Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Brutal Immortality ❯ Chapter Five ( Chapter 5 )

Brutal Immortality

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Chapter Five

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Seto was in the library again. He was there a lot lately, Jou and Hanyou noted. They supposed he was looking for something. Anything that would help.

To no avail.

Jou walked in one day, with a cup of something on a tray. He set it down. Seto blinked at it.

Jou smiled, "Blood. For you. You've been in here for a while, I thought you might be hungry…"

Seto blinked again and picked it up, "Umm…it's…"

"Cow blood. From our hunt last night…Hanyou saved it for you…and Bakura, I guess," Jou replied.

Seto sniffed it, then shrugged and took a drink, before setting it down and turning the page in the book he was looking at. He licked his lips, "Mn. Not bad."

Jou laughed, and sat next to him.

"So, what're you looking at?" He asked, softly.

Seto sighed, "Nothing that can help, unfortunately."

He slammed the book closed, and picked up the cup, which held the thick, crimson substance. He leaned his chair back and put his feet up on the table, drinking it, slowly. Jou turned, slightly, to look at him, "Have you found anything?"

Seto pulled the cup away from his lips, licking any excess that might have been clinging there, "Nothing essential. A few things about the scent of inu-jin blood, and the feud that's been going on for many millennia between vampires and inu-jins. Things like that, but nothing as to why a vampire would -steal- inu-jin blood."

He stared at the thick liquid in the cup, swirling it, softly, before taking another drink. Jou sighed, "Well, thanks for trying."

Seto looked back up at him, "I'm not going to give up, Jou. There are millions of books here. I'll find it. Don't worry."

He finished his drink, and set the cup down, looking at Jou. Jou just sighed again, and picked up the tray with the empty cup, before walking out.

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Jou walked out and found Ryou and Bakura in a corner. Bakura was stroking the dog ears that rested, soundly, on Ryou's head. He saw Ryou sigh and lean against Bakura.

He turned and looked back toward the library. Would he ever be able to tell Seto how he felt? And have that kind of relationship with him?

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Hanyou sat in the room Jou shared with Yuugi and Ryou, with Yuugi.

"So, you think you've figured out the connection?" Yuugi asked, "Between Kaiba and Jou?"

"It became clear to me a few nights ago, when Bakura drank Ryou's blood. Ryou had the same reaction as Jou, but he didn't die," Hanyou replied.

Yuugi blinked and looked at Hanyou, "I don't-"

"Love, Yuugi." Hanyou said, finally, "Love is the connection. The love that Seto and Jou have for each other, though hidden, is protecting Jou from Seto's bite."

Yuugi's eyes shone with pensiveness. He bit his lip, as he thought that, now, he was the only one really vulnerable. Sure, Seto and Bakura's love could not protect Jou and Ryou from other vampires' bites, but Seto and Bakura -could-. So where was Yami? Why hadn't Yami come back to try and help Yuugi? A million questions swarmed in Yuugi's head. But the one that stood out the most.

Wherever Yami was, did he love him?

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Seto slammed another book onto the shelf, and growled. This was becoming a tiresome game. There were millions of books in the library and not one was helping him. He needed another solution. Another way to find out the vampire's plan.

He walked out of the library, his face hard as stone. Almost two weeks, not sleeping, barely eating, and reading book after book, and he still hadn't found anything that would help! He slumped against a wall, tired, and more alone then he'd felt in a long time. His eyes slipped closed and…

---Dream Sequence---

Seto was gliding. Gliding with his bat-like wings. He was soaring over Domino. The old Domino. Suddenly, he saw something that caught his eye. It Jou and Mokuba. Standing together. Gazing up at him.

He landed, and they both smiled at him.

"Hey, nii-san," Mokuba said, smiling at him, his voice like an echo. He was young again. Eleven or twelve. Seto looked at Jou.

Jou was, really, sixteen again, smiling at him, "Seto…I love you."

He leaned forward, and Seto wrapped his wings around both of them. Jou smiled again, and leaned up. They were only inches apart, and then Jou…

---End Dream---

"Seto, wake up!"

…yelled.

"Wake UP!!"

Seto's eyes shot open, "What? Are you all right?"

