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Night Two: A Night Out With The Guys.


Yugi felt like he was one of the living dead, and not the good kind either. He felt like a zombie and could probably pass for one, with the dark circles and bags under his eyes from lack of sleep from the previous night. This was all the Association's fault. Giving him these ridiculous missions that hardly have a point in them, and causes him not to be able to peacefully fall asleep until three hours before he had to wake up for his school day. Most of the members were already taunting him about his lack in the height department, but Yugi couldn't help that! Not many members of his family had grew past five feet and eight inches. It also wasn't his fault Pegasus assigned him the ridiculous missions that prevented him from getting the proper rest a seventeen year old male should receive. One of these days he hoped he could get at least one night that he could rest for a normal eight hours or more.

For now, Yugi would just have to deal with the short power naps he could get in between morning homeroom and the start of first period, much like he was doing now.

Yugi rested his head on his arms, which were folded on his desk to make a makeshift pillow. The seventeen year old's face was buried in the crook of his elbow as he attempted to catch up on his sleep peacefully. He had be successfully doing so undisturbed, until he felt an arm wiggle its way round his neck and place the human in a very light choke-hold.

"Wakey, Wakey Yug'-" Whomever was speaking to Yugi was unable to finish their sentence, as the human, bolted up from his seat his desk. With skill no normal teen had, Yugi was able to escape the choke-hold by turning his head to the side, dropping his chin down, stepping to the side, and giving a harsh tug on his captor's arm. Yugi could have simple stopped there, but being half asleep caused the hunter instincts the I.V.H.A had drilled into his head, to go into full overdrive.

Yugi dropped his weight making his center of gravity lower than his opponent's. Using his hips, the shorter male trust back into his captor and tugging on the person's arm. Effortlessly tossing the person over his shoulder and slam them on their back in the space between his desk and the next row of desks.

Yugi was about to finish off his opponent with a final blow to the crotch from his foot, when he spotted the familiar shaggy dark golden blonde hair and honey brown eyes gazing up at him with bewilderment. Yugi blinked several times before his groggy mind registered just who he was staring at and immediately released his best friend's arm and placed his foot on the ground from its raised position.

" Jonouchi! Are you okay? I'm so sorry, I honestly did not mean to do that to you," Yugi offered his hand to his best friend, helping him of the ground while a horrible feeling of guilt settled in his stomach.

" It's cool man, no harm done," Jonouchi spoke with a light laugh as he grabbed Yugi's outstretched hand. "You should now it takes a lot more than just a body slam to the ground to hurt me," The blonde stated with a smile as he stood to his feet and dusted off his dark navy blue high school uniform.

Jonouchi wasted no time try and cheer his best friend up, by flicking his nose to get Yugi's attention when his deep violet eyes had flickered to the ground. "Where'd you learn a skill like that, pal? Cause I have to say that was pretty awesome!" The blonde haired vampire praised Yugi and slung an arm over the boy's shoulder and ruffled his hair. "Come on, tell me, Yug'!"

Yugi squirmed and laughed lightly as his hair was ruffled and attempted to hold Jonouchi's hand still with his two smaller ones. "I'll tell you! I'll tell you, Jou!" The teen said through his laughter and finally caught Jonouchi's hand and pushed it away from his head.

"I had a self-defense class I took over the summer. It taught humans how to defend themselves against vampires," Yugi told Jonouchi. "They might overpower us with strength, but a human can easily turn a vampire's strength against them!" The human didn't lie to his best friend, he just couldn't. Not even about the missions he had to go on for the I.V.H.A although, Jou knew nothing about Yugi having any affiliation with the association.

The human just couldn't break the news to his best friend, or any of his friends. Back when he first sworn in as a trainee for the Vampire Hunters Assosiation, he would have told the blonde with his intentions clear; he was only joining the hunters in his grandfather's place. But life had gotten too complicated. At that time eighteen months ago, Jonouchi had went missing for a total of seven and a half months and no one could locate him. Not even Jou's precious little sister, Shizuka, had heard from her beloved big brother. While the blonde teen had been missing, Yugi had joined the I.V.H.A. with high hopes that he would be able to track down his friend easier with the hunters' connections. Jonouchi had everyone worried, until the day he showed up at school with the Prince and Ryou and Malik's vampires.

Back then, Yugi hadn't care that Jou had been turned into a vampire, his best friend was still in this world, that's all that had mattered. As time passed though, Yugi had soon come to terms that with Jou no a vampire and their other two friends having being feeders, meant he couldn't share his secret training to them. The three would always share their low opinions of the hunters, claiming they were unjustified and racist; it rendered Yugi silent about the major development in his life. And since then, the human bared his secret alone.

"Well, you'll have to show me some of those move! I need ta' use them on Moneybags one day. That'll teach em', for calling me a mutt!" Jou said energetically, getting in to a fighting stance similar to a boxer's. "I could show him a thing or two then! I'm tired of being pushed around by that dick!"

Yugi laughed and shook his head, retaking his seat behind his desk, as Jou took a perch on top of it with a goofy grin. The blonde gazed down at Yugi with soft golden eyes, his smile slowly shifting into a frown. Catching the change in Jonouchi's demeanor, Yugi cringed, already knowing what his friend was about to say. It was most likely going to be about the big Halloween event Jou had attended last night. Personally, Yugi could really go without a story about the boring party, witnessing it from the sidelines in secret had been enough for he had to sit through a detailed recalation of the boring party, the human would definitely fall asleep during his friend's tale.

"You know, last night was really borin' for me," Jou started off, making Yugi pressed his lips into a thin line before the human tried to apologize, " Jou, I'm really sorr-"

"Ah ah, let me finish my lovely human friend," Jou said patting Yugi's head, earning a groan from said human. " Yeah, so last night by far not on my best nights eva' list. Cause, none of my pals were there to liven things up with me."

"Wait, Ryou and Malik weren't there?" Yugi asked bewildered as he leaned back in his chair.

"Nope, " Jonouchi answered with a bitter tone. " Bakura said he had just fed from Ryou the day before, and wasn't risking him being out in the open with so many vampires around; and Malik was forbidden to go by his sister, who Marik claimed was being overprotective for not letting her baby brother go out with vampires on Halloween night," The vampire explained in a bored fashion leaning back, while bracing his upper torso. "Which is why all three of you are going to be making it up for ditchin' me on Halloween night," The vampire flashed Yugi a devious grin with a playful glint in his eyes.

Yugi smiled back at him and raised an eyebrow out his friend. "Oh, we are? And whose house will we be torturing until the early morning hours?"

"Not a house, Yug'. It's which club, we will be terrorizing on this lovely Friday evenin'," Jou corrected him as his grin started to reveal his stunning white teeth. "And that shall be the infamous Club Cosmic!"

The human's mouth dropped slightly in amazement. To think his best friend got them into the most popular nightclub in Domino city was a miracle. "How did you get us into Cosmic, being under aged and on such a short notice too?!"

"I have my sources and natural charm to thank for that," Jonouchi boasted with a smug smile, feeling proud of himself.

