Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Baby of Mine ❯ Mommy's here ( Chapter 60 )

Lupusdragon: Almost time for the sequel.

Angel Black: Well, I'm sorry you were hurt. I've done things like that when I was a kid. Some lessons are hard to learn and you can only learn them the hard way.

Ssjgoddesschico: Yeah, Malik is ok… I promised.

SuperJM: Bye, bad guys!!! Well, we still have one bad guy left…and he comes back for the sequel.

Hato chiisai: Ok. When Bakura got Ryou pregnant, the kids had their original souls. Anubis did not perform the spell yet. Anubis performed the spell only after Bakura got Ryou pregnant. If he had done it before the conception took place, the kids souls would be completely Cinetti. So their original souls were essentially "bumped" out of the kids. Only one soul in one body at a time.

Mommy's Here

Ryou's POV

I cried after Bakura left with Yami. Even after I called to him numerous times, he still didn't answer me. My throat started to get sore. I curled up by the pit thinking about my babies at home and their soulless lying on my kitchen floor.

What was I going to do about Aria and Aten? A part of me wanted to jump into that pit. Without my children, my life felt….incomplete. I always wanted children by my yami. I wanted a family of my own…to be the parent I never had. It all came back to me…the first thing I heard from my children was Aria's first little baby cry. I held her in my arms…my little treasure….and she sucked her thumb until she fell asleep on my chest listening to my heartbeat. Aten and his toy monkey….he hugged that little toy so much. From the time we brought him home, that toy monkey never left his arms.

This must be very difficult on Bakura. Bakura was suck a great father. I never figured Marik would ever have a tender spot for kids. Who knew Marik could be the wonderful, devoted father he was to Aten?

I tried calling for my yami again. "Bakura! Yami! Love, answer me!"

To my fright, Bakura did not answer and he either could not or did not answer through the link.

Why won't you answer me, Bakura? Why?

Marik's POV

I helped Malik off the floor. He clutched onto me with weak hands. He looked tired. I couldn't blame him. Death takes a lot of your energy away. Once I get him back to his body and warm him up in a bath, he'll feel better. Hmmm…bath…good idea. No….I have to think!

Aten fussed in Yami's arms. He wanted to be held my his mom. Yami handed Aten to Malik who kissed him and stroked his white and blonde hair, now free of pink.

We left the palace looking at the River Nile. A gentle breeze blew our hair and everything was just as when Yami, Bakura, and I were alive.

Bakura held Aria close to him and kissed her forehead. "Daddy, where Mommy?"

"Above us, sweetheart. Ryou?! Ryou!"

"Mommy! Mommy! Where you??!" Aria called out to the sky above us.

"Mommy! Where's my mommy???!" Aten cried in Malik's arms.

Ryou's POV

"Mommy! Mommy! Where you??!"

My head came up. My little girl! Aria? Aria's in the underworld?

"Aria! Baby girl! Mommy's here! Is daddy with you?"

"Mommy! Where's my mommy???!"

That's nobody else but my Aten! My little boy! My angels are ok!

Don't worry, sweethearts, mommy is there with you.

Bakura's POV

I heard Ryou's cries out to Aria and Aten. At least he was ok.

How were we going to get out of the underworld? I looked over at Marik. He didn't look too good. He looked dead tired. If we weren't in the underworld, that joke would be funny right now.

"How are we going to get home?" I ask.

"So you are looking for a way out of the Home of the Dead?"

I turned around and clutched onto Aria tightly. The woman standing behind us wore a white dress and was adorned in gold bracelets. Malik's head slowly lifted to see this woman with white hair….who looked strangely familiar.

Rhea.

My Ryou's mother.

"Rhea? Is that you?"

"You know, Bakura, I never would have thought one year ago that you would be standing here….holding your daughter that my son had borne you."

Aria turned to me and whispered in my ear. I let her down and Aria ran to her grandmother. Rhea kneeled to my little girl and kissed her.

"I tried to stop Cinetti, Bakura. Cinetti stole them from my care."

Rhea looked up at the pharaoh. "Long time no see, Pharaoh Yami. The gods have missed you here."

