The next day Atem was in a meeting with Yugi, Ryou, Malik, and Joey. Yami was with Heba walking around the palace.

"How do you think the meetings going?" Yami asked as they entered the gardens, Heba shrugged.

"Who knows, but hopefully it's a step closer to peace," the two sat down next to the fountain and listened to the peaceful sounds of the gardens. "How have you been? I mean with the morning sickness and all," Yami winced remembering this morning.

"That's the part I hate most about this," Heba smiled.

"At least in the end it will be all worth it," Yami smiled and nodded.

"I can't wait for when I get to hold her."

"Her?" Heba asked with a raised eyebrow, Yami nodded.

"I'm convinced it's a girl, but Ate says since the baby is kicking so much that it's a boy," Heba laughed.

"Already arguing about genders?" Yami glared.

"It's not my fault, it's the hormones."

An hour later Atem and Yugi entered the gardens. Behind them was Ryou, Joey, and Malik. Atem sat next to Yami while Yugi sat next to Heba. Joey, Ryou, and Malik sat in front of the four, the seven of them forming a semicircle.

"How was the meeting?" Yami asked as Atem pecked his cheek.

"Well we found out through Seto that making the treaty will take months," Yugi said with a frown.

"8 months to be exact," Ryou added. Yami turned to Atem.

"So by the time the treaty's made, our child will be born," Atem nodded.

"Which means an even bigger celebration," Yami groaned.

"That means another huge ass party," Yugi and Heba giggled remembering how Yami was during the wedding party.

By the time it was night Yami was exhausted. He was tired, sore, stressed. And having a strange craving for ice cream with kiwi and chocolate sauce.

"Ate," he whined trying to grab his mate's attention, said man was taking off his jewelry.

"What is it Yami?" Atem asked not turning and starting to take his earrings out of his ears.

"I'm hungry," Atem froze and turned, one earring out already.

"How can you be hungry after all you ate at dinner?" Yami pouted.

"But Ate," Atem sighed as he pulled out his other earring.

"Alright, what do you want?" Yami lit up and smiled.

"Ice cream with kiwi and chocolate sauce."

Atem sighed and exited the bedroom towards the kitchen. Yami sighed 'he's already stressed enough, I shouldn't have to make him do stuff for me'.

Atem returned shortly with Yami's ice cream, he held out the bowl to Yami who took it without a smile. Atem noticed and sat on the bed in front of him.

"What's wrong?" Yami sighed, a tear slipping down his cheek.

"I'm sorry."

"For what?" Yami put the bowl on his lap and the spoon on the bed.

"For making you more stressed, I can tell you already are, I shouldn't have you do stuff for me just because I'm pregnant," Atem smiled gently, wiping the tears that slipped out of Yami's eyes with his thumbs.

"Hey, I don't mind, I'd do anything to make you happy," Yami smiled back.

"You sure?" Atem nodded.

"I'm sure."

The two soon changed for bed and a servant came and took Yami's empty bowl.

Yami tossed and turned as a nightmare plagued his dreams.

Yami screamed as a wave of pain hit him. Explosions could be heard outside and the sounds of guns and swords clashing.

"Yami honey you need you breath and push," Yami shook his head and clenched his hand which Yugi held.

"I can't, she can't come now."

"Yami I know it's stressful right now but you have to push," Yugi squeezed his hand gently

"Yami you have to do this now, even if he isn't here." Yami shook his head.

"He wouldn't come anyways, he hates me," Yugi frowned.

"Yami please, don't let your child die, you need to push!" he shouted. Blood started coming out of Yami, staining the bedsheets. Yami screamed as a new pain hit him.

"Oh my god, Yugi get me a knife now!"

Yami awoke with a start. Cold sweat clung to him. He was shaking and breathing heavily. He turned to Atem who was still fast asleep on his side of the bed. Yami sighed shakily and grabbed a thin jacket from the chair which he wore earlier and headed towards the balcony. Egypt was colder at night, Yami shivered as a gust of wind blew towards him. He was still shaken from his dream. Why were there explosions? Why was there the sound of swords clashing? Why were there guns being shot? Who was he? He had so many other questions, ones he didn't have the answers for.

