Hellsing Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Darkened Life ❯ Chapter 8
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-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 8
They stared at him, either stunned speechless or just thinking Walter was completely crazy.
"Do you believe me?" Walter asked, "Or do you just think I am an old fool?"
"Second choice seems more logical," Joey said.
"He's not an old fool," Bakura said. "What he just said is true, I am a vampire."
"Prove it," Tristan said.
"Huh?" Bakura asked. He turned to Seras, "How do I do that?"
"You can always take your ring off again and go ballistic," Seras suggested.
"I don't think so," Bakura replied.
"Seras," Walter beckoned to the female vampire. She went to him and he whispered in her ear. She nodded and trotted out of the study. "Your proof will be here momentarily," Walter said to the others.
"I've got a question," Joey said, "If Bakura's really a vampire, how is it that he can be out in daylight? He's standing right in it from the window."
"Because he hasn't killed to feed," Walter answered. "Ms. Seras is the same way."
"She's one too?" Tea asked.
"Walter nodded, "She was the one who found Bakura when he first got here."
"And I'm glad it was her a no one else," Bakura said.
"What exactly happened?" Yugi asked.
Bakura sighed and told them what happened. He even told them about the spirit reawakening, and how something had controlled him. He decided to leave out Ishizu and Marik, know that they would be completely thrown off by adding those two into the picture.
Finally Seras returned, carrying her Halcannon. "Here we go, sorry it took so long."
"So where's the proof?" Joey asked. "What does that huge thing have anything to do with this?"
"Come here and lift it for yourself," Walter said.
Joey got up and came over to take the Halcannon from Seras, but as soon as she released her hold on, it Joey dropped it with a clanging thud. "How the hell can she lift that thing?"
"Because she's a vampire," Bakura answered as he picked up the Halcannon with one hand, "And as you can very well see, so am I." He gave Seras back her cannon and she leaned it against the wall for the time being.
Both Joey and Tristan came up to Bakura and looked at him closely, annoyingly close.
"His eyes are a different color," Tristan said, Joey nodded.
Bakura got annoyed with them standing so close, and figured out a way to make them move away very fast. He hissed at them, baring his fangs so they were very easy to see.
Tristan and Joey flung themselves backwards in surprise, "I wasn't expecting that," Joey said.
"Nor was I," Tristan said.
Both Bakura and Seras were laughing, "That's the funniest thing I've seen since I got here," Bakura said. "I really wish Walter had been holding a camera at that time."
Walter had been chuckling softly, "Sorry, but I wouldn't mind seeing that again."
Bakura smiled, but then turned his attention to something he had been thinking about since he got here. He looked at Tea, "Can I talk to you?" He asked, "Privately?"
Tea didn't seem very intent on saying yes to that request, but she reluctantly nodded anyway.
Walter led the rest out of the study, Seras leaving last with her Halcannon on her shoulder.
Once the door shut, Bakura asked, "How do you feel about all of this?"
"You expect me to have a straight answer for that right away?" Tea asked.
"Uh," Bakura stuttered, "Well, I was just asking."
Tea gulped, "I don't know really. Are you still you?"
"Partly," Bakura answered. "I don't know how long that will last though. You remember what I said about that thing controlling me?" Tea nodded, "Well I have to learn to control that thing, and I don't know what that's going to do to me." He looked out the window, "I still have no idea how this happened, or how I got here. But I'm here now, and I have a few people that can help me."
"Who?" Tea asked.
"Seras," Bakura answered, "And I mention Alucard to all of you."
"You were brief," Tea pointed out.
"I have reason," Bakura replied. "You'll meet him later, and I can't tell you if it'll be pleasant or not. He's one of the original undead, one of the very first vampires ever created."
"I think I get what you're saying," Tea said. "But what does all of this have to do with me?"
"What do you think?" Bakura exclaimed. "Am I still engaged to you, or has this incident changed that?" This was what he was afraid of.
