Authoress Notes: Hello everyone! I'm back with the eighteenth chapter of Dark Desires! Whew! I never thought I'd be able to type the eighteenth chapter of this story, or any other story! I couldn't haven't done it without your guys support for my writing abilities (blushes and hugs everyone). Anyway, I'll try to update Dreams Made Flesh and Shadows of Darkness somewhere around this week, so keep your eyes peeled for them okay? Enough of my rabble, let's get it on with!

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 18: Devil Inside Part Two

Bakura put his hands in front of his face to cover his face from the dust and winds that swirled around him and Anzu. 'What the…! What in the seven hells is going on with this girl!' he thought, feeling himself being pushed back by the force of the winds.

"I thought… that by promising to protect you… guide you… watch over you… that it would keep me alive… but I guess…. I was wrong…"

I'll… I'll…

"Nooo!"

"I'LL KILL YOU!" Anzu roared again, the shout picking up the winds higher that the wind was a cutting vacuum between her and Bakura that one would be a fool to go through. The shield around her crackled as Anzu's power was growing each second that passed. If no one stopped her soon…

Then slowly, the winds died down, the ground a mess of dirt. Bakura slowly lowered his arms from his view and wished he hadn't. Anzu stared at him with wide, blood-red eyes, fangs protruded from the murderous grin on her face as her hands flexed with those long, crimson-colored nails.

The doppelganger took a step away from her. 'This is… This is really bad! She's completely different from the weak woman that I had just met before! If I don't escape or do something…' he gulped noisily when the brunette took a thunderous step toward him. 'I'll be killed!'

The grin on Anzu's lips twitched slightly before she charged at the doppelganger with blinding speed, her hand raised and curled into claw.

'Shit! Here she comes!' Bakura thought, taking out a dagger and preparing for the coming onslaught.

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Akito's head perked up from the book he was reading. He stood from the chair he sat on, walked around the desk in front of it, and walked to the window, staring at the scenery of Domino City given to him. He closed his eyes and tried to probe the aura he had felt a few seconds ago.

Afterwards, he opened his eyes, his sapphire-colored orbs wide with surprise before he smiled that cold and calculating smile, his shoulders shaking as he chuckled softly to himself.

"Ehehe… Good work, Bakura. Better than I had expected of you to bring out," he murmured too softly, yet his voice seemed to have made the room he was in drop a couple of degrees below. "Now then, time to give my little sister some well needed exercise…"

With that, he strode to the door and walked out of his room and the building.

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"Grr… Dammit! That's it! I'm going to go out and find her!" Jounouchi declared after finally snapping out of his sudden fear and began to head for the door.

Shizuka grabbed his arm and shook her head. "No, big brother! You can't go out there now it's too late! The sun has finally come up and you'll be burned to a crisp! Look, whatever that was, it might've not been concerned with Anzu and—"

"It was, Shizuka," Atem cut in, his voice sounding alert and his expression grim. "I… I've felt that before, when I first met Anzu. Actually, it led me to her. But…" he shook his head and sighed. "I never have felt it this violent and angry before. Something within Anzu has finally snapped the leash that was keeping it away from going out, and…"

Suddenly, he kicked the wall with such force that it shook his whole home and leaving a big and large dent to where he had kicked, scaring the vampires and Malik and Isis who had walked into the room a few minutes after they had felt that terrifying presence.

"I'm not there to keep her safe from it!" he roared, his crimson-colored eyes glinting dangerously. "She… I've always been wary of this other person inside of Anzu, figuring that if it got out… I'd lose the Anzu we have seen and known. And the blasted sun is keeping me away from HER!"

"Atem…" Mai called out, reaching a hand to him, but lowered it, thinking that even the smallest touch might send him into a mad rage that would have him kill them all without thought.

Isis frowned and bowed her head. '… But what if something had happened to Hikaru? Was it something that had happened to him that snapped Anzu?' She hooked a stray strand of black her behind her ear. '… Hikaru's the only one here who has known Anzu the longest, and if something—"

A hand clamped on her shoulder and she looked up to see Malik who had a determined gleam in his purple-colored eyes. She looked at him in question before he nodded and said, "We're going out to look for her," he said.

All eyes fell on him when he said that. He straightened himself and cleared his throat. "We're the only ones who could go out there right now and not get burned by the sun. And if Anzu or Hikaru needs any assistance we'll do it. Besides, we can't just stay here and wait till the sunsets. If Anzu really has snapped, we shouldn't dawdle for long. We could in fact, lose her." He added slowly, not liking the sudden glare directed at him from Atem.

