RESPONSES
darkfireblade
Mena: Welcome! Glad you enjoy!
Toli: We aren't trying to gore you into regurgitation, so that's a good thing! Thanks for reviewing!
Vampirefrensy
Toli: Hah! Nice name!
Mena: This should be the perfect story for you, then!
Toli: Thanks for reviewing!
DmonXtrmN8r
Mena: Hey there!
Toli: Glad you liked it!
Mena: You'll just have to wait and see if Yami can turn good.
Toli: Yep, looks like it's time for the ancient art of butt bashing! Thanks for reviewing!
sabishii kitsune
Mena: Hi, Kitsune!
Toli: Your comments make me wonder what's in your vampire story. Are you going to post it soon?
Mena: Glad you like the chappie! Great minds do think alike, you know. That or one really great mind comes up with a killer idea, and a bunch of good minds find out and copy it.
Toli: (sweatdrops)
Mena: Thanks for reviewing!
kristen89
Toli: Haha, the terrible decision, isn't it? Who will have to die? Tea? Yami? Both? I love suspense!
Mena: Let's hug Yugi together! (hugs Yugi)
Toli: Hmmm, decisions, decisions.
Mena: Thanks for reviewing!
kameeko
Toli: I shouldn't have let you give them that spoiler, Mena. Look how you upset Kameeko!
Mena: Aw, Kameeko'll get over it. Anyway, Kamoray's happy!
Toli: True. Well, anyway, thanks for reviewing, guys!
Masami Mistress Of Fire
Toli: Masami! (hugs Masami)
Mena: EEEE! DAMIE-CHAN! (jumps on Damion)
Mani: Masami-twin! (hugs Masami) Toli-sama and Mena-sama told me about your story up! Congraterations, Masami-twin!
Mena: Speaking of congraterations, if you're going to be Mani's twin, you have to make up words, like 'congraterations' and 'malforktioning'!
Jesselda: Thanks for the pat.
Toli: Okay, we gotta go update! Bye, Masami!
Mani: (hugs Masami) Bye, twin!
Mena: (glomps Damion) Bye my sexy hot hunky koishii of heavenly hunk!
Toli: O.o (sweatdrops)
Jesselda: I'll grab the leash.
Linkin-Phoenix
Toli: Hi guys! First, we're REALLY sorry we didn't respond to your last review.
Mena: When we did the responds, we didn't see a review from you!
Toli: You know we wouldn't purposely exclude you guys, right?
Mena: Anyway, thanks a lot for reviewing!
Toli: Oh, come on, you don't want poor Wheeler to die! He's so...so...um...
Mena: (prods) Come on, sister.
Toli: So...uh...blond!
Mena: (sweatdrops) Um, sure.
Cataracta
Mena: Hey, and welcome!
Toli: Glad you like the story! Yami makes a hot villain you know!
Mena: Thanks for reviewing!
Silver Moon Phoenix
Mena: The chase continues this chapter.
Toli: Don't you wonder what Serenity would be like as a vampire?
Mena: I do. Anyway, yes, I loved the part where Kaiba and Mokuba bought the car! He just, like, whipped that pen out so fast. For a split second, I had thought it would be a gun.
Toli: Why would he have a gun? And why wouldn't he have a credit card, by the way?
Mena: (shrugs)
Toli: Maybe he's too proud for a Visa.
Mena: I suggest you discover what your yami's intentions are before it's too late. That's what I did, and I found out Jezzy used to be evil. But now she can almost be halfway fun at times!
Toli: It goes to show you what love, patience, and a bunch of M&M's can do.
Mena: Yep!
Toli: Thanks for reviewing, guys!
Ksaturn
Toli: Thanks for reviewing!
Mena: And thanks for the killer update!
Toli: Tea almost got raped...scary...
Mena: Good thing Yami showed up!
Toli: It's always a good thing when Yami shows up!
Toli: Great. Well, I'm sane again, but I can't say the same about Mena.
Mena: (running around on the ceiling shaking salt shakers full of sugar) Sugar! SUGARSUGARSUGAR! Happy Sugar Eve!
Toli: (sweatdrops)
Jesselda: Well, let's move on, shall we?
Mena: Sugarsugarsugarsugarsugarsugarsugarsugarsugarsugar-
WARNING: Watch out for the upcoming Character Death!
FOURTEEN: The Fight
Tea followed Yami as he ran away from her. He was running very quickly. All vampires could run fast. That's why slayers could run fast as well. Beside her, she saw a vampire breaking into a department store and shot it as she ran by. Even though she was about to end the whole problem, it wouldn't hurt to shoot a few bloodsuckers on the way. She thought of what Yami had said. "If you do that, how will you find Yugi? I know you want him back. But you don't know where he is. And how do you know that he won't be destroyed as well if you kill me?" But she knew he knew that wasn't true, and she knew it too.
