(Reader Pov.)

Three hours had passed since my peaceful existence was shattered. After centuries of my people guarding this tomb someone finally made it to Pharaoh Atem's resting place. I watch the group of foolish humans through the eyes of my snakes as they made their way through the passages. Though they didn't look like thieves I was still wary of them but decided not to act till I had proof of their intent to steal and disturb the king's grave. I usually wouldn't be so lenient with their arrival, but the appearance of one of the males intrigued me. I've never seen a human with so many colors in their hair before or eyes like the color of jewels. I marveled how they shine even in the dim halls. But what really made my mind curious was the solemn aura he had around him. If he was planning to rob this tomb wouldn't he be more excited?

When they made it to the final room I didn't expect them to leave gifts for the Pharaoh. Just who were they and what was their connection to the Great king? I had it in my mind to move their offerings after they had left to the burial chamber when the second group of humans arrived. These were no doubt thieves and my snakes where ready to attack should they foolishly enter that sacred room. I, however, did not expect them to force the jeweled eye one into the room first.

A drop of water off in the distance brought me back to where I was now. Bathing in the under-ground river that laid far below the tomb. I watched as the water carried the blood from my scales. I was so busy watching the humans that I didn't notice the other threat making its way on the other side of the tomb. I thanked Ra for there being only two of Apep's followers. Ever since the tomb was sealed they would come in large numbers to disturb and prevent the king's awakening. Many of my people died over the long centuries, but our enemy's numbers dwindle too. Now it was up to me and an old friend of my family Pita to protect what was left of the tomb with our snakes.

Pita was the last of the Black Cobra Naga's and I was the last of the Red Spitting Cobra Naga's. After we are gone it would be up to others to take up residents in these caverns below the tomb to keep our promise to our goddess. I looked down at the waters as they reflected my (color) face to me. Just as the name of my kind was suggested the scales on my snake like body was a bright red with specks of gold here and there. My hair was shining (color) that reach to my lower back. My (color) eyes closed as I pour one last bucket of water on my chest to get rid of any dried blood I may have missed. Moving out of the water I dried myself off on a nearby rock as a few of my snakes came up to me with garments that Pita had chosen out for me.

She treated me as if she was my nanny and felt that it was her job to see to my every need. My great grandmother and she were dear friends and would look out for each other's descendants. Before I became the head guardian of the tomb the job was my mother's. She was so consumed with doing an honorable job to please our goddess that she had ignored her need to breed heirs to take her place. Pita did her best to coax her to mate, but there was no time. After the golden box was found and removed the attacks from Apep's followers were relentless. I was the only successful hatchling from a corrupted litter she laid later in her life. She died twenty years after my birth and since then Pita had looked after me.

I looked over the red silk top with golden beads decorated on it wondering if it would really stay up without any straps. Shrugging, I put it on and reach for the red hip skirt with golden beads dangling on the end of one side. I wiggled my hips to watch with delight how the beads moved and glimmered. Scooping up my hair I tied it in a high ponytail and put a gold hair piece around it. Last was a pair of golden earrings and gold clasp bracelets and I was finally dress. I moved over to a mirrored rock to look myself over and was please to see how I looked, even if it was a bit over dressed in my opinion.

Feeling clean and refresh I made my way back to my lair to check on our guest. On entering my domain, I sighed seeing that Pita was still there in my bed cuddling the unconscious human. The giant black desert cobra payed me no mind as her long tongue tasted the air around him to see if his temperature had gone down. She coiled her long black body on the bed with the human in the middle, eyeing him as if he was one of her precious eggs. With her was a smaller black cobra and a red one. They both turned to me and bowed as I entered. Acknowledging them I turned to Pita with a frown as she fixed my blanket to cover him better.

Putting my hands on my hip I let out a sigh saying, "I hope you're not getting to attach Pita. You know we can't keep him here nor should we really let him live." Her eyes blinked slowly at me then turned to nuzzle his neck.

"He came to my defense. Even after he saw the kind of carnage I can cause. A silly thing to do since those weapons were no match for me, but he was very valiant in his efforts."