"Uh?" Tea looked down at the engagement ring she wore. The diamond had been cut into the shape of a fully bloomed rose, and the band was made of pure platinum. She didn't know how he had been able to afford it, and it would be such a waste if she rejected him now.
"I'm not sure," she finally said. "How can I trust you, since earlier you told me that you had been taken over by something."
"As long as I wear my ring for now I'm safe from it," Bakura answered. "And I'm sure once Alucard is finished with me, I won't need to rely on the ring to keep my mind."
"How long is that going to take?" Tea asked.
Bakura shrugged, "I don't know, I haven't even started training yet."
"That doesn't help me much Bakura," Tea grumbled.
"What do you want me to do then?" Bakura asked. "It's bad enough having to worry about getting controlled by something, and now I also have a vampire hunter out to get me."
"Vampire hunter?" Tea asked. "You didn't mention that."
"That priest you met at the airport," Bakura said, "That's him. As you can see he's of no threat to normal human beings."
Tea gulped, realizing that she had been talking to a killer without even knowing it. "What are you going to do about him?"
"Hopefully avoid him," Bakura answered. "That's all I can do, for now."
Tea couldn't help but worry about him now. With someone out to kill him, it just made this situation seem very hopeless.
"If that's all you can answer for me now," Bakura said, "I guess we're done here for now." He led her out of the study and they went to find the others.
They didn't have to go far. They found them in the entry hall, talking to Alucard himself.
"Who is that?" Tea asked when she saw him from the stairs.
"That's Alucard," Bakura answered as they descended the stairs.
Alucard noticed them as they came down the stairs, "Oh look, back from your tryst?"
"Shut up," Bakura growled, glaring at him. Changing the subject, he asked, "I take it you've heard about Anderson?"
Alucard grinned, "I can't wait to cross paths with him."
"Will you allow him to get away this time?" Walter asked, "Or will you finally kill him?"
"I think I may toy with him again," Alucard answered, "It's more fun, especially since I know he's just going to come back for more."
"He's nuts," Joey whispered.
"No," Seras said, "Just having fun. Anderson can't kill him, so it's the only fun Master can ever have without worrying about killing him too soon or getting himself killed."
"I still think he's nuts," Joey muttered.
***
Seras somehow convinced Bakura to take his friends out for some fun in London.
"Aren't we asking for Anderson to come and get us?" Bakura asked Seras as they walked down the streets.
"Maybe," Seras answered, "But it's not like we're complete sitting ducks."
Bakura nodded, thinking about the gun he had concealed his belt. He turned to his friends, "So, any ideas for what you might want to see?"
"We don't even know what's here," Tea said. "What do you want us to say?"
"Just think of anything," Seras said as she turned around to walked backwards so she could face them. "Anything at all."
"Do you want to play tour guide?" Bakura asked her.
Seras grinned and nodded, "I don't get a lot of time off, so this is going to be fun."
Bakura sighed and shook his head. "Whatever you say."
Seras grinned and turned around to walk straight. "Any ideas?" she called behind her.
"Food?" Joey and Tristan asked together.
Yugi groaned, "Is that all you two ever think about?"
"Mostly," Joey answered.
Bakura laughed, "Well Seras?"
Seras thought for a moment, "The art museum has a really nice restaurant just outside it, and we can go inside the museum when we're done."
"Sounds good to me," Tea said.
"We'll have to walk the whole way," Seras said, "I don't think Bakura and I have enough money to pay for the bus and for the food all together, so we'll have to sacrifice the bus ride."
"It's an easy walk though," Bakura said, "Only about eight blocks."
"Only?" Tristan asked, not really liking the sound of this distance.
"You have nothing to complain about Tristan, "You're perfectly healthy and fit."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Yugi asked.
Bakura smirked at what Tea meant. She was talking about Yugi's old injuries and she was teasing him about them.
After an hour of walking, they finally made it to the museum.
"Lets see what they got," Joey said as he looked at the menu.
