Adorable Vampire : Duelist

by Fragments of Imagination

[Sequel of Adorable Vampire - Edited] After 3000 years had passed, The Millennium Puzzle once again returned to Yugi's hand, and Yugi found himself sharing a body with the spirit of his Daddy. With many people from the past reborn to the present, what kind of adventure Yugi will face this time? (Duelist Kingdom and Battle City. Character might be OOC. Don't like, don't read)

4. Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Gi Oh!

Thought / Dreams / Event from the past

[Voice from the past]

'Telepathic Voice'

"Spirit Talking"

-Telephone-

Letter

"Dialogue"

Emphasis

Dangerous Tone

"So, what do you want to ask?" Mai asked as she sat on the sofa in the room, Anzu took a seat at the chair across from her.

"It's about Yugi." Anzu admitted, "He mostly kept to himself even around us, his friends." She explained slowly, hesitatingly.

"If you want to know more about him, you are asking the wrong person." Mai said calmly to her, "I had just met him, there's no way I know more about him than you, don't you think?".

"That might be true." Anzu agreed with a nod, "But you said your Aunt told you about him, right?" Mai nodded to that question, "Can you tell me about their relationship? He said it's alright if we asked around if we want to know about him, since he didn't really like talking about his past if it contains painful memory, unless he had to".

Mai sighed, "Indeed, his past with Aunt Maria was both filled with happy memories as well as the sad ones, not to mention it was considered as scandalous, so I can understand if he didn't want to talk about it." She said in understanding, "Well, you see . . ." She took a deep breath before telling Anzu what her Aunt had once told her, "My Aunt said that they met because she tried to do something stupid in the past. Her parents, who were also my Grandparents, told her a day after her 16th Birthday that she was arranged since birth to be married with someone from another family to maintain the friendship between their two families. Aunt Maria didn't think much about it since she was the obedient type girl who will follow her parent's words without as much of a fuss, so she just agreed to meet with her Fiancé.

"At first, her Fiancé, let's just say Mr. X since Aunt Maria didn't want to tell me his name, treated her sweetly like what most girls hope from their lover, but it was all a facade. My Aunt was a beautiful woman, she was also smart and kind, someone every man would hope to spend their life with, but Mr. X thought she was nothing more than an obedient doll to be used for money due to her being from a rich family. She found out about it the hard way. It happened a month after their marriage, during a month of their marriage, they had only made love on their first night of marriage and they slept in different parts of the mansion the rest after that, so my Aunt think that maybe Mr. X didn't love her and was also following what his parents wanted as well . . . but she then saw her own husband sleeping with another woman in his bedroom".

Anzu gasped as she heard that, "What a bastard!" She cursed furiously.

Mai scowled, "A bastard, indeed." She said in agreement, "Anyway, my Aunt confronted him about it and Mr. X so casually told her that the reason he married with her was to get his hand on her family's money, he had no love what-so-ever for her. Aunt Maria wanted to report it to her parents but Mr. X threatened that he would kill her if she did, she didn't dare to find out whether Mr. X really had the guts to kill her or not, so she kept quiet. For two years they had been going on like that, Mr. X played around with some sluts and spent Aunt Maria's money for useless stuffs, he even consumed drugs, and Aunt Maria would always hurting that she had to live with a bastard like that. She finally built up the courage and went to tell her parents about it, but Mr. X had anticipated it before hand and she found them dead".

"That man killed them?!" Anzu asked in disbelief, Mai nodded in answer, an angry scowl on her face.

"That man was just that low." Mai explained, "That man made it looked like an accident, so no one suspected him to be the murder. Aunt Maria fell into depression, what with her parents being dead and her own Husband being the killer, she didn't have anyone else left so she decided to kill herself by jumping off a cliff and into the sea".

Anzu gave a horrified gasp, "Suicide?" She asked in disbelief, "But . . . she didn't die, right? Or you wouldn't hear all of this from her".

