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G/N: Hi there, Third chapter of The Armageddons. Me is super pumped about this. Both Sara Darkotter and I hope that you will leave a review. Please, if there's something bugging you about this story then just ask. (Its not a big deal. Really.)

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The Armageddons

Chapter 3

Errow stared into the stars, the blanket that Anzu had given him still wrapped tightly around him.

He had never known anyone to get his name right, other than his brother and their mother. She had named him while his father had named Atem. When he was younger if often wished that it was his father who named him. He probably would have given him a name that everyone could understand and say. Anzu was the first.

He closed his eyes and snuggled into the blanket. There was one thing that bothered him. Ra's choice to give him a body. He had been so sure that he wouldn't have given him that chance, so who, or what, had told him to give him a separate body?

He shook his head trying to clear out the confusion. He would find out at some point when he went to the Afterlife. And this time he wouldn't be going early.

"Hey there."

Errow jumped and turned around to see Atem. He was dressed in Pjs and ankle socks on.

"Hey." he muttered and went back to snuggling the blanket. Atem sat beside him and there was a moment of silence before Errow asked, "Did they ask the question?"

"Yes."

"Did you show them that you could do the same?"

"No, I don't think any of them are ready for that. Yugi and Grandpa would have a heart attack and Jonochi and Honda would probably have a hard time believing that I can turn into a wolf."

(Flashback)

"So Atem, care to explain how your brother can turn into a bird?" Yugi asked as he sat down. Atem looked surprised and looked around to see that everyone had the same question in their minds. He sighed and sat down.

"Well, truth is, no one really knows how, or why, he can turn into a bird. Most people in the castle thought he had a lot of magic, and he does, so he can turn into a any animal. But over the short years that I had been with him I only saw him transform into a bird."

"What type of bird is he anyway?" Mokuba asked. Kaiba, for once, seemed interested.

"That is another thing that no one has learned. But both of us guess that he's somewhere in between a hawk and an eagle, because first of all, I personally don't know a hawk with feathers that black. Second, I don't know if there is an eagle that's that small. So we came to the conclusion that he was just somewhere in between." he explained.

Everyone nodded a few times but Kaiba asked a question this time. "So, not that I'm interested," Atem mentally rolled his eyes. "But can you turn into anything?"

Atem froze and the air suddenly seemed to freeze around everyone. He took a breath of air and shook his head. "No, the Gods choose me to use their power." he said and got up quickly.

"Hey, where are you going?" Kaiba demanded. Atem turned back to him, a brow raised.

"I can't go see and catch up with my brother Seto?" he asked, using Kaiba's first name. Kaiba stared at him for a while before sighing.

"Go, like I care." Atem snorted, knowing he understood the brother thing.

"See you guys in the morning." he said, and walked out.

(End of Flashback)

Errow snorted. "I can't believe that Kaiba is the rencarnation of Seto."

"No doubt about that." Atem chuckled. They went back into silence before Errow broke it.

"Hey Atem."

"Hmm?"

"Can you tell me a little bit about Anzu."

Atem looked over at him. "Why, can't you just ask her? You should know that she's not going to bite you Errow. By the way, did you pick another name?"

"Yami." he said.

"Why 'Yami'?" Atem asked.

"Because, original I was Yami. You always said I was the dark side of you. I can still remember sending those, if you can call them people, to the Shadow Realm before you and Fluffy pushed me back inside my cage." he sneered at the word 'cage'.

Atem sighed. "You know I didn't want you to be in a cage Errow."

"I know, I know. Now tell me about Anzu!"

"Why can't you ask her yourself?"

"Because, she marched away and she looked angry when she did."

"Errow, tell me you did not pull one of you weird moves on her."

"What do you mean?" he asked. Atem chidded himself for forgetting. His brother had been away from people. He couldn't help it when he insulted someone because most of the time when he did, he didn't know it. He sighed, he had a lot to teach his big brother. (A/N: Believe it or not, yes, Errow is the oldest.)

The next morning the boat hit land and everyone jumped off. Jonochi and Honda made a mad rush to the plane so they could get the seats they wanted.

"Hey you two! Get back here!" Anzu shouted. She rolled her eyes as they started to punch each other. Unknown to them, obviously, Ishizu had bought them all first class tickets because she was scared for Errow.

"Anzu!" A voice called out. She jumped and turned around to see Atem and Errow walking her way.

"Hey Atem, Errow, what's up?"

"I understand that you had a . . . misunderstanding, we'll call it, with Errow last night."

