Demon Wars
Chapter 1 – Join the hunt
Blaze Inferno ran silently down the alleyways, an adder stinger held firmly in his hand. He made a brief turn left and headed towards the slum areas where a lot of demons hang around looking for an easy meal. But Blaze had more important things to do, he had a meeting with a demon lord; one of the few who was indifferent to the war between humans and demons, he gave advice and sanctuary but nothing else.
Blaze pulled his deep hood over his head, obscuring his face, except for his eyes which shone like car lights. He reached the slum area near the center of Domino city. Blaze walked towards a broken down warehouse. And knocked twice on the door and made a strange gesture with his left hand. The door opened and a tall vampire dressed in a crisp black suit stepped out.
'I'm here to see Midnight' said Blaze, looking up at the towering creature of the night.
'What is the password?' asked the vampire
'Magic draws from within' responded Blaze automatically. The vampire bowed and stepped aside, allowing Blaze to enter. Blaze followed the huge vampire down a flight of steps which led to a large metal door. Blaze laid his hand upon it for a moment and it opened soundlessly. He stepped through into a popular vampire club called "The bloodless."
These vampires however were not Blaze's concern; they were in the resident of the demon lord, known as Midnight and he didn't approve of murder in his domain and Blaze wasn't foolish enough to take on a demon lord in the human world. But when the vampires left they were easy pickings.
'Hey human go back were you belong!' called out a burly vampire with a large gash across his left cheek and dressed in a black biker outfit.
'Wanna make me?' said Blaze in a faintly challenging tone of voice. The vampire was rather drunk and ran towards Blaze, whirling his fists and baring his fangs. Blaze grabbed him in a head lock then threw him into a wall and as fast as lightning he threw one of his adder stingers, which caught the vampire across the leg, causing a large amount of blood to splatter on the wooden floor.
'YOU DARE BREAK MY RULES IN MY HOUSE!?' yelled an angry voice behind them. Blaze was grabbed by the throat and thrown into the vampire he'd fought with, causing them to land in a tumbled tangle of bodies.
'Fuck I forgot about Midnight's damn rules…' muttered the vampire pushing Blaze off him and healing the wound with a mouth full of spit.
(A/N Vampires have regenerating spit that can heal any non-fatal wound.)
The vampire was helped to his feet by several of his cohorts and Blaze scrambled to his feet, his face flushed with embarrassment.
'Sorry Midnight I'm a bit high strung right now, I didn't mean to break your rules.' Said Blaze, being unusually polite, Midnight grunted and told Blaze to follow him to his office. As they left towards Midnight's office the music flared to life again and the demons and vampires began to dance to the music again. Blood was served in the place of alcohol and the fight was soon forgotten.
Midnight was a humanoid like demon, which unlike most demons he preferred to fit in the world of mortals. He was very tall, had midnight black skin
(A/N that's where he got the name from)
Also short crop brown hair and wore a leather pilot jacket and black leather trousers and wore a pair of sun glasses, which protected his sensitive eyes from the sun. He had the air of authority and a powerful aura that even a normal human could sense.
'So Inferno why have you come here? You know your kind isn't welcome here?' said Midnight taking a seat in a large leather back chair. Blaze seated himself opposite the demon lord.
'I believe I may have found more demon descendants' said Blaze, his voice very serious
'How do you know this?' asked Midnight, getting himself into a comfortable position in his chair. Sensing a story in the making.
'I was after a wanted vampire hybrid called Selena Hycoshou; I captured her and was in the act of killing her when I was spotted by two humans. I left in a hurry and the male chased me, he caught up with me and gave me one hell of a smack' said Blaze with a rueful grin, pulling back his deep hood and showing the large lump on the side of his head and multiple bruising.
'Most demons can't even do that; also I sensed a great deal of dark energy from Yugi's soul'
'Perhaps that is the spirit of the millennium puzzle you sensed' said Midnight, obviously knowing about the world champion duelist and the millennium items.
'No I can tell the difference between demon power and shadow magic' responded Blaze
'OK, what about the other one?' asked Midnight, leaning forward slightly.
'That's what worries me' said Blaze 'While Yugi chased me the vampire whom I deemed to be dead tried a full blood drain from the girl Tea Gardner. She screamed and myself and Yugi rush back to see her feeding upon the girl. That's when I saw something strange. The vampire was poisoned by the girl's blood. I killed it with my adder stinger to save it from the effects of the toxins. Now I know you're the expert about demons, but I believe that she may be a Shizakawa demon…'
Midnight looked mildly interested, which is rare for him.
'I believe that I should see them for myself, just to be sure. You'd look like a right fool if you brought two normal humans to the disciple's clan world.
'Don't I know it!' laughed Blaze, pulling his hood back over his head and slowly got back up.
'I'll bring them tomorrow, say 11AM' added Blaze, bowing briefly and leaving quietly.
'More demon descendents…I wonder how that will affect the balance?' mused Midnight, leaning back in his chair.
