Youngbountygirl: Here's the next chapter. I added a few things, but the rest is all Aqua. Enjoy!
Aqua Girl 007: Also I used the technique of treating a deep cut on somewhere like the arm instead of a neck wound in this chapter. I did this because the vampires can heal extremely fast, so a cut on the neck wouldn't be as deadly as it would be on a human.
When Joey entered Marik's house, with Yugi and Yami on his back, Yugi took Yami and sat him down on the mat, which Yugi was on to treat his arm, while he covered the wound on his neck with Yugi's shirt. Yugi's heart was pounding inside of his chest, while helping put pressure on the wound. What if this wound was too fatal? Kaiba was worried too, when seeing how bad the wound was, but did not show it to stay strong for his little brother.
Immediately, Serenity picked up clean cloth, a tensor bandage, medical tape, and a rag. She quickly put on a pair of gloves before running over to Yami's side and sat down beside him and replaced Yugi's shirt with a clean cloth to press against the wound. Yami cringed, hissing in pain and showing his razor sharp teeth. Remu and Duke hated the fact there were now two other vampires here, one of them that can read minds no less. At least Serenity seemed patient being around Yami.
While cleaning around Yami's wound, Serenity couldn't help, but notice the firm muscles on Yami's arm, so round and built. His eyes were shining gold like stars while his black hair stood up, as if there was no gravity. Yami's skin was so pale and cold, yet soft by touch. Serenity had to admit that for a vampire, Yami was cute and sexy at first glance. A smile formed from the corner of Yami's lips, while eyeing at her. Serenity blushed hot red. She completely forgot that Yami can read minds, meaning Yami just read her thoughts. She continued to clean the wound before placing ointment on the wound.
For some reason, Serenity could feel some sort of close connection between her and Yami. It felt strange, seeing that Yami was a vampire, but Serenity knew this one was a good vampire. Yami's eyes were gold, so it was safe to assume he didn't drink human blood. More importantly, for a vampire, Yami looked so... human, aside from the razor sharp tangs.
"I still can't believe you ran off like a complete dumbass!" Kaiba snapped, still pissed off at his cousin.
Yami wanted to snap back at Kaiba, but deep down, he knew his cousin is right. He really should not have run off like that and even he knew better than that. All Yami could think of, during the time, was that Yugi could possibly be dead at that moment and he just wanted to at least see his brother one more time, if he was to die. Was it so wrong for Yami to want to see his brother at a time of death? It was stupid, but a desperate attempt.
"What happened anyways?" Yugi wondered.
"Well," Seto explained, "I got a vision of you being attacked by a vampire while falling off of a cliff. Yami became frantic, so he tried to call your cell to only have a vampire say that you were dead. Then Yami took off after you like he was running the hundred meter dash before I had the chance to stop him. That's when we got inside the limo and chasing after him."
"You would've done the same thing, if something if that were Mokuba," Yami retorted.
Seto knew that Yami was right. He would go through hell and back to save his brother, if anything happened to him, but he didn't want to admit that. Mokuba knew that too, staring at the floor and biting his bottom lip. Marik couldn't argue either, seeing he felt the same when Odion was bitten and going through the changing process. This was the reason why Odion was a vampire now, because Marik was willing to do anything to keep his brother alive.
Before Seto had the chance to say anything, Rebecca entered the house along with her grandpa, who had a gash on his arm.
"What happened to him?" Joey asked, staring at the wound on his arm.
"We were fighting off some of the vampires and one of them scrapped his arm up against a tree," Rebecca explained. "Can you cover for me?"
"Yeah sure," Joey said before he ran outside, changing into his wolf form and taking off into the forest. He let Yugi stay behind to be with his brother and to let his arm heal
Rebecca stared at the two vampires with confused wide eyes, "Why are there two vampires here?"
"Well, long story short, the midget decided it would be a fun idea to be like Edward from Twilight and take off like a dumbass, nearly getting himself killed in the process," Seto said with a smirk before Yami flipped his cousin off and the wolves, including Odion, chuckled in response.
"Seto saw a vision of me falling off a cliff and Yami thought I was dead, so he ran to the cliff and Joey and I had to chase after him before anything happened to him. We also got attacked and Yami almost got his head ripped off," Yugi explained it properly.
"Good! I was afraid we were going to get assed for Yami getting himself f***ed up like that," Duke sighed in relief as Yami glared at him in response
"If you want f***ed up, how about after my wound is dressed, I cram my fist up your ass?" Yami threatened.
"Yami, control yourself!" Yugi rebuked as Yami sighed, taking a deep breath.
