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Night Three:
GAME OVER
Six weeks had passed by quickly since Halloween night, and Yugi haddn't found another place that could give him the same sense of comfort by being at his nameless friend's side. When he first noticed the way he felt around the sealed vampire, it had left his mind in a daze for several weeks. It left him confused. He never felt comfortable around a vampire unless, it was Jonouchi. Marik and Bakura were nice when they wanted to be, but the two shared this certain sadistic look that had Yugi always on edge. There was also Seto Kaiba, who frankly, just intimidated Yugi with just his very breath. The human knew even if he wasn't a vampire, he would feel just the same. And then there was Yami Sennen...
Yugi hated being in the same room with the vampire leader. It wasn't Yami personally, though the cold attitude the vampire had when every he spoke with humans didn't help make Yugi like him very much, but it was the essence of what Yami was that kept Yugi's body on high alert. Yami was leader of the vampire race, a pureblood vampire with the fate of being the next Original. An Original vampire is a vampire that hales from the first bloodline of vampire kind. The blood only exists in vampires that are heirs to the first vampire, and are the strongest of the race. Blood that could possibly be flowing through Yami Sennen's very body. That is why Yugi does not like the male. Yami could most likely be the deadliest creature in the world.
It wasn't until last week, that Yugi had come to the conclusion why he could feel so…so comfortable around this person, whom he had no clue about other than what the wall paints depicted. Yugi found relief being around him. It was his escape from the stress in his life. He didn't have to hide his double life around this vampire. He didn't have worry about losing his trust if he spoke about his experience with the I.V.H.A. No matter what happened to him, he could always vent to the sealed vampire as an outlet. He didn't have to worry about the consequences of his actions for once in his life. Nor did he have worry about the vampire going on some rampage just because of him.
The human didn't have anything against his actual friends who were there for him twenty-four hours of everyday, but he couldn't just bother them with his personal problems. He's known Jonouchi since he was in his first year of grade school, and if the said vampire caught whiff of Yugi being distressed, the blonde haired male would surely go berserk until he caught the culprit. Something Yugi couldn't afford at the moment. He needed to be able to walk the city streets alone so he could provide care for the sealed vampire and, despite how much he loathed it, focus on his mission objective from the I.V.H.A. Even if it meant he had tolerating the fools who, for the past five weeks, have been brutally taunting him for just a bit longer.
He would have told Ryou, but Ryou would end up having to spill out that secret to Bakura who, in return, would flap his big mouth about Yugi being bullied. That's how Malik found out about his Christmas present early last year, because Malik had been told by Marik, who had heard the information from Bakura. Yugi trusted his friends, however, their lovers were a completely different story.
That's why he was grateful for something that confused and scared him. Pharaoh, the sealed vampire, was like a gift for him to treasure. The only thing he could do back as payment for offering a little escape goat from the stresses of his life, was to help this vampire revive. It had been Yugi's driving force for the past five weeks.
Relief swelled in Yugi's aching muscles as he dropped the heavily pack plastic grocery bags down on the ground, next to the marble pedestal holding up the stone sarcophagus. An audible sigh left the human's lips as he dropped his black backpack to join the plastic shopping bags. His navy blue school blazer was soon to follow as the young man took a seat on the ground.
"Finally, I can relax."
Yugi leaned his back against the marble pedestal that supported the limestone sarcophagus and closed his eyes. The human allowed himself to relax and release some of his pent up frustrations from his school day It was a small reward for himself, for avoiding Tetsu Ushio and his small group of vampire fiends. Something Yugi considered to be a miracle. Maybe someone from the afterlife was looking after him, or lady luck had decided to grace him with her presence for the afternoon. Either way, Yugi was grateful. It was less bruises he had to hide and more time for the ones that littered his arms and torso already, to heal.
After his short five-minute break, Yugi stood up and dusted off the navy blue dress pants of his school uniform. He looked down at the stone coffin and grimaced. Opening up the pharaoh's coffin was going to be a pain today, literally. As the human pressed his palms to the cool stone and eased it off the coffin and carefully propped it up against the wall, his biceps screamed in protest with a burning pain. It took him a good ten minutes to just remove the lid of coffin and to lean it against the limestone wall that was behind the sarcophagus.
Yugi paused to give his arms a rest as he gazed down at the golden Egyptian coffin with no face. "I swear, when you finally wake up, you're going to have to repay me big time," Yugi calmly stated and patted the flat face of the golden sarcophagus. "I can promise you that, Pharaoh."
The trainee drew in a deep breath through his nose before he started to open up the second coffin, repeating the same process as he did with first one.
After what felt like a painful eternity, Yugi somehow managed to prop up the golden casket top. The fact he managed to get the heavier top to lean against the wall was unexplainable, especial since he, a tired and damaged human, did it by this vampire had a special effect on him?
He was exhausted, but the sight of the vampire he had been feeding and taking care of everyday for past six weeks, had convinced his mind otherwise. Yugi's eyes lit up brightly and his lips turned into his signature warm grin as he gazed down at the sealed vampire. The difference between the first time he had feed the unknown male and now was like night and day. There was no gray present on the vampire's body. His skin had gained most of its beautiful bronze coloration back and his hair was softer and brighter. The vampire seemed to be more 'alive' than he did dead. For that, Yugi felt proud of himself.
"I see you're doing well today, Pharaoh. " Yugi greeted the vampire taking a seat on the edge of the marble pedestal. Talking to vampire no longer bothered Yugi, now that he knew more about the sealed state of the vampire.
The human had broken his 'no contact' condition of his current mission, to do a little research about sealed vampires. Despite his normal honest self, Yugi had lied and asked to use the I.V.H.A. database for a school research project. Yugi was lucky that Pegasus had bought his little white lie. He was granted full access to Domino's IVHA research data base for said 'research'. It was there, Yugi learned that the vampire in his care was very much alert and conscious, while being in a stasis.