The blonde was basking in the glory of what he had achieved for only a short time before he was hit on the back of the head lightly. "Ow! Who did that?"

Turning around, Jonouchi came face to face with the Prince of Vampires, Yami Sennen.

Normal vampires and humans would have bowed to the high-ranking pureblood vampire and gave him a proper greeting, but Jou wasn't a normal vampire nor was he a human anymore. Instead, the blonde narrowed his eyes at the vampire before him while rubbing the sore spot on his head. "What the hell was that for Yami?"

Yugi's violet eyes widened at the sight of Yami Sennen, before he immediate looked away from the man. His heart was pounding fast in his chest, worried that last night was about to come back in bit him in the butt. What if his concealing stone hadn't worked? What if the royal recognized his scent in the basement of the estate? What would he do if he had to make a run for it? He couldn't possibly jump out the window, their classroom was on the third story, and he would just kill himself if he did that. There was also Jonouchi too. I f Yami had indeed picked recognized his scent, then how would Yugi explain it to Jou?

The hunter in training was pulled out of his troublesome thoughts by his friend's abrupt shaking and pointing at the royal vampire. "Tell him, that it ain't so, Yugi! Tell him my charm isn't in fightin' with Moneybags!"

The human blinked his violet eyes, completely confused by what his friend meant but he complied nonetheless for their friendship. "Um….It's not?"

For some reason, Yami found it appropriate to laugh at his response, which irritated Yugi to no end. He may have been a little out of it when he replied, given that he had been worried about matters that could have ended his life it went bad, but that didn't give a stranger permission to laugh at him. Especially in public.

"Well now that is very, convening Jonouchi," Yami's deep voice teased Yugi's friend. At first Yugi felt his anger flare up in his chest and was ready to snap at the other, but he soon heard his best friend's rough laughter mix in with Yami's deep chuckles. The sound of Jou's mirth started to automatically calm Yugi down. The human couldn't help but wonder why Jou was laughing along with the Prince of vampires of all people. Rationally, Yugi couldn't find anything that the royal would have said that Jou would have found funny. Maybe it was some unspoken vampire custom? But, it was more likely that his friend had been laughing at the anger that was apparent on Yugi's face.

"So Yug', what drinks do you think we should try at Cosmic? There's bound to be some crazy stuff there that'll be fun to try!" Jou asked his friend smiling at him.

"Well I think-"

"I recommend the Blood Redemption," Yami interrupted the human to offer his suggestion.

"Hmm, really? The name kinda sounds a bit too classy for a guy like me. You know what I'm sayin'?"

"The name is classy, but trust me on this Katsuya. The drink will make and heavyweight a lightweight with just one glass, and give you a buzz you'll be craving for at least two weeks."

"Sweet! I'll try it out man, though there's also the Pharaoh's revenge, I wanna give a try. I heard it was pretty good too, " Jou replied carrying on the conversation that had been meant for him and his best friend, but was now having it with the leader of the vampire race.

Yugi felt as if he had been forced into a third wheel position when Yami was actually the third wheel in this conversation. The human sunk down in his chair with a light sigh while watching Jou engage himself into the conversation about different types of vampire alcoholic beverages. Yugi knew what he felt wasn't jealousy, no, he knew the envious emotion fairly well, and normally refused to let himself feel as so, however, the human did feel like he was being ignored.

Yugi looked up at the clock in the front of their classroom, noticing how it was almost time for class to begin. Staying silent as the two vampires talked and hardly noticed him, Yugi went about gathering his things for his first class, before the bell for first period rang.

Ding dong, ding dong!

The moment the bell rung, Yugi heard his friend groan in annoyance and the human couldn't help but laugh at him. "What's the matter Jou, did you not do your homework again?"

"No, that's not it," The vampire waved Yugi's question and slide off his desk. "I got sidetrack, no thanks to the Prince here," He jutted his thumb in the direction of Yami. "I was meaning to tell ya the details for tonight, but I'll relay them to ya' later at lunch. Is that fine Yugi?"

"Yeah, that's cool," Yugi spoke trying to mimic Jonouchi's style of speech, earning a laugh from his friend.

Jou raised his fist up and Yugi did the same before hitting them together. "All right pal, I'll talk to ya' about it at lunch with the other three goofs," The blonde vampire said and waved to his friend as he claimed his seat.

Yugi smiled to himself at the thought of hanging out with his friend in the evening. It had been at least four weeks since all five of them, (Jou, Malik, Ryou, Honda, and himself) had hung out together and it was needless to say, they were way over do for some bonding time. And what better way to celebrate their reunion than at Cosmic? For that, Jou was close to a saint in Yugi's mind. Even though the blonde was one of the farthest people from even being was so grateful to his friend.

That reminded Yugi, he should probably thank Jou. Looking over in the direction of his friend, Yugi spotted the rowdy blonde vampire already engaging himself into another verbal argument with the one and only, Seto Kaiba. The human bit his bottom lip to suppress his smile. He would just save that 'thank you' for later. He knew how much his best friend enjoyed his fights with the CEO of Kaiba Corporation.

As Yugi started to direct his attention back towards getting his things ready for his first class period of the day, his eyes strayed towards his peer sitting next to him. Clearly the violet orbs were disobeying his mind, but that hushed up as he started to notice the small details of Yami Sennen.

The hunter trainee had never truly spent any time to actually take in Yami's facial features. He couldn't care to give the pureblood a second glance, despite how yami's overall appearance demanded to be stared at. This man was stunning, which was no surprise since most vampires had beautiful features to attract humans, but Yami was defiantly one of the finest looking ones around. It was similar to the way the sealed vampire Yugi had the pleasure of meeting last night, influenced him. Both of their physical feature captivated Yugi's mind like no other vampire's would.

The more Yugi thought about how the two held many similarities, the more the human secretly gazed at the regal hair was almost the same, beside Yami's crimson tips that faded into violet at the base of his neck where the sealed vampire's did not. The two both had sharp noses, but Yami's was more pointed. They both had high cheekbones, angular faces and thick eyelashes. The only actually major difference the two shared, had to be their skin tone. Where the sleeping vampire had beautiful caramel colored skin plagued by an ashen look, Yami had silky smooth skin and his skin was free from the signs of-

Yugi's violet eyes narrowed at the visible discoloration of Yami's slim fingers. That was rather odd sight. A pedigree, a pureblood vampire, showing even the slightest signs of starvation. How could that could have gone by unnoticed by the royal court, but be notice by a human?

"Do you need something from me?" Yami's unmistakable deep voice rang in Yugi's ear like a group of church bells ringing in the evening.

The human blinked his eyes, forcing them to look up into crimson eyes that looked slightly disgusted. It made Yugi want cringe and slap the look of of the vampire's face, however, he refrained from doing so and made himself look uninterested in the vampire.

"No, I was just thinking," He replied, sitting up in his seat, turning the pages of his note-book to the last section of notes he had last wrote down.

"Mind voicing your thoughts then? You had to be thinking about something that involved me since, you were staring so intensely at my hands. You've made me quite curious now," The vampire pressed on, seeming rather interested in what Yugi had to say.