"At least it explains why Joey was telling me to keep my pack away from the Cliff Lake," Rebecka said while treating her grandfather's wound.
"By the way, I like the new family tree," Yami smirked as he eyed at Odion. "So much for killing every vampire on site."
"Shut up!" Marik snapped while Serenity taped the dressing on Yami's wounded neck.
"There, good as new!" Serenity said with her perky smile, clasping her hands together.
"Thanks and yes, vampires have blood flowing through their veins too, it's just not as warm. Our body temperature goes to between 16-22 degrees Celsius," Yami replied as Serenity blushed while biting her the corner of her lip.
"Serenity, why the hell would you want to know about that?" Duke asked, seemingly grossed out.
"I-It was just a curious thought in my mind... His skin just seemed soft for a vampire and... you know."
"Aww, does my sister have a crush?" Joey teased as Serenity's face turned hot red.
"N-No! I mean..."
Marik and his pack, except for Ishizu, Ryou, and Odion, made a loud facepalm. Marik was muttering jibberish before Odion smiled and said, "Serenity, I'm feeling a connecting energy signal matching you and Yami in both your moods. I've only felt this in Marik and Maria. Is it possible that you just imprinted on Yami?"
"I... don't know," Serenity replied nervously.
"I think we are too," Yami replied, having red her's and everyone else's minds to know what imprinting was.
"You serious?" Joey, Marik, and Yugi asked asked at the same time.
"It seems that way. Afterall, it is proven that werewolves can imprint on vampires just as much as humans, since they are alike in many ways than one, even by DNA wise," Ishizu said as Yami looked over at Serenity with his bright smile and she showed a shy glance in reply. Knowing this made the girl feel slightly awkward, so Yami decided to change the subject, looking over at Yugi.
"By the way Yugi, what happened to your arm?" Yami asked, noticed the dressing around his brother's arm.
"I was fighting off some of the vampires and one of them cut my arm with a nail filler," Yugi explained.
"My, my, I guess my brother is turning into a badass vampire fighter like Blade," Yami teased.
"Yami!" Yugi said while his cheeks heated up.
"Come on, you have to admit it is true," Yami teased him some more.
"It is kinda true," Joey added.
"All the human fighters here might as well be Blade. All we need is to give them vampire DNA and give them sunglasses," Rebecka joined in on the joke.
"Shut up!" Yugi said while his blush deepened.
"Don't worry, I still love you," Tea said, chuckling.
"I love you too," Yugi replied before Yami placed his hand on Yugi's shoulder.
"Do you want me to heal the wound on your arm?" Yami asked more seriously, about to open the dressing.
Before Yugi had the chance to reply back or Yami unwrapping the dressing, Marik, Duke, and Remu growled like wild animals. Even though Yami was their ally, they still didn't trust Yami's taste buds.
"Don't worry, you guys," Yugi assured them. "Yami has done this to me penalty of times before. He isn't going to drink my blood. Besides, he couldn't if he tried."
"I highly doubt that!" Remu protested while Marik narrowed his eyes at Yami. Marik was starting to believe that not all vampires are blood trusty monsters and he knew that vampire's tongues had healing abilities, but even he still had his doubts. What if Yami decides turn Yugi into a snack while treating his wound? Despite Odion not being bloodthirsty, Marik still held that fear.
"Yugi is right," Odion added, sensing his brother's doubt. "Yami isn't craving Yugi's blood."
Marik wanted to groan at this, but he managed to suppress it. Odion would know if Yami was to go after Yugi's blood or not. After all, he can sense other people's emotions, now that he's a vampire. Why would his brother lie about something like this? Marik turned to his pack and signaled them to step back. Remu and Duke didn't like it, but they did as their Alpha told them.
"Alright fine," Marik gave in. "Yami can heal his brother's wound. Just make it quick."
Yami began unwrapping the dressing of Yugi's wound on his arm. It revealed to be a fresh wound in stitches, which seemed easier for Yami, seeing that he didn't have to taste alot of the blood. Yami slowly moved his tongue against the wound, tasting some of Yugi's blood trying to creep out in the process. Everyone was cringing at this sight, while Ishizu and Seto hardly flinched. Odion began raised two eyebrows, feeling the disgust emotion in Yami from the taste of Yugi's blood. How could a vampire hate drinking human blood? This seemed very illogical and was never heard of before. Even Odion himself liked the smell of human blood, though he never tasted it. Yugi's stitched wound healed and left behind a scar, since it had been fresh for a long while.
