Yugi: hey readers! I am back into the groove of writing again, sorry I took so long..

Yami: not your fault Hikari, you have a life too.

Yugi: yeah I do, anyway here's the next chap.

/Atem to Yugi/ /Yugi to Atem/ = Mind-Link

'personal thoughts'

"Speaking"

"Speaking in Egyptian" (for Atem only)

~Chapter 8~

Fight for Survival

Yugi sighed as he walked down the stairs, having finished getting unpacked, having been living at Atem's home in Tokyo for about a month now, so far Atem had yet to inform him on weather they were in the clear. Atem smiled as he back winged and landed, walking inside "Yugi?", Yugi looked up "oh hey..", Atem noticed something was bothering his usual optimistic hikari. "Yugi are you alright?", Yugi looked to his beloved " I'm just worried that we will be discovered and hunted", Atem nodded "so far we are safe, though I got this feeling the other day that Tea has been watching us." Yugi sighed "she is still pursuing after you, even after discovering that you have wings?"

Atem nodded and sat down on the couch "why must girls like me, so?", Yugi giggled and sat on his lover's lap, "because of your dashing good looks and sexy, flirty personality", Atem blinked and then blushed madly "Yugi.." he made a small whine, causing Yugi to giggle and lean in, nuzzling his cheek "your welcome", Atem sighed and wrapped his arms around Yugi's waist "gods, I love you", Yugi smiled "and I you, Mou-Hitori-No-Boku" Atem chuckled and then blinked as the shadows around their home began to react, "Something's wrong, the shadows are going haywire"

Yugi got up and so did Atem, who looked to the shadowy figure forming in their living room, "My Pharaoh...you must leave at once, the girl with blue eyes has tapped into a forbidden power and is coming for you..." Atem's eyes narrowed and he looked to Yugi "we need to leave now...", Yugi nodded "our things?", Atem shook his head "we don't have time", the two young men soon ran out the back and took to the sky, their wings flapping fast, Yugi glanced to his lover /what did the shadow creature tell you?/ Atem looked to Yugi /Tea has managed to tap into some unknown power and is now after me, Yugi we may need to fight..her../

Yugi sighed and nodded before coasting next to Atem, /what-ever's necessary, I guess/ Atem smiled gently and gently squeezed Yugi's hand /she chose this path of destruction, not you/ Yugi nodded as they flew on, the rest of the way in silence, he didn't ask his dark where they were going, he just hoped the place was somewhere safe and far away from Tea and whatever the unknown power she had gained was. Suddenly just as they were crossing over a ravine, a loud roar/screech was heard, Yugi and Atem both stopped and turned around, their eyes growing wider.

/Oh Holy crap../ was all Atem heard from Yugi as they say a huge sea serpent with large wings flying toward them at a very fast speed, once the monster got close enough, it literally towered over the two winged men. "Ate' what?", Atem shook his head then glanced to the beast's forehead, "no...it can't be.." he whispered, Atem knew what the green symbol on the serpent meant, "The Seal of Oricahclos..." he whispered. Yugi blinked and looked to his lover "is that bad?", Atem nodded "that monstrous serpent is Leviathan... a divine beast that once ruled over Atlantis."

Yugi gulped and Leviathan made a deep, dark chuckle "So we meet again Pharaoh Atemu.." Atem growled and stood his ground, though technically they were several thousand feet in the air, Yugi hovering next to him, Leviathan chuckled again and roared, sending a blast toward them, Atem yelled and both he and Yugi flew out of the way, Leviathan snarled "hold still!" Atem moved and he held up his right hand "not a chance!" his hand then began to glow, and a sword of black flames appeared.

/Yugi, you need to summon a weapon... just concentrate your energy.../ Yugi nodded and raised both his hands, suddenly a huge golden bow appeared, with a glowing white arrow, he smirked as he pulled the string back, Atem nodded and then flew forward, with the speed of a Cheetah and the grace of a Gazelle, he slashed Leviathan across the neck, dark purple blood spewed from the wound, as Leviathan roared, his tail coming around and wrapping around Atem, who yelled in surprise. Yugi gasped and then aimed his arrow, firing it with a skill he never knew he had, he watched as the arrow flew true and struck the glowing mark on Leviathan's head.

Leviathan let out a screech, and struggled to regain its focus, Atem, seeing the opening, managed to wiggle free and sprung from the sea serpent's grasp, he flew with great speed and aimed his glowing sword at Leviathan's neck, watching as the flames went through the beast's previous wound and made it larger, he backed up and watched as the mark spread and soon Leviathan's head detached from its body, a murderous scream was heard as Leviathan's body exploded as well as its head.

Yugi sighed as they had landed in Egypt about an hour after the fight, his wings ached and he was tired, Atem came in and gently wrapped his arms around his young lover. "are you alright?" Yugi nodded "I guess so, could have been worse", Atem nodded "yes it could have, but I doubt that is the last time we will see Leviathan...", Yugi blinked "what?", Atem nodded "he fell to easily, the last we fought, it took all of my magical strength to bring him down, this time..however he fell with just a minor power strike..."

Yugi blinked "well weren't you alone last time?". Atem blinked and then nodded "yes..", Yugi smiled "the reason why it seemed so easy was because you had me, with you"Atem nodded "I did, didn't I? you must have given me an extra boost of power.", Atemu then leaned in and kissed Yugi, lightly /I love you...Yugi/ Yugi kissed him back and nuzzled him /and I love you too, Atem/ Atem smiled and gently wrapped his arms around his beloved Hikari, "I am so glad I found you..", Yugi cooed softly and nuzzled his face into Atem's chest, "that makes two of us" Atem smiled and carried his Hikari up to their bedroom, walking in he shut the door and walked over to the bed, gently laying Yugi and himself down upon it "Yugi..I want to ask you something..."

Yugi blinked and watched as Atem reached for a small black box on his dresser, "we've been together for almost what a year now?", Yugi nodded, a blush slowly starting to form, "what I want to know is..." Atemu opened the box and Yugi gasped, inside was a beautiful diamond ring, the band was solid gold with little vines of silver going all over it, the diamond, very very huge... and on either side of the white gem were two hearts, the left was a beautiful ruby, the right was an equally beautiful Amethyst.. "now I am only going to ask this once..." Yugi's eyes widened as he sat up and Atem got down on the floor on one knee..

"Yugi Hikari Muto... my light, my love..will you make me the happiest man in the world..by becoming my husband?" Yugi's eyes went wide as saucers and he squealed "OH MY GOD, YES! ATEM I WILL!" at that moment Yugi tackled Atem and kissed him, passionately, breaking the kiss because of lack of air...Atem smiled and placed the ring on Yugi's finger "perfect..", Yugi smiled gently and nuzzled his now new Fiancee, unaware that a storm was brewing... a storm so powerful..that it could seperate him and his beloved...forever...

Yugi: a proposal and a cliffy...wow

Yami: this is gettin' good...

Yugi: sorry if it's short, R&R later peeps