Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Baby of Mine ❯ Sentencing ( Chapter 52 )

Ssjgodesschico: I know it was sad, but Ryou's imagination just ran away with his fears.

Angel Black: MWAHAHAHA!!!! Steven deserves it, especially after that dream

Hato-Chiisai: Sure, you can have Aten, but give him back when you're done.

Tiamat: Don't worry. You didn't ruin anything. I love to hear suggestions from you guys anyway. More heads are better than one.

Falling Leaves: Poor Aten.

Buffy M: Steven deserves it. Hit him again for me.

Danae2120: I know. I hate those dreams. They are super scary.

Ryou'sMisstress: Yes, she is getting cuter, isn't she? Here is where the twist lies..in this chappie.

Blusummers: Hi, Gralnak! Hey, Aten is a cutie! What's not to like? He's a combination of Ryou and Marik…two hot bishies!

Lupusdragon: I won't disappoint.

Dragondreamer: In two more chappies, Aria and Aten are with Joey and Seto…and they are looking for toys. What kind of toys do you thing they will find????? *evil chuckle *

Keysha: Steven would do that to Ryou and that is scary. Well, let's hope he doesn't get to the kids…*coughsequelcough *

Sentencing

Ryou put on his robe and walked downstairs. At the breakfast table was Aten wearing one of Marik's shirts and a pair of shorts which were too big for him. His hair kept falling into his cereal, so Malik stood behind him pulling his blonde and white hair into a ponytail. Aten looked up from his Cheerios.

"Hi, mommy!" Aten jumped down from his seat and ran to Ryou wrapping his long tanned arms around him. Ryou was taken aback by Aten's height. Like his sister he also looked around nine years old. Ryou held onto his son remembering the dream and how Aten refused to let him go.

"Finish your breakfast, baby."

Aten ran back to the seat and sat on it. Malik tied Aten's hair back with a rubber band.

Ryou looked at Aten in astonishment. Aten had grown up so quickly. Aria ran into the kitchen and to her father.

"Morning, daddy!" Aria hugged Bakura.

"Good morning, angel."

Ryou sat at the kitchen table and watched Aria sit down at the table. Her spiky hair was sticking up as if it was hit with static. She brushed her hair back with her fingers and ran her fingers through her hair at the table.

Malik came from the living room. "Seto said he would take Aria and Aten for the night, Ryou."

The children's eyes lit up. "Unkie Seto and Puppy?!"

Malik sat down with his bacon and eggs. "Yeah. You're going to stay with Uncle Seto and Puppy for the night. After breakfast, take a shower and pack your toys."

Bakura giggled. "Whatever you do, Aria, don't chew on Seto's Blue Eyes White Dragon toy. He won't appreciate it that much."

"I won't. I'm not a baby anymore, daddy."

"I know, but I just have to remind you."

After Aria and Aten finished their breakfast, they ran upstairs packing their things. Aten packed the little toy monkey. Aria looked at her toys.

"This is all baby stuff! We need some new toys, Aten."

"I don't know, Aria. I still love my monkey." Aten winded the toy and looked at it somewhat sadly. "I love it, but it doesn't seem the same as it did yesterday. I wonder why."

Aria looked at her bunny plushie. "Yeah. I wonder why. Maybe Unkie Seto and Puppy have toys we can play with! They've got a lot of money and stuff! At least that's why my daddy says."

"My daddy's always calling him "moneybags." Maybe he's made of money! Maybe he ate money and he has money inside him and that's why daddy calls him `moneybags.' It makes sense."

Aten pulled the rubber band out of his hair wincing. "I wish Mom didn't put this in. It pulls my hair out…ow." Aten grabbed a brush and brushed his hair. "Wait a minute! Puppies play with toys! Puppy must have a lot of toys! We have to check it out, Aria!"

"If he has a ball, we can play fetch! That would be so neat! `Fetch the ball-y, puppy!" Aria and Aten laughed.

Aria grabbed the Dark Magician doll and looked at the toothmarks. She began to gnaw on it again. She didn't know why she was still gnawing on it. Her teeth were very sharp still despite all the chewing. She stopped chewing and saw her brother (ok. He is her step-brother, but for all purposes, they think they are brother and sister.) picking up his Change of Heart plushie.

"Dark Magician attacks your Change of Heart!" Aria threw the toy at Aten's plushie.

"Aria, stop that! You'll hurt its feelings!"

Aria jumped down from the bed. "It's just a stupid doll! It can't feel anything!" Aria grabbed the plushie from Aten's hands.

Aten stood up angrily. "Give that back!" Aten grabbed the plushie away from Aria cuddling it.

"Dark Magician attacks again!" Aria picked up the doll and slammed it into the plushie.

"Aria! Stop it! You're gonna hurt my plushie!" Aten tried to turn away from her to protect his toy. Aria put her hands on him and turned him around. " Dark Magician attacks Aten!" Aria hit Aten's hand with the action figure.

"Ow! Aria! Knock it off! I'm gonna tell my mom!"