Yugi gazed at him from his peripheral vision, not wanting to look the male in the eye. "I do mind," The human stated defiantly. "I don't have to share my private thoughts with you."

The seventeen year old human tried his best not look smug when he took in the appalled look on Yami's face. He didn't want the others think he was enjoying himself while he argued with one of the most powerful vampires in the world. If he did, that would just cause unwanted attention to be drawn to him.

"Human, it would be smart if you just told me what you were thinking about," Yugi heard the pureblood snarl with aggravation thick in his tone.

"Well here's a hint-" Yugi started off, turning to face Yami directly and pointed his index finger discreetly at Yami's slightly discolored hands. "Why don't you go to the local blood bank after school, and get some nice 'O' negative blood to drink," The human clamped his mouth shut after the words had slipped from his mouth. He instantly felt himself regretting them, but refuse to apologize, not when he meant them despite his regret.

Yami's crimson eyes widened at Yugi's words, before the vampire twisted his head away from the human and hid his hands underneath his desk. "Mind your own business and be quiet," He muttered under his breath.

"With pleasure, if you do the same," Yugi replied softly, avoiding his eyes from Yami.

Tension settled over the two, both refusing to look at the other. Yugi couldn't help but regret his choice of words, his first actual conversation with the 'Prince' and he practically showed no respect for the other. Something that was not normal for the human teenager. Yugi started to blame it on his lack of sleep and the irritability it caused him to have, but he knew better than that. Even if he had gotten more sleep, he and yami still would have snapped at each other most likely.

When his teacher entered the room, all chattering ceased and the entire classroom stood to greet their teacher, and bow into class. Glance at Yami to his right while bowed to the teacher, Yugi let out a sigh before closing his eyes. He could already tell his school day was going to be a very stressful one.


And how right he was.

By the time Yugi arrived home, the human could barely even function. His mind was so exhausted from all the class work throughout the day and from the tension battle between him and the Prince of the Vampires. Not to mention his legs were aching from all the running they did in P.E., even though the human was actually a decent runner. He figured that this was his life's way of punishing him for entering a tomb of a seal vampire, without really knowing if the vampire was dead or not.

The teen quietly unlocked the back door of the Kame Game shop before entering his home. The teen didn't bother with taking of his shoes as he made his way upstairs, forcing his legs to take the stairs two at at time. He would take his shoes off once he got to his room, his grandpa wouldn't mind him wearing them in house.

It was odd though, his home was never this quiet; nor was the game shop closed at this hour of the day. The teen couldn't help but wonder if his grandpa had stepped out to run into town for something. It confused the teen, but also cause him to worry for the old man's safety.

"Grandpa?" Yugi called out in a questioning tone as he entered the upstairs part of his home. "Are you home?"

Silence answered him back as he ventured into the kitchen. Yugi was slightly relieved as he placed his school bag on one of the dining table's chairs, though he couldn't help wonder where his grandfather had ran off to. Opening the backpack up, Yugi peered inside to find the bags of blood he had purchased on his woy home, had made the journey safely. It was a good thing too, he didn't feel like explaining to his grandfather why his school bag would be drenched in blood. That conversation would have not ended well.

Looking up from his schoolbag, Yugi's violet eyes spotted a familiar red manila envelope sitting on the table, along with a neatly folded sheet of notebook paper laying on top of it. Yugi smiled as he leaned over the chair his back pack sat in, and his fingertips pulled the piece of paper and the large formal envelope closer towards him until he could actually grasp the items in his hands.

Unfolding the notebook paper, Yugi started reading it first, knowing already it was a note from his beloved grandfather.

'Yugi, a new shipment arrived today at the docks, so I went to pick it up. I closed the shop early today so don't worry about opening it when you get home. I'll keep it open a bit later than normal, tomorrow to make for the lost time. Also, it seems Max sent you quite a bit details this go around. I haven't touched it, other than when the mailman handed it over to me when I signed for it. Remember to be careful, just because our family's 'curse' avoided my generation, doesn't mean it'll avoid yours. I'll be home late tonight. Leave a note if you're going out, so I'll at least know where you went. - Love Grandpa.'

Yugi sighed and rolled his eyes at his grandfather's protective words. That was just his grandpa's mind playing tricks on the old man, their family wasn't curse. His grandpa was just lucky he wasn't mauled by a vampire before his retirement. While his parents and other relatives weren't as lucky. They just happen to die after getting too involved with vampire affairs. His parents were prime examples of that, or so his grandfather had rambled on about after their death.

Yugi moved his school bag out of its chair, and sat down. He laid the manila envelope and the note down on the table as he ran his hands through his hair and exhaled. He didn't want to have his parents' death in his head, not when he was determined to stay out of major harm, and especially not with him about to open the envelope that had the top secret information about his next mission. Although, Yugi highly doubt it was of any significance to the association's actual plans. He normally just got stuck with busy work that gave him the taste of what the work real vampire hunters are assigned.

The seventeen year old undid the metal clasp on the envelope and quickly pulled out the classified information. Yugi's eyes widened slightly when he seen not one sleek black folder, but two of them plus a three page letter and a smaller white manila envelope. Yugi felt his heart grow heavier as he looked over all the materials. These were items his grandfather normally received when he had a 'special job' as the old man called it, to do. The trainee wasn't sure how to react other than frightful that he was being sent out to a battlefield to be killed. Was it possibly Pegasus had figured out that he lied to him and was punishing him by giving an actual hunter's mission? Yugi prayed not. He wasn't ready yet, He still had at least another two and half years before he could 'graduate' from the hunter training program and go on a real field mission.

Biting his bottom lip nervously, Yugi picked up the three page letter. His mind was coming up with several possibilities that the letter could possibly state. He felt his muscles tense up and he started to quiver slightly. The boy closed his eyes and inhaled through his nose, holding his breath. 'Calm yourself, it's just a 'tedious' mission by the Director's standards. Nothing more, nothing less.' The human exhaled after he felt calm enough to read the letter. His muscles only relaxed slightly, but at least he had stopped shaking.

His violet eyes finally reopened themselves and glanced down at the neatly typed words in Times New Roman.

'Yugi Mutou, I am well aware this is not the normal necessities a trainee is given for a mission, but this, in all aspects, is no normal mission. Before you call me wondering if I got a hunter's mission mixed up with yours, please read this entire letter. It'll clear the confusion you must be suffering from. You are a smart child, I'm sure you can figure out a few of the missing details.' So Pegasus was already several steps ahead of him, how lovely.

'This particular mission is going to be challenging, long, and may even get on your nerves, however, you should never once drop your guard while on it. This particular objective I am assigning you, could very well kill you once you start it. Typically for these types of assignments, I would have given to a hunter who has completed their training, met all requirements, has been pledged in and entered into our database. But due to the properties of this mission, it calls for a skilled personal that is not pledged in to the Association or in our database.'

