Pharaoh Yamis Princess: I like your idea. I’ll find a way to make it
work. Trust me.
Kat: mmmm….Marik’s
Rod is very handy. Mmmm…Rod.
Caterfree: Mustard isn’t too bad. Like Mustard.
YoukoMia: The next thing they’ll know, the
mayo will be gone. *squishes Ra plushie happily*
Valea: Aten is reverting to his native
language because it takes too much effort to concentrate on English. You’ll find this with most people whose
native language is not English…they will use the language that they feel most
comfortable using.
Beysie: They will be better soon. I’ll be
skipping ahead soon.
Shadow of Light: I
like Chapman, too. I know you’ll be a great psychologist.
Draza: I’m not sure what I’m doing with Yugi yet. I don’t plan him getting back together with Yami.
Anubiset: No one will interfere…at least, no
one from the two families anyway. Aria
will be sending more things to the Shadow Realm.
I is Me: Ooopss….sorry.
*hands Robbie plushie*
Lady Elfskye: *Aria hands fried
birdie*
Seto lover and bakurasgirl
worshipper: ‘We do not fry nature’…poor
Bakura.
Tari Helyanwe:
Yami disappeared into the Shadow Realm.
I would love to see what stories you write.
Broken Time: *hands out mallets* Help distribute
these….please…*evil grin*
Challenges
Bakura dialed Ryou’s cell phone
number. Ryou picked it up.
[Hello?]
“Hello, baby.
How is Aten?”
[It’s a good thing Marik is here. Aten is only speaking Arabic
right now. He seems to understand
English, but cannot respond.]
Bakura sighed. “You know how he is when he’s not well, Ryou.”
[Yeah, I know.]
“Has Zira said when he can come
home?”
[Aten is not alert. Zira asked him his name and he doesn’t quite remember too
well. He knows he’s an Ishtar and knows Marik is his
father, but he’s not too aware of anything but the IV’s in his hand.]
Bakura leaned against the wall. “Okay. What time are you going to be home so Malik
and I can have dinner ready?”
[Marik’s staying here with
Aten. I’ll be home around eight.]
“Baby…..you have hardly slept at all these past few
days. I don’t want to see my angel
sick.”
[But, Bakura, I can’t leave Aten--.]
“Ryou, you have to come home and rest,” Bakura said
sternly. “You’re going to worry yourself
to death one of these days.”
[……….]
Bakura heard Ryou start to cry. “Ryou?”
[I’m sorry. Don’t be
mad, ‘
Bakura knew that his husband was an emotional overload. Aten’s condition
had worried him deeply. “I’m sorry,
Ryou, but I am concerned about your health.
I love you, angel, and I don’t want to see you get sick on me.”
[Okay, ‘
“Hey, hikari?”
[Yes, yami?]
Bakura smiled. “I love you to pieces. You know that, right?”
[Yes.]
Bakura sighed. “What do you say to dinner out tonight? You and me?”
[And leave Malik alone?]
“I’m sure he won’t mind.
Ryou, we time together. We need
to go out and just enjoy at least an hour of just being with each other. We need to go out and just enjoy each other’s
company. We need to go out, seek out the
dark forces, and join in their hell-ish crusade!”
(last sentence credit to Addams
Family Values).
Ryou chuckled. [Aww…does my yami need a little lovin’?]
“Yes. Yes he does.”
Ryou laughed. [Okay.
You and I will go out tonight, but only for a little bit. I’d hate to
see Malik all alone.]
Bakura raised his eyebrow. “He can join us. The more the merrier.”
[I won’t complain if Malik wants in.]
“Okay, love. I’ll let you go.
Aishiteru, koi.”
[I love you, too.
Bye.]
Bakura sighed and returned to the kitchen where Aria licking
her lips from her raw eggs. “Was it
good?”
She smiled, her canines sparkling. “Everything tastes better
raw.”
Bakura opened the door to the refrigerator and Aria
froze. Her father brought out the eggs
and shifted the condiments in the refridgerator. “Where’s the ketchup
and the mustard for the eggs?’
A loud knock sounded at the door. Bakura slammed the fridge
door shut and bolted for the door. He opened it up and saw the most frightening
thing imaginable….
Anzu.
Bakura groaned in dismay. “What do you want?”
“I found the chibis! I found the friendly chibis!”
“We already found them, Anzu, now
go do the world a favor and stand in front of a moving train.”
Anzu bounced up and down, her chest
bouncing along with her. The sight was
enough to make Bakura swear off even looking at women. “But, I found them! See????”
