Hope in the Shadows

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AN: I really want a cookie right now.  That is all.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yugioh Zexal. But at least I have my fanfiction.

In the last chapter we learned about How Shark was adjusting to living with then new vampire Yuma and the twins Astral and Mist. Now on with the story!

It has now been a little over two months sine I was attacked by the Necrophile and I started living here with Yuma and the twins. Living with an Eternal and two Fledglings actually isn't as bad as I thought it would be. Yuma catches food on a regular basis and keeps us all fed, as well as himself to keep from having another one of his " episodes ". My training has been progressing well. I am now almost twice a strong as I was before I got attacked by that Necrophile.
Learning more about the twins has been interesting. Astral is always as me questions about myself, the Elite, And how Yuma was before he became an Eternal. Knowing Yuma's tendency to get aggressive when talking about his past these questions were usually asked and answered when Yuma was out hunting for dinner. Mist on the other hand makes it obvious how much he doesn't want me to be here. Sure he acts like it's okay when Yuma is here but once Yuma's out he's starts shooting daggers at me with his eyes.

But as "welcoming" as Mist is there is one thing here that is actually much worse. The cold. Now that I've been here a couple months it's turned into winter. Which believe me is not the best of time to be living in a large drafty cave. I mean Mountain lion skins can only keep you so warm. Tonight was an exceptionally cold night. It was so cold it had even started snowing outside. Even under a mountain of lion skins my body wouldn't stop shaking from the cold.
How has Yuma and the twins spent three years living like this!? Well I intend to find out. I started walking toward the cavern that Yuma showed me was their room. They had told me when I asked earlier that I was in a different part of the cave because Yuma had remembered how much I seemed to prefer being by myself. When I got to their part of the cavern I couldn't believe my eyes.

All of them, Yuma, Astral, and Mist, weren't wearing any thing to stay warm other then their everyday lion skin clothes. But that's impossible! It's colder in here then it is in my part of the cavern! Now I was starting to get mad. I walked over to Yuma, careful not to wake Astral and Mist, before kicking him in the side. Yuma shot up and gave me a dirty look. " Shark! What the hell was that for!? " Yuma says in a harsh whisper to keep from waking up Astral and Mist.
" How the hell are you guys all sleeping like that when I'm about to freeze to death here!? " I reply in the same harsh whisper. Yuma just gives me a little giggle.

" Is that what this is all about? If you hadn't noticed Shark none of us here are normal. Mist is made up of nothing more then shadows and shadows are what help make the cold and send shivers down people's spines. Astral is made of pure energy and as most people learn in science class energy can sometimes create heat. As for me, the way my Eternal body quickly produces energy from my food the energy what I don't use is released as heat through my body. It's actual really similar to the way that Astral's body makes heat.

" But if You're really that cold why don't you just sleep with me? " What the heck!? Sleep with my best friend/ crush turned vampire!? Yuma didn't need to read my mind because I'm pretty sure that the bright red blush all over my face gave my thoughts away.

Yuma just laughed a little and said, " Come on it's just to help keep you warm. " Yuma pulls me next to him in his bed and pulls the lion skin covers I brought over over both of us. " Feel a little better Shark? " I just nodded slightly but the truth was, I felt great! Yuma's warmth automatically just started seeping into me, chasing out all the cold that winter had brought. Sleeping like that next to Yuma felt so soft and comfortable that before I even knew it I had fallen asleep in Yuma's arms.

I was sound asleep when I felt like someone was watching me. I turned around in Yuma's bed to see Astral staring at me with a curious expression and Mist looking at me like he wanted to rip my head off. Being how this was Mist we're talking about he just might. Before I could say any thing Mist had already started yelling at me.

" You little shit! What the hell do you think you're doing sleeping in bed with Yuma!? Do you what to die you little fucker!? " After that I just started to tune him out, wishing more then anything that he would just shut up. My wish actually came true because Mist woke up Yuma who immediately reached over me to poke two fingers into the side of Mist's neck. At first Mist just looked stunned for a few minutes before falling unconscious onto the ground.

" Yuma, you have got to teach me how to do that. " I say as I role back over to face Yuma.

" Later Shark. Right now I want more sleep. " Yuma said as he went back to his side of the bed, pulling me close to him as went back to sleep. Astral dragged Mist to his bed before getting into his own to go to sleep. I soon followed their lead and went back to sleep myself.

AN: Well that's all for today. Don't forget to comment!