Hey guys did you miss me? Okay yes I know I've been gone for like a hundred years and have kept you waiting without even giving you a phone call! But if any of you know what it's like to write exams and complete assignments, deal with technical difficulties and run out of chocolate…then you can forgive me for my lengthy absence…no? Okay, well, I'll tell you what, Chapter ten – officially the longest chapter I have ever written is about to allow a little sneak peak into Yami's past… hmmm still not good enough, okay well how about this:

Da da daaaa: Chapter 11 needs some assistance from all of you! Yes – all of you. I need extras for the club scene so if you want to feature as one of the extra characters, please let me know, I'll be glad to add you! I'll need to know ASAP, preferably before the end of the month, and you can even add what you'd like your avatar to do…so say for example…you want to get back at Yugi…hint hint, then tell me! Just no kissing Yami…I can't allow that.

Anyway once again – seriously sorry for keeping you guys waiting, please read and enjoy.

Rating: Rating M (Although this is really a T)

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Chapter 10

Tea adjusted the black mini skirt she wore, slightly, as she followed Yami out of the front doors of the apartment complex. After a quick examination of her reflection in the hallway mirror, she had decided to take up Yugi's suggestion and cleaned up a bit, surprised to find the clothes had foreign designer labels on, and fit her body perfectly.

The mini skirt was a sexy combination of leather and lace; a unique design that she had never come across before, but looked extremely good on her. Digging further she managed to find a rather suggestive red and black tank top, with roses intricately tangled, printed onto its silky fabric, and a very sexy, figure hugging leather jacket, which she couldn't resist. And to top it all off, she wore thigh high, high heeled, leather boots which laced up, which had unfortunately been a simple size too big for her, but she managed to walk in them without too much of a problem.

Perhaps if the circumstances had been different, and she wasn't confused by what was going on, or if her mind hadn't been bombarded by the tens of thousands of questions that desperately needed answers…she might have enjoyed the way Yami's eyes widened at her grand entrance from the bedroom…but they weren't.

An awkward silence had hung over the trio as they made their way down the back streets of Domino City's roughest neighbourhoods, each captive in their own thoughts, while the curious eyes of devious bystanders followed them from the dark, hidden corners of alleyways.

Unanswered questions whirled around the pair, particularly haunting Yami, who had up until this point, been going over and over again in his mind, on how to explain nineteen years of hellish nightmares and dark secrets that were best left untold, whereas Yugi, who had grown bored with the silence inconspicuously drifted off in another direction, though only Yami had noticed at first.

When Tea realized he was missing, she spotted him on the other side of the railway tracks, casually hopping on various objects with perfect, unnatural grace…

She didn't know much about Yugi, which made her all the more curious. They were definitely brothers, though she picked up on the negative vibes that were exchanged between them, indicating that they shared a very strained relationship.

Then again…she didn't know all that much about Yami either.

Her thoughts drifted back to the moment she walked out of the bedroom that she had previously thought to have been held captive in, only to be confronted by a startling sight. She had first taken note of the living room floor, which was covered in shattered glass, before she noticed the oversized broken window…all of which pointed to the fact that something violent had taken place there.

When she thought about it further, she realized that something had broken through it from the outside…or rather someone, though that would have surely been impossible…or was it?

Sneaking a tiny glance at him, she found her heart flutter in excitement, a feeling that she still wasn't used to. Ever since they had stepped out of the apartment building, he had made no attempt to touch her or get too close, yet he was tortuously within arm's reach and in spite of still been wary of him, she ached to hold his hand and experience the warm tingling sensation that she would always feel when their skins met.

The seemingly deserted rail line was rather brightly lit by the full moon that hung heavily in the black velvet sky, and although not a soul came in sight, she could feel eyes on her. This area was well known as a mugger's territory, and quite often there were reports of rapes and even homicides…not exactly the kind of place you would want to take a midnight stroll through.