Anzu held up a rock.
Bakura blinked and sighed. “Anzu…that is a rock. A typical…ordinary…brainless….consciousless……misshapen…dim-witted rock. A lot like yourself. I hope you two are very happy together and
you have my blessings.”
Anzu cocked her head to the side
stupidly. “The kids aren’t here?”
Bakura growled. “Do I have to spell it out in hieroglyphics
for you? They are not here. They are at
The girl’s mind could not comprehend such a simple sentence
saying ‘they’re not here.’ Anzu held up the rock.
“But, see??? It’s the kids! I’M
SO FRIENDLY BECAUSE I FOUND THEM!”
“No, you did not find them because these kids were not formed
millions of years ago when the Earth was nothing more than a lake of molten
lava.” Bakura picked up the stone. “This was made in a volcano, Anzu. This isn’t a
living, breathing organism!”
”Orgasm?????”
Bakura shuddered violently. ‘On second thought, that just
killed my libido for the next five thousand years.”
“No, you pea-brained simpleton!
‘Organ-ism!’”
“Organs are friendly!!! YEAH ORGANS! ORGANS
Bakura dropped the rock and turned around. “I have no time
for you.”
Bakura shut the door behind him. “At least she didn’t say
that ‘Orgasms are friendly.’ Ick. Why do I have a driving urge to go make love
to my husband right now after hearing that?”
Bakura returned to the refrigerator and froze. “Did I just
tell her where to find the kids???!! I’m
in deep shit.”
**********************************
Seto and Joey walked down the hallway to Aten’s
room. Robbie was happy to have Joey sit
next to him. Miranda and Daniel had
called Ryou and had said that they would be over later that night for Robbie.
Joey sat on Robbie’s bed and the boy cuddled up beside the
blond. Joey rubbed the boy’s sore back
as he sat with the boy holding his G.I. Joe doll against him.
Seto stood at the foot of Aten’s bed
looking down at him. “Hello, Aten?”
Aten turned his head slowly. “Seth….?”
Marik and Ryou turned to Seto. “Why did he call you by your ancient name?”
“I don’t know. Aten, I
am Seto Kaiba.”
Aten rested his head against the bed and turned his head
towards his mother. “Ana
aayiz umm.” (I want mother.)
Ryou turned to Seto. “Don’t feel bad, Seto. He’s off today.”
Marik looked up at Joey rubbing Robbie’s hair. The blue-eyed boy was drifting into sleep
under Joey’s caressing hand. “How is
Hayden?”
Seto sighed. “Zira said we can
bring him home in about a week. He wants
to try to give Hayden some more time.”
Seto looked down sadly and stood up.
“Aten, honey, I’ll be right back.”
“La!” Aten held onto Ryou tightly as Ryou tried to walk away.
Marik sat on the bed and Aten gravitated toward him. “Come here, you. Let your mother stretch his legs. Okay?”
Ryou and Seto stepped outside the door. Seto’s arms quickly
opened to accept his friend’s hug.
“He’ll get better, Seto,” Ryou said. “Just give it some time.”
“You know patience is not my strong suit, Ryou.”
Ryou’s brown eyes looked up at the sapphire
gems above him. “I know it’s not,
Seto. We’ve just got to have faith.”
Seto sighed. “It’s hard.”
Ryou reached up and stroked Seto’s face.
“Seto, do you think I would be standing here right now if I didn’t have faith
that everything would turn out for the best?
Faith gets me out of bed everyday knowing that I will have Aten and Aria
asleep in their beds when I wake up. I
have a dying boy in there, Seto. I feel
for what you are going through, Seto…to have a child never recover is
difficult. Something in there is keeping
that child alive. But I refuse to give
up on him. I’m going to stay strong for
him, even if it is more than difficult on occasion.”
“I never thought of it that way, Ryou. Joey and I already know we’re going to do
what’s best for Hayden, no matter the cost.”
“That’s good, Seto.
Don’t forget to take time out for yourselves. Bakura wants to take me out tonight for dinner. He said ‘we needed to go out and just enjoy
at least an hour of just being with each other and just enjoy each other’s
company. He wants to go out, seek out
the dark forces, and join in their hell-ish
crusade!’”
Seto raised an eyebrow. “So, what does that all mean?”
“He wants sex.”
Seto nodded with a smile. “Have fun.”
“I can’t hold back from Bakura. He can’t hide anything from
me. He’s been with me since I was ten
years old. Besides, it’s impossible to
hide something from a person who shares half of your soul.”
