Ta-da! Here is the long awaited update to Evil in the Heart. It probably won't be what most people really wanted, but believe me ... next chapter will be.

Slowly, sleep was beginning to lose its grip on Yugi. SHe was slowly starting to come back to consciousness. When she did, she almost choked on the scent of sulfur. SHe groaned when the odor wafted through her nostrils. SHe knew that someone was sitting next to her laying form because she could feel a hand going up and down her back, tickling every vertebra that it touched. How long had she been asleep? "Awaken, Little Gem." A voice said. Yugi already knew, before the voice spoke, that Atem was the one rubbing her back. Who else would touch her... or for that matter, be able to touch her?

"Hi, Yami." The girl said before opening her eyes. SHe rolled over and Atem's hand began to rub Yugi's belly. Shivers were sent down Yugi's spine when she felt Atem's long, claw-like nails against her skin. Taking a chance, Yugi opened her eyes and gasped at what she saw. Atem was in his demonic form: Black kilt, leather pants, black shirt and long black cape, sharp fingernails and pointed, two eyes slit-shaped, gigantic,. Yugi's jaw began to quiver when she saw the form Atem was in. The Source of Evil brought a claw to Yugi's face and caressed her cheek.

"What's the matter, my little gem?" Tears were falling out of Yugi's eyes by this point. At seeing this, the smile on Atem's face faded and became serious. "Little Gem? Are you alright?" Yugi slowly shook her head, never taking her eyes away from Atem's red slit-shaped ones out of fear.

"Y-you scare me …" A strange look passed Atem's face, and Yugi could have sworn that it looked like … pain.

"Why do I scare you?"

"I want Yami …" Atem smiled and nuzzled his cheek against Yugi's, loving that softness against his cold skin.

"But I'm right here, Little One." Atem leaned in and ran his forked, slimy tongue up and down Yugi's cheek. The girl cringed when she felt that muscle touch her warm skin.

"No, the real Yami …" Atem suddenly pulled away, "… the Yami that I used to tell everything to …" Atem cocked his head to the side, looking a little hurt. However, he decided to grant Yugi's wish and return to his human form. Yugi closed her eyes, not wanting to watch the transformation.

"Yugi, you can look now." Atem's voice sounded smoother and did not have that demonic tone to it. Yugi opened her eyes and found her dark back to his former self. SHe let out a sigh of relief. Atem smiled at seeing that Yugi was not afraid anymore. He leaned in and gave Yugi a kiss on the lips. Yugi interpreted a small kiss, but Atem did not want to let go. He continued to kiss Yugi and forced his tongue into Yugi's mouth, which was still forked. Yugi whined into the kiss, letting the Source know that she needed air. Just then, Yugi's stomach growled. Atem chuckled. Yugi's actions were so cute, even when they were involuntarily.

"You're hungry." Yugi shrugged.

"Yeah, but if you have something to do, then I can wait. You should really go deal with what you need to do." Atem chuckled again and nuzzled Yugi's soft cheek.

"Always putting others before yourself. How charming of you, my little Gem. But don't worry. We can eat and then things can be dealt with." Atem snapped his fingers and the table that they had used for their marriage feast was filled with all kinds of breakfast foods. Yugi looked at it with wide eyes.

"How'd you do that?" Yugi slowly walked up to the table and stood looking at it. Atem rubbed Yugi's shoulders.

"Here, I can create anything I want; or anything you want. I will give you everything, Yugi." With this said, Atem placed a kiss on Yugi's neck and went to sit down to eat breakfast. Yugi just gulped. SHe was not used to having this much attention, and it was starting to make her a little nervous. SHe gulped as she sat on a pillow on the floor at the table. Atem sat behind Yugi.

Yugi took a fork and began to pick at the scrambled eggs in front of him. Yugi sighed. Atem knew what he liked and knew him all too well. It was a little creepy. He took a small bite and looked at the fork. It was very shiny and had a fancy design on it. He chewed each bite slowly, trying to ignore the touch on his thigh. Yugi looked over to see a grim reaper-looking demon serve something red into Atem's skull-decorated goblet. Yugi desperately wanted to believe it was wine, but as other ideas of what that red liquid was began to enter his mind, he seemed to lose his appetite. Slowly, he put the fancy fork down.

