long, black nails and closed his fist.
In an instant, several demons burst open from the inside out, organs and blood spewing all around. Demons screeched in horror before a murderous smile tugged at Atem's lips before he vanished and began slaughtering the demons with his bare hands.
"… A-Atem…" Jounouchi said fearfully, watching the bloodshed before him.
In seconds that seemed like forever, what was a once clean street was now painted in blood. Atem licked his bloody hands, standing before Anzu once again, staring down at the dog demon that he purposely left alive.
Slowly, tauntingly, Atem walked to the demon, that cold, murderous smile widening as he inched closer. The dog demon tried to scramble away but found himself trapped in some kind of binding spell.
"You tried to hurt my woman," he spoke in a too soft voice. "And that, I cannot allow to go unpunished." He stomped a foot on the dog demon's stomach, rooting him into place, and grabbed the demon's other arm, applying pressure to his wrist.
"Let's start with your other arm first, shall we?" he asked maliciously, adding more pressure. The demon howled, trying to have Atem let go of his wrist, but that just tempted the vampire to squeeze harder, the bones underneath nearly cracking. Then, thinking that he should move onto other things, he snapped the wrist like it was a twig.
An agonized scream echoed throughout the area, as the demon's hand just lolled to one side. Atem's eyes widen slightly in glee, and went for his throat.
'… No… This… This couldn't be… Atem… Not the one that I know…' Anzu thought as she saw the vampire close a hand around the demon's neck.
The next thing she knew, she had her arms around Atem's chest, her face buried into his back, trying to prevent him from doing more damage than he already had.
"Please stop!! You've… You've done enough, Atem! Just stop, please!" she cried, hugging him tighter.
He looked at her through the corner of his eyes, that cold look on her now. Anzu shuddered but didn't let go of him.
"He… They need to pay for what they've done to you, Anzu," he said in a soft voice, not letting go of the demon's throat. "They need to be taught a lesson, after all."
She shook her head. "No! Please, Atem!! I don't want you like this, just let it go! For me!!" she pleaded desperately.
He hesitated at her words, stared back down at the demon, and said, "You're lucky she's showing mercy to filth like you." He let go, placing his bloody hand on her own, squeezing lightly.
Anzu's eyes widen, but softened as she hugged him, tears threatening to fall from her eyes.
"… Thank you…" she said softly.
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"What the hell was that all about, Akito?!" Bakura shouted, grabbing fistfuls of Akito's black cloak.
Akito growled and swatted his hands away. "I've just said my piece to my plans, and I've given a nice little… present to Atem. As appreciation for what he's doing for me." He replied calmly.
"What are you really planning, Akito? Are you planning to turn your back on me and Zorc when you finally finish these plans of yours?" the doppelganger hissed. "Well?!"
Akito looked at him with an innocent and somewhat hurtful look. "Why, my dear doppelganger, why would you say something like that? Besides," he stroked Bakura's cheek softly, causing him to jump in surprise. "I got the God Orb Osiris as planned, didn't I? So, you don't need to worry about my plans, now do we? Now then, I'm going to Zorc and telling him that we have another God Orb in possession."
With that he walked away. Once he was gone, Bakura hissed and rammed his fist to the wall. Damn that man! How dare he treat him like this! Oh, he'll pay, dearly. Bakura just needed to plan out how, though.
'Soon, Akito… I'll find out what you're really planning with this…' Bakura promised to himself. He would not let someone make him act inferior. Ever!
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Well, how do you like that? How was it? I personally squealed when I wrote the small AxA part (weird, I know). It was just too cute. Well, if you want the next chapter, click on that button down there! See you!