Yugi sighed through his nose and closed his eyes for a brief moment, and swore under his breath. His mind was already putting 'two and two' together. The human just knew, this was not going to end well and had feeling he might have to knock on deaths door a little earlier in his, just like every generation in his family. Maybe the curse mumbo-jumbo that spills out of his grandpa's mouth every time he had a mission, was true.

Reopening his eyes, Yugi skimmed through the rest of the introduction with his violet eyes, not really reading any other warnings. It was the same things that Pegasus always preached in his mission briefing letters. Just faked caring words that held no value at all.

Finally, after flipping to the second page, Yugi found where his actual mission briefing was stated. He sat up a little straighter as he read the short statement:

'Your mission is to be the International Vampire Hunter Association's source of information on the inside, our direct link to Yami Sennen and the royal court.'

Yugi drew in a sharp breath and clenched his teeth, restraining himself from saying anything just in case his grandfather walked in at any given moment. His violet eyes were still staring at the twenty six words with hatred that could kill, despite the teen's normal pacifistic attitude. The more he glared at them, the bigger headache he got and small hints fear started to plague his mind.

He couldn't get close to Yami in such away. They were complete opposites who hated each other, just like oil and water. Today had been proof of that. There was just no way he could unless-

The human's eyes grew wide before he fumbled around with the briefing letter, hoping to find a loophole out of the thought that had just occurred to him. He reluctantly started to read where he left off. If he couldn't find a way around becoming a Feeder; his grandpa was going to kill him if he couldn't.

'In order to become our inside source and not be discovered immediately, you will be cut from all ties that may link you to having a possible current connection to the I.V.H.A. Other than a monthly meeting at the end of each month, starting after the upcoming New Year, you will have no contact with the base or any others associated with our organization currently. I only wish to have information about the court's major plans, important occurrences, and all rogue information. To acquire those details will not be an easy task . You must befriend a vast number of vampires that are a part of the royal court and become very close to Yami Sennen himself. I recommend you becoming The Prince's Feeder, even if it is against our rules, I will overlook your status as his feeder and still consider you for a possible enlisting candidate in the future.

Over the years, the I.V.H.A. has discover that vampires do put a great deal of trust and care into the ones the feed from. As Director of the Domino branch and the Eastern Representative of the I.V.H.A., I believe it would be in your best interest in becoming Yami Sennen's Feeder, for your own protection. Vampires have their own rules regarding human feeders, most of them are in place for protection of the human. Royals are no exception for these rules, and therefore, you will be safe and remain safe at the side of Yami Sennen.'

Yugi let out a shaky breath, clenching the letter tightly in his hands, causing the paper to wrinkle and threaten to tear. Pegasus didn't disapprove it, instead he encouraged Yugi to walk straight into the jaws of potential death.

The human found himself bitter from the fact, he practically was being tossed into the enemy's lines as a human meat shield. He placed the letter, now crinkled, back into the manila envelope before placing the black folders and photo envelope back inside the tan encasement. He would deal with this…'stuff' later. He couldn't let his mood become foul because he had received orders that was making him 'butt hurt', as Jonouchi would say.

Standing from his seat at the dining table, Yugi grabbed his schoolbag off the floor and the manila envelope. He tried to rid himself of his sour mood by thinking about his plans for the night. He wasn't going to let the I.V.H.A. ruin his plans of fun for the night. They could rob him of a long life, but the Association wasn't going to steal what little fun and immature moments he could have during his life. Yugi would make sure of it.


After taking a long hot shower, changing out of his navy blue school uniform and into something more fitting for tonight's outing; Yugi was quick to leave his home and rush to meet his friends at the local park. He was determined to push everything related to his vampire hunting life, out the back door of his mind for this one single night. He was going to enjoy his time with his friends and not give a single damn about his darkening future.

With just ten minutes of navigating his way through the orange lit streets, Yugi arrived at the park his friends had arranged to meet at. His face lit up happily and nearly every ounce of stress left his body as his started to run towards the two familiar figures with their back to the setting sun.

"Jonouchi! Malik!" The seventeen year old greeted the two as he slowed his run down to a brisk walk and came to stand in front of his two friends. Yugi's face held a genuine smile as he high-fived both of the other males, who greeted him back.

"Bout' time you showed up, " Jou teased light-heartedly.

"Mhmm, I thought Jonouchi was going to have go drag you out of your house. But I can see why you were running a little late-" Malik's sharp pale lavender eyes looked up and down Yugi's body, twice. "- You look good."

Yugi gave a light shrug at the comment, and smiled casually. He wasn't dressed too fancy, but he wasn't in rags either. The vampire hunter trainee wore a violet short-sleeved Ralph Lauren polo, a pair of dark skinny Levi jeans, matching flat top violet Vans, and topped it off with a black Denali fleece North Face jacket. Yugi's gravity defying hair had been tamed and pulled back into a low ponytail with his bangs framing his face as normal. "I figured this would be appropriate for tonight. You guys look rather stunning yourselves."

Yugi's violet eyes picked up on both Jonouchi's and Malik's choice of attire. He had to admit it, his friends looked good in the clothes they dawned.

Jonouchi wore a stunning white Calvin Klein fleece hoodie with a light blue T- shirt underneath, loose dark jeans hung from his hips, while his feet were covered by a gray and white Adidas sneakers. Yugi thought the outfit complimented his best friend greatly, bringing out his honey colored eyes and outlining his taut build perfectly, while Malik had a gray slim fit long sleeve Alfani v-neck covering his torso, faded slim fitting blue jeans, and a pair of black and gray Super Fly Jordan's. Leave it to Malik to make him feel under-dress, the Egyptian never had to worry about old styled clothing every touching his body. His vampire and also lover, made sure he had the some of the best clothes in the fashion something was trending, Marik always made sure Malik had the option in his wardrobe.

"Sure do, but you're the one that's gonna blow the crowd away," Jonouchi leaned in towards Yugi, taking a large whiff of his scent. His eyes fluttered closed, before reopening to reveal scarlet hues that had a craving for blood. "You're wearing the cologne I bought cha' last year."

Yugi's body stiffened, trying to force his hunter instincts to remain calm as Jou's eyes expressed his desire and need for fresh source of blood. 'It's just Jou, he's not going to hurt you. Calm down.' It used too much of the human's willpower for Yugi just to act normal, smiling and giving a simple nod. "Yeah, I thought it would be perfect for tonight."

Malik laughed lightly in the background. "We're supposed to be hanging out with each other Yugi, not chasing some tail!"

"I don't think Yugi would like that kind of attention his cologne might draw."

Yugi had been debating if he should have slapped Malik on the back of the head when Ryou, their white-haired brown doe-eyed friend, appeared before them. Yugi's eyes brighten up when his trio of best friends were finally completed. The seventeen year old wasted no time to greet his friend with a bright smile and with an excited. "Ryou!"

The British white-haired male smiled as he waved at his Japanese friend. "Hello," He greeted sweetly, before brushing off his stunning outfit.

