Chapter fifteen: Troubles comes to Worse Timing

The gang was outside Kaibacorps, waiting by the sidewalks and some having gone inside to see if Kaiba was there so that they could talk to Kaiba 'personally' on some important 'issue'.

So far to none of their luck, Kaiba wasn't in said the workers in the building. None had seen him all morning and would most likely arrive in the afternoon. They weren't even sure of their boss anymore as to his strange nightly activity.

"Where the heck did the guy go?" Joey cried, waving his arms in the air in front of the worker sitting on the first floor. This had been the only place they could think to confront him beside the mansion, but he wouldn't allow them in unless he was home. So where exactly did he go to?

"Damn bastard, when I get my fuckin' hands on him, I'll..." Joey muttered darkly as half the gang walked out of the building, feeling defeated on not finding Seto Kaiba OR Tea at all in the places they thought to check.

Where were they! Everyone wondered.

Yugi sat outside with Serenity as they took a bench and waited for the others to finish and then come up with a different plan. "I don't know why we're even doing this? This is all getting us nowhere and I mean—"

Yugi turn to see Serenity take out the pills from her bag again. She turned around and saw him staring at her with his big violet eyes.

"Here have some," She poured some into his opened hand. He took them and swallowed.

"I know what you're saying, I mean this is being suspicious as we are, out here waiting for Kaiba, going to ask a whole basket of questions because we're trusting a bunch of rumors that were told at school. I mean the guy could have a million things on him and all will probably get is a 'stay the Hell outta my shit!' thing and that's it."

She lowered her head and sighed. "I don't want to do this, but something inside me is telling me something is going on between him and Tea and I feel they're hiding something and I'm dying to know what that is. Yugi do you think that bad of me to think that way?"

"What? No Serenity I mean we're all thinking things like that and even if some were well...secretive between people. But if you want to know something Serenity, I have to say this to you. It's that I-I…" Yugi said.

How was he going to say it if he can't even form a sentence inside his mouth.

Serenity looked at him, "Yugi..." And then she was wrapping her arms around him. Yugi felt the blood rushing to his face.

His crush, Serenity was hugging him back and not just a friend hug either. He hugged back as she snuggled closer.

What's Joey going to say if he saw Serenity and me like this? She looked up into his eyes, her face inching closer and closer to his. His heart beating wildly in his chest, his thoughts of Kaiba and Tea being together flew away like particles in the wind.

He inched himself forward his own breaking the distance as he made it almost to touch her lips.

Joey, Mai, Isisuke and Yami came out of the building and went to get the others. Joey went to go and find his sister and Yugi.

"Hey Yug, no luck, there was no sight of Kaiba in his office or what time he will be there." He stopped dead in his track when he saw them together their lips almost brushing each others, "YUGI WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO MY SISTER!"

Both were startled at Joey's reaction that Yugi let go of Serenity and tried to explain to him, trying to make reason for his friend and let him know that well...

"Joey calm down, what you think isn't really. I mean it is, I think, b-but we were both talking and saying certain stuff and hugged that—"

But Joey cut him off short, his eyes burning with angry as he glared down at the small guy.

"I thought you understood Yugi. I thought we were best friends but seeing what you were doing, I guess I was wrong! You're trying to take advantage of my own sister, just like Kaiba with Tea." His sharp words cut through Yugi as he took the harsh tone in his friend's voice.

How could he think like that, Yugi thought, I would never do something to hurt our friendship but I, we, he...

Then he got up and left, heading down back to the town. Serenity watched as he went, ashamed for what her brother had just done. She turned and glared at him.

"How dare you Joey! Look what you did. Just because he was holding me doesn't mean you have to overreact."

"But Serenity, I saw him trying to kiss you! I was only trying to give you the best intention and seeing you and him like that—"

SMACK!

Joey had been caught offguard and he nearly fell backwards but caught his balance. He touched one hand to his stinging cheek and winced at the pain. He looked over at his sister with disbelief showing.

"Serenity..."

"No I don't want to hear another thing from you, not now not ever!" She glared at him with such intense fire that it seem Joey was seeing himself from what happened with him yelling at Yugi just now.