"Just please don't make a pig of yourself like you normally do," Tea said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Joey asked.
"Never mind," Tea groaned.
"Seras," Bakura whispered to the officer, "Question, what do we do?"
"Order tea or something," Seras answered, "No food though, you know why of course."
Bakura nodded and they waited for their waiter to come.
After they had given the waiter their orders, they looked around at their surroundings from where they sat.
"This is really pretty place," Tea said. "Aside from it being cloudy and overcast."
"It's always like that," Bakura said. "At least most of the time, especially in fall and winter. It gets really cold in the winter time too."
"Good thing we don't live here," Tea said. "I'd freeze."
"You already complain about the weather at home," Joey said, "It's either too hot or too cold."
"I do not," Tea retorted.
"I didn't miss these," Bakura muttered.
"What?" Seras asked.
"The arguments," Bakura answered.
"I've had to hear most of them for the past couple of days," Yugi, grumbled, "You'd think I'd be used to it by now?"
"You should be," Bakura said. He turned to Tea and Joey, who were still bickering. "Do not make me separate you two."
The two shut right away.
"That was easy," Seras said.
"It isn't normally," Bakura said. "Usually we have to separate the two of them before they shut up, I guess I threat finally worked.
"Or because it came from you," Tristan said.
Bakura rolled his eyes.
***
After sitting there for a while, Bakura got really bored and let his mind wander. With his new senses, he could sense a human or whatever from behind the building or just down the rode.
(Interesting,) he thought. (That must've been how I was able to know when Joey was going to throw something at me.)
He continued to let his mind wander, but he snapped out of it when he felt someone not human approaching. He sat up straight in his chair and looked in the direction from where he had sensed the person coming.
"Something wrong Bakura?" Tea asked.
Bakura stared out into the distance, "Someone's coming."
***
Author's Note: Sorry for the late update. And also, sorry if this chapter's a little boring. The next one will be much better than this, I can assure you. Reviews please. I would like to know that you guys are enjoying this story or not.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 8
They stared at him, either stunned speechless or just thinking Walter was completely crazy.
"Do you believe me?" Walter asked, "Or do you just think I am an old fool?"
"Second choice seems more logical," Joey said.
"He's not an old fool," Bakura said. "What he just said is true, I am a vampire."
"Prove it," Tristan said.
"Huh?" Bakura asked. He turned to Seras, "How do I do that?"
"You can always take your ring off again and go ballistic," Seras suggested.
"I don't think so," Bakura replied.
"Seras," Walter beckoned to the female vampire. She went to him and he whispered in her ear. She nodded and trotted out of the study. "Your proof will be here momentarily," Walter said to the others.
"I've got a question," Joey said, "If Bakura's really a vampire, how is it that he can be out in daylight? He's standing right in it from the window."
"Because he hasn't killed to feed," Walter answered. "Ms. Seras is the same way."
"She's one too?" Tea asked.
"Walter nodded, "She was the one who found Bakura when he first got here."
"And I'm glad it was her a no one else," Bakura said.
"What exactly happened?" Yugi asked.
Bakura sighed and told them what happened. He even told them about the spirit reawakening, and how something had controlled him. He decided to leave out Ishizu and Marik, know that they would be completely thrown off by adding those two into the picture.
Finally Seras returned, carrying her Halcannon. "Here we go, sorry it took so long."
"So where's the proof?" Joey asked. "What does that huge thing have anything to do with this?"
"Come here and lift it for yourself," Walter said.
Joey got up and came over to take the Halcannon from Seras, but as soon as she released her hold on, it Joey dropped it with a clanging thud. "How the hell can she lift that thing?"
"Because she's a vampire," Bakura answered as he picked up the Halcannon with one hand, "And as you can very well see, so am I." He gave Seras back her cannon and she leaned it against the wall for the time being.
Both Joey and Tristan came up to Bakura and looked at him closely, annoyingly close.
