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SORRY SORRY SORRY ITS SO LATE!!! MY COMPUTER TIME HAS BEEN LIMITED TO SATURDAYS ONLY!!!!! AHHHHHHHH

I can't believe that half of this chapter has just been sitting in my computer for… how long now?

The realizations and memories flooded his mind. Kaiba could barely believe his mind's eye. He had killed all those people. He had severely injured and disposed of those corpses. And he had wanted the blood Yugi offered him. He was this fabled creature of the night!

Kaiba started to feel the panic start to take over, and forced himself to breathe deeply. He stood, regaining control over his muscles. He had to think of something! He definitely couldn't be this creature. It wouldn't be good at all.

Yugi. With a defeated sigh, Kaiba realized that he'd have to go there. After all, Yugi had been the one who had found out first… well, Mokuba did, but Yugi actually researched it.

Before leaving the park, Kaiba used the solitary environment to examine himself. His nails were sharp, and strong – as proven by him slicing a thin stick in half – and he felt positively strong. He punched a tree to see what would happen. There was a large crack and the tree fell, splintered, to the ground, while Kaiba suffered minimal damages, but those healed quickly.

Kaiba fingered his teeth, accidentally pricking his thumb. He sighed. He could hear and smell more than he could have, and he could see farther than ever, though he didn't have the greatest night vision he expected. He thought it would be more cat-like, seeing in blurs, but seeing movements with precision. Still, it was better than a human's.

Kaiba decided to run to Yugi's house. He wasn't faster than a human, but he could run as fast as humanly possible for what felt like miles without breathing hard. Amplified reflexes, heightened endurance, and superior strength – that didn't seem all that bad, put together. But he knew he couldn't be like this forever. However, there was a small voice in his head that squeaked what if you can't be human? What if you don't have a choice?

He reached Yugi's house, barely breathing harder than normal. When he rang the doorbell, Solomon Motou answered. Solomon was remotely intimidated by Kaiba's stature and aura.

"Where is Yugi!?" Kaiba demanded. Solomon retreated slightly, hiding behind the door.

"He never came back from the library. The poor lad probably fell asleep there," Solomon answered quickly before shutting the door. Kaiba growled in anger, but forced himself to turn away from the closed door and head to the library.

It was Yami's turn to read – Yugi and Yami were taking turns, so that they won't get as tired as fast – when Kaiba entered the library. He was felt before he was seen, as proven by Joey jerking up from his sleeping position and going: "Nyeh? Kaiba's here?"

Indeed, Kaiba's presence was noted with great fear, his aura snaking down the spins of the book guests with a cold chill. Yami himself shivered as he stood up to greet Kaiba. The CEO looked purely outraged.

"Yugi," he started, "I. Need. Help." Kaiba forced himself to say that, spitting the words out like venom. Yami was expecting this.

"So you've acknowledged that you are a vampire, then?" he calmly asked. Kaiba gritted his teeth, baring his fangs subconsciously.

"Yes, I've noticed. Yugi, how do we stop this?" It was killing Kaiba to ask for help, but there was no other choice, and Yugi had already researched vampires, so this was the fastest, simplest, easiest way.

"First, you should learn more about the creature you are," Yami stated. Kaiba slammed his fist down on a table, shattering it, and sat down, impatiently patient.

"Be patient, Kaiba!" Joey shouted quietly. Joey sank in his chair, cowering from the silverish glare from the brunette.

"Kaiba…" Yami said warningly before continuing. "Judging by Mokuba's details, it appears to be that you are a True-Born vampire…"

True-Borns are the essence of what is vampyr. They are born from at least one other True-Born. The True-Born does not become a full-fledged vampire until he's killed nineteen victims. In the daytime, they act and look just like humans, but at night, their instincts take over, looking for ways to quench their thirst. Some True-Borns do not even know they are vampires, their instincts holding too much power over them.

As a human that is a True-Born nears what the vampyrs call the Blue Age, they begin developing the traits of vampyrs at night. For example, blue eyes turn silver, green eyes turn gold, and brown eyes turn red. The Blue Age can happen anywhere from age eight to around twenty-eight. When they reach their Blue Age, while their heart keeps beating, the rest of their body stops, and the human becomes "undead."

"That's all the books says," Yami concluded. Kaiba soaked this information up. This was entirely new to him, for he was never allowed to look at a fantasy book ever when he was under Gozaburo. All he knew about vampires was the general knowledge. You know, they sucked blood and kept to the night, and everything.