"We didn't do anything but talk and so we hugged, that's all and it was me who was going to kiss him. I was going to kiss Yugi and he was going to kiss back! And you overreacted!"

The fire in her emerald eyes were fading and now tears were streaking down her cheeks. "Yugi's your friend and you hurt him deeply! He's your best friend and I really like him for all he did for you and much more! Don't you think I have feelings too! That I care for him! " Tears, now overflowing, were gushing down her face as she screamed at him.

Joey was a bit surprised and shocked to see his sister like this. Especially on admitting her crush on his best friend, Yugi.

"Serenity, I didn't know, I-I never thought"

"Thought what? You think you know what my best intentions are when sometimes you act like you don't have a clue! I not a little kid anymore, I don't need to be protected by you any more. I can take of myself and I don't want you to run my whole life forever or say who I can or can't love."

She used the back of her hand to wipe her tears and stared once more at her brother. "I think it's you who needs to do some thinking Joey and act grown up for once instead of thinking inside your own box."

"Serenity I..." She turned away and ran down the street towards the other end of town where Yugi had gone. "Serenity!" He started to chase after her.

Far on the upside of the city, a breed had possessed the body of a girl student. But it was not going to keep it that long.

Kaiba and Tea and Yayoi chased the breed as it jumped from far side of deserted alleys.

Kaiba's eye began to glow as he bit his finger and made the blood orbs as Tea taught him. Yayoi pulled her gun out too and aimed. He shot them at the breed and Yayoi fired. He got some hits in it as well did Yayoi.

The breed fell butquickly got back on its feet.

"She's all yours Tea!" Kaiba cried as he saw Tea run ahead and brought forth her blood sword as she prepare to take care of it once and for all. The breed jumps out into the road when all of a sudden a truck came roaring by.

Tea and the others watched, as the trucked turned sideways, slamming the breed underneath it. They heard the sickening crunch of bones inside and knew the body had been destroy, but not the breed.

Kaiba saw it going down towards the drains in the waterway.

"Tea, the sewers!" She shot her blood orbs but missed. The breed had escaped.

"Damn!" She cursed when she saw it got away. She turn to the others.

"We better keep an eye open. As far as we know, these breeds don't give up to easy, especially when there are plenty of kids taking this Chinese crap in town here. Yayoi! Seto! I want you two to searched downward on this side, seeing as it went underwater and might headed downtown. Me and Guni will search upward in case it takes an escape route."

They nodded and then separated as they went in the direction of the town. Let's just hope no one else is down there taking this stuff, he thought as he and Yayoi went in her car.

Joey was starting to feel sick inside his stomach as he went in search to find his sister and Yugi. He had to find them and apologize to the two and make things right.

Maybe she's right, I do tend to be very overprotective of her and thinking what's good when sometimes it turns into a real screwball mess. Yugi's my best friend since middle school, he never lets me down or say things to me like I did to him. I shouldn't have said those things to him like that.

I'm a ass and I know it! Joey was thinking how he could have missed those signs of his sister liking his best friend.

I thought she had a crush on Tristan and then Duke at the Battle City tournament, but I never realized she liked Yugi!

"I guess I shouldn't really mind if she has a crush on him or not, really it's not like he's anything worse than Kaiba or Duke or Weevil Underpants." He started to laugh at his own joke, only to make the pain worse. He held his side as it cramped up on him again.

Whoa man! What's going on, what's happening to me? He looked down and saw some glittering purple goop on his shoes.

"Eww! Yuck what the Hell is this crap? And it's all over my good shoes too…" And he watched in sudden horror as the goop went up from his feet upward himself.

Kaiba and Yayoi were having no luck to seeing the breed until they came to a stoplight when he sensed it.

"It's coming this way and it's the one from the sewer." And just as had predicted the breed jumped down on their car and ran. Yayoi put the car to gear as she chased after it.

It ran down the side of shops, startling people and making it's way to the alleys. Kaiba got out before Yayoi turned the car off and went in hot pursuit of the breed. Kaiba made the blood whip and made a slash at the breed.

The breed turned around, it's gaze staring out at him. Kaiba prepare as he lash at it. The breed, slow as it was getting adjusted to it's new host,was startled and was out of the body before it got attacked. Kaiba bit his finger and pour out to the glob pouring out of the body. Yayoi came up to him.

