Chapter eight: Threats concur and taking away a life already gone
Yoko was home inside her apartment. Her clothes lying astray in the hallway, covered in mud and blood. She stood inside the shower, taking a long cold one, washing away the remains of it that was all over her hands and face and watched the red gooey blood went down the drain.
"What's happening to me, what's going on...." She asked herself. She remembered those carniv-orous feelings she been having these last few days. The need to eat raw flesh like an animal had been overwhelming and she could hardly control herself over what she had done. The way she killed those dogs and devoured their internal organs as it seem to be the only means for her to survive. "In God's name, what have I done?"
She turned off the water and stared at her own reflection in the shower mirror. Only now it belong to someone else as she saw it's demonic eyes staring at her from the reflection's surface.
"Is that really you, you the very monster Yukie was fighting against? The one who forced her to hunt and kill like a wild beast? And while she was still performing, she was still being taunted and control by the likes of you? Well answer me damnit!" The thing only smirked and then started to laughed at her, enjoying her in lost hope enjoying as Yoko squirmed under it's power. This got her even more angry. How dare it mock me! She would not fall under this thing easily.
"I will not lose! If Yukie may have had you inside herself and survive your endless torture, well so can I!" She shouted and slammed her fist in the mirror, but the thing she had saw and hit through the cracked image was only her own reflection.
Damn that monster! Cursing the thing inside might have been the best she could ever do, even though the thing was she as well as it did own her very own soul...
The doorbell rang after Yoko finished taking her shower and had gotten in her bathrobe. Who could it be? She wondered, coming over late and at the worst time possible...
She went over to the front and opened it. Standing in her doorway was the same girl who had been with the police officer at the theater a few days ago.
"You again! I thought I told you all the information you goddamn need, so why don't you go and leave me the Hell alon--"
"You think you can hide the evidence so easily by washing it all down the gutter when it's only buried deeper than you think. You can never rid the stench of blood that had been condemned by your very own hands. It swept into your soul no matter how many times you try to clean it up and start off fresh."
Téa stepped inside the room before Yoko could react as she barged into her place. All Yoko could think was hearing those exact words in her mind, repeating over and over what she said.
No way but how she?! Her mind was racking with all sorts of questions just now. How much does this kid know? Did she tell others about it? What does she want, to ruin me before I even started?!
Yoko's eyes followed in frightful fear, watching in growing aspersion as Tea took a seat on her couch. She was now much afraid of this girl now after what she had said was so much as true. No way, she's just a kid, a kid with a sashy bad ass mouth attitude! You're a adult actress and she's just a street mouth punk bitch! She kept reassuring this in mind as she stared steely at her, trying to keep the upper hand.
"What the Hell is it you want from me now this time?!" She snapped, her voice though with all her might she tried not to, was on the edge of breaking down because of the fear and hatred she held towards her 'visitor'.
Téa looked steel-cold at her, just as Yoko did to her before, only hers was much icier and much more piercing as it could seem to sent icicle down Yoko's spine. Her body was already shaken up but now it was feeling that she was about ready to crumble under this girl's deadly glare.
"First I must ask you to stop referring to me as 'kid' or a 'smart-mouth ass bitch' if that was what also you were thinking. I find that completely rude and indecent to consider when we are to discuss the matter at hand as grown adult, unlike some people." She said, her voice turning into a snarling growl towards Yoko.
"Second the only thing I want is to only help you out of this ordeal before it's too late. I know what's been going on and that I'm sure you wouldn't have the idea or clue to understand even if you tried. To understand would be highly impossible in one in a million chances."
"And what is that I'm suppose to understand that I don't pray tell?!" She spat angrily.
Tea crossed her arms and stared at her with a calm endure stare with no less emotion as Yoko did for her. "There are two kinds in this world that should never be crossed with. One has the ability to carry light, and the other carries darkness. There are creatures that dwell in that darkness is beyond human's understanding and knowledge. Those creatures I speak of are ones that seek a place to take refuge in the light, but in order to do so Ms. Asahina, they prey on humans. They are what I call 'nightbreeds', and in case you 're wondering what any of this has to do with you, I believe a breed could have been responsible for what happened to Ms. Tsukimura, your late mentor and is happening now to you. If you don't get rid of it soon, you'll be consumed into the darkness as well." Yoko stared at her disbelieving, frightened that this kid, no person knew so much of what she was having to deal with.
How could she know so much, could it be possible she know something or...
"Who are you?! How do you know these things!"
