Zypher: Alright, I changed my mind. I've been playing too much FF7 so I can't help but continue with this story for a bit before I work some more on the next chapter to Ritual of Darkness. Because of me playing so much FF7 now, I changed this story into a crossover but I'm not going to add so many of the characters in there unless you ask for more in your reviews. The only two that will be in here as of now is Vincent and Red XIII. Anyways, now that I cleared that up, here's the next chapter to Bloody Hearts.
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Bloody Hearts
Chapter 2
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Yugi woke up the next morning to Anzu shouting for them to get up and ready for training. He groaned as he got up. Since Vincent was back, that means they will have to train with him against one or two of his beast forms. That's something Yugi rather not do for fear of hurting him physically as well. He remembered when they first met Vincent, he looked like a normal person with good vampire hunting and slaying skills but he had a secret that he only told Yugi and his close friends since he never respected Anzu's authority from the start. That was his ability to change into a variety of beasts because of a science experiment that was done on him gone wrong. Then, he couldn't control certain times when he changed into one of them but now, he could change into them and back with ease.
When Anzu learned of it a year after he joined their circle when he became the Galian Beast unintentionally and almost hurt someone, she sent him off to work on controlling his ability. Afterward, she told everyone else when he returned to train with him and one of his forms seeing as they could have equal power to a vampire. They all disagreed with the idea but to keep her from having one of her famous 'I need to go to anger management' stages, they agreed to train with Vincent.
After washing up and getting dressed, he met with everyone in the training room. "Alright, since we have no clue where Yami could be, we need to prepare for battle so when we do encounter him, we don't have to worry about losing anyone." Anzu commanded as she walked past them, looking to them before stopping in front of Yugi. "And I hope you do well this time, Yugi. You're lucky enough to be in this circle but if you can't do anything just because Vincent is your friend then I'll send you out no matter what your grandfather said." she hissed, making him flinch before she left from them. He sighed and Diamond placed a hand on his shoulder, giving him a little comfort.
He placed a hand over hers and smiled up to her. "Thanks, Diamond." he muttered quietly and she smiled back, nodding. "Ok, Vincent will be taking the form of Chaos so you can practice aiming for airborne targets. Now begin." Anzu commanded as Vincent came out, already shifting into Chaos and swooping down to them, making sure he wasn't aiming for Yugi for he knew he was still scared to fight off vampires on his own. Jounouchi was the first to make an attack, ready to hit him with his sword but he dodged the attack and flung him back with a Chaos Saber that was light on damage. Ryou and Malik went to attack next, Ryou using his staff like a vaulting pole to leap onto Vincent's back.
He placed the staff around his neck, grabbing the other end and Vincent thrashed around, trying to dislodge him. Malik, with careful precision, shot an arrow at one of his wings which caused him to cry out in pain and land to the ground. Ryou jumped off his back just as he turned and was about to use another Chaos Saber but Kaiser came up behind him, locking his arms under his to keep him in position for a short amount of time. Diamond, who was standing beside Yugi, nudged him forward and he looked up to her before running over to help out. Vincent reached back and grabbing Kaiser, threw him over before getting ready to use Satan Slam.
Yugi raised his own set of daggers though was hesitant with hurting Vincent. Of course since he didn't want to be the target of Anzu's rage, he threw a few of them, causing him to lose concentration with using the attack. He looked to him, giving him a light smile before going back on the offensive. They trained a bit longer, after a while going against Vincent's Galian Beast form before Anzu gave them a break. Jounouchi groaned as he sat down in one of the chairs. "Man, she always makes us do long and extreme trainin' sessions. Doesn't she know that ya almost compare in power with a high ranked vampire?" he asked, looking to him.
Vincent nodded. "She knows but since she's so bent on killing Yami and making this circle well-known for the defeat of him, she wants to make sure you guys don't get in the way of her victory." Vincent replied, tapping the ends of his metal claw on the arm of the chair he was sitting in. "And I think that sooner or later, we need to get a new leader cause she would lead us all into our graves." he continued. "I know but how are we going to succeed with that? She already has a temper that could get us killed. Giving role of leader to someone else could end up in a big catastrophe." Ryou stated, coming back from the kitchen with a tray of drinks for them.
