Okay, well I'm back again. In case you guys didn't know, when I said possible Marik bashing...I meant his YAMI. Grins However, I gave Malik, the lighter side, an interesting role. Well...What am I waiting for eh? Ahem!

Dedications! WAIT! I SEE YOU TRYING TO SKIP THIS PART! YOU COME BACK HERE AND READ WHO MADE THIS FICTION POSSIBLE YOU MEANIE:

This story is dedicated to my goldfish: spunky. Lol...Just kidding. I don't HAVE a goldfish, much less one named spunky. This story is ACTUALLY dedicated to "Divey". NOW GO READ HER AWESOME STORY WHEN YOU'RE DONE HERE!

Thank you...(And yes Dives. I'm doing this each chapter lol. Grins)

Oh, and this chapter is dedicated to Malik and Malik fangirls everywhere. Have a ball. This is one of the best lights I have ever put him in.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh, Vampires, any bishies what so ever, OR bloody scenes...However I DO own the weird idea for this story, and all the characters I create...Including Sarah-chan!

Sarah: -- Don't remind me...

L.W.K: You know you love on...admit it! Grins

Sarah: No.

L.W.K: Darn.

Yami: She just did...what kind of idiot are you?

L.W.K: Don't know...how many kinds are there?

Yami: Facefaults I...

L.W.K: Yes people...I bash myself on purpose...Why? I don't know...Smiles disturbingly BOINGY! START!

Warning: Slight ooc for some characters. But that's to be expected in an AU ne? (Mostly ooc for Malik, but I think this is what he's REALLY like underneath it all...)

Other notes: Japanese translations at the bottom.

As Sarah raced among the rooftops, the shrill cries grew louder. She mentally kicked herself. She should have sensed the vampire from a mile away! It really wasn't easy to hide a vampiric aura. In fact, Sarah was one of the few that could fully do it successfully...

So why couldn't she sense it?

She continued to fly through the biting cold night air like a spirit of the wind itself. Her hair floated behind her, as did her cape adding to her appearance. Her senses didn't smell blood...not yet. There was still time...but she would need to move even faster...she pushed herself to her limits. No longer using reason or even thinking about what she was doing. All she knew was that she must get there.

'Yugi...I have to reach him...I just have to...!'

Had she have had the time she would have been questioning why this was of such importance...even though Yugi didn't deserve such a cruel fate...why was it of such great importance that she must save him?

But she had no time to think. Only time to move...move quicker...

'Go faster...faster...go faster!' she yelled mentally.

Yugi screamed again for help. This creature just attacked him...he ran from it like it was a bad dream...but it didn't matter how he ran. This thing keep catching up to him...it wore a dark red cloak and it had red flashing eyes. Its skin was so pale...whiter then snow itself...and yet such a sickly color.

Yugi kept trying to run, but he ended up in a corner...he was trapped. That was it...he couldn't do anything anymore more.

The creature grinned in a feral manner as the lust and hunger in its eyes grew.

"Yesyesyesyesyesyesssss...my prettypretty...I've done it." The creature cooed in a dark hissing voice.

The dark fiend crept forward slowly, enjoying every moment of its victory. In a last effort Yugi cried out.

As soon as he had, a dark figure crashed through the window. Yugi heard a low growl.

"You called?" Sarah asked with a smirk.

"Sarah!" Yugi exclaimed, both relieved and surprised to see her.

"Nonononono...minemine..." The creature hissed.

"Shut up, you vile little leech." Sarah hissed back.

The pale creature grinned again in evil joy as it launched itself at Sarah. Sarah leaped with the same speed and power. They became locked in a battle that looked more like a dance. Sarah's eyes brimmed with as much fire as the creature's. Though her fire was not driven by wanting, but anger and hatred to this evil.

Yugi kept up with them as best he could, but it was so hard to follow the intense wrestle of power and battle of wills. The speed they moved with was incredible. Little did Yugi know was that this was a slow battle as far as Sarah's went...

Sarah was mostly on the offensive, but she was trying to test out the other's strength. The creature was more on defensive and was looking for an opening that it could use.