Yet, in spite of it all, she was comforted by the fact that Yami was right there beside her, her protector and knight in shining armour, which always showed up when she needed him most…even if he seemed more distant than usual. She was intrigued by his mysteriousness, though at the same time held back by the invisible wall that separated them.

At that moment he looked sideways at her, catching her gaze with his alluring ruby red eyes that held so much depth and secretiveness, but glowed with warmth that melted away all her concerns and fears. It was at that moment that she found the strength to truly believe that she would handle whatever secret he was about to unlock. After all…she loved him.

(Yami)

Having drunk an enormous quantity of blood earlier that evening, Yami found himself rather giddy, and had almost given into fits of laughter for no apparent reason at all, but managed to refrain himself none the less. Tea was his sole focus at that point in time, as he had much to explain…and yet hadn't the vaguest idea of where or how to begin.

She deserved to know the truth. He owed her that much. However, there was the little problem of what would take place soon after that.

It was forbidden for humans to know of their kind. That was the one most important rule all vampires lived by. The only humans allowed knowing of their existence, were the blood-whores (slaves), and their victims who of course died with the secret, shortly after learning it. For Tea to learn of such knowledge was more than just dangerous…it was fatal.

However, what was more important than anything else was whether she would accept him or not. Of course Yami was afraid, just like any human, of rejection…but that was something he could handle, yet unfortunately what worried him most, was that if she couldn't accept it...there was a possibility that she would have to be dealt with according to vampire law…something that he most definitely wouldn't have been able to handle. Yet he would protect her no matter what, so if she truly needed to learn the truth…he would give it to her.

He breathed in deeply coming to the conclusion that it was now or never.

"Yami?" Tea asked softly, slightly alarmed.

"Tea…what I'm about to tell you, can and will put your life in danger." He said remorsefully, forcing his gaze to remain level with hers.

"Why? Are you in some kind of trouble? Did you do something bad?" She asked hesitantly.

He took a moment to process her words before answering her, "Not…exactly."

She gazed at him with wide wondering eyes that were no longer distrustful, but were filled with warmth and encouragement, as she said seven tiny little words that changed everything between them. "Yami…whatever it is…I don't care."

Every word she said came from the heart; that he knew, yet he also knew that she didn't fully understand the meaning behind her words, and once again he began to rethink about pulling her into the nightmare that she had been so oblivious to her whole life.

"You don't know what you're saying Tea," he said softly, averting his gaze slightly to the side, "What I… it's…it's just not something you can simply ignore and forget about."

"Could you respect me enough to let me be the judge of that?" she asked softly, longing to reach out and cup his face, but struggled against the temptation. His lips curled at the corners slightly, having read this from her mind…if she wanted to do so, why didn't she just break free of her restraints and do so?

Was that what he had to do? Did he have to break free of his restraints to be free?

"That will serve no purpose other than bring you closer to death," he stated morbidly, inadvertently clenching his right hand into a fist. Why couldn't things just be simple?

"Yami…I'm already dying," Tea said sadly, her blue eyes misting as though she were on the verge of tears. "Every hour…every minute…every passing second, brings me closer to my death."

He hadn't expected such an answer, and was momentarily stunned into silence, before uttering the first few words that popped into his head. "Which is why you should savour every minute of it."

"The only time I will ever savour…is the time I have spent with you, every other second has very little meaning to me…and I'd rather die young…than die without ever knowing you," she whispered lightly, her voice thick with emotion, and her beautiful face softened with vulnerability.

Her powerful words unleashed many emotions within him and also brought about the mind-blowing realization of something he hadn't noticed before, until now…

"I feel the same way…" His words were carried in the light breeze that whispered in Tea's ear before dancing off into the night. Their eyes were locked in an intense gaze, as the invisible wall between them began to quiver and crack.

'Ra! This is so damn sappy! I think I'm going to hurl!' Yugi's mocking, mental voice spat in disgust.

