Blue Kitsune: Sorry I'm late with the update on the story but I just had to finish things up before placing episode two on. Episode one is here and I hope you enjoy reading it! Read and Review!
Chapter Six: Showdown at the bridge, secret revealed
Téa had just reached the apartment when Yayoi's car screeched over towards her and popped her head right out. "Get in!"
"Yayoi what's wrong?" She asked as she took the passenger side and grabbed on tightly to the dashboards as the car zoomed with lightening speed. "It's the breed, it attack again at the bridge. We better get there before it gets away."
"Oh god," She said as Guni floated out of her hair. "Yayoi let's hurry, step on it!" She said and Yayoi didn't need to be told twice, she was going 60mph. They reached the bridge to see a couple cars crash together, but that's not what shocked Téa the most.
One of them was a black limo. The same limo Seto and Mokuba had gone in.
She ran over to the vehicle and yanked open the back door. Mokuba laid on his back, unconscious but still breathing. She checked and saw he had barely any injuries except for a couple bruises. Guni popped her head out and saw the kid lying there.
"He looks ok, but where's the older one, Kaiba?" Suddenly they heard Mokuba groaned. Guni went back into hiding as he opened his eyes and saw Tea staring down at him.
"W-what happened...the last thing I can recall was seeing something big and monster-like crashing into the front window and..." He looked around him seeing his brother wasn't by him. "Where's Seto? Where's my brother?"
Téa looked around the area. She tried to see where Kaiba could have gone if maybe he had survived and went in search for help or if anyone else was injured.
It could be possible that he moved away from the scene and fainted or....
She hoped it wasn't that as she tried to push that thought away. She turned to stare at Mokuba. "Don't worry I'll find Seto for you, I promise." She saw Yayoi coming up to them. "Yayoi, you and Guni stay here and watch Mokuba. I'm going to look for Seto." And she rushed off before the two had anything to say. All she was concerned about was Seto and if he survived. Please let him be all right? Don't let him be hurt or dead.
She looked around on the bridge, searching everywhere but found something on the ground. It was blue and familiar.
She picked it up and saw it was Seto's tie. He's around here somewhere and still alive if the breed didn't kill him. I just hope that he's.... She held the tie in her hands and then saw a shadow loomed over her from behind. She turned around to see Kaiba standing over her.
"Seto..." She whispered. He looked down at her and she saw there was something wrong with him. His face taken a skeleton like structure, skin drawn tight. His white suit had been ripped and torn. His eyes sunken in, but instead of his normal blue eyes she saw they were red with dilated white pupils. He looked emaciated and his forehead had been bleeding a little, to leave him unconscious, enough for the breed to take control over his body.
She was afraid she knew what her answer was when she saw him. He had been taken over by the breed.
"Tell me something you damn wretched breed?" She spat, "Were you the one also responsible for killing those other innocents six years ago? Does this name ring a bell? Ryu Koki, Seto and Mokuba's father?"
The breed smiled, revealing it's long sharpen teeth, "I see you been doing your research. I don't know that name, but yes I did killed those people long ago. I needed a body desperately and all those people were just perfect to test out, to try and take over." It laughed again. "Now that I answered your stupid question, I think it's time for you to die--" It was cut short as it was gagging and choking and she heard it voice changed.
Seto's.
He sounded torn, angry and most of all in rage. She knew that somewhere in there, that Seto could still be conscious and that he heard what the breed said.
"Y-you...killed...my-father!...after all...those years...in torture-and-in-pain...with Gozaburo....you're-the one to-blame-for all this!"
She heard him howled, "You monster!!! I won't....let...you...hurt her...not Téa...unless I kill-you first bastard!" Téa watched as she saw the two struggle to take control, Seto and the breed. She wasn't sure if Seto was strong enough while outcold when the breed took over, but she hope he could.
She yelled, "Release Seto! His...body...doesn't belong....to....you!" "Never! I'll never release him!" The breed screamed. "You can do nothing to stop me while I have you in my grasp!" It yelled in pain again and it's strangle on Téa's neck loosen and that all that she needed. The breed looked at the Téa in his hands and watched as she vanished, the hands that gripped her neck held nothing but air. It left the breed shocked and angry.
"What the--?" It snarled, where did the bitch go off to?