"Don't worry; we'll get a new leader. I'll personally make sure of it." Vincent claimed as he took a glass from the tray and took a sip. Yugi thanked Ryou when he gave him his glass and looked around. "Hey, where's Diamond?" Yugi asked and they all looked around as well. "I don't know, she must have left sometime between sessions. She must've been pretty sneaky if she was able to slip past Anzu without her screeching about why she was leaving." Topaz said. "We all know that. She basically the epitome of sneaky since she's great at slaying vampires without them noticing until the very last second." Kaiser pointed out. "Well, its best we keep quiet so Anzu won't realize she's gone until she realizes we're short one person." Malik hummed.
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In another part of town, Yami was walking about, keeping his aura masked as he came across other potential hunters that could be looking for him or others. His thoughts kept leading back to the small hunter he saw the night before. There was something about him that he was attracted to and knew that it wasn't because the boy possessed light energy. 'But it has been the vampires' main law to never love or remotely have any affection for a human, more or less a hunter.' he thought as he headed to the park. When he got there, he saw the woman that was with the hunters sitting at one of the park benches. He really didn't want to be seen by her so he kept himself hidden. He was surprised when he heard her speak.
"I know you are there. No reason to hide." she spoke. Yami came from where he hid and looked to her. "How were you able to sense me? I kept my aura masked so not even the strongest hunter could find me." Yami said. "Yes, your aura was masked but I always had a good sixth sense for any presence close to me. So what brings you here?" Diamond asked as she looked to him. "Well, normally I wouldn't associate with a hunter but I believe I can trust you enough. I just came here to get rid of some cumbersome thoughts that plagued my mind." Yami explained. "And what are these plaguing thoughts? A vampire of your status should be able to handle them well."
"Well, they happen to deal with some emotions that won't go away and we all know that forbidden love between a human and vampire is not allowed, especially if that person happens to be a hunter." Yami said. "Hmm, so you have feelings for a hunter?" she asked and he nodded. She laughed lightly before speaking again.
"Well, as much as the vampires' laws go, a vampire of your status should still get what you want as long as it is for a good and noble cause. You don't know how many times my circle always encounters some sort of vampire, weak or strong, that has a few humans locked away for feeding or other purposes. Normally I wouldn't even make suggestions for another vampire but I have a slight weakness with helping others with problems, no matter what they are. I say think about it and if you still have problems, just look for me and I'll help you as much as I can without my friends finding out since our good for nothing leader has it in for killing you." Diamond murmured.
"Alright, as much as I would hate to do so, you seem to help me out enough for a hunter. I'll look out for you if I need some help again." Yami spoke. "Yes, yes. But right now, you better get going. I have another friend that also has a good sixth sense coming to see me and I rather not have her burden herself with trying to kill you off so soon if you don't even know what you're planning to do about your emotions. She doesn't like your kind that much." Diamond said and he nodded once more as he left the park, taking her words into consideration.
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A woman that was also a hunter came by the park, looking for Diamond. When she found her, she walked over to her quickly. She looked up and smiled. "Hello Keara. It's been a while." Diamond greeted as she stood up. "Yeah, I know. Didn't mean to be gone for so long. So, how has the gang been?" she asked as they walked out from the park. "Well, Anzu's still trying to run us into the ground, especially since a vamp we killed yesterday told us of Yami's apparent arrival. You know how she tries to make herself be known throughout all the circles of vampire hunters." Diamond replied. "Did you guys ever consider getting a new leader?" she asked.
"We have but we didn't bother since she still has her anger problems so we're not going to worry about it too much. We rather let her be the first to annoy a strong vamp long enough to get herself killed." Diamond uttered and Keara laughed at the thought. "So, has Vincent come back yet? I saw him a few months ago around the portal areas since vampires we planning to use them to transport to new worlds and control them. You know I wasn't planning to let them get their grimy claws on Norrath." Keara declared.
