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Rose Bud

Chapter 10

Explanations and Attacks

"Mother?!" All attention turned to the Slifers.

"Yes," said the man in the corner by the panther, "He is the mother of Chazz and Aly. Is that so hard to understand?"

Jaden suddenly grew angry at this guys 'know-it-all' attitude. "Yes it is," he responded, "I mean he's a guy! Guys can't have kids. And who exactly are you, anyway?"

The stranger looked first at the man sitting on the love seat, then at Kaiba, then at Aly, as if asking for permission. Not getting any objections he turned back to the Slifer, and said, "My name is Keary Motou. Eldest son of Yami and Yugi Motou, and mate of Alicias Kaiba."

The room went silent, Jaden and Syrus were frozen in shock, and everyone else seemed to be waiting for the info to sink in.

Jaden seemed to snap out of it first, but he just started opening and closing his mouth like a fish, trying to say something, but nothing came out. And just as he seemed to get his voice back Syrus beat him to it, "Huh?!"

Aly chuckled, all attention turned to her. "Why don't we sit down and try to explain, hm? But first, Alexis could you take Bastion to Zane's room and let Yugi know that we're all here? I think he'd like to know what's going on."

Alexis nodded and picked Bastion up, startling Jaden and Syrus, she was a lot stronger than they had thought. But as she was heading toward one of the two doors a voice interrupted, "Yugi isn't here." All attention turned to the Yugi-look-a-like sitting on the love seat. "He went shopping with Silvina, Gavin and Ren. But I'm sure that Hazel would like to know that you're all home."

Alexis nodded before managing to open the door and walking through, with it swinging shut behind her.

After she had gone all was quiet, until Kaiba broke the silence, "Please sit down."

Chazz, who had set the wolf pup on the floor, and Atticus guided the two stunned Slifers to the now empty love seat and stood behind them. Zane took a seat by the Yugi-look-a-like, while Aly went to stand be Keary, the boy wrapping an arm around her waist. The blonde man took a seat, at Kaiba's urging, on the brunette's lap before allowing the wolf pup to sit on his lap.

The room fell silent again. The blonde man looked at Jaden, who was openly staring at him. Chuckling, the blonde spoke, "You have many questions, young one. But they cannot be heard unless you speak up."

"Who..." Jaden trailed off.

"Am I?" He asked. Jaden nodded. "My name is Joey Wheeler, mate to Seto Kaiba, and mother of Chazz, Alicias, and Kimi Kaiba." Jaden then looked at the other stranger next to Zane. "That is Yami Motou, the once great pharaoh of Egypt, mate of Yugi Motou and father of Keary, Hazel, Silvina, Gavin, and Ren Motou." Yami nodded to them, and they nodded in return, feeling as of it was the proper thing to do. "But you have other questions, so speak."

This time Syrus asked, "Are all of you vampires?"

Joey chuckled, "No, I am not, and neither is Yugi, we are just mated to vampires."

"So," Jaden started turning to Seto, "You're a vampire?" Seto nodded. Jaden looked behind him at Chazz, "He's your father?"

Chazz nodded smiling, "He is, and Joey is my mother."

"But..." Jaden tried to look for the right words, "He's a...he!"

Jaden then turned to Yami when he chuckled, "In the world of vampires, young one, it is possible for a male vampire, or a male who is mated to a vampire, to become pregnant. Eventually you two and your friend will find that to be very true."

"What?!" They yelled.

Chazz, Atticus and Zane smacked their foreheads. "Yami we haven't told them any of this yet," Chazz moaned.

"Then what have you told them?" Seto asked.

"Well," started Atticus, "We told them that we were vampires and that they were our mates, but I don't think any of that really sunk in."

Joey chuckled while petting the wolf pup, "That's understandable. It took me and Yugi a while to accept it. And even today it's still very surreal." He looked at Seto with half-lidded eyes. "I never thought that my life would end up like this."

Seto smiled, "I'm just glad I got you away from your father."

Joey rolled his eyes, "Don't remind me." He looked at the Slifers who were still very confused. "I'm sorry, I forgot you two are still a little out of the loop."

Jaden just shook his head, "It's okay, but I still have questions." The group looked at him telling him to continue. "Chazz said that the wolf pup," he indicated to said pup, "was his sister. How?"

All attention turned to Aly when she started to chuckle. "Kimi is our sister. You see, our mother, there, is a werewolf, which means that the three of us are part werewolf, and we are able to shape shift when we wish."

"But," said Syrus, "He said that he wasn't..."

"I said I wasn't a vampire, I never said that I wasn't another type of creature," Joey said grinning.

"Kimi is still very young," said Chazz, "She just recently learned how to shift, and she seems to prefer her wolf form over her human form. Aly and I went through a similar phase when we were her age."

"Oh," Jaden said trying to absorb all of this information.

Syrus, finally realizing something, looked up at his brother who had been sitting quietly this whole time, "Zane." His brother looked at him, "If you're a vampire then what about me? And what about Alexis?"