"You know that was my shadow you were holding by the way." What?! All of a sudden, the breed-possessed body of Seto Kaiba felt strong arms grab him, then felt sharp fangs at his neck. The breed tried to struggle but Téa, the vampiress was stronger, she held him tight in a steel vise-like grip. The breed continued to struggled as it screamed in anger.
"No, you-you must be a vampire! But how? How is it possible that you're on the side of the humans?!" It let out an inhuman roar of mingled pain and rage as Téa sucked the breed out. Once she had it in her mouth, she spat out the ebon apparition to the ground. She looked at the muck, "I don't know, maybe because I still have a human heart." She placed Seto down on the ground. She noticed he was back to his normal self but was barely conscious and breathing.
"Seto!" She turned around and saw three figures coming over, Guni and Yayoi in back while Mokuba way up ahead, running over towards her and Seto.
"Seto!" Mokuba ran to his brother's side. He looked at his brother then right up at her. "Is he going to be ok?"
Téa nodded. "Yeah, he just been overwrought that's all." She looked over to the two brothers again and smiled down at the little boy. "Ah I hate to break this precious moment but that breed is still on the loose." Yayoi said as she and Guni showed up.
Tea nodded and wasted no time, she ran towards where the car pile was and search for the breed and found it over at the crash site. She saw it tried to take over a multilane body. It did not succeed as it had planned. Téa bit her finger and created a blood sword. She attack it and watched it back away, then snuck up behind her and bit right into her shoulder. "AGGHH!!!!" She cried as the breed bit deep into her flesh and pulled back, releasing her blood all over the ground.
Téa, on one knee gripping in pain, watched the breed try to find an uninjured corpse to use. She quickly followed pace and went over towards the breed.
"You cannot find a body in those conditions by that you have caused to carnage. So prepare to return to the eternal darkness." She stabbed it in-betweens the eyes and watched as it disparate before her into nothing but ashes. When it was gone, she fell down on both knees, the blood sword fell and dropped into a puddle of blood. She held her shoulder and saw her own blood seeping through her fingers. She could feel her head going empty and darkness engulfing her before she heard Guni call out to her.
"Téa!" Guni and Yayoi got to her aide and Yayoi picked Tea up gently. She looked at Yayoi and whispered in a voice so soft it seem to be the wind talking. "Yayoi....I need...." She didn't have to say anything else as Yayoi lowered her choker and grabbed Téa's face and leaned her against her neck. Tea's fangs grew and she bit down hard and drank...
Kaiba moaned as he opened his eyes to see Mokuba standing over him. "Seto, you're all right." Kaiba nodded and Mokuba wrapped his arms around his brother and hugged him. He winced in pain. "Oops, sorry are you sure you're ok."
"Yeah I'm fine it's just, Uhh...?" He looked around him and saw the wreck of cars there. "Mokuba what happened here, what's been going on?!"
"Seto don't you remember anything? Téa came and save you and then she chased something with a sword that just appeared out of nowhere. It was so freaky yet so cool! She--"
"Oh god," Memories started to flood back into his mind. The last thing he could remember before losing conscious was nearly choking her, but it wasn't him, it was the monster who took control of him and...
"Oh no, Téa!" He lunged up painfully, his ribs hurt and a sharp pain ran down his back. But that didn't matter to him. He needed to find her and see if she was all right. Please let her be! "Téa!" He screamed again. He ran right towards where the crash site was and saw two figures standing by, unaware of his presence. He walked a little closer to see. Téa and Yayoi.
"What the..." He stared in shocked disbelief as he saw Téa holding Yayoi in her arms, biting into her neck, drinking.
Drinking Yayoi's blood....
Kaiba was flabbergasted. He couldn't believe it, he just couldn't. He took a step closer to them. "Tea...."
Téa looked up and noticed him standing by. A trail of blood trickled down from the corner of her lips and on the long canine teeth she had. Instead of seeing her beautiful sky blue eyes, he saw they were glowing gold and cat-like that held a predatory look in those depths, showing power and hunger and fear.
What in the world?.... She can't be, can she?
"Téa what-what?" Téa used the back of her hand to wipe the blood away and looked at him with those same golden eyes but they now held a depth of...pity.
"I guess you know the truth now, of what I am. I'm not human. I am a vampire, a creature of darkness. The same kind as to the one who just attack you and had taken control of your body."
"You mean the one, that creature that killed my...?"
