Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Baby of Mine ❯ Dark Magician Attack ( Chapter 55 )

Note: For those who were confused about the "sword" Aria was playing with…..it was a vibrator.

Mystical Dragon: No review is lame. Sorry about not reviewing yet. I will do so tonight. My little sis needed the computer for her school work. I'll get to it tonight if I can steal the computer from her. Seto's not really used to kids that young besides Mokuba. Besides, we all hate people going through our "personables."

Michael: Ryou will calm down. He's very protective.

BuffyM: *snicker * I'll try to put that in sometime. Maybe the kids stay with Yugi and Yami one night.

Ryou's Mistress: Since Final Fantasy X, I love the idea of someone having two different color eyes (Even though I do not like Yuna in the game). So, I thought since Aten is a mix of Ryou and Marik and Aten has both of their hair color, his eyes should also reflect that union. So, Aten's right eye is purple and his left eye is brown. Aria just has two brown eyes like her parents.

Dragondreamer: Those kids are a handful, aren't they???

Keysha: That was funny! Those kids were so cute despite their "toys".

Lupusdragon: I know..Seto was embarrassed and his best oils were used. Aww…

Dark Magician Attack

Ryou woke up the next morning with Aria holding on to him. He was glad she hadn't aged much during the night. In her tight hands, she clutched her Dark Magician toy gnawing at it in her sleep. Ryou kissed her forehead and heard splashing in the bathtub. He sneaked to the bathroom and found Aten in the bathtub with his knees up to his chin. Malik was still washing the pink out of his hair. Downstairs the phone rang and Marik picked it up.

Ryou opened the bathroom door and Aten immediately looked up at Ryou. "Aten? Are you feeling any better this morning?" He rubbed his son's head.

"He didn't sleep all night, Ryou. I stayed up with him. Seto really must have yelled loudly. Aten really hasn't moved all night since you brought him home."

Ryou kneeled before the boy in the tub. "Aten, you did nothing wrong. Don't worry about it." Without warning, Aten brought Ryou into his arms in a tight, quiet hug. "I know, baby. Just relax."

Malik helped Aten out of the tub. Aten stood there shaking as Malik dried him off with a warm towel.

"There we go, Aten. Do you feel better?"

Aten nodded.

"That's good." Malik put on Aten's robe and kissed the boy on the head. "Now go get dressed in our room, Aten. Do you want anything special for breakfast?"

Aten looked up at Malik with chibi eyes. "Eggs, maybe?"

Malik ruffled the child's hair and left. Aten ran into the bedroom he shared with his father and "mom." Aria was sitting on Marik's bed making Aten jump back.

"Aria? What are you doing here?"

Aria gnawed deeper on her Dark Magician doll. The tooth marks on the plastic became so deep, it looked like she would bite right through. "I've been watching you, Aten."

Aten shifted uncomfortably. "What do you mean?"

Aria slowly got off the bed and advanced on Aten. She took his wrist and pulled him into the room. She slammed the door shut tightly and grabbed Aten's bathrobe. The Dark Magician doll was right by his chin as she tried to pull him up to look at her.

"Do you think Mommy likes you more than me?"

"Aria, let go of me. Please."

"I think mommy likes you best and it's not fair! I am her little girl! All you do is cry and whine like a baby!"

Aten gripped her wrist and tried to push her off. "What are you doing? Let go of me!"

"Dark Magician attacks Aten!" Aria's hand brought the Dark Magician doll down on Aten hitting him in the head.

"Ouch! That hurts! Aria!"

"Dark Magician attacks again!" Aria ran the Dark Magician doll hard on Aten's chest making him call down in tears.

Aten backed away from her whimpering. "Aria, why? I didn't do anything to you!"

Aria turned the doorknob. "Mommy likes me best! Don't forget that!" Aria threw the doll at Aten's arm making him curl up by the bed. The girl stomped beside Aten and grabbed her doll.

"Dark Magician's gonna get you again, Aten!" She left the room. The boy beside the bed refused to move from the floor or the fetal position. Malik came up sometime later and found Aten curled up by the bed on the floor.

He immediately flew to Aten's side. "Aten? Aten, talk to me. What happened?"

Aten flew at Malik wrapping his arms around him. "Mom…."

"Sweetheart, don't cry. I'm sorry if Seto scared you yesterday. He won't hurt you. Shhh….Aten. It's alright, baby boy."

Malik began to hum to Aten and rock him to quiet him down. "We're going to see Uncle Yugi and…Auntie Yami at the Game Shop. Would you like that?"

"Is Aria coming?"

"Of course she is. You're both coming with us."

Aten hugged him tighter. "Can I just stay home? I wanna stay here, Mom."

"On the floor? Aten, what's gotten into you? You need some fresh air. It may get rid of some of that pink in your hair. I've tried everything to get it out. It's almost there, though. Now get dressed. We leave when you are ready and after you eat."