At least she hoped she did.
Yami jumped over a ten-foot fence, and Tea jumped over it as well. A snarling dog on a leash greeted them. Yami dodged it, and Tea jumped over it. They kept going.
Tea peeked at her cartridge counter. Four bullets left. And she hadn't brought any extra. She would have to watch how she used them. She saw a vampire in the middle of murdering a guy and shot it dead.
Yami jumped to the top of a nine-story building. Tea followed him, and found he had turned to face her.
"Did you enjoy the run?" he asked.
"Yes, it was quite pleasant," Tea said, pointing her gun at him.
"You know I could have left you far behind if I had wanted to," Yami said. "Remember, I have control over time."
"I noticed," Tea said. "But that doesn't mean I won't try to kill you."
Yami smiled. "Such a brave soul. It's sad, really. I could have made you into a vampire the first night we met, inside the movie theater. Then all that pent-up emotion could be going in a better direction."
"There is no better direction than wanting all vampires dead," Tea said. "Especially you."
"Well, let's just see what all that rage can do for you," Yami said. "I dare you. Fire at me. See if you can hit my cape." He was being so condescending.
"Come and get it," Tea said, and she fired.
She saw as Yami began speeding toward her, using his power over time to move even faster. The bullet sailed harmlessly past him as he came at her. She jumped over his head, turned, and fired again. Yami stopped and backed up, dodging again, and the bullet missed him. He backed up so fast, Tea couldn't react in time, and he grabbed her arm and threw her into the door leading up to the roof. Her momentum cracked and bent it, breaking two of its hinges, as she fell to the ground.
"How disappointing," Yami said. "Maybe you're better in faster fights."
Tea stood up, pain in her shoulders and back. The pain she had received back at the Sea of Torture was no longer bothering her, thanks to the "near-eternal" special painkillers that Mai had given her when she had given Tea the weapons. She glanced at her gun. One bullet left. She'd have to make it count.
"All right, playtime's over," Yami said. "I swore I'd kill you when I realized who you were, and I intend to keep that promise."
"Funny, I was thinking the exact same thing," Tea said, and she ran towards him. Yami dodged, but she turned and planted a foot in his stomach before he could get far. She knocked him a few feet away, staggering from the impact, but not falling down. He straightened and glared. "About time you started trying," he said. He ran towards her again. Tea jumped into the air to avoid him, but was surprised when he jumped up with her. His arm came at her in a blur, and something cold and hard slashed across her cheek. She felt the new pain as she tried to kick him again, but he moved away. They landed back down, and Tea wiped the already spilled blood off of her cheek.
Yami smirked and showed off a long, thin, bloodstained stiletto. "You didn't think I didn't carry any weapons with me, did you?" he said to her.
"What? No muscle to back up your threats?" Tea shot back.
"Don't get snippy," Yami replied. This time Tea charged at him. Yami jumped over her head, and when she looked up, she saw that he was about to plunge the knife into her back. She wouldn't be able to dodge in time.
Make it count, Tea thought. She pointed up her gun and fired. Yami hissed, and the knife fell from his hand. He landed back on the ground, glaring at her, as she slid her now empty and useless gun into its holster.
"Nice shot," Yami snapped at her. She saw a black-looking liquid nearly covering his right hand, and knew she must have shot it.
"At least you'll have battle scars," Tea said to him.
Yami smirked. "And so will you." He whipped something shiny from somewhere and attached it his left hand. "Want to see?" He showed off the long, deadly-looking, thin silver claws that were now strapped to his hand. "I carry these around because I think they're pretty."
"Then let's see them in action," Tea said.
"As you wish." Yami lunged forward, silver claws outstretched and ready to do damage. Tea whipped out her sword just as he struck, interlocking the claws with the sword with a deafening metal clash.
Tea, using a lot of force, shoved Yami and his pretty claws away from her enough to regain her footing and come at him. He used his own claws to block her sword. She pulled back and watched him. "I guess we're evenly matched now," she said.
"Perhaps," Yami said. "But, as I mentioned before, there are many things about vampires you don't know." He jumped forward again, claws outstretched. Tea blocked the attack and, while they were pushing their weapons against each other's, released the sword with one hand and punched him in the stomach. Yami, distracted, backed up, enough for her to kick him in the head and knock him a couple of yards away. Yami landed with a painful-sounding thud.
Tea watched from a safe distance, sword ready in case he tried a surprise attack. Yami slowly sat up, and Tea could see a spot off center on his forehead that would soon bruise. He looked up at her, and then he started laughing.
"Want to clue me in on the funny joke?" Tea said to him, trying not to let him know she was confused at why he was laughing.