Téa nodded sadly.
"Yes, that was the same one that caused the car crash and killed your father six years ago."
"And you're a...a....vampire?!" He asked in total shock, still a little confused to believe what he was hearing. Vampires, monsters of darkness, this was all crazy. Then out of nowhere Kaiba saw a small green pixie fluttering by Tea and Yayoi. Guni flew over to Kaiba.
"That's right! She's a vampire and that means she drinks blood! You get it, not cocoa! Blood! Got that Einstein!" He looked at the imp oddly and pointed at it. "What is this, this thing floating in the air? A imp or something?"
"What!" Guni flew to his face, "The name's Guni. And listen, for your information I'm not a thing, I'm a pixie! Got that, not imp, pixie! Get that through your thick skull you clueless bozo CEO of a rich company. But don't you dare think that I'm --"
"Guni, enough." Téa said and she looked back towards Kaiba. "Please understand, my purpose in this existence...which I even call a 'life' is to track and hunt down demonic creatures called 'Nightbreeds'. Beings who seek to be in the light by possessing human bodies. I wouldn't blame you if you hate me and wish to never see me again. I understand...We belong to different worlds, you in the light with your kind, me in the forever darkness." She started to get up, helping Yayoi to her feet, she looked one more time at him. "Guess this is farewell then, I'm truly sorry for all this. I'll be leaving now, goodbye Seto...."
Kaiba watched as the two women and the strange pixie vanished into the night. Kaiba had wanted to shout out to her to not go, but she had already disappeared before he had a chance to say them.
The ambulance arrived followed by police cars and newsvans in less than an hour. Kaiba and Mokuba had been the only ones to survive and the news people were all over them, asking questions as to what happened. Kaiba ignored their question while the two headed to the ambulance van. Kaiba sat down on the side, after news crew and police went to investigate more on the scene and left them alone. Sitting there as Mokuba was being checked on for any serious injuries. Kaiba looked far down the bridge, wondering about Tea and what she had told him.
A vampire...a creature of darkness?
If she was a vampire, then did that make her almost like that breed that killed his father? He recalled what the breed said before as it and Tea had struggled behind.
No, you-you must be a vampire! But how? How is it possible that you're on the side of the humans?!
I don't know, maybe because I still have a human heart.
Could someone as a monster, a vampire have a human heart? Vampires were evil and bloodthirsty all the time like in all legends and myths, but she was so sweet and sincere, pure of heart...
While he was thinking this, one of the paramedic came up to him and said, "You know, apart from a couple of bruises and your hit on the head, you and your brother are all right, mister Kaiba. You got to be the two luckiest guys to survive this." Kaiba looked up at him and then exhaled a little bit of air before saying, "Yeah I guess lucky." He then stared ahead again, lost in thought. Tea....
Well you won't have to worry about that anymore, then she listened as the news talked of how out of the deaths, two people survived: Seto and Mokuba Kaiba. Well that's good to hear, for now at least. She turned off the TV and picked up her CD player. She put her headphones on and pressed play. Evanescence sang their haunting melody out to her.
I'm so tired of being here
suppressed by all of my childish fears
and if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
because your presence still lingers here
and it won't leave me alone
these wounds won't seem to heal
this pain is just too real
there's just too much that time cannot erase
when you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
when you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
and I've held your hand through all of these years
but you still have all of me
She listened, each of the lyrics stung her like a thousand knives as she thought of Seto. Him, thinking she was just a normal girl but so much more than he imagine. She remembered the first day at school just a few days before when she sat next to him. His cold blue eyes held fire in those depths as she had stared in his when she took her sunglasses off. A gaze that seem to have hold much coldness but she knew he had secrets and so did she.
you used to captivate me
by your resonating light
but now I'm bound by the life you left behind
your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams
your voice it chased away all the sanity in me
Why am I feeling this? I shouldn't have to feel like this, should I?
these wounds won't seem to heal
this pain is just too real
there's just too much that time cannot erase
when you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
when you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
and I've held your hand through all of these years
but you still have all of me
She had revealed her secret to him, she wanted herself to move on with her life and forget him, but had she really wanted that?
And did he? The first kiss they shared still burned inside her mind and she wished to taste that lingering taste again. I can't, no I can't be....