Yami instantly turned to glare in his younger twin bother's direction. Unable to act normal, Yugi occupied himself by doing what he did best…looking for trouble. On the other side of the tracks, which were naturally dodgier and practically screamed dangerous, Yugi casually strolled along the sidelines, making himself open for an attack by an unfortunate mugger that would soon meet his demise, just for the sport of it…

He sighed inwardly and returned his attention back to the young beauty before him that was about to receive the shock of her life. He gently took her hands in his and prepared himself for one of the toughest explanations of his life.

"Tea…what I am about to tell you is crazy…but I swear to you that I speak of the truth and only the truth…I would never lie to you."

She tightened her grip instinctively, "Its okay Yami, no matter what it is I'll believe you."

He smirked mentally at hearing that, wondering how many boys in Tea's life had ever revealed they were vampires. Well…he'd soon find out.

"Tea…I'm not…I'm not human."

She gave him a confused look, wondering if she had heard wrong. "What do you mean Yami?"

"…I'm a vampire."

(Yugi)

Yugi choked on a laugh that he had tried to stifle for his brother's sake, but the comical look of shock and bewildered surprise on the human girl's face was priceless. After giving her short speech about how no matter what she would believe him and be there to hold his hand when he needed him most and so on and so forth…she looked like she was ready to flee. Clearly she hadn't expected that…stupid human.

At least the lovey-dovey nonsense that they were muttering to each other had been shut up for a while, he wasn't kidding when he said he was close to throwing up. He needed to feed, since that pathetic blood-whore of his was unable to supply his fix for the evening, and he was always worse after one of his…episodes.

What's her name again?

He heard footsteps 'quietly' following behind him within the shadows to his right. He grinned darkly in anticipation. Finally! It was about time some cocky thug showed that he had a decent set of balls on him.

"Was it…Bella?..Betty?.."

He heard the thug's racing heart before he smelt him…though Yugi was pretty sure that any average human being with an unblocked nose would have been able to. He was definitely not drinking this human's blood…Ra, did the guy ever bath? He rolled his shoulder's back to loosen the muscles, impatiently waiting for his so-called attacker, to attack him.

"Oh yeah, now I remember, it's Becky."

(Tea)

Okay she did not see that one coming…not by a long shot. She couldn't decide if she believed him, or if she thought that he was crazy, but something about the earnest look in his eyes, that were haunted and clouded in a powerful emotion that was beyond description…the same kind of expression found in the eyes of someone that is completely and utterly alone in the world…made him all the more believable. But it was too crazy to believe…yet she believed him…and that scared her.

She instinctively too a small step backwards, her blue eyes wide in a mixture of confusion and fear and her heart thundering against her chest. For the first time that night, she was truly terrified of him.

Yami looked slightly alarmed then. "Please Tea…I'd never hurt you, I swear."

Memories of the previous days and nights flooded back to her. She remembered the night she jumped from the bridge and had opened her eyes in time to see that she was held in the arms of the man she had previously named her protector, while they flew up towards the heavens…she remembered the broken living room window, and how it had to have been broken from the outside…she also remembered how that when she first met him, there had been something dark and unnatural about him that she couldn't place…

Now she understood…there was something unnatural about him…something dangerous…far more dangerous than her father.

"Tea?"

She was completely alone in the middle of nowhere, in probably one of the worst areas of Domino City, with nowhere to run or hide. She suddenly felt panic settling in. She briefly wondered if she screamed would anyone come to her rescue…

With a look of hurt, Yami took a step backward so that he was at a safe distance away from her.

Guilt swelled up within her, but she couldn't help but feel frightened of him, unsure of exactly what he planned to do with her. "I…I…I don't…I can't…what do you…"

Yami's eyes snapped open in horror and he dived forward at an impossible speed that her eyes hadn't even had a chance to process it. She felt his arms powerfully wrap themselves around her slim waist, before the loud thunderous explosion of a gun shot, rang out through the silent night.