According to several scientific conclusions from different scientists worldwide, all vampires were conscious during stasis. Their minds were still active, while their bodies were shut down and immobilized. In a majority of the year long experiments, the vampires went mad from lack of socialization and had to be dealt with by execution. Yugi wasn't about to let six weeks of work go to vain, just because he neglected talking to a person trapped inside their own body. If he had to just talk to himself to prevent a blood lusting monster from going crazy, then so be it. It was better than having the man before him suffer, along with many others when he would be released.
The human placed his hand palm on the vampire's forehead and his smile grew even bigger. The pharaoh was warmer today, almost as warm as Yugi's own body heat. Withdrawing his hand, Yugi made sound of approval and patted the vampire's shoulder lightly. His violet eyes did a sweep of the sealed vampire's body, noting that everything had improved. At this rate, Yugi was sure that the vampire would be able to wake up in time for the New Year.
"It looks like we both accomplished things today, "Yugi stated sounding cheerful as he looked down at his feet that barely touched the ground from his perch. "You no longer look like a dead man, and I avoided being a dead man," He said jokingly.
The teen glanced down at the shopping bags that nearly cost him and arm and a leg to bring to the chamber the sealed vampire inhabited. "I brought the supplies to give you a bath. You desperately need one. I cured the bad breath by brushing your teeth and rinsing your mouth out, now it's the body odor's turn. Also-" Yugi leaned over the vampire's head and brushed a small cobweb from the male's golden bangs of hair. "-You're collecting cobwebs in your bangs."
Figuring he had said enough on the subject, Yugi stood up from his seat before going to the plastic bags that contained the items he would need for a task. Just as he bent down though, Yugi froze when he spotted the slow rising of the vampire's chest and the fall that followed, just as slow. The human's heart beat echo in his ear, as he straightened up and gazed at the vampire in shock.
"Did…Did he just take a breath?" Yugi spoke his thought aloud. The seventeen year-old watched the vampire for several minutes in silence, before shaking his head and concluding that he had possibly just imagined the entire thing. But the human's eyes didn't leave male's torso, instead they focused more on the dark brown, nearly black, blood stain around the dagger imbibed in his chest. Not only was this poor male dirty, but he was also in need a change of clothes. Something Yugi didn't bring nor had he thought of.
The human frowned in disappointment. He wasn't going to wash a possible pharaoh, then place him back in old soiled clothing that could pass for rags. He could just leave him bare but Yugi knew for a fact it wouldn't do any good for either of them. Despite having no care if another was bare or not around him, Yugi didn't not want to be flashed every time he opened up Pharaoh's coffins. He also figured the other male would like something to keep him warm and hide his nakedness from others, Yugi knew if their roles were reversed, he'd hope for the same.
Thinking about where he could find a pair of clothes, Yugi's mind remembered the chamber filled with odd items, and the human felt the urge to search for something the vampire could wear there. He wasn't sure why he felt the need to search the room full of priceless artifacts, but figured since he had nothing else to try, he would go hunting for clothes in the clutter of the large chamber that concealed the one he was in now.
"I'm going in the other room to look for something for you to wear. I'll be back," Yugi informed the vampire while his right hand went to grab his concealing stone that hung loosely around his neck. Giving the Vampire one last look, Yugi quickly left the male to venture into the room holding the variety of items from different time periods.
Yugi's search for clothing was taking him much longer than he originally thought. Mostly because his mind became sidetracked with each new item he picked up. He just couldn't keep from examining the unknown items from eras way before the current present time. It was only after he had combed through nearly half of the items piled in the room, did Yugi finally find some clothing that thought were suitable for his nameless 'friend'. The human had gathered a cream-colored linen shenti, a deep red sash along with a golden belt to hold it in place, a matching red cloak and a brightly decorated matching wesekh collar to hold it in place. The human also located a simply made loincloth before he concluded his search for clothes.
Happy with the items he had found for the vampire, Yugi returned to the room that resembled an Egyptian King's inner tomb chamber. The human was quick to reopen his passage way to the sealed chamber, enter it, then close it right afterwards. Yugi no longer had to hold his breath as he travel in between rooms, the trainee had taken care of that little problem last week by disposing of the rotting flesh.
When his violet eyes landed on the unconscious form of the vampire, Yugi pressed his lips together in a thin line. His mind suddenly starting to regret not finding something to cover the man's torso, however, it was pushed to the back of his mind he reassured himself it would be easier to dress him since there was an ancient knife stuck in the fool's chest.
Placing the clothing items gently on top of his schoolbag and out of the way, Yugi pushed up the sleeves of his white button-up dress shirt. The human was already squatted down low to the ground, pulling the jugs of warm water out from plastic bags, followed by soft hand towels.
"I found you some clothes," Yugi said sounding dull as he pulled out a small pail that children use to play with in sand. "I didn't find anything for you to wear on your chest, mainly because I wasn't sure how I would even dress you with it. I'm sorry," The young teen spoke with sympathy as he filled the small pail with warm water, before searching his bags for the travel sized bathing kit he bought.
Smiling with victory once he found the three bottles wrapped in plastic, Yugi couldn't help but laugh lightly at the scent of the body wash, shampoo, and conditioner. All three were a sweet Shea butter and almond scent for ladies. When he had first bought it after school, he felt terrible because it was the only body washing travel sized kit available at the convenient store he went to. Though now he found it humorous to be using such 'girly' smelling soap on the masculine man. He just hoped the vampire wouldn't mind it too much.
After squirting a reasonable amount of body wash into the pail of water, Yugi mixed it with his hand and moved it to the side so it wouldn't get spilled as he undressed the immobilized vampire. A task Yugi knew was going to take a bit of maneuvering on his part
.
"I'm going to start taking off your clothes now…I'll be careful," Yugi spoke gently to the vampire, running a soothing hand through the male's dirty hair. He could only imagine the things running through the mind of the vampire he was doing his best to help. The vampire must be cursing at him mentally with hate and anger, or appreciating his help. With steady hands, Yugi started to unclasp the golden bands on the arms, neck and legs of the sealed vampire. With the old metal off of the vampire's skin, Yugi's hands went to remove the two golden belts that were secured on the vampire's hips. They felt around the smooth surface of the elegant pieces jewelry, before find the ridges that indicated their end and beginning. He unfastened the belts with care, being careful not to damage them as he placed it on the floor to join the other golden items. All that left Yugi with, was getting the knee-length sleeveless tunic off of the vampire's body without doing any harm to the area around the dagger.