Ryou was dressed in a soft blue cashmere Clubroom v-neck sweater with a white button up dress shirt underneath, fitting khaki pants hung from his hips secured by sleek black belt and light grey Sperries covered in his feet. Trust Bakura to not allow his lover to go out without dressing in anything less than a hundred dollars. Yugi thought the vampire was spoiling his friend, but he knew better than to think the special treatment would go to his white-haired friend's head. Ryou wasn't the type of person who'd let himself be spoiled by such treatment.

Yugi's eyes flickered to Jonouchi when he notice his friend wrinkling his nose slightly and eyed Ryou. "Shada is followin' you?" Joey's odd New York accent questioned Ryou, confused.

The fair skin human rubbed the back of his head, before looking of his shoulder then back to Jou. "I suppose so. Kura had asked him to keep an eye on me."

"So that means stalkin' ya from the shadows?" The vampire out of the four friends asked, flicking Ryou's nose lightly.

"In Bakura's standards, that's gotta be a yes," Malik answered Jonouchi before the British male could even open his mouth to defend Shada.

Yugi was oddly silent, his eyes focused on the shadows and the dim figure of a person highlighted by the setting sun. Although normally he was quite relaxed and free from any of his instincts the I.V.H.A. had forced him to learn and uphold, he couldn't relax with an unknown vampire lurking behind him. He hated turning his back to a stranger he didn't know. How could he be sure that they wouldn't attack him when his defenses were lowered? Forcing his eyes to stop searching for the mysterious vampire, Yugi was eager to ditch the looming potential threat.

"How about we ditch those standards then? Just for tonight?" Yugi whispered softly, hoping that the vampire following Ryou wouldn't overhear the words with his keen hearing. "We could take a few complicated routes and I could give Ryou my family's concealing stone. He won't be able to find us that easily then."

Malik smirked and raised an eyebrow at Yugi, before walking over to the shorter teen's left and resting his arm on his shoulder. "I like that idea. Let's stir up some trouble and cause our vampires to worry a bit. Plus it'll be so much fun and Marik looks rather hot when he's pissed off. "

"But-"

"But nothin'' Ry'! " Jonouchi interrupted Ryou and placed his hands down on the human's slender shoulders after coming to stand in front of the white-haired male. " I think we should cause Bakura to squirm a bit, he's been too cocky for my likin' lately and needs to be ruffled up. Plus, Shada's a bit of a buzz kill," The golden-haired vampire stated with a shrug of his shoulders. "That guy even puts Moneybags asleep in those meetin' things they do."

Yugi gave Ryou a reassuring smile when he seen the worrisome look in the British male's soft brown eyes. Shrugging away from Malik's arm, Yugi closed the small distances between him and Ryou and touched his arm gently in a reassuring way. "Ryou, nothing bad will happen to us. You have Jou, Malik, and I to keep you safe. We'll protect you even from Bakura's wrath," Yugi winked at his friend and fished his concealing stone out of his pocket, he was glad he never went anywhere without it.

The human carefully placed the chain over Ryou's head so the blood-red stone would rest around the other teen's neck soundly. Ryou smiled at Yugi first, then to Jonouchi and Malik. "Right. Very well then, if we wish to cause some hell then we should get to it. We don't need to waste our night way."

Yugi, Jonouchi and Malik's faces were lit up by bright grins as Jonouchi lead the way towards Cosmic with Malik hot on his heels and Yugi with Ryou right behind him. "All right ladies~" Jonouchi's spoke in a sing-song tone. " Let' ditch this motha fucka!"


Cosmic was the nightclub of all the nightclubs in Domino City.

There was a reason the club was so famous in the teen and young adult population that made up Domino City, and Yugi was quick to find out why. Cosmic was a large establishment in the center of downtown Domino City and just the exterior alone, was enough to wow the human. The building was made from black stone, neon lights outlined the large entry doors of the club and flashed a verity colors in time with the thudding music from inside it club. In clear elegant writing, the name of the club was displayed in a brilliant white. Four large security guards were station outside the nightclub, maintaining the club's order and only allowing those with paid tickets and reservations in. They reminded Yugi of bodybuilders on steroids, it even caused him to wonder just how they got muscles that big.

While following Jonouchi's lead into the club, the hunter in training was surprised to see how easily he and his friends were able to enter the club through the reservation Jou had made. He wondered how the blonde vampire could obtain entrance so easily to the club, however, that thought was quickly wiped from Yugi's mind as his friends and himself entered the main floor of Cosmic's two-story extravaganza.

The nightclub's interior was nothing in comparison to the exterior. Everything looked like it had been made from crystals or had been crystallized in some way, shape and form. Lights of blues and purples flashed wildly to the beat of Touchin', Lovin' by Trey Songz. Humans and vampires alike, were crowding the large dance floor and trying to awaken the dead with their dancing, cheerful screams, and chatter. On the left side of the nightclub, a large bar was serving every type of drink imaginable in the world, alcoholic and non-alcoholic.

With violet eyes wide open, Yugi was barely able to take in his surroundings fully before Jou turned around and faced the three humans. The vampire's face could pass for the definition of excitement as his arms gestured to the clubs magnificent interior. "This Is Cosmic-"Jonouchi's eyes shifted from their normal honey gold color to a bright scarlet for a second time that night, "-Now let's raise some hell!"

The three hours that Yugi and his friends had spent in Cosmic had rushed by them all too quickly. The human was having too much fun with his best friends and god, how it made him miss the nights before he enrolled in the I.V.H.A.. The ones that he and his friend used to terrorize the streets of Domino. Those days had been so much fun.

So far, Yugi had only had one mixed alcoholic drink to Jonouchi's five, Malik's six and Ryou's three, however, the shortest out of the four was already buzzed from one drink. His smaller body seemed to be unable to handle the rather strong alcoholic beverage as well as his friends. But Yugi was far from being drunk. He was just juiced, filled with energy that seemed to never fade in the slightest. Even with all the dancing he had done on the dance floor.

Ryou on the other hand was beyond drunk, with Malik completely wasted and passed out in one of the club's booths in the bar area, and Jonouchi was still sober and strong and flirting with a few girls. The tipsy British teen was a sack of giggles who, was constantly trying to seduce Yugi into dancing with him. Though Ryou's clumsy and sluggish movements were making it impossible for Yugi actually properly dance with him in the night club, Yugi was patient. Enjoying this hilarious moment in his friend's life as he tried help sway his hip to the beat.

As Don't tell 'Em by Jeremih started to fill Comic's first floor, all of Yugi's intentions for helping his drunken friend regain his dancing skills, left his mind. His body swaying to the sweet tones of the song, his violet eyes drifted close as his mind zoned out and his body moved on its own to the rhythm of the music. Every bit of tension had left Yugi's body, his muscles completely relaxed to help him flow from one move to another. The seventeen year old let his mind focus on the english lyrics as he danced to the beat.

'Know you say you down with it

Won't tell 'em how you hit the ground with it'

Yugi dipped down low towards the ground before straightening up and flexing his torso slightly. His overall movements were graceful and erotic, fitting the theme for both the club's atmosphere and the song itself. He was just about to pivot on his right foot, when he came face to face with Bakura. The albino vampire that was Ryou's boyfriend.