Sarah grunted in frustration. This thing wasn't all that powerful and if it came to pure brute strength, Sarah would have won hands down. However, there was such a will to win in this thing...such desperation...and yet...it seemed like a power lust.

Sarah took a blind swing to see what kind of reaction she would get to test their defense.

She managed to contact with its chest, throwing her opponent off. It hissed in pain.

"No...I will have the Hikari no Ume!" The monster thundered in a low voice of fury.

Sarah stepped back in shock.

"H-Hikari...no Ume?!" Sarah repeated quietly in surprise and wonder.

The creature took this chance to swipe at Sarah with its claws. However, Sarah was ready. She grabbed the claws in mid-swipe, stopping its strike.

"How dare you..." Sarah said, her voice dark. She pulled out a sword that hung from her side. It was pure silver and shinned brightly in the moonlight pouring in from the broken window. Sarah slashed across its chest.

It shrieked in horrific pain while it clutched its wound.

"Nonononono...!" It cried. It reached a desperate hand out to Yugi and tried to rush at him. Yugi closed his eyes tightly.

But nothing came.

He opened them again to see Sarah panting for breath as she held a wooden spike that pierced through the creature's chest.

She sighed in exhaustion and let the spike drop. It hit the ground with a thud and with it, the creature.

Yugi slowly approached Sarah who was still panting slightly. He looked over the new decoration to his floor.

"Thanks again." Yugi mumbled quietly.

"Like I said before..." Sarah started tiredly. "No problem. I just did. Sorry about your window." Sarah added chuckling.

Yugi laughed.

"Don't worry about it." Yugi assured, grinning.

There was a slight pause.

"Sarah? W-what is that...thing?" Yugi asked.

"A she-vamp." Sarah answered quietly.

"A what?" Yugi asked confused.

"A female vampire..." Sarah explained.

"Oh...So that's what they look like." Yugi murmured thoughtfully.

Sarah blinked. She looked over at Yugi.

You've never seen one before?" Sarah asked raising an eyebrow in surprise.

"Well...No. Actually I asked my grandpa about them when I was little and he said they would never visit us." Yugi replied.

"That's...odd. Vampires don't usually visit this side of town, sure. That makes sense...but how would your grandpa know you'd never see one?" Sarah asked.

"I don't know...grandpa was a little strange actually...hey Sarah? What's...the "Hikari no Ume"?" Yugi questioned.

Sarah frowned.

"I don't know exactly...but I intend to find out." Sarah stated solemnly, trying to figure out what she could do. There was only one person who would know about this.

She turned to leave once more.

"Wait! You're not going to leave me here again are you?!" Yugi shrieked as his fears returned. "What if another comes?" He protested, with his gem eyes wide at the very thought of facing another shadow alone.

Sarah bit her lip.

"You're right. If one came then there's a good chance another will. But...I can't take you with me." Sarah admitted, frowning.

She though for a second and then smiled.

"I have an idea. Yugi, I have something for you." Sarah announced and took off her glove. Then she reached into a small bag that hung from her belt. She pulled out a small cloth and unrolled it. Then she carefully picked up a necklace that lay in it. She held it out for Yugi to see.

It was a silver cross.

"This silver cross necklace wards off vampires. No vampire can touch it. And if they try, they'll get one very nasty shock from it. So if you wear it, no vampire can touch you." Sarah explained.

Yugi looked skeptical.

"Are you sure it works?" Yugi hesitated.

"Yes. Positive." Sarah assured him calmly.

"And it wards off all vampires...right?" Yugi asked again, still skeptic.

"Yes! All vampires. Now just put it on already." Sarah ordered, irritated from the questioning.

Yugi smiled and slipped it around his neck.

(A/N: I know you all must be very confused right? I mean, it sounds like Sarah's lying right? Well I've got news for you. Sarah is telling the truth. All vampires are warded off. ALL. Grins You'll see...Giggles and sings in a sing-song voice I've got a secret and I ain't tellin'!)

"Now I have to leave. I'm going to see one of my old friends and see if they know something about why that vampire attacked you. I'll be back soon though...I promise. Just NEVER take that necklace off. For ANY reason...do you understand me?" Sarah asked while warning him in a very stern voice.

Yugi nodded slowly, understanding the seriousness of the situation.