Seto hugged Ryou tightly. “I know how you feel, Ryou. Why do you think I can’t hide who I am from
you? I can’t hide anything from you.”
Ryou leaned up and kissed Seto’s
cheek. “You and Joey really need to
spend some quality time together.”
“We will.”
“I’m looking forward to spending tonight with Bakura. It’s been a while.”
Seto smiled. “You
behave yourself.”
Ryou licked his lips and winked. “With Bakura, I never behave
myself, Seto. You know that.”
Seto sighed. “I know.
It took me forever to scrub that Louis XIV chair clean after you made
love in the ballroom.”
“It was fun. Besides, it was a romantic moment.”
“That romantic moment cost five hundred dollars.”
Ryou laughed. “That’s all?
I was sure that it would be at least twice than that.”
Seto released Ryou. “You are something, do you know that?”
Ryou smiled. “Oh, I know.”
Ryou returned to the room and saw Aten asleep against
Marik. “Poor little chibi…..he’s
so tired.”
Marik kissed Aten’s forehead. “Are
you going home tonight, Ryou?”
“Yes. Bakura needs to spend some time with me. Marik, you should really come home with
me. I’m sure Malik misses you.”
The blond yami sighed. “I’ll go home tomorrow.”
Ryou sighed. “Okay, Marik.”
Ryou helped Aten lay back in the bed. Marik tucked the Millennium Rod under the
sheets beside his son. Marik crossed his
arms and he disappeared into the Millennium Rod.
The white-haired man sighed and took his position beside
Aten.
Robbie let out a loud snore beside Joey.
The blond snickered. “Oh my god…he fell asleep as I was
rubbing his hair!”
Seto saw Robbie’s arm fall limp to the side. “We’ll have to mention to Aten later that’s
how you put him to sleep.”
Joey stood up and pulled the covers over Robbie. Robbie’s clubbed foot was hanging off the
side of the bed. The twisted foot twitched with Robbie’s sleep.
Joey gently took the foot in his hand and placed it under the
sheets. He put Robbie’s G.I. Joe doll
beside Robbie.
The blond stood beside his lover and looked at the two boys
sleeping. Robbie was still curled up in
a fetal position, snoring. Aten was laying on his back, his long white and blond hair falling
all around the pillow. His closed eyes
fluttered with dreams. Aten continued to
hold onto his mother’s hand in his sleep.
Joey shook his head. “Seto….I don’t know who to pound into
next week. They’re both being so
freaking adorable!”
“I know. The urge to squish them into next week is getting
too much. We’ll see you later, Ryou.”
Seto kissed Ryou on the cheek. “Goodbye, Ryou. Love you.”
Ryou nuzzled Seto’s chest.
“Goodbye, Seto. Love you, too.”
Joey pat Ryou on the shoulder. “See you later, Ryou.”
Ryou smiled. “Goodbye, Joey.”
Ryou watched Seto and Joey leave.
He turned his head with a sigh.
Both boys were asleep.
Robbie was snoring in his bed.
Ryou rested his head on his hand and watched the two boys
sleep, his own eyes slowly closing from exhaustion.
*****************************
Gabby comes over
Aria tied the bows in her hair and tightened them. She brushed her teeth and her canines
thoroughly.
The doorbell rang and she let out a squeal. She ran down the steps and opened the front
door. Gabby stood there with a make up
case and a big smile on her face.
“Time for our make-over, Aria!”
Aria hugged her friend.
“Awesome!”
Gabby ran into the house, bouncing. “Has your brother come home yet?”
“No, he’s not. I miss
him. Now that Umi is gone, I have no one to play
with.”
Gabby stuck her lip out. “Now you got me, Aria! You’ll always have me to play with! Let’s go to your room!”
Aria and Gabby ran up the stairs and into Aria’s room. They sat on the floor.
“So, Aria, you like Umi, don’t
you?”
Aria painted her nails pink.
“Yes, I do.”
Gabby put some Eye Shadow on her eyes. “I like Bruce in our class. He’s really cute!”
Aria laughed. “He’s a good duelist, but he’s okay
looking. Umi
has the cutest eyes!”
Gabby put lipstick on her lips. “Umi has a cute
smile. I will tell you that. His smile
is really, really cute. If we could put Bruce’s head on Umi’s
body, that would be so cool! He’d be the
perfect guy!”
“No, Umi is the perfect guy! He’s very, very handsome!”
Gabby combed her hair.
“Your brother is pretty cute, too.”
Aria curled her nose.
“You think my brother is cute?”
