Author's Note: We've fast forwarded a year since Yami was taken to the palace and Yugi became the new leader of the resistance.
Yami woke up to the sun shining through his bedroom window. Climbing out of bed he got changed into a pair of black pants and a white blouse. After making his bed Yami headed towards Atem's room and saw he was still sleeping. Staring out the balcony doors, Yami could see the sun rising and knew Atem had to be up in the next few minutes. Sighing Yami headed over to the bed and shook Atem gently.
"Atem," he spoke gently trying to wake him up. Atem however didn't budge. A knock at the door came a moment later and Yami went to answer it. On the other side, he found Heba, Atem's younger brother.
"Good Morning Yami, is Atem awake yet?" Yami shook his head.
"I tried getting him up," Heba nodded and stepped inside. Yami followed closing the door behind him, Heba went to stand beside Atem and grabbed a pillow from the other side of the bed. "What are you going to do with that?" Yami asked confused.
"It always worked when we were kids," Heba then brought the pillow down hard on Atem's head. Atem shot up a moment later and glared at his brother.
"What the hell was that for!?" Heba rolled his eyes tossing the pillow down.
"You're supposed to be awake," Atem looked confused.
"Why?" Heba sighed with a growl.
"In case you're forgotten Lady Eva is visiting today," Atem's eyes widened.
"That was today?" Heba nodded, he headed back towards the door.
"Get dressed, you have 6 minutes to be downstairs," Heba then left the room slamming the door behind him. Atem sighed and got out of bed.
"Yami can you make the bed while I get ready?" Yami smiled and nodded.
"Don't I always?" Atem got changed quickly while Yami made the bed.
"Yami where's my..."
"In the closer hanging up," Yami fluffed the pillows and set them back on the bed.
"Where's my..."
"In the chest on the desk," Atem nodded and placed his crown on his head and fixed his hair.
"How did you know where everything was?"
"I put them there so that it would be easier to find in the morning," Yami slipped on his shoes and a black jacket. "Who knew the Emperor was such a mess before he forced me to be his servant."
"You're still not over that? Sheesh," Atem said with a roll of his eyes.
"Would you if you were forced to be someone's servant?" Yami asked as he remembered the first few days he was Atem's servant.
"Fair point," Atem pointed out with a sigh. Yami had eventually given up trying to run away and just accepted his fate. Mostly from the point that the collar around his neck responded to Atem's commands like "freeze".
The two then headed downstairs where everyone else was waiting for them. Yami took notice that everyone from the Royal Court and the Council was there. The council consisted of 11 vampires, 12 if you include Atem. Yami had only spoken to the council once, and that was when he ran into them on his first day. He could tell the council didn't appreciate his presence very much, he was the only human besides Otogi's mate Honda.
Yami could still remember the day he and Atem started to grow closer, the same day the council really started to dislike him.
Yami grumbled when Atem had dragged him to another boring meeting.
"Remind me again why I always have to come to these," Atem sighed as he explained why for what felt like the thousandth time.
"Because you're my servant, wherever I go you go," Yami rolled his eyes. "Honestly if I knew you were going to be this much trouble I wouldn't have taken you to be my personal servant." Yami scoffed.
"Then why did you?" Atem smirked.
"Because I know this tortures you."
Half an hour into the meeting and Yami was bored as Ra. Yami suddenly took notice of a glint of silver in the dark behind Atem's chair. Yami moved to the other side of the chair slowly, the figure must have seen this because they struck.
"Atem! Look out!" Yami called out jumping in front of Atem. Everyone stood up alarmed, two guards who were known as Bakura and Marik grabbed the assassin and pinned him down. A councilman suddenly got red in his face and yelled at Yami.
"How dare you address the Emperor by his first name, you should know your place boy!" Atem turned around and glared.
"James I suggest you shut your mouth and look and see why he did," James's attention turned to Yami who had fallen into Atem's arms, he was hiding his side while his face showed he was in pain. Isis stepped forwards and removed Yami's hand to reveal a pool of blood had formed where the assassin had stabbed Yami instead of Atem, Isis sighed.
"You're lucky it was the side he got you in and not the chest."
"Will he be alright?" Isis nodded.
"he will, he'll need stitches though," Atem nodded and lifted Yami into his arms, the meeting was to be ended there while the mess was sorted out. Atem followed Isis towards the medical wing.
"Yami why did you do that?"
"Do what?" Atem frowned.
"Why did you save me?" Yami frowned.
"oh that" Atem waited for an answer, Yami chuckled.
"I guess you've grown on me". Atem rolled his eyes as Isis came back with the materials needed. Atem stayed in the room while Isis cleaned and stitched up Yami's wounds and then proceed to stitch the wound.
