[ARCHIVE//YGO!, AU] “A Vampire’s Soul” (03/10)
Story Title: “A Vampire’s Soul” (02/10)
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…
Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! ain't mine. Plain and simple.
Author's Note: None.
QUOTE TYPES
"Normal"
"Foreign Language"
[Bakura Thought Speech]
/Ryou Thought Speech/
{Yami Thought Speech}
Thoughts, Stressed Words
“A Vampire’s Soul”
Chapter 03: New Territory
"Meet me after dark again and I'll hold you
I want nothing more than to see you there
And maybe tonight, we'll fly so far away
We'll be lost before the dawn
If only night can hold you where I can see you, my love
Then let me never ever wake again
And maybe tonight, we'll fly so far away
We'll be lost before the dawn
Somehow I know that we can't wake again from this dream
It's not real, but it's ours
Maybe tonight, we'll fly so far away
We'll be lost before the dawn
Maybe tonight, we'll fly so far away
We'll be lost before the dawn…"
- "Before The Dawn" by Evanescence
"Out of the question."
Ryou frowned at Bakura. They were seated in their new apartment in Domino City, a lupine Amane (though she was in that form voluntarily this time) at Ryou's feet. "Why not? You know that's how I find my food nowadays."
Bakura sighed. "But it's going to get you noticed again."
Ryou leaned in closer to him. "So I'll be discreet," He said, his voice little more than a whisper.
"I don't TRUST you to be discreet," Bakura hissed back at him.
"Oh, you don't? You don't trust me to resist temptation?"
"No, I don't, because it's damn near impossible for any vampire to resist temptation," Bakura snapped, causing Amane to lift her head in annoyance.
Ryou sighed. "I told you… you can't expect me to change the way I do things overnight."
"It's been a week since we left LA," Bakura retorted.
"So? That doesn't matter. Look, I won't screw up this time, I know what I've been doing wrong."
"What you've been doing wrong is helping depressed students commit suicide," Bakura said, angrily.
Ryou rolled his eyes. "Well, you're too late."
"What?" Bakura snapped.
"I applied already. Before we got here." Ryou grinned evilly. "I've been accepted at Domino High as a Freshman."
Bakura looked furious. He huffed, stood up, and stormed into his room.
"I swear…" Ryou muttered. As the sun began to rise over the horizon, Ryou sighed, scratched wolf-Amane on the head, then headed to the bathroom to shower. By the time he was finished, it was light outside, and almost time for him to go. "If it helps," he said, as he emerged back into the living room, where Bakura was seated on the sofa again, "I'll starve myself at school today and hunt with you tonight. You know… like we used to."
Bakura sighed, staring thoughtfully out the window. "All right. You know, I actually miss those…"
"I thought so," Ryou grinned. "See you later."
* * *
"Class… we have three new students today."
The moment the teacher spoke, everything quieted. Ryou glanced around the room, nervously. He could sense another vampire on the premises, but it was obviously a very powerful one, for he couldn't pinpoint where the vampire was.
To Ryou's right was a skinny young man with spiky, red, black, and blond hair, ruby red eyes, and a tan that gave him a rather exotic look similar to Bakura's. To his left, a girl with shoulder-length blond hair, brown eyes, and glasses stood, nervously, clutching rather tightly at her black laptop case. Ryou thought the girl was pretty, but she probably wasn't from Japan.
"This young man is Yami… although… he apparently doesn't have a surname…"
A low chuckle erupted from the class as Yami waved.
"To his left… this is Ryou Bakura, who has transferred from England." Ryou nodded curtly at the class.
"And finally, we have a transfer from America… Miss… Katherine O'Brian."
Katherine blushed and muttered something to the teacher.
"…Who would prefer to go by 'Kat'," The teacher added when she pulled away. "Yami, you can have a seat there by Yuugi Mutou… Mr. Bakura, by Jonouchi, if you will… and Miss O'Brian, next to Miss Mazaki."
Each took their respective seats. Yami seated himself next to a short boy with violet eyes and hair that was quite similar to Yami's own, only without the blond spikes. Kat sat down next to a girl with chin-length brown hair and blue eyes, and Ryou took his seat next to a blond boy with brown eyes. Ryou glanced back at Kat, who was fidgeting nervously in her seat. She quickly glanced in his direction, let out a small, barely audible gasp, and turned away again.
So she's a shy one… Ryou thought, turning away as well. But she's lovely nonetheless… He took in a breath, gathering the scents in the room. There's another vampire at this school… I just need to figure out who they are…
* * *
"I'm back," Ryou said, as he entered the apartment he shared with Bakura at the end of the school day.
"How'd it go?" Bakura said, not really sounding interested.
"Fine. There's two other new students as well. And, oh yes… I'm not the only vampire in the school."
