Youngbountygirl: This is kinda where we relax a little. The VPA are on their way, but there is a reason they're taking their time. They can run fast, but... there's still the problem with crossing the water and vampires cannot walk on water and they do breathe. I'm hoping this will explain for those of you that are confused why they're taking their time if they can run at the speed of light. Water is taking their time lol.

Also, just so some of you don't get confused, the Count Dracula thing is not based on the actual book, I've never even read the actual book. I would assume you guys would already easily figure that out, but I could be wrong. I think anyone who's never read the book would know that Count Dracula never happened this way and his soul was sold to the Devil. I've never read the book and even I know that. I just wanted to make it seem like that Bram Stoker got his ideas from the vampire legends and made it more modern. I hope that helps if you guys are confused.

Aqua Girl 007: The Dracula in this chapter is NOT based on Vlad the Impaler. This one is flat out made up. Besides, this version lived in BC times anyways.

Also, here's the next chapter. I hope you guys enjoy it!

It had been five days since Odion's change. Yugi told Odion about living as a vampire, at least from his experience with Yami. The three packs joined in outside, next to the cliff by the lake in the woods, in a circle as Yugi began explaining about vampires and their culture. Marik was surprisingly okay with this. He believed since his brother was a vampire, it was time he learned more about them. They were very intrigued about what Yugi told them, especially Marik's pack. There were many things they never knew about vampires.

Yugi explained the legends of the vampires and how they began. Just like many legends on vampires, it started with Dracula, but this one was different from the book by Bram Stoker, who based his novel on the actual legends of the vampires. Vladimir Dracula was an everyday man living in Southwestern Asia 5,000 years ago. He wanted to explore the outer regions and came across a village of people, who practiced black magic. Vladimir wanted to learn more about this black magic and one sorceress agreed to teach him the ways of her people.

Vladimir learned this magic and practiced it until he became a powerful sorcerer. On a particular day, Vladimir came across a man, who lived in the same town. He broke into the house of the sorceress and killed her. Vladimir used his magic to fight against this man, but he cried to the village that Vladimir had killed the dead sorceress, who taught him this dark magic. The people believed the man and tried Vladimir, claiming him guilty for the murder of Vladimir's teacher. As punishment, due to the hatred of the village, they cursed him to forever crave the blood of all living things as food.

Vladimir lived in isolation for years, refusing to drink any sort of blood. Though, his cravings became more desirable and began to feed on blood of many kinds: livestock, people, birds, and fish. He was forever a curse to all who saw him. The dinner that survived began developing the same cravings, not drinking blood at first and became thirsty enough to drink. As time passed, due to continually feeding on blood and hunting on their own, their teeth became abnormally sharper, their skin began growing paler as the years went by, and their eyes began losing its color and showing its redness underneath. They all became outcasts.

One vampire was named Atem, who ruled Egypt during a time. Yugi explained about his history, about how he was bitten as well, but only drank human blood of the local prisoners. When everyone found out he was a vampire, Atem and his wife Mana fled to the world and continually moved from one place to another. They only drank human blood, if the person attacked them and were hungry enough. Despite their littled drinking diet, this led to the werewolves setting war eventually defeating them. There was no arguing that Atem and Mana were starving to the point that they could eat anything.

Yugi then explained the beginning of the VPA (Vampire Protection Agency), whose duty was to protect the vampires from human vampire hunters, who began developing during the Middle Ages. The VPA would try to make peace with the humans and vampires, but they kept attacking. Nobody would not heed to the VPA, so they hid the vampires in isolation until they were safe, while also punishing them with the infestation of fleas on the rats, causing the Black Death.

After everyone was convinced vampires didn't exist, the vampires lived among humans, finding different ways of blending in. As the vampires grew and multiplied, they also learned about drinking only animal blood during the years of the Renaissance. Though, people still persecuted others they believed were vampires. The VPA would take out any vampire hunters or people that tried to kill off a clan or family of vampires. This had been going on for years. No human was to know of a vampire's identity and, if he/she did, that person was to be changed or die.

The werewolves stood silent after hearing this story told from Yugi. Marik seemed shocked too. He never knew there was a vampire government that existed, let alone that the vampires started from a curse on one so innocent. From the story of their start, it made sense these vampires were confused and it wasn't that they didn't try to live a normal life, they did, but hunger or thirst got the better of them and it wasn't until years later they'd find out another way to live through drinking blood. Now that the packs have heard of the story of the vampires, they can now sympathize with them.

"Wow... just wow," Joey muttered.

"Sure makes the vampires different from what our legends say," Rebecka commented.

"Our forefathers probably never knew about them," Leon stated.

