"Guests? You have the nerve to call us guests?" Yuugi was reading out loud Kaiba's note at Perky Blue. The female vampire had decided that it was better to leave him without his voice, for she was sure that she wouldn't be able to stand listening to his complaints. But the son of a bitch had found a way! Now he had crossed his legs and was looking at her provocatively, while Yuugi was acting like his messenger. "You had us psychologically traumatized with the most cruel of ways, forced us to part with our dear ones and kept us locked into a cell, and now you took us in New Zealand and you dare to call us your guests? You fu…" That's where Yuugi stopped talking for a while, and his face was becoming redder after each second he'd be looking at the paper. After a good five minutes, he concluded: "You owe us an explanation."

"I usually don't say that, but I agree with Kaiba!" Honda added. "Is it that hard to tell us what the fuck is going on?"

"Yeah! You owe it to us!" Otogi supported the turmoil. Immediately, all of them started speaking altogether, except for Kaiba of course, who was about to explode. Otogi and Honda started banging at the bars, Anzu was plain furious and that was showing in her voice, Shizuka had started crying loudly, asking for her onii-chan, Isis was asking something about her brother desperately, and Yuugi was trying to calm everyone down, without of course succeeding.

Perky Blue was at her limit. She covered her ears and crawled into a corner, ready to start crying. Rin-sama, please help me! What did I do to deserve this? She couldn't even communicate with any of the Stiah anymore! "All of you, SHUT UP!" She ordered them and shot up. They stopped, just to hear what she had to say. "I don't have any authorization to give you details, but I assure you, it's for your own safety! Please, stay calm!"

"We don't believe you! You tricked us once, who can guarantee you're not doing it again?" Anzu pinpointed.

"Because I honestly…" They started yelling again. "SHUT UP OR I'LL FEED YOU TO THE CANNIBALS!"

"Like that's any different than being with a vampire!" Isis mocked at her.

"Speaking of which, is that Pink friend of yours coming over?" Otogi asked. "It's nothing but a friendly gesture, Shizuka-chan!" He hurryingly added the last part.

"Otogi you bastard, get serious!" Honda and Anzu were literally ready to eat him themselves.

Perky Blue buried her face in her hands. She didn't have any way to ask for Rin's permission, so she would just risk it and tell them everything. At least, they would be quiet for as long as she would be talking. "Okay! Okay! I'll explain every single thing to you! Just… listen!" And it did work. It took her long enough to explain Morana and Rin's scheme, plus Melania's dark side and Scott's ambiguous moves. They were quiet until the end. When she finished, she sighed. "And that's why you absolutely can't go back there! You'll only be an obstacle. Sit here patiently… and have some faith to your old friends. And I'm not even sure I should've told you all of this! Be thankful that I didn't have any way to communicate with Rin-sama."

They soon forgot about her, and started gossiping and guessing about how would things continue from then on. Perky Blue sighed in relief, but also noticed that Kaiba was scribbling something again. When he gave it to her and she read it, she started crying again.

Graham Bell did invent the telephone, you know.

Back in Domino, Rin couldn't stop touching her lips. Bakura Ryou was nothing like she remembered. She was never able to overcome the feelings of guilt when, in her insane hunger, she turned this kind boy into a vampire and forced him to feed off other people. Like the mind-raping he had suffered so much from was not enough, near that sadistic Thief! And what did he mean when he said he missed her? Was he planning something? Oh damn… She couldn't take anymore intrigues; she was this close to flip! Now that she knew Melania was planning to destroy the human race by using fairies and vampires altogether under her commands, she had to figure out Scott's side – she would currently assume he was with Melania – and what Atem had that she wanted to badly. She couldn't have Bakura to worry about too! "Fucking Thief, appear in front of me NOW!" She stomped her foot down.

Yami Bakura revealed himself behind her. "I expected nothing less from the most feared vampiress!" Though the words were praising, she felt like he was scoffing her.

"Shut up. You can't hide that killer intent inside of you. Not in a million years." She was so not in the mood to see him, but it had to be done.

"Funny, I only live for some thousands." He commented. "What do you want?"

"Answers. What were you doing here?"

"I just passed by to see how the one who destroyed my partner's life spends her day." He shrugged.

Rin felt the amazing impulse to strangle him, but she controlled herself. "How is he? Do you know what he wants? What he's planning?"

"How is he?" Yami Bakura repeated, and Rin understood that he was boiling from anger too. "How do you think? You turned him into a vampire, you showed that you cared and then you disappeared! He's more than devastated; he's empty! And you know what's worse? I can't control him anymore!" Rin rolled her eyes. Of course. Since when did pigs fly and Yami Bakura started caring so much for Ryou? The problem was himself. "I can't control him, which means that thanks to you, I don't…" He stopped.