"Yes, I'm fine, but I thought you were having a nightmare. You were mumbling things, and puckering your lips like you'd just eaten something sour," Jou replied. Seto flushed, and grasped Jou's hand pulling him down to sit next to him. Jou blinked, but smiled, and leaned his head on Seto's shoulder.

He began to sing softly.

"Ikutsu namida o nagashitara. Every heart. Sunao ni nareru darou. Dare ni omoi tsutaetara. Every heart. Kokoro mita sareru no darou…"

Seto repeated the words, only in English, "If there were many tears falling down, every heart would become gentle. If everybody expresses what they think, every heart can be satisfied…"

Jou smiled at him and kept singing.

"Nagai nagai yoru ni obieteita, tooi hoshi ni inotteta."

"I was frightened by the never-ending night, so I prayed to the distant stars," Seto sang after.

"Meguru meguru toki no naka de Bokutachi wa ai o sagashiteiru Tsuyoku tsuyoku naritai kara kyou mo takaisora miageteiru," Jou's voice was like honey to Seto's ears.

"In endlessly repeating time, we were searching for love, because we wanted to become stronger. We look up to the faraway sky."

Jou laughed, softly, but his voice did not waver, "Donna egao ni deaetara. Every heart yume wo fumidasereruyo hitowa kanashimi no mukou ni. Every heart shiawase ukabete nemuru."

And Seto followed right along, "The two of us, smiling, meet here. Every heart has a habit of receiving its dreams. Sadness has no effect on us. Every heart gains happiness when it flies."

Jou didn't even notice himself scooting closer to Seto, or Seto's arm looped comfortably around his shoulders. He just kept singing.

"Itsuka itsuka subete no tamashii ga, yasuraka ni nareru youni."

"Someday our souls will unite, we will give peaceful approval."

Jou yawned, "Meguru meguru toki no naka de boku tachi wa ikite nanika wo shiru. Toki ni warai shugoshi naite kyou mo mada aruki tsuzukete iku."

"In endlessly repeating time, we know why we are living. We go through the nighttime laughing, both of us are mourning, yet we walk on." Seto sang, his voice a mere murmur.

"Osanai kioku no kata sumi ni, atatakai basho ga aru soushi. Hoshi tachi ga hanasu mirai ga, itsumo kagayaite ita. So shine." Jou's voice was a whisper, his eyes closed. He was so close to sleep. And he loved the feeling of being so close to brunette.

The brunette just kept on, "Memories of everything has settled, this is a warm place to be. The stars separate us from the future, we are always so brilliant. So shine."

"Meguru meguru toki no naka de Bokutachi wa ai o sagashiteiru Tsuyoku tsuyoku naritai kara kyou mo takaisora miageteiru," Jou murmured, smiling, as sleep began to slowly claim him.

"In endlessly repeating time, we were searching for love, because we wanted to become stronger. We look up to the faraway sky."

"Meguru meguru toki…no naka de boku…tachi wa…ikite nanika wo…shiru. Toki ni warai…shugoshi naite kyou…mo mada aruki tsuzukete…iku…" His voice slowly faded away, and steady breathing replaced it.

Seto finished the song, "In endlessly repeating time, we know why we are living. We go through the nighttime laughing, both of us are mourning, yet we walk on."

He pulled the boy, closer, murmuring, " I love you, koinu…"

Though, he knew Jou could not hear. Hanyou and Ryou stood outside the door, looking in on them.

Ryo smiled at Hanyou, "They really are perfect together…"

Hanyou nodded, "Yep…"

Seto leaned his head atop the blonde's, closing his eyes.

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"Okay, Bakura, tell us everything you know," Hanyou said a few hours later. Ryou was re-wrapping his wounds, when she asked. Jou, Seto, and Yuugi were also in the room.

"Okay, well-ow!" Bakura glared down at Ryou, who grinned, sheepishly, "Gomen, `Kura."

Bakura smirked, and looked back up at Hanyou, "I don't know much. Except the vampire you're looking for is a woman. I've never see her face. She was always in shadow. But I could tell by the shape of her silhouette and the sound of her voice."

Ryou kissed the place where his ribs were cracked, after tying the bandages, "There. I'm done."

He stood up straight, his white dog ears sticking straight up, his tail swaying, slightly. Bakura knew he was anticipating something by the way his tail moved. Ryou pushed himself up on his bed.

Bakura smirked, "Well, I think it's time you all left."