He cussed angrily under his breath in Egyptian, while he pulled Tea back up onto her feet, his body tensed and his red eyed glowing in a fiery rage…a sight that truly frightened her.

"Yugi…you…idiot!" he growled, each word dangerously emphasised.

"Whoops! Sorry 'bout that!" Yugi called from the other side in a rather cheerful voice that was really starting to cut the ice beneath him. He straightened up and with graceful ease and one arm, threw something big and heavy down onto the tracks that made a sickening thud.

His eyes glared in Yugi's direction for a few seconds longer before he returned his gaze to Tea's, softening them instantly. "Are you alright?"

She was too startled to answer at him first, yet before she could do, so much as nod, her side eyesight caught a bright flash of red sparkling from his left shoulder. She gasped in horror, "You're hurt!"

He glanced at it without concern and shrugged. "It's nothing, just a graze."

That was so male of him…

"You've been shot!" she cried.

"It'll heal," he assured her.

She grabbed hold of his arm as gently as she could; worrying that she might hurt him, to have a better look at the wound, which looked far more serious than 'just a graze.'

"But-" She gasped as the wound began to close right before her very eyes, "But how…"

He took her hand gently in his, his grip loose in case she wanted to pull away. "I know that it's a lot to take in…and there's still so much more that needs to be said…but Tea I promise that I will never hurt you."

She met his gaze, partly startled by his words, yet warmed by them.

"I…believe you." She whispered.

'Oh my Ra…now all we need is a meadow and goddamn ray of sunshine.'

(Yami)

"Technically, I'm only half-vampire…" Yami began, forcing his train of thought away from the comfort zone of the present, back into his gloomy past.

Tea gave him a puzzled look. "Half?"

He grinned bitterly. "Yes, my mother was human." He tensed as mixed emotions swirled within him about the woman, who had given birth to him and his brother.

Upon hearing his words, her thoughts scattered into several directions, which he found hard to follow at the same time, but was able to get a general idea of what she wanted to know. She wanted to know who his mother was, what his father was like, what he had meant about been rare, if he drank blood and if he did, did he only drink virgin blood? That thought particularly amused him.

"You see…human women can fall pregnant with a male vampire's child, but the baby is almost always stillborn. However, on very rare occasions, such as in the case with my…well, Yugi and I, as well as our cousin Seto, were all born alive. At present we are the only surviving three in existence, there was one other many years ago, but he's long dead now, and as far as I know he was also the first, which was where our limited knowledge about 'half-borns' as we are called, came from." His mind wondered back to the ancient tomb where he had been born and raised, remembering the awful shrieks of pain, of the dying slaves as they went into labour, wondering briefly how his mother had sounded while giving birth to him…

Tea listed to him in awe, captivated by his words, willing him to explain more.

"We are practically born human, though far more intelligent and advanced than human infants, though our stages of development differ from each other. For instance, I learnt to crawl about a week after I was born…apparently…and I started walking about a month later. Yugi however, learnt to speak at a month old, and was fluent with a normal five-year-old's vocabulary before he reached one…of course he never made it passed the maturity level-"

"I heard that!" Yugi growled.

Tea gasped. She couldn't believe that Yugi had been able to hear that from all the way over there, when Yami's voice had been minimally audible just to her. Yami grinned at her surprise, figuring that this was his cue to continue onto the next stage of his explanation.

"As you can see, there is another stage to our development, which takes place shortly after we reach our preschooler years. Our heart rates slowed to an abnormal beat, which would frighten most doctors, and thus also resulted in the slight cooling of our body temperature. Soon after, our reflexes became far sharper and quicker, our strength increased and as you can see, so did our hearing ability."

The pair both found themselves glancing in Yugi's direction, who gave them a curious look in return…before giving them the peace sign, " 'Sup hommies!"

