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A brainwashed foe
"Atemu!" Seth called out as he saw his long time friend standing at the gate. He, Jou and Teana quickly made their way over to him, "Is Yuugi…" Seth trailed off as he looked at the huge house.
Atemu nodded, the glare that he had given Sovok still lingering on his face and not really going away anytime soon, "It took you long enough. We need to get Yuugi out of there! That guy was looking way too suggestive athim and I don't want that… that… bastard to get Yuugi like that." 'That honour will be mine.'
"But how are we supposed to get in?" Jou asked, "We can't really climb over da gate."
Atemu's glare was replaced with a smirk, "My Puzzle has many gifts," he said vaguely before walking towards an allay. Jou gave him a confused look but followed him nonetheless, Seth and Teana close behind.
When Atemu knew nobody was around, he closed his eyes in concentration and focussed on the power of the Puzzle. The power was weak as it had been used a lot but Atemu couldn't really care less at the moment; he needed Yuugi back.
The Millennium Puzzle started to shine brightly and dark shadows covered the wall that was separating them from the gardens infront of the mansion. Atemu snapped his eyes open and smirked, "Coming?" heasked as he stepped into the shadows on the wall.
Jou and Teana stared at the with shadows covered wall, "Uhm… Seth?" Jou asked questioningly.
"Don't ask, just do. When it comes to that damned Puzzle of his, Atemu knows what he's doing." Seth muttered and stepped into the shadows as well.
He emerged from the shadows on the other side of the wall as if he had just stepped through it and glanced around as there was no sight of Atemu. Jou and Teana emerged from the shadows as well and the small portal faded away, "Where's Atemu?" Teana asked.
A loud scream was heard from inside the mansion, "That damned cousin of mine has no patience!" Seth growled, already knowing it was Atemu who was causing the commotion.
Atemu wasted no time as he stepped though the wall and immediately ran towards the mansion. Seth would probably kill him for not waiting but he needed to save Yuugi first and then he'd worry about the wrath of his cousin.
He sneaked into the mansion and glanced around carefully. He would try his best to get to Yuugi without being seen – something that would probably fail miserably but he'd give it a shot anyway.
'Okay, I'm a freaking Ra-damned bastard who just stole someone from their friends. Where do I go?" He was shaken out of his thoughts as he heard a loud scream from somewhere upstairs, 'That's Yuugi!' He ran up the steps as fast as he could to see a long hallway with many doors. Growling, he hoped Yuugi would give him another sign, since opening every door here would definitely make sure that the entire mansion knew he was there.
He slowly made his way through the hall, trying to hear if anything was behind the doors without having to open them. Luckily, he heard another scream coming from a room up ahead and he again recognized Yuugi's voice. He stormed to the door and tried to open it but noticed that it was locked, "Leave me alone!" Yuugi yelled, panic filling his voice.
Atemu's third eye started shinning on his forehead as he heard his little angel yell. He used the power in the Puzzle to throw the door off its hinges and stepped into the room with an enraged look on his face. The cloak that had been concealing his trademark tri-coloured hair had dropped onto the ground at the small explosion.
The sight that met his eyes when Atemu stepped into the room, infuriated the ex-prince even more. Sovok had driven Yuugi into a corner so the younger boy couldn't escape him and was standing way too close tohis little one in Atemu's opinion. Yuugi's face was covered in tears and beginning bruises could be seen on his arms, telling Atemu that Sovok had hit Yuugi.
To say Atemu was enraged beyond belief would be an understatement.
"What the…?" Sovok turned around to stare into blazing enraged crimson orbs that were glaring at him with such a force that the ruler unconsciously stepped away from Yuugi. Yuugi quickly took advantage of this and ran to Atemu.
Atemu wrapped his arms around Yuugi's frame as the boy clung to him, softly crying into his chest.
"You… You're Prince Atemu! You're supposed to be dead according to the new Pharaoh!" Sovok exclaimed shocked.
"I'm very much alive and I'm also very much pissed off." Atemu hissed, "Nobody touches my Yuugi." The shadows in the room started to shift and move closer to the shocked and scared ruler. They surrounded him before engulfing the screaming and yelling man in darkness, pulling him into the Shadow Realm where his soul would be consumed.
Atemu looked down to Yuugi and comforted the boy, "Don't worry Yuugi, he's gone and he won't come back." Atemu hushed. His voice had returned to normal and his glare had disappeared. The third eye on his forehead was no longer visible and the rage inside him had subsided.
"Atemu!" Seth called as he stormed into the room. He calmed down a bit as he saw Atemu and Yuugi standing in the still intact room. The body of Sovok lay on the floor unmoving. He glanced back at his cousin and saw him comforting the still lightly crying Yuugi, "You two okay?"
Atemu looked up and smiled at his cousin, "We're fine."
