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Meg and Katie stared up at Yami, not comprehending what he had said. Meg shifted her body enough so that she could speak
"What do you mean by that?" She asked, voice low and disturbed. Yami turned to look at the two of them, face equally disturbed.
"There's a demon controlling him." He explained. "I can see it beneath his skin, like a sick, black-red glow."
"Did you see anything else?" Meg asked urgently. "Did you see the orb on him?" Yami nodded. He had seen the smaller, multicoloured glow tucked in Shimon's robe. "We need to get that orb."
"We need to get Yugi." Yami retorted. The twins took one look at his determined face and nodded. Meg then looked out the window, noticing that it was night-time.
"Tomorrow, everyone will be asleep now, and we don't need you having an accidental encounter with yourself while trying to rescue Yugi." Yami sighed and nodded.
"Yeah Yami," Katie said, still in wolf-form. "We'll go to the pharaoh's chambers, look after Yugi for tonight, and then tomorrow you can rescue him."
"Ok, and tomorrow I think you should keep an eye on my past self, Shimon stays quite close to him." Yami replied. The two animal-girls nodded. "Do you have any idea of how odd it is to be talking to animals?" Meg mewed in amusement and Katie let out a series of yips that sounded like a laugh.
Yami left the two of them and went back to the armoury to hide out until daylight. He sighed as he sat against the wall.
'Please be alright Yugi.'
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"So, what is your name little one?" Atem asked Yugi. Yugi was still in Atem's lap, though the pharaoh had not 'put the moves on him' since Yugi admitted to having a lover. All the same he squirmed slightly in discomfort.
"My name is Yugi." He answered.
"Yugi." Atem rolled the strange-sounding name on his tongue. "Lovely." He kissed the nape of Yugi's neck. Yugi jumped and turned to glare at him. "Oops! Sorry little one, I forgot. It won't happen again." Yugi turned back around and relaxed a little. Atem was silent for a moment.
"Your lover must be an incredible person, for you to refuse the advances of the pharaoh." Atem commented.
"He is." Yugi whispered. Atem looked at him in surprise.
"He? Ah, so you are...I thought so." Atem said with a triumphant grin. Yugi blushed. Atem cuddled Yugi. "It is nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed about, little one."
"Where I come from it is." Yugi replied softly. Atem stared.
"And why is that, it is only love."
"Some people say it's unnatural, people like us get beaten and killed for being what we are." Yugi replied. Atem shook his head.
"Such folly." He said. "You are very brave then for pursuing your relationship. I hope that someday I can have a relationship like yours." Yugi looked up, Atem had sounded sad just then. He cupped the young pharaoh's face in his hands, and gave him a chaste kiss on his forehead.
"I'm sure you'll find someone like that someday." Yugi reassured him. Atem gave him a tender look but said nothing.
Just then there was a knock at the chamber door.
"Yes?" Atem called.
"Begging Your Highness' pardon, but there are a couple of animals here and they wont go away, what would you like me to do with them?" Came the door guard's voice.
"What sort of animals?" Atem asked.
"A large greyish dog and a little black cat."
"Let them in." Atem said. The door creaked open and Meg and Katie charged in happily. Katie immediately jumped on the bed and began licking Yugi frantically. Meg mewed and also jumped on the bed, sat on Yugi's stomach and rubbed against his arm, purring. Yugi giggled happily.
"Are these your animals?" Atem asked.
"I guess you could say that." Yugi answered, scratching Meg's ears with one hand and rubbing Katie's belly with the other. Atem chuckled and then looked out the window.
"It is late, how about sleep? You can stay in here for the night, with your pets." Katie yipped excitedly and dug into the sheets. Yugi laughed and nodded. The four of them settled down, Katie draped across their legs and Meg resting on Atem's head for the remainder of the night.
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Atem woke up the next morning, not quite sure why his legs were numb until he saw the sleeping dog on them. His chuckle woke up Yugi, who yawned and then laughed to see Meg still perched, sleeping, in Atem's hair, who meowed in protest because of the movement.
