Small Note
Sakura: I seriously want to thank everyone who has been reading and reviewing for this story. Those reviews are what drive me to keep stories like these going. On another note, I've been asked a couple times about whether Mpreg will be in this story. I have answered those who have asked, but I just wanted everyone to know encase you were wondering if it will happen. No Mpreg in this story! I'm not trying to be mean, I just want to make it clear, since I never planned it for this story and I'm not planning on writing it. I do however have other stories that do have Mpreg if you wish to read them and maybe some future stories with it in there. Other than that please enjoy the new chapter!
Chapter Three
KING OF VAMPIRE CITY
As a ruler it's my job to protect these people, but family is always number one
There are some people in this world that would die just to be made King or Queen. The same could have been said for Yami, King of Vampire City, but he was one of the lucky few who were born into royalty. Day in and day out people follow his orders and do what they can to please their King. However after five thousand years of being ruler, it can get pretty old. This was the way it was made to be when he made the choice to become a vampire. Some would say it was time to throw in the towel and give up the throne to someone else, but Yami knew the city and its people like the back of his hand. He would do anything for his people and make sure they were safe from his kind. The crimes he did in the past would forever haunt him, but never again would his people suffer.
The few who keep him going were a select bunch of people from his past, while some were from his present. His loyal council, guards, and friends took the long journey with him from Ancient Egypt to their present day in vampire city. There were his loving children who slowly joined the family every few hundred years and always remained by his side. The final person and someone a King always needs around was a partner or mate in the term for vampires. Yami had his mate in the form of a petite adult by the name of Yuugi Mutou.
It was never Yami's intention to fall in love or ever get married. He had everyone he could ever need at his side, but then Yuugi dropped into his life. The King was never truly one to believe in fate, but on that day when their eyes met, Yami couldn't help but believe in fate. It was like the gods were finally pleased with how he turned his life around and delivered him an angel.
Yuugi bought joy and life to the palace and the King. He worked well with the people and offered a kind face to those who feared their King. If anyone were to ask him if he ever regretted changing Yuugi into a vampire, he may have said yes, but another part of him was thankfully that Yuugi was a vampire. The King would have eternity with the one who he truly loved and who loved him in return.
All morning it had been nothing but paper work and errands for Yami. So when his husband returned to the palace to pull him away for lunch mid-day it had been a welcomed relief. Between reports being filed, jobs to be given out, new citizens entering the city, and let's not forget planning the afternoon meetings with his council, Yami was about ready to sleep the day away. Vampire may have more energy than humans, but at some point they also need sleep. The most sleep Yami ever went without was three days and that was after the war ended. Yuugi had to force Yami to go to bed or risk hurting himself or others. That was another thing about Yuugi that Yami loved, Yuugi kept him on track and looked out for his well-being.
At that moment he was being led over to a blanket that had been set up by the fountain in the garden. It was a garden open to all those in the palace, but was mostly used by the royal family. Yuugi had been the one to finally fix it up after Yami neglected it for years. It was the one place they liked to go to spend some alone time together and it was also the place they got married.
The garden held so many happy memories for them that it was no surprise that Yugi liked to have picnics out in the garden on nice days. Yami was just glad to spend time away from his office with his husband. "So what are we having this fine afternoon?" Yami asked once he sat down on the blanket beside Yuugi.
"I packed us a couple of sandwiches, fruits, and some rather delicious blood for drinks." Yugi told him as he set up the food. He still enjoyed simple human food even though his diet had changed mainly to blood. Yami simply ate human food to make Yuugi and his children feel better about still eating it. Some habits were hard to break, but it wasn't as if the food tasted horrible, it just wasn't as appetizing as it used to be.
Yami took a grape off his plate and ate it, loving the feel of the juice running down his throat as he crushed the fruit between his teeth. Fruits of all kinds had been his favorite when he was human and the king still found himself sometimes craving some. "Did you make all this yourself?" He asked once he swallowed.
Yuugi nodded as he finished chewing up the bite of sandwich he just ate. "I let the cooks know I could handle making a picnic for the two of us. They were busy anyway preparing lunch for the rest of the palace." He then turned around and asked his own question. "What have Chan and Kotaro been up to?"
