Yay! 2007 is here! I just thought of more characters.

A/N:Rapael- 23

Valon- 20

Alister- 19

Mokuba- 12

A/N: Momoya- 4 months

Blood Love by Boogermeister

Chapter 18

Momoya glanced around her surrounding. Her azure eyes darted from the lush trees to a couple of butterflies that went past her to a the cloudless blue sky. The butterflies went by her again and she reached out to grab them, but missed since her chubby body was held by her mother, Anzu.

"Those butterflies will come back again," Anzu smiled as she looked down at Momoya; she was sitting in a park bench with her baby daughter sitting securely on her lap. "Where's Ryuuji?" she questioned herself as she looked up. "He's over a half-hour late. What's taking him so long?"

"Hey! Anzu!"

Anzu turned her head and saw Ryuuji running up to her. "Sorry I'm late, but I was told something important by one of the vampire hunters," he said as he stopped in front of her.

"The hunters? What do they want?" questioned Anzu as she stood up, cradling Momoya. "It's been nearly four months and now they want to ridicule me more than before?"

"It's not that; the Domino government wants to meet you and Atem tomorrow night," Ryuuji replied concernedly. "They said they want to negotiate with Atem about humans and vampires living together."

"Really?" Anzu questioned in disbelief. "That's hard to believe. I don't think Atem would go with this; knowing him, he'd think it's a trap from Seto Kaiba."

"Uh-uhn, they ensured me that there will be a few hunters there and none of them is Seto," said Ryuuji.

"Still, Atem won't go," Anzu said. "There's no way to convince him, even if I try."

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"All right, I will go," Atem said finally as he stood up from the couch. Anzu stared at him, surprised.

"Really? You don't have to go if you want to," she said.

"Since it doesn't involved with Seto Kaiba, I will go," Atem said. "The government said they want both kinds to live together, right?" Anzu nodded in response. "But that is impossible," he said. "The humans are practically our prey. Not only that, most of the humans already think I had raped you and forced you to have my daughter."

"I'll go with you and convince them that you didn't hurt me," assured Anzu. "They have to believe me."

"Let's hope so," Atem sighed as he Momoya from Anzu's arms. "At least for Doll's sake. I want her to grow up in a loving family, despite the fact the humans might despise her."

"Why is that?"

"She's a hybrid, Anzu," repiled Atem. "Humans won't respect her since she's half of my blood. And I know you've been taunted by them with their ignorance."

"I know," Anzu said quietly as she sat on the couch. "Not long ago, a lady came up to me and jeered that I was a whore for vampires." Atem tensed a little. "Also, some classmates from my school said that I'm a disgrace from my kind by being with you, so I dropped out two months ago."

"You dropped out?" questioned Atem as he sat next to her. "Why didn't you tell me that, Anzu?"

"I don't know," Anzu replied quiely. "I assumed it wasn't important to you."

"Anzu, what you do is important to me," said Atem. "Remember, I care about you and I don't want anything happen to you." He kissed her lips softly. "Tomorrow night, we'll go there peacefully, with no conflicts with the hunters."

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(A/N: this paragraph is lame but it's all I can think of. )

The government building was at the center of Domino City. At the top floor of the five-story building was a huge meeting room. Three old men sat across the large table from Atem, Anzu, and Jonouchi, who accompanied them for safety since Anzu had Momoya in her arms. "Why don't we start the negotiation now?" Atem questioned indifferently. "I prefer not to wait for you so-called bodyguards."

"We can't start with out any sort of witnesses," said the first man, his small winkles shown distress.

"Don't we count as witnesses?" Jonouchi muttered rudely as he crossed his arms. Just then, the door opened, catching everyone's attentions, and three men walked in.

"You seen them before, Atem?" muttered Jonouchi.

"No, but they don't look like rookie hunters," Atem replied quietly as he eyed the hunters walking towards the old men. His crimson eyes narrowed at the tall, burly one with buzzcut-like blond hair and serious light-blue eyes. He the stared at the younger man who appeared abdrogynous because of his maroon-colored girlish haircut and finally stared at the man with untidy, spiked brown hair being held together by a pair a large goggles.

"The negotiation can now begin," the first man said. "For as long as we can remember, humans and vampires lived with hostility." Atem slightly nodded in agreement. "But of what had happened over a year, I'm a little surprise of after all this time you and that young girl actually loved each other and even have a child."

"That's right," replied Atem, smiling a little as he rested his chin on his raised palm. "To be honest, I don't fear nor hate most humans. Only my folowers have cetain negativity towards them. One major reason is the hunters who are slowly killing my kind." His eyes met the blonde man's. "Those are the only humans I hate: the hunters."

"But the hunters are necessary to protect the humans from fatal vampie attacks," said the second man.