"I must get up I'm afraid." Atem sighed removing the black cat from his head. "You may stay here, if you'd like, I'm afraid my meetings are terribly dull." Yugi was about to say something when Meg shook her head. As Atem got ready for his day Katie explained that Yami was coming to get him but when they couldn't be sure. Yugi nodded then curled back up and went to sleep, Atem who had just walked in, chuckled at the sight and headed to the door, surprised when Meg and Katie followed him.
"Alright, if you want to follow, but it's going to be boring." Atem said, then led the way to the throne room.
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Yugi was dozing comfortably when a hand clamped over his mouth. He struggled against his captor, until a very familiar voice said to him
"Shh, aibou, it's just me." Yugi turned over and Yami pulled up his hood, showing Yugi his crimson eyes. Yugi gasped and shot up, kissing his lover frantically on the lips.
"Are you ok, are you hurt?" Yami demanded worriedly.
"No, no, I'm fine, he didn't do anything to me." Yugi answered reassuringly. Yami sighed and nuzzled Yugi's neck. "Uh, Yami, what did you do to the guards?"
"Oh, just knocked them out. Let's go find the girls and figure out our current mess." Yami explained to Yugi what was going on as they sped through the halls.
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Meg and Katie carefully eyed Shimon as the pharaoh sat through various meetings and complaints, and general political business. Meg yawned perched on the throne's arm being petted by Atem while he listened, and Katie, who was sitting by Atem's feet, echoed her.
As Meg looked up again, she noticed a glint of something metallic in Shimon's hand. She was up on all fours in a flash mewing in alarm.
Atem heard a deep bark, almost a roar and Katie leapt at him, changing shape as she moved. The dagger that was meant for Atem embedded in her chest and she swiped out with her claymore at Shimon. Shimon moved out of the way throwing another dagger at Atem only to be caught by Meg by the blade, inches from his face, who'd transformed with a hiss. Shimon kept moving until he was toward the center of the room, as Meg dropped the knife next to Atem. The cut on her hand healing instantly in front Atem's eyes as she got out her katana.
"Foolish girls." The demon hissed as it abandoned Shimon's body, tossing it aside like a used wrapper. "You will not get the orb."
"Oh, I think we will." Meg retorted. She and Katie moved in a blur of speed. The demon blocked them with a shadow sword that it conjured, however, it could not keep up with the two half-breeds. It missed a block when Katie chopped at it and her claymore severed its arm from its body.
It shrieked in pain. Meg used its distraction to spear it through the heart. It disappeared in a cloud of ash, leaving the orb to bounce off the marble floor, ringing softly. Katie scooped it up.
"One down." She murmured.
"What was that all about?!" Atem demanded, wide-eyed. Meg sheathed her now clean swords, for Isis handed her a rag to wipe them off and went to help Shimon up, murmuring soothingly to the distraught old man who was shaking like a leaf. Katie bowed respectfully to the pharaoh.
"It would take far too long to explain Your Majesty, just know that your advisor was under the influence of a demon and not in control of his actions." Atem nodded dazedly.
Just then Yugi and the disguised Yami ran into the room.
"Yugi, what are you doing here?" Yugi looked at him then his eyes fell on Katie and he screamed.
"You have a dagger stuck in your chest!" He cried. Katie looked down.
"Oh, so I do." She said calmly and pulled it out, the small wound healed automatically. "Relax Yugi, I'm part vampire, remember?" Yugi still looked shaken. Yami drew him into a gentle embrace.
"Is this your lover Yugi?" Atem asked. Yugi nodded. Atem smiled at the cloaked man. "You are very lucky, you know that?" Yami nodded curtly.
"Well, it's time for us to move on." Meg said. She bowed to Atem and then pulled her computer out of the pack that Yami handed to her. Katie did the same placing the orb in a special sack so it will hold all the orbs but not get any bigger then what it is now. Then with a wave to the still dazed pharaoh, they connected their computers together. They winked out of existence, they laughed at what they herd Atem said as they disappeared,
"I need a vacation."
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