Well, time to say, that just about everyone was right about the owner of the eyes. It's Malik (that's Yami Marik, to clarify things). His intentions will be made clear in the chapter below. Enjoy.

Chapter Nine- Plot of a Jealous Rival

The owner of those lavender eyes growled softly as he entered his lair. As opposed to the house that Seto and the others lived in, this one was even more run-down and no working ultilities. No lights, no running water, nothing. None of this was on his mind. He was thinking about the scene he had just witnessed.

Seto, his Seto, was in love with a human. And that human was carrying Seto's child. He couldn't believe that his mate had moved on to another. And a human at that! He could not allow this to continue. 'Seto is mine. I'll make him suffer by killing his human and their baby too. I'll make him see how foolish it is to love a mortal. Then, we'll be together again as we were three thousand years ago.'

Three Thousand Years Ago

Seto moaned as his mate suckled his neck. It felt so good. He never dreamed having sex with another vampire was so damn good. And the fact that his mate was a young vampire didn't detract from that in the least. His mate, Malik, had been turned a few years ago when he came across a thirsty vampiress while guarding a tomb in Egypt. The female, while thristy, also found Malik attractive and she turned him. She soon abandoned him when she judged him too weak to survive as a vampire. Seto had found Malik near vampiric death and fed him enough of his blood to keep him going until he found a prey to feed on. Malik was so grateful, he boldly kissed the high priest. This gesture scared Seto. He wasn't interested in males that way! He did, however, agree to train the new vampire on how to survive on his own. In the midst of his training of Malik, Seto found himself liking the tombkeeper in spite of himself.

Seto sat forward, bringing his lips to Malik's in a passionate liplock. The priest's tongue ran across Malik's lips, and then tapped them to gain entrance. Malik complied and moaned as his mate's tongue explored every crevice of him mouth. Seto's tongue soon found Malik's and a dominance duel ensued. Malik's somehow outdueled the older vampire's and he took a turn to explore the other's mouth. Malik's hands ran down the sides of Seto's body and caressed the hips lovingly. He rolled his fingers in circles on the hips, causing Seto to moan in Malik's mouth. The two vampires came up for air and Malik rolled over so that he was laying next to Seto. Both were panting hard, but felt good from their lovemaking.

"That was the best session yet," Seto said slightly out of breath.

"Yeah, it was."

"Do it again in a few hours?"

"Sure. Sounds good."

Sighing, Seto turned on his side, his back to Malik. Malik snuggled up against Seto before the two fell into a deep sleep.

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The first hint that something was wrong was the scent of burning wood. Seto sat up in bed to find everything seeming okay. A glance out the window showed otherwise. There were villagers outside the house and they had just set the outside of the house on fire! Apparently, the rumor of vampires living there had frightened them so much, that they decided to act in human-style self-defense. Seto shook Malik awake and told him they had to escape without being seen. Luckily, Seto had constructed an underground tunnel a year ago.

The two mates emerged from their room to find Yami and Bakura already making their way to the tunnel. Yami called for them to hurry up. As they navigated through the rooms that had already caught fire, they kept their heads down to avoid breathing in the smoke. A burning overhead was heading for Seto, who didn't see it. But, Malik had. He yelled out a warning before pushing the high priest out of the way. The overhead came down, cutting the vampires off from one another.

Malik!" Seto cried.

Go on, Seto. Go!"

No, I won't leave you. I love you."

I know. But, you can't do anything for me. The fire's spreading too quickly."

"Seto! Let's go!" Bakura called, grabbing the priest's arm and dragging him along. The last thing Seto saw was flaming bits of roof coming down on his first mate.

Present Day

Malik had survived by dodging the flaming wood. The wood had smashed apart to reveal a cellar door that had been concealed and unknown to the four vampires that lived there. By hiding in that dirt room, Malik avoided being found. By the time he emerged, Seto and the others were long gone. Malik searched for them and hoped that they were looking for him. After looking for a thousand years, Malik came to believe that the others considered him gone. He, however, refused to give up. That meant that when he revealed himself to his partners, it would make the reunion all the sweeter. Seto would be so relieved that they would probably go into the best lovemaking session the world had ever known.

Yet, when he saw Seto talking love to a human, he considered it an ultimate betrayal. A betrayal he felt he deserved to mete out revenge. However, to deal this revenge, meant getting his hands on the human. The mansion was well-protected with three vampires living in it. If his intentions were discovered, he'd be ejected from the house by his former partners before he could get his hands on the human. He learned from watching them a few days ago, that at least one vampire stayed behind to guard the house when the others went out to feed.

Getting his target when he left for home wasn't an option either. Seto escorted him home. Malik wanted to snatch the human, Joey was his name, without Seto or any other vampires, present. He planned to snatch Joey and leave a ransom note. There, he and Seto would confront one another in a classic face-off. Malik was clearly a sucker for classic and dramatic scenarios.

Malik got his chance almost five months later. Joey was nearing term and the entire household was getting jumpy. Especially the expecting parents. They had narrowed the list of names down to four: Isis or Yuri if it was a girl; Jake or Rahad if it was a boy. Both knew that any of the names would be perfect. They only needed to lay eyes on their baby in order to choose the name that would fit. When they had whittled down the list, Joey declared that he and Yugi needed to head home.

"Shall I escort you two home?"

"No, that's not neccessary."

"But, what if-"

"Yug will be with me. If something goes wrong, he'll come right back and get ya."

"Fine. I concede."

"Good. See ya later."

"Bye, Joey."

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Malik's eyes glittered in triumph. His former mate wasn't there. Joey was alone, aside from the short human walking beside him. The other human was of no consequence. Indeed, he could serve as the messanger of his ransom demands. He slinked along the sidewalk, melding with the shadows. Neither human gave any indication of feeling that they were being followed. Perfect. Slowly, he crept up behind Joey, ready to snatch him.

"Joey, how are you feeling?"

"Excited and a little nervous."

Yugi laughed. "I'd be worried if you weren't a little nervous. I mean, guys don't usually get pregnant."

"Yeah."

"By the way, you have everything you need for the baby?"

"Yup. Everything. I got everything that you didn't get for him or her already."

"I'm glad I could help. I told Grandpa if was for an older sister of one of the girls at our school. Grandpa said that having a baby can be expensive."

"Well, provided I go into labor at night, there shouldn't be any problems."

"Don't count on it," a cold dark voice spoke up from behind them. Both boys froze upon hearing that strange voice. A pale hand clamped onto Joey's mouth and pulled him down to his knees. Yugi cried out his name and his eyes fell on their attacker.

He immediately identified him as a vampire by the pale skin and fangs that showed in his eerie smile. His eyes were a lighter shade of purple than his own but they had no pupils. His hair was a platinum blonde that more spiked than his own hair. "Who are you? What do you want?" the short human demanded.

"My name is not important right now. As for what I want, I already have it. Your friend, Joey. I want you to go back to Seto and tell him that if he doesn't not show up at the warehouse at Pier 84 in one hour then his mate and his baby will die." Malik laughed insanely as he carted his captive away, leaving Yugi alone with his sinister demands.

Oh, man. Malik's got Joey! How will the couple get out of this one? Stay tuned for the final chapter of Vampire Stalker. By the way, I implore you to see my short collection of original stories on My penname on this site is the same on FictioPress. Plus, I ask for you to check out my good friend Ruby Moon-Snape. Her Second Chances story (Harry Potter) is very good as well as Sick Days (Yu-Gi-Oh!).