Gabby nodded. “Do you
know Rachel has a crush on him? And Donna? And Jessie? And Hailey? They all
have big crushes on him.”
“Donna? I thought she
hated him!”
“Oh, no!
She thinks he’s the hottest thing since fire!”
Aria put lipstick on her lips and brushed her spiky, white
hair. “I didn’t know so many girls had a
crush on him.”
“Oh, yeah!
They are shy about approaching him, though.”
Aria narrowed her eyes. “Actually, I remember Aten coming
home one day with something in his schoolbag.
He showed me a scrunchie. He wouldn’t tell me
who gave it to him. He said he found
it.”
Gabby laughed. “What color was it?”
“White.”
Gabby laughed. “Hailey wears white scrunchies
“No. He gave it back
to her the last day of school. He said
he wasn’t interested in her, so he returned it.”
Gabby nodded. “Yeah, Hailey was upset. She cried.”
“Aten hates to see people cry.”
“He hugged her and she was better.”
Aria sighed. “Aten
gives the best hugs. I miss his
hugs. We hugged each other every night
before bed. When he gets back, he owes
me tons of hugs!”
Gabby put a plastic bracelet around her waist. “There! Now I look pretty!”
Aria looked at herself in her little hand-held mirror. “I look perfect! I have bright, shiny canines and everything!”
Gabby sighed. “Now that we look pretty, what are we going to
do?”
Aria narrowed her eyes and grinned. “I know something we could do. Follow me.”
*******************
Bakura opened his eyes from his nap. He had begun to feel a wave of Ryou’s exhaustion through the mindlink
and it made him sleep all afternoon. He
yawned as he looked around the bedroom he shared with his husband.
The yami sat up and stretched. He stood up and staggered to the
bathroom. When he was finished, Bakura walked
downstairs for something to drink.
Malik heard Bakura walk in and he turned around from the
sink. “Hello,
Bakura yawned as he reached into the refrigerator. “Yeah, I’m fine. I was really tired. I needed
that nap.”
Bakura drank from a can of soda that he opened. The blond hikari
watched him with an expression of shock.
“What’s the matter, Hikari Malik? You look…..surprised or something.”
“Oh, no! It’s nothing!” Malik said turning
around to face the sink. His eyes shut
tightly as he laughed to himself.
/Marik!!! Marik!!! You’re missing this!/
//What is it, hikari?//
/I’m going to send you an image through the mindlink./
//What of?//
Malik sent a mental picture of Bakura through the mindlink and a moment later, the yami in the Millennium Rod
was on the floor of his soulroom laughing
loudly. He clutched his stomach as the
violent laughter resonated through the soulroom. Beside Aten, the Millennium Rod vibrated with
his laughter.
Bakura looked around. “Where’s my kid?”
“She just returned from walking Gabby home. She came over to
play a little bit.”
Bakura sighed. “I didn’t even hear Gabby come in. Then again,
I was beat.”
“Bakura! Malik! I’m home!” Ryou’s voice called from the living room.
“Ryou!” Bakura called excitedly.
The yami walked into the living room and Ryou stopped short
when he saw his husband.
Bakura put his arms around Ryou and hugged him tightly. “How are you, baby? I missed you.”
The yami buried his face in Ryou’s
neck and began licking and sucking at the flesh. Ryou saw Malik stand in the entrance way to
the kitchen, covering his mouth and laughing quietly. Ryou bit his lip trying hard not to
laugh.
“Umm, yami, it’s nice to see you, too.”
Bakura pulled back and looked down at his lover with a smile.
“Give me a kiss.”
Ryou pulled back as he looked at the lip-stick covered lips.
“Umm…I’d love to, ‘
“What are you talking about, Ryou? I don’t have lipstick.”
Malik fell over laughing, causing the yami to turn around.
“What’s so funny?”
Ryou covered his mouth and laughed.
“What’s so funny?” Bakura asked turning towards his
husband.
“Excuse me for a moment!” Ryou ran up the stairs and ran into
his bedroom laughing loudly. He slammed
the door and collapsed on the bed in a fit of laughter.
“WHAT IS SO FUNNY, HIKARI ISHTAR?”
Malik pointed to his face. “You’ve….got….OH SWEET ISIS!....make-up on you!”
Bakura’s eyes narrowed. “What???!”
Malik couldn’t respond since he was out of breath from such
deep laughter.
Bakura ran upstairs and looked in the bathroom mirror. He had lipstick on him, eye shadow, blush,
and eyeliner. Mascara was on his
eyelashes.
“
Aria heard her father’s angry growl and her head perked up. “Uh-oh. Daddy’s pissed!”