Yami rolled his eyes; Yugi could be such an idiot sometimes. "That is also the stage where our fangs began to grow."

Tea's body stiffened. "Fangs?"

He chuckled lightly. "Yes, as clichéd as it is, we do have fangs…but as far as I know we can't turn into bats or melt at the sight of garlic…though it isn't particularly a favourite of mine either."

Tea giggled softly, able to agree with him wholeheartedly. Although she hadn't wanted to annoy him with questions that he might not have wanted to answer, she couldn't stop herself from asking. "So…um…do you drink blood…the 'half-borns' I mean?"

He breathed in a deep sigh, finding no point other than being completely frank with her. "Yes…we'd…" Fall into insanity and go on a bloodbath killing spree? "…we would die if we didn't, so it can't be helped… but we only need a little bit for survival, unlike the fully fledged vampires, who need much more to satisfy their first." He decided he wouldn't go into too much detail about blood- drinking, at least not right now.

"So do you…"

He knew what she was thinking. "I drink medical blood."

She nodded stiffly, but Yami could tell that she was relieved by this. She glanced at Yugi, and suddenly thought of yet another question that had been eating at her that whole evening. "You two are brothers…you look so much alike…"

He knew where she was going with this without even needing to invade her thoughts. "Yes…we're twins."

She gave him a questioning look that was border lined with surprise that made him sigh in defeat.

"There's something else that I need to explain…another stage in our development. You see, although we are technically vampires in our own right, we are not immortal, and we grow and age, just like any other normal human being…so to become a fully fledged vampire…we have to be turned in the same way as a human would," He explained slowly, choosing his words carefully and hoping they made sense. "Now although we are born weaker than fully fledged vampires, we reach a stage where our powers and strength are equal to theirs and this is usually when we are turned."

Images of Yugi's vampiric transformation flashed through his mind's eye, cutting deep into the old wounds that still felt fresh from his betrayal, but he refused to allow the bitterness of it to come between him and Tea during this crucial time they shared.

"The price to pay for immortality is the abandonment of one's soul for all eternity and live in darkness forever…however, should one remain half-mortal without giving in to the dark side, soon after the climax of their transformation has been completed…they begin to weaken drastically…and eventually die," He said morbidly, kicking a discarded cola can out of his way.

She eyed him questioningly, not quite understanding what he was trying to tell her.

"We usually reach that level when we're sixteen."

Her eyes widened in understanding, and her gaze quickly darted to Yugi's lazy, moving form as he strolled along on the side opposite to them. He looked younger than sixteen, but she finally understood why he and Yami were so different in height, even though they were practically structured and built the same way… Yugi wasn't developing or growing anymore…because he couldn't…and he couldn't because he wasn't a human anymore…he was a vampire.

"Yes," Yami clarified in a stiff almost angry voice. "Yugi's a fully fledged vampire."

She returned her gaze to his, startled by everything he had revealed to her, yet also realized something on her own. "You're not…"

He shook his head once, "Which is why I fled my homeland, so to prevent a forceful transformation that would turn me into one of them." He looked away from her suddenly; forcing himself to voice the dreaded words that he wished weren't true. "That's why it's not safe for you to be around me…I am a target for many evil and dangerous things…and they will use you in ways, that not even I have the courage to think of…to get to me…and I would never forgive myself if they hurt you Tea." He whispered tenderly.

Unable to control herself any longer, she dived into his arms, grabbing hold of him as though the floor was collapsing beneath their feet and he was the only thing she could hold onto to prevent herself from falling. He caught her and held her close, addicted to her intoxicating scent and warmth, feeling as though it would take the power of the gods to pull her away from him ever again.

"I don't care; I can't live without you…please, please don't leave me!" She sobbed, burying her face in the soft fabric of his shirt.

