Zypher: Hey everybody. I'm back and with a new chapter to Bloody Hearts. Please enjoy as always.
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Bloody Hearts
Chapter 5
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When Yami got back to the house, he quickly made his way upstairs and to Aqua's room. He lied him down on the bed face down and saw the wound. He headed back downstairs and got a knife along with a bottle of blood Keara made for them before heading back up and with care, took the bullet out. He threw away the bullet and waited, hoping that Yugi will come back with Keara in time.
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Yugi ran quickly back home and looked for Keara. "Keara, where are you? I need your help badly." Yugi called and she came downstairs and looked to him. "What's the matter, Yugi?" she asked. "Yami's friend is wounded badly and we need you to heal the wound in his back before he dies." Yugi explained and she nodded, remembering Aqua from when they met in the park. "Come, I'll call for Fenrir (1) to take us there." Keara spoke as she summoned the large blue, yellow and white horned wolf to carry them to Yami's home.
She climbed on, Yugi climbing up behind her and Fenrir ran off towards Yami's house when she told him how to get there.
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Yami paced through the living room, waiting for Yugi and Keara to arrive. When he heard a knock at the door, he went towards it and opened it. "Seto? Bakura? Marik? What are you doing here?" Yami asked. "We felt Aqua's aura dying and we came here to see if he's alright." Ruby replied as he, Crimson and Toben came from behind them.
"He's ok but I don't know for how long." Yami explained. "You can head upstairs and watch over him for me. I'm waiting for someone else." They nodded as they left upstairs.
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It didn't take them long before they reached Yami's house. "So Keara, what got you so mad earlier when you came downstairs?" Yugi asked. "When the others and I returned, Anzu came parading in, saying she was able to kill off a strong vamp and got his dragon pendant as proof. If it wasn't for the fact she was our leader, I would've done something but of course, she will be taken off that high horse soon." She replied as Fenrir stopped in front of Yami's house. They got off and ran up to the door. Yugi knocked and Yami opened the door.
"Oh, I'm glad you're here. Please, go and check on Aqua for me. I don't know how long he will last." Keara nodded as she headed upstairs and Yugi looked up to Yami as he closed the door behind him. "Do you think Aqua will survive?" Yugi questioned. "I don't know. His wound may be gone and blood restored but he's nothing without his dragon pendant. Centuries ago, he infused it with part of his life just in case he loses his in battle. As long as that dragon pendant is gone, he will likely go into a coma if not die because his aura is extinguished." Yami explained and Yugi gasped.
'Then Aqua must've been the one that Anzu shot today. Keara told me that she had a dragon pendant from a vampire she killed but she didn't mention it was a vampire dragon!' Yugi thought in horror. "Yami! I know who has Aqua's pendant!" he claimed.
"Who? We must get it back before tomorrow night."
"The leader to our circle, Anzu, said she slayed a vampire earlier today. I wasn't there but Keara told me that she was showing it off to everyone when they got back. She mentioned it was a vampire but she didn't say it was a vampire dragon so we didn't suspect much." Yugi explained and he nodded. "Well, because you or Keara may have not told your friends about I and the fate we have to go through, they won't trust me and may slay me before I have a chance to explain, I need you to go and retrieve that pendant before Aqua dies. I'll stay here to make sure his condition doesn't get worse." Yami said and Yugi nodded as he ran out and climbed onto Fenrir's back once more.
"Fenrir, we need to get back to the house and fast before a life is lost." Yugi said and he nodded as he ran off once more.
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When Yugi left, Yami headed upstairs, hearing Bakura and Marik arguing with Keara. "Bakura, Marik, leave her alone. I invited her here to help Aqua." Yami admonished to the two vampires who glared in his direction. "But she's a hunter! What makes you think she wouldn't whip out a weapon and kill us?!" Marik snarled. "She has no intention of doing that. She plans to help Yugi and I with the prophecy and I trust her." he snapped, silencing any comebacks they were about to make.
Keara thanked him before heading over to the bed where Aqua lied. His breathing was shallow and the bullet wound was still bleeding. She placed a hand over the wound and whispered a healing spell. The wound closed and Aqua's breathing returned to normal a bit but it was still shallow. "Ok, the wound's healed but something's not right." Keara murmured. "His aura is dying away. If his aura fades away completely then he has no hope of coming back. The only way he will be able to recover is if Yugi gets the dragon pendant back from your leader." Yami replied. "So that's why. Oh, I wish I can kill that woman." Keara growled, clenching her fists.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure she doesn't get away with hurting our friend." Bakura sneered after hearing what happened. "And when did you start to care?" Seto taunted. "Hey! Don't start with me about that! I may despise those two at some intervals of the night but that doesn't mean I don't worry about their well-being!" Bakura retorted. "It's nice to hear you worry about us but right now, let's hope Yugi gets Aqua's pendant." Yami murmured and they nodded.
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Fenrir entered the house and Yugi hopped off his back. "Come on, I may need your help since its late and everyone may be asleep by now." Yugi whispered and Fenrir nodded as he followed him upstairs and to Anzu's room. Yugi opened the door silently and made sure Anzu was deep asleep before walking inside, Fenrir coming up behind him. "Fenrir, go and get the pendant for me." Fenrir walked over to Anzu's bedside. Seeing the pendant was around her neck, he tried to pull it away but she only turned over onto her side.
