READ BEFORE YOU READ: This story has a lot of religion in it. I had to combine Egyptian Mythology with Christianity. Don't get offended by it. As a person who was raised Catholic and ended up being Atheist, I love making fun of Religion. Remember, I'm not trying to get people to believe this or put down any religion; I'm just having fun and being creative. Don't think of it like the 'DeVinci Code' remember the havoc that caused?) Like I said, I'm just having fun. I see a lot of demon and angel stories out there, think of this as one of them. Also, this is a romance, but it's not a mushy romance; more like 'Obsess and Possess', really dysfunctional. Okay, with that said, I can't stress enough that this is no insult to anyone, just a story that I came up with. Anyway, enjoy my twisted story here.

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Yugi took in a deep breath. He and the others had just gotten back from the Pharaoh's Memory world. He looked around to see all his friends gasping. The Pharaoh, now identified as Atem, stood behind him with his usual emotionless expression. Yugi smiled at him.

"Well, you must really be happy now that we've figured out your name and everything." Atem gave Yugi a gentle smile and took the young one's hand in his own.

"Yes Yugi, I truly am." When Yugi turned away, Atem's smile turned from gentle into a sinister smirk. The boy went over to his friends to try and help them.

"Hey guys, are you okay?" Joey groaned.

"Yeah, I'll be fine … once my heart starts beatin' again …" Yugi giggled.

"That was so cool … Let's do that again!" Tristan yelled. The others all sighed. They had yet to notice that Seto Kaiba had been there since they came back.

"Have a nice trip, Dorks?" Joey, insulted as usual, stood up only to find that his legs were still a little wobbly.

"Ah, put a sock in it, ya freakishly tall … bully!" Kaiba rolled his eyes.

"Ooh, nice one; did you come up with that all on your own?" Joey was about to come up with a witty comeback when he was interrupted by two groans. Everyone looked to the stairs to see not one … but both Bakuras.

"Uh oh …" Tea whispered. Atem stood there and just blinked with still no emotion in his eyes. Everyone was cautious as they stepped up to the unconscious Bakura. Joey picked up a stick and poked him a few times. There was no response for a while so Joey poked him again.

"Knock it off, Dimwit." Everyone was startled.

"Stay back!" The blonde idiot said. From his shadowy spot in the corner, Atem rolled his eyes. Bakura groaned as he got up,

"Relax … I can't hurt you … well, not anymore at least." Yugi cocked head.

"How come you have a physical form now?" Bakura shrugged.

"How the Hell should I know? Why don't you ask the Pharaoh over there? He's got one too!" The thief said as he went over to check on Ryou. The teenagers all turned around to see that he was right.

"How did this happen?" Atem, who now stood with his arms folded in a casual way, shrugged as well.

"Perhaps it is our … 'reward' for finally destroying the last evil of the world." Atem crossed his legs due to his lie, knowing for a fact that evil was not yet destroyed. Bakura exhaled in an annoyed manner.

"Perhaps it's our nah, nah, nah, nah, nah..." Bakura mocked "Oh come off it, Pharaoh! It's the Gods' way of punishing us! We're stranded here to live out our lives as idiot humans!" Atem just stared at him, not moving an inch.

"And what would I have to be punished for?"

"I have no idea!" Bakura more exclaimed then stated. "But it has to be something!" Atem's smirk became dark and evil.

"You're right. There is a reason why they would want to punish me and never see me again." Yugi looked over at his dark innocently.

"What to you mean, Atem?" Atem grabbed Yugi's wrist and harshly pulled him to his own body, causing a bit of friction.

"What would you think, Little Gem?" He asked seductively. Yugi was getting nervous. He had never heard his dark speak in that manner before. Suddenly, he felt something … snaky slid up his left leg. He looked down to see something tan running up his pant leg. He tried to gasp, but Atem covered his mouth in a rough, bruising kiss. Yugi tried to scream, but was stopped by Atem's tongue in his mouth … and what was more strange was that Atem's tongue felt … forked. The others all gasped when Atem began to kiss Yugi.

"Hey, what's the big idea?" Joey demanded. Each one of them looked disgusted. Atem finally pulled away, leaving Yugi gasping.

