HI!! This is my first story so please go easy on me okay, but feedback on how I can improve would be nice :p Yes this is a yaoi (will be a stronger yaoi in further chapters. No I don' t own any of the bomberman characters, okay. I always imagined Artemis as a boy...so he is okay :)

Enjoy!!

The Boss, Orion, and Regulas sat around the table at their fortress waiting for Artemis to return. They were all waiting for the reports of how the attacks were going. The clock ticked past 6:27pm when the door automatically opened, and their red-head companion strutted in. He propped his feet up on the table and rested his head on his balled fist.

"This entire idea is falling apart at the seams, Boss" Artemis spoke. Everyone turned their heads toward him, waiting for an explaination. His eyes were closed as he breathed deeply, preparing to continued.

"While following orders to investigate the rumors of the bombermen leading a resistance, I came across a few people who in fact knew something. I heard that the bomerman have some secret weapon, some new machine that some underground agency had been building for years." Artemis looekd up at the others, searching their face for emotion, ironic concidering that with all the armor on they're basically robots. Altair seemed to be losing his patience, he snarled deeply in his throat, and glared at Artemis.

"Don't waste my time what does this have to do with these 'deadly' rumors about some conspiracy" Altair demanded.

Artemis sighed, his face turning into a almost cruel grin as his eyes opened slowly.

"That's just it boss, I dont know. I beat my way threw about 39 people to end up at another dead end. Ya know, one person says another person knows, then at the end of the line, nobody knows anything." Regulas and Orion sighed, they knew how crappy these invstagations went, they were on duty the week before to find out about this secret weapon. Altair slammed his head on his hand, sighing in anger. He was clutching his hands tothe point where his knuckles turned white.

"Meeting...dismissed, everyone head to bed," Altair said through clenched teeth.

Regulas and Orion left quickest, and Artemis went slowly behind them.

"Altair..."

"...."

Artemis understood his boss' silence, he nodded his head and continued walking down the dimly lit corridors, deciding to check up on him later.

The sun was nearly completly set around the evil fortress, Regulas and Orion were readying themselves for bed. Though Artemis was sitting on his bed, a distressed look on his face. He fingered his orange locks, thinking about his angered Boss. With one hand he covered his mouth to muffle his loud sigh, and with the other hand, he removed that stupid ponitail on his head. Since his hair was about waist length, everyone made him keep it in a ponitail. He stared at the ceiling for what seemed like hours, thinking about what to do. Sliding off his bed, he slowly headed to Altair's room, hoping to talk with him.

*knock* *knock*

"Yes, who is it?"

"Altair, it's me..."

Altair already knew who it was, it was the only guy who had enough nerve to call the Boss by his first name.

"It' s open, come in Artemis"

Artemis walked in the dimiliy lit room and found the purple haired bomberman(...Altair has purple hair okay XD) sitting on his bed staring at his guest, his head lifted from a novel. Artemis strode over from the doorway and sat next to Altair. He could feel the bosses crimson eyes burning holes in the side of his head, Altair was a master of intimidation.

"Altair...we need to talk" Artemis started.

"hm, well what is it"

"...we need to pull back on the invasion"

Altair looked at Artemis as if he had three heads, how could Artemis expect him to back down after five years of hard work. The two sat in silence as Artemis waited for Altair's answer. Altair sarcastically scratched his chin, pretending to think of as response to the other's proposterous question.

"Artemis... think of how long it took to build this empire, to recruite all of these soldiers, we've already conqured half of the galexy, how could you think to pull back now because of a few rebels" Altair stated.

Artemis opened his mouth, then closed it again, finding nothing to say.

"And we will conquer these rebels, no matter how strong this 'secret weapon' is." Artemis closed his eyes and sighed, while he layed his head on Altair's shoulder, a cocky smile playing is lips.

"hahaha, I forgot that Altair is a complete sucker for me, I could easily talk him into listening to me" Artemis thought to himself.

"Oh Altair, you know that I can change your mind, I can nearly talk you out of anything." Artemis giggled.

Altair sighed and narrowed his eyes in the oppisite direction, knowing Artemis was right. He was a sucker from the summer colored hair boy, he wasn't in love, could he even love someone, who knows. But the boy sure knew how to weasel things from the boss. He always had a way of talking him into things, like changing his amount of work, of letting him eat first, or even allowing Artemis call him by his first name, unlike the others. Artemis turned around and curled up to the other, locking his left hand with Altair's left hand. Artemis looked at him, half his face covered with silky multicolored hair, smirking.

"You know you can't resist it" Artemis said with a certain melody.

"Your just lucky nobody is here to see this," stated Altair, boredly.

"What, are you embarrased that one of your workers is cuddleing with you right now," Artemis laughed.

Altiar bent his head down and wispered in the other's ear.

"This isn't going to work you know, I have my mind made up, so you can cut the act."

Artemis huffed and stood up with his hands on his hips. He stuck his nose in the air, pretendind to be angry.

"Humph, you just ruined the mood" snuffed Artemis. Then loudly he stomped out of the room.