We're running from fate.

Chapter 1: Lost.

I don't own Yugioh.

Yugi pov

"I hate it when I'm right." You've heard that, right? A playful little comment when a person is trying to show off how smart they had been. For me, that comment was a fact. I guess I should explain.

It started with my fourteenth birthday and the end of the world. My parents were in another room getting ready for my party while my best friends, Joey, Ryou, and Malik, and I had the debate that we always had at least once when we were all together. What the apocalypse would be. Joey thought zombies would end us. Malik argued that werewolves were more likely. While Ryou thought it would be fire and brimstone. I was positive it would be vampires.

We would go at it for hours while our parents would just laugh at us. From time to time, things would get physical and we'd roll around on the ground for a while. It always ended in laughter.

Anyway, we were getting really into it when Joey's phone rang. "Yo, Jumpin' Joey Wheeler here… Seto?.. Whoa, slow down… What?! Seto? Seto, answer me!" His phone fell from his fingers and he ran to the window. We looked at each other and followed him.

We all knew that Seto was Joey's current boyfriend. He really loved him, so if something Seto said scared him we had good reason to worry. I picked up Joey's phone as we passed it and listened to see if he was still there. "Seto? Are you okay?" I asked. A cruel chuckle answered me and sent a shiver down my spine. "Sorry, Seto isn't available. Try again later." The line went dead and I looked out the window with everyone else.

The phone slid from my own fingers and smashed on the ground. People were running around and screaming. A man ran in front of our window. Before I could blink, he had a woman attached to his neck and drinking his blood. She pulled away and looked right at us. I gasped and we turned and ran deeper into the house.

There was a smash and hoards of those things were right behind us. I was suddenly yanked into another room with a hand over my mouth. I looked up to see my dad holding me tightly. He raised a finger to his lips and I nodded. He released me and led us to the cellar. Once we were all in he shut the door, but neither he nor mom came down with us.

We sat there for what felt like years before the noise stopped and silence fell. No more screams, cries for help, or unearthly shrieks. Joey chanced a peek though the door. "I think they're gone." He whispered lifting the door quietly. We crawled out and looked around at the carnage. Blood and bodies lay everywhere. After a bit of searching, we found my mom and dad's bodies and buried them. Then, we set out to try to find any survivors.

Two years later

We were running as fast as we could to our hide out. Seven vampires were on our tail. Joey tossed and UV grenade. There were howls of rage and pain from behind us and we moved faster. I was the first one in. I slide through the door and waited for my friends. 'Joey, Ryou, Malik. NOW!' I kicked a lever that shut the door. It slammed with a bang and we sat there panting. "Th-thanks for the warning, Malik." groaned Joey between pants. "S-sorry, I th-thought I saw…" he paused and tears slid don't his face.

I sighed and shook my head. After the first strike, we found out who all died. Seto, Malik's sister, Ishizu, Ryou's father, and my parent and grandpa. Often, a vampire will use illusions to trick you into coming into their waiting fangs. We didn't fall for it since we saw the bodies, but it still hurt.

I changed the subject "What'd we find?" I asked. We sat up and reached into our bags. I pulled out ten apples, twelve oranges, and a bunch of grapes. "Nice job, Yug. But, check this." He pulled out three hand fulls of candy bars, eight root beers, and four bags of chips. Ryou looked depressed "I got nothing on that." He pulled out five jars of peanut butter and jelly, two loaves of bread, and ten bottles of apple juice. Malik smiled and patted his back "No worries, I've got something that will make all of us smile." He reached into his bag and pulled out some berries, two huge carrots, and… "ARE THOSE DUEL DISKS?!" I cried joyfully. Malik nodded happy "Not just any duel disks. These still have decks in them." He tossed each of us a duel disk and we shuffled through the decks happily.

We hadn't seen a hint of duel monsters since the day of the end. I was shuffling through when one of the cards made me freeze. A blue eyes white dragon! I found two more and felt tears fill my eyes "Joey." He looked up at me "Yeah, Yug?" I shakily showed him the three cards and I heard the cards he was holding hit the ground. I looked more through the deck and it proved it. This was Seto's deck.