Yuugi nodded as he pulled away from Atemu's chest, missing the small pout Atemu gave him at that action. Yuugi glanced at the body lying on the floor, "What did you do to him?" he asked.
Atemu glared at the body, "I send him somewhere he'll never return from." he growled.
Yuugi blinked in confusion but decided to drop the subject because he didn't want Atemu to be angry.
Jou and Teana ran into the room looking around panicked, "Who died!" Jou exclaimed.
Seth, Yuugi and Atemu stared at him, "No one?" Atemu said.
"But… we heard someone scream… and yell…" Jou said.
Atemu grinned, "That was 'mister-high-and-mighty' over there. He didn't like my travel agency I think." he said innocently as he pointed towards the motionless body of Sovok.
Jou and Teana looked at him confused but decided to drop it. They didn't really want to know what Atemu had done to Sovok.
"Well since you took care of 'mister-high-and-mighty', as you put call him, we might as well take some supplies and clothes from him as well." Seth said smirking, "It's not like he's going to need them anymore."
Atemu nodded, "Yeah, good idea cous. Yuugi and I will go and look for clothes, you and Jou can find stuff like a map or bags and Teana can get some food and water." he then pulled Yuugi with him into the hallway to find a room with clothes or something, without waiting for the protests his cousin would probably give him.
Seth sighed, 'Damn you Atemu. You just have to pair me up with the Mutt, don't you.' He glanced at Jou who was already looking through the room for stuff they could use. Teana had left the room already to find the kitchen, "Find anything yet, Mutt?" he asked.
Jou glared at him, "No but ya might wanno try and help." he snapped back. He glared daggers at the ex-High Priest who just smirked and started looking through the room as well.
After a few minutes, Jou came across a map of the desert. He grinned widely, "Hey Seth, look what I found."
Seth turned around and saw Jou waving a piece of papyrus in the air. He walked over and took the piece out of Jou's hands and looked at it, "A map?" he smirked, "Good job Mutt, you found something useful. I can easily find where the temple is on this thing." he patted Jou's head mockingly.
Jou slapped Seth's hand away and glared at the brunette, "Would ya just stop dat! I'm not a dog!"
Seth smirked, "Of course you are, you're my little pup." he then stepped away from the now furiously blushing Jou to see if he could find anything else they could use.
Teana was surprised to not run into anyone. Not a slave or servant seemed to be in this place. Shrugging, she was glad to finally find the kitchen. She quickly gathered some bread and filled a couple of bottles with water for them to take with them. When she was about to go back, she saw something move in the shadows. She turned to the shifting shadows and was shocked to see Dakuso emerging from them. She was about to scream when Dakuso quickly grabbed her and put a hand over her mouth to muffle the scream, which worked quite effectively, "No screaming my dear. We don't want the others to know I'm here now do we?" he asked smirking as Teana cowered in his grasp.
Teana noticed that there were a few differences between the Dakuso that had stormed into the Duel Ground and the way he looked now. For one, one of his eyes was replaced by a golden eye like thingie. Around his neck were dangling an Ankh and a ring of some sort. In his now satin dark purple robes was a rod strapped to it. All the items had the same symbol as Atemu's Puzzle had on it so Teana assumed they were Millennium items as well, and Dakuso had 4 on him as far as she could see.
"Now let's see what that brat is up to." Dakuso's Millennium Eye flashed brightly and Teana closed her eyes at the brightness, "So he wants to find the god monsters to stop me, huh?" Dakuso grinned, "Let the fool try. If he gets anywhere near them, I'll take them from him." he looked at Teana, grinning like only he could, "And you, my dear, are going to help me with that.
The Millennium Key around his neck let off a bright flash. Teana's eyes dulled and became empty, almost lifeless. Then her eyes came back into focus and Dakuso let go off her. He smirked at her as she bowed deeply in front of him, "My master. What are your wishes?" she asked respectfully.
"I want you to stay with these fools you used to call your friends. I will send people to you for reports on how things are going. When you enter the temple and you find the god monster tablets, kill Atemu and the rest before they can get to them. Then simply call for me by calling out my name in your mind. I will come to you to claim the Millennium Puzzle and the god monster tablets and you will be handsomely rewarded." he smirked as Teana nodded her head and stood up again. She gathered the food and water she had dropped and exited the kitchen to go back to her 'friends'. Dakuso smiled wickedly as she walked away, 'I will get you Atemu, no matter what!'
"So were do you think they keep the clothes around here?" Yuugi asked as he and Atemu opened door after door, "And why is there no one else in this place?"
"I don't know but I don't care about the latter part. It only makes it easier for us to look around." Atemu sighed, "Though I'd like to find those clothes now." They'd been looking around for while now but most of the rooms were filled with either jewellery, nothing, or simply furniture.