Yami looked at her, evil dancing in his eyes. "You know, you are right," he said. "We would be evenly matched." He stood up. "If I didn't already have the element of surprise on my side. I told you there's many things about vampires you don't know. Now you're going to find out what one of them is."
Tea took a step back, hoping to be able to be ready for anything. Her mind conjured up wild possibilities, just in case any of them were true.
Yami lifted his bloody hand, and suddenly, a fire started and surrounded Tea. She stared in amazement.
"I'm not going to clue you in on the how," Yami said with another smirk. "You can just worry about if you're going to be rare or well done."
The fire began to close in on Tea. She covered her mouth and nose with a hand, looking for any escape. Then she remembered one. Mai had taught her. She called it the "wind trick"
"Why on earth would a slayer need temporary control over the wind?" Tea asked.
"Trust me, it'll come in handy," Mai said, but she didn't say why.
Tea sighed. "Okay."
Tea raised her sword, and, as quickly as she could, sliced through the air, moving her sword from her left side to the right. Immediately, a harsh wind kicked up, knocking out the fire, and then went away. All in about two seconds.
"Maybe you're not the only one with the element of surprise," Tea said, stepping out of the burned circle.
Yami looked surprised. "So," he said, "some trick with the current of air. Fine, then. As I can only assume you can do that again, we'll forget about the fire."
"Good idea," Tea said, and she came at him again. She raised the sword again, and he blocked it again. She took the opportunity to kick him again. He was knocked back a little ways, and she attacked him with the sword again. Yami dodged away, but not before Tea sliced a small portion of his cape off. Yami turned and glared at her.
"Got your cape," Tea announced.
"I liked that cape," Yami told her.
"You won't need one after the fight," Tea informed him.
Yami came at her again. Tea raised her sword to block his claws. He kicked her in the stomach and knocked her down. She opened her eyes, and Yami's foot came down on her chest. Before she could knock it off, she saw his gleaming claws come her way and tried to move. They sliced across her arm. Tea gritted her teeth.
Yami's other foot came down on the new wound on her arm, and Tea couldn't help but cry out. While she was distracted, Yami snatched her sword and tossed it. She managed to push through the darkness of a pain-induced blackout and glared up at him.
"This is where it ends, Tea Gardner," Yami said, taking off his claws and holding them over her head. "It was nice fighting with you, but I can't drag this out any longer. I have a city to destroy and couple more lives to ruin." He smiled at her. It was an almost friendly smile. "But let me say that you were a worthy opponent. Just not worthy enough." He brought the claws down towards her head with a startling speed, like three sharp knives.
Tea squinted as she watched the claws come down. One extra second and they would slice into her head, killing her.
But they didn't.
The gun in Tea's hand went off with a loud bang. The bullet zoomed upwards and embedded itself in Yami's chest. He stopped, and dropped the claws. Tea caught them by their strap and threw them away from her.
"I told you you weren't the only one with the element of surprise," Tea said, still holding the tiny smoking gun in her free hand. It was her mega-emergency gun. One bullet in it, to be used only if the slayer was about to die.
Yami stared at her, nearly black blood leaking from the wound on his chest. Then he smiled again, and the evil glow in his eyes faded. "Yes, surprise, surprise," he said. Then he fell to one side.
Tea sat up, ignoring the pain in her arm, and watched Yami. His eyes were closed, and he transformed into a pile of dust. His pretty claws went with him.
"No!" Yami's little messenger had jumped up to the roof to see who her master had been fighting. She showed up in time to see him become a pile of dust. She stepped forward glaring at Tea, but before she could get far, her eyes took on a look of shock, and she transformed into a pile of dust. Tea ran to the edge of the roof and, down below, could see several other figures doing the same.
Tea turned back to the pile of dust that had been Yami. Then vampire she had loathed, the one that had murdered her parents, was finally dead. Her parents had been avenged. As had her aunt, and everyone else Yami had killed. It was over. All the vampires under Yami's reign were dead as well, as a result of Yami's death. Above her, the storm that Yami had created began to clear.
Tea's head snapped up. Then that meant...
"Yugi!" she exclaimed. She grabbed up her sword and emergency gun and leapt off the roof. She had to see him. She had to know if what she believed would happen was true.
She hoped she had been right. Because if she wasn't, Yugi was dead too.
END CHAPTER
Toli: Ha! A cliffie! And Yami's death! Man, I am truly evil!
Mena: SUGARSUGARSUGARSUGAR-
Jesselda: (bangs Mena over the head with a frying pan)
Mena: SU-eh? (passes out)
Jesselda: Now, where will I put you?
Toli: Oh, before we go, if you all would be so kind, rate the fight scene from 1(bad) to 10(perfect), please? Thanks a bunches.