"His eyes are a different color," Tristan said, Joey nodded.
Bakura got annoyed with them standing so close, and figured out a way to make them move away very fast. He hissed at them, baring his fangs so they were very easy to see.
Tristan and Joey flung themselves backwards in surprise, "I wasn't expecting that," Joey said.
"Nor was I," Tristan said.
Both Bakura and Seras were laughing, "That's the funniest thing I've seen since I got here," Bakura said. "I really wish Walter had been holding a camera at that time."
Walter had been chuckling softly, "Sorry, but I wouldn't mind seeing that again."
Bakura smiled, but then turned his attention to something he had been thinking about since he got here. He looked at Tea, "Can I talk to you?" He asked, "Privately?"
Tea didn't seem very intent on saying yes to that request, but she reluctantly nodded anyway.
Walter led the rest out of the study, Seras leaving last with her Halcannon on her shoulder.
Once the door shut, Bakura asked, "How do you feel about all of this?"
"You expect me to have a straight answer for that right away?" Tea asked.
"Uh," Bakura stuttered, "Well, I was just asking."
Tea gulped, "I don't know really. Are you still you?"
"Partly," Bakura answered. "I don't know how long that will last though. You remember what I said about that thing controlling me?" Tea nodded, "Well I have to learn to control that thing, and I don't know what that's going to do to me." He looked out the window, "I still have no idea how this happened, or how I got here. But I'm here now, and I have a few people that can help me."
"Who?" Tea asked.
"Seras," Bakura answered, "And I mention Alucard to all of you."
"You were brief," Tea pointed out.
"I have reason," Bakura replied. "You'll meet him later, and I can't tell you if it'll be pleasant or not. He's one of the original undead, one of the very first vampires ever created."
"I think I get what you're saying," Tea said. "But what does all of this have to do with me?"
"What do you think?" Bakura exclaimed. "Am I still engaged to you, or has this incident changed that?" This was what he was afraid of.
"Uh?" Tea looked down at the engagement ring she wore. The diamond had been cut into the shape of a fully bloomed rose, and the band was made of pure platinum. She didn't know how he had been able to afford it, and it would be such a waste if she rejected him now.
"I'm not sure," she finally said. "How can I trust you, since earlier you told me that you had been taken over by something."
"As long as I wear my ring for now I'm safe from it," Bakura answered. "And I'm sure once Alucard is finished with me, I won't need to rely on the ring to keep my mind."
"How long is that going to take?" Tea asked.
Bakura shrugged, "I don't know, I haven't even started training yet."
"That doesn't help me much Bakura," Tea grumbled.
"What do you want me to do then?" Bakura asked. "It's bad enough having to worry about getting controlled by something, and now I also have a vampire hunter out to get me."
"Vampire hunter?" Tea asked. "You didn't mention that."
"That priest you met at the airport," Bakura said, "That's him. As you can see he's of no threat to normal human beings."
Tea gulped, realizing that she had been talking to a killer without even knowing it. "What are you going to do about him?"
"Hopefully avoid him," Bakura answered. "That's all I can do, for now."
Tea couldn't help but worry about him now. With someone out to kill him, it just made this situation seem very hopeless.
"If that's all you can answer for me now," Bakura said, "I guess we're done here for now." He led her out of the study and they went to find the others.
They didn't have to go far. They found them in the entry hall, talking to Alucard himself.
"Who is that?" Tea asked when she saw him from the stairs.
"That's Alucard," Bakura answered as they descended the stairs.
Alucard noticed them as they came down the stairs, "Oh look, back from your tryst?"
"Shut up," Bakura growled, glaring at him. Changing the subject, he asked, "I take it you've heard about Anderson?"
Alucard grinned, "I can't wait to cross paths with him."
"Will you allow him to get away this time?" Walter asked, "Or will you finally kill him?"
"I think I may toy with him again," Alucard answered, "It's more fun, especially since I know he's just going to come back for more."