Thinking of the quickest way to remove the clothing from the vampire, Yugi started to pull at the seams of the tunic gently, ripping the old linen with ease. Little by little the linen gave way, and eventually Yugi had tore the tunic down the side from its neck line to the bottom. Slowly, the human started to pull the tunic off of the front side of the sealed vampire's body. He gently eased the dagger's hilt through the hole it had created in the linen before slipping it all the way off.
Violet iris were locked on Pharaoh's chest as Yugi's brain slowly registered what it was seeing.
Painful. That was the only word Yugi's mind could think of as he gazed at the effects of the dagger. Veins were bulging underneath the beautiful tan skin Yugi admired, throbbing with an unnatural and erotic heartbeat. There was a nasty black discoloration of the veins that looked like a chaotic spider web over a large portion of the vampire's chest, however, that wasn't the worse part. No, the actual area the dagger had been thrust into was the most pitiful sight Yugi's eyes had picked up on. Blood that had poured from the wound had hardened around the dagger into a black crystal like form, keeping it in place and preventing it from being removed. The vampire's skin w was slowly rotting away from the dagger, leaving a gaping hole in his chest with the connective tissue and muscles visible and exposed. Unknowingly, Yugi reached his hand out to touch the crystallized blood, only to find it warm and wet. Not cold and dry, like he had predicted it to be.
The human felt the muscles around his stomach start contracting as his heart quickened its pace as he pulled his hand back and found bright crimson blood staining the tips of three of his five fingers. His eyes refused to look away from the blood on his fingers and his chest started to ache. This seal wasn't like the others Yugi had read about. No, this seal had the purpose for killing its victim slowly. Or at least that's what Yugi concluded by the way the vampire's body was reacting towards the magic that inflicted it. Not even the few seals he was taught to use in emergencies could do this much damage. In fact, Yugi didn't think any seals used by a human could cause this much damaged to a vampire. It had to be inflicted on this male by another one of his species, but why? What purpose had this man been place under such a cruel spell?
Yugi so badly wanted to release the vampire from his seal. Although his mind warned him against it, repeating over and over in his own head that the beast could still be craving blood. But how long would he have to wait? Would it be days, weeks, months or years before he could finally allow this person live his life again? Yugi looked down as he wiped the blood on his fingers off on his navy blue pants. His violet eyes spotted the small bucket full of warm soapy water and it instantly reminded him of the task he had been previously doing before…before… The human bit his lip and pushed the negative thought to the back of his mind. He was sure the vampire was bound to be cursing him out mentally. He hadn't said a word since removing his clothes, nor done anything since.
Yugi grabbed one of the soft wash towels and soaked it in the warm soap water before wringing it out. He stood up straight and avoid looking at the vampire's chest as he moved closer to the male's face. He gently started to wash the vampire's face with light gentle scrubs. "Sorry… I… I got startled by the dagger in your chest. Whom ever did that to you…I hope they received the justice for harming someone so cruelly."
Yugi's voice was barely a whisper, thought he knew the vampire could still hear his words. He continued to wash the vampire's face with the soapy water till he deemed it clean. He placed the small towel into the pail of soapy water before grasping a new one and one of the two-liter jugs of warm water. Carefully, Yugi doused the towel with the water, before setting the jug back on the ground and went back to scrubbing the sealed vampire's face free from both soap suds and dirt. It amazed Yugi how much the vampire's skin seemed to glow in the dim light after it had been cleansed. It made him wonder briefly if it made the vampire feel as refreshed as he look.
Yugi smiled as he placed the wet washcloth on the side of the golden sarcophagus before squatting down to grab a third towel. Once in hand, Yugi stood up and started to gently pat the vampire's face dry so he wouldn't catch a cold, odd as that might be, Yugi was concerned the other could still get sick despite being trapped under a seal.
The human wasted no time and quickly started to repeat the process of his sponge bath method to Pharaoh's neck, shoulders and arms. He worked the stiff muscles as he scrubbed the vampire's beautiful copper skin clean. His scrubbing became gentler as he reach the vampire's torso, he washed the delicate skin on the sealed vampire's chest in a slow swirling motion. He avoided the swollen black veins and the left side of the vampire's chest altogether, just skipping to the male's toned stomach where Yugi was greeted by well-defined abdominal muscles.
When the time came for Yugi wash the unknown male's genitals, the human had a hard time keeping his face from turning red. Several times he had to remind himself that this was not the first time was had washed another man's private regions. Yugi had washed his grandfather twice like this, two years ago when the old man had his hip replacement surgery. The memory made the young male shiver to his core as did his best not to cause any unwanted 'problems'. As soon as he had finished washing the vampire's genitals, Yugi quickly placed his wash towels down and cover dressed the man in the loincloth he had found. Lucky for Yugi, it wasn't too hard to tie the simple piece of cloth. Though if he tied it right or not, was completely oblivious to the human. He just wanted it to cover up the other male's penis, instead of having it out in the open.
Yugi quickly finished washing the rest of the vampire's body, excluding his untamed hair. The human reclaimed his seat on the marble pedestal holding up both sarcophagus and released an exhausted sigh. He used his arms to hold himself ups, before glancing at the pharaoh like vampire and tilted his back slightly for a better viewing angle of the 'sleeping' man's facial features. The way Pharaoh looked now, was like he could open his concealed eyes at any moment. Yugi so desperately wanted that. He wanted to learn what the man looked like with open eyes. He also wanted to know the vampire's name, that why he could stop referring him as 'the vampire' and 'Pharaoh'. It made Yugi feel like he was downgrading the person he was caring for, to a rouge's level. Something he knew was an insult to vampires of all classes.
