Small Note
Sakura: Let the battle begin!
Yumi: What battle?
Sakura: Uh… The battle in my head…?
Yumi: I think you need help…
Sakura: Anyway! The poll is closed and the winner is going to be posted at the end of the chapter so please enjoy this chapter!
The week leading up to the impending visit was long and frustrating. Atemu was on his wits end trying to figure out what he did wrong, while Yuugi was trying to figure out why the family was so stressed out. He heard from the family what the Volturi was like, but he didn't see why they should fear them.
The Cullen 'children' continued to go to school since there was no point in missing out, but all wasn't well there either. Ryou and Malik avoided them all as much as they could. In the classroom the two had even stopped coming to class early choosing to wait until the bell rang. If Bakura or Marik tried to talk to them the only thing they got was complete silence before Ryou and Malik would walk away.
Yuugi had already told Bakura and Marik to give the two some time that one day wasn't enough, but they were hardheaded and impatient beyond belief. They weren't giving up by a long shot, but they didn't want to wait forever to get back with their lovers.
It was currently the day before the Volturi were supposed to show up. Alice saw a vision a week ago with the day and time they would show up in Fork. It eased the family a little to know when they were coming, but the tension was still there.
One thing was for certain with Atemu. He did not want his family caught up in the mess that might come from this meeting. He already had it planned in his head for Ari and Nessie to go to La Push and he was trying to form a plan to get Yuugi to go somewhere, but Yuugi was a stubborn one when he wanted to be. Every idea he had was shot down it seemed before it even left his mouth.
"You know they might need protection too?"
Atemu looked up to see Yuugi standing in their bedroom door way.
Yuugi walked forward into the room until he was standing in front of his husband. "I remember you saying something about the Volturi that they like to send out spies. If the Volturi was spying on our family then they would know Bakura and Marik have been dating humans. They might go after Ryou and Malik since they know the truth about us…"
"I didn't even think about that…" Atemu groaned and gripped his hair in his hands. "I hate all this waiting and I still haven't figured out why they want to see me."
Yuugi got up on the bed and moved around so he was sitting behind Atemu. He wrapped his arms around his lover's neck and kissed his head. "I know you are worrying about your family, but we also have to think about the people of this town. I don't want innocent humans being killed because of us."
"I've already decided to meet them halfway so they won't be anywhere near the town. But you do have a point…" Atemu removed Yuugi's arms and stood up. "I'll go talk with Bakura and Marik. I'm sure they won't mind stalking their ex-lovers."
"I wouldn't say ex yet…" Yugi replied back as Atemu started to walk away. "They haven't completely broken up."
Atemu was out of the room without another word, Yuugi let out a sigh and got off the bed. He decided it would be best to go spend some time with his son, since Ari was leaving in the morning and wouldn't return until things were safe again. "I seriously hope this meeting doesn't turn ugly." Yuugi mumbled to himself as he left the room.
The evening rolled in leaving the sky beautiful shades of orange and purple as the sun began to set. Ryou watched the sun set from his window as he did homework at his desk. His house was at the perfect location where there were fewer trees, so he had the perfect view of the sun set. He often found himself watching it with his mother on their back pouch, but both his parents had left for a dinner date given his father finally had a day off from his work. His younger sister had left not but an hour ago to a friend's house down the street for a sleep over. This left the house nice and quiet the way Ryou liked it. He loved his family to death, but sometimes he just needed some peace and quiet.
As he was just finishing up some homework, he felt like he was being watched. For a few minutes he tried to ignore the feeling, but it was really getting to him. When he looked behind him he saw no one in his room. However when he looked in front of him he nearly freaked out.
Bakura was hanging upside down outside his window. He grinned at Ryou and waved.
Ryou rolled his eyes but opened the window. "You nearly gave me a heart attack!" He scolded the vampire, but let him in the room anyway. "You do know I have neighbors and it's not every day I have a vampire hanging outside my window."
Bakura crawled into the room before hopping over to the full size bed. He lay out across it with his arms under his head. "Your neighbors don't know what I am…" He teased. "Besides to them I'm probably some thug teen hanging around with the innocent neighbor boy."