"He was foolish if you ask me," My eyes fell on the spot where the thief's weapon had strike her. If this human had not distracted the fifth thief that came after the chamber had opened he would have damage her even more. Though their weapons weren't much to a giant snake like Pita she was old and slower at healing. I looked her in her greying eyes adding, "but I am grateful that you are alright."

The human stirred in his sleep turning his head to the side. The golden locks that framed his face fell covering his face. The red one named Leta used the end of her tail to move them aside.

"Young mother, shouldn't you be tending to your eggs? Why are you here?" She looked at me then bow her head low to me. A sign that she was here to make a case for the human.

"Precious guardian, I am here to ask that you spare him. He help me while I was under attack recovering my egg. My nest would be motherless without him." Again, I sighed, then turned to the black one with a raise brow waiting to see if he had anything to add. He bow as well saying, "He let me rest. I have not been feeling well and one of his companions wished to crush me. He does not kill needlessly like so many of his kind do. I also asked that you spare him."

By entering the burial chamber first he was supposed to die as an example to others, even if it was unwillingly. Then there was the matter of his other companions, they had to be punished as well. Crossing my arms, I closed my eyes and thought the matter over

When the bars dropped Pita was supposed to strike Yugi down without a moment's hesitation, but it wasn't her that did. Y/n order her at the last second to kill the humans holding the weapons. When the cowards saw a giant 98-foot snake rising from the mounds of gold they let go of their hostages and fired their weapons at her. Mr. Motu went over to the bars to try and find a way to open them. Joey and Tristan pulled Tea behind them to protect her while trying to stay out of the black snake's way. Yugi fell back and watch as the beast whole swallowed his captor in one swoop. When the old man did open the bars, he was pulled back by Joey when the fifth thief arrived. The weapon in his hand was stronger then the other thieves and with one shot he spilled a lot of Pita's blood on the treasure that surrounded her. The cry of pain that ripped from her throat made the chamber quake. Even Y/N, who was several caves away could hear her friend's cry. Y/N quickly finished off the invading Nagas and race to the chamber to help Pita. Just as she made it to the chamber She watch with wide eyes as Yugi threw a large silver platter at the attacker. His friends yelled at him to just ran away with them. A blast was then heard outside the room, her snakes had set off a trap to prevent any of these foolish humans from escaping.

The man roared with pain and turned on the small male to kill him when Pita's tail hit him with such a force he was sent flying into a wall. He was already dead before he hit it. Pita's head then fell to the ground and it took everything Y/N had not to rush out to her but knew that she must not be seen. Yugi's friends call to him and motion to them to go on. To Y/N astonishment he walked up to her stripping off his shirt and used it to cover her wound. He patted her on the head and ran out of the room. As the young Naga came out of the shadows to follow him with her weapon ready in her hand Pita cried out to her to spare him.

She stopped to look at the injured snake then moved out of the room to see him almost making the exit. However, one of the men Pita thought she had killed pushed a device setting off a bomb near the exit. The explosion sent Yugi flying back. Y/N snarled at the man near her feet and sliced off his head with her bladed staff. Yugi's friends and grandfather were already out of the room and helplessly watch as the rocks fell trapping Yugi inside the room. When Yugi landed on his back he startled a nearby cobra and was bitten on his leg. Y/N rushed forward hissing at the frighten thing then order it away. She then stood rigged when she realized that she had broken her kind's law and unwittingly showed her true form to an outsider. Yugi stared at the creature before him and for a moment thought that he had hit his head too hard. Y/N eyes fell to the bite wound and saw that it was beginning to change colors. If she waited he could die and she would be free to go after his friends for the mess they cause. If they never came here none of this would have happen. The chamber would be pure and untouched. Not bloody and disheveled with her friend and family wounded inside. She should have killed them all from the start.

"Y/N! Please save him! Please! Our goddess demands that we be merciful as well as loyal. Please Y/N."

She glance over her shoulder questioning the elder's request only to be met with tears in the great snake's eyes. She turned away closing her eyes and tightening her fist. Y/N growled out and grab Yugi with her red tail wrapping him up to stop him from moving. Not wanting to hear his protest she used the end of the tail to cover his mouth. Moving to his injured leg she quickly went to work sucking out the tainted blood.

