Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Anything For You ❯ I Would Have You Back ( Chapter 8 )

Keysha: thanks for beating up barney. I figured that would tick Yami off completely. He's not so strong now, is he?

Ryou's Misstress: *hands over Millenium bad memory suppressor * I hope this helps.

Lupusdragon: Yami's going to get the ass kicking of his afterlife. I guarantee.

Dragondreamer: * smiles *of course I had a good vacation! I never have a bad vacation!

Mystical Dragon: I know how hard hours can be at work.

Rhea: Please tell Danae I hope she feels better. If you can give me your email so I can send you an ecard you can print out to her, I would be grateful. Yami will be in deep crap with Bakura.

Heather Sutaki: Who ever said it was a boy I was engaged to?

Falling Leaves: It's ok. There's more in this chappie.

Chibi Koneko Mirachan: "hikari dearest"? That sounds cute! *points to sweetheart…I like that! Use that! *

Lunara Moonbeam: Mithos, you are not supposed to eat my Bakura plushies!!!! I promise all three will get what is coming to them.

Angel Black: Yes. Yami is dead meat.

I would have you Back

Aten sat on the examination table as the doctor looked into the back of his throat. The doctor smoothed back the boy's hair.

"Say "Ahh.'"

Aten stuck out his tongue playfully and Ryou couldn't help but watch the comedy of Aten playing with the doctor. Zira placed Aten on his back and felt his tummy.

"His stomach is still tender. What have you been feeding him?"

Bakura folded his arms. "We still have him on one soft meal a day. We feed him cereal and vegetables for his meals. We try to give him some chicken when we make it. We really try not to feed him anything that will hurt him."

Aten giggled as Zira traced the boy's belly with his finger. "Tickles!"

The doctor put the stethescope around his neck. "For a few days keep him on a liquid diet. It feels like the new medication irritated his stomach."

The doctor listened to Aten's heart and nodded. "Somewhat irregular, but treatable. I think this new medication was too strong for him."

"It's hard to find a medicine that works on him, Zira."

Zira nodded. "Yes, well, we'll try something else. There has to be one medication that Aten responds to. We'll find it."

The little boy grabbed the doctor's hand and hugged it showering it with kisses.

"Affectionate little guy, isn't he?"

Aten looked up at the doctor who helped him to sit up.

"Keep him on a light diet. I'm going to give you some samples to try for Aten."

The doctor left the room and a nurse came in. "Mr. Bakura?"

"Yes?"

"I have a call from a Mr. Minar."

Ryou turned to Bakura and held onto Aten so he wouldn't fall off the table. "Marik's boss?"

Bakura left the examination room to take the call.

// Mr. Bakura? //

"Yes?

//This is Mr. Minar from Omniplex Photography. We are once again having difficulty with Mr. Marik Ishtar and we request that once again you come to our establishment. We have had enough of him. He's fired. //

"But, sir, his baby boy is sick and-."

// It is unfortunate, but once again Mr. Ishtar has crossed the line with the philosophy here at Omniplex. //

"I am at the doctor's office with his son."

// If you do not come immediately to remove him from the premesis, we will file criminal charges. //

"Criminal charges? What in the name of Ra did he do this time?"

// Come at once. //

The line went dead. Bakura hung up the phone. This wasn't the first time Marik had trouble at his job. This would be the third time Marik had trouble. Marik lost his patience when it came to crying babies. Bakura was convinced Marik had learned to control his temper. It was obvious, though, that Marik failed in his attempts. Minar did tell Marik he had one more chance before we would be fired for insubordination.

Bakura returned to Ryou. "I have to go pick up Marik from work. They finally fired him."

Ryou's eyes went wide. "What? No! How can we afford Aten's medical bills?"

"And yours, too."

"Forget me! It's Aten who's my concern! Aria and Aten still need some shots!"

Bakura took Ryou into his arms. "It's ok, tenshi. We'll be fine. Here's some money to pay for the visit. Don't worry, lover. Everything will be alright."

Bakura kissed Ryou's lips and left the practice.

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Steven watched as Bakura left the practice. His son and Aten were inside. They would go to the park if Aten behaved. Thanks to his fake phone call, Ryou and Aten were left unprotected by the yami. Jessica and Tim pulled up in the car. Tim rolled down the window and saw a tiny figure under a blanket shivering.

"You got the girl?"

Tim pulled down the blanket again and Aria pulled in a deep breath. Her eyes were squeezed tightly as she cuddled her only doll. Her face was red from crying and her white skin trembled as Steven reached a hand to stroke the tiny chibi's white arm.

"So beautiful…..my granddaughter."

Aria trembled under the man's touch and she whimpered, "I want my mommy," in a quiet, squeaky tone.

"You'll have your mommy soon enough, angel."

"Daddy…I want daddy," she said quieter.

Steven frowned. "I am your daddy now. Not Bakura. I am your daddy."

Steven looked at Tim's arm. "Did she scratch you?"

"The little wench!"

"We have to wash it off. Bakura can smell blood. If we wash it before we return to your building, then Bakura will lose the scent. It looks like some blood got on her, too."

Steven looked at the shaking girl. "Then we need to give her a bath."

Aria shook even harder as Steven caressed her white hair. "She has pretty white hair like my son….and just like his mother."

"How are we going to get our hands on Ryou and Aten?"

"Grab them. I called my old friends. Those that weren't in the riot to get my son back. They're more than willing to help us. We have to wait until they are alone."

Ryou left the doctor's office carrying Aten in his arms and a smile crossed Steven's face.