After a few moments, Atem nodded his head. "Fine, but be careful, both of you." He ordered sternly.

Malik bowed his head politely before he caught hold of his older sister's wrist and began dragging her out of the room and to the garage.

"Malik! I can walk by myself, so—"

"I know you have something to do with this," he cut in, turning to her and letting her go. Her azure orbs widened at what he said as they kept on walking. "Ever since you met Anzu and have heard of Akito, you've been acting weird. And that dream you had… What else could I come up with?"

Isis looked down at the ground, suddenly feeling crushed. She knew Malik would pick up something about her past, but she didn't plan so soon. She had always wondered if he knew, would he stay with her or leave? Would he look at her the same way he did before he found out? Hardly. But, she wanted to find a correct opportunity to tell him so…

Malik sighed as they arrived at the garage. "When the time's right, you and Hikaru has some explaining to do." He paused, walking to a black Corvette. "That is, if you two are willing to share the bones in your closets at the time. Until then, sister, I'll keep a lid on it. But sooner or later, you're going to have to tell Atem and the others and face the consequences of what you might've done in the past."

Now Isis wondered who was the older sibling now as she stared at Malik with wide eyes at his words. She never thought that he would say something like that. But it was actually reassuring, that he had that much trust in her even though she didn't trust him to fully understand what she would tell him and the others.

The female Egyptian healer nodded her head while getting into the passenger seat and adjusting the seat belt securely around her.

"Okay, Malik… I'll tell you soon… But right now, we need to focus on the present." She replied slowly.

Malik smiled, starting the vehicle with a roar. Backing up, he maneuvered the car out of the garage and into the streets.

'And no matter what, sis, I won't leave you because of what you might've done in the past… I'll still be your little brother…' he promised quietly to himself.

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Bakura dodged the kick that was sent to his ribs. He quickly adjusted his stance and swiped at Anzu with the dagger. But Anzu threw a punch that sent him to a tree and breaking through it that he felt his back would break as he landed on a tree behind the one he crashed through and coughed up blood once he laid on the ground. Then he felt a clawed hand clamp around his throat and he felt himself being thrown back into the open park, rolling a few feet away from where she threw him.

The doppelganger was breathing heavily as he tried to get up. He stared at Anzu and shivered. This white aura was circling around her as she breathed heavily, like a rabid animal waiting eagerly for its meat. He needed to summon back those riders to help him before they had disappeared when this intense power erupted from the brunette. He couldn't die now! Not when he hadn't carried out his revenge to Atem and the other vampires for what they had done to him. But right now, Anzu was so powerful that chances that he would walk away was slowly depleting below slim.

Taking another deep breath, Anzu ran to him at that god-like speed with one of her hands raised.

"You killed him!" she shouted as she ran.

… And I hadn't even thanked him for all the things he had done for me… Said Anzu who was floating somewhere in the dark recesses of her mind, curled into a ball.

Bakura jumped up and flipped back, just when Anzu's fist plummeted through the ground creating small dust from the impact. She growled when she took her hand out and went for him again.

"I'll never forgive you, you son of a whoring bitch!" she roared, stretching out her hand to Bakura.

He always took care of me… like an older brother I never had…

Bakura tried to get away from her hand but she caught his wrist, and with a mad, murderous smile on her face, balled her other hand into a tight fist, swung, and sent another head spinning punch to Bakura's face, but didn't let go of his wrist, causing him to swing violently to the ground. She laughed, a high and sweetly brutal laugh before she swung him over her head and thrown him down on the ground, face first, nearly crushing his wrist.

Bakura coughed up a large amount of blood, his nose bleeding profusely, his head hurting and spinning beyond what he could comprehend, and he felt his wrist being slowly twisted and crushed beneath the brunette's hand. Then the doppelganger felt her foot press on his head, attempting to crush his head like a watermelon.

… And you killed him…

"YOU KILLED HIM!" She bellowed loudly with the other Anzu, two voices merging together while fully dislocating Bakura's whole arm from its socket.

She let go while he screamed in agony, writhing shamelessly before her, as she smiled, the blood-red eyes glinting maliciously as if she was watching a thoroughly entertaining performance. It was, in her view. Writhing like a pathetic worm, screaming as if he was falling down an endless chasm, wounded like a prisoner was after enduring a brutal torture.