His logical mind processed that this was for the best…but his heart refused to agree, and if one thought about the logistics of this battle between mind and heart, it was obvious which one would win. A vampire's heart was a far more powerful organ than his brain, after all if it was staked; he would turn to ash…who was Yami, the vampire prince of Egypt…to deny its command?

He pulled away from her slightly, cupping her face lovingly. "Tea…I have searched for you my whole life…do you really find me capable of leaving you now?"

She clutched his hand with hers, smiling softly as his words sunk in, feeling all her fears, worries, concerns, confusions and hardships that had made her life so difficult, melt away…and there was only her and Yami, in the light of a brightly full moon where just a few nights before, a shooting star had crossed paths with another…

(Yugi)

Yugi had to step in before they drove him insane, deciding that he had allowed their lovey-dovey'ness to continue onward for far too long. Stroking the spot, which had been stabbed at earlier, he temporarily forgot himself and leapt over the tracks, landing a few paces behind the hugging couple with the same graceful ease a bird of prey would have.

Tea, still a newbie to the whole vampires-exist-thing, and furthermore warier of him, now that she knew that he was an actual vampire and not just half, nearly jumped out of her skin, but of course his brother was more than willing to place a protective arm around her…such a hero.

"Yo! Miss Lady…" He gave Tea a flirtatious wink, before giving Yami a mocked look of disgust, "And the Tramp…how about we go out and celebrate now?"

Yami, giving Yugi a dirty look after been referred to as a scruffy looking mutt from one of the Disney movies he had been unfortunate to come across during one of his travels, ground his teeth together in irritation. What was his brother scheming now?

"Celebrate what?" Tea asked, gently snuggling deeper into Yami's arms.

Yugi gave her a bewildered look. "Celebrate what? Tea…Habiba…we must celebrate life, and love…and family," he said pointedly, glancing at Yami, who glared daggers at him for daring to refer to her with the use of an Egyptian pet-name. Luckily Tea didn't seem to notice.

"Where?" she asked, a hint of excitement in her voice.

Yugi grinned mischievously. "Let's go to that club you used to work for."

Yami grimaced at the prospect, whereas Tea's eyes widened in horror and alarm. "Oh god…I totally forgot! James is going to kill me!" she choked, rubbing her temples as though she suffered a migraine.

Yami was about to comfort her with a few reassurances of what exactly would happen to James if he ever laid his slimy human hands on her, but Yugi beat him to it.

"Nah, Yami would rip the toad's hands off before they came within an inch of the beautiful little face of yours," he said with a wink, purposely to annoy Yami. "So let's go clubbing, dance the night away, get drunk, have a good time, and if James wants to start something, Yami and I'll deal with him in a way that'll stop him from starting anything else…"

"I don't think we should," Yami said sternly, glaring at his brother as a silent warning. Tea had been through a lot for the past few days, and still needed time to process everything that she had been told. He didn't know how wise it would be, for her to go out clubbing at that point in time.

"Oh come on Yami! Look at this beauty next to you, she needs to have a little fun after everything that has happened, it'll be good for her, and besides…she's already dressed for it," He said in a very, very flirtatious voice, "And quite beautiful too, if I may add."

Yami was close to breaking Yugi's neck…but he had to agree with him on the fact that Tea really did look good in that very suggestive outfit. Sinful thoughts began to circulate within his mind that he had to force himself to shove away, as the last thing he needed right now was a 'turn-on.' Yet that black skirt…

"Can we Yami?" Tea asked shyly, her eyes silently pleading him, and although every instinct in his body screamed 'No!' he figured that she probably did need to have a little bit of fun…though he also knew he wasn't going to like it…but right now he couldn't of anything more than the way that her skirt showed off her legs. Ra he hated his brother!

"Of course."

(Yami)

Maybe he should have thought about this more…

Upon arrival they were confronted by a sight of utter chaos…one that Yami could only describe in Egyptian, and had no English words for, which he figured, was probably a good thing. Never been a location of disappointment, it was once again surrounded by busted up vehicles, parked oddly along the sidewalks, and of course completely surrounded by high and drunk, riff-raffs… why the Ra had he agreed to this?

