Well here's the very last hopefully fluff-filled chap to this story, and the update is up sooner than I bet you all expected. Man, I can't believe I actually managed to finish this thing with an update every week even with all the problems I had… °gets all emotional° And I'm gonna miss this thing. I've been getting such good reviews and I'm gonna miss all of you!

S2Teennovilist: yeah, I agree that Dakuso had a really big death wish, and hey! He got his wish ne? °grins° Can't say I'm not being helpful. Although I think it must've kinda hurt yeah… Oh well, not my problem. And about the writers block, you have no idea how annoying it was to sit behind the computer, knowing you have to update on Saturday BUT NOTHING WILL COME OUT OF YOUR BRAIN! I think I spend at least 4 days writing that fight and I'm still now happy with it °sighs° oh well. Thanx for the review and have fun with the last chap!

Well I think I'll let you read the chap now, since that's what you came here to do °sighs° R&R!

--: Epilogue :--
Alone with you

'I still can't believe this…'

"The East has reported that the damage done there has finally been repaired and-"

'After all this time he tried to get my attention during those meetings…'

"-lives are slowly starting up again. All opposing soldiers have left Egypt and-"

'He finally did it…'

"Pharaoh? Are you even listening to the report?"

Atemu sighed as he looked up from a spot on the large table in front of him, into the slightly annoyed eyes of Isis.

'My father finally got me to pay attention to what's being said during the council meetings.'

Another sigh escaped Atemu's lips as his left eye twitched slightly. "Yes, I am. You were talking about the opposing soldiers having left Egypt."

Isis blinked, obviously not having expected that Atemu had been listening to her report. "Yes." she said blankly before simply continuing the report she had been giving.

Atemu paid as much attention to what was being said as possible for his standards. It had been three months since Seth and he had beaten Dakuso, and Egypt was finally starting to recover from all that Dakuso had done to it. The war had been settled surprisingly quickly by simple peace-talks and explanations about what had happened. Of course, with Atemu being the new Pharaoh now, he had been very preoccupied and Seth and he hadn't been able to spend much time with Jou and Yuugi. That, and Atemu had to pay attention during those damned meetings he despised going to so much.

Atemu refocused on the meeting as his thoughts had already been drifting away to Yuugi and the amount of time they needed to catch up on. Not to mention all the things they could do in that time. He briefly glanced at his cousin to see him having just as much trouble paying attention to Isis' report as he was having at the time. It seemed his cousin was dreaming about the missed time with his 'Pup' as well.

Seth blinked as he felt Atemu's eyes on him, something that had snapped him back to reality. He'd been zoning out slightly during the entire meeting already, and Isis' boring voice wasn't really doing much to help him keep his attention where it should be at the moment.

Of course where his attention was supposed to be was discussable, since he himself though that his attention belonged with his Pup, not Isis.

After what seemed like an eternity, the meeting finally ended and Seth left the meeting room together with Atemu, both looking quite sleep-deprived, and annoyed.

"Seth?"

"Don't even think about it."

"But-"

"No Atemu. You have a country to rule."

"You know you want to get to Jou as much as I want to get to Yuugi."

Seth sighed as he looked at his now smugly smirking cousin. Atemu had a very good point. After three months of getting almost no sleep, let alone spending time with his Pup, he really did want to get away from all his duties and just do something alone with Jou.

"I do, Atemu. But Egypt-"

"Can handle itself for one day." Atemu cut in calmly as he crossed his arms, "I'm sure Isis and the other priests can handle it for just one day."

Seth let out a frustrated sigh, knowing his cousin was probably right. And of course there was that annoying voice in his head yelling at him to get his ass over to his love, instead of trying to find excuses to work.

"I hate it when you're right you know." Atemu's smirk simply widened as Seth mock glared at him. Isis was going to kill both of them for this, and if she didn't do it, Shimon or one of the others would… or they would all team up, Shimon would probably be the leader together with Isis in that case.

