A/N: Oh dear...thanks to dragonqueen and SesshomaruXInuYashaRules101 for me actually getting this chapter out. All my reviewers rule! I love you guys.
Warning: stuff that offends people.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh. But soon...lol
"Whaddaya mean my room sucks?"
Kaiba smirked at the outraged tone of Joey's voice. He turned to face the livid teen in amusement. This was the most fun he'd had in years. Getting a rise out of this boy was too easy.
"Actually, I said it bites," he said flashing his teeth. The blonde glared.
"And where do you sleep, in a cave?" he asked scathingly. Kaiba rolled his eyes at him.
"Is that the best you can do?"
"…pretty much, yeah."
Kaiba ignored him and continued his observation of his mate-to-be's bed room, though he had yet to find the bed. Was that it beneath the mound of dirty clothes? He fought the urge to cover his sensitive nose at the horrendous smell.
Despite the mess he had to admit it was interesting to see the way his mate lived. A gaming system sat in the corner of the room, surprisingly untouched by the mess. The bed (he'd finally located it) had a stack of clothes on it, all folded and clean. Without a second thought Joey tossed the pile to the floor with the rest of the clutter. Seto sighed.
Not even blinking Joey reached into a mass of random fabric and pulled forth a blue backpack. He dumped out the contents (two books and an apple core) and began to shove clothes into it.
It disgusted Seto that he found all of this endearing. Of all the vampires he was the tidiest, so why the hell did the gods deem this kid his mate for all eternity? Some sick cosmic joke he was sure.
"Joey?" said a feminine voice from outside his door, his sister, Seto recognized. Joey glanced at him wondering if she could come in. Seto nodded.
"Whatcha need, Sis?" Joey asked. Taking this as an invitation Serenity Wheeler stepped into the room, picking her way carefully around the mess. She sat on his bed, first clearing a place for herself, and looked hard at Joey. Then unexpectedly her gaze moved to Seto.
"Aren't you going to introduce me to your boyfriend?" she asked. Seto had to hold back a laugh at the look on Joey's face.
"How did you-? When did-HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!"
"Hello, my name is Seto Kaiba, your brother's soon to be mate," Kaiba introduced himself.
"M-mate?" Serenity stuttered. She took a deep breath seeming to compose herself. "There's something…odd about you. If you don't mind, what are you?"
"Vampire," he answered. Joey finally decided to stop stammering and form a coherent sentence. Amazing considering the state his mind was in. Confused did not begin to cover it. Chaos would be better.
"How did you know he was here?" Joey asked. Serenity's eyes slid down and it clicked for Seto.
"You're a physic."
"A what?" Joey asked.
Serenity just nodded. "Are you going to tell mom?" she asked.
"Tell mom what?"
"That you're leaving."
"Uh…"
"Damnit Joey, you can't just up and leave. It'll break her heart!"
"What am I supposed to do? 'Gee mom, I just met this vampire the other day and he bit me so I'm going to be his mate. Bye!' Like I'll even get out the door before she calls the police!"
"I know…" Serenity said. Joey kneeled down in front of her, taking her hand in his.
"I have to go Serenity."
"I know that too."
"What else do you know?" Seto asked sensing there was more to her words. She looked at him but her eyes weren't seeing him.
"There's something coming, a darkness. It wants to swallow everything. And you guys are the only hope of fighting it." Her eyes focused again, this time on Joey and she smiled with tears in her eyes. "I've always known there was something special about you Jo, that your destiny was far beyond here."
"Serenity…"
She wiped at her eyes with the back of her hand. "It's just hard to say good-bye." Joey moved up to hug her.
"I'll come back, I promise."
To say Yugi was nervous would have been the understatement of the year, nay the century. Yami saw his entire body trembling as Ryou held the phone out to him.
"It's your grandfather, do you want us to go with you?" the white haired teen asked concerned.
"That'd be awesome," Yugi gushed before answering, "Hello? Yes I'm fine. Yeah, I'll be right over. Okay? Yeah. See you in a minute." He clicked the phone off and handed it back to Ryou to hang up.
"Ready?" Ryou asked a moment later. Yugi took a shaky breath and nodded. Yami followed his mate-to-be and his best friend out the door, Bakura at his side.
They walked right into Yugi's house when they arrived. "Grandpa?" Yugi called out. An older man with the same shade of purple eyes walked out of the kitchen. He was Yugi's height only stockier, with silver hair covered by a headband. He smiled at his grandson then looked at Yami.
"You'd be the, uh-"
"Vampire?" Yami provided. The old man put a hand on the back of his head.
"I feel so ridiculous," he admitted. Beside him, Bakura smiled.
"Join the club," the albino vampire said.
"I'm sorry, I haven't even introduced myself yet, I'm Solomon Motou, but you can just call me grandpa."
"The Solomon Motou? The man who found my tomb?" Yami asked.
"I beg your pardon?" Solomon said, "Your tomb? But that would make you over five-thousand years old! Although…" the old man studied him closely, "you do look a great deal like the pharaoh in the hieroglyphics."
"You found Yami's tomb?" Bakura asked.
"I found the tomb of a pharaoh whose name is not known. And I wasn't the first one to find it, it had already been plundered by thieves."
"Yeah, about that…" Bakura said.
"What all did you take?" Yami asked curiously, "You retrieved my puzzle and dagger for me."
"Yeah, well, I might have picked up a few things out of pure instinct, you know bad habits die hard?"
"Clepto," Yami muttered.
"I'm sorry, Yugi. I just don't believe these boys are vampires," Mr. Motou said.
"Boys?" Bakura questioned.
"What exactly would it take for you to know we're telling the truth?" Yami asked ignoring his irate friend.
"You can believe whatever you want, Grandpa, but I still have to go with them."
Solomon looked stricken at the serious tone in his grandson's voice. Yami watched his mate in curiosity. He could feel the waves of anxiety rolling off him, and he was shaking still, but his eyes were steady.
"Yugi…" Solomon said.
"I'm sorry, Grandpa, but this is my future, my decision."
Mr. Motou was silent for a long time before he finally nodded. "You're right." Yami was sure he looked as surprised as Yugi at that moment.
"W-what?" his mate stammered. Mr. Motou laughed.
"Didn't expect me to agree so quickly did you? But you're absolutely right. In my day about your age I was considered an adult. Are you sure this is what you want?"
Yugi turned to look at Yami, if his heart beat he was sure it would have sped up. Shyly, the shorter boy took him by the hand and squeezed tightly, then looked back at his grandfather.
"I'm not sure what exactly being a vampire's mate is like, but I'm positive I couldn't live without him." If Yami's heart beat it would have sped up at those words. Squeezing Yugi's hand back he gave the teen a radiant smile.