Caught off guard, Yugi stumbled back and fell backwards on his ass. His violet eyes gazed wide-eyed at Bakura who didn't look too thrilled with Yugi.

"Did you really have to give him that?" The rough voice of Bakura asked as the vampire dropped Yugi's concealing stone in his the human's lap.

Yugi quickly pocketed his concealing stone, not wanting it to be stolen or get lost. "Well, did you really have to have a vampire stalk Ryou?"

Bakura tsked and scowled at Yugi like he was the gum on the bottom of his shoe. "I do what I want, a human's opinion doesn't matter to me," The vampire snapped harshly. "Especially when one forces me to run around the entire city after receiving word that Ryou scent had been lost!"

Yugi stood up, noticing Ryou hanging on to Bakura's arm. He dusted off his clothes and looked Bakura up and down, taking note of the black trench coat and black dress slack he wore. "Jou was the one who got your tracker lost, I just made sure he couldn't find out where we went."

"Well how about you make sure I can find my food first, before doing such stupid acts! I will kill the three of you the next chance-Hmm!" Bakura was silenced when Ryou placed his lips on his angry vampire's pale lips. When the white haired human pulled away, he sluggishly bobbed Bakura on the back of his head with a glare. "You are not to kill anyone, understand 'Kura?" The human's words were slurred, but the firmness in them was still there.

Yugi heard soft muttering from Bakura before he watch the vampire place an arm around Ryou's waist and tugged him close. The human averted his eyes from Bakura's dark eyes that were the color of dried blood, he wasn't sure how he would react if he seen the vampire shooting him a threatening glare, however, that didn't keep Yugi from shooting Ryou concerned glances through his peripheral vision. When the two white-haired males were out of his line of sight Yugi sighed and started to make his way towards the round booth Malik was passed out at ,and where Jou was enjoying a small blood absinthe.

With a pout sulking pout on his face, Yugi sat next to the sleeping Malik and watched Jonouchi drink the alcoholic beverage with a disappointed pout. As if asking him what was wrong, Jou raised a questioning eyebrow, never pausing his gulping.

"Ryou was stolen from us by Bakura," Yugi verbalized with a sadden tone as he poked Malik to see if the sandy blonde haired Egyptian would stir. When Malik didn't move, Yugi concluded the poor guy was out for the night, and wouldn't wake up til hours later with one hell of a hangover.

Jonouchi sat down his drink with a sigh and cleared his throat several times. "Well dat's just fantastic. I guess party time is over then, huh? Cause I'm nearly drunk. Malik is over here snoozin' the night away, and you're uh...Did you even have a drink?"

" I had one, it was strong enough to give me a bit of a buzz, but not enough to make me drunk," Yugi replied picking up a pen on the table for Jou to sign his check with, using it to draw and write on Malik's face.

The vampire did his best to muffle his snickers as Yugi's horrible artistic skills covered their friend's face in drawings that looked like a ten-year old had drawn. Setting the pen down Yugi smiled as he took in his work on Malik's face. He knew the other human would get him back at a later date for drawing 'stick' penises on his left cheek and a horribly drawn chibi headshot of Marik on his forehead with hearts and "I love you's" written around it, however, it was worth it.

"So I'm guessing You'll be taking him home then?" Yugi asked as he watch Jou sign his check, before adding a few of his own drawings to Mailk's right cheek.

" Yeah pal, I'll take him. I doubt ya' could lift his fat butt, anyways, " Jonouchi teased Yugi with a playful snicker and a bright smile.

The human narrowed his violet eyes at his friend before pushing Malik over so he was leaning against Jonouchi. "Hey! I threw your ass to the ground this morning. I'm sure Malik, isn't as fat you! There's a chance I could carry his butt longer than your fat one. "

"I'm all muscle Yug', there's no fat in me," Jou said playfully shoving Malik towards Yugi. Not wanting their sleeping friend to use him as a pillow. Yugi pushed Malik back towards Jou before the Egyptian could even slump over towards him.

Jou quickly slid to his left, avoiding Malik 's leaning body which eventually just slumped over till he was laying down on his side where Jonouchi had been seated earlier. "Hah! Ya didn't get me!" The honey blonde-haired boy said in victory with a smile stretching from ear to ear. Yugi on the other hand groaned, frowning in defeat.

"Cheater," The human seventeen year old said as he scooted out of the booth while Jou dragged Malik out as he too, exited the round booth.

"I ain't a cheater, I was just usin' my resources," Jonouchi said triumphantly as he tossed Malik over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. It stunned Yugi to see their Egyptian friend was still a sleep even after such rough treatment.

Shaking his head with a brief smile, Yugi followed Jou out of the nightclub. "Whatever you say, Jou." The human nudged his best friend lightly in the side.

The two walked together up until they had reached Kame Game shop. Even though Yugi was more than capable of walking home by himself, he was grateful Jou decide to walk him home. It allowed him to have extra time to talk with the other male, and make sure he was at least somewhat sober. After standing in front of Kame Game shop for ten minutes just talking, Jonouchi and Yugi finally said their goodbyes and parted ways.

As Yugi entered his home and retreated to his room, the day's events started to slowly flood his mind as if it wanted to remind him of his obligations he had. The violet eyed teen sighed heavily as he enter his room, a feeling of uneasiness over flooded him. And for the first time in a very long time, Yugi wished he wasn't at home and alone. He didn't want to face his mission, just yet. He didn't want to have to start planning his will in case he were to die in the upcoming days. Yugi wanted to escape his reality for an hour more.

His eyes glanced towards his sock drawer out of desperation, as he remembered a possible way to temporarily escape his reality.


He seriously couldn't believe what he was doing. Sneaking back into the basement of the Muran estate through the city's sewer system, in some of his best clothing with a pint of blood hidden in the backpack he carried during his last mission. The fact he had actually he managed to make it back into the tomb like room filled with the luxurious items from past centuries, was rather surprising to Yugi. He thought there would have been at least something blocking his way since his last visit, but nothing had been done.

When he reached the area where the secret tomb was located at, Yugi placed his backpack down on the ground and unzipped it. This time he had come prepared, for the nauseating smell of decaying animal flesh and the darkness it was cloaked in. After pulling out a simple flashlight, a scarf, and a white medical mask from the first-aid kit he brought; Yugi closed up his bookbag and placed its straps back on his shoulders. Yugi wasted no time covering his mouth and nose up with the white mask and wrapping the lower half of his face up with the scarf. It wasn't the best protection from the horrible smell, but it would work…hopefully.

Yugi held onto his flashlight in his left hand while he used his right one to insert his glowing concealing stone into the small cut in the white limestone wall. Just like last time, the ground started to shake violently as part of the wall started to sink down into in floor. Once the shaking stopped Yugi ventured into the dark corridor and flipped on his flashlight. The human avoided shining it towards the floor, instead he allowed the light to reflect against the walls of the tomb. Not even two steps into the corridor Yugi found another indention in the wall, just like the one in the other chamber. Allowing his curiosity to get the better of him, Yugi placed his concealing stone into the neatly cut out hole. Once again, the ground shook as the wall behind him started to close up his exit.