"He's nuts," Joey whispered.
"No," Seras said, "Just having fun. Anderson can't kill him, so it's the only fun Master can ever have without worrying about killing him too soon or getting himself killed."
"I still think he's nuts," Joey muttered.
***
Seras somehow convinced Bakura to take his friends out for some fun in London.
"Aren't we asking for Anderson to come and get us?" Bakura asked Seras as they walked down the streets.
"Maybe," Seras answered, "But it's not like we're complete sitting ducks."
Bakura nodded, thinking about the gun he had concealed his belt. He turned to his friends, "So, any ideas for what you might want to see?"
"We don't even know what's here," Tea said. "What do you want us to say?"
"Just think of anything," Seras said as she turned around to walked backwards so she could face them. "Anything at all."
"Do you want to play tour guide?" Bakura asked her.
Seras grinned and nodded, "I don't get a lot of time off, so this is going to be fun."
Bakura sighed and shook his head. "Whatever you say."
Seras grinned and turned around to walk straight. "Any ideas?" she called behind her.
"Food?" Joey and Tristan asked together.
Yugi groaned, "Is that all you two ever think about?"
"Mostly," Joey answered.
Bakura laughed, "Well Seras?"
Seras thought for a moment, "The art museum has a really nice restaurant just outside it, and we can go inside the museum when we're done."
"Sounds good to me," Tea said.
"We'll have to walk the whole way," Seras said, "I don't think Bakura and I have enough money to pay for the bus and for the food all together, so we'll have to sacrifice the bus ride."
"It's an easy walk though," Bakura said, "Only about eight blocks."
"Only?" Tristan asked, not really liking the sound of this distance.
"You have nothing to complain about Tristan, "You're perfectly healthy and fit."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Yugi asked.
Bakura smirked at what Tea meant. She was talking about Yugi's old injuries and she was teasing him about them.
After an hour of walking, they finally made it to the museum.
"Lets see what they got," Joey said as he looked at the menu.
"Just please don't make a pig of yourself like you normally do," Tea said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Joey asked.
"Never mind," Tea groaned.
"Seras," Bakura whispered to the officer, "Question, what do we do?"
"Order tea or something," Seras answered, "No food though, you know why of course."
Bakura nodded and they waited for their waiter to come.
After they had given the waiter their orders, they looked around at their surroundings from where they sat.
"This is really pretty place," Tea said. "Aside from it being cloudy and overcast."
"It's always like that," Bakura said. "At least most of the time, especially in fall and winter. It gets really cold in the winter time too."
"Good thing we don't live here," Tea said. "I'd freeze."
"You already complain about the weather at home," Joey said, "It's either too hot or too cold."
"I do not," Tea retorted.
"I didn't miss these," Bakura muttered.
"What?" Seras asked.
"The arguments," Bakura answered.
"I've had to hear most of them for the past couple of days," Yugi, grumbled, "You'd think I'd be used to it by now?"
"You should be," Bakura said. He turned to Tea and Joey, who were still bickering. "Do not make me separate you two."
The two shut right away.
"That was easy," Seras said.
"It isn't normally," Bakura said. "Usually we have to separate the two of them before they shut up, I guess I threat finally worked.
"Or because it came from you," Tristan said.
Bakura rolled his eyes.
***
After sitting there for a while, Bakura got really bored and let his mind wander. With his new senses, he could sense a human or whatever from behind the building or just down the rode.
(Interesting,) he thought. (That must've been how I was able to know when Joey was going to throw something at me.)
He continued to let his mind wander, but he snapped out of it when he felt someone not human approaching. He sat up straight in his chair and looked in the direction from where he had sensed the person coming.
"Something wrong Bakura?" Tea asked.
Bakura stared out into the distance, "Someone's coming."
***
Author's Note: Sorry for the late update. And also, sorry if this chapter's a little boring. The next one will be much better than this, I can assure you. Reviews please. I would like to know that you guys are enjoying this story or not.