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Blood Love by Boogermeister

Chapter 19

"Who's my Doll? Who's my precious little Doll?" laughed Atem as he held giggling Momoya above his head. "Do you like being with Daddy?" he laughed, now cuddling the infant as he sat on the couch. "I was so glad that you slept during the negotiation last night; you didn't need to hear that. Some of the humans are ignorant because they don't know you as your mother and I do." Momoya cooed happily as she grabbed one of Atem's bangs.

"Ah! Don't pull my hair," he scolded playfully as he moved her hand away. Meanwhile, Jonouchi was sitting on the floor, reading the newspaper he had swiped from the human side. "Hey Atem, I think I found something about those hunters we saw last night," he said pointing at an article.

"What does it say?" asked Atem.

"The article says here that these hunters are the most notorious ever lived. They are said to havew killed vampires in a most horrible way like--" Jonouchi stopped talking and and his face contorted. "I can't read the rest; it's too horrible and disgusting," he said angrily. Atem sat on the floor and took the article page. His crimson eyes darted furiously at the words:

These three hunters are the powerful internationally. They've killed half of the vampire population in Europe, but their tactics are far different. The vampires were totured by being shackled with silvered alloyed cuffs and slashed with silver daggers. Usually, these hunters ripped their off and left them in torment for days without blood. There's no explanation of why they did it and few people questioned the torture as well as their appearance in Domino City for the human/vampire equality negotiation.

Atem stopped reading and threw the newspaper away. "That's why that goddamn government want them!" he snarled. "They assumed I'm just a damned viscious monster! I should show them who's the real monster!"

"Uh, it's best not to do that, Atem," said Jonouchi. "You might be playing into their hands."

"I don't care!" yelled Atem. "I'd like to see if those hunters try to stop me!"

"Quit talking nonsense," Jonouchi said. "You don't want to do that. Those hunters are brutal; if they kill you, Anzu and your kid would be crushed."

Atem breathed heavily and deeply to calm his anger. He then glanced at Momoya in his arms, she was whimppering at his anger. "Sorry, I overreacted," he said quietly. "It's just that the newspaper had described horrific stuff happened to our kind." He sighed. " . . . . Great, I fear for Anzu's and my daugther's lives. They might harm them to get to me."

"They won't," Jonouchi said suddenly as he stood up. "They will hafta get through every one of us if they dare to hurt them."

"You're right, Jono," smiled Atem as he stood up. "I won't let them harm Anzu and Momoya. I'll kill them if they reached into our territory." He then hugged his daugther and kissed her forehead. "I see you later, Jono; I need to take my Doll upstairs."

Jonouchi left Atem alone with his daugther. Atem walked towards the stairs. "You're tired, my Doll, aren't you?" he smiled as he walked upstairs. Momoya yawned quietly in response. Atem went into the bedroom; Anzu was sleeping in the bed silently. Atem walked towards the bed and leaned down to kiss his lover on the cheek.

Anzu's eyes fluttered and opened. "Hey," she whispered as she stared at Atem. She sat up as Atem sat next to her. "Atem, what's wrong?" she asked quietly.

"What do you mean? I'm fine," Atem, replied, cradling their sleeping daugther.

"Well, just a while ago . . . . I overheard you talking about killing the vampire hunters we saw last night," Anzu muttered, looking down at her lap. "Is that true? Would you really kill them because you see them as a threat to us and your kind?"

Atem sighed deeply as he looked at her. "Anzu," he said quietly, "I meant to say that I'll kill the hunters if they come into my territory."

"Jonouchi said they will kill you if you fight them out of anger."

"Jonouchi doesn't know what's he's saying," Atem replied.

"Then what does he know, Atem!?" exclaimed Anzu as she looked up and stared at him, teary-eyed. "Please don't do anything that will have you killed. Don't let the hunters think you're a cold-blooded monster. I care about you. Our daughter cares about you. Your friends care about you. We don't want you dead, right?"

