Bleeding Eyes

Hallo just a few things

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Vanya; I WARN YOU! Much crazy-ness lies ahead! I'm sorry for the delay! Please enjoy the chapter and forgive me!

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BLURB; For thousands of years there has been a brittle peace through the Dragon Riders. But when the elves are left with no Rider to represent them the playing field is shifted and a strange bargain has to be made for the greater good…

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Chapter 10- The Dog and the Demon

Atem sat up with the reflexes of a snake,

It was late, very late, and something in the palace didn't seem right.

Perking up his ears and surveying the room with his night vision Atem looked at around.

Yugi-Darling was asleep next to him and Szikari hadn't contacted him to say anything was wrong so he was probably out hunting

Getting up, kissing Yugi on the forehead, and walking out of the room Atem looked up and down the halls,

It was the unmistakable stench of pure human, a filthy male at that.

Atem cringed slightly, so junk food wasn't good for his health but he could use a late night snack…

He grabbed his blood red sword- Takabi (1) - and made his way off in the direction of the lost mortal.

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Joey sighed, sure he'd figured out how to get into the palace but he never thought about how he was going to find Yugi once he got there.

He was terrified he was going to trip something over and awaken a hundred Demons at any moment.

He'd heard some scary things about creatures of the night and failed to notice the one trailing behind him.

"You're Joey" stated said Demon Prince cutting the human off by appearing in-front of him

Joey almost had a heart attack, stumbling and landing on his back

Taking advantage of the situation Atem pinned Joey to the floor by pressing his boot into the human's stomach

"How do you know my name?"

"I was able to extract a little bit of information from Yugi's mind without him realizing, for if he had I doubt I would be quiet so handsome right now"

"You!" hissed Joey in realization "You're Atem!"

That earned Joey a quick kick in the Jaw

"That's KING Atem to you mortal"

Joey groaned dragging himself up and charging at Atem,

The demon sighed and sidestepped causing Joey to slam head first into a wall

"Do you want to beat yourself up some more or can I kill you now?"

Joey muttered curses under his breath

"Come on! While I'm still immortal!" demanded Atem tapping his foot impatiently

Grabbing his sword Joey lunged at the demon's throat,

Using Takabi Atem blocked him easily barely putting any effort behind the move

"A demon child has more strength than a human!" hissed Atem laughing at Joey's attempts "You can't hope to beat me with brute strength! You don't have any!"

"WHY YOU!" Joey lifted his sword back and went to hack at Atem's stomach only to have the demon kick him in the knees sending him onto his back again

"Your strategy is rather repetitive, not that flailing on your backside isn't amusing but I still don't understand how that works towards a victory" mocked Atem twirling Takabi in his fingers distantly

"Joey!"

Both Joey and Atem turned to see a very confused Elf standing behind them down the hall

"Yugi!" called Joey trying to stand up, Atem didn't seem nearly as surprised

"You where going to eat him!" hissed Yugi to the Halfling King

"No! I would never!-" Atem paused, meeting Yugi's hard gaze "Maybe just a little, Sweetheart"

Yugi sighed shaking his head at the other's antics and moved to help Joey up

"You okay buddy? Malik, Marik, Tsucho, Midoru and I came to help you!"

"Where are the others?"

"Midoru's outside, Malik and the others are fighting that red monstrosity"

Yugi whacked Joey over the back of the head swiftly

"You left them to fight a Warrior Dragon on their own!"

Joey cringed and Atem stood back grateful he was not the one Yugi's anger was directed at….

"Atem, call Szikari off and get him to lead the others here"

"Why!" hissed Atem "They are trespassing, why should I show them mercy!-"

"I'll give you a Kiss" replied Yugi bluntly

"- Those lowly-" Atem continued before realizing what Yugi had said "-DEAL!"

"What's going on?" muttered Joey utterly confused

"You're a bit late Joey, spiky moved the wedding to sunset" explained Yugi shrugging his shoulders

"Yugi I'm sorry-"

"Don't worry, I forgive you, you can make it up to me some other way"

"I hate to interrupt," started Atem glaring at Joey "But Szikari is on his way back and he's VERY pissed, you might have to give him a kiss too"

"Fine" replied Yugi to Atem,

"You owe me a big favor Joey" whispered the Elf darkly making the Human swallow nervously

"Yugi-"

"I know" muttered Yugi giving Atem a soft kiss

"Mortal!" called Atem smiling as Yugi pulled back "I was all wrong about you! You're terribly useful! You should try and break into my palace more often!"