"I think I'm full …" Atem, with his goblet still to his lips, raised a brow.

"But you've only had one course." Yugi shrugged. SHe heard Atem sigh. The Source of Evil reached across the table. He took a spoonful of mixed fruit and held it to Yugi's mouth. Yugi looked at him with a defiant look. Atem just smiled. "You need to eat more. You seem to me like you're wasting away." Yugi glared. Atem was starting to treat her like a child and she did not like it.

"I can take care of myself, Yami." Atem smirked.

"I realize that, Little Gem, but when I believe that you are not taking enough care of yourself, I must step in." Yugi's glare increased. Atem just kept smiling and held up the spoonful of fruit. "Eat up, my love. You need to put some meat on your bones."

Meanwhile, back in the Over World, Joey and Tristan were both pacing around Ishizu Ishtar's office in the Cairo Museum.

"Man, where are those priests? They should have been back with Yugi by now!" Joey yelled. Tea looked like she was on the verge of tears.

"If he does anything to Yugi … I'll never forgive him!" She yelled. Tea felt very stupid for trusting, and even having a crush on the Devil. Ishizu herself felt the same way. Well, not the exact same way, but she felt uncomfortable for being an honorable protector of the Pharaoh- sorry, the Devil's tomb.

"I'm sure Yugi will come to no harm." She said softly, although her tone seemed to suggest that she did not fully believe herself.

"Yugi won't survive down there. We need to get he back." Tristan said, still pacing the room with Joey. Bakura stood over Ryou, leaning against the wall. He smirked and chuckled.

"What's so funny?" Joey asked, suspiciously. Bakura continued to smirk.

"Well, if history has taught us anything, it should be that the Pharaoh," he cringed, "though it seems pointless to call him that now, will not be satisfied with small territory." Kaiba raised a brow.

"Small territory? He rules a whole other realm!" Bakura nodded.

"True, but you fail to remember that he killed Satan and took the position because Satan was thinking too small." The friends all looked confused at each other.

"What are you on about?" Marik finally asked. Bakura moved to the middle of the room, his arms still crossed.

"I'm saying that God and Satan, the original devil, made an agreement. That agreement was to leave Earth alone." Bakura explained. Tea gasped. She was starting to catch onto what Bakura was saying.

"But Atem never made that agreement …" Bakura nodded.

"Precisely. Since the Pharaoh vanquished Satan, that agreement came to a stop. To the Pharaoh, Earth is open territory, anyone's to claim." There was a heavy silence in the room as everyone tried to gather all the information they were just given. Kaiba became frustrated and moved beside Bakura.

"Okay, wait just one minute here! Okay, say there is a God … I assume that since there is a devil, then God does exist as well," Bakura shrugged and rolled his eyes before Kaiba continued, "if God really exists, then how come he doesn't do something to stop Atem?" Bakura chuckled again.

"He did. He allowed the priests to find out about the Pharaoh's deal with Satan. Once Atem became the new Devil, Armageddon occurred." There were confused looks all over the place. "Oh for crying out loud! Don't you idiots get it?! There was a full war between Heaven and Hell! Earth was in the middle of it! And I suppose God tried one more maneuver to save Earth. The secret of the Pharaoh's betrayal got to the priests and they sealed him in that puzzle. That almost didn't work. Now that Atem is back, I don't think they have another idea up their silver sleeves." Bakura replied the last sentence while looking up with a scowl.

"You mean because he'd be expecting it?" Mokuba Kaiba asked. Bakura nodded. Ishizu sat down at her desk. Her head ached like nothing else.

"What are you suggesting, Bakura?"

"I'm saying that Atem has probably already starting his plan all up again. He's going to try and take over Earth." Tea stood, almost tipping her chair over.

"That can't happen!"

"It can. He's the Devil, the Source of Evil. He has unlimited dark magic at his disposal." Bakura said. He sighed and leaned against the wall again. "That was something I never could understand about you 'good-guys'."

"Whaddaya mean?" Joey asked.

"Evil has no limitations. That's why it's so much fun. Good keeps itself in check with all its limitations. Having no rules and answering to no one is total freedom!" It made sense. Having no rules did tend to wreck havoc. That was why civilizations made rules, to keep order. Since evil had no rules or limitations, they had no order.