Ryou sighed and continued with his work. "What are you doing here anyway?"
"I just thought I would drop in. I'm surprised you let me in."
"I wouldn't have if I didn't have neighbors."
Bakura pouted. "Oh come on now Ryou… You can't stay mad at me forever."
"I sure can try."
"Listen I know you're mad that I lied about who I am, but the only thing I lied about was being a vampire." Bakura tried to reason with him. "I know it will take some getting used to but I haven't given up on you."
Ryou sighed, but did not take his eyes off his work. "I just don't think I can handle having a vampire as a boyfriend. Besides vampires are not real…"
It was Bakura's turn to roll his eyes. "I've heard that one too many times. You really should give me some more credit. I may have not told you about me being a vampire, but I not lying when I say I am one." He flashed his fangs. "Do I need to show proof?"
"No, but if you don't tell me why you are really here I'm going to kick you out or call the cops." Ryou growled out. He really didn't want to deal with Bakura at the moment.
Bakura sat up and when Ryou looked at him he couldn't believe how serious Bakura looked.
"Listen Ryou, there are some things happening with my family at the moment and let's just say you are not safe at the moment."
Ryou crossed his arms. "I'm going to need some more explaining than that."
Before Bakura could get another word out, Ryou's phone rang so he picked up his cell and answered it.
"Hello…"
"Ryou if this freak doesn't get out of my house this minute I'm going to commit murder!"
Ryou put the phone away from his ear to let Malik finish his rant before putting it back to his ear. "Let me guess Marik just paid you a visit."
"Yeah he is just lucky my sister isn't home. I want him out of my house, but he won't listen. He keeps saying I'm in danger."
"Bakura said the same thing too…" Ryou explained. "Can you and Marik come over? I think Bakura and Marik have some more explaining to do."
"I'll see what I can do, but if Marik pulls something I'm going to stab him."
There was some noise, before the line went dead. Ryou looked at the phone before putting it aside. "Marik and Malik are on their way over and when they get here you and Marik are going to explain this."
Bakura agreed. "We will, but there is something I have been meaning to talk to you about."
"No I'm not jumping back into a relationship with you." Ryou turned his back on Bakura.
Bakura stood up and moved to stand beside Ryou. "I understand if you want some time, but I want this to work out." After that he left the room to wait in the living room for their two guests.
Ryou gripped his pen and bite his lower lip to keep the tears from falling. He had cried enough tears over Bakura as it is. It was just somewhere deep in his heart he still loved Bakura. So badly he wanted to give the vampire another chance, but with everything that had happened he wasn't sure he could handle it.
As Bakura said it would take more time for him to wrap his mind around who Bakura really is.
Yuugi stood in the clearing with his husband the next day. Atemu stood with this serious look on his face while firming gripping Yuugi's hand. The time was five minutes before noon and Atemu knew on noon on the dot the Volturi would be in that clearing.
The tension could be cut with a knife as they waited, but they could both rest slightly because their family was safe. Ari and Nessie were in the protection of La Push, Bakura and Marik were protecting Ryou and Malik in town, and the rest of the family had agreed to stay home and wait for the results.
Yuugi squeezed Atemu's hand and looked at his watch. "Two minutes left…"
Atemu nodded. "They will be on time I know it."
Storm clouds began to roll in. It almost seemed like the weather was copying the mood. The setting was perfect for a confrontation. Atemu took off his leather jacket and wrapped it around Yuugi before continuing his staring at the other end of the clearing.
As predicted once the time on Yuugi's watch reached noon figures began to emerge from the trees. There were three main cloaked figures with five more figures appearing behind.
For a while it was quiet with a ten foot gap between the two small groups. Yuugi kept a firm grip on his lover not letting his guard down for a minute. There was no telling what was going to happen.
The silence was finally broken when Atemu finally decided to speak up. "What brings you to our territory?" He more or less demanded. He was not going to act scared or intimidated.
"I would watch your tongue Atemu!" One of the three main figures hissed. It was hard to tell who spoke given the cloak's hoods covered their faces.
Atemu growled. "I long ago told you I do not belong to you or follow your rule."
