A/n: damn, almost 2 months without updating...I hope you enjoy it!

All characters except Saya (c) Kazuki Takahashi
Saya (c) I. G. Studios

"Wake up little one…" a feminine voice said with gentle care.

Jaden groaned and grumbled, "Why am I still alive?"

"Ah, so you do remember last week…" the apparent "she" carefully said.

"LAST WEEK?" Jaden jolted awake and sat upright. He stared right into the chocolate eyes of a lady. She had an air of surrealism and hidden emotions, just like Syrus.

"Who're you, miss?" he asked with no hint of scorn.

"It's Mrs. My name's Saya Mouto; the last Original," she answered as she took a red apple and began peeling it. Jaden watched as she took a piece and offered it to him. He took it and ate it in two bites

"You are an orphan aren't you?" she asked as she peeled another slice for him. The cat demon sat quietly and looked away.

"You must've nothing else to hold on…to do such a foolish thing as to kill yourself for the soul of a vampire," she added as she placed the slice on the night table.

"Where's Syrus?" Jaden finally said after some silence.

"He is with my husband, don't worry."

"HOW COULD I NOT WORRY? HE KILLED SYRUS, FOR THE LOVE OF––" Jaden exploded while the lady vampire just sat quietly.

"Both of you have been predestined to carry on what 'it' has taken from us. Yugi just followed what was already written. I have been married to him for one hundred years and I know he is not a killer, far from it," she answered with gentle anger.

"Then please tell me what was it that drove him to kill? What horrible event could have made this all happen?' the boy pleaded as he clutched the bed sheets so hard that blood from his palms was seeping through it. The vampire lady just stared into his chocolate brown eyes and kept quiet, feeling the despair in his heart.

Meanwhile, Syrus was already fully awake and was staring at the morning sky. It was a beautiful sunrise…just like every morning when he and Jaden had awakened in each other's arms from the previous night's feeding.

"You know, you are the only vampire besides myself that can stand the morning light," Yugi's voice echoed throughout the room.

Syrus rolled his eyes in annoyance and anger and replied without facing him, " What do you want, old man? Haven't you brought me enough pain and suffering for one week, better yet a lifetime?"

Yugi sighed, defeated, and sat on a corner of Syrus' bed.

"You have so much potential in you, Truesdale…" the king said as he looked at the sun.

"Then why kill me?" Syrus said strangely monotonously.

"In order to unlock that within you, dear," Yugi answered, cautiously pouncing on the little blunette, "beautiful Syrus…" Yugi then caressed and ripped the outfit off of Syrus's body, revealing his small build, and licked the boy navel lustfully. Syrus reacted with just glances upon the king's eyes.

Before pressing on, Yugi faced the child killer once more and asked, "Why is it that you don't fight me?"

"Because," Syrus answered with a genuine grin, "I will endure anything to save Jaden from you and your allies. If it means selling my body, getting beaten or anything else, I'll take it if it means that I'll protect the one person I love."

Yugi looked deep into the boy's eyes and saw no treachery, just purity of heart and soul. He smiled as the door opened and Jaden stood there. He slid down Syrus's body and stood, saying with triumph,
"And so with you, a vampire and a demon, we will bring back what was taken from us."

A/n: One (or maybe two) chapters left! XDDDD bear with me!