Mai nodded, "That's right, she didn't die, because that's when she met Yugi, who that time goes by the name of Hoshikage Heba." She said with a smile, "Aunt Maria had just jumped off the cliff when she found herself hanging in the air with a pair of arms wrapped around her waist, she looked up and saw Yugi scowling at her." She then chuckled, "Their meeting, even if the reason was so dark, was a funny one".

"How is it so?" Anzu asked curiously.

Mai smiled at her, "Because as soon as their gaze met, instead of Yugi scolding Aunt Maria for her stupid action, she was the one who started yelling at Yugi." She chuckled, "She called him with any insulting words she could find for not letting her die, she yelled that a demon like him should just let her die instead of saving her, which was quite a feat since she was shy and quiet by nature. Yugi listened until Aunt Maria stopped her rant and just stared at him breathlessly before he said his first sentence, 'Are you finish screaming my ear off, Beautiful Angel?' ".

"What?" Anzu asked in surprise before chuckling, "Yugi called her an Angel after screaming his ear off?".

Mai nodded, "My Aunt blushed when she heard that and stuttered, saying that she wasn't an Angel." She said with a fond smile, she remembered that she was in awe when she first heard the story, not anyone would call a girl as Beautiful Angel after the said girl screaming insult to them like that. "They calmed down and, after some coaxing from Yugi, Aunt Maria told him what had happened to cause her wanting to die. Yugi then helped her, slowly lifted her spirit up so she could appreciate life again, they were dating secretly and were happy together.

"But their happiness was disturbed when Mr. X found out that Aunt Maria had gave all of her money and properties to as many orphanages as she could find, she didn't want Mr. X to enjoy her money anymore, so she made it so that the man couldn't get his hand on the money again, leaving the man become poor. Aunt Maria was living with some money Yugi gave her since he had too much money until he didn't know what to do with them, and since they were lovers, they were fine with the fact that Maria was living with Yugi's money. Mr. X couldn't accept it and tried to kill Aunt Maria, but Yugi caught him in the act and threw him into the jail, finally." Mai said with a smirk, "Aunt Maria found out later that she was pregnant with Yugi's child, she gave birth exactly a year after Mr. X being put into the jail, even if their relationship was a secret, but both were happy with each other." Her smirk disappeared and a sad frown on her face replacing the smirk, "I want to say that they live happily ever after, but I couldn't".

"What happened?" Anzu asked in worry.

"Not long after Rei's, Aunt Maria and Yugi's Son, 10th Birthday, he was kidnapped by a Rogue Vampire who held a grudge against Yugi for killing his Mate." Mai said sadly, earning a shocked gasp from Anzu, "The Rogue wanted to make Yugi feel the same pain as he was, so he tried to kidnap Aunt Maria and Rei before killing them right in front of Yugi's eyes, but a Vampire Hunter happened to be nearby and saved Aunt Maria. Aunt Maria informed Yugi about what had happened through their Mate Link, they could speak to each other from mind to mind, and Yugi promised her that he would save Rei." She let out a long sigh and tear began to fill her eyes, "As you could figure it out already, Yugi couldn't save Rei, he came too late and the Rogue already killed Rei by the time he arrived. Aunt Maria was heartbroken when she heard that and blamed Yugi and screamed at him to leave, saying that all of it was his fault".

"But It's not Yugi's fault!" Anzu protested with tear filled eyes, she couldn't believe that Yugi had gone through all that.

"Yeah, it wasn't." Mai said in agreement, "And Aunt Maria knew this, she regretted all that she said to Yugi not long after Yugi left, she wanted to find him and apologize, but Yugi was already so far away from her, he wasn't even in the country anymore".

"Yugi was avoiding Maria?" Anzu guessed, "I mean, you said earlier that Yugi was already gone by the time Maria arrived to wherever place she heard Yugi was at".

