A/N:Oh my a whole month without updating...I'm so sorry to all who liked this story for keeping you waiting! I kinda extended it because summer vacation's almost here so expect a few more chapters. ;

None of the characters belong to me. They all belong to Kazuki Takahashi.

The school was buzzing with rumors, each one more interesting than the last.

"Have you heard!" Chumley asked as he barged into Professor Banner's class. Sure enough, Banner had given up teaching that day's class and welcomed him inside with his usual contempt smile.

"Yeah! The top duelists in the world are coming here!" Alexis giggled with excitement as the rest nodded.

"Weren't they dead?" Chazz grunted annoyed.

"Apparently not," Banner answered, "And it would seem that they will hold an audience in the Dueling Auditorium after lunch."

As the class giggled about, they didn't notice that two students were missing. Well anyone, but Professor Banner.

"Jaden, I don't know about this…" Syrus whispered as they shared a tender kiss.

Jaden smiled and ran his fingers through his hair.

"Don't worry about it! I know it's your first time sleeping in a coffin and all but remember…to me, you're still alive," he said as he kissed him one more time and closed the lid. In then came Zane.

Jaden threw him a playful but jealous glare.

Zane noticed and shrugged it off.

The cat demon smiled and followed him with mischief in every step all the way to the empty courtyard. Noticing the elder one's uneasy demeanor, he dared to ask,

"How was it to take Syrus' purity, last night?"

Zane nearly chocked on his own saliva and turned a pallid pink.

"What the hell are you talking about, Yuki? I would never do that to my own brother!" he claimed, but Jaden knew better.

"True…but how come I can smell him on you?" Jaden said with a wide grin. He circled the Obelisk student with intent curiosity. Zane shivered as Jaden licked the frontal part of his wrists and immediately removed quickly.

"He made you into his while you made love, I can tell," the demon said as he stared into the elder's eyes. There, deep in the pupils, was the distinct tinge of red that marked the vampire kind.

"And it wasn't forced too," he added as he noticed the gentle bite mark on Zane's neck.

The Obelisk looked away in shame, he had been found out.

"It's true. I love Syrus. More than a brother, like a long lost lover," he sighed as he sat down on the moist grass. "I couldn't stand by and let him suffer forced immortality…I already made his life miserable while he was still alive," he continued as the cat demon stared intently.

"Yes, Jaden, we spent his first night together. It was something that words will never be enough to describe," Zane said, his voice thick with lust.

"I'll bet! You took that honor from me!" Jaden laughed as he joined his rival on the floor. "So in the middle of it all, you asked for the dark gift?"

"Yes. And he was hesitant about it."

"Well, he wanted to protect you…just like he wanted to do to me…and like me, you threw your life away to repay the favor," the cat demon added with a sad smile.

Zane nodded and got up.

"Where are you going?" Jaden asked.

The newborn vampire grinned devilishly and answered, "Why, joining my master of course."

Jaden sat there for a few minutes before realizing the full meaning of the phrase. When it finally hit him, Zane was long gone.

"THAT BASTARD!" he roared in laughter as he ran inside.

Professor Banner walked about the premises, hearing every word the two students had said.

"Well, well…the kingdoms are back. Kudos to them, " he thought while pushing some locks back to his ears. Behind him, a gentle hug embraced him. He smiled as he recognized the culprit and pushed his glasses to their proper place.

"So, master Kazuya, the war's over I assume?" he asked.

He felt how his "assailant" smiled and answered, "My name's Joey now, old friend."

"Ah, but I do prefer to call you that name. When was it given to you, sometime around the time we met?" Banner smiled.

"Yup, 1700's. It was the time of the revolutions and bountiful feed for us." Joey said as he let go and walked about.

Banner crossed his arms and stared seriously.

"Old friends or not, I am a teacher now. And as a teacher, I cannot forgive the fact that you attacked my students," he said gravely.

Joey grinned maliciously and countered, "This coming from one of the war's greatest mercenaries. You finally got a conscience after all these years?"

"Yes," Banner answered with a expressionless voice.

"For the sake of who? You have never loved anything but battle, who has that power that I never had? Who or what, I must know!" Joey said, his demon smile ever present.

He then took a good glimpse of his old comrade and stood in awe.

"AW SHIT!" the demon king yelled as he ran away.

Banner stood bewildered until the terrible truth sank in.

"CHAZZ!"

In a corner of the school, hidden from normal view, Banner found what he was looking for. In the Obelisk dorm bathroom was the still body of Chazz Princeton. Banner touched the boy's neck veins and felt the soft continuous thump of life. The professor sighed in relief while he carefully picked up the unconscious child. He turned to see the walls covered in his blood, and written on the wall it said,

"Get ready, for the worst has yet to come."

A/n: I'm such a little evil thing, am I not:3