Téa was silent as she slowly spoke for Yoko to understand, like talking to a stubborn child who couldn't get it. Which is exactly what she is.
"I am not a creature of darkness, nor am I of the light. But I help those people who stray from the light to save them from the eternity of a living hell in darkness. I can help if you would allow me--"
"No, stop, stop! I don't want to hear anymore! Creatures of darkness, nightbreeds, ridicules! You hear me, ridicules! Get out before I decide to call the police!" Téa stood up, gracefully and with an air of significant.
"Very well then," She walked over passed Yoko towards the door and looked over her shoulder to stare straight right again at her. "But let me make one thing crystal clear to you, Ms. Yoko Asahina. That you are under my watchful eye at this time, and I swear that if I see that you even allow that breed to dare take a person out of their own life or by your own will by which you picked to condemned, I'll have no choice or any regrets as whatsoever as to hunting you down and kill you."
Her eyes turn slit and catlike as she looked at Yoko and then left her apartment. Yoko seemed more scared of the strange girl who had been in her room. Her heartbeat rapidly and it seem to take forever for it to calm down.
What in heaven's name was she? Just then her phone rang and she picked it, startled but relief for the distraction. She wiped her head from the thought. The very idea!? Who did she think she is! I will not lose myself to this thing, this...breed as she called it! I will not listen to some little brat's threat! Never!
"Hello?"
"Remember my warning..." Then the line went completely dead.
Outside in the pouring rain.
Téa waited over by a black phone booth as she finished making the call to Seto's to come and picked her up. Ten minutes later, a black Ferrari pulled up to the side of where she was. She open the passenger door and stepped in. Kaiba pull the gear in shift and started the engine once more and drove back home. When he made a turn down one street and reached a red light, he looked at her. "Well?"
"It's her all right."
What else is new? He thought. "If this were foul play, she would be the number one suspect in my book."
Téa nodded. "Seto tell me something? Have you ever heard that the devil will grant you three wish in exchange for your soul?"
He raised an eyebrow at the question. "Like a genie?"
"No, genie have free bystanders. However this is a one-deal signing. No backing out or release from, no loophole or escapes. A permanent bond agreement from the day the ink is signed and dried on the paper." Kaiba whistled. "Ok, so what your saying is Yoko sold her soul to a breed?!"
Tea nodded gravely. "I'm afraid I didn't get to the worst part yet. The breeds likes certain type of souls. Souls that have bad dirty karma. Stealing, lying, killing, jealousy....you name it, the human's emotions and reactions are caused by anything can turn the soul twisted and dark and make it become less of a...soul. They'd suck the negative energy and consume more of the person's life and leave them hanging dry as they take more control over the body."
"So they gets more out from the deal instead of what some would think. They take both control of the body and keep the soul as a side-dish."
"Exactly and that this particular breed we have worries me. It won't be eating animal parts much longer once it had the taste of human flesh..." Kaiba reached the mansion and parked it in the driveway, leaving the keys for the driver to place in the garage. "Let's just hope it's not anytime soon." He said.
Theater Distract Yoko's Dressing room
Yoko was sitting in her dressing room, preparing for tonight's performance when her manager came in. "Um Yoko...I think you been working hard on this and it seems to making you overstress yourself a bit. The committed decide you should have a understudy so in case that this stress might well...." A young woman stepped into the room. Yoko looked by the mirror but pretend not to notice her at all. The manager continued. "As you can see I agree with their choice. She will be watching you tonight and the next few so she can get it right."
They left the room, Yoko's manager and the new 'understudy' leaving her to frustrated herself over this new matter at hand. That committed, replacing her with that....that understudy. How dare they! Try to do something like this, giving her another competition to try and steal her spotlight?! Her eye were glowering and her hair started to twitch with silver hairs sweeping underneath.
I get that little bitch, one way or another...
KaibaCorps
Téa was at work with Kaiba again after school. She was still his secretary and had plans to keep the job. Plus it was easier to discuss things at hand in privacy when they couldn't during school.
She was just getting him some coffee, he was sitting typing on the laptop while Mokuba and Guni were in a heated battle as they played a game of Monopoly. She refilled Kaiba's cup when his phone ranged and he answered. "Kaiba."
He listened and then handed Téa the phone. She heard something in the background, sounding like moving crates and cars. Yayoi's voice shouted over the sounds to her.
"Téa, it's Yayoi! Get to the warehouse district immediately, right this second. Just hurry no time for question, I'll explain later!"