"The breed gone?"

He nodded. "What about the person? Is he ok or dead?" Kaiba went to check on that, feeling for the pulse and when he heard the person moaned, he looked up at her.

"He's fine, just knocked a bit on the head that's all..." Suddenly the person groaned and said, "Oh my aching head. Man did someone get the license of that truck?" Just as the person looked around his surrounding he saw Kaiba and Yayoi.

"Kaiba! What the Hell!" Kaiba instantly recognized that voice. "Wheeler."

Joey tried to make eye contact with him but he was too dizzy to keep his eyes from blurring on the two people standing. "Where the Hell you've been. I mean me and the guys were looking for you at Kaibacorps and then..."

"The others! You mean the rest of your pipsqueak gang! Are they here with you now Mutt!" He grabbed the boy's shirt and lifted him so close to his face he could smell the afterdrug of the breed and the medicine.

He had taken the drug! Who else had?

"Who else is here and have they taken the drug too! Answer me dammit!"

Kaiba was shaken the poor boy too fast for his own good until he stopped, letting the head fall back and forward and hearing the eyeballs shake inside their sockets. Joey was a little confused and startled and beyond freaked at Kaiba's reaction to respond first to either question.

"Drug what drug? Oh, you mean the Chinese herbs um well everyone and they're all back down at the Kaibacorps building where we were last..."

Thank god, Kaiba thought, breathing in relief as no one else was in danger here. At least chances of another breed in this area to catch another victim were...

"Well, except my sister, Serenity and Yugi. You see they came running by here maybe a few minutes ago and"

"What!" Kaiba dropped him and looked at Yayoi. "Take him back to the others at KaibaCorp. I'll going find the other two and Tea to let her know we got a situation on our hands."

And quickly rushed off before anyone could blink. Joey was shocked when he saw that Kaiba had been there one second and then disappeared in another.

"Uh did I just see that happened or was that my imagination?" He asked the woman who helped him up and got into her car. "Kaiba sure has gotten weird now."

"No, your friend just got turn into a vampire." She said and put the vehicle into gear and drove.

Tea and Guni were scouting above the building as they looked from roof to rooftop down below for any signs of the breed.

"I think we lost it. Maybe we should head back and check if Yayoi or Seto had any luck." Tea was about to agree too when she heard the scream coming from one of the balconies.

She and Guni rushed off as they landed to where they heard it come from. There they found the breed cornering a young girl. Tea instantly recognized her by her long red hair.

"Serenity!" She said. Serenity, who's eyes had been on the monster, turn to see Tea standing behind it.

"Tea!" The breed turned around and looked at them. Tea was taken aback at the thing she saw, glaring at her.

Long spiky blond, red and black hair with purple glowering eyes and the puzzle around his neck.

Yugi!

"Whoa talk about a bad hair day!" Guni said as she and Tea stared at the breed that once been the sweet little boy before.

She wondered how this could have happened. But as she was thinking, she heard Serenity calling out to her.

"Tea what's going on? I came up here when I saw Yugi coming this way and then I saw...I saw... what happened?"

"It seems a breed just got onto Yugi when he was weaken...Serenity did Yugi take the drug, the Chinese Medicine?" Sheasked and saw theanswer written plainly on the poor girl's face as she stared at it. Serenity gasped in shocked as she stared at the thing that Yugi became.

She had seen him go up here and tried to comfort him when she heard him howl in pain and then saw him changing into what he became.

It can't be...the Chinese Herbs did this to him, and I had given him some...and now he became this monster...

And it's allmy fault. God, it was her fault he had become this thing because she had given him the drugs.

"No...Yugi."

The breed roared as it charged at her. Tea pushed Serenity to the side as she bit her finger and let the orbs hit him. It back him against the wall.

The breed fell to the ground and then saw it's body going berserk. Tea watched as the breed screamed and then a human face, Yugi's.

"Ser...Seren...Serenity!" He cried and struggled again inside. He was trying to fight the breed. He didn't want to give his body up.

Serenity had heard her name and walked over to Yugi slowly. "Don't Serenity!" Tea cried but Serenity ignored her warning as she continued to walk towards the breed-infested body.