The door opened and Marik walked in finding Aria hitting Aten's hand with the toy. "Aria Kanika! What are you doing?" Marik grabbed Aten pulling the whimpering boy away from the attacking girl. "It's not nice to hit your brother. Nobody hits anyone else in this house, you know that. Now apologize like a good girl."

Bakura walked into the room finding Aria holding her toy so tightly, her fingers were turning white. Bakura took his kid in his arms. "Aria, what is going on?"

"Aria was hitting Aten with her toy."

Bakura kneeled down to her. His worst fears were being confirmed….Aria was already beginning to change. "Sweetheart, it's not nice to hit your brother." Aria's pout left her face and tears swelled up in her eyes. She wrapped her arms around her father.

"I'm sorry, daddy! I didn't mean to! Don't be angry," Aria started to sob.

Bakura held her and kissed her hair. "I think Aten deserves an apology, baby girl."

Aria turned to Aten, tears still in her eyes. "I'm so sorry, Aten! I don't know why I did that!" Aten returned the hug without hesitation.

Bakura left pulling Marik into his room. He shut the door tightly. "So…what do you think, Marik?"

"It begins. That is what I'm thinking. It's not like Aria to do that to him."

Bakura scratched the back of his head. "We're quickly running out of time." Bakura pulled off his shirt, Marik watching him intently. Bakura was still molded the same perfect way he was five millennia ago. His skin bore the marks of five thousand years of living. Who wouldn't live five thousand years without attaining a few scars, bumps, and bruises? Bakura looked at Marik eyeing him closely.

"You still drool after all this time, Ishtar? I thought you would be used to this by now."

Marik wiped his chin. "Hey, I may be dead, but THAT still works, you know."

"I know it because I hear it still works with you and Malik. Your poor hikari, Ishtar. My Ra!"

"I have thousands of years to catch up on, Itemri."

"You've made up for about millions of years already." Bakura chuckled at the expense of the other yami.

Bakura put on his shirt and turned the doorknob. Marik closed the door and Bakura looked at him with one raised eyebrow. "We have to get the kids to KaibaCorp before the trial."

Marik grabbed Bakura's face again and brought him into a tight kiss in the privacy of the bedroom. Bakura's eyes were opened wide at first, but slowly closed as Marik's skilled tongue explored the dark recesses within. Bakura moaned into the kiss pressing his body close to the other yami. His hands moved up the back of Marik's shirt caressing the other yami's spine and between his shoulder blades. Marik broke the kiss and looked into Bakura's brown eyes.

"It's been too long, Itemri. Too long since I kissed you like that."

Bakura nodded looking into Marik's amythyst eyes. "I know. But I do not want to leave Ryou out of it. Ryou is my husband and I love him very much. He doesn't need to be left out."

"Malik is very special to me, Bakura. When you, me, and Ryou were together, I felt bad that my hikari couldn't participate. Stupid Anzu. We have to include him. I love him, too. And I hope one day, as I have stated before, that Malik have a ceremony like you and Ryou. I want to ask him, but I don't want to rush him. Besides, it is up to the gods if we should perform the marriage. If it is destined to be, it is destined to be."

Bakura gripped Marik's shoulder. "You'd make a great couple, Marik. The worse thing that could happen is he says no."

Ryou's POV

We dropped the children off at KaibaCorp. I was happy to see them jump out

and run to Joey excitedly screaming "Puppy!".

My little babies are so cute! Their skinny little legs ran quickly and

their long, white hair flapped in the wind as they ran. We were

lucky that Malik could drive us to the court. The court was too far away to

walk from KaibaCorp.

Bakura held onto my hand tightly. I think he knew how nervous I was. It

never occurred to me to tell him about my dream. The last thing

I wanted was to make him upset. Marik sat on my other side, his face carved

in concentration. If I had to leave Marik, it would be

hard. If I had to leave Malik, it would be even more hard. Marik was the

father of my baby; Malik was my friend. To leave Bakura,

would mean the end of my life as I know it. I cannot live without him. To

imagine my life without him is like a death sentence. My life

would not be a life, but a dark void from which no light can escape.

I cannot trust my father around Aten and Aria, especially Aten. Every

second I thought about it, it made me wonder that there would be

nothing to stop Dad from doing to Aten what he did to me. My father beat

me, tried to kill me, starved me because I am in love with

Bakura. What's to say he would not do anything to my child? No. Aten had

to stay away from Steven as much as possible. I couldn't

let my maniacal father harm my innocent little boy.

We arrived at the courthouse, my fingers trembling. Would my father be

guilty? Innocent? Would I have to return to my dad...and risk

my dream coming somehow true?

When we entered the room where my father sat patiently, all I could think of

his him telling my children to go play in the basement...that "everything

would be fine." We entered the court and he turned to me.

"Are you ready to go home with me, son?"

