Previously:
"I'll make you a doll." The puppet man said. "For your son to play with. You should thank me."
Yami tried to glare at the puppet man but couldn't like his eyes wouldn't work right "Build it up with wax and stone wax and stone wax and stone. Build it up with wax and stone, my fair lady~" the man sang waving his arm in time as Yami fell back into the trance closing his eyes again becoming still as a doll as the man set to work on perfecting Yami's clothes while he worked taking off Yami's gloves and coming across the wedding ring with small purple diamond shards in the band with a large red star diamond in the center.
"a unique accessory for you My Golden Lady."
Presently
"it needs to be polished if you are to wear it after i fix you up." the puppet man said unknown to him were the consequences of what would happen if he tried to take off the enchanted ring. The instant he touched it the ring glowed bright white shining out the room blinding the puppet man. A black figure showed up in the light and picked up Yami before jumping away towards the door. The light then died out after some time and in Yami's place was a simple crimson bow that fell off from Yami's dress.
"You shouldn't touch what isn't yours!" Atemu said. His companions were fighting a hoards of dolls in the shop made from previous kidnapped girls. The man turned around to come face to face with the demon holding a semi dolled Yami in his arms.
"How could you be here? No, you can't be here, I said to myself." The guy was off his hinges. "Ate..." Yami croaked. "Save... Lizzie..." Atemu held his lover close seeing puppet strings attached to both Yami's and Lizzie's limbs.
"Yami, break free. Our son is outside calling for you. You want to see his beautiful face, right? Hear his laugh? Play with him again?" Atemu questioned knowing Yami would want to see their son once again.
"She can't break them she is now wax and stone just as my master ordered her to be." the puppet man said jumping into the rafters grabbing two cross planks and pulling hard on the one that Yami was on. Yami tried to resist the pulls as the unaltered part if his body felt the strings dig into his skin and cause cuts releasing his blood into the air.
"What are you made of?" Atemu asked catching the man off guard.
"I know I am human, but lately I've had termites in my ears." The puppet said banging his head as sawdust came out of his one ear.
"You seem defective to me. Unnecessary. Broken." Atemu pressed stalling for time as he held onto Yami wondering where the others were espesially since he left Pluto to guard Yugi after the dog seemed to grow very attached to the little boy more so than his previous attachment to Sebastian.
The doors burst open revealing Ciel, Sebastian, the Reaper, and Pluto. Said wolf had Yugi riding on his back perfectly safe and unhurt.
"Yugi..." Yami stated as Yugi was in his sight reversing the effects done to him as the wax began to melt and his bones returned to actual bone as he felt the love of his family. "This man is already dead," Grell said reading his records.
Yami tapped Atemu's shoulder getting put back on the ground glaring at the puppet. "Grell, what happens if his anchoring body is blown to bits?" Yami asked reaching up his dress undoing the clasps in the front.
"He just... ceases to be. There's no soul really... oh my... you're a lady but yet... also a handsome man in one... interesting..." Grell gushed his jaw slack as he looked at a pissed off and now deadly 'Lady' Yami.
Yami tossed the dress letting it fall revealing a long black cloth over his legs with a black crop top exposing his midriff strapped to his legs were wickedly sharp looking katanas while on his back was a lightweight short sword. On his waist were handguns of a very high caliber with extra bullets.
"Love, let the reaper handle this..." Atemu implored only to be cut off by a very deep growl coming from Yami. Ciel was looking at his cousin with renewed respect. 'not to self never make Yami pissed and never threaten Yami or his family.' Grell thought paling while Sebastian was looking between.
"No I have some steam I need to blow badly otherwise I'm going to snap and attack the first person I see who comes near my family," Yami said jumping up even higher than the puppet turning a full 360 and slamming his heel into the dolls head causing the thick beam under the thing to fragment at the inhuman force behind Yami's kick.
"Wait, Yami, we need to get answers from him!" Ceil shouted a bit too late as the puppet fell crashing to the ground.
Yami landed on his feet like a cat standing. "Please that was nothing, but i got loads of anger out on that kick," Yami said pulling one of his katanas out from its sheath and cut the strings on Lizzie her spell breaking as she went back to normal. "I... Must report... This to my... Master..."
