Atem`s Pov
After a while of just talking about my father, Yugi had fallen asleep. I smiled and picked him up before walking over to Heba who nuzzled my hand as I petted him before he nuzzled Yugi and whining when he got no response. I chuckled
"Don`t worry Heba, he`s just asleep." Heba nodded and nuzzled my hand again. I smiled and placed Yugi onto Heba`s back before climbing on myself. I set off back to the palace and reached the kingdom not long after so I slowed Heba down into a walk
"Atem!" I heard Seth call from behind me, I stopped Heba and turned to see Seth coming towards me on his own horse
"Seth, what is it?"
"I`ve finally found you, you just disappeared after the encounter with Lady Tea." Seth shivered
"Cousin you can`t be cold we live in Egypt." I chuckled; he frowned
"I`m not cold Atem, I'm recalling what has happened with Lady Tea since you left." I sighed
"What has happened?"
"She nearly got Yami punished-"
"WHAT?!"
"Papa?" I looked down at Yugi to see him sleepily rubbing his eyes, I sighed
"I`m sorry Yugi, I didn`t mean to wake you."
"It okay Papa, but what wrong?"
"Nothing, I`ll deal with it later, why don`t you get some more sleep." He nodded and yawned
"Okay papa." He drifted off to sleep
"What happened?" Seth sighed
"When Lady Tea could find you, she went to Yami who was relaxing in the garden due to my orders since you weren`t around, when she asked him where you were; he said he didn`t know and she thought he was lying...lucky I was passing by when I saw and stopped Yami from being punished even though all the most of the guards know not to harm Yami." I sighed
"I`m already starting to regret even letting her stay."
"Well we can`t get her to leave first thing in the morning cause she`ll complain."
"I know, alright anything else happens she`s gone." Seth nodded and we headed back to the palace. When we arrived I scooped Yugi into my arms and climbed off of Heba before petting him and letting him nuzzle Yugi how purred in response before leaving with Seth
"You know she`s probably looking for you right now don`t you?" Seth asked
"Yes, I do."
"So what are you going to do?" suddenly there was a loud female scream, Seth and I looked at each other before taking off down the halls towards the sound
"Who`s responsible for this?! I want an answer or ever servant will be punished!" Lady Tea yelled
"How do you know it was a servant?" Marik asked while stood with Bakura, Malik, Ryou and Jono
"Who else would it be? Because you wouldn`t do that to a future queen." Lady Tea said to Marik and I growled, only to calm when I felt a hand on my cheek. I looked down at Yugi to see him smiling at me, I smiled back before looking back over at the commotion
"You are not going to be the queen and Atem has already said that." Bakura said
"You`re wrong." She accused
"He`s not." She turned around to look at me and I had to do my best not to laugh at her appearance. She was covered in water, sand, ink, and coloured powder. Yugi laughed as quietly as he could but failed
"What are you laughing at Brat?" she demanded, I growled
"You." Yugi replied; Bakura and Marik burst out laughing
"How dare you, you little brat!" I growled and Seth took Yugi from me
"Papa!"
"Yugi, stay with your uncle Seth for now."
"But papa-"
"No Yugi."
"Yugi papa needs to sort something out and doesn`t want you hurt." Seth said to him
"That`s right you little Brat stay away from Atem." Lady Tea sneered, Yugi hissed and I growled
"You have not been given permission to use my name, and I won`t have you calling my son a brat, I don`t care what happen to you while I wasn`t here but what I don`t like you trying to have my personal servant punished for telling the truth."
"But he was lying, he said he didn`t know-"
"And he didn`t, nobody but Yugi and I knew where we were going, also I told you before I left this morning that you would not be becoming queen, nor would I be marrying you and you would not be becoming Yugi`s mother or step mother."
"But, your council-"
"Are fools, the lot of them and they went behind my back and did something I didn`t want them to do."
"No, you`re in denial."
"No, I`m not, and you will some causing trouble in my palace, you don`t own the place, I do you don`t have any right over anyone in my palace...any more problems from you and you will be leaving tomorrow afternoon."
"What? You can`t do that!" I took Yugi back from Seth
"I can and I will... now if you will excuse me I have things to do with my son oh and clean yourself up." I walked past her and down the hall with everyone else and we walked into my office and saw Yami curled up on one of the sofa`s shaking
"Yami!" Jono shouted and ran over to him, I some blood on his should and rushed over myself and knelt down next to him
"Yami what happened?"
"A-Atem, I-I`m sorry."
"It`s alright Yami, you did nothing wrong."
"Yami, who did this to you?" Seth asked
"Lady Tea, had it done after you left." Yami answered as he carefully sat up
"Yami hurt?" Yugi asked
"Don`t worry Yugi, I`ll be alright." Yugi shook his head at Yami
"Not true." I chuckled as Yugi climbed out of my arms and behind Yami
"Hey! Watch it Yugi."
"Sorry Yami."
"Yami, what did you do to deserve that?" Bakura asked
"Nothing, I told lady Tea the truth." Yami answered
"She had no right to punish you."
"I know, but I think the guard were new cause they didn`t know who I was." I frowned
"Seth we didn`t get any new guards did we?"
"Not that I know of, maybe we should ask Honda." Seth said