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
and though you're still with me
I've been alone all along
She turned off the player, feeling she had heard enough and laid back on the couch, staring at the ceiling absently. What's going on inside me? I feel like I lost a part of myself just now. It happening whenever I'm thinking of...
The phone rang, the perfect distraction to stop the thoughts from entering her mind. She picked it up on the third ring and answered, "Hello?"
"Téa, it's Yayoi."
"Hey how did things go with H.Q.?"
"They were satisfied with the report once they saw we did it without any complication or the press finding out about the breed. In fact, the chief wants me to do even harder cases, which means an even bigger payment and offered a raise too. Sounds nice huh? So how about tonight we go out and celebrate for this wonderful new deal?"
"I don't think I'm in the mood Yayoi." She said. Silence on the other end.
"I see... listen I be back in a couple of hours. I'll get some takeout, Chinese ok, bye."
"Bye." And hung up and flopped back down on the sofa. Guni floated over and sat on the cushion beside her. "Miss him huh? Why don't you call him or go to his office and see how he's doing instead of being a couch potato all day?" Téa looked over at her.
"Guni you wouldn't understand. People meet and people part, and I'm not like other people remember? I've been a vampire for so long I know that he wouldn't accept me after what I told him." She knew that much was true, but then why did she feel so empty inside all of a sudden?
Maybe I...I...
Téa sighed and laid her face in the cushion. I can't take this anymore, why does this have to happened to me? She thought when she heard the doorbell rang.
"Just go away, leave me be..." She mumbled through the soft fabric. It ranged again and again, the person outside didn't seem that they want to leave. Téa snarled as she got up and headed to the door.
"Look whoever you are, I swear if you don't stop that, I'll--" When Tea opened it, she was taken by full surprised as Kaiba stood outside in the hallway. The words she was going to say dropped out of her mouth all at once when she saw him. "Seto!"
He smiled at her wearily as he looked at her. "Hey Téa, mind I come in?" She nodded and he step in. She closed the door behind and then looked at what was in his hands, a bouquet of black roses. She looked at him questioningly. "Oh these are for you. I didn't know what kind you like so I tried to pick the most...unique ones to you."
He cleared his throat as he said, "Téa...I first want to thank you for saving my life tonight and that I was...well kind of surprised of what I learn about you. I thought you were mysterious but never knew you like that. Anyways, I had been thinking of what you said and I think you're wrong."
"Wrong? How?" She was curious by what he meant by that.
"You said you belong in the dark with those breeds, but you don't. You're full of light and life and you have a human heart like you said."
"And I thought you had been unconscious when I said that." She said. But she listened as Kaiba continued. "Téa, I know you think we are different in kinds, but you proved to be human with your heart and that's the truth. And well I know you are probably going to need someone you can trust when you on the 'nightbreeds' hunts and I'll be willing to help and...." He was stopped as Tea placed a finger to his lips to shush him.
She looked deep into his eyes and said, "Seto, you talk too much ...."
And she smiled as she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him down for a kiss. He kissed back and wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him. Her lips felt warm and soft as they brush his own. It felt like heaven again for the second time just like the first, they thought, an ever-binding chance to seem to last forever. Unfortunately, the kiss lasted about five minutes before Guni decide to ruin the moment.
"Eww, you two are very weird, to be just kissing when Kaiba knows what you are Tea." She started to do choking sounds as she flew towards them. "And please I just ate, can't you two do it somewhere else!" They turned and glared at her.
"Guni go find someone else to bother, we're busy." Both said at the same time, then laughed when they realized what they did.
Guni 'hmmp' and flew towards the kitchen.
"Is she always like this?" Kaiba asked. Téa nodded. "Yes, she can be that way sometimes, trust me. And I think she starting like you a bit with her being at her highest annoyances." Kaiba smiled. "So how about we go celebrate by getting you a special bloody Mary from the nearest blood bank, my treat."
She laughed and leaned against him. "Okay that sounds like a perfect plan. Guni do you want to come with us?"
"And hang out with you weirdos while you're smooching, no thanks!" Guni said as she flew over to them, "But I have no choice, seeing I got to keep an eye on you two anyways, understand?" They walked out of the apartment together, Kaiba and Téa lacing their hands together as they strolled out into the night.
A man watched in the silent darkness as he watched his beloved go with her 'friends'. 'Soon you will be my side again my lovely dearest'. And disappeared into the shadow to where he hence came.