Anzu tipped her head to the side. Sure, he kissed her palm and stuff and had some weird mood or emotion swings but nothing drastic.

"If you're still mad with him, please, let me explain. As you know he doesn't have a huge understanding with this time or people for that matter. Last night, what he was trying to do was to get to know you better and it turned out wrong. Errow, I believe its your turn to say your line." he said turning to his brother.

Errow nodded and walked up in front of Anzu, a heavy blush on his face, no doubt because of embarrassment. "I'm sorry Anzu, I just wanted to get to know you better . . ." he trailed off and his blush got deeper. Anzu smiled mentally. As long as she got an apology she was fine.

"It's alright silly." she finally said. "How about this. While we're on the plane I can tell you a bit about myself. Okay?"

Errow smiled brightly, like a boy who had just found a lizard or a frog. Anzu giggled as she watched him turn to Atem as he explained what a plane was. Errow had his moments of cuteness.

On the plane Errow's gaze didn't stay in one place for long. Jonochi and Honda both got a window seat and could still talk to each other thanks to two seats that faced two more seats, Kaiba and Mokuba went off on the Blue Eyes Jet, Bakura and the others sat in a round table and they all talked about the places they had been in Egypt, while Atem, Anzu, Yugi, and Errow sat together explaining things and getting to know each other.

Errow gave Anzu his undivided attention as she explained her dreams and most of the things she had done in life.

"I remember you telling Fluffy and Jonochi about your dancing dream. That was when I faced that escaped man."

"I thought that was Atem." Yugi said, confused. Atem shook his head.

"No, you met me when you started to duel. Errow, or as you called him, Yami, did the Shadow Games. He was the first to meet you guys because his soul was resting for many, many years. He had more energy than me. The fight with Zorc, the first time, took a lot from me. So Errow took over for a while so that I could gain more energy and come out. Of course there were a few times when I sent some to the Shadow Realm myself and at the time I hadn't done that is five thousand years so I had to draw on Errow for that magic and energy." he explained.

Yugi nodded in understanding now. "So, was Errow the one that had me . . . sealed away?"

"No!" Errow and Atem said together. Yugi and Anzu jumped a bit. "That was me Yugi. I was pure, and I had it somewhere in my head that I had no darkness. Errow knew he had darkness in his soul and accepted that, I did not. The seal made me see that." he muttered darkly. Errow glanced over at him and kicked him in the leg.

"Ow!"

"Stop going back into the past or you'll have nightmares."

"Why do you care?"

"Because I, unfortunately, am connected to you through the mind, and what you dream most of the time is something I will dream."

"Oh, sorry." he muttered. Yugi and Anzulooked at each other and shrugged. He turned back to the twins. "I'm curious, which one of you is older? I always thought it was Atem since he was Pharaoh and all but with Yami in the picture now I don't know."

"I was wondering when someone would ask that." Errow said. He turned to Atem and grinned. "Told you."

"When!"

"A year before I was fused with you."

"Oh . . . shut up." he snapped and looked back at Yugi and Anzu. "Actually, Errow is older."

"Say what!"

"That's right Fluffy."

"Why do you keep calling me Fluffy?" Yugi pouted. Errow's brow went up and he grinned like a manman at him.

"Because, that's what comes into mind when I see you . . . little, little brother." He laughed. Yugi's jaw dropped and he turned around and grabbed a pillow from out of nowhere. "Oh no! Help me Atem, little brother it going to hurt me with a pillow." Yugi's face was deep crimson as he started to wack at Errow . . . who was still laughing.

After a while things calmed down and Yugi sat back in his seat he and Anzu got into a conversation that lasted until sunset.

"Wow, to think we talked that long." Anzu said as she took a pillow. Yugi was grabbing the blankets.

"I know. Time flys when having fun." Anzu nodded and looked over at Atem and Errow and smiled.

"Hey Yugi, get the camera." she whispered.

"Why?" he said as he brought it over to her. She smiled and pointed to the two brothers. He smiled and shrugged. "They are brothers Anzu."

"Yeah I know but its super cute!" she laughed softly. Yugi nodded and smiled at the two brothers, his brothers.

Errow was leaning up against Atem's shoulder, using it as a pillow while Atem was leaning against Errow.

Yugi tip-toed over and draped a large blanket over them. He turned back and saw Anzu snapping a few pictures of them. He knew she wouldn't use them for blackmail since they wouldn't care if anyone saw the pictures, well, Kaiba maybe. He smiled as he pulled his blanket and pillow and slowly, fell asleep.

