Disclaimer: No I don't own Yu-gi-oh. Never have, never will. :(
Story: Amidst a war, between Egypt and Rome. Atemu never imagined he'd fall in love. But he fell, and fell fast for none other then the Emperor of Rome's blue eyed beauty of a son.
Warnings: M/M relationships. A death.
A/N: It's reallllll hard to write something like this when you're dancing around listening to "gasolina" XD or techno for that matter…
For reference, when Yugi and Albina are on the wall, the wall is sorta like you see in medieval times. Where guards would stand and fire down upon upcoming attacks…that sorta wall…thing XD
"Get up." Severus said in a soft voice. He was looking at Atemu, with a look of pity and regret. Atemu struggled to get up but the wet mud made him slip and fall again, something took a hold of his wrist and he looked in surprise at Severus who pulled him up. Atemu stared back but quickly looked away,
"Don't stare at me like that."
"I'm just sorry it had to come to this." Severus mumbled
"You're not sorry." Atemu hissed yanking his wrist from Severus's grasp. He trembled his anger snapping violently.
"You never were sorry. If you were so sorry you would stop this foolish war. I gave you chances Severus. What did it give me? You took Yugi from me. You attempted to kill me and ended up killing my best friend. You took everything from me Severus."
"EVERYTHING!" Atemu roared in a mixture of grief and rage. "I loved you like a brother. You even took that from me. You made me hate you more then I've ever hated another living being. No more Severus. Don't hurt me more, with you're fake apologies. Fight me, Severus, let's end this meaningless war. Fight me big brother!"
Lightning danced across the sky, the light flashed across Atemu's face creating shadow's illuminating the hate in his eyes. The thunder bellowed echoing Atemu's rage. Severus's face remained calm, taking Atemu's accusations. All the men had stopped fighting at the sound of Atemu's roar, they watched Severus and Atemu's exchange.
The emperor closed his eyes for a moment before opening them back up and getting off his horse. He unsheathed his sword stood in front of Atemu.
"I could never hate you." Severus whispered.
Atemu's eyes went wide before narrowing dangerously, without a word he took his sword out and swung at Severus, so angered at those words. Severus quickly put his sword up in defense, the two swords clashing together with angry sparks.
"You say that, but you were the one who tried to kill me!" Atemu growled pressing harder against Severus's blade.
"That had nothing to do with hate! I did what I thought was best!" Severus pulled away swinging his sword low trying to catch Atemu off guard. Atemu easily blocked the attack letting out a small growl,
"What you thought was RIGHT?" Soon they kept swinging, trying to hit the other throwing angry remarks or accusations at each other.
"What would've been right would be to end this war!"
"That's what I was doing!"
The sound of metal clashing was the only other sound besides the men's argument.
"So of course killing me would make everything right wouldn't it?"
"I didn't know what else to do!"
"Of course…" Atemu whispered, "Of course…"
He hit the handle of his sword on Severus's hand knocking his sword out of it. Severus let out a small cry of pain yanking his hand away. He looked up at Atemu expecting to see the gleam of a silver blade, but all he saw was Atemu's teary eyes. His sword was raised, but Severus could see his wrist quaver.
"You shouldn't hesitate like that…" Severus scolded with a small smile. "You've won…so kill me. If you don't kill me now…I won't stop this fight. Even if you let me leave with my life, I won't stop."
"Why…why can't you just stop…is it so hard…" Atemu mumbled
"I've been fighting for this for too long to stop now. My father would never forgive me." Severus sighed, "My father wasn't the nicest person in the world, but he was still my father. I couldn't forgive myself if I just let this war go…"
Atemu put his sword down instead pointing it at Severus's throat. A few of Severus's men flinched, their hands going to their swords to protect their Emperor but Severus put his hand up to stop them. Once he was sure they'd stay put, he glanced back at Atemu.
"You're father only cared for himself. My father did nothing wrong, it was just a lie to get to my fathers throne. He didn't care that he was hurting innocent people."
"He cared for me!" Severus snapped his shoulders bristled. "My mother died when I was too young to understand…he was all I had. You're father took that from me."