Yugi pressed his lips into a thin line, before he turned back around and started to walk towards the room that was like a king's chamber inside one of the ancient Egyptian pyramids. He hoped his cell phone had service in this place, just in case he was stranded here. If anything were to happen, he would call Jou. Although he might get in trouble for being in such a place, at least he could get out with coming out in a body bag or worse, become part of the rotting flesh on the floor. That was the last thing Yugi wanted to do.

Once he finally entered the large secret chamber, Yugi felt all his worries evaporate almost into thin air. It left his mind with so many questions how the room could just simply take his worries away like that, however, it didn't faze his body movements on bit as his legs and feet propelled him in the direction of the faceless stone sarcophagus. Dropping his black backpack onto the ground next to the marble pedestal the coffin sat on top of, the human pulled off his scarf and mask and shoved them into his backpack, along with his flashlight. With that done, he stood up straight and started to shove the top of the stone coffin off. Yugi made quick work of the stone coffin's top, already having it off the stone sarcophagus and revealing the gold faceless pharaoh like coffin inside, in just three short minutes. Yugi wasted no time with pushing the golden cofffin lid off too.

In half the time it took for the first time he opened up both the coffins, Yugi found himself face to face with the sealed vampire. The human felt his pale pink lips pull into a small pitting smile as he reached a hand to gently rest on the 'sleeping' vampire's right shoulder. The presence of this man was overwhelming for Yugi. The atmosphere of the vampire was like the one his friends created around him when he was having a bad day, or from when his grandpa would hug him when he came from school when he was little. It even reminded him of one of the few memories he had of his deceased parents. It was just so…so relaxing and warm. 'Why is it like this?'

Yugi's smile fell into a slight frown as his bright eyes dulled slightly. "Why do you…make me feel like this? I…I don't even know you, yet…yet…" The human trailed off. He could think of the words to say.

'Why am I even speaking out loud?' Yugi's facial expression turned into confusion from the question ringing in his head. His mind was in chaos searching for the answer until one possibility seemed to explain the unexplained. Compulsion.

Yugi's heart rate seemed to go into a frenzy from the thought of compulsion being a possibility. He breathing started to become uneven as he desperately tried to convince himself that wasn't the reason. He couldn't be under the influence of compulsion, he just couldn't be.

"It's not possible right? I'm not being used by you, am I? It is not possible. It. Is. Not. Possible," His legs felt weak. Not wanting to fall, Yugi took a seat on the edge of the marble pedestal that held up the sealed vampire's coffins. "The Association taught all of us, hunters and apprentices, that seal vampires could use compulsion. They even showed us how to detect and resist compulsion even if a normal healthy vampire attempted to use it on us! It's nearly impossible for me to be influenced by compulsion. Bakura, Marik, Seto, even Jou cannot use it on me! So then why…"

The moment Yugi made eye contact with vampire's peaceful face, Yugi realized he was just simply just overreacting about his thoughts to himself and talking out loud.

The seventeen year old male groaned and ran his hands over his face. "I'm going insane. I must be from all this stress," He peered back down at the sealed vampire and felt his face soften a bit. His pulse slowed and his breathing started to even itself out again.

Yugi let his hands drop to his lap, while his head tilted up to gaze at the dark limestone ceiling. "I don't know you, or even know if you're alive. But you're able to… to make me feel so at ease. It's so confusing," Yugi verbalized his thoughts, not even caring that the words were flowing straight from his mind and out his mouth without a single thought more. "I know you must be somewhat import to the royal vampire family. I can gather that much from this-" He gestured his hand to the room he was in with the sealed vampire, "- and how my grandpa reacted to your pictures. He called you a monster, which is odd. Grandpa never calls any vampires a monster, expect rouges. Though he did start to call you something else. I think it started with Ph-" Yugi closed his eyes and tilted his head to the side in thought.

"Ph….Ph….Pharaoh? Well, that would make sense. The walls around us all speak about a great pharaoh of two kingdoms. Was that you?" The human looked down at the vampire, when he received nothing but the echo of his voice as an answer. He pouted slightly and shook his head. 'He's sealed, duh,' He thought before looking down at his hands, twiddling his thumbs."Never mind that question. I forgot you can't answer, s-sorry," Odd how he felt the need to verbalize his mistake and apologize to a living corpse. Yugi was seriously pondering the thought that he may be going insane, or the alcohol in his system was causing him to act so weird.

"Pegasus, the Current Director of the I.V.H.A. branch here in domino gave me a new mission today," He muttered quietly, suddenly feeling fear start to prickle in his core. "I… I'm not quite sure what do for it, to be honest. Nor, am I mentally ready for it. Ho-How can I be? I'm throwing away everything for this. If I…if I go through with this, I can't join as an official member of the Association. And If Itry to change my mission he'll," Yugi paused and took a deep breath, not finishing that sentence.

"He wants me to become the Feeder of Yami Sennen. But how the hell do I do that? Why the hell would I even want to do that?!" Yugi's hands curled into fist as he thought about becoming a personal juice box for the pure blood vampire. He bit his bottom lip hard from anxiety. "I've come close to dying a handful of times since I decided to take my grandfather's place in the Association nearly two years ago. Each mission I had been assigned up to now, I was able to keep a positive outlook that I'll come back alive and hell, I even loved the thrill of being in the jaws of something dangerous. But now…I can only see my death at the end of this mission."

His eyes started to sting with the threat of unfallen tears, but Yugi quickly wiped them away and blinked his eyes rapidly to keep them from falling. "This…I think I'm actually scared," The human let out a forced laugh and looked over his shoulder and down at the sealed vampire. His left hand reached out and grabbed the vampire's cool one. He knew this wasn't something he shouldn't have been doing, holding the hand of a sealed vampire's corpse, but Yugi needed the comfort for the moment.

"I bet you were scared when that dagger was plunged into your chest. I wouldn't be surprise if you were scared right now. I know I would be," Yugi felt himself smiling fondly at the vampire laying in the golden coffin. "Being alone for so many years, starving and having no one's comfort until now, when this strange human boy comes out of nowhere. Then he just starts dumping all of his problems on you…" Yugi trailed off before starting to laugh softly at himself. "Scary and annoying, I guess that's how I would explain it, " He explained to the vast emptiness of the small tomb.

"But enough of that mess," Yugi gave a finally squeeze to the vampire's hand, before pulling his own hand away. "You're starving and I've kept you from your food long enough."

Leaning down, without standing from his perch on the marble pedestal, Yugi manage to grab his backpack by one of its straps and pull it up into his lap.

The human unzipped his backpack and began to dig around inside the bag until he found the pint sized bag of warm blood. He smiled happily when he felt the squishy warm package in his hand and quickly removed it from his bag.

"Here it is, some nice-" Yugi paused his speech and squinted his eyes as he read the official labeling of the blood bank on the bag of blood. "-'O' negative blood. Heh, now that's ironic," He muttered the last bit to himself. Just earlier that day he had told the current leader of the vampire race to go drink the same exact blood type.