"Sorry to disappoint you, but Ryou was never under your control since you got your separate bodies." Rin reminded him.

Yami Bakura shook his head negatively. "You're wrong. He was submissive. I could…"

"Fuck him?" Rin laughed malevolently. "What happened afterwards, he fucked you instead?" The Thief curled his fists and growled. Rin felt intensely the danger.

Before he could do anything, Rin had her dagger an inch away from his throat. They looked deeply into each other's eyes. Rin had her green lens, but he could see beyond that. His heart had started to ache again. He hated when this was happening. "He was shy, and he was kind. He had no backbone at all, and he was so vulnerable, but he could become happy with the smallest and most unimportant things." This was hard for him. "Now I don't know. It's like I don't know him anymore. I don't know what he is thinking or what he is planning. All that I know is…" He fidgeted, but his voice was stable when he spoke. "He was sweet. And I want him back." He was honest.

Rin opened her eyes, hyperventilating. This is a first time ... she began to sweat since she became a vampire. Standing up from her dark red bed, she crossed her arms and looked around her dark but safe room. No matter where in the world she is, the place she claims to be her room, is always the most safe place. There, she's herself, with all her fears, anger, sadness and plotting. But right now ... if she's even dreaming about Yami Bakura ... no, she has to visit him. And Bakura. And Malik. No more hiding. It's time to face some of her old demons.

On the other side of the city ...

"Wh-What?" Morana couldn't move. She couldn't believe that Melania was talking about it so crudely. "What are you saying?" So soon?

"I told you, dear!" Melania was beaming from distorted happiness. "Why should we, the magical creatures, be the ones to hide when we have all that power in our hands? We might be less in number than humans, but our powers can far surpass that weakness! Of course, I don't seek for something as silly as the destruction of the human race! We'll just make them our fateful servants! You know, butlers, workers, sex-slaves…"

"…And slaves in generally." Morana concluded, with wide disbelief. What the fuck?

"That's right!" Melania clapped her hands enthusiastically. "Isn't it great?" Her eyes narrowed. "You too think it's great, right Morana-chan?" She smiled creepily.

"Excuse me Melania-sama, of course I think you are right, but allow me to have some doubts about starting an all-out war with the humans!" Morana smiled kindly. Oh, she had a poker face that could kill when she wanted. Only Rin could compete with it. "What do you think?" She turned at Scott.

He smiled as well. "You know me, honey. Magical creatures versus humans equals war, war equals violent deaths, and that equals more food for me!" Even his eyes were smiling. Morana wondered when he would notice that she fed him with pseudo-souls of her friends.

"Don't worry dear Morana I have arranged everything!" Melania was hopping up and down now. "So I must ask you to capture many humans instead of killing them! But I hear," Her face became very devilish, "that Rin is already setting that into motion."

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck, he already noticed! Morana confirmed that with glancing at Scott. He gave her a very knowing look. Cold sweat started running down her temples.

"Anyways, I must go now!" Melania chirped, and Morana almost fell down from surprise. "I'll be back soon to describe you a more detailed plan!" She disappeared into thin air, leaving Morana gaping.

"Close your mouth honey. A fly will get in." For the first time, Scott was sounding bitter.

She slowly turned towards him. "How much does she know?" She asked soullessly.

"She thinks that Rin acts all on her own, and she's not particularly bothered by it. She thinks that she gathers them like a food stock, but still, she suspects you. I didn't tell her about your part of the plan though." Scott walked towards her. "So honey," he started unbuttoning his shirt. "What will you do to keep me silent?"

At that time, the word 'whore' passed by Morana head with big, red, capital letters.

Rin stepped out of her room, still thinking about what to say to Malik when she sees him.

"Hm… Rin-sama?" Sickly Green broke her concetration. "Perky Blue calls from New Zealand. She's crying about something, but to be honest, I can't clearly understand her."

Rin sighed. She arrived near the phone, but Poison Pink had already claimed it. "Aw, Otogi-kun, you're so sweet, stop, you're embarrassing me!"

Rin coughed loudly, and Poison Pink dropped the phone. Nevertheless, Rin was in such a good mood, she could overlook the fact that Pink was charging her to New Zeland to sweet-talk with Otogi. She picked it up. "Otogi you freak, give me Blue."

Back in Jou's house, Jou and Mai were making out on his couch. The dangerous situation had given them the perfect excuse of 'we could die tomorrow, at least we should live our feelings to the extreme' and now nobody could take his hands of the other. That's why when the phone rang, Jounouchi almost swore out loud. "What?" He picked up, extremely annoyed.

His blood froze when he listened to Rin's voice: "Jounouchi you're flying to New Zealand. NOW!"