A few weeks later, Atem had taken time out of his schedule to go with Yami to go for a visit to Isis. Because of his busy schedule, he hadn't been able to go to any appointments to check on their child. Today, Heba had offered to take some of the world load for the morning so he could go with Yami and spend time with him until the afternoon.

Atem watched as Isis placed her hands against Yami's stomach, moving them around a few times, using her magic granted by her necklace to check up on the baby.

"Well, you can wipe that look of concern off your face Your Majesty," Isis said pulling her hands away with a smile. "Your baby is strong and healthy."

"See? I told you?" Yami said pulling his shirt down and buttoning his jacket back up.

"Is it wrong to worry about my child?" Atem asked as he placed a soft hand on Yami's stomach.

"No, I just feel left behind," Yami said with a smirk on his face. Atem smiled softly before leaning forwards and kissing Yami on the cheek softly.

"I worry about both of you," Atem said grabbing Yami's hand in his own. Yami smiled and gently squeezed his husband's hand.

"I thought you said you could take care of this?" James growled as he slammed his hand down on the table. The other council members flinched as he did so. However, Helena stayed firm and stared down at James from where she sat on the edge of the table.

"His love for his mate is very strong," Helena explained with a roll of his eyes. "I told you it would take a while to break it down."

"Yes," James said with a sigh. "That being said, you said that 2 weeks ago."

"If you don't want my help, then I'll just take my leave then," Helena said snapping her fingers and disappearing.

"Wait!" James yelled, Helena then reappeared a moment later.

"Yes?"

"As much as I'd hate to admit it, we need your help," James muttered with a sigh.

"That's more like it," Helena said with a smile. "Now, here's an idea I think you might like."

As far as Yami could tell, the negation between the resistance and the vampires was going well. It may be taking a while but they wanted to make sure it was fair on both ends. As if the baby sensed its mother's happiness, it gave a kick to Yami's side.

Heba seemed to have noticed when Yami winced because he was by his side in an instant, placing a gentle hand on his shoulder.

"You okay?"

"I'm fine," Yami said with a smile. "I guess she could sense my happiness."

"Did she kick?" Heba asked to which Yami nodded.

"She's a strong one for sure," Yami said rubbing his stomach gently.

"She'll definitely be a fighter when she's older," Heba said. He was on board with Yami's idea that the child would be a girl. Every day that passed he got more excited to meet his little niece or nephew.

It was then that Mai had chosen to wake in, a concerned look on her face.

"Mai? What is it?" Heba asked turning to the blonde vampire.

"There's someone who said he wants to talk to you Yami," Mai said. "Said his name was Sean."

"Sean's here?" Yami asked slowly getting off the couch.

"Who's that?" Heba asked turning to Yami.

"He's one of the squad leaders," Yami answered as he started to follow Mai out of the lounge.

"Wait, you're just going to go by yourself?" Heba asked running up to Yami's side. "You know what would happen if Atem knew you went outside by yourself, especially in your condition."

"But-"

"Which means I'll just have to come along with you," Heba answered with a smile.

Heba and Yami ended up following after Mai downstairs and outside of the palace where Sean was waiting, the guards surrounding him as tensions were still high as the treaty was being put together.

"It's alright, stand down," Yami said to the guards. "He's a friend."

"Yes Your Majesty," the guards said leaving the group alone.

"Love to stay and chat but I have duties to go attend to," Mai said smiling at the trio before she walked off with a flip of her blonde hair.

"Sorry to have pulled you out of whatever you were doing," Sean said gathering Heba and Yami's attention. "But she said Yugi was still in a meeting, you were the next person I could think of."

"It's fine, I was just in the lounge with Heba," Yami said motioning to Heba beside him. "What's wrong?"

"We have a problem," Sean said before he started walking away from the palace. "One of ours got into a fight with a vamp and got himself injured, you were closer than our camp was."

"How bad is he?" Yami asked as he and Heba followed Sean towards the forest.

"Not as bad, luckily," Sean said with a sigh of relief. "But I figured someone should know what happened before it got more serious."

They continued to follow Sean into the forest, both Yami and Heba having a quiet conversation about the situation. However, through their conversation, they failed to notice that Sean had sped his pace up until he disappeared from sight through the thickest part of the trees.

"Sean?" Yami called out as he froze in place. It wasn't like Sean to suddenly leave someone in the dust, especially one of his friends. He turned to Heba who noticed his concern and nodded softly, placing a hand on the handle of his blade. Together, the pair headed where Sean had disappeared.

The sun had started to set and thanks to the cover of the trees, the forest grew darker making it harder to try and find where Sean had gone.

"Something's wrong," Heba said glancing around. "Stay close."

"No one got injured did they?" Yami asked as he glanced around, his eyes trying to seek out Sean. "There would have been a group here if there was."

