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Lady: Four day week ends give one way too much time to muse.
Sage: So what monstrosity are you working on this time?
Lady: Nothing that involves you.
Sage: *snorts* Later.
Yugi: Who will do disclaimers?
Lady: You'll have to do it.
Yugi: But I don't wanna! (Puppy dog pout)
Lady: (eye twitch) Fine I'll do it. I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, never will. Happy now?
Yugi: (nods)
Lady: Sometimes I wonder why I keep them around. (half naked Seto strut across room) Never mind.
Romantic Horror
Chapter 4: Revelations
*~Yugi's POV~*
The sensation of someone stroking my hair wakes me from my terrifying dreams. Blinking one eye open, I peered up into fierce blue eyes. "Seto...?" I question softly. His eyes are much softer then I remember them to be.
"Yes, Yugi?" His voice seems less harsh and arrogant. I feel a velvet soft hand run cross my thigh. It was his. I turn so that I'm looking straight up at him from my position in his lap. He runs a hand though my hair. I look around the room. It was my room. Sun light illuminated the room. Out side the huge balcony I could see small birds fluttering here and there. The soft lavender walls with their many paintings confused me. How did I get here? Was I not in Seto's room last night?
"What happened?" He smiles down at me.
"When?" he asks quizzically.
"Last night!" I stammer. "With Tristan's blood, and Joey turning into Wheeler, and you a vampire, and-" he places a finger to my lips and shushes me softly.
"Yes, I am a vampire, but it was not me how did those awful things." he eyes became sad. I was confused. How could he tell me this after all I had witnessed last night? How could I believe anything that he said? "You could say that it was my dark side that almost made you drink that blood." He says, his beautiful voice full of shame and sorrow.
"Your dark side?" I ask. He hand paused in it motion in my hair.
"Yes, I will explain it to you, if you are willing to listen," he whispers. I sit up and reposition my self in his lap so that better listen, yet still be near his warmth. He brought his arms around me and held me tightly. I nod.
~*Seto's Narrative*~
It happened a long time ago, when my brother Mokuba and I were still young. We lived in Boston, but back then it was small and not as important. We had just come there with our family. It took many years of hard work, but by my sixteenth birthday our home, the same one we are in now was complete. Even though it was only the four of us, we were happy. But all that was changed the night of my birthday.
The night of my sixteenth birthday boded very dreadful weather. It was a stormy night, much like the one you came in on. But the house was alive with light, and people and music, it was a happy occasion. We had invited most of our neighbors and friends from Boston to join in the festivities. There were some uninvited guest, but we didn't mind, my family was just happy that my brother and lived as long as we had. The party had been going on for several hours when a blood curtailing scream filled the night. It came from my mother in the kitchen. Mokuba and I raced into it to find her dead body pale and limp on the floor. We just stood there. Neither of us could think of a thing to do. Unfortunately, we weren't the only ones to see. One guest came in behind us to see what the commotion was. The minute he saw her body, he ran out and informed the other guests.
Everyone panicked. Some ran out the door. Some were just too frighten to move. After about ten people got out the house, the doors slammed shuts locking all of us in the house. My father and I tried our best to settle Mokuba and our guest down, but they were all to upset and scared. That's when they showed them selves. There were two of them. One was tall, dark, Egyptian looking woman. The other was almost my spitting image. Tall, brown hair, blue eyes. But his eyes were much darker, more sinister then any killer on the streets. He was dressed in all black, save for the white shirt and red collar. His face, so much like my own, was covered in blood, my mother's blood. As he stepped forward, the crowd moved back. My brother, and I staying still so that we did not get separated. His advances didn't cease until he was in front of Mokuba and I, and everyone else was behind us. Out of instinct, I moved Mokuba behind me, not knowing that I was his target. He started forward again, and stopped when we were chest to chest. He took one pale and ran it across my cheek. I snatched my head away sharply.
"Who are you?" I snap bitterly. He smiled slowly, his lips red with my mother's blood. He wrapped his arms around my waist and held me close to him. I tried to push away. "Why did you kill my mother?" I asked with as much malic as one can muster while being held in strong protective arms.
"What does it matter?" His voice was a little deeper then my own. "I have you know and there is nothing you can do about it." He smirked and ran his tongue along my bottom lip. I turn my head away again. Suddenly he hisses in pain, and I looked to see Mokuba had stepped on his foot.
"Let go of my big brother you creep!" He shouted raising his foot again. Before he could bring it down, the woman slapped him away from us.
"Mokuba!" I reached for my brother, only to find myself still held tightly in my counterpart's arms. I watch as the woman picked Mokuba up by the neck and started to choke him. "Stop it! Stop it! He's just a child!" She ignored my screams. My look alike covered my head with his cape and held my head in the crook of his neck. I could feel him stroking my hair and back.
"That's enough Isis." He said quietly. I heard my brother hit the ground and start coughing. My counter part pulled the cape away from my face. I could see my brother leaning on hands and knees coughing up blood, and gasping for air.
