Chapter 2

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A Midnight Attack

Akefia was wondering why he even took the boy with him when he went to hunt that day, a few days after he took Yugi into his hideout, the boy asked him if he can get an animal for the boy. He asked what the animal was for, Yugi told him that he need to drink some blood, but the boy refused to drink human blood, so he hunt for animal instead of kidnapping some beggars, even though it's easier to steal random people than a livestock animal.

Akefia sighed as he walked to the village, he will just steal a cow then, they can eat the meat when the boy done drinking. Why the hell I took the boy with me again? He thought as he arrived at the place where the people keeping their cows, he looked at the smallest one among the one that already grown up, so he could bring it back with him easier. Smirking when he found one, he looked around to make sure no one was watching him, he then walking to the cow and knocked it out without killing it.

It's good that the cows were all sleeping, or the rest of the cows might get frightened and making some noise when Akefia knocked out the cow he targeted. Sighing again when he looked at the knocked out cow, he shook his head before dragging the cow with him to his horse outside the village, he really was wondering why he took the Vampire boy with him.

"Here." Akefia said as he dropped the cow in front of the boy, "I didn't kill it, so it's blood is still fresh." He explained.

Yugi nodded to him before his fangs lengthened, the boy bent down to the cow and grabbed it's head with both hands before snapping it. Akefia grimaced when he heard the crack, he was used to snapping people's neck, but to see a boy snapping a cow's neck like that was the first time for him. He then saw Yugi bit into the cow's neck and closed his eyes as he drank, Akefia watching the boy with a bit of curiosity, the boy said that if it's not for the Vampire, he would have died already a long time ago, what happened to the boy then that caused him to nearly die? And who is the boy actually? Is he from the family of thief like him or the poor one? The boy was still a mystery to him, maybe the reason why he took the boy was so that he can find out more about the Vampire child he found.

"Thank you." Yugi spoke to him as the boy wiped his mouth clean.

"Wash your teeth at the pond." Akefia told the boy as he dragged the dead cow to the place where he usually prepared his meal, "We will have dinner and you will go to sleep after that".

"Okay." Yugi answered with a nod before running to the pond direction.

Akefia looked behind his shoulder to see the boy doing what he was told before running to his horse, he raised an eyebrow when Yugi grinned to his horse and start petting it. He snorted but smiled, typical of a child, thinking all animals were cute and wanting to pet them.

He went back to his work when he felt a tug on his robe, he looked down to see that Yugi already stood beside him with a big grin, "Akefia." Yugi called him with a cheerful face and tone, "What is your horse's name?".

Akefia blinked, "I called her Red since her color is red." He answered in confusion, "Why do you ask?".

Yugi grinning widely at him, "I want to learn how to ride a horse, can I?" he asked with hopeful eyes.

Akefia chuckled, "Sure, boy, I will get you a Pony for you then." He promised, even so, he wondered why he was treating the boy so kindly, he had long gone from his caring self, after his village destroyed, all that was in his head was avenging his family and friends.

"Yay!" Yugi cheered as he shot his fist up to the air, "Thank you!" he exclaimed as he hugged Akefia's legs.

Akefia's eyes widened at the gesture, but he then smiled and patted the boy's head, "Go play, I will prepare our dinner." He said with a soft tone, the one that he had never use in the past ten years.

Yugi nodded to him before running to Red again, Akefia smiled when he saw that his horse liked the boy already, not that he aware that he was smiling, he just continued with his work to prepared them dinner.

After they had dinner, they both went to sleep, Yugi because he was still a child and need many sleep, Akefia because he need to get out early the next day to start his training, he had to get stronger if he want to kill the Pharaoh.

Yugi opened his eyes and blinking sleepily, he sat up and rubbed his eyes before cocking his head to the right, Yup, I'm not mishearing it, He thought to himself as he focusing his hearing to the noises he heard, it's far from the cave but heading their way. He crawled over to the white haired man that had been so kind to him and woke him up by shaking his shoulder, "Akefia, Akefia, wake up." He said as he shook the man's shoulder.

Akefia groaned as he opened his head, "What is it, Yugi?" he asked tiredly, again wondering why he took the boy in, since he know that children normally sleeping early only to wake up in the middle of the night.

"There are many horses heading this way." Yugi answered him, causing his eyes to snapped open and his sleepiness flew away instantly.

He sat up and looked at the boy with wide eyes, "What?" he asked in surprise.

"I said, there are many horses heading this way." Yugi repeated, he spoke like he already an adult even though he was only Six, the boy was just learning so fast in his opinion.

Akefia sighed as he stood up and grabbing his daggers, he preferred dagger than sword since he can move faster with dagger, before heading out to his horse. He noticed that the sky was still so dark, meaning it's still around midnight, he scowled as he walked, those people were really wanting to die so much, he thought grumpily.

He climbed onto his horse before looking down to Yugi, "Yugi, they are definitely bandits, stay hidden until I got back, in case they managed to get pass me even though it's impossible, but just hide yourself." He said sternly.

Yugi nodded to him before he took out his wings, claws and fangs before he started flapping. Akefia noticed that in the dark, the boy's Amethyst eyes glowing not unlike cat's eyes, it's strange in his opinion since the boy was a Vampire and not a cat. The boy pointed to the south west, "They are coming from that direction, already closer to here." He said before flying to the one of the trees and hid himself among the branches.

Akefia nodded to himself before heading out to the direction the boy pointed out, it's a common thing for bandits to raiding oasis, so he believed the boy. The boy was also a Vampire, and he know from stories that Vampire's hearing was far more better than humans, so there's no way he wouldn't believe the boy when the boy told him about many horses heading to their oasis with that kind of serious face.

Sure enough, not long after he took off, he could already seen many figures ahead of him. he smirked as he took out his two daggers, "They really are searching for death." He said to himself as he get into his battle stance, 'Raiding my oasis, what a joke." He snorted before kicking his horse again, "Let's go, Red!" he commanded his horse to start running faster to the figures, "I will wipe you out, losers." He hissed dangerously.

Yugi looked at the direction Akefia took off, he can heard what the man's talked to himself, he shook his head. "Akefia is like to kill so much." He mumbled to himself, just like what his Sister told him before, he was just too mature for his age, because he already understand what happened around him even though he was still Six.

Yugi's left ear twitched when he heard a sharp intake from Akefia, don't tell me he lost? He thought to himself, the man had told him that he was King of Thieves, surely he wouldn't lost to weaker bandits, right? he cocked his head to the right, right?

Akefia growled as he saw a big cut on his arm, he was mad that some weak bandits managed to injured him. He glared at the man in front of him, he was the last one left, and already planning to left since he knew he would die if he stay. Akefia wouldn't allow it though, no one messing with him, and the price for that was death.

He smirked as he chase after the last bandit then throwing one of his daggers to the man's back, the bandit cried out in pain before fell off his horse and not moving anymore. Akefia chuckled darkly, "That's what you get for daring to wounded me." He said before he climbed down his horse and pulled out his dagger from the man's back, "Have a nice trip to hell." He said coldly before climbing onto his horse again, "Let's get back, Red." He said to his horse.

His horse whined before turning around and took off running to the oasis, he smirked as he look at his horse, Red was just so smart, she can understand what he told her to do.

To be continued . . .

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