"He took your father. I can understand your pain, my father was also taken from me, as you should remember. But he wasn't all you had. You had Constance and Yugi, how do you think it was for Yugi to have to grow up with this going on? Do you want Ata and Atsu to have to grow up the same way?" Atemu pressed the tip of the sword to Severus's adam's apple. Severus looked surprised that Atemu knew about Ata and Atsu, before realization hit him. 'Yugi…'
"You've never thought of anyone but yourself have you? And don't say anymore about your father. He's not the only one you should be fighting so incessantly for. You have Constance and Yugi to think about, your people. Hell, how many of your people have died for this? For your father? Look around us Severus!" Atemu gazed at the dead mangled bodies heaped across the vast battlefield. He made a sound of disgust.
"This is what your war has brought us. Where's the glory? Is this what satisfies you're vengeance? For one man you would let thousands of your own people die? Is that any way for an emperor to be?"
"What if my father had killed yours? Wouldn't you want some sort of revenge against my father?" Severus snapped back.
"No, because my father wouldn't want it that way." Atemu didn't even hesitate with his answer, "I'm not saying I wouldn't have a grudge, or have hateful feelings towards the man but I would never do what you are doing."
"I guess that's the difference between you and me." Severus said pushing Atemu's sword aside grabbed his sword and stood. Atemu let him watching him warily.
"I guess, so…you won't listen to anything I say?" Atemu asked
"I won't."
Atemu sighed,
"I see…then it can't be helped can it?"
Severus only smiled.
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Yugi paced across the room worriedly. The storm outside aggravated the boys so Penelope was rocking them both to sleep.
"Yugi, you need to calm down…you're starting to scare the boys again…"
"I can't calm down Penelope…what if…something happens?"
Penelope sighed,
"Even if something did, there would be nothing you could do."
"Penelope!"
"I'm sorry, would you rather I lie to you?"
Now it was Yugi's turn to sig, he leant on a pillar crossing his arms.
"I guess not, I just don't like sitting here, waiting for news if my father or lover has been killed."
Suddenly Yugi's eyes went wide,
"Yeah…I'll do that…" He mumbled under his breath he went over and kissed each of the boys in turn.
"I'll be back…" he promised
"Where are you going?" Penelope asked, a little frightened.
"Atemu is attacking outside the city gates…if I could just peak over the wall I could see what's happening…and I might see if both of them are ok…"
"Yugi…you could get hurt doing that. What if someone sees you?"
"I have too Penelope…or I won't be able to calm down…" He smiled at her and ran out the door before she could say any more. He was running around the corner when, "BAM!" he fell back and heard the other person squeak in surprise.
"Ow…hey are you o-" he stopped when he saw who it was,
"Albina…what are you doing up this late?"
"I should be asking you the same thing." She got up and hugged herself, "I can't sleep…the fact that their fighting outside the gates…is frightening to me."
"Well try to go back to sleep." He got up and walked past her.
"Wait! Where are you going?" She asked
"Out."
"Where?"
"Just out ok? Why do you care where I go?"
She huffed,
"I'm you're wife and mother of you're children dammit. I have a right to know where you're going especially at a time like this."
"Just going out for a quick walk ok?" he lied, "The war's got me all nervous too you know."
She narrowed her eyes not believing till a slow smile spread across her face,
"You're going to watch aren't you? To see if anything happens to you're lover."
"What if I am? Why does it concern you?" Yugi snapped
She said nothing but wrapper her arms around his arm.
"I'm going with you."
"Wha-? No! you're staying here. I can't have you tag along."
"I'm going and there's nothing you can do about it. Do you want me to tell the guards you're trying to go run back to your little hubbie?" She smiled when she saw him wince.
"Fine…but don't say I didn't warn you."
She grinned almost cutely, like a child who gets their way. She rubbed her face against his arm as they walked and he just sighed. Though, a part of him was curious as why she was acting like this…it wasn't like her normal self.
The crouched lower when they reached the wall and Yugi peaked over and saw the army a little ways off but still close enough to see.
"I can't really tell who's who…" Yugi complained standing up a bit more to see better.
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"Sir! There's someone on the wall!" One of Atemu's men said to Jahi.