Yayoi had hung up before Tea could asked what it was. She looked over at Kaiba who had a certain idea what it was.
"Go take my car. It's the red Mercedes." He threw the keys to her as she and Guni left down for the employee parking lot. Oh god this is bad, I can tell, something had just happened and I'm afraid to know what it is.
Yayoi was waiting by the police yellow line as she saw a red car zooming in and screeching to a halt. Téa jumped out and walked over to her. She and Yayoi cross the tape to where the scene lied. A body of a young woman lying on the ground, pieces were torn out, organs missing, her face blue, showing signs of being choked to death. Damn! This is not good, not good at all! Téa lead down closer and saw the silvery hairs around her neck.
Double damn!
"That happens to been miss Yoko Asahina's understudy from what we got from the manager when we called to identify her."
Why that no good twisted little...Téa thought as she got up and abruptly moved away from the body. Yayoi watched as she rushed back into her car and made the tires burn rubber. Guni flew on her side as they drove to get away from the pier.
"I warned her," Téa said in a suppressed angry tone. "I warned her what would happen if the breed within her started to take lives. She didn't listen and this is the result. And for what? All so she could be a great star of the stage. That bitch! She going to pay!"
"Téa watch out!" Guni yelled as the construction machine came alive and started to rain down on them. Téa turned the wheel to avoid the falling objects. One of them hit the car so hard, it jump in the air, Téa and Guni lunged out and to the side as the car crash down hard to the ground. She looked over at Guni. "You ok?" She nodded, then saw Yayoi coming their way.
"Téa, behind you!" She screamed as Téa turned and saw the shadows beneath them become alive. Becoming amorphous masses bent on killing her and her friends. Yayoi whipped out her gun and started shooting. Téa, her eyes glowing golden, bit her finger to produce a blood blade. Guni flew around, dodging the attacks of the killer shadows.
"Whoa! This is getting way outta hand!" She cried. The three were fighting and dodging the ebon spikes at once as they thrust left and right and taking blows wherever they got. Yayoi fired, while Téa slashing away with Guni shooting lightning blasts.
Téa dodged one spike as she headed to her left, when one of them caught her by surprise in the back.
"Téa!" Yayoi and Guni screamed as more of these spikes speared her. Téa could feel the pain drive right home deep inside herself as she lost much of her blood through her chest. Guni flew up and hit them with her magic lightening while Tea hacked away at the shadowy mass, driving it off until it released and drop her.
Yayoi ran to where she had fallen. She helped Téa back to her feet and dragged her to her own car. Tea had been riddled with wounds that would have killed an ordinary human. As it was, she was barely alive. Yayoi called Kaiba on her cellphone, explaining to him what happened. She heard the phone clicked off and pulled the car in reverse and drove.
"Yoko is so going to pay dearly for what she done." But first she and Guni had to help Téa stay alive.
Kaiba arrived at the apartment just a few minutes after Yayoi did. When he had gotten news of what happened and Tea getting injured, he rushed right out of his office and zoomed in the second Mercedes he had. He stormed into the living room and saw Téa and gasped. Sweet Jesus?! He thought as he looked over at her. She was lying on her back, the white linen bandages wrapped around her body stopped further bleeding but the blood shown through huge red spots. She was so pale and was barely breathing at all that he thought that she might actually be dead. Kaiba stared at her then at Yayoi, worry and fearful dread in his eyes. Will she be all right Yayoi? Well will she?! His gaze staring over at her with those questions in thought.
She said nothing as she pulled out a switchblade from her pocket and brought it to her wrist, slicing a vein open. Kaiba watched as she squeeze it over Téa's opened mouth and then pressed her thumb to stop the cut. She looked over at him.
"You're going to have to do this in order for her to gain her strength back, understand?" He nodded. He watched as she walked away towards the door, adjusting a new clip to her gun.
"Where are you going?" Kaiba asked but he already knew the answer right before Yayoi walked out and slammed the door hard on the way out. She was going to go after the breed, the one who did this to Téa.
Yoko Asahina.
He grew angry as he thought of that woman. Damn that bitch, Yoko. I hope she rots in Hell for what she done. He pulled up a chair towards the couch where Téa laid.
Poor Tea....
He moved her brown bangs aside from her face and whispered so as to let no one else, not even himself hear him say, "Téa...don't die, please don't I beg you. I..I..." He caressed the side of her face and then felt her head turn towards it as he pressed it gently to her warmed skin.