"Wait, how do you know all of this, Bakura?" Tristan asked. Bakura groaned.

"I worked for Zork, a dark god. I was connected with him and was able to keep up with all the politics." Bakura groaned again, thinking of his epic failure by the Pharaoh's hands. He then looked at the group of teenagers. "I still get broadcasts every once in a while. Wanna know who Zeus of Greece slept with this time, and what that shrew, Hera did about it?" He asked with an evil smile, trying to break the tension. It did not work. Everyone in the room looked at him for a while, and then continued the conversation.

"So if he's going to raise Hell, then maybe we should just wait for it and attack Atem then." Tristan suggested. Tea slapped him in the back of the head.

"No, you idiot! That'll destroy the world! We want to save Yugi and the world, not destroy it!" Tristan held up his hands in defense.

"Okay, sorry!" While this was going on, Ishizu was on her computer, looking at the recent news updates.

"Whatever we do, it must be fast. I fear that Atem has already started wreaking havoc on the world."

"Why?" Kaiba asked. Ishizu turned her monitor around so that everyone could see. There were video images of cyclones, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, fierce hail storms, hurricanes and all kinds of natural disasters happening all over the world. Kaiba shrugged. "So; those things happen all the time."

"Yes, but all of these incidents have happened over the past few days."

Yugi sat in the middle of the bed, the blanket wrapped tightly around her. Atem was in the other room getting dressed. Yugi rocked back and forth. Her eyes had a dazed look in them. Atem could not keep his hands to himself all throughout the meal. The small girl tightened the blanket around herself. SHe needed the comfort right now since she still only wore a thin dress. So, cocooning herself with the blanket was the best she could do at this point. Yugi started to shake. SHe hated being constantly touched. SHe hated staying in this room all the time. But most of all, she hated being so lonely.

Sure, Atem was there, but her grandfather and her friends were not. Yugi missed them so much. A tear came to her eye as she thought of the fact that she would never see them again. SHe would never watch Joey and Tristan are wrestle each other and she would never again whisper to Tea how about how dumb they looked. SHe would never wake up in her own bed, just to come downstairs and see her grandfather cooking breakfast. Yugi sighed as she wondered what they were doing right now.

Then, Atem came from around the corner. Yugi's attention was immediately on him. SHe was taken aback a little bit. Atem wore a snappy black, expensive looking suit with a red shirt and a darker red tie. He was in his human form, so no special appendages were seen. The younger of the two gulped. Atem looked very attractive in that suit. He looked as if he was about to go a very, very important business meeting. Atem noticed Yugi's staring and walked towards her in a seductive way.

"What's the matter, Little Gem?" Yugi snapped out of her daze as her name was said.

"N-nothing …" Atem raised a brow and snickered.

"Are you sure?" Yugi quickly nodded. The Devil knew that Yugi would say no more. "Alright. Come with me." He commanded, making a hand jester for Yugi to follow. Knowing better than to disobey, Yugi followed.

They walked around the corner and past the washroom. Yugi's gaze was focused on the ground at this point. SHe felt like a puppet the way she sprang up, without question, when Atem commanded her. The girl was not paying attention when she bumped into Atem, who had stopped at two large, golden double doors. Atem smirked at Yugi before opening them. Once Yugi was able to see inside, she gasped, his eyes went wide, and his jaw dropped at what she saw. It was a closet, Yugi knew that much, but it appeared to be the size of her school! There were rows upon rows of outfits. It looked as if there were outfits from all over the world. There were also designer label clothes. While Yugi was gawking at all the fabrics before her, Atem snaked his arms around Yugi's waist, taking herout of her trance.

"Wonderful, isn't it? This is my closet and yours." Yugi's eyes were still wandering around.

"All this is yours?" SHe felt Atem nod his head against her shoulder. "Why did you bring me here?" To answer, Atem took Yugi's hand and made her stand in the middle of the room.

"I have brought you here to decide what you shall wear." Yugi was both excited and nervous. Excited because she was finally going to get to wear some clothes, and nervous as to what Atem would make her wear. Would the Devil make her wear a black and red dress with exotic designs and all kinds of jewels, or just a loincloth? Atem circled around Yugi like a hawk does to its prey. He had his hand on her chin, looking around at all the different clothes.