"Who is your master!" Yami demanded, reaching to grab his throat. Atemu intercepted holding Yami's hands in his tanned one while pressing a spot on Yami's shoulder making the young male go unconscious falling into Atemu's arms the katana now on the floor at their feet. "I was afraid of that..."
"He was getting answers!" Ciel shouted.
"No Yami was about to kill an already dead man in a puppet's body." Atemu calmly said and glanced at Ciel as the puppet got up and slowly made his way to the double doors in the room opening them then dropped dead on the thresh hold. In the room was a single chair with a man in it.
"Who are you?" Atemu demanded.
"No one of importance to you little King. Though I'm very important to the young boy your friend has tainted with his black magic." the man said his hand waving idly in the air.
"I was tainted long before Sebastian," Ciel said hotly with a glare to the chair the man satin.
"No, you were tainted the moment that demon touched you, your body is now filthy and unclean." the man said ringing a few bells in both Ceil's and Atemu's heads. 'only one group of angel's said that line and were banished from heaven.' Atemu thought.
"When they put their hands on me... how do you know of demons?"
"I know far more then what you think Young One."
Atemu went over to the figure in the chair only to see a scarecrow and a mini puppet in its lap. He sighed knowing this was a cheep trick while the real one got away. The mini puppet in the lap of the scarecrow sprang to life and ran out the door. "Should we go after it?" Atemu asked. "No, no," Yugi said. "Bad puppet." he made a motion as if breaking something in his hands. "Pretty lady take care of."
Atemu nodded then sighed seeing Pluto dragging Yami's dress around like a blanket
"Give my wife his clothing. It is snowing." Atemu said gently.
Pluto shook his head not wanting to give up the discarded clothing whimpering when the building started to shake.
"Let him have it," Yami said groaning as he woke up from being knocked unconscious glaring into Atemu's ruby eyes half-heartedly. "We need to go. Now."
"Hold on tight Yugi were going to have to jump," Atemu said knowing the stairs could collapse under them if they tried them the fastest way down is through a window. Pluto offered his back to the demon family as Sebastian carried Ciel and Lizzie.
"What about me?!" Grell shrieked outraged that he would be left behind.
"Sorry family only and his arms are full Reapers beside you can't die so quickly thanks to that oath," Atemu said with a smirk holding Yami and Yugi close as the hellhound jumped out of the tower.
Meanwhile the puppet ran jabbering nearly incoherently toward a figure hoping for refuge in its angelic arms and sure enough, was picked up thinking it was safe... only to be crushed and tossed off the bridge.
()
"Puppy!" Yugi hugged the demon dog back at the manor, still outside. "He has been asking for one," Yami said.
"You can have him for all I care Yami he is nothing but a pain to both me and Sebastian," Ciel said with a frown at the demon dog Yugi was fawning over, yelling puppy. "Mama my tail feel funny," Yugi said reaching up for Yami who gratefully took hold of Yugi.
"His tail is splitting," Yami said. "Fast!"
"Let's get him inside," Atemu said after placing a blanket over Yami's shoulders ushering his wife and son inside and up into their room grabbing Yami's medicine on the way.
"Puppy!" Yugi said. "He's too big, baby," Yami said.
"Want Puppy!" Yugi said reaching out and causing a shot of what looked like white mist to hit Pluto and reverted the hellhound into a puppy state making him no bigger than a two-month-old puppy while his collar fell off and went up in flames. Everyone, excluding Ciel who had already gone inside, looked at Yugi who was reaching for the now puppy Pluto as Atemu picked up the hell-puppy.
"He might help Yugi sleep better," Yami told Atemu.
Atemu looked down at the fluff ball in his arms petting the dog's head while pulling out a puppy collar from his pocket placing it around Pluto. "Good boy," Atemu said glad they were now inside the privacy of their room as Yami started to sneeze.
"Yugi you have to be... Acho!... careful with your magic," Yami said rubbing cream on the purple and gold scaled tail that looked like a mermaid tail. The cream prevented pain and discomfort.
"Yugi, Mama and Papa are going to talk once we put you to bed so don't panic if we lock the door alright?" Atemu asked rubbing Yugi's head while letting the small boy hold the puppy in his arms.
"Why do we need to talk? Acho!... Ra Damn it i hate the cold." Yami muttered the last part after blowing his nose. "Something bad?"