"Good, then I'm getting out of here before Isis gets her hands on me." Before Seth could say another word, Atemu had disappeared into one of the many corridors, off to find Yuugi. He sighed, "Well, if he's going to skip out on his duties," a smirk appeared on his face, "then so am I."

Quickly making his way to his bed chambers where he hoped to find Jou, he watched carefully so none of the other Priests would catch him. He swore that Shimon had somehow given the walls eyes just so he could keep an eye on everybody; the old man always knew exactly what was going on.

"Okay, so I've counted all da dots on da ceilin', thought of at least fifty ways ta kill all dose Priests for keepin' Seth so busy, and annoyed about every guard in da place. Now what else can I do…"

Jou let out a sigh as looked out of the window at the beautiful landscape of Egypt. To state the obvious, he was bored, and had run out of options to entertain himself even if they were only increasing his boredom.

"Maybe Yuugi and me can go and bug dat Shimon guy again…" Jou muttered, not noticing the door behind him opening and someone entering the room silently.

"Isis would warn him and he'd set up traps for you." Jou almost jumped into the air at hearing someone behind and tensed as he turned around. Before he could completely turn around though, strong arms wrapped around his waist and prevented him from turning, as soft kisses were laid in his neck.

Jou smiled and relaxed immediately, "Maybe, but it would be fun ta see how far we'd get." The grip around his waist loosened and Jou turned completely to look into the smirking face of his lover.

"True, it would be very funny to see you try and get to Shimon." Jou snorted at the mocking tone before being silenced by Seth's lips pressed to his. Not one to oppose to this, Jou quickly leaned into the kiss, very happy that Seth was at least spending a few minutes with him.

As they broke away after a few moments, Jou let out a content sigh as he rested his head on Seth's chest, "Not dat I'm complainin', but aren't you supposed to be rulin' Egypt with Atemu?"

"Well my dear cousin decided that he needed some alone time with Yuugi, and I don't want to face Shimon or Isis when they find out, so I followed his example." Seth said, pulling Jou ever closer to him.

"But… aren't Isis and Shimon gonna kill ya even more now?" Jou looked back at Seth to see nothing more than a shrug.

"They'll have to find me first in that case. And I'm planning on spending my entire day with you for a change."

"Really?" Seth looked into Jou's hopeful honey-brown eyes, and decided there and then that he didn't care what Shimon and Isis would do to him when they found him. The only thing that mattered right now was Jou, and making the Pup happy. After all, he knew Jou must've been bored to death over the last three months. The only thing he could really do was… well, annoy people. Come to think of it, that was probably why all the guards and Shimon were so cranky these days.

Seth smiled, a rare and only meant for Jou gesture that almost no one else ever got from him, "Really Pup. Now let's get out of the palace before anyone finds us and somehow sends me to work."

Jou quickly leaned up and brushed his lips with Seth as a quick way of thanking the other, "Well come on then. I say we take Atemu's route."

Seth smirked. Going through the window had been officially dubbed 'Atemu's route' ever since they had gotten back. Seth knew Jou and Yuugi had been using that route to go to town and duel there sometimes, as well as to check on Yuugi's grandfather. The man oddly reminded Seth of Shimon, and when the other would move into the palace – which was bound to happen sooner or later – Seth feared hoped his mind was just playing a trick on him.

"Let's go then." Seth released Jou from his hold after another chaste kiss, and both quickly jumped out of the window to make their way into town. Everybody knew by now that Jou and Yuugi were High Priest Seth and Pharaoh Atemu's lovers, and all knew as well that the two royalties had visited their town in disguise. The entire Duel Ground had been in uproar about it, and Seth knew that disguising himself wouldn't help one bit this time. He's just have to hope he wouldn't get stared at too much… okay, so he was asking for a miracle but those still happened you know.

The two teens made their way through town, talking about everything that had been going on for the past three months and adding more ideas to the 'how-to-kill-the-other-Priests-for-keeping-Seth-away-from-Jou' list. It seemed Seth had quite a vivid imagination when it came to certain points.