Yugi squeezed the hand of the vampire he was gazing down at, before he stood back on his feet to start washing the dirty hair of the vampire.
The human hoped that this man wasn't a rogue, or his life was going to ending far too short.
Yugi was grateful for the fact he had packed a hoodie into his backpack this morning before school. Washing the seal vampire's hair had proven to be more difficult than he had predicted and the human had mostly gotten the water on himself, rather than on the vampire's wild spikes that were strangely similar to his own. He had succeed in getting it clean, but it had cost him his dry white dress shirt that was a part of his school uniform. But that small sacrifice was for the greater good of the male he was helping. And despite the trouble he went through just to get the vampire's wild hair clean, it had been a fun experience with a beautiful reward.
Yugi tugged on the end of his teal colored hoodie, trying to block out some of the Mid-December chill starting freeze his wet shirt underneath it, as he walked home. The streets of the west side of Domino were deserted. In a strange way, it made Yugi feel relaxed, but it also caused him to pay more attention to his surroundings. It was too quiet in this part of Domino, normally the residences of the area were still driving or walking home from their jobs, but there wasn't a sign of life around. Even the shops and houses had a look of abandonment to them.
A violent buzz from his pants pocket made Yugi pause his stride. The human blinked curiously as he looked down at the pocket his cellphone was resting in, as his left hand went to retrieve it.
With his phone in hand, Yugi's large violet eyes looked at the urgent message on the screen on his phone from the IVHA, reading:
'Code RV6-47A05 has been issued. All members and apprentices report to your designated areas.'
Yugi's body tensed slightly. He understood the exact meaning of the code issued out by the Association, something most humans did not. It was the symbols for a warning about a group of newborn rogue vampires had manage to enter the city, or that had been born within the city. It explained why everything looked deserted on this side of town, people were hiding. Everyone, but him. The message must have been released through a broadcasting network while he was leaving the sealed vampire's chambers.
The vampire hunter apprentice cursed under his breath and shoved his phone in his pocket. His hands grabbed the straps of his backpack tightly and he started a brisk pace home. He briefly wondered just how rogues had managed to get into the city. The Vampire Kingdom had a firm grasp on the city borders! Cursing under his breath, Yugi cleared his mind of any distractions and focused on what he needed to do.
'Get home. Get Grandpa into a safe place. Walk, don't run. Don't gain yourself any unwanted attention.'
Yugi stayed out of the light, and tried not to stir his scent too much in the air. He could have used his concealing stone to hide his scent concealed, were it not being used to mask the scent of blood on his ruined school blazer. Thanks to his own clumsiness, Yugi had spilt the leftover blood from the sealed vampire's feeding, which he had bumped up to a pint and half from the pint he had been feeding the vampire for the past three weeks, all over his navy blue school blazer. It was going to be one heck of a conversation he was going to have with his grandpa when it got washed, but that was the furthest thing on Yugi's mind right now. He was focused on getting home safe and getting out of danger.
The human's breath was caught in his throat when he heard the faint sounds of footfalls behind him. Biting his bottom lip, Yugi forced his heart to keep its calm beating. Although it was failing miserably, when another distinct set of footsteps joined the ones already behind him.
The seventeen year old kept his gaze forward, head up confidently as he quickened his pace. His ears were focused in on the footfalls trailing him, trying to decipher if they belonged to a human or one of the deadly creatures of the night. He couldn't tell though, the strangers trailing him were making it hard for him to tell from just footsteps alone. Some were heavy, while others were faint as the wind's whisper. It caused Yugi to curse in his head as he turned left and started traveling down a road he hoped was more populated than this one.
His hopes had died just as quickly as they had appeared, when Yugi found this street too, was empty from any pedestrians. The teen with gravity defying hair walked normal as if nothing was wrong, although his heart was racing with panic. Worried thoughts made his mind unclear for any rational idea to be conjured, as paranoid scenarios started to clutter it. He held on tightly to the teachings of the International Vampire Hunter Association had implanted into his head, along with the few tricks his grandpa had taught him. Hoping, praying, it would be enough to defend himself and let him live another day.
Yugi remembered both of them telling him to never run when being tracked by a vampire, it would only provoke their chase even more. Yet, with the current situation he was in, the bigger half of his mind was screaming for him to run as if the Devil himself were chasing him.
'Screw it! I'm running!' Yugi thought after he turned right at the next street intersection.
The moment he was on his new path, Yugi's legs surged him forward. The muscles of his lower body were warmed up quickly with each of his panicked footfalls. Lactic acid created a mild burning in his calves and thighs, but it was nothing compared to the beats he had endured with Ushio and his two thug like friends. His chest burned from his lungs being forced to take in the harsh cold air of the outside world. His own harsh footfalls against the pavement of the side-walk, was all Yugi could hear. It created a false hope that he was outrunning his stalkers. It even made the young male turn his head over his shoulder to see if had lost them. The distraction caused the human's lithe body to smack into an object that was hard as a stone wall.
The force of Yugi's impact, caused the human to tumble to the sidewalk with a painful groan when the new aches and pains erupted in his body. When Yugi manage to sit up and open his violet eyes to gaze at what his body hit, Hell froze over the teen's world.
Tetsu Ushio, in all of his chaotic glory, was hovering over Yugi. As if he didn't already look like junior-high student, Ushio with his oversized build made Yugi look like a primary school student. With hair black as coal, skin like pale cement, and eyes bright red like the fires in Hell; Ushio was a man who struck fear into the hearts of his normal victims before evening uttering word. His method of drinking from humans was weeks of constant mental and physical abuse until they broke and gave in to him. It had worked every single time he had applied the method beside with just one human. Word had got out that Ushio was losing his touch because of the one little human who was able to tolerate his abuse, had yet to cave in after the normal two-week period. Instead Yugi had made him drag out this game of his for a painful five weeks, and still the human had refused to give in. It sicken Ushio that a human was beating him at his own game, and Yugi was aware of that.