"He needs an antidote." Y/N (color) eyes looked up seeing Pita looking at them from the room. Before she could reply Yugi's friends called out for him. She looked at Pita, unsure what to do with them. She was supposed to let him die and go after them to kill them. It was then that the grand children of one of Pita's snakes came with the antidote. They begged the Naga to save Yugi for sparing their grandfather over the cries of his friends. Y/N could not speak the human's language, but Pita seem to understand. Letting Pita speak to the humans Y/N snatched up the antidote from the snakes and tried to give it to Yugi, but he moved his head out of the way. Growling, she took it into her mouth and pressed her lips to his to force Yugi to drink it. She felt him go rigid in her grasp then relax as the medicine moved from her mouth to his. Sighing that her trick worked Y/N ran a hand down his bare chest as she kissed him longer then needed. His lips were so soft that she didn't want to stop. When Yugi's tongue brushed against her own her eyes flutter close and kissed him again. He returned her advances as he moved his mouth with hers, moaning as he did. Y/N felt the room quieting around them as the chaos started to settle down. When Y/N finally pulled away from Yugi she watch his eyes closed as sleep took over his mind.

I shook my head as I remember the kiss we shared. The memory of it threaten to bring a blush to my face. "You all can rest easy. Pita here has already promised his comrades that he would be returned safely to them when they return with help."

The two cobras bowed and left the room to their family's den. I look up at Pita who had a teasing look in her eye. "What?"

"Oh nothing. I'm just pleased that you spared his life after all. I really was not expecting that attack from that human thief."

"Are you really going to be okay. It's taking its time to heal. If the followers of Apep had not attack I would have been there sooner."

I didn't mean to sound so sorrowful, but the idea of losing Pita was not a thought I could bare. Her head turned to me and in her eyes, I could see a smile. "Do not worry my dear. Though my time is drawing nearer I refuse to go till I see you mated and breeding. That is the promise I made to your mother when she left us."

I scoffed as I tried to hold back the tears I felt forming in my eyes knowing that what she said was true. Only Naga deities lived forever while we regular Nagas just lived longer lives. I smiled bitterly and laughed "Then you may never die Pita. The only males I'll ever have a chance of encountering are those blasted followers of Apep."

"You know I could send for a male from another Knot, but they may not take rejection well if you later refuse them. It's shameful that their elders didn't spread our ways better."

"Thank you, Pita, but I rather not." I said as I went to pick up a basket with my medical supplies. "It's to much effort for a male I will most likely dislike. Knowing them, they would feel the need to rule over me. It's why my mother never wanted to be mated."

"In that case," her body uncoiled till it fully reveal the human male, "what if you were to mate with him instead?"

"With him! A human!" I laughed as I glided over.

"It was not uncommon for our kind to mate with humans. We needed to. If we would have done it more perhaps so many of us wouldn't be gone."

"Yes, I know but why him? Other than the fact that he's here now."

"He showed great courage to me and has a kindness that is rare among his kind."

"I think that you got too attached." I scoffed as I looked over the bandages to find the right size.

"I think you are fonder of him then you claim. If you didn't stop me from killing him he wouldn't still be here and," I heard her large body move as she came around to put her huge head right in front of my face. I stopped my work to look at her and her voice came out in a sickly-sweet tone, "I saw how you kissed him. Such a passionate red snake you are. Your great-grandmother would be proud." I was sure that my face match the color of my tail as her eyes laughed at me.

"I was giving him the antidote!"

"HA! Please! That's the oldest seduction in the book. Your great-grandmother used that trick on her fourth partner who happen to be a human."

"Granny mated with a human?" My grandmother and mother never told me that.

"As have I. I told you that there were times where it was necessary. Honestly, I enjoyed the experience I had with him." She sighed as she recalled her glory days, "He was one of my favorites even if he could only give me so many children."