Bakura sat up. "You aren't?"
"No… there's another one. And a powerful one at that. I could smell and sense them, but they were able to mask their identity. Not even-"
"I know I can't," Bakura retorted, harshly. "Damn… well… I guess we've got no choice but to keep you there. But I expect you to control yourself. I take it you… resisted temptation like you promised?"
"Yeah. Although…"
"What?"
Ryou smirked. "One of the new students… A lovely blond girl from America."
Bakura rolled his eyes. "Love. Won't do us any good."
"What makes you say that?"
"My innate cynicism. I've never been one for romance, and probably never will be."
"Well, maybe I am."
"Are you two arguing again?" Amane said, coming into the room.
"No, just having a debate," Ryou retorted, grinning at her.
"What about?"
"Love."
Amane raised her eyebrows, tossing her wavy silver-white hair behind her. "Love? Have you found a girlfriend, ickle brother?"
"Possibly," Ryou said, grinning a little. "I didn't talk to her today. But she's a new student, like me."
"Who was the other one?" Bakura asked.
"He said his name was Yami… no last name given. Very skinny lad, he was. Eyes like large rubies."
"How poetic," Bakura muttered, sarcastically. He glanced out the window, watching the sun slowly sink below the horizon. "Almost dusk…"
"Don't worry, I haven't had anything to eat today. We'll hunt, like I promised."
Amane pouted. "But you two had so much more fun on the Full Moon, several centuries ago…"
"And you used to wretch every time we told you that you'd killed people," Bakura retorted.
"…Point taken. But immortal or not, people change."
"This is true," Ryou muttered. "However, last Full Moon, you didn't seem to mind the notion of killing the cops who were trying to arrest me, after I told you that you'd wanted to do so."
"Well… they wanted to arrest you."
Ryou rolled his eyes. "Right. I'm going to change into my civvies."
* * *
"Master…"
"What is it?" A harsh tenor voice responded.
"I have news… there are new vampires in town… three of them." A light tenor voice said, somewhat shakily.
"Three?"
"Yes, and two attending Domino High."
"Master?"
"Do you think they're a threat to me?"
"Well… two of them are over three thousand years old… and one… well, his sister…"
"What about her…?"
"She's… a Lycanthrope."
"…Well… I won't have vampires who think they're more powerful than I am loose in the city… Get a message to them, tonight, if it's at all possible… they must leave before dusk tomorrow… or face Final Death."
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…
Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! ain't mine. Plain and simple.
Author's Note: None.
QUOTE TYPES
"Normal"
"Foreign Language"
[Bakura Thought Speech]
/Ryou Thought Speech/
{Yami Thought Speech}
Thoughts, Stressed Words
“A Vampire’s Soul”
Chapter 03: New Territory
"Meet me after dark again and I'll hold you
I want nothing more than to see you there
And maybe tonight, we'll fly so far away
We'll be lost before the dawn
If only night can hold you where I can see you, my love
Then let me never ever wake again
And maybe tonight, we'll fly so far away
We'll be lost before the dawn
Somehow I know that we can't wake again from this dream
It's not real, but it's ours
Maybe tonight, we'll fly so far away
We'll be lost before the dawn
Maybe tonight, we'll fly so far away
We'll be lost before the dawn…"
- "Before The Dawn" by Evanescence
"Out of the question."
Ryou frowned at Bakura. They were seated in their new apartment in Domino City, a lupine Amane (though she was in that form voluntarily this time) at Ryou's feet. "Why not? You know that's how I find my food nowadays."
Bakura sighed. "But it's going to get you noticed again."
Ryou leaned in closer to him. "So I'll be discreet," He said, his voice little more than a whisper.
"I don't TRUST you to be discreet," Bakura hissed back at him.
"Oh, you don't? You don't trust me to resist temptation?"
"No, I don't, because it's damn near impossible for any vampire to resist temptation," Bakura snapped, causing Amane to lift her head in annoyance.
Ryou sighed. "I told you… you can't expect me to change the way I do things overnight."
"It's been a week since we left LA," Bakura retorted.
"So? That doesn't matter. Look, I won't screw up this time, I know what I've been doing wrong."
"What you've been doing wrong is helping depressed students commit suicide," Bakura said, angrily.
Ryou rolled his eyes. "Well, you're too late."
"What?" Bakura snapped.
"I applied already. Before we got here." Ryou grinned evilly. "I've been accepted at Domino High as a Freshman."
Bakura looked furious. He huffed, stood up, and stormed into his room.
"I swear…" Ryou muttered. As the sun began to rise over the horizon, Ryou sighed, scratched wolf-Amane on the head, then headed to the bathroom to shower. By the time he was finished, it was light outside, and almost time for him to go. "If it helps," he said, as he emerged back into the living room, where Bakura was seated on the sofa again, "I'll starve myself at school today and hunt with you tonight. You know… like we used to."