She licked her lips, slowly, seductively. No, the torture wasn't over yet, not by a long shot.

Anzu was about to rip something else out of its socket, reaching for one of his eyes, before a voice called, "Hmph, you're usually not this crude in torturing your victims when you're pissed off, Anzu…"

Anzu whirled her head to see Akito, with a hoard of demons behind him. He had a cruel and cold smile on his face as he watched the blood-red eyes scanned him and the beasts behind him. She returned the smile with the exact amount of cruelty and iciness, but held that deadly venom hidden behind it.

"… He deserves it," she said in a rough voice that sounded more aged and mature than the other sapphire-eyed Anzu, but it had that hint of brutal violence and bloodlust. Then she looked down at the doppelganger who was twitching, staring at her with wide, lavender eyes before she turned back to face Akito. "And he deserves a whole lot. More than what I'm giving him…"

Akito shook his head, sighing. "Unfortunately, I cannot have you further damage my dear little doppelganger any more. So I've brought a different kind of exercise for you…"

He snapped his fingers and two demons stepped up in answer. Bakura looked at him with pained eyes as he held his wounded arm, which was strangely angled.

'He… The bastard…! He thinks it's all a game… Why he…'

Then the two demons charged at Anzu, roaring wildly. Anzu stared at them, before that same grin spread across her face before she plunged her hands into each demon's stomach so that they wouldn't have a chance in maiming her with their claws. Laughing, she removed her hands dropping them, taking in handfuls of their inner organs and crushing them like they were apples in her hands. Then she looked up to see Akito carrying Bakura in his arms with that same smirk before whistling and disappearing.

When some demons rushed to her, she smiled, licking her fingers of the blood. Then she heard footsteps coming towards her and Isis and her little brother Malik come into view, breathing heavily as they came in running.

'… Trying to stop me, eh?' she chuckled and stared at the demons that inched closer to her. 'Well then, time to show them one hell of a bloody performance, no?' With that, she vanished from her spot.

"Anzu!" Isis called, then she and Malik noticed Hikaru's body on the ground and they paled. The both of them ran to his body and examined him.

Isis's azure eyes widened when he found that he was dead. No, he couldn't be! Then, this must be the reason why the other Anzu inside of the sapphire-eyed one has awaken. But something seems strange. The Egyptian healer scanned Hikaru's body again and gasped.

'He's dead…. But he's still alive! That means…'

Then she noticed his hair was back to its original color of silver.

But why wasn't he burning? Then she noticed an invisible shield crackled slightly around them. They had walked into a barrier! But it was mostly centered around Hikaru, and if they brought Hikaru with them to the car, he'd still be protected!

'But did she knew all along…?' Isis thought. '… If Anzu already knew Hikaru had turned back into a vampire… Why is she still…?' Then she realized it. The Anzu that had now awakened was keeping it from the one inside.

"Sister! Look!" Malik said, pointing to where Anzu was fighting. Isis closed her eyes, not wanting to see the sight that she'll soon see. But she had experienced first hand what had happened when Anzu was pushed over the edge. And the results…

… were lethal and bloody as they were now when Isis looked up.

Anzu was laughing! Through the whole blood shed, she was laughing! She ripped, tore, and crushed all that she saw before her with those claws of her, laughing that bone-chilling laugh, a mad gleam in her blood-red eyes. Blood was raining down the area she was fighting, and the blood was slowly floating to them. The sounds of screams and crushing bones and organs ripped or squished to a pulp would give Isis and Malik nightmares for months.

Then, the sounds stopped.

Isis and Malik looked up from turning their heads away and wanted to gag at the smell and the sight. Bodies lay in crippled, bloody heaps; organs were strewn all over them like cheap decorations over carpet, and the smell of fresh blood in the air… God, the smell!

Then they found Anzu among them while she slowly turned to face them. A cold finger whispered down their spines when Anzu faced them with a curious, sort of neutral expression, but when she turned to face them, her whole body was coated in blood, red splotches on her hair and face. And to the two healer's horror, the brunette began slowly walking to them.

Isis began shivering. 'Oh, dear God no… Please Anzu… Don't let Malik be involved in this…'

But she already knew he was.

