Yugi: hey readers! I'm back, lol I noticed I got a couple of good comments on my lemon, glad you enjoyed it

Yami: I know I did *wiggles eyebrows*

Yugi: you always enjoy my lemons, lol

Yami: lol ^.^ anyway on with the story, my Aibou dun own anyting but me! xD

Yugi: YAMI! *blushes*

'monster talk'

/blah/ = Yugi to Atemu

/blach/ = Atemu to Yugi

"Speech"

'personal thoughts'

Yugi: also readers, Blue-eyes Yugi is going to be in the story for a while, though his name will be different

~Chapter 14~

Entering the realm of the monsters

Yugi and Atemu both gasped as their eyes opened, gazing around, it seems they hand landed in a mountain range,Yugi looked down "wow, we're high enough up to fly…", Atemu nodded and his large black wings opened "be on your guard, Yugi, I don't know if we will be welcomed here or not." Yugi nodded and they both took to the sky, flying from the cliff-side cave they had landed in. As they flew Yugi noticed they were being watched /Ate', we're being watched../ he pointed down slightly, to a group of Whiptail Crows and two Winged Dragons, Atemu nodded /they seem to know we are here to help them, but they also seem to fear us…/

Yugi nodded and they flew on, suddenly a large white blur flew in front of them, making them stop, Yugi's eyes widened as he gasped, there in front of them was a very, very large Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Atemu hovered next to his lover "a male…strange.. Normally males don't live to adulthood.." The blue eyes snorted and suddenly its form shrunk, revealing a boy who looked shockingly like Yugi, though his tips of his hair where a deep ocean blue and not violet, and his eyes were a brilliant sapphire and not amethyst. "We've been waiting for you…my lords, please come with me.." Yugi looked to him, "um…who are you?", the blue-eyed Yugi look-a-like looked to him "my liege, my name is not important as of right now, when Leviathan is gone…I will tell you..", Yugi nodded "o-okay"

Atemu then flew beside Yugi as the blue-eyed clone of his lover flew infront of them, though he looked liked Yugi, he was far from him in personality, or that was what Atemu thought 'this blue-eyes seems trust worthy, but I do find it rather odd that he resembles Yugi in appearence but that is as far as their similarites go..', he coasted upward and flew beside the blue-eyes "do you know of any monsters, besides the legendary dragons, who are willing to help us?" the blue eyes looked to him, then back forward "my clan and I are willing to lend our claws to fight, the dark beast, your highness.. and once the great dragons; Timaeus, Critias and Hermos are free, they surely will be willing to teach your hikari side the ways of battle", Yugi nodded and flew up on the dragon's right side "if I may be so bold... why did you choose to look like me?", the dragon chuckled "I admire you, King Heba, I have since I was just a hatchling, so when I learned that I was capable of altering my form... I chose to look like you..to possibly gain a bit of respect..."

Atemu blinked "and have you?", the dragon nodded "I am the leader of the dragons, now, since my father passed on.. he was someone you could have related with King Atemu..", Atemu double blinked, the blue-eyes chuckled "my father, Prince Auran Silverlance (1), was also a blue-eyes though he started out human" Yugi blinked "how did he?", the dragon giggled softly "my father was fused with the soul of a blue-eyes at a very young age, and had grown to become a great man.. sadly he passed when I just became a fledgeling, in your time and realm, I would have been at least nine or ten", Yugi sighed " I'm so sorry.." the dragon shrugged "it is in the past, and I know he is watching over me, and is proud." Atemu nodded and the three of them, flew to a large castle which stood on a lone Isle surrounded by a lake, Yugi looked around and noticed all the carvings and statues were dragons.

"wow, this place is gorgeous", the blue-eyed Yugi clone nodded "yes, this is the castle that holds the statues of the three legendary dragons... Timaeus the Swift, Critias the Wise and Hermos the Just, once inside I will guide you to the room where they are incased in ice, from there, I can not come with you, for the spell that was cast upon them, prevents those who are unworthy to come near them", Atemu nodded and backwinged, just behind the blue-eyes, the three of them then proceeded to a set of large, double-doors that seemed to be made of the finest wood, with golden dragons shaped like door-handles, Yugi looked to Atemu then to his look-a-like, the twin smiled gently "I will wait here for you to return, King Heba, once the knights are free, I will also help you with your training", Yugi nodded and soon Atemu pulled open the door, the room, was well-lit and quite large, Yugi gasped, there in the center of the room, were, three mighty dragon statues, all made of solid ice, Yugi shivered a bit as he felt something foreign grace his mind.

Atemu looked up "fear not Timaeus, Heba and I have come to release, thee and your brethren." The presence in Yugi's mind soothed, ever so slightly as they walked into the room, looking at the statues, "which is which?" Yugi asked aloud, he was soon answered by a booming voice that was a bit more baritone than Atemu's "King Heba, we, the legendary dragons have waited countless centuries for you and King Atemu.." Yugi blinked "are you..perhaps... Timaeus?" the voice chuckled "that I am your majesty, I am the middle dragon, to my right is Hermos, and to my left, is Critias" Yugi nodded "alright, how do we release you?" "very simple, each of us has a magic sword, in us, remove the swords..the ice will disappear", Yugi nodded and looked aound, seeing the blades, one was lodged in Timaeus' left eye, Hermos' sword was lodged in his back, and Critias' sword was lodged deep in his left arm. Atemu flew up and grabbed Hermos' blade, pulling up with all his might, suddenly the blade pulled free and the great red dragon let out a very large roar.