Instead of making a rush to get up or try to run again, Yugi simply smiled up at Ushio with the grin he used every day to greet his friends and classmates. "Hello Ushio, how are you this evening?" The human tried his best to act casual as he tilted his head slightly back to get a better view of the vampire's face. He immediately wish he hadn't when he got a good look of Ushio's eyes.
The whites of his eyes were fading into black, they had already achieved a dark gray look to them. His irises were glowing a blood-red in the dim light of the night. It was a dead giveaway of the signs of a vampire turning into a rouge. Those deadly eyes made Yugi briefly think of the vampire he was caring for. What if Pharaoh's eyes were like Ushio's? Dead and beautiful at the same time? The eyes of a true killer.
"Oh I'm well, Yugi. In fact, I was just making my way to the game shop your grandfather owns to see if you wanted to 'play' tonight. But, it looks like you came to me instead. Isn't that nice of you?" The vampire spoke with a sinister smile as he gazed down at Yugi, licking his lips.
Yugi gave a nod of his head as he pushed himself up off of the sidewalk, ignoring the protest in some of the muscles in his legs. "Well, I wouldn't say came to meet you…" Yugi began, while he put distance in between him and Ushio, backing away cautiously. "I was on my way home from the arcade and just happen to run into you."
The human's violet eyes glanced past Ushio noticing the black and red eyes of the monster's goons. No wonder the attacks on his personal being began to become later and later in the day. All three of them were not far off from becoming rouges. "I wouldn't mind it if you just let me not 'play' today. I have a lot of homework that needs to be done."
Yugi started to backing up farther and farther away from Ushio. When he deemed it a safe distance, he pivoted on his heel and prepared himself to sprint away from his bully, however, Yugi was deprived that chance when the other two rogue vampire who accompanied Ushio, where in front of him in a blink of an eye. The human quickly back away from the two, putting an even amount of space between him, Ushio, and the other two vampires. He was trapped.
Ushio's dark laughter made Yugi's heart skip several beats from fear. He held onto the straps of his backpack even tighter, debating on what to do while his eyes flicker back and forth between his captors. Though he wasn't given much time with Ushio's annoying voice broke his concentration.
"Are you scared? Are you? You should be, you pathetic little brat! Tonight is the night your cute little baby face will be erased from this world! By the time I'm finished with tonight's 'game', everything will have ended for you!"
Yugi clenched his jaw and grounded his teeth together as he fought off the fear Ushio was trying to implant in his mind with compulsion.
Yugi thought of every possibility he could, but nothing could prove to be good enough for an attempt of an escape that would succeed against three mad vampires. The human could feel his mental strength giving way to Ushio's fear and that scared him even more than the fear Ushio was trying to compel him feel. The human's breathing started to become distressed as he realized that this could be his last moments alive. Though he reminded himself that he couldn't die like this, he still had a mission to complete. If he did die, it would be at the hands of Yami Sennen or a member of IVHA. He would not die here. Yugi refused to!
The human did his best to get his fear under control again. He thought back to the calm feeling that he felt with the sealed vampire and the warm feeling his friends gave him in times of need, keeping it in his mind as he shrugged his backpack off his shoulders and placed it on the ground.
"I'm scared, but not because of you," Yugi calmly stated allowing his fear to be ebb away as he spoke. "I'm more afraid of what my friends will think, if I was found on the streets looking like roadkill." He gave Ushio a falsified confident grin, "I know scarier vampires than you, Ushio. I'm intimidated by you, yes. But scared? Ha! Every day I talk to vampires that a hundred times more terrifying than you!" Yugi said confidently, standing feet shoulder width apart and his arms folded over his chest as he glared at his bully. "In school, I sit next the leader of your race. You know that right? You're nothing compared to him."
"Those puny nobles and purebloods are nothing but fools! None of them are stronger than myself!" Ushio commented arrogantly as started to crack his knuckles. "Yami is only the leader because he was a good fuck for the previous pharaoh, who died by a human's hands, ha! The very creatures he wanted to 'coexist' with, got him killed. All because he found one that was a looker and could ride dick well. He just couldn't resist trying to appease you lowlifes. If I was leader, I would enslave every last human and drink the blood of humans every day without showing them mercy."
Yugi shook his head at Ushio's words. It was true Yami had been the previous king of the vampires' lover, but Yugi highly doubted that the man had died by a human's hands, the man had gone missing per say the high school's history textbooks. Only Yami and the royal court knew what truly happened to the previous leader of the vampire race. "Ushio, that way of thinking will just get yourself killed! You're already on the verge of becoming a rogue vampire, stop before it's too late for you!"
Pain erupted in Yugi's core as a punch with the force of a freight train, crashed into his stomach. The pain caused Yugi's knees to buckle and force him to kneel on the ground as his arms cradled his lower torso. Coughs echoed in the silent night over load laughter from the rogue vampires, causing Yugi to swear violently under his breath.
The human glared at his attackers, before trying to stand on his feet, however,he was forced back to the ground when a sidekick to his kidney area, made his body and the ground eager to get to know each other better. A cry of pain came from the human along with more coughs as he laid on the ground, though Yugi refused to just lay still on the ground. He wanted to stand up for himself, and fight back. Although he loathe violence and was not much of a fighter, Yugi figured it would be better to defend himself, rather than let these monster stomp on him like he was a bug beneath their shoe. They weren't living beings with a sense of morality. Ushio and his friends were beyond saving now.
When he was on the balls of his feet, Yugi spotted a kick from one of Ushio's fiends aiming for his stomach. The human ducked low and used his right leg to sweep his attacker's own leg. Yugi was rewarded with a harsh thud as the vampire fell to the ground hard. There was no time for Yugi to celebrate, however, as the other rogue with Ushio tried to rush him with a right hook to the head. It was too easy for Yugi for block with his left arm and jab his knee into the vampire's growing. It was a dirty tactic, hitting a man in his 'baby maker', but everything was fair game when it was a life or death situation.
With the two men down for the count, Yugi had planned on running for it until he found himself in an unbreakable hold just moments later. His arms were pinned to his back by someone's death grip, while a large calloused hand was pressed against his neck firmly.