A very drunk…and possibly high, brunette stumbled in front of him, giggling uncontrollably with a beer can in her hand.

"El-oooo han'som!" she shrieked, in a horrible whiny voice, as she advanced on him. He heard Tea's dark thoughts, and didn't need to look at her, to tell how she was feeling. The girl only came up to his shoulders in height, and was rather skinny, with long dark hair that reached her elbows… far too much like Dendera for his liking.

Unfortunately he couldn't react quick enough when she fell into him, and being the gentleman that he was naturally he caught her in time, so that she wouldn't fall, which was probably not the best move when Tea was standing just a few paces beside him.

"Wooo-hooo! Hahaha-heee-hee, O'me Gaaaaa-d, I'mma such a clutz!" She babbled, as she grabbed onto him for support, and looked up at him in awe and a drunkard expression of joy. "Wow…you 'av such pre-tty eye's."

He lifted her to her feet and let go of her waist, trying to pull free, but her grip on his shirt remained, "Uh…thanks."

"A kiss for myyy 'ero?" she giggled reaching up to him.

He gently pushed her back, practically terrified of the prospect, when Yugi 'surprisingly' came to his rescue.

"Sure!" He said in a very seductive voice as he spun the drunken girl around to face him, and her being too drunk to notice the difference in height made no difference when she saw Yugi, and as far as she was concerned, he and Yami were the same person. "How about we go somewhere more private?" He suggested, giving the other two a wink before leading her away, not that she needed much encouragement.

"Yugi!" He growled in warning.

'Relax, I'm just going to have a taste.'

Tea looped her arm through his at that moment. "Are you okay?" She said, sounding slightly annoyed, but thankfully not at him.

"Yeah, sorry about that…shall we go in?"

He watched as the pair made their way through the crowds, an anxious feeling building up inside him that was slowly becoming uncontrollable. The tall red-eyed one was his target…the girl didn't matter; only he did.

'He is one of them!'

'Yet his heart still beats!'

"How interesting…"

His gaze scanned the crowd until they rested on a couple making out in the dark alley on the side.

"Well, well…what do we have here?"

His eyes brown eyes rested on a shorter mirror image of the red-eyed one he had pursued all evening, holding a human girl close to him in a violent lip-lock. He had her tilted back in a firm hold, devouring her in a lusty kiss, while his hands snaked their way under her shirt and roamed up her back, while his lips began to trail down her neck.

To the naked eye, he looked as though he was simply giving the girl a love-bite…but he knew better.

'He shares the blood of the red-eyed one!'

'Yet he is fully turned!'

"It is obvious they have an alliance then…what should we do?"

Yugi released the girl, who continued to giggle like an imbecile and lightly kissed her on the forehead, before walking off in the club's main doors' direction.

He stared at the retreating vampire in bewilderment.

"He let the girl go!"

'Without killing her!'

'What trickery is this?'

The girl stumbled down the sidewalk; her high pitched silvery laughter bouncing off the building walls.

"What do we do now?"

'We wait…'

'Yes…we wait.'

A light breeze ruffled his shoulder length white hair and gently caressed the back of his neck. Yes, he would wait…after all…he had waited for this moment for many, many years…and he could certainly wait a few more hours.

Ooooooooooo...(dodges flying fruit) Yes yes I know..I understand...but this was a very difficult chapter to write, so please forgive me...pretty please! Thanks for reading guys, especially those who have been dedicated readers since the beginning, it really means a lot and I swear that I will not give up on this story until its done. Remember, if you want to feature in the next chapter all you have to do is say so and I'll write you in...if you don't that's okay too, so see you all in the next chapter, catch you later guys, bye bye!

Oh by the way Habiba - is Arabic for beloved, sweetheart, etc. Just in case you were wondering...