Yami shrugged. "I haven't seen them since this morning. Did you not pass them when you returned to the palace?"
"No, but I'm sure they are just playing around somewhere." Yuugi often like to know where the smaller children were even if they could look after themselves. It was just a natural parental instinct kicking in and it was nice having adopted children he could look after. Yami and he couldn't have children biological being both male and vampires, but they made it work with the adopted children they had. Although some part of Yugi wished to adopt more unwanted children.
"Hey," Yami said as he lifted Yuugi's chin. "Why the long face?"
Yuugi shook his head and smiled at his partner. "It's nothing…"
One of Yami's eyebrow rose at those words. "Oh no you don't I know something is wrong."
The King of the vampire city was a stubborn man and he would hound Yuugi down until he talked, so Yuugi decided to get it over with. "I've found myself thinking more about us having more children lately." He looked up at Yami with slight sadness in his eyes. "I love the children we have now, but some part of me wants the two of us to adopt more."
"Oh honey, I understand that feeling too, but there is not much we can do." Yami abandon his meal in favorite of pulling his husband into his arms. Adoption was available to vampires, but there were rules that had to be follow. No vampire households were allowed to adopt human children. Vampire and human household could adopt a human child since there was at least one human in the family. Human children however were not available in the city for adoption. Any human child left abandon in the city would be left to other family or sent out of the city to an adoption agency. So humans who wished to adopt had to leave the city and then get citizenship for the child when they returned. Vampires on the other hand could only adopt vampire child, but they were rare. Most of the children who were vampires had parents because they were turned by them.
There were also unwritten rules about changing children at a young age and there was the written rule about changing any human against their will. So the only way for Yuugi and Yami to adopt a child would be for an ill child to come to the city and be given up for adoption. Yami refused to turn a healthy child. Then they would have to find out if any other vampires wish to adopt before Yuugi and Yami would be able to adopt. They already have six children including Jason's new wife Raven so it was unfair for them to be first for a vampire child when other vampires may want a child.
There were so many obstacles in front of them, that Yami believed they probably wouldn't have a chance to adopt a new child for probably another hundred years. The only reason Yami had so many children to begin with was because they had requested him to be their father. Yami had changed them so he developed a bond with them that couldn't be broken.
Yuugi simply smiled up at Yami glad to have such a supportive husband. "I'm sorry for bringing this all up again. It's just one of those things I think about now and again."
"It's alright Yuugi, you have every right to feel this way. Hopefully one day we will be able to adopt another child." Yami kissed the top of Yuugi's head before pulling away to get back to his meal. "Let's get back to our meal, so it doesn't go to waste."
Yuugi agreed with him and took a bite out of his sandwich. They didn't have much time before both would need to get back to their duties for the day. "Hey honey, do you think this weekend we could go out on the town just the two of us?"
"I'm guessing you want a date?" Yami asked to which Yuugi nodded. "I don't see why not. I may need to move some meetings around, but I would be happy to go out on a date with you."
"It's just been a while since we went out just the two of us, so I figured it would be nice to do something together this weekend." Yuugi explained himself, honestly the last few weeks had been slightly stressful and they both needed a break.
"Then it's a date," Yami then chuckled. "You know the kids told me once they think it's strange that we still go on dates."
Yuugi laughed at that. "Every married couple should still have dates. It doesn't have to be anything special just to spend time with your spouse." He then stole one of Yami's grapes. "I think it keeps the relationship interesting since you never know what you might be doing until you plan it."
"Well I don't think you could ever bore me," Yami stole a kiss from Yuugi, which caused his husband to blush a nice bright red color.
The rest of their meal was spent in mostly silence as they focused on eating the rest of their food. They enjoyed the warm sun that was beating down on them and just the presence of each other. Afternoons like this were just a normal day for the King and his mate.
In his office again Yami set to work finishing the files on the new families that were to arrive in a few days. He had already found decent homes to take off the market if the families chose those locations, but nothing would be final until he met with them. That was considered the easy part of his job.
