I know it's been a while but I've had some serious writers block and I hope that I'm slowly over coming in. Please be patient with me. I never abandon my stories. I'm also at TAFE so I have to do my study as well so I'm trying to balance the two. Anyway.

Here's the next chapter.

Enjoy.

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Chapter 42

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Yugi sighed softly as he followed Atemu and Yami back to the chamber. He was very bored in here and there was nothing to do. He may not feel a hundred percent yet but he was feeling heaps better than before. He just wished there was something else to do then sitting around or sleeping. He was still tired and it was night time but he just wanted something else to do other than sleep during the day.

Yugi wanted to ask if there was something else they could do during the day but he was scared to ask Atemu himself and he knew that if he asked Yami he might be going over Atemu's head and then get them both into trouble. Yugi just didn't want to get on anyone's bad side. So he decided to keep silent as he headed over to the bed seeing as Yami and Atemu were turning off some of the torches on the wall. Yugi laid down on the edge of the bed and saw Atemu coming over and laid his hand up by the bed head so that there wasn't any fight.

Yami watched as Atemu chained Yugi's wrist back to the headboard and he knew it wasn't necessary to do that anymore. He knew that with Malik being together with Marik and Mariku there was no chance that they would try to leave again. Yami just shook his head, planning on talking to Atemu the next morning.

Atemu climbed into bed next to Yami before the two curled up together and fell asleep, while Yugi took a while to fall asleep. He just wasn't tired at all. After a few hours Yugi finally fell asleep curled up on his side of the bed.

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Yugi woke slowly the next morning and looked over his shoulder to see Yami and Atemu still asleep, curled up together, Atemu's arms wrapped around Yami. Yugi sighed and stretched his legs a little and felt something thin wrapped around his legs and it was moving. Yugi went stiff and grabbed the covers and flung them off himself to find a snake wrapped around his legs. Yugi whimpered as it reared up and hissed at him. Yugi reached beside him and shook whoever he touched to wake up.

Atemu groaned in annoyance as someone shook his arm to wake him. He opened his eyes and all he saw was Yami's head and Yugi's hair and that it was shaking. Atemu sat up and looked at Yugi's face to see him staring at something terrified. Atemu followed Yugi's gaze and found what was scaring him. A snake had wrapped around his legs and was reared up and was ready to strike.

Atemu reached out and grabbed the snake just behind its head and pulled it away. It hissed at him and wrapped its tail around Atemu's arm and squeezed. Atemu hissed back and climbed out of bed and moved out of the cavern.

Yami sat up after waking when Atemu had reached over and grabbed the snake. Yami turned to Yugi who was still shaking. Yami reached over and undid the chain on his wrist.

"Yugi? Are you alright? Did it bite you?"

"No it didn't. How did it get in?"

"There are many small entrances to our home. They can come through any of those. They don't bother us, so I'm not sure why it was trying to attack you."

"It was on me when I woke."

"Maybe because we are part snake we aren't affected as much. But you are human so it might have reacted like it did because of that."

"I didn't do anything though why would it?"

"You most likely scared it." Atemu said as he re-entered the chamber.

"I don't understand."

"It was most likely scared because you woke. Most things are more frightened of you than you are of them."

"What was it?"

"It was a Horned Viper."

Yugi whimpered and curled up against the head board. Yami watched him before moving over and wrapping his arm around him to comfort him.

"We don't get many come in so you don't have to worry too much about it. And most of the time they are just passing through."

"How often is that?"

"Every few weeks." Atemu said as he settled on the bed.

Yugi shivered and felt the arm across his shoulder tighten a little and leaned into him to receive just that little bit of comfort. Atemu watched this and saw Yami giving him a look causing him to internally sigh.

"Why don't we go get something to eat?"

Yugi nodded and followed them both out of the chamber.

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After breakfast Yugi was sitting at the table still and saw Ryou was quiet and obviously not wanting to talk to Yugi saw Yami walking back over and risked asking a question.

"Yami?"

"Yes?"

"Is there a library or games or something?"

"Yes there is a library and we do have games. Why?"

"Not to seem ungrateful for the movement but I'm just bored and I'm sure Ryou agrees."

"Alright. Let me talk to Atemu and I'll see if we can take you there."

Yugi smiled in thanks and watched as Yami collected the last of the dishes and headed back over to Atemu. Yami stood beside Atemu and helped him with the dishes.

"I'm guess you heard that?"

"Yes."

"And?"

"And what?"

"You are starting to become an ass. Will you let them go to the library?"

"They won't be able to read any of it."

"How do you know that? They were coming to do a dig so they might have some understanding. Besides it will give them something to do other than sleep and there is only so much sleep a person can have."

Atemu sighed. "Fine."

"Thankyou and have you given any thought of what Mariku brought to your attention."

"Not really, no."

"Why?"

"Because."

"Atemu if we don't let them say goodbye they won't ever forgive us and besides with all the search parties and things it might attract hunters to the area. It might be better to have Yugi's grandfather know he's alive and can say goodbye."

"You realise that's exactly the reason we were keeping them here. Is because they found the temple entrance? What good will it does us other than to kidnap an old man because he's seen us."

"Well you could always let them say goodbye and then erase his memory but make it so it doesn't hurt to think about them or even make it so that he can't mention it to anyone but knows they are alive and safe. The reason we didn't do that was because it takes a lot of energy and we can't use it to control three people."

"I will think about it today."

"Atem-"

"Don't Yami. I will think about it."

"Fine."

Yami turned and walked back over to Yugi leaving Atemu staring at the dishes. He knew he needed to do something before all the search parties drew in the attention of the hunters. He didn't need another attack to happen on anyone else.

Yami sat down next to Yugi and smiled. "We can go to the library soon. Just a warning you may not be able to read anything, but there are some games there I can teach you."

Yugi smiled and nodded quickly, anything to get rid of the boredom.

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Hope you liked it. Please review. Remember I've had writers block.