"I did say that, but Yugi didn't avoiding her, more like he didn't think that Maria would search for him at all, thinking that Maria hated him for what had happened to Rei." Mai explained, "Elvana, the Vampire Hunter who saved Aunt Maria, understood that Aunt Maria was too blind by her grief that she said all that, so she tried to help her searching for Yugi so they could fix their broken relationship. Do you know? Yugi is over 3000 years now, you could only imagine how strong his influence to the world is. Elvana said that Yugi is practically the owner of one third of the world, he was normally busy, but at that time, Yugi was mourning the death of his Son and was in pain because he thought that Maria hated him, so he made himself even busier until he didn't even have time for a proper sleep." She shook her head as she thought of how much Yugi had suffered all this years before she found the Vampire with Maria's letter in her hand, "Elvana had used her connection with the Vampire Hunter Guild to track down Yugi's location, but Yugi was all over the world, he would be in China one day and would be in Egypt the very next day, so it's very hard for them to find Yugi. When Elvana received news that Yugi would be in a country in a few days time, she would took Aunt Maria with her to find Yugi, but alas, Yugi already gone by the time they arrived, and it always repeated like that".

They fell in silence after Mai finished the story, both didn't know what to say, so the silence was an uneasy and awkward one. Anzu looked around to find something else to talk about when she saw Honda standing at the door with a sad expression, "Honda!" She gasped in surprise, "Since when are you in there?".

Honda sighed, "Yugi heard you asked Mai to tell you about what had happened, he asked me and Jou to come here if we want to know what had happened as well." He explained as he ran his hand through his hair, "We got here when Mai explained about the suicide part and were listening quietly until you finished with the story, we knew that Yugi would most likely listening as well since he could hear what's going on in this whole ship, so Jou went just now to try and cheer him up".

"Eh, he could hear us?" Mai asked in shock.

"Uh, I forgot that Vampire hearing is like a hundred times stronger than humans." Anzu said with pale face, she stood up, "I need to apologize to him!" She said before running out of the room.

"Wait, Anzu!" Honda cried out before chasing after her.

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3 ... 2 ... 1 . . .

"Hey, Yugi!" Jou called out as he ran towards Yugi, who was leaning on the railing while looking out at the vast sea all around him, just as Yugi finished counted down to when Jou would arrive.

"Hey, Jou." Yugi said with a smile, knowing that Jou wanted to cheer him up after listening to the story of his past, not that he needed to cheer Yugi anymore. He didn't feel pained when he remembered about his Mate and Son now, not after he met them and they had their talk.

"Yugi, look!" Jou pulled a few cards from his pocket, "I got these cards from trading." He said excitedly, trying to get Yugi's mind off of the sad story.

"Alright, let me see." Yugi said as he played along, he hummed when he saw what kind of cards in Jou's hand, "Salamandra, Kunai with Chain, Baby Dragon, and . . ." He raised an eyebrow and whistled, "Shield in the Right Hand, Sword in the Left Hand." He grinned at Jou, "Good cards, if you add them to your deck, your strategy would become stronger than before".

"Really?" Jou asked excitedly, Yugi nodded, "Yes! I will definitely win now!" He said as he stared at the cards he got.

"Winning a duel is not that simple." Yugi told him with an amused smile, he then pulled a card from the golden box which previously contained the pieces of Millennium Puzzle, but now he used the box as the container of his Duel Monsters cards. "Here, for you".

Jou took the card and looked at it, "Time Wizard?" He asked as he read the name of the card.

Yugi nodded, "I'm sure it will help you out in critical moments." He said confidently.

"Wow, I will take it then. Thank you, Yugi." Jou said gratefully.

Yugi grinned at Jou before turning around, "Yes, Haga?" He asked right away, surprising the boy who had been walking quietly from behind Yugi and causing the said boy to halt in his step as if someone pushed a pause button.

Haga blinked rapidly at Yugi before regaining his composure, "I was just going to ask if you brought Exodia along with you." He said calmly with a creepy smile, "You beat Kaiba Seto with it, right?".

"Yeah, Jii-chan gave it to me before our duel, saying that it could help me win against Seto's three Blue Eyes." Yugi explained easily, "What's with that?".

"Can I see it?" Haga asked, "I have never seen someone managed to collect all five cards of Exodia The Forbidden One".

Yugi narrowed his eyes but pulled out the cards from the box, "Here." He showed them to Haga, "Be careful with them, I don't want to lose them. Not because of their power, but because Jii-chan gave them to me".

