Me: Chapter two. Yay! ^.^
Bakura: Yes. Woopee *sarcasm*
Ryou: Be nice Bakura. Horrorstar put a lot of effort into this story.
Me: Yes. I did and you should be grateful I take time out of my weekends to do this.
Yami: So do I meet Yugi?
Me: All in due time.
Yugi: Wait in the previous chapter Ushio was hitting on me.
Me: Yeah he infatuated you but since your not eighteen in this story he can't have you.
Yugi: phew. I thought it could be worse.
Me: Don't worry Yugi. You'll see Yami.
Yugi: Yay. Horrorstar100 doesn't own YUGIOH.
Everyone: On with the story.
Yami was ready for the new raid. He knew what ever connection Seto had it was one leading to a lair of bloodsuckers.
He took off his usual shirt seeing the scar on his arm. The scar that once held his brand showing him as a servant. He shook the old memory away and grabbed his weapons. UV guns and bullets with several blades. Just anything to kill a vampire.
He got on a black sleeveless shirt, black jeans and combat boots. He wrapped two black studded belts around his waist mainly for show and once grabbing his weapons headed to the main room filled with the best lycan warriors.
"You all know why you are here. We will head into the lair under the cover of darkness. Lukas. I want you to stay here and keep an eye on the younger ones. Is that clear?"
"Yes sir." Lukas said leaving to check on the younger lycans.
"Now Bakura. You and your group will attack from the back entrance. Malik, yours will attack from the left. Kaiba from the right and my group will come to the front. With each entrance way blocked we'll have a better chance of getting what we want." as Yami spoke Seto put a picture down with Duke on it.
"This is the main target. Do. Not. Kill. Him. He is needed for what we will need in order to win this war. Is that clear?" Seto said in his usual icy emotionless voice.
"Yes sir." every lycan said as Malik and Bakura started to smiled dangerously.
"What about the other vampires. What shall we do with them?" Bakura asked with a glint in his eyes.
"Kill them if you want but some of the older ones could be of use. I wouldn't mind giving them to Malik and you." Yami answered as said lycans were grinning madly. Every lycan knew that the grinning meant they were going to cause someone pain and enjoy it.
"Okay but why do we spare this one vampire? whats so special about him?" one of the lycan's asked earning a glare from Yami.
"That vampire happens to be one of the elders. One that has been alive since before you were born. His blood is stronger than any vampire besides Zorc. You are not to harm him or you will be answering to me." Yami said invoking fear from everyone as he stood pacing "We are lycans. Not their guard dog or brainless mongrel. The beasts of the moon. The children of Sennen." Every lycan paid attention to their leader that was showing noblity as he spoke.
"We were once slaves to them. The daylight guardians to them. But we fought and do you know why?" Yami asked the room and everyone knew the answer.
"Freedom." Malik answered smiling madly at his leader.
"That's right. They took our freedom once but we will not let them take our freedom again. Who will fight to protect their freedom?" Yami asked as the lycans cheered for their leader "Just what I thought. We move out now." that was the last order Yami gave to his comrades before they headed on the raid.
Yugi was bored sitting and waiting for something to happen and quite frankly so were his friends.
"I'm bored." Marik complained while everyone else sighed.
"We could do target practice?" Ryou said while Yugi perked up at the idea of throwing something sharp. Mainly at a certain someone's head.
"No throwing knives at Ushio. Yugi." Duke said entering the room they were in and Yugi sighed.
"I didn't say anything." Yugi said while Duke smirked.
"You were thinking it though." Duke pointed out as he laid on one of the couches.
"Stupid elder." Yugi muttered to himself. Marik and Joey let out a snicker while Ryou covered his mouth not to giggle.
"Not my fault I'm older than you." Duke said.
"Yeah. It's always good to have a friend older than dirt." Joey said as Duke gave a playful glare.
"Especially when they know when someone is planning to use something sharp against their captain." Marik said earning a laugh from Duke.
"Well someone has to. Without me Ushio would of been..." he moved a finger along his neck and everyone agreed with that.
"True but got any new weapon ideas?" Yugi asked as Duke shrugged.
"We can't keep usual silver bullets. Lycans keep either pulling them out or their blood is strong enough to push the bullet out as they heal and since they go UV bullets. I think you get the picture." Duke said as everyone sighed.
"So this lycan you fought. What did he look like?" Ryou asked as Yugi raised an eyebrow.
"Why do you want to know?" he asked and Ryou shrugged.
"Just curious."
"Well the strange thing is. He looked like you. Pale, white hair, brown eyes only he was taller and looked like you pulled through a hedge." Yugi said as Ryou looked bewildered.
"Wow. So if he was standing here you would see possibly two of me?"
"Nope. Your more innocent and peaceful but the aura he had was dark. It was like he would inflict pain and not do anything to help ease it." Yugi said while Duke looked really deep in thought.