I shook my head as I uncorked a bottle of ointment to pour on the bandages. My poor friend was losing it in her old age. Most likely neither of the men they lay with knew what they really were. Naga women would change their form for a period of time to seduce men into their beds or bellies, sometimes both. I peered over at the sleeping male and wondered if changing my shape would work or would him already seeing me in my snake form put him off. I snorted at my thoughts. I was letting Pita get to me. I just needed to care for him till his people came back for him.

"Pita, I'm not mating with him and that's final." I said as I moved most of my body onto the bed to get closer to the human. "Now, I need to check on his bruises on his chest and change the bandage on the bite wound." Pita rolled her eyes at me as she rested her head where I was sitting to watch me work. When I removed the blanket, I could feel my eyes widening as I nearly dropped the buddle cloth in my hands. My mouth opened and closed as I stared down at the male.

"Pita? Why is he naked?" I didn't want to look at her knowing that if I did her eyes would be laughing at me.

"I thought he would be more comfortable that way." She said slyly. My bed was made of the finest materials known to man! While the coolness of the silk was heavenly to feel on bare skin he wasn't even awake to enjoy it! Doing my best to keep my eye on his wounds I went to work without giving Pita the pleasure of expressing my discomfort. As my hands worked I found myself touching his skin a little longer then needed. It was so smooth yet firm. Though he was small his body had lean muscles on his chest and abs. Without thinking my eyes wonder to his lower half.

"Is that?" I found myself asking out loud.

"Yes, it is. It may not be much now but it's sleeping." Pita move so that her head was over looking my shoulder. Her scales made a slight rain sound as her body coiled around me and the human. "Y/N, why don't you take him to at least breed with? It would be a waste and he is very beautiful."

"Goodness, if your so infatuated with him why don't you take him yourself." I said throwing the blanket back over him.

"Oh believe me, if I were younger and still fertile l I would, Ra help me. But he would be wasted on me." It was my turn to roll my eyes as I suppress a need to gag. The male let out a deep breath and without thinking I went to stroke his face. I studied his peaceful face as Pita whispered in my ear, "Just think of how your children would look. With your beauty and his eyes. They would be the envy of Nagas everywhere and if you wished it he could be turned."

My head snapped to Pita's asking, "Is that possible?"

"Of course, my dear. My human partner chose not to accept the gift and the one your great-grandmother was with was not worthy of such an offer. But him…" I looked back at the human and ponder if I really should mate with him.

"Pita, he's asleep and wounded and… I don't think he would care to be with me. It's too late to change my form since he already knows what I am." I could hear her chuckled at all of my excuses as she replied, "It was considered an honor for a human to bed with one of us child, though I suppose that time has passed. As for his wounds, well, you would need to do all the work." The end of her tail rose high in the air to grab for something hidden in the leafy moss that grew in my lair. I couldn't tell what it was she grab and didn't have a chance to ask when she said sternly, "Open his mouth." I jumped at the sharpness of her voice and did so without question. Her tail squeezed the plant in her grasp and a milky pink liquid dropped in his mouth. Only then did I know what it was.

"Pita! Why did you give him that?"

"Relax child, it will help him heal faster."

"Pita I know what that herb is! I've read about it and there is nothing about it having a healing effect!"

"Oh no. take a look for yourself." I turned back to the human and watch as the discolor disappear for his chest. I move to unwrap the bandage and the bite wound was gone. I looked up at her as she snickered at my shock. "My dear, those books would never have this written down. There were times when we Nagas stole humans from battels and conquests. It's not just for using during a binding night."

The human stirred in his sleep and I went to feel his head as his cheeks started to color. His breath started to shake and from his skin a sweet smell began to grow. I swallowed down as the scent made my heart race and my body shiver. Too distracted with the sudden change Pita brought the last of the pink juices to my mouth. I flinched and licked my lips, swallowing it. I turned and hiss at my long-time friend and growled as a heat began to rise in me.

"What are you doing!"

"My child, I am old, and my time will be coming. I, Pita, last of the Nagai of the Walterinneia Knot will keep my promise. If you will not mate him than at least breed with him and grow a den of your own. You can find others later." Without another word she moved to leave the bed and headed to the exit of the lair.