As they entered the Duel Ground, they finally noticed that all looks were on them, and that everybody had stopped doing what they were doing just to get a glance of the young couple. Seth felt his eye twitch. Why did everybody always have to stare, "What!" everybody immediately turned away at the harsh glare Seth was giving, and continued what they were doing while secretly still throwing glances at them.

Jou snickered at the reaction to his boyfriend's glare; he'd gotten too used to it to be even slightly fazed by it, "Come on, Seth. You're gonna glare holes into dem if you keep dis up." He simply leaned up and kissed Seth softly, wanting to break away immediately and leave it at that, but was stopped by Seth's arms wrapping around him and pulling him closer, deepening the kiss.

As the two pulled away after a while, all eyes where once again on them and Seth's just calmed nerves tensed immediately, his glare back in place completely.

Deciding that Seth would probably send everyone to the Shadow Realm if they stayed any longer, Jou started pulling Seth to the exit of the Duel Ground, already knowing a place where they could be alone.

"If I catch anyone else staring at us…" the rest of the sentence was muttered under Seth's breath and Jou snickered again.

"Come on, I know a place where we can probably be alone."

Seth gave him a suspicious and confused look but Jou merely pulled him along to the old part of town, and into one of the rundown houses there.

"Welcome to my place!" Jou said grinning widely at the shocked and half disgusted face; the house he's been living in before he had met Seth wasn't exactly in good shape, and Jou knew it.

A smirk came back on Seth's face after scanning the room they were in, and a mischievous glint appeared in his eyes, "Well at least we're alone now."

Before Jou could say or do another thing, he was roughly pushed against the wall with Seth attacking his lips and neck. As a moan escaped the blonde teen's lips, he smiled contently, glad to finally be alone with Seth.

Yuugi blinked…. he blinked again… Okay, so there was nothing to do. He could deal with this. He could find a way to entertain himself until Atemu would be done with all this.

Yuugi blinked one last time before letting out a long sigh. 'Well, maybe I can't but I don't have much choice.' He glanced around the large room Atemu and he now shared to find something he could do, only to come up blank; he'd done everything there was to do, and he didn't feel like going into town.

Groaning, Yuugi just flopped onto the bed and stared at the ceiling much as Atemu would do at times. After a while of blankly staring at the ceiling – and deciding that counting the dots on it like Jou had advised was just too boring – he closed his eyes, hoping that he'd get an idea for something like that.

He heard the door slowly opening and someone coming into the room, but just assumed it was one of the maids coming here to do whatever the hell she was supposed to do. It wasn't like Atemu would somehow walk through the door, having actual time to spend with him. Not that he blamed his boyfriend, it was those stupid Priests – Seth not included – that kept Atemu busy so much.

"Aibou?" Wait… there was only one person that called him that… and there was only one person with that voice that could send shivers down his spine…

Slowly amethyst eyes opened to lock with crimson, "Atemu?"

Atemu smiled softly as he sat down next to Yuugi on the bed and saw the shocked expression on his Little One's face. He leaned down without saying another word, and kissed Yuugi softly, enjoying their first relaxed moment in a long time. In the past three months, they had only quickly brushed lips, either because Atemu had to go or because he was just too tired to do anything.

As Atemu pulled away, he saw the bright smile he had missed so much over those three months coming back to Yuugi's face, the light that had dimmed in his eyes because of all the boredom returning in a flash.

"You finally escaped Shimon and Isis?" Atemu smirked at the all-knowing smile on Yuugi's face; his little angel just knew him too well.

"Would you rather have me going back to the throne room so I can work?" Atemu taunted slightly, immediately feeling Yuugi pulling him onto the bed. "I'll take that as a no."

Yuugi smiled and nuzzled into Atemu's chest as strong arms encircled his waist, pulling him even closer. As he felt Atemu's finger lifting his chin, Yuugi looked up to meet those beautiful crimson orbs, before closing his own eyes as Atemu's lips met his.

