Ch3

The blue eyed man blinked. The white haired man's jaw dropped. The bronze haired man smiled and waved back and the crimson eyed man frowned. "Hello. It seems I can now understand you."

Jou smiled. "Yes you can. That is what the collars do. My name is Jou."

The Crimson eyed man nodded once "and I am Atem. Pharaoh of Egypt." Jou nodded.

"I am honoured to meet you. Those three" he said tilting his head in the direction of his brothers "are my brothers. The small one is Yugi, the white haired one is Ryou and the other blond is Malik. We mean you no harm."

Bakura closed his jaw "how can we trust you?" he asked and Jou bowed slightly towards him.

"My brothers and I come with warnings. Warnings of a great darkness, warnings of an impending war."

Bakura scowled. "And I assume its your people declaring this war against us?"

Jou's smile faded "you see our entire population in front of you. We are the only survivors."

Bakura blinked in surprise "just the four of you?" Jou nodded.

Yugi peeked out from behind Malik's back "Jou! Who are they?" he called to his oldest brother. The blond looked at him... as did everyone else. Yugi let out a small 'eep' sound before ducking under the water. Slowly he broke the surface to hear Jou's reply.

"The red eyed one is their king I think. Like our grandfather was ours. The others are his viziers." Yugi nodded and clung to his brother Malik.

Jou looked back at the Pharaoh "sorry, my youngest brother wanted to know who you were." the Pharaoh smiled.

"Untie him and give the others back their, collars." he commanded his guard and the man that held the bag. The two men nodded and Jou almost sighed with relief as his wrists were freed. The man approached the edge of the pool and held out the bag to the boys. Yugi and Ryou dived and Malik sank into the water further.

Jou laughed "sorry there a bit shy. We've lived in a world plagued with war our whole lives. They don't trust many others. Coupled with being subs... well you get the point." the man nodded with a look of slight confusion and handed the bag to him. Jou took it and dived into the water. Below the surface Jou spotted the two youngest huddled in the corner "Hay you two. Its ok. They gave us back out translator collars.

Yugi looked up at him "we're scared Jou." the blond smiled sadly. Malik dived down beside him.

"I agree. That dude with the bronze hair just gave me a weird smile." Jou laughed as he handed out the collars.

As the last flash faded Jou looked at his brothers "come on. We have to finish our mission" the boys nodded and swam back to the surface.

Atem waited as the shadows of the four boys moved beneath the waters surface. He turned to his cousin and two friends. "Remember, these boys are not from our world. Do not trust them too quickly but do not disregard what they say." Bakura rolled his eyes but nodded all the same. The sound of disturbed water alerted them to the presence of said boys.

Jou frowned and swam to the edge of the pool "my Lord?" he called and Atem nodded to him "I have a question."

The Pharaoh nodded again in understanding and approached the edge of the pool "yes?"

Jou smiled slightly and looked up at the tall man "we were wondering where we may stay. You see we need water to survive." Atem thought for a moment then turned to Seth.

The tall Priest frowned in thought as well "perhaps they may stay in the embassy guest chambers. They are after all an embassy for their people. There nearby so they could use this pool of water when they need."

Marik smiled and nodded as he sat down at the edge of the pool. "I'll show them where it is!" he said rather loudly, frighting the three smaller boys causing them to dive beneath the water again. Marik blushed and looked at Jou "oops?". The blond just smiled and sank beneath the water to see where they had gotten to. Marik looked up at the other three egyptians with wide eyes.

Jou rose above the water again and sat on the edge of the pool beside Marik. "Forgive them. They are subs." he said and Marik frowned in confusion. "Subs." Jou repeated. Noticing that no one understood he laughed softly "perhaps I should explain our family lineage." he said and turned so he was facing the egyptians.

Atem smiled and flopped to sit on the grass that reached to the edge of the pool. Bakura sat as well before stretching out and laying on his stomach. Seth grimaced in distaste before siting gracefully. "Very well" he said and they looked at Marik who was leaning over the water.

Jou noticed and suppressed his humour "you wont see them. Their in the corner shadows." he said and turned to the three more mature young men. "Our first ancestor was called Lupaka. He came from this world. He came from an island surrounded by water. He could swim to great depths, hold his breath like that of a dolphin and could speak to the animals of the water. One day he met a girl who was from another world. They fought a battle within the sea and won together. Afterwards her kind came for her. He went with them to fight a war. He left because the one he declared his love for rejected him. He told this to a witch who cursed and blessed our family." Jou stopped for a breath and looked around.

His brothers had drifted to the surface behind him and Malik was trying to hide from a smiling Marik. Bakura tilted his head to see the boys before looking back at Jou. "she made it so that none of his descendants could bear any child but a boy. There were to be two kinds. Submissive's and Dominants. My brothers are of the first. I am of the second. And all Subs need a Dom. A Dom leads, protects and comforts. Subs plan and strategise, hunt better and can bear children." the four Egyptians stopped trying to see the three boys in the water and stared at him.

Then at the same time they all shouted "WHAT?"

Jou flinched as once again his brothers dived. The sighed in exasperation and crossed his arms. "If you must shout and carry on I would be very appreciative if you would do so without scaring my brothers." he said as the Egyptians just blinked at him.

Atem shook his head "did you just say that they could bear children?" he asked and Jou nodded. Atem frowned in confusion "but thats impossible."

Jou laughed. "For your kind maybe but not ours. At certain points of the lunar cycle, your world and ours luckily share similar cycles, their bodies change stubbly enough that if impregnated they can bare children."

Bakura raised one eyebrow and shook his head "Benefit of the doubt" he said and the other nodded.