The hardest part of his job was keeping everything in order. Reports were always coming into his office to let him know what was happening around the city. The main focus was to provide a safe city for people to come and live and raise families. Crime was probably less likely in this city than others outside in the human's world, but it could still happen. Sometimes it was simply trouble making teenagers out having fun late at night. There are even fights at bars thanks to drunks. The worst that did not happen often in the city was a rouge vampire on the loose. Yami tried to keep all newborn vampires under careful watch, but as seen with this past war, there are some things that can slip under the watchful of eyes.
Once the war was over, Yami made moves to have better security of newborn vampires and of the vampire and human side of town. He did not want another rebellion happening to cause humans to worry about living in the city. This place was supposed to be peaceful city and a place where those going through hard times could start over.
As Yami was writing some notes on the reports that Bakura had delivered to him. He heard to the door to his office open and close. When he looked up however, he found no one was there. It was strange that someone would just open and close his door for no reason and if it had been someone who needed to see him they would have knocked first. His family normally never knocked, so he wondered if one of the kids had thought about coming to see him but thought against it. The king let it go for the time being as he got back to work.
"Hey daddy…" Yami nearly jumped out of his seat as he looked to his left to see Chan standing beside him with a smile on her face. He hadn't even noticed the little girl come up beside him.
"Chan, you startle me." He gently lifted the girl up and sat her on his lap. "What do you need honey?"
Chan turned her head to look up at her father. "I was playing with Kotaro, but he left with Yuugi to go to the shop to see Taylor. Since everyone was gone I thought I would come help you with your work."
Yami smiled at that and kissed the little girl on the head. "I think I have everything covered here, but maybe there is something you can help me with." He pulled out a blank piece of paper and some crayons he kept in his office for his daughter. "Why don't you draw me something new to put on my desk? The last picture you drew me is getting old and I want something new to show everyone."
The little girl's eyes lit up at that as she took the supplies and jumped down from her father's lap to go sit in front of the desk where he could see her. She got to work as soon as she set down to make a pretty picture for her father. "I'm going to make a way better picture than last time." She announced as she started to draw shapes.
While she was working Yami took a minute to just look at his daughter. Sometimes it was hard to believe that his daughter was over one hundred and twenty six years old. Before long she would be a two hundred year old vampire who looks every bit of a six year old. When he had first met Chan as a sickly little girl something pulled at his heart to help her and when her mother abandoned her once Chan was turned, he would allow no one else to adopt her. She and Kotaro were the two children that he by passed every other vampire that wished to adopt a child just to have them in his family.
Chan at first had been a lively little six year old vampire still trying to learn things and Yami was more than happy to teach her. Once her brain developed into that of a twenty year old he let her start to explore the city on her own and with her brothers. Sometimes Yami did regret turning her, because her and every other child her age or a little over, would probably never know what it is to fall in love and probably have a family. No matter how old they got, they were trapped in a body that would keep them from developing feelings for someone special.
Yami remembered one time before Yuugi had come around he had taken Chan into the city for a little shopping trip. She had seen a human boy about her age and she started to act shy when the boy talked to her. When she and Yami left the store, Yami had asked her if she liked the boy. Chan had responded that he was cute, but she didn't feel anything. It was then that Yami knew that it was her body that was holding her back. She couldn't develop into a proper woman.
Some children hate the idea of growing up, but when you're like Chan, Kotaro, and other vampire children it can be a horrible nightmare. This why Yami preferred parents of children to only change their children when they are older and the child can decide if they want to be a vampire or the child is at risk of dying and that child doesn't wish to die. There were no laws that stopped human parents from having their children changed if they are healthy, but often enough parents do wait for their children to be older.
It may be a struggle for vampire children to be viewed as normal, but some part of Yami could never regret changing Chan because it gave him a daughter and he would forever have a baby girl to spoil and love. Chan and Kotaro always had this carefree aura around them that seemed to rub off on the rest of the people in the palace. Life was never boring with them around or any of his children for that matter.
