Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ A Vampire's Soul ❯ Blind Faith ( Chapter 8 )

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

The rest of the full moon passed without a hitch. Yami joined Ryou and Bakura in their hunting after he'd taken Yuugi home. After that, the three split paths. Bakura went home with a weakened Amane, Ryou went to see Kat, and Yami to see Yuugi.

"Ryou!" Kat squealed when she opened the door and saw him standing there.

"What're you doing up?" He asked.

"I just woke up, actually… it's the full moon, you know… the moon doesn't set until after daybreak."

Ryou nodded, and cleared his throat. "May I come in?"

Kat laughed. "I invited you in already, you can't need an invitation every time."

"No, just the first time… I'm being polite," He said, with a smile.

"Well, in that case… come in," Kat said, smiling back. Ryou stepped into her apartment, then instantly seized her around the waist and pulled her close to him.

"How are you?" He asked, softly.

"I missed you last night," She said, wrapping her arms around his torso.

"I know…"

"Never miss out on an opportunity to wreak havoc, do you?"

Ryou laughed. "It's an old tradition Bakura and I have."

"Bakura?"

"My Sire… Perhaps now would be a good time to explain everything to you…"

"Yes, now would," Kat said, mock-sternly. "It's really cold, so I've got a fire going in the hearth, care to join me?"

"Sure." They sat down, and Ryou told his entire story, starting from Amane's first full moon. By the time he was finished, it was almost ten in the morning. He'd arrived at seven. "…Now there's a vampire who wants us dead," Ryou said, sighing. "I don't know what he's doing right now, nor do I know who he is. Bakura doesn't want us to be together-but not because he doesn't like you. He thinks the vampire might use you against me."

"I won't let that happen," Kat said, taking his hand in her own. "I will never let that happen."

Ryou smiled. Neither of them noticed a hooded figure with gleaming green eyes standing on Kat's deck.

Yuugi was asleep when Yami returned to his house to check on him. He had his covers pulled up to his chin, and was shivering a little. Yami found some notebook paper, scribbled a note to him, and left a small lotus flower lying on top of the note. He gave Yuugi a light kiss on the cheek before leaving.

Yuugi awoke several hours later, still drowsy. He sat up and rubbed the bite mark, which was still stinging.

"Ow…" He muttered when the bite erupted in pain once again. Then he noticed something on his nightstand. It was a blue lotus, lying on top of a note. Yuugi recognized Yami's handwriting on the note.

Yuugi-

At the time I'm writing this, moonset has come and gone… I'm fine, but I'm worried about you. I hope that wolf didn't bite you. You were asleep when I came to visit, so I didn't get a chance to say what I wanted to. Just know that I love you. There's something I'd like to talk about at some point. Not at school… If you have any free time, you know where to find me. After all, you did last night.

The flower on top of this note is from my native Egypt. It's a lotus, the rarest kind… A symbol of my affection.

-Yami

Yuugi smiled, feeling better. He got up, got a bowl of water and gently placed the lotus inside of it. "I wish I could talk to him today, but Grandpa needs me to watch the store for him…" He muttered. He sighed and flopped down on bed, touching the bite mark again. "I hope this thing heals soon…"

The next month passed without much incident. Ryou took the first chance he could get to introduce Kat and Bakura. Bakura didn't seem to mind. He acted rather cold towards Kat, it was true, but Ryou knew that was because he thought that she'd put Ryou in danger. Yami hadn't had much news for Ryou to pass onto Bakura.

Except on the day of the Full Moon in January.

"Something's about to happen," Yami hissed to Ryou at lunch. "There's a change in the air… can you feel it?"

Ryou nodded. "What do you think it is?"

"I don't know… Tell Bakura for me, will you?"

"Sure…"

"I have news from Yami," Ryou said when he got home. "He thinks something's about to happen…"

"Something is," Bakura grunted. "The change in the air… I can feel it… I don't know what it means, but-"

At that point, pain erupted in Ryou's forehead, and he fell to his knees, letting out a hoarse and strangled yell.

"Ryou?!" Bakura yelled, leaping up.

"He's got them!" Ryou shouted, eyes squeezed shut, trying to stop the pain of the Vision. "The Vampire… he's got Kat-chan and Yuugi-kun!"