"I have more important business above in the real world."

"Rhea, we have to return home. My children and Malik do not belong here."

"Neither do you, Bakura, from what I hear. You and Marik were cast out of the underworld."

I sighed and looked at Yami. Yami was the one who sealed us in our Millenium Items. There we were imprisoned in our items. I never knew why he did it.

"Why did you make us leave this place, Yami? Marik and I would still be here. Why did you do it?"

Yami looked down at me. "Punishment. You both robbed my father's tomb. I decided to place you in the items you stole. That Millenium Rod you hold, Marik, belonged to my father. That Millenium Ring was my father's ceremonial necklace. It was later discovered that these items held ancient powers. Anubis and I rode our horses to where we made you bury Marik's corpse. We exhumed it and.."

"You saw me naked????!!!" Marik looked in surprise.

Yami rolled his eyes and rubbed his forehead. "Yes, unfortunately, I did see your…"

"OK! Please don't go into detail!"

"I used Anubis' spellbook to replace your soul into your body. Then you were sealed, body and soul into the Millenium Rod. That is how you went into the Millenium Rod."

I remembered Yami imprisoning me in the Ring. I remember that bastard Anubis' hands around my throat strangling me in the prison cell. I was too weak and sick to cry out to the other guards. The last thing I remember is Anubis telling Yami, "He died of natural causes. Let's just throw his corpse to the jackals."

Remembering that made my heart clench.

Aria sat in my arms again after running over to me. Just as she did during her first hours of life, she gripped onto the necklace holding the Millenium ring. "Daddy, I'm hungry," my little girl whined. To my surprise, she took the necklace into her mouth and gnawed on the necklace.

Aten looked at Malik and pulled down Malik's shirt slightly. Aten pressed his lips to Malik's chest.

"Hate to disappoint you, son, but nothing is gonna come out of there anytime soon," Marik said.

I turned back to Rhea. "Ryou really needed you, Rhea. He didn't know how to me a mother."

She smiled. "Without my help, my son did a good job."

"Daddy, I want my money," Aten said removing his lips from Marik's chest.

"How do we get back home?"

Marik crossed his arms and gripped the Millenium Rod tightly. "And don't say click your heels together three times and say, 'There's no place like home'."

"Pharaoh Yami, Bakura Itemri, Marik Ishtar, you were once expelled from the underworld. You cannot stay here. You can never return to the underworld once you have left."

Malik looked up. "What…What about me?"

"You, Malik Ishtar, must return someday. Yami, Bakura, and Marik cannot return because they are now bound to their Millenium Items. You are mortal, Malik, and you must return to the underworld eventually. That is, unless you are also subjected to the same spell as Yami, Marik, and Bakura."

I held Aria closer. So, if I subjected Ryou to that spell, he would become immortal like me? An immortal Ryou? I dreamed that Ryou would be with me for all eternity.

Then, I look at my life. I will never die. Never grow old. I wanted so much for Ryou to be immortal, like me. But, if he becomes immortal, he could never be with Rhea…ever. I've been with Ryou for almost half of his life. When he was young, he laid awake at nights begging for something in the Heavens for him to see his mother again. I could never stay in the underworld…thanks to Yami.

A bright light surrounded us and Rhea stretched her arms. "You cannot stay here! You are forbidden eternal rest within the underworld!"

I held Aria close as she began to whimper just like her mother. A great wind surrounded us and I whispered to Aria it was going to be ok. Marik held onto Malik and Aten. Yami had no one to hold onto. He just shielded his eyes with his arm. When I opened my eyes, we were in Anubis' castle. Ryou was by the edge looking into the pit.

"Yami Bakura! Bakura! Where are you??!!"

Rhea walked up behind her son. "Ryou….my boy."

Ryou turned around and saw his mother at the edge of the pit. "M..Mommy?"

Rhea opened her arms and Ryou fell into them. "Ryou, my beautiful child. Shhh….It's alright, son. I'm here."