Suddenly, there was a snap of a branch from above them. Heba stepped in front of Yami and blocked an incoming sword from swinging down on him. Yami stepped back as Heba managed to push the sword off his and send the person holding it a few feet away.

"A resistance member?" Yami asked as he seen the uniform the man was wearing.

"Why are they attacking? Aren't we on a truce?" Heba asked as others jumped down from the trees.

"That truce is a joke," a female member said as she glared at Yami and Heba. "Why should we believe you vamps when you've controlled and killed us for years?"

"What's worse is our former leader is on their side!" another male yelled as he charged from behind Yami, his blade pointing to the pregnant male. Unfortunately, another member decided to strike and Heba was preoccupied with his own fight. Yami turned and instinctively raised his arm but was shocked when his hand felt frozen for a moment before it returned back to its warmth.

Yami lowered his arm and turned to where the resistance member was, only to find his sword was lodged in an ice wall, as was the man's wrist.

"How did you do that?" Heba called out as he glanced at the ice wall as he fought off the resistance members.

"No idea," Yami called back as he jumped out of the way of another attacker.

Ate

There was a few moments before Atem answered through their link.

Yami? What is it?

"Watch out!" Heba yelled as he sped in front of Yami and blocked him from another sword.

Me and Heba need some help. We're being attacked.

Where are you?

Yami used another ice wall to block an incoming attack and jumped back, landing a few feet away.

Yami!?

"Yami!" Heba yelled as he saw Sean sneak past him and jump up to swing his sword down on Yami. Yami turned just as Heba ran in front of him and the sword slashed down on his shoulder.

"Heba!" Yami called out with wide eyes as blood spilled out of the wound and down Heba's shoulder. Yami turned to glare at the resistance member before he created another ice wall to surround him and Heba from any more incoming attacks, this time it was a dome. Luckily, it was thick ice because he could hear the resistance members slashing away at it.

YAMI!? WHERE ARE YOU!?

Yami winced at the yell in his head before he answered Atem.

The forest to the left of the palace. Heba's hurt, hurry

I'm on my way.

Yami knelt down beside Heba and pulled off his jacket to examine the wound.

"I'm fine, don't worry," Heba said as he saw Yami's worried face.

"Why did you do that?" Yami asked as he ripped the bottom of his coat to use as a temporary bandage until they could get back to the palace.

"Well, I couldn't let my favourite brother-in-law get hurt or die now could I?" Heba asked with a smile before he winced as Yami tightened the bandage around his wound. "Let alone the unborn heir to the throne."

"I'm your only brother-in-law," Yami said with a roll of his eyes.

"My point still stands."

Yami turned as he heard fighting outside. Both he and Heba tensed as the ice dome started to melt. Heba picked up his sword ready for another fight as it melted.

However, both let out a sigh of relief as they saw Atem standing on the other side. The 5 resistance members had been taken care of, the group kneeling on the ground, their hands cuffed behind their back as the guards stood surrounding them.

"Yami! Heba!" Atem called out as he, Yugi, and Isis raced towards the pair. Atem gathered Yami into a hug as Isis went to examine Heba's wound.

"What happened?" Yugi asked as Yami pulled away from Atem's hug.

"I'm not really sure myself," Yami said with a shake of his head as he glanced towards where Sean was kneeling.

"We'll figure this out," Atem said running a hand up and down Yami's arm. "Take them to the dungeon," Atem called out to his guards. The guards nodded and they all led the resistance members to the palace. "How is it?" Atem asked turning to Heba and Isis.

"Luckily it's not too bad," Isis said tying the bandage back around Heba's shoulder. "The sword didn't slash too deep, it should heal in about two weeks."

"Good," Atem said with a sigh of relief. "Let's head back."

"So what exactly happened?" Atem asked as the group sat down in the lounge after Heba's shoulder had been properly cleaned and bandaged.

"Mai came to find Yami, said someone named Sean was looking for Yugi but that he was a meeting and so Sean asked to see Yami," Heba explained.

"Sean said one of his men had gotten into a fight and gotten hurt and wanted to let someone on our end know," Yami explained as he leaned into Atem. "We followed him to the forest before he was out of our sight and that's when we got to where we were."

"Next thing we know we're being ambushed by 5 of the resistance members," Heba said. "They were pretty angry about the treaty and the truce until the treaty was finished, said it was just a huge job.

"They were also angry that I was on the side of the vampires," Yami said with a sigh. "I knew people would still be upset that I was turned into one but I never expected an ambush."

"This doesn't seem like Sean," Yugi said shaking his head. "He may hate the vampires but he understood why Yami was changed into a vampire and he seemed on board with the treaty."

"Then why attack Yami?" Ryou asked from beside Bakura.

"I don't know," Yugi said with a sigh. "But this does violate the truce we have at the moment."

"Then, does that mean?" Malik asked as everyone turned to Atem who nodded.