Atem gazed at her for a moment, then he sighed. "I didn't mean to upset you, Anzu," he said quietly. "Still, I don't want anything happen to you and Momoya." He handed the sleeping infant to Anzu before standing up. "I'm a vampire, a creature that feeds on blood. The hunters are a threat of our survival. Soon our daugther will become like my kind, and her life will be in danger, as well. I cannot and will not lower my guards.

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Somewhere, in a dark, dimmed room, two men were talking quietly. One was slightly taller and slimmer than the other, who was strong-set. "So what do you want to know about the vampire leader?" questioned the first one.

"Why did he fathered a half-breed child and have a human for a lover?" asked the second man.

The first man scoffed. "How would I know? I first assumed he kidnapped the girl, but after encountering her, I realized the vampire leader acually loved her I"m not sure what his motives are."

"I can find out," said the second man, narrowing his eyes. "I prefer to do things my way. He'll be begging for his life before I can even do anything."

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Jonouchi stared at the skyscrapers far away, from the vampire side. He had been sitting on a rooftop of a building long after sunset since his and Atem's discussion earlier. Hmmmm . . . . best to keep an eye on Atem, he tought, chewing on a licorice. For a docile guy, he's violent whenever he's angry and seeing that crappy article . . . ."

"Hey, Katsuya!"

Jonouchi turned his head. Shizuka was sitting beside him for a while. "What's wrong, Jono?" she asked. "You hadn't said anything in a while. Did you and Atem gotten into a fight again?"

Jonouchi sighed after he finished eating the licorice. "Nuh-uhn," he replied. "I just have too much on my mind. The hunters rarely bothered us and that's strange, even for us. I think they're up to something."

"Did you alert Atem about this?" asked Shizuka.

"He's already aware of it," replied the blonde vampire. "In fact, he seems more paranoid than before when his ex tried to mess with Anzu a year ago." Jonouchi sighed and closed his eyes. "I fear . . . . I fear Atem will become destructive . . . . like his dad."

Suddenly a loud gunshot rang within the vampires' territory and it immediately alarmed the two siblings. "Katsuya, what was that?!" Shizuka cried as they quickly stood up.

"Shizuka, go and alert Atem, quickly!" commanded Jonouchi. "I'll go and find out."

"But--"

"Don't argue with me!" he yelled. "Just do it and hurry!!"

"O-okay!" responded Shizuka before she flew away. Jonouchi then flew towards where he heard rhe gunshot. A few meters away, he saw a human that look familiar. But in a split second, he was suddenly shot in his left wing. Jonouchi yelled in pain as he fell to the concrete ground. Luckily, his right wing flapped frantically to break the intense impact. His deep growls couldn't repel the approaching footsteps.

"I'm surprised a monster like you fell into my trap," said a gruff voice. Jonouchi looked up and gasped.

"It's you," he gasped in pain as he stared wide-eyed at the gun pointing at him.

"You got 10 seconds to tell me where the vampire leader is."

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"Where did you hear it Shizuka?!" demanded Atem as he, Shizuka, and Mahad flew quickly.

"Around here!" answered Shizuka. They suddenly saw Jonouchi, injured on the ground and being cornered by a muscular blonde hunter. Atem recognized the hunter immediately and dived down at him like a hawk.

"Leader!!" Mahad called out in surprise, but it was too late. Atem rammed onto the hunter with so much force, they both stumbled to the ground. Atem quickly got up, quickly kicking the gun away that was on the ground.

"Katsuya, are you all right?!" Shizuka cried a she landed next to her brother.

"Aside from the wing damage, I'm okay," groaned Jonouchi; his damaged wing was severely bleeding from the bullet wound. Mahad, who was kneeling besides him, muttered some incantations to heal the wound.

Atem furiously glared at the hunter, who wa srubbing his chin as he stood up, and snarled menancingly. "What the fuck are you doing here, you piece of shit?!" he snarled.

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Dang I need to start the next chapter!! Ihadn't updated in a while! Probably cuz I couldn't have privacy even though my computer was fixed over a month ago.

I"ll update ASAP!!