Bakura sighed, staring thoughtfully out the window. "All right. You know, I actually miss those…"
"I thought so," Ryou grinned. "See you later."
* * *
"Class… we have three new students today."
The moment the teacher spoke, everything quieted. Ryou glanced around the room, nervously. He could sense another vampire on the premises, but it was obviously a very powerful one, for he couldn't pinpoint where the vampire was.
To Ryou's right was a skinny young man with spiky, red, black, and blond hair, ruby red eyes, and a tan that gave him a rather exotic look similar to Bakura's. To his left, a girl with shoulder-length blond hair, brown eyes, and glasses stood, nervously, clutching rather tightly at her black laptop case. Ryou thought the girl was pretty, but she probably wasn't from Japan.
"This young man is Yami… although… he apparently doesn't have a surname…"
A low chuckle erupted from the class as Yami waved.
"To his left… this is Ryou Bakura, who has transferred from England." Ryou nodded curtly at the class.
"And finally, we have a transfer from America… Miss… Katherine O'Brian."
Katherine blushed and muttered something to the teacher.
"…Who would prefer to go by 'Kat'," The teacher added when she pulled away. "Yami, you can have a seat there by Yuugi Mutou… Mr. Bakura, by Jonouchi, if you will… and Miss O'Brian, next to Miss Mazaki."
Each took their respective seats. Yami seated himself next to a short boy with violet eyes and hair that was quite similar to Yami's own, only without the blond spikes. Kat sat down next to a girl with chin-length brown hair and blue eyes, and Ryou took his seat next to a blond boy with brown eyes. Ryou glanced back at Kat, who was fidgeting nervously in her seat. She quickly glanced in his direction, let out a small, barely audible gasp, and turned away again.
So she's a shy one… Ryou thought, turning away as well. But she's lovely nonetheless… He took in a breath, gathering the scents in the room. There's another vampire at this school… I just need to figure out who they are…
* * *
"I'm back," Ryou said, as he entered the apartment he shared with Bakura at the end of the school day.
"How'd it go?" Bakura said, not really sounding interested.
"Fine. There's two other new students as well. And, oh yes… I'm not the only vampire in the school."
Bakura sat up. "You aren't?"
"No… there's another one. And a powerful one at that. I could smell and sense them, but they were able to mask their identity. Not even-"
"I know I can't," Bakura retorted, harshly. "Damn… well… I guess we've got no choice but to keep you there. But I expect you to control yourself. I take it you… resisted temptation like you promised?"
"Yeah. Although…"
"What?"
Ryou smirked. "One of the new students… A lovely blond girl from America."
Bakura rolled his eyes. "Love. Won't do us any good."
"What makes you say that?"
"My innate cynicism. I've never been one for romance, and probably never will be."
"Well, maybe I am."
"Are you two arguing again?" Amane said, coming into the room.
"No, just having a debate," Ryou retorted, grinning at her.
"What about?"
"Love."
Amane raised her eyebrows, tossing her wavy silver-white hair behind her. "Love? Have you found a girlfriend, ickle brother?"
"Possibly," Ryou said, grinning a little. "I didn't talk to her today. But she's a new student, like me."
"Who was the other one?" Bakura asked.
"He said his name was Yami… no last name given. Very skinny lad, he was. Eyes like large rubies."
"How poetic," Bakura muttered, sarcastically. He glanced out the window, watching the sun slowly sink below the horizon. "Almost dusk…"
"Don't worry, I haven't had anything to eat today. We'll hunt, like I promised."
Amane pouted. "But you two had so much more fun on the Full Moon, several centuries ago…"
"And you used to wretch every time we told you that you'd killed people," Bakura retorted.
"…Point taken. But immortal or not, people change."
"This is true," Ryou muttered. "However, last Full Moon, you didn't seem to mind the notion of killing the cops who were trying to arrest me, after I told you that you'd wanted to do so."
"Well… they wanted to arrest you."
Ryou rolled his eyes. "Right. I'm going to change into my civvies."
* * *
"Master…"
"What is it?" A harsh tenor voice responded.
"I have news… there are new vampires in town… three of them." A light tenor voice said, somewhat shakily.
"Three?"
"Yes, and two attending Domino High."
"Master?"
"Do you think they're a threat to me?"
"Well… two of them are over three thousand years old… and one… well, his sister…"
"What about her…?"
"She's… a Lycanthrope."
"…Well… I won't have vampires who think they're more powerful than I am loose in the city… Get a message to them, tonight, if it's at all possible… they must leave before dusk tomorrow… or face Final Death."