"Why should I stop?!" She hissed. "The little brat is of no used to us!" He accent was faint, but detectable.
"Seto will be upset if you kill him." He said while playing with a strand of my hair. Isis glared at me.
"Why should I care if he's happy now? He's going to miserable for the rest of eternity anyway." I was puzzled at her meaning. His attention turned to me and our eyes locked. He put me in a trance. I was conscious, but at his mercy. I heard his voice in my head.
'Why don't you take Mokuba to your room and stay therewith him?' I mutely nodded before going over to my brother, scooping him up and heading for the stairs. Last thing I heard before I left, was my father yell at the man for touching me, and then the screams started.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
When I came too, it was nearly midnight. I could feel a warm body next to my own. I looked over at the man from earlier. His bare chest firm against my back. He was looking down at me with a smile, while his hand slow stroked my side. "I'm glad you're awake, my lovely dragon," he whispers sweetly in my ear. I move away from him and turn over to face him.
"What have you done with my father and our guests? Where is my little brother?" I shouted, and tears began to well up in my eyes. He put a finger to my lips and shushed me gently.
"I'm afraid everyone that was down stairs is now dead," He said with no emotion in his voice. I could feel my heart skip several beats. Dead? My father and mother? My friends and extended family? All gone? 'What about Mokuba?' I thought bitterly. I looked at him with wide terrified eyes. He sighed. "As for your brother..." he trailed off looking at a small bird cage in the corner. I turn my attention to the cage. It was a small black bat with large blue eyes.
"Mokuba?" I breathed. It head turned up at me, and it gave a small squeak. It was him. I jumped out of the bad and over to the cage. Tears streamed down my face, as I opened the cage and held my brother close to me. "I'm so sorry, Mokuba!" I sobbed. "It's all my fault! I could not protect you!" I fell to my knees as the force of my sobs got stronger. I felt strong arms lift me up and carry me to the bed. I soft hand lift Mokuba from my hands. I buried my head in the man's strong chest and curled into a ball as I sobbed. Strong arms came about my back and soft hands gently stroke my back.
"Sh...darling," he cooed. "It's not your fault. It's not your fault as all. Sh..." He cooing was enough to sooth my cries. I soon relaxed in his strong hold. After what seemed like an eternity, I lifted my head to look at him.
"Who are you?" my voice was weak from sobbing so much. A million other questions raced though my mind. 'Why did you kill all my friends and family? Why did you turn Mokuba into a bat? Why are you so gentle with me?' He stroked my back.
"My name is Seth," he said sweetly. "And the reason I killed all those was so that you had no more ties to the human world." I was speechless. He had read my thought. "I will explain that after I've explained your other questions. For starters, I was not the one who turned your brother into a bat, that was Isis." I shivered at the memory of the crewel woman. Seth's rubbing soothed the fear quickly. "She had some sort of grudge against you and he so she turn him into a bat and was about to kill you in your sleep. Fortunately I got up here in time to stop kill her before she could harm you"
"Why protect me? I'm sure you plan on killing me anyway." I say in a whisper. He looks down on my with interested eyes.
"Why would I want you dead? You are me, after all." he nuzzles my head. "My sweet little hikari." he sighs. The word sounded familiar to me, but where I heard it, is still a mystery to me. For some reason I felt safe in his arms, so I snuggled deeper into his arms. That's when he tilted my head up and kissed me. Slowly running his tongue along my lips until I parted them. Tongue pushed in gently. I will admit, I enjoyed it and responded. He took this as a sigh that excepted him. He laid me back on the bed and began to kiss my neck. He was intoxicating. I was drugged, just from kissing him. "Will you be mine Seto?" I nod dumbly. He leaned down over my neck, and loving kissed my jugular before sinking his fangs in my flesh. I can only vaguely remember what came after that. But I remember tasting blood for the first time. I don't remember anything about the rest of the night. What I did remember I knew marked me as his, and his alone. And thus started my slow decent into insanity.
I denied that the whole thing had happened. That my family and friends had been killed by a serial murderer. I tried to make new friends. I opened several businesses. And became very successful. But it didn't last.
I stopped aging at the age of 20. Though my businesses continue to do well, any friends that I made were quickly scared away by Seth. And the few that did remain were turned, or in Joey Wheeler's case, cursed.
~*End Seto Narrative*~
"After that, I locked my self away here in the manor, never talking to anyone but Bakura, Ryou, Mokuba, Seth, and Wheeler." I laid my head against Seto's chest. I found it all so hard to believe. Seto had gone though as such a young age. My chest began to hurt.
"Oh...Seto..." I whispered.
"I was actually very reluctant to let you and Yami stay. I knew I would be placing you both in grave danger, but my heart just wouldn't let my turn you two away. Especially once I saw Mokuba on your shoulder and I looked into your eyes." He tilted my head to look at him again. His eyes were practically begging for me to kiss him. "I felt whole again. Like the past one hundred years of torment had been washed away. That I had found someone to love and cherish and make mine forever. I almost gave into my vampiric nature and drink from you." I gasped. He had really tried to... "Yes I did, but, and god bless him, Mokuba stopped me from making a huge mistake. After that I just stayed here for a while, watching you as you slept. I felt warm. I had things to do so I couldn't stay until you awoke."