Next was Critias, Yugi pulled his blade free, with a huge amount of power, the dark blue dragon, sighed and shook with relief, walking over to stand next to Hermos, Finally was Timaeus, Yugi grabbed the blade but jolted, the voice of Timaeus spoke once more; "my liege , in order to set me free, both you and King Atemu, must pull the sword from my eye", Yugi looked to the dragon statue "but won't that hurt?", the voice chuckled "no dear one, in the main fight for Atlantis, 10,000 years ago, I lost my left eye, so I will not feel pain..", Yugi nodded and both he and Atemu pulled the sword free, soon the blueish-green dragon emerged, and the three let out triumphent roars, causing the world around the castle to stir with excitement. Yugi smiled, and they soon emerged, Timaeus stopped for a moment and looked down "Prince Saphron, why are you here?", Yugi blinked and looked to his look-a-like "your name is Saphron?"

The boy nodded "yes, Prince Saphron Silverlance (2), son of the late Prince Auran" he sighed "I wasn't going to reveal my true name until later, but it's alright" he smiled softly as he saw Timaeus' head fall a bit, "you didn't know Tima-chan, its fine", Atemu blinked "Tima-chan?", Saphron chuckled lightly "it's just a nickname he picked up many years ago", Yugi nodded and they looked up seeing a large portal open, Atemu's wings flexed "seems Mahaad is waiting for us" the two winged boys then took to the sky, followed by the legendary dragons, and Saphron.

Once back in Domino the two then explained to their friends, what was going to soon take place, Joey of course was more than willing to help, as well as Tristan and Ryou, though Ryou offered to stay back and help Yugi's grandfather, who they came to find out had gotten worse and were told that he would not last through the week, this of course greatly saddened Yugi, though he had magic, he could not save his grandfather. Atemu sighed a bit as he left a sleeping Yugi in his old bed-room, walking downstairs, he looked up to see Joey, "how is he?", Atemu sighed again "asleep, finally, I know his grandfather has yet to pass, but as a god of darkness... I know, he will not pull through..he has lived a long fruitful life, and is ready to leave..and knowing that Yugi will be well taken care of, that put him in a greater state of peace" ( A/N: I can see Atemu saying that, lol) Joey nodded and the two went back in the livingroom, where Saphron was speaking to Mahaad and Shadi.

Saphron looked up "my king, Shadi has informed me that Leviathan has gathered quite the following and his master, turns out to be a young woman..", Atemu nodded "yes, I know, her name is Tea Gardner, and she used to be a friend to Yugi, until he told her he was gay', Saphron nodded in understanding, the Mahaad spoke "my lord, are you sure you want your lover's friends to fight along with us?", Atemu nodded and smiled "yes Mahaad, duel monsters that are connected to these particular humans will be stronger, and will act faster, when they deem the time is fit, I do not know what Tea has in store for us, but I do know this, she will try to kill both Yugi and I, and anyone who sides with us", Joey nodded "she's gotta be stopped, Dark Magician, no matter if she was a friend or not, she is not the Tea we all knew." Atemu nodded "I agree with Joey, she has changed for the worse and I will not be merciful, not this time."

Saphron blinked "this time?" Atemu nodded "she has tried to kill Yugi ever since we left college a few months back, and not but a month or so ago, she tried to kill me, along with Seto Kaiba, she wanted me, as a lover, but now she just wants me dead", Saphron sighed "women are such crazy bitches", Atemu and the others laughed quietly, while Joey smirked "hence why most of the men in this room are Gay", they all nodded and continued to talk about battle plans and training methods.

Over the next few days, they trained, though they stopped on Saturday, for it seemed in the middle of the night, Solomon Muto had passed away, dying from a heart attack in his sleep(3), at the age of eighty-one, Yugi mourned for the loss of his grandfather, but he continued training none-the-less, it seemed to Atemu that even though Yugi had lost the last of his family, the boy had gained something else, a lover, and he had friends who cared for him deeply, no matter what he was. Atemu sighed as he placed a wreath of red roses on Solomon's grave, wearing a black trenchcoat that hid his wings, a black cowboy style hat covered his hair and shades covered his eyes, though he knew not many people knew him, he didn't want to be found by Leviathan's croonies or worse, Tea.

Atemu took his time walking back to the game-shop, even though he had not known Solomon for very long, he felt that he too had become the elders grandson and that made him feel..well happy, his family all but gone, Yugi was all he had left, and now.. he had friends to lean on, which in his eyes, was the greatest gift the gods could give him. Once back at the shop, he entered and smiled softly as Yugi came in and hugged him, kissing his light softly, he removed the coat, his wings flexing wide, the black feathers, looking slightly more Ebony in the lighting of the livingroom. "Sorry I'm late, I decided to walk back", Yugi nodded "lunch is ready if you want to eat." Atemu nodded and walked to the kitchen sitting beside Yugi as they ate, in relative silence.

Though as the night pressed on Atemu looked out, feeling that the storm was growing larger and would soon be upon them, 'no matter what the cost...' Atemu thought as he looked to his sleeping winged Habidi 'I will not lose Yugi...again'

(1) - Auran Silverlance is not my character, but belongs to my closest friend Timaeus, I wanted to at least mention him to give Saphron (blue eyes Yugi) a bit more background history

(2) - this was the name I changed Blue-eyes Yugi to, I thought it sounded cooler :)

(3) - this was how my real grandfather passed away, just thought I'd mention that

Yugi: well readers, here's chapter 14, looks like the epic battle is close at hand

Yami: that was sad about grandpa

Yugi: well I had to kill him off, its part of Yugi's character development, anyway R&R peeps

Yami: later readers! ^^