Chapter 13: A way in

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Ryou watched from his seat on a stone bench as Bakura paced angrily back and forth "I detest the day I ever laid eyes on that slimy wheat headed git!" the newly elected Royal Hunter growled "what gives him the right to touch my precious pet in such a way?" he fumed.

"Bakura please calm yourself" the albino werewolf boy begged in a soothing voice.

Bakura growled again and ceased his aggravated ranting, his breaths coming out in short angry huffs "Why?"

"Please?"

Bakura's eyes narrowed for a moment or two, before sighing heavily and plopping down next to the smaller whitenette. It did not take long for a comfortable silence to settle over the pair, Ryou smiled dreamily as the castle garden's beauty flaunted its calming presence. The castle garden was constructed in a wide circle, and not only were there flowers of every kind, here and there small trees grew in the far corners, draping their leaves and branches over the stone walls. There was even a koi pond.

"This place smells more wondrous than the forest outside these walls…how is that 'Kura?" the many powerful and sweet smelling scents were making the young Were a bit heady, an enticing fog seemed to be filling his senses.

Bakura grinned over to his companion and slung a hefty tan arm across Ryou's slender form and leaned in closer "Are you in pain my Ryou?" the same old devilish grin spreading his roguish face. Ryou's face flared up at the innuendo "I-It's not that bad Bakura really".

"But your head is bleeding" the hunter cooed giving the tender area a gentle kiss "such a delicate creature" Ryou stiffened at the contact.

"B-Bakura can we go somewhere else? This place is making me feel funny" the younger mumbled blushing.

Bakura agreeing it might be best, helped Ryou stand up and led the way to the exit and the main castle "Come along pet, the servants have prepared us a proper place to rest. Starting tomorrow you officially be my hunting dog".

"Hunting dog?" Ryou scoffed at the word.

"Well, with benefits of course my dearest pet" Bakura grinned giving his bum a firm squeeze causing Ryou to shriek.

Queen Cecilia stood at the bay window in the bedchamber she shared with her beloved Maximillion for twenty wonderful years. The orange sun had set behind the green mountains leaving a beautiful afterglow. It would soon be time for her beloved to be coming to bed, ah there he was now!

Pegasus waltzed into the chamber all bright and shiny smiles "Cecilia my sweet how was your day? Are you feeling better?" the jovial king asked giving his queen a loving kiss.

"I am Max thank you…why are you in high spirits? Are you that happy to see the Rare Hunters go?" the blonde woman inquired almost suspiciously.

The king hummed a tune as he began to remove his clothing revealing a toned chest and lean muscle "I always believed in keeping my enemies close; and thanks to certain events, I now had an excuse to banish those wolves in human skin from the kingdom. But as to why I am happy-I was chatting in the menagerie with Valon today when I ran across our Atemu's new mate".

Cecilia let a small gasp escape her lips"Oh Max you didn't".

"I did not go into the den; Atemu was merely giving little Yugi a tour around the menagerie when we bumped into him" Pegasus tied the white sash to his black robe and gently his wife to lie on their bed "You should meet him my darling, he is such a shy lad".

"Really?" the queen smiled laying her head on his chest "Max dear I have something to tell you".

"Yes?"

"Well this morning when I was feeling ill the doctor came to examine me. I was surprised when he said well I…Maximillion I'm pregnant" Cecilia watched with watched with quiet amusement as Pegasus's expression went from blank to disbelief to excitement.

"Is it true Cecilia? Are you truly with child?"

The lovely queen beamed up at her husband "The doctor gave his final diagnosis this afternoon".

"Oh Cecilia, I'm falling love with you all over again".

"Oh Max" and they sealed it with an earth bending kiss. The blonde woman moaned when Max's hand ran sensually up from her foot to her thigh.

"Shall we celebrate accordingly?" the king smirked.

"Max" Cecilia giggled.

(With Yami & Joey)

Darkness had full set in by the time Yami and Joey were able to make their move. Both were in their wolf forms, the target of entry was an old storm drain long forgotten by the castle residents. "Are you prepared Joey?" the alpha asked the blonde wolf.