"It makes sense why Atem was monstrous the way he was... not that it's any excuse for attacking the neighboring village, but the villagers were very hostile by nature," Odion concluded. "Akefia had no idea. He wouldn't have known the agony a vampire must go through when he can only drink blood."

"I kinda feel bad for Atem. I know what it's like to have nobody listen to you and feel so alone and confused. I never really thought about him being like that," Marik confessed.

"Is it just me or did Marik Ishtar just sympathize with a vampire?" Remu teased before Marik shot him a glare.

"I think it's a start," Yugi said as the werewolves faced him. "Now that a member of yours is a vampire, it's time to understand vampires as humans. Haven't they been known, or at least a group or nation of them, for eating the flesh of human beings? Vampires are monstrous, a good number of them are, but just like humans, not all of them are monsters."

"I think this is the thousandth time you made a comment about that. Are you going to make picket signs, walk around our territory, and shout, 'What do we want? Vampire rights! When do we want it? Now!'?" Duke smirked as him and his friends chuckled at that comment.

"You're hilarious!" Tea rebuked in sarcasm.

"Thank you, precious," Duke replied mockingly.

"I know, you're right, I guess I'm getting a little too anxious," Yugi admitted embarrassingly.

"Something is bothering you. I can feel it," Odion said plainly.

"I'm... kinda worried," Yugi admitted. "My brother hasn't called me since the day Odion was bitten."

"Last we saw him was during Odion's second day," Remu said. "We... kinda had a bit of a feud."

"Kinda? You attacked his partner you stupid moron!" Ryou shouted, glare in his eyes.

"Partner?" Yugi questioned before his eyes furrowed and arms crossed.

"He was on no man's zone!" Remu defended, arguing with his brother.

"He's on our side! You don't attack our allies and it's obvious him crossing our border was an accident! His eyes were also gold, so it's obvious he's not a threat!"

"Ryou's right. As painful as it is to have vampires for allies, they haven't done anything to give us a reason to attack them. In fact, they've been helping us, since day one. You should've at least given him a warning Remu. Part of our job is showing mercy, whether they deserve it or not and the last thing we want is for our new allies to be against us," Marik rebuked his friend.

"Yes Alpha," Remu replied bitterly.

"I just hope Seto didn't get hurt," Yugi said with a worried tone.

"He's fine," Remu said uncaringly.

"And I'm still worried about Yami."

"I'm sure he'll be okay," Serenity promised before Yugi gave her a smile.

"Hey, you guys want to start swimming?" Marik asked everyone and they all began jumping off the cliff into the lake below.

Yugi laughed, watching the guys taking off their shirts while the girls just stripped everything, but their swim suit, which they had on underneath. Joey stripped off his shirt, followed by Yugi, before the two boys ran to the cliff. Yugi looked down nervously before feeling Joey push him right off the cliff and into the pool. The wolves laughed as Yugi popped his head from the water. He began attacking Joey after he jumped into the large lake, ready for payback.

The wolves laughed and played in the large lake, right next to the large cliff. Yugi and Joey wrestled each other in the lake, trying to push each other under the water. They laughed and swam around in the water. The other wolves did too. Now that Odion was a vampire Marik didn't have to hold back his strength, from being a werewolf, from wresting with all his might against Odion, who proved to be extremely stronger than usual. Of course, this was due to being a new vampire.

This was the reason why Dartz wanted newborn vampires; they were stronger in comparison to one that had been a vampire for years. This was due to the amount of blood a vampire still had, from before they were bitten, in their system. This, along with blood they'd feed on, every new vampire had incredible strength whether they drank from animals or humans. This was one of the reasons the werewolves were having trouble with defeating the new vampires.

Tea was swimming and playing with Serenity in the water. The girls always played less roughly than the boys, especially since most of the guys were werewolves. Yugi floated on the water, feeling the sun shining on him with its warmth. He loved this feeling. Joey sat on one of the rocks, watching his friend float on the water.

"You having fun?" Joey asked.

"Yep," Yugi replied before he swam up to Joey. "I wonder what this is like at night."

"Dangerous," Joey replied. "The waves here get rough."

"Yikes."

"Yikes is right. Of course, a wolf could survive it, but a regular human might end up with a broken skull."

"I thought humans had their own sense of strength," Yugi teased with a smirk up his lips.

"Yes, but it's different when you can heal in less than a second. I didn't say we wouldn't get hurt if we ever did try jumping in here during the night."

"Ah. You should be more specific Sherlock."

Joey stuck out his tongue as Yugi laughed, rolling his eyes, then splattered water on Joey before he jumped right on his friend into the waters. Everyone enjoyed themselves playing around. It was such a joyful moment for everyone at this moment.