"Sentimental value, huh." Haga commented as he took the cards and looked at them with his creepy smile on, "I have been thinking of a way to defeat these cards, but I couldn't come up with anything." He said as he leaned on the railings, he then smirked at Yugi, "But I finally have one." He then dropped the cards into the sea, earning shocked and horrified gasp from Yugi and Jou, "Now you are no longer a worthwhile opponent!" He said with a laugh before walking away.

"You bastard!" Jou yelled at Haga before he jumped into the sea below.

"Jounouchi!" Yugi cried out in shock, "What do you think you are doing?!" He asked in horror.

"Exodia is an important card that Grandpa gave you, right? I will definitely get it back!" Jou yelled back before looking around for the cards.

"Yugi, what happened?!" Anzu called out as she finally found Yugi.

"Haga threw away Exodia into the sea, and Jou jumped after them to retrieve them!" Yugi explained as he hastily removed his waist bag and dropped it to the table nearby, "Anzu, watch my stuffs!" He commanded before jumping to the sea as well.

"Yugi!" Anzu gasped in shock.

"He knows what he's doing." Honda told her reassuringly.

"Jou!" Yugi called out as he grabbed the boy, "Come on, let's go before you drown".

"No, I need to get the other three first." Jou refused as he looked around for the cards, the cold from the water started to slow his feet's movement, but he was too stubborn to just leave before he got all five cards of Exodia.

"You moronic, stubborn brat." Yugi growled in anger and worry as he grabbed the back of Jou's shirt before let his wings out, his massive black bat-like wings unfolded mightily before he flew them up onto the deck.

"Yugi!" Jou protested, "There still three of them in the sea!".

"Fine, I will get them back, and you just stay here, moron." He huffed before he stood at the railings, "I don't want you die for trying to do something outside of your capability!" He sent a glare at Jou before jumping back to the sea to retrieve the rest of the cards, his night vision helped him to see in the night as bright as he did in the day, so he was done in less than a minute.

Yugi landed onto the deck again and pulled in his wings, he then started coldly at Jou, "What did you think you are doing, Jou?" He asked angrily, "Didn't you know that you could die?".

Jou looked down, "I just want to get them back for you." He said with small voice, suddenly feeling like a kid being scolded by his elder. It might as well be what was happening at the moment, since Yugi was way older than him.

"And throw away your life in the process?" Yugi demanded as he crossed his arms. He was dripping wet, but he didn't feel the cold like Jou did, who was shivering heavily at the moment. He saw that Jou was shivering and sighed, "Come on, let's get you dried up before you caught a cold." He said as he pulled Jou up from the floor and dragged the boy by his wrist, Anzu and Honda were following them silently while carrying Yugi's bag and golden box.

Yugi led them to his room which he gave to Mai earlier and knocked on the door, Mai opened the door before her eyes widened at the sight that greeted her, Yugi didn't pay attention to her though, as he let himself in before pushing Jou into the bathroom. "Get a warm shower, make sure your body stop shivering before you get out of there." Yugi said coldly before silently made his way out of the room, he walked to the room one room apart from Mai's room and opened the door without knocking, good thing that the door wasn't locked.

"Yugi!" Haga gasped in shock, "What is the meaning of this?!".

Yugi scowled at Haga as his normally warm amethyst eyes grew cold with silent fury, "The meaning of this is that I want to congratulate you." He said tonelessly as his eyes piercing right at Haga's eyes, "Congratulation, you managed to make me furious, Haga. As the reward, I will kick your ass out from the tournament as soon as it started." He then showed a dark smile, "I hope you will enjoy the experience of being the first person to be disqualified from a tournament. Good night, Insect Boy." And he simply slammed the door as hard as humanely possible, it wouldn't do if people found out about his identity as a Vampire after all.

He made his way to Mai's room and entered to find Jou already out of the bathroom and was wrapped with the bedcover, a staeroform cup filled with what smelled like coffee in his hands. Jou saw him and immediately put the cup down, "Yugi, I'm sorry." He apologized as he offered the two cards of Exodia that he managed to get, "I know you are angry that I acted so stubbornly, but I couldn't just let your precious cards to drown".

