A few hours ago Joey Wheeler had been on his way to pick up his visiting sister when someone snuck up behind him and knocked him unconscious. When he woke up he found himself chained to something, blindfolded, and gagged. Wherever he was he knew he must be outside because he could hear the sound of rain drops pouring on the ground. It was also very drafty. Eventually after what seemed like forever someone took off his blindfold. He was on top of one of the towers on the suspension bridge outside the Domino city limits. Even more frightening was the person standing in front of him.

"No…"

"Hi." replied Mai Valentine.

Joey hadn't seen Mai since the duel that cost him his soul back when he, Yugi, and the others were fighting Dartz. Joey thought he had saved Mai from the darkness. But here she was standing in front of him dressed in scarlet and black, her eyes were crimson, her hair and skin were a lot paler than he remembered. And behind that red lipstick he saw fangs.

"What's wrong Joseph? Aren't you glad to see me?" she said taking off his mouth gag.

"So what thirty pieces of silver were promised to you this time?" he asked angrily.

Mai smiled, "No one chooses to become this. But I have been promised one thing in return for my services."

"And what could Prince Vlad possibly have that you want that would persuade you to kill me?"

Mai started laughing.

"I don't want to kill you, what would I do without you? Go back to ripping off rich gamblers? No… No. You… complete me."

"What are you talking about?"

"After that Oricalcos fiasco I went on a quest of self discovery. You see Joseph overtime I realized that I had been too focused on the material world, and lost track of all that really mattered. All the talk about material things and being on top of the world being the key to happiness, it's a bad joke. All that gives you is temporary satisfaction, and even if I could become the number one duelist in the world someday someone will take that from me, like Yugi did to Kaiba. I never asked for Prince Vlad to make me like this, but he has nonetheless."

"Mai, where are you going with this?"

"Why it's simple … Now that I can live forever… What do I live for? That's where you come in Joey…"

Mai touched Joey on the cheek. Her hand was like dry ice. Joey shirked away from it.

"What's wrong Joey? I know you've always wanted me." she said smiling.

"Not like this… Never like this."

"True… Vampires and mortals are a little incompatible… So we'll have to fix that."

Mai knelt down in front of him. Joey tried pulling at the chains, but it was no use.

"You look nervous." said Mai "Don't worry I won't bite… Hard."

Mai grabbed him and Joey saw clearly the sharp pointed fangs in her mouth advancing on his neck.

"No… No! NO!"

But for some reason she stopped.

"Hmm… I can see you're not in the mood… So I'll have to get you in the mood… With a duel."

Mai grabbed the chains that bound Joey to the tower and broke them with her bare hand.

"Let's see if you're still as fun as I remember you to be."

"I can't duel her, she's probably got that Curse of Nosferatu thing Yugi was talking about." Joey thought.

Mai looked Joey in the eyes and he became lost in her gaze.

"I know you can't resist me Joey, or my will. You will get up and you will duel me."

Joey couldn't stop himself. He stood up and activated his duel disk.

"Good boy."

Mai leapt all the way over to the other side of the tower. Joey wondered how she could have possibly done that, but then remembered that she had become a vampire. She activated her duel disk.

"Let's duel!"

"Since you're such a gentleman I know you will have no problem with it if I go first. I'll just summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn."

"Big mistake Mai… I've got a card in my hand that scares any face down monsters… I summon Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke!"

(ATK: 1800 DEF: 1000)

"Whenever he attacks a face down defense position monster it's automatically destroyed by his effect without applying damage calculation. Sasuke, attack!"

Sasuke jumped into the air and threw his two daggers at Mai's facedown monster. It was automatically destroyed.

"And I'll end my turn by playing one card facedown."

"Impressive… Since Joey technically destroyed my Birdface with an effect instead of an attack I don't get to use it's effect to bring a Harpie Lady to my hand… Minor setback."

Mai drew her card.

"Yes… First I'll summon Harpie Queen!"

(ATK: 1900 DEF: 1200)

"That's a new one." said Joey

"Wait till you see it in action. But first I activate the field spell Harpies' Hunting Ground! This field spell increases the attack points of all winged beast monsters by 200."

(ATK: 2100)

"Now let's double the fun with Elegant Egotist! In case you've forgotten when I have a Harpie Lady on my side of the field I can use this spell card to special summon another one from my hand or deck, and I think I'll choose Harpie Lady 1!"

(ATK: 1300 DEF: 1400)

"And not only does she get a boost from Harpies' Hunting Ground, but her special ability increases the attack points of all wind attribute monsters by 300."

(Harpie Queen ATK: 2400)

(Harpie Lady 1 ATK: 1800)

"That's not good." said Joey.

"It's getting better by the minute. Since I just summoned a Harpie Lady, I can activate the second effect of Harpies' Hunting Ground, which let's me destroy one spell or trap card on your side of the field."

Mai's Harpie Lady 1 shredded Joey's facedown Magical Arm Shield with its talons.

"No! Now my Ninja is defenseless!"

"And now Joey, the card that will finally bring us together… The Curse of Nosferatu!"

The hideous skull with blood stained fangs appeared.

"Thanks to this all my monsters become vampires and their attack points increase by 500!"

Both Mai's Harpie Queen and Harpie Lady 1 turned pale colors, their wings changed to resemble those of a bat, their eyes turned crimson, they grew fangs, and their attack points increased.

(ATK: 2900)

(ATK: 2300)

"Vampire Harpie Lady 1, destroy his Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke!"

Joey's Ninja was sliced by the Vampire Harpie's talons.

(Joey: 3500)

"Now Vampire Harpie Queen, attack him directly!"

Joey felt a sharp pain as the vampire Harpie slashed him with her talons. Now he started to feel drained. He knew he was paying not just with his life points, but with his own blood as well.

(Joey: 600)

"It won't be long now… Soon you and I will be together forever!"