The next day Atem was in a meeting with Yugi, Ryou, Malik, and Joey. Yami was with Heba walking around the palace.

"How do you think the meetings going?" Yami asked as they entered the gardens.

Heba shrugged. "Who knows, but hopefully it's a step closer to peace." The two sat down next to the fountain and listened to the peaceful sounds of the gardens. "How have you been? I mean with the morning sickness and all."

Yami winced remembering this morning. "That's the part I hate most about this."

Heba smiled. "At least at the end it will be all worth it."

Yami smiled and nodded. "I can't wait for when I get to hold her."

"Her?" Heba asked with a raised eyebrow.

Yami nodded. "I'm convinced it's a girl but Ate says since the baby is kicking so much that it's a boy."

Heba laughed. "Already arguing about genders?"

Yami glared. "It's not my fault, it's the hormones."

"Sure, blame the hormones," Heba teased with a smirk.

An hour later, Atem and Yugi entered the gardens. Behind them was Ryou, Joey, and Malik. Atem sat next to Yami while Yugi sat next to Heba. Joey, Ryou, and Malik sat in front of the four the seven of them forming a semicircle.

"How was the meeting?" Yami asked as Atem pecked his cheek.

"Well, we found out through Seto that making the treaty will take months," Yugi said with a frown. "At the least a couple months he said."

"But he said it could also take longer than that," Ryou added.

Yami turned to Atem. "So, by the time the treaty is theoretically made, our child will be born."

Atem nodded with a soft smile. "Which means an even bigger celebration."

Yami groaned. "That means another huge ass party." Yugi and Heba giggled remembering how Yami was during the wedding party.

By the time it was night, Yami was exhausted. He was tired, sore, stressed. And having a strange craving for ice cream with kiwi and chocolate sauce.

"Ate," he whined trying to grab his mates' attention, said man was taking off his jewellery.

"What is it Yami?" Atem asked not turning and starting to take his earrings out of his ears.

"I'm hungry."

Atem froze and turned, one earring out already. "How can you be hungry after all you ate at dinner?" Atem asked in bewilderment.

Yami pouted. "But Ate."

Atem sighed as he pulled out his other earring. "Alright, what do you want?"

Yami lit up and smiled. "Ice cream with kiwi and chocolate sauce."

Atem sighed and exited the bedroom towards the kitchen. Yami sighed. He's already stressed enough, I shouldn't have to make him do stuff for me.

Atem returned shortly with Yami's ice cream, he held out the bowl to Yami who took it without a smile and a softly muttered "thank you."

Atem noticed and sat on the bed in front of him. "What's wrong?"

Yami sighed, a tear slipping down his cheek. Not that he could help it of course, it was the pregnancy hormones. "I'm sorry."

"For what?" Atem asked softly.

Yami put the bowl on his lap and the spoon on the bed. "For making you more stressed, I can tell you already are, I shouldn't have you do stuff for me just because I'm pregnant."

Atem smiled gently, wiping the tears that slipped out of Yami's eyes with his thumbs. "Hey, I don't mind, I'd do anything to make you happy."

Yami smiled back softly. "You sure?"

Atem nodded with an assured expression on his face. "I'm sure."

The two soon changed for bed and a servant came by and took Yami's empty bowl.

However, Yami's sleep was anything but peaceful that night, he tossed and turned as a nightmare plagued his dreams.

Yami screamed as a wave of pain hit him. Explosions could be heard outside and the sounds of guns and swords clashing.

"Yami, honey you need to breath and push."

Yami shook his head and clenched his hand which Yugi held. "I can't, she can't come now."

"Yami, I know it's stressful right now but you have to push.

Yugi squeezed his hand gently "Yami you have to do this now, even ifheisn't here."

Yami shook his head as a tear slipped from his eye. "Hewouldn't come anyways, he hates me."

Yugi frowned. "Yami please, don't let your child die, you need to push!" he shouted. Blood started coming out of Yami, staining the bedsheets. Yami screamed as a new pain hit him.

"Oh my god, Yugi get me a knife now!"

Yami awoke with a start, cold sweat clung to him like a blanket. He was shaking and breathing heavily. He turned to Atem who was still fast asleep on his side of the bed. Yami sighed shakily and grabbed a thin jacket from the chair which he wore earlier and headed towards the balcony. Egypt was colder at night, Yami shivered as a gust of wind blew towards him. He was still shaken from his dream.