"Unfortunately it does, we have to show that we are all on board," Atem said with a sigh. "I'll be sure to give them a fair trial, try to collect every evidence I can."

"The Council won't like it," Marik said with a roll of his eyes.

"They don't like anything," Bakura added with a growl.

"Well they're going to have to learn to like it," Atem said shaking his head. "Yami, Heba, I'll be needing you two to be our witnesses since the attack happened to you two."

"What about Mai?" Yami asked turning to Atem. "She wasn't at the attack but she took us to Sean and then left to attend to her duties once we were together.

"I'll question her to, see what she has to say," Atem said before he turned to Bakura and Malik. "I'll need both your help to question the 5 members."

"Does this mean we get a break from long meetings tomorrow?" Joey asked with a smile, which caused everyone to laugh.

"Yes Joey, we'll be taking a break for a few days," Atem answered with a smile.

"What about the Council? They'll probably try to squeeze their way into this matter," Ootogi said with a roll of his eyes.

"Seto, can you keep them busy for a few days?" Atem asked turning to Seto. "Give them some work to do to distract them."

"I can think of a few things to keep them busy," Seto said with a nod. Everyone then started to leave for the evening until dinner would be served.

"Don't worry," Atem said turning to Yami who had a concerned look on his face. "We'll figure this out."

"I know," Yami said softly as Atem leaned forwards and pressed a kiss to his cheek.

The next few days, Yami had only seen Atem a few times, mostly when he was asking him all that happened and gather evidence. Other than that, he hadn't seen Atem, Bakura, and Marik much as the trio were questioning the resistance members. He hadn't seen the Council either, Seto had stayed true to his word and kept them busy as the investigation went on.

Eventually, he ran into Honda who was carrying Anthony with him. He had ended up having Honda's brown hair and Ootogi's teal eyes.

"Morning Yami," Honda said with a tired smile.

"Morning Honda, long night?" Yami asked as he noticed the bags under his friend's eyes.

"You have no idea," Honda said with a sigh as he and Yami started walking to the lounge. "This little one has started teething."

"Getting his teeth in is he?" Yami said giving Anthony a smile.

"Yeah, some nights are okay but last night was hell, we all barely got any sleep," Honda said as he sat Anthony on his lap as he sat on the couch, Yami sitting beside him. Anthony had started chewing on his toy with a soft whimper, Honda softly smiled and ran his fingers through his hair.

"Have you heard anything from Ootogi about Sean and the others?" Yami asked as Anthony decided to reach over and play with his fingers, which Yami didn't mind, the child was curious.

"No, Ootogi said they're still investigating some things," Honda replied shaking his head. "Has Atem or Yugi told you anything?"

"No, I haven't seen much of either of them since the investigation started," Yami said with a shake of his head.

"Lord Honda!" a guard exclaimed running into the room. Honda and Yami turned to the guard as he struggled to catch his breath.

"Antonio? What's wrong?" Honda asked.

"It's your husband," Antonio answered.

"Ootogi? What's happened?" Honda asked standing up, Anthony in his arms.

"One of the resistance members attacked while they were questioning and he ended up breaking his arm."

"What!?" Honda exclaimed almost dropping Anthony. Yami stood up and pulled Anthony out of Honda's arms. "Is he okay?"

"I'm not sure, he was knocked unconscious and brought to Isis by Lord Bakura and Lord Marik."

"Honda," Yami said catching his friend's attention. "Go and check up on Ootogi, I'll watch over Anthony for you."

"Are you sure?" Honda asked to which Yami nodded. "Okay, thank you," Honda said kissing Anthony on his forehead before running to the medical wing, Antonio following.

"Okay," Yami asked turning to Anthony who had gone back to chewing on his toy with a soft whimper. "What should we do?

Atem had left the medical wing as soon as Isis had set Ootogi's arm and wrapped it in a splint until it healed properly. Bakura and Marik had been dismissed to take care of their other duties while Yugi, Heba, and himself had gone to find Yami after Honda told them he had left Anthony with him.

They ended up finding Yami with Anthony in the garden, a blanket had been laid out on the grass with Yami sitting on top of it. Anthony sat on his lap as Yami sat criss-cross on it, reading a book to the child. As much as Anthony had no idea what Yami was saying, he was content to sit on his lap and be read the story as he suckled on a small piece of ice on a stick. His face may be all wet and drooly but Yami didn't seem to mind as he continued to read the book.

Atem felt his heart swell at the sight of his mate and Anthony. It only made him that much more excited to meet his own beautiful child. Yugi and Heba also smiled at the sight, it was refreshing to see a relaxed Yami. Both were excited now more than ever to meet their niece or nephew.

Yami ended up finishing the story and turned his head to see his mate, brother, and Heba watching him with smiles.