It seemed someone was about to speak up again until the middle figure hand up his hand. "We did not come here to fight." The figure spoke with a gentle voice. He dropped his hood to reveal light pale skin, shoulder length jet black hair, and bright red eyes.
Yuugi wasn't sure what to make of the person, but it seemed he was the main leader of the group before them. He watched as black hair vampire turned to his companion on his right. They spoke a few words, before all eyes were on them again.
"It would seem you have gotten yourself a mate Atemu." The black hair one said with a slight smile. It wasn't one of those nice smiles either, but a creepy one that could send any little kid running.
Atemu nodded. "I have Aro and I can assume Marcus has told you this."
Yuugi looked up at Atemu confused. He knew neither him nor Atemu had said anything to these vampires about being together. Atemu turned a gentle smile to Yuugi and explained, "Marcus can sense relationships without anything being said."
Aro gave a slight bow before staring at the two with his unblinking eyes. "How very rude of us for not introducing ourselves in front of this new born, my name is Aro and I am the leader of our coven known to all as the Volturi." He motioned with his hand to the figure to his right.
The figure took off his hood to reveal pale skin, long jet black hair, and red eyes. He had this gentle but blank look on his face. "I am Marcus one of the co-leaders of this coven."
When Aro motioned to the left, the figure took off his hood to reveal pale skin, long white hair, and red eyes. He had this look of hatred in his eyes as he looked at them. "I am Caius the other co-leader of this coven."
Atemu knew who Aro was going to introduce next and he was not going to let that happen. "That is enough of the introductions. Aro I know you called this meeting, so get to the point."
"There is no need to be rude Atemu." Aro explained with another fake smile. "A little bird told me you had started a family so I had to see if it was true."
Atemu agreed. "I have found my soul mate, but your little bird must have told you something else to bring you all the way from Italy."
"There seems to be a child involved?" Aro questioned. "I had to see for myself if you of all people broke one of the more important rules."
"I can tell you already that you heard wrong." Atemu growled out. "My son was born a vampire."
"Then prove your statement is true…" Caius suggested with a smirk.
Aro held out his hand. "It would be nice to see Yuugi's memories to see if there is truth in your words."
Yuugi looked up at Atemu, who again explained what was going on. "Aro has the power to read memories by touch."
A smirk lit Yuugi's face as he stayed beside Atemu. "It would not be wise to touch people you do not know." He warned with a giggle. "You do not know what powers I could hold."
"Is that a threat?" A female voice spoke up. All eyes turned to the five still cloaked figures. The shortest of the five took off her hood to reveal pale skin, long blond hair, and red eyes. She glared at Yuugi and took steps toward her leaders. Once she stood in front of them she looked Yuugi directly in the eyes.
Yuugi glared right back not understanding what a staring contest was going to do.
Silence passed between everyone before the female's eyes widen. "Why does my power have no effect on you?" She all but demanded.
"I have no idea what you are talking about!" Yuugi resorted back. This whole meeting was getting ridiculous in his eyes.
Aro placed a gentle hand on the girl's shoulder. "Jane here can cause illusions of pain in her victims by simply looking into their eyes. However it seems it has no effect on you."
It was Yuugi's turn to smirk. "I take it you want to know my ability?"
"If you would enlighten us…" Aro stated. "We have not seen anyone who can stand up to Jane besides Bella Cullen who also resides in your family."
Yuugi looked to Atemu, who nodded his head. The two wore similar smirks as they looked to the Volturi and Yuugi began to explain. "I have come to realize I have many abilities. One being the ability to feel no pain from others with abilities that could hurt me, I also have found I can bring the dead back to life along with the ability to create life."
A spark of light lit up in Aro's eyes. "Such amazing abilities for one as yourself, I would enjoy to see them for myself."
Yuugi chuckled. "I do not think that would be wise unless one of you wishes to die."
"You would do wonders in our group if the powers you have are true." Aro suggested, before looking at Atemu. "Would you be so kind as to let me see your memories?"
