Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Anything For You ❯ The Hunt Begins ( Chapter 6 )

Well, I'm back and what can I say? *flaunts ring on finger * Whoopies!

Bluesummers: Lemons are like friendship…mmm…lemons

Rhea: I hope Danae is ok. What's wrong with her? Is she ok? Thanks for the praise on the lemons. I think a little variety is good.

Falling leaves: Just for my vacation I didn't update. I should be back for a long while until august. Then I'll have to take a day or two off to get my new business set up.

Lunara Moonbeam: I am very happy, Lunara. Nothing compares to the love I have for my sweetheart!

Jacklyn: I'll try to fit in a malik x marik soon. I'm not sure when, but it'll happen.

Ryous mistress: Hmm…I never wondered about the color of the hair on THAT. Hmm..It's not an actual baby, but I'm officially engaged! Whoopie! Yaoi writers unite!

Dragondreamer: Mmmm…..lemons…*hands tristan plushie *

Keysha: I am happy. As long as we do not interfere or harm anyone then what is the big deal? No problem. I try to make everyone's day a little happier. I may not always succeed, but I try.

Lupusdragon: Mmm…chocolate covered Bakura

Negacat: Thank you, honey!

Leilarose: I try to update when I can. I just really needed a break.

Caro: I remember African geography…*represses bad memories of grade school *

Elizabeth marie rose: I haven't heard from you in a while! Steven will learn his lesson trust me. Bakura will teach him all he needs to know.

Sumomo: Thanks for the review! Well, Steven won't hurt the kids, but they will be used to get to Ryou.

Angelic mouse girl: I wasn't gone for long. I needed the break.

Angel Black: I thought that was creepy when Ryou got the silent call.

AMT: I actually did no work on this. I only worked on it in the airport.

The Hunt Begins

The alarm woke Marik up. ` Another day another dollar," he thought as he quickly pressed the off button and pulled the sheets over his head. Marik gave a low growl and Malik opened his purple eye.

"Morning, yami! Time to get up!"

Marik's muffled voice from under the sheets could barely be heard. "No it isn't, hikari. Get back to sleep."

Malik pulled the covers over Marik's head when he heard a tiny whimper come from the crib.

"Aten?" Malik staggered out of bed and looked into the crib. "Aten, you ok, baby?"

Aten let out a tiny sob and Marik threw the covers off of him completely.

"Ok, I'm awake now, Aten," Marik said as he stretched. "What's wrong, son?"

Malik picked up the crying chibi.

"Aten, tell me what is wrong."

Aten sniffed and clinged to his "mom."

"You know he hates that alarm, Marik," Malik said rocking the chibi.

"No feel good."

Malik rubbed the chibi's belly. "Are you feeling hungry or does your tummy hurt?"

"No feel good."

"Maybe he needs some formula. His tummy is very sensitive. Maybe his tummy couldn't hold dinner. Poor little baby." Malik kissed Aten and turned to Marik. "Yami, you'll be late for work."

Marik groaned. He was supposed to have two jobs…a child photographer and being dressed in a stupid Beaver costume singing happy birthday and serving pizzas to kids. He left the other job to a mortal who could embaress themselves to death. Besides, on his second day there, he opened up a portal to the Shadow Realm in the ball pit causing some angry parents to complain.

Malik carried Aten downstairs and put him in his high chair. He heat up some formula and gave the bottle to Aten.

"Your tummy don't hurt, does it, Aten?"

Aten shook his head no.

"Where does it hurt?"

Aten pointed to his chest.

"Maybe it's that new medication. Maybe it's too powerful a dose for you."

Aten tiredly held onto his bottle sucking the warm formula out slowly. Marik came downstairs dressed in tight black leather pants and a white shirt which buttoned down the front (ok…time to drool). The shirt was buttoned only halfway up to his chest leaving his chest exposed.

"Thanks for feeding him," Marik said getting out the apple juice. Marik looked at his son's flushed face. "Son, you don't look so good."

Malik poured himself a cup of coffee. "Ryou's going to have to take him to Zira. He says his chest hurts."

"I can take him."

"Marik, you don't have the time to use."

Marik sighed. "yeah, you're right. Ryou can handle it."

As Aten nursed on the bottle, his little eyes slowly closed and his head slowly went down. If the baby was feeling better, watching him fall asleep slowly with the bottle in hand, it would be somewhat comical. But Aten tried so hard to eat and he was falling asleep despite his best efforts to keep his head up. Malik took the bottle and Aten and brought him into his arms. Malik supported Aten's head as he drank.

The yami finished his cup of juice when he heard tiny footfalls coming down the stairs. Marik found Aria slowly coming down the stairs backwards. She turned around to see Marik looking at her, her behind in the air as she tried coming down the steps.

"Aria? Need help?"

"No, Daddy Mawik. I can do it."

"Is your mommy and daddy awake?"

Aria reached out for Marik and the yami brought her downstairs.

"Dad..Daddy …..daddy told me he had to pwatice a pway with mommy."