"Wait was he with messy white hair, slightly musculed with a crazy look in his eye?" Yugi thought about what Duke asked and nodded.
"Yeah that sounds about right."
"Wait here." Duke said standing up and leaving the room briefly. He returned holding a large book earning a groan from Joey.
"Relax dude. I just want to show you something." Duke set the book on the table opening the book. It was filled with old pages that were starting to fade but the ink was still clear. Duke mainly skimmed pages until he reached one page with a picture. It was an ink drawing with precise detail. Yugi knew the clothes were from another time but the person was the one she had to fight.
"That's him." Yugi pointed to the picture and Duke showed a clear sign of knowing.
"This is Bakura. One of the most feared lycans known to the supernatural. Why would he be around here?"
"Who knows what they think. He's probably crazy." Yugi said and Duke gave a sheepish look.
"Actually he was crazy before this war." Duke admitted giving a timid laugh. He wasn't denying that the albino lycan had a few loose screws but he knew it got worse after Akiefa's death.
"Your kiddin' right?" Joey asked looking incredious at the elder vampire that scratched the back of his head.
"No he really was. Still is probably. He's the lead torturer with his friend Malik. He's a little like Marik except with crazy hair and a complete psycho." Duke said as everyone saw the page he turned to and it was the lycan that outsmarted Marik. Marik glared hatefully at the picture while the others saw the look of someone that wanted to cause pain for his own enjoyment in Malik's expression.
"So this is the history of all the lycans known?" Ryou asked and Duke nodded.
"Yep. I'm guessing from the last time I saw them that they would be nearly eighteen. As you know vampires and lycans age at a human rate until they reach twelve. That's when they age once every five hundred years." Duke said flicking through the pages until it landed on one with a tear at the face but Duke knew who's picture it was.
"Who's that?" Yugi asked looking at the picture since all she could see was body and a necklace that looked like an upside down pyramid with an eye in the centre.
"That is Yami. The most feared lycan ruler to ever live. He was killed by Ushio in a war and as proof. Ushio took the brand on Yami's arm. It's right there see." Duke pointed to the mark on the bare arm. It was a 'Z' with a circle with three edges curved but seperated. Next to the picture was the preserved skin with the brand.
"Little grostique keeping someone's skin when they've been dead for centuries don't you think?" Ryou asked not wanting to touch that book after everyone saw the skin.
"Yeah but Yami's been dead for centuries. No one knows where his army of lycans are though. Many think they died but others think they still wait for the chance to avenge their fallen leader. Anyway enough ghost stories. Morning is approaching soon." Duke said closing the book and heading to where he got it from while everyone slumped back.
"Well that was the most Joey ever learnt without falling asleep." Marik joked.
"Hey." Joey exclaimed clearly offended by the egyption blonde's comment.
"Well Duke certainly put a nice spin on things." Ryou said diverting the argument that was about to start.
"That he did." Yugi said as the two blondes that were about to argue decided to get in on the conversation that was starting.
"Well he is the oldest vampire. Other than Zorc." Marik said relaxing a little.
"True that. Sure Ushio's the same age as him but at least Duke isn't an asshole." Joey said while they all had to agree that even though Ushio was their superior. There were times when everyone just wanted to stick a sword somewhere Ra never shined.
"You forgot Duke isn't a pig headed, stubborn, idiotic, rude jackass." Yugi pointed out making Marik snicker, Joey laugh and Ryou cover his mouth to not laugh in case Ushio was listening to the conversation. Yugi started joining the laughter at his comment but the breaking of a window stopped them as Marik sighed.
"Bloody kids." Marik cursed as he stood up to see what was throne through the window but the hissing of gas coming from what ever was thrown through. Marik smelled the air and soon realised what was thrown.
"Vervain." he whispered as everyone in the room covered their mouth to prevent the vapourised herb from being breathed in. Joey grabbed Yugi while Marik grabbed Ryou and they made their way to the door. It wasn't till another vervain gas grenade was thrown between the two pairs and it went off leaving Ryou and Marik trapped in the room while Joey and Yugi were seperated from them.
Ryou was lucky to pull Marik away from the gas but it resulted in letting his hand down and breathing in the toxic plant. One breath was all it took to make Ryou struggle to breath as Marik crouched down to his friend struggling to breath as well.
"Ryou?" Marik rasped but Ryou could only manage incoherent coughs. The growls and howls alerted the teen vampires to what was coming. The breaking of more glass and growls alerted them that something was inside. Marik looked up to see two lycans. One with pale fur and blue eyes and the other with brown fur and dark narrowed eyes.
The lycans looked as if they were about to kill but another growl interupted them. Ryou felt his consciousness slipping while Marik saw a lycan with golden fur and lavender eyes. It was snarling at the two lycans in a way that said back off. The golden lycan turned to Marik looking into the lavender eyes that stared back at him.