"What's up with you three?" Yami asked as he placed the book down as the trio walked over.

"Nothing," they answered as they sat down. Anthony smiled seeing three new friends had joined him and Yami and continued suckling on the ice.

"Where did you get the idea to give him ice?" Heba asked as Anthony became interested in his fingers.

"I figured he wanted something to numb his gums, so I froze some ice on a stick so he can suckle on it," Yami answered with a shrug. "How's Ootogi?"

"He'll be fine," Atem answered. "Isis set his arm and put it in a splint until it's healed properly."

"What about the investigation?"

"He was the last one we needed to question, luckily, we got what we needed out of him before he decided to attack Ootogi," Heba said with a sigh. "He was aiming more for Atem than Ootogi."

"So what now?" Yami asked as Anthony crawled out of his lap and towards Yugi. Yugi wasn't sure how to hold him and so Heba helped him adjust himself so Anthony could sit down properly.

"Tomorrow we'll go over everything, finds the facts, and then hold a trial," Atem answered with a soft growl. He really hated long meetings, let alone holding trials.

The trio continued to talk until Honda came and collected his son with a report that Ootogi was sleeping off his injury.

Two days later, everyone had gathered into the throne room for the trial. Seto had kept his promise and sent the Council out to deal with some "issues" with one of their bases a couple of hours away. Yami sat on his throne beside Atem while Yugi stood by his side, Heba standing beside Atem. Below, the 5 resistance members knelt on the ground with their hands cuffed behind them. Bakura, Marik, and a few other guards stood around them in case any of them tried anything. Seto stood off to the left side of the throne with the Royal Court while Ryou, Malik, and Joey stood off to the right in a huddle.

Since Sean seemed to have organized the attack, he was kneeling in the front while two members kneeled on either side behind him making a V formation.

"Ready?" Atem asked turning to Yami who nodded with a soft smile. As much as he hated having to put one of his trusted friends on trial, what had happened cannot be excused and everyone had to be held accountable for what happened. "Okay, here we go."

"Sean Wells, you and your group are being tried for the attempted murder of His Highness Prince Heba Sennen and the attempted murder of His Majesty Emperor Yami Sennen, as well as the attempted murder of His Majesty Emperor Atem Sennen's unborn child."

"As you as well as everyone on both sides know, we are on a temporary truce as we work through a treaty to end the war," Atem said as he turned his attention to the resistance members who glared up at the group. "This attempt on my brother's life, my mate's life, and my unborn child's life will not go unpunished."

"The treaty is a joke," one of the females called out as she struggled with her handcuffs. "Nothing will ever change."

"Then why not come to me directly?" Yugi asked from beside Yami. "If you had come to me with concerns I could have relayed it to the group and we could have worked it out."

"Right, because we can trust you now," one of the males said with a roll of his eyes. "Your own brother is one of them and you see nothing wrong with it, how can we trust our own leader when he is in league with the vamps?"

"I may be a vampire now but that has not changed how I see the world," Yami said with a glare. "I want this war over as much as the next person and this treaty is one step towards a better future."

"Maybe it would have just been better if you died," a female muttered under her breath. However, Atem managed to hear it and went to snap at her but Yami stopped him with a gentle hand on his wrist and a shake of his head. However, what no one saw was Helena was standing on one of the rafters above the throne room using her magic to influence the resistance members, all part of her plan with the Council.

"You all defied my order to stay low and out of the way of vampires," Yugi said returning to the conversation at hand. "You deliberately led Heba and Yami away from the palace where you could attack them in the hopes that they would both be killed."

"And it would have worked if he hadn't shown up," Sean said turning to glare at Atem.

"That's not the point here, the point is you defied my orders and have forgotten what our rules are," Yugi said with a glare. "Clearly you have all forgotten how we run things."

"Sean," Yami said grabbing the man's attention. "You were one of my trust subordinates, why attack me? Yugi said everyone was on board with the treaty and was willing to work to have it fair for both parties."

"Well Your Majesty, people's opinions can change," Sean said with a sneer.

"Yugi," Atem said turning to Yugi. "These are your subordinates, I will allow you to pick their punishment."

"Our rules clearly state that anyone who goes against the rules is to be eliminated," Yugi said turning back to the group who seemed to have had a change in demeanor. "While things may have changed since I took over, the rules still stand."

"Then your decision?" Yami asked, though, he already knew what Yugi was going to say.

"Death," Yugi answered with a sigh. "The attack was targeted against your brother and Yami, I will let your people deal with the execution."

"Very well," Atem said with a nod. "Take them back down to the dungeon, they'll die at sundown."

Bakura, Marik, and the other guards led the resistance members back down to the dungeon as the room was dismissed until it was only Yugi, Heba, Yami, and Atem in the room.

Helena smiled seeing how defeated Yami and Yugi seemed and disappeared with a soft snap of her fingers.