"Yeah, he arrived last night. Had to help him since he was having problems trying to get Hoshu." Diamond replied as they came up to their home. "Well, at least you always come at the last minute to help out." she said as they went inside. Yugi came from the living room to greet them. "Hi Diamond, hi Keara." Yugi greeted. "Hello, Yugi. Are you still keeping up with your training?" Keara asked as she went to hug the smaller hunter. "Yeah but I'm still terrified of vampires though. I'm trying my best to not be so scared of them, especially after what happen." Yugi replied.
"Don't worry, Yugi. We are all here for you. Your grandfather was a great vampire hunter and I know that he wants you to be the same and not reflect on the past." Yugi nodded before he was released from Keara's hug. "Well, why don't we go look for the others before we leave out for another hunt?" Keara suggested and they nodded as they headed back into the room.
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Once it was dark outside, everyone prepared for another round of hunting. "Ok everyone; there have been some reports of vamps hiding out in a nightclub called Shaded Eyes. They also said that a group of strong vampires own that club so we're going to get some info out of them about Yami's whereabouts before we slay them." Anzu said and they nodded. "And don't forget to keep yourselves discreet. We don't need the others in the club finding us out." she added before leaving. "Yeah, hopefully she takes her own orders." Keara hummed before leaving out with the others.
When they reached the club, they snuck past the bouncer and look around for any sort of aura that would lead them to the stronger vamps. "Spread out and find those vampires. If needed, kill off others that may cause a problem." Anzu whispered before leaving their group to their own search. "Well, that got rid of her. So what should we do?" Jounouchi asked. "Like she said, let's split up and try to find anything that would lead us to the owners of this club. If you don't find anything, head to the bar and stay there." Vincent replied and they nodded as they each went into a different direction.
Yugi stayed beside Diamond and Keara as they went to look for a set of stairs that could lead them to the next floor. Most of the vampires kept their gaze on him since his light aura was coming off in waves but didn't make a move just in case the owners plan to do something about him.
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Upstairs, a blue-eyed vampire looked at the many screens that showed different views of the club, making sure there weren't any signs of hunters inside. Another vampire came up behind him and looked to the screens as well. "So, anything on the screens yet, Seto?" he asked. "Nothing yet, Bakura. I don't believe any hunters would be stupid enough to come here since this place is filled with vampires." The other vamp known as Seto muttered. "Well, that ruins our fun. I really want to mess with some sort of hunter tonight." Another vamp expressed as he came up to them as well.
"That's all you and Toben ever want to do, Marik." Bakura claimed as he looked to the white-blond vampire standing next to him. Seto sighed as the two started to bicker behind him and looked to the screens once more before seeing something that caught his attention. "Hey, you two, I think I see a twin of yours." he said and that caught their attention as well as they looked to the two screens that held Ryou and Malik's images. "Well, what do you know; we actually have someone out there that looks like us. They surely aren't any other vampires like that so they must be either humans that snuck past the bouncer or hunters."
"I say we go down there and examine them more. Coming, Seto?" Marik asked as he looked to him. "I guess I will to make sure you two don't get yourself killed if they do happen to be hunters." Seto said, although he had a better reason to head down there and that was because of a certain blonde teen that was roaming around there as well.
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Yugi thought he saw a flash of fire red fur slipping through the crowd and separated from Diamond and Keara to follow it. When the thing finally stopped, he was able to reach whoever it was and smiled as he saw who it was. "Nanaki, is that you?" Yugi asked and he turned to look to him. "Oh, hello Yugi. What are you doing here?" Nanaki, also known as Red XIII, asked. "Anzu dragged us here, saying she heard that some strong ranked vampires are supposed to be here. She wants to try and get some information from them about Yami's location since he supposed to be here in Domino somewhere." Yugi explained.
Nanaki nodded. "Well, hopefully she doesn't get herself killed although I think you and the others won't care because of her leadership." Nanaki said and Yugi nodded. "So, where are the others? Shouldn't you be with them?" he asked as he let Yugi climb onto his back. "Yeah, I was with Diamond and Keara before I saw you slipping through the crowd and left to follow you." Yugi spoke. "Well, we better get back to them before they start to worry." he said and Yugi nodded as Nanaki made his way through the crowd once more.