Zane smiled at him as if he had been waiting for him to ask, "The truth is, Sy, that you and I are half brothers." He paused, letting this sink in. "Our father was a pure-blooded vampire, an advisor of Kaiba's and part of his court. His mate, my mother was also pure-blooded, and no, my mother was not a guy," He answered what he knew would be asked. "But my mother had always been very sickly, and after she had me, she had to be put on bed rest for awhile, which turned out to be the rest of her life. While she was still alive, father found it very hard to cope with. He knew that if he lost her, he would lose himself. Luckily for him, mother was able to live long enough to see me turn four, but after that she went downhill again. Father went nuts, I may have been young but I knew, I knew what was happening. He was banned from drinking from mother, so he went out at night to seduce different women before bedding them, and drinking. Your mother was one of these women, the only difference was that she later became pregnant with you. But by that time father, and mother, were both dead, I was being trained to take over the family, and she didn't know what to do. Somehow she found out that I was the son of the man she had been with, she asked me to take you and care for you. Even though I was still very young, only five, I knew what would be happening in the future. I told her to care for you, and then to send you to Duel Academy at all costs. She agreed and this is where it has led us."

Syrus seemed to be absorbing everything, Atticus had placed a comforting hand on his shoulder, letting him know he was there.

"But what about Alexis?" Jaden asked.

Everyone turned to Atticus, but he stayed silent until Syrus placed a hand over his, letting him know he was okay. "Alexis and I weren't born into a vampire family. Our parents were killed in a fire when I was six, she was four. A vampire by the name of Taryn took us in, and we grew up in his home. He too was part of Kaiba's court, and one of his advisors, which is how all of know each other. I was turned shortly before coming to Duel Academy, it had been my choice. Alexis decided that she would rather stay human, for the time being."

"Speaking of Taryn, that reminds me," attention was switched to Kaiba, "Kai did tell you that the council is coming, did he not?"

"He did," Chazz said, "But we were hoping that you would give us some time to rest, and some time for our mates to adjust."

Kaiba paused thinking, "Agreed. How long do you need?"

The three Obelisks looked at one another, "At least a week," said Chazz.

Kaiba nodded. But before anything else was said, a scream was heard from where Alexis had exited not long ago.

"That sounded like Bastion," said Jaden. Zane was the first one up and at the door, everyone trying to keep up as he ran down the hall. Jaden who was running next to Chazz but behind Aly and Keary noticed the panther running with them. He looked at Chazz curiously, but the Obelisk just looked at him saying 'not-now.'

They soon reached the door from which the scream had come. Alexis was standing outside, banging on the door and trying to open it. There was a girl of ten standing next to her. The girl had shoulder-length black hair with blonde and purple strands throughout it. When they reached the two Alexis turned to them saying, "I don't know what's wrong, I left him for a couple minutes to get Hazel, and when I came back the door was closed and locked. There's someone in there with him!"

Zane looked furious. He tried to run down the door, but it had no effect. They could hear chuckling on the other side of the door, as well as what sounded like whimpering. "Sorry Zaney," said a voice on the other side, one that wasn't Bastion's. "But your new plaything looks so-o delicious! There is just no way I would ever let something as delectable as he be claimed by you."

Zane growled, "Nozomu! Open this door this instant!"

A laugh echoed from the other side, "I don't think so."

The whimpering grew louder, Zane's growl intensified and something began to glow silver under his shirt. The other vampires pushed the two Slifer back and behind them, as if shielding them from something, and shielding them they were. Before either of the Slifers knew what was happening, the silver glow grew in strength obscuring Zane from their view, they heard a roar and a crash as the floor beneath their feet began to shake. When they looked up, Zane was gone, and there was a hole where the door had been. They were about to ask what had happened, when a man was thrown against the wall opposite where the door had been.

The two jumped in shock, and the two Obelisks moved to keep them away. The man stood up, wiping blood from his mouth. He had short deep blue, almost black, hair, and his eyes were a striking gold. Jaden and Syrus marveled at the blue scaley wings sprouting from his back, almost as dark as his hair, and the dark blue scales covering half of his face. The man had a gash across his forehead that was bleeding profusely. His shirt was gone revealing his chest and all the muscles a man could have, as well as a nasty looking scar from his right shoulder to his left hip. There were a couple of cuts about his chest but nothing too serious.

But their attention was turned away when out, into the doorway, stepped Zane, his sapphire scaled wings out and his face also partially covered in sapphire scales. His shirt too was gone, showing that the silver glow had come from a silver tear-shaped stone on a black lanyard, a similar dark blue stone hung from the other's neck. Zane was glowering at the stranger, completely ignoring the others.

"I told you Nozomu," He said in a deep menacing voice, "To never touch what was mine. I thought you learned your lesson the first time when I gave you that scar, but I guess I'll have to teach you again." A sadistic grin spread across his face as he approached the man leaning against the wall.

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OMG. I cannot believe that I just wrote that. I sure am putting them threw a lot aren't I? Well, I know it was a lot, but I hope you guys liked it. I know you guys have been wondering about Alexis and Syrus, well now you know. And what's gonna happen next?? Hm?? You'll have to wait and find out. Please review! I love knowing what you guys think of this.

Alphawolf