Why were there explosions? Why was there the sound of swords clashing? Why were there guns being shot? And who washe? He had so many other questions, ones he didn't have the answers for.

Atem woke up being pulled out sleep by something in the mind link.Yami. He could sense Yami's stress and fear. He turned over to find Yami wasn't in bed where he usually lay. Sitting up Atem looked around and found Yami on the balcony. Pulling on a robe, Atem headed to the balcony and went to stand beside Yami.

"What are you doing up so late?"

Yami jumped at the sudden voice, he smiled seeing it was his mate. "It's nothing, I just needed some air," Yami said lying through his teeth.

"Yami, I can sense your fear and stress," he said as he placed a gentle hand on Yami's shoulder. "What's wrong?"

Yami sighed before he explained in detail his dream to his husband, every little detail, not matter how small it was. "I don't know what it means Ate, I'm worried for what might happen to our child. What if-"

"Hey," Atem interrupted. "Everything is going to be alright."

"You promise?"

Atem smiled. "I promise," Atem said as he started to lead his mate back to the bedroom. "Now you should get some rest, tomorrow your first day with Mahad starts."

Yami smiled softly, cuddling into Atem's chest. "I almost forgot about that."

"That's it Yami, now just relax and focus on what you see in your mind," Mahad said in a gentle tone. Mana was nowhere to be found so Mahad had to start the lesson without her as he had a full schedule today. Yami had his eyes closed and sat criss-crossed on a rug setup on the floor. His bracelet was attached to his wrist, still with a plain white gem. "Now what do you see?"

Yami furrowed his eyebrows. "I see nothing, just darkness."

"Try focusing more closely, really try and tap into your powers," Mahad said gently. Yami tried to find the colours Mahad described to him earlier but no luck.

Yami groaned and opened his eyes. "It's no use I just can't find them."

Mahad smiled. "It takes time Yami, you'll get it, it took me three years to find mine." Suddenly the doors slammed opened and in ran Mana out of breath.

"Sorry I'm late!" she called collapsing to the floor beside Yami. "I was helping Isis in the medical room."

Mahad sighed softly before he glanced back at Yami. "Yami you can go, unless you wish to have me repeat the lesson?"

Yami shook his head. "I'll be going. I think I need a break."

"A good idea, we will pick up another day," Mahad said with a smile as Yami left and he turned his attention to Mana. "Now then Mana."

Yami entered the lounge to find Marik, and Bakura lying face down on the couch.

"What's with you two?" he asked sitting on one of the bean bag chairs.

"Atem's in another meeting with Yugi, Joey, Ryou, and Malik so those two have nothing to do," Otogi said from beside Honda.

Yami rolled his eyes with a sigh. "More like they don't have anyone to oogle at," Yami teased with a soft smirk.

"But now that you're here..." Bakura started to stay but Yami cut him off.

"Even think about it and I will end you," he growled his hormones taking over.

"Remind me never to mess with a pregnant Yami," Marik said with a smile. Heba entered the lounge and sat down on a bean bag chair beside Yami, a smile present on his face.

"What's with the smile?" Yami asked curiously.

"He's just happy cause he finally found a girlfriend," Bakura said with a grin. Heba blushed and Yami smiled.

"A girlfriend huh? Does Atem know yet?"

Heba blushed darker. "Not yet, I'll tell him though."

Honda smiled. "I think it's sweet Heba, you finally found someone you love."

Yami nodded with a smile. "I agree."

Honda stood up to grab a book from the shelf but suddenly gasped in pain.

Otogi was at his side in an instant. "What's wrong?" He asked in a worried yet protective tone.

Honda grimaced. "I think...my water just broke."

Otogi's eyes widened. "Heba go warn Isis that we're coming." Heba nodded and ran from the room. Otogi picked up Honda and exited the room with Yami close behind followed by Bakura and Marik.

As soon as they reached the medical room Isis pushed Otogi out of the room. All four sat down on chairs outside, waiting.

An hour passed and soon Atem and the others arrived.

"We just heard, how long has he been in there?"

"An hour and a half," Otogi answered, clearly stressed.

Yami placed a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sure everything's alright Otogi."

"But it's a month early, what if something goes wrong?" Otogi said worriedly.