"Yugi...Yugi, it's me. It's all right, I'm here." She placed a hand on his monstrous shoulder. He looked up at her.

"I'm sorry I let this happen to you and promise I won't let anything happen to you again, I promised. Just please come back." Tears fell down onto the breed and then the Yugi/breed stared at her, pressing one clawed hand to her face.

"Sor...sorry Ser...Serenity...I can't...win...I-I... love...you..."

And then it raced away from her towards the ledge. He jumped off.

"Yugi!" She screamed and raced over towards where he gone over. Tea and Serenity saw him falling and then a black and winged being caught him.

Tea knew those black wings were actually Kaiba's flailing trench coat.

"Looking for someone?" She and Serenity turn behind them to see him holding Yugi.

Dressed entirely in black like Tea's attire and his eyes glowing gold, Serenity gaped at him then looked at Tea, withconfusion written on her face.

What was going on? What was it that she just seen? Could Seto and Tea be...

Kaiba opened his mouth, his fangs extended and bit down into Yugi's neck and suck the breed out. He spat it out towards where Tea was standing.

"Nice, Seto real nice." Guni said peeking over Tea's shoulder. Tea walked over to the spot and poured her blood on it and watched as the goo disappeared. The breed was no more.

She turned her attention back to Seto as she walked over towards him.

She believed that they should let Serenity and Yugi have some time alone before they go and inform the gang from Kaibacorps on where these two were.

Serenity came up slowly to the two afraid but she was more worried and concern aboutYugi as Kaiba laid him down on the ground.

"Is he going to be alright?" She asked as she kneel next to Yugi and cradled his head in her arms.

Kaiba nodded. "He's put up a good fight with it and he's just tucker out. He'll wake up soon." He looked back up at Tea.

He walked over towards her as they left the two, jumping off the rooftop and disappearing into the night with their cloaks flapping behind like the wings of bats.

Serenity had watched them leave and then heard Yugi give a soft groan and looked down to see him slowly opened his eyes.

His beautiful violet eyes.

"Serenity, is that you? W-what happened? I thought, I thought I had become a monster and that Tea came and I...I..." Before he could say anymore she touched his lips with her finger and then pulled it away to pressed her own lips on him.

She kissed him, tasting everything wonderful about him and letting him taste her, knowing that everything was all right now.

That they were together. That they loved each other.

"Don't speak, you're body was pretty much used. Rest now Yugi." Serenity said brushing his bangs from his eyes. "Serenity?"

"Yes Yugi?"

"I love you Serenity."

"I love you too Yugi." And once again they kissed, feeling nothing else was wrong at that moment.

Tea and Seto stared across the far side of the building, watching the two kiss. She smiled. She knew that those two had been made for each other.

It was destined, she thought, just like her and Seto.

Soulmates.

She wondered how many others they might encounter, perhaps over the next few years or centuries to turn or who knows? But she could wait as well as she saw those two were living proof of that special equation just like her and her reborn love.

She turned to Seto and pressed a chaste kiss on his lips and then started walking away with Seto following her, jumping under the moonlight back home.

"You did a good job Seto." She told him as they got back to the mansion and headed up the stairs toKaiba's master bedroom.

Dawn was only hours away and they did a job well done for one night. And she believed a certain vampire deserved a special 'reward'.

"I only learned it from the best." He said. She then ran her hand down his chest. "Yes and I think this calls for a celebration. Care to join me?"

He smirked at her with his trademark grin, catching her meaning all too well. He picked her up bridal style and walked to the opened door to his room.

"Now how can I refuse that..." She smiled as he kicked the door behind them with his foot and she cooed and lean her head on him and felt him kiss her head as he dropped her on the bed and joined her for the wonderful evening ahead.

Morning rose as Kaiba slept in bed, the sun shining through as he groaned himself awake by the light of dawn.

Oh that sun was so bright he was surprised he wasn't blind by now.

That's it, I'm definitely getting better shades or I'm buying myself a coffin to sleep in.

He turned to the other side and found it empty, sheets ruffled and pillow plushed in process. Kaiba smiled and laid himself down, smelling the sweat, blood and sex in bed from the other night. And what a nightthat was...