Afternoon meetings were the closing of the King's day as he sat on his throne and listened to his council discussed changes that could be made to the city to make it safer and to keep up with technology changes outside their city. Everyday something new could be used to make things run faster or improve business. Yami was a five thousand year old king who typical preferred things to be done the old fashion way. He normally did not see eye to eye with his council, but marriage can clearly change a guy. Yuugi, who at first was shy with his council, opened up a few years after their marriage when he realized that his opinion was valued just as much as anyone else.
The palace had been improved greatly thanks to Yuugi ideas and sometimes Yami let Yuugi lead the meetings so he could sit back and relax. At that moment Yami was sitting back and listening to some changes Bakura and Marik wanted to make to the local stations. While crime was down, some changes needed to be made to ensure police, firefighters, and paramedics arrived on the scenes quickly. One of the suggestions was better cell phone towers to pinpoint cell phone calls better.
It seemed like a good idea, but a lot of work was going to be needed to put those towers up and it would be up to Yuugi and Yami to figure out the best place for them. Things like that were simple, but others things in meetings could be difficult. Sometimes certain vampires in the vampire side of town want some laws changed to give the humans less freedom when most vampires are out at night. Complaints like these are always submitted to the palace and discusses throughout the meetings. None of the laws can be overlooked in order to keep the humans safe, but there are moments when Yami can provide small changes to keep the vampires happy for a while. Mahado was in charge of presenting these complaints in the meeting. He was never happy with the job since some of the other members seem to lash out at him for just being the messenger.
A complaint this week was the protest of a new night club for humans opening up since the one club for humans was overcrowding. There were complaints from the night vampires about too many humans being out at night and they were just asking to be attacked.
"They need to get off their high horse and stop complaining," Bakura blurted out. "They say humans are just asking to be attacked, but they won't be if those vampires know what is good for them."
"However they do have a point," Mahado pointed out. "There are certain areas for vampires because they cannot handle being around humans. If we open more night locations for humans, they will be out more and at risk."
As the two started to bicker back and forth, Yuugi slapped his hands down on the table getting everyone's attention. "There are two sides to this story and your bickering isn't helping," He paused to make sure there were no interruptions before he continued. "The humans have every right to be out at night as much as the vampires. This new club is so the old one isn't going against its fire code. We will just have to make sure the location of the new club is away from the vampire clubs and have a little more security at night."
The council all looked at each other before agreeing with their second king. Yami was proud of his husband and knew he had made the right choice in picking his mate. Since the meeting was drawing to a close anyway, Yami decided ending a few minutes early would not hurt anyone.
"We will save any further discussions for tomorrow, this meeting is adjured," Yami said as he stood up and gently took Yuugi's hand. The two of them left the room as the council stood and bowed to them. Once they were out in the halls, Yami quicken his speed until they found a seclude area with no one around.
Yami quickly pinned his husband to the wall and kissed him. Yuugi welcomed the kiss as he wrapped his arms around his partner's neck. They stood like that wrapped up in their own little world, until they broke apart a few minutes later.
"I love it when you take charge," Yami whispered as he moved to nimble on Yuugi's ear.
Yuugi couldn't help let out a moan at the treatment. "Well someone had to, since you weren't doing anything." He teased moved his hands up into Yami's hair. He brought Yami's head back to facing him and then pulled him in for another kiss. Years together and there were still moments where Yugi and Yami just couldn't keep their hands off each other.
When they pulled apart for a second time, Yami picked him husband up bridal style and headed down the hall toward their chambers. "We still have a while before meeting the children for supper," He informed his lover, already figured out how to spend the next few hours.
Yuugi chuckled as he seemed to read Yami's mind. "I like the way you think, however…" He startled Yami by easily hopping out of his husband's arms and taking off down the hall. "You'll have to catch me first."
A smirk formed on the King's face as he gave chase to catch his little lover.
Sakura: In vampire city I didn't really have a chapter all about Yami's day so I decided to add it here. I'm going to try and make some chapters about Yami and not just about Yuugi. There will be lots of chapters about both Yuugi and Yami since I love putting those two together.
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