"Good. I promise I'll be back very soon." Sarah repeated and left through the same window she entered from.

'Time to pay a visit to my dear friend...I hope he's in the mood for visitors...' Sarah thought smirking.

Sarah dropped from the sky to the door of a tall old building. It smelled like books, old wood and dust. It was pretty old...very fitting for her friend. He loved history.

She was going to knock, but thought the better of it. Honestly he probably wasn't going to answer.

'Too busy...as usual.' Sarah mused.

She looked up again. And her mouth promptly twitched upward in the whisper of a humored smile. Another open window...it figured.

'Guess he learned from last time I dropped in. If I don't see an open window, I make one.' She thought, chuckling quietly.

She climbed up the wall in two leaps and slowly dropped inside.

'Funny...When was the last time I ever used a door or knocked, anyhow?' She thought with her trademark smirk.

"Hmm...Let's see...where's his study?" She inquired aloud.

She crept down the corridors until she reached a redwood door with a golden handle.

"Here we go..." She said quietly. She slowly opened the door and went inside.

It was like a library with some of the oldest books in the world. They were all over the place. Shelves lined all the walls. The books were all sizes and shapes and colors. There were a few chairs and tables, but at the very back of the room, was a desk. And there he sat.

The one and only Malik Ishtar.

He looked up from a particularly old book after hearing her enter. He smiled warmly and brushed a strand of platinum blonde hair out of his eyes.

"Well if it isn't Sarah! Amazing...so you've finally come to visit me eh? It's been forever..." Malik commented, standing up.

"I can't help it! You know I'm always busy. And look who's talking, bookworm." Sarah retorted.

They both shared a laugh. Malik and Sarah had been good friends for a long time. They were both kind of like outcasts. Malik however, had a love of history and old books.

"So, to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit eh?" Malik asked.

Sarah gave a weak smile.

Malik half-smirked in amusement and half frowned.

"Okay...what do you need to know?" Malik asked while rolling his lavender eyes.

Sarah looked insulted.

"Hey! Just because I'm here, it doesn't mean I want something from you." Sarah retorted indignantly.

Malik chuckled again.

"No...it's because you're here and you have that look on your face." Malik replied, smirking playfully.

Sarah would have taken a swipe at his arm if she honestly didn't need a favor.

"Fine! Yes...I do need something." Sarah admitted.

"I knew it! You never come here unless you need something..." Malik whined.

"That is so NOT true!" Sarah said and sighed. "Look Maliky, I really am sorry okay?"

Malik laughed at his old childhood nickname.

"It's okay. Say...isn't it hunting season?" Malik asked a little nervously, suddenly solemn.

Sarah shrugged.

"Yeah...So?" She asked.

Malik looked very uncomfortable.

"Umm..." He stuttered a bit.

"NO! That's not...you...no! That's not what I need. I already ate anyway." Sarah said exasperated and proceeded to do her own version of an eye roll.

"Okay...Then what do you want to know?" Malik asked, a smile now back on his face.

Sarah sighed again, something she'd been doing a lot.

"Uh...Well...you know the ancient texts right?" Sarah asked.

"Yeah, of course. Out of all the things I was interested in, you already know that the ancient texts was one of them." Malik replied.

"Hrm...I can't remember that lecture you gave me...wasn't there something called the "Hikari no Ume"?" Sarah asked.

Malik would have normally been very irritated that she called his lessons "Lectures",

But this time he'd let it slide. Sarah was coming to him for help and she actually wanted him to tell her about his interests, and that was pretty rare. Even though she had come to him for help on such things a lot more often then she'd admit.

Other then that, she'd be polite enough to listen if he really badly wanted to share something, but he could tell she didn't really share his enthusiasm.

"Yes. As a matter of fact, there was a thing called the "Hikari no Ume" and it is in the ancient texts. I'll read some to you." Malik said looking over the book he had been studying.

"Ah...here we go. "The Hikari no Ume shall appear to the world and will unite with the daughter of tsuki, to bring peace to the sides of power." Or in other words..." Malik started.

"So...who's the "daughter of tsuki"...and what does it mean?" Sarah interrupted.

Malik sighed.

"I don't know." He replied.