In mere moments, Yami sprang to his feet and bolted towards the bathroom to spit out the blood in his mouth. Gagging was heard with the sink water running in the restroom. Everyone's jaws dropped in pure shock before all the wolves burst out laughing, not believing what they just witness. Never in their entire lives have they actually seen a vampire that hated the taste of human blood! Yami was even coughing the bathroom from the taste of it on his tongue. Not only did this bring irony, but it was hilarious!
After a few minutes, Yami walked back into the living room while the werewolves were still laughing; even Tea was laughing. Marik had to admit, this was the greatest display he's ever seen in his life. He now learned something new: there are vampires that cannot stand the taste of human blood.
Amused, Remu turned his gaze towards Marik. "That was awesome. We should have the mind reader do first aid like that more often."
"Na," Marik said, still laughing. "Though, I wish I had my camera with me so I could record that and post it on YouTube."
"Shut the f*** up!" Yami snapped in annoyance as the wolves laughed some more.
"Why didn't you tell us Mind Reader hates human blood?" Remu asked.
"You wouldn't have believed me," Yugi replied.
"That's true. I never thought I'd see the day. You know what? You can stay here as long as you want, especially since Serenity imprinted on you anyways. What do the rest of you say?" Marik asked.
"I think so and I'm sure Joey will be happy to know too!" Rebecka agreed.
"And survey says I'm still not allowed?" Seto asked with a slight smirk.
"I think you would, since you are our cousin afterall," Yugi thought with a shrug.
"What about you? You hate human blood too?" Marik asked Seto.
"Not really, but it's not my favorite kind of meal. Gozoburro once hosted a blood drive and stole a few bags and I lived off of that for a while. I personally prefer drinking game like lions," Seto admitted firmly. "Not to mention human blood will often cause sickness, than if we were to drink game blood."
"Have you had any cravings for human blood?" Odion asked.
"No. Vampires usually don't, unless you drink a smoker. They carry nicotine in their blood, which usually causes cravings. A blood drive knows how to choose certain people that don't carry diseases or any of that kind of stuff, so you can drink fresh and clean blood."
"Is that why many of the vampires are so addicted to human blood?" Ishizu asked with amazement.
"I would think so. Only the higher up vampires know how to choose their humans right. The vampires we're fighting against are most likely smokers themselves and have drank other smoker blood. That nicotine is developing the craving. It creates the symptoms like the smell of human blood developing continual cravings, among other things," Seto explained before showing a smirk. "They also don't live very long, even without your help. If vampires drink the blood of people with tobacco in their blood sickness, a vampire will most likely also catch whatever sickness or cancer it has."
"Interesting. If it's only tobacco that causes cravings, perhaps we can allow certain kinds of vampires here. There are Nicotine Test Kits available to use. If they can show us proof that they have no nicotine, they won't be a threat here," Odion thought.
"I suppose," Marik muttered under his breath. He still was unsure about letting vampires into his territory.
Seto's eyes began staring into space, showing a blank look. Yugi and Yami both got up as the werewolves looked at Seto strangely. He then, blinked a few times.
"What'd you see, Seto?" Mokuba asked.
"The VPA are here... right now. We need to arrive as witnesses, because they will make a search everywhere and, if they suspect any negative activity, they will kill on sight and not even three packs will be enough to stop them," Seto advised.
"What about Yugi and Mokuba?" Yami asked.
"Yugi stays with the werewolves. They won't question him, if he's under protection of another abnormal protection government, especially since you two don't live together anymore. I'll have Mokuba dropped off home."
"Who are the VPA?" Marik asked.
"Vampire Protection Agency. They're job is to protect our existence from anything threatening."
"Are they a threat to us?"
"The packs have been protecting both humans and vampires themselves. They have no reason to believe you're a threat to the vampire race. Just don't show any threat toward them and you'll be fine. You also will have to tell them that Yugi is part of your crew. To protect our kind, they've made a law that any member, who lives under our household, has to be bitten or dead, including ones that know of the vampire kind's existence. If Yugi is under you guys, this means he's under your protection and laws and not theirs. This way, they can't touch Yugi."
"If they want a piece of Yugi, they'll have to go through us!"
"Good. If you're lucky, your mood ring friend might be free from them," Seto said before zooming out the door quicker than light. Mokuba ran out the door to wait for his limo to pick him up.
"You be careful Yugi and stay with Joey," Yami said, hugging his brother tightly.
"I will!" Yugi promised before they parted and Yami zoomed out.
The wolves changed into their wolf forms, their human partners climbing on them like a horse, and they all rode off toward Yami's and Seto's direction.