"How do I cure this?" he scowled. The Yugi-group exchanged glances.

"We're not sure," Yami said. "I personally don't think there is a cure, because this seems to be a genetic thing. All I know is that if there is one, it has to be before you kill fifteen more people."

"Fifteen…" Kaiba trailed off. Suddenly, he stiffened. A girl behind them moaned unhappily.

"Ah man, stupid books give me paper cuts!" she cried. He heard her throw a book down to the floor.

"Cadence, relax," said another girl, "We'll just get a band-aid from the librarian."

"Manami, I'm fine, what's a little blood gonna do to me?"

"Who knows," the new girl – Manami – said jokingly, "maybe a sangui-phile'll come around."

"Oh goodness no!" Candace replied, also joking. "A vampire is the worst thing that could happen to me now!" The two girls laughed and retreated behind a bookcase.

"Kaiba, no," Yami said quietly but forcefully. Kaiba's eyes were wide in a craziness that depicted will fighting instinct. The lights suddenly popped and went out. Several occupants screamed in surprise, and only the emergency lights illuminated any area. Yami saw Kaiba's silver eyes before some force knocked him backwards into the table. The table collapsed, one of the legs splintering off. A dark shape passed quickly under an emergency light; the "Geek Squad" identified it as the CEO himself.

"No!" Yami hissed. Two girls screamed, and bookshelves began falling like dominos as someone – presumably the Manami girl – was thrown into one by someone with superhuman strength. Cadence screamed once more, followed by a heavy thump and a sickening crack. Joey, unable to just let anything slide, picked up the broken table leg and swiftly made his way to the emergency light where they last saw Kaiba.

Growling, he yelled, "Kaiba, show yourself!" Wincing, he sliced his finger open on a splinter. "Come get me!" he shouted. He watched carefully for the silver eyes.

There!

Attracted by the scent of Joey's blood, the blood of someone he hates deeply, Kaiba could not resist leaving his initial prey and heading towards the Mutt. All Joey saw was a flash of shadow, and he swung his weapon as hard as he could. It collided with something, and a heavy object slammed into a tumbled bookcase.

The lights flickered back on. Joey's weapon had collided with Kaiba's head, and the CEO now slumped against a bookcase, knocked out. A few people were crying. The librarian present went to check on the two girls that Kaiba had attacked. Yami raced over to them, too. Manami was just unconscious, but Cadence…

"Oh my god…" the librarian breathed, putting a hand to her mouth. "I've never seen so much gore in my life!"

Cadence's body had been maimed horridly. Her rusty-colored hair was stained with her own blood, and there were nasty gashes on her arms and abdomen. She had apparently tried to fight the attacker off. And, almost undetectable by the red liquid bleeding from her cheek, there was a bite mark on her neck.

"And the killer was here," the librarian continued, gasping for breath. They heard sirens wail. Someone had called 911. She glanced around. "But, did he leave?"

Joey found them, his weapon dropped under the emergency light. He had heard the librarian's question, and as much as he hated Kaiba, he couldn't ruin someone like that. That's a life-changing thing. Kaiba could be thrown in jail. He wouldn't be able to live with the guilt. "Yes, apparently he did leave," he said instead. "Knocked out Moneybags, too."

Yami knew perfectly well that Joey had knocked out Kaiba. But he also knew that Joey was a decent guy. He trusted Joey's judgement. The paramedics burst through the doors and rushed to anyone on the floor or bleeding at all. One paramedic tested Cadence for a pulse, but he looked up and shook his head sadly. Cadence was dead.

Manami and Kaiba, still unconscious, were taken by the paramedics to stay in the emergency room overnight for observation. They should be released in the morning. Indeed, the sky already showed a few graying spots. Everything for today was ay-okay.

Yami sighed and looked at Joey. "This is getting out of hand," he said.

"Yup," Joey replied. "This problem is bigger than we thought. He can't even control himself around the presence of… of blood."

Yami nodded. "We can only hope for the best, and try everything we can to stop this."

"Worst come to worst…" Joey trailed.

"Yes," Yami concluded. "If worst comes to worst, and this gets far too much out of our hands, then indeed, we shall have to kill Seto Kaiba."

Death awaits silently on her high chair
Her haunting prowls of the night are finished
A beautiful maiden, hated and feared for her power.
A nocturnal ghost of the black rose.