"Let's see … Hmm … what to wear, what to wear …" Yugi stayed absolutely still. SHe could see that little glint in Atem's eye. The one he had when he acted as if he was trying to make a decision when in reality he already had. Suddenly, he stopped his circling. "Ah," the Devil walked to one of the rows and returned to Yugi with an outfit. "You'll wear this." Yugi looked at the outfit. It was a grey silk dress with a matching flats she would not be picky, as long as she was able to cover herself up with something.

Yugi looked at herself in the full-length mirror in front of her. SHe wore the grey dress with the shoes with purple designs on it. Most of Yugi's long blond hair was tied back with a diamond clip matched the outfit, all but the stray white bang in the middle of her hairline. The material was thin and the fact that it was mostly grey and black did not help. Yugi still felt as if everyone could still see her. Suddenly, she felt arms around her waist once again. Atem rested his chin on Yugi's left shoulder.

"You look beautiful." Yugi blushed but did not say anything. Atem spun her around and held out a purple scarf.

"What's that for?" Atem smirked, showing a few fangs in his mouth.

"Your beauty is a gift to me. Only I am worthy to gaze upon your wonderful face." Yugi sighed as Atem tied the scarf around her face. Atem was just being too possessive about this.

As they walked to the main hall of the Palace of Darkness, Yugi kept looking at the ring on her finger. Atem said it was a sign of their love and marriage, but Yugi saw it as nothing but a cuff. This was Atem's tracking device that he used to know where Yugi was at all times. It was a beautiful piece of jewelry. However, that beauty came with a price. Soon they were in the main hall. The entire place was black, and the only color that could be seen was red. Atem's throne was the normal piece of furniture she had ever seen. It was a big red and black chair. Beside the throne was a long black trident. And finally, there were two large, ugly beast-like creatures sitting at attention on both the left and right sides. Yugi was terrified just by looking at it. The rest of the room was just as terrifying.

The alter that the throne sat on was made out of stone. Three steps, of the same stone, lead up to it. Most of the floor was one giant lava pool. However there was circular platform stemming from the front. The pillars that held up the ceiling were made out of igneous rock and looked as if lava was flowing underneath the surface. Each pillar had the face of some horrifying demon built onto it. The chandelier over head was gigantic. It was made out of flames and, what looked like very hot, crystal. Yugi had no idea what was keeping it up there. It seemed as if it was not hanging from the ceiling but just hovering in place. Speaking of the ceiling, stalactites hanging from it. They looked to be crystal with small flames sparking in them to give the dark room a little light. Between the stalactites and the darkness of the room it made Yugi feel as if she were in some kind of cave. Up towards the throne, there stood two large torches with large flames of fire burning in them; and beside each on was one of those faceless reaper-like demons.

Yugi felt both hot and cold at the same time. It was weird; there was so much fire in the room but it did not feel boiling hot in there at all. SHe felt so out of place wearing grey in a dark room. Atem took a seat on his throne. He sat cross legged with his arms resting on the armrest, smirking. Atem signaled for Yugi to come over to him. Yugi obeyed. Atem made Yugi sit on his lap, which made the girl cringe just a little bit. This was just great, another day of being molested by the devil. However, today would be different. As Atem nuzzled and kissed Yugi's neck, he spoke.

"Yugi, you may get bored just staying with me all day. I think I'll let you take a walk." Yugi turned to look at Atem with questioning eyes. Atem smirked. "Mahad," as the name was said, the ancient magician clad in purple appeared before his master in a kneeling position.

'Yes, Sir?' Atem took Yugi's hand and gave it a kiss.

"Yugi is going to take a walk around the palace so that she can get some fresh air; I have a meeting anyway. I want you to protect her." Mahad nodded. He intended to do just that even without being commanded.

'As you wish.' As Yugi moved to get off of Atem's lap, the Source of Evil gave her a small shove on the shoulder, giving the smaller a look that suggest that he would be watching. Receiving the message, Yugi gulped.

As Yugi and Mahad walked down the hall, Yugi looked into every room that they passed. SHe saw different types of demons giving her different looks. Some of them gave her dirty looks while others looked at her through lustful eyes. Yugi gulped again.