Atem woke up being pulled out of sleep by something in the mind link. Yami. He could sense Yami's stress and fear. He turned over to find Yami wasn't in bed where he usually lay. Sitting up Atem looked around and found Yami on the balcony. Pulling on a jacket Atem headed to the balcony and went to stand beside Yami.

"What are you doing up so late?" Yami jumped at the sudden voice, he smiled seeing it was his mate.

"Just needed some air," Yami said lying through his teeth.

"Yami, I can sense your fear and stress," he placed a gentle hand on Yami's shoulder. "What's wrong?" Yami sighed before he started to tell Atem of his dream.

"I don't know what it means Ate, I'm worried about what might happen to our child."

"Hey," Atem interrupted. "Everything is going to be alright."

"You promise?" Atem smiled. "I promise," Atem started to lead his mate back to the bedroom. "Now you should get some rest, tomorrow your first day with Mahad starts," Yami smiled softly, cuddling into Atem's chest.

"I almost forgot about that."

"That's it Yami, now just relax and focus on what you see in your mind," Mahad said in a gentle tone. Mana was nowhere to be found so Mahad just started the lesson without her. Yami had his eyes closed and sat crisscrossed on a rug set up on the floor. His bracelet was attached to his wrist with still a plain white gem. "Now what do you see?" Yami furrowed his eyebrows.

"I see nothing, just darkness."

"Try focusing more closely," Mahad said gently. Yami tried to find the colours Mahad described to him earlier but no luck. Yami groaned and opened his eyes.

"It's no use I just can't find them," Mahad smiled.

"It takes time Yami, you'll get it, it took me 3 years to find mine." Suddenly the doors slammed opened and in ran Mana out of breath.

"Sorry I'm late!" she called collapsing to the floor beside Yami.

"I was helping Isis in the medical room," Mahad sighed."

Yami you can go, unless you wish to have me repeat the lesson?" Yami shook his head.

"I'll be going."

Yami entered the lounge to find Marik, and Bakura lying face down on the couch.

"What's with you two?" he asked sitting on one of the bean bag chairs.

"Atem's in another meeting with Yugi, Joey, Ryou, and Malik so those two have nothing to do," Ootogi said from beside Honda. Yami rolled his eyes with a sigh.

"But now that you're here..." Bakura started to stay but Yami cut him off.

"Even think about it and I will end you," he growled his hormones taking over.

"Remind me never to mess with a pregnant Yami," Marik said with a smile. Heba entered the lounge and sat down on a bean bag chair beside Yami. A smile present on his face.

"What's with the smile?" Yami asked curiously.

"He's just happy cause he finally found a girlfriend," Bakura said with a grin. Heba blushed and Yami smiled.

"A girlfriend huh? Does Atem know?" Heba blushed darker.

"Not yet, I'll tell him though," Honda smiled.

"I think it's sweet Heba, you finally found someone you love," Yami nodded with a smile.

"I agree."

Honda stood up to grab a book from the shelf but suddenly gasped in pain. Ootogi was at his side in an instant.

"What's wrong?" Honda grimaced.

"I think my water just broke," Ootogi's eyes widened.

"Heba go warn Isis that we're coming," Heba nodded and ran from the room. Ootogi picked up Honda and exited the room with Yami close behind followed by Bakura and Marik.

As soon as they reached the medical room Isis pushed Ootogi out of the room. All four sat down on chairs outside waiting.

An hour passed and soon Atem and the others arrived.

"We just heard, how long has he been in there?"

"An hour and a half," Ootogi answered, clearly stressed. Yami placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I'm sure everything's alright Ootogi."

"But it's a month early, what if something goes wrong?" Yami frowned.

"You just have to hope for the best," Ootogi nodded with a small smile.