Shaking his head and suppressing a round of laughter, Yugi looked down at the sealed vampire. All humor was drained from his body when he realized the problem he was faced with. How was he supposed to feed the vampire who was trapped in a stasis?

Yugi placed the bag of blood in his lap and held his head in his hands as he thought, making a humming sound in the processes.

It had been brief but, Yugi's mind thought of using the 'baby-bird' method. By the time he full processed the thought, Yugi was cringing and his stomach was doing tiny flips. He was definitely not going to put someone else's blood in his mouth and the transfer it into the mouth of a vampire who probably hasn't had his teeth brushed in hundreds of years. There wasn't anything or anyone in the entire universe that could make him do something so repulsing.

'There's got to be another way,' Yugi thought to himself, recovering from his first idea.

After a few minutes of think to himself, Yugi finally settled on a suitable way to feed the sealed vampire. The human placed the blood bag on the vampire's right thigh before he slipped off the pedestal and stood on his feet near the tan male's upper torso. "Okay Pharaoh, –I hope that's okay for me to call you that- I'm going to sit your body up and have you lean against me."

With his verbal warning given, Yugi leaned over the coffin and forced his right hand to go under the vampire's upper back, while his left hand grabbed the vampire's left shoulder. Slowly, Yugi pushed the vampire's back up and pulled on his shoulder to make it easier to lift the man up into a sitting position. The process was painfully slow. With every inch Yugi moved the vampire upwards, the human could hear the faint sound of joints popping in resistance. Yugi feared he was causing the vampire pain from moving him after possibly having gone centuries without movement. Once 'Pharaoh' was in a sitting position, Yugi removed his hands from the vampire so he could climb behind the man. Though his plan met a flaw when Pharaoh's upper body started to lean back threatening fall back. Yugi scrambled quickly into an awkward position on his knees in the golden coffin, just in time too as the vampire's body fell backwards into his chest.

The human let out an "Umph!" as he caught Pharaoh with his chest and steadied the vampire by grasping his shoulders lightly. "Well, it went better than I thought," Yugi verbalized as he shifted Pharaoh's body slightly to his right so the vampire's head was leaned back onto his shoulder.

Hesitantly Yugi's hands roses so his fingers rested on the vampire's lower jaw. Very slowly, Yugi began to massage the flesh there. He worked his way up the man's face then moved his way down to his upper neck. He could feel the tense muscles slowly relax through his gentle touches, just as he hoped.

Once Yugi was satisfied with how relaxed the muscles felt underneath his fingers, the human returned his left hand to Pharaoh's jaw, while his right held the vampire's head still. "If this is painful, I'm sorry. It's worth it, just keep that in mind."

With extreme caution and care, Yugi lowly started to force the vampire's mouth open by pulling his mandible down with his left hand. The still stiff muscles made it impossible for Yugi to get the sealed vampire's mouth to open fully, though he was able to get his milk chocolate lips to part enough where Yugi could wiggle the blood bag's connection tub to his mouth.

Yugi smile proudly at his work and patted the dirty but soft tri-colored hair the vampire possessed. "All done," He could like the vampire was some small child getting a bandage on a small scrape. He tilted the vampire's head back, causing the human to instantly regret the action.

Yugi started gagging from the horrible smell of 'morning breath' this vampire possessed. It was twice as worse as the smell of rotting animal in the corridor between this chamber and the other one it was concealed by. The human's eyes were watering from the sheer intensity of the smell of Pharaoh's mouth. Yugi turned his head away from the vampire to try and fill his nose with clean unscented air. Finding it to be useless, the human resulted to breathing in and out of his mouth. Yugi swore on his heart, that he would die if were to smell that god-awful breath again.

Grabbing the bag of 'O' negative blood from Pharaoh's lap, Yugi carefully twisted the clear cap off of the bag. He squeezed the bag lightly, to make sure the blood flowed freely out of the connection tube. Finding no problems with the flow from the bag to the outside world, Yugi gentle placed the tube into the vampire's mouth and started to squeeze the blood into his mouth slowly.

The human's face was one of disgust, a combination from feeding the vampire blood and from the man's horrible breath. While he let the blood fill Pharaoh's mouth, Yugi thought about the strongest type of toothpaste brand there was. If Yugi was going to feed this vampire blood again, then he was going to make sure the vampire had minty fresh breath. Not one that smelt like a pig's butt that got sprayed by a skunk. Yugi would let the man die where he was if he had to smell that bad breath everyday.

Yugi look down at Pharaoh and spotted a small trickle of dark maroon coming from the vampire's parted lips. Removing the blood bag's connection tub from the sealed vampire's mouth, Yugi recapped it. Blinking, Yugi looked at the bag with interested eyes seeing it only halfway full. He put the blood bag aside smiling at the new information he had gathered. 'One mouthful equals half a pint. Interesting.'

The human used his thumb to wipe away the blood falling down Pharaoh's chin before gently closing the vampire's mouth and holding it close. Slowly, Yugi sat the vampire straight up and tilted his head back at an angle. He rubbed the Vampire's throat softly helping the blood to slide smoothly down the humanoid creature's throat. Yugi leaned the vampire back against his body after having him sit straight up for two minutes. Not even five minutes afterward Yugi could feel Pharaoh slowly warming up.

At first, he thought it was his own body heat warming the vampire up, however, even when he removed himself from the coffin and laid the vampire back down; Pharaoh's body warmth continued to grow warmer and the ashen appearance in his toes and fingers started to dull slightly. Yugi's eyes glanced at the sealed vampire's face and found it to look even more peaceful than before. Excitement caused Yugi's eyes to light up and a bright grin from ear to ear to appear on his face.

"Take that Grandpa! He's not dead, this guy is just hungry," Yugi said aloud rather loudly with pride for his good deed in help the vampire out. After placing the blood bag back in his black backpack, Yugi reclaimed his perch on the marble pedestal. He outstretched his hand towards the vampire's head and started to comb through his fingers through the man's dirty hair, frowning. "Guess it's been awhile since you've bathed properly..." Yugi idly stated as he leaned his upper torso against the outer stone coffin. His eyes drifted closed as he continued to stroke the vampire's hair.

"I'll give you a bath, or at least wash your hair sometime…when you're…stronger…" The human's voice trailed off as his mind started to become haze from sleep. Eventually, Yugi had fallen asleep leaning against Pharaoh's coffin, dreaming about buying the vampire a toothbrush to cure nasty breath.


An: Yeah, Yeah. I'm a bit late. Sorry ^^;
I literally fell asleep when I was about to upload this last night, and I've hadn't had the time to upload it until now.
Anyways, Thank you again for your support. I really do appreciate it!
I'll edit this later for mistakes!

This chapter is 12,138 words long, and a bit slow in some I'm gonna make it up to you guys in the next chapter.
Chapter three is when the real stuff happens, and there is major fluff with Atem and Yugi next chapter!
It's one of my favorite moments so far out of the four chapter's I've written up. =w=

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Edited on :: 10/2/16