Bakura burst into her room.
“Young lady, explain this!”
Aria looked up at her father with large chibi
eyes. “I was only playing, daddy!”
Bakura crossed his arms sternly. “This is not playing, Aria! You don’t go around putting make-up on your
family members! What am I going to do with---?”
Bakura disappeared.
Aria bit her lip, laughing.
Bakura reappeared. “I AM YOUR FATHER, MISSY!
Bakura disappeared.
Aria fell back on her bed, laughing, as she clutched onto her
Change of Heart plushie.
Bakura reappeared. “
Bakura disappeared then reappeared. “
Her father disappeared again then reappeared. “STOP!”
Ryou walked into the doorway. “What is going on in here?
Where’s your father, Aria?”
Bakura reappeared. “
“Aria, dear, are you sending your father to the Shadow
Realm?”
Aria gave her mother chibi
eyes. “Yes, mother.”
“Ryou, tell her to stop--!”
Bakura disappeared.
Ryou sighed and sat beside his laughing daughter. “Honey, it’s not good to send your father to
the Shadow Realm.”
“But, it was funny!”
Bakura appeared and disappeared just as quickly.
Ryou snickered. “Okay…I take it back. It’s funny. But, honey, it’s not good to put make-up on
your father.”
“I just wanted him to laugh.”
Ryou hugged her. “I know you did, honey. But I know your daddy doesn’t appreciate
waking up and looking like a drag queen.”
Aria sighed. “Okay.
I’m sorry.”
Bakura reappeared.
“Aria, I swear, you are an inch away from---!”
“I took care of it, Bakura.
Why don’t you go wash up?”
Bakura grumbled as he walked out of her room.
“Mommy, is Aten going to come home soon?”
“Soon, baby girl.
The doctor wants him there for six weeks.”
Aria’s jaw dropped. “SIX WEEKS? My brother won’t be here for six weeks?”
Ryou put his arm around her.
“You can go see him tomorrow if you want.”
Aria smiled. “I can? I
miss him.”
“I know you do, baby. I miss him, too.”
“Is he going to live?”
Ryou nodded. “Yes, honey.
He will.”
Aria sighed in relief.
“I hope he does. I want to bring
him a present.”
“Well, Aria, I know Aten would really appreciate his paints
and pencils. If you want to we can grab
a sketch pad on the way to the hospital.
This way Aten can paint when he feels up to it.”
“Really?!
Thank you, mother!” Aria squealed as she threw
herself at her mother. Aria wrapped her
arms around Ryou and hugged him. She
kissed her mother on the cheek. “I love
you, mother!”
Ryou wrapped his arms around his daughter and hugged
her. Ryou buried his face in her spiky
hair and sighed happily. After a long day
of watching over Aten, it was good to come home and cuddle his daughter.
Aria pulled back and held onto Ryou’s
shoulder. “Love me, mommy?”
Ryou grabbed her and pulled her close, covering her cheek
with kisses. Aria let out a happy squeal.
“FATHER!
MOMMY’S GLOMPING ME!! AHHH!! HE’S SQUISHING ME AGAIN!”
Ryou buried his face in her neck and growled, making the girl
squeal loudly. “COME HERE, CHIBI YAMI!”
“AHHH!
MOTHER’S SQUISHING ME!”
****************************************
Jeanie and Mokuba sat in the Study reading books of baby
names. Jaimen
sat on the floor by the fireplace playing with his toy planes.
Serenity was reading a book by the fireplace.
Jeanie cocked her head to the side with a smile. “What do you think about ‘Dylan’?”
Mokuba smiled. “I like that name. Hmm…What about ‘Kelsey’ if
the baby is a girl?”
“Hey, that’s cute!
Okay, we have a good name there if the baby is a girl.”
Jaimen turned to Mokuba. “Uncle Mokuba? What are you doing?”
“Looking for names for our baby.”
Jaimen turned to Jeanie. “Why are you
happy?”
“Having a baby is a good thing, Jaimen,”
Jeanie explained with a smile.
Jaimen raised an eyebrow. “No it’s not.”
Mokuba looked up from his book. “Why is it not, Jaimen?”
“Because you must have hurt Mokuba when you made the baby
like my mommy hurt my daddy.”
Jaimen’s statement took Serenity’s attention
away from the book.
“That’s how babies are made, Jaimen…through
pain.”
Mokuba narrowed his eyes. “Serenity, just
stay quiet! Jaimen,
Jeanie didn’t hurt me.”
