Title: Vampire Christmas

By: Ariana

Pairings: Hadria Pandora/Yugi-Seto/Atemu-Crimson Pandora/Ryou, Bakura/Malik, Joey/Mai, Serenity/Tristan

Warnings: None can ya believe it...

Beta: SakuraSango

Characters: Hadria, Seto, Yugi, Atemu, Mokuba, Marik, Ryou, Bakura, Malik, Serenity, Ishizu, Mai, Mokuba

Summary: It is nearing Christmas and Hadria and Crimson have never celebrated it before...They never had any reason too in the past 5,000 years, but now the girls each have a boyfriend. Ryou and Yugi want to give them the best Christmas they never had, so, they go to Seto and Atemu who know a few things of a good Christmas gift and party...Who says vampires can't enjoy the Christmas Holiday...

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh I am just a fan...I do however own Hadria Pandora & Crimson Pandora is owned by SakuraSango

Author's Note: I wasn't going to be doing a Christmas Yu-Gi-Oh fic, coz, I couldn't think of an idea, but I thought I'd go with Vampires and Christmas...So, I kept Crimson and Hadria...Basically the same idea from Vampire Love & Vampire Love 2...

Thanks To: SakuraSango..I was stuck on this chapter, so, she read all 5 chapters and helped me out with who Hadria could bump into after leaving Seto's...So, thanks a bunch...

I walked alone...I didn't feel like going home...I had a feeling that Yugi would be there...I should know he now had a key to my house...You could say that Yugi has kind of moved in. But he still stayed with his grandpa...Atemu now lived with Seto and Yugi was the only one home...Well, you could also say that I had kind of moved in with Yugi...

I smiled at the thought...That is funny though...Yugi kind of moved in with me and I kind of moved in with him. He hated to leave his grandpa, so, I told Yugi that we could switch. Stay at my place for a while, when we wanted to be alone and go back to staying with his grandpa.

As I continued to walk I collided with someone...I guess we both weren't watching where we were going. "Excuse me." I politely said.

"No need...My fault..." he said. "Hadria..."

"Marik..."I smiled slightly. "What are you doing out...It's dark."

"I could ask you the samething...Yugi called me and asked if I've seen you. I told him no." he told me.

"I just came from seeing Seto and wanted to be alone." I told him.

"How's Kaiba?" he asked.

"Doing fine...Still working..." I gave a little laugh.

"Something bothering you?" Marik looked at me.

"No, I'm fine..." I went to walk away but Marik grabbed my arm.

"I know when something is wrong with someone...It's written on your face...In your eyes...You may be a vampire Hadria Pandora, but you can't hide what some may see in your eyes." he said.

Marik sounded poetic...Maybe he should take up poetry as a hobby. Either that or he should become a therapist, since he already analized me. "You really think something is wrong with me?" I asked him.

"I know...Come we shall walk and you can tell me." Marik placed his hands in his pockets of his pants.

I briefly nodded, placing my hands in my pants pockets as well and joined him by his side. We walked in silence for a while...I wasn't sure what he wanted to discuss.

"Tell me what's bothering you?" he asked.

"Marik, do you ever blame yourself for something your other half has done?" I asked.

"Yes...I felt bad...He terrorized everyone...Including my sister." he told me. "Are you feeling bad about something?"

Where to start? I wasn't sure...This is the first conversation I was having about this with someone who kinda knew how I felt. "All of it...From the time Cai-Lia killed our parents to the Pharaoh and everything now."

"You shouldn't feel bad...What happened from Halloween to now was never your fault..." he assured me.

"But why do I feel like I do?" I asked.

"Cai-Lia was your sister...Since she was you have felt like you needed to clean up after her...So, to speak...In this case it was saving lives..." he sighed. "Malik tried turning everyone against me once and he tried many times to turn me against the Pharaoh, but I always learned the truth. I know it's not exactly how you are, but I can kind of relate to the feeling."

"Does it ever go away, Marik?" I stopped and looked at him.

His lavender eyes looked at me. "Eventually it does yes...You must accept that all this wasn't your fault...You are not responsible for what Cai-Lia did...It was all her doing..."

"When I came here, Marik I wasn't looking to make friends...I wasn't looking to fall in love, but I did both of those...Once I saw Yugi I completely melted...I know funny...A vampire melting inside from seeing someone."

"it's slightly funny yes..." he smiled.

"I never wanted this life for Yugi...He had a chance to have kids and now he won't..." I sighed.

"You know it sounds like you haven't accepted being a vampire...Your like what over 5,000 years old, right? Have you accepted being a vampire?"

"That I have..." I started argue. "I have accepted it..."

"It doesn't sound like you have...Who bit you?" Marik pushed on it.

"Cai-Lia...She wanted me dead...After she bit me Jyku transformed me..." I was honest.

"If I were you, Hadria...I would think really hard if I believe what you are saying...To me it sounds like you haven't accepted this life." Marik smiled. "I better get going...I will see you later."

"Bye, Marik.." I watched as he left. Could Marik be right? Have I not accept this life that has been my burden for so many years? I thought I had...Yugi will go through the same denial that I have gone through...It was too late to go to the Game shop, so, I might as well go home.

I opened the door, walked in and closed it. It was so good to be home...Finally I was alone...I turned my head to the living room. 'Funny, I don't remember lighting a candle before I left.' I thought. I stepped closer...A hand dangled from the couch...I got closer and my eyes widened as I saw who was there before me...