"Found it!" Yuugi suddenly exclaimed and ran into a room filled with racks of robes and other clothes. Atemu quickly followed into the room and saw Yuugi already looking through the racks to find something of his size. He chuckled lightly as Yuugi pulled out robes that werefar to big to fit him while sighing in frustration, "I know I'm not big but come on! There has to be something in my size!"
They both started looking and found clothes for Seth, Jou, Teana and Atemu himself. It wasn't until the last rack did they finally come across something in Yuugi's size.
Mentally begging Yuugi to change in front of him, Atemu pouted as he was send out of the room to bring the other clothes to Seth, Jou and Teana, while Yuugi changed, 'Damn him!' Atemu growled in his mind as he walked back to the room where he had send Sovok to the Shadow Realm.
When he entered the room, he threw the robes Yuugi and he had picked out for the two – again arguing – teens, "Stop arguing like a married couple for once would you?" he said smirking. He was surprised to see Jou blush at his comment and Seth smirk at that reaction, 'Now I know I missed something interesting here. I'll have to ask Seth about it later.'
Jou and Seth both left the room to change somewhere and Jou took Teana's clothes with him saying he'd bring them to the female brunette.
Atemu changed into his new robes, sat down on the bed and leaned back on the wall lazily waiting for his friends to return. When Yuugi entered the room his attention immediately returned to reality. Yuugi was wearing spotless sand-coloured robes that fitted him perfectly with a yellow sash around his waist. Atemu – now dressed in crimson robes with a golden sash around his waist - motioned for him to come over and pulled the boy into his lap again, "You look great." he half purred.
"T-thanks." Yuugi blushed furiously when Atemu's arms snaked themselves around his frame, making sure he couldn't go anywhere – not that he was planning on going anywhere, he was quite comfortable where he was. Atemu started nuzzling him again and Yuugi just closed his eyes while leaning against Atemu's well-toned chest, smiling. He felt Atemu's finger lifting his chin lightly and opened his eyes to stare into beautiful crimson orbs. He could get lost in those incredible crimson pools as he continued to stare, his mind already turning to mush.
Atemu slowly caressed his little angel's cheek while almost drowning himself in Yuugi's amethyst eyes. Leaning closer to his little one to finally be able to claim those lips with his own, they were interrupted when…
"SHUDDUP SETH! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF DA MUTT INSULTS! JUST STOP IT!" Jou's voice yelled out angrily. Atemu and Yuugi both snapped out of their daze, the moment ruined. Yuugi blushed bright crimson as he stared down at the ground, not daring to look up at Atemu right now.
Atemu growled in his mind at his lost chance and glared at the blonde as he entered the room. The blonde, dressed in green robes and a purple sash however, didn't seem to be noticing as he was too busy glaring himself at a certain male brunette.
Seth entered the room smirking followed by Teana who was carrying some food and water. Seth was dressin in cerulean coloured robes with an icy-blue sash and Teana was dressed in purple robes with a pink sash, "Nope, not in this life time." Seth said. (A/N: or the next lifetime for that matter if you ask me XD)
"Guys, just shut up!" Teana snapped at them. Jou huffed and turned his back to Seth as Seth himself glared at Teana for interrupting them.
Atemu sighed in defeat as he knew he could never get back to the mood Yuugi and he had been in and pushed the thought of finally kissing those lips aside for now, "Did everybody get everything they were supposed to get?" he asked.
Everybody looked at him as if just noticing him and Yuugi there. Seth smirked at the sight of Yuugi blushing bright crimson and looking at the ground while Atemu still had his arms wrapped around the younger boy's waist.
"Jou and I found a map of the desert and a couple of bags that we can use to carry the food and water." Seth said as he pointed to a corner in the room where 2 bags were lying, "We can bring some clothes with us but not too much."
Atemu nodded and let Yuugi get out of his lap as he stood up himself, "Then let's pack and get out of here." he said, "I suppose none of you have seen any horses around that we can take?"
"Probably in the stables. There should be at least one since Sovok was riding a stallion when he took Yuugi." Seth said.
They packed their stuff before going to the stables to seemore than enoughhorses there. Each of them picked out one and left the mansion without even thinking about Sovok anymore. As they left the city, they could see Ra already starting to set and knew that in a few hours, he would disappear under the horizon completely. They hoped they could find a good place to stay for the night when that came, because nights in the desert could and would be freezing cold.
Ghehe... now before you all go after me to kill me for interrupting that kiss, IT WASN'T MY FAULT! My editor was begging me to make them kiss and I just couldn't resist and had to put this in to torture her. IT'S ALL HER FAULT! GO GET DODO, NOT ME! °sees people coming at her with pitchforks and torches° uh oh, better go hide now. °gulps° uhm, R&R please! °runs to her hideout as fast as possible°