Joey stared in utter amazement at the most feared man in all of the four realms; he was a completely different person from a few moments ago

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Yugi helped Malik and Marik descend Tsucho muttering apologies for the whole disaster and tending to Tsucho's wounds

Joey stood by nervously, his gaze often resting on Atem curiously.

Yugi walked up to Atem, gaze hard, after attending to the most serious injuries on Tsucho and the small injuries on Szikari

"Atem," hissed Yugi tuning to the demon "I beg you, apologize to Malik for the chaos you caused at Jotunheim and avoid another pointless war"

"Why should I? They where interfering with diplomatic practices,"

"Because, I'm not asking you as a diplomat, I'm asking you as your mate" muttered Yugi

Atem looked around in consideration obviously fighting with pride.

"Please Atem…" Yugi sighed trying to think of the best way to sway the demon, all Atem really craved from Yugi was love and affection so his emotions would be the best starting point.

But it was also Atem's pride that held him back….

Yugi paused recalling some seeming useless information from his training

"Please, querido amante (2)" whispered the Elf causing the most amusing look of horror and pleasure on Atem's face as he tried to put together a coherent sentence

"Of course" muttered the Demon finally, giving up and walking over to Malik.

"Wow, Yugi what did you say?" asked Joey watching quietly

"Darling Lover, in a form of demonic" answered the Elf

"You just love having him wrapped around your finger don't you?" whispered Joey smiling

"He's not that bad, all I have to do is give him a little love and he's suddenly easy to deal with" replied Yugi "I haven't ever had anyone who's so effected by my opinions of them, it makes you feel special"

And Yugi did, Atem was right, sweet words did soften your opinion of others,

Yugi was important in his society but no one had ever really asked about or cared about his feelings

But Atem was so love deprived that when he fell for Yugi the first thing he automatically wanted was affection and attention from the Elf.

Yugi's feelings made Atem happy, simply because Yugi could feel.

Atem had always been around demons, a very heartless people, and with his human heritage he was overwhelmed with emotion but no one around him had ever been capable of sharing that or understanding it…

It must have been strange for Atem's father,

Most demon children screamed, ate and slept but a half-human child would have cried when he fell and wanted simple gestures like hugs.

It would have been the strangest experience for him especially with no mother or human to help him raise Atem, so his only child was left with a sense of loneliness despite his father's best efforts

Demons did lust, and so did Atem, but he also wanted something more…

So hence a loving gesture of any sort from Yugi put Atem over the moon

Yugi felt like pieces had gone together in his head, he suddenly understood the Demon-Halfling so much better….

Yugi cringed all of a sudden overwhelmed by loneliness himself, he had never known what it was like to have parents and when he was so busy with his training he never had a chance to really build a relationship with anybody

His master had supported him but they had never really shared in anything much other than exercises to help Yugi take his place

And Ryou….They talked and enjoyed each other's company, but It all felt so fleeting…

Yugi realized he himself was like Atem, but in a very different way, although he could feel for most of his life he chose not to without noticing and now he was surrounded by people who all seemed so full of life

For all the elves beauty, strength and power they where imperfect…

Because every moment is twice as beautiful when your existence is short, like the humans or dwarfs…

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Atem left Malik to discuss matters with Marik, Joey and the dragons

Greeting Szikari he petting the dragon softly

Looking around he noticed Yugi with a glazed over look and tears running silently down his face…

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Yugi felt like he was begin submerged in cold water when Atem embraced him.

Tightening his own arms around Atem's neck he started to sob quietly into the demon's shoulder

"It's okay" whispered Atem holding him close and running his fingers through Yugi's hair

Yugi paused briefly to met Atem's eyes, his own filled with pain…

"I love you too" muttered the Elf his words slightly slurred, before burying his head in Atem's shoulder again "I never realized how beautiful it all is…"

"What?" asked Atem mind barely registering, he was too amazed by Yugi's statement of love of someone returning affection….

"Emotion"

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(1)- means Fire in Japanese

(2)- It's actually Spanish.

Vanya; wow so deep…..

Deyja; AWWW!

Vanya; Blinks You think something is cute? It's the apocalypse! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

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