Jou grinned, "I'm sure you do…"

He was dragged out by Seto, but not after making some crude noises, causing Bakura to throw something at him. Seto closed the door, before Jou got hit, and the blonde was laughing so hard, that Seto had to sling him over his shoulder, because he couldn't move.

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Jou hummed, as he pulled another book off the shelf. He opened it, and looked through it. Nothing…

He sighed and yawned. He knew Seto needed to sleep, and that's why he'd taken this job, for now.

But he was tired now, and he still hadn't found the evidence he needed. He pulled out the photograph Seto had given him.

Imouto, he thought, I need your help…

He sighed and placed his head in his folded arms, on a vacant table. But he wasn't going to sleep. Just rest his eyes…

---Dream Sequence---

"Jou…"

That voice…so familiar…

"Jou…"

Where was it? All he could see was darkness.

"Jou…"

He had to reach it. He groped the air. Nothing.

"Wake up, Jou…"

What?

"Wake up, Jou…"

--End Dream--

"Wake up, Jou!" said a darker, richer voice then that of the dream. His eyes fluttered open, to be met by a pair of violet ones.

"What's wrong, Yuugi?" Jou asked.

"Kaiba's sick. His eye teeth have grown too large, and he's trying to attack us. Hanyou had to tie him down. He's growling, and crying how sorry he is. He says he can't control himself," Yuugi said, softly.

Jou's eyes widened, and he shot up, and ran into Hanyou's room. Seto was tied to her bedposts, thrashing around, his eyes blood red, his eyeteeth, hanging, abnormally low, below his bottom lip.

He eyed Jou, and hissed, pulling on his restraints, his eyes flashing, before he panted heavily, and relaxed, "Jou…I'm sorry, I can't…"

Again, he hissed, and tried to pulled free from his restraints, and attack Jou. Jou jumped back.

"Seto, what's wrong? What is it?"

Hanyou pushed Jou aside, as she entered the room. She had a book open, "It must be another vampire."

Jou blinked, "What?"

"If a vampire is powerful enough, and has the right magical resources, he or she can transfer their spirit to another vampire, and control them. Possess them basically," Hanyou read from the book.

Seto was panting again.

"Whoever is doing this to him," Hanyou began, "doesn't have a very strong hold on him. He keeps pulling out of their grasp every few moments."

He began to thrash again, struggling with his bonds, his back arching from the bed, his feet kicking. Jou reached out, wanting to hold him, touch him, but he snapped at his hands, and Jou jumped back.

"How…how do we fix it?" Jou asked, softly. Seto was tired, Jou could tell. He panted again, and looked at Jou, "…so…so sorry…"

Hanyou turned the page, "With a spell, but we don't have nearly enough resources to use it. We need black coal, which we have, so we can draw a Pentagram around the bed…but he also need rosemary, wolfsbane, which we can't touch, and the feathers of a nightingale. Now the rosemary is no problem, but wolfsbane doesn't grow in Japan. At least not anywhere close. The only place you can find it is in Kyoto, and by the time you get there and back, the other vampire could have full hold over him.

"Plus, we'd still need those feathers, which are almost impossible to find, considering nightingales are almost extinct. Basically, we're screwed."

Jou's eyes saddened, considerably. He watched as Seto thrashed on the bed, growling, and kicking. It hurt him to see Seto like this. He knew the brunette was in pain. He had to help. He couldn't just leave it aside.

"I want to go. I want to go, and get the things. I can't watch him like this. It hurts too much. Let me go," Jou murmured. Ryou, Bakura and Yuugi, who were standing in the doorway, stepped up.

"We'll help, as well," Ryou murmured. Bakura nodded, "I'm sure I can get the wolfsbane."

Hanyou looked at all of them, "All right…I suppose with your dog like speed, and senses, you might be able to get the things in time. I'll draw the pentagram around him. They have a spell here, where I can hold the possessor off, but I don't know how long I'll be able to hold it up. So hurry. I trust you, my clan. Don't fail me."

Jou, Ryou and Yuugi warped, and Bakura's large bat wings grew from his back. Hanyou nodded to each of them, before they left.

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I had major writer's block when I wrote this chapter…but thankfully I came up with something. Poor Seto, I hope Jou and the others can get the assets in time. Anyway, review!