Yami was brought out of his thoughts when a carriage pulled up. The carriage was white with gold lining, pulled by pure white horses. The door opened and a tan woman stepped out. She had red hair which was curled and tied in a half up-do with a bun. Her teal eyes pierced the air as she looked around. She was dressed in a white dress which split on the side with white flats. On each wrist was a gold band and around her neck was a golden necklace with a purple gem in the middle. A white hairpiece decorated her bun and a sheer blue shawl covered her arms. Atem stepped forwards with a smile.
"Welcome Lady Eva, I hope your trip wasn't too bad," Eva shook her head with a smile.
"It wasn't as bad as I expected it to be," Eva said adjusting the shawl around her. "And how many times do I have to tell you? It's just Eva."
Atem held out his arm for Eva to take, with a smile Eva wrapped her arm around his. The two headed towards the palace doors, as they walked past everyone bowed to the princess. Yami followed a few feet away from Atem as they walked inside the palace.
"Your majesty," a palace worker ran towards the group. "I'm sorry for interrupting but there's a matter you need to attend to," Atem nodded.
"Forgive me Eva but I must attend to this" Eva smiled and shook her head.
"Of course I understand," Atem turned to Yami.
"Can you show her where her room is?" Yami nodded and Atem headed off with the servant, Eva turned to Yami with a soft smile.
"I would like to head to my room," Yami nodded and headed up the stairs. "You're a human aren't you?" Eva asked walking beside Yami, Yami nodded.
"I am," Eva nodded.
"Atem's never had a human as a servant before."
"Why's that?" Eva shrugged.
"I guess he's never had a reason to," Yami stopped out a double doored room. "Will I see you at dinner?" Yami shrugged.
"Perhaps," Eva nodded and headed inside. Yami headed back down the stairs and ran into Anzu who glared at him.
"Watch it human" she left her heeled boots clicking against the floor. Yami sighed and continued down the stairs.
'She's always been like that' he thought as he headed down the hallway. As he turned a corner he ran into Mai, Yami fell to the floor as did Mai.
"Are you alright hun?" Mai asked lending a hand to Yami, he nodded and took the hand standing up.
"I'm alright," Mai nodded.
"Before I forget the Emperor wants to see you in his study," Yami nodded and headed off. When Yami got to Atem's study he knocked gently on the door.
"Come in," Yami entered a moment later and found Atem signing paperwork at his desk.
"You wanted to see me?" Atem put his pen down and nodded "I did indeed." Atem stood up, "I need you to stay with Lady Eva, keep her company and stay with her at all times," Yami nodded but his face held confusion.
"Any specific reason?" Atem sighed.
"Recently there's been talk of a killer lurking about and it seems Eva is drawn to you," Yami nodded.
"Very well then, but what about you?"
"I'll be fine, I'll have Seto with me," Yami nodded and turned to leave. "Yami," he turned around to face Atem once more. Something was tossed to Yami and he caught it just before it hit the ground. Upon further analysis, Yami found that it was his sword, in confusion Yami lifted his head to give Atem a confused look.
"You trust me with this?" Atem nodded.
"I told you one day I would trust you enough to let you carry that sword of yours around," Yami smiled.
"How do you know I won't use it against you?" Atem smirked.
"Guess we'll have to wait and see."
Yami sighed as he left Atem's study and headed back towards his room. As he turned a corner Yami got the feeling he was being followed. He turned around and looked behind him, only to find no one there. Yami turned back around only to come face to face with a vampire with jet black hair and red eyes. He gasped and stepped back a few steps, the vampire grabbing his arm and dragged his back forward.
"Going somewhere Motou?" Yami winced as the grip on his arm tightened "I recognize you anywhere, you and your stupid resistance group killed my brother and my sister, and for that, you'll pay dearly." Yami reached for his sword only to find it wasn't around his waist like it should have been.
"Looking for this," the vampire held up Yami's sword in his other hand, Yami glared as the vampire threw his sword away to the other side of the hallway. The vampire turned back towards Yami with a glint in his eyes that sent fear through Yami's body. The vampire suddenly picked Yami off the ground by the front of his shirt and pinned him against the wall. Yami hissed in pain and the vampire smirked.
"Now you're going to get what you deserve, I'm going to enjoy this," the vampire leaned towards Yami's neck and licked it with his tongue. Yami shivered and clamped his eyes shut, he could feel the vampire's teeth rub against his neck but they hadn't punctured yet.
Suddenly Yami was dropped to the ground released from the vampire's hold. Yami was struggling to get his breath back, he opened his eyes to find two of Atem's guards Bakura and Marik pinning the vampire down. Atem came running towards Yami concern on his face.