"That REALLY didn't help...anything else?" Sarah asked.

"Hmm...Well it says that the Hikari no Ume is believed to have the power to change the world, and purify the darkness." Malik said reading out of the book.

Sarah blinked.

"Okay...This is "supposedly" bigger then I thought. So, what if a vampire...or vampires for that matter, thought that they found the Hikari no Ume? Like...A child?" Sarah asked.

"Umm...Well...Let's just say that this kid better say his prayers." Malik said frowning.

"How so?" Sarah asked.

"If the kid is the Hikari no Ume, then that power in the hands of a vampire would be disastrous." Malik said truthfully, and then quickly realized what he had said so he added "No offense..."

Sarah shrugged.

"None taken. I know I don't exactly have the best family tree. Besides...I hear people call me "demon" or worse ten times a day...and that's on a good day when I'm acting at my nicest." Sarah smirked.

"And what if it's a bad day and you're not at your nicest? Like if you're at your meanest?" Malik asked.

Sarah grinned in a manner that would have made anyone but Malik want to run for the hills.

"I usually snap their necks in half before they can call me anything." She murmured, smirking darkly.

"Ah...I see..." Malik said blinking. He could tell that Sarah wasn't entirely serious...although one might worry about the fact that she partially was.

"Well...I'd expected you'd say something like that, since I know you."

At this Sarah gave him a look that said "Oh REALLY? You sure you know me that well?"

Malik apparently didn't see this, or ignored it.

"Anyway, if the kid isn't the Hikari no Ume, then the vampire who catches him will be very angry when they realize he isn't. And they'll wanna take their anger out on someone, so since the kid is useless...actually, you'd know better of what their fate would be then I do." Malik finished.

"Yes...I do indeed." Sarah replied frowning.

"I remember what you told me about vampire torture...And it still gives me nightmares." Malik said shuttering.

Sarah shook her head.

"You don't know the half of it. That was my mom's little kiddy version. She told me that so I wouldn't get scared. I actually know the full extent now..." Sarah murmured thoughtfully.

At this statement Malik choked on air.

"T-That was the little kid version?!" Malik stammered with wide eyes.

"Yep. Dad was going to tell me the full version, but mom said it'd be a bit much for kids." Sarah replied. "Actually the full version sometimes gives me nightmares and I live with it." Sarah said while leaning casually against one of the old walls.

"I...don't wanna know." Malik muttered, feeling sick.

"Hey, neither do I, another thing we have in common!" Sarah announced, slight amusement making her lips twitch into a small smile.

"You vampires are morbid aren't you?" Malik asked.

Sarah stiffened. Her eyes darkened like the sea in a storm.

"Not all of us. You know that. If I were like the vampires who did that kind of thing, then you would be past dead by now. I'm one of the very few vampires that would spare a mortal like yourself." Sarah retorted, slight anger drifting in her voice.

Malik shifted in discomfort. He realized he'd hit Sarah on a very delicate topic and was now treading on thin ice.

"I'm sorry...I didn't mean to offend you. I didn't mean you were like that. I know you're not." Malik replied apologetically. "I also realize that you're not the only good of your kind..." Malik added.

Sarah immediately relaxed. The dark cloud that had hovered over her eyes had disappeared.

"I didn't mean to get so upset...it's just...You know why I'm like this, Malik. You of all people get me the most." Sarah sighed, raking a hand through her gold colored, ruby streaked hair.

(A/N: Just so ya know, Sarah doesn't normally have ruby streaks in her hair. Just in this story.)

"Yeah...I do. We've been best friends...And I owe you from saving me that day from those people." Malik said, his smile returning.

"Heh...that was when I realized how alike we were. You and I are both so similar because people have hated us for being different." Sarah was also smiling, but it was a sad smile.

"I know...wait...Something just occurred to me. Why on earth do you suddenly care about the ancient texts? You didn't ever really before..." Malik asked.

"Well...It's a long story." Sarah said and then promptly yawned.

"Well...I have all the time in the world. Shoot." Malik said smiling.

"And that's how I met Yugi. He's still waiting for me..." Sarah finished.

"Okay...So, do you think he's the Hikari no Ume?" Malik asked.

