Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ A Vampire's Soul ❯ Blood Moon ( Chapter 2 )

"Moonrise in five… four… three… two… one…"

A yell tore through the air as the full moon rose over the low hilltops surrounding the village Ryou and Bakura had settled in. Amane convulsed and fell to her knees, her hoarse cry turning slowly into a loud howl.

Ryou tried to remain calm throughout her transformation. Apart from hating to see her in pain, this was her second transformation, and the first since Ryou had been Embraced. Bakura had taught him the basics of magic (which all vampires could practice) in the past month. Enough so that Ryou might be able to exercise some control over Amane on the full moon.

As Amane finished the transformation and stalked towards them, growling softly, Ryou took in a breath and spoke the words, in Ancient Egyptian, the Bakura had told him to use. As he finished the incantation, Amane slowed her pace and laid down on the ground, amber eyes glimmering in the dark.

Ryou sighed in relief. "I think it worked."

Bakura looked, thoughtfully, at the village below them. "Hmmm… Should we let her loose into the village?"

Ryou looked surprised. "I'm not sure she'd like it if she found out we let her kill."

"Yes, but can we deny her… inner wolf its food?" Bakura said, bemusedly. "More importantly, the mass chaos could provide a cover for us to get OUR food."

Ryou hesitated, then let Amane run off towards the village, growling hungrily. The two vampires tore after her, running at top speed (which, all things considered, was pretty fast) towards the village.

"Remember what I told you," Bakura said, as the two leapt and landed on the roof of a house in the village.

"Control," Ryou said. "Only take what I need… got it." He lept down and grabbed a young woman that Amane had been chasing. The werewolf growled her disapproval, but began chasing after the woman's frightened lover instead. Ryou pulled the woman into the shadows and placed a hand over her mouth so she wouldn't scream. He lowered his head and bit into her neck and took her blood. As he felt her heart start to slow, he stopped and let her go. She fell to the ground, breathing heavily. Ryou stepped out of the alleyway carefully, keeping an eye out for Bakura.

The screams from the mass chaos Amane was causing filled Ryou's ears as he waited for his Sire(1) to turn up. Quite suddenly, Bakura jumped down behind Ryou, wiping blood off his mouth, his eyes returning to their normal chocolate brown hue.

"She's not dead, is she?" Bakura said, sternly, nudging the young woman with his foot.

"No, just unconscious," Ryou said, calmly, turning to face him. "I stopped just as her heart began to slow…"

"Wipe her memory, we can't have her-"

"VAMPIRES!" A villager screamed. "Vampires in the village!"

"Damn!" Bakura yelled. "Let's go, we can't stay here now…"

"Amane!" Ryou yelled, whistling. The silver-white wolf bounded up to him looking disappointed. "Let's go…" The three ran away from the village, again at top speed, before the villagers came to drive stakes through their hearts.

"That was too close," Ryou panted, sliding down against a tree several metres out of the village.

"Are you sure you didn't kill her?"

"Positive. What about you? They only started yelling after you showed up."

"…"

Ryou glanced upwards at the moon, now sinking bellow the horizon. Wolf-Amane convulsed again as she began the transition back to human. He watched her warily as the moon sank further below the hills.

Bakura glanced around himself. "I don't think they saw where we went. I hope they didn't, anyway." He stared at Ryou, long and hard. "Hmm…"

"What?"

"…I was expecting your Gift to show itself sooner… it still hasn't shown itself…"

"Gift?"

"I'll explain in a moment. I think your sister's almost human again."

Indeed, a low moan escaped Amane's lips as the last of her lupine features disappeared. "Ryou…? Did I kill anyone…?"

"I don't know," Ryou sighed. "We didn't keep a complete eye on you the whole time."

Amane sighed shakily and stood up. "What happened? Why is the whole village yelling?"

"We thought the mass chaos would help hide our activities," Bakura said dryly. "But they noticed that we'd fed."

"You didn't kill anyone?"

"Neither of us," Ryou said, shaking his head. "Now, Bakura, I believe you were saying something about a Gift?"

"A yes… Every vampire-and keep in mind, there aren't that many of us-has a Gift, either something hidden away in them or given at Embrace(2). Their Gift is unique to them, and them only. That is, unless they face Final Death(3). Then their Gift can be given when a new vampire is Embraced. Mine… Well, I'm an Elemental. I can manipulate all of the Elements, except Fire, which all vampires are weak against. Yours should have surfaced by now, but it hasn't."

Ryou was taken aback, but he didn't say anything. "Well, it's bound to, isn't it…?"

"I should HOPE so. Might be something wrong with you if it doesn't."

"OY!"

Los Angeles, California, 2002 AD

"There he is!"

"Catch him, quick!"

The full moon was high over the Los Angeles city skyline, hours away from setting. Ryou smirked to himself as several police officers came up behind him, their guns raised at him. Wolf-Amane snarled and wheeled around, ready to protect her brother at all costs.

"Now, really, gentlemen," Ryou said, calmly. "Do you want to tangle with my Lupine friend, here? She's a bit hungry."

The cops didn't respond to that. "Turn around with your hands on your head," One said. Ryou chuckled, his eyes beginning to take on a reddish colour. As his claws grew out, he lifted his hands to the back of his head, then slowly twisted around.

"Then again," He said, smirking, "I don't think you'd want to tangle with me, either."

"Dear God, what is he?!" One of the officers gasped. Ryou's smirk widened, and he lifted one of his hands in the air. "Hi-i kesi kheftey-i!" He yelled, the black of his aura concentrated in his raised hand. The officers collapsed, unconscious.

More'll be coming… Ryou thought. "Amane, let's go find Bakura."

The wolf growled in response, looking longingly at the unconscious cops.

"NO, Amane."

The wolf whimpered and Ryou beckoned her to follow him.

"They caught you again, didn't they?" A voice hissed in Ryou's ear. Ryou was unfazed.

"Yes, Bakura, they did," Ryou said, calmly.

"You've got to change your habits, Childe(4)," Bakura said, moving in front of Ryou. "We can't stay here. I never thought we'd have to run from a city as big as Los Angeles. But every. Time. You have to do this, don't you?"

"At least I look for the ones who want to die," Ryou said, a biting note in his voice.

"You've GOT to stop pretending to be a student. I'll not enroll you at any more schools."

"Yeah? You expect me to change my modus operandi overnight?" Ryou snapped at Bakura. "It's not happening."

"Well, where do we go? We can't stay in Los Angeles, and our combined efforts have got the cops in all the major cities in the US looking for us."

Ryou sighed, and closed his eyes. As he did so, his Gift kicked in.

A few weeks after Amane's second full moon, Ryou's Gift, the Sight, had emerged. Now, Ryou saw the beautiful, flowing Japanese characters on a sign in front of a school, where a blond girl in a blue skirt and pink blazer was smiling, broadly, waving at someone. Ryou read the characters on the sign.

"Domino City," He breathed. "We're going to Domino City, in Japan."

(1)Sire ~ The vampire who Embraced another (That was vague...)

(2)Embrace ~ The change from Human to Vampire

(3)Final Death ~ When a Vampire is killed via stake, fire, etc.

(4)Childe ~ Term used by a vampire's Sire to refer to them (again, vague...)