Yami frowned. "You just have to hope for the best." Otogi nodded with a small smile.

A couple hours later, Isis exited the room and Otogi stood up.

"How is he?" Isis smiled.

"Honda is fine, tired but he's alright." Otogi breathed a sigh of relief. "As is your child."

"Can I?" Isis nodded and Otogi entered the room.

"What did they have?" Yami asked, curiosity present on his face.

"A little boy," Isis said with a smile and walked off.

An hour later, everyone had visited Honda and Otogi in their bed chambers, after they settled in. Honda was sitting up with their son drinking from a bottle. Otogi was sitting beside him watching his son with a smile on his face.

"What's his name?" Yami asked watching the baby in Honda's arms.

"Anthony Taylor," Otogi replied making eye contact with Yami.

"After your father?" Atem asked placing a hand around Yami's waist.

Otogi nodded. "Honda seemed to think it fit him, so we agreed on Anthony Taylor."

After everyone disbanded and went on with their day, Yami and Yugi walked around the palace.

"So how have you been with the pregnancy?" Yugi asked breaking the silence.

"To be honest, I've been a mix of both good and bad. I mean with the morning sickness and all."

Yugi nodded. "And Atem?"

Yami smiled. "Well, he's been busy lately, but when he's not, he won't let me out of his sight."

Yugi giggled. "And he was worried aboutyoubeing all nervous and stuff."

Yami cracked a laugh. "Yes, it would seem as though it's the other way around instead."

At dinner everyone seemed more relaxed. Ryou, Malik, and Joey were talking to the others as if they've known them for a long time. Ryou was talking to Bakura, Malik was talking to Marik and Joey was taking to Seto. Which was surprising since Seto didn't really talk to anyone in the first place, unless he really needed to. Yugi was talking to Heba who was sitting beside him, the two were smiling and giggling in such similar ways that they seemed like brothers.

Yami turned to Atem who was focused on his dinner instead of conversations. "What is it?"

Atem lifted his head and smiled gently grabbing Yami's hand in his own. "Nothing, just tired." Yami could see right through that smile, he knew something was wrong.

However, Atem was prideful. He didn't like it when people saw how weak he was. He hid his emotions from the world, even from Heba. That is until Yami came along, he started to break the walls Atem put around his heart. Yami started to make Atem care for those in his life, he would talk to Heba and the others more often than he would before.

Yami smiled back, choosing not to discuss the topic further, and continued eating his dinner while listening to Yugi and Heba who had dragged him into their conversation.

After dinner, Yami and Atem were in their chambers. Atem was sitting at the table while Yami was laying on the bed. His eyes were drooping and he felt like he could fall asleep any moment. Atem glanced over and chuckled seeing Yami battle himself for sleep. Putting the folder down, he headed to the bed and kneeled in front of Yami.

"You should rest habibi, you'll need it," Atem said gently.

Yami smiled. "You should rest to."

Atem laughed. "I will, but I need to sort these last few papers first." Yami nodded and Atem started to run his hands through Yami's hair.

Soon, Yami fell asleep and Atem covered him with the blankets. Heading back to the table, Atem quickly sorted the last few papers he needed to. Closing the folder, Atem got changed for bed and climbed into bed beside Yami. He blew out the candle on the bedside table as he pulled the blankets over his body, the only light now coming from the moon in the night sky. Yami turned to face him and cuddled up to him, something he had been doing a lot lately. Atem just blamed it on the pregnancy hormones.

Though, he wasn't complaining, he loved it. Being close to his mate like this brought him a sense of peace.

"James we must do something, we can't let that halfling ruin our plans." A councilman by the name of Darius, said with a sneer.

Julien nodded. "I agree, ever since those two mated, emperor Atem's been changing rules to fit his mates needs for everyone. And it's only gotten worse since they've started that infernal treaty with the humans."

Raoul growled. "If only Anzu did her jobproperly, we wouldn't be in this mess."

James nodded. "I agree, but we need a plan if we want to end things." A councilman by the name of Killian raised his hand.

"What if we bring in someone to rip those two apart?"

"Like who?" Damon asked.

Another councilman raised his hand with a confident smile. His name was Maxius. "I know exactly who to call in.

James nodded. "Alright Maxius, I'll give you three days to call in your person if not I suggest someone else figure something out."

Maxius nodded. "I'm sure she'll agree."