Jeanie looked at Mokuba. “Jaimen, I
never hurt Mokuba.”
Jaimen stood up and ran to Mokuba’s side. He
hugged Mokuba tightly. “It’s okay, Jaimen,
Jeanie did not hurt me.”
“She didn’t?”
“Not everything between adults is cruel, Jaimen,”
Mokuba said, taking Jeanie’s hand. “I
met Jeanie in my class and I love her very much. I hug her and kiss her. When she feels sad, I try to cheer her up.”
Serenity laughed. “Oh, please, Mokuba! There’s no need to lie to the kid!”
Jeanie leaned down to Jaimen.
“Don’t listen to her, Jaimen. She doesn’t know what she is talking about.”
Serenity narrowed her eyes. “Yes, I do. I’m trying to show
this child what the world is like…and what you Kaiba’s
truly are.”
Jeanie crossed her arms.
“And what
“My brother is NOT MARRYING SETO!”
Mokuba stood up furiously.
“Joey has been a part of this family for over twelve years! He is part of my family! You can’t take him away from us! He doesn’t want to go with you,
Serenity! What will it take to get
through to that thick, hard skull?!”
Serenity stood up. “Typical Kaibas! You’re all the same! Using insults to get your way! Joey is not a Kaiba,
and I won’t let you say otherwise!”
Jaimen jumped up on the couch and threw
himself into Jeanie’s arms, trembling at the raised voices. Jeanie hugged him close to her body.
“Serenity, you are just too blind to see what a good person
your own brother is!”
“Your brother and your family are NO DAMN GOOD, MOKUBA
KAIBA!”
Mokuba growled and clenched his fists. With a quick motion, he punched Serenity in
the jaw. Serenity fell back onto the
couch.
Jaimen’s eyes widened and he let out a
scream. Jeanie held him tightly.
The door burst open and Seto and Joey ran into the room.
“What happened?”
Jaimen ran to Seto with open arms, crying.
“Uncle Mokuba punched Serenity!”
Joey ran to Serenity. “Serenity?” Joey pat his
unconscious sister’s cheek.
“Mokuba? Jeanie? What happened and why is Jaimen crying?” Seto asked as he kneeled to bring his son
into his arms.
“Serenity said we were no damn good as Kaibas.”
Seto narrowed his eyes at Serenity’s unconscious body. “Joey, she needs to get out of here. I will not take this anymore! It’s over, Joey. She has to go. I can’t take her shit anymore. Shhh….Jaimen. It’s okay.”
Joey nodded. “Yeah, she has to go. I’ll talk to her when she regains
consciousness.”
Seto narrowed his eyes. “Joey, I want her ass on the curb
now!”
“Seto, this is my sister!
I can’t just toss her out like this!”
“Then find a place to put her out of my way.”
“Let me talk to her, Seto.”
Seto brushed the tears from Jaimen’s
eyes. “Go with Jeanie and Mokuba, Jaimen. I have to talk to Joey.”
Jeanie and Mokuba took Jaimen and walked
out of the Study.
Seto went over to Serenity.
“Let her lay there for a bit, Joey.
We have to talk.”
Joey stood up. “Should we really talk in here?”
Seto sat in the chair in front of the fireplace. “She won’t
hear us. Besides, I want a few words when
she wakes up. Sit down, puppy.”
Joey sat down on the chair opposite of Seto. “Okay.”
Seto crossed his legs.
“What are we going to do about Hayden?”
“I dunno. There’s not much we can do about him right
now with him in the hospital.”
Seto looked into the fire.
“What if Hayden never recovers?
Do you really think we can care for him?
Joey’s jaw dropped. “What are you saying?”
“I’m saying that I have a company to run, Joey. What if Hayden does not recover from this?
What are we going to do? Where are we
going to put him? How are we going to
care for him?”
“We’ll find a way, Seto.”
Seto looked at Joey. “How? Your paintings take up your day. Mokuba is working in our Technology
Development Department. Jeanie is in no
condition to care for Hayden. She is
working at her job, too. We can’t ask Jaimen to take care of Hayden.”
“Well, I’m not painting all day! I could drop what I’m doing and take care of
Hayden!”
“Joey, my staff are paid to clean my
rooms, do my laundry, and cook for me. I
would have to hire a nurse to be on call twenty four hours a day to care for
Hayden.”
Joey stood up. “We have money to do it!”
Seto uncrossed his legs. “Joey, did you see how violent
Hayden had become this morning? We need
to place Hayden in a place that is staffed with people who are trained for
handling this type of behavior.”