"For one it's almost midnight Yami and for skipping your medicine as well as leaving the mansion without telling us where you were going." Atemu pointed out while taking Yugi to his bed the little tyke fast sleep as the hell-puppy followed his little master.
"I knew Lizzie was in trouble. I had to. She has a family. An important family. It would have been chaos if she went missing or had died." Yami reasoned knowing his reasons were good ones that Atemu would agree with if Yami hadn't been kidnapped as well in the process. After closing the door to Yugi's little room connected to their own Atemu turned to Yami grabbing his arm and smashing their lips into a heated kiss not caring Yami was sick. /Don't scare me like that again Yami./
/I... I had to, my love. She'd be dead right now. Please understand. She's still a child even if she's engaged and a Lady./
Atemu pushed Yami to the bed after removing Yami's weapons and skirt leaving Yami in the top and black bikini style bottoms before buddling Yami up in a few warm blankets. "It's not too late you can still take your medicine tonight Yami," Atemu said holding up the vial to Yami's face.
"Leave the door open to Yugi's room and I will."
Atemu sighed then consented, caving into Yami's demand. "Drink."
Yami paused. "We were supposed to..." he glanced at the date circled with a red heart. Their romantic 'mommy and daddy' time they had planned. "I'm sorry." he apologized.
"It's fine, Love, your way more important than some silly celebration we had planned last minute," Atemu said hugging his wife after changing into his nightwear making Yami smile as the pale male drew lazy patterns with his finger on Atemu's bare chest. "I'll make it up to you tomorrow night Atemu when everything isn't so crazy," Yami said kissing Atemu on the lips. With a sigh, Yami uncorked the vial with his medicine and chugged it down his throat.
"Life here will be better," Atemu said. "Safer. No more waking up each day wondering who will try to assassinate us." Yami hummed in response rubbing his hand on Atemu's arm feeling sleepy and relaxed just listening to Atemu's heartbeat and soft breathing.
"Sleep wif Mama and Papa?" asked a small voice followed by a little pleading 'woof, woof?' as if the question were repeated in dog language. Atemu chuckled and nodded patting the empty spot between him and Yami for Yugi to occupy. Yugi and Pluto happily jumped up. "I don't care where we go." Yami yawned. "As long as I have... my... family."
Yugi giggled pawing Yami's heavy eyes closed while snuggling into Yami's warmth holding Pluto in his arms making Atemu chuckle once again as he pulled up the blankets and held his family in his strong arms keeping them close.
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"What do you know of the demon child?" Ciel asked Sebastian as he too was tucked into bed making up for the sleep he lost after comforting Lizzie for the past two hours after his cousin had retired with his family.
"Young Yugi? Like his mother, something feels off about the two. For some reason, I have a feeling that they maybe angelic creatures but I can't be too sure Young Master."
"Angels and demons mixing? Isn't that...taboo?"
"Yes, but in some cases, Demons tend to be attracted to pure things."
"That child is even purer than his mother despite also being a demon. Love sounds complicated. But I'll never know such a thing. Ne, Sebastian?" his right eye glowed. Sebastian just shrugged who knows maybe he would find love before he found his family's murderer. A thud came from the hall as someone walked by making Sebastian and Ciel raise a brow.
"Investigate," Ciel demanded. Sebastian nodded heading towards the sound opening the door as whips of long tricolored hair disappeared down the hall. 'He is heading for the garden.'
"What is it?" Ciel asked.
"Lady Yami oddly enough heading for the garden," Sebastian answered
"Follow her." Sebastian did closing the door and swiftly following the young lady to the gardens seeing the sky brighten. Opening the entrance to the patio, Sebastian saw the young lady on the ground kneeling near the garden her hair covering her form.
"A bit late to garden," He commented.
Yami turned his head slightly letting a glazed over demonic eye look to the male his long hair falling from his shoulder revealing it to be bare of clothing.
"Explain yourself," Sebastian demanded now fully seeing Yami as a threat
"...~why should I do that little Raven~..." Yami asked in an angelic tongue long dead and unused.
"what are you doing?"
"... ~I took my medicine too late I need to hunt it hurts if I don't~..." Yami said standing while holding his shoulders screaming out in pain as two wings ripped out from his back one black the other white just as the first ray of light hit Yami's form.
"What do you eat? I will help."
"...-just let me roam the town i will find something to sooth my hunger-..." Yami answered this time in demonic letting his wings flutter in the wind.