Errow groaned and opened his eyes. They were still on the plane, and it was pitch black outside.

He looked around for what his brother called a clock. After a few minutes of shuffling around in stuff he found one.

12:33

He glared at the time, he was just about to say a colorful Egyptian word when he got a weird feeling. He couldn't describe it. But that feeling stopped him from cursing at the time. He shook himself and went back to sit down again. He looked out the window and went deep into his thoughts. He reached out with his mind for anything, random, important, or unimportant, anything to get his mind off of the weird feeling.

Then, it came, but it wasn't something he expected. It was the stories that Atem and his animal nanny told.

Of course, their human one told them what everybody did. The sun was Ra, coming back. But their animal nanny, the lioness their father had gotten upon discovery of their animal selves, were amazing. To them, the sun was the sphere in which a goddess was locked, awaiting the day she would return. It appeared each day, to watch her friends, that of the sky, as they went about their lives. Eagles were said to be those who were most able to communicate with her.

Animal tales were interesting to Atem and Errow. Especially how they overlapped. For instance, wolves and eagles both had tales about Serikomako -Lord Eagle-Wolf. Seri-Lord. Ko- Shortening of Korinska: Eagle. Mako- Shortening of Makorano- Wolf. (each section in the name is pronounced separately. Seri-ko-mako)

Animals have interesting things in tales. They all have the same tale about the earth, sky and water. Errow closed his eyes remembering one story that she had told them once.

Once there were three sister goddesses. They were great and powerful beings, as females are.

They were asked by many to be their mates, but they refused. In the end, one grew so angry, he sealed the three inside parts of their world. One in the water, one in the earth, and one in the sky. To seal the final one in the sky, he created the sun to hold her. They were not to be free until one promised to be his mate.

A wolf, friend to goddess now in the sky was so forlorn, she went to the creature and begged to placed up there as well. And so she was. Forever she follows her master, like a faithful dog.

This wolf had a brother. Serikomako. He grew saddened by this. So every night he howled up to her, telling her of all that had happened that day.

But the one who had sealed her up there, a twoleg like the goddesses, was cruel. Angry at the wolf for doing so, he began to make the wolf fade from sight. But the sky goddess counteracted. And so the wolf would fade and appear. When she's completely there, wolves howl up to her, happy, and report what has happened in the days before.

The goddess in the sun fell in love with another twoleg. The god of darkness. He in turn had heard about her from the wolf in the moon. They met, and months later she bore a girl. She gave the young to darkness, who took it out into the world. The girl grew up, and made the stars in the night sky, binding the worlds of night and dark.

And at this point, the legends diversified and separated. Beyond this point, this were the things that were certain.

Each goddess had one creature she talked to the most, one she, in away, regarded above other of their realms. The sky was eagle, the water was the turtle, land the wolf. There was a tale about how the mole was nearly it, but unable to go as many places as fast, the wolf was chosen.

Things about animals. They have two languages. Species and a universal one. So any animal could talk to one another.

You can tell which goddess a species "belong to" so to speak by name. A creature of land's species name will always end in "ano". Sky is "ska". Water is "ru". They're the names of the goddesses locked away. Ano(n), [Added by some creatures] Ska, and Ru(la) [Again, added by some].

The lioness, Rio, had a wonderful story-telling voice, captivating beyond belief. Atem and Errow could listen for hours not knowing where the time went.

Errow settled back, but unexpectedly, his thoughts shifted to Anzu and last night.

He hadactually kissed her hand... Alright. It was only to be polite, but still...He didn't like contact or even speaking with others, yet with Anzu, he wanted to be with her, listen to her voice, feel the heat radiate off her body, and stare at those eyes...

Yesterday, Flying beside the jeep, she touched the tip of a feather. There were some nerves there. They shouldn't have been THAT sensitive.

Later, he'd crashed into her. That had been part accident, part actual want to be near her. Only he'd mistimed the landing.

The feeling of being so close to her for that few seconds. Like flame and electricity and something he couldn't place.

The acrobatics act... He was showing off, hoping somewhere inside she was watching.

She wasn't. And when he saw her later, not a single move or word spoke that she might have even heard about it.

So he just stared at the sky, trying to ignore her.

But she said his name.

The fact that she said it right didn't help.

He tried to answer simply, hoping she would go AWAY. But no. Instead she stayed, intriguing him with just her presence.

Even though he dodged around why he was outside, she just said a statement.

"You've been a touch apart from everyone."