Upstairs, Marik heard Bakura's grunt. `Go, Bakura!' Marik thought. The little girl smiled still at him.

"They weawy pwatice well! My daddy's gonna be poopular!"

The yami tried not to laugh at `poopular.' The little girl ran into the kitchen and saw Aten in Malik's arms.

"Mom? Is Aten ok?"

"His medicine isn't working, baby. Aten will be fine. Marik, can you get her some cereal? Yami? Marik? What's going on out there?"

Aria giggled. "My mommy and daddy are pwaticing for a pway! It must be a pway with a lot of fighting."

Marik entered the kitchen all red from blushing. "Yeah, well...let's just say that your mommy and daddy must have just finished the finale. They should be done soon as soon as they…change their wardrobe."

Marik gave Aria some cereal and Aten finished eating. Malik burped him and rubbed his back when Bakura and Ryou entered the kitchen dressed in their bathrobes. Bakura gave Ryou a kiss on the cheek.

"So how was the play, Bakura?"

"Play?? OH! THAT play…Umm…It went well. I think Ryou needs more practice."

Ryou rolled his eyes and elbowed his yami. "Two rehearsals in one night is too much, yami."

Aria giggled and pointed to Bakura. "Daddy loves mommy! Mommy must pwatice to make daddy happy!"

Bakura went to his daughter and rubbed his nose against her nose in an Eskimo kiss. "Who's daddy's little girl?"

"I am!" Aria said as Bakura kissed her neck.

Ryou grabbed a glass of juice and saw Aten sleeping on Malik's shoulder, his little arm hanging down off his shoulder.

"What's wrong with Aten?"

"He says his chest hurts. I think that medicine is too strong for him. It upset his stomach all night. I was up three times to rock him back to sleep."

Ryou took Aten into his arms. "I guess I have to take him back to Zira today. My little boy not feeling well, hmm? Precious angel." The "mother" caressed his son's head.

Malik looked at the clock. "I'm going to be late for school! Yami, you'll have to leave for work soon!"

Marik grunted as he made himself a sandwich. Malik ran out the door when he knocked into Yugi. Yugi fell down with a crash.

"Oops. Sorry, Yugi. Did I hurt you?"

"No," the short duelist said brushing himself off. "I'm ok."

Yami stood behind his aibou. "Rushing again, Malik?"

"Hey, we have a sick kid here! I was up half the night keeping him alive. Now come on, Yugi, we have to get there before we're late."

Marik stopped Yami. "Yami, I have to get to work and we have no one else to watch Aria."

Bakura raised an eyebrow and gripped onto Marik's shirt and pulled him aside. "Did you wake up braindead this morning??? I can't ask the pharaoh to look over my baby!"

"Bakura, you have to take Ryou to the doctor's with Aten. I won't be able to take them. You know that Ryou's dad is running around somewhere in this city. I'll be damned if I let that asshole get a hand on my kid!"

"But Yami?"

"Malik and Yugi have school. You are going with Ryou to the doctors and I have to go to work. Who else is left? Anzu?"

"OK! POINT TAKEN!" Bakura walked up to Yami and grabbed Yami's jacket tightly almost lifting him off the ground. "If anything happens to my baby girl while I am gone, I'm going to personally mummify you all over again…and I will make sure you feel every bit of it." Bakura pushed Yami back forcefully and returned back inside the house to Aria. He lifted Aria out of her seat and took her upstairs to change her into a pink sundress with pink ribbons in her spiky white hair.

"Sorry, Yami. Bakura is very protective."

"He hasn't changed."

Ryou rocked Aten as Marik ran out for work. "Aten has to go to the doctor. I think his heart medication isn't working.

"No doctor."

"Aten, baby, you must. It's for your own good."

A tiny whimper came from the baby.

"If you are good, we'll take you to the park. Ok?"

Aten nodded his head slowly.

"That's my boy. Now, all you have to do, Yami, is keep an eye on Aria."

"Yeah, you can play dollies with her, pharaoh," Bakura said coming down the stairs with his offspring under his arms flailing her arms and legs giggling.

Yami growled low in his throat.

"Just keep an eye on her, Yami. Bakura, does Zira take walk in appointments? I know last time he did."

"Seto told him to give us the same privledges as he, so yeah. Seto just walks in and so can we. Pretty sweet. No waiting for hours in a waiting room." Bakura put Aria down and she squealed, "Auntie Yami!"

"You be good for Auntie Yami, Aria. We'll be home when we can."

Ryou ran upstairs to dress Aten and he and Bakura left. Yami looked down at the smiling chibi looking up at him. She was the perfect copy of Bakura-spiky white hair, brown eyes, and Yami could only guess-a personality of that of her father.

This was not going to be easy for him.

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Steven's lip curled into a grin. So they were going to a Dr. Zira's office, hmm? If he followed them, then it would be easy. Steven would follow his son and Bakura. Tim's and Jessica's job was to get Aria from Yami.

Steven turned to Jessica as he watched Ryou cradle the sleeping baby.

"The hunt begins."

Next Chappie: Yamis should not babysit…..EVER.