"A surprise attack maybe?" Jahi mumbled
As soon as he said it the one solider took off running before Jahi could stop him.
"Wait! I didn't say it was!!!" but the solider was too far to hear him.
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"Who's that?" Yugi mumbled standing fully up and leaning forward a bit too see. A dark man was running toward the wall straying from the large army.
"Atemu?" he whispered hopefully.
Albina looked over as well, squinting too see. The man was close enough for her too see his pitch black hair, nothing like Atemu's. The man raised his bow-
"Yugi! That's not Atemu!" Albina screamed
The man fired and Yugi was frozen to the spot in fear. Something pushed him away and he went falling to the ground. He heard the arrow hit something soft and looked up to see Albina, her head thrown back her white dress spattered with blood. She almost fell off the back end of the wall but Yugi quickly reached up and took her hand pulling her back up.
"Albina…what the hell were you thinking!?"
She only smiled,
"I couldn't let you die."
"Why? What do you care if I die?"
She shook her head,
"I love those boys Yugi…but I'm not a good mother, I can't be a good mother. They need you more then me Yugi. Don't get me wrong Yugi, I'm as vain as they come but even I know how much of a spoiled, bitchy brat I can be…the boys don't need a mother like that."
Yugi stared in surprise at her words. He thought she didn't even want to have the boys…
"God I love those too…I really will miss them…" She let out a dry sob and after a minute of silence her eyes fluttered,
"I'm so tired…" She mumbled before closing her eyes. In only took a moment…and she was dead.
Yugi trembled and touched her face.
"Albina?" He shook her gently when she didn't move he laid her down and scooted as far away from her as he could. He had never seen a dead body before…the thought that she was dead made a terrible shudder ran through him. He glanced at his hands and screamed when he saw them glistening with Albina's blood. He wiped them on the ground hurriedly and curled into a ball. He wept into his arms whimpering Atemu's name.
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Atemu spat out some blood staring at Severus. The other man wiped off his arm that sported a fresh wound. They both we're in bad shape. They both had thrown down their swords and went after each other, with their fists. They screamed at each other like before, and didn't stop till they both we're coughing blood up. Now all they could do was stare at each other, panting, unable to will themselves to end it.
Severus groaned and picked up his sword,
"We got to stop putting this off…"
Atemu swallowed hard and picked up his sword as well.
"I don't want to kill you…and I don't want to die…" Atemu admitted
"I'm not giving you a choice, am I? One of us has to die." Severus rubbed his arm again.
"If I stay alive, I won't let you ever go near my son again. Or go near my grandchildren. So if you don't fight me, you'll lose anyway. At least if you fight me, you have a chance of surviving and getting him back…but I won't let that happen."
As if echoing his words, he raised his sword in front of him. Atemu laughed,
"Do you really think you could keep him from me? The only way you could do that is if you locked him away, and I know you wouldn't do that to him."
"If I have too I will. I won't let my son shame himself by sleeping with a man."
Atemu raised his sword as well anger replacing his fear,
"Just because we're both men, doesn't mean it's shameful for Yugi and I to be together. What's so wrong about your son loving me?"
"Everything. He's the prince you're the enemy, you're both men. There's everything wrong with it, it's disgusting."
Atemu let out a little growl stepping closer to Severus. The man smiled at Atemu taking a step towards him as well.
"Come on then…"
All at once they both ran at each other, swords raised high. When they hit, there was an equal pair of gasps and spurts of blood. They stared at each other for a moment before Severus coughed and fell to the ground, Atemu looked down and saw the sword impaled into his stomach. Severus let out a small cry of pain and tore the sword from his chest covering the wound with his hand. He laughed a bit and smiled,
"Haha…got ya." He laughed again, but it quickly turned into a cough. Atemu couldn't tear his eyes away from Severus even as the last breath left his body. Severus's men let out a yell at the sight of their dead leader.
Atemu got on his knee's and yanked out the sword impaling him, throwing it to the side. He went to touch Severus's face but his vision went black and he fell forward.
Ahhhh!!!! Did Atemu die!? How many deaths are in this chapter O.o I dunno…review and maybe I'll tell ya -