He had been so used to being alone, he wasn't sure how to act around people. His emotions were new to him. Anzu wasn't helping. But even as she tried to comply by leaving, he realized he didn't want her to. He wanted her right here next to him.

Errow wondered why she blushed. It was cute, but it didn't explain anything.

Why did people blush? Embarrassment. But how was what he said embarrassing?

But then she pushed going inside.

Inside.

They'd dragged his dying body inside to a small room, quickened his death so they could get his soul, and not prolong his or his brother's agony.

He remembered seeing himself when it happened, seeing his eyes widen, his mouth open in an ever-lasting silent scream as they stabbed him through the heart, crying. The second stain spreading over the beige tunic, joining the first. The dark cloak even darker, now black.

And next thing he knew, watching the world through his brother.

If he went inside, they might put him back there.

From the second he spoke of his fear, he wanted to pull the words back. If they'd put him there, they'd had a purpose. He had been bad sometimes. He hadn't meant to, but some had had big effects.

So it was nothing.

But she didn't think so. And then he'd explained.

A few minutes as he waited. For her to say he deserved it.

Instead, she hugged him. How was he supposed to respond to that? What would happen if he relaxed? Was it a trick?

The second he touched her, he knew it couldn't be.

Her skin was soft as well groomed feathers under his fingertips.

He pronounced her name wrong, but she didn't notice. Instead, she mumbled into his shirt. She seemed suddenly cute and innocent.

The name thing left him thinking. He wanted something he was ok with, yet might get a bad reaction from her. Yami fit the bill. And her reaction was good. She hated it. Too dark..

He actually kissed her hand... Alright. It was only to be polite, but still...

He found himself reacting in strange ways to her. He truly hoped they could get along though.

For those few hours he watched the sky, trying to forget about her. The stars were so bright.

They said once when he and his brother were born, the stars shined just like they were now, bright and full of hope.

He managed to almost lose himself in those shades of light.

But then she came back.

With a blanket.

How was he supposed to react?

When she left, he looked at her, hoping she would turn around, come back...

But she didn't, so he buried his nose in the blanket, clinging to her scent. It was determination and hope, speeches and innocence, the freedom of dance and the cage of her memories. It was love...

Love? How would he know? Yes, Father had been kind, but he still held them somewhat responsible for Mother's death, barely a year after their own. The birth had taken so much out of her, a thing already frail, that had kept them from trying to birth a crown prince or princess.

Errow had always been rebellious, wanting the freedom of open skies and people who were open and friendly and wouldn't regard him with the cool loyalty he'd always lived with. He'd been hard on Mother during birth in a way. Taking so long and so painful. And so many other things. He'd dishonored her memory, with all he had done. He had always known. They'd planned to put Atem on the throne, but dare not say so for fear of how he would react.

Errow wouldn't have cared. He would have really been able to fly away, find a lone ridge and see those mountains Rio had described so vividly. Settle down by himself and be alone as he wished. Live in the quiet nature world where animals didn't worry about royal titles and kept to their own species.

Errow came to the sudden realization that his memories of last night were out of order. A few seconds to reset them and he was determined to think only of tales. Like the one on how Serikomako got his wings. Or the collection of tales he knew of the Night Eagle.

It was now 2:37. He had wasted a full two hours thinking about last night. Or more specifically, Anzu.

Looking across from him he could see her now. They both had window seats. She was in a rather awkward position leaning against the side of the plane, body at a strange angle with braced feet.

Standing up he adjusted he position, unjamming her feet and alining her.

Sitting back down, he stared at the shoes they forced him into, despite his complaints. And by complaints he meant

"I am not wearing those! Sneakers or boots, no heels!"

"Yeah yeah yeah. Just put em on."

"Heels are for girls." He mumbled, having a last ditch effort to save himself as he reluctantly put them on.

The look from Anzu, Atem, Yugi and Kaiba was enough to shut him up. Jounochi and Honda looked in agreement, but in effort of whole necks and reproductive capabilities, said nothing.

Errow felt a rebel streak start to form. He pulled off the shoes and looked at them before noticing the chain that was clipped on to them. He smiled evily, they didn't call him Yami in the past for no reason. He quickly unclipped the chain and slowly put it into Atem's hair, making sure the clips had a nice hold on some locks of hair. Errow knew from experience how down-right hard and annoying it was to get things out of their hair.

He couldn't wait for dawn.

An there you have it, the end of the third chapter. Hey Sara! What do ya have planned for next chapter? Hmmmm?

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