Blood & Roses

Author's Note – Ahhh there are references to the desire to drink blood. And a slight OOC'ness from Kaiba. But hey, any fanfiction with Kaiba in love technically makes Kaiba OOC because Kaiba's not the kind to fall in love… not that I blame him because all the female Yu-Gi-Oh characters suck.

Disclaimer – I don't Yu-Gi-Oh. However, I DO own Kisara's personality since I invented it… D

Chapter 2

Tough Decision

"How did you do that?" Kaiba's smoldering gaze held Kisara's as she decided to play dumb. "Do what?"

"Don't play games with me; perhaps you'd like to explain exactly what you were doing on top of a private building?"

"No." Kisara replied brusquely and winced internally idiot! How could I be so foolish as to expect him to forget what he saw… her gaze then flickered as she saw it - a bluish glow that seemed to emanate from within his mind; of course only with Vampire vision which was hundredfold more accurate than a human's, could she see this. Interesting indeed…

"You're denying it?" Kaiba then added, "Especially when you-"

"What did I do?" Kisara said in a mocking voice, knowing fully well that he was referring to her jumping off one of the tallest buildings in Domino City without any harm coming to her. Apparently Kaiba realized that whatever he was about to say would sound ridiculous and abruptly broke off his sentence, "…Nothing."

Kisara gazed longingly at Kaiba as he walked off. When his scent had finally deserted the empty classroom she slowly unclenched her hands, revealing four bloody gnashes where her nails had dug into her flesh and watched as in seconds her skin was smooth and undamaged again. Kisara remembered vividly the sensation as she fought to not indulge in Kaiba's appealing scent, because that would undoubtedly lead to her tearing his throat out… while biting it at least.

This wasn't going to be easy.

"DOES SHE HONESTLY TAKE ME FOR A FOOL?" Kaiba shouted slamming the limo door harshly as he climbed in. School had just ended and he was free to finally return to something worthwhile – like running his company. He then folded his arms across his chest and closed his eyes in contemplation, something about her makes me feel uneasy; I'm going to find out where she lives and then uncover any other information I can about her. Maybe it'll find me the answers I need, especially concerning why she looks so much like that girl I held before a huge tablet in that hallucination at Battle City… Kaiba's eyes opened, confident that he would finally unravel the enigma that was Kisara. He then took out his laptop and set to work.

Only to find three hours later… nothing.

Kaiba growled. Why must she make it so difficult for me?

What was that glow about? Kisara wondered as she lay sprawled across the couch in her expensive house, easily paid for by the extensive funds she had gathered over the century she had been alive. She watched the sun set dully while holding a wine glass filled with blood.

"Feeling lonesome, are we?" a voice resonated behind Kisara; lazily she cocked her head to the side and looked at the man before her disinterestedly. "What do you want, Koji?"

Koji, the demon who took Kisara in after she was discarded by her Creator. He was the only father she could recall, all previous instances of her human life forgotten – and it was his surname that she adopted. He had short spikey black hair with bright yellow eyes; his only real demonic feature since he looked very human when compared to the grotesque monstrosity of other demons. This being simply because he came directly out of hell… to be precise, he was a Death Demon. He donned the usual all black outfit – trench coat, leather pants, and expensive shirt.

"I've been watching you, Sara. You have yourself an interesting find here…" Kisara's dull expression changed to that of suspicion and curiosity. "What is this that you speak of?" Koji laughed humorlessly, "The young man. Seto Kaiba. You are drawn to him right?" Kisara panicked, creatures of the Demon World and those, like her kind who were in-between, didn't have anything more than professional interest in Humans… was Koji going to apprehend her for inappropriately desiring a human?

"Don't be ridiculous. I was fascinated by his Dragon, that's all." She stated firmly; instead of assuring Koji this only infuriated him. "WHAT? Foolish girl, do you not understand? We need him!" Taken aback, Kisara stood up. "What do you mean? For what purpose?"

Koji smirked, "You mean you do not sense it?" Kisara waited for him to continue. "He has an incredible force protecting his mind." When Kisara still appeared oblivious Koji continued, "The Blue Eyes White Dragon – the source of the glow that I know you saw. Whenever his mind unconsciously requires protecting It does it. We need to harvest it."

Kisara was horrified, "You mean destroy his mind? ABSOLUTELY NOT." Koji closed his eyes and smirked, "You can't simply just take it like you can with the rare others. This Dragon is too strong and Kaiba's mind is too well protected – therefore in order to gain this Dragon the key is to break through his defenses; render him vulnerable!"

This tore at Kisara's undead heart, how could she do this to a mortal that she fell in love with so quickly? Further more, she didn't see a good enough reason to do this; understanding what plagued Kisara, Koji added, "This power can save us. You won't be a Vampire any more… and I will have uncovered a key to keep me out of Hell." Kisara shook her head, not wishing to hear more - as tempting as the idea of ceasing to be a Vampire sounded. Koji gripped her arms, "This isn't just to benefit us, Sara, but to benefit all the other's like us – the good we could do with this is limitless."

"But it'll kill him, and that's not worth it."

Koji growled it annoyance and quickly fabricated a lie that Kisara would believe, "If you go about it the right way, you won't." Well, it's not a complete lie. If Seto Kaiba is attached to his Dragon as I think he is; the forced separation could very well tear his mind in half… leave him no better than a vegetable… or zombie… but alive, nonetheless. Koji thought eyeing Kisara to see if she bought the lie.

Kisara didn't appear totally convinced, "How?" she asked. "I'll tell you once you've broken through his defenses. Use any means necessary. I personally think you should charm him to fall in love with you since that kind of love is what Seto Kaiba is lacking. Gain his trust, Sara."

Kisara didn't know what else to do, but since she trusted Koji not to deceive her there was nothing else she could do besides nod her head in agreement.

"It's for the best, Sara."

Koji said while disappearing into thin air; undoubtedly to go flirt with a Succubus at a bar in the Underworld.

Koji's words lingered within the confines of Kisara's mind… it's for the best… somehow she wasn't so sure.

'Underworld' is just another reference to the Demon World which can be accessed anywhere through the use of Portals etc… just think along the lines of Angel as in the vampire series a Succubus is a demon that seduces men and other demons…

Congrats if you made it this far, it's going to get romantic from here on out. it's a fast progressing fanfic – my favorite