Hot breath ghosted past Yugi's ear as a set of dried cracked lips pressed against the shell of one of his sensory organs. "Game over, brat."
His body was a bloody, swollen, and bruised mess from the nonstop beating the rogue vampires were giving him as Ushio held him still. Everything hurt, everything throbbed and nothing was left free from pain. Even so, Yugi refused to give up. The human was determined to live, determined to outlast the vampire that were tormenting him. He never stopped struggling to get free from his captor.
When the barrage of punches and kicks had finally stopped, Yugi was relieved when Ushio's grip had loosened. It gave him a chance to escape from the monstrous creatures.
Waiting only a brief minute after the beating had stopped, Yugi mustered all the strength he could to elbow Ushio hard in the stomach. There was a loud grunt, followed by the hands on Yugi's arms and neck disappearing. With his body free from Ushio's grip, the human forced his legs to sprint away from the scene as fast as they could carry him. but it was a wasted effort.
Yugi was only able to make it about three feet before Ushio's massive body tackled him to the ground. The human tried to avoid from his head hitting the ground though he only succeeded in doing to opposite. With a sickening smack, Yugi's head hit the sidewalk. Blood pooled on the bed of his tongue, while there was dull ringing sound in Yugi's ears. His vision was distorted as the world spun around him, the human tried to focus on the closest street light, hoping the world would stop rotating around him.
"You just bought yourself a one way ticket into hell, Yugi Mutou," Ushio spat out as his tongue slipped out of his mouth to lick the left side of Yugi's neck.
The moment Ushio's slimy muscle came in contact with his skin, Yugi lost it. His body began to quake, his confident and strong façade broke and Yugi's final pieces of hope began to crumple. This was it. He was going to die, despite having given his all to prevent such a thing happening. His strength had been extinguished and he couldn't out run his of frustration and fear threatened to fall from his eyes. He was going to lose this game, despite having won so many rounds before this last one.
Yugi's violet eyes caught sight of blurry dark figure several feet away from him and his attackers. As a last resort the seventeen year old began to squirm underneath Ushio's weight and screamed to gain the stranger's attention. "H-Help! Help me! Please, I'll do anything!"
"There's no one here that's gonna help you, pretty boy. Now just stay still and cry for you mother," The rogue vampire chuckled darkly against Yugi's neck and pressed his fangs against Yugi's skin, taunting the human for what was to come.
His heartbeat echoed loudly in his ear and Yugi couldn't help but try to move his neck away from Ushio's mouth and protect it from its pending doom. The human's eyes stung and his cheeks became damp, but he refused to let Ushio or his thugs see the tears that stained his face. He wouldn't let them see his weakness. He wouldn't let them think they won. Because Yugi wasn't going to give up, not until the very end.
"Please! Anyone, please help me!" He cried out once more, eyes focused on the dark silhouette in the distant.
Two screams was released in sync after Yugi's plea. The human had barely heard the sounds, before a warm liquid had splashed onto his cheek. Violet eyes grew wide with terror and he struggled even more against the vampire on top of his body. Yugi heard Ushio growl low in his chest, vibrating against the human's back and felt Ushio sit up, but the vampire still had him pinned down to the ground by his thighs. It gave Yugi false hope that the other was going to leave him alone.
"I'll come back to you shrimp, let me take care of this thorn in my side-" The rouge vampire's word became painful gurgles and moans that were meant to be words, words which Yugi now couldn't understand.
Yugi was confused by the painful groans coming from Ushio and jumbled up words, but his mind didn't dwell on it. With Ushio currently distracted, Yugi managed to pull his legs free from Ushio's hold with a few strong tugs. The moment his body was able to move again, Yugi struggled to his feet and quickly moved away from Ushio and towards his schoolbag. The human didn't look back as he struggled to get to the bag. Only when he had reached his bag, did Yugi dare to turn his head and look back at the vampire that was attempting to kill him.
The round violet eyes that were nearly swollen shut, widened when Yugi manage to recognize the person with their fingers buried deeply into both sides of Ushio's neck. It was blurry image, but Yugi knew the wild tri-colored spiky gravity defying hair and pale skin.
It was the pureblood vampire, Yami Sennen.
As if the other vampire didn't know Yugi was watching, which the human knew the other was aware of, the pureblood twisted Ushio's head pulled. Not a second later, Yami was rewarded with beheading the rogue vampire with the sickening sound of flesh tearing and bones crackling.
Death was something Yugi was used to hearing and thinking about. He had been told countless of times that his fellow trainees had passed away and others. He's attended funerals and even saw his share of dead bodies. But the young human had never witnessed a person dying. Especially not in the way Yami had just killed Ushio in. Tears cascaded down the human's cheeks and his hand quickly covered his mouth as he watch the traumatizing event.
Blood stained the street in a thick crimson pool that only grew as Ushio's body spewed blood from his neck as it fell over. Yami dropped Ushio's head, letting it fall to the ground and roll. Unable to look away, Yugi watch with horror as the disembodied head of his attack joined the grotesque sight of his comrades.
The two vampires that had been accompanying Ushio were no more. They weren't even whole anymore. Yami had dismembered them, spilling as much blood as possible. Blood was flowing into the nearest drainage hole in a metallic red river. Arms and legs had been tossed into the street, the heads of the vampires were at Yami's feet, while their torsos were bits of bone and flesh scattered across the sidewalk. Or at least, that's all Yugi could assume it was, he didn't want to think about what the pureblood had done with their internal organs. Slowly, the pool and river of blood expanded, touching the tips of Yugi's shoes.
Unable to handle what he was witnessing, Yugi dropped to his knees and bent over at the stomach as he vomited into his hands. Gastric acid, his lunch from school, and blood flowed from his mouth and hands down to the concrete ground. Yugi simple stared at the foul mixture, unable to look at anything. His teenaged mind was strong, but not strong enough to deal with sight of a bloodied battlefield. He couldn't focus. He couldn't think about anything about how Ushio's head been easily riped off his body like Yami had been uncapping a soda bottle.