"Now."

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Ryou held onto Aten tightly as he walked with his son. Aten clutched his Change of Heart plushie close to him. He looked around at the people around him.

"Mommy? We go to pack today?"

"We can go to the park if you feel up to it, baby. You had a rough morning."

Aten nodded his head smiling. Ryou brushed back Aten's white and blonde hair smiling.

"Alright. If you want to."

Aten jumped in Ryou's arms and giggled. He wrapped his arms around Ryou's neck and covered Ryou's neck in tiny chibi kisses. "I wuv you, mommy!"

Ryou kissed Aten's cheek. "I love you, too, sweetheart."

Ryou passed the line of stores and stopped in front of a house that had a sign outside that said "For Sale." Ryou stared at the house solemnly.

*****Flashback*******

One year old chibi Ryou sat on the lawn clasping a tiny dandelion in his fingers. In the garden, Rhea was pulling out the weeds. Chibi Ryou looked at the dandelion running his fingers along the fluffy part of the flower. He put his nose up to the dandelion and sniffed. Some of the flower got into his nose and he sneezed causing the white frills to spread all around him.

Ryou smiled and tried to grip onto the white flower particles that danced around him in the wind. Chibi Ryou used his hands to prop himself onto his feet and he attempted to walk to where the white particles were flying away.

Rhea turned around and ran after her son who was trying to walk. Just before the baby fell, his mother caught him.

"Ryou, you must be careful, sweetie. I don't want anything to happen to you."

"I wuv you, mommy!" Chibi Ryou hugged his mother.

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Ryou shook his head and saw the "For Sale" sign where his mother tended the garden. His father just didn't sell the house that belonged to his mother. His father sold Ryou's future. Where he used to play as an infant, the weeds had become overgrown. Where his mother gardened, wilted flowers, crusted with age and neglect, stood pitifully.

"Mommy?"

Ryou looked at the brown- and- purple -eyed chibi in his arms. "What is it, baby?"

"Why we stop here?"

Ryou looked at the house again.

*************Flashback****************

Steven sat lounging on the front lawn. Six year old Ryou ran up to his father in tears. His father looked up at him. "Ryou? Why are you crying?"

"Some kids took my dueling deck. *sniff * They *sniff * said it was a stupid game. *sniff * And….and…..they tore up my cards!!!!!!"

Steven sat up. "Son, crying doesn't help. Crying makes you look weak. No matter what anyone does to hurt you, you must never cry. Crying is a sign of weakness. You're not weak, are you?"

"Daddy, look at my Change of Heart!" Ryou brought a pocketful of shredded paper. "They ripped it into hundreds of little pieces!"

Steven laid back down. "Did you fight back?"

Ryou shook his head. "I can't…those boys were bigger than me. Stronger than me."

"Did you try?"

Ryou lifted up his shirt to reveal a large bruise. "They gave this to me when I tried."

Steven rolled over on his side to look away from Ryou. "I'll have to teach you to fight like a man next time. I'm not fighting any battles for you, Ryou."

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Aten asked again. "Why are we here?"

Ryou looked at his little boy in his arms. "Aten, I love you very much."

Ryou kissed Aten's forehead. Aten looked down and saw a butterfly.

"Mommy, a buttfly! Lemme down!"

Aten was placed on his feet and he chased after the butterfly. The butterfly flew on a bush and stayed there.

"Mommy, what kind of buttfly is that?"

Ryou looked at the orange and black markings and kneeled beside his son. "Well, I don't know much about butterflies, but I think that's a monarch butterfly."

"OOOO! Pwetty!" Aten smiled at the butterfly.

Ryou heard a car stop behind them. Doors opened and before he could react, he had a cloth over his mouth and an arm over his chest. Ryou's eyes opened wide to see Jessica hold Aten.

"Mommy! Mommy! Let go!" Aten screamed and cried.

"I told you I'd have you back, son."

Ryou's heart beat frantically as fear gripped him. Jessica had Aten clutched to her chest and gagged in record time. Jessica ran into the car with Aten.

Steven pulled back clutching Ryou's chest tightly preventing him to breathe. The cloth on his mouth tasted and smelled bitter….and made him very tired.

Steven felt the Millenium Ring jingle around Ryou's neck. Without the Millenium Ring, Bakura could not track Ryou's location. Steven took the Millenium Ring and ripped it off Ryou's neck.

"We can't have you walking around with a necklace, can we?"

The Ring dropped to the ground with a clang.

Ryou slowly stopped struggling and went limp against his father.

Steven's feral grin returned as Ryou's limp body fell back unconscious. "That's my boy."
Steven helped Ryou into the car's back seat.

"How long will that knock him out?" Jessica asked as she pulled away and gave Aten to Steven.

"He should be out for several hours. That stuff can tranquilize an elephant."

Aten dug his fingernails into Steven as he tried to look over him to see Ryou.

"Mommy! Mommy!"

Steven sat Aten on his lap. "Ryou is not your mommy. Jessica is your new mommy."

Aten clutched his Change of Heart plushie tightly. "I want my mommy!"

Steven growled and gripped Aten. "Boys don't cry. Crying makes you weak."

A tiny whimper escaped the back seat.

"Aria?"

"Aten?"

Tim let down the covers over Aria's face. "See? We got your mommy, too! No sweat!"

Aten let out a piercing wail from Steven's arms.

Steven leaned back comfortably. "Now we can finally be a happy family."

Next Chappie: Yami's ass kicking!