Atemu placed a kiss on Yuugi's head before moving past him and toward the group. He passed Jane who glared at him before standing in front of Aro. Aro held out his hand and Atemu carefully placed his on top. From the simple touch, Atemu's mind was completely open to Aro. He could see the meeting of Yuugi and Atemu, to their wedding, to Yuugi's powers, to the creation of their son, to the family gaining Bakura and Marik when they moved to Forks, all the way to the meeting they were currently having.
Aro removed his hand when he was done and Atemu was back to Yuugi's side in a second flat. The leader of the Volturi let the thoughts process through his mind before he spoke again. "It would seem you two have had quite the adventure over the years. It is good to hear that your son, Ari was it, is indeed vampire. Does he have any abilities as of yet?"
Atemu stood his head. "We have noticed nothing of him, but he could bloom late."
Aro nodded to this. "It would be an amazing gift if he did. It would be an even better blessing if you three would joy us in Italy."
Yuugi looked to Atemu like he didn't believe what he was hearing.
Atemu glared at Aro. "I take it this was another reason for your visit, but as I have said to you before. I have no desire to join your coven when I have all the family I need here." He took Yuugi's hand in his ready for the meeting to be done with. "I'm sorry if you had wasted your time coming here, but if that is all we would like to get back to our son."
Aro sighed. "It is such a shame you will not join us when you have so much to offer. Why not think of your son's future…"
Yuugi growled and stood in front of his mate. "You will leave my son and family out of this. My husband has already told you we will not join."
"Aro…" Caius called getting his leaders attention. "It has seemed they picked their side. It would be wise to continue to the last of this meeting…"
Aro nodded. "This coven really has become a waste of perfect talent."
"What are you talking about Aro?" Atemu hissed out. He did not like where this meeting was going.
"It would appear this coven the two of you have has gotten quite big. If our eyes didn't know any better we would think you were forming an army." Aro explained. "You know any signs of an army being built will be taken down with or without a fight."
Yuugi's eyes flashed with anger and he hissed showing his fangs. "If you as much as come near my family I will kill you."
In a flash one of the still cloaked figures came at Yuugi, forcing him to jump back. The hood of the cloak fell back revealing pale skin, short dark brown hair, and dark red eyes.
Yuugi was quick on his feet when another attack came at him. He waited until he was back up near a tree before turning and running up the tree. He did a back flip off of it to land behind the vampire and kicked him in the back sending him through the tree and through a few others.
"Alec!" Jane yelled as he went to go after Yuugi, but Atemu came in her way.
Jane glared at him ready to use her powers since she knew they would work on Atemu, but before she could her vision was covered in darkness. Atemu had used his shadows to sneak up behind her and when she went to use her powers the shadows bound her arms and legs and cover her eyes.
As she struggled against the shadows they cut into her skin making her cry out.
During all of this Aro was in awe. "I have never seen his powers up close. Atemu has stopped Jane in her tracks."
Caius could not believe his ears. Aro was blind to what was happening so he knew he would have to take matters into his hands. "Demetri take the wives and go. We will find you when we are done here."
One of the still cloaked figures bowed before the three remaining cloaked figures took off into the woods.
Alec made it back to the clearing and with a snarled and a flash of rage he went head on at Yuugi.
Yuugi smirked. "You want to see my powers!" He reached out gripping his hands on either side of Alec's face as he went to bite Yuugi.
The powers took effect quickly as Alec feel to the ground in pain and screaming from the change his body couldn't take. The skin began to return to its normal cream color and his fangs disappeared. His widen eyes turned from red to their original color that he was born with before finally his body began to decay and turned to ash.
Yuugi turned to the leaders of the Volturi with a victorious smirk on his face. "Depending on how long a vampire has been alive their body will turn to the age it should be. The human body can only live so long and guessing from Alec body he had to have been over one hundred."
Atemu enjoy this side of Yuugi. He was a strong adult willing to do anything for his family. "I think it's time we end this." He closed his fist causing the shadows to ripe the screaming Jane to a pile of body parts. Once the job was done he called his shadows back to him. "I'll have to clean that up later but first…" He turned to the three remaining leaders. "I believe we have some unfinished business."
Yuugi returned to Atemu's side and the two once again grabbed each other hand.
The raw power the three had just seen left the three almost speechless. That is almost being the word.