"Young One." Yugi said calmly as he ignored the cards, he inhaled deeply and crossed his arms, "Exodia might be precious to me since Jii-chan gave them to me, but do you think these cards precious enough to lose someone I love dearly?" He shook his head, "Nothing in this world is more precious than life itself, no matter how much of a sentimental value that an object has, you shouldn't just risk your life like this ever again." He narrowed his eyes, "Understood?".

Jou looked down at the floor and nodded, "I understand, but . . ." He looked up at Yugi, "Yugi, there are some things in this world that you've gotta protect with your life. Everyone has something that can't be replaced, precious things that can't be lost".

"Of course I know that." Yugi said softly as he looked at his Puzzle, "I myself would risk my life if it means this Puzzle would be safe, but what you did doesn't count, Jou." He looked at Jou seriously, "While it's true that Exodia is important to me, but your life is more important to me than Exodia, and besides, I can get them back on my own without endangering my life." He showed the three cards of Exodia in his hand to Jou, "What do you think I would feel if you lose your life because you are trying to retrieve these cards for me?" He shook his head sadly.

"Yugi . . ." Jou and the rest stared at Yugi sadly, "I . . ." Jou sighed and looked down, "I'm always like this, I can't help anyone, not you . . . and not even my Little Sister, Shizuka".

Yugi sat beside Jou, "Your Little Sister?" He asked softly.

Jou nodded miserably, "My parents got divorced when I was little, now she lives far away with my Mother." He explained sadly, "Shizuka was born with eye problem, one that is hard to cure even with an operation, and she would go blind one day if not treated. I got a video letter from her before I came here with the others, she said she wanted to see my face for one last time, so the doctor probably told her that it's time." He breathed a long sigh, "The most skilled doctors and advanced medical technology can only be found in Germany, if only she could go there . . . but I don't have that much money, even so, I want to try and get the money so Shizuka will be able to see again." He closed his eyes tightly and looked down, "But tried as I might, I still couldn't get that much money in time".

"Jou." Anzu whispered in sympathy.

Mai fidgeted before clearing her throat, "I'm sorry, but I don't think I should be here." She said before walking to the door.

"It's alright, Mai." Yugi stopped her, "You are our friend too now, you can stay here if you want".

Mai hesitated before nodding and sat back on the bed, "I can understand how Jounouchi feels right now." She said quietly, "I was there when Aunt Maria breathed her last breath and I felt so helpless that I couldn't do anything to help at all".

They were silent again for a few seconds before Yugi looked at Mai, "You said Maria was your Aunt, but I didn't remember her having any sibling." He said in confusion.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you." Mai said sheepishly, "She was my Aunt because I'm the Daughter of her Husband's Sister, although my Mother also refused to tell me what her Brother's name was, probably too ashamed to even relate to that bastard".

"I see." Yugi said in understanding before sighing, "You know, I also can understand what you are feeling, Jou." He said softly, "I know that you were thinking of your Sister when you jumped to get my cards, but please don't do it again".

"I will." Jou promised with a sad smile, "I still don't understand though, why did you reacted like earlier, that was the first time I ever hear you growl or hiss like other Vampires." Yugi fell silent after hearing that, making Jou wonder if he said something wrong.

"It's because humans are so fragile, Jou. While their will is strong, their life is so short, they could die at any moment without notice. You, Anzu, Honda, and Mai are humans, I will lose you to death one day, but I want for that day to be as far away in the future as possible, because . . ." Yugi told him softly as tears began to fill his eyes, he inhaled deeply, "Well . . . Anzu told Mai that I mostly kept to myself, even around you guys as my friend, so I will tell you." He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "When I was more or less 3 years old kid, I had to witness my own parents being killed right in front of my own eyes." He began, causing the rest to widen their eyes as they heard about the news, "When I was 6 years old, I got kidnapped from my home in Japan and I woke up in Egypt with most of my memories locked by magic, all I know was that my name's Yugi and I had a Grandfather, an Older Sister, an Older Brother, and an Older Cousin. I could speak Japanese but didn't remember anything relating to Japan, or who I really was for that matter.