I handed the deck to Joey who took it sobbing. "Now you have something two keep him with you." I murmured and looked up at him "Blue eyes will protect you." He nodded and clutched the cards close to his heart. We learned that the other decks were mine, Ryou's, and Malik's. We placed the cards back in the disks and fastened them to our arms. The familiar weight sat on my arm and I smiled.

We all settled in for the night and were beginning to fall asleep when there was a bang form our sealed door. We jumped to our feet and got ready for a fight. None of us dared speak as the banging continued. Then the door was ripped off its hinges. Standing in its frame were four figures. We froze in our battle stances and waited for them to identify themselves. One moved forward and we took a collective step back.

Our decks started glowing and four beams of light flew before us and took the forms of four different duel monsters. The silent magician, the winged dragon of Ra, the change of heart, and the blue eyes white dragon. "See, Pharaoh, I told you they wouldn't be able to resist them." I shivered at the voice. "Vampires." I murmured in fear. I turned to the others "Run!"

We blazed away as fast as we could. The vampires were right behind us. "Faster!" cried Ryou. I fumbled with my belt trying to get out a garlic capsule. I managed to get it off just as one of them caught up with us. I threw it in his eyes and he yelled in pain. "Move, move." I ordered as we ran at the fastest we could.

After running for an hour, we all collapsed with exhaustion. "D-did w-we lose th-them?" gasped Ryou. I looked around "I think so." I smiled then started laughing "That was quite the rush!" I laughed. Soon, they joined and we were rolling of the ground laughing. "I hardly find your situation funny." said a deep voice. We gasped and sat up. The four from before were standing before us.

We stared wide eyed at them. One of them rolled the empty canister of garlic to my feet. I looked at it then at him. He seemed familiar. I squinted at him "Who were you?" I growled trying to be brave. "Why do you care? You're the one who threw that." A dark chuckle answered him. "Come on, priest, it's his last question. You might as well answer it."

Before anymore could be said, Joey acted. He yanked out his most treasured card. The one he always had on him. The red eyes black dragon. The dragon appeared and formed a protective circle around us and lit the area. It took a moment for our eyes to adjust to the sudden light. Joey recovered first and cried out in shock and pain. I turned and saw him crying again. I followed his gaze and stared at the boy before me. "Joey, don't believe it. It's a trap. That's not really Seto." I warned. Though we never did find Seto's body among the others we knew he had to be dead.

Joey looked ready to faint. The fake looked just as shocked as we felt. "J-Joey? Is it really you, pup?" he took a step toward Joey. "Stay back, faker!" I growled stepping in his way. His eyes went to me then the others. "Yugi, Ryou, Malik? But, they said…" he looked up at the other three vampires. My eyes followed. They were all as shocked as the fake Seto. I blinked when my eyes landed on a tall boy about my age. He looked scarily like me. His eyes were wide and on me.

Seto pov

I stared in awe at the mate I thought I had lost forever. Joey had grown a lot in the last eight years. He stared back at me with tears in his eyes. He started shaking as sobs tried to escape him. I reached out and pulled him into a tight hug, tears streaming down my own face. His knees gave out and I gently sank to the ground with him murmuring that I was there and that nothing was going to happen to him. I looked up and found Yugi and the other staring at me with tears in their own eyes.

"Y-you're real? You're really Seto?" stuttered Ryou. I nodded and the albino boy fell to his knees. I looked at the others. Yami was watching ready to faint Yugi incase he started to fall. Bakura moved carefully toward Ryou so as not to startle him more. Marik was watching like Yami.

Yes, we were vampires. But, a vampire would never harm their mate. That was why vampires stopped killing humans. But, I had thought that my mate was gone forever.

My attention returned to the fainted puppy in my arms. I stood and shifted him so he was more comfortable. "Let's go home." I murmured to the other.

Then, what they had waited for happened. The remaining three fainted and were scooped into the arms of their mate. "We're going to have a lot of explaining to do when we get back." said Marik quietly "They have been running for eight years. I'll bet they didn't stop to talk to others. Their really out of the loop if they think we still kill humans." I nodded "I'm surprised they lasted this long." muttered Yami "Without being seen or caught that is." I nodded again. "They're just as stubborn as I remember." I smiled remembering the past.