A couple of hours later Isis exited the room and Ootogi stood up.

"How is he?" Isis smiled.

"Honda is fine, tired but he's alright," Ootogi breathed a sigh of relief.

"As is your child."

"Can I?" Isis nodded and Ootogi entered the room.

"What did they have?" Yami asked curiosity present on his face.

"A little boy," Isis said with a smile and walked off.

An hour later everyone had visited Honda and Ootogi in their bed chambers, after they settled in. Honda was sitting up with their son drinking milk from a bottle. Ootogi was sitting beside him watching his son with a smile on his face.

"What's his name?" Yami asked watching the baby in Honda's arms.

"Anthony Taylor," Ootogi replied making eye contact with Yami.

"After your father?" Atem asked placing a hand around Yami's waist, Ootogi nodded.

"Honda seemed to think it fit him, so we agreed on Anthony Taylor."

After everyone disbanded and went on with their day, Yami and Yugi walked around the palace.

"So how have you been with the baby?" Yugi asked breaking the silence.

"To be honest, I've been a mix of both good and bad. I mean with the morning sickness and all," Yugi nodded.

"And Atem?" Yami smiled.

"Well he's been busy lately, but when he's not he won't let me out of his sight," Yugi giggled.

"And he was worried about you being all nervous and stuff" Yami cracked a laugh. "It seems as though it's the other way around."

At dinner, everyone seemed more relaxed. Ryou, Malik, and Joey were talking to the others as if they've known them for a long time. Ryou was talking to Bakura, Malik was talking to Marik and Joey was taking to Seto. Which was surprising since Seto didn't really talk to anyone in the first place, unless he really needed to. Yugi was talking to Heba who was sitting beside him, the two were smiling and giggling in such similar ways that they seemed like brothers.

Yami turned to Atem who was focused on his dinner instead of conversations.

"What is it?" Atem lifted his head and smiled gently grabbing Yami's hand in his own.

"Nothing, just tired," Yami could see right through that smile, he knew something was wrong.

However, Atem was prideful. He didn't like it when people saw how weak he was. He hid his emotions from the world, even from Heba. That is until Yami came along, he started to break the walls Atem put around his heart. Yami started to make Atem care for those in his life, he would talk to Heba and the others more often than he would before.

Yami smiled back and then continued eating his dinner while listening to Yugi and Heba talk.

After dinner, Yami and Atem were in their chambers. Atem was sitting at the table while Yami was laying on the bed. His eyes were drooping and he felt like he could fall asleep any moment. Atem glanced over and chuckled seeing Yami battle himself for sleep. Putting the folder down, he headed to the bed and kneeled in front of Yami.

"You should rest love, you'll need it," Yami smiled.

"You should rest to," Atem laughed.

"I will, but I need to sort these last few papers first," Yami nodded and Atem started to run his hands through Yami's hair.

Soon Yami fell asleep and Atem covered him with the blankets. Heading back to the table Atem quickly sorted the last few papers he needed to. Closing the folder Atem got changed for bed and climbed into bed beside Yami. Blowing out the candle on the bedside table, the only light now coming from the moon in the night sky. Yami turned to face him and cuddled up to him, something he had been doing a lot lately. Atem just blamed it on the pregnancy hormones. Though, he wasn't complaining, he loved it.

"James we must do something, we can't let that halfling ruin our plans," a councilman said with a sneer, James nodded.

"I agree, ever since those two mated Emperor Atem's been changing rules to fit his mate's needs for everyone," Raoul growled.

"We should have killed him when we had the chance" James nodded.

"I agree, but we need a plan if we want to end things." A councilman by the name of Killian raised his hand.

"What if we bring in someone to rip those two apart?"

"Like who?" Another coincident raised his hand with a confident smile.

"I know exactly who to call in," James nodded.

"Alright Maxius, I'll give you three days to call in your person if not I have another person in mind," Maxius nodded.

"I'm sure she'll agree."