"As I'll ever be, I think we'll be able to slip past those old rusty bars if we can move them".

Yami waited for the moon to go behind a cloud mass "Let's do it!" reaching the barred entrance. Gripping the middle bar firmly with his teeth Yami pulled and tugged at the shaft "Grab on Joe!"

"Right!"

"On three…one, two, three!" the rusty bar gave way with a loud creaking noise, the way was open!

"Pft! Ick! Metal tastes terrible" Joey sputtered.

"Don't worry about it Joey we're almost inside the castle let's see where this old drain leads to" the answer to that question was quickly found since the dried water way was a straight shot to the far end where the drain started from in the castle, but it was blocked by rocks and chunks of earth.

"Ah man the way is blocked. What now do we dig up or something?"

"Hn, dig up…that's it Joey we need to dig upwards" wasting no time, the werewolves went at the pile of rubble sending it scattering at their rapid burrowing.

"Soon Yugi" Yami panted.

"Hang on guys we're comin' " Joey huffed.

They dug and dug for what seemed like two hours and managed to make a decent bit of headway "*Huff* Yami I don't think we'll be getting any further tonight pal" the blonde panted laying on the soft mound.

Yami bitterly admitted that he was also exhausted; the alpha had to remember how important patience was. With just the two of them the going would be slow "Hmp…Get some sleep Joey we'll start again when it's light" but Joey was already out cold, Yami gave him an amused smirk "Typical".

(With Atemu & Yugi)

"Yugi it's past the suns time, come to bed won't you?" Atemu crooned from his place on the mattress. Yugi in all his uke cuteness had suddenly become very obstinate about sharing his bed with him.

"Why are you being so reluctant Aibou?" Atemu swished his fluffy black tail back and forth as he spoke "We had a fun day together, you even let me kiss you".

Yugi's round cheeks flared at the recent memory, his lips were still tingling "T-This is different, you're asking me to lay with you like we were mates!"

"But we are mates, now stop being stubborn and come here" Atemu was losing his patience.

"No we're not. In a pack the alpha must approve of the union before they will be the beta's official mate, I can't sleep with you!" Yugi hastily explained.

At first Atemu said nothing, it was like he froze up, and it kind of made Yugi feel bad about what he said "I-I'm sorry Atemu…but I don't want to conceive a litter out of wedlock, my brother would be heartbroken".

"You don't need to explain Yugi" Atemu spoke before rolling on his side to face the wall "Good night". Yugi wondered. In a flash of boldness Yugi crept from the corner and crawled up onto the mattress "Atem-GAH!" he squealed when his waist was seized and he was pulled flush against Atemu's chest.

"Ha ha gotcha Aibou" the older male laughed nuzzling his nose.

"You tricked me!" Yugi cried indignantly beating him with his small fists.

"Awe you're mad now" Atemu chuckled kissing his mate's face and neck playfully "but just so you know Yugi, I certainly wasn't going to try to get intimate with you so soon".

Yugi blinked his large amethyst eyes owlishly "Really?" Atemu couldn't believe how adorable and embarrassed Yugi looked at the moment. But he had to admit what he said about the two of them not actually being mates hurt.

"Why do you not consider me your mate Yugi-do you not like me?" Atemu asked running his fingers through the little ones hair.

"It's not that I don't like you Atemu…I actually like you a lot" the little Were mumbled feeling a bit embarrassed "b-but things are happening so fast. I-I thought you wanted to-" "No" Atemu cut in "I've been living in the castle for a long time, I never wanted for anything but when I grew older I realized how different I was. It was the first time in my life I felt so lonely, but now you're here with me Yugi-and at last I don't feel so lonely" The older Were smiled so truly as he continued to pet the space between Yugi's wolf ears until the little ones eyes drooped lower and lower until they shut in sleep.

"Good night my Aibou" Atemu whispered kissing his lips lightly.

End Chapter

I meant to have this up for Valentine's but I lost my notebook-opps!

My grandmother found my yaoi stash hidden in my closet and nearly died of shock. I wasn't home at the time, so you can imagine the blank look I had when my grandparents confronted me about it.