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Ryou sighed as he stopped by the bar, sitting in one of the bar stools. "Well, I haven't found anything. Hopefully the others had better luck than me." Ryou murmured, unaware of who was coming his way. Bakura slipped through the crowd with ease, keeping his aura covered as he came up behind Ryou. "And what's a pretty boy such as yourself doing here all alone?" he cooed and that cause Ryou to turn to him quickly. "Oh, um…I'm here with some friends but they're somewhere else in the club." Ryou answered softly, trying to keep the fear that was running through him to show in his voice. Bakura smirked, already sensing the boy's fear.
"Well, if your friends are somewhere else in the club, I guess they won't mind if I have a dance with you." he suggested and Ryou was about to complain but was dragged off before he could say something.
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Malik tried to find Ryou since he lost him somewhere in the crowd along with Topaz and he didn't want him to be caught by any vampires if he wasn't with anyone else. But it seemed almost impossible with all the other vampires in the way. "Maybe he headed to the bar..." he whispered to himself as he started to make his way there. Marik watched him from afar before making his way over to him before he could reach the bar. He tapped his shoulder, causing him to turn to face him. "Can I help you?" he asked. "Yes, you can help me by telling me why you're here. I can already tell you aren't a vamp and if you are a human, you're pretty foolish to make your way in here." Marik replied. Malik cursed that he was found out but he wasn't going to let him find out he was a hunter.
"So what if I am? I don't see any vamps trying to come at me and even if they did, I would fight them off." Malik said before turning away from him and was about to leave but Marik grabbed him around the waist and brought him back. "You are a feisty one, aren't you? Since you think you can fight off vamps so much, why aren't you trying to fight me off? Although I wouldn't really care, gives me all the better reason to keep you in sight so no other vamp can get to you." Marik said. 'I have a feeling this will go on for a long while.' he thought as he struggled in the vamp's grip, trying to get free without having to resort to whipping out his weapon.
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Seto kept an eye out, trying to find the teen he saw earlier over the mass of vampires that cluttered most of the club. When he finally spotted Jou, he followed him but kept hidden, waiting for when he could sense his aura.
Jounouchi felt that someone was following him but didn't bother to turn around as he continued to look around, already losing Kaiser after a while. When he finally got irritated of the vamp that was following him, he turned, dagger in hand, and was about to stab said vamp in the heart but his wrist was grabbed before he could launch the attack. "And what do you think you were about to do?" Seto questioned and he looked down to him. "Well, I was 'bout ta kill ya off since ya kept followin' me. Why did ya bother to do so anyway if ya could've easily caught me off guard and kill me?" Jounouchi countered.
"Maybe cause I want to attract less attention to us. Besides, I think you're in for some training for such disobedience. You're like a little, rebellious puppy." he commented and smirked when he saw the reaction he got out of him. "I'm not a puppy!" Jounouchi snarled as he tried to get out of his grip. "But I think you are. If you're good, I may just keep you, no matter what the vampires' law say." Seto whispered and Jounouchi growled as he finally pulled away from him. "I'm not a puppy nor will I be anythin' of yers!" he spat with anger as he left him where he stood.
Seto didn't bother to follow him this time but he did have a smug grin on his face. 'We'll see, puppy, we'll see. You just created a new game for me and I'm going to make sure I win. The prize being you.' he thought before leaving as well.
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Diamond and Keara joined up back with Yugi and Nanaki and continued on with their search. When they finally found a set of stairs that led to the second floor, Keara stopped. Yugi turned to look back at her, wondering why she stopped. "What's the matter, Keara?" he asked. "Something is making its way here fast and from the feeling of its aura, I think it may be Yami." Keara spoke, causing Yugi to gasp.
"We should look for the others and quick." Yugi replied and they nodded. "Alright, we'll look for them; you head to the bar with Nanaki and stay there. Keep your weapon in close range just in case any vamps try to get past Nanaki and near you." Keara said and he nodded as Nanaki ran back in the direction of the bar as Diamond and Keara split up to find the others.
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Zypher: Ok, that will be all for this chapter. I hoped you enjoyed it and will leave a good review. And don't forget, if you want more FF7 characters to be added in, just leave which one you would like to see in your review.