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Chapter 32

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They soon reached Atemu's chambers and three chairs were moved in front of the bed. Atemu sat on the bed with Yami beside him, Mariku sat Marik on the end of the bed and Akefia did the same with Bakura. They knew they would be exhausted from when they were away and dragging heavy bags back to their home.

Atemu pointed at the chairs and the boys quickly sat down, more Yugi and Ryou than Malik. Yugi huddled down into the animal skin and stared at the part of the animal skin in his lap. Ryou stared at the floor in front of him while Malik just glared at Atemu.

"To say I'm disappointed is an understatement. And here I thought we were just starting to get along." Yugi cringed at that.

"Yeah right we were just pretending." Malik growled.

Atemu glared at him before looking at Yugi and Ryou. Both were refusing to look at anyone and found the floor more interesting.

"Is that true Yugi? Were you just pretending?" Atemu asked.

"Yes he was." Malik answered.

"No I wasn't." Yugi said softly.

"What?" Malik said, having not heard properly.

"I wasn't pretending Malik. Atemu and I were actually getting along."

"Ryou?" Akefia asked.

"I wasn't pretending." Ryou said. "I'm sorry Malik but Yugi and I were getting along with them."

"I can't believe this."

"Malik we are just telling you we were getting along. If we are going to be here for a long time we might as well get along." Ryou said.

"What's the point in constantly arguing and disagreeing? It just makes life so much harder." Yugi said.

Malik glared angrily at them and turned away. Ryou and Yugi looked at each other visibly upset with the argument. They had never argued with each other before that led to one of them turning away. They were sure that if Malik could, he would walk away.

"Malik you will be given water each day till the end of the fifteen days of punishment. The other rules are that someone will be with you at all times as of now and that when sleeping you will all be chained back to the beds, seeing as you used that time to escape. Am I understood?" Ryou and Yugi nodded while Malik just glared at a wall. "Am I understood Malik?" Atemu growled at him.

"Yes."

Atemu glared at him before looking to Bakura and Akefia. "Go rest in your rooms. Take Ryou with you." Both nodded and stood up while Atemu turned to Mariku and Marik. "Same with you and take Malik with you as well." Both nodded and stood up.

"What about the food?" Yami asked.

"I'll take it to the food chamber."

Ryou and Malik were led out of the chamber while Yugi stayed in his chair, not really wanting to move. Atemu stood up and moved over to the bags, with Yami following him.

"Yami go sit down. You have to be exhausted."

"I'm alright." Yami said to him.

"Yami don't lie to me."

"Fine I'm a little tired but I feel fine Atemu. Just like every time I do the food trip."

Atemu looked at him and shook his head. "It doesn't matter, I need you to stay here and look after Yugi. At least you'll be resting then."

"Atemu I'm a thousand years old. I'm not a child."

"I know that."

"Then don't treat me like one."

"I..."

"You are telling me to rest but I'm fine. If I feel like I need to rest I will. You know that."

Atemu sighed and nodded causing Yami to smile and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Atemu wrapped his arms around his waist and pulled him close and rested his head on Yami's shoulder. Yami smiled and ran his hand through his hair in comfort. Yugi peaked up through his hair when they had started to argue slightly and watched as they embraced. He was surprised to see the two getting along so well and the same with the other two couples.

Yami pulled away and helped Atemu place one on his back before Atemu picked up the other two, one in each hand and disappeared out of the chamber. Yami turned to Yugi to see him still sitting in the chair. Yami walked over and knelt down in front of him causing Yugi to jump slightly.

"Yugi was it?" Yugi nodded. "Come sit on the bed."

Yami walked over and sat on the bed on the side Atemu slept on and Yugi slowly walked over and sat on the side of the bed Yami wasn't on. Yami looked at him and could tell he was scared to be near him. Yami sighed softly and decided to explain some things to Yugi.

"So how did Atemu and the others find you?"

"We are here with grandfather's archaeology group and were exploring the cliff face for something to do and ducked into the cave to have lunch. When we finished, Malik had noticed something strange about the entrance on either side, so we pulled the sand away and found the naga statues. We were heading back to get my grandfather and his team when we got stuck in the sand. We later woke in the temple and well they appeared as huge snakes and we each ran down one of the tunnels. They found us and knocked us out and we woke in that cell."

"Well I'm sorry if they scared you especially seeing as you don't get snakes the size you saw."

"Yeah that was a shock. I think had it not been for the fear of being eaten I may have fainted." Yami chuckled in reply. "Yami why are you still here? Don't you have family?"

"Yugi my family is long dead. I'm a thousand years old, they are all dead. Besides Atemu is my lover why would I not want to be with him?"

"Oh I'm sorry about your family."

"It's alright. Yugi do you know why they are not going to let you leave?"

"Because they think we'll spread around that naga's exist and that we'll reveal their location."

"Yes and no." Yugi looked up. "It is because they fear you'll spread it. But there are people out there that search for naga's that live around the world. We have met some a few years ago and they attacked us. They are hunters."

"Did anyone get hurt?"

"Yes... me."

"But you're not a naga. Why hurt you?"

"Is that what you think Yugi? That I'm not a naga?"

"You're human like Ryou, Malik and I."

"No Yugi I'm not. While Atemu, Akefia and Mariku can't change to a human form; Bakura, Marik and I can."

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