N/A: I apologizes about the LONG wait for this chapter. Yeah... all of you have probably been dying to read this chapter... well, die no more... because here it is. Enjoy!

CHAPTER 4: The awakening.

" Ahhh what the hell?! WHO are YOU?!" screamed Joey with fear as the mysterious figure came out of the shadows with a narrowed eyes.

" Your worst nightmare come true!" repiled the handsome man with long spikey sliver hair.

"Duke!" cried out Rebecca as she back up in terror along with Tea who had a strong aura of fear as both of the quickly ran away through a whole in the wall.

" Yes... run away... run away like the little cowards you are. It just makes the chase more enjoyable especially when I catch my pray." commented the mysterious being as he extending his claws as he licked the blood of them and smiled wickedly.

" I'm out of here!!!" cried out Tristin as he, and Seto ran away as well, terror struck as they did so.

" You phychotic bastard, stay the hell away from us!" demanded Joey very rudely as he stood his ground in front of the mysterious new-comer yelling.

" You shouldn't talk like that to your elders...boy. It could... lets just say, get you killed; Just like now!" chuckled the murderous male with glee, watching Joey's eyes widen with shock as his body fell to his kness and then completely collapsed fully on the stained concrete with blood oozing out of his neck, where it had been sliced opened. " Who's next?"

" Hmp!" was the all the answer he got from Atemu who just turned his back and walked away through the whole with a stranger who had similar features as the mid-night stranger, who had not been there moments ago.

Yugi slowly opened his eyes and then closed them quickly as a sliver piercing light flooded his vision. He reopened them again even slower, trying to adjust his eyes to the lighting of the weridly lit room and forced himself to sit upright: But a pair of hands forcefully grabbed onto his shoulders and pushed him back down. It was the man from the ally who saved him and killed off his traitorous friends.

" You need to rest, your body hasn't recovered from its injuries, yet!" demanded the sliver haired man roughly." Unless, you want to bleed to death, that is."

" Ahhh, please... stay away from me! Don't hurt me!" cried out Yugi fearful as memories of what happened in the ally consumed him and made him shake fiercely.

" I'm not going to hurt you... and don't give me orders. You are not my master, in fact its the other way a round. I am your master now. So, you should do as I say. I garrantee I will treat you a lot better then either your friends or family." commented the man plainly.

" M...master?! Your not my master! No one controls me! Why should I listen to what you say?!" asked a shaken Yugi from while he squeezed a red pillow tightly. "

" Well, for starters... I 'COULD' kill you institantly... If I didn't kill you, you would die from the loss of blood... that and I claimed you! You belong to me now." answered the purple eyed mysterious man, controlling.

" What?! What do you mean, you claimed me?! I'm not yours, I- I belong to someone...," trailed off Yugi with shock at first and then sadness as tears began to swell up in his magenta colored eyes.

" You mean that young man that stood there in the corner of the ally watching you being raped and tortured is or WAS your lover! Ha, thats pretty pathetic if you ask me!" chuckled the man as he removed his blood stained shirt and threw it somewhere into the darkness.

" Well who asked you! I sure didn't! I don't know who you are... but just leave me a lone and let me leave in the morning so I can go home!" whined Yugi crying. " I just want to go home,"

" I am called Bakura, the Son of the great Vampire Ryo... and I am afraid I can't let you leave for many reasons!" stated Bakura boldly as he removed his pants, leaving him in his naked glory. " If I were to let you leave in the morning, there would be complications that threaten your life... for example... the sunlight. You are one of the damned now... and so you must live in shadows!"

" W-What?! A vampire...?! It can't be... thats, thats impossible! Your lying!" yelled Yugi with confusion. " Vampires aren't real! They are just a legend, a myth!"

" Hmn, or so they say, But obviously the myths are real... if they weren't I wouldn't be standing here before you now!" argued Bakura as he put both hands on his hips and grinned. " I'm sorry to say, but... vampires are very much real...!"

" Uhh... WHY ARE YOU NAKED!?! Please put some clothes on!" blushed Yugi a deep shade of crimson and covered his eyes with both hands.

" Oh, whats the matter, are you a shamed of my naked body?! Theres nothing to worry about... I'm not going to bite... not much anyways!" teased Bakura as he wrapped his arms around Yugi's slender shoulders. " If I prove it to you that I am a vampire and that you are too, will you stay here with me?"

" ... Yeah... if you prove it. If you can't convince me then... I will...stay! I have where else to go anyways." agreed Yugi meekly as he blushed a bit more and shuddered at the thought of how he could 'show' him that they both were vampires. " And... I'm not exactly comfortable seeing a stranger of the same sex naked before me...and thats hanging over me!"

" Hmn, no problems... I will prove it to you without fail! I hope you are ready for something like this my little friend!" commented Bakura with a wicked grin. ( I really hope you are ready for this little adventure, or else...)

Here you go, the 4th chapter, and I made it another Cliffy!