Seto.... He thought he heard his name being called and looked down at Téa. She was barely conscious but he could hear her groan, meaning she was alive. She's alive! She was going to live but still the only way she could live was if she drink more blood. As Yayoi had show to him, Kaiba cut and poured the blood from his wrist.
C'mon, you've got to recover! You've just got to! Just please don't die on me yet, just don't leave me! He thought as he watched as the blood dripped down into her waiting mouth...
Theater, Yoko's Perfermance 'Silver Rain'
Yoko was finishing the act of her life, when suddenly the breed started to take full control of her. No, she thought, I'm the star, this can't happened. I'm about to bring my audience to tears.
"No!" She screamed as suddenly the breed took over and killed one of the actors on stage. People screamed as they watched this happened. Yayoi arrived at the theater where Yoko was performing in a play, she whipped out her gun, pointed it at Yoko on the stage.
"Freeze!" She yelled but it was too late. The breed had completely taken over Yoko's body and flew past Yayoi and up to the rooftop. Yayoi followed in hot pursuit of her foe. When she got to the roof, she saw no one there. She looked around herself as she saw the gargoyles suddenly come alive and shot out their shadows and snaring her before she had time to move. The sky was dark as a storm was brewing in the sky, thunder and lightening shook the sky. Yayoi's grip on her gun was lost as she struggled against the hairs around her arms and legs. Then she heard a laughter coming from above and there it was the whitish apparition, the breed.
"So you thought you could stop me from taking this body. Hmm you thought wrong. This one was much easier to break then all the others." It drew back it's lips as it looked at Yayoi tastily. "All I ever ask from my fellow actress for were the taste of flesh."
"You were the one who possessed Yukie Tsukimura, didn't you?" Yayoi yelled, "Then Yoko offered herself and you left Yukie."
"A very good observation my dear police officer but soon your knowledge and yourself shall be in oblivion!" The breed laughed as it was about to do the final blow to Yayoi, ending her life in an instant. And then out of nowhere, little red balls were shoot at her, forcing the breed to back away.
Yayoi looked to the side, glad to see the ones who save her. Kaiba was leaning Téa to his side as she raised her hand from her mouth.
"I'm not finished with you yet you goddamn bitch breed!" Téa told the nightbreed as she glared at it.
"Kaiba! Téa! Glad to see you alright! Hurry!" Yayoi shouted as Téa moved away from Kaiba and he ran to where Yayoi was and made grab for her gun. He shot at the breed, a few were dodge, but he got some hits and the silver took effect to weakening it.
Time to end this! Téa bit her finger once more and threw the blood sword right at the breed. It hit straight into it's head. Suddenly lightning came down and hit the sword, striking down the nightbreed as it was electrocuted it to a crisp.
Kaiba watched the horror and when the smoke cleared, the body of the young actress, Yoko was all that remained, the breed terminated.
Kaiba helped Yayoi out of the hairs and then rushed over toward Téa. She stood near the body, looking at it sadly and with pity.
"I feel sorry for Yoko though, but I feel more sorry for the victims that the breed had taken over before." Kaiba placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder as she turn around and laid in his arms. He held her tightly in that embraces.
"But nothing could have save her. She had asked the forces of darkness of her own free will. She wanted the role so bad when she should have looked inside herself for the creativity of an actress." He looked up as Yayoi walked over towards them. "Well this case is over I'll say. Let's go." And she went down the stairs from the rooftop. Kaiba looked back down to Téa in his arms. "And you, are you going to be all right?"
"I'll recover, thanks." She looked back up at him, "Can you give me a private moment alone, for just a few minutes."
He nodded and kissed her forehead. "Of course. Take as much time as you need." And walked down the stairs, following Yayoi.
Téa looked again at Yoko's body. "I too play a role as a vampiress, but I don't even remember who I was before I even set myself on the stage. Perhaps I'll never know." She too left and followed the others down stairs.
One of the shadow emerged as a figure stood over the roof where his love had been. He looked down at the corpse and then at the door where the others gone. "Soon, very soon, we'll be together again. You and I." The vampire smiled, revealing his sharp fangs. Very soon, my love.
Blue Kitsune: Who could this shadow vampire be? If you already seen the series of Nightwalker than you know or if you want, I could make one of the Yu-gi-oh cast into a vampire, please review and give any ideas for this story to uphold and I'll ensure that I shall put that in the next Yu-gi-oh Nighwalker's story espisode chapter next! Oh yeah, you're probably wondering with those naming places and stuff, didn't want the readers to get confuse with where the characters are going and such, so I decided to put it in my story! Kay Read and Review!