If vampire had this for a lifetime, he would most certainly be glad to be in it, with Tea by his side of course.

He got up and stretched and then went to the bathroom for a quick shower then came out and put on a clean shirt and pair of pantsfrom his closet.

He was buttoning the shirt as he went downstairs to hear Tea talking with someone in the living room.

Probably Mokuba or Yayoi, he thought. He walked into the large room and stroll over to behind Tea was and placing his arms around her and giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Morning beautiful and good morning to...What the Hell?" His words dropped out of his mouth as he had stroll over and look to see the den occupied by the entire gang.

The mutt and pipsqueak's gang.

"Hey Kaiba, don't even think of giving me a morning kiss, last thing I need is to taste your vampiric breath!" Joey said, raising his finger in shape of a cross in front of his face to keep Kaiba away.

A bit pale though and having dark rings under his eyes but those would go away in a couple days soon. He looked better than from yesterday after being taken over by the breed.

Yugi looked the same pretty much but he looked to have gotten better ahead as he slugged one arm comfortingly around Serenity who snuggled close in his embrace with her head under his chin.

"Ok what is going on here? Why are they here Tea?" Kaiba asked, still in awed at this as he pretty much back away from the mutt and went to stand by Tea. She shrugged.

"They came because they found out Seto about us. We knew we couldn't keep it a secret."

"So they know what we are! Great, just great now all they need are a couple stakes and just kill us. So where are they? You guys now know, just get it done and over with before I have to look at that dumb mutt's face any longer!" He nearly yelled as he sat on the couch beside her.

Tea scowled and slapped Kaiba on the back. "Seto, they're not like that, chill out darling.Let's hear what they have to tell. They were about to when you came."

"Oh so they here to talk to us vampires, terrific. All we need is Guni to appear and make a wise crack about this just to make my day." Just as he said those words, Guni came in, saying, 'HEYYYYAAA Seto!'

He slapped his forehead and muttered, "I spoke too soon."

Guni flew out for everyone to see her first time except Serenity when she had been on the balcony and saw a green fairy popped out.

"Well this is fun, we have more company now, we'll have to break out the keg if we're having a party then. By the way, name's Guni everyone and I am one bad pixie not to be messed with!" She started to float about then decided to land on Kaiba's head.

Kaiba shooed her away then glared back at the people in the room, "So why the Hell our you guys here really for? You know now and if you're not here to kill us,then what is it you want?"

Yugi stood up slowly and stared directly at them. "Well, first off, we, as in me and Joey, wanting to thank you for saving our lives back there...even though Joey doesn't want to admit it." Yugi explained.

Kaiba snorted.

Like the Mutt would ever admit to his worst arch-enemy ever. He saw Joey 'hmph' and crossed his arms, looking away from him.

"And when we figured out what you guys, well, really were and thought possible that you might need donors when you're...hungry. " Isisuke said.

Yanu nodded. "So we all came to an agreement that we would each be a part of it. Giving you a pint of blood from us." Everyone nodded their head.

"Except Kaiba on my sis's neck! I'm not allowing you to take any of her blood. Tea can but not Kaiba!"

Kaiba and Tea stared at each other then towards the others. "Wow you guys, you sure you want to do this? Afterall we are different from your average day vampires. And are you really consisting on becoming all right with this?"

"Hey it's not everyday, you find yourself saved by a pair of vampires and learn it's one of your friends." Tristan said.

Marik replied, "And since we have nothing better to do all summer and you guys are going after these 'monsters' we might as well give you guys a hand. And 'side, that chick that dropped Joey off was pretty hot. Know her name and phone number?"

"Yay!" Joey cried, "I mean I want to do some serious ass-kickingthose creepy things for trying to take over me and Yugi! I'll give them an ass whipping they'll never forget. Joey Wheeler's the name, kicking breed's butt my game."

Kaiba smirked at the mutt's stupid comment. "Well you and Yugi won't be too surprised once your six senses kicks in."

"Our six what?" They asked and then right before everyone, Kaiba laughed.

This had turned out to be quite an interesting adventure for them. Tea and Seto, the vampires had a group of humans willing to take on a bunch of nightbreeds.

Tea bet that 'Buffy' never had this sort of thing going for her when she was slaying bad guys.