'You seem to be a little nervous.' Yugi sighed and nodded.

"I am a little bit. I feel like nothing but a piece of meat." Mahad turned his gaze to where Yugi was looking.

'I can see why.' While Mahad kept a look out for any demon that felt courageous enough to touch Yugi, the small girl started tugging on the ring that sat around her finger. 'Little Mistress, what are you doing?' Yugi's tugging became harder.

"I'm trying to get this thing off! I feel trapped with it on!" Mahad's hand clamped down on her shoulder.

'No, Little Mistress; you mustn't!'

"Why not?"

'Because you are bound to the Master now. He will explode with anger if he finds that you have removed it … and you have seen him when he is angry …' Yugi felt a chill run down her spine when the memory of the incident in Heaven came to her. As the girl contemplated this, Mahad opened a door. 'Ah, this seems to be pretty safe.' He ushered Yugi into the room, closing the doors behind them. It was a library of some sort. The walls were covered from floor to ceiling in books. There was a narrow spiral staircase that lead to a second floor, also filled with bookshelves. Yugi had to admit that she felt safer in this room than she had in any other room in the palace, probably because this room looked normal.

"Where are we?"

'The Master's study. It has every resource imaginable.' Mahad explained. Yugi took a closer look at some of the books. They were books on magic, rituals, world history, and documents that seemed to be lost to the Earth, but found their way into this study. Yugi reached for a book from a shelf when the doorknob to one of the double-doors began to turn. Yugi gasped and looked at Mahad. Thinking fast, Yugi quickly hid in a small closet in the corner of the room. The door was open just a little bit; enough for Yugi to get a good look through one eye. Mahad appeared in the closet beside her. The door to the study opened and seven men in black business suits, each with a different color tie, walked in. They all had briefcases the same color as their ties. Yugi looked at Mahad.

"Who are they? They look normal." Mahad sighed.

'They are anything but normal. I was hoping that I would never have to see them again …' Yugi heard the tremble in Mahad's voice as he telepathically spoke.

"Why? Who are they?" SHe whispered again. Mahad hesitated before answering.

'They … are the Seven Deadly Sins.' Yugi's jaw dropped and she would have screamed out loud had Mahad not covered the girl's mouth with his hand.

"No way …!"

"Way," Mahad pointed to the man with the emerald green tie. His eyes had that same green color, making them glow in the shadows, 'See that man there? His name is Leviathan. He is the demon of envy. He uses deep love of one's own good perverted to a desire to deprive other men of theirs.'

"What does that mean?" Yugi whispered, not taking his eyes off of Leviathan.

'It means that that those who commit the sin of envy resent that another person has something they perceive themselves as lacking, and wish the other person to be deprived of it.' Yugi nodded, understanding. Leviathan had long, straight black hair that was pulled back into a ponytail. He was handsome as a human, but they eyes were a dead giveaway. Mahad then pointed to the tall, dreary looking man next to Leviathan. 'The man next to him, with the gray tie, is Belphegor, the Demon of Sloth.'

"I'm never understood why Sloth is a sin anyway."

'Well, the meaning of 'sloth' has changed over the years. In fact it was first called the sin of sadness or despair. It's been described as being the failure to love God with all one's heart, all one's mind and all one's soul. Belphegor's time was during the Middle Ages, when people thought that depression was caused by sloth. However, due to the breakthroughs in psychology, mortals have found ways to … fight sloth. Ergo, Belphegor has not had much success in the last century.' Now Yugi understood. Sloth was basically just extreme laziness; and judging by the looks of Belphegor's human form, he had a reason to be the Demon of Sloth.

"Who's that Leviathan's talking to?" Leviathan was having a conversation with a man with short, styled red hair. His nose was a little pointed and he had a scar diagonally across his face. It went right through his eye down to his cheek. His tie was the same color as his eyes: blood red. This man had an evil smirk on his face.

'That is Amon, the Demon of Wrath. Often times, Leviathan and Amon work together when one of their powers is not strong enough. Amon is very dangerous. He is able to drive a man insane … insane enough … to murder.' Yugi's fear was rising. Standing next to Amon, stuffing himself with burning peanuts was a rather … fat man. The jacket of his suit looked as if the button was going to give away at any time. He had a round face. The fat covering his neck was so thick that it looked as if he had a triple chin. His tie was a disgusting mustard yellow color.