"I thought I told you, Isis," she said, slowly, deadly, a small smile creeping back to her lips. "That if I ever saw you again, I'd kill you…"

Malik tried to move but felt his whole body freeze at the sight of Anzu walking toward them. This… this couldn't be Anzu, he thought. Not this bloodthirsty, red-eyed monster! What had happened…?

After swallowing her heart back down, Isis asked, "… W-Where is she?"

Anzu stopped a few feet away from them and smiled, the fangs bared at them in a feral smile. "And who is 'she,' dearest Isis?" she asked in soft croon.

"… A-Anzu…"

Only a few minutes after Isis replied, Anzu began laughing, clutching her stomach. The healers shivered again. There was absolutely no feeling in the way the brunette laughed. None at all, just cold, cold ice…

Then Anzu calmed down and stared at them with wide, amused filled eyes. "You want to know?" she pointed to her chest with her thumb. "Stuck inside this body, where else?"

Malik was taken aback by the answer. "That… That can't be!"

Blood-red eyes trailed to him. "Can't it? You've looked into my mind before. Now, the formation has been switched. She's stuck inside this body now, I'm in control!" she stated loudly.

Isis finally stood up, something in her eyes lit. "You have to give Anzu back! You're not supposed to be here! You're---"

Isis was slapped in the face so hard she fell back on the ground. "Sister!" Malik went to her while the female Egyptian healer sat back up, rubbing the spot where she had been slapped, wincing slightly. Then Malik and Isis looked up to meet a rather angry Anzu.

"Who are you to say that I'm not supposed to be here!" she hissed dangerously. "Who are you to say that I can't live my life? Huh? When the damn woman stole my life away from me!" her voice rose to a roar. "And don't you dare call me Anzu! I have a name! It's Teana!"

"T-Teana…?" Isis spoke. "But that's… that's your mother's name…"

Teana smiled mockingly. "Fitting, isn't it? Besides, I won't have Anzu make a mockery of me anymore than I—"

She stopped when Hikaru moaned softly. She turned to face him and found he hadn't woken up yet. Teana smiled. Good. Then she turned back to Isis and the smile changed into that mad, murderous smile that she had on when she slaughtered the demons in cold blood.

"I have other matters to attend to, but as I promised…"

Teana cracked her knuckles while she walked to Isis and Malik. Then, when she was about to reach out her hand… "ANZU!"

Suddenly, she felt arms wrap around her waist, holding her tightly, keeping her away from Isis and Malik. Teana turned her head and found Atem behind her, the markings back on his face. She growled and tried to wiggle out of his arms, but he held on.

"Grr, damn your existence to the bowels of Hell!" Teana shouted as she elbowed and kicked him from behind, but he still wouldn't let go. "Let go of me, damn you!"

But something inside her was awakening. In her head, Teana thought of every foul thing in her head and threw it back to Atem who slightly faltered at her words, but didn't fully waver. Now Teana was worrying, Anzu was slowly coming to, and she had little time to prepare to go back in her mind.

But Anzu was hesitating to go back out. She was afraid of something and that something was…

"Anzu! Hikaru's alive! He's not dead! He's still alive as a vampire!" Atem shouted to her, to Anzu.

Isis stared at Atem with wide eyes. 'Wait a second… How is he even out here, anyway!' she paused as she thought out the possible reasons he was here. 'Of course! His Limiter! With his Limiter off, he has full access to his powers and he's using that power to protect himself from the sun! He must've realized it!'

That was when Teana felt herself split at his words. Finally letting go of her, Teana fell to her knees, grasping her head, shaking it. "No! NO! Stay out of my head! SHUT UP! I don't need you…! Be quiet! ARRGH!"

Slowly, Teana turned her head to find Hikaru and instantly, her eyes shifted to the color of purple when she saw the color of his hair, silver.

"He's… He's alive… Thank God…" she murmured, her voice slowly turning back to the lightness that was Anzu's. Then she turned and faced Atem, tears brimming her cheeks. "Atem, I… I don't know what I did… I don't remember…"

"Shush, little angel," he whispered in her ear when he bent down, wrapping his arms around her body as she shook with sobs. "Sweetheart, you did nothing wrong. It wasn't you…"

"I… I don't remember… Can't remember… All I heard was… screams… It was horrible…" then her sapphire-colored eyes saw the ripped bodies of the demons Teana had destroyed. She pushed away from the vampire and looked at her hands and clothes. Her eyes widened when she saw all the blood on her body, before Atem took her into his arms again, not wanting to see the blood on her clothes.

She screamed.

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