"I haven't had a kiss like that since I convinced Eve to eat from that damn forbidden tree." Saying this a little too loud caused Yugi's eyes to widen in horror. The others had heard too.

"Oh my God …" Tristan said. Atem cringed at that name, "You're Lucifer!" This time, Atem glared at the boy.

"I don't really like people calling me 'Lucifer'; it's a slang term that the Christians made up for me."

"Wow, SO did not see that comin'!" Bakura said. Yugi backed away from 'the devil'. He had tears falling from his eyes, more out of fear then shock.

"Y-you are, aren't you? Y-you're Satan?" Atem smirked, walking up to Yugi more seductive then before.

"Oh, now don't be scared, Yugi. I would never hurt you."

"S-stay away from me … Satan …" Yugi backed up into a wall, but Atem kept moving toward him.

"Now, now; you know my name is 'Yami'." Yugi shook his head, causing a few tears to fall to the floor.

"N-no, t-the Yami I-I know w-wouldn't d-do what you've d-done to me …" Atem smirked again.

"The Yami you know … sold his soul for more power. My memories showed me what happened and what I truly am. I wanted more power from Egypt and a demon by the name of Satan offered me more power in exchange for my soul." Everyone listened with horror. How could they have befriended the devil? Then Atem continued. "With this extra power, I wreaked havoc on Egypt but there was one problem," He stopped his story and looked at his light, who gulped when those shining ruby eyes landed on him. "It was getting a bit too crowded. So I terminated the old Satan and became the new Source of Evil … that is until my priests found out about my black desires and locked me away in that damn puzzle, hoping that I would stay in it for all eternity." He gently caressed Yugi's face. "You freed me, Yugi … thank you. Thank you very much." He leaned down for another kiss when Yugi turned his head to the side.

"So all this time, we thought it was Bakura who we needed to look out for when it was really you!" Atem smiled and nodded like a hyperactive small child.

"Yeah." Kaiba stepped up.

"So now what, are you going to reclaim what you had back then?" Atem chuckled.

"No, Kaiba. What I had back then was Egypt. However, now I can go back to Hell and take my rightful Place as the Source of Evil."

"The Source of Evil?" Tea repeated.

"Also known as King of Hell. As long as I am around, there will always be evil in the world." Yugi gulped again.

"Well … w-we'll stop you … j-just like every other e-evil freak we faced!" Atem slowly turned his head to look at Yugi, who was still pinned between him and the wall. He slowly formed a smirk on his face which made Yugi sink closer to the floor.

"They'll have to do that without you, Little Gem," He began to rub Yugi's soft cheek again before he tilted the boy's head up so that Yugi was looking at him straight in the eye, "Because I have plans for you." Atem's ruby eyes began to swirl, placing Yugi under a trance. Yugi's eyes began to droop and finally he could not hold them open any longer. He fell into a deep sleep. Atem caught Yugi as he slid the rest of the way down to the ground. He looked at the rest of the group, who were all too shocked to move. Atem's form had changed … a little. In his hair, there were two large horns and he had a very, very long tail coming from behind him.

"Don't worry, I promise not to hurt him."

"Where are you taking him, Pharaoh?!" Bakura said.

"Ah, ah, ah, it's Source now. I'm taking him back home to Hell." Tea gasped.

"He won't survive there!"

"With me there, he will." Joey had had enough of this.

"Oh no you don't! Let him go!" Atem's eyes shown a brighter red as Joey was thrown harshly against the back wall. Tea, Tristan and Ryou went to make sure he was alright. His head was bleeding a bit, but other then that he would live.

"All I want is Yugi. You need not worry about him; he will be safe with me. Go on with your lives and forget about us." Kaiba was about to pounce on Atem just before the demonic pharaoh disappeared in a flash of fire. The tall brunette groaned.

"They're gone!" He looked over to see that the others were still comforting Joey.

"Well … he won't get away with this …" He tried to stand up, but he was too weak. Bakura sighed and crossed his arms.

"Oh, and just how ya gonna get to Hell, Twerp? Book a plane?"

"We'll find some way. We always do." Tristan responded. They all knew that they needed to get Yugi back from Atem. After all, without the little bundle of joy, everything just seemed so dull and grey. Someway, they would get Yugi back.

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