This kiss was much longer and more passionate then than the last, and just as the two pulled away for air, the door opened revealing a scowling Shimon.

"Pharaoh, I thought I'd find you here." Atemu groaned as Yuugi pouted. Great, now Shimon was going to force Atemu to come to the throne room, leaving Yuugi bored, and Atemu annoyed. Great, and just when they thought they'd get a little alone time.

"Shimon, I-"

"No Pharaoh, you have a country to rule. Now come along." Atemu felt Yuugi's arms around him tighten, obviously not wanting Atemu to leave.

"Can't you people just go one day without me?" Atemu pleaded, "I've been spending all my time ruling for the past three months, and I'd like to spend some time with Yuugi now."

Shimon let out a sigh as he looked at the two young lovers. He knew that Atemu was right and that they deserved one day alone, though he was sure Isis would disagree with him. Pleading crimson and amethyst locked onto his own violet eyes, and he caved immediately, having absolutely no resistance to those looks.

"Isis is going to kill me for this." Bright smiles broke through on Atemu and Yuugi's faces, and every bit of doubt Shimon had had vanished, "Just don't expect me to try and stop Isis when she hears. I'm sure she'll want to come in here and drag you away. Now do you know where your cousin is?"

A smirk appeared on Atemu's face at the mentioning of his cousin; it seemed he had done the same and had even left the palace to be alone.

"Never mind, I think I already know." Shimon let out yet another sigh as he saw the smirk on his Pharaoh's face, before shaking his head and leaving the room. Now Isis was definitely going to kill him.

"So, where were we?" before Yuugi could answer Atemu's lips were once again on his, his tongue already asking for permission to enter. Yuugi gladly obliged, and soft moans escaped his throat as Atemu explored his mouth again, and let his hands roam under the robes he was wearing.

As they finally pulled away, Atemu started kissing his way to Yuugi's neck, sucking on the flesh there and drawing more moans of pleasure from Yuugi.

Just as Atemu started kissing his way back to Yuugi's mouth, the door once again opened – although al lot rougher this time – to reveal a pissed off looking Isis, the rest of the Priests behind her – though the other Priests looked more scared of Isis than angry at Atemu.

"Pharaoh, your presence is required in the throne room." Isis said as respectful as possible, though Yuugi thought is sounded more like a growl than anything else.

Yuugi glanced back at Atemu to see the very annoyed look on the other's face, and the light glow of the Millennium Puzzle that lay beside them on the bed. Well one thing was for sure, if Isis said another thing to get Atemu out of the room, she'd be facing a very pissed off Atemu.

"You can handle ruling Egypt for one day without me Isis. Now leave."

"You are the Pharaoh," Atemu's eye twitched, "so you are the one who is supposed to rule," a low growl only Yuugi could hear, "so you need to come to the throne room." And that was it. Atemu's eyes turned a darker shade and the Puzzle was shining quite visibly right now.

"I said that you could handle the country for one day, and that you had to leave. Now go or make you." Even Isis took a step at the harsh glare and low dangerous tone Atemu was using. Maybe she could just leave it at this for once?

"Y-yes, my Pharaoh." Isis quickly closed the door, her angry mood completely changed to scared.

Yuugi shook his head as the Millennium Puzzle dimmed down and Atemu's expression went from angry to merely annoyed, "She's gone you know."

Atemu let out a sigh and looked back at Yuugi, his mood ruined and annoyance still visible on his face. Before he could really say anything to Yuugi, he felt soft lips press against his again, and his bad mood vanished in an instant. He gladly deepened the kiss, already forgetting all about Isis and the other Priests. The only thing that mattered right now, was finally being alone with Yuugi, and being able to spend some time with him at long last.

And that, people, was the very last chap to my story. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did writing it. Well thanx again to all my reader and reviewers, and of course a special thanx to my editor, and for the very last time, REVIEW!