"Was that you at dinner the other night or...?" I say uncertainly.
"That was me," Sounded a voice from the doorway. Both Seto and I turn, and, low and behold. There was Seth. He broad chest and shoulders leaning against the door frame. "Seto, have you been telling him things?" He asked coyly. He hips swayed from side to side as he walked towards the bed. "Hm?" he purred, inches from my face. In one smooth motion he pressed his lips to mine and pushed his tongue into my mouth. Seto was right, he is intoxicating. I felt myself defenses getting weaker and weaker. I soon round my arms around his neck, returning the kiss with vigor. Our tongues melded together when he pulled away. A little saliva dribbled down my lips. I sighed as he places kiss after kiss about my neck. My head was thrown back and lips forming a little 'O' as he nibbled on my neck. Through half lidded eyes, I looked up at Seto. I could see the worry in his eyes. As I came back to myself, I realized I was totally nude. What was I doing? This man had turned a dozen people and killed dozens more. And here I was giving myself to him like a wanton love slave. I push him away sharply.
"No!" I shout and scramble my way into Seto's arms. I snuggle myself into his arms as he holds me protectively.
"I see," Seth said bitterly. He sits up slowly, his eyes are as cold as ice. He looked from me to Seto, then back at me. "Very well then Seto, I will not bother your precious pet." He stroked the side of my cheek and kissed my forehead. "For now." With that he got up and left. I continued to cling to Seto until Seth closed the door.
"You can open your eyes now," I hear him whisper. I didn't even know that I had closed them. "You're safe now." Seto strokes my back lovingly. I do feel safe. I start to feel drowsy. "Get some rest, you're going to need it for our trip."
"Trip?" I ask sleepily.
"Yes, you, Yami, Ryou, Duke, Wheeler and I are going to leave the manor, and head for Boston." he says like a mother consoling her child. "We going to pack our things, and head as far east as we can go. When we run out of land, we'll head across the ocean to Britain." He rocks me back and forth as he tells me this. I look up at him and smile. He smiles a genuine smile back, and gives me a sweet kiss on the lips. It's not a demanding or passionate kiss. Just a sweet, loving kiss. The kind that two love kiss that makes you warm inside. I sigh as I drift off to sleep in the arms of someone who loves me.
~*Seth's POV*~
I slam my fist against the wall. How dare that little masochist even consider leaving me. After all I've done for him, and he still wants to leave. I slam my fist against the side wall again. I'll show him...
"Let him go, Seth," I hear a regal voice purr as arms come around my waist. "It was bound to happen. You can't keep him locked up here forever. He needs life Seth, and he can have that with Yugi." I know the voice's owner well.
"Are you going with them, Duke?" I ask staring blankly at the wall. I feel his head nuzzle my back.
"Yes, but don't worry, we'll come back," he says kissing one of my shoulder blades.
"How can you be so sure?" Forgive me for being a little skeptical.
"He is a part of you, and you are a part of him. And all you have to do, is claim Yami and it's assured that they will come back." I often wonder how Duke got so smart.
"Oh, and why is that?" Still skeptical.
"Because, if you make Yami your lover, he will want you. Crave you, until he is either fulfilled or driven insane with need. And Yugi, being the good little brother that he is, will do anything to make Yami happy. Even if that means, coming back here." The offer did sound tempting. But there was one slight problem.
"Yugi will be able to tell is Yami's been turned, and Seto will be the first to figure it out." Duke licks the nap of my neck.
"Not if you don't bite him." Duke thinks of everything. I turn around and hold him tightly.
"Have I told you how brilliant you are today, pet?" I asked petting his hair. He purrs loudly.
"Yes, this morning, when I found that *really* sensitive area and found a whole new way to pleasure you." He says smugly as he puts his hand around my neck, and I pick him up under his thighs. Yami could wait for the time being, right now, I have a sexy servant to ravage.
TBC...
Lady: Done and Done.
Seto: *hugs Yugi humming* mine mine mine. *cuddles Yugi*
Yugi: *giggles*
Yami: How come I wasn't in this chapter?
Lady: Because this is Seto and Yugi's chapter. Besides, you and Seth get next chapter.
Seth: And I have oh, so many things we can do pharaoh. *Ichi laugh*
Yami: *runs away*
Seth: Come out my little Egyptian minx, come out, come out wherever you are! *bounds off like Pepe Le Pu*
Lady: I feel sorry for him. Thank you Female Yami/Yugi for the trophy and the Sugar!! *drools* sugar... Any way, I hope you liked my plot twist. If you did, tell me. If you didn't, tell me anyway. Ja~ne. (((_^
PS. I apologies for grammar mistakes. It wasn't exactly my strong suit. And as much as I would love to kill Tea...she's not in this story.