Malik kissed him again and left the room. Aten shuddered at the thought of sitting beside his sister.

Ryou gripped the teacup in his hand. His fingers traced the rim of the cup deep in thought. Aria played with her Dark Magician on the table happily. Malik came down shaking his head.

"Aten's acting strangely. I think Seto gave him a good scare yesterday."

Ryou sighed. "I can't believe Seto yelled at them. They're just kids."

Bakura shoved a piece of bacon in his mouth. "Seto isn't that bad, Ryou. Sure, he did yell at them, but he isn't used to kids their age. Mokuba is older now and maybe he just couldn't cope. You did have a point though. Seto should have locked up those…toys of his."

"My sword, daddy. Can I get a sword like Unkie Seto?"

"No," Bakura said sternly.

Aten came down slowly and sat beside his sister at the table. While he ate, his eyes kept glued to the Dark Magician. He tried to eat his eggs, but he ate slowly.

"We owe Seto, Ryou."

Ryou scoffed. "How? What do we owe him? Look at Aten, he's scared to death!"

Aria growled low in her throat. Only Aten could hear her disdain.

Bakura sighed. "Ryou, Seto Kaiba paid for your operation."

Ryou sat back. "What?"

"Kaiba paid for your heart operation, Ryou. You would have died without him," Marik said taking a bite of a banana.

Ryou shook his head and looked into his tea. Kaiba? Kaiba paid for it? Why would he? He had nothing to gain.

"But why?" Ryou asked.

"Because you are his friend, Ryou. He cares a lot for you and didn't want to see you die. That is why he paid for the heart operation. That is how we afforded it."

Ryou began to cry a little. "He saved my life. Look at how I treated him. I didn't know. Why didn't he tell me?"

"He's Seto. That's why.Ra only knows why he does the things he does. Besides, Ryou. He came to see you."

"I don't remember seeing him at all."

Malik sipped his coffee. "Ryou, you were delirious. The doctors only gave you a week at most to live. I think you were in so much pain, you wouldn't have noticed."

Ryou stood up and went to the phone. He called KaibaCorp. Seto Kaiba was in a meeting now and refused to be disturbed. "We have to go to him after Yugi."

Ryou put the kids in the car and went to the Game Shop. Yugi was in the shop. Yami stood beside his aibou protectively. Yami growled low in his throat when Bakura entered the shop.

"What are YOU doing here? I just got rid of the trash in here," Yami snarled.

"Yami, please, I told you what happened was not Bakura's fault."

"Once a murderer, always a murderer, Yugi. He tried to kill you.?"

Bakura shook his head. "You should get your ears checked! ANUBIS tried to kill Yugi. I couldn't fight him. I'm sorry, Yugi. I didn't mean to hurt you."

"It's ok, Bakura. It wasn't your fault. I knew it wasn't you."

Yami walked up to Bakura. "I cannot trust you around Yugi anymore, tomb robber. I'll be watching you closely."

Bakura chuckled and whispered to Yami so no one else could hear. "You didn't intimidate me five thousand years ago. What makes you think you scare me now? Besides, I'm the not the only one with blood on his hands, Pharaoh Yami. Only when you realize that will you begin to understand me. You killed, too. But I have spared your light that information. You may be a hero to him, but to me you will always be the same to me as you were five thousand years ago. Senef* Yami." (Senef is `Blood' In Ancient Egyptian. I found it on a site. So, Bakura just called Yami "Bloody Yami")

Yami's lower lip trembled at the memory. "I didn't destroy your home, Bakura. I did not give those orders."

"Then who did? You destroyed my home and you killed Marik. Somehow by the grace of Ra he was also sealed into a Millenium Item. You killed the one I loved. How could I not call you that? Bloody Yami."

"You robbed my father's grave!"

"You killed my lover!"

"You killed my best guard!"

"Your general took from me what wasn't his to take! Your step-brother was the general of your army! Your general was Anubis! You knew he mistreated me and you didn't even raise a finger to stop him!"

Marik held onto Aten as he clung to his father. The father gave his son a reassuring grip.

Yami was silent for a moment. "I challenge you to a duel, Bakura! You hurt my aibou and I will not let you get away with it!"

"Fine! We'll use the real arena in KaibaCorp! If I'm gonna do some damage to you, I may as well make the experience as real as possible! You've had this coming since the Duelist Kingdom!"

Yugi closed the shop and Aria followed them gnawing deeper and deeper on her action figure.

Ryou walked into KaibaCorp holding Aria's hand. Seto was in his office finishing up some paperwork. Bakura and the others followed Ryou to Seto's office.

Ryou opened the door and Seto was working at his desk. The blue eyed CEO looked up at the white haired boy holding his daughter's hand. Ryou walked up to Seto.