“Are you suggesting we put Hayden in the loony-bin?”
Seto put his hand up. “I never said that, Joey. I just think Hayden would be in a better
place where he could be under surveillance 24/7.”
Joey shook his head. “We can’t do that, Seto.”
“Joey, I know this is hard.
But what other options do we have?”
“I don’t get you! How
can you suggest that someone else take care of Hayden?! How DARE you suggest that!”
Seto narrowed his eyes.
“Joey, it is impossible for us to do this! We aren’t trained to take
care of Hayden! We cannot give him the proper care he needs!”
“He is our son! I bet
if this was Jaimen, you’d be quicker than lightening
to hire an entire staff of nurses!”
Seto jumped out of his seat. “That is a lie and you know it,
Wheeler!”
“I’m not going to let Hayden go into a hospital! I won’t let you do that to him! I love him!”
“I love him, too, Joey! I am thinking realistically!”
Joey narrowed his eyes.
He barged out of the Study and stamped to the bedroom. Seto followed after him.
”Joey, I don’t see what acting like a four year old is going to do to help us
solve this problem!”
Joey burst into his bedroom and walked to his bedside
table. Joey reached in and grabbed his
dueling deck. He slammed his deck on the table. “There’s only one way to settle
this! I challenge you to a duel! If I win, Hayden stays here. If you win……we’ll……find somewhere to put
Hayden.”
Seto narrowed his eyes and went to his bedside table. “Joey, you’re on!”
Seto grabbed his deck and the couple walked out of the
room. Jaimen
stood outside waiting.
“Where are you going?”
“To the Dueling Arena downstairs.”
Jaimen jumped. “I wanna
go, too!” Jaimen
followed the two duelists to the elevator.
“My daddies are gonna duel! YEAH!”
Joey and Seto narrowed their eyes at each other, their lips
curling in anger.
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Joey put one card face down.
“One monster face down defense position. I also place one magic/trap face down. End turn.”
Seto drew a card from his deck and growled. “I summon ‘Solar
Flare Dragon’ (1500/1000) in attack mode!
I attack your face down card, Joseph!
Go, my beast! Firestorm
attack!”
Joey grinned. “I activate ‘Draining Shield!’ Your attack is canceled and my life points
increase equal to his attack!”
Joey’s life points increased to 5500.
Seto growled. “That was a cheap move! I place one magic/trap
face down. End turn.”
Joey narrowed his eyes as he drew a card from his deck. “I summon “Mystic Swordsman LV4 (1900/1600)
in attack mode! Mystic swordsman, attack
Seto’s life points directly!”
Seto laughed. “Not so fast!
I activate ‘Raigeki Break’! I discard one card from my hand to the
graveyard and I destroy one monster on the field! I choose your Mystic Swordsman! GO, RAIGEKI
BREAK!”
Joey’s monster exploded and he growled. “Hey!
You can’t do that!”
Seto crossed his arms with a smile. “Well guess what,
Joey? I just did.”
Jaimen jumped up and down on the side
lines. “GO, DADDY!”
“End turn,” Joey growled.
Seto pulled a card. “I summon ‘Spear Dragon’ (1900/0) in
attack mode. Spear Dragon, attack Joey
directly!”
Joey’s lifepoints fell to 3600.
“Now my dragon goes into defense position. I place one magic/trap face down. I end my turn.”
Seto glared at Joey. ‘Once he has a face-up monster on the
field, I’ll activate my ‘Ring of Destruction.’
That will destroy his monster, but it will also do damage to both of
us. I’m not going to lose in front of Jaimen!’
Joey picked a card from his deck. He grinned. ‘The Red Eyes
Black Chick! All I need is to
draw my Red Eyes and I’ll have Seto on his knees begging for mercy!’
Joey grinned. “I place this card face down defense. And I lay one magic/trap face down.”
Seto growled. ‘He didn’t play a card in face-up
position! Damn it!’ Seto picked up a card.
“I sacrifice my ‘Spear Dragon’ to summon ‘Luster Dragon’
(2400/1400) in attack mode.”
Joey took the card on top of his desk. He kept his eyes closed.
‘Come on, baby…daddy needs a new pair of shoes!’ Joey opened his eyes and he cheered. “ALRIGHT! I send my
Red Eyes Black Chick to the graveyard.
Because of his special ability, I can summon one Red Eyes Black Dragon
from my hand! Joey Wheeler’s a lucky boy
today! COME OUT, RED
The Red Eyes Black Dragon appeared on Joey’s side of the
field. Jaimen bounced up and down.
