Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ A Vampire's Soul ❯ The Embrace ( Chapter 1 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! ain't mine. Plain and simple.

Author's Note: Hello there and welcome to my first (and prolly only) Canon…ish YGO! Story. =P This is the first time I've even considered writing something close to the Canon, even though it IS technically still AU. My passion for Vampires has finally merged with my love of Yu-Gi-Oh!, so here's the result. ^_^ I've really only got one OC in here. Her name's Kat, and she's from America. This is also my first time writing Amane Bakura, Ryou's older sister, and since no-one's really ever seen her in the anime or Manga, I'm just gonna improvise with her appearance. Also, Ryou's family is going to be British. It just makes more sense to me, given the circumstances of this story. I think that's everything, and unless I have something important to say, this'll be the last Author's Note. Ja mata ne!
::~*^Dark Jedi Princess^*~::

QUOTE TYPES

"Normal"
"Foreign Language"
//Bakura Thought Speech//
/Ryou Thought Speech/
{Yami Thought Speech}
Stressed Words
Thoughts

Story Title:: "A Vampire's Soul"
Genre:: Fantasy/Romance/Supernatural
Rating:: R
Reasons:: Sexual content, language, violence
Romance Pairings:: Ryou/Kat (OC), Yuugi/Yami
Summary:: Ryou, a 500-year-old vampire, is but a child compared to his 3,000-year-old Sire, Bakura. Their travels have taken them to Domino City, in Japan, where a local vampire is unwilling to give up his territory to the newcomers. Posing as a High School student, Ryou finds himself falling in love with the new American transfer student. A student who happens to be mortal…

England, 1503 AD A loud howl tore through the night air as Ryou ran from the forest clearing that he'd followed his sister Amane to. He looked back just long enough to see a large silver-white she-wolf chase after him. He panicked and ran faster, tripping over a large boulder. The wolf pounced on him and tore at him with her claws. He yelled and tried to force her off of him. She snarled, her jaws dangerously close to his neck.

Quite suddenly, the wolf was pulled, bodily, from on top of Ryou. The wolf growled and snapped at the young man who'd tugged her away from him.

"Damn werewolf!" The man yelled in a tenor-pitched, gravely voice. "Hi-i kesi en a'a'ew!" The wolf fell limp in his arms, and he laid her gently on the ground.

"Wha-Who…" Ryou barely got his mouth around the words when he passed out cold.

When Ryou came to, he was in his bed at home. "Amane!" He yelled, desperately, sitting up an wincing as pain shot through his arms and torso.

"Relax, young one. She's asleep. Your father's watching over her."

Ryou glanced to his left. Sitting beside his bed was a young man with tanned skin, brown eyes, and wild, silver white hair that fell past his shoulders. His voice was tenor-pitched and gravely, with an English accent, although his exotic look suggested that he wasn't from England.

"Who are you?" He asked, weakly.

"My name is Bakura. Yours is Ryou, correct?"

"Yes…"

"And your sister's is Amane?"

"Yes… How do you know that?"

"I spoke to your father…"

"Wh-what happened…?"

"Your sister attacked you."

"No… a wolf attacked me."

"That wolf was your sister."

"Impossible…"

"She was bitten by a werewolf a month ago. Last night was her first transformation. The werewolf… it makes no distinction between its loved ones and its food while it is in wolf form. She didn't know it was you."

"How do you know that?" Ryou asked, suspiciously.

"Your father told me she came back from the woods with a bite mark on her right arm, assumed she'd been bitten by an animal."

"She's a werewolf?"

"Yes, and during the full moon, she won't be able to recognize you… That is, unless…"

"Unless what?!" Ryou asked frantically.

"…Unless you accept the offer I'm about to make you."

"What… offer is that?"

Bakura chuckled and leaned in closer to Ryou. "The only reason your sister didn't attempt to eat me is because I'm not human. According to some other werewolves I've met, my kind… 'reek of death'." He chuckled wryly.

"If you're not human… what are you?"

"A vampire."

Ryou edged backwards against his pillow.

"I'm offering you a chance… a chance to be with Amane during the full moon," Bakura said, seriously. "I'm offering you eternal life."

"Why me? Why are you even asking? Can't you just…"

"It's against the 'rules'," Bakura said, dryly. "We have to ask before we Embrace a human. It's only polite."

"But why me?"

"Because…" Bakura sighed. "I need a companion. I've spent too much of my eternal life alone. My only request… if I Embrace you… is that you accompany me in my travels… We can have Amane with us… It's best if she doesn't hang around, anyway, the villagers might get upset after what happened last night…"

"That's the catch?"

"The only one."

Ryou thought it over. He cared deeply for Amane, he wanted to be there for her when she transformed… but he didn't want to be damned to an eternity of darkness and bloodlust.

Bakura seemed to know what he was thinking. "It's not that bad… this life. We can go out into the sunlight, despite popular belief, and can essentially pass as human…"

Ryou took in a few deep breaths. "I… I love Amane… would she attack me if…?"

"No. She'd know you weren't… potential food." Ryou sighed. "…Alright. Alright. Do it. Just… make it quick."

"Wouldn't have it any other way…"

Bakura's eyes took on a reddish hue, turning them the colour of terra cotta. His fingernails grew out into claws. He seized Ryou by the shoulders and sank his fangs into Ryou's neck. Ryou gasped but didn't scream, not wanting to alert his father to what was happening. He felt Bakura draining his blood. When Bakura stopped, Ryou closed his eyes and let his head fall against Bakura's shoulder.

Bakura squeezed his eyes shut and sliced his arm open with his claws, letting out a pained gasp. He lifted Ryou's head and forced his mouth against his blood-soaked arm. Ryou took his blood, then collapsed.

Half an hour later, Ryou came to again, screaming loudly.

"Quiet!" Bakura hissed. "You want your father to know what happened?!"

"It hurts… It hurts so much…" Ryou moaned. "My muscles… My whole body, it's… it's on fire…"

"Well, be quiet about it…" Bakura said, softly. "The pain will go away soon…"

Ryou stood up shakily, pulling on his shirt and vest. He went into the next room, watching his sister slowly wake up, eyeing the cuts and scratches along her arms. His father was asleep. "Amane…" Ryou whispered.

"Ryou…?" She took in a breath and coughed. "My God, you reek of death…"

"Amane… let's get out of here… we can't stay…"

"What… Ryou? Why?"

"Don't ask… I'll explain on the way… Come on, Amane…" Ryou helped her up and led her outside, with Bakura in tow.

"Ryou, what's going on…?"

"We can't stay here… we have to leave…" Ryou said, breathing hard, though not taking in any air. "I've… done something for you… so I can be with you when you transform…"

"What?!"

Ryou hesitated, and explained everything to her. By the time he had finished, they were out of the village and in the open, night air.

"I'll be there, I'll help you," Ryou whispered to his sister. "We'll help you…" He glanced backwards, then hugged her. "It'll be alright. It will…"

Bakura chuckled. "Ryou and Amane… Welcome to the darkness."