It wasn't until the sight of black boots with faint traces of blood on them appeared in his vision, did Yugi look up. His terrified violet hues met sadistic crimson irises that sent Yugi's heart into a frenzy. The human immediately tried to back away from the pure blood vampire, however, his legs refused to moved as the trembled with pure fear.
.
He should have been thrilled with being this close to Yami Sennen. After all, his mission was to get close to the vampire kingdom's currently leader. But there wasn't an ounce of joy in Yugi's entire being as he was knelt in front of the pure blood. Yugi only felt fear from the other male's presence. Nothing about Yami made him feel safe or joyful. The vampire before him had the appearance of a demon, a starved one at that.
When the vampire's body knelt so his eye level was level with the human's, the world went cold for Yugi. Yami's blood covered hand reached out and tilted Yugi's head back, and the human stopped breathing while his body trembled and his mind realized that he was not going to survive this.
Never, never had Yugi felt as weak as he did now, with his life in the hands of a leech. He couldn't remove his eyes away from Yami's piercing red ones, as if it was some hypnotic trance. Slowly he felt his body unwillingly relax and his mind go clouded. A soft voice in Yugi's mind was cooing for the human to sleep, his eyes were all too willing to obey as they started to drupe with exhaustion. The teen was just about to give in to sleep, when a spark in his mind went off.
Automatically, Yugi's eyes went back to being wide opened before he Scrambled to his feet and backed way from Yami as much as he could. "Stop it! Get out of my head! Get out! Get out! GET. OUT!" The human scream as loud as he was able to, pressing his palm against his temples while squeezing his eyes shut. "Stop it! I refuse to do what you want me to do!"
Yugi's protesting had caught Yami of guard. When the human had reopened his violet hues, he surprised to see the shocked look of a now standing pureblood vampire. He noticed the crimson irises flickering with mixed emotions, before they hardened into a narrowed stare. "How did you know I was using compulsion?"
"My…My best friend is vampire. Have you forgotten that?" Yugi answered the pureblood with a soft whisper, his breathing still uneven with no pattern to it. Although Yami seemed to not mean any harm, Yugi refused to let his guard down, he refused to be calm.
Yugi seen Yami's lips move but failed to hear the sound of the red-eyed male's voice. The action made Yugi uncomfortable. A pale hand reached out towards him, but Yugi was quick to grab Yami's wrist with his own hand before the vampire could touch him. Just as Yugi had grabbed Yami's wrist, the human found his hands being held above his head and his body being forced back till the human's back hit a brick wall. Yugi struggled against Yami's viper like grip.
"Let me go!" Yugi snapped, trying to pull his hands free from the vampire.
Yugi was answered with silence from Yami. Though as he examined the face of the vampire, Yugi notice it was strained as if Yami was fighting against something or he dealing with a look quickly dissolved as the vampire started to lean forward.
Instantly, Yugi began thrashing in Yami hold when he noticed the vampire starting lean closer to him. He heard the predator growl in annoyance as his grip tightened on both Yugi's wrist and chin. "Relax." Yami spoke in a honeyed tone.
Unwillingly Yugi's body relaxed, though his mind was still as restless. Yugi drew in a sharp breath and would have shaken violently if his body would have listened to his mind. "W-What did you do to me!?" Yugi asked his voice unnaturally even as he stared at Yami with terrified wide violet eyes.
"I made your body relax, it'll be easier this way…." The vampire trailed off as he nuzzled the left side of Yugi's neck with his cheek and nose.
"Stop it!" Yugi's voice cracked as Yami started to lick his neck in the same fashion as Ushio, however, it wasn't as rough or taunting. Before Yugi could open his mouth again, Yami had used his free hand to cover Yugi's mouth like a muzzle.
Immediately, Yugi started screaming his protests into the hand, trying to make Yami release him or draw attention to them. The human tried to kick the vampire, but he couldn't feel the lower half of his body. In fact, he couldn't feel any part of his body from his neck below. It was strange feeling that sent Yugi's mind even more into turmoil.
His fear, unfortunately, was completely wiped from his mind the moment a burning pain exploded on the side of his neck. He was being pierced by not one set of fangs, but two. Yugi could feel it as Yami's fangs sink deeper and deeper through his skin and muscles until they pierced his carotid artery. Only then, did the pain ease up slightly as Yami's venom started to numb the area. The human felt Yami retract his fangs from the small holes that he had created in the side of Yugi's neck, before he started to suck on the flesh and extract Yugi's blood.
The vampire had only took one mouthful, before Yugi started to feel light-headed. His pulse slowly throbbed at the back of his skull while Yami drank heavily from his body. "Please…stop," He spoke weakly against Yami's palm, hoping the vampire would listen to him, but no such thing happened.
After Yami's second mouthful, the vampire pulled away from Yugi's neck and closed the wounds he had created by flickering his pink muscle over the four tiny holes in the human's neck. Relief flooded Yugi's mind. He was still alive. Somehow, he had managed to survive and was still living.
He would be able to go home and see his grandpa again-
Yami's fangs sank back into the flesh of his neck for a second time. This time more painfully.
The human's screams were muffled against the vampire's slim hand. Yugi felt his body burn with the heat of Yami's venom entering his body for a second time, but the heat was slowly extinguish as more of his blood was stolen from him. Causing the human to grow cold. He was bitten for a second time… a second time! Yugi felt his body grow heavy, but his mind still functional and vividly alert. A second time being bitten meant his fate was he survived this, Yami would be forced to take him as a feeder. The leader of the vampire race couldn't undo what he had done. He also, couldn't ignore his own law. Yugi was going to be stuck as Yami's feeder until he died.
After Yami had pulled away and healed the puncture wounds, Yugi's neck still burned with a painful fire. It was the only feeling he felt in his entire body as his mind became dull and his spirit defeated. The painful scorching sensation made Yugi think he had fallen into the deepest pit of Hell. Which, he might as well have been thrown into in actuality. He was going to be a feeder, he couldn't reverse that. He was going to living a condemned life now, the hunters, the ones he had trained with, would soon be after his head. He would be marked as a traitor soon.