"Uh, let me guess … that guy is gluttony?" The said fat man took the bowl of flaming nuts and shoved them down his throat. Mahad nodded.

'Yes, that is Beelzebub, the Demon of Gluttony. He really lives up to his title. He is the main cause of hunger in the world.' Beelzebub let out a loud belch. Yugi cringed. SHe could smell it through the door of the closet. A man with a silky red tie, shiny dark hair and a nicely angled face, moved over to Leviathan and Amon to get away from Beelzebub. 'That man there is Asmodeus, the Demon of Lust.'

"I know Lust is tacky, but why is it a sin?"

'Because, according to an Italian poet, Dante, he defines Lust as "excessive love of others," which therefore rendered love and devotion to God as secondary. That was in the middle Ages. Today lust is probably the most committed of the sins. Asmodeus loves his job. He loves to initiate contests with other sins to see who can cause more mortals to fall.'

"That's so evil …"

"Hence why they are sins.'

"Who's that skinny guy there?" The man with the golden tie was the shortest man out of all the sins. He was bald and his skin made him look older than he might have been. He had all kinds of jewelry on. Almost every one of his fingers was decorated with a ring.

'That is Mammon, the Demon of Greed. I think you basically know all about his sin.' Yugi nodded. With all the people trying to steal her puzzle and take over the world, she should have been on a first name basis with Mammon. 'The last of the demons is the leader of them all: Lucifer, the Demon of Pride.' Yugi gasped.

"But I thought Yami killed Lucifer." Mahad shook his head.

'No, he killed Satan. Satan was the devil before the Master. Lucifer is a demon that is often mistaken for the devil due to his sin.' This man had a dark purple tie. His hair was also black and styled. 'His sin, ever since the dawn of Christianity, has been identified as a desire to be more important or attractive than others. Vanity and narcissism are prime examples of this sin is because of Lucifer that the war against God even began. He had to be better, stronger and more powerful than God. This is why Pride is known as the ultimate source from which the others arise.' Yugi could believe that. He could think of two people he knew that committed the sin of Pride at least five times a day. Just then, a knock on the door of the study interrupted the Sins' conversation.

"Enter!" Lucifer spoke in a very low, demonic voice. As commanded, four more men in suits with different colored ties entered. Lucifer made his way towards them with a smirk on his face.

"Well, if it isn't the Four of a Kind." He held out his hand and a tall, bulk, bald man shook it.

"Likewise, Lucifer. Tell me: were you the one behind that whole Russian attack on Georgia?" Lucifer smirked.

"Ah, you know my work all too well." The two men laughed evilly. Yugi looked at Mahad. Before Yugi could ask, Mahad answered.

'They are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.' Yugi's jaw dropped again. Just what were the Sins doing with the Horsemen.

"What do you think they're doing?"

'I am not sure. That man talking to Lucifer, he is the Horseman of War. To his right, the man with the white tie is Pestilence. The one with the black tie is Famine, and the last with the pale green tie is Death.' Yugi began to shiver at seeing Death … the real Death. He was so skinny that he even looked like a skeleton.

"So, what did you religious rejects get called in for?" War asked. Lucifer shrugged in the same way he did before.

"Probably same as you. World domination and the rise of the Source." Mammon looked at his watch.

"I just hope his royal scaliness arrives soon. I have a major bank vault that I have to have two people break into at six."

"Is that true, Mammon? Are you so busy that you would like to miss this meeting? It could benefit you as well as all of us here." A baritone voice from the door said, surprising everyone. The Horsemen and the Sins all bowed. Yugi silently gasped.

"Your Evilness! Please forgive me for my arrogance." Atem smirked.

"I will this time, only because I need your power." Atem moved into the room and everyone took a seat somewhere in the room. Atem sat in a large, comfortable chair at the head of the room. He was just a few meters away from Yugi. Yugi shivered. 'He knows I'm here, doesn't he?'

'If he did, he would have made you leave before beginning this meeting.' Mahad reassured him.