Sarah frowned.

"I don't know. I don't really think so...but regardless..." Sarah said trailing off.

"He's going to need protection." Malik finished for her.

"Right." Sarah replied.

Malik's mouth suddenly dropped open.

"Why the heck are you HERE?!?!?! GET BACK THERE!" Malik shouted, fully showing Sarah the meaning of freaking out.

Sarah chuckled.

"Relax...he has one of my famous cross necklaces." Sarah said with her eyes closed in peace. "It'll hold him for a while."

"Yes...A while. But you know that even those crosses have their limits." Malik replied.

"Yes, I just needed to buy time until I could figure this out." Sarah said coolly.

"Do you even believe in the "Hikari no Ume"?" Malik asked raising an eyebrow.

"If you want an honest answer? No." Sarah replied leaning against the wall casually.

"But do you think it could be real?" Malik prodded.

"Maybe...I really don't know, okay? Most people don't even believe in vampires and werewolves. And yet, I'm living proof. So how the heck should I know? I'm just not superstitious or anything." Sarah said lazily.

"However, like you said. Regardless of whether or not this boy is the Hikari no Ume...he needs protection. Someone has to watch over him." Malik said while contemplating these matters.

"Yeah, great...One problem. Several of the strongest vampires may go after him. Just WHO has that kind of power? AND wouldn't want his? I need someone I know and trust..." Sarah asked.

"Another vampire?" Malik asked.

"I said TRUST Malik. You have got to be kidding..." Sarah said scoffing.

"Someone in your family?" Malik persisted.

"No way. You know darn well about my family, Malik. There's no one I could ask." Sarah replied.

"Then you know that leaves only one choice." Malik replied smiling.

Sarah put a hand to her head in exasperation.

"Yes...me. I have to watch over him...this is just great...I'll blame my conscious. Accursed thing...but I don't really have a choice, do I?" Sarah said with sarcasm and reverted back to irritation.

"Bingo...If you ever need my help you know where to find me." Malik offered.

"Thanks Malik. I owe you, as usual." Sarah said smirking.

"No problem. You're more then welcome my friend." Malik said shrugging and went back to his desk. "Oh by the way I---" Malik started, but as he turned to see Sarah, he saw an empty room.

He sighed.

"I hate it when she does that. One of these days I'm going to pull that on her..." Malik said shaking his head and sitting back down at his desk.

Sarah dropped down to Yugi's house to see him cleaning up the mess. The vampire was gone and the blood was almost all gone. A fire was going in the fireplace and Yugi was just getting the last bit of glass. He looked up from his work and his eyes went from alarm to relief.

"Hi Sarah. How did it go?" Yugi asked.

Sarah shook her head and smiled slightly.

"Well...It looks like I'm your new bodyguard until everything is straitened out." Sarah said chuckling.

Yugi grinned.

'Here we go again...this is just like me. I wonder what I've gotten myself into this time?' Sarah thought and began to help Yugi with the mess.

Light began to smile again. He looked over to his brother.

"Told you so. I won't be beaten that easily." He said joyfully.

"I haven't even started." Darkness growled, its darkness intensifying.

Light sighed deeply, it's aura flickering with the action.

"I knew you'd say that. I'll be ready..." Light answered.

"We shall see...It will be fun to tear down a plan you work in for ages..." Darkness said with laughter that only darkness itself can do. The kind of laugh that makes the strongest whimper in fear.

A/N: One more thing. In case you want to know, Malik looks like himself okies? I really couldn't change our beloved characters' wardrobe.

L.W.K: Hmm...Not quiet right...but I'm still working on it...

Sarah: Just where are you going with this?!

L.W.K: Not telling, baka. Where's the fun in that?

Sarah: You aren't happy with your work, are you?

L.W.K: -Sighs- Nope. Too little action and the plot is moving too slow.

Sarah: You're on the second chapter!

L.W.K: -Smiles sheepishly- True...I've still got time...

Translations:

Tsuki: Moon

Baka: Idiot, moron, stupid, and exc.

Hikari: Light... But you knew that right?

Hikari no Ume: Not yet people. I don't wanna say just now...If you already know, you're probably nodding and smiling right now. -Grins-

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