Something dropped to his the eyes he hadn't realized he had closed, Yugi had to physically look down to notice it was his arms. When he glanced back up to look at the male that was only taller than by inches, Yugi was stunned to see Yami covering his mouth with a hand and several meters away. The human tried to stand up straight without using the wall behind him as support, only to have his legs give out from underneath him.
"Damn it! It wasn't… I can't believe...Fucking Hell!"
A cursing voice brought Yugi back to his senses. It took several seconds for Yugi to even realize he had fallen, let alone to figure out his was on his side on the cold concrete. His mind had blacked out without the human even noticing.A dull throbbing erupted throughout the seventeen year old's body, which made it hard for Yugi to use his limbs. Yugi opened his mouth to call out for Yami to come help him, but voice that came forth wasn't his.
"Prince!" A disembodied voice that held nothing but concern for Yami, echoed loudly in Yugi's ears. So much, it was causing the human a headache to join the other aches and pains he had.
Yugi forced his eyes to focus. He noticed a pacing pair of legs in black leather, and figure in white robes approaching the pacing person at a brisk pace.
"There you are, the rest of the court has been looking for you. There are rogue vampires on the loose it's not safe for you to be… Well never mind it seems you've taken care of them yourself."
Yugi had turn his head and strain his eyes just to see Yami shrug his shoulders and look away from the figure in white robes, which was now turning into a blur of white due to Yugi's failing vision. The unknown voice started speaking again, this time too soft for Yugi to make out words. It displeased him, he wanted to know if this new comer was threat to him or not. He so badly wanted to rest and give into the growing darkness, however, he could hardly do such a thing lying on the sidewalk in the middle of December after getting mauled by vampires.
The human closed his eyes as the small headache had erupted into a massive migraine, in hopes it relieve some of the pain. Finding it to of no help, Yugi reopened his eyes, only to find himself face to face with an unknown face.
Yugi jumped and his eyes did a quick scan of the person in front of him. Sharp gray eyes, a slim sharp nose, thick eyelashes and odd markings on the corner of the stranger's eyes, Yugi's mind was quick to match the stranger's face to one of the men in the profiles Pegasus had supplied him with. This man, Yugi recognized as just simply Mahaad, one of the six members on the royal court. He had been the late pharaoh's best friend, at least, that's what the profile had said. Yugi didn't coward away from the man, instead he welcomed the vampire's close contact as he gently touch Yugi's forehead. From the background information that he had on Mahaad, the man was only to be feared if provoked in the wrong way. Yugi trusted to information Pegasus had given him, hopefully this male could help him get away from Yami for the time being.
Yugi observed the light frown on Mahaad's face, before he stood and moved away from Yugi to face Yami who still was pacing some distance away from Yugi. "Prince, you've done no harm to him. He was just in shock when you lost control. I'm sure he'll be fine once he's calmed down and has a good night's rest. For the mean time we need to get the human to Isis, otherwise he may succumb to his injuries."
Yugi's mental resolve crumbled at Mahaad's words. "I am going to die?" He had to force the quiet words out, but their meaning was just as powerful as if he had struggled to get them out.
Yugi watched as the noble vampire turned around and gazed down at him with an unsure face. The Egyptian priest looked perplexed as he struggled for words to reply with. "I..I'm not entirely sure. My anatomy and medical knowledge of humans is far from the best. I'm only assuming the very worse so we can get you care quicker."
Yugi was somewhat relieved that Mahaad could barely tell what a human's breaking point was, which meant he could better than the other male thought. The human forced his gaze upwards to look at the dark sky filled with dazzling stars to relax his mind.
"Okay," Was the only reply Yugi gave back to the male as his purple eyes searched the sky for a familiar constellation. A distraction he hoped would keep his mind from being haunted from his hellish experience with Yami.
His stargazing was interrupted when Yami had gently eased Yugi into his arms, carrying the human bridal style. Yugi's eyes flickered to the vampire's face finding it deprived of any emotions as his terrifying red eyes focused on the path he had started walking. Yugi's mind was slightly grateful for Yami's appearance. Although the man had bitten him without his permission, the human concluded it was the rightful payment since Yami, had saved his life. Because of him he could live another day. Hug his grandfather again, talk to his friends, finish his mission and complete his goal to help the seal vampire his life back.
After several minutes of Yugi just simply staring at Yami, the pureblood vampire had finally glanced down at Yugi before looking back up and away. "I made you mine…"
The human felt a lump clog his throat from Yami's words and he curled his hands into light first. That was right, Yami had claimed him as feeder the moment his fangs had pierced the human's neck for a second time. The human swallowed the lump in his throat and took in a shaky breath.
Ushio was right, everything had ended tonight. Everything was over now. One slip up, and he would have nothing. No friends, no home, no family, and no life. Yugi had treaded on thin ice and fell through. It was only a matter until the sharks gobbled him up. The human could only imagine the horrors that awaited him after tonight. His chances at a normal life, were gone. Now he would have to spend every day gambling with the Devil, until the day he finally did lose. Or at least, until the Devil realized he had already lost several rounds ago.
The human let out a soft laughter that sounded melancholy, at his thought before finally uttering his words of defeat. "Game...Over."
AR: This was only late because of my poor planning. I totally forgot about Thanksgiving, and well I was about to update this when my family members out of states showed up at my door step, go figure.
So yeah, their company has majorly distracted me. But hey, Bros before Hoes. My family well a majority of them anyways, are my bros. Atem, Yami and Yugi are the hoes.
You guys are my fuel and reminders to not forget about my Hoes, which is important because I'm a very forgetful person!
This chapter was a total of 10,902 words!
The first part of the chapter is one of my favorite scenes.
It's adorable, funny and kind of disturbing too.
I'll edit it after Thanksgivnig, because I know there are some error in this chapter...some where.
Anyways, thank you for the support! Please leave a review!
Edited on : 10/8/2016