Malik didn't know why he told the two lycans to back off but he looked at the blonde vampire that looked like him only with calmer hair and a less manical aura. He soon realised it was the vampire he was up against on the subway tracks. A wicked grin made its way to Malik's lips as he could definatly have some fun with the vampires. The things he could come up with in their little sessions.
Malik soon darted his eyes to the unconscious white haired vampire. He shrugged since Bakura could have that one.
Marik didn't know why he was staring into the violet eyed lycan with crazy fur. From the looks of things he was giving what Marik would call a manical grin. The grin felt a little familiar to the blonde vampire but the lycan seemed to be shifting. It wasn't till the fur turned to tanned skin and what was standing in front of him was a muscular tanned blonde with out of control hair and violet eyes also with the manical grin still there.
"You..." Marik managed before the burning vapourised plant was starting to have its effects in his system and made him unconscious last seeing the insane lycan.
Yugi and Joey knew they couldn't help their friends unarmed so they ran to the weapons storage room to see Duke loading up the guns.
"Silver ammo. You'll need it." Duke threw them the guns loaded with silver bullets before going to grab others but the vicious growls alerted him their were lycans in the room. Sure enough he saw two lycans making their way to him while Joey and Yugi open fired on them. The silver burned piercing their skin and the lycans were soon dead after seven bullets went through their chests.
"We're going to need a lot more bullets if we're going to kill them." Yugi said as Duke was loading up more guns and handing them to the vampires. The doors opened but two lycans in human form came. One with brown hair and icy blue eyes wearing a white trench coat over black clothes. The other with tri coloured hair like Yugi's except the tips were crimson like his eyes and wearing black attire.
"Duke. Its been too long." the brunette said as Yugi and Joey raised their guns to them but Duke made a gesture to lower the weapons.
"That it has Kaiba. A thousand years I would say." Duke said as if making civil conversation with the two lycans that were giving emotionless expressions.
" Ever since the war started. I see you chose your side." Seto said while Duke gave a smirk.
"I'm more of a neutral. I never choose a side. I know right and wrong but never choose sides." Duke said while Yugi and Joey were confused as to how the two lycans were being civil with Duke.
"Your needed for a small test." the tri coloured lycan said while Duke raised an eyebrow.
"You still on that plan of yours?" he asked giving a small laugh meeting narrowed crimson eyes.
"Your one of the elders meaning your blood is more powerful than a normal vampires. Hence why we came here to get you." Seto said as if explaining to a child while Duke raised an eyebrow at them.
"You couldn't give me a call?" he asked finding this a little amusing.
"Duke yah wanna explain why yah talkin' to lycans like this?" Joey asked getting narrowed blue eyes.
"Shut up mutt." Seto said to the blonde who raised an eyebrow.
"Little ironic don't yah think?" Joey asked as Seto growled low in his throat.
"Just shut up everyone!" Yami yelled silencing everyone in the room. Yugi was glancing at the lycans and Duke multiple times but caught the thing around Yami's neck. The necklace he saw in the book that was said to belong to Yami. The leader of all lycans but he's dead. Isn't he?
"Duke either come with us or I would throw you over my shoulder and carry you out kicking and screaming. The choice is yours." Yami said while Duke knew he didn't want his pride wounded.
"I'll go. Just leave my friends out of this." Duke said and the two lycans nodded now turning and leaving with Duke as he sent an apologetic look to the two vampires before he was gone. As the minutes went by the howls and growls from the lycans started to fade and Yugi and Joey decided to search the house for any survivors.
Sadly they lost a lot in numbers but some of the good fighters survived thankfully. Too bad for Yugi was that Ushio survived. He was hoping that he would get torn apart by someone.
"Hey I'm going to look for Ryou and Marik. You want to help?" Yugi asked his blonde friend that nodded.
"Sure. They're probably knocked out from the vervain." Joey said as they ran upstairs to where they were but it was empty. No one was in the room.
"Oh my Ra. You don't think?" Yugi asked with deep concern for his friends. Joey scanned the room looking for anything but saw nothing. No blood spilt, no scent except the lycan dog smell.
"Theres a chance they're alive." Joey said as reassuring as he could.
"That leaves them with Bakura and Malik." Yugi said and it made Joey pale at the thought. Sweet innocent Ryou and fearless impulsive Marik with the most feared lycan torturers known to the supernatural realm. Not the most comforting thought.
Me: Finished.
Bakura: Isn't vervain from vampire diaries?
Me: Hey. I'm making the werewolf weakness wolf bane. Pretty much classic plant toxins.
Bakura: Well you took forever with the chapter.
Yami: It was only a few days. You got lots of reviews though.
Me: I know ^.^ I love the reviews I'm getting for this fanfic.
Ryou: Well when will you start the next chapter?
Me: Tomorrow probably but I have to study for exams. I'll make the time though.
Yugi: I'm sure you'll manage *Puppy eyes.* READ AND REVIEW!