“End turn.”
Seto raised an eyebrow. “What the---?”
Joey groaned. “What is it?
It’s your turn!”
“Umm…..why is there yellow stuff on the Red Eyes Black
Dragon?”
“Yellow stuff?
Red Eyes, come here, girl.”
The dragon turned and looked down at its master. The dragon lowered its head, purring. The Red Eyes leaned over its master and
sheltered Joey under its large, black wings.
Joey stuck his fingers in the yellow stuff and sniffed
it. “Mustard? What’s mustard doing on the Red Eyes?”
Seto picked up the top card from his deck as Joey was
preoccupied with his dragon. He laughed
loudly. “It seems like luck is on my
side, Joey! I drew my ‘Monster
Reborn’! I bring back the creature that
I sent to the graveyard at the beginning of the duel! COME,
The Blue Eyes White Dragon appeared on the field, roaring
angrily.
Jaimen let out a squeal. “Oh
no! The Blue Eyes White Dragon is
bleeding!”
Seto gasped. “What?
Come here, boy.”
The Blue Eyes turned toward Seto and lowered its head. Seto put his finger in the “blood.”
“This isn’t blood.
It’s….ketchup! What the hell did
this happen?”
The Red Eyes Black Dragon turned towards the Blue Eyes.
The two dragons approached each other. The Blue Eyes lowered it’s
head to lick the mustard from the Red Eyes neck. The Red Eyes licked the ketchup off of the
other dragon’s head.
The two dragons growled low in their throats as the
affectionately cleaned each other up.
Jaimen smiled. “Awww….the
Blue Eyes loves the Red Eyes Black Dragon!
That’s so cute!”
Joey and Seto watched in amazement as the dragons licked each
other cleaned and started nuzzling each other.
Seto looked down at this deck. ‘What am I doing? I’m dueling to destroy Joey. I’m fighting with him. This is not why I duel Joey.’
The blond looked up at the dragons. ‘I’d never thought I’d
see the day when the Blue Eyes and the Red Eyes would lick each other like
this. Could it be possible that our
monsters fell in love….like we did? Is Jaimen right? Does
the Blue Eyes love the Red Eyes? If so…..these dragons just taught Seto and I an important lesson.’
Joey grabbed his deck and gathered his cards. He stepped off of the dueling platform. Seto saw him and gathered his deck and
cards. The CEO stepped off of the
platform and walked towards his lover as the two dragons disappeared.
The two men stood face to face, toe to toe.
“Jaimen, can you give Joey and I
some privacy?”
Jaimen nodded. “Okay. I’ll go see if Aunt Serenity is awake.”
The boy ran out of the room.
“Seto?”
“Joey?”
The CEO sighed. “I’m sorry, Joey.”
The blond sniffled. “I’m sorry, too, baby.”
Joey and Seto hugged each other tightly. Seto buried his face in Joey’s hair and
cried. “I
didn’t mean to fight with you.”
Seto cupped Joey’s face in his hands and pressed his lips
against the sweet lips of his lover.
Joey’s lips opened to allow his lover’s tongue to slip between and
explore the warm silky inside of Joey’s mouth.
The CEO’s fingers brushed along Joey’s cheek, feeling his
lover’s skin warm under his touch.
Seto pulled back and put his forehead against his
lover’s. “We’ll find a way to take care
of Hayden, angel.”
“We will, Seto. Let’s not fight over this anymore. I don’t want to fight you.”
Seto kissed Joey’s cheek and over to Joey’s ear. “I want to make love to you.”
Joey allowed Seto to bring him into his arms and lay him on
the floor…..
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Ryou tucked Aria in bed for the night. “Goodnight, angel.”
“Goodnight, Mother.”
Bakura came in and growled at his daughter. She responded with a growl of her own,
vicious and threatening.
“Ha! That’s my little
girl! Growls just like her daddy!”
The girl grinned, her canines showing through. “Oh course! I got daddy’s bloodlust!”
Bakura growled into her neck.
“Go to sleep, Chibi Yami.”
“Goodnight, Father.”
Ryou and Bakura left and closed the door.
“So, what do you have planned,
Bakura? Or should I not ask?”
Bakura grinned and hugged Ryou. “What do you say we raid moneybags’ fridge
and go take a ride on the wave’ again?”
“Yami, do you really want to make love on Seto’s
waterbed again? It’s not such a good
idea. What if he finds out?”
Bakura laughed. “He hasn’t found out before, has he?”
Ryou sighed. When his yami had his mind made up, there was no
stopping him.
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