He snorted and went onto the other side and tried to get it off once more but she kept shifting. Yugi had just about enough and snuck over as well and held her lightly as Fenrir pulled the pendant away from her. When he got it, he tossed it to Yugi on the other side. They were about to leave out the door but didn't make it through as she woke up and looked to then. "Wha, Yugi?! What are you doing in my room?!" she screamed.
"We came here to get the pendant. You're making someone lose their life because you took it!" Yugi snapped. She got out of bed and walked over to him. "So? Why should I care? If the vampire didn't die then he needs to. All hunters are supposed to kill vampires, not save them. Now, give me that pendant back!" she demanded and Yugi shook his head. "No, I'm giving this back to who it belongs to!" he huffed before leaving out the room but Anzu latched onto his shirt and pulled him back.
"As leader, you do as I say now give me that pendant!" Anzu snapped at him but Fenrir growled and slammed into her side, making her fall and lose her grip on Yugi's shirt. The small hunter climbed onto his back and Fenrir ran out, closing the door behind him and summoned up a wall of stone to block the door. They heard her yelling but they didn't pay no mind as they left the house and headed back to Yami's, hoping that they weren't too late.
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They made it back to the house and Yugi got off Fenrir's back and went inside, heading upstairs quickly and into the opened room. "Yami, I have his pendant, is he alright?" Yami looked to him and shook his head. "No, the wound is sealed and we gave him blood but we still need the pendant. He stopped breathing a while after you left." Yami explained and Yugi nodded as he walked over and placed the pendant around his neck. There was no change physically but Yami and the others can tell his aura was starting to recover a bit. "Well, he's fine now, let hope his aura is back to normal by tomorrow." he said and they nodded as they left out the room.
"Well, it best we head back to the club now. Tell us if Aqua's feeling better tomorrow night." Ruby said as they left out. "We better get back as well, Yugi." Keara spoke as she left but Yugi didn't come with her. "Um, Keara...is it alright if I stay here with Yami? I'm worried about Aqua and I want to know if he'll be alright tomorrow." he murmured and she nodded. "Of course you can stay. I don't know what I'll tell the others though but I'll think of something." she commented and he nodded. "I'll leave Fenrir here to watch over you. I'll come back tomorrow to check on you and Aqua." She added before leaving.
"Yugi, can you hold the fort here for me? I need to head somewhere." Yami spoke as he walked over to him. "Sure. How long are you going to be gone?" he asked. "Hopefully not long. I almost forgot that I wanted to head to the vampire capital and see what our king is up to. If he finds the Pyramid of Light then the ritual will not be far behind and I need to attempt to stop him beforehand." Yugi nodded as he gave the vampire a short hug.
"Be careful, Yami." Yugi whispered and he hugged him back. "I will. Just keep an eye on Aqua for me. He'd love to meet you, I'm sure." Yami said before leaving Yugi and heading out.
Yugi watched as he left before heading back upstairs with Fenrir.
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Yami leapt from building to building before coming upon the vampire capital that was hidden behind a barrier that kept humans from seeing it. He headed for the castle grounds and snuck inside, seeing as it was heavily guarded. 'The only thing I can think of is that Anubis has gotten to the Pyramid of Light. I need to get those scrolls.' he thought as he entered the castle and looked for the library.
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Anubis grinned as he came past the barrier with ease, holding the Pyramid of Light. "Finally, I have you in my possession. Now all we need is to conduct the ritual and this world will be mine." Anubis said as he made his way back to the castle.
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Yami found the library and looked around for the scrolls that contained that ritual. "It has to be in here somewhere." He grumbled to himself as he looked around some more. He heard footsteps coming his way and guessed as much it was the king returning and looked for a place to hide, covering his aura as Anubis came in. "Now where are those scrolls?" he questioned as he placed the Pyramid of Light on the table. "Ah, here they are." Anubis picked them up with a wicked grin. Before he could do anything though, a vampire servant came in a told him he was needed for something important. He growled in anger as he placed the scrolls on the table and took the Pyramid of Light with him as he left the library.
When he was gone, Yami came from his hiding spot and grabbed the scrolls before leaving out through the window.
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After dealing with the council, he headed back into the library but found that the scrolls were missing. "Where did they go?!" He growled as he looked around. He stopped thought when he felt a trace of aura that wasn't any vampire that he knew was in the castle. 'There's only one aura that matches that signature although it's twice as strong now. It has to be that brat Yami. He would never come back to the capital but if the scrolls are gone, then that means he has already found the Prince of Light.' Anubis thought as he left out the library.
"And, of course, I can't let him get away with those scrolls when I'm so close to world domination. Yami, you may have got away this time but it won't happen again." Anubis whispered to himself as he left out of the castle and started making his way to Domino.
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Zypher: Ok, this is a pretty good place to stop for now. Don't worry, Anubis won't do much to anyone. Anyways, please review and you'll get the next chapter and find out what Anubis is up to.
(1)- This is not Fenrir from Norse mythology, this happens to be the Fenrir summon from Final Fantasy IX.