"Gentlemen, our time of greatness has come. We have bided our time for the past few millennia, and now it is time to strike. No better time than when the Mortals are self-destructing anyway. I'm sure you came up with plans while I was … away." Lucifer cleared his throat and used a magical power point to begin his speech.

"My Lord, indeed we have been making plans to achieve your dream of conquiring the Earth while you were away. We have even been trying to weaken their force of wills. Some proved easier than others, but not impossible." Atem exhaled and rolled his eyes.

"Get to the point, Lucifer."

"Ah … yes … good … Well, we propose combining our talents to create more havoc. I suggest we start in the Middle East, since they've already started out work for us, and then move towards Asia and then Europe. Once that entire continent is in war, the rest of the world shall fall." Atem nodded attentively. This sounded full proof, but they all did at this stage. He straightened up in his chair, hands folded in his lap.

"This sounds a little familiar; has this not happened in the past? And ended in defeat?" Atem asked, raising a brow.

"Well … it only makes sense to start here because we need to set the state of panic into the minds of the Western world." Atem smirked.

"I can do that with a flick of my finger. My patience is growing thin, Lucifer. Either give me a good idea or sit down." With nothing else to say, Lucifer sat back down in his seat. Atem stood and moved to the middle of the room so that he could be seen by everyone. "You have all worked together before. Unfortunatly, I cannot mess with the free will of Mortals. However," Atem raised a finger, "you can. Each one of you leads to another. Example: Amon and War have a project going on in the Middle East, as Lucifer said. But they cannot do it all! I want from what I hear, Beelzebub has started with North America and is steadly moving into Europe. Well, here's something we can do right there. Famine, you can take over for Beelzebub soon." He spun around, his hands still behind his back. "Why am I the only one thinking here?! I know you all can come up with something else!" The Horsemen and the Sins flinched at Atem's outburst. His eyes began to glow and turn to his demon form before he caught himself and calmed himself down. "The reason why Earth should be ours is because if we have Earth, then we will be one step further to conquiring Heaven." Lucifer's eyes widened. That really sounded familiar.

"Uh, your Evilness …"

"I realize that you have tried this in the past, Lucifer. However, I have one thing that you did not." They all looked at him, expecting an answer. Atem's eyes became darker as did his smirk. "I have a connection to Heaven." Yugi gasped quietly from inside the closet.

"You mean your lover?" Asmodeus said with a sly smile on his handsome face. Atem's gaze turned to him as a glare, flashing from round, normal eyes to slit for a milla-second. Asmodeus' smile immediately left his face.

"I mean my wife. Yugi has been to Heaven," he began to smirk, "and I guarantee that they will do anything to get her back. I can use her to get information from Heaven."

"There is no way in Hell, pardon the pun, that you would give her up so easily. Especially after that episode you pulled to get her back." Laviathan said, standing up with one hand in his pocket. Atem just continued to smirk.

"Correct, but she is vital to both of us, but Heaven and Hell. They need her power because they think she can overthrow me." Yugi's eyes widened. Atem had been either snooping or reading her mind. "Yugi will always belong to me, but I can use her as a ransom to get information from Heaven. Gabriel will do anything to get Yugi back," His smirk grew, "including offering himself to me. Once Gabriel is gone, Heaven will be unsecure." Yugi backed up into Mahad, hands covering her ears so that she would not hear any more.

Seeing his little mistress's condition, Mahad teleported them out of the closet and back into Atem's room. Yugi had tears in his eyes. He had no idea how evil and how far Atem was willing to go to be ruler of all the realms. "How could he …?" SHe let the question linger, not really expecting an answer from anyone.

'That is just his nature, Little Master.' Yugi quickly stood up.

"I have to warn Gabriel!" Mahad shook his head.

'That is exactly what he wants you to do. It will just make his plan easier to accomplish.' Mahad conjured up a purple hankerchif and wiped the tears from Yugi's eyes.

"Well, I can't just stand here and do nothing!" The ancient magician thought for a moment. Yugi began slowly pacing around the room, worry clearly written on his face.

'Well … there is something you can do …' Yugi looked at him. 'I have some old friends that I want you to meet.' Mahad waved his large wand and the two of them disappeared.

To be Continued …