I curled my lip thinking of his smugness in my dream...and his hysterical

laughter as the basement filled higher with water threatening to drown me

and my little darlings. "I am NOT going home with you! I hate you! I hate

you! And if you think you are going to hurt my little Aten and Aria, you

deserve to be locked up like the sick bastard you are!" Whoa! Where did

that come from? For some odd reason, I snapped. I even scared the yamis on

each side of me. Malik stood behind me rubbing my shoulders. I looked at

them staring at me in complete shock. "I am not going to subject my babies

to you, daddy. I would rather die than live with you and have my children

live with you. I have nothing else to say to you." I sat down at the table

when Daniels and Flannery came in.

Bakura sat next to me and squeezed my hand. "That....was not like you. Ryou,

everything will be fine. I won't let Steven get custody of those kids, Ryou.

I love you."

My yami always had a way to make things better. He always knew the perfect

things to say when I needed encouragement. "I love you, too, yami. I don't

care what happens to me. I want my babies safe."

"They will be, Ryou. Come on, don't cry."

I tried to smile. "I'll try."

"That's my boy," Bakura said brushing my long hair from my shoulders.

The judge walked into the room and the final decision on my father was to be

made. My future was going to be decided...no. My children's future was

going to be decided in a very short time. Safety or Servitude? Serve my

father and keep him happy for the sake of my children or continue to live my

life with Bakura and my friends.

The judge turned to the jury. "Will the jury read the verdict?"

The same man in my dream stood up and held the paper in the same fashion. My

heart almost leaped into my throat. All I could think of was thank gods I

took my heart medication.

"We find Steven Bakura, father of Ryou Bakura, guilty of attempted murder,

guilty of first degree murder, guilty of child abuse and neglect, guilty of

corrupting the morals of a minor."

I folded my arms on the table and cried into them. My father...was guilty.

I was safe..my children were safe. I almost lost everything. Bakura rubbed

my back gently. "See, Ryou? It's going to be alright. We can stay

together."

"I am so happy, yami!" I turned around and hugged Bakura tightly.

My dad stood up and screamed, "No! I can't go to jail!"

The judge pounded the gavel as the crowd murmurred. "Steven Bakura,

according to this court, we cannot in good judgement release Ryou into your

custody nor set you free."

"I love my boy! I didn't know Cinetti would do that to him! I'm innocent!"

The judge help up a piece of paper. "This paper proves that you made arrangements for Thomas Cinetti to eliminate your son and to

perform certain acts that classify as child sexual abuse! You are to be taken to Domino Maximum Security Prison where you will

spend the next twenty years. You'll have plenty of time to think about what you have done. Bailiffs, take him away."

The police took my daddy's arms.

"Get off of me! Let me talk to my son one last time!"

The police dragged daddy to me. "Ryou?" Bakura stood up and clutched me to him tightly. "Don't worry, son. We will be a happy

family someday. You won't have to live with Bakura anymore."

Bakura snarled over me. "Keep away from my family. Stay away from Ryou. He's better off without you....and so am I."

Bakura rubbed my shoulder as my dad curled his lips. "We will be together sooner than you think, Ryou. Oh yes. Sooner than you

think."

The cops dragged my daddy away. "You can't escape me, Ryou! You can't! No matter what you try! You can't escape me!"

I buried my head sobbing into my yami's stomach. Even from where I cried, I could feel my yami's muscles tightening with anger as he

snarled viciously. Bakura sat back down and I returned to crying on my yami's shoulder. Malik reached to me and rubbed my back. I

can always count on him for a sympathetic backrub. My yami covered my hiar in kisses as the doors closed behind my father.

"Ryou Bakura?"

I wiped my eyes and looked at the judge. "It is this court's understanding that you are living with a guardian now, correct?"

I nodded. "Yes, Ms. Isis Ishtar is my guardian."

"Do you wish to continue to stay with your current guardian?"

"Yes, I do."

The judge scribbled something on a piece of paper. "Done. You can continue to stay with your guardian."

I smiled as if a miracle had just happened to me. I could stay with Bakura! I could stay with Malik and Marik. It was with anticipation that I looked forward to our celebration back home. I almost lost all of them. My lover, Bakura, was almost taken from me, but I

couldn't help but embrace him tightly.

The judge pounded on the stand and the jury left. I stood up and hugged Bakura tightly, my heart beating wildly against him. Behind me, Malik leaned over and hugged me even tighter. Marik rubbed my hair and hugged me.

Bakura put his arm around me and turned to Mr. Daniels. "Thank you, Mr. Daniels. Thank you for saving my Ryou."

"He deserves better than what his father gave him. Good luck, Ryou." Daniels shook my hand and Mrs. Flannery closed her briefcase.

"Good luck, Ryou. If you ever need help, don't hesitate to call us. We'll always be there for you." Flannery was always nice to me. She was always a nice mother-figure for me. Somehow I knew this wouldn't be the last time I would need her.

During the ride home, Bakura's head was on my shoulder. My yami never wanted to let me go. He was content laying his head on my smiling, his eyes closed in bliss. I wasn't going home to a flooding basement. I was going home with my friends....and my lover and my husband by my side.

Next Chappie: MALIK X MARIK X BAKURA X RYOU!!!!!!! LEMON NEXT CHAPPIE….MMMM….LEMON.

PS: Dragondreamer……yes, you did smell lemony freshness!!!! *wink *