A/N: I'm typing this up as an advanced form of procastination.

Disclaimer: I don't even have enough money to go out and buy myself a new notebook! So, no I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of it's characters...

/as I mentioned before; this format of mind link-speak is subject to change/

'private' thoughts

Translations (french-english):
-ma cher my dear
-m'amour my love
-d'accord okay

Previously: Now is the time to strike, thought the sinister creature, preparing to close the gape between himself and the Game Shop. Soon m'Amour, you will be mine.

Crimson Kisses: A Vampiric Tale --- Chapter 4

Yugi rolled over, still half asleep, but when he didn't hit Yami's comforting warmth he bolted upright.

"Yami?" Yugi's reasonable calm began draining away when he didn't see his dark anywhere. Panic began to edge at his mind. /Yami/

... Silence...

"Y-ami?" the small hikari slipped on his teddy bear pajama bottoms and walked into the living room. "Yami, this isn't funny now!"

/Where are you/

By now Yugi had left all vestiges of calm behind and began to run through the apartment. Grandpa was downstairs opening up the shop, so no one was close enough to here Yugi's cries.

Soon the apartment was in shambles. The cushions had been ripped from the couch. The small coffee table and kitchen stools had been overturned.

And there in the corner sat Yugi, huddled, scared... and alone. As the tears streamed down his face, the only other thing he could seem to do was call out through their mindlink; /Yami, please come back to me... Please./

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Yami woke up to strange surroundings. He lay on a huge bed amid a sea of satin, crimson sheets. A huge tapestries hung on the walls that depicted heaven, hell, and everything in between.

Where am I? And more importantly; where's Yugi?

"That disgusting little boy will no longer plague you, fair one."

Yami started fully awake and looked about for the voices origin. "Disgusting little boy?" Right now confusion and a tiny bit of fear are the only things plaguing me, Yami thought.

"Yugi." the voice mimicked in a high, squeaky tone. "But now there is nothing to fear ma cher. Nothing at all, you are safe from that monster here."

"Monster?"

"Yes, yes, but we will figure out a way to make him pay later. Now I feel the need for an introduction." With that the man stepped out of the shadows and then stood perfectly still, as if waiting for Yami no assess him. He was about average height, medium build and his skin was white as porcelain. His blonde hair was wavy and fell just a couple inches past his shoulders. His eyes were stunning, they were a silvery shade of gray, and flecked with gold. They had a strange crystalline quality to them, so that they reflected the candle light perfectly. Most important though, was the fact that he held himself like a King, observing his subject. He was simply... Beautiful.

"Why thank you." the man said and for the first time Yami noticed that his voice was heavily accented with french.

"You're reading my mind." Yami stated flatly.

"Oui."

"I'd appreciate it if you didn't."

"I'll stop... For now."

"Alright, next; what are you?" Yami asked, standing up to better observe his surroundings.

"A vampire."

"Ah... And my most important question; where is Yugi?"

"Don't you atleast want to know my name?"

"No." Yami said, not realling in the mood to be anything but monoslavic.

"Ma cher, why so stern?"

"Where is Yugi?"

"Don't worry m'amour, I didn't lay a finger on him."

"Good." Yami paused at a particularly gruesome mural. A vampire, or something like it stood with a woman poised against him. Yami could see the fang pressing into her neck and a river of blood poured from her wounds. Around the border angels with tiny, white wings wept blood tears. "You haven't bitten me, have you?"

"No cher. I like my meals conscious."

"Good." Yami said, turning to face his vampire captor.

"Now would you like to know my name?"

"No."

"Well m'amour I'm going to tell you anyways. My name is Jean Luc." The vampire stated, accompanied by an elegant bow. "And I know very well who you are."

"Just for giggles, let's pretend you don't."

The vampire shrugged, "D'accord."

"Yami Atem, former Pharaoh of Egypt and Yugi Mouto's one true lover."

"That is how do you say... 'Bull shit'!" Jean Luc spat. "If you were so precious to him then why did he keep you away from your soul mate?"

"Oh and who's that?" Yami asked, venom dripping from every syllable.

"Why me, ma cher." the blonde vampire frowned, "You're beginning to bore me with this coy games. Unlike my love from you, my patience is not invincible."

"Invincible huh?"

"Enough of this, I'm practically dying to taste you." The vampire laughed at his own joke, but stopped abruptly. In the blink of an eye he had crossed the room and was sinking his enlonged canines into Yami's neck.

Saying 'stop' seemed to be the only way Yami could resist the creature, so that's exactly what he did.

Jean Luc removed his fangs from the wounds, "Soon you will give your blood to me willingly, but I cannot wait. I hope you will forgive me." With that he lowered his mouth to the pierced flesh and began to suck harshly.

A/N: I hope none of you are disgruntled over the vampire being an OC. -points at Jean Luc- Not a mary sue! In fact I pretty much hate him, which is why I couldn't bare using an actual Yu-Gi-Oh character for his part. -shrugs- Anyways, my week is gonna suck, so review and make me a happy camper (ew, camping).