"I informed my followers not to kill your kind when preying on them," Atem retaliated. "The hunters are no need as they were over three years ago, when my father reigned over the city; I'm nothing like him."

His father? He never told me about his father . . . . or even his mother, thought Anzu.

"Then explain the increased number of attacks last winter," the third man said. Atem glanced at Anzu, then at Jonouchi uneasily. "There is nothing I can explian," he said quietly as he folded his hands together on the table. "I apologize for my reckless behavior. Anyway, you said there's a way your kind and my kind can live together. What plans do you have exactly?"

"The first method giving the vampires in the city donated blood from local and federal prisoners. The second method is making a blood substitue to reduce the number of attack. The last method is killing any vampire that fatally attack a human. Please think about these choices."

"Atem, what do you think?" Jonuchi whispered so low, he and Atem can only hear in their vampiric ears. "The choices themselves sounds crappy and I don't wanna drink fake, nasty blood."

"I know," Atem said softly. "I think these men are making fun of us. If these hunters weren't here, we would have things going our way." Atem cleared his throat and stared the old men. "I thought over these methods and unfortunately, I see we'll resume living separately in hostility," he said finally. "I don'tthink we can compromise this if we follow your plan."

Atem stood up, as well as Jonouchi and Anzu. "I guess nothing can change from this," he said quietly. "Anzu is truly my love, in case you doubt. I would never hurt her or our daughter, and I protect them better than any other hunters. I'll kill anyone who tried to harm them." He then glared at the three hunters, who glared back, and they left the room.

Soon after that, Atem glared at the corner of the hallway. "I know you're there, brat," he growled.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" questioned Anzu. Just then, Mokuba came out of the corner, trying not to appeared scared. "Mokuba, what are you doing here?" asked Anzu.

"I don't hafta tell you, traitor," Mokuba said rudely. "I know my brother talks about you; he said you're the worst human ever because you're with that stupid vampire."

"Why, you--" Atem growled as he took a step forward.

"Wait, Atem," Anzu cut him off. Atem stared at her. "Let me talk to him," she said as she she walked up to the haughty boy and knelt beside him. "What's the matter, Mokuba?" she said quietly. "You can tell me. Why do you hate vampires?"

"I just hate vampires," Mokuba replied flatly, crossing his arms as he looked away.

". . . Did vampires kill anyone you know?" Anzu asked quietly. Mokuba slightly nodded in response. "Was it your parents?" she asked and Mokuba glanced at her.

"It's their fault," he replied quietly. "Those stupid vampires killed my parents when I was four. Ever since, I hate them becase they took their life away."

"So, you think all vampires are bad?" she asked quietly.

"That's what my brother said," answered Mokuba, now looking at Anzu. "He wasn't himself for almost eight years after it happened. I practically believed anything he says, including the fact that all vampires are evil."

"Not all vampires are evil," Anzu said. "That's like saying Atem and Jonouchi are cruel, terrible monsters." Mokuba glanced at the two vampires and scoffed.

"Yes, they are," he muttered.

"Well, does that mean that all humans are good?" questioned Anzu. "Are humans better than vampires, even though some of them commit crimes?" Mokuba stared at her then at the floor. "I . . . . I don't know anymore," he replied quietly.

"Then remember, believe what's in your heart rather than what people tell you." She stood up and walked past Mokuba, along with Atem, who glanced at the boy, and Jonouchi.

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"What we do now do now, Raphael?" the brown-haired man asked as he glanced at the burly blonde; the three hunters had left the government building a few hours after the vampire leader left. "Those vampires are a hell of a lot different than the ones we killed in parts of Europe. The leader seems kind, and his girlfriend and that half-breed kid don't look so bad."

"There's no such thing as good vampires, Valon," retaliated the red-head,crossing his arms. "What bothers me is why the vampire leader fathered a child with a human."

"Maybe he really have a change of hearts about us being his only food," replied Valon. "I don't know, Alister, he might have a purpose behind this."

"He does have a purpose for his relationship with that human girl," muttered Raphael. "If that futile stunt will garuantee him to be friends with us humans, then that idiot of a vampire is wrong. He and his half-breed spawn are nowhere near socializing with us."

"Back to my question: what do we do now?" Valon asked.

"We'll capture the vampire leader and toture him until he breaks," Raphael replied dryly. "And after he breaks--" he then took out a large gun from under his jacket "--we'll kill him, right in the heart."

"What about the girl and the half-breed?" Alister questioned.

"What about them?"

"It would break their hearts if something bad had happened to the vampire leader," Valon mocked, pretending to wipe tears from his eyes. "How would the girl and the kid survive in the blood-sucking demons' lair?"

"They would probably kill them if the think it's her fault he will die," smirked Alister.

"Maybe," Raphael replied.

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