"Are you alright Yami?" Yami turned to Atem and nodded.
"I'm alright," Yami shivered as he could still feel the feeling of the vampire's tongue and teeth against his neck.
The vampire was soon dragged out of the room by Bakura and Marik. Atem helped Yami stand up and balance himself, Heba arrived shortly after.
"What happened?" Atem and Yami turned to him.
"A vampire tried to kill Yami"
"What for?" Atem and Heba turned to Yami who was looking towards the ground.
"His brother and sister were killed by the resistance group," Yami explained with a sigh.
"So he wanted revenge?" Heba said piecing the clues together. Yami nodded and grabbed his arm. Atem could see a bruise forming from where the vampire had gripped Yami's arm.
"Heba take Yami to see Isis, and stay with him," Heba nodded and left the room, Yami following.
Atem turned and left the room and towards the dungeons. Bakura and Marik were standing outside the vampire's cell where his wrists were chained to the wall. Atem nodded to Bakura and Marik who nodded and left. Atem could tell they were disappointed to have left but he needed to be alone for this. Once Atem was sure they were gone he unlocked the cell door and stepped inside.
Through the darkness, Atem could make out angry red eyes. The vampire turned his head up and glared at Atem.
"You know who I am do you not?" the vampire nodded.
"I do your highness," from the way the vampire spoke Atem could tell he was angry.
"Then explain why you attacked my personal servant. You do know it is against the law do you not?" the vampire snarled with anger.
"That human deserves to die, for the pain he's caused to the vampires and for killing my brother and sister," Atem leaned against the wall.
"And that gives you the right to attack my servant?" the vampire kept quiet. "I thought you would have learned your lesson from the last time you attack a servant of mine," the vampire glared.
"Humans don't deserve to live, the vampires should be the only ones to live," Atem glared.
"So why did you attack me when I tried to stop you last time?"
"You were simply in the way of my job Emperor," Atem's glare intensified.
"Is that how you see it?" the vampire nodded. "You'll be executed for your crimes." The vampire's eyes widened in fear, though most vampires would. Rumours had been spread that the Emperors executions were brutal and cruel.
Atem turned and left the cell. He exited the dungeon. Bakura and Marik headed back inside to guard the man inside.
When Atem arrived at his room he found Yami putting his laundry away.
"How's your arm?" Yami jumped at the sudden voice.
"isis said a couple of bones were broken but they'll heal in a few days," Atem nodded, he noticed Yami seemed to be in pain from using his arm.
"I can finish the rest, you go and rest," Yami frowned.
"But I haven't finished..." Atem grabbed the pile from his arms with a stern look. He turned Yami and pushed him into his room that was connected to his. Once inside Atem pushed Yami down so he was sitting down on the bed.
"You can afford to take a few days off until your arm is healed, until then don't do anything that requires your arm, just spend time with Eva," Yami opened his mouth to say something but a look from Atem shut him up. Yami sighed but nodded.
"Fine," Atem nodded and left the room to get ready for bed.
~Somewhere in Egypt~
Anzu sighed from where she stood. She was planning to meet an old friend where the old castle stood. Heels made her turn her head, she noticed a cloaked figure.
"If that's you Dartz, you can take the hood off," the figure known as Dartz took off his hood.
"I can never fool you, my dear," Anzu rolled her eyes.
"Whatever". Dartz sighed.
"Now Anzu, you said you had a job you need me to do," Anzu nodded.
"Yes you see there's a servant of the Emperor's that I need you to get rid of," Dartz nodded.
"Another interfering individual messing with your plans to marry the Emperor again Anzu?" Anzu glared.
"if you're not willing to do this job then I can get another one of my father's friends to do it."
"I never said I wouldn't my dear," Anzu rolled her eyes.
"The Emperor's holding a ball to celebrate Princess Eva's visit coming to an end, I want to meet a week before then to go over the plan," Dartz nodded.
"Same time, same place?" Anzu nodded.
"I should have the payment for you, for the day after the ball," Dartz nodded and the two parted ways.
Anzu headed back inside the palace after sneaking back in. As she headed down the hallway to her room she ran into Mai.
"Where were you?" Mai asked leaning against the wall.
"I was finishing my duties," Mai glared.
"Our duties ended an hour ago Anzu, even the ones that go late," Anzu glared.
"My business doesn't concern you Valentine, why don't you stick to being the Emperor's little pet," Anzu pushed past her and opened her bedroom door.
"At least I don't kiss up to the Emperor to be his little whore," Anzu froze and turned to yell at Mai, but she found that Mai had gone into her bedroom. Anzu rolled her eyes and entered her bedroom and closed it behind her.