Her son looked up teary eyed at us. Ryou broke the hug with his mother and just looked towards me and Malik as if we grown extra heads. "A..Aria? Aten?"

I put Aria down to the floor and Malik set Aten on his short little chibi legs. The two year olds tried to run, but Aten fell flat on his stomach. Aria walked as fast as her little legs could carry her. Ryou kneeled down and he grabbed his daughter into his arms. Marik picked up Aten, his little feet dangling in his father's arms.

"Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! I love mommy!" Aten giggled waving his arms and legs.

Ryou took his daughter and his son into his arms nearly sobbing. "My little angels…I love you…oh gods….I love you so much…"

"Where's pwushie?" Aria asked looking around for her pink bunny plushie.

Aten kissed his mother enthusiastically. "Mommy!! I got my mommy!!!"

Ryou kissed the little boy and girl continuously and checking them all over for cuts or bruises. I couldn't tell Ryou that Cinetti had a knife to his baby girl's chest. That would make this much more emotional for him than it was already.

I turned to Rhea. "Our children's bodies are on our kitchen floor at home. They are teenagers."

"Those teenagers are no longer there. You have gotten your children back to the time before Cinetti's effect on the children was noticeable."

Ryou sniffled, his tears falling on Aria's hair. "I was so upset….when they grew up so fast…..I had no time….to enjoy their childhood….It was rushed….Now I can relive what I lost….Thank you, mommy."

"No problem, my angel. Marik, Malik is also restored to you."

Marik looked at Malik who suddenly hunched over onto the floor.

"It's ok, Marik. It's getting the heart started that is the problem."

After a moment, Malik took a deep breath and Marik was right there rubbing his back.

"Thank you. I don't know what I would do without him."

Ryou picked up Aria and Aten and walked towards me. "I love you, yami." Ryou kissed me gently on the lips, with our children between us that we had created.

"I love you, too, angel," I reply kissing our children in return.

Marik helped Marik stand up.

"I must go. Aria? Aten?"

"Yes?" the babies asked in unison.

"Be good for your mommies and daddies."

Aten and Aria smiled and waved excitedly. "We will! Bye, lady!"

Rhea smiled and disappeared. Marik took Aten in his arms.

"How are we going to get back to your dragon, Marik? The path fell down behind us."

Marik grinned and he gripped the Millenium Rod. "COME TO ME, WINGED DRAGON!"

The winged dragon's head burst through the stained glass window. Marik and us climbed up onto the dragon's head and we flew Yami to his own dragon. I held Aria on my lap as we flew away.

Without warning, Marik's dragon turned around sharply and we turned. Marik raised his Millenium Rod and pointed it at the castle. "Take this, Anubis! WINGED DRAGON OF RA!!! ATTACK, MY PET! DESTROY ANUBIS' FORTRESS!!!!"

Marik's dragon's fire attack blew up Anubis' castle sending stone flying.

Aria jumped in my lap going. "GO BOOM!"

Aten giggled and clapped his hands. "AN-A-BI GO BOOM!!!!! GO BOOM!" Marik wrapped his hand around the chibi's belly to keep him from falling off the dragon.

We landed some distance away and we dismounted our dragons. The Winged Dragon Of Ra turned to Malik and rubbed its face against its other master.

With the help of the Millenium Items, we found ourselves in the mortal world once again. Malik still looked cold and somehow I knew what evil thoughts were going on in Marik's mind to rectify that situation. Ryou grabbed Aria and went downstairs into the kitchen. The teenage bodies of his children were gone.

Ryou felt Aria shivering from the cold of the Shadow Realm. Marik brought Aten downstairs and asked if we could take care of him while he…in his own words…"took care" of Malik. I know what he means by "taking care of Malik," so I didn't question. Ryou and I washed the babies in the sink after we cleaned it. We wrapped them up and tried to feed them. Aria surprisingly rejected the hard food and wanted the bottle. Aten wanted the bottle, as well.

Aten laid in his mother's arms as he finished the bottle and fell asleep cradling his monkey. Aria laid in my arms hugging her bunny plushie.

Baby mine, don't you cry
Baby mine, dry your eyes