"Seto. I owe you an apology. I'm sorry for yelling at you yesterday. Bakura told me everything. You saved my life."

"Bakura, you told him???!!!"

Bakura shrugged. "I had to. Ryou had a right to know."

"You saved my life, Seto. Without you, I wouldn't be here for Bakura. I would not have had Aria and Aten. I am very sorry. Please forgive me."

Seto sighed and stood up. "I overreacted. I'm not used to kids besides Mokuba. I would do anything for him."

Yami chuckled. "Seto? Saying he's sorry?"

"I did not say I was sorry. I am admitting that I over reacted. I do not apologize for anything."

"Seto, can we use your dueling arena? Yami and I have a score to settle and we are going to settle."

Seto nodded. "You can use it. I'm not using it now. You know where it is."

"Aren't you coming?"

"I got a lot of paperwork."

"Take a break," Malik said holding onto Aten.

Seto sighed. "If it will stop you from pestering me, fine."

Seto escorted the group to his personal dueling arena. Bakura pulled his deck out of his pocket and shuffled it. Yami shuffled his own and they cut each other's deck.

"Go Daddy!" Aria said waving the Dark Magician doll in the air making Aten shift closer to Malik. Aria sat on Ryou's shoulders to watch her daddy duel.

Malik put his arm around the boy and leaned against the wall of the arena. Ryou and Marik leaned on the edge of the arena.

"You ready, tomb robber?"

"Ready, Pharoah! You go first."

Yami pulled out a card. A smile grazed his face. "I play the Celtic Guardian in attack mode!" The Celtic Guardian appeared brandishing his sword. "I also lay one card face down."

Bakura laughed. "That's all you got?" He pulled out a card. "I play one card face down. I play one monster face down. Your move!"

"Let's see what you got hidden under that card! Celtic Guardian attack!"

Bakura's card was revealed and Yami gasped. The Celtic Guardian was attacking the 7 Colored Fish. The Celtic Guardian's attack was thwarted.

"My fish has an attack of 1800! Your puny Guardian only has 1400, so you lose 400 life points!"

"Since when do you have fish in your deck?" Yami asked.

"I have a lot of surprises in my deck. That just happens to be a good card. Mako isn't the only one with a Sea Deck."

Yami pulled out a card. "I play Alpha Magnet Warrior in attack mode."

Bakura laughed. "You have GOT to be kidding me! In attack mode?" Bakura pulled out a card and smiled. "I would have my 7 colored Fish take care of your silly Magnet Warrior, but I find it would be so sad for your own monster to destroy one of your own. Change of Heart! Bring me the Celtic Guardian!"

The Celtic Guardian appeared on Bakura's side. Aria and Aten cheered as the Change of Heart appeared on the field.

"Celtic Guardian! Attack!"

The Alpha Magnet Warrior was defeated and Yami's life points went down. The Celtic Guardian appeared on Yami's side again.

Yami picked up a card and smirked. "You think you have me beat? I `m gonna show you the real power of my deck! I play Soul Release. I can sacrifice one of your monsters as a tribute for my ultimate monster!"

"NO!" Bakura watched as his fish disappeared.

The Dark Magician appeared on the field in attack mode. Aten's eyes widened at the sight of the looming magician.

// Dark Magician attacks Aten!! //

Aten released Malik's hand and he retreated. Malik turned around and saw Aten's face covered in sweat. His chest rose and fell quickly. "The…D…Dark…Margic…Magician!"

"Aten?"

Aten let out a piercing wail and he ran to Marik trembling from head to toe. Bakura and Yami stopped and turned to the side of the arena. Aten clawed and scratched at Marik.

"Daddy! Don't let him get me! Please! I want to go! I want to go home! Please! I have to go! Daddy! I want to go home!"

"Aten, what is wrong?"

Aten sobbed and coughed gripping his chest. Ryou ran to Aten and put Aria on the floor. Ryou went to his son and held him in his arms.

"The Dark Magician won't hurt you."

The Dark Magician turned to Aten, his staff in hand. Aten panicked further and Aria held her mouth trying to suppress her laughter.

"Aten, baby, breathe. It's ok."

"Mommy, can't breathe! I wanna go home!" Aten tried to run from his mother's grasp. Aten's shirt began to tear as he tried to escape. Bakura put down his cards and left the dueling area.

"You aren't supposed to leave!" Yami called to him.

"Aten is terrified of your Dark magician! Call it back!"

Aten's screams turned to hacking whispers as he fell to the ground holding his chest again. Ryou began to shake watching Aten fall to the ground. "Baby, it's alright. Breathe." Ryou rubbed his back.

Aten clung onto his mother whimpering as Aria called to the Dark Magician. "Dark Magician attack Aten!"

The Dark Magician raised his staff……..

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