"Someone found me and raised me up until I turned 10 before I, again, got kidnapped. Although, this time I was saved a week later. I found a new family and not long after that I reunited with my blood family, I was very happy and content with my life and yet that happiness ripped from me when a war broke and most of new friends and family died with me being the helpless witness who couldn't do anything to protect them." Yugi looked at Jou, "That's why I can understand your feeling, because I have felt them as well, the helpless feeling when I couldn't do anything to help my loved ones. That's also why I reacted so badly when I thought that I was going to lose you, because I already lose too many people in my 3000 years of life, I don't want to lose anyone ever again. But it's the downside of being a Vampire, my human friends would die one day while I keep on living, and I would feel pain of losing them for each time I lose someone. I want to stay with you for as long as I could, that's why I will protect you, so you will live a long life, grow old and get your own happy family, and I can have many happy memories of you before you eventually left me".

"Yugi, I . . . I'm sorry, I promise I won't do anything so recklessly again." Jou promised, he felt bad that he scared Yugi like that. Yugi had lose so many people that he hold dear in just 10 years of his life, with him being 3000 years old now, he could only imagine how many people Yugi had lose to death, he didn't want for Yugi to feel such a pain anytime soon.

"Make sure you keep that promise." Yugi said with a smile, before that smile grew into a big grin, "You know what? I already said I want everyone that I care happy, so here." He pulled out a Star chip from his waist bag and offered it to Jou.

"Yugi . . ." Jou whispered in awe as he took the Star chip, "But, why?".

"You said you want to try and get the money for Shizuka's operation, right?" Yugi asked cheerfully, "Go for it then, try to win in this tournament and get the prized money".

"But . . . you promised Kaiba that you will duel Pegasus in case he lose, how will you duel Pegasus if you don't win the tournament?" Jou asked in confusion.

"Well, I can always pull some string so Pegasus won't have another choice but to duel against me." Yugi said with a dark smirk, "Just like what Mai said, you don't know just how much my influence to the world is, so you might find yourself shocked when you find out".

"I sure was shocked when I found it out." Mai said dryly, "If my heart was weak, I might get an attack when I found out about it".

"Oh, you already found out?" Yugi asked with a chuckle, "Well then, feel free to ask if you need a help in doing something".

"I sure will." Mai promised with a smirk.

"Anyway, Jou." Yugi turned to Jou again, "Even if I said to go for it, but there are many skilled Duelists in this tournament, including myself and Mai." He motioned to Mai, who nodded in agreement, "I don't want to scare you, but you might lose against one of them if you don't think your dueling strategy carefully".

"Yugi, you're really scaring me now." Jou said with a sweat drop.

"Good, then you won't make any rush decision in a duel then." Yugi said smugly, "Just don't get too stressed. It's good if you have something to fight for, like you being in this tournament to get the prized money for Shizuka, but if you think about it too much until you are stressed then you won't be able to think clearly. Win your way to the top for Shizuka but also enjoy your duel with anyone you are facing, that's an advice that I can give you." He smiled supportingly at him, "Go for it, okay?".

Jou looked at Yugi for a long minute before jumped up, "Yosh!" He cried determinedly, "I will give it my best! Wait for me, Shizuka!".

"That's the spirit, Jou!" Honda said with a smirk as he lightly punched Jou's shoulder.

"Gambatte (Do your best), Jou!" Anzu cheered him on.

"Well, it's always fun to have a new challenger." Mai said as she looked at Jou, "We will see if we will duel each other during the finals".

"Thank you, everyone." Jou said with a smile, "I will give it my all, definitely!".

They smiled at each other before Yugi sneezed, "Geez, Yugi, you told Jou to get a warm shower and here you are still in that drenched clothes." Anzu scolded him, "Hurry up and get a warm shower!" She pointed at the bathroom.

"Yes, yes." Yugi said as he hurriedly to the bathroom, "What a mother hen".

"Yugi!" Anzu yelled with a blush on her face while the rest laughed.

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To be continued . . .

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