Back at the small ship, Tea began to stir slightly, she had a blinding headache and her whole body seemed sore and battered. She turned slightly and saw Yugi lying down next to her asleep with his arm across her waist. Tea's face flushed a deep crimson and she climbed off the couch. She saw that she was covered with plasters and bandages and a thick bandage was wrapped around her neck, making her look like a half done mummy.
'What happened last night?' she muttered to herself, looking around. They seemed to be in a high class ship of some kind. She explored it briefly and returned back to the living room where Yugi was still asleep; a faint smile on his face.
Tea decided she'd get some answers from Yugi later. Tea climbed back onto the couch and with a flaming face she pulled him into a deep hug. Yugi though asleep, muttered under his breath and his arms wrapped around her. Causing Tea's heart to start to beat like a jack hammer. She closed her eyes and fell asleep in Yugi's embrace, a warm smile on her beautiful face.
Maybe an hour or so later Blaze returned, after his meeting with Midnight he'd bagged four vampires that were leaving the club. The returned to his leisure ship called the "Swan's Arrow" He jumped over the small gap between the Domino docks and the deep blue sea. He climbed down the steps and made a turn into the living room. And he saw a very amusing sight. Tea and Yugi were fast asleep, their arms wrapped around each other and a faint blush on the cheeks of the two sleeping teens.
'Cute…' muttered Blaze walking past them, with a faint smirk on his sharp featured face.
Blaze walked into his kitchen and began to cook them a full English style breakfast; they'd need their strength for when they visited Midnight later on. The sun was finally rising and the two teens began to stir. Yugi opened his eyes and to his surprise he found his arms around Tea and she was looking back him with a rosy blush on her face. Yugi's face flushed crimson, but said nothing.
The embarrassing tension was cut short when they heard the sound of footsteps and a tall young man dressed in a red cloak and hood appeared, holding two plates in his hands that were towering with breakfast.
'I see that you two have finally woken, it's about time.' Said Blaze walking into the front room and setting the two plates down on a small table and some knives and forks.
'Eat this. Afterwards I'll explain the situation fully to the pair of you' said Blaze before leaving the room.
Yugi and Tea fell into the food as if they'd been starved for a week; it only took about 10 minutes for them to scoff down the mountain of food on each plate. They went into the kitchen where Blaze was reading a golden coloured book with strange symbols upon it. But to Yugi and tea's surprise they understood the strange language. It appeared to be a bible of some kind.
'Alright Blaze, so tell us what's been going on around here?' asked Yugi, walking forward, while Tea followed somewhat nervously. She had been unconscious since the vampire hybrid attacked her and all she remembered was that guy in front of her was a killer. But Yugi seemed to know him.
'Alright Yugi, I'll tell you two what's going on around here…Tea you might want to sit down, your body hasn't fully recovered from the hybrid attack.' Said Blaze, with a hint of concern in his voice.
Yugi and tea seated themselves on two low set wooden chairs.
'...You probably won't believe me but here goes…My name is Blaze Inferno; I'm a half demon hybrid…I'm part of a group that call themselves the Disciples, we…hunt the demons and traitors that come from hell and send them back where they belong.
I was sent to Domino four months ago to deal with the large numbers of vampires that have been converging around Domino in the last few years. I expect that you've seen on the news about all the people that have gone missing recently.
Anyway I've been hunting Vampires and runaway hybrids since then. However last night I was sent after a specific vampire hybrid whose been killing excessively even by demon standards. I tracked her down and while I was in the act of killing her physical body and sending her soul back to hell when you guys came along…You guys know the rest, Yugi chased me and the hybrid tried to feed on you Tea.
Anyway when I killed the vampire later I noticed that she'd been poisoned by Tea's blood, which leads me to believe that she's not entirely human.
The two of them were shocked by his story but after seeing that vampire try to kill Tea, they had very few doubts that this was the truth.
'What do you mean "not entirely human?" asked Tea with a sinking feeling.
'The blood of other demons is violently poisonous to demons of different races. So the fact that your blood nearly killed that vampire upon you, it's a safe bet that you have demon heritage.' Said Blaze 'Later on you two will be coming with me to see a being called Midnight, he'll know if you guys have demon blood or not in you.
'What happens if you're wrong' said Yugi
'Then I take you home and you and Tea forget that we ever met.' Replied Blaze
'Now let's go, the sooner we see this Midnight the sooner we'll know the truth.' Sighed Tea
The three of them rose and after Yugi and tea got dressed into some spare clothes that Blaze had got for them they got a taxi to the rougher part of the city, to see the mysterious Midnight.
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(WAZZO! I completed another chapter folks!)
Nexus bows to an imaginary audience that are cheering and whistling
(In the next chapter the trio will be attacked by a Hinotashou demon that has a fetish for duelling, will there be duelling or bloodshed. Maybe both, read on a find out!)
To all you readers out there please send long reviews, I'll need them to write my fanfic better than ever!
(A/N Hey there readers! I'll be basing most of the characters decks on Anime shows I've seen.
Enjoy the chapter!)