Caius pointed an accusing finger at the two. "I knew your coven was nothing but trouble. Destroying two of the Volturi's most trusted guards will result in immediate death."
Aro laughed startling the vampires around before he looked at Caius. "I highly doubt we could win in a fight at the moment Caius. However if you wish to die go right ahead." He turned to Atemu and Yuugi. "These abilities you have are truly excellent gifts and I hope to one day have them working for me."
Surprising the whole group Aro turned his back and started to walk away with silent steps. "We will meet again one day Atemu and Yuugi Cullen. In the mean time I would watch your backs because you never know when there are spies watching."
Aro and Marcus were the first to disappear before Caius gave one finally glare and also disappeared.
The couple waited a moment to make sure they were alone, before Yuugi release a sigh and sat down on the ground. "That was one fight I did not see coming."
Atemu sat down next to him and wrapped his arms around his partner. "I am so proud of you my aibou." He kissed Yuugi's head before giving him a peck on the lips. "No one besides myself and my family has been able to stand up to the Volturi and live to tell the tale."
Yuugi smiled up at Atemu. "Well I don't like how they go around and try to recruit people to work for them. I am no slave. My powers are used to protect my family and that is all they will ever be used for."
"That is one of the things I love so much about you." Atemu stated, before the two sat in silence.
They stayed like that for a few minutes just letting everything that had just happened soak in before they set to work getting rid of Jane's body parts.
When the two arrived home the whole Cullen family was in a state of shock to find out the ordeal Atemu and Yuugi went through. They were mostly shocked that the two had taken out two of the Volturi's most powerful guards. Atemu even bought proof by showing the family the necklaces both Alec and Jane always wore around their necks.
"So I'm guessing we won't have to worry about them for a while?" Bella questioned. She had been so worried about her brother being killed when in truth she had nothing to worry about.
Atemu agreed with her. "I know they won't give up given Aro saw Yuugi's power, but for now they will back off."
Yuugi pulled out his phone and started to text Nessie. "Well with the danger out of the way for now, I want Ari home so we can have some family time."
The family smiled at the worried Yuugi while Atemu put his arm around his husband.
"How long before I should call Bakura and Marik home?" Atemu asked his lover.
Yuugi grinned as he continued to text. "I would say leave them for the rest of the day until dinner time. It wouldn't hurt to let the four spend some time together. It would probably do them some good."
Atemu laughed and hugged Yuugi. "I love you and your matchmaking ways."
Yuugi snuggled against Atemu and wrapped his arms around his waist. "I love you too." He was glad to have the Volturi out of the way for the time being and his family alive and well. Nothing would ever replace the people he loved and he would be a complete wreck without them.
There was no telling if or when the Volturi may strike again, but the Cullen family knew that they would be ready when they did.
Sakura: That was pretty much the lame ending to this story, but the next chapter is going to be a short epilogue to really close things out. I'm glad to be getting this story done with so I can work on new ones.
Here are some things I would like to point out so I don't get the same question over and over. The Volturi according to the writer Stephanie Meyer has more members than I put in this chapter. However I was not going to add all of them in the meeting. There are way too many for me to write about. I just put in the few I knew off the top of my head without pulling out my dust collecting books or being too lazy to look it up on the internet. Oh and the wives of Caius and Aro do have names but I just didn't add them in because they weren't a major part. I just figured they would be with their husbands where ever they go and used the fight as an excuse to make them leave early. Lastly if you didn't recognize any of the Volturi such as Alec or Demetri yes they are real characters from the Twilight saga if you look up the Volturi they are members. Like I said before I only know the few main ones that were in Eclipse and Breaking Dawn book all the others are minor ones I don't care about.
Alright enough of my rambling… Oh one more thing I'm sorry if there are any Jane and Alec fans out there. I thought it would be awesome for Yuugi and Atemu to show the Volturi who is boss by killing some of their best Coven guards.
Yumi: Last order of business! The poll was closed and the winner was a Harry Potter crossover with Yu-Gi-Oh. We are sorry if your vote